Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-09-26

Canton, ohio, Sept gl~aWttN ma3as.
tie a~nInthallS, surrounded nv h.s CONN
trymen and his t~owhspeorle, la the
presence Of the president or the United
States. the cabinet justices &c the
United States supreme court, senators
n representatives Ia congress-, the
: heads of the military aud naval cstahe
hHhmentH, the governors of states and
u great c"onenurae of people who had
known and loved him, all that h NOR,
tai OF the third president ta fall by an
nssasain's bullet, was committed to the
rave, II was n spectacle of mourAfnt
grandeur. Canton ceased 20 be a town
and awolled 60 the proportions ~ a
great city, From every city and ham
Let In ohio, from the remote corners et
the South and from the East and West
the human tide flowed into the town
until 100000 people were Within It's
gates, here 60 pay their last tribute to
the fallen chief.
The final scenes az the First Methe.
dist church whore the service was held.
and nj the beautiful Wcstlawn GENE.
/ terry, whero the body was consigned 10
a vault, were simple and impressive
The service at the church consisted og
a brief grafton, prayers by the minis
tcrs OF three denominations and sing
ing by a quartet. The body was then
taken 10 Wostlawn cemetery and
placed In a receiving vault pending the
time Il shah be laid TO rest
beside the Dead Chitdren
who were laid TO rest years ago, The
funeral procession was very imposing
and included not only the representa-
tives OF the army and navy - TIE
United States, but the entire military
strength OF the State or Ohio and h0n
dreds Of civic, fraternal and other oI~
CARNATIONS. II was two miles hons,
There was no greater reverence Saown
to any man, living or dead, than 10 the
dead president yesterday, As the
funeral procession passed women
sobbed convulsively. II was a wonder.
full tribute OF surprising love that was
rendered yesterday In his native place
to the memory OF William Mckinney,
and IL will be long before greater 0r
more reverent honor Is paid 10 snS
man. II was exactly o minutes at
ter 4 when the funeral car bore the ve~
mains of the dead president throNga
the gateway or his last resting Mace
Twenty minutes after thas sEnse TIRE
brief services at the vault Was cNeT,
the members Of the Family ana SSS~
tinguished men Of tae natioa MID had
come so far to do him honor bad
passed through the gates ON their
homeward way. One hour and forty
minutes after the hearse had entered
the cemetery the place was clear and
the dead president was resting alone
under the watchful tape % the rsen es
the regular army, 4
sensry's Measured Tread
resounded from the cement walk be-
fore the vault, another kent Ntgil GA
the grassy slope above, ana ~ the
head and at the foot ef the csSket stood
armed men. Before the DOOR which
was not closed, was pitched the tent OF
the guard, and there IL viii remain an~
til the doors are closed to-day SEN
tries will then guard the vault evety
hour OF the day and night until the
body has been borne 20 its fsnal rest
ing place,
Nature was Kind IN selecting tho last
resting place for President Mckinley,
westlawn cemetery is on a high knoll
overlooking the peaceful valley, with
the busy little city OF Canton laid out
below, II It was not FOR an intervening
church spire one might get nom this
elevation a glimpse % the Mckinley
home, Here looking u on his native
city ana his native state the body OF
William Mckinley is laid to rest The
beauty OF he grounds here attracted
the country's landscape gardeners who
have toarneyed here 60 study It's at
fractions, Yesterday IL was douhiy
beautiful with the rustling trees giving
on their first yellowed leaves of fall
and adding a golden touch TO he reeh
clad slopes. Just inside the stately en-
trance stands the gray stone vault
where for n tigae the casket win no.
pose. It's drcary exterior was relieved
yesterday by
Great Masses ef Flower.
banked all about until the gray walls
were shut out from view, hut In due
time II will be taken from the vault
and committed 90 the little plot OF
ground lying further on. This II the
Mckinley lot. and here lie his father.
whose name he bore. the mother he
guarded so tenderly In life. his brother
James, his sister Anna and his two
children, And when that time comes n
shaft OF granite viii arise above
the grave telling of the civic virtues.
the pure life and the marryred death
OF William Mckinley,
One OF this most pathetic features OF
the day was the absence OF Mrs. Me-
Kiniey from the funeral service at the
church aud cemetery when the body OF
her husband was laid TO rest. Since
the shock OF the shooting. then OF
death. and through the ordeal OF state
ceremonies. she had borne up bravcly.
there was a limit 10 human endur-
ance. and when yesterday came IL
found her too weak TO pass through
the trials OF the final ceremonies.
Through tho optn door OF her room
she heard the prayer OF the minister