The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-09-20
QUEEN CITY 70 CANTON.
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8workmen for years ana almost 20 a mar
8they turned out to honor his memory,
n over the mountains ana tnrougn lne
Mhundreds watched the nylng tram, az
dark save the observation car, wnicn
WAS brightly illuminated showing Vns
&nag-coVereu casket, guarueu ~ eoiu u..7:s
Hand sailors VINO thus dlo nonor 70 incl
Pate commencement ~ dne .lall
Hreacneo washington az Ply, wneI.
zthousands nao ga.nersu 70 uo siien'
nomage to oiie wen DeioNeu.
Inc BODY OF the dead Fresiuen y7 Wa
taken TO the EasI Room q ghe nits
house. soon alter S.oU y o,oon Ing ~.
glowing morning Inc ueau Ilosiuono ]
3oody was taken from tne saine spy any ~
Sfrom the same catalalque tnae heiu she
Hmuraereo remains OF Lincoln.
Az tne capitoi, Inc lnvoDa'iNn ,, Wa
pronounced py rev. henry ~ Nayiol,
~. ", ana Bisnop ANDREWS ueiiVereu
Hthe fnnerai ADDRESS, ~
me most impressive nguTe IN Ine
whole procession was tnat y [Tesiuenl,
hooseveit. FROM the WniVe LOUISE .
Alhe Capitol ne traVeiieu WIN paieo
#nead.
Among the notapie leaders OF tne
country who attended the services,
HSenator Hanna. was with Fresluen'
Roosevelt the most generally observed.
The former loved Mckinley ana many
moist eyes followed his patnetlc ngure,
brokenhearted and olsplrited ana Win
Aeyes downcast with him OF Tears sur
Facing tnem. -.
The great bronze doors OF tne Capltoi
lin which the body had lain IN state, mac
CLOSED while there were SUN thousands
aof people waiting to get last glance al
the casket-
The Journey "Homeward for ootp
the fresident ana MIS-. mckinley ioVeu
to think OF canton as tneir nome ana II
was there the nations leader turned 10
Erest, when almost overwhelmed Win
4 the cares OF state. But wnat nome
coming; so uiHerent from the last.
And YET ike the Journey from buHaic
Ito Washington the silent tram was Iol-
2lowed by sorrowing nation. Ihe
same respect was paid and the watchers
counted the hours not long when theli
Aeyes rested on the shrouded remains OF
their late Presidents Tor OF truth mccain
Hey was the peoples PRESIDENT. AT Can
E ton it seemed as II the residents OF tnt
town had been reinforced by thousands
from other parts OF the Buckeye state,
Sall anxious to do homage to well pc
loved son. The funeral PROCESSION
moved silently through the streets Of
THE late Presidents home town. Tht
bands played Nearer MY GOD TO Ihee
land it seemed as IT indeed the entire
&nation had been drawn nearer Its Maker
than ever before by the oft repeated
words of the now doubly familiar hymn,
; AT the court house of Stark county the
dead President lay in state until 9
O'Clock Wednesday night when at the
Srequest of Mrs. Mckinley the body
escorted by the Grand Army Post o.
which her husband had been member
was taken to the Mckinley home where
lit remained until 8 o'clock yesterday
n Monday, when it was again removed &c
zthe court house and viewed by
thousands
At half past one the final funeral ser
4 vices were held the Rev. DR.. Manches-
ter of the First Methodist church Of
canton, officiating.
The mortal remains of William Nc
.KinIey were laid at rest, temporarily.
yesterday, in the receiving vault OF
Westlawn cemetery, Canton, Ohio.
Miles of distance could not prevent the
hearts of an entire nation from particle
pating in the sad rites accompanying
i tine burial services, even though but q
small fraction of the thousands OF
1mourners witnessed them in Canton.
Like those in Buffalo and Washington.
the services were brief and simple, az
we'll befitted him for whom they vert
held.
For Mrs. Mckinley. who was too i'll
Ito participate in the public obsequies al
the First Methodist Church, private
services were held in the home SO dear
3 to the MAJOR and herself.
Troop A, of Cleveland, acted as tht
official body guard Of President Roose-
4 welt, as it had at both Inauguration cere
monies of his predecessor. Members Of
THE new Presidents Cabinet, Senators
Hanna, Frye and other members of the
Senatorial body, Congressman, Governor
Mash of Ohio, with the Chief Execu
Stives of other States. and Representatives
of the Army and Navy, and hundreds
of those prominent in civil and STATE
saffairs were there and so were thous