The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-20
MAGNIFICENT
FLORAL TRIBUTES UNSURPASSED
IN BEAUTY AID NUMBER.
Nearly Every Country IN World Sends
It's Offering.

Canton. O.. Sept l9.-Nover before on
4 this continent has such a floral display
been seen at any public occasion as that
On Vast Lawn cemetery this afternoon
The vault was bzed with the rarest and
costiiest flowers. q multitude OF floral
pieces was spread on the ground before
the door OF the vault. and Tor ioo feet 10
the right and left OF the doorway and
for half as many feet 10 the rear OF a
line passing through the front Wall II was
impossible 70 tread So thickIy did the
tributes lie. Nearly every country on
both hemispheres was represented hy an
offering The number Of those from the
United States is almost past counting.
They came from every state in the Union
aud there is scarcely a man IN public
life whose tribute OF respect for the
virtues Of William Mckinley did not lie
beside his confined remains this afternoon.
The inside OF the vault was literally
a mass Of roses and orchids when the
casket was carried into it. and the ont
side walls were weIl-nigh hidden beneath
the profusion OF flowers hung upon them
Above the doorway hung an enormous
wreath OF dark green calix leaves. the
leaves being a deep red. in a correspond
ing position on the other side was hung a
wreath Of ivy.
The great wreath IN the center WAS the
offering OF the Italian government and
King Of Italy and was one OF the hand
soonest pieces seen. Upon a great streamer
OF black satin which swung from the
mass Of deep green leaves was the fol-
lowing inscription:
Requiem Etornam Dona 81 Domine."
Beside the black streamer hoatci one
Of red. white and blue. the colors Of the
United States. and another Of red. white
and green. the colors Of italy. TO the
right of the door. IN a frame formed OF
red and white roses, was vase fully six
feet high. made OF white astera This
was the Offering OF the manufacturing
poters OF East Liverpool. o. The em-
ployes OF these manufacturing potters
sent an elaborate design Of a vase. done
in red and white roses, that was fully
equal in beauty 10 that sent by their en-
ployers. on the south side If the door
way was suspended a beautiful wreath
of lilies Of the valley. inter-twincd with
smilax the whole slrmouuted with white
and purple orchids. To the left ~ the
doorway was a great bunch of red roses
and purple orchids bound together with
wide band OF royal purple satin. Standing
a short distance from the vault to the
south was a small cradle covered entirely
with white and purple asters- on It's sides
were worked in purple immorteiies the
word Niles" This was said % De the
cradle in which President Mckinley had
been rocked during his infancy IN Niles.
O., and special Instructions came with Il
that Il should be guarded with great care
and returned safely 20 Niles, where il is
10 be preserved. From the Rspuhlica of
suma came an enormous representation of
the flag OF the new nat0in. a wreath n
red roses aud lilies or the valley came !
from the president OF Uruguay. From The /
knights Tempiar Of Minnesota came a {
great shield. Eve feet or three feet
wide. formed entirely o. vi 20 asters. Ia
the center was the red cross OF The
Knights Templar. a round button two +
feet in diameter. with q red cross r. the +
center. came from the knights ~ Ten I
,essee. An elaborate ofcrine of roses 4
md ochids came from Melville f. stone of +
New York There were wrcaths from
savannah. Ca. from San Francisco. from +
Duluth New Orleans, and from dozens 4
u ether cities Many ~ the designs .
we're unmarked and f. was impossible 20
Ell from whom they had come The 6ew-
rs viii be allowed % remain around the
-ault until they have faded away