The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1901-09-27
1--WE MOURN OUR NATIONS DEAD"

The church bells were toIling dolor
ously. Then came the last half hour
run into Canton. where the body was L
| be received into the arms OF its own
people. Mile by mile the approach was
/ marked by growing evidences OF deer
( personal aillictiou. Flags that had Otter
] waved Mckinley WelC ONE were now low
/ cred in sorrow. Farmers and country
! folk generally seemed to have suspended
Z work altogether: the schools We're dis
/ MISSED ana the entlre population were
I ranged along the track in sorrowfu
silence. The straining faces showed that
/ The people took this mOurnful home
/ coming Is A personal bereavement which
\ mad entered into each home. and il was
4 as though lathers and mothers and sis
/ tiers were watching Tor glimpse of the
caSket that held their own loved one.
The funeral train proper bearing the
/ remains OF President Mckinley arrived
A i o clock Wednesday. IL was met by
Judge Day at the head OF the local re-
ception committee. while assembled about
the station was the entire militia of the
state.
/ Mrs. Mckinley. weeping piteously. was
helped from the train by Dr. Rixey and
ADner Mckinley and conducted to "A car
/ riiSe which was IN waiting. and was then
/ driven rapidly To her home. The near
/ II latives followed her
The remains were then lifted from the
catafalque car and carried on the
1 shoulders OF the body bearers through
/ gangway formed by President Roose-
volt and his cabinet to the waiting hcarse.
The surrounding soldiers were at present
]
ident and cabinet then entered carriages.
Ihcy were followed by the guard of hon
%: headed by Adm. Dewey and Gen.
Niles IN fult Uniform and the sad pro-
ccSsion then moved up Tenth street in
/ the direction OF the court house where
the body was TO lie in state.
Te 1derly and revercntiy those who had
known William Mckinley best received
his martyrel body Wedne sdav They
had forgotten the illustrious career of
the statesman in the loss of q great per
sonal friend who had grown dearer TO
them with the passing of the years They
har6ly noticed the president of the United
states or his cabinet or the generals and
asimirals in their resplendcut uniforms.
The beautiful hag-draped Casket which
contained The body OF their friend and
lriioW toWnSman hdd All their thoughts
lie had left them TWO weeks ago this
very day in the fun strength Of his man
hood and they had brought him back
dead Anguish was in the heart of every
man. woman and child. The entire pop
ulatiOn Of the little city. thousands from
III over Ohio. the fun strength of the
national guard or the state-eighr reg
lmenrs three batteries OF artillery one
battalion of engincers- 5.000 men in all
tAS SONcIhcI, lieutenant governor and
justice OF the supreme court. rcpresent-
ing the three branches of the state gov
the remains.
Perhaps the great change that had come
upon the cOuntcn3nce moved the people
more than the sight Of the familiar fea-
lures The signs of discoloratiOn which
appeared upon the brow and checks Tues
day at lhe state ceremonial in the ro-
ilnda OF tie capitol At Washington had
deepened The lips had become lVid.
All but two from the lights from the
Chandelier above the head We're extin-
Suishcd IN order that the change might
appear not noticeable. but everyone who
viewed tie remains Wednesday remarked
the darHeued features and the CHASTITY
lips When the body was taken away
thousands were still I'm line and the COM
nI.tfee in Charge Of the arrangements was
a"pealed 20 to allow a further oppor-
morning before they are taken TO the
church. This hsr,i 10 be reluctantly de-
nied to them and the casket may never
be opened again
lennity surrounded by his countrymen
and his OwnsScople. in the presence OF
the president Of the United States. the
cabinet. justices of the United States SUI
lives IN congress. the heads Of the mill
tary and naval establishments, the gov
errors OF states and great concourse of
people VINO had known and loved him.
all that Is mortal of the third president 10
IAN by an assasSins bullet. was COM
mitted TO the grave 1t was spectacle
OF mournrul grandeur.
From every city and hamlet in Ohio.
from the remote corners Of the south
and from the east and west. the human
tide flowed into the town until lN.Nng
people were within its gates. here TO pay
their last tribute to the fallen chief
The final scenes ~ the First Methods.
held. and AT the beautiful Yves, Lawn
cemetery. where the body was consigned
10 vault. were simple and impressive.
The services at the church consisted
81 brief Grafton, prayers by the minis
tcrs Of three denominations ana singing
by Quarsettc. The body was then taken
10 West Lawn cemetery and placed 'n
receiving vault, pending the time when
il will be finally laid TO rest beside the
dead children who were buried years
ago.
One of the most pathetic features Of the
day was the absence of Mrs. Mckinley
from the funeral services at the church
and the cemetery when the body OF her
husband was laid to rest Since the first
shock OF the shooting, then Of death and
through the ordeal of state ceremonies.
she had borne up bravely. But there
was limit 10 human endurance and
when Thursday came IL found her too
weak 20 pass through the trials of the
hnal ceremonies. Through the open door
Of her room she heard the prayer Of the
minister as the body was borne out OF
the house.
The line of the funeral march from the
church to the cemetery was about one
aud one-half miles in length. From the
gates OF the cemetery to the doors Of the
church there was on each side OF the
street an almost unbrokcn line OF SOL
diers ard on all the intersecting streets
detachmcnfs OF the militia were posted
about 100 feet from the thoroughfare up
on which the cortege was TO so.
There was not window that COM
Histnueu view OF the line or march that
WAS not filled with faces. the numerous
stands were crowded to their utmost ca
pacfty and on the roofs were hundreds
of people
All day long the streets were kept clear
by the military and not a vehicle of any
description. save those belonging to the
funeral corteSe, were permitted to enter
upon them.
No greater reverence has ever been
shown 10 any man. living or dead. than
was exhibited toward the dead president
Thursday. AS the funeral car passed
through the streets men and women sob
bed convulsively and at the cemetery
gates where the crowd was densely pack
ed. and where the people had remained
for hours pressing against the iron fence.
two women tainted during the exercises
at the vault
l. was exactly four minutes after
when the funeral car bore the remains OF
the dead president through the gateway
OF his last resting place. Twenty MN
utes after that time the brief services at
the vault was over. the members of the
family and distinguished men of the ma
fion who had come so far 10 do him hon
or. had passed through the gates on their
homeward way. One hour and forty
minutes after the hearse had entered
the cemetery the place was clear and
the dead president was resting alone un-
der the watchful care of the men of the