Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-09-19
VISITORS THRONGlNG CANTON.
The Arrival of the Funeral Train EagerI
Awaited.


Awaited.
Canton, O., Sept. Is. although the
greater portion of the multitude which
is to attend the funeral services of
President Mckinley is not expected
before toEorrow, large number of
people arrived this morning, and from
now until night 1t is expected that
every hour will witness the arrival of
at least one special train. Tomorrow
they will come in four-fold numbers
compared to those OF today.
The trains this morning brought
largely organized bodies which are to
participate in the march tomorrow, and
during the morning the streets were
filled with marching bodies of knights
Templar and knights of Pythias, while
numbers of grizzledr veterans bearing
the badge which marked them members
of Major MoKinley's old regiment-the
Twenty third Ohio-elbowed their way
through the crowds, that packed the
sidewalks 5e
IMMENSE CROWD AT THE DEPOT.
Fully two hours before the time
scheduled for the arrival of the funeral
train people began to gather at the
Tenth street depot OF the Pennsylvania
railroad to await it's coming. A large
force of deputy marshals was sworn 10
last night to assist the Canon police 10
controlling the crowd, and, although
the people had no intention of creating
trouble, the size CT the crowd made its
control q matter of some difficulty for
the amateur guardians of the pence.
Time and again the crowd by sheer
weight of numbers PRESSED forward
beyond the limit set FOR 1t by the police,
only to be pushed back as often as it
pressed forward. 1t was not until the
militia and Troop A of Cleveland came
upon she soene that the crowd was beld
back, and even then it was restrained
only by the fact that 1t was physically
impossible for large detachment 0f
cavalry and larger crowd of civilians
to crowd into one space too small for
the latter slone. The crowd was finally
compelled to spread backward and line
itself along the route marked out for
the march from toe depot to the court
House.
1t was 10 O'Clock when the first OF
the carriages provided for the guests by
the executive committee arrived at the
depot, Each carriage had been oare-
fully Numbered and set apart for certain
suasta. and, as they arrived individually
at tina depot, there was considerable
trouble before they were arranged as
originally deaignsl for their distin-
guished occupants. All was finally set.
tied, however, aud by the time the
funeral train sTcived all was 10 readi-
ness for them.
A numter fof the executive committee
had been sent on east OF Canton to
board the funeral train, and to advise
each member OF the funsral party of
the place of residence selected for him
in Canton, and to give them their oar
riaFe numbers. This plan was adopted
in order to save confiictiop and clay
at the depot.
TRAIN THIRTY MINUTES LATE.
At 9.30 O'Clock word was received
through an Associated Press dispatch
that the funeral train was 80 minutes
later in leaving Pittsburg than was ex-
pected. The usual running time for
the fast trains on the Pennsylvania
railroad between Pittsburg and Canton
Is two hours and b8 minutes. md, rs it
was not likely that the funeral train
would exceed this schedule. because OF
Mrs McKinley's known aversion to fast
riding, it was practically certain the
train would not arrive in Canton before
1870 o'clock. Notwithstanding this
faut, tho members OF the executive and
reception committees, the escort ard
the funeral car were all at rhe dapot in
readiness at the time originally set, 1t
was the intention Of the committees
that there should be no lack of atten-
ton on their part, and no allowance
whatever was made for the known late
ness of the train.
When the streets had been finally
cleared Of pedestrians and the DEPOT
platform left free for the members Of
the com mittees and the pallbearers,
there was nothing to do but 10 wait.
The honorary pallbearers, John @.
Dueber, George b. Frease, r. A. Cas-
sidy, William K. Day, Joseph Biachele,
Henry w. Iiarter, William A. Lynch
and Thomas f.. McCarty, all clad in
long frock coats of black, wearing silk
hats and on the left arm long streainer
of crepe, occupied the centre of the
platform, while back of them stood the
committeeman and a numbsr OF the
more intimate friends OF President Nc
Kinley. Standing behind s1s depot
platform, drawn by four beautiful black
horses, not white hair upon one of
them, stood the hearHe. 1t was richly
carved and decorated funeral car. There