Evening star., 1901-09-19


was sealed before it was borne away from
the court house. 1t had been the hope OF
many of the old friends of the family
here that the face would be exposed while
the services in the church were being held
this afternoon, but this suggestion could
not be agreed to When Mrs. Mckinley
came into the death chamber last night
for her last moments beside her dead
husband she wished to have final look
at the upturned face. But this was inn
possible, and the sealed casket with Its
flowers and flags were all that she saw.
Beautiful Collection of Flowers.
The collection of flowers was probably
the most beautiful ever seen In the Unit d
States. The conservatories of the country
had been denuded to supply them. BY the
direction of the monarchs of Europe, the
South American rulers, the governors of
the British colonies in Australia and Cana
da, the Emperor of Japan, from the four
quarters of the earth, in fact. came dIrec-
tions to adorn the bier of Mckinley with
flowers whose fragrance might be symboli-
cal of the sweetness and purity or the
ended life. But these tributes from foreign
countries were buried beneath the floral
tributes of McKinley's countrymen- There
were tons and tons of them. and list Of
those who sent them would be almost
complete roster of those prominent In the
official commercial and social life of she
United States.
A feature of the floral tributes was the
large number sent by organizations of
various characters = fraternal, commercial
and political
Toward noon the crowds in the vicinity
of the Mckinley mansion had increased to
tens of thousands North Market street
was a living, seething mass of humanity
for five squares below the house.
The number of prominent public men in
the city was augmented as every train ar
rived and the city numbered among it's
mourning guests those who are most proml-
nent in every walk of public life. Among
the arrivals this morning were Speaker
Henderson and a number of his colleagues
of the House of Representatives. including
those who had served in the House with
Mckinley; Justice Mckenna of the United
States Supreme Court who was member
of the ways and means committee when the
Mckinley bill was drawn: Serene Payne.
present chairman of the ways and means
committee; General Grosvenor of Ohio, Sem
ator Bate of Tennessee. Governor Longlno
of Mississippi, together with delegations
representing states, cities, chambers of
commerce and innumerable civic organiZa-
tions.
Gen. Wood Unable to Attend.
Secretary Root received dispatch from
General Leonard Wood, governor of Cuba,
this morning stating that he was tied up by
washouts in Georgia and had been COM
PEELED to abandon air hope of reaching here
in time for the funeral.
During the morning General Ell Torrance.
commander-in-chef, G. A. r.. sent the fol-
lowing message to Mrs Mckinley by Judge
Day:
I'm behalf of the Grand Army of the Re-
public / wish to comfort you with the as
surance that you have the tender sympathy
and unfailing love of every surviving SOL
der of the Union, and our prayer Is that
the Gracious Father will sustain you.
ELL TORRANCE,
"Commander-in-Chief G. A r."
Several regiments of soldiers were re-
quired to preserve semblance of order.
a6 he rod
along the curbs and within the walks for
half mile in either direction. A platoon
of soldiers was thrown across the gate
leading up to the door of the Mckinley
house, and only those with written per-
nit from Secretary Cortelyou were permit
ted to enter the grounds. The vast throng
was contented, however, to gaze at the cur
tanned windows and at rare intervals to see
some member of the family an attend
ant come to the porch outside.
Silent Chamber of Death
Within the chamber of death all was in
tensely silent. No longer was the coming
and going of relatives and near friends.
The curtains were closely drawn, en-
shrouding the room in gloom, with no ray
of gas to light up the melancholy scene.
The guards still stood motionless at their
posts. a soldier at the head of the casket
and sailor, with drawn cutlass, at the
foot Thus throughout the morning the
vast multitude surged without. while the
silence within was broken only by the weep
ing of the stricken widow.
SERVICES At THE CHURCH.
A Simple but Highly Impressive Cere-
TnOny There.
CANTON, September 19.-The services in
the church were simple They began with
the rendition of an organ prelude, Beet
hoven's Funeral March," played by Miss
-,
prelude were stied the Euterpean Ladies'
Quartet of Canton sang The Beautiful Isle
of Somewhere" Rev. o. b. Milligan, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church Of
Canton delivered the invocation.
The Goth Psalm was read by DR. John A.
Hall of the Trinity Lutheran Church of
Canton, and that portion of the 18th chap
ter of First Corinthians included between
the 41st and 5Sth verses was read by Rev.
f. P. Herbruck of the Trinity Reformed
Church of Canton. The favorte hymn of
President Mckinley, Lead, Kindly Light"
was then rendered by a quartet of two male
and two female VOICES. When this hymn
had been finished DR.. G. E. Manchester,
pastor of the First Methodist Church, de-
iivered his address, which read as follows:
Speech of Rev. Mr.. Manchester.
Mr. Manchester said: Our President is
dead.
The silver cord is ioosed: the golden bowl
fountain: the wheel broken at the cistern
The mourners go about the streets. One
voice is heard-a wall of sorrow from all
the land; for 'the beauty of Israel is slain
upon thy high places. How are the mighty
fallen.
II am distressed for thee my brother
Very pleasant hast thou been unto me-
Our President is dead. We can hardly
believe 1t. We had hoped and prayed and
1t seemed that our hopes were to be real
lied and our prayers answered, when the
emotion of joy was changed to one of
grave apprehension Still we waited for
we said: 1T may be that God will be gra-
cious and merciful unto u.s."
1t seemed to us that ii must be His will
to spare the life of one well beloved and
so much needed. Thus, alternating between
hope and fear, the weary hours passed on
Then came the tidings of defeated science
and of the failure of love and prayer to
hold it's object to the earth. We seemed
to hear the family muttered words: Good
bye all, goodbye 1t is Gods way His
will be DONE" and then Nearer My God
to Thee" So, nesting nearer to his God,
he passed out into Inconsistencies. skirted
the dark shores of the sea of death for a
time and then passed on to be at rest His
great heart had ceased to beat.
Hearts Heavy With Sorrow