Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-05-29
TRIBUTE TO MRS, WKINLEY
Eight Thousand Persons, kSstly Women
and Children, View the Body.
FUNERAL SERVICES THIS AFTERNOON
Sermon VIII be by DR.. Buxton and
Music VIII he same as mt
Service for the Late
President.

CANTON. O., May S.-Bight thousand
people passed through the Mckinley home
this afternoon and viewed the body of Mrs.
William Mckinley, Cantonians paid their
tribute in the best way they could, since
by request IT had been denied them the
privilege of any funeral decorations in the
city or any general municipal participation
in the ceremonies. 1t had been stated that
admission to the home would be from 8
to o'clock. At 1 30 today, however. worS.
and children lined up in front OF the ~ ~
waiting to pass by the casket. r ~
were opened at 2:SO. and frc eN
until $50 the aged, some .cN>% d
known Mrs Mckinley = .,,N the
middle aged and a = %St.sW % chill
dren paid silent b tribute to
the woman they loX hers carrying
babes on their srmsN ed two hours in
line for their turn to- pass through the
house. The casket rests in the room and
in the same place where the body of
President Mckinley was placed while in
the family home.
Hanging on the walls Of the room where
the body is reposlng are photographs Of
President Mckinley, Senator Hanna and
framed documents received by the presi-
dent during his illustrious career.
Plans for Funeral.
The funeral services tomorrow afternoon,
beginning at O'Clock, will be simple and
brief. DR.. Buxton. present pastor Of the
First Methodist Episcopal church. and DR..
Holmes, former pastor, will have charge.
-Four musical selections will be sung at
the service. The same music as was used
at the funeral Of the late president, Beau
tiful Isle Of Somewhere" Lead, Kindly
Light" and Nearer. My God. to Thee"
will be rendered by a quartet
Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Green will sing
duet. The Engale," by Rubenstein. The
president and party are to arrive here at
12:45 and will proceed to the residence Of
Justice William r. Day, then to the Nc
Kinley residence. In the funeral cortege
to the cemetery the presidents carriage
will follow the family carriage; next in
order will be officials representing the state
and city. The ritual services at the vault
in West Lawn Will be brief. President
Roosevelt will Immediately thereafter go
TO his train and leave for Indianapolis.
Vice President Fairbanks arrived this
evening. Governor Harris and other state
officers will come on a special train tomor-
row.
President Leaves Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 8 - President
Roosevelt left for Canton tonight at 915
o'clock. The presidential party occupied
the private car Magnet, attached to the
regular train over the Baltimors & Ohio
iraflroad.
Tomorrow the president is to attend
Mrs. McKinley's funeral at Canton; on
Memorial day, he is to speak at the un-
yelling of General Lawton's statue at In
dianapolis, and on Friday he is to ad-
dress the Michigan legislature at the
capitol building at Lansing. briefly, in the
morning and in the afternoon is to speak
to the students of the Agricultural col
lege there. Following the exercises at the
college there is to be a reception at the
railroad station of a delegation from the
Associated Harvard Clubs, after which
the president leaves for Washington.
! The president was accompanied by Sec
retaries Root. Garfield and Wilson, Secre-
/ tary Loeb, Herman Kohlsaat of Chicago,
/ Surgeon General and Mrs. Rixey and AS
/ sistant Secretary Latta.
/ The members OF the cabinet and Mr..
| Kohlsaat are going only so far as Canton
/ TO attend Mrs. McKinley's funeral after
which they will return to Washington. The
1 remainder of the party will continue with
the president through the entire trip.