The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-19
BODY LAID IN A GRAY <<AT CANTON
Remains of the Late G. + Executive of the United
States Tenderly Lvwered Into the Earth
and Covered From Sight
With Flowers.

Through this morning she went pite.
ously, hour after hour. Owing to her
condition, she was able to take not part
in any of the ceremonies today, neither
at the church. nor coming into the cham
ber of death when the body was borne
away for the last time.
From this time on she Will be guarded
with the most soiictous care and quiet,
for it is only in this way that collapse
can be averted.
President Roosevelt spent a quiet
morning at the Harter residence. He did
not go out to the crowded street, where
thousands were gathered, hoping to
catch a glimpse of his face, but took a
Joined by Judge Day.
While at breakfast Judge Day joined
the president for half an hour, and lat
er Secretaries Root and Hitchcock came
to see him.
Many official visitors left cards of re-
spect, but the president saw very few
people, preferring to remain in retire.
ment.
Among those who called We're a half
score Of his old command of the
Rough Riders. several of them in their
broad brimmed sombreros. The presi-
dent saw them only for moment.
The face of the dead president was
seen for the last time when it lay in
state yesterday. The casket was sealed
before it was borne away from the court
house.
When Mrs. Mckinley came into the
death chamber last night for her last
moments beside her dead husband she
wished to have final look at the up
turned face, but this was impossible,
and the sealed casket with flowers and
flags We're all that she saw.
The collection of flowers was probably
the most beautiful ever seen in the
United States. The Conservatives of the
country had been denuded to supply
them
by the direction of monarchs Of l:l-
rope the South American rulers, the
governors of the British colonies in Aus
tralia and Canada, the emperor of Japan,
from the four quarters of the earth, in
fact, came the directions to adoln tine
bier Of Mckinley with flowers whose
| fragrance might be symbolical OF the
| sweet purity that attended the lie.
Buried Beneath Flowers.
These tributes from foreign countries
! were buried beneath the floral tri-
| butes of Mckinley's cOuntrymen. There
| were tons and tons of them, and the list
Of those who sent them would be almost
complete roster of those prominent in
the official, commercial and social life Of
the United States.
A feature of the floral tributes was
the large number sent by organizations,
fraternal. commercial and political.
Toward noon the crowds in the vicin-
ity of the Mckinley cottage had in
creased tens of thousands. North Mar
ket was living, seething mass of hui
manity for five squares below the house
and for three squares beyond.
Several regiments of soldiers were re.
quired to preserve a semblance of Or
der With guns advanced, the men were
posted along the curbs and within the
walks for half a mile in either direc-
tions.
A platoon Of soldiers were thrown
around the gate leading up to the Nc
kinley residence and only those with
| a written permit from Secretary Cor
| telyou were permitted to enter the
| grounds.
The vast throng was contended, how.
| ever, to gaze at the curtained windows
and at rare intervals to see some mem-
Der of the family or an attendant come
| to the porch outside.
| All Is Silence.
| Within the chamber Of death all was
| silence. No longer was the coming and
| going OF relatives and near friends. The
| curtains were closely drawn, enshroud-
ing the room in gloom. with no ray Of
gas to light up the melancholy scene.
| The guards Still stood motionless at
! their post, soldier at the head of the
| casket and sailor with drawn cut!ass.
at the foot, Thus throughout the morn
| ing, vast multitudes surged without.
, while the silence within was broken
only by the weeping of the stricken
! widow.
Secretary Root received dispatch
| from General Leonard Wood. governor
of Cuba. this morning. stating he was
| detained by washouts in Georgia and
| had been compelled to abandon all hope
| of reaching here in time for the fu-
neral