Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-09-16
Bod the. President Lies Ii State at
Buffalo, and Thousands View
the Remains
Brief T Funeral Services Held at the House
Before the Body isa akento the
City Hall
Deep Grief Manifested Every where il the.
President and Cabinet Much
Affected.

Buffalo, N. Y, Sunday The tribute
paid here today to the late president
was that of a people, united in mourn
ing for their best beloved citizen. The
rain fell in torrents, as though all Nal
tuTe was weeping with the stricken
nll,l ltitndes OF citizens, but it was un-
Needed. Thousands upon thousands
Of persons stood In the driving tor
rents and wiitnessed the body borne /
through th e crepe draped streets TO the
city hall. S the mult ltitudes watched
the solemn procession pass along the
streets, eyes everywhere were filled !
With tears and audible sobs were heard
along the entire way.
All Buffalo was in mourning The
say decorate ions incid lent to- the Pam
American exposition gave way to
Esonbre crepe. Slowly and solemnly.
the funeral procession passed down
the streets, between long files Of sol
diers and sailors who stood at each:
side Of the streets. Mournfully the
people watched the body Of their leader
Ihcrne to the city hall, where it lay in
Estate. It was intendedsfo remove the
ibcdy ito Washington ii the afternoon,
lbut the public demand caused a change
of plans, and the cabinet decided to
leave the body in state until all who
| desired had had opportunity to bid
farewell to the dead executive. 81. =.
S Az i o'clock in the morning brief
1servfces we're held at the Milburn
house before the body was taken to the
Ieity hall. 81 The services there was
brief and seni-private. None were
present but President Roosevelt, mem
bers OF the cabinet, army and navy
ofieers, diplomats, senators, congress
men and foreign and state commits
Isioners. The visible and keen; sor-
row of all who were present at that
|brief ceremony was pathetic: Men
Were bowed with grief and stood with
streaming eyes until the simple SER
vices had been completed. {. Troops
and sailors lined the streets leading
from the Milburn house and formed
4 the escort for the funeral eortege. The
4 honorary paIlbearers were President
Roosevelt, Secretary Cortelyou and
i members Of the cabinet. AS the body
was carried from the house on the
tshol1ldeTs Of the soldiers and sailors
/ between the two lines of the pail bear
ers, standing with barred and bowed
q heads, the band played the last hymn
a of the late president, = Nearer Ny God
Il to- Thee. All were in tears and the
evidences of grief were llnrestrai ained.
4 president Roosevelt was much affected
i and it was with difficulty that he re
4 strained himself and preserved sem
II blanee Of composure. s3.a S5S 5sS is3SS
The march to- the city hall was
Viewed BY thousands OF people, who
Il silently and sadly followed tie pro.
a Ieession to the city hall. The decora.
q tions at the hall were beautiful. There
II were floral tributes from all parts o.
d the country The easket In which lag
the Presidents remains was banked
and $bowered IN flowers. When thu
covering De the casket was removed
/. and the features OF the dead president
u exposed to the view OF the thousand.
u EafS his feIfru, III iznns uvJ,o xro III