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THE LAST SAD KITES.
.Body of President McKinley Con
signed to the Tomb at Canton.
nIr. McKinley Unablo to Lcavo llcr Ilnuito
Kulchttt Templar SIiir ut tlio Vault
Svnlrlcn (JimrdliKj Temporary Itent-
liiK riaco of tho Dead l'rosldonU
Canton, 0., Sept. 20. With mnjcstio
solemnity, surrounded by his conn
tryinen und his townspeople, in the
presence of tliu president of the
United States, the cabinet, justices
of the United States supreme court,
. senators and representatives in con
. gross, the heads of the military and
naval establishments, the governors
of states and u great concourse of
people who had known and loved him,
.nil that is mortal of the third presi
dent to fall by an assassin's bullet
was committed to the grave. It was
x spectacle of mournful grandeur.
Canton ceased to be u town and
swelled to the proportions of a great
ity. From every city and hamlet
in Ohio, from the remote corners of
the south and from the east and
west, the human tide flowed into the
town until 100,000 people were within
its gates, here to pay their last trib
ute to the fallen chief.
The finnl scenes at the First Metho
dist church, where the funeral sorv-
ice was held, and at the beautiful
Westlawn cemetery, whore the body
was consigned to a vault, were sim
ple and impressive. The service at
the church consisted of a brief ora
tion, prayers by tho ministers of
three denominations and singing by
n quartette. Tho body was then
taken to Westlawn cemetery and
placed in a receiving vault, pending
tho time when it will be finally laid
to rest beside the dead children who
were buried years ago. The funeral
procession was very imposing and in
cluded not only the representatives
of the army and navy of the United
.States, but the entire military
strength of the state of Ohio and
.hundreds of civic, fratornal and other
organizations. It was two miles long.
-One of the most pathetic featuros of
the day was tho absence of Mrs. Mc
Kinley from tho funeral services at
the church and cemetery when the
body of her husband was laid to rest.
-Since the first shock of the shooting,
then of death and through the or
'dcal of stato ceremonies, she hud
borno up bravely. But there was n
"limit to human endurance and when
;yestcrday enmo it found her too weak
to pass through the trials of the final
ceremonies. Through tho open door
of her room sho heard tho prayor of
the minister as tho body was borne
out of tho houso. After that Dr
Hixcy remained close by her side nnd,
.although the full force of the ca
lamity had como upon her, it was be
lieved by those about her that there
was a providential mercy in her
tears, as they gave .some relief to
the anguish of the heart within.
The line of the funeral march from
the church to the cemetery was about
iys miles in longth. The route was
north on Tuscarawas street from the
church to Lincoln street, west on
Lincoln street to West Third street
nnd north one square to the gates of
1ho cemetery. For hours even before
the time set for the commencement
of tho funeral exercises at the Mc
Kinley home tho streets along" the
ontiro length of tho line of inarch
were crowded with spectators. From
-the gates of the cemetery to the
doors of the church there was, on
each side of tho strcot, an almost
unbroken line of soldiers and on all
the intersecting streets detachments
of the militia were posted about 100
feet from the thoroughfare upon
which the cortege was to go and no
body was permitted to pass in either
direction.
It was exactly four minutes past
four when the funeral car borne the
remains of tho dend president
through the gatoway of his last rest
ing place. Twenty minutes after
that time the brief services at the
vault were over, the members of the
family and distinguished mon of the
nation who had come so far to do
him honor had passed through tho
gates on their homeward way. One
hour nnd 40 minutes after the hearse
'had entered tho cemetery tho place
was clear and the dead prosident
was resting alone under tho watohful
enro of the men of the regular nrmy.
A sentry's measured tread resound
ed from the coment walk before the
vault, another kept vigil on the
.grassy slope nbovo and at the head
nnd at the foot of the casket stood
nrmed men. Before the door, which
was not closed last night, was pitched
t the tent of tho guard, and there it
will remain until the doors are closed
to-day. Sentries will then guard the
vault every hour of the day and night
until the body has been borne to its
ilnnl resting place.
For nearly an hour before tho head
of tho funeral procession arrived at
tho gate of the cemetery the strains
of the dirges played by tho bands
came over the hilltop to the watch
ers by the vault, telling them that
tho procession was on its way.
