The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-20
IN BEAUTIFUL WESTLAWN CEMETERY THE
 REMAINS OF MR. MCKINLEY ARE LAID TO REST
Majestic som Final Ceremonies Held Over the Body the Dead Roosevelt
 

where thousands were gathered hoping to catch a glimpse of his face. but took a walk in the spacious grounds of the residence.
 While at breakfast Judge Day joined him for half an hour and later Secreta- ries Root and Hitchcock came in to see him. Many official visitors left cards of respect but the President saw very few. preferring to remain in retirement Among those who called were a half score of his old command of the rough riders, several of them in their broad brimmed sombreros. The President saw them only for moment. The face of the dead President was seen for the last time when it lay in state at the court house. The casket was sealed before it was borne away from the court house.
 By the directions of the monarchs of Europe the South American rulers, the Governors of British colonies in Aus tralia, in Canada, the Emperor of Ja- pan, from all quarters of the earth, in fact came the directions to adorn the bier of Mckinley with flowers whose fragrance might be symbolical of the sweetness and purity of the ended life. But these tributes from foreign coun- tries were buried beneath the floral tri- | butes of McKinley's countrymen. There were tons and tons of them, and list of those who sent them will be almost complete roster of those who are prominent in official, commercial and so- cial life in the United States.
 A feature of the floral tribute was the large number sent by organizations of various charity, fraternaL commercial and political.
 VAST CROWDS AROUND
 THE M'KINLEY HOME. Toward noon the crowds in the vicin- ity of the Mckinley cottage had increas- ed to tens of thousands. North Market Street was a living, seething mass of humanity. for five squares below the house and for three squares beyond. Several regiments of soldiers were pre- pared to preserve a semblance of order. The vast throngs were contented, how ever, to gaze at the curtained windows and at rare intervals to see some mem | ber of the family or an attendant come to. the porch or the side. Within the longer was there any coming and going of relatives and near friends. The cur tains were drawn closely enshrouding the II So light up the melancholy scene. The
 guards still stood motonless at theiT posts a soldier at the head of the casket and sailor with drawn cutiass at the fcot.
 Thus throughout the morning, the vast multitude surged without while the sii-
 ence within was broken only by the weeping of the stricken widow.
 MANY PROMINENT
 MEN WERE PRESENT.
 The number of prominent men in the city was augmented as every train ar rived, and the city numbered among it's
 mourning guests those who are most prominent in every walk of public life. 1 Among the arrivals this morning were Speaker Anderson and a number of his colleagues of the House of Representa- tives, including those who had served In the House with Mckinley; Justice Me Kenna, of the United States Supreme Court. who was member of the Ways and Means Committee when the Mchin- ley bill was drawn; Serano Payne, pres ent Chairman of the Ways and Means | Committee; MT. GrosVenor of Ohio, Sen ator Bate of Tennessee. Governor Long ino of Mississippi. together with delega-
 tions representing States. cities. Cham bers of Commerce and innumerable civic
 Secretary Root received a dispatch from 1 General Leonard Wood. Governor ol Cuba. this morning. stating that he was laid up by washout in Georgia, and had been compelled to abandon all hope of reaching here in time for the funeral
 During the morning Gen. Fl Terrence Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, sent the following mes sage to Mrs Mckinley by Judge Day;
 In behalf of the Grand Army or tne
 Republic l wish to comfort you WltL
 sympathy and unfalling love of every
 surviving soldier of the union and oul prayer is that the Gracious Father VIII
 sustain you"
 M'KINLEY COTTAGE
 CENTRE OF CoNCoURSE
 As the time approached for the bearini
 the body of the dead President from th'
 Mckinley home to the church. the httl'
 cottage on North Market Street was thu
 center of vast concurse of people. Regl
 ment after regiment of soldiers, acting al
 guards, were in triple lines from curb
 cleared and the multitude took refug
 on the great sweep of lawns where the,
 formed solid mass of humanity surgini
 forward to the lines of soldiers In iron
 of the Mckinley cottage were drawn u
 the files of body y-bearers-eight sailors o
 the navy and eight soldiers of the army waiting the order to go within and talk l up the casket
 At o'clock the black chargers of tn l Cleveland troops swept down the street
 their riders four abreast. dressed in bril- | liant Hussar uniform with flags boun
 in crepe and every sabre hilt bearing it huttering emblem of mourning Thei
 presence was the signal for the approac
 of President Roosevelt and the member . of the Cabinet. The Presidential part . moved up the walk to the entrance t
 the house and formed in a group to tn
 iaft The Presidents face looked yer
 grave and he stood there silently wit t Uncovered head awaiting the body c 2 inc dead chieftain. Beside him stoo . Secretary Gage, Secretary Root, Secretar 2 Wiisoh and Secretary Hitchcock, and jus l across Attorney General Knox Post 5 master General Smith, Assistant Secreta l rv of State Hill, representing Secretar
 Ifav and Secretary Cortelyou. Extend jno further down the walk was the guar B of honor, the ranking generals of tn e army on the right and the chief figure : of the navy on the left Lieutenant Gen
 eraI Miles, in the full uniform of hi hi@h rank, with sword at side and ban of creme about his arm, stood alongsid f fhe rnennbers of the Cabinet, and wit f him were Major General Brooke, Majo General Otis. Major General MacArthu
 and BriRadier General Gillespie. Acros :, from them were ranged Rear Admirs t | Farquhar representing Admiral Dewey | ranking head of the navy, Rear Admirs N CroVvinshield, Rear Admiral O'Neil Req Il Admiral Kenney. Brigadier General Hey ( ward the latter commander in chief ( s the Marine Corps.
 ] EMINENT CIVILIANS
 : AS GUARD OF HONOR 3 Just inside the gate stood the civilia
 honorary court in double line includin | Governor Nash of Ohio, Governor CalC
 well. Judge Williams of the Ohio Sl 1 President of the Commissioners of th District of Columbia; Mayor Diehl 3 l Buffalo; Judge Day the lifelong frien of the President; Mir. Milburn, at who's