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THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD
CONSIGNED TO THE TOMB
Last Sad Scenes fn Tragedy That
Rended Heart of the Nation.
SOLEMN AND IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL RITES AT CANTON
All That Is Mortal of William McKinley, “The Peacemaker,” Is Given Back
to the Bosom of Mother Earth By Tender and Loving Hands,
There to Await the Sounding Trump of Resurrection Morn.
With majestlo solemnity, surround
ed by his countrymen and his towns
people, In the presence of the presi
dent of the United States, the cabinet,
Justices of the United States supreme
court, senators and representatives in
congress, the heads of the military
and naval establishments, the gover
nors of states and a great concourse
of people who had known and loved
him, all that Is mortal of the third
president to fail by an assassin’s bul
let, was committed to the grave at
Canton, Ohio, Thursday afternoon. It
was a spectacle of mournful grandeur.
Canton ceased to be a town and swell
ed to the proportions of a great city.
From every city and hamlet in Ohio,
from the remote corners of the south
and from the east and west, the hu
man tide flowed into the town until
100,000 people were within its gates,
there to pay their last tribute to the
fallen chief. The final scenes at the
First Methodist church, where the fu
neral services were held, and at the
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beautiful Westlawn cemetery, where
the body was consigned to a vault,
were simple and impressive.
The services at the church consisted
of a brief oration, prayers by the min
isters of three denominations and
singiug by a quartet. The body was
then taken to Westlawn cemetery and
placed in a receiving vault, pending
the time when it will be finally laid to
rest be6ide the dead children who
were buried years ago. The funeral
procession was very imposing and in
cluded not only the representatives of
the army and navy of the United
Siati s, out the entire military strength
of DHo am. hundreds of civic, frater
nal aud ( fier organizations. It was
two miles long.
During the morning the streets of
the little city of Canton were filled
with waving plumes, prancing horses
anu densely packed bodies of moving
men assembled for the procession
which was to escort the remains of the
late president from the church to
Westlawn cemetery. Thirty special
trains, in addition to the regular
trains had arrived before noon. The
biggest crowd in the history of Camton,
which was there during the campaign
of 1896, estimated at over 60,000, was
largely exceeded.
The face of the president was seen
for the last time when it lay in state
Wednesday in the court house. The
casket was not opened after it was re
moved to the McKinley residence and
the members of the family had no
opportunity to look upon the silent
features again. The casket was seal
ed before it was borne away from the
court house.
As the time approached for bearing
the body of the dead president from
the McKinley home to the church the
little cottage on North Market street
was the center of a vast concourse of
people. Regiment after regiment of
soldiers, acting as guards, were in
triple lines from curbs back to the
lawns. In front of the McKinley cot
tage, drawn up In two rigid files of
6<>dy bearers, eight sailors of the navy
and eight soldiers of the army, await
tag the order to go within and take
■9 ths casket
A brief private service had been
held within the darkened chamber.
Dr. Manchester saying a prayer, while
the relatives gathered around, and
Mrs. McKinley listened from the half
opened door of her adjoining room.
The double file of body bearers, now
stepped into the room and, raising the
flag-wrapped casket to their should
ers, bore it through the open entrance.
Aa the casket was borne along above
the line of heads could be seen enfold
ing Stars and Stripes and on top great
masses of white roses and delicate
lavender orchids. Tenderly the coffin
was committed to the hearse and
borne to the church.
The service* In the church were sim
ple. They begun with the rendition
of an organ prelude, Beethoven’s fu
neral march as the last notes of the
prelude were stilled, the Euterpean La
dies' quartet, cfl Canton, sang “The
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere.”
Rev. O. B. Milligan, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church of Canton,
delivered the Invocation.
Dr. C. E. Manchester, pastor of the
First Methodist church, delivered the
funeral sermon.
The line of the funeral march from
the church to the cemetery was about
one and a half miles in length. For
hours even before the time set for the
commencement of the funeral exer
cises »: the McKinley home the
street,* along the entire length of the
line of march were crowded with spec
tators. From the gates of the ceme
tery to in r doors of the church there
was on each side of the street an. al
most an unbroken line of soldiers, and
on all the intersecting streets detach
ments of the militia were posted.
No greater reverence has ever been
shown to any man, living or dead,
than was expressed toward the dead
president. As the funeral car passed
through the streets men and women
sobbed convulsively and at the ceme
tery gates, where the crowd was
densely packed and where the people
remained for hours pressing against
the iron fence, two women fainted dur
ing the exercises at the vault.