Finally at 3:30 o'clock the detach
ment of mounted police heading the
parado enmc slowly around tho cor
ner of Lincoln atrcot and pastroA up
West Third street to the comotory
gates. Behind thorn camo the Grand
Army band of Canton nnd solemn
notes of "Nearer, My God, to Thco"
welling out as it camo up tho drive
way. A moment after entering tho
cemetery the music was changed to
Chopin's funeral interlude, and it
was to the sound of this that tho
band passed out and on to Kentucky
avenue at the south sldo of tho en
closure. Behind tho band camo tho
Grand Army posts, fully COO of tho
veterans marching by. An they
passed along tho flower-strewn path
many of them wero wooplng bitter
ly, nnd they stooped by dozens to
gather tho blossoms which lay nt
their feet and carried them nway ns
mementos. Tho swootpea blossoms
that wero scattered along the road
were the offering of tho school chil
dren of Nashville, Tonu., and no trib
ute of lovo that was seen during the
funeral exercises more amply ful
filled its mission or more completely
carried its message of affection.
After tho veterans came in well set
ranks with ranks at "arraB port" tho
men of the Sixth Ohio infantry of tho
national guard, tho engineer corps
of the national guard from Cleveland
and tho comrades of tho late presi
dent in the ranks of the Twenty-third
Ohio volunteers during the civil war.
Then came a long line of carriages
bearing the mombers of the family
and the distinguished visitors. From
the first carriage that stopped at tho
foot of tho walk leading up to tbe
vault President Roosevelt and Com
mander Cowlcs, of the navy, alighted.
Without, waiting for thoso In the sec
ond carriage, which contained Secre
taries Boot and Gage and Attorney
General Knox, the president walked
slowly toward the vault and took a
position on the south side of the wnJk
close to tho door. As Secretary Boot
came up the walk he assumed a simi
lar position on the north side of the
walk and tho othor members of the
cabinet ranged themselves by tho
side of the president and secretary of
war. With bared heads the president
and members of tho cabinet, who
wero followed by the offioers of the
army and navy, stood on each sido of
tho walk, tho lines reaching just to
tho edge of tho roadway. Within a
minute aftor tho formation of the
lines the funoral car came np to tho
walk. The casket was lifted from the
hearse anu borne to the door of the
vault, where it rested upon the
catafalque. It was carried by tho
same men of the army and navy who
have carried it ever since it left Buf
falo.
Thore was a moment's pause as Col.
Bingham looked to sco that all was
in readiness. He then looked townrd
Bishop Joyce, of Minneapolis, who
read the burial service of the Metho
dist church, slowly, but in a voice
that could be heard distinctly by all
who were grouped about tho vault.
As his words ended there was a brief
pause, for it had been understood
that a quartotte of tho Knights Tem
plar was to bo present to render a
hymn. Through a misunderstanding,
however, it had not arrived and after
satisfying himself of this fact Col.
Bingham waved his hand to eight
buglers of tho Canton band who had
taken station upon the side of the
mound above and to the south of tho
vault. Instantly from the eight
bugles rang out tho notCB of the sol
dier's last call, "taps." It was all
ended at last and Capt. Biddle, of
company C, of the Fourteenth in
fnntry, who will command the gunrd
which is to bo placed around tho
vault, stepped up to a line of five sol
diers, which ho had posted just north
of the doorway and who, throughout
the coremony, had stood at present
arms as rigid as though carved out of
iron. Ono of them passed quickly
into the vault, taking station at tho
head of tho casket, another placed
himself at tho foot and three men
stood in the doorway, two on the
lower step and tho third on the floor
of the vault directly behind them.
There they remained until after tho
passage of the funoral procession.
As the head of the division contain
ing the Knights Templar wheeled into
the cemetery the quartette that had
been delayed in reaching the place
for the previous ceremonies took up
a position to tho south of the vnult
and sang "Farowcll, My Brother."
This hymn was followed by others,
including "Bock of Ages," "The Chris
tian's Good Night" and "Tho Way
side Cross." Tho selections wero
beautifully rendered and no part of
tho funeral ceremonies in Cnnton
was more impressive. Tho darkness
was gathering fast as tho knights
sang on nnd many in tho multitude
around the casket wero moved to
tears.
The Inst of the procession passed
the bier at 5:15 and then orders were
given by Capt. Biddle that tho ceme
tery should bo cleared. The order
was quickly carried out and tho presi
dent was left in the care of his guard
of honor.
CzoIrokz nnd Goldman Hanccd In lSfllgy.
Boston, Sept. 20. A crowd number
ing several thousand gathered in the
nobrcw section of tho city yesterday
evening and hung effigies of Czolgosa
and Emma Goldman.
SHROUDED IN BLACK.
