i
HE SLEEPS IJf TEACE
Imposing Funeral Ceremonies
Precede Interment of Mc
Kinley at Canton
Out under the whispering oak trees
of Westlawn cemetery in a vine-covered
vault almost buried in a sloping
hillside all that is earthly of William
McKinley now rests About the flower
ctrewn slopes a picket line of sol
diers stands silent in the shadows
Whole Day Glvonto Grief
All day Thursday muffled drums
beat their requiems brasses wailed out
the strains of marches of the dead
great men of the nation followed a
funeral car in grief and tears Through
solid banks of bareheaded men and
weeping women and children fringed
by a wall of soldiers marching mil
itary and civilians passed with the
mourners of the distinguished dead
First among those who followed the
dead during the journey from the
home to the tomb was the man who is
now at the head of the government
airs McKinley Near Collapse
Mrs McKinley was unable to attend
the funeral While the last rites were
being said she remained in a room of
the family home dazed not realizing
that death had come to her husband
almost paralyzed mentally During the
morning at her urgent request she
sat alone for a time beside the cof
fin as it lay in the south parlor of
the house No one seeks to lift the
veil that is drawn over this scene
about the bier of the last earthly
sleep The casket was not opened
But she was near the one who ever
had cared for and protected her near
the dead for whom grief has burned
inlo the soul of a country the lessons
of manliness and beneficence taught by
his life
Iliml Ceremonies Impressive
The last ceremonies for the late
president were marked with a dignity
that struck dumbness to the tens of
thousands who watched the funeral
column make the journey from the
home to the cemetery From the
south parlor of the frame house which
had so long been the family home the
casket was borne to the First Metho
dist church at Canton with statesmen
diplomats great men of nation rep
resentatives of the world gathered
with the surrounding members of the
family Ministers of five religious de-
of the vault the flower carpet had dis
appeared its blooms however to be
guarded for years as mementos of this
day of sorrow
Just without the entrance to this
mausoleum stood the new president of
the United States The coffin- rested
on supports only a hands reach from
him Then the members of the cabi
net formed an open line with him and
members of the family all save the
lone woman who was in the home
under the close watch of Dr Rlxey
gathered near Earth to earth ashes
to ashes dust to dust came the bene
diction from the lips of the venerable
Bishop Joyce
The roar of the cannon ecnoed from
the hilltop just above It came as a
mighty amen Again the white
haired minister spoke Again came the
crashing roar of the salute its rever
berations beating on and on over the
hills about the city
Taps Sounded by Bugler
Taps the saddest call the bugle
language of the army knows came
from eight bugles The last notes were
held until the breath of the wind
seemed to rob them of life Away
down the broad street two miles away
the marching columns were still com
ing The music of the bands muted
it seemed by some giant hand cainu
floating to the group about the vault
Nearer My God to Thee Nearer to
Thee Once again came the crash
from the guns above
Door Is Closed Upon Martyr
Then the casket was carried within
the vault Five infantrymen marched
behind it A moment passed and the
outer doors were closed The last cer
emony was over the third martyred
president of the United States had
been committed to God and eternity
Slowly the marching column treaded
about the crescent road to the left of
the temporary tomb Then darkness
threw its veil over all the silent
guards took their stations the cem
etery gate were closed
Never Mourning More Sincere
That is the bare outline of one of
the most imposing and impressive fu
nerals ever seen in the United States
To fill in all its details would take
FUNERAL TRAIN EN ROUTE FROM WASHINGTON
SCENE AT A WAY STATION
nominations said the simple services
Great Throne Joins In Hymn
Troops banked the streets about but
the thousands who had gathered near
and stood in places for five hours held
weir ground catching up the broken
strains of Nearer My God to Thee
The silence of calm had come the si
lence of supreme excitement had pass
ed It was not at him said the min
ister of the church all but hidden
from sight by the mountains of blooms
and lloral pieces that bound in the pul
pit and choir loft that the fatal shot
was fired but at the heart of our gov
ernment Then he added In all
the coming years men will seek but
will seek in vain to fathom the enor
mity and the wickedness of that
crime
New President in Tears
These words brought home with
crushing force the warning that the
last scenes were being enacted Among
those who sat with bowed heads was
President Roosevelt The tears welled
into his eyes as he heard the peti
tions that God might guide his hands
aright Then came the last stage of
this journey to the city of the dead
