The sun., 1901-09-19
'HEARTBREAKING SCENE
AT CANTON STATION
Men. Women and Children in the Vast Grove
Wept as the Funeral Train En-
tered the Depot.
M'KINLEY WAS
FRUSTRATED

Iuc OIllclal pTOSTlinuic ioi tiiS oboe
qules are as follows:
The presidents body will again be taken to the Z
courthouse in the morning.
Until $50 p. m.The presidents body will lieE
In state at the courthouse
1,3O d m.--The Rev. DR.. Manchester will con
duct funeral services in the First Methodist
church.
2,so D. m.-The presidents body will be borney
Va tho westlawn cemetery and placed In the re
ewing vault.
Mrs. Mckinley Immediately upon]
.caching the North Market street homel
'etircd to her room, denying herself t0I
al. DR. RixNy said she had borne theI
rip from Washington very well, al
hougll she frequently gave way to hei
srief in cries and sobs. DR. Rixey saidl
hat he thought Mrs. Mckinley would
be able to go through her part in theI
funeral arrangements.
The Trip From Washington.
The train bearing the remains OIL
President Mckinley as it sped from thc|
'ational capital to this city was every
where greeted with sad and solenlI1
4 demonstration.
Z At Altoona, Pa, where change OF
1 ngines and crews was made. crowd
4 Il 5000 persons were assembled at the|
tatiun to see the train go through.
Erhe Altoona City band rendered Near
II. My God, to Thee and "Onward,
> 'hristian Soldiers" while the train was
n the station yard. Police and rail-
'oad officials kept the station clear OF
,eople. The two engines which We're
sed to haul the heavy train over the
i Llleglany mountains were draped IN
i lack.
At .Tohnstown, Pa, immense crowds
4 ined the tracks for long distance
- boye ana below the station and stood
n silence as the train proceeded slow
\ by. 4 detachment of Company III,
!ifth regiment, \. G.. r., fired minute
;uns, and bells were tolled throughout
lie city.
At Pitcairn. the end of the railroad
liyision, train crews and engines were
hanged. and the railroad men were
nut in force.
At Wilmerdng the employees of the
Westinghouse Airbrake company were
It the track, and at East Pittsburg
where is located one of the largest eiec,
ricnl plants in the world, We're sew
raj thousand people. The train had
low practically entered the suburbs ol
'ittsburg, that city of Drawn and mus
lie which has Just passed through the
onvulsion of Il great strike, ana tht
ad,lstrial workers were strhng alont
ha track in solid lines
At Bessemer the huge stacks of thu
'arncgie Steel plant We're pouring
'nrth dense volumes of smoke ant
anne and under this black canopy th'
oilers gathered in dense throngs
landing mutely with uncovered heads
ust beyond the great mills of Brad
lock gave forth another multitude o
rimy workmcn. and to the left, acros
he river. where is located that othe
rcat hive of industry, Homestead, tn
vharfs We're lined with men ant
women.
Passing Through Pittsburg.
Entering Pittsburg wonderfull
Impressive sight was presented. Alon
10Th sides of the track for miles wer
,old walls of humanity. In som
,laces the people stood twenty dceI
while the embankmcnts were blac
With them. ON the top of every freigi
ar was human hedge. The ovel
anging bridges bent beneath thei
urdcn. The roofs of houses wer
y ined. All stood with uncovered head
While the bells of all the churcht
= we're tolling.
1t is estimated that not less than 81
,OO people were ut the Union static
IN T. Pittsburg and $4,000 at the All
.heny depot. while the crowd th'
y viewed the funeral train from Its e
~ rance into Pittsburg until 1t crosse
he city line in Allegheny was not le
y han 25O,0OO On the face of every OF
here were the signs of the deepe
ceiling and mourning. There we
many children in this vast assembl
= md they seemed to realize with the
,lders the sorrow the nation was
,eriencing. and on their young face
90. was expressed the mourning
= or one whom they had loved a.
=. ost.
During the IflSS'iSe Va 'iie "a"
- through the two cities section OF B'
terry Il fired salute from M0u
W. Washington and the city and chur
80 bells tolled.
he AS the train passed, the Fourteen
on ana Eighteenth regiments OF the
,rs tional guard presented arms ana
oI, great multitude was silent and ste
~, with uncovered heads.
NO The first section which preceded
~, train with the catafalque car attacl
NV, did not stop in Pittsburg but the lat
halted n moment to permit Cover
Nash of Ohio, with his staff, and G
eral Dick, commander of the Ohio
- |tional guard, to board the train.
in ii Scenes From the Windows.
la b The scene from the car windo
or grew even more impressive after
nrs 81 Allegheny was crossed. The river
-ba coyered with dredges, each thron
of 4 with humanity, and the wharfs al
~, Neither shore could not be seen for
fe 8people struggling for foothold u
thn @them-. The iron girders of the bri
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