The age-herald., 1901-09-20
GREAT MEN WEPT
 AT CEMETERY AND WOMEN SOBBED
Procession Which Followed the Remains of the Martyred President to the Grave Extended Two Miles Through the Streets of Can
 ton-The Body Now Guarded

walk. The casket was gently lifted from the hearse and borne to the door of the vault, where 1t was rested upon the cata- felque. Just as the bearers lowered it Abner Mckinley and Mrs Barber alight- ed from their carriage and passed up to the foot of the casket, where they remain ed during the brief services.
 Bishop Joyce of Minneapolis read the burial service of the Methodist church, slowly, but in a voice that could be heard distinctly by all who were grouped about the vault As his words ended eight buglers of the Canton band blew the notes of the soldiers last call taps" When the last note had hoated away Secretary Wilson was in tears. Secretary Long was also weeping and the President was gazing grimly at the walk. It was the last moment for the men who had been so closely associated with the Presi- dent for so long and the thought seemed sadder than most of them could bear.
 It was all ended at last, and Captain Riddle of Company of the Fourteenth Infantry, who will command the guard which Is to be placed around the vault. stepped up to line of five soldiers, which he had posted just north or tne , doorway, and who throughout the cere- mony had stood at present arms. One of them passed quickly to the vault taking station at the head of the casket, an- other placed himself at the foot and three men stood in the doorway two on the lower step and the third on the floor of the vault, directly behind them. There they remained until after the passage of the funeral procession. The President members of the cabinet and officers of the army and navy entered their carriages and followed by the members of the fam fly, passed out of the cemetery and re- turned to the city. Every man in the line went past the casket with uncovered head.
 Templars ouartette Sang.
 As the head of the division containing the Knights Templar wheeled into the cemetery, a Templar quartette sang Farewell My Brother" Rock of Ages" "The Christians Goodnight" and The Wayside Cross" The darkness was gather irg fast as the Knights sang on, and many in the multitude around the casket were moved to tears.
 The last of the procession passed the bier at 5:45, and then orders were given by Captain Riddle that the cemetery should be cleared. The order was quickly carried out, and the President was left in the care of his guard of honor. Tho first sentry to be posted in tour of guard duty before the doorway was Prl- vate Otto White of Company c, Four teenth Infantry, whose home Is in Genoa, Ohio. The guard that will have the honor of guarding the bier of the late President Is Company c of the Four teenth Regiment Infantry. It is com manded by Capt W. s. Riddle, Jr, First Lieut. H. s. Avery. Second Lieut.. Wil- liam Ashbridge The company includes seventy-six non-commissionedo officers and men, and was ordered to Canton from Fort Wayne, Detroit.
 A Beautiful Spot.
 Nature has been kind in selecting the last resting place of President Mckinley. Westlawn cemetery is on high knoll overlooking the peaceful valley, with the busy little city of Canton laid out below. If 1t were not for the intervening church spire one might get from this elevation a glimpse of the Mckinley home. Here, looking out on his native city ard his native state the body of William McIkin- ley Is laid to rest. The beauty of the grounds here attracted the attention of the country's best landscape gardeners, who have journeyed far to study Its at fractions. It was doubly beautiful with the rustling trees giving off their first yellowed leaves of fall and adding a golden touch to the green-clad sweeps. Just inside the stately entrance stands the gray stone vault, where for a uane the casket will repose. Its dreary exterior was relieved today by great masses of flowers, banked all about until the gray walls were shut out from view. But in due time 1t will be taken from the vault and committed to the little plot of ground lying further on. This ds the Mckinley lot, and here lie his father, whose name he bore; the mother he guarded so ten derly in hfe, his brother James, his sister Anna and his two children. And when the time comes a stately shaft of granite will rise above the grave telling of the civic virtues, the pure life and the martyr death of William Mckinley.