The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1901-09-20
IS IT ASHINGTON
PRESIDENT'S BODY TAKEN TO
THE CAPITAL OF THE
NATION.
GIVEN MILITARY HONORS
ARMY AND NAVY CONVEY THE
REMAINS TO EXECUTIVE
MANSION.
IS VIEWED BY THOUSANDS
A LANE OF PEOPLE EXTENDS
FROM BUFFALO TO THE
MARBLE CITY.

Washington, Sept. 1.-THE remains
of President Mckinley during the
night lay in the East room of the
White House, where for more than
four years he had made his home as
the chief magistrate of the great
American republic 1t was with sim
pie ceremony and a silence that fitted
perfectly the sadness of the occasion
that the body of the late president
was borne UP Pennsylvania avenue to
the White House and laid upon the
bier in the great East room, where he
had stood so often in the prime of his
manhood to receive the greetings of
the common people he loved better
than himself.
1t was fitting that such ceremony
as there was should be severely mill
tary in character in recognition of the
fact that the president was the COM
mander-in-chief Of the United States
army and navy. Nowhere was there
a show of civilian participation. The
streets about the station were filled
with mounted troops and the station
itself was occupied by stalwart SOL
diers and sailors IN uniform. The
blue coated policemen and the rail
road employees were nearly all that
stood for civil life.
It was not SO On the broad stretch
0f hat Irt ho ;tc
There the people strained and crowd
ed in a vast multitude against the
stiff wire ropes which restrained them
from the space marked out for the
line Of procession. The silence that
marked the progress of the funeral
party through the national capital was
profound. The people as whole did
not even talk in whispers and the only
sign of agitation in the crowd was the
silent pressing and striving against
the ropes to see the mournful cortege
which swept slowly along.
The Last Home Coming.
When the funeral train pulled into
the Sixth street station the members
of the late presidents family took car
riages and were driven at once to the
White House. President Roosevelt
and the members Of the cabinet re-
manned to accompany the remains of
their dead chieftain to the executive
mansion. The casket was removed
from the observation car and carried
to the waiting hearse by the body
bearers-four soldiers and four sail
ors detailed for the purpose. AS the
casket emerged from the station a
bugle note clearly rose and "taps"
rang out. That was the only sound
that broke the dead silence. Just be-
yond the entrance to the station Presi-
dent Roosevelt, with the members of
the cabinet, had paused and had taken
station so as to leave a road space for
the funeral cortege. They ranged
themselves on the sidewalk in double
rows opposite each other and stood
with barred heads as the corpse was
carried to the hearse drawn up at the
side of the gate. The hearse was
of whom was led by colored groom
in black livery. The hearse bearing
the third martyred president quickly
by President Roosevelt and those ac-
SoLiPAAJ lis ui14' fAS IAC plOCSSSlOu
swept into Pennsylvania avenue a
deeply impressive sight was present
ed. The historic thoroughfare was
hung in black. Emblems of the ma
tion's mourning were displayed on
every building. The Stars and Stripes,
furled and knotted with crepe, f1oated
from hundreds of windows Over all
cleaned coldly scores of electric
lights, defining sharply each detail of
the solemn scene.
Thousands Line the Way.
Banked on both sides of the ave-
nue., from Sixth street to the execu-
tive mansion, were tens of thousands
of people. With bare heads and with
no murmur or sound the people
watched with tear-stained eyes the
last home coming of President Nc
Kinley. There was no music. Amid
the hush of the great crowds, only the
clatter of the horses hoofs ringing
sharply upon the pavement was heard.
platoon of mounted police led the
way. Next came delegation of ".
A. R., members of the Union Veterans
union and the Spanish war veterans
and Troops l and L of the Eleventh
cavalry. Following the cavalrymen
was the hearse, flanked on either side
by the body bearers, with a detach-
ment of signal corps men bringing up