Canton Received Her Beloved Son
with the Wailing of Dirges.
from Noon Until Nina O'clock ut Night
TliotiftiimM FiiMotl by tliu Cnxkot to
View tlio Frnttires of tho DIs-
tliiKulslioil Dead,
Canton, O., Sept. 10. Tenderly and
reverently thoso who had known Wil
linui McKinley best yesterday re
ceived his martyred body In their
arms. They had forgotten the illus
trious career of the statesman in the
loss of a great personal frioud who
had grown dearer to thorn with tho
passing of tho yeara. They hardly
noticed tho presidont of the United
States or his cabinet or the generals
and admirals in their resplendent
uniforms. The flag-draped casket
which contained tho body of their
friend nnd fellow-townsman held all
their thoughts. Ho had loft them
two weeks ago this very day in tho
full tide of the strength of a glorious
manhood nud thoy hod brought him
bnck dead. Anguish was in the heart
of every man, woman nnd child. The
entire population of tho little city
and thousands from all over Ohio,
the full .strength of the nntioiiHl
guard of the state eight regiments,
three batteries, one battalion of en
gineers, 5,000 men in all the gov
ernor, lieutenant governor and a ju.v
tico of the supreme court, represent
ing tho three branches of the btnte
government, wero at. tho station to
receive the remains. The whole town
was in deep black. The only house
in all this sorrow-stricken ctty with
out a touch of mourning drapery
was the old familiar McKinley cot
tage on North Market street, to
which ho many distinguished mon In
the country havo made pilgrimages
in the days that are gone. The
blinds were drawn, but there was no
outward token of the blow that had
robbed it of Its most precious pos
session. The flowers bloomed on tho
lawn as they did two weeks ago.
There wns not even a bow of oropo
on the door when the stricken widow
was carried by Abner McKinley and
Dr. Bixcy through it into the dark
ened home from which the light, for
her, had flown forever. Only tho
hitching post nt the curb in front of
tho residence had boon swathed in
black by the citizens, in order that
it might conform to the general
scheme of mourning decorations that
had been adopted. Sad as wns the
procession which bore the body to the
courthouse, where it lay in rtate yes
terday afternoon, it could not com
pare with the infinite sadness of that
endless double line of broken-hearted
people who streamed btcadily
through the dimly lighted corridors
of the building from the time tho
coffin was opened until it was taken
home to the sorrowing widow at
nightfall. They stepped softly lest
their footfalls wake their friend
from his last long sleep. Tears came
unbidden to wet the bier. Perhaps
it was the great change that had
come upon the countenance which
moved them more than the sight of
the familiar features. The signs of
discoloration which appeared upon
the brow and cheeks Tuosday at tho
state ceremonial in the rotunda of
tho cnpitol at Washington had deep
ened. The lips had become livid.
All but two of the lights of the chan
delier above the head were extin
guished in order that the change
might appear less noticeable, but
every one who viewed the remains
yesterday remarked the darkened fea
tures and the ghastly lips. When the
body was taken away thousands were
still in line, and the committee in
charge of arrangements was appealed
to to allow a further opportunity to
view the remains this morning be
fore they are taken to the church.
The funeral train proper arrived at
12 o'clock. It was met, by Judge Day
at the head of the local reception com
mittee, while assembled about tho
utation was the entire militia of the
utatc. Mrs. McKinley, weeping pit
cously, was helped from the train by
Dr. Bixoy and Abner McKinley and
conducted to a carriage which was
in waiting nnd was then driven rapid
ly to her home. The near relatives
followed her. The remains were then
lifted from the catafalque car and car
rled on the shoulders of the body
bearers through a gangway formed
by President Boosovclt nnd his cabi
net to the waiting hearse.
Tho president nnd cabinet then
entered ctrrringcH. They wero fol
lowed y tho guard of honor, head
ed by Admiral Dewey and Gen. Miles
in full uniform and tho pad proces
sion then moved tip Tenth street in
the direction of the courthouse, whero
the body was to He in state.
Tho casket wns borno to tho court
house amid vast throngs of people
lining the street and packed within
the courthouse square. There it was
deposited within tho central cham
ber. President Boosovclt. and tho
members were the flrBt to pnss tho
bier, followed by tho highest officers
of tho urmy and navy, Senator iliuma
nnd many others high in public, life.
Later the public wns ndmttted to tho
chamber and thousands viewed the remains.
REVOLT STILL LINGERS.
