Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-09-26

town and swelled to the proportions
OF great city. From every city and
hamlet in Ohio, from the remote cor
ners of the south and the east and
west, the human tide flowed into the
town. until 100000 people were within
its gates, here to pay their last trib-
ute to the fallen chief
The final scenes at the First Metho-
dist church, where the funeral serv-
ice, were held, and at the beautiful
West Lawn cemetery, where the body
was consigned to vault, were simple
and impressive. The services at the
church consisted of brief grafton,
prayers and the singing by quartet.
The body was then taken to West
Lawn cemetery and placed in a re-
ceiving vault. pending the time it will
be laid to rest beside the dead children
who were buried years ago. The flu
neral procession was very imposing
and included not only the representa-
tives of the army and the navy of the
United States. but the entire military
strength of the state of Ohio, and hun
dreds Of civic, fraternal and other
organizations. 1t was two miles long.
One of the most pathetic features of
the day was the absence of Mrs. Nc
Kinley from the funeral services at
the church and cemetery when the
body of her husband was laid to rest.
Since the first shock of the shooting,
then of death, through the ordeal of
state ceremonies, she had borne up
bravely. But there was a limit to
human endurance and when yesterday
came it found her too weak to pass
through the trials of the final cere-
monies. Through the open door of
her room she heard the prayer of the
minister as the body was borne out of
the house. Dr. Rixey remained close
by her side and, although the full force
OF the calamity had come upon her, it
was believed by those about her that
there was a providential mercy in her
tears, as they gave some relief to the
anguish of the heart within.
At z o'clock last night President
Roosevelt and his cabinet started back
to Washington.
Streets damned With People.
For many hours before the time
set for the commencement of the flu
neral services at the Mckinley home,
the streets along the entire length OF
the line of march were 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 unbroken line of soldiers
and at the intersecting streets detach-
ments OF militia were placed, about
100 feet from the thoroughfare upon
which the cortege was to go, and no.
body was permitted to pass in either
direction. There was not a window
that commanded a view of the line of
march that was not filled with faces,
the numerous stands were crowded to
their utmost, and on the roofs were
hundreds of people. From 8 O'Clock
in the morning until in the afternoon.
which time the last of the parade had
passed the church on it's way to the
cemetery. this condition prevailed.
All day long the streets were kept
clear by the military, and not a We
hicle OF any description was permitted
to enter upon them.
Notwithstanding the dense crowds,
there were no accidents of any kind
reported
No greater reverence has ever been
shown to any man, living or dead, than
was exhibited toward the dead presi-
dent AS the funeral car passed
through the streets men and women
sobbed convulsively and at the GENE.
terry gates, where the crowd was
densely packed and where the. naoula