The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-27
THE FUNERAL Of M'KINLEY
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line had died away Rev. O. b. Milligan,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church. in which President and Mrs.
Mckinley We're married thirty years
ago, offered a fervent prayer. Every
head within the church bent in solemn
reverence as the invocation went up.
DR.. John A. Hail, pastor of Trinity
Lutheran Church, then read from the
Bible the Nineteenth Psalm. and Rev.
f, p. Herbucll verses Ass of the TWEEN
ty-fifth chapter of First Corinthians.
The quartet then sang Cardinal New
mans grand hymn.
DR.. c. T.. Manchester then delivered
an address on the life of the late Presi-
dent and the lessons taught by his no
bic character and death.
Bishop l. w. Joyce of Minneapolis
followed with a brief prayer and the
services were concluded with the sing
ing of the hymn which President Nc
Kinley repeated on his death bed,
Nearer My God, to Thee" The en-
tire congregation arose and joined in
the last stanza. Father Voltman of
Chicago, chaplain of the Twenty-third
Regiment, pronounced the benediction.
Then the notes of the organ again
arose. The coffin was taken up and
borne from the church. The relatives
and those in official life went out in the
order they had entered.
AT THE GRAVE.
At the grave Bishop Joyce of Mime
apOlis. read the burial service of the
Methodist church slowly but in a voice
that could be heard distinctly by all
who were grouped about the vault. AS
his words ended. Colonel Bingham
waved his hand to eight buglers of the
Canton band, who had taken station
upon the side of the mound above and
to the south of the vault. Instantly,
from the eight bugles rang out the
notes of the soldiers last call, taps"
1t was beautifully done, and the last
notes of the buges died away so softly
that all who heard it remained listen
ing for a few seconds to hear if it was
really ended.
In due time the casket will be taken
from the vault and committed to the
little plot of ground lying further on.
This is the Mckinley lot, and here lie
his father, whose name he bore, the
mother he guarded so tenderly in life,
his brother James, his sister Anna and
his two children. And when that time
comes a stately shaft of granite will
arise above the grave, telling of the
civic virtues, the pure life and death
OF William Mckinney.
THE MARTYRS LIFE.
President Mckinley was born at Niles
Ohio, January 20, 1S43. At the age of
years, the family removed to Poland
Ohio, where the future President at
tended the academy and, in fact, re-
ceived the greater part of his education
He left the academy at the age of Il
years to enter the Allegheny College IL
MeadVille Pa. His health broke dOwr
during the first year however and he
was forced to leave. After his recovery
he took charge of a school near Poland
In June of 1861, he enlisted in the
Twenty third Ohio Infantry. The frs
commander of his regiment was Will
liam S. Rosecrans, who afterwards be
came the commander of the Unior
forces in the west. Rutherford b
Hayes who was later President of thu
United States became the commander
of the regiment and young Mckinney
served for two years on his stan. Nc
Kinley served on the staff of Genera
Crook and later on the staff of Gen
eral Carroll and was mustered out o
service in June, 1863
Returning to the town of Poland h
began the reading of law in the Office o
Charles e. Glidden. Mckinley studied
a year and a half and then took a cours
of lecture at the Albany Law school anC
was admitted to the bar in 1867. H
chose Canton as his home and in lS6
was elected prosecuting attorney. HI
married Ida SaXton on January 20, 1871
TWO children We're born of this mari ag
but both died at an early age, TIT
mother being left an invalid.
In 1871 Mckinley was defeated for re
election as district attorney In 1877
and 1880 he was nominated by acclama
ton for Congress. He was unseated b,
Congress in 1882 but from then unit
1890 he was repeatedly sent to Con
gress, where he soon came to be recog
r'~ad as the leader of the Protection
lists.
"A 1891 he was elected Governor o
Ohio and was twice reelected by in
creased majorities. He was electe'
President of the United States in 1883
and 1900 and had been inaugurated onl,
on March 4, of this year. when his splen
did career was cut down by the bulle