At four minutes after 4 o’clock the
funeral car bore the remains of the
dead president through the gateway
of his last resting place. Twenty min
utes after that time the brief services
at the vault were over, the members
of the family and distinguished men of
the nation who had come so far to do
him honor had passed through the
gates on their homeward way. One
hour and forty minutes after the
hearse had entered the cemetery the
place was clear and the dead president
was resting alone under the watchful
care erf the men of the regular army.
Mrs. McKinley Absent.
One of the most pathetic features of
the day was the absence of Mrs. Mc
Kinley from the services at the church
and cemetery when the body of her
husband was laid to rest. Since ti e
first shock from shooting, then of
death and threugh the ordeal of state
ceremonies, she had borne up bravely.
But there was a limit to human endur
anve and when Thursday morning
came It found her too weak to pass
through the trial of the final ceremo
nies.
BOERS WINNING VICTORIES.
Renewed Activity of Brave Burghers
In South «frica Is Again Wor
rying the Red Coats.
A London special says: While Mr.
Kruger and Dr. Leyds are drawing up
petitions to President Roosevelt and
the czar asking them to Intervene, the
fighting Boers are helping themselves
in South Africa by celebrating the ex
piration of the period in which Lord
Kitchener proclaimed they must sur
render, by notable successes, killing
6S officers and men, wounding 63 and
capturing five guns and 300 men. The
situation is singularly like the opening
of the war two yearB ago, the names
of the same places recurring in the
dispatches. Utrecht, where Major
Gough was entrapped, was the scene
of a similar ambuscade eighteen
months back. Acton Home, where the
Boers reappeared last Friday, is 18
miles south of Ladysmith, prominent
in the early hostilities, and the Natal
colonies are mustering for the defense
of Tugela, as when General Joubert in
vaded Natal in 1899.
In Cape Colony fighting is again go
ing on south of Storm berg ia territory
traversed by raiders and their pur
suers half a dozen times.
The government’s publication of
those reverses causes an outburst of
exasperation against the conduct of
the war, not in South Africa, but in
the ministry. The great ministerial
journals accuse the government of try
ing to run the war “on the cheap" by
not providing Lord Kitchener with
sufficient resources.
The war office has received the fol
lowing dispatch fror. Lord Kitchener,
dated Pretoria, September 22:
“Kritzinger, while endeavoring to
force a passage of the Orange river,
near Herschal, at 1 o'clock Friday
msrning, rushed on the camp of a par
ty of Lovatt’s scouts. 1'e failed to
cross the river, but the scouts lost
heavily. Lieutenant Colonel Andrew
Murray and Captain Murray, his adju
tant, were killed. I deeply regret the
loss of Colonel Murray, who through
out the war had led Lovatt’s scouts
“Under cover of darkness the Boers
managed to carry off a gun. They
were promptly followed up and the
gun was recovered in a smart engage
ment, in which Kritzinger lost two
killed and twenty taken prisoners.”
Lord Kitchener also reports that the
British captured by the Boers in the
ambuscade near Scheeper’s Nek Sep
tember 17 have been released and that
the British casualties in the recent
Vlafontein engageme.it, when the
Boers captured a company of mounted
infantry and two guns, were one officer
and five men killed, twenty-three men
■wounded and six officers and 109 men
taken prisoners. He announces that
these prisoners have since been re
leased.
He further reports the capture of
two commandoes, one consisting of 55
men under Commandant Kochs, who
were taken ith their transport, west
of Adenbrug, and the other consisting
of 54 men including P. J. Botha, who
were taken with 48 wagons and their
belongings, 45 miles south of Carolina,
ANARCHISTS GROW BOLD.
With Shotguns They Stand Guard
Over Office of Notorious Publication,
At Spring Valley, Ills., twenty an
archists armed with double-barreled
shotguns and 1,000 rounds of ammuni
tion are standing guard over the of
fice of L’Aurore, the notorious anarch
ist publication which expressed joy at
the murder of President McKinley and
satisfaction over the announcement of
Assassin Czolgosz that he was an an
archist. Meanwhile fully 2,000 citizens
of adjoining towns have sent word to
the authorities of Spring Valley that
they are ready and extremely anxious
to start at a moment’s notice for the
city and assist in exterminating the
reds. The temper of the people Is at
the boiling point, the defiant attitude
of the anarchist colony serving to in
crease the anger.
