Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-09-26

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by his countrymen and his townspeo
pie in the presence of the president o
the United States. the cabinet, Jus
tices OF the United States supreme
court, senators and representatives IL
congress, the heads of the militar,
and naval establishments, the gov
ernors of states and great concours,
OF people who had known and loved
him. all that is mortal of William Nc
hinley, the third president to fall by
an assassins bullet was committed to
the grave at Canton, o., Thursday.
IL was spectacle Of mournful
grandeur. Canton ceased to be a town
and swelled to the proportions of a
great city From every city and ham
let In Ohio, from the remote corners of
the south and from the east aud the
west the human tide flowed into the
town until 100, 900 people were within
Its gates, here to pay their last tribute
10 the fallen chief.
The funeral scenes at the First
Methodist church, where the funeral
services were held, and at the beauti-
ful Westlawn cemetery, where the
body was consigned to vault, were
simple and impressive.
The services at the church consisted
OF brief oration, prayers by the min
isters of three denominations, and
singing by a quartette. The bod,
was then taken to the Westlawp Gem
etery and placed in a receiving vault
pending the time when It will be
nnally laid TO rest beside the dead
children who were buried years ago.
The funeral procession was very
impressive and included not only the
representatives of the army and navy
OF the United States, but the entire
military strength of the state of Ohio
and hundreds of civic, fraternal and
other organizations. 1t was two miles
long
one OF the most pathetic features of
the day was the absence of Mrs. Nc
hinley from the funeral services at the
church and cemetery when the BODY
OF her husband was laid to rest. Since
the hrst shock of the shooting to the
hour OF death and through the ordeal
or the state ceremonies she had borne |
up bravely. But there was a limit to |
human endurance, and when 1t came II |
round her too weak to pass through
the trials of the final ceremonies.
Through the open door of her room
'he heard the prayers of the minister
rs the body was borne out of the house.
AFTER that DIR. Rixey remained close
oy her side, and although the full force
of the calamity had come upon her. 1T
was believed by those about her that
'here was providential mercy In her
tears as they gave some relief to the
anguish of the heart within.
The collection of flowers was prob
ioly the most beautiful ever seen In the
United States. The Conservatives of
ne country had been denuded to SUP.
'ly them. BY the direction of the
nonarchs of Europe, the South Ameri-
ulers, the governors OF the British
olonles in Australia and Canada, the
mperor OF Japan-from the four quar-
ers OF the earth, in fact, came the di-
eetions to adorn the bier of Mckinley
WITH howers whose fragrance might
'e symbolical of the sweetness and
urity to the ended life.
But these tributes from FOREIGN
ountries were buried beneath the
oral tributes of McKinley's country
len. There were tons and tons of
hem and list OF those who sent them
'onld be almost complete roster of
hose prominent in the official, COM
lerciai and social life of the United
tates. A feature of the floral trib-
ties was the large number sent by or. A.,
anizations, fraternal, commercial and !
!
NO greater reverence has ever been |
nown to any man, living or dead, than ,
'as exhibited toward the dead Presi-
ent' As the funeral car passed through s
ne streets men and women sobbed con-
ulsively y and at the cemetery gates.
here the crowd was densely packed /
nd where the people had re IN aimed for 1
ours pressing against the iron fence,
"o women tainted during the exer- )
ses at the vault. 1t was a wonderful
'ioute OF surprising love that was
to the memory of William =
ehinley, and it will be long before :
reater or more reverent honor is paid t
} any man. a
III was exactly four minutes past 4 A
clock when the funeral car bore the II