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of the vault the flower carpet had dis
appeared, its blooms. however. to be
guarded for years as mementos of this
day of sorrow.
Just without the entrance to this
mausoleum stood the new president of
the United States. The collin rested
on supports only hands reach from
him. Then the members of the cabi-
net formed an open line with him, and
members of the, family-all save the
lone woman who was in the home
under the close watch of DR.. Rixey-
gathered near. Earth to earth, ashes
to ashes. dust to dust" came the bene-
diction from the lips of the venerable
Bishop Joyce.
The roar of the cannon ecnoed from
the hilltop just above. 1t came as a
mighty amen" Again the white
haired minister spoke. Again came the
crashing roar of the salute, its rever'
berations beating on and on over the
hills about the city.
Taps" Sounded by BuEler.
Taps" the saddest call the bugle
language of the army knows, came
from eight bugles. The last notes were
held until the breath of the wind
seemed to rob them of life. Away
down the broad street. two miles away
the marching columns were still COM
ing The music of the bands muted
it seemed. by some giant hand came
floating to the group about the vault
Nearer, My God. to Thee, Nearer to
Thee" Once again came the crash
from the guns above.
Door Is Closed Upon Martyr.
Then the casket was carried within
the vault. Five infantrymen marched
behind it. A moment passed ard the
outer doors we're closed. The last GER
emony was over; the third martyred
president of the United States had
been committed to God and eternity.
Slowly the marching column treadcd
about the crescent road to the left of
the temporary tomb. Then darkness
threw its veil over all. the silent
guards took their stations, the cem-
etery gate; were closed
Never Mourning More Sincere.
That is the bare outline of one of
the most imposing and impressive tu-
nerals ever seen in the United States.
To fill in all its details would take
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hand, musket held straight in front.
The members of the senate entered. At
the head walked Senator Allison of
Iowa. Then came Penrose and Cock
rell, Scott. Burrows of Michigan. Til
man and Mason of Illinois. Next the
members of the house filed in. They
numbered almost $50. Speaker Hen
derson at the head. Louder came the
mourn of the band, and outside the
troops had formed phalanx of sabers
and bayonets. Then, under the black
shrouded door, came the casket.
Under Arch of Sabers.
The black coffin had passed under an
arch of drawn sabers as it was carried
up the steps. Lieutenant General
Miles and the men of the army and
Rear Admiral Farquhar and the men
of the navy held their positions. Gov
cred with great American flag, bear
Ing only sprays of immortelles and
roses rendered by the Legation of
honor, the casket was slowly brough,
to the front, supported on the shoul-
ders of the blue jackets and the SOL
diers. At the foot of the mountain of
flowers marking the altar AMI the
choir loft lay the bier shrouded, too.
in the national colors and in black.
On this the casket was placed under
the quivering folds of the starry ban
ner. with the lights shedding their eff
fulgence from above, the fragrance Of
the flowers lowering about AMI the
music of Beethoven's grand funeral
march pulsing from the organ. the
bodybearers gently lowered the flag
draped and flower-adorned coffin to its
support.
All Rise Conn Passes.
Then the generals took their places
in the first seat to the right of the
central aisle. The rear admirals
crossed and took the first pew to the
left. Every one within the church had
risen as the casket was brought in.
They remained standing. A moment
later and President Roosevelt entered
through the same doorway of black.
His lips quivered slightly as he was
escorted to the pew directly behind
General Miles. Behind him came Sec
retaries Hitchcock and Wilson and
Postmaster General Smith, who filed
into the next pew. and with them
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pages, while to convey an ade1ucte
idea of the feature of it all which was
most conspicuous-the depth and si-
lence of the grief displayed-s beyond
words. In that respect it was the
scenes of Wednesday enacted over
again with increased intensity All
along through the great black lane of
people that stretched from the Nc
k1nley home to the cemetery-quite
two miles-were men and women
weeping as though their deares, friend
was being horne to the grave.
Every Eye Dim With Tears.
About the tomb itself the outburst
of grief was still more striking. AS
the casket was borne into the Jault
there was not a member of the cabinet
who was not visibly affected. while
several were in tears. with their
handkerchiefs to their eyes. Secre-
tary Root, although controlling him
self to some degree of outward calm.
was deeply moved, while President
Roosevelt repeatedly pressed his hand
kerchief to his eyes.
Great Picture OF DesOlatiOn.
Among the bystanders many scarce
ly made an effort to conceal their emo
ton. 1t was a scene under the cheer
less gray skies and in the bleak wind.
as cold as November day, that even
the radiant glory of all the great
mass of flowers could not relieve-the
picture of all of sorrow and desola-
tion that death leaves in its wake. AS
the one on whom this terrible blow
falls hardest was not there this ag-
ony was spared her.
Will Sleep In Bed of Granite.
Here in this vine-covered vault the
remains of President Mckinley will lie
until they are buried in granite. There
remain now only the plans for mon
ument to his memory. Already these
are under way. Thursday morning
Speaker Henderson of the house of
representatives, accompanied by Con-
gressman S. E. Payne of New York
and Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl-
vania, were driven to Westlawp Gem
etery and viewed the location OF the
Mckinley plot.
Congress to Build n Monument.
The newer part of the cemetery was
also visited. and although the state
ment is not definitely made, it la sup-
gested that the coming session of con-
grsss will probably appropriate funds
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HE SLEEPS IN PEACE

