Show aw tearful ceremonies maribe funeral F of mcknley william mckinley has been laid to rest in the great west which gave him to the nation back to mother earth which gave him to the world and his tory be leath the great white dome of the capaiol the official and cenemo good lys of his country and of the nations 0 the world were said tuesday then came the people sl ent tut for their manifestations of grief passing in unbroken line before the flag draped and flower covered bier sobbing their farewell A train black as the night through which it ran bore the body to the little ohio city whose residents called ahe allus i arious dead their townsman wednes day they looked on him tor the last time and then ended all pomp and cere u the patient stricken widow put away the inanimate clay and her last sad cry of farewell re echoes from the hearts of a stricken nation gath ered in meetings wherever flies the flag loved and so honored hy william mckinley funeral services are simple As befitted the occasion and the character of the man whose remains were lying cold and rigid in the nar row embrace of the metallic casket the funeral sei vices in the capitol were simple they cond isted in accordance with th rites of the meth odist episcopal church of which pres ident mckinley McKin lev was a lifelong mem her consisting of two hymns a song a prayer an address and a ben edict lon they were solemnly imbres 1 special prominence was given to the beautiful hymn nearer my god to thee which in spite of the tac that it has been familiar property for many long years already has come to he known as president mckinley s hymn it was played as the casket left th eWhIte house and again the stalwart soldiers and sailors carried their precious burden up the broad eastern steps of the capitol it was sung by the choir over the body in the center of the rotunda while as the procession passed the presidents church the chime of the bells rang out the same sweet melody great men of country mourn gathered around the bier were rep of aery phase of ameri can national life including the dent and the only surviving ex dent of the united states together with representatives at this capital of almost every nation of tha earth great britain france germany italy and spain and all the republics to the southward of the united states min aled their tears with those of the american people D spite the tact that no attempt bad been made to dec OF THE TRAGEDY following is a brief chronology of the tragedy which deprived the ration of its chief friday september 6 president me kinley was shot by leon czolgosz about 4 clock in the afternoon la the temple of music at the pan american exposition one bullet struck the breastbone but did not penetrate the other bullet entered the abdomen and penetrated the stomach but could not be found the abdominal wound was closed without drainage 0 o injury to the intestines or other abdominal organ was discovered at a lato hour the physicians issued a bulletin saying that the president had rallied and was resting comfortably saturday september 7 the dent passed a good day and rested quietly sunday september 8 the dent s case was considered satisfactory all day monday september 9 the president seemed to be making steady progress on he road to rapid recovery tuesday september 10 reports ti A h 11 feet autumn day on the casket rebated a large sheat of wheat emblematic 0 the gathered harvest mckinley the man and the statesman had passed through the same portals of the old railroad station perhaps a thousand times n the last forty years his first coming was as a boy soldier and then he came as a legislator and governor and alna ly as president Pies ident elect of the united baates that was on march 2 1897 it was a perfect spring day with budding trees spring flowers and singing birds it was early morning when a magnify ent train covered with fluttering flags swept along the his potomac ai d into the pennsyl vania railroad station it V the me kuniey train and it carried the dent elect and his wit his aged moth er who had him that religious fortitude with which he faced death his brother and sisters his other rela lives and personal friends all plain people from ohio monday night the last mckinley train that will ever en fsr the capital rolled into the same sta alon to be greatel by mute and sor rowing thousands representative of every rank and station in american life there were the officers and men of the army and navy the heads of de apartments part ments the clerks and the char women business men and working men whites and blacks wedged in the street behind the ropes to receive the nation s dead it was the ripened fruit of the harvest mckinley the beloved cold in death had come back to the nation s capital tor a last pause within its historic precincts before proceed ing to the grave by the side of his mother and father and his two ahll dren in the cemetery at canton the flags over the capitol and the white house were at halt mast and the flags of the army and navy were shrouded while muffled drums poke the sorrow for his death but above this sorrow rose the cirit of mckinley s triumph as the sorrowing multitude felt that his life at the head of the nation had effaced old sectional lines and even party lines in this hour tor among those who stood with uncovered heads and tear dimmed eyes were men who had worn the gray as sincere mourn ers now as those who had inthe in the ical strife followed the star of mcben ley as president the casket which was borne to the east room of the white house was covered by tho stars and stripes and two wreaths one of white roses and the other of white car nations rested on the top after president roosevelt and the cabinet retired from the east room mrs mckinley attended by her sister descended from her private apart arents and entered the room she stood foi two or three moments at the NATIONAL CAPITOL USED FOR THE THIR TIME FOR A PRESIDENT orate the interior of the rotunda be yond the arrangements made about the catafalque the assemblage presented a memorable sight the somber black of the attire of hundreds of civilians present was splashed brilliantly with the color and gold of the re presenta alves of the army and the navy and the court costumes of the diplomatic corps at the white house the last etry it will mckenley the dead pie ident into the capital of the nation was in the evening of a per side ot her dead husband and then was led away back through the broad corridor where she has been the host ess at so many state dinners and aln ally to her apartments president roosevelt drove directly from the white house to the residence of his brother in law commander W cowles U S N no 1733 N street N W he was accompanied in the car ariage b secretary of state hay and secretary ot the treasury