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Show JOINS MARTYREIJ HUSBAND " fN THE SLEEP OF DEATH , Mrs. William McKlnley, Widow of the Late President, Passes Away While Unconscious, After Years of Suffering. (.'niton. Ohio. Mrs. William Mr-.Kliilo.v, Mr-.Kliilo.v, widow of tho Inle presllont, dlod nt her heme lisro ut l:0r-o'closk Sunday afternoon. For many yeira Mrs. McKlnley had been an Invalid. She roeovorod from tho Ehock oMiu.-husband's oMiu.-husband's tra?,Io death, but It left lis mark, nnd when It was' known that sho had suffered n stroke of paralysis little hope was felt that she mild survive. sur-vive. Tno end came peacefully, almost Imperceptibly. Mrs. McKlnley neve; know of tho efforts inndo to prolong her life, or tho solicitous hope against hope of her sister nnd other relntlves and friends of her recovery. At the McKlnley homo when death enmo there were present Secretary Cortelyou, Mr. nnd Mrs. M. ('. Hnr-bor, Hnr-bor, Mrs. Sarnh Duncan, .Mrs. Lutlicr DnyJustlco nnd Mrs. William It. Day, Doctors Portmnnn and Hlxey and tho nurses. Idn Snxtou McKlnley wns born In Canton, Juno 8, 1847. .lames A. Sax-ton, Sax-ton, her father, was nn Intellectual and progressive business man and banker, Ins wife a woman of oxtrn-ordinary oxtrn-ordinary culture and refinement. Ida Snxtou was roared In a homo of comfort com-fort nnd enso. After attending Canton Can-ton schools, she wns a pupil at a private pri-vate school ut Delhi, N. Y. Later she went to n C'levelnnd academy und Mulshed Mu-lshed her education nt 1 1 rook Hall seminary, Media, Pa., where sho spent threo years. On Jnnunry 25, 1871, William McKlnley Mc-Klnley mid Ida Snxtou were united In marriage. Tho wedding was tho first, performed In tho then now Presbyterian Pres-byterian church. |