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down into 1t. Almost two minutes passed and then he turned away and the coffin was closed.
 Colonel Bingham signalled the body bearers. Four sailors, two infantry ser geants and two artillery sergeants bore the casket aloft and out of the house. The cabinet and others followed It. Mrs. Mckinley and the members of the family remained. The widow had passed through the odeal bravely and without breaking down.
 Funeral cortege Appeared.
 It was within a minute of 11:3O o'clock when three long rolls of untitled drum told those outside the house that the funeral cortege was about to appear. | From the darkened rooms the assemblage began to file out to the street At the mo- ment the casket appeared, Nearer, My God, to Thee ascended in subdued strains from one of the military bands Tenderly the bearers lowered the casket from their shoulders and placed 1t in the l hearse.
 The notes of Chopin's funeral dirge suc- ceeded the strains of the hymn. The sol diers and sailors swung into long columns and took up the march southward toward the city hall.
 President Roosevelt came from the house arm in arm with Secretary Root and entered the first carriage with MT Root and Attorney General Knox and Postmaster-Generai Smith who had fol- lowed. The Presidential carriage fell in immediately back of the military escort Following in the second carriage were Secretary Long, Secretary Hitchcock, Secretary Wilson and Secretary Cortel- you. Major-General Brooks was In the third carriage, and Rev. pr. Locke and his wife in the fourth. In this order four carriages preceded the hearse. After these four carriages there was clear space of 100 feet and then came the hearse, bear ing the dead President. At the head of each of the leading horses police officer walked with hand at the brfule.
 On either side of the hearse walked a detachment of soldiers and sailors, four picked men from the army and marine corps on the right and as many more blue jackets, under Lieutenant Eberly, on the left.
 Immediately back of the hearse marched a score of G. A. R. veterans, who had been assigned to this post of honor.
 Prominent Men In Carriages.
 In the carriage following the Grand Army marchers rode Senator Hanna, Governor Odell, Senators Fairbanks and Kean. Senator Burrows, Director-General Buchanan and two exposition officials oc- eupied the next. Then came Colonel Blng- ham and Major Thomas W. Symonds, who has been the active representative 1 of the war department since the shoot ing of the President occurred. The White House staff, who were so closely identified with tha late President, rode together. Mayor Diehl of Buffalo and city officers i. and members of the City Council were N~the last of the official mourners In the corteEe. After them followed a long line of carriages, occupied by those who had been near the President, officially and personally. None z the members of the family entered the carriages. As the fu- neral cortege moved south through Della ware avenue toward theNnity hall, 1t passed through a vast concoursc of peo- pie. filling the walks, cross streets and | available space of the buildings along tlia line of march. H,.,
 As the escort of soldiers swung slowly into Franklin street a few drops of rain fell In two minutes 1t was raining hard. The long line of troops took their posi- tions at attention, facing the city hall The carriage containing members of the cabinet hurried up to the entrance. The last of the carriages was the one bearing President Roosevelt. Removing his hat the President stepped from the vehicle and walked into the vestibule. The band, some distance away, began Nearer, My God, to Thee" At the same instant pre- cisely the rain seemed to come down in sheets and driven along by a southwest gale off the waters of Lake Erie, tore across city hall square.
 All Heads Barred.
 The casket was lifted from the hearse to the shoulders of the sailors and ma rines and was borne into the city hall Outside there was. not a man, so far as could be seen, who did not stand, defy in. the clements, with hat removed, re- specting his dead President.
 A moment later the body of President Mckinley was lying in state.
 The scheme of the interior draping was unique and most artistically carried out
 Among the set floral pieces was con- tribution from the French Society al Buffalo consisting of two flags, United States and French on standard drapings of purple and black, caught in the beak of a pure white dove framed in the words with sympathy and regrets" Of strik' ing beauty was a white wreath bearing in immortells the name Chile" Circled about the bier were President Roosevelt and the cabinet. The casket was i'm mediately opened to It's full length. Ar American flag was thrown across the foot of the casket and resting against 1t were wreathes of roses.
 moment of silence prevailed. Ther President Roosevelt nodded to Secretar, Root and, side by side they left th' scene by the rear doors, followed b, the other members of the cabinet. ' Thousands Viewed the Remains. At 1928 o'clock the police were notified that the body could be reviewed by thu public. At the end of the first hour i , was estimated that something like TOO persons had passed the bier. Distin . guished persons took their places in 'h' line. At o'clock came twenty-eign commissioners from various American | countries to the Pan-American Exposi |. v,rtrN. I,,1