The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-09-19

In state at the courthouse.
I l:e0 D. n,.--The Rev. Dr. Manchester will CON
|, duct funeral services in the First Methodist
4 church.
ESQ p. m.-The presidents body will be borne
10 the Westlawn cemetery and placed in the re.
| ceiving vault.
Mrs. Mckinley Immediately upon
reaching the North Market street home
retired to her room, denying herself to
Ill. DR.. RiHNy said she had borne the
trip from Washington very well, al
though she frequently gave way to hcl
grief in cries and sobs. Or. RiXey said
that he thought Mrs. Mckinley would
be able TO go through her part in the
funeral arrangements.
The Trip From Washington.
The train bearing the remains Of
President Mckinley as It sped from the
national capital to this city was every.
where greeted with sad and solemn
demonstration.
At Altoona, Pa. where a change of
engines and crews was made, crowd
Of 5000 persons were assembled at the
station to see the train 60 through.
The Altoona City band rendered "Near-
er, My God, to Thee" and Onward,
Christian Soldiers" while the train was
in the station yard. Police and rail
road officials kept the station clear Of
people. The two engines which were
used to haul the heavy train over the
Alleghany mountains were draped In
black.
At JohnstOwn, Pa, immense crowds
lined the tracks for long distance
above and below the station and stood
In silence as the train proceeded slow
ly by. A detachment of Company II,
Fifth regiment n. G. p, fired minute
guns and bells We're tolled throughout
the city.
At Pitcairn the end of the railroad
division. train crews and engines We're
changed. and the railroad men were
out in force.
At Wilmcrdng the employees of the
Westinghouse Airbrakc company were
at the track. and at East PittSburg,
where is located one Of the largest cleo
trical plants in the world, were sey-
eral thousand people. The train had
now practically entered the suburbs Of
Pittsburg, that city Of Drawn and mus
Gle which has just passed through the
convulsion of great strike, and the
industrial workers were strung along
the track in solid lines.
At Bessemor the huge stacks of the
Carnegie Steel plant were pouring
forth dense volumes of smoke and
flame and under this black canopy the
toilers gathered in dense throngs,
standing mutely with uncovered heads.
Just beyond the great mills of Brad
dock gave forth another multitude of
grlmy workmen, and to the left, across
the river, where Is located that other
great hive Of industry, Homestead, the
wharfs were lined with men and
women
Passing Through Pitsburr.
Entering Pittsburg wonderfully
impressive sight was presented. Along
both sides of the track for miles were
solid walls Of humanity. In some
places the people stood twenty deep.
while the entertainments We're black
with them. On the top Of every freight
car was human hedge. The over
hanging bridges bent beneath their
burden. The roofs of houses were
lined. All stood with uncovered heads,
while the bells OF all the churches
were tolling.
1t is estimated that not less than So
900 people We're at the Union station
In Pittsburg and $4,000 at the ALE
gheny depot. while the crowd that
viewed the funeral train from its en-
trance into Pittsburg until it crossed
the city line in Allegheny was not less
than 25O,0O0. On the face Of every one
there were the signs Of the deepest
feeling and mourning. There We're
many children in this vast assembly,
and they seemed to realize with their
elders the sorrow the nation was ex-
periencing. and on their young faces,
too, was expressed the mourning as
for one whom they had loved and
lost.
During the passage of the train |
through the two cities section of Bat |
terry B fired a salute from Mount |
Washington and the city and church |
bells tolled.
As the train passed, the Fourteenth
and Eighteenth regiments Of the ma
tional guard presented arms and the |
great multitude was silent and stood /
with uncovered heads.
The first section which preceded the
train with the catafalque car attached
did not stop in Plttsburg, but the latter
halted moment to permit Governor
Nash of Ohio, with his staff, and Gen.
eral Dick, commander of the Ohio ma
tional guard, to board the train.
Scenes From the Windows.
The scene from the chr windows
grew even more impressive after the
was crossed. The river was
covered with dredges, each thronged
with humanity, and the wharfs along
either shore could not be seen for the
people struggling for foothold upon
them. The iron girders of the bridge
were hung wsta Den ana boys. lIp
public park beyond was alive with peo.
pie. Every window was filed with
faces. The houses were swathed In
black. Every breast wore some token
of mourning, and every face was SOL
ann with tense look as eyes strained
eagerly scanning each car for glimpse
If the coffin In which the dead lay.
Hanging from tall crane In one Of the
'actory Enclosures was an eff1gy of the
lssasAlp CzQlgQsx. clothed In black and