for the erection OF monument. The
plans and details are as yet embryonic,
but will assume definite proportions in
n week or two.
Scenes Mt the Church.
IL was so o'clock when the pro-
cession reached the stately stone edi-
fee where the funeral services were
to be held At the church entrance
were drawn up deep files of soldiers,
with bayonets advanced, keeping a
clear area for the advancing casket
and the long train OF mourners. The
hearse halted while President Roose-
welt and members of the cabinet
aiighted. Again they grouped them
selves at either side of the entrance
and with uncovered heads awaited the
passing of the casket. Then the flow
er-covereo coffin was brought from the
hearse and as it passed within the
black-draped entrance the president
and his cabinet followed within the
edifice.
Members OF Congress Enter.
At the rear of each of the four aisles
stood soldier at attention. cap in
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hands to the memory of heroes testify
to the virtues of the living as well as
to the services of the dead, SO the
sorrow that has overwhelmed our ma
tion. obliterating the distinctions of
party. race and religion. is as compli-
mentary to the patriotism of our peo-
pie as to our departed magistrate. 1t
would indeed be disgrace to our ma
tion II the murder of President con-
cerned only the members of the domi-
nant party. While no recent campaigns
have aroused deeper feeling than those
through which Mr.. Mckinley passed.
yet in no contests did the minority
more cheerfully acquiesce In the will Of
the majority az expressed at the polls
He was the President Of all the people
and their dignity and sovereignty were
attacked when he was assaulted"
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Those who had accompanied the 70.

