Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-09-25
HE SLEEPS WELL
Beloved of the Nation in His
"Windowless Palace
of Rest"
WORLD WEEPs AT HIS BIER
National Heart Answers to the Grief
Throb at Canton.

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solemnity, surrounded by his country
men and his townspeople, in the pres
ence Of the president of the United
States, the cabinet, justices of the
United States supreme court, senators
and representatives in congress, the
heads of the military and naval estab-
lishments, the governors of states, and
a great concourse of people who had
known and loved him, all that is NOR
tai of the third president to fall by an
assassin's bullet, was Thursday COM
mitted to the grave. 1t was spec
tacle of mournful grandeur. Canton
ceased to be town and swelled to
the proportions of great city. From
every city and hamlet in Ohio, from
the remote corners of the south and
from the east and west, the human
tide flowed into the town until 100000
people were within its gates-here to
pay their last tribute to the fallen
chief.
The final scenes Mt the First Meth
Oulol NaulSll, MASLC IhS AuASAdA DEL
vice was held, and at the beautiful
West Lawn cemetery, where the body
was consigned to vault, were simple
and impressive. The service ut the
church consisted Of n brief Grafton,
prayers by the ministers of three de-
nominations, and singing by quar-
tette. The body was then taken to
West Lawn cemetery ana placed in
receiving vault, pending the time when
it will be fir"lly laid to rest beside the
dead children who We're buried years
ago. The funeral procession was very
imposing, and included not only the
Representatives Of the army and navy of
the United States, but the entire mill
tary strength of the state of Ohio and
hundreds OF civic, fraternal and other
organizations. 1t was two miles long.
The Soldiers Lass Call.
The service at the vault was that of
the Methodist church. When it was
over Colonel Bingham waved his hand
to eight buglers Of the Canton band,
who had taken station upon the side
of the mound, above and to the south
Of the vault. Instantly from the eight
bugles rang out the notes of the SOL
dier's last call, "taps." 1t was beau
tifully done, and the last notes of the
bugles died away so softly that all
who heard 1t remained listening for q
| few seconds to hear if it was really
ended. When the last note had floated
away Secretary Wilson was in tears,
Secretary Hitchcock also weeping, and
the presiden was gazing grimly at the
wall. 1t was. the last moment for the
man who had been so closely associ
ated with the president for SO long
and the thought seemed, greater thar
most of them could uear.
It was all ended at last.
Tears Give Her Blessed Relief
One of the most pathetic features
Of the day was the absence of Mrs
Mckinley from the funeral services al
the church and cemetery, when thu
body of her husband was laid to rest
Since the first shock Of the shootin:
> she had borne up bravely. But Their,
: was limit to human endurance, ant
when yesterday came it found her to
weak to pass through the trials of tn
final ceremonies. Through the opel
door of her room she heard the praye
? of the minister as the body was born
/ out of the house. After that DR.. RiS
ey renamed close by ner side. and al
though the FULL force Of the calamit
, had come upon her it was believed b.
I those about her that there was a prov
DENTAL mercy in her tears, as the
gave some relief to the anguish of til
heart within.