The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-09-27
THE FUNERAL OF N'KiNLEY
MARTYRED PRESIDENT Is Ian
TO REST.
Impressive Services Held { every Part
Of the Countrywide Nation Bows in
Mourning

CANTON. CO... September l9-Thc
mortal remains of President Mckinley
| are at rest. For six days and through
| hundreds of miles a sorrowing nation
| has followed his bier, Now the last
looks have been taken, the last fare
wells have been said. The last salute
to dead President has echoed above
| his head. His body lies for the moment
/ in the little cemetery of Canton, guard
ed by soldiers of the flag he loved SO
! well, until II shall be placed beside the
mother and dear ones, who passed out
before him. There the people who loved
and honored him will raise a monument
! to his name and make his grave a
shrine.
! But his highest monument must, ever
remain in the hearts of his countrymeil.
A mourning people raises its head from
! the dust and goes forward encouraged
and guided by the life he lived.
There is one heart that knows no
| suICease of sorrow. His widow lies
PROSTATE. Tributes of city, state and
/ Nation incense burned to his memory
| by the millions who mourn, but ac-
centuates her plight. He was so much,
he was all hers, and he is gone. Be
| cause of broken health she was denied
the Widows last and most sacred privi-
! lege of following her dear one to the
! grave.
IN the little mouse WnlInet the Am
erican people were wont to throng,
bearing garlands of admiration and
confidence and heaping honors upon
him, she sits alone and fights with her
grief. Ten times ten thousand have
come and gone this day in sympathetic
expression between her and them.
Tomorrow they will resume their ac-
customed duties and the world will go
on, it's load lightened by new inter-
ests. The President was; another
President is. But the husband who
has gone cannot be replaced.
CANTON (O), September 19.-The
last sad word were said over the re-
mains of President Mckinley at the
Methodist church today 1t was the
simple, yet beautiful, service of that
church, and there were few dry eyes
in the crowded edifice.
The scene in the church when the
casket was carried in on the shoulders
of the stalwart soldiers and sailors
was profoundly impressive. A black
border twenty feet high, relieved at in
tervals by narrow white bands falling
to the floor, swept completely around
the interior. Only the gilt organ pipes,
back of the pulpit, rose above it, The
vestibules on either side of the chancel
leading into the church We're black
tunnels, the stained glass windows on
either side were framed in black, and
the balcony of the Sunday school to
the rear, thrown open into the church
by large sliding doors, was shrOuded in
the same somber fabric; graceful black
streamers, festOoned along the arches
of the nave, formed a black canopy
above the chancel; from this, directly
above the low, fiag-covered catafalque
on which the casket was to rest, hung
| a beautiful silk flag it's red and white
| folds tied midway with a band of crepe
CANTON, September 19.-The line of
| funeral march from the church to the
| cemetery was about one and one-half
miles in length From the gates of
the cemetery to the doors of the church
there was on each side of the street an
almost unbroken line of soldiers, and
on all the intersecting streets detach-
ments of the militia were posted about
| 100 feet from the thoroughfare on
which the cortege was to go and no.
body was permitted to pass in either
direction.
There was not a window that COM
manded view of the line of march
that was not filled with faces. the num-
erOus stands were crowded to their ut
most capacity and on the roofs were
| hundreds of people. From o'clock in
the morning till O'Clock in the after
noon, by which time the last of the
parade had passed the church on it's
way to the cemetery, this condition
prevailed.
All day long the streets were kept
clear by the military, and not a vehi-
Gle of any description, save those be-
longing to the funeral cortepe, were
permitted to enter them. Notwith-
standing the dense crowds no accident
of any kind was reported.
No greater reverence has ever been
shown to any man, living or dead, than
was exhibited toward the dead Presi-
dent today. AS the funeral car passed
through the streets men and women
sobbed convusively, and at the ceme-
terry gates. where the crowd was dense
/ ly packed, and where the people had
remained for hours pressing against
the iron fence, two women tainted dur
ing the exercises at the vault.
1t was a wonderful tribute of sur
passing love that was rendered today
in his native place to the memory of
| William Mckinley and it will be long
before greater or more reVerent honor
is paid to any man.