Those who had accompanied the 70.
neral train then were seated. Senator
and Mrs. Fairbanks came first, fol-
lowed by Controller Charles Gates
Dawes. Senator Hanna followed. He
looked worn and leaned on his cane.
Mrs. Hanna accompanied him. Then
the black-gloved ushers seated the
other members of the party.
The formation OF the funeral process
sion was as follows:
First Division.
c. A. r.. commanding. and stah
Grand Army band.
E. F.. Tagxart. department commander ,1,T
G.. a. r., of ohio, and stan;
Buckley Post. No. i2. Akron. o..
Bell i.armon Post. No. 80. warren s., -.
Palestine. o.
Given Post, No 1873. Wooster. o.
Hart Post No. 134, Massillon. y.
Other Grand Army posts.
second Division.
Mai. Charles Dick. commanding.
Eighth Regiment Military Band.
Detachment Ohio National Guard.
Troop A of Ohio National Guard. guard
Ofliclating clergymen
Funeral car and bearers.
Honorary bearers.
Special guard of honor. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles. Admiral George Dewey; Gen
John X. Brooke. Gen. Elwell S. Otis.
Gen. George l.. Gillespie.
Loya! Legion.
Family. President. and Cabinet
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As result of tangle in the steer
ing gear of his automobile, Arthur
Fasker of Philadelphia met with a PC
culiar accident. He started to take a
spin down to Baltimore recently, but
turned aside from the high road when
few miles out from the city He was
coursing at speed of eleven miles
when suddenly, without apparent
cause, the machine spurted and veered
to one side. 1t was going at the rate
of seventy-five miles an hour when it
jumped fence and struck tree. For
tunately, instead of being an upright
tree, 1t was leaning, and instead of be-
ing crushed by the impact the ma
chine slid up the tree and lodged in
the branches, forty-five feet from the
ground. Mr.. Fasker was unhurt. He
climbed out of the seat and slid down
the tree and walked to a farm house
where he hired farmer 10 bring him
to town.
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President of Senate and United States
Senators.
Speaker of House of Representatives.
Governorc of states with Staffs.
Gen. Leonard Wood, Governor of Cuba.
Ohio state officials.
Circuit Court Judges. state OF Ohio.
Federal officers of Cleveland.
Federal officers of Chicago.
Federal officers of Canton.
Federal officers of Massillon.
Board of directors Of Pan-American Ex-
position.
Board of Cook County officials. Chicago
Third Division.
Maj A. vignos. commanding.
Gate City Guards of Atlanta, Ga.
Cleveland Grays.
Cleveland Scots Guards.
William Mckinley Command Spanish
Sons of Veterans.
Union League Legion.
Canton Encampment. No. 81.
Fourth Division.
A. B. Foster. Grand Commander of Ohio,
commanding.
knights Templar.
Grand Lodge of Ohio.
Eagle Lodge of Canton.
Canton Lodge of Canton and other Ma
sonic lodges.
The remaining three divisions were
made up of representatives from clubs,
societies. civic bodies and the Eighty
second regiment of National Guards,
together with other military organiza-
tions.
When the funeral at Canton began
all the tides of American life stood
still. The wheels of industry ceased to
revolve. The hammers of toll paused
in their beat. The ship stopped her
throb in its race against time. The
miner dropped his pick. The farmer
checked his team in mid-furrow. The
crowds in the city streets halted. All
activities save the ministrations to the
deadly sick and the dying were sus-
pended. The sun in heaven for a space
looked down upon motionless nation,
where nearly every head was bent.
Special services were held in the
churches of the national capital and
hundreds Of other cities.
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went Secretary Cortelyou, the man
VINO had made every effort that loyal
heart could prompt to save the life
which had gone out under the bull
let.
Members of Family Seated.
Then came the members of the fam
lily, all being seated to the left of the
central aisle. Abner Mckinley. broth
er of the dead president. and his wife
walked slowly at the head OF the
biack-clad line. He was seated in the
pew directly behind the men of the
navy and Just across the aisle from
President Roosevelt. After DR.. and
Mrs. Boer came the venerable Joseph
Saxton, uncle OF Mrs. Mckinley. The
great organ had left the funeral march
and now the reeds pealed out the
strains Of Nearer. My God. to Thee"
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requisite. Something there should
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nominations said the simple services.

