The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-20

As the funeral car passed through the streets men and women sobbed, ana at the cemetery gates,' where the croWd was densely packed and where the peo- ple had remained for hours pressing against the iron fence, two women tainted during the exercises at the vault.
 It was exactly four minutes after 4 o'clock when the hearse passed tnrouSli the gateway of the cemetery. twenty minutes later the services at the vault were over. One hour and forty minutes after the hearse had entered the ceme- tery the place was clear and the dead president was alone save for the guard over the vault. A sentry's measured tread resounded on the walk before the vault, another kept vigil on the grassy slope above and at the head and at the foot of the casket stood armed men. Before the door which was not closed tonight was pitched the tent ot the guards and there it will remain untn the doors are closed tomorrow. sen tries will then guard the vault every hour of the day and night until the body has been borne to it's final rest ing place.
 For nearly an hour before the head Of the funeral procession arrived at the gate of the cemetery the strains of the dirges played by the bands came over the hilltop to the watchers by the vault. telling them that the procession was on it's way. Then the detachment of mounted police heading the parade came slowly around the corner of Lln- coin street and passed up West Thlrd street to the cemetery gates. Behlnu them came the Grand Army band Of Canton, and the solemn note of "Nearer My God to Thee swelling out as It came up the driveway. A moment af- ter entering the cemetery, the music was changed to Chopin's funeral inter Jude and it was to the sound Of this that hte band passed out and onto Kentucky avenue at the south side of the enclosures. Behind the band came the Grand Army posts, fully five hun dred of the veterans marching by, AS they passed along the flower-strewn path many of them were weeping bit- terly The sweet pea blossoms that were scattered along the road were the offering of the school children of Nash vile, Tenn. Tonight hundreds of the | blossoms are In the possession or the | marchers.
 | After the veterans came, in well set ranks with rifles at Port the men of I the Sixth infantry of the National guard. the engineer corps of the Ma | tional guard from Cleveland, the com IaA h, hn a n | of the Twenty third Ohio volunteers during the Civil war. Then came a | long line of carriages bearing the mem | bers of the family and the distinguish | ed visitors. From the first by which stopped at the foot of the walk leading up to the vault President Roosevelt and | Commander Cowles of the navy alight- | ed Without waiting for these In the second car which contained Secretaries | Root and Gage and Attorney General Knox the president walked slowly | toward the vault and took position | on the south side of the walk close tc ] the door. As Secretary Root came ur | the walk, he assumed a similar posi- tion on the north side of the walk and | the other members of the cabinet rang l dentand secretary of war. With barred heads the president and members oi
 the cabinet followed by the officers o1 | the army and navy stood on each side
 of the walk the lines reaching just tc 1 the edge of the roadway. Within minute after the formation of the lines | the funeral car came up to the walk
 The casket was gently lifted from the | hearse and borne to the door Of the vault when it was rested on the | catafluue It was carried by the same men of the army and navy who have carried 1t ever since 1t left Buffalo. Be l fore them as it came up the walk walk ed Col. Bingham, who had been aide ! to President Mckinley. At its heat
 on the right walked Lieut.. Hamlin o
 the army and in corresponding posi tion on the left Lieut.. Eberly Of the l navy. Just as the bearers lowered th'
 coffin to the catafque. Abner McKin
 lev and Mrs Barber alighted from thei
 carriage and stood at the foot of th' line of officers. They remained herr for a few seconds, and then passed III
 to the foot of the casket where they re mained during the brief services.
 There was a moments pause as Col Bingham booked to see that all wa in readiness. He then looked toWar' Bishop Joyce of Minneapolis, who rea' the burial service of the Methods church slowly, but in voice tha could be heard distinctly by all Wh
 were grouped around the vault. As hi
 words ended there was a brief pause not q
 tette of the Knights of Templar wa
 to be present to render hymr
 Through a misunderstanding, now
 ever. it had not arrived and after sat
 isfying himself of this fact Col Bing
 ham waived his hand to eight bugler
 of the Canton band who had taken sta
 t;on unon the mound above, and to tn
 south of the vault. Instantly from tn
 eight bugles rang out the notes Of tn
 soldiers last call-taps.
 1 It was beautifully done and the las notes of the buglers died away so soft ly that all who heard remained listen ing for a few seconds to hear If 1t wa
 really ended.
 It was all ended at last and Cap
 Riddle of Company c, of the 14th In
 fantrv who will command the guar l which is to be placed around the vaul
 stepped up to a line of soldiersr poste
 inst north of the doorway and wh l throughout the ceremony had stood present arms as rigid though carve out of iron. One of them passed quick lv into the vault, taking station at tn
 head of the casket, another place
 himself at the foot and three men stoo in the doorway, two on the lower ste 1 -, .i..d tha annr nf thn ll