Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1901-09-20
A GUARD OF HONOR
Now Stands III silent Caeli-
ence Ab0at the LATE Pres
ident's Tomb.
THE LAST OBSEQJIES
No Gre alter HonOrs Were Ever Paid
to Auy Man Than We're Shown at
Canton 10 the Martyr.
Pathetic Scenes Accompanying the
Last Act In GIe1t National
Tragedy.
THE LAST OBSEQJIEs

Canton. Ohio. Sept. 20.-No greater
reverence las ever been shown TO any
man. living or dead. than was eXhib-
tied toward the dead president yester-
day As the funeral car passed
through the streets men and women
sobbed convulsively, and at the Gem
etery gates wssre the crowd was
densely packed and where the people
had remained for hours pressing
against the iron fence, TWO women
vault. 1t was Il wonderful tribute Of
surprising love that was rendered in
his native place 10 tie memory OF
William Mckinley. and il viii he long
before greater or more reverent honor
is paid 10 any man.
1t was exactly four minutes after
{ O'Clock when the funeral car bu&e
the remains of the dead president
through the gateway OF his last rest
Ing place. Twenty minutes after that
time the brief services ut the vault
were over. the members Of the fam
lily and lii g -uished men OF the ma
honor, had passed through the gates
on their homeward way. one hour
and ~ minutes after the hearse had
entered the cemetery the place was
clear and the dead president was rest
ing alone under the watchful care OF
III mn ~ rba raoi,Iar army seq
trv,s measured rraad resounded from
rho ,.e,,,,s.,t walk before tba vuult. an
o+har l,.f,+ vi.riI an rhe grassy slope
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woo.lla,,o was Witnessed bv tIio5I-
sapas l-I,ao win, ma i..sri.. snl..nntty
S,,,.,.o,,,,l..,l ~, his ,onDt1.7tntu and his
+o,-rsra.,,Ia in me nrasauce Of the
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a.t,in. i,.+i,a- of rio T-ui+ad S+ates
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tatfvas in CONGRESS- the heads of the
military and naval establishments.
the governors of states and a great
,.orcn,,..sa 1T n.unle who had known
opd Invad him Hi that i mortal Of
+bo t,,i,.3 ,,aSil.pt ~ f,ll ~ an asSas-
s;r,s b,,1Iaf was commf,fed ~ the
T. ,,.,s s,,o,.+,cla of MOURN.
fuI grandeur canton had ceased to
"a . TOWN ana sweued 10 the Dropor-
tions IF ! .ereot ci+v. From every city
ana hamlet i'll OHIO. from the remote
corners If the south. and from the
East ana West thp human tide had
flowed into fbe town until 100000 peo-
nj. wore within its Gates here to nav
tb.fr las tribu+eS to tha fallen chief
Ero,, tha tf,sf ,.,rrfa.r4 tb,t slammed
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.orna,- Conceal I1nox tba nras;da,,t
waIsad slowly toward the yauIr ana
roor n,siti6n IN rba south side II
tha u-all, ..Iosa "a +na door A. So
ra,arv Pct .o,na nm rho u-allx no
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nrasi5ar+ and members IF The "a bi,,a+
rbo wara followed nv The officers ,f
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