The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-27
Without Pain or Strug-
gle, Mrs. VIM. Nc
Kinley Goes to Rest
| FUNERAL TO BE
| HELD WEDNESDAY
To the Last Eer Vitality Was
Wonderful but the End Came
Peacefully, Like Child
Falling Asleep-Story Of
Her Life One Of Love
and Devotion.

CANTON. o., May 26.--At 1905 o'clocA
this afternoon Mrs. William Mckinley
fell into the sleep that knows no awak- &
ening. Tho transition from life to
death was so peaceful and gradual that
it was with difficulty that the vgilant
dissolution came.
There was no struggle--no pain. Mrs.
Mckinley never knew Of the efforts
made for days to prolong her life, nos.
of the solicitous hope against hope Of
her sister and other relatives and
friends for her recovery.
at the Mckinley home. when DEATH
came. there were present Secretary
Cortelyou. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ G. Barber,
Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther Day,
Justice and Mrs. William r. Day, Drs.
Portmann and Rixey and the nurses.
Mrs. Mckinley lasted hours longer
than we expected" said the secre
tary.
Her vitality was wonderful said
DIR. Portmann.
1t was by Secretary Cor.elyou that
given to the public. AS this was
flashed over the land, William McKin-
ley Post and George D. Harter Post,
G.. A. r., We're forming In line, and to
the strains of a band playing The
March Rcligosa, went to the First
Methodist Episcopal Church to listen
to the annual memorial addresi. which
was given by Or. Buxton. Mrs. Nc
Kinley's pastor.
Funeral Services Wednesday,. gs
The funeral arrangements so far a $ 1
made. are that DIR. Buxton will have
charge OF the services, which$are to be
simple, and they will be held at the
Mckinley residence at 2Soclocls w ed
nesday. Secretary Cortelyout $is di-
itrecting the arrangemnts.a ano will re-
main here until after the funeral. DR..
Rixey left here at 5:s2 o'clock this
afternoon for Washington: He will
join President Roosevelt and will go
with him on his trip to Indianapolis
nounced tonight that President Roose-E
Welt and Secretary Loeb will arrive
in Canton Wednesday morning to at-s
tend the funeral services with Vice
President Fairbanks, who had often
been house guest of the McKinleys,8
and is expected to reach here in time
to attend the funeral services.
placed in the vault in West Lawn
Cemetery, which holds the remains OF
her husband. until the completion OF I
the mausoleum on Monument Hill.
W<en both caskets will be transferred
to ~ .eptacles in that tomb.
From numerous friends Of the de-
ceased, Mrs. Barber this evening re-
ceived kilograms of coincidence on the
death Of her sister. Among them were
tolr cvn., Z 4
and Nice-President Fairbanks
An Invalid for Years.
Mrs. McKlnley's life of almost sixty
years has been more famillar8t to the
nation by the fact, that 9lore than
half OF 1t was a period Of lnyalidisn.
Through all this. however. she showed
a firm and unwavering belief in the
career OF her husband and by her
cheering words, in spite of personal af-{
nictlons. encouraged him when there
was darkness at hand.
After President Mckinley's death sne
expressed a desire to join him and
prayed daily that she might join him.
| Later however. she frequently told
| completion OF the Mckinley Mausoleun,y
which is the gift of the national gov
ernment and which is to be dedicated
on Monument Hill, September S0th
next.
sketcl, of Her Life,
Ida, Saxton Mckinley was born in
Canton. June s. 1S47. James A. Sax
ton. her father, was an intellectual
and progressive business man and
banker: his wife. a lady Of extraordi-s
nary culture and refinement. Ida Sax
1 ton was reared in a home of comfort
and ease, After attending Canton
\ sol jn at nriv tea
school at Delhi. N. y. Later she went
| to q Cleveland academy and finished
her education at Brook Hall Seminary.
/ Media, Pa, where she spent three
4 years.
/, Parts of the years Of her young
womanhood We're spent in the Stark
/ County Bank, which belonged to her
i father On several occasions she had
/ charge OF tho institution.
\ While she taught Sunday school In
tho Presbyterian Church, young Law
4 yer William Mckinley, Jr., was Super
.lintendent Of the First Methodist Epis-
Icopal Sunday School. Among many
I5admirers and suitors the handsome
young soldier who had been with
Grant and Sheridan and Won dstinc-
tion In the Shenandoah Valley, was
| tho favored one.
BY James SaXton, her father, these
words were spoken to Mckinley, when
the hand of the daughter was gained: !:
4 You are the only man have ever
! known to whom ] wrtlld intrust my
| daughter
| Married In 1871. @
On January %. 1871. William Nc
/ liinley and Ida sSaXton We're united In
marriage. The wedding was perform
ed In tho then new Presbyterian Church
Rev pr. buckingham, of that con-
/ gregatlon, and Rev. Or. Endsley of the
First Methodist Church. officiating.
4 After an Eastern trip. including
4 Washington and a short time OF board
4 Ing, the Mcliinleys purchased the home
4 on North Market street. which, In later
4 years, became famous as the Mckin-
1 ley cottage. 1t was during their short
d 50 inurn In tilIS -hnme--hallnWad To