Ilrnownl of Guerrilla Wiirfnro Kxperled
In tliu riilllpplni'R nnil Moamirim Aru
Taken Accordingly,
Manila, Sept. 24. Gen. ChntTec's
plans for completing tho pncillcatlon
of tho Philippines Is now well under
stood and apparently commended by
the civilian population. It is freely
predicted that a renewal of guerrilla
hostilities is to be expected. Malvar
still has enough men to be trouble
some, and Gen. Sumner will make
It Ida own especial task to round up
this Insurgent and his (soldiers.
In Cebu and Bohol the few remain
ing insurgents are to be rounded up
by the constabulary. And right hero
Is tho ground for no little apprehen
sion. The government has organized
5,000 native scouts, most of them hav
ing been in the insurgent army a few
months ago. The native constabulnry
is to be uniformed In khaki, with red
trimmings, and is to be armed with
repeating shotguns, which will be ef
fective against the hulrones, but no
menace to tho United States troops.
SUSPECTS RELEASED.
Nino AnnrclitntH Vnilar Arri'nt In Chicago
(Jet Their Freedom llecnuRO of Luck
of Evidence.
Chicago, Sept. 24. The ltlno an
archists who have been under nrrest
here since the assassination of Presi
dent McKinley were given their free
dom. Judge Chetlaln bo ordered after
tho prosecution had admitted that
there was no legal evidence against
them. Emma Goldman was not a
party to the proceedings. Her case is
set for hearing before Magistrate
Prlndivillo, where she, as woll ns tho
nine mon freed, are charged with con
spiracy to murder President McKin
ley. The cases in tho lower court
with reference to the men Is, of
course, nullified by the action of
Judge Chetlaln. Miss Goldman will
also be sot at liberty, as .lustlco Prin-
divillc has agreed to tako such action
in her case as the upper court took I
in the cases of t,he men.
HE HAS MR. HANNA'S 0. K.
Ohio Senator Will Support tlio New I'ronl-
ilent If IIo Carrion Out HI Promlso to
Uphold thoMoKlnloy l'olloy.
Cleveland, O., Sept. 24. Senator
Hannn declared Monday that ho had
been misunderstood when he refused
to discuss tho policy of President
Booscvelt a few days since and that
while he then did not feel disposed
to express an opinion on the subject,
he did not mean to imply that he
would never talk again for publica
tion. "If President Booscvelt car
ries out his promise," said Mr. Banna,
"to continue the policy of President
McKinley, he will have my warm sup
port, as woll iih that of every other
loyal republican."
SAMPSON TO BE RELIEVED.
Secretary Lorn; Grant IIIh Itco,itont anil
Mortimer I JoIiiihoii Will Amuiiio
Command of UoHton Yard.
Washington, Sept. 21. Bear Ad
miral Sampson has requested tho navy
department to relieve him of his pres
ent duty as commandant of tho Bos
ton navy yard on October 1, on ac
count of the bad condition of his
hrnlth. Secretary Long has granted
the. request.
Bear Admiral Mortimer L. Johnson,
commander of tho Port Boyal naval
station, will ukmiuio command of the
Boston yard on October 1. Admiral
Sampson will retire by ago limit Feb
ruary 0, 1902.
WE'LL SWAP WIT3 CUBA.
Iloclproclty Traty with tlui Inland Will lie
Submitted to Conerus at tho KorhIoii
in l)iiruinii(ir.
Washington, Sept. 24. As a result
of conferences between President
lloosevelt and Gen. Wood, governor
general of Cuba, it has been deter
mined to negotiate a reciprocity
agreement between tho United States
nnd the island, the agreement to bo
Font to congress early in December.
Cereals and machinery from the
United States will enter Cuba at re
duced rates and sugar and tobacco
will be the principal Cuban products
affected by the agreement.
Death of JoHiiph W. Ady.
Colorado SpringB, Col., Sept. 24.
Judge Joseph W. Ady, n prominent
attorney, formerly of Newton, Kan.,
died here Monday of consumption.
He was 55 years of age. Mr. Ady
came hero from Kansas several year
ago, hoping to receive benefit from
the climate. In Kiuisjib he was United
States district attorney under Presi
dent Harrison and a prominent candi
date in the republican legislative cau
cus for United States senator.
Ono Itcpuhllrnii, Two Democrat.
New York, Sept. 24. The genornl
conference committee of the Antl
Tammany organization has approved
a full ticket to be presented to the
conventions of the rarlous organiza
tions. Stith Low (rep.) heads the
ticket for mayor, Kdwnrd M. Groul
(dern.) is the selection for comp
troller and Charles V. Forties (dom.)
for president of the board of aldermen.
SAT WITH ADVISERS.