A committee will wait upon General
Manager Dalzell, of the Spring Valley
Coal Company, who resides in Chica
go. and insist that he discharge every
known anarchist in his employ.
The anarchists and their sympathiz
ers number fully BOO, and if this step is
taken it will mean that one or two of
the mines will have to close down un
til other men can be brought In.
Transport Goes Aground.
A Manila dispatch says: The U. S.
transport Buford, carrying the Seven
teenth infantry to relieve the Twenty
third, and then under orders to pro
ceed for New York, has gone aground
on a sandbar off the island of Mil
lianao.
Destructive Fire in Chicago.
Fire in the four-story and basement
building at Chicago early Thursday
for a time baffled all efforts of the fire
men, menaced several large structures
practically in the center of the whole
sale district and resulted in a loss ag
gregating $200,006.
NO SECTIONAL LINES
To Mark Administration of Pres
ident Roosevelt.
IS PROUD OF THE SOUTHLAND
President Declares the Fact of His
Mother Being of the South
Makes Him Virtually ‘Half
Southern” Himself.
A Washington special says: Presi
dent Roosevelt has again declared his
Intention to steer the ship of state In
southern waters according to the Mo
Kinley chart. The declaration was
made Saturday morning ia an
interview with Representative Liv
ingston, of Georgia, the first democrat
ic member of congress to call at the
executive mansion to pay his respects
to the new president.
At the time of the interview there
were present in the executive office
Senators Elkins and Scott and Repre
sentative Dayton, of West Virginia;
Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of la
bor; Blnger Herman, commissioner of
land office; Representative McCleary,
of Miunnesota and several other offl
cial cal!ers -
Representative Livingston stated
that he simply called to pay his re
spects and to wish the president every
s.uccess during his administration,
Congressman Livingston added that,
in his humble capacity as a member
of the bouse of representatives, he de
sired to tender his services to assist
him as far as he could in administer
ing the public affairs for the benefit
of the whole country,
"My dear man,” exclaimed President
Ro.jsevelt, grasping the Georgia con
gitt,iman’s hand vigorously, “I will
^ w ,e no use for dividing lines or sec
tionalism in this country during my
S3ffiinfsiratlon;' "and’Tam
gra teful to you for offering to help me
make my administration a national
one. I wish you would read my speech
delivered in Minnesota a few days be
fore President McKinley was shot. I
want you to tell me frankly if you
think it was broad enough and liberal
enough to cover every section o£ this
c,olmtr y- was not * 1 am willing to
make it broader. It will be my ear
nest and sincere endeavor to treat all
P e °Pl& of this country alike with
oul; re S ar d to sectional lines. I want
you t° understand that my mother was
from Georgia, and I have a very warm
an d kindly feeling for the people of
Georgia and all the people of the
south. Now - want you to remember
that I am president of the whole coun
try, and durin; my administration it
will be mv < ■'■'s' desiro to merit the
affection i • ..'Jdence of the people
of tl° souu,. , ? veil as those from the
north, cast oi vvc.it.”
The presiden; was even more eir.
phatic in his declaration to Senator
Pritchard, of North Carolina, and Rep
resentatlve Klutz, of North Carolina,
an d Representative Gibson, of Tennes
J ee.
"The south will support you most
heartily,” said Senator Pritchard,
speaking for all three of the southern
men. “The democratic newspapers
are predicting good tor you and of you
and the feeling of all the people for
y ? 11 ’ ^spectivs of party, is most
1 am & oin £ to be president of the
t Tn Ited States and not of any section,”
replied the president. “I don’t care
£ ° r sections or sectional lines. When
1 ivas governor of New York, 1 was
to ' d that I could make four appofnt
raents in the army. When I sent in
the names three were from the south
and the other from New York. r They
were brave men who deserved recognh
tion for services in the Spanish war
and it did not matter what states they
were from.”
The president talked in the same
vein with Senator Money, of Mississip
pi. when the latter called, reminding
the Mississippi senator that his mother
was a southern woman, “I am half
southern,” _ said he. “and r have
lived
in the west, so that I feel that I can
represent the whole country."
WILL DEFEND ANARCHIST.
Attorneys Lewie and Titus Finally Ac
cept Thankless Assignment.
A Buffalo dispatch says: Saturday
former Justices Loran L. Lewis and
Robert C. Titus, of the supreme court,
accepted their assignment as counsel
to defend Leon F. Czoizosz, indicted
for murder in the first degree in kill
ing President McKinley. Carlton E.
