Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-09-21

-crmittcd hurried look at the face of
the dead president; the cover of the
cnSket was screwed down by the under
takers; it was lifted once more upon
the shoulders of the hody-bearcrS, and
by them borne to the hrursin at the foot
, of the east steps of the Capitol.
Thirty minutes time was required for
the removal of the body from the Cap
' itol to the train. The route was down
Pennsylvania avenue, which was Inca
on either side by troops of the District
of Columbia. 1t was Il quiet, noisclcSS
journey. notwithstanding The chilly air
and the light mist, hats We're uniformly
removed as the cortcge passed through
the silent throngs that lined the avenue
At the Pennsylvania railroad station.
where there was Il dense mass of people,
the body was received by large dclrga-
tionS of army and naval officers. There
the soldiers and scamcn carried the
cnSErt from the hcarse to the ObScrvn-
tion car. and placed in the second sec,
tion of the funeral tram. The caSkrr
was placed on standards draped with
the national colors aid was covered
with floral emblcms.
1t was $40 o'clock when this section
steamed away, the first section having
preceded it 10 minutes. The obscrva.
tion car hearing the body was flooded
With light. Through its crystal sides
Everything could be seen. so arranged
that. as the train swept through the
night. the caSkct, with II soldier stand
| ing at the head and a sailor at the foot,
could be plainly seen.
Ten minutes later, the third section
of the train. bearing the army and navy
officers sped away. and the national
capital had performed its part in the
funeral ceremonies.
Dispatches from all along the route
of the funeral train say that after lrav-
inc Washington all was darkness. The
train seemed to be running through
tunnel. 50 black was the night Faces
of mournful groups. barr-hcaded at the
side of the train, could he seen as the
train flashed by, and as villages were
passed. the sound of tollng bells came
family out of the gloom. AT the larger
stations thousands of silent forms
packed the platforms. and the people
gazcd sorrowfully at the casket while
the locomotives We're being shifted.
The friends of Mrs. Mckinley are So
rio,lsly alarmed about her. They speak
with grave apprehension of the days
that are soon TO come when she will be
borne up no longer by her sense Of duty
and the sustaining force of her desire
to perform her full part in the cerr-
monies that the national character and
tragic end of her distinguished husband
made appropriate, They dread the ap-
preaching days in the quiet of her home
in Canton. when her beloved major
will not I've near to comfort her in the ~.
action that will follow inevitably after
the present shock. 1t is believed that
she will he able to go through the ser
vices mt Canton without too great dif
ticulty. but subsequently Il collapse is
greatly feared. At present her ccndi-
tion iusIiiies the hope that there will b
no immediate breakdown.
Mrs. Mckinley is considerably weak
or than when at Buffalo. but continues
TO bear up with great fortitudc Yes.
tcrday afternoon she gave vent to her
grief more freely than at any time since
The tragedy. She sobbcd and cried for Il
long time and these paroNysms of grief
sapped her strength to quite degree.