The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-16
PLANS FOR THE FUNERAL
EARNEST WISHES OF MRS. M'KIN-
 LET TO BE OBSERVFD.
Body of tho Dead President to Rest in the Canton Home Wednesday Night Services to be Hell in the Rotunda of the Capitol To-morrow Morning Body to Lie i'm State There.

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 Washington, Sept 15.-The following
 statement making important changes | in the plans for the funeral services over the remains of President McKin- | ley in this city was given to the press l tonight:
 | Tn compliance with the earnest
 wishes of Mrs. Mckinley that the body of her husband shall rest iii her home at Canton Wednesday night the fol- | lowing changes in the obsequies of the late president will be made:
 Funeral service in the rotunda of | the capitol will be held Tuesday morn ing on the arrival of the escort which | will accompany the remains from the white house.
 "The body of the late president will lie in state in the rotunda for the re- mainder of Tuesday and will be escort ed to the railway station Tuesday evening. The funeral train will leave Washington at or about o'clock Tues day evening and thus will arrive at Canton during the day Wednesday. (signed) John Hay, secretary of state; Elihu Root, secretary of war; John D. Long, secretary of the navy; Henry B. F. MacFarland, president of the board of commissioners of the Dis trict of Columbia"
 Secretary Hay to-day issued to the public the following announcement concerning the funeral of President Me- Kinley:
 Washington, Sept. 15, 1901.
 "The remains of the late president of the United States after lying in state in the city hall at Buffalo in the af ternoon on September 15 will be 1e- moved by special train to Washington Monday, September 16, leaving Buffalo at 8:30 a. m. and reaching Washington at D. m The remains will then be carried under the escort of a squadron of United States cavalry to the ex- ecutive mansion where they will rest until o'clock of the morning of Tues day, September 16. They will then be carried to the capitol, accompanied by military and civil escort, the details of which will be given in a separate notice The remains will there lie in state. Religious services will be held in the rotunda of the capitol on We'd nesday at 12 o'clock noon. At 1 o'clock the remains under a military escort will be transferred to a funeral car and carried to Canton, Ohio, via the Pennsylvania railroad, arivr ihtereng Pennsylvania railroad, arriving there on Thursday at ii a. m., where arrange ments for the final sepulchre will be committed to the charge of the citizens of Canton under the direction of com mittee to be selected by the mayor of that city No ceremonies are expected in the cities and towns along the route of the funeral train beyond the tolling ot bells.
 (Signed) "John Hay,
 Secretary of State'
 At the capitol Sergeant-at-Arms Ransdel directed the preparation of the rotunda for the funeral services. The space in even this vast structure is entirely insufficient to meet the Je- mand for admission of more than a fraction of the persons who think they | should be admitted to the services next 1 Wednesday. The public will be ex- cluded as the accommodation will not | suffice for the officials who must be | present. The diplomatic corps alone l will occupy about two hundred places | if all the invitations sent out are &C., l cepted and in addition there will be l the United States senate and United |
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