Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-09-26
LATE PRESIDENTS REMAINS
ARRIVE AT HIS OLD HOMm.
oid Friends Tenderiy and Reverently re-
eeive the Precious Burdens,


oid Friends Tcnderly and Reversntly Re-
ceive the Precious Burdens.
Tenderly and revercntly those who
had known William Mckinley best re-
ceivea his martyred body int their
arms ut his old home Wednesday.
They had forgotten the inustrious On.
feer OF the statesman In the less Of =
great personal friend, who had grown
oearer to them with the passing Of
the years They hardly noticed the
president of the United States and hi.
cabinet or the generals and admir.ls
In their resplendent uniforms. Ths
hag-draped casket which CONTAINED
the body of their friend and fellow.
townsman held all their thoughts. He
had left them two weeks ago in the
full tide of strength OF glorious man
hood, and they had brought him back
dead
The only house In Canton without n
touch OF mourning drapery was the
old Mckinley cottage ON North Mar
ket street, to which SO many distin.
gnished men from the country have
made pilgrimages in the days that are
gone. The blinds were drawn, but
there were no outward tokens of thu
blow that had robbed IL of its most
precious possession. The flowers
bioomed on the lawn an thsyfdid two
weeks ago.
For full minute after it had stop.
ped no one appeared. Judge Day and
his committee moved slowly down the
platform in front of the line Of
soldiers to the catafalque car and wait.
ed, Suddenly Abner Mckinley, in
deep black, appeared In the vestibule
the car next to that conveying the re-
mains, and a moment later DR.. Rixey
appeared, half carrying a frail and
broken form. 1t was Mrs. Mckinley.
arayed In the deepest mourning. Be-
meath the heavy black veil she held
her handkerchief to her eyes and her
slight figure shook conyulsively. Gen.
tly she was lifted from the car, and,
supported by DIR. Rixey and Abner
Mckinley, was practically carried to .
carriage waiting at the east gate Of
the station. The door of the carriage
was closed and Mrs Mckinley was
driven quickly to her home on North
Market street, where she had left only
Two weeks ago, her distinguished hus-
band in the full vigor of manhood.
The GARlxat pva tapl~rlr
'he train through passage way main.
aimed by soldiers with difficulty. to
,he court house. -,
Sad as was the procession which
bore the body to the court house.
where 1t lay in state, il could not com.
bare with the infinite sadness of the
endless double line of broke en- -hearted
people who streamed streadily through
he dimly-hghted corridors Of the
building from the time the coffin was
opened until it was taken to the sor-
rowing widow at nightfall. Thew
stepped softly lest their footballs wake
heir friend from his last long sleep.
Tears came unbidden to wet the bier.
Perhaps it was the great change that
lad come upon the countenauce which
moved them more than the sight Of
he familiar features. The signs Of dis
which appeared upon the
,row and cheeks at the state cers-
nony in the rotunda of the capitol a.
had deepened. The lips
lad become livid. ALI but two OF the
lights of the chandelier above the
Iead were extinguished in order that
he change might appear less notices
ble, but everyone who viewed the re-
1ains at Canton, remarked of the
arkened features and the ghastly
ps.