The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-09-17

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| appointed to attend the funeral, the local
| Judiciary and the assistant secretaries
of the several executive departments.
| Many Local Bodies.
| The remainder OF the procession was
tcomposed Of a large representation Of
local bodies of Knights Templars, over y
| thousand members of the Grand Army
of the Republic. the United Confederate
Veterans Of the City of washington and
| of Alexandria, Va, various religious As1ad
patriotic societies, secret societies and
labor organizations and representatives
| OF out of town organizations.
The military order of the loyal legion,
of which President Mckinley was an
honored member. With IA representation
of the New York and Pennsylvania
| communicates. formed II conspicuous
part in this part of the procession as;dtl
also the knights Tenplar of this city
and of Alexandria. Va. and a battalion
of the uniformed rank, knights of iPy-
thiaS r.
The full force of letter carriers of
Washington. each with Il hand Of black
crepe around his arm. walked to the
solemn tread of the dirge. az
The banners OF a.. organizations We're
folded and draped with black and all
marching civilians wore mourning
badges and white gloves.
Fife and drum corps bands rendered at
frequent intervals along the route tine
presidents favorste hymn. Nearer My
God to Thee" The procession occupied
one hour and a half in passing a given
point. y
Four hours before the arrival of the
funeral cortege at the front Of the
capitol an impenetrable Gordon of people
had massed along the walk and areas
fronting on the plaza.
Thousands upon thousands of sorrow.
ing people had gathered here to pay
their last tribute of respect and love to
the memory of the dead chief magis-.
.trate.
Beautiful Funeral Services. ~
The funeral services at the capitol
over the remains of the late President
Mckinley We're simple and beautiful.
They were of the form prescribed in the
Methodist church. Two hymns. a prayer,
an address and a benedetion comprised
all of it, yet the impression left at the
end was of perfection. -,
The people were slow in gathering,
Among the first corners were the army
officers. General Randolph in charge OF
toll. was first among those and spoil
afterwards came General Gillespie. chief
of engineers and Gen. Fit1hugh Lee.
Soon the number of officers became too
great to distinguish them and the 'ro-
tunda began to liven up with the flashes
of gold lace and gilt buttons and flash
ing sword scaobards scattered through
the soberly dressed crowd of civilians. =
Before 10 O'Clock the latter had assent
bled in such numbers as to fill this
greater part of the seating space not re-,
served for the persons in the funeral
services who We're to enter the rotunda.
Just at 10 o'clock Admiral Dewey made'
his appearance, accompanied by General
Otis, General Davis and General Rug
giles. He glanced over the scene within
and then took UP his station at the east5
ern entrance, where he was Joined by
the other members of the guard cf
honor. -r$s ..,.c'@t
Mrs. Hobart and her son, and Mrs
Russell A. -Alger, escorted by General
Hooker, also entered at this time. Tho
clergynen and the choir. the latter from
the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal.
church. which Mr.. Mckinley attended.
filed in and were seated at the head .of
the catafalQue. b.
Casket Borne In.
A few minutes before II the cabinet
entered and We're seated to the south
of the platform. and then, to the strains
of Nearer. My God, to Thee by the
Marine band, the casket was borne into
the rotunda. ~
General Gillespie and Colonel Bingham
led the way, and every one rose. The
guard Of honor on either side separated
and the casket was placed gently upon
the catafalque. az"
Next came members of the family of
the deceased, Abner Mckinley leading.
They were seated near the head of the
casket. Mrs. Mckinley was not presL
ent. Senator Hanna was with the family
party. ~
Next the diplomatic corps entered, lall
in full court regalia, and We're seated to
the south. Former President Cleyelahd,,
with General Wilson and his escort, sat
in the first row. IL u.
Lastly came President Roosevelt, es-
corted by Capt. Cowles, and preceded by
Mr.. CortelyOu, secretary to the president.
He was given a seat at the end of the
row occupied by the cabinet just south
of the casket. Mr.. Roosevelts face was
set and he appeared to be restraining his
emotions with difficulty. ;-
When the noise occasioned by seating
the late corners had ceased, hush fell
upon the people. and then the choir softly
sang Lead, Kindly Light" Bishop
Newman's divine anthem, while every
one stood lin reverence.
At the conclusion of the hymn Rev.
DR.. Henry r. Naylor. presiding elder of
the Washington district, Methodist Epis-
copal church, delivered the invoca tion.-
while the distinguished company listened
with bowed heads. -
Music Remarkably Effective.
AS the pastor ceased the voices. of the
choir swelled forth, and the rich pure
soprano notes Of Mrs. Thomas c. NOyes
led the hymn Sometime svell Under
stand" The music was remarkably eff.
fective and touching as the notes came
back in soft echoes from the dfuilneSs of