The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-09-20

poured the wealth o. their coral sne--
ing beneath the cr1ci wheels EacnI
small town had eoncsSe1 Sonne dissinc.I
way of its own to sh,x IFS respect tori
h deai Diners soJxa - sststn soul
yenirs oil the sad cccas.or IN nbiluel
ways. Al one roint beyond 80 shave
IS of boys placed silver COINS on
the track and when ttfs tram fosA.i
by hurried to secure the ha'~n-h .tsI
of silve. for 9reservss*Ga as uie'i
in their families for all time
Raltimore. September 16--After leaN-l
ing wiIiamsport the train ran through
stretches OF farming country dot1eol
here and there with small manuIactur
ing towns. At Milton all WORK "aeI
suspended and the town turned out Ell
mass at the station and lined the rah-l
road track. At the busy little town OIL
Sunburv the shops closed down for al
time and the brawny lined upl
in their overalls with serious faces anu
hats in hand.
In the fifty miles from Sunbury toI
Harrisburg the route skirted the plac-l
id Suquehanna and the vistas OF greenl
clad slope and peak CAV way 10 broad
sweeps OF rich farming country. The
rivermen were aware OF the coming OF
the train. \ ponderous dredge halted
in its operations and the men lined the
deck of the unwieldy craft. At a little
town across the river the populace had
emptied upon the wharves and could De
seen straining for a view of the speed
ing train. Further on a homely farm
house had its little porch looped with
black, and underneath were gathered
the old and young OF the h~oussholdI
with sorrowing faces.
At one cross Dad hundreds of vehic-
les were drawn up, with country peo-
pie standing in them. and evidently
some nearby town had thus sought a
point of vantage near the track APP
preaching Harrisburg, factory hands
again lined the track. The roof tops
OF buildings We're alive with people
Flags were half masted and emblems
of mourning were everywhere at hand.
Hundreds of men and women crowded
the tops of freight cars. Within the
station the people were banked in thou
sands, surging through all the ap-
preaching streets, as far as the y
could reach. From q huge viaduc
spanning the track countless faces
peered down into the car windows
The tolling of the church bells could be
heard. and as the train entered the sta
ton the shrill notes of a bugle sound
ed taps.
Despite the vigilance of the guards
women passed through to the train and
pleaded at the windows for any trife
the cars might yield as a momento of
this %eventful trip. Just as the train
SlOppeu d SIedI CIlOlI, dISe liCE oA
tier on the station steps, began Near
er, My God to Thee" and then as the
train pulled out the strains turned to
My Country, it's of Thee" A remark
able spectacle was presented as the
train moved across the long bridge
spanning the SusQuehanna from Har-
risburg. On either side of the stream,
up and down for miles. the banks teem-
ed with legionS of people. From the
brink of the stream they were in solid
masses to the trees far in the back
ground. On the bridge itself urchins
had clambered in the tangle of steel at
the sides and roof. On the surface of
the river, in a f1otilla Of row boats and
yachts, hundreds more looked UP at the
train of death.
Washington, September 16.-Night
came on as the train sped to Baltimore
without a stop n in the darkness
only the Pickering lights along the
way and the tolling of bells at the sta
tions bespoke hat the manifestations
of sorrow were still going on. AS the
train drew into Baltimore black masses
of people could be seen ranged upon the
huge viaducts which span the line of
the rOad, and at every street crossing
a living tide surged up to the train.
Nearing the station the locomotive
literally ploughed it's way among flow
ers. for great masses of blossoms had
been strewn along the pathway of the
train. AT the station stood Major
Hayes, with his sister, each bearing
great clusters of roses and palmS-a
tribute from the city to be placed on
the bier of the dead president. AS the
flowers were passed within the train,
the notes of Nearer My God to Thee
again arose. A m later the train
was off for its funeral destination.
1t was shortly before 8 O'Clock that
the distant lights of the national capt.
toll came in view. A."
Now the preparation for disembark-
ing the casket began. The stalwart
soldiers and sailors who were to bear
it from the car. were summoned to their
posts. AS the train ran through the
the knots of people along the
way gradually swelled to hundreds, and
then to thousands.
AT $40 o'clock the train swept into
the station, around which a great con-
course were waiting to receive the dead
LYING IN STATE AT THE WHITE
HOUSE.
The remains of President Mckinley
tonight lie in the East room of the
White house where for more than four
years he had made his home as the
chief magistrate Of the great American
republic. Up stairs his widow mourn
ed for her dead in the family apart
mentS that now bring back but the sad
~SS L. q Win LII
ceremonies and a silence that fitted
perfectly the sadness of the occasion
that the body of the late president was
borne up Pennsylvania avenue to the
White house.
1t was fitting that such ceremony as
there was should be severely military
in character in recognition of the fact
that the president was the commander
in-chief Of the United States army and
navy. The streets about the station
were filled with mounted troops and the
station itself was occupied by stalwart
soldiers and sailors in uniform.
1t was not SO on the broad stretch of
the avenue that led to the White house,
where the people strained and crowded
in a vast multitude against the stiff
wire ropes which strained them from
the space marked out for the line OF
procession. The silence that marked
the progress of the funeral party
through the national capital was pro-
| found.
The afternoon was cloudy and with
the close of the day began the dull de-