Show TOUCHING PRIVATE FUNERAL AT MILBURN HOME BUFFALO all present including the new president greatly affected by pathetic incidents people pay respects to martyred president at buffalo city hall A touch ng private funeral was held at the milb rn at buffalo bun day where the president died it was attended only by the fam ly close personal fr ends diplomat re presen natives who chanced to be in the ty government offic 1 and re presenta tives from ahe arm and navy it was inexpressibly sad ith fe v exeen eions those present were bound to tl e dead president by strong friend ship lo 10 them the loss was a personal one about one bundled in all saw the body boie so overcome with grief at sight of the thin countenance their frames sl ook convulsively sev eral clung to the de of the b er and with diff culty could be persuaded to leave almost every face was tear sta ned tl e great love for th s man choked all in the ho ise benator hanna who had fairly wor s dead fr end foi years was a p of deepan s face was set like an iron willed man who could not let down the barrier of h s grief ahe senator spoke to no one his eyes were vacant he passed through the throng and seated himself beside governor odell s eting far down into his chair and resting h s head upon his hand during all the ce that followed he did not stir president roosevelt came at 11 clock he too e the man deep down in his seat against the wall who had forgotten to rise wl en the dent of the united states entered seemed to be restrain ng a great gr ef when president poosevelt reached the head of the line of cab net officers where a place had been reserved for him he kept h s face away aiom the casket H u ed 10 lo bo steeling himself for a look into the face of h m whose death had made him the ruler of the world the tens on in the room was great everyone seemed to be waiting the of the gospel stood with the holy book in his hand ready to begin perhaps it might have been sixty seconds it see bed longer tt en the president turned and at the same time advanced one step he bowed his head and looked down upon the man whose burden and re lilies he had taken upon him self long he gazed standing imamov at ie save for a twitching of the muscles of the chin s he labored heavy breath to repress his emotion at last he stepped back A s gnal was given and there welled out from the hall the beautiful words of lead kindly light sung by a quartette it was I 1 res dent Mcl vinley s favorite hymn everyone within sound of the mus knew it and half of those in the room put their faces in their hands to hide the r tears co dawes leaned aga ast a book case and wept pres dent roosevelt seemed to be swaying to and fro as if his tooting vere insecure when the s nging ended the clergy man read from the voids of the fit chanter of the first corinth ans all 1 ad risen as he began and remained standing throughout the remainder of the service again the vo ces rose with the words nearer my god to ahee the very words president AlcK ioley had re heated at intervals of consciousness during the day of agony before he died As the music d ed away bev charles edward locke a very touching prayer the services closed with the lord s prayer all present joining in mrs mch nley bore the strain re mar kably well bhe was in a room adjo ning that 10 wl ich the casket lay surrounded by a few relatives and at tended by dr at the close of the services at the allburn home tl e casket was taken to the buffalo city hall where the body lay in state from 13 noon until mid n where it was v ewed by 80 people who filed tl rough the building in continuous stream when the boors were finally closed there were thousands yet in 1 ne anxious for a last look at the features of the beloved dead |