The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-17
heir last tribute Of respect.

I through which the train passed, the
Iilhapitants had been augmented by
thousands from the surrounding coun-
/ try The country schools along the
way let out. and the children the pres
ident loved so well in life were there
20 see his dead body pass. The train
slowed down at every station TO al
, low che people lined up on either side
I TO get better view of the flag covered
casket- The population of the little
towns along the way, like Holland,
VIiie and Hinsdale, had tripled and
quaurupled. The towns seemed sud
I osniy to grow into cities. AS the train
I slowed up the mourners behind the
Guftalned windows Of the train could
near the tolling bells.
Oiean was reached at 1929 o. Gle ok
[ Ihere were 5000 people at the Pennsyl-
wanna station as the train came to
At Remove ropes had been stretched
/ 70 keep back the crowds, which surged
through the neighboring streets. A big
/ nag with President McKinley's pic
/ ture framed in crepe, was strung from
corner TO corner of the station and in
( front OF IL were hundreds of school
children. their hats in their hands and
| their little faces grave. This was the
/ terminus of one of the railroad divi-
sions and the train hands were all
| lined up with barred heads.
After leaving Remove the train passed
I through a more thicl'y populated
/ country and the crowds grew denser.
/ Half-masted flags were on every school
| mouse and the bells of the churches
/ toded dolefully as the funeral train
/ sped by.
! President Roosevelt Iunched in the
I dining car of the train with Secretary
/ Root a $50. The members of the cab
/ met and other DISTINGUISHED personages
l aboard the train had preceded him
into the diner. Mrs. Mckinley and
her immediate party remained in the
car Olympia. which was provided with
It's own special dining car service.
Remarkable Demonstrations
At Williamsport, which was reached
at 2:30. there was a remarkable demon
Stration, the feature of which was the
presentation of an immense floral Of
1erlng by 5000 school children. It was
received by Colonel T. c. Bingham
the presidents aide. He stood on the
p atIorm of the observation car in
which the catafalque lay exposed to
view, and the scene was profoundly
impressive.
After isaving Williamsport the train
ran through stretches of farming coun-
try, dotted here and there with small
manufacturing towns. At Milton all
work was suspended and the town
turned out en- masse at the station and
/ lined the railroad track. At the busy
little town of Sun bury the shops
closed down for a time and the bra yyr1,
with serious faces, and hats in hand
All ages and conditions of people Joined
IN the tribute-the children with tiny
flags topped with knots of black. erin
pies on crutcles and babes held above
the crowd for a sight they might never
see again 1t had been the intention to
run through Sunbury without a stop
but such were the opportunities of the
/ townspeople that the train pulled up
/ for moment between solid lines Of
/ people.
In the fifty miles from Sunbury to
Harrisburg. the route skirted the
placid Susquehanna, and the vistas OF
green clad slope and peak gave place
10 rich farming country. The river
men were aware of the coming of the
train. A pOnderous dredge halted in
It's operations, and the men lined the
deck Of the unWieldy craft. At a little
town across the river the populace had
/ emptied on the wharfs and could be
seen straining for view of the speed
ing train. Further on a homely farm
mouse had its little porch looped with
/ blecs-, and underneath We're gathered
/ the old and young of the household
with 1orrowing faces.
At one cross road hundreds of We
hicles were drawn up with country peo-
pie standing in them. and evidently
some nearby town had thus soE-ht
point OF vantage near the track.
Church Bells Tolled.
hands again lined the track. The roof
tops Of buildings were alive with peo-
PIE flags were half-masted. and en-
DleInS or mourning were ct every hand.
hundreds of men and women crowded
the tops OF freight cars. Within the
station the people were banked in thou
sands, surging through all the ap-
pIoachinS streets as far as the eye
couId reach. From a huge viaducJ
spanning the track, countlees faces
peefed down into the car windows. The
tollng Of the church bells could be
neard and as the train entered the sta
lon the shrill notes Of a bugie sounded
Despite the vigilance Of the guards.
women pushed through to the train and
Dleauee az the windows for any trife
ne cars might yield as memento of
inns eNentiui TRIP. Just a. the train
storped great choir. ranged tier in
tier on the station steps. began Near
er. Ny God. to Thee and then ae ff,a
tram pulled out the strains Of NY
Country. 'Tis Of Thee" Printed Sins
were handed through the car windows
giving the lines Of the two beautiful
hymns. deeply bordered in black.
a renarka bic spectacle was present
ed as the train moved across the Iorc,
bridge spanning the Susqushanna from
Harrisburg. Either side Ct the stream
up and down for miles the banks
teemed with legions Of people. From 4
the brink Of the stream they were II, 4
background. On the bridge itself /
urchins had clamored into the tangIs +
of steel at the sides of the roof. on /
the surface OF the river in q gotilIa If !
roWboats and yachts hundreds noors
looked IN at the train of death on
the far side of the bridge. another dense
crowd lined the tracks and with hare
heads peercd into the catafaIQua car
again at York the train moved for
mar mile between avenuss of solid !
H4tihe nifty and windows and aousetops /
aIiVe with people. By this time the
sun was getting low. and among the
tnfongS We're hundreds Of worln1er
with their dinner pals. Evervv-be,y-e
TIE same scenes of honor and reverence /
tnat were gone through before were /
re-enacted.
Washington is Reached.
Wight came on as the train sped from
iofk 20 baltimore without a stop, aud /
in the darkness only the ficierine
lights along the way and the toIling I
oeiis OF the station gave evidence that +