Smyrna times., 1901-09-25

The nation was shocked at the |
shooting of President Mckinley by an
anarchist. His death has almost OBJ
liberated party rancor. The whole
nation has been in grief and followed
his bier to the grave with a sorrow
that has never been equalled in mani
festation. Unusual honors were paid
his memory even in foreign countries.
Possibly the death of no other man
could have so stirred the civilized
world for in no other ruler could there
be found such personal virtue and par
amount patriotism as characterized
William Mckinley. His death occurred
just eight days after he was shot in
Buffalo. On the road t. Washington
and thence on Wednesday on the road
to Canton large crowds gathered at all
the railway stations along the route
taken by the funeral train and, with
few exceptions, every public building
in the United States was closed during
the day of his interment in the little
burying ground at Canton on Thurs
day.
In Philadelphia the services in the
church were particularly solemn aud
touching. The streets were thrOnged
with crowd of sober faced people
who showed by their actions a keen
sense of the loss the nation has suf-
fered. An impressive tribute of res
pect in this and many other cities was
the stopping of all street cars, many
trains and the telegraph service for
five minutes between $3.50 and 3.35
O'Clock.
Memorial services were held i'll
nearly every church in the United
States. In Washington the tribute
was especially impressive, and touch
ing eulogies of the dead President
were delivered in various cities by
those who knew him best as a man
aud as a statesman. In the South the
admiration in which the dead Presi-
dent was held was abundantly mani
tested.
The services in England and the
Continent showed the sympathies of
civilized countries with the American
Republic in her hour of sorrow, and
was a wonderful testimonial to the
memory of President Mckinley. In
England choral service was held i'll
Westminster Abbey, at which the
King was represented, while the great
cathedrals of Canterbury, Edinburg,
Dublin, and Glasgow, besides thous-
ands of other churches, were filled
with congregations generally headed
by the Mayors and Corporations. All
the exchanges of the United Kingdom
were closed, as was the Glasgow Ex-
position, while the Government build
ings few their flags at halfmast. A
stately service, similar in most res
poets to that held on the day of Queen
Victoria's burial, was conducted in
st. Paul's cathedral and was attended
by 5000 people, including the Lord
Mayor and Councillors.
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and at Gibraltar salutes were fired
la India all the public offices, banks
aud stores were closed.
On the Continent people gave .ex-
pressions to their sorrow in the same
impressive manner. Memorial ser
vices were held in Vienna, Paris, Ber
lin The Hague and other capitals. The
Austrian Emperor attended the ser
vices in Vienna, while in Berlin every
member of the Imperial Cabinet wai
present The German emperor ordered
thu flags of the Navy to be half-masted
DIR. McCook in his eulogy said
lone hundred thousand preachers il
100000 sermons could not have taugh
as much as these last words: cit i
Gods way; His will, not ours be done.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland said
Gan obedient and affectionate son, pa
triotic and faithful as a soldier, homes
and upright as a citizen, tender ant
devoted as a husband, and truthful
generous, unselfish, moral and cleat
IN every relation of life