Members -of the United States senate
those who sit in the house of repre
sentatives officials and citizens from
practically every state in the union
soldiers military organizations a col
umn of more than 6000 men followed
the funeral car on this last journey
Path Is Carpeted In Flowers
The skies were hidden by clouds
of gray but not a drop of rain fell
The path of flagging leading to the
iron gated vault was buried beneath
a covering of blooms This carpet
of flowers came as an offering fiun
the school children of Nashville Tfcnn
But the men of the war days of forty
years ago with whom the martyred
president had inarched in his youth
passed up this road before the funeral
car approached They caught up the
flowers as they passed pressing them
to their lips Just ahead of the hearse
marched the handful of survivors of
the late presidents own regiment
They too gathered up the blooms as
they limped by
Blooms Taken as Mementos
So it happened that when the men
of the army and of the navy carried
the black casket within the shadow
irsviwsw
TO CANTON
pages while to convey an adequate
idea of the feature of it all which was
most conspicuous the depth and si
lence of the grief displayed is beyond
words In that respect it was tho
scenes of Wednesday enacted over
again with increased intensity All
along through the great black lane of
people that s tretched from the Mc
Kinley home to the cemetery quite
two miles were men and women
weeping as though their dearest friend
was being oine to thegrave
Every Eye Dim With Tears
About the tomb itself the outburst
of grief was still more striking As
the casket was borne into the vault
there was not a member of the cabinet
who was not visibly affected while
several were in tears with their
handkerchiefs to their eyes Secre
tary Root although controlling him
self to some degree of outward calm
was deeply moved while President
Roosevelt repeatedly pressed his hand
kerchief to his eyes
Great Picture of Desolation
Among the bystanders many scarce
ly made an effort to conceal their emo
tion It was a scene under the cheer
less gray skies and in the bloak wind
as cold as a November day that even
the radiant glory of all the great
mass of flowers could not relieve the
picture of all of sorrow and desola
tion tha death leaves in its wake As
the one on whom this terrible blow
falls hardest was not there this ag
ony was spared her
Will Sleep In Bed of Granite
Here in this vine covered vault the
remains of President McKinley will lie
until they are buried in granite There
remain now only the plans for a mon
ument to his jnemory Already these
are under way Thursday morning
Speaker Henderson of the house of
representatives accompanied by Con
gressman S E Payne of New York
and Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl
vania were driven to Westlawn cem
etery and viewed the location of the
McKinley plot
Congress to Build a Monument
The newer part of the cemetery was
also visited and although the state
ment is not definitely made it is sug
gested that the coming session of con
gress will probably appropriate funds
for the erection of a monumont The
plans and details are as yet embryonic
but will assume definite proportions in
a week or two
Scenes at tho Church
It was 150 oclock when the pro
cession reached the stately stone edi
fice where the funeral services were
to be held At the church entrance
were drawn up deep files of soldiers
with bayonets advanced keeping a
clear area for the advancing casket
and the long train of mourners The
hearse halted while President Roose
velt and members of the cabinet
aiighted Again they grouped them
selves at either side of the entrance
and with uncovered heads awaited the
passing of the casket Then the
coffln was brought from the
hearse and as it passed within 1he
black draped entrance the president
and his cabinet followed within the
edifice
Member of Conjjrcs Knter
At the rear of each of the four aisles
stood a soldier at attention cap in
hand musket held straight in front
The members of the senate entered At
the head walked Senator Allison of
Iowa Then came Penrose and Cock
rell Scott Burrows of Michigan Til
man and Mason of Illinois Next the
members of the house filed in They
numbered almost 150 Speaker Hen
derson at the head Louder came the
mourn of the band and outside the
troops had formed a phalanx of sabers
and bayonets Then under the black
shrouded door came the casket
Under Arch of Sabers
The black coffin had passed under an
arch of drawn sabers as it was carried
up the steps Lieutenant Ganeral
Miles and the men of the army and
Rear Admiral Farquhar and tl3 men
of the navy held their positions Cov
ered with a great American flag bear
ing only sprays of immortelles and
roses tendered by the Legation of
honor the casket was slowly brought
to the front supported on the shoul
ders of the blue jackets and the sol
diers At the foot of the mountain of
flowers marking the altar and the
choir loft lay the bier shrouded too
in the national colors and in black
On this the casket was placed under
the quivering folds of the starry ban
