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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURM , , , NKHUASKA FRIDAY sferrKMmw : > < > win Body of Dead President Borne to the Tomb. PATHETIC FEATURE OF FUNERAL Cricl'-lo\vcd ! Willow Unublo to Tar. licipaio in Olisouii ( ( % FINAL SERVICES OVER DODY. All That IG Mortal of William McKltv Icy Committed to the Grave In Hlo Ohio Home Thousands Pay TouchIng - , Ing Tribute Imposing Funeral Pro cession. Canton , O. , Sept. 20. With innjostlc Eoloninlly , surrounded by Ills country men and his townspeople , lu the pres ence of the president of tha United States , the cabinet , the justices of the United States supreme court , senators and representatives In congress , the lieads of the military and naval estab lishments , the governors of states and a great concourse of people , who had known him , all that Is mortal of the third president to fall by an assas sin's bullet was committed to the grave yesterday. It was a spectacle of grandeur. Canton ceased to ho a ll'KINLBY 11UUIAL I'LOT , CA.VfON. town and swelled to the proportions of a great city. From every city and hamlet In Ohio , from the remote cor ners of the south and the east and west , the human tide flowed Into the town , until 100,000 people were within Its gates , bore to pay thqjr last trib ute to the fallen chief. The flnal scenes ut the First Metho- 91st church , where the funeral serv ice , were held , and at the beautiful West. Lawn cemetery , where the body was consigned to a vault , were simple and impressive. The services at the church consisted of a brief oration , prayers and the singing by a quartet. The body 'was then taken to West Lawn cemetery and placed in a re ceiving vault , pending the time it will be laid to rest beside the dead children who were buried years ago. The fu neral procession was very imposing and included not only the representa tives of the army and the navy of the United States , but the entire military strength of the state of Ohio , and hun dreds of civic , fraternal and other organizations. It was two miles long. Ono of the most pathetic features of the day wns the absence of Mrs. Me- Klnlcy from the funeral services at the church and cemetery when the tody of her husband was laid to rest. Since the first shock of the shooting , then of death , through the ordeal of state ceremonies , sac had borne up bravely. But there was a limit to human endurance , and when yesterday came it found her too weak to pass Pi through the trials of'the final cere monies. Through the open door of her room she heard the prayer of the minister as the body was borne out of the house. Dr. Rlxoy remained close by her side and , although the full force of the calamity had come upon her , it was believed by .those about her that there was n providential mercy in her tears , as they gave some relief to the anguish of the heart within. At' .7 o'clock last night President Roosevelt and his cabinet started back to Washington. Streets Jammed With People. For many hours before the time Bet for the commencement of the fu neral services at the McKinley home , the streets along the entire length of the line of march were crowded with spectators. From the gates of the cemetery to the doors of the church , there was on each side of the street an almost unbroken line of soldiers and at the intersecting streets detach ra'ents of militia were placed , about 100 feet from the thoroughfare upon ; whlch the cortege was to go , and no body was permitted to pass In either direction. There vas not a window that commanded a view of the line of march that was not filled with faces , the numerous stands wore crowded to their utmost , and on the roofs wore hundreds of people. From U o'clock In the morning until 5 In the afternoon , 'which tlmo the last of the parade had passed the church on Its way to the cemetery , this condition prevailed. All day long the streets wore kept olenr by the military , and not a vc- hlclo of any description was permitted to enter upon them. Notwithstanding thn elonso crowds , there were no accidents of any kind reported. No greater reverence has over been nlioxxn to any