Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-20

he virtues shall enroll. ~
OF that paternal soul -
Bishop T. ". Joyce Of Minneapsfi4yfbl
WED with a brief prayer and The ssr
ces were concluded with the singing q
le hymn which President Mckinley re
aated on his death bed Nearer. NJ
Cd, 10 Thee" The entire congregatio.
rose and joined IN the last stanZ
ather Naltman 81 Chicago. chaplain 4
10 18th Infantry. pronounced the ben,
'ction. Then the notes of the orga
gain arose. The coffin was taken Ii
nd borne from the church. Tho re,s
YES and those in official life went o.
} the order they had entered
1t was after , O'Clock when the siIer
nd anxious throag outside the chu-c
~ the solemn pageant rcappea
trough the church doors. First cam
le guard cf military and naval homo
le generals and adr1irals, forming
cubic line. leading from the entrance
10 waiting hearse. Again the nag dra1
! caskct with its wealth or flowers AZ
cared ana was committed To the hears,
ne President ana members .: the cabI
Fl followed arm in arm ana stepped II
, ~" waiting carriages. The relative
Inferred carriages next Then the squaf
~ ~ troopers broke from their battaI
~ front ana wheeling into platoon
ok up the march to the grave.
In the long line Of carriages were Unit
/ States senators and members Of tn
.ouse 81 Representatives justices cf IN
nited States supreme court the ranl
x heads Of the army and navy. eover
prs ~ states ana mayors Of cities an
- dead Pr s.dcnt's fellow townsrnnp.
out TusCaraWIs street. Tie long pr,
=ssl"n moved through q section ~ IT,
NJ whore Jhc sound ~ fhc dirge Ia
\ been heard before But IL prosente
A" sam" SORROW stricken aspect that Ia
-en observed tn the heart of The cit,
un'ral arches spannod thc street. so1r
them. IL ~ understood. having h..
'"ctrd by school children THE nous,
cr" hung with black ana even ~
unks cnshruuded in black ana Whit
For hours before the time set for m
JmmeEccmcnt Of the funeral exercis.
: The Mckinley home. the streets alon
&c eriir" length of tho line Of mare
ere crowded with spectators. From H.
ates Of the cemetery t. the doors of IL
;urch. on each side Of the street. an
iost unbroken line Of soldiers was form
! adm all inttrssctiug streets detacf /
rents ~ the militia were posted. y,
ny was permitted To pass III either
sction. Every window commanding
ew NJ the line IA march was filled. Il
imcruls stands were crowded III the
most capacity ana IN the roofs weI |
indrcds NJ people
Fro:a O'Clock in the morning to
clock ~ tho afternoon. by which lin |
e last ~ the uarad, had passed Il |
iurch n its way To the cemetery. tn |
onditiur prevailed As the funeral c; |
lss,d through The streets men and We
len sobbed and II the cemetery gate
here TIE crowd was dvusely packed an
here the people had remained for houl
'ressing against the iron fence. TWO W
Aen tainted during the exercises at I. |
-ault
II was exactly z minutes after o c!oc
'hen the hearse passed through the gat,
vay Of the cemetery. Twenty minltt L
Iter the services at thu vault were uve
me hour ana An minutes after the hear.
ad entered the cemetery. the place W.
lear ana the dead President was aloi
ave for the guard over the vault.
At THE CEMETERY.
y sentry's measured step rcsOunde
rom the cement walk before the vail
nother kept vigil on the gra ssy slol
bove and at the head and at the TO
z ha ell d
ae door. which was not closed toligh
as pitched the tent of the guards, ar
here it will remain until the doors al
lcsed. tomorrow. Sentries VIII the
yard the vault every hour of the da
nd night until the body has bee
orne to its final resting place.
For nearly an hour before the head
he funeral procession arrived at tt
ate Of the cemetery the strains Of IT,
'rses played by the bands came Owe
H. hilltop to the watchers by the vaul
Hing them that the procession wa
its way. Then the detachment
lounted police heading the paraG
1me slowly around the corner Of Liz
oln street and passed up West .Thir
trcet to the cemetery gates. Benin
hem came the Grand Army Band ,
anton. and the solemn notes
Nearer. My God. to Thee" swellin
Ut as it came up the driveway.
\ moment after entering the Gem,
cry the music was changed to" Che
ms funeral interlude and II was I
he sound of this that the band pass
ut and onto Kentucky avenue at Il
outh side of the enclosure. Behind III
and came the Grand Army Post:
ally 500 Of the veterans marching b.
s they passed along the Hover strew
'ath many Of them We're weeping III
erly.
The sweet pea blossoms that WEI
catered along the road We're the OF
aring of the school children OF Nash
lille. Tenn. Tonight. HUNDREDS CT tt
lessons are in possession of III
ne rchers.
After the veterans came the men 1
ne 9Th Infantry of National Guart
he Engineer Corps of the Nation
iuard from Cleveland. the comr;. dos
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