ner with the lights shedding their ef
fulgence from above the fragrance of
the flowers hovering about an 1 the
music of Beethovens grand funeral
march pulsing from the organ the
bodybearers gently lowered the flag
draped and flower adorned coffin to its
support
All Rise as Colli u Passos
Then the generals took their places
in the first seat to the right of the
central aisle The rear admirals
crossed and tool the first pew to the
left Every one within the church had
risen as the casket was brought in
They remained standing A moment
later and President Roosevelt entered
through the same doorway of black
His lips quivered slightly as he was
escorted to the pew directly behind
General Miles Behind him came Sec
retaries Hitchcock and Wilson and
Postmaster General Smith who filed
into the next pew and with them
Those who had accompanied the fu
neral train then were seated Senator
and Mrs Fairbanks came first fol
lowed by Controller Charles Gates
Dawes Senator Hanna followed He
looked worn and leaned on his cano
Mrs Hanna accompanied him Then
the black gloved ushers seated the
other members of the party
The formation of the funeral proces
sion was as follows
First Division
Gen EII Torrance national commander
Q A R commanding and stuff
Grand Army band
E F Taggart department commander
G A R of Ohio and staff
Canton Post No 2o Canton O
Buckley Post No 12 Akron O
Bell llannon Post No 3G Warren O
C G Chamberlain Post- No 86 East
Palestine O
Given Post No 133 Wooster O
Hart Post No 134 Masslllon O
Other Grand Army posts
Second Division
MaJ Charles Dick commanding
Eighth Regiment Military Band
Detachment Ohio National Guard
Troop A of Ohio National Guard guard
of honor
Officiating clergymen
Funeral car and bearers
Honorary bearers
Special guard of honor Gen Nelson A
Miles Admiral George Dewey Gen
John R Brooke Gen Elwcll S Otis
Gen George L Gillespie
Loyal Legion
Family President and Cabinet
FUNERAL CORTEGE NEARING THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON
President of Senate and United States
Senators
Speaker of House of Representatives
Governors of states with staffs
Gen Leonard Wood Governor of Cuba
Ohio state officials
Circuit Court Judges state of Ohio
Gov McKinleys former staff officers
Federal officers of Cleveland
Federal officers of Chicago
Federal officers of Canton
Federal officers of Masslllon
Board of directors of Pan American Ex
position
Board of Cook County officials Chicago
Third Division
Maj A Vignos commanding
Gate City Guards of Atlanta Ga
Cleveland Grays
Cleveland Scotts Guards
William McKinley Command Spanish
American War Veterans
Sons of Veterans
Union League Legion
Ccnton Encampment No 91
Fourth Division
A B Foster Grand Commander of Ohio
commanding
Knights Templar
Grand Lodge of Ohio
Eagle Lodge of Canton
Canton Lodge of Canton and other Ma
sonic lodges
The remaining three divisions were
made up of representatives from clubs
societies civic bodies and the Eighty
second regiment of National Guards
together with other military organiza
tions
When the funeral at Canton began
all the tides of American life stood
still The wheels of industry ceased to
revolve The hammers of toil paused
in their beat The ship stopped her
throb in its race against time The
miner dropped his pick The farmer
checked his team in mid furrow The
crowds in the city streets halted All
activities save the ministrations to the
deadly sick and the dying were sus
pended The sun in heaven for a space
looked down upon a motionless nation
where nearly every head was bent
Special services were held in the
churches of the national capital and
hundreds of other cities
TRIBUTE FROM W 1 BRTAX
Memorial exercises for the dead
President were held at the Auditorium
in Lincoln Neb and were largely at
tended W J Bryan was one of the
principal speakers He said in part
As monuments reared by grateful
SAILORS AND SOLDIERS BEARING THE CASKET
went Secretary Cortelyou the man
wno had made every effort that a loyal
heart could prompt to save the life
which had gone out under the bul
let
Members of Family Seated
Then came the members of the fam
ily all being seated to the left of the
central aisle Abner McKinley broth
er of the dead president and his wife
walked slowly at the head of the
black clad line He was seated in the
pew directly behind the men of the
navy and just across the aisle from
President Roosevelt After Dr and
Mrs Boer came the venerable Joseph
Saxton uncle of Mrs McKinley The
great organ had left the funeral march
and now the reeds pealed out the
strains of Nearer My God to Thee
hands to the memory of heroes testify
to the virtues of the living as well as
to the services of the dead so the
sorrow that has overwhelmed our na
tion obliterating the distinctions of
party race and religion is as compli
mentary to the patriotism of our peo
ple as to our departed magistrate It
would indeed be a disgrace to our na
tion if the murder of a President con
cerned only the members of the domi
nant party While no recent campaigns
have aroused deeper feeling than those
through which Mr McKinley passed