mini , living or doa < . urn \UIH exhibited toward the dead PIVH- ! dent. As the funeral car pasm-d through the streets men and women Bobbed convulsively and at the ceme tery gates , where the crowd was densely packed and where the people had remained for hours , pressing against the Iron fence , two women fainted during the exercises at the vault. It was a wonderful tribute of sur passing love that was yesterday shown In his natlvo place to the memory of William McKlnley , and It will be long before greater or moro leverASst honor Is paid to any man. For nearly an hour before the head of the luneral procession arrived at the gate of the cemetery , the strains of the dirges played by the band came over the hilltops to the \vnlohern by the vault , telling them that the pro cession was on Its way. Finally at li.IJO o'clock the detachment of mount ed police , heading the procession , came around the corner and passed up to the cemetery gates. Hohlncl them came the Grand Army hand of Canton , the solemn notes of "Nearer , My God , to Thee , " welling out as It came up the driveway. Hehlnd the band came the Grand Army posts , fully 500 of the veterans marching by. As they passed along the llowor strewn path , many of them were weeping bitterly , and they stooped by dozens to gather the blossoms which lay at their feet and carried them away as mementoes. After the veterans came In well set ranks the men of the Sixth Ohio infan try of the National Guard , the engi neer corps of the National Guard from Cleveland and the comrades of the late president In the ranks of the Twenty-third Ohio volunteers during the civil war. Then came a long line of carriages bearing the members of the family and the distinguished visitors. From the first carriage that stopped at the foot of the walk , leading up to the vault , President Hoosevclt alighted , walked slowly toward the vault and took a position close to the door. As Secretary Hoot came up ho as sumed a similar position on the other side of the walk , and the other cabinet members arranged themselves 1 > > the sides of the president and secretary. The president and members of the cabinet were followed by officers of the army and navy , who stood on each side of the walk , the lines reaching just to the edge of the roadway. Within a minute after the formation of the lines the funeral car came up to the walk. The casket was lifted from the hearse and borne to the door of the vault , where It was rested on the catafalque. It was carried by the same men of the army and navy who have carried it ever since it left Buffalo. Colonel Bingham waved his hand to eight buglers of the Canton band , who had taken station upon the side of the mound. Instantly from the eight bugles rang out the notes of the sol dier's last call "taps. " It was beau- tllully done and the last notes of the bugles died away so softly that all who heard it remained listening for a few seconds to hear if it was really ended. When the last note had floated away Secretary Wilson was in tears , Secretary Hitchcock was also weeping and the president was gazing grimly at the walk. It was the last moment for the men who had been so closely associated with the president for so long and the thought seemed to most of them greater than they could bear. Soldiers Stand Guard. It was exactly four minutes past -1 o'clock when the funeral car bore the remains of the dead president through the gateway of his last resting place. Twenty minutes after that time the brief ceremony at the vault was over , thf > members of the family and distin guished men of the nation , who had come so far to do him honor , had passed through the gates on their homeward way. One hour and twenty minutes after the hearse had entered the cemetery the place was clear and the dead president was resting alone under the watchful care of the men of the regular army. A'sentry's tread resounded from the cement walk be fore the vault , another kept vigil on the grassy slope above , , and at the head and foot of the casket stood armed men. Hia Lact Resting Place. Nature has been kind in selecting the last resting place for President McKlnley. West Lawn