Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-09-26
Beloved of the Nation in His
"Windowless Palace
of Rest"
WORLD WEEPs AT HIS BIER
National Heart Answers to the Grief
Throb at Canton.

Canton. O., Sept 20-With majestic
solemnity, surrounded by his country
men and his townspeople. in the pres
ence of the president Of the United
States. the cabinet, justices of the
United states supreme court. senators
| and representatives in congress, the
heads Of the military and naval estab-
/ lishments the governors of states, and
great concourse of people who had
| known and loved him. all that is NOR
tai Of the third president to fall by an
assassins bullet, was Thursday com
| mitted to the grave. 1t was spec
tacle Of mournful grandeur Canton
ceased to be town and swelled to
the proportions of great city. From
every city and hamlet in Ohio. from
the remote corners of the south aud
from the east and west the human
tide flowed into the town until 100000
people were within its gates-here to
pay their last tribute to the fallen
chief.
The final scenes at the First Meth
odist church. where the funeral SER
vice was held, and at the beautiful
West Lawn cemetery, where the body
was consigned TO a vault. were simple
and impressive. The service ut the
church consisted of a brief Grafton,
prayers by the ministers of three de
nominations, and singing by a quar-
tette The body was then taken to
West Lawn cemetery and placed in a
receiving vault pending the time when
1t will be finally laid to rest beside the
dead children who were buried years
ago. The funeral procession was very
imposing. and included not only the
representatives. Of the army and navy OF
the United States. but the entire mill
tary strength of the state of Ohio and
| hundreds of civic fraternal and other
/ organizations. 1t was two miles long.
The Soldiers Las Call.
The service at the vault was that of
the Methodist church When it was
over Colonel Bingham waved his hand
70 eight buglers Of the Canton band,
who had taken station upon the side
Of the mound. above and to the south
Of the vault Instantly from the eight
hugles rang ont the notes of the sol
tifully done and the last notes of the
bugles died away so softly that all
who heard it remained listening for n
few seconds ia hear If it was really
ended When the last note had foated
away Secretary Wilson was in tears.
Secretary Hitchcock also weeping. and
the president was gazing griinly ut the
wall 1t was the last moment for the
man who had been 80 closely associ-
ated with the president for 80 long
and the thought seemed greater than
most az them could oar
1t was all ended ut last.
lars Give Her Biessed Relief
One of the most pathetic features
Of the day was the absence OF Mrs
Mckinley from the funeral services Mt
the church and cemetery when the
body Of her husband was laid to rest
Since the first shock Of the shooting
she had horne mp hravely But there
was a limit 60 human endurance. and
I when Yesterday came II found her too
! weak 20 pass through the trials of tire
final ceremonies. Through the open
door Of her room she heard the prayer
of the minister as the body was borne
out of the house After that Dr Xix
ey renamed close by aer side and al
Trough the fnll force Of the calamity
! had come upon her il was believed by
those about her that there was provi-
Dental mercy in her tears, as they
gave some relief 10 the anguish of the
/ heart Within