The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-16

General Knox, Postmaster General
smith, the eonficents and friends of the
late chief. Seneator Hanna, Judge Day.
Governors Odell, Yates and Gregory
Representatives Alexander and RYAN
MAJOR General Brooke, Z. H. Butler. III.
H. hohisaat and many others came.
President Roosevelt Comes.
IL was Just eight minutes before the
pPehlhg OF the service when a covered
Darouche drove up to the house bring
ing President Roosevelt and Mr. and
Mrs wilcox at whose house he is a
guest The president looked very grave
a. ne aiignted and turned to assist
Hlrs. WILCOX from the carriage. His
lace did not relax into a smile TO the
sdIutauons OF those nearest the car
Nrlage, but he acknowledged the greet
MES silently and an inclination of the
mead. He passed up the well filed walk
ana those waiting to gain entrance fell
pack, making a narrow lane through
which Mr.. Roosevelt passed along to
AS the president passed within the
mouse and the services were about to
begin. the long line of soldiers and
sailors swung in columns of tours into
delaware avenue and formed in bat
tallon 'front.' along the beautiful thor
ioughfare opposite the house and i'm
mediately facing it. On the extreme
leIt were the regulars. on the right the
sailors and marines, and in the center
the national guardsmen. They stood at
parade rest, with colOrs lowered, each
flag wound about its staff and bound
with crepe. The front of the house and
the lawns had been cleared by this
time, and the sweep of the avenue was
now deserted save for the rigid, mo-
tonless ranks across from the house.
The service had already begun when
down the avenue four high-steppin.y
black horses came into sight drawing
/ the heaTSe which was to bear the cas-
ket Of the dead president 1t was 4
heavy vehicle without plumes or any
trappingS to relieve the dead black
The horses. too. We're not plumed or
/ caparisOned, and all four of them were
black from nose to tip of tail. Two
men were on the box, the driver. with
groom with folded arms sitting mo-
tonless.
In the House of Death.
Outside the house all was silence and
! waiting. Within the house of death
was woe unspeakable- IN the draw
/ iTi= room to the right Of the hail as
President Roosevelt entered. the dead
! chieftain was stretched upon his bier.
His head was to the rising sun. On his
lace was written the story of the
Christian fOrbearance with which he
had met his martyrdom. Only the
thinness of his face bore mute testi-
| mony to the patient sufferings he had
endured. He was dressed as he al
ways was in life The black frock
coat was buttOned across the breast
where the first bullet of the assassin
had struck The black string tie below
the standing collar showed the little
triangle of white shirt front. The right
hand lay at his side. The left was
across his breast.
He looked as millions of his coun-
trymen have seen him, save for one
thing. The little badge of the Loyal
Legion. the only decoration he ever
wore, which was always in the left
| lapel of his coat. was missing. And
those who remarked it. spoke of it and
I'll ia
hall the little badge which he priced
through life as placed again where it
had always beer.
The body lay in a black casket on a
black bear skin rug. Over the lower
limbs was flung the starry banner he
had loved so well. The flowers were
few. as befitted the simple nature of
the man. A spray of white chrysan-
themums. a flaming bunch of blood red
american Beauty roses and a magnif-
cent bunch Of viOlets were on the cas-
ket. Behind the head against a pier
mirror between the two curtained win
d3Ws rested two superb wTeaths of
white asters and roses. These were
the only flowers in the room.
! The Sentries. one from the sea and
one from the land. guarded the re-
nlains- They stood in the window en-
braSureS behind the head of the CaSket-
The one to the north was a sergeant
of Infantry. IN the other window was
the sailor. CARRIED in the loose blue
/ DiOuSt OF the navy.
Grief of Mrs. Mckinley.
The family had taken leave of their
loved one before the others arrived.
Mrs. Mckinley, the grief crushed
/ WIDOW, had been led into the chamber
ty her physician, DR.. Rixey. and had
sat awhile alone with him who had
supported and comfOrted her through
al their years of welded life. But
though her support was gone, she had
not broken down. Dry eyed she gazed
on his face. She did not seem to real
re tnat he was dead. Then she was
ied away by DR.. Rixey and took up
her position at the head of the stairs,
where she could hear the services.
Mrs Hobart the widow of the vice
| president during Mr.. McKinley's first
term; Mr.. Lafayette McWiliams Of
Chicago, Miss Barber. Miss Mary Bar
Der and DR.. Rixey remained with her
I there The members of the family.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Mckinley, Miss
| Helen Mckinley. Mrs. Duncan. Miss
Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. Barber and DR.
and Mrs. Raer had withdrawn into
| the library , tho north of the drawing
room, in which the caSket lay. and
here also remained other friends when
| the service vas held.
| The friends ard public associates of
, the dead president all had opportunity
: to view the remains before the service
] began. The members of the cabinet
had taken their leave before the 9TH
/ side their dead chief while the sad
procession viewed the body. They
were on the north side Of it. place
I directly at the head had been re-
served for President Roosevelt. Secre-
tary Root sat alongside this empty
chair. Then came General Knox, Sec
rotary Long. Secretary Hitchcock. Sec
! rotary Wilson and Postmaster General
smith in the order named.
ABOUT 100 in all saw the body. Some
| Were SC overcome with grief at the
sight OF the thin countenance that their
frames shook convulsively. Several
cinng TO the side of the bier and with
I difnculty could be persuaded to leave
Z almost every face was tear stained
90 love for this man choked
all in the house
-Ii.oaas tiiose in the procession were
Senators Fairbanks and Burrows. Gov
ernoT Yates of Illinois. Comptroller
EaWes, General Henderson and Mrs
Henderson, Representative Littausr OF