Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-05-31
MRS. M'k|HLEY is DEAD .
NO STRUGGLE OR PAIN WHEN Wild.
OW OF MARTYRED PRESI-
DENT PASSES AWAY.
PRAYED LONG FOR DEATH.
President, Vice President and Members of
Cabinet to Attend Funeral at
Canton on Wednesday.

CANTON, O., May 27.--At 100
o'clock Sunday afternoon Mrs. William
Mckinley fell into the sleep that knows
no awakening. The transition from life
to death was so peaceful and gradual
that it was with difficulty the vigilant
physicians and attendants noted when
dissolution came.
There was no struggle, no pain. Mrs.
Mckinley never knew of the efforts
made for days to prolong her life, nor of
the solicitious hope against hope of her
sister and other relatives and friends for
l!er recovery.
At the Mckinley home when death
came there were present Secretary Cor
telyou, Mr. and Mrs. NJ. G. Barber, Mrs.
Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther Day, Justice
and Mrs. William II. Day, Drs. Portman
and Rixey, and the nurses.
Plans for Funeral.
Official announcement of the plans for
the funeral will be made probably late
this afternoon. To Justice William r.
Day, the life long neighbor and intimate
friend and trusted adviser of Mckinley,
and Secretary Cortelyou, the details have
been left. The wishes of Mrs. Barber,
the only surviving sister of Mrs. Mchln-
ley, have been carefully considered in ev.
cry respect.
1t is the hope of all Canton people
that the body may lie in state some time
Tuesday or Wednesday. This, however,
has not yet been determined.
Official steps are being taken to have
suspension of business during the fu-
neral Wednesday afternoon. 1t is
thought the public schools will be closed.
President Will Attend
During the short stay of the President
and cabinet members, and Wee PRESIDENT
and Mrs. Fairbanks, while not at the
Mckinley funeral, will be provided for
at the residence of Justice and Mrs. Will
liam X. Day, whose residence is but
three doors from the Mckinley home.
Special precautions will be taken for
their safety. President Roosevelt and
members of his cabinet who will arrive
in Canton, Wednesday morning, will be
the guests of Justice and Mrs. w. X.
Day.
Paralysis Hastens Death.
Although for thirty years Mrs. Nc
Kinley had been something OF an lnvald,
she was comparatively well until week
ago, when she suffered stroke OF paral.
vsis. After that there was no hope OF
prolonging her life beyond a few days.
Throughout the long period of her in
yalidism, dating from the death of her
two little children, Mrs. Mckinley showed
a firm and unWavering belief In the
career of her husband and by her cheer
ing words. in spite of personal Affections,
encouraged him when there was dark
ness at hand. She believed that his star
of destiny would never set until he had
become President of this land and for
more than Il quarter OF century cher
ished that belief until her hopes were
realized
After President McKinley's death she
expressed a desire to join him and
praved day by day that she might die.
Later, however, she frequently told
friends she desired to live until the COM
pletion of the Mckinley mausoleum,
which is to be dedicated on Monument
hill September 3 next.
There was not much to vary the mon
otony of Mrs. McI\inley's life after the
assassination of her husband in Buffalo.
She kept closely to her home III Canton,
surrounded by a few intimate friends:
The public understood her grlet and
sympathized keenly with her, but not
many ventured to intrude on her pri-
yacy.
Is Wooed and Won by Mckinley.
Mrs. Mckinley was born IN Canton
June 5, 1871. James A. Sa1ton, her
father was an intellectual and progress
i've business man and banker, his wife
lady of culture and refinement. Ida Sax
ton was reared in home of comfort and
ease. After attending Canton schools
she was Il pupil at a private school at
Delhi, n y. Later she went to Cleve-
land academy and finished her education
at Brook Hall seminary, Media, Pa,
where she spent three years Fart OF the
years of her young Womanhood were
spent in the Stark County bank, which
Belonged to her father. On several oc-
casions She had charge of the institution.
While she taught Sunday school in the
Presbyterian church young Lawyer WI.
liam Mckinley was superintendent OF
the First Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school. Among many admirers and suit
ors the handsome young soldier, who had
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