Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-09-26

north one square to the gates of the
cemetery.
For hours before the time set for
the commencement of the funeral
exercises at the Mckinley home. the
streets along the entire length of
the line of march were crowded with
spectators. From the gates of the
cemetery to the doors of the church
there was on each side of the street
an almost unbroken line of soi<,iers,
and on all the intersecting streets
detachments of militia were posted
about 100 feet from the thoroughfa fare
on which the cortege was to go, and
nobody was permitted to pass in
cit her direction.
There was not a window rlat com
manded a view of the line of march
that was not filled with faces, the nu-
merous stands were crowded TO their
utmost capacity. and on the roofs
were hundreds of people. From 0
o'clock in the morning until ) in the
afternoon, by which time the last of
the parade had passed the church on
its way to the cemetery, this condi-
ton prevailed.
All day long the streets were kept
closed by the militia and not a We
dele of any description save those
belonging to the funeral cOrtege was
permitted to enter upon them.
No greater reverence has ever been
shown 10 any man, living or dead,
than that expressed yesterday to-
wards the eN-presldent. As the fu-
neral car passed through the streets
men and women sobbed convulsively,
and at the cemetery gates, where the
crowd was densely packed and where
the people had remained for hours
pressing against the iron fence, two
women tainted during the exercises
a the vault.
1t was 4:04 o'clock when the fune-
raj 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 and the members
of the family and the distinguished
men of the nation who had come so
far TO do him honor had passed
through on their homeward way.
For nearly an hour before the
head of the funeral procession ar
rived at the gate of the cemetery,
the strains of the dirges played by
the bands came over the hill to the
watchers by the vault, telling them
that the procession was on its way.
Finally at $3.50 o'clock the mounted
police heading the parade came to
the cemetery gates. Behind them
came the Grand Army band of Can
ton, the solemn notes of Nearer.
came up the driveway. 4 noment
after entering the cemetery, the mu-
sic was changed to Chopin's Funeral
Interlude. and il was to the time of
this that the band passed out and on
to the south side of the enclosure.
Behind the band came the Grand
Army posts, fully 500 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
blossoms which lay at their feet, and
carried them away as mementoes.
After the veterans came the men
of the Sixth Ohio infantry of the ma
tional guard, the engineer corps of
the national guard from Cleveland
and the comrades of the late presi-
dent in the Twenty-third Ohio volun-
teers during the I'll war.
Tkefi 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 anght-
ed. Without waiting for those
in the second carriage, which con-
tanned Secretaries Root and Gage,
and Attorney General Knox, the
president walked toward the vault
and took a position on the south side
of the walk close to the door. As
Secretary Root came up the walk. he
assumed similar position on the
north side of the walk and the other
members of the cabinet ranged
themselves by the side of the presi-
don't and secretary of war.
With barred heads the president
and members of the cabinet, who
were followed by the officers of the
army and navy, stood on either side
of the walk. the lines reaching just
to the edge of the roadway. Within
a minute after the formation of the
lines the funeral car came up to the
walk. The coffin was lifted from the
hcarse and borne to the door of the
vault, where it was rested upon the
catafalque. 1t was carried by the
same men of the army and navy who
have carried it ever since it left Buff
falo.
Bishop Joyce read the burial serv-
ice of the Methodist church. AS his
words ended there was brief pause,
for it had been understood that a
quartette of the Knights Templar
was to be present to render hymn.
They misunderstood the time and
had not arrived, and after satisfying
himself of this fact. Col. Bingham
waved his hand to eight buglers of
the Canton band, who had taken
their station upon the side of the
mound above. and to the south of
the vault. Instantly from the eight
bugles rang out the notes of the sol
dier's last call-"taps."
AS the head of the division contain
ing the Knights Templar wheeled
into the cemetery. the quartette that
had been delayed in reaching the