The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-16
BODY LAY IN STATE.
WHILE $4,000 MOURNERs BABE Nc
KINLEY FAREWELL.
LINES EXTENDED LONG MILES.
THOUSANDS WAITED WHEN AT
MIDNIGHT DOORS WERE CLOSED.

simple and Beautiful Services ut the
MiIburn MansiOn-Mrs. Mckinley
and the Others He Loved Dade
Farewell to the Martyred Presi-
dent-Evcry Eye Wet With Tears.
The Sudbued Grief of President
RooseveIt-Between Silent Multi
tudcs, Preceded by Detachments
From the Army and Navy, the
Body Was Borne to the City Hall.
Buffalo, Sept. 15.-Buffalo to-day be-
came a city of mourning. The gay and
flaming decorations of the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition gave way to the symbol
of sorrow. The black drapery of the
city's streets muff1ed the tolling bells of
the churches.
Bits of crepe appeared on every
sleeve. The sorrow was everywhere
apparent. In the morning a simple
service took place at the residence on
Delaware avenue. where the martyred
President died. A hymn was sung and
That was all. Only the immediate fam
lily and the friends and political as
sistants of the late President were
present. The scene there was pathetic
in the extreme.
Then the body was borne out to the
waiting cortege on the brawny shoul-
ders of eight sailors and soldiers of the
republic. The cortege passed through
solid walls of living humanity, bare
head and grief-stricken, to the City
Hall, where the body lay in state this
afternoon. There a remarkable demon
stration occurred, which proved how
close the President was to the hearts
of the people.
Lines Extended for Miles.
Arrangements had been made to al
low the public to view the body from
the time it arrived, at about 1890
o'clock, until about o'clock. But the
people were wedged into the streets
for blocks. Two lines were formed.
They extended literally four miles.
When o'clock came 10000 people had
below in the streets seemed undimini-
ished
1t was decided to extend the time un-
til midnight. Then for hours longer
the streets were dense with people, and
a constant stream flowed up the steps
of the broad entrance into the hall and
passed the bier.
Viewed by $4,000.
When the doors were closed at mid
night it was estimated that $4,000 peo-
pie had viewed the remains, but thou
sands of disappointed ones were still
in the streets.
The body will lie in the City Hall
until morning. 1t will be taken to the
station by a military escort tomorrow
morning, and at $3.50 o'clock the funeral
train, consisting of seven cars, will
start for Washington over the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
Mrs. Mckinley the President, the
cabinet, and relatives and friends of the
dead President will accompany the re-
mains. Mrs. Mckinley bore up bravely
to-day during the service at the Mil
burn residence, and DR.. Rixey, her ply
sician, thinks she will be able to sup
port her trying part in the state fu-
neral at Washington.
The day was gray and cheerless.
Heavy clouds hung over the city. The
air was humid and heavy, and only a
hight wind from the south stirred the
dropping flags and the emblems of
mourning. The very elms seemed to
lend fitting accompaniment to the
scene of sorrow about to be enacted.
Long before the time set for the fu-
neral services the streets for a block
in either direction about the Milburn
House had been roped off to keep back
the crowds. Maj. Gen. John r. Brooke,
department commander of the East,
VINO was personally in command of
all the forces participating in the es-
cort, arrived at 10 o'clock. He was in
fatigue uniform. Around his left arm
was wound a heavy band of crepe.
with him Were his aides and a half
score of other officers, all in fatigue
uniform with the badge of mourning
on their sleeve.
The time was now approaching for
lhe service. The tramp of the as
sembling military could be heard and
the walks leading up to the Milburn
House began to be lined with those
VINO were to be assembled about the
bier.
Military Begin to Arrive.
AT 1880 o'clock the military and
naval detPchments took temporary sta
ton on West Ferry street Immediate
iy around the corner from the Milburn
house. First came Companies 1 and l.
OF the Fourteenth United States In
fantry, stationed at Fort Porter Fol-
lowing them came a company of the
oeVenty-third Coast Artillery now on
duty at the Pan-American Exposition,
In command Of TobA ID VUoteo