Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-05-31
ms. N'KINLEY dead
IIVFVAL Held WEDNESDAY,.
PRESIDENT ATTENDS.
..., With ParaIysis-she Never
,,,,, If Efforts to Prolong Her Life
,.,v Relatives at Bedside-Dr.
.o, Will Have Charge Of Funeral
Services


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tut tA ,+oD Ohio, May 27-Mrs. Will
unifom Canton, law NV widow of the late presi-
u Siod at her home here at l:O5
enl c,rdav afternoon. For many
CUM ,tno Mckinley has been an in
al con eal9 She recovered from the shock
WallaCs anu S,,sband's tragic death, but it
H e.. n,orl, and when it was known
eporte ~ had suffered stroke of para
le leaI a. !. ,ttlo hope was felt that she could
is N uTive .s,,,,,, o1r,os+ i'm
Fer aa in th1y Mrs. Mckinley never
y Aea eoopo ~ The efforts made to prolong
prted a life or tne t SUil onG other relatives
~ ~, Ol' : frionds for her recovery. At the
oialns vin1ov home, when death came,
O- 7as .na we're present Secretary Cortel-
'V4O4 ivy Mr. and Mrs NJ. c. Barber, Mrs
.sob Duncan. Mrs. Luther Day, JUS
, me and Mrs. William r. Day, Doctors
1liHl .sr,orn and Rixey and the nurses.
~ Wv Mckinley lived hours longer
oO0u w. uos exnected," said the secretary.
pu1 l@l rita1itv was wonderful" said
au' portemann. 1t was by Secretary
seS ...o,rou that the announcement
90 ooo tbo demise was given to the public.
oooirs This was flashed over the land
=, Tn,om Mckinley post and George d.
,..tor most G A. R., were forming in
oIu ~ and IN the strains of 1.-THE March
4 ~ Daigioso" went to the First Metho-
,ant y lief Episcopal church to listen to the
rrral memorial address, which was
Tivpn nv DR.. H. Buxton, Mrs. McKin-
eyS pastor.
near The funeral arrangements, so lar as
e from made are that Dr. Buxton will have
ddle Of barge of the services which are to be
simne They will be held at the Nc
Present KinIev home at o'clock, Wednesday
DaAer afternoon.
uld be secretary Cortelyou is directing the
arrangements, and will remain here
and A. until after the funeral. DR.. Rixey left
ed the here at 5:33 this evening for Wash
Pat ngon. He will join President Roose-
once ret and will go with him on his trip
le Indianapolis and Lansing this week.
II was announced that President
,,.u Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb will ar
ls i've in Canton Wednesday morning to
.s attend the funeral services. Vice Presi-
a
No. quest of the McKinleys, is expected
rra.e reach here in time to attend the fun
netrns Plal service.
The body of Mrs. Mckinley will be
,t.,go laced in the vault in West Lawn
ovm cemetery, which holds also the body
cons G her husband, until the completion OF
+,m.ts he national mausoleum on Monument
.N bin, when both caskets will be trans
erred to recepticles in that tomb.
,loa From numerous friends of Mrs. Nc
Il NJ Inley Mrs Barber this evening re-
rrnita eved kilograms of coincidence on the
eath of her sister. Among them were
9 hs elegrams from President Roosevelt
State Ind Vice President Fairbanks.
Rna Mrs. McKinley's life of almost gu
me- ears had been made familiar to the
omen aton by the fact that more than half
en on f it was a period Of invalidism.
new through all this, however, she showed
orally firm and unwavering belief in the
-eun career of her husband and by her
cheering words, in spite of personal
The Affections, encouraged him when there
onrd was darkness at hand She believed
sam hat his star of destiny would never set
his until he had become president of this
vel land, and for more than a quarter OF a
,aring century cherished that belief until her
H2 hopes were realized.
feet After President McKinley's death
butte fhe expressed a desire to join him, and
Hid prayed day by day that she might
rppt dle Later however, she frequently
hell od friends that she desired to live
was until the completion of the Mckinley
nausoeum, which is the gift of the
com lation and which is to be dedicated on
nm q Monument hill September 80 next.