yet in no contests did the minority
more cheerfully acquiesce in the will of
the majority as expressed at the polls
He was the President of all the people
and their dignity and sovereignty were
attacked when he was assaulted
THE LIVE STOCK MARKET
latest Quotations From South Omaha
unci Kansas City
SOUTH OMAHA
Cattle Very few cattio urrlved yester
day but today receipts were qult5 lib
eral Packers seemed to be quite anxious
for supplies and an a result thi market
was fairly active on good stuff and fully
steady prices were paid There were not
very many corn fed steers offered but
the quality of some of tliein was excep
tionally good as Is shown by the fact
that as high as SW was paid Packers
all seemed to want the bettor grades and
consequently strong prices were paid The
commoner grades were naturally not as
ready sellers but still they brought fully
as good prices as were paid on Wednes
day The supply of cow stuff continued
liberal today about forty five cars being
offered There was not much change In
the prices paid the market being very
close to steady Some salesmen thought
they had to take a shade lower prices
but still the better grades sold in about
Wednesdays notches Bulls calves and
stags also sold about steady whera the
quality was at all good
Hogs There were around 100 cars of
hogs in the yards this morning and al
though the market was ciulte a little slow
about opening still when trading did be
gin it was generally on a basis of a 2Ac
advance Some hogs sold no more than
steady while others were 3c higher but
as a general thing the market was close
to 2Uc higher The bulk of all the sales
went from J71 to 6S0 At those prices
the market was fairly active and the
bulk was out of llrst hands In good sea
son
Sheep Quotations Choice yearlings
J30g30 fair to good yearlings 313
330 choice wethers 320g333 fair to
good wethers 3C05320 choice owes 273
0300 fair to good ewes 23lff273 choice
spring Iambs ZiZWiliTiO fair to good
spring lambs HoyfUW feeder wethers
273r32r feeder lambs 3001t3l0
KANSAS CITY
Cattle Market generally steady native
beef steers 3 OGQ G 30 Texans and Indian
steers J270Jt375 Texas cows 220iI280
native cows and heifers 230f550 stock
ers and feeders 2S i3K23 bulls 220Ji
423 calves 350Q525
rgs Market strong bulk of sales
1GXi90 heavy C90700 packers JG7C
R690 mixed JG6O0G83 light J620fiGS3
Yorkers i613igG70 plBn 5005010
Sheep and Lambs Market steady mut
tons 2755355 Iambs 350450 rango
wethers 225g333ewes 5275031O stock
ers 2COff250 feeders 300330
MRS MKINLEY BEARS UP WELL
Effort of Those Around Her Directed to
Distracting Attention from the Fast
CANTON O Sept 21 Mrs Mc
Kinleys condition was favorable yes
terday more favorable than at any
time since the arrival of the party
from Washington Her condition dur
ing the last few days was as good as
had been expected and she had con
siderable rest After 11 oclock last
night a small military guard main
tained quiet in front of the house that
no noise might disturb her It is
hoped by the friends and attending
physicians that she will be able to
leave her room today and give atten
tion to some matters calculated to take
her mind from the depressing incidents
of the last week To accomplish this
is now the chief aim of her attend
ants She will be taken for a drive as
soon as possible and everything pos
sible be done to interest her in the
affairs of the future to the exclusion
of affairs of the past
The house has been emptied of all
its guests the funeral party except
Dr Rixey Mrs M C Barber sister
of Mr McKinley and several close
Canton relatives having departed dur
ing the night or early morning A
guard of half a dozen soldiers still
surrounds the house merely to keep
out the idly curious and to preserve
quiet A few callers left cards at the
house during the morning including
Senator and Mrs Fairbanks
ALLISON PREDICTS ACTION
The Tovra Senator Sore that Con cress
Will Tackle Anarchy
CHICAGO Sept 21 Congress will
undoubtedly make a thorough investi
gation of anarchy in the United
States next winter and wil do its ut
most to pass laws for the prevention
of such crimes as that committed
against President McKinley said Sen
ator Allison tonight
I have no doubt there will be many
joint sessions of the judiciary commit
tees of the two houses during the
session and the best legal talent of the
land will be called upon to assist the
attorney general in pointing out con
stitutional methods for reaching the
seat of the trouble The need is evi
dent The pressure for legislation
will be great possibly pushing con
gress to go to an unwarranted ex
treme Soe action will undoubtedly
be taken that is in consonance with
thj constitution and will not infringe
on proper freedom of speech
A number of Boers in Johannesburg
have asked the American government
if they can acquire land in the United
States for settlement
Caterer Delmonico Dead
NEW YORK Sept 21 Word was
received in this city of the death in
Colorado of Charles Crist Delmonico
the famous caterer who for years has
been identified with the restaurant
