The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-16

Washington Sept I5.-Secretarv Ffa,-
today issued to the public the following
announcement concerning the funera,
or President Mckinley:
department Of State. Washington
u. G, Sept. Is 1901
The remains of the late president 40
the United States. after lying in stare
IN the city hall of Buffalo. durfue the at
ternoon Of Sunday. sept Is. viii b. re-
IL gu 81 70 W washington BY special train
on MONDAY, Sept. IL, leavln-y Fs1IefaI,,
at o.SV a. M, and reachin=- N-ashfre-tC,,,
az . y; m The remains vii lthen h.
carried, under the escort of a so11s = -,
u Chlted states cavalry. To the ezes-15-
i've mansion, where they will resi- u1+iI
> clock in the morning of ,T'1Ies1is,--
Sept. Il. 20idS ,
They viii then be carried tn fba
capitol, accompanied by a military ana
CiNI escort, the details of which will be
gwen IN separate notice The re
mains VIII there lie in state RaIjeio77e
services viii be held in the rofuD5s
OF the capitol on Wednesday ar -
CLOCK noon. At / o'clock the remains
under a military escort. VIII be trans
teTTed 10 a funeral car and carried -
canton o., Via the PENNSYLVANIA rail
road, arriving there On Thursday at II
Il m. where arrangements for thu mai
sSpuIchre VIII be committed to the
charge OF the citizens Of Canton under
the direction Of committee to be Sc
lected by the mayor OF that CITY
NO ceremonies are expected in the
cities and towns along the route of The
bells JO81E HAT
Secretary OF State
The heads OF the various department.
and their principal assistants were
busy today making arrangements for
a -,
funeral programme as fell to them re-
spect1vely- Secretary Hay came to his
desk early in the morning and re-
manned there throughout the day
Ihough IL was Sunday, cablegrams Of
coincidence were still coming to the de-
partment Of state from all parts OF the
world.
Troops in the Procession.
In the war department Acting Score
tary Sanger was in consultation with
General Gillespie, Colonel Ward and
General Barry arranging for the trans
portation to Washington of the trooDs
10 participate in the funeral procession,
making details for guard duty and
other matters General Randolph chief
OF artillery, who is to represent the
army at the capitol; arranged with Ser
geant at Arms RansdeH that they
should cooperate in the MANAGEMENT
OF the funeral ceremonies at the CAPT
toll Four private soldiers will stand
w clAAAA ucg anu ulSuL. one DIT edCn cor
ner OF the catafalQue, so long as the
remains of the late president shall lie
in the capitol building A suitable
guard will be maintained at the en-
frances and will keep the people in
alignment when they are admitted to
the capitol to view the remains next
Tuesday.
Acting Secretary Hackett ordered
that a detail should be made up COL
sisting of two officers, four petty Of
marine corps for duty at the capitol
next Tuesday to supplement the army
representation.
The special guard of honor to repre-
sent the navy at the funeral ceremonies
viii comprise the following officers OF
high rank: Admiral Dewey Rear Ad-
miral CrOwninshield. Rear Admiral
O'Neal, Paymaster General Remey and
Brigadier General Haywood Of the ma
rine corps
While General Brooke will be in gen
eral charge Of military arrangements.
General Francis S. Guenther viii be in
command of the military contingent IN
the procession. Colonel Samuel Reber,
Son-in-law Of General Miles, has been
detailed to meet Mrs. Mckinley and
look specially after her comfort while
Colonel Henry w Whitney OF General
Miles staff has been ordered to per
form a similar service for President
At the capitol Sergeant at Arms
Ransden directed the preparations Of
the rOtunda for the funeral service.
The space in even this vast structure
is entirely insufficient to meet the de-
mand for admission Of more than A
fraction of the persons who think they
should be admitted to the services next
Wednesday The public viii be ex-
cluded, as the accommodation viii not
suffice for the officials who must be
present. The diplomatic corps alone
viii occupy about 200 places, and in al
ditiOn there will be the United States
senate and the United States supreme
court the house of repreSentatlV and
q large number of officials, army and
navy officer in Washington having
been ordered to attend the funeral
service. they alone would consume a
large portion of this seating space. The
general public viii have an opportunity
to view the remains of the late presi-
dent while the body lies in state be-
fore the funeral service.
The sergeant at arms has had the
catafalQue which supported the re-
mains Of Lincoln. Garfield and other
statesmen brought out and has turned
it over to the funeral directors. The
catafalque is to be draped entirely with
new black cloth. Sergeant at Arms
Ransdell has taken steps TO secure the
attendance at the funeral next Wed.
nesday Of as many sena tors as can bA
reached. and has arranged for a spe.
cial car to bring from Chicago fc
ern points as can gather there in time.
This ear viii be attached to the regular
Pennsylvania train leaving Chicago AZ
3 o'clock p. m. Monday. the 18th inst
It viii be in charge of 3 W Layton