The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-16
THOUSANDS LOOK UPON
FACE OF DEAD PRESIDENT
Body Lay in State at the City Hall in Buffalo Yes
terday Afternoon and Evening.
Expressions of Grief From All Classes They Pay Tribute to the
MaTtyred Mckle"

Buffalo Sept 15.-when the funeral
procession halted at the city hail the
casket was lifted from the hearSe to
the shoulders OF the sailors and ma
rines and was borne into Buffalo's Off
Cial home. Outside there was not a
man. so FAR as could be seen. who did
not stand, defying the elements. with
hat remoN ed. respecting his dead pres
ident. Inside. with steps impressively
slow and measured. the bearers made
their way TO the catafalque. A mo-
ment later and the body OF President
Mckinley was lying i'm state.
The scheme of the interior drapings
was unique and most artisticaIly car
ried out. Entering the main vestiDule
from Franklin street the vision was
greeted with the graceful sweep of fes-
tOOns OF black and white cashmere.
The drapely assembled from the floor
to the ceiling and dropped TO the
mouldings. where il was caught in
bows of deep back. thence to follow
downward the contour Of the building.
\ mammoth column situated half way
between the side halls Of the vestibule
served to develop the arches. The col
uuni Itself reaching to the ceiling be
came Il monument OF mourning in its
Earb Of black.
Color was lent by large pictures of
the martyred president. fastened on
either side of the column. while cham
piOn pieces of like dimensions adorned
tire walls. Many yards of drSpery con-
Nerted the rectangular spaces demar-
Gated by che column and the walls
into Two arches of imposing proper
tiOns. ffOrdiug entry to the main cor
Tidor where had been constructed the
canopy Of state under which the dead
president was to repOse while Buffalo's
people by the thousands paid their last
respects.
Leaving the arches. elevator shafts
on either side were literally hidden
from view behind . perfect sea Of
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corridor directly under the flowing
walls. fashioned the state canopy.
White and black cashmeres of costly
price floated down in graceful lines
from a point high up in the building.
The purity OF the white alternated with
the sOmbre Of the black reaching down
in French Grapes with festooning OF
beautiful simplicity. Dropping down
in oppressive grandeur were four of
the CountTy-s Gags. so hung as to burst
forth into cross
Drapery of the Catafalque.
Below ,n the tiled floor of the corri-
dor rested the cstafalque- II was COW
cred WITH the same costly cashmere,
relieved by six knots of generous pro-
portions Of satin material. It's head
rose eighteen inches from the floor and
made a gentle angle, allowing the bier
to slope 20 the foot. StairNvays fianked
the two sides of the corridor. The bal
ustrades were hidden from view be-
meath the conventional garb of mourn
ing Mounting the stairway posts were
chandeliers Of six lights burning low.
The arms OF the chandeliers were
wound with black and white. with al
tar crosses A radiator was swallowed
up in a mass Of funeral color and back
of this imprOmptu altar there spread
out space not unlike a chanCel all in
black and white. Behind it all floated
an American flag Of generous pro-
portions.
The enclosure for the catafalque was
surrounded by banks of palms. There
were pandaus. arecaS. kintias. bay