The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-16

house almost Immediately following the
casket, and arm in arm with Secretary
Root moved Through the aisle of people,
he entered the first carriage with Mr..
Root Attorney General Knox and Post
master General Smith, who had followed.
The presidential carriage fell in immedi-
ately back of the military escort Fol-
lowing in the second carriage were Sec
retary Long, Secretary Hitchcock, Sec
retary Wilson and Secretary Cortelyou.
Maj. Gen. Brooke was in the third car
riage, and Rev. DR.. Locke and his wife
in the next. In this order the carriages
preceded the hearse. After the fourth
carriage there was a space of 1GO feet
and then came the hearse bearing the
dead president. At the head of each of
the leading horses police officer walked
with a hand on the bride. On each side
of the hearse walked a detachment of
soldiers and sailors, four picked men
from the army and marine corps on the
right and as many more blue jackets,
under Lieut. Eberly, on the left lmme-
diately back of the hearse marched a
score of G. A. r. veterans, who had been
assigned to this post of honor. In the
carriage following the Grand Army
marchers rode Senator Hanna, Gov.
Odell, Senators Fairbanks and Keene.
Senator Burrows, Director General Bu-
chanan and two exposition officials occu-
pied the next Then came Col Bingham
and Maj. Thomas w. Symonds, who had
been the active representatives of the
war department here since the shooting
of the president occurred The White
house staff, who were so closely identi-
fled with the late president, were to-
gether. Mayor Diehl, of Buffalo, and
members of the city council were the
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tege. After them followed a long line
of carriages occupied by those who had
been near the president officially and
personally, and who followed more as
friends than as officials. None of the.
members of the family entered carriages.
AS the funeral cortege moved south
through Delaware avenue toward the
city hall it passed through vast con-
course of people, filling the walks and
cross streets and crowding housetops,
windows and every available space of
the buildings along the line of march.
MARCH IN RAIN.
AS the escort of soldiers swung slowly
into Franklin street, a few drops of rain
fell In two minutes it was raining hard.
The long line of troops took their posi-
tions at attention facing the city hall.
The carriages containing members of the
last of the carriages was the one bearing
President Roosevelt Removing his hat
the president, stepped from the vehicle
and walked into the Yestibule. When the
hearse appeared the four horses were led
slowly to the entrance and stopped The
band, some distance away, began Nearer
My God to Thee At the same instant
precisely the rain came down in sheets
and driven along by southwest gale the
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Hall square.
The coffin was lifted from the hearse to
the shoulders of the sailors and marines
and was borne into Buffalo's official
home. Outside there was not man, as
far as could be seen, who did not stand
defying the elements with hat off respect
ing his dead president. Inside with steps
impressively slow and measured, the bear
ers made their way to the catafalque A
moment later and the body of President
Mckinley was lying in state.
The scheme of the interior drapings was
UNIQUE and most artistieally carried out.
Entering the main vestibule from
Franklin street, the vision was greeted
with the graceful sweep of festoons of
black and white cashmere. The drapery
ascended from the floor to the ceiling and
dropped to the mouldings, where it was
caught in bows of deep black thence to
follow downward the contour of the build
ing. A mammoth column situated half
way between the side walls of the vesti-
bule served to develop the arches. The
column itself reaching to the ceiling be-
came monument of mourning in its
garb of black. Color was lent by large
pictures of the martyred president, fast
ened on either side of the column, while
companion pieces of like dimensions
adorned the walls. Many yards of dra-
perry converted the rectangular spaces
demarcated by the column and the walls
into two arches of imposing proportions,
affording entry to the main corridor
where had been constructed the canopy
of state, under which the dead president
was to repose while Buffalo's thousands
viewed the remains. Long elevator shafts
on either side were literally hidden from
view behind a sea of black
Above the central point of the corridor,
directly under the floor walls was FASH
ioned the state canopy. White and black
cashmeres floated in graceful lines from
point high up in the building The
purity of the white alternated with tfe
somber of the black, reaching down in
French drapery with festooning of beau
tiful simplicity. Dropping down in i'm
pressive grandeur were four of the coun-
try's flags so hung as to burst forth into
an unmistakable cross. Below on the
tiled floor of the corridor rested the
catafalque. It was covered with the
same costly cashmere, the severity being
relieved by six knots of generous proper
tions of satin material. Its head rose
eighteen inches from the floor and made
a. gentle angle, allowing the bier to slope
to the foot. Stairways fanked two sides
of the corridor. The balustrades were
hidden from view beneath the conven-
tional garb of mourning. Mounting the
stairway were chandeliers of six lights
burning low. The arms of the chandeliers
were wound with black and white with