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Show FoQBraT Train f o WasMngion Euns Trjoucn Lane ol People Thousands Pay Silent Tribute to the Sacred Dead. II ant M Farm If .n ,.. t'oit Alodff tb It -all .- Knit In.! wlih r and rtjtng ting mi llnir .... llmr T-lliumi- rt I r I hi I immn lMpl .6UO.MIU 1'ri.H" .w rnitnl IrnlMM It tl lownnl Wnnhliiiia- ltrrrplloa nf Kml... tot WMlliion .ldae4 Orral Mftfmitt f-r th 11. Itrtwren utmost rot. tinnon. line of pcopli whlt'h lint 'I the railway from ItuflTalo to WrkIiIiiuIii Monday, the j body of .lie inm lyivil pri.fii.lonl wu tnUro od IU Jm-iitv to the White llouH. ' At every place where the train wee coiiiprtlrtl to stop for en to tent, whether n rnilroed proMlng or an Important Mat. on, deitne crow da were gathered. ' Hut ell along the j track, In the farming dUtrlete end re 'mole from populmia rnttere, fermere and country people for mllre e round gathered to get e glimpse of the fuuer-al fuuer-al train. , On the I'enneylr iinia railroad, over whose truck the truln wai run, not a wheel tnored for thirty mlnutee before the arrive! of the train, nor for an final length of time after lie departure. depar-ture. Along the route everything woe draped In black. Humble farm houeee uduomeeof Ulnirere were eo twined Id crepe and flew the flug at half meat, for nowhere did the president have more faithful ad ml re re than among the common people, fmm whom he sprung. In the larger towna and clllee the decorations were elaborate, nd at many a .latino the tender train of "Lead, Kindly Mght, or Nearer My tJod to Thee," formed an sccompaulment to the rumbling wheel of the train, which wi the only Bound to be heard. Everything wa Ii untied and fulet, al' tuduntry atiftprtidi-d for the time being. It ia eklfiiiated that r.OO.(XH) people aw the J funeral train par and at no time til nee the -It-atli of Lincoln were there more evldeuce of genuine ead The funeral train confuted of tlx rullmnna and au obncrvatlou funeral car hauled by two engine. The two care neit to tho engines were given over to repreniatlvea of the pre, a I dining car followed, a car for aena tors and government olllcert, the car Hungary for Treeldeot Roosevelt and calrtDL Thle waa followed by the car OJympla, occupied by Mr. JUoKIn-ley JUoKIn-ley and sorrowing relatives. An ob-eervatloa ob-eervatloa funeral car, with the caakel cootalnlng the sacred dead la plala view of all who lined the tracks, was the last car la the train. ' At Haiti more the train was reversed and run Into Washington with tiis funeral car ahead. At Washington a vast throng mat the train, which arrived at 8:30. There was a deathlike stillness, hardly a word belug spoken by the thousands who lined the way from the depot to the White House. Hopes had beta tretched along the route to keep the crowds back, and through a lane of people thus formed the cortege moved. The president end cabinet followed the remains to the White Home, where the casket waa deposited In the great east room, where puhllo receptions are held. . At Halt! mors the train fairly plough d through a mass of flowers whloh had been strewn along the track. Mrs. McKlnley wss helped to her room Immediately after the arrival of the funeral party, where shs tin mediately med-iately retired, showing evidences of the strain she had betio subjected to. |
