Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-18
ON WAY 10 CANTON.
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march,, tear-stained faces hesnoLs tb.,
universal grief. With aching hearts
all remembered that only a few months
| ago the dead President had passed
along that same thoroughfare to he in
| auGurated second time President
The flags that had fluttered greeting to
him in march were furled and crened.
AS the procession moved down the
| avenue the people recognized their for
mer President. Grover Cleveland who
had come to pay his tribute to his suc-
cessor. They recognized. too, their new
| President upon whom the responsible
ties of Chief Executive had been
| thrust so unexpectedly.
AmonG the hundreds of other distin-
euished persons were Governors Hill
OF Maine. Gregory of Rhode Island
Yates of Illinois, Crane of Massacbu-
sets. Aycock of North Carolina. White
of West Virginia, Stickney of Vermont.
and Voorhees, of New Jersey. Col.
Stone represented the governor of Cal
/ ifornia and Col. A. c. Kaufman of
ney of South Carolina.
| The diplomatic corps was represent
ed as part as follows: WI Ting Fang.
Chinese minister; Mr.. Takahira. Jap
anese minister: MIR. Aspirez, the Mex
ican ambassador: Chekib Bey. the
turkish minister: Mr.. Leger. Haytien
minister: Mr.. Gerard Loqther. charge
| q affalres of the British embassy
whom King Edward had specially
commissioned to participate in the SER
vices as his personal representative:
Capt Louis Bailey of the royal navy.
VINO represented the British embassy
Mr. De MarSarie, charge d'affaires of
j the French embassy. who was desig-
mated by President Loubet to act as
ms personal representative at the OBJ
sequies of the President: Senior Pulido.
| Venezuelan charge d'affaires: Mr..
| Brun. Danish minister: Santo Thyrso.
Portuguese minister: Duke De Arcos.
Spanish minister; and Mr. Grip. Swed
| sh minister
Among others present were Chief
| Justice Fuller and Associate Justices
| of the Supreme Court Brewer. White
| Gray and Brown; Senators Hanna and
| Foraker of Ohio; Allison and Dolliyer
of Iowa: Clapp and Nelson of Mime
sofa: Cullom and Mason of Illinois
| Platt and Depew of New York; Nal
| lory OF Florida: Tillman of South Car
| olina: Gallinger of New Hampshire:
| Flatt of Connecticut; Fairbanks of In
diana: Frye of Maine: Spooner of Wis
consin: McCumber of North Dakota:
and Daniel of Virginia. and many rep
| reSentativeS; all the members of the
cabinet. Assistant Secretary OF the
Navy HaCkett, Assistant Secretary of
War Sanger. and many other promi-
nent department officials: Admiral
Dewey. Rear Admirals Schley, Melville.
Ramsay, RObley Evans and Crownin-
shield; Gen. John r. Brooke, COM
mander of the department of the east
Fitzhugh Lee and many distinguished
officers of the army and navy; former
Senator German of Maryland: Mr..
George y. COrtclyou, secretary to the
late President; former Secretary of
War Alger; former Attorney General
Griggs; Mr.. Henry Il. f. MacFarland
president of the board of District com
missioners; Mr.. ]. Pierpont Morgan of
New York; Mr.. John Casson. former
special reciprocity commissioner; and
Persion Commissioner Henry Clay
Evans.
The grand master of the knights
| Templar of the United States was rep
resented by Grand Junior Warden
Frank II. Thomas of this city Among
the prominent women present We're
Mrs. Garrett A. Hobart, escorted by
her son. and Mrs. Russell A. AlSer
Under escort of Col. Frank Hecker OF
Detroit.
At the conclusion of the funeral SER
vices in the rotunda the casket lid was
| removed in order that the immediate
friends of the dead President might be
afforded last glance at his features.
Then at half past twelve the crowds
began to file through and during the
six hours in which the body was lying
in state il is estimated that 80 900 peO-
pie passed.
Just at / O'Clock frightful calamity
was narrowly averted at the east end
of the Capitol. For hours the vast
throng of people had been massed in
front of the Capitol awaiting an Oppor-
tunity to enter the rotunda. When the
doors were opened tens of thousands
Of people rushed almost frantically to
/ the main staircase. The police ana mil
| itary guards were swept aside and al
most in twinkling there was tre-
mendous crush. The immense thronE
swept backward and forward. Women
and children. a few of the latter babes
in arms, were caught in the crowd and
many were badly hurt. Strong men
held children and even women high
above the heads of the crowd to pro-
tect them About a hundred persons
were injured. Some of the more seri-
| ously hurt were carried into apart
ments of the Capitol where first aid
treatment was given to them. num-
ber were hurried to hospitals.
When the casket was finally closed
the cavalry again escorted it to the
tain. The magnificent display of floral
offerings were taken to the station.
Three sections. comprising in all ~
passenger coaches. were necessary 10
accommodate all those who accepted
invitations to make the journey to
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