Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-18

delegations OF army and navy officials.
There the soldiers and seamen carried
the casket from the hearse to the OBJ
Servation car placed in the second see
tion of the funeral train.
The casket was placed on standards
draped with the national colors and
was covered with floral embems.
Tomorrow, still another train will
carry to Canton large party of sela-
tors and representatives prominent in
national life. The three sections into
which the train was divided left at
l0-minute intervals.
The second section was the Presi-
Dental train proper. made up of prac-
tically the same seven cars which
made the trip from Buffalo. The car
Olympia was assigned TO Mrs Mckin-
ley. while the cars Edgemere. which
came next was occupied by the Presi
dent and his cabinet. Behind in order
came the sleepers Naples and Belgra-
via. the dining car Waldorf and COM
bination car On this train were the
following passengers:
Mrs. Mckinley and maid. Mr.. and Mrs
Abner Mckinley. Mr. and Mrs. 4. J.
Duncan and Miss Helen Mckinley. Mrs.
her. DR., and Mrs. II. l.. Baer and maid,
Lieut.. James Mckinley. Miss Sarah Dun
can: Captain and Mrs. Lafayette Nc
Williams. Mr. William Duncan. Mr..
Mrs. f.. A. Stafford DIR. and Mrs. Rixey,
and Hon. Charles G. Dawes and Mrs.
Dawes. Miss Mckenzie and Miss Hunt
nurses Mrs. Henry Mathews. Mr., and
Mrs. y. c. SchelleS. Mrs. Rand. Mrs. J.
y. Porter, the President. Secretary Root.
Attorney General Knox. Postmast Cen
eral Smith and Mrs. Smith, Secretary
Long. Secretary and Mrs. Hitchcock. Sec
Mrs. Cortclyou. Assistant Secretary Hill.
Assistant Secretary Barnes. Col. r. +.
Montgomcry; NJ G, Wasslcr. John G;
nehl ' HaTrH rom amlin aSa'"ny caritan sprarns na""
Ma jor Thomas w. SymonS, I. s. A.
Senator Hanna and Secretary Dover. Sem
ator Fairbanks. Senator Borrows. Sena-
tor kean. Representative Alexander.
Aaron. II. F. b. MacFarland. Eli Tor
renee. representing the 6. A. r.. and the
hodyguard consisting of two officers and
l6 men.
The third section Of the train was de-
voted entirely to the accommodation OF
the army and navy officers. There were
Generals Brooke, Otis and Gillespie, Ad-
miral Dewey and Rear Admirals Crown
nShield. ONcil. Bradford. Melville
Bowles and FarpTahr Gen. Haywood.
commandant of marines. and number of
junior officers of the army and navy.
Lieut.. Gen. Miles is to take passage on
this train at some intermediate point be
tween here and Canton ANA GOV. Nasi.
and two of his staff are to join it at
Pittsburg.
President Rooscvelt's arrival at the
train occurred at 80. His brother-in-
law, Capt. Cowles Of the navy. accompan-
led him.
1t was just before 3 o'clock when Mrs
Mckinley was driven to the station
Fearing the effect of the long walk from
the carriage entrance to the ear set apart
for her next to the head of the train a
rolling chair had been provided She de-
clined this. however. and walked with
surprising firmness. assisted by ADner
Mckinley and DR.. RiXey.
1t was $40 O'Clock when this section:
steamed away. The observation car bear
ing the body was flooded with light.
through its crystal sides everything could
be seen. so arranged that as the train
swept through the night the caskct, wit
a soldier standing at the head and a sail
or at the foot. could be plainly seen.
Ten minutes later the third section of
the train bearing the army and navy
officers sneI