nominations said the simple services.
Great Throng Joins in Hymn.
Troops banked the streets about, but
the thousands who had gathered near
and stood in places for five hours held
lneir ground, catching up the broken
strains of Nearer, My God, to Thee"
The silence Of calm had come; the 81
lenoe of supreme excitement had pass
ed. 1T was not at him. said the min
lister of the church. all but hidden
from sight by the mountains of blooms
and floral pieces that bound in the pull
pit and choir loft, that the fatal shot
was fired. but at the heart of our gov
ernment." Then he added: ''In all
the coming years men will seek. but
will seek in vain, to fathom the enor-
nifty and the wickedness of that
crime
New President In Tears.
These words brought home with
crushing force the warning that the
last scenes were being enacted. Among
those who sat with bowed heads was
President Roosevelt. The tears welled
into his eyes as he heard the petit
lioAS lhoe oou might Sulue his uluuS
Alright. Then came the last stage of
this journey to the city of the dead
Members of the United States senate,
those who sit in the house of repre-
sentatives, officials and citizens from
practically every state in the union,
soldiers, military organizations-a col
umn of more than 5000 men followed
the funeral car on this last journey.
Path is Carpeted In Flowers.
The skies were hidden by clouds
of gray, but not drop of rain fell
The path of tagging leading to the
iron-gated vault was buried beneath
covering of blooms. This carpet
of flowers came as an Offering from
the school children of Nashville. Tenn.
But the men of the war days of forty
years ago, with whom the martyred
president had marched in his youth
passed up this road before the funeral
car approached. They caught lid the
flowers as they passed, pressing them
to their lips. Just ahead of the hearse
marched the handful of survivors of
the late presidents own regiment
They. too, gathered up the blooms as
they limped by.
Blooms Taken as Mementos.
So it happened that when the men
Of the army and OF the navy carried
the black casket within the shadow
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Imposing Funeral Ceremonies
Precede 1nfe rn1 7r1f Of Nc
KnIeY at Canton.

Out under the whispering oak trees
of Westlawn cemetery. in a vine-eov-
cred vault, almost buried in sloping
hillside. all that is earthly of William
Mckinley now rests. About the flower
strewn slopes a picket line of SOL
diers stands silent in the shadows.
Whole Day Given TO Grief.
All day Thursday muffied drums
beat their requiems, brasses walled out
the strains of marches of the dead,
great men of the nation followed a
funeral car in grief and tears. Through
solid banks of bareheaded men and
weeping women and children. fringed
by wall OF soldiers. marching mil
itary and civilians passed with the
mourners of the distinguished dead.
First among those who followed the
dead during the journey from the
home to the tomb was the man who is
now at the head of the government.
Mrs. Mckinley Nears Collapse.
Mrs. Mckinley was unable to attend
the funeral. While the last rites were
being said she remained in a room of
the family home. dazed. not realizing
that death had come to her husband,
almost paralyzed mentally. During the
morning. at her urgent request, she
sat alone for time beside the cof-
fin as it lay in the south parlor of
the house. No one seeks to lift the
veil that is drawn over this scene
about the bier of the last earthly
sleep. The casket was not opened.
But she was near the one who ever
had cared for and protected her. near
the dead for whom grief has burned
into the soul of a country the lessons
of manliness and beneficence taught by
his life.
Final Ceremonies Impressive.
The last ceremonies for the late
president We're marked with dignity
that struck dumbness to the tens of
thousands who watched the funeral
column make the journey from the
home to the cemetery. From the
south parlor of the frame house which
had SO long been the family home the
casket was borne to the First Metho-
dist church at Canton, with statesmen.
diplomats. great men of nation, rep
resentatlves of the world, gathered
with the surrounding members of the
family. Ministers of five religious de-
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27
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Japan's Great Actor.

Otojiro, the Henry Irving of Jar;
who is now playing with much )
cess in London. was originally n
lomatist attached to the japanese /
bassy in Paris. On returning to
native country. having meantime
come fascinated with the French /
ater. lie began applying the lessons
had learned in Europe and now
completely revolutionizcd the stage
Japan. He has made many excel
adaptations of European plays.
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

Youthful aspirants who plan to
make a living by writing poetry ought
to note the fact that the livelihood of
the English poet, Austin Dobson was
earned as principal of the fisheries and
harbor department of the Board OF
Trade. He has just resigned after
nearly half a century of service. A
few men only can earn fame as poets.
Fewer still are they who can trust to
the productions of their muse to pay
the butchers bill
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

