Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-19
The Funeral Grafton Abounds in
Beautiful Thoughts.
TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN CHlEFTAlN
Seventy Million People Extend Sym
pathy to the Bereaved Wife in This
Sad Hour-scenes in the City of
Mourning. =, 49,
-- ~H-.tssS

y 8GANToN, Sept. 19.-The street of
y the little city of Canton this morn
ing were filled with waving plumes,
prancing horses and densely packed
bodies of moving men assembled here
D for the procession which escorted the
remains of the late President from the
church to the West Lawn cemetery
I this afternoon. All night long and un-
4 ill noon, civic, military, fraternal,
i social and commercial organizations
Y from the four quarters of the com
Il pass poured into the seething mass of
Humanity already here. Tive sections
&of the train bearing the senate and
3 house of representatives and other
government officials from Washington
a arrived during the morning. The big
II gest crowd in the history of Canton
a which was here during the campaign
4 of 1896 estimated at over 10000 was
81 exceeded today. People overfowed
4 the sidewalks and literally packed the
d streets from side to side. The awe
y stricken crowds upon arrival, all NOV
8 ed as if by a common impulse toward
the old familiar Mckinley cottage,
where the remains were lying. Mil
4 itary guards stationed at the four cor
z ners of the lawn paced their beats
but there was no other sign of life
L about the house. The window shades
We're down. A long border of black,
which was put in place after the body
was removed to the house last night,
badge of conventional mourning was
4 on the door. Instead there was SIM
Il Eple wreath of palms bisected by a
Ebeautiful band of wide purple satin
%ribhon Sorrowfully the throngs turn
ed away, he people to take UP their
h places at the church, the repre-
Ssentatives to seek their places in the
y imposing procession.
h Procession Starts.
q Canton, Sept. 19.-The funeral pro-
cession started from the Mckinley
L, Il
h of the President was taken into the
4 church at 1:45 O'Clock.
b Services at Church.
n The service at the church was sim
#ple. 1t began with rendition of an
&organ prelude, the Beethoven Funeral
d March. AS the Hast notes OF the pre-
\ lude were stilled the Eaterpean Lad
|sies' quartet of Canton sang Beautiful
Elsie of Somewhere Rev. o, B. Milli-
n gan, pastor of the First Presbyterian
d church of Canton, delivered a touch
Cling invocation. The Nineteenth
Il Psalm was read by Dr. John A. Hail.
of Trinity Lutheran church Of Canton
N and portion of the fifteenth chapter
q Of First Corinthians, included between
n the forty-first and fifty eighth verses
u was read by Rev. E. P. horbrouck, Of
%Trinity Reformed church of Canton
n The favorite hymn of Mr.. Mckinley
"A Lead Kindly Light was then rem
II dered by mixed quartet.
4 When the hymn was finished Dr.. G..
II e., Manchester pastor of the First
a Methodist church, delivered the adj
"a dress. At the conclusion of Dr. Man
Achester's discourse, Bishop /. w.
M Joyce of Minneapolis delivered a short
u PRAYER. The hymn, Nearer, My God,
y to Thee" was sung by the entire con
NJ .sregation, the people remaining stand
IA ing after the close of the hymn while
ii the benediction was pronounced by
n Monsiegpeur 7. p. Thrope of Cleve-
bland TIE casket was then borne
q from the church to the funeral car and
III the march of the procession to the
M cefneaeTy hesan.
N Rev. G. o. Manchester said in part:
q ''Tke cause of TITS universal mourn
a ing is to be found IN man himself. In
81 spired the penman's picture of iona