Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-18

II Conemaugh river were emptied. Four women with uplifted hands were no- | ticed on their knees, and handker- chiefs were at the lips of others, and from the smoke covered city came the
 sound of the church bells changing out
 the universal sorrow. The train slow
 ed down that the people might better
 see within the observation car the ele- vated, flag covered casket with it's burden of flowers and the armed sen | tries on guard at it's head and foot
 and on the platform outside. A little
 further on the train passed string of | coke ovens, the tenders at the mouths of the glowing furnaces with their
 hats in thir hands.
 At Jeanette were 1000 or more glass
 workers with their families.
 l At Pitcairn, the end of the railroad division, train crews and engines were
 changed and the railroad men were out in force.
 At WiImerding the employees of the I Westinghouse Air Brake company
 were at the track, and at East Pitts
 burg. where is located one of the larg
 est electical plants in the world, were
 several thousand people. The train
 had now practically entered the sub
 urbs of Pittsburg and the industrial workers formed a continuous lane, | through which the funeral train pass ed.
 At Bessemer the huge stacks of the Carnegie steel plant were pouring forth dense volumes of smoke and flame, and under this black canopy
 the toilers gathered in dense throngs, standing mutely with uncovered heads.
 Just beyond the great mills of Brad dock gave forth another multitude of
 grimy workmen and to the left, across
 the river, at Homestead, the wharyes
 were lined with men and women. Entering Pittsburg a wonderfully | impressive sight was presented. Along both sides of the track for Ipiles were solid walIS of humanity. Tn some places the people stood twenty deep,
 while the embankments were black
 with them. On the top of every freight ear was a human hedge,
 while each overhead bridge and house
 roof held its quota. All stood with
 uncovered heads while the bells of all the churches were tolling.
 Canton, Sept 1S.-The first section of the funeral train reached Canton it 11:20. The climax of the great demon stration of sorrow that had been ob-
 served all the way from Pittsburg be- | gan at Allegheny, eighteen miles from Canton. At Maxine and at Louisville | the evidences of mourning were seen on every hand. The train bearing the remains of President Mckinley arrived at 12 o'clock. It was met by Judge Day with the local reception commit
 tee, while assembled also on the plat- form were the entire military forces of the state. Mrs Mckinley, weeping | piteously. was helped from the train bv Dr Rixey and Abner Mckinley She was conducted to a carriage in
 awaiting and was driven rapidly to her
 home. The body of the assassinated president was then lifted from the car and borne on the shoulders of the bearers through a lane formed by President Roosevelt and his cabinet to the waiting hearse. The assembled | soldiers were at present arms and the bugles sounded Taps" The 'presi-
 dent and his cabinet then entered car
 riages and they were followed by the guard of honor. headed by Admiral Dewey and General Miles in full uni | form. The sad procession then wend- ed it's way up Tenth street in the di-
 rection of the court house, where Ihe body was to lie in state. The proces-
 sion passed beneath large arches
 draped in black.
 The casket was borne to the court
 house amid vast throngs of people,
 who lined the streets and packed the
 court house square It was here de posted in the central chamber. Presi-
 dent Roosevelt and the members of the
 cabinet were the first to pass by the bier They were followed by the high
 est officers of the army and navy.
 Senator Hanna and many others high | in public life followed and then came
 the public. Mrs Mckinley and rela- tives did not go to the court house. She
 stood the trip fairly well and soon af-
 ter arriving she went to sleep in the
 old home.
 l London, Sept 1S.-Both the foreign
 office and colonial office. after consid- | eration of the suggestion that the
 Duke of Cornwall and York attend the funeral of President Mckinley,
 have decided tliat the government
 should not act, as the shortness of time make it next to impossible to ex- change communications and make the
 necessary arrangements. The date of the state funeral, Tuesday, became known to the government only on Monday, and it was deemed inadvis-
 able for the Duke of Cornwall and l York to go to Canton.