The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-18
CANTON is PREPARED
AT THE LATE PRESIDENTS
HOME
REMAINS WILL LIE IN STATE
Details for the Funeral Thursday
Will Be Completed After Ar
rival of the Train From
Washington.


u:20 a. m.-March from depot to court
house.
II 80 a. m:-Arrival at court house.
II m. to p. m-Lying in state in court
house.
9:15 p. nl-March from court house to
late residence on North Market street.
Canton is ready for the last home
coming of William Mckinley. In other
days she has welcomed him with cheers,
with waving banners and triumphal
arches. Tomorrow she will receive him
in silence, with streets hung with solemn
black, and with the wailing notes of
dirges. All day long hundreds of men
and women have labored in their task to
arrange the decorations On the Pablo
buildings on the fronts of commercial
houses and over the windows and por-
ticos of private residences. AT sunse
tonight Canton was shrouded in black
and so she will remain until the body Of
her best loved son has been committed
to the vault in Westlawn cemetery.
At frequent intervals during the day
there have resounded from the pave
| ments the sound of
MARCHING FEET
as military or civic organization made
its way into the city to be in readiness
for the duties of tomorrow and of Thurs
day. They are but the first wave Of the
human tide which is to come. From
early morning until late in the evening
there has been constant procession of
visitors moving along North Market
street to the Mckinley home-a house
easily distinguished from all others on
the street in that it is the only one not
draped in black. There is today no sign
of mourning on the house. nor will there
be until the dead president has been
borne through it's doorway on Wednes-
day night. Throughout the day the Wis
ltorS have stood in knots under the trees
that line the walks in front or hung over
the low iron fence talking low ard
in whispers, as if the illustrous daai
We're already within its walls.
AS far as lies within its present power
the local committees have completed
their arrangements for the funeral
Wednesdays programme is arranged ana
Thursdays, too, if word will but come
from Washington giving approval of The
plans suggested.
tomorrow, upon it's arrival at ii a. NJ.
the train will be met by members of the
local reception and executive commit
tees, by hundreds of the personal friends
of President Mckinley, and by the fol-
lowing gentlemen, who have been select
ed from Washington to act as honorary
pallbearers, during the services in Can
ton:
THE PALLBEARERS.
John c. Dueber, George B. Frease, r.
A. Cassidy, William R. Day, Joseph
Bielchele, Henry W. Harter, William A.
Lynch and Thomas 7. Mccarthy. All
We're intimate friends of the president
during his lifetime
Troop A, of Cleveland will act as es-
cort in the march from the Pennsylvania
depot to the court house, where the
body will lie in state. There will be no
attempt at forming a column, the cavalry
viii lead the way, the hearse, drawn by
four coal-black horses, will follow, and
then will come the carriages bearing the
members of the family and the distin-
guished Visitors.
The casket will be placed in the ro-
tunda of the court house. and as soon as
possible the doors will be opened to allow
the citizens of Canton the opportunity
Of paying their last tribute of respect
to the dead president. Large detach-
mentS of militia and police Will be pres
ent to facilitate the handling and the
movement OF the crowds, and as the
time allowed for the casket in the court
house is considered none too long, every
effort will be made to expedite matters
The crowd will be formed in line, four
abreast, at the south door of the court
house, the line to extend Westward on
West TuscaraWaS street Admission will
be by ranks of four and the ranks will
be made to move rapidly.
WILL LIE IN STATE.
Until 9 o'clock at night the body will
remain in the court house, and imme-
diately after that hour it will be taken
to the family residence on North Market
street. Canton post, G. A r., composed
almost entirely of members of President
McKinley's old regiment, the Twenty
third Ohio, will escort the body to the
house.
That, is as far as the definite pro-
gramme of the Canton committee ex-
tends tonight. 1t is their wish that early
on the morning of Thursday the body
will be returned to the court house and
again lie in state until it is time to leave
for the First Methodist church. where
the funeral exercises are to commence
at ? o'clock, but whether the family will
agree TO this is not known as yet. The
time allowed for the exercises in the
church is forty-fve minutes.
The programme is not entirely arrang-
ed for the services, but they will be sim
pie. A discourse by Rev. c. E. Manches-
| ter, of the First Methodist church; a
| prayer by Rev. 0. B. Milligan, of the
| Presbyterian church, and a scripture
reading by some clergyman not vet Sc
| lected. a quartette, composed of Mrs
| w. H. Smith, Miss Rachael Frease. F.
j. Melbourne and Ralph Brown, will
| sing Lead, Kindly Light and a second
| ouartette, composed of Misses Hattie
Levinger, Fannie Levihger, Jeanette
| Bayhof and katherine Boehrens The
music to be sung by this quartette had
not been selected tonight. At the con-
ciusion of the services in the church
! the slow march to the cemetery will be
| taken up.
The casket will be placed in the re-
ceiving vault but before it is placed in
| side the casket will be rested upon sup
| ports standing upon the stone walk lead
ing to the vault This will be for the
purpose of allowing those who have
| taken part in the parade, and who have
| been prevented by their duties from be-
| ing present in the court house to have
| an opportunity of viewing the remains.
| II the present program is carried out
| the casket will remain on the walk out
| side the vault from one to two hours
| When finally placed inside the vault
| a guard will be thrown around it day
and night Until it's final resting place is
prepared it will be surrounded by armed
| Rlen.
| AS yet there has been no great influx
| OF visitors into Canton. but the flood
| will flow tomorrow. At 10 o'clock this
morning not a room could be had in any
| of the hotels and there is considera BILE
| apprehension on the part of the citizens
| of Canton that it may be impossible to
| provide all of them with sleeping quar-
| tiers. Provisions have been made for
| feeding them, but if the crowds are as
| large as kilograms received here lead
| people to expect, a large number of peo-
| pie will be compelled to walk the streets
| all of Thursday night