Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1901-09-26

Tie spirit who hated no one. to whom
every man was a brother, was sudden
ly snitten by the cruel hands Of an as
s.s5in, and that too, while in the ger
act Of extending kind and & neroua
greeting TO one who approached him
under the sacred guise of friendship.
Could the assalant have realize
how awful the act he was about to pc.
form, how utterly heartless the deed
mcthinks he would have stayed hi<
hand at the very threshold of ii. II
all the coming years men will seek n
vain to fathom the e2ormity OF that
crime. Had this man who fell been a
dcspot, tyrant, an oppressor, an in.
sane frenzy to rid the world OF h.rl
might have sought excuse, but it was
the peoples friend who fell when vii.
Liam Mckinley received the fatal
wound. Himself, a son of toll. his
sympathies were with the toilers. NJ
one who has seen the matchless gra @e
and perfect ease with which he greet
ed such, can ever doubt that his heart
was in his open hand. Every heart
thTob was for his cCuntrymep. IhaI
his life should be sacrificed at such a
time, just when there was abundan,
peace when all the Americans were
rejoicing together. is one of the inscru-
table mysteries of providence. Like
many others it must be left for futu- G
revelations to explain
In the midst o. cur s-rrow we have
much to console us. He lived to see
his nation greater than ever before All
sectional lines are blotted out Tn re
is 10 South, no North, no East. no
West. Washington saw the beginning
OF our national life. Lincoln passed
through the night OF our history AMI
saw the dawn. Mckinley beAe,d his
country in the sDlendOr of its noon.
Truly he died III the fuIiness Of his
fame. With ST Paul he could say and
with equal truthfullness. I am now
ready to be offered
The work assigned him had been
well doEe. The nation was at peace.
It had fairly enuered upon an era Of
UnDaralled prosperity. Our revenues
were generous. Our standing among
the nations was secure Our President
was enshrined in the affections CT a
united people. 1t was not at him tha /
the fatal shot was fired but at the very
life Of the government. His OfferinS 5
was vicariOuS. 1t was blood poured
upon the altar of human liberty"
NEARER MY GOD, TO THEE" THE
LAST HYMN.
Rishop l. w. Joyce, CT Minneapolis.
followed with brief prayer, and the
services were concluded with the sins
ing CT the hymn which President Nc
Kinicy repeated on his death bed,
Nearer, My God, to Thee" The entii .
congregation arose and Joined in the
last stanza. Father ValtInan, Of Chi
cagO, chaplain CT the TWenty-ninth In
fa1try, pronounced the benediction
Then the noes CT the organ again rose
The coffin was taken up and borne
from the church. The relatives and
those in official life went cut in the c.
der they had entered.
1t was after 8 O'Clock when the g
lent and anxious througs outs de the
church saw the solemn pageant reap
pear through the church doors. Out
Tuscarawas street the long procession
moved through a section Of the city
where the sound CT the Girge had no.
been before heard. But it presented
the same sorrow-strickcn aspect thai
A1Shu bGC1l OOoCI Su III C1i- uS~1i L VI llC
city. Funeral arches spanned the
street, some of them, it is understood, |,
having been erected by school chill
dren. The houses were hung in black
and even the stately elms along tho
way had their trunks eHshrouded III
black and white drapeTy.
The line OF the funeral march from
the church to the cemetery was about
one and One-half miles in length. For
hours even before the time set for tie
commencement of the funeral exercises
at the Mckinley home, the street along
the entire length of the line Of march
was crowded with spectators. From,
the gates Of the cemetery to the doors
of the church there was on each side
of the street an almost unbrCk2n line O.
soldiers, and at the interS Getting
streets, detachments CT the military
were posted about 100 feet from the
line Of march. 1t was exactly fol-:
minutes after 4 O'Clock when the fU-
neral car bore the remains of the dead
President through the gateway Of this
last resting place. Twenty minutes
after that time the brief services at t!rt
vault were over, the members of the
family and the distinguished men Of
the nation who had come 50 far to co
him honor had passed through tbs
gates on their nOmeWard way.
One hour and forty minutes after the
hCarse had entered the cemetery tt"
place was clear and the dead President
was resting alone under the WatchfHl
care of men of the regular army. y
sentry's measured tread resounde.t
another kept vigil on the grassy slope
above and at the head and at the fO't
Cf the c2sket stood armed men. Be
fore the door which was rot closed to-
night was pitched the tent of tn
guard and there it Will remain until
the doors are closed tomorrow. Sen
tries will then guard the vault every
hour Of the day and night until tho
body has been borne to its final resting
place.
Bishop Joyce, Of MINNEAPOLIS, rad
the burial service Of the Methodist
church slowly, but in a voice that
could be plainly heard by al WEo
were grouped around the vault. AS his
words ended there was a brief pause
for it had been understood that a quar-
tette of the knights Templar was to
be present to render a hymn. Through
a Misunderstanding however, it had
not arrived, and after satisfying him
self Of this fact, Colonel Bingham
waved his hand to the Canton band,
which had taken station Oh the side Of
the mound above and to the south OF
the vault. Instantly from the sign OF
bugles rang out the notes OF the SOL
dier's last call. taps 1t was beauti-
fully done and the last notes of tt,e
bugles died away SO softly that all wh1
heard it remained listening for a few
seconds to hear if it was really ende1.
When the last note had fi0ated away.
Secretary Wilson was in tears, SecTet2-
ry Hitchcock was almost weeping aoc
the President was gazing grimly at tn
walk. 1t was the last moment for tti2
men who had been 50 closely aSsOcia-