The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-05-27
Dissolution Was So Quiet and Gradual t Was Hardly
 NoticeaJlo
DEATH CAME AT 1IO5
 O'CLOCK YESTERDAY
Secretary Corteyou Has Charge of Funeral Arrangements Which VIII Be Held at Residence Wednesday.
 President Will Attend.

Canton o. May 26.-Mrs. William Me- Kinley died at 1: :05 o'clock this afternoon The transition from life to death was so peaceful and gradual that 1t was with difficulty that the vigilant physicians and attendants noted when dissolution came.
 There was no struggle-no pain. Mrs. Mckinley never knew of the efforts made for the prolongation of her life, nor the serious hope against hope of sister and other relatives and friends for her recovery.
 At the Mckinley home, when death came, there were present Secretary Cor telyod, MT. and Mrs. Barber. Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther Day, Justice and Mrs William R. Day, Drs. Portmann and Rixey and the nurses.
 Mrs Mckinley lasted hours longer than we expected" said the secretary. Her vitality was wonderful" said Dr. Portmann. It was by Secretary Cortel- you that the announcement of the de- mise was given to the public. As this was f1asLed over the land, William Me- Kinley Post and George D. Harter Post, c. A. R., were forming in line and to the strains of a band playing .rhe March Religiosa," went to the Methodist Epis- copal church to listen to the annual memorial address, which was given by Dr. Buxton, Mrs. McKinley's pastor.
 Funeral Arrangements.
 The funeral arrangements. so far as made is that Dr. Buxton will have charge of the services which are to be simple They will be held at the McKin- ley home at o'clock Wednesday after noon.
 Secretary Cortelyou is directing the ar engagements and will remain here until aftar the funeral. Dr. Rixey left here at b:53 this evening for Washington. He will Join President Roosevelt and go with him on his trip to Indianapolis and Lansing this week. It was announced that Presi- dent Roosevelt and Secretary Loeb will arrive in Canton Wednesday, morning to attend the funeral services. Vice Presi- dent Fairbanks, who had often been a house guest of the McKinley's is ex- pected to reach here in time to attend the funeral service. The body of Mrs. Mckinley will be placed in the vault in West Lawn cemetery, which holds the remains of her husband until the compile tion of the National mausoleum in Monu- ment hail. when both caskets will be transferred to receptacles in that tomb
 elegramS keceINed.
 From numerous friends of the deceased, Mrs Barber this evening received tele- grams of condolence on the death of her sister Among them were telegrams from President Roosevelt and Vice President Fairbanks.
 Mrs McKinley's life of almost sixty years. had been made familiar to the nation by the fact that more than half of it was period of invalidism. Through all this, however, she showed firm and unwavering belief in the career of her husband and by her cheering words, in spite of personal afflictions encour- aged him when there was darkness at hand
 She believed that his star of destiny would never set until he had become President of this land, and for more than a quarter of 8 century cherished that belief until her hopes were realized.
 After President McKinley's death, she expressed a desire to join him and prayed da.- by day, that she might die.
 Later, however, she frequently told friends she desired to live until the com gI-. of the nation, and which is to be dedicated in Monument hall, September 30 next
 Sketch of Her Life.
 Ida saxton Mckinley was born in Can ton, June s, 1S47. James A. Saxton, her ia Ter, was an intellectual and progress sive business man and banker his wife a lady oe extraordinary culture and re. finement. Ida SaXton was reared in a. home of comfort and ease. After attend ing Canton schools, she was a pupil at a private school at Delhi, N. Y. Later she was sent to Cleveland academy and finished her education at Brookhall sem inary, Media, Pa., where she spent three yeals.
 Part of the years of her young woman- hood were spent in the Stark County bank which belonged to her father. On several occasions, she had charge of the institution.
 While she taught Sunday school in the Presbyterian church, the young lawyer, William Mckinley. was superintendent of the First Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. Among many admirers and suit OTIS, the handsome young soldier, who had been with Grant and Sheridan, and won distinction in the Shenandoah val- ley, was the favored one.
 By James Saxton, her father, these words were spoken to Mckinley, when the hand of the daughter was gained:
 You are the only man I have ever known to whom I would entrust my daughter"
 The Marriage.
 On January 25, 1871, William Mckinley and Ida Saxton were united in marriage.
 The wedding was the first performed fin the then new Presbyterian church, Eev. Dr. Buckingham, of that congregation and Rev. Dr. Endsley of the First Methodist church, officiating.
 After an eastern trip. including Wash ington, the McKinley's purchased the home on North Market street, which in water years became famous as the Mo- Kinley cottage. It was during their short sojourn in this home-hallowed to them by so many sorrows-that Mrs. Mckin- ley's health broke down under the bur- den of grief that was theirs. There were born to them two daughters, Katie, on Christmas day of 1871, and Ida on April i. 1875 But the heartstrings of the moth- CTS tenderests love were broken when Ida passed away in August, 1S73- Mrs Me Kinley's mother having died the month before the little one had seen the light of day The first born lived for three and q half years, to become enshrined in the affections of her devoted parents and she then passed from earth Then. it