New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-30
SERVICES At CANTON.
MRS NKFNLET'S FUNERAL
President and Other We'll KnOWn
Men attend.
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Kinley to-day. by attending the funeral at her
home and following her body to Westlawn Gem
etery. where she was laid TO rest beside her hus-
hand A few hundred yards away. on the hill
and overlooking the gray receiving vault where
President and Mrs. Mckinley are sleeping to-
gether towers the massive mausoleum, its dome
sill uncompIeted and skeleton scaffolds still
clineing 10 its stone walls which the nation is
building in honor of the martyred President and
which will be dedicated by his successor next
fall When the time comes to place the coffin
of William Mckinley within the tomb that Of
Ida Saxton Mckinley. his wife, will be laid by
its side
The services at the beautiful old home in Mar
ket street, and within the entrance of the receiv-
ing vault at the cemetery to-day. were as sim
pie and transformations though performed
over the body Of some poor working girl or
farmers wife. But the presence of the dis
tinguished rnourners, the profusion of flowers
within the parlor about the coffin, and the
great crowds massed behind the roped off side
walks would have told even a stranger that
It was no ordinary funeral
All the stores in Canton were closed The
schools dismissed their pupils. the working men
and women from the factories walled up and
down the streets clad in their Sunday best, and
the railroads brought train after train filed with
people from adjacent towns who wished TO
catch plinpSe OF the funeral COrteSe and to
view the home made famous in two Presidential
campaigns. state battles without number and
the long vigil of a woman who mourned her
dead.
THE PRESIDENT ARRIVES.
President Roosevelt and his party reached
Canton on schedule time at 12:4O p m. and were
met al the station by carriages, which
veyed them to the home of Justice Day,
neghbor and life long friend Of the McKinleys.
AS as luncheon was over. the President
went TO the Mckinley home and met the va
rious relatives and friends gathered there IN
advance of the funeral Ten or fifteen thousand
people were packed along the streets leading to
the house. and throng OF two hundred or more
had occupied the lawn OF the house next door.
Within this crowd forty or fifty camera
men. professional and amateur, and as the SER
vices proceeded the owners Of these machines
!ndustriously photographed every one of i'm
portance that entered or left the house.
The ministers who read the Methodist service
were stationed in the wide, old fashioned hall
that runs from front TO rear of the cottage.
Somewhere in Of the side parlors was the
choir, which sang President and Mrs. alcKinIey's
favorite hymns Nearer, My God. TO Thee"
Lead Kindly Light" and others equally well re-
membered- The huge masses of roses and lilies
In The parlor about the open coffin filled the
rooms with heavy fragrance. In the spells Of
silence that came between the hymns and the
words Of the ministers were heard the sobs OF
two or three black robed women in the rear Of
the hall The plantive minor notes Of a piano
accompanied the choristers Old friends coming
from distance. who delayed by tardy
trains or other causes. came tiptoeng into the
house from time TO time the services pro-
ceeded. and each arrival made sudden stir
which quickly hushed.
BODY TAKEN TO THE CEMETERY.
After the last hymn and the prayer the under
takers assistants went softly into the parlor and
removed the flowers. There were many Of
them that it took three men nearly quarter Of
an hour TO carry them all out TO the black wagon
which waiting the side street to carry
them TO the cemetery. After the last of the
flowers had been taken out of the room the lid
Of the coffin was shut down and the pabearers
came in TO carry their burden TO the street. The
relatives Of Mrs Mckinley by twos and threes,
followed the coffin down the walk. The drivers
Of the waiting carriages spoke TO their sleepy
horses. and the slow procession 10 Westawn
began.
The burial service at the door of the vault
took only a few minutes. and within short
time the procession OF carriages had faced
about and was on the way back to town. Then
no one was left at the tomb but the guard of
soldiers who have kept vigil beside it ever since
the body Of the President was brought there, in
the fall Of 1901
RUMOR OF CzOLGOsZ.
There was a rumor Of doubtful origin here to-
day that Michael Czolgosz q brother OF the as
sassin Of President Mckinley. would be IN Can
ton, and taking precaution against the one
chance in q thousand that the rurnor was true
the local police, assisted by Secret Service men
from Washington and Cleveland. exercised the !
most alert vigilance during the Presidents stay
in the city. No trace whatsoever was found ~
czogosz nor Of any anarchist. although three
strangers TO the city were held in the jail dur
ing the Presidents stay. There was nothing
against them. however, and they were released
his evening
That the police were taking chances was
made evident by the quick shift in arrange
ments made al the Mckinley home Friends
and relatives OF the Mckinley family left the
house by the front door go TO their carriages,
but the Presidents party was led out Of the
side door
Secretaries Root Wilson and CareeId c,,r,eo |
General and Mrs. Rixey and Hermann II Kohl |
E4&@ OF chicago, accompanied the President |
'-' washington and attended the funeral |
'I0+S Coftelyou was already here Others
"''eHoed were Governor Harris of obio |
0oYefhoF Herrick. Mr. and Mrs. Gorge Rar-
% Nc" YORK; Mrs. Mabel Mckinley Baer
eHa ner husband. DR.. Herrnanus 7. rs4r ~ Ha,v
'ISS Helen Mckinley, Of Cleveland; Mr. |
~1'a MIS- Lafayette McWiiarns of c,bicago.
postmaster General Cary and Mrs Cary
SENATOR Knox % Pttsburg; Senator and Mrs
NN' Nharles Dawes. ex-Controller of the |
-, ana Mrs Dawes The sons of two |