Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-20
CANTON is READY.
Home City of Dead President Pre-
pared for the Funeral.

II
Canton, O., Sept. 1s.-Canton is
ready for the last homecoming OF
William Mckinley. In other days she
had welcomed him with cheers, with
waving banners and trlumphal
marches. To-day she will receive
| him in silence, with streets hung
with solemn black, and with the wall
Ing notes of dirges. All day long hun
dreds of men and women have Ia
bored in their task to arrange the
decorations on the public buildings
on the fronts of commercial houses,
and over the windows and porticos
of private residences. At night Can
ton was shrouded in black, and SO
she will remain until the body OF her
hest loved son has been committed TO
| the vault in Westlawn cemetery. Az
/ frequent intervals during the day
there have resounded from the pave
ment the sound of marching feet as
a military or civic organization made
its way into the city to be in readi-
1 ness for the duties of to-day and OF
| Thursday. They are but the hrst
wave of the human tide which is to
come.
To-day, upon its arrival at II a. NJ,
the train will be met by members OF
the local reception and executive COM
mittees, by hundreds of the personal
friends of President Mckinley and py
| the following gentlemen, who have
been selected from Washington to act
as honorary pallbearers during the
services in Canton: John c. Dueber,
George B. Frease, R. A. Cassidy, wal
liam r. Day, Joseph Biechele, Henry
7 w. Harter, William A. Lynch and
Thomas T. Mccarthy. All were init
mate friends of the president during
his lifetime Troop A, of Cleveland,
will act as escort in the march from
the Pennsylvania depot to the court
house, where the body will lie in state
There will be no attempt at forming
a column, the cavalry will lead the way
the hearse, drawn by four coal black
horses, will follow, and then will come
the carriages bearing the members OF
the family and the distinguished Wis
. itors.
u. The casket will be placed in the TO-
: tnnda of the courthouse, and as soon
Il as pos ible the doors viii be opened
) to allow the citizens of Canton the op'
portunity OF paying their last tIfbnt'
y Of respect TO the dead president
+ Until nine o'clock at night the bod
8 VIII remain in the courthouse, and i'm
), | mediately after that hour It win b
d taken to the family residence on Nortl
r, Market street. Canton post, G. A. r
= composed almost entirely of member
j; of President McKinley's old regiment
J. the Twenty-third Ohio, will escort tn
h body to the house. This is as Tar q
p the definite programme of the Canto
S, committee extends at this time. 1t
r, their wish that early Oh the mornin
a. of Thursday the body will be returne
ye to the courthouse and again lie in sta
of until 1t is time to leave for the Fir
Ill Methodist church, where the funer
n exercises are to commence at tn
nv | o'clock, but whether the family w
nv agree to this is not known as yet. II
he time allowed for the entire e4ercis.
IS. in the church is As minutes. The pr
er gramme is not entirely arranged f
IS the services, but they will be simpl
A. At the conclusion of the services in II
Of church the slow march to the cemete.
he | will be taken up.
of At the cemetery the casket will
placed in the receiving vault and
guard will be thrown around 1t, al
day and night until its final restil
he place is prepared it will be surroun
ed by armed men.