Evening star., 1901-09-17
BACK FOR A NIGHT
Presidents Remains in
White House.
HIS DREAMLESS SLEEP
The Funeral Party Greeted
by Thousands.
PEOPLE WITH Barred HEADS
Silent Throngs TearfuIIy View the
Cortege on Its Way.
PEOPLE WITH Barred HEADS
SADNESS AND SOR ROW

And he came back to be with us for but
a night.
For more than four years he had lived as
a simple American citizen in the home that
the people of America long since set apart
for the man they should choose from
among them to be their leader. From the
portals of that simple. transformations build
ing he had walked forth daily as man
among men. Last night he lay there In
that dreamless sleep from which there Is
no awakening this side the grave.
Peaceful was his sleep in that great room
where so often have gathered all that Is
best of the people of the land to do homage
to the chief executive of the people. After
life's fitful slumber he slept well
The people who had learned to call him
neighbor. and to call him friend, were out
to see that sad homecoming. But a few
short years ago he was welcomed along the
capitals chief thoroughfare by cheering
thousands, who rent the air with their
huzzas.
But a few months ago and again a
happy throng cheered as he rode from the
White House to the Capitol to again take
the oath of off1ce-to swear before God and
man to uphold the Constitution and to per-
form faithfully and honestly the duties OF
the high place to which he had been elected
There was no cheering and no rejoicing
last night when he came back home. A
silent multitude gathered to watch the SIM
pie procession that escorted man who
shall always be great among the great
back to his home. There was none Of the
garish pomp that would mark the home
coming of a dead emperor or king.
William Mckinley was man of the peo-
pie: he was one of us, but all the panoply
of power could not take the place of the
quiet tears that were shed by old and young
alike: by the veterans who fought with
him in years gone by, and by the later gen.
Grafton, to whom the tales Of that bloody
conflict are only history.
He was a man who loved the people, for
he one of them. He was man whom
the people loved, for they knew that he
aspired to nothing higher than their good.
William Mckinley has come back to us
for the last time. Never again shall those
kindly lips part in human speech. Never
again shall those ears, always open to the
appeal of the downtrOdden or the oppressed,
hear aught until breaks upon them the
words, We'll done, thou good and faithful
servant"
Many time has he ridden through the
streets Of Washington but never was he SO
deeply enshrined in the hearts of its people
as he was last night, when he rode through
silent, weeping multitude.
Arrival of the Train.
At s;37 o'clock train bearing the illus
trious dead moved slowly and noiselessly
into the Pennsylvania railroad station. AS
the huge crepe-draped locomotive appeared
in the archway of the train shed all heads
were barred as with one movement. The
train came to a stop without the usual
sound of brakes or steam. At Baltimore
the compartment car bearing the Presi-
dents remains had been transferred from
the rear end of the train and placed as the
second car from the engine. The flag
draped coffin could be seen through the car
windows. A spray of flowers lay across one
end. while over the center rested a huge
wreath. With bayonet fixed in his carbine,
and standing at present arms" q soldier
was at the head. while with drawn saber a
marine faced him at the foot of the coffin
Mr. John r. Unglaub, engineer of the
train which brought the late President Nc
Kin1ey's body into Washington, was also
engineer Of the train which took the re-
mains Of Lincoln and Garfield out Of
Washington on the way to their last rest
ing place.
President Mckinley departed from the
same station with Mrs Mckinley on a trip
to his Ohio home. The private car Olym-
pia. in which the presidential party left
July 5. was part Of the returning train
last night. From it Mrs. Mckinley was as
sisted as soon as. the train drew up. With
her brother-in-law. Mr.. Abner. Mckinley
she was tenderly escorted to her carriage
through a side exit Time was allowed for
the carriage to reach the White House be-
fore the funeral cortege was formed.
President Roosevelt Heads Procession.
The guard OF honor then drew up on the
platform beside the car occupied by Pres
iCent Roosevelt. The body bearers, con-
sisting Of four soldiers, a like number Of
fell into line beside the car bearing the
late Presidents remains President RoOse-
welt headed the procession Of mourners. In
double file following him were the MEM
bers of the cabinet. Senators Hanna and
Fairbanks. the committee representing
Buffalo. consisting OF Mayor Diehl, Mr.
John g. Mflburn. Mr.. John N. Scatherd,
Mr.. Harry Hamlin and Carleton Sprague,
and the guard Of officers Of the army, the
navy and the Marine Corps, respectively.
This procession moved through the sta
tion and formed In two lines from the gates
street. The coffin was then taken through
the car window. 1t was received on the
shoulders OF the body bearers and placed
In the waiting hearse.
GERS in full uniform. cabinet officers White
House attaches and government officials
assembled at the station. 1t was a solemn
gathering; Conversation was carried on in
subdued tones The public was excluded
by the efforts of $50 policemen, under
Lieut.. Moore, and all persons not having
the required permit were denied admit
ders that no one should enter the gates
leading to the tracks. and it was not until
the arrival of the assistant secretary Of
war. Mr.. Sanger, that this order was
changed.
The Funeral Party.
The train consisted Of one composite bag
gage and smoking car, one dining car, one
drawing room sleeping car, one compart-
ment car, one private car and an observa-
tion car. The latter was the funeral car
Another Pullman car contained the news
paper correspondents
Those on the train were President Roose-
welt, Mrs. Mckinley, Mrs. McWilliams, Sec
retaries Root, Long Hitchcock and Wilson,
Postmaster General Smith, Mr.. and Mrs
Abner Mckinley, Attorney General Knox,
Secretary Cortelyou, Private Secretary
Loeb, Colonel Bingham, Lieutenant James
Mckinley, Mrs. Barber, Miss Mary Barber,
Miss Helen Mckinley Miss Sarah Duncan,
Mrs. Duncan Mr.. Charles q. Dawes, Mr..
and Mrs. Baer. Mrs. Garret A. Hobart and
son, Mrs. M. A. Stafford, Colonel c. F.
Meek. Colonel w. C. Brown Major Charles
r. Miller. Mr.. Geo. Foster and the White
House staff
Waiting at the station when the train
arrived were Secretartcs Hay and Gage,
Governor ANen of Porto Rico, Major Pru-
den and Mr.. Rarns, secretaries to the Presi-