The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-20

CANTON. O.. Sept. 19.-with ma
jastic solemni.y. surrounded by his
countrywen and his townspeople in
the presence IL the president of the
United States. the cabinet. Justices Of
the United STATES supreme court, sena-
tors and representatives N congress,
the heads Of the military and naval
establishments, the governors Of states
and e great cOncourse of people Who
had known and loved him. all that is
mortal Of the third president to fall by
an assassins bullet was committed to
the grave.
1t was a spectacle of mournful grand
eur. 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
humsn tide flowed into the town, until
100000 people were within its gates.
here to pay their last tribute to the
FALLEN chief.
The final scenes at the First Nfetho-
dist church, where the funeral services
were held, and at the beautiful West
lawn cemete- :. where the body was
consigned 70 vault were simple and
impressive.
The service a. the church consisted
Ct a brief grafton. prayers By the min
listers Of three denominations. and
singing By Qudrtette. The body was
then taken to Westlawn cemetery and
placed in a receiving vault pending
the time when il viii be fnally laid
20 rest beside the dead children who
were buried years ago.
The funeral procession was very inn
pressing and included not only the rep
resenfatives OF The army and navy of
the United states. but the entire milf
tary strength of the state of Ohio and
hundreds of civic, fraternal and other
organizations. tt was ts-o miles long.
MRS. NJ zIT-LEY ABSENT.
One>6 the most pathetic features Of
the day was the absence of Mrs Nc
kinley from the funeral services at the
Cnurch and cemetery when the body
Of Ter husband was laid to rest Since
lhe first shock of the shooting 30 the
h9tr Of death and through ti-e ordeal
OF the state ceremonies she had borne
y up hravely- Bat there was a limit to
.tJiman endurance. and when today
cane u found her too weak TO pass
through! TIE t1iais -of the final cere-
monies. Through tht open door Of her
room she heard the prs, v4rs of Che min
lister as the body twEs Nome fUt yf the
house. After that DR.. EiSey. remained
close by her side. and although the
full force of the calamity had come
upon her. IL was belieNeG by those
about her that there WIS a provfden-
tial mercy IN her tears as they gave
some relief to tie anguish Of the heart
Witlir
Tue face Of the dead president was
seen for tire last time when Il Law in
state yesterday. The CasSet was sealed
before IL was borne away from The
court house. When Mrs. Mckinley
came into the death chamber last night
Tor her last moments besiGe her dead
husband. she wished to nav "a final
LOOK at the U2turned face But this
was impossible. and the sealed caskef
with its flowers and flags We're all that
she saw
The collection Of flowers was prob
ably tht most beautiful ever seen in
the omitted States. The conservatories
of the country had been denuded Ca
mOnarchs OF Europe. the South Amer
lean rulers. the governors Of the Brit
lsh colonies in Australia and Canada
the emperor Of Japa,,-fr0m the fouI
quarters Of the earth. in fact. came
the directions to ador1i the bier Of Me-
kinney with flowers whose Fragrance
might be symbelical OF the sweetness
and purity to the ended Life
But these tributes from foreign
countries were buried beneath tbs
floral tributes OF NcICinley's country
men There we're tons and tors q,
them and a list OF those who sent then
would be almost complete roster OF
those Prominent in the official. com
mercial aCd social life OF the I-nitet
4 states. a feature ~ the floral tribute
was toe large number sent by organi
zations. fraternaL commercial and DO
litical
GREAT CROWDS PRESENT.
Toward noon the crowds in she vicin
ity Of the Mckinley cOttar. rad in
creased 70 tens OF thousands. Nortl
Market street was a iivinE. seefhin,
mass Of humanity for five squares be