AS soon as the weather will permit
and proper locations can be selected.
there will be pitched near Boston the
sumptives. This camp tand each sue
ceeding camp will be like it, will CON
sist of ten piano-box tents. arranged
in circle. with an open-air fire in the
center. and surrounded by duck wall
eight feet high. Each of these tents
will be consumptive's home; a con
sumptive will sleep there, even
through the coolest weather, with no
other protection than plenty of felt
blankets, felt sleeping boots. and a
two-inch gallon jug of hot water.
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British producers to meet their fo,a5
competitors on equal terms.
The company has built an extap.
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more than an acre of ground, and !
nected with the principal railws
Here meat. flour. eggs. vegetables
fruit will be received direct from
farms. Prime joints will bc sola
consumers. The boiling parts will
converted into dressed proyisia
soups and beef teas to compete y
the large impOrtations of fors,
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The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

Commander-in-Chief Frederick st.
George de la Tour Booth Tucker of the
Salvation army, is now citizen of the
United States. The commander has
secured his final naturalization papers.
having been in the United States the
required five years. He will vote at
the coming election but will not say
what ticket he will indorse.
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

According to the Medical Record. a
gang of swindlers has been playing a
despicable trick on numerous pharma-
cists in Brooklyn. A man goes to a
drug store with simple prescription,
has it made up, and takes the mix
ture away with him. In an hour or
two, or the following day, the pur-
chaser returns with the medicine,
which he says he gave to his wife or
child, as the case may be, and that the
patient was nearly killed by poison
which was there through the blunder
of the compouader. He says his ply
sician has analyzed the mixture and
demonstrated the presence of poison,
and he allows the druggist to test it
then and there. The poison is, of
course, found, as the swindler has
added it himself, and he thereupon an
nounces his determination to sue the
druggist for damages to atone for the
results of his alleged blunder II the
pharmacist becomes frightened at the
Idea CT suit for damages, and thinks
it may be possible that mistake has
been made, he may accept the sugges-
ton of the blackmailer to settle the
case out of court. The amount of set
tlement is said to vary from $50 to
$500.
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

A famous entomologist says that no,
one mosquito in four hundred ever
tastes human blood. To know how tc
avoid making the acquaintance of tha,
one is the important thing. and on
that problem the scientists seem to be
making good progress
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

A railroad company that operates
coal mines in Pennsylvania recently
prevented its striking miners from in
terfering with non-union workmen
who were employed in pumping water
out of mines by building barbed
wire fence seven feet high about the
then charged it heavily with electric
ity.
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

By the will of the late Jacob H
Rogers, the locomotive builder. the
bulk of his fortune. possibly eight mil
lion dollars, is left to the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York. as an en-
dowment fund, the income to be used
for the purchase of objects of art. This
will place the museum on splendid
footing.
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27
TRIBUTE FROM w. j. BRYAN.

Memorial exercises for the dead
President were held at the Auditorium
in Lincoln, Neb., and were largely at
tended. w. j. Bryan was one of the
principal speakers. He said in part:
"As monuments reared by grateful
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

Miss Matte Helen Beals, the young
woman Of Wichita, Kan, who drew
a farm near Lawton. Oklahoma, in The
recent land lottery at Ell Reno, was
marshal of the new town of Lawton
for one day, and she says that was
enough. She says: 81 am mighty
glad to get out of Lawton. Such
shooting. drinking, robbing and kill
Ing you never saw. 1t makes me shud-
der. 1 don't think there are dozen
women on the town site. But those
there are well treated" She thinks
she will get $4,000 for her farm,
which is to be cut up into town lots
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The lebraska State Game Warden
has forbidden the farmers to fight the
grasshoppers longer with poison. say
Ing that the loss of birds and game is
too costly a price to pay for the de-
struction of comparatively few insects,
The Dolores star., 1901-09-27

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without her trumpet. Little Tonml
Why. s'pose she'll have to borrow
briefs when anybody wants to talk
her.
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Congress to Build Monument.
The newer part of the cemetery was
also visited, and although the state
ment is not definitely made, it is sug
gested that the coming session Of con-
gress will probably appropriate funds
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