Ladd, law partner of Judge Titus, was
also appointed to assist in the ae
fense. Although both attorneys tenta
tively accepted the assignment a few
days ago, no definite announcement
was made until Saturday. ».
WELLINGTON DENIES CHARGES
Maryland Senator Says Newspaper
Fight on Him Was Inspired By
Garbled Reports of Remarks.
The conclusion reached by a number
of newspapers and not a few people
that Senator George L. Wellington, of
Maryland, should be expelled from the
United States senate has, according to
the senator himself, been based on
false premises.
In a letter addressed to Miss Lucile
Laurendine, of Atlanta, G&., Senator
Wellington emphatically denies having
given the interview regarding Presi
dent McKinley which drew such a
storm of anathema and public disap
proval upon his head. According to
the letter, the interview was simply a
“fake,” as tne senator from Maryland
states that on account of the serious
misunderstanding betweea himself
and President McKinley he had stu
diously avoided any expression bear
ing on the shooting of the president.
In the light of the vigorous language
used against Senator Wellingtoti and
the demand made through several
newspapers that he be expelled from
the senate of the United States, his
denial of the utterances charged to
him, contained in the following letter,
will be read with no little interest:
“Cumberland, Md., September 13,
1901.—Miss Lucile Laurendine, Atlanta
Ga. l>ear Miss Laurendine: I thank
you very much for your kind letter of
the 10th instant and the copy of The
Atlanta Journal which you sent me.
In reply would say that I hare no hope
of receiving decent, much less fair,
treatment from the administrate" pa
pers, and for that reason have ceased
making endeavor in that direction.
“I gave no interview, but refused
again and again to give any expression
for publication for the reason that Mr.
McKinley had done me such injury I
would never forgive him, and I felt
that it would be better for me to say
nothing at this time. Notwithstanding
these facts, the newspaper importers
OToff^nTpapers:"such have-manufactured a story for_the "The "I* oc
at
lanta Journal, are making all they can
ouf '
“I thank you very much for your
personal interest, but would rather
there be no further newspaper publica
tions in the matter. Again thank n
you, I remain sincerely yours,
“GEORGE L. WELLINGTON.”
The Alleged Interview,
Here is the statemeat which Sena
tor Wellington is said to have made
for publication on the day the presi
dent was shot at Buffalo:
“McKinley and I are enemies,” said
the senator. “He has been guilty of
an unpardonable offense toward me.
I cannot say anything good for him,
and do not think it just the time to
say anything bad. I despise the man.
I have no use for him, and there is
no reason for my saying anything. I
am totally indifferent in the matter.”
Miss Lucile Laurendine, to whom
the letter was addressed by Senator
Wellington, is connected with the
Western Union Telegraph Company in
Atlanta. Her home Is in Scranton,
Miss., where Senator Wellington has
often visited and where she met him
on a number of occasions.
On seeing the attacks made on him
by the press, Miss Laurendine wrote to
him at Cumberland to ascertain if the
published interview wjth him was cor
rect, receiving from him the foregoing
answer.
TIN WORKERS REMAIN GUT.
Declare They Have Been Treated Bad
ly and Refuse to Abide Agreement.
A Pittsburg special says: The strik
ing tin plate workers, who have refus
ed to abide by the agreement made In
New York by President Shaffer, of the
Amalgamated Association, and the offi
cials of the subsidiary committee of
the United States Steel corporation,
are expected to make final plans for
secession from the Amalgamated asso
ciation and the formation of a separate
union to be composed entirely of tin
plate workers.
Four Killed In Wreck.
Four men were killed Friday night
in a Pere Marquette wreck at Wayne,
Mich. The names of but two have
been learned. They are J. W. Swee
ney, of Toledo, Ohio, and Gus Leopard,
of West Bay, Mich.
GEN. WOOD IN WASHINGTON.
Head of Affairs In Cuba Holds Long
Conference With President Roosevelt.
After the cabinet meeting in Wash
ington the president, Secretary Root
and General Leonard Wood, governor
general of Cuba, had a long confer
ence at the white house.
The discussion related to Cuban af
fairs. more particularly to the new
electoral law adopted by the Cuban
constitutional convention. General
Wood had a eopy of the law and its
provisions were considered carefully,
especially certain features which Gen
eral Wood considers unsatisfactory.