The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-05-30
PLACED TO REST
BESIDE HUSBAND.
FUNERAL or MRS. M'kiNLEY
MARKED BY SIMPLE AND
BRIEF SERVICES.
HIS FAvORI1E SONGS
Rendered at His Burial, Sung Yester-
day--Roosevel Pays Tribute
to Home Life of the Mar
tyred President.

Canton, OHIO, May 90 The body o
Ida Saxton Mckinley tonight rests
beside that of her dis inglished hus
band in Westlawn cemetery Her last
words, 20, God why should Longer
wait? Let me lie beside him. have
been answered.
The funeral services held at the
Mckinley home were extremely
simple. Four songs were sung; the
same that were sung at the funeral
of President McKinley-and the ser
vice was the simple ritual of the
Methodist Episcopal church.
President Roosevelt arrived at
12:45 p. m. and was driven i'm
me1iately to the residence of Asso
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court
Day for luncheon Amongst others at
the table were Secretaries Root, Cor
telyou and Wilson, Governor Harris
and former Governor Herrlck of Ohio.
In Spot Where Husband Rested.
lmmedia ely after luncheon the
president and party were driven to
the Mckinley home. The body in it's
black casket rested in it's fower-em-
lowered place in the so called cam
paign office" in the identical spot
where President McKinley's body lay
after the Buffalo tragedy. Flowers in
set pieces. merely fastened together
by ribbons. with roses which Mrs. Nc
Kinley favored predominating, filled
the room. while many more for which
there was not room in the house were
sent to the Westlawn cemetery ahead
Of the cortege.
President Roosevelt. Vice President
Fairbanks and Secretaries Root, Will
son and corselyou occupied aeats4yin,
the parlor across the hall In this
room also were Governor Harris and
former Governor Her,ick.. Relatives
and Immediate friends Of the family
were seated in the hall and adjoining
rooms.
While the services were being con.
ducted by Rev Dr. Buxton of the
First Methodist Episcopal church and
Rev DR.. Holmes. formerly pastor OF
the church, all business. schools and
places of amusement both in the city
and surrounding country closed and
street cars in the vicinity of the Nc
Kinley home did not run.
All Canton Shows Respect.
Thousands Of people lined the side
walks and were pressed behind the
ropes along North Market and Louis |
streets, and all along the route TO
Westlawn cemetery flags were at half
mast and men and women in sombre
garb lined the way.
The pail bearers were Judge Henry |
W. Harter. John C. Dueber, Joseph |
Biechele, Robert Cassidy and George |
n Frease, who were honorary pail /
bearers at the funeral of President !
and Austin Lynch, R. S.
Shields and Judge C. C. Bow. When
the services in the cemetery were
over the presidential party returned
to the Baltimore and
Ohio depot. where the 4:35 train for
was taken.
1t was half an hour after the presi-
dent boarded his ear at Canton before
ID left for Akron Junction. A large
crowd assembled in the vicinity mean
lime and the president several times
on the platform and wished
he people good luck to which they
responded with rousing cheers. Incl !
lentally on one occasion he took ad-
vantage of the opportunity to say a
word of his visit and of the beautiful
home life of the McKinley's speaking
q follows:
Roosevelt Eulogizes Home Life.
I'VE have come here today to at
end the funeral of Mrs. Mckinley.
President Mckinley rendered very
,reat service to this nation as pub
ic man but no greater than he and
Mrs. Mckinley rendered by their
,ome life. which could well be an ex-
ample to all our nation. The essential
hings after all are the homely things.
p resident NJ. Kinley served his coun
~ as an American citizen should l
tTNe MS tDuHtEy III tithh vi WI an |
n time of peace. But II was in his
,wn home perhaps that in his devo- a
ion to the loving woman we have just a
,uried. he gave the best example to q
IS all"
Vice President Fairbanks who came G
rom indianapolis to attend the s
uneral occupied the seat adjoining !
he president while the latter was {
rafting at the station. President ,
Roosevelt introduced his distinguished I
ssociate TO the crowd and the latter d
owed his acknowledgements. Fair
anks will travel with the president
n indianapolis where the latter
peaks tomorrow at the dedication Of |
he LawtOn monument I
Secretary Root who came to Can Z
1r with the president, returned east |
,uight and Secretary Wilson went to