Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-06-07
IS LAID At REST
MRS. MekiNlgv's soov LAID
AWAY egsioG MARrvRgo
-.I. HUSBAND. a
PRESIDENT At FUNERAL
ons Of the Largest Attsndsness Ever
Witnessed in Canton Pays Last Re-
spset to . Good Woman.

eP~Ss 70 oo0o Wo"SH.
Canton. Ohio.-Side by side In tho
Mckinley mausoieum In Whitelawn
eemetsFy the martyTed President and
his beloved heipmeet are sleeping the
last long sleep together. With char
aeieristieaiiy simple but beautiful cere-
mony all that was mortal of Mrs. Nc
kiniey was laid at fest near the bier
Of her departed husband. aud the
prayer she had uttered each day for
more than two years. that she might
Join her beloved one. was answered.
All Canton was In naournins In men,
ory q the dead. The funeral was one
Of the largest In the history Of the
country. Besides the people OF her
h.me town. hundreds from other cities
had gathered.
President Roosevelt and party ar
rived and were taken to III. residsnc.
Of Chief Justice Day. where luncheon
was served. Accompanying him ~er.
Secretary OF Stat. Root. Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson. Secretary Of the
Interior GARFIELD. Surgeon General
RiScy. Secretary Loeb and Secret Ser.
vice Operative Sloan.
Tho President. Wise President Fair.
banks and their party were taken To
the Mckinley residence. where III.
brief and simple funeral ceremony was
observed.
The caskct rested In the same place
where the body Of President Mckinley
reposcd while In the family home after
his death. DIR. Buxton. present pastor
OF tho First ~. =. Church. and DR..
Holmc. former pastor. had charge OF
tho services.
Only four musical selections were
sung. the same as were used At the
funeral OF tho President. A quartet
sans Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere.
God 10 Thee" Mrs. Clark and Mrs.
Green sang duet. "Thc Angel" by
Rubinstcin.
After the services the cortcsc left
for tho wcstlawn cemetery. The Pres.
idcnt's carriage followed the family
carriage and next In order were the
members Of his party. then the oficials
of the btnts md city. The procession
was more than two miles In length.
The services at the cemetery were
brief.
Tho paiibcarcrs were Judge Henry
W. Hartcr. John c. Ducbcr. Joseph
Bicchclc. Robert A. Cassidy. George u.
frcasc. who were honorary apllbcarcrs
at the funeral Of President Mckinley.
and Austin Lynch. II. 8. Shields and
Judge c. G. Bow. Secretary OF the
Treasury Cartclyou was In charge OF
arrangements Mt the Mckinley home.
The receiving vault. which In stlil
guarded by United States regulars. will
be the resting place Of the body OF
both Mr.. an6 Mrs. Mckinley until the
magnificent mnnsoleum built by public
subscription. IL complete, probably
early In September.
Among those present during the ser
vices were Mr.. and Mrs. George Bar.
ber OF New York. Mrs. Mabel McKin-
ley Baer md her husband. DIR. Herman
Bacr OF New York: Miss Helen McKin-
ley OF Cleveland. Mr.. and Mrs. Fayette
McWilliams Of Chicago: former Post
master General Gary and Mrs. Gary.
Senator Knox OF Pittsburg. Senator
Dick and Mrs. Dick, former Comptrol.
Ter OF the Currency Charles q. Dawes
and Mrs. Dawes. and Ex-Governor Her.
rick OF Cleveland.
The sons OF two former Presidents
met ut the funeral-webb Hayes OF
Cleveland and James II. Garfield.
Mrs. Fairbanks, wife Of the vice
president. could not attend owing to
illness. but sent floral wreath.
The steps that had been taken to
guard the President were elaborate. but
not ostentatious, and there was no un.
toward Incident