The age-herald., 1901-09-20

Canton, O., September 19.-The line of the front march from the church to the cemetary was about one and one-half miles in length. For hours even before the time set for the commencement of the funeral exercises at the Mckinley home the streets along the entire length of line of march was crowded with spec tators. From the gates of the cemetery to the doors of the church there was on each side of the street an almost un- broken line of soldiers, and on all the intersecting streets attachments of the militia were posted about one hundred feet from the thoroughfare upon which the tortege was ito go and nobody was permitted to pass in either direction. No greater reverence has ever been shown to any man, living or dead, than was expressed toward the dead President today. As the funeral car passed through | the streets men and women sobbed con l yulsively and at the cemetery gates where the crowd was densely packed and l where the people had remained for hours pressing against the iron fence, two wom- en tainted during the exercises at the vault.
 
 eral car bore the remains of the dead President through the gateway of his last resting place. Twenty minutes after that time the brief services at the vault were over, the members of the family and dis tinguished men of the nation who had come so far to do him honor had passed through the gates on their homeward way. One hour and forty minutes after the hearse had entered the cemetery the place was clear and the dead President was resting alone under the watchful care of the men of the regular army.
 The Body Guard.
 Before the door, which was closed to- night, was pitched the tent of the guard, and there 1t will remain until the doors close tomorrow. Sentries will then guard the vault every hour of the day and night until the body has been borne to its final resting place.
 For nearly an hour before the head of the funeral procession arrived at the gate of the cemetery the strains of the dirge played by the bands came over the hill top to the watchers by the vault, telling them that the procession was on Its way.
 
 mounted police heading the parade came slowly around the corner of Lincoln street and passed up West Third street to the cemetery gates. Behind them came the Grand Army band of Canton, the solemn notes of Nearer, My God, to Thee" yelling out as 1t came up the driveway.
 A moment after entering the cemetery the music was changed to Chopin's fu- neral interlude and 1t was to the sound of this that the band passed out and into Kentucky avenue at the south side of the enclosure. Behind the band came the Grand Army posts, fully five hundred of the veterans marching by. As they passed along the fower-strewn path many of them were weeping bitterly, and they stopped by. dozens to gather the blos- soms which lay at their feet and carried them away as mementoes. The sweet pea blossoms that were scattered along the road were the offering of the school chill dren of Nashville, Tenn, and no tribute of love that was seen during the funeral exercises more amply filled Its mission or more completely carried Its message of affection.
 Marchers Preserve the Blossoms. Tonight hundreds of the blossoms are in the possession of the marchers in the pa- rade and are held by spectators who came into the cemetery after the close Of the parade to carry them away.
 After the veterans, came in weil-set ranks, with rifles at arms port" the men of the Sixth Ohio Infantry of the National Guard, the Engineer Corps of the National Guard from Cleveland and the comrades of the late President in the ranks of the Twenty-third Ohio Volun- teers during the civil war
 Then came a long line of carriages bearing the members of the family and the distinguished visitors. From the first carriage that stopped at the foot of the walk leading up to the vault President Roosevelt and Commander Cowles of the navy alighted. Without waiting for those in the second carriage, which contained Secretaries Root and Gage and Attorney General Knox, the President walked slow ly toward the vault and took position door. As Secretary Root came up the walk he assumed a similar position on the north side of the walk and the other members of the cabinet ranged them selves by. the side of the Presidsr. and Secretary of War.
 With barred heads the President and members of the cabinet who were fol- lowed by the officers of the army and navy stood on each side of the walk, the lines reaching just to the edge of the roadway.
 casket Lifted From the Hearse.
 Within a minute after the formation of the lines the funeral car came up the