The Red Cloud chief., 1901-09-27
PLACED in TOMB.
Remains Of the Lamented McKin.
ley Buried at Canton.
SOlfMNTY MARKS THE FINAL DUTY.
snce of Vast Concourse Of People
Pathetic Feature Furnished In
the Absence Of Mrs. Mckinley

A Canton, o., dispatch says: With
majestic solemnity, surrounded by his
co%untrymen and his townspeople, in
the presence of the president the
cabinet, justices OF the United States
supreme court, senator's and represent
atives in congress, the heads Of mill
tary and naval establishments, the
governors of states and a great ON
course of people who had known and
loved him, all that is mortal Of the
third president to fall by an assassip's
bullet was committed TO the grave. 1t
was q spectacle of mournful grandeur.
Canton ceased to be a town and swelled
to the proportions of a great city.
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 100000
people were within it's gates. here to
pay the last tribute to the fallen chief.
The ANAL enc at the First Metho-
dist church where the funeral service
was held, and at the beautiful West
lawn cemetery, where the body was
consigned TO a vault, were simple and
impressive. The service at the church
consisted Of "a brief grafton, prayers by
the ministers of three denominations
and singing by n quartet. The body
was taken to Westlawn cemetery and
placed in the receiving vault, pending
the time when it will be finally laid to
rest beside the dead children who were
buried years ago.
The funeral procession was very i'm
posing, and included not only the rep
resentatives of the army aud navy Of
the United States, but the full military
strength of the state of Ohio and thou
sands of civic, fraternal Ind other or
carnations. 1t vas two miles long.
One of the most pathetic features of
the day was the absence of Mrs. Nc
Kinley from the 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 ordeal
of state ceremonies she had borne up
bravely. But there was a limit to hui
man endurance and when the day
came for the final ceremonies at Can
ton 1t found her too weak to pass
through the trials of the burial cere-
monies. Through the open door of her
she heard the prayer Of the min
lister as the body was borne out of the
house. After that DR.. Rixey remained
close by her side, and although the
full force of the calamity had come up
On her, it was believed by those about
her that there was a ~providential mer-
cy in her tears, as they gave some re-
lief to the anguish of the heart within.
The services at the church were sim
pie. The favorite hymns were sung,
and c. 4. Manchester, pastor of the
First NJ. 4. church, delivered his adj
dress, part of which was as follows:
mot only was u president brave,
heroic and honest; he was as gallant n
! knight as ever rode the lists for his
lady love in the days when knighthood
was in flower. 1t is but n few weeks
since the nation looked on with tear
dimmed eyes as it saw with what tender
conjugal devotion he sat at the beside
of his beloved wife, when all feared
that a fatal illness was upon her. No
public clamor that he might show him
self, no din of social function was sutfi-
cient to draw the lover from the bed
side of his wife. He watched and
waited while we all prayed-apd she
lived. This sweet and tender story all
the world knows, and the world knows
/. that his whole life had run in this one
: groove of love.
In the midst of our sorrow we have
much to console us. He lived to sec
his nations greater than ever before.
All sectional lines are blotted out.
There is no north, nor south, nor east,
nor west. Washington saw the begin.
ming of our national life. Lincoln
passed through the nighN of IL his.
tory and saw the dawn. MKinley be.
held his country in the splenlor of its
noon. Truly he died in the ~fuiness OF
his fame. The work assigned HIN had
been we'll done. The nation wa, al
peace. We had fairly entered uponSn
era of unparalleled prosperity. Our res
. enues were generous. Our standini
among nations was secure. Our pres
dent was safely enshrinedi in the heart
of a united people. 1t was not at hir
the fatal shot was fired, but at tn
very life OF the government. In vie'
of these things we are not surprised I
hear, from one who was present whe
this great soul passed away, that /
never before saw a death SO peaceful
or a dyiug man SO crowned with graz
deur.
After the benediction was pronoun
ed the casket was borne from Il
church to the funeral car, and Il
n march Of the procession to the Gem
terry began.