cemetery is on a high knoll , overlooking the peace ful valley , with the little city of Can ton laid out below. Here the body of William McKlnley is laid to rest. The beauty of the grounds attracted the attention of the country's best land scape gardeners , who have Journeyed hero to study Its attractions. Just In side the stately entrance stands the gray stone vault , where for a tlmo the casket will repose. Its dreary ex terior was relieved by great masses of flowers , banked all about until the gray walls were shut out from view But In duo time It will be taken from the vault and committed to the little plot of ground lying further on. This Is the McKinley lot and here Ho his father , whoso name ho bore , the mother ho guarded so tenderly In life , Ills brother James , his sister Anna and his two children. And when that time comes a stately shaft of granlto will arise above the grave telling of the civic virtues , the pure life and the martyred death of William McKinloy. Kruger Turns to Roosevelt. London , Sept. 2 < J. Mr. Kruger. ac cording to a dispatch to the Dally Mall from DruEsels. IB preparing n memorial to President Roosevelt , so liciting the intervention of the United States In South Africa. Torpedo Boat Destroyer Cobra Goes to Bottom. ALL BUT 12 LOSE THEIR LIVES. Fastest Venocl Afloat Strikes a Rock Soon After Leaving Builders' Yards and Goes Down Worst Disaster Since Victoria Catastrophe. London. Sept. 'JO. The torpedo boat destroyer Cobra , the fastest VCHUO ! In the world , has foundered In the North sea , the result of an explosion after striking a rock. The whip was en route from the yard of UH builders , the Arm- BtrongH of Newcastle , to Portsmouth , and carried a crew of 00. All were lost with the exception of 1men , who weie landed at MIddlenboro. Five boats were launched after the Cobra struck , but Home of then were Bwamped In the heavy sea which was running at ( lie time. The first Intimation of the disaster was the arrival of a fishing boat at Yarmouth with six bodies which it had picked up in the vicinity of the spot whoio the Cobra was last seen. Ac cording to the fishermen the Cobra was sighted by the lightship off Dowsing Sands yesterday morning en veloped In steam and It shortly after ward disappeared. The men on the lightship mipposcd the Cobra had sailed away , until evening , when they observed bodies floating In the water and signalled to the llshlng boat to In vestlgale the disaster. Torpedo boats have gone to Uio scene of the disaster , which Is'tho most Herious the British navy has suf fered since the sinking of the Vic toria. Lieutenant Bosworth Smith , the Cobra's commander , stood upon the bridge with his arms folded , an impassive as Ifvon paiadc , and went down with the vessel. About one year ago the Cobra beat the record of the Viper and won the title of the fastest vessel In the world. The record of the Viper , which was afterward wrecked , was 43 miles an hour , while the Cobra , in an unofficial trial over the same course as that sailed by the Viper , at the mouth of the Tyne , made 37.7 knots , or 45.3 miles. The Cobra was an exact clupll cate of the Viper. LOST IN LAKE SUPERIOR. Propeller Hudson Goes to Bottom With Crew of 24 Men. Buffalo , Sept. 20. So far as has been learned here the propeller Hud son , of the Western Transportation line , reported lost In Lake Superior , was manned by a crew of 21 men , as follows : Captain. A. J. McDonald ; en gineer , Moses Tionton ; first mate , Charles Brooks ; second mate , Thomas Heppenhagen ; George Voght , Donald Glass , Peter Hunnlng , Fiod Anderson , Ed Miller , John Peters , Nels Peterson , Henry Myers , two cooks , one porter and six deckhands. Shoots Wife , Fnther-in-Law and Self. Carlinville , Ills. , Sept. 20. Daniel J. Brown shot his wile , his father-in-law , James Fitzgerald of Jerseyvllle , Ills. , and then himself at his former home In this city yesterday. Brown was quarreling with his wife over the own ership of certain property when Fitz gerald interfered. Brown thereupon shot his wife , the bullet striking a corset stay. She was not hurt. He then fired at his father-in-law , and turned the pistol on