The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-20

CANTON, Ohio, Sept. 1s.-With ma
jestic .solemnity, surrounded by his coun-
trymen and his townspeople, in the pres
ence of the president of the United
States. the cabinet, justices of the su-
preme court, senators and representa-
tives in congress, the heads of the mill
tary and naval establishments, the gov
ernors of states and a great concourse
of people who had known and loved him,
all that is mortal of the third president
TO fall by the assassins bullet was COM
mitted to the grave. 1t was a spectacle
of mournful grandeur. Canton ceased
to be town, and swelled to the proper
tions of great city. From every city
and hamlet in Ohio, from the remote
corners of the South, and from the East
and West, the human 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 Methodist
church, where the service was held, and
at the beautiful West Lawn cemetery
where the body was consigned to a vault,
were simple and impressive. The service
at the church consisted of a brief ora
ton, prayers by the ministers of three
denominations, and singing by a quar-
tette. The body was then taken to West
Lawn cemetery and placed in receiving
vault pending the time it shall be laid to
rest beside the dead children who were
laid to rest years ago. The funeral pro
cession was very imposing, and included
not only the representatives of the navy
and army 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.
MRS. MKINLEY ABSENT.
One of the most pathetic features of
the day was the absence of Mrs. McKin-
ley from the funeral service at the
church and cemetery when the body of
her husband was laid to rest. Since the
shock of the shooting, then of death.
and through the ordeal of state cere-
monies, she had borne up bravely, But
there was a limit to human endurance
and when today came it found her too
weak to pass through the trials of the
nnal ceremonies Through the open door
OF her room she heard the PRAYER of the
minister as the body was borne out of
the house. After that Dr. Rixev remain
ed close by her side and, although the
full force of the calamity had come upon
her, 1t was believed by those about her
that there was a Providential mercy in
her tears as they gave some relief to
the anguish OF the heart within. At =
o'clock tonight President Roosevelt and
the members of the cabinet started hack
to Washington.
The friends of Mrs Mckinley do NOT
tonight regard her as being upon the
verge of a collapse. On the contrary
they express themselves as quite con-
hdent that she will be spared to them
Tor long time, in at least as good state
OF health as she has enjoyed for the last
hVe years. DR.. Rixey said late this af
ternoon:
Mrs. Mckinley is bearing up as well
as could be expected under the circum
stances. She has been and still is suffer-
ing intensely from her bereavement and
frequently gives way to sobs and tears
but for all that she has been doing as
well as any woman could do under SINH
lar circumstances. We have no i'm
mediate expectations of anything but
favorable condition in her case.'