gage the cabinet ministers did not enter the cowles house but leaving president roosevelt there they were driven to from the president s bedside were very encouraging it was found necessary however owing to a slight irritation to remove a few stitches and open the skin wound the president was well enough to take nourishment by the mouth in the form of pure beet juice wednesday september 11 the president doing well decided benefit following the dressing of the wound no symptoms of blood poisoning thursday september 12 the dent took considerable nourishment in the afternoon he complained of ta tigue at 8 30 crock the presidents condition was not so glod as during the day food administered did not agree with him and was stopped his pulse was not satisfactory A mid night his condition became critical friday september 13 the dent s condition rapidly grew worse and toward evening it was seen that death was inevitable he became un conscious and sani rapidly at mid night he was barely alive saturday september 14 the dent dieb at 2 15 a m their homes roosevelt found mrs roosevelt and theodore roosevelt jr his eldest son awaiting his arrival they having reached there from new york in the afternoon AN CORTEGE or ier of procession which accompanied body to capitol nail ling the following was the order of pro cession which accompanied the body of president mckenley from the white house to the capitol tuesday morn ing funeral escort under command of major general brook battery of light artillery battalion ot district of columbia national guard two troops of cavalry battalion ot toot artillery battaion bat ot marines civic procession under command ot chief marshal gen eral H V boynton clergymen in at physicians who attended the late president hearse flanked on either side by bearers and guard of honor members of the grand army of the members of the loyal legion the officers of the army navy and marine corps in the city and not on duty with the troops forming the escort in full uniform will from right in front on either side of the hearse the army on the right and the navy and marine corps on the left and compose the guard of honor the pres ident the diplomatic corps the cab inet ministers the chief justice and associate justices of the supreme court of the united states the senators of the united states members of the united states house of Re presenta alves governors of states and terri and commissioners of the dis brict of columbia the judges of the department of claims the judiciary of the district of columbia and judges of the united states court the assis tant secretaries of state treasury and interior departments the assistant postmasters general the solicitor gen eral and the assistant attorneys gen eral organized societies and citizens RUSSIAN abess ON M KINI leading show deep sympathy for nation e bereavement the all absorbing topic in st petersburg has been the death of president mckenley the tone of the press was uniformly sympathetic with the american people in thear bereave ment and uniformly juat in estimating mr mckenley s character the novo eremya says he was a man of rare talents and a beloved son of the country tor whose welfare he angly and successfully labored the avlet saya let us hope that the death of a talented and energetic president will rouse those lands which to the sake of freedom of conscience and thought harbor bad elements and become the breeding grounds for plots to action against the enemies of chiv the beerse gazette says mr mckinley was one of the met popular figure in american history and one of the beet representatives of american ideals society Is defense less against the propaganda of murder it Is scarcely probable that mean will be found to prevent the repetition of such crimes the semi official journal of commerce and industry hayg mr mckinley was not an extreme krotec shortly before his death he spoke out against crude trust krotec alon MOURN M KINLET IN BERLIN germans and american unite in memorial service the services of mourning tor the death of president mckinley held in the american church in berlin ger many was very impressive the edi throughout THE NATION THIS WEEK lead kindly light amid the encircling gloom lead thou me on the night is dark and I 1 am far from home lead thou me on keep thou my feet I 1 do not ask to see he distant scene one steps enough for me 1 was not ever thus nor prayed that thou st lead me on I 1 loved to choose and see my path but now lead me oa 1 loved the garish day and pite of fears pride my will remember not past years so long thy power haah blessed me sure it suh will lead me on oer moor and fen oer crag and torrent till the night is gone and nirh he morn hose angel faces smile fice was heavily hung with crape and crowded with germans british and americans among those who attended was baron von richthofen german minister of foreign affairs united states ambassador white mr jack son secretary of the united states embassy mr mason united states consul general in berlin and the mem ars of the family of commander beeh ler the united states naval the papers treat of the death of mr mckenley the anarchist danger and the political outlook under mr roose velt the kreuz describes him as anti german in his sympathies but otherwise gives him credit SYMPATHY IN CANADA laubler in message horror at heath sir wilfrid laubler the premier of canada has sent tha following to mr lowther first secretary of the british embassy at newport I 1 have the command of his excellency the gov arnor general of canada to ask you to convey to the secretary of state the expression of grief and horror which has been caused through this chok country by the death of the president of the united states under circum stances so tragic and so heartrending the uncontrollable sorrow of the am nation will be almost as keen ly felt by the people of canada who being so close neighbors of the united states have had many an opportunity of becoming acquainted with the noble qualities which characterized mr mckenley in his private as well as his public life king at memorial service king edward queen alexandra and other royal personages attended a me monal service for president mckenley held in the english church at copenhagen rev mr kennedy who abed referred to the assassination in terms of the deepest indignation and offered a prayer tor mrs mckenley the dowager empress of russia who la visiting the king of denmark at fred eneborg sent the russian minister in copenhagen to the united states leya alon to express her sympathy with mrs mckinley and the american gov eminent and nation the legation re calved many callers and numerous telegrams of condolence from the proy inces VIEW OF pennsylvania AVENUE washington STREET IN CAPITAL THROUGH WHICH THE M KINLEY FUNERAL CORTEGE PASSED |