The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-05-28

of the solcitous 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 Barber, Mrs.
Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther Day, JUS
tice and Mrs William r. Day, DR..
Portmann, Surgeon General Rixey and
the nurses.
"Mrs. McKinley's vitality was won
derful" said Dr. Portmann.
Funeral on Wednesday.
1t was by Secretary Cortelyou that
the announcement of the demise was
given to the public. AS this was fash
ed over the land William Mckinley
post and George D. Harter post, G. A.
r., were forming in line and to the
strains of a band playing THE March
Religlosa" went to the First Methodist
Episcopal church to listen to the an
nual memorial address which was CIV
EN- by DR., Buxton, Mrs, McKinley's
pastor
The funeral arrangements, so far as
made, are that Dr. Buxton will have
charge of the services, which are to be
simple. They will be held at the Nc
Kinley home at 2 O'clock Wednesday
afternoon.
President Roosevelt, accompanied by
Secretaries Root, Garfield and Wilson,
Admiral Rixey. surgeon general of the
navy who attended Mrs. Mckinley
eI4o III,
rotary Loeb, will arrive here on We'd
nesday morning to attend the funeral.
Secretary Cortelyou, who was Presi-
dent McKinley's private secretary, and
Associate Justice Day of the supreme
court of the United States will remain
here until after the obsequies. Vice
President Fairbanks, who had often
been house guest of the McKinleys,
is also expected to reach here in time
to attend the funeral service.
Long an Invalid.
The body of Mrs. Mckinley will be
placed in the vault in Westlawn GENE
terry, which holds the remains of her
husband, until the completion of the
national mausoeum on Monument hill,
when both Baskets will be transferred
TO receptacles in that tomb.
Mrs. McKinley's life Of almost sixty
years had been made familiar to the
nation by the fact that more than half
of 1t was a period of invalidism.
Through all this, however, she showed
a firm and unwavering belief in the
career of her husband, and by her
cheerful words, in spite of personal af-
Gictions, encouraged him when there
was darkness at hand.
She believed that his star of destiny
would never be set until he had become
president of this land and for more
than quarter of century cherished
that belief until her hopes were real
lied
Prayed to Die.
After President McKinley's death she
expressed desire to join him and
prayed day by day that she might die.
Later, however, she frequently told
friends she desired to live until the
completion of the Mckinley mausole-
nm, which is the gift of the nation
and which is to be dedicated on Monu-
ment Hill Sept 80 next
Ida Saxton Mckinley was born in
Canton June 8, 1S47 While she taught
Sunday school in the Presbyterian
church young Lawyer William McKin-
ley, Jr., was a superintendent of the
First Methodist Episcopal Sunday
school Among many admirers and
Buitors the handsome young soldier,
who had been with Grant and Sheridan
and won distinction in the Shenandoah
valley, was the favored one. The cou-
pie were married on IAN %, 1871.