New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
1ANTON'S GREAT SORROW.
1T FORGETS THE PRESIDENT IN ITS
GRIEF AT THE LOSS OF THE MAN.

iIT FORGETs THE PRESIDENT IN ITS
GRIEF AT THE LOSS OF THE MAN
Canton. Ohio. Sept 1S.-Tenderly and rever-
sently. those who had known William Mckinley
! best to-day received his body. They had for
gotten the career of the statesman in the loss
1of personal friend. who had grown dearer
] them with the passing of the years They hardly
lnoticed the President Of the United States and
shis Cabinet the generals and admirals in
their resplendent uniforms. The coffin which
contained the body of their friend and fellow
@townsman had all their thoughts. The entire
population of the little city and thousands from
' NaII Ohio. the fun strength of the National
Guard of the State eight regiments. three bat
. .teries of artillery, one battalion of engineers,
five thousand men in all; the Governor, the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and justice of the Su-
preme Court representing the three branches OF
Sthe State government, were at the station to
3receive the body when the train arrived noon-
i The whole town. with the exception of the Nc
Kinley cottage draped in black. Only the
|hitching post at the curb in front of the house
mad been swathed in black by the citizens in
! order that it might conform to the general
scheme of mourning decoration.
The funeral train was met by Judge Day at
the head of the local reception committee Mrs.
Mckinley, weeping piteOusly, was helped from
the train by DR.. Rixey and Abner Mckinley
and conducted to carriage which in watt
ng. and was then driven rapidly to her home
THE other relatives followed her. The coffin was
hen lifted from the catafalque car and carried
ION the shoulders of the body bearers the
waiting hearse. The soldiers presented arms
land bugles sounded taps. The President and
|the Cabinet members then entered carriages
They were followed by the guard of honor. in
full uniform. and the procession then marched
to the courthouse. Soldiers intervals kept
back the immense crowd which thronged the
streets. The procession passed all the way be-
meath big arches draped in black
THE BODY LYING IN STATE.
Sad as was the procession which escorted
the body to the courthouse ii could not COM
pare with the infinite sadness of the double
line of sorrowing people who streamed steadily
Through the dimly lighted corridors of the build
ing from the time the coffin was opened until
it was taken home to the widow at nightfall-
They stepped softly, and tears came unbidden.
Perhaps it was the great change that had
come over the countenance which moved them
more than the sight of the familiar features
The signs of discoloraton which appeared on
the brow and cheeks yesterday at the state
ceremonial in the rotunda of the Capitol at
Washington had deepened. The lips had be-
come hvid- All but two of the lighted chan
deers above the head were extingushed in
order that the change might appear less notice.
able but every who viewed the body to-
day remarked the darkened features and the
CHASTITY lips. When the body taken away
still in line. and the commit
tee of arrangements was urged to allow a
further opportunity TO view the body to-mor-
row morning before it is taken TO the church.
But this had to be denied them and the
coffin may never be opened again
Throughout the afternoon the human tida