First Cabinet Meeting Under Now
President a Solemn Occasion.
TliotiRliU of tho TniRiMty Which Itomovoil
111m I'redereMor Cant n tllooni Over
tliotlrniipof Stiitrninoti I'.arly
Canal I,('Klliitloii.
Washington, Sepl. 21. After a sus
pension of two days as a mark of re
Rpcct to the dead president the busi
ness of tho government at Washing
ton was resumed at nine a. m. Fri
day. Tho train bearing President
Boosevclt and tho members of hla
cabinet arrived at the Pennsylvania
station nt 0:20 o'clock and 15 min
utes later the president entered tlio
white house and proceeded to tho
cabinet room whero President McKin
ley was wont to do tho greater part
of his work. When the now chief ex
ecutive reached tho white houso ho
walked briskly to tho big front door
which swung wide open to rocclvo
him. Ho spoke pleasantly as ho
passed to tho watchman and other
employes of the mansion.
At 11 o'clock all the members of
the cabinet had arrived at the whlto
house and soon wero Rented around
tho familiar table. President Boose
vclt occupied a seat at Its head and
in the chair long occupied by IiIm
predecessor. It all seemed strange to
these devoted advisers of tho dead
president to Hit, at tho table VHhout
him at its head, and the gloom nnd
solemnity which characterized tho
meeting was not unbefitting tho occa
sion. Nearly all of tho members of
tho present cabinet arc quite Hiiro
to remain during Mr. Boosevelt'a
term, but it, Is very probnblo that Sec
retary Long will retire within tlm
next few months. Ho feels that, ho
can resign without embarrassment,
to Mr. Booscvelt and therefore it ia
thought that within tho next, few
,ot hJm voUnj
months he will ask tho president to
Aftor the cabinet meeting tho pren
Sdcnt, Secretary Boot and Gen. Leon
ard Wood, governor general of Cuba,
had a long conference nt the whlto
house. The discussion related to
Cuban affairs, more particularly to
the new electoral law adopted by tho
Cuban constitutional convention. It
is believed that recommendations
mndo by the United States govern
ment will bo received favorably by
the Cubans.
President Iloosovelt's administra
tion will start out with a settlement
of tho Nicaragua canal question if
present indications enn bo relied
upon. Positive information has been
received to tho effect that tho deci
sion of Secretary Hay to remain Jn
tho cabinet was reached because of
the fact that a complete busts of
ngrecment has been reached and the
outline of a treaty already agreed
upon between the United States and
Great Britain. The ngrecment which
hns been reached contains a provi
sion, It Is said, practically eliminat
ing tho old Clayton-Bulwer treaty
and allowing tho canal qucBtjon to
bo settled separately. The guarantco
of neutrality, it is believed, is to
cover all cases in which the United
States is not a party to actual war
fare. In such n ease tho United States
agrees not to close the canal except
as a war mensuro for its own protec-'
tion. In all other cases the canal is
to remain absolutely neutral, even
when Great Britain is a party to n
war with some other nation.
HONOR SAXON KING.
8 tat no of Alfred tho Grout Unveiled at
WlnrliDHtur, Kiig. IliMiihnry'M ltcf-
urunco to America.
Winchester, Eng., Sept. 20. In tho
presence of a vast concourse of An-glo-Snxon
delegates and otllclals, Lord
Bosobery Friday unveiled tho great
statue of King Alfred. In the courso
of his eulogy of the Saxon king.
Lord Bosobery said: "King Alfred
wrought Immortal work for us and
for our sister nation over the sea,
which, in tho supremo moments of
distress nnd sorrow is irresistibly
joined to us across the centuries nnd
across the seas."
BOERS TAKE SOME MORE.
llrltUh War onico Itocelve Another Jolt
In tho Cnptnro of u Wholo Com
pany of Mounted Infantry.
London, Sept. 21. Lord Kitchener
reports that the Boers have enptured
a company of mounted infantry and
two guns at Vlakfontein. One officer
was killed. Tho Boers, In superior
force, surrounded tlio British. Lord
Kitchener is making a strict investi
gation and has sent columns of troopn
in pursuit of tho Boers.
American Hoard of Knrelmi Mlmlnnn.
Boston, Sept. 21. Tho annual state
ment was made public yesterday of
the fiscal year of tho American Board
of Fornign Missions. The total re
ceipts of the year applicable for cur
rent expenses wero $007,370; total
expenditures, $717,081; tho excess of
expenditures over receipts, $10,710,
which, added to the debt of a year
ngo, makes tho present debt $182,341.
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