The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-17
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The Silent ChiefLying in State
at the Capitol.
A SAD AND GORROWFUL PROCESSION.
4 Multitude Of People Waits on
the Plaza.
GATHERED WITH THE DAWN.

GATHERED WITH THE DAWN.
The Crowd Grows With the Passing
HOurS- Despite the steady Fall of
Rnin-"Nearer, Ny God, to Thee"
HeTaids the Approach of the Pune
raj CortcEe-The Touching Scenes
at the Bier OF the Dend President
Today the Capital OF the Nation views
for the last time all that is mortal Of
beloved Presideut-oue who was more 20
it than ne could be to any city in all the
land With barred heads and reverent
mien 5000 people patiently waited to pass
with bowed heads by the bier Of the man
whom within a brief span they had daily
lauded with cheers and applause. Their
grief was genuine and their pity sincere
The hands which lay heIpIessIy motioaIess
beneath the grim canopy in the rotuuda
Of the Capitol had clasped theirs in
friendship. The eyes which were closed
had looked into theirs. The lips which
were silent had spoken kind words 70
those who passed by-and the great
masses only understood the horror Of the
great tragedy today.
The plaza at the east front Of the Capt
toI and the spacious grounds around the
buudina were to5a, The site of one Of the
most dramatic scenes in a great national
tragedy. It was given to the people OF
Washington thar they might for a brief
period take one last look az the remains
of President Mckinney. With grateful
appreciation the whole Ca7itsl orrrared
to accept the small comfort which might
be had I'm looking mon the face of the
leader who had r,aeer5 from, rber, Tho
catafaIque whereon his body Law was the
Mecca 10 which all classes turned seldom
has history witnessed a greater t-fb7ta
10 ruler than thar accorded yfufar,
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ihe hrst streaEs or the grim dawn OF
an eVsHtfal day found the advance guard
ei tbs moHrner5 on the way TO the east
front or the capitol The dun skies OF
the later morning saw the plaza slowly
filling up and before the funeral cortese
h@d reached IT'S destination more than Jo.-
Go people were maszed around the build
ing Ii was not the holiday crowd 70
which Washington has become accustom-
ed, but "a silent sorrowful gathering Of
mourning citizens crushed with the force
Of a bereavement which they had hereto
fore been an TOO unwilling TO realize
From the Capitol steps on either front
far out over the walks and lawns Of the
grounds the patient crowds stood and saz-
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erv side from north and south and asz,
and v-,-t r.r,. -b. -g,-r. -r5.,- found
r,re-er s. t..r ,rl,. -r,,rF ana ,-.-. FOL
loved b, others -~n. rraza at Tho cast
front was now q solid mass af humanity