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NATION'S DEAD
LAID AT REST
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Tlifi Body of William NIcKiidey,
Witli stately Pageantry,
Planed in Hie Tnmh
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LAST MEED OF REVERENCE
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The Funeral Ceremonies Over the Martyred
Chieftain an Unprecedented
Occasion of Mournful Grandeur.
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^"nton, Ohio.?With majestic solemnity,
surrounded by his countrymen
and his townspeople, In the presence
of the President 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 Governors of States, and. a
t?r,,at eoueourso of people who had
known and loved him, all that is mortal
of William MoKlnlcy, the tljiril
Th-esident to fall by an assassin's bnl1ft.
was committed, to the city of the
d%a<L I
It was a speciaelp of mournful crin
<J^ur. Canton ceaJed to li?? n town and
swelled to, the proportions of a great
<^.ty. From every city niul hamlet it'
<ihlo. froun the remote corner! of tin*
fcouth, and from the Fast and West,
the human tide t'.owed into the tow J.
'tntil 100.000 people were within Its
trates, here to pay their last tribute to
the fallen. Chief.
Tito final scenes at the First Methodist
Church, where the funeral ser\ ???e !
was held, and .it the beautiful W'ost
"Lawn Cemeterj. where the body was
consigned to a vault, were simple and
if nt'f ci*!* *>.
The service rtt the church consisted
cf a brief oration, prnvcrs by the ministers
of three denominations and sing- 1
in* by a quartet. The body was then
taken to We%t Fawn Cemeterv and
placed in a receiving vault pending the
tioie when It "\vlll be finally laid to rest j
beside the children who were burled j
years ago.
The funera] procession was very Imposing.
and included not only the reresentatlves
of the Armv and Navy of
the United States, but the entire military
strength of the State of Ohio and |
hundreds or elvlc, fraternal find other
organizations, it was two ndles long.
President) Roosevelt, showing signsot*
fatigue aftjer his days of strain and
?~eitement remained quietly in seelu'lon
after; the funeral until 7 o'clock
n the 'evening, when he boavded a
jrain for Hvnshlngton.
As the Sun cruie up through the gray
curtain off mist that hung over the
prairies off the East, the peaceful little
city thnt^ Kave William McKinley to
rut* natio^ prepared to per'form the last
rites forjthe inan It loved.
* 'Ve M11108 ns many people as there
were rriom for surged through the |
Idack-grirUed street. Bhgle rails and I
the rolj 0f drums broke the still- j
ness of/the morning air- My !> o'clock '
there vjrPro o.'.OOO people tramping he- I
rweeu lines of the Notional Guards- j
men. oh either side of the Rtreets leading
to the sombre-clad City Hall or .
the McKlnley homestead, "where the j
body t>f the President tvas in the last
keeping of his bereaved "widow.
The troops and Masonic organizations
begun to form In line of parade
amid the turmoil and confusion created
with the arrival of each body. The
movement toward the picturesque
"clne.covered McKlnley home, the
Methodist Church, where the funeral
services were held,, and the cemetery,
a nqje beyond, was under full swing at
noe,n_
A short time after the noon hour
thsre came through the McKlnley
home three stalwart hluejnckets and
three bronzed Infantrymen. They
came to rigid attention under the
di-ooplng Ivy at the top of the steps
leading to the lr?wn
Members of the Cabinet, the Admirals
of the Nation's fleet and the