The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-19

large detachment of cavaly and a larger space too small for the latter alone. The crowd was finally compelled to spread | backward and line itself along the route
 marked out for the march from the depot | to the court house.
 It was 10 o'clock when the first of the | carriages provided for the guests by the | executive committee arrived at the depot Each carriage had been carefully num- bered and set apart for certain guests, as l they arrived individually at the lepot. | there was considerable trouble before iy designed for their distinguished otcu- | pants. All was finally settled. however | and by the time the funeral train arrived | all was In readiness for them. A number of the executive committee 1 had been sent on east of Canton to board | the funeral train and to advise each | member of the funeral party of the place | of residence selected for him in Cant on, | and to give them their carriage num- | bers. This plan was adopted in order to 1 save confusion and delay at the depot.
 At 9:S0 o'clock word was received through
 an Associated Press dispatch from. the l funeral train that 1t was thirty minutes | later in leaving Pittsburg than was ex- 1 pected. The usual running time for the
 Pittsburg and Canton Is two hours and l ffty-eight minutes, and 1t was not likely
 that the funeral train would exceed this
 schedule because of Mrs Mcknley's | l practically certain that the train would | not arrive in Canton before 1:30. Not withstanding this fact, the members of 1 the executive and reception committees
 were all at the depot in readiness at the | time originally set. It was the intention | of the committee that here should~be no lack of attention on their part and no l allowance whatever was made for the ! known lateness of the train.
 When the streets had been finally
 cleared and the platform left for the
 bearers there was nothing to do but to wait
 The honorary pallbearers, John c.
 Dueber. George B: Frease. R. A. Cassi- Henry Wharter, William A. Lynch and i Thomas Y. McFarley all clad in long | frock coats of black, wearing silk hats crepe of creme occupied the center of | the platform. while back of them stood | the committeeman and number of Mckinley. Standing behind the depot | platform, drawn by four beautiful black horses. not white hair upon one of them. steod the hearse. It was richly carved and decorated funeral car. There were no trappings, no special adorn- I lnents. Everything about 1t was simple, 1 but handsome and in excellent taste.
 Large nets from which were pendant
 heavy black tassels, covered each horse and a groom stood at the head of each animal. The horses had been especially
 
 in the neighborhood of Canton having offered teams from which the committee | had made its final selection.
 For forty minutes before the arrival of the train mounted orderiies rode up and down the streets, lending their as- l sistance in keeping the crowds back to its limit and arranging details of the | column which was to escort the body to the court house.
 The first section of the funeral train
 reached Canton at 11:20 o'clock. The cli- 70 .fw.nN NtAaa 1f
 that had been observed all the way from Pittsburg began at Alliance, IS miles from Canton. There the half-masted flags were bordered heavily with black and child was at the station. A big
 W hite streamer, ten feet wide, was across the main street. Lettered heavily upon it in black was We Mourn Our Ma tton's Dead"
 The church bells were tolling dolorous-
 ly. Then came the last half hours run received into the arms of It's own peo- pie. Mile by mile the approach was
 marked by growing evidences of deep personal affliction Flags that had often
 waved Mckinley welcome were now low cred in sorrow. Farmers and country folk generally seemed to have suspended
 work altogether; the schools were dis
 missed and the entire population was
 ranged along the track In sorrowful si-
 lence. The straining faces showed that
 the people took this mournful home
 
 had entered into each home, and 1t was
 though fathers and mothers and sisters
 were watching for a glimpse of the cas-
 ket that held their own loved one. The sight was profoundly impressive
 as the funeral train drew into the little station at Canton at exactly noon to-
 day. All about the station and banked deep in the surrounding streets were the friends and neighbcrS of the martyred president. while drawn up back of the
 station were long lines of militiamen at
 Immediately in the rear of the station
 at the mouth of Tenth Street was Troop
 A. of Cleveland. mounted on their black
 chargers. keeping the entrance of the line of march clear.
 Up the street soldiers at intervals of ten feet with difficulty restrained the solid wall of people. Canton had suddenly become a city of 100000. and the entire tion itself was cleared, a company of soldiers of the Sth Ohio from Worcester
 keeping the platform clear. Opposite over
 the heads of acres of people on the wall
 of a big manufacturing establishment,
 was an enormous shield thirty feet high, with McKinleys bldck-bordered picture in the center. The local committee headed
 by ex-Secretary of State William R. Day
 and Judge Grant were on the platform. All about were black symbols of mourn ing. The approach of the train was un- heralded. No whistle was blown, no bell was rung. In absolute silence 1t rolled into the station. Even the black-hooded | locomotive gave no sound. There was no l panting of the exhaust pipes. The energy | that brought 1t seemed to have been ab- | solutely expended. At the mere sight of | the train the people who had been walt | ing there for hours were greatly affected. Women sobbed and men wept.
 For a few minutes after 1t had stopped no one appeared Judge Day and his com | mittee moved slowly down the platform | in front of the line of soldiers to the | catafalque car and waited. Suddenly Ab- | ne- Mckinley, in deep black, his face tense and drawn, appeared from the car next to that conveying the remains and | a moment later Dr. RiXey appeared, half | carrying a frail and broken form. It was | Mrs. Mckinley arrayed in the deepest | mourning.
 Beneath the heavy black veil she held
 her handkerchief to her eyes and her | slight figure shook conVulsively. Gently | she was lifted from the car and supported | by Dr. Rixey and Abner Mckinley, was ] practically carried to a carriage In wait | ing at the east end of the station. The door of the carriage was closed and Mrs. | Mckinley was driven hurriedly to her | home on North Market Street where | tinguished husband in the full vigor of l manhood. Colonel Bingham, the Presi- l dents aide, then gave directions for the | removal of the casket from the car. The | coffin was too large to be taken through | the door and a broad window at the side l was unscrewed and removed. While this l was going on the floral offerings were l carefully lifted out and set upon the | ground at the side of the track. When | all was ready the soldiers and sailors who 1 had accompanied the remains all the way | from Buffalo emerged from the car ana | took u ptheir places
 The foldiefs trailed their arms at their