now at Fifrn avenue and Forty sixth
street bearing his name Death was
due to pulmonary troubles Mr Del
monico in company with his wife
whom he married less than a year ago
had been in Colorado for some
time
No Tobacco at Italian Court
Tho King and Queon of Italy can
not endure tho smell of tobacco and
none of their ladles and gentlemen
in waiting arc permitted to smoke
when doing their turns In service end
no smoking is allowed in the royal
apartments This aversion of the
royal couple for tobacco is the moro
surprising when ono recalls the fact
that the young queens mother and
sisters all smoke cigarettes that she
was brought up at the Russian court
where smoking by ladies is the rule
rather than the exception and when
one remembers how passionately fond
of his cigars was the late King Hum
bert
The Boomlue West
I was in a little Wisconsin town
the other day said a Boston man re
cently and know of a gentleman
who came there with some stock of
an eastern concern to dispose of at
par It was good property to be sure
but in that one small town he sold
6000 worth of the stock In less than
a half day The West is far more
prosperous this year than last al
though last year was looked upon at
the time as a record breaker The
railroads are carrying a vast amount
of produce to the Orient and mind
what I tell you our exports by the
Pacific coast before many years will
equal and surpass our exports from
the Atlantic seaboard Only two or
three years ago nobody ever dreamed
of a mighty export trade on that side
She Danced for Charity
A French woman has invented a
new plan for securing contributions
to charity She is a great favorite
in her own circle Recently while
staying at a country place near Paris
she attended a charity fete One of
her men friends sought her hand for
a dance and the lady said With
pleasure Twenty francs please I
beg your pardon said the puzzled
man I had the honor to ask you
for a waltz To be sure said mad
emoiselle I thought it was a qua
drille A waltz will be 40 francs
Then she explained that for that ev
ening she was dancing for the poor
and her partners must contribute The
other belles took up the idea and the
result was a handsome increase in the
fund
A DISTINGUISHED MISSIONARY
Washington Ind Sept 23d There
is at present living at 10G East 15tb
street in this city a most remarkable
man He is Rev C H Thompson and
he came to Washington from Little
York Ind a short time ago
Rev Mr Thompson spent many
years of his long and useful life as a
missionary among the Indians of the
West The great exposure and the
drinking of so much bad water brought
on Diabetes and at Wagoner Indian
Territory he was struck down while
preaching
Physicians one of them a Chicago
specialist pronounced his case hope
less Dodds Kidney Pills were recom
mended and as a last resort he tried
them He was completely cured and
restored to good health and his case
and its cure has caused a sensation
among the physicians
Z His SHrer Wedding at SO
Most Reverend Frederick Temple
archbishop of Canterbury who is SO
years of age has been celebrating his
silver wedding He was not married
until he was 55 years of age yet ha
is an excellent specimen of Queen
Victorias favorite type of a bishop
and happy family man
Halls Catarrh Cnro
Is a constitutional cure Price 75c
Aiits Damage Brick 1avingv
A curious menace to brick street
paving has come to light in Council
Bluffs la Numerous ants began
burrowing into the sand beneath the
bricks and removed so much of It
to other and unknown quarters that
the city engineer was called in to re
pair the damages One street was
made unfit for travel for several
blocks
Incubator Triplets
The triplets of Morris J Cohen who
were sent from New York to Buffalo
to be placed in the baby incubators
there are expected home in a few
days The little things not only lived
but have more than doubled in weight
and are as fine a collection of babies
as could be found anywhere They
would undoubtedly have died had it
not been for the incubators The
triplets are the first in this country
and the second in the world to go
through the incubator process
Indies Can Wear Shoe
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Won His Wager
A wager was made by a resident
of London that he could cook a plum
pudding ten feet beneath the surface
of the Thames He won the bet by
placing the pudding in a tin case and
putting the whole In a sack o lime
The heat of the lime slacking when
coming in contact with the water
was sufficient to cook the pudding hi
two hours
Mrs Wlnslows Soothing Sjrnp
iiJaJfettn 80etisretinees
tsaimaclon allaj psln cures wind coUc 23c abottla r
Heart shakes are splits which
radiate from the center to the circum
ference of a tree
flthankyou for Wnz Wizard Oil
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XlTe on SO 0 a Tear
ofLAG Toa year Wa toe PerIence
of A M Torrence
i5li6MS5r C0UncIL chairman when- of tho
age or ig hj3 career began in n
gow Mr Torrance madeO me2 5l
his needs and he bought a hrmv
and tells a Scotch S
story with
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