The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-17

as TO avoid too great a strain. "She VIII
be better in Canton than any place else,
said DR.. Rixey.
THE FUNERAL TRAIN.
The train that bore the President from
Buffalo was a solid Pullman of seven cars.
drawn by two locomotives. Fifteen min
utes before the train was scheduled to leave
an engine sped out through the yards with
orders TO precede the train by fifteen min
utes and keep the track clear. The train
was under the general charge of George
W. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania Assistant Trainmas-
ter d. NJ. Kinney was in direct charge.
Conductor Johnson. who came here In
charge of President Mckinley's special
train from Canton, was the Pullman con-
ductor to-day. Engineer George Wood
ward was in charge of one engine. and
Frank Bishop of the other. The train crew
was made up of picked men in the Penn
sylvania and Pullman Companies.
Behind the engines were the drawing
room cars Raleigh and Belgrade, both of
which We're devoted to members of the
press. Next came the dining car Waldorf,
the car Naples, intended for senator's, and
the Hungary, for President Roosevelt and
the Cabinet. Next 10 the rear car was
the Olympia, occupied by Mrs. Mckinley,
and last of all was the observation car,
Pacific, in which the body rested. The
caSket was placed between the windows
on the observation car. where it could be
Crepe was draped from the two locomotives
and from the rear of the observation car.
and the ratings of the car were shrouded
in crepe. The only relief in two tiny
pilot flags of white on the leading lOcOmO-
tive. The station was absolutely clear.
President Roosevelt entered the station
with Secretary COrtelyOu. The members
of the Cabinet followed. The President
raised his hat in salutation. Just before
he boarded the train the President OBJ
served II. II. KOhlsaat. OF Chicago. He
70 M nlaPina hand
Mr.. Kohlsaats shoulder, whispered a few
words to him.
LEFT FOUR MINUTES LATE.
Shortly after $50 it was announced that
everything was III readiness and at S:S4 the
train pulled slowly out, just four minutes
later than was scheduled. Only the en-
gines and the observation car were shroud-
ed in black. The other cars were I'M
adorned. Behind the drawn blinds were
Mrs. Mckinley, President Roosevelt, the
Cabinet and other high dignitaries of the
government. The casket of the President,
completely covered with a beautiful silk
flag lay on a raised bier in the observation
car. Two sheaveS of wheat were crossed
across the breast. A white dove with out
stretched wings seemed to be rising from
the head of the casket. 1t was part of an
white buds pictured the American flag, and
the French colors. a tribute from a
Franco-American society. Standing at the
foot of the casket a soldier of the
United States army, uniformed and ac-
ccutred with gun at order arms. AT
the head a sailor of the navy stood at at
tention, cutlass at shoulder. The lid of the
casket was closed. Just off from the
apartment, in curtained niche Lieut.
Eberle, of the army, and Lieutenant Ham
lin, of the navy, remained on duty, while
Colonel Bingham was in general charge of
the car. The other apartment of the car
was for the moment barracks with guns
stacked in the sections, cutlasses on the
seats and the reserve of soldiers and
sailors awaiting their detail at the bier of
the dead chief.
Two narrow overhanging viaducts, under
which the train passed as it drew slowly
out of the station, bent beneath the weight
of crowded humanity, packed there by the
pressure of the tide of people who filled all
the adjoining streets. The windows and
roofs of the houses and the roofs of the
cars in the yards were black with people,
all uncovered. When the train had cleared
the city the people were still there, stand
ing at the crossroads and in the fields. 1t
ran literally between two lines of people.
Farmers from the surrounding country had
driven through the dark hours of the night
to be at the side of the track where they
could pay their tribute of respect.