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

I cts with open-throated shirts, their loose
| black scarfs in sailor knots, with yellow
| leggings and sailor hats. Sailors and ma
| rines marched with their short carbines
| at shoulder arms. The entire military
| and naval force formed in company
| front on West Perry street, and there
| awaited the time for the services to be-
gin.
Meantime the members of the cabinet,
| officials high in the government service
| and near friends of the martyred presi-
dent began to fill the walks leading up
| to the entrance of the Milburn residence
| They came separately and in groups,
some walking while those in carriages
were admitted within the roped enclosure
| up to the curb. Secretaries w Wison and
Hitchcock drove up together, and with
bowed heads entered the house. Gov.
| Odell, of New York, drove up with his
secretary and Representative Lucius Lit
| tanr, of New York, and following the
| governor came Maj. Gen. Roe, COM
| mander of the National guard of New
York, with is staff of aides, all in full
Uniform. Secretary Root walked to the
| house with Mr.. and Mrs. Sprague, at
| whose house he has been a guest since
| first summoned to the city. Two and two.
long line of men of 'dignifed bearing
| marched up to see the house. the ror-
| eign commissioners sent to the exposi-
ton and after them the state commits
| s1oners. With the foreigners was a COL
| onel Of the Mexican army in his full
uniform of black, with scarlet stripes
| and peaked gold-braided cap. The other
members of the cabinet in the city, Sec
! retary Long, Attorney General Knox,
| Postmaster General Smith, the close con-
hdantes and friends of the late chief;
| Senator Hanna, Judge Day, Governors
| Odell, Yates and Gregory, Representa-
tives Alexander and Ryan, Maj: Gen.
! Brooke; E. H. Butler, H. H. kohlsaat
and many others.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ARRIVES.
1t was just eight minutes before the
| opening of the service when a covered
| barouche drove up to the house bring
ing President Roosevelt and Mr. and
Mrs. Wilcox, at whose home he is a
| guest. The president looked very, grave
as he alighted and turned to assist Mrs.
Wilcox from the carriage. His face did
not relax into smile to the salutations
| OF those nearest the carriage, but he ac-
knowledged the greetings silently and
with an inclination of the head. Word
| passed up the wen-filled walk that the
| president had arrived, and those waiting
| to gain entrance fell back, making a mar
row line through which Mr.. Roosevelt
/ passed along to the house. AS the presl-
| dent passed within the house the soldiers
| formed into columns of fourS and moved
! into Delaware avenue and formed in bat
talon order across the popular thorough
| fare opposite the house and facing it.
| On the extreme left were the regulars,
on the right the sailors and marines,
| IN the center the national guardsmen.
They stood at parade rest, with coIors
lowered, each flag wound about its stan
and bound with Grape. The front of the
| house and the lawns had been cleared
| by this time and the sweep of avenue
was now declared safe for the rigid, mo-
tionless. ranks across from the house.
The service had already begun when
there was clatter of hoofs down the
avenue and four housekeeping black
horses came into view, drawing the
| hearse which was to carry the body of
I the dead president. 1t was heavy black
vehicle without plumes or other trap
pings to relieve the deep black. The
horses, too, were not plumed or capri
soned, and all four of them were black
from the nose to the tip of the tail. A
groom with folded arms sat motionless
beside the coachman. The hearse stop
ped at the corner to await the conclusion
of the service.
SCENE IN THE HOUSE.
4 Outside the house there was half hour
| of silence and waiting. Within the house
| of death there was woe unspeakabIe
Within the drawing room to the right
OF the hall the dead chieftain was
stretched upon his bier. His head was
to the rising sun. On his face was writ
ten the story of the Christian forebear-
ance with which he had met his martyr
dom. Only the thinneSs of his face bore
mute testimony to the patient suffering
ne had endured. He was dressed as al
ways. The left lapel of his coat was
buttoned across the breast where the
| TCf hIIl of fhn
The black string tie below the standing
collar showed the little triangle of white
shirt front. The right hand lay at his
side. The left was across his body He
looked as millions of his countrymen have
seen him, save for one thing. The little
badge OF the Loyal Legion, the only
decoration he ever wore, which was al
ways in the left lapel of his coat. was
missing. And those that remarked it
spoke of it, and after the body was taken
to the city hall the little badge. which he
priced through life was placed again
where 1T had always been. The body Law
in black casket on a black bearskin r,1p
Over the lower limbs was flung the star.
ry banner he had loved so well. The
flowers were few as beftted the simnle
nature or the man. A spray of white
chransanthemums, flaming bunch of
blood red American Beauty roses and a
magnificent bunch of yiolets Uere ~, ~
, :. - eoS Oil. benlnd the head,
, against mirror between two curtains
rested Two superb wreaths of asters and
roses. These were the only flowers In
the room. 49,
Two sentries, one from the sea and one
, from the land, guarded the remains. Thew
stood In the window embrasures behind
the head of the casket One from the
land was a sergeant of infantry. In the
= other window was the sailor garbed In
4 the loose blue blouse of the navv
e The family had taken leave of thei,
i loved one before the others arrived. Mrs
: Mckinley, the poor, grief-crushed widow