Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-05-27
MRS. M'K|NLEY
PASSES AWAY
End Came Peace
fully Yesterday
Afternoon
ENTIRE NATION MOURMs
Funeral To Be Held Wed
nesday..President and Cab
met to Attend.

Canton, Ohio. May 27.--Mrs. Will
lam Mckinley, wife of the late mar
tyred Presin, t, passed peacefully
away at the family home here at 1905
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. At the
bedside when the end came were Mr.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. G. Barber, Mrs. Bar
Ter being the only surviving sister.
Secretary Cortelyou. Mrs. Sarah Dun
can, Mrs Luther Day, Justice and
Mrs. William r. Day, Doctors Port
mann and Rixey and the nurse
The immediate cause of Mrs. Nc
kinleys death was slight stroke of
paralysis suffered four days ago,
which together with her weakened
condition brought on by an attack of
la grippe suffered several months
ago, caused dissolution.
The Funeral on Wednesday.
To Justice William R. Day, life
long neighbor and intimate friend of
the late President Mckinley and Sec.
retory Cortelyou have been left the
details and arrangements for the fun
eral. The wishes of Mrs. M. G. Bar
Der, the only surviving sister of Mrs
Mckinley, will be carefully observed.
Steps are being taken to suspend
business here during the funeral We'd
nesday afternoon The public
schools will be dismissed.
President Roosevelt, the Cabinet
members and Vice President and Mrs.
Fairbanks will attend the funeral
and will be cared for during their
stay here at the residence of Justice
Day.
The body of Mrs. Mckinley will be
placed in the vault in West Lawn
Cemetery which holds also the body
of her husband, until the completion
of the National Mausoleum on Nc
Knley Hill, when both caske-ts will
be transferred to receptacles in that
place.
Had Been III All Winter.
Mrs. Mckinley had been III nearly
all winter, having suffered a severe
attack of the grip months ago, fol
lowed later by bronchitis. The ply
sicians say that in her weakened con
dton she was an easy victim to the
disease to which she succumbed yes
terday
She was nearing the Goth anniver-
sary Of her birth. and long had been
in feeble health Mrs. Mckinley
gave UP knitting recently, and this
was taken as an indication that her
hold upon life was Slight, as ever
since the tragic death of her husband
she had found solace in knitting
slippers for friends and invalids.
OF late Mrs Mckinley had been
obliged to keep close within doors,
but before that she was in the habit
of taking daily walks and of riding
to the cemetery with flowers TO place
upon the casket that contains the
pOuy OIL ner ldte husband
Canton in Mourning.
The feeling of mourning in Canton
over Mrs. McKinley's death is only
second to that which was exhibited
at the death of her lamented hus-
band. Her demise has cast a gloom
over the entire city and business will
be suspended on the day of the fun
eral Mrs. Barber, the grief stricken
sister, is being deluged with tele-
grams of coincidence from all parts of
the country, showing that the sor-
row over Mrs. McKinley's death is
universal
Last Wish Denied BY Death.
1t is stated by close friends of
Mrs. Mckinley that it was her great
est wish that she might live to wit
ness the unveiling of the monument
to President Mckinley in September
but that recently she mad expressed
belief that she would be denied that
privilege.