himself , the ball entering above the heart. Brown and Fitzgerald are still alive and the wife is doing all she can to relieve the suf ferings of her wounded husband and father , but neither of the men will live. Forest Fire Still Burning. Denver. Sept. 20. A special from rcidora says the forest fire which threatened the town has subsided to a great extent and it is believed that unless a high wind comes up again the town is safe. Dr. McMurtie. who was found on Gulnn mountain , died while being brought to Eldorn. He was C3 years old and was a resdent of Kmor- son. la. The fire Is still bt\nlng In the fallen timber over an area of 40 square miles. French Liner Breaks Record. New York , Sept. 20. The now French line steamship La Savolo , which left this port , clearing the Sandy Hook lightship at about 11US : n. in. on Sept. 12 , was reported by ca ble as having arrived at Havre at C a. m. yesterday. Her record for the passage therefore Is about C days , 13 hours and 2 minutes. This Is the quickest time from New York to Havre ever made by any steamer. Goree Still Alive. Guthrlo , 0. T. , Sept. 20. R. D Goreo , the man supposed to have boon killed by Colonel H. B. Howie and son at McKnlght last Sunday Is still alive Goroe's father took him to Fort Worth yesterday for the purpose of having the ball removed from his head. The body had been prepared for the under taker , but Goree began to 8how signs of life and rapidly recovered. Powder Factory Explodes. Tours , Franco , Sept. 20. An oxplo slon , caused by n fire. In a powder lac tory nt Ripault. has resulted In the death of 11 persona and the Injury of 17 others , n majority otwhom will cllo from the Injuries. CZO'-GOSZ ONLY ADMITS IT. Bayo He Killed President Bccauoo It Was Hlo Duty. Buffalo. Kept. an. 'I hiC.nirli r prlntH the following : "Whal'M tin- into of talking about thai. I Kill. . ! tin- prcMldent. 1 am an iinunhM mnl dimply did my duty. That'll all I U pay. " Loon F. Czolgoa1/ , the atom m nf President McKlnley , said ( hour \ \ < > i i > yoHlorday to Flunk Oln/aimvM-M ni I tor of a Polish newspaper , but \\miM Hay nothing fuilher about ( In nlm \\bllo willing to talk ln < h ui > uf ithor subjects. OlozanoxxMd paid l > i Hoivnd vlnll to the iiRmiHxIii < t II ] ! wan mint by the dlmtlrt Hitiuin > in HIInuance of vain ofYoilH lu IM U llir > irlsoiior'H Blubborn tongue "C/.olgOHZ talked on OM i\ ntlu r wuh eel I Huggotttod. " tmld he ' * mn versnllon xvuihl have l > m inliitaln ng coming 1'ioin a man oiln r than tin * irosldont'H MHHiiHHln. He talUi > l mi the 'olish alliance and a vailetx < > | ntln i subjects , but when I hpoKo nf bin crime ho merely Bald : 'U'lmt'H tin nap ol lalldug about that. I Ml id tdo incident. I am an anan hi-l I Hlmply did my duty. That all 111 nay. * "C'/olsosz Bpoke onrnc'tlx ami do oniilncilly. I tried him sexual xxaxs lint ho would not add axurd to bin leclarallon. I don't In-Hex e anv one | IIH ; any moro from him alimit I IIP crime. Czolgosz IH Intelligent and I don't believe hexlll tell mure" The cliMOHt watch IB lu-lng In pi mi Cynlgntw ami the nhorlff'H nlHcem also scorn bent on aiding the pmsoi utlmi by getting admissions fmm the pi in oner , but so far they have been uiinur cessful. The prisoner tnll < n on cirdl nary subjects oceaHlonally , but \\lll not talk at nil on subjects leading up to the ; iHn\Hinaimi ; \ ! of the piesldciil When ( lucHtloued in that lelatlon , C'/ol- gobU'smiios his stubborn nlli-neo. WASHINGTON STANDS STILL. All Business Suspended for Five Min utes ns McKinley Corteye Moves. Washington , Sept. 2 < > . Twenty years alter the death of Garllold the nation's capital xvas again In mourn Ing , the \xheels of goveiunion ! wore locked and the voloon ol the people xvetp upllltod In piayoi lor tinHOU ! of William Mi Klnley , while hl.s mortal remains xxoio committed to the tomb in his Ohio home. Private and public biiHinosH xvas absolutely suspended and every face shoxved signs of sad ness. The city gave evidence In the most Impressive manner that Its heart was Mlth Canton in the solemn hours of President MoKlnloy's funeral. At exactly 2:30 : o'clock , 1:30 : In Canton , the city ceased Irom labor , practically from locomotion , for flvo minutes. There was no official proclamation roquliiug such observance of the fu neral hour , nor had there been any general agioeinont foi such observ am e. But when the hour came , as If by common Instinct , men , women and children , \\hlte and black , came to a sudden halt In xvhalHoevor they were rngagi-d find But or stood as still as statues wheresoever they chanced M be. Men on foot and on bicycles , the drivers ol carriages or wagons , stood in mute supplication lor the dead. Memorial Pageant at Leavenworth. Leavonworth , Kan. , Sept. 20. Me morial exert IBOS were held yesterday , the luneral procession being the larg est known in the history of the city. It was nearly txvo and a half miles long , requiring one hour and twenty minutes to pass a given point. TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD. A Chicago syndicate is to build a million dollar beet sugar plant in Wy oming. The British cruiser Indefatigable went ashore In the St. Lawrence ; river near Quebec. Colombian rebels and Venezuelans occupied La Haeha after the govern ment troops withdrew. Leonora I.orlng , winner of the $21- 000 Great Filly makes at Slieepsliead Bay , was disqualified because ot ineg- ular entry. Kev. S. S. Dlnkins , D. D. , president of Selma university , died Thursday. Ho was one of the foremost educators of the negro race. Michael Jv Synon of Chicago , who xvas once convicted and sentenced to hang for wlfo murder , was acquitted on his second trial. Senator Frye announced that he would not accept the chairmanship of the senate foreign affairs committee. Senator Lodge may be chosen. The six-story department store of Rothschild & Co. at Chicago was par tially wrecked Thursday by the falling of Inside partition walls. The damage to the building and stock will aggregate - gate ? 225,000. Omor Peleo , aged 10 , was fatally shot at Winchester , Incl. , Thursday while posing as President McKlnley at Buffalo for IJmll Miller , a boy of the same age , xvho was acting the part of the anarchist. A carriage containing James I2vor- ott and wife and Miss Oddle Cutter xvas struck by a train at a grade crossIng - Ing at Hamilton. O. , Thursday. Ever ett and Miss Cutter were killed and Mrs. Beverett had her right log broken. As a result of a general fight at Davis , I. T. . Miss Maggie Fulohor Is dead , her husband and Ltu-ln Calbert are seriously injuroH and Mrs. John Jones Is fatally shot , all the \vork of thu Jones woman's huttlwnd , John Jones , who wns angry because she left him and went to the Fulcher homo. \ \ II HI i Ili'l / | ' , , , M lmt Norfolk \I.I.\\NDIH III \lt \ ii'u I'rntliltut I \ \ /I 'I/ ( - . - National Bank. OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANKING BUSINESS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA Capital , $100,000.00 Surplus , $2oooo.ooj Does a General Banking Pj ancl 8cllHICxahan _ e , ln _ tores t Paid on Time Dopo-1'- Drafts and Mono ) < n i : r- > . A General Steamship and Foreign Passage Muilness Transacted A. HKAll. K. P. HANltON. K. J. 11ALK , W. 11 WM. ZUTJ N.A. IUINHOLT , B.H. C PLflNO MHNUFUGTURING GO. I Milkers of 11 a nesting Machinery. The Piano Husker and Shredder. The Jones Hjy Hake , The Jones Lever B nder , The Jones Mower. The Jones Steel Header. The Jones Reapar. THE PLANO SICKLE GRINDER. THE PLANO HUSKER AND SHHE This machine lw unhmitf d capa < ity , xveigl ingUiO pounds : xvill handle all tt o corn that can be delivered to it. It shncN the fodder perfectly , leaving the ear uninjured. It has a'rJ kmvi"on the shrediior-heiid which pas the MireclcliiiK spnco(100 ( timt-s each minute ' ] > his mnelnnu will be on exhibition at the Piano hoadquartorH xve-.st of the Creiglitoa depot in Norfolk , Nobr , on uud after Sep tember L'Oth. . H. BLAKERflAflJ , , General Agent , Piano Manufacturing : Company. KING EDWARD VII CIGAR Foil SALE ONLY MY KIESAU DIUT ( ! CO. , ± : ! : ' ? ' GEO. 13. UIIKISTOPII , ? ASA 1C. LEOXAKD. T ! : TOLLBKTON & STBTSON CO. , Sioux Oit.r , In. Solo Distributors. : --H-M : H-H-H-H-H FOR GOOD LOANS AND EASY PAYMENTS < SEE ' The Norfolk Building and Loan Ass'n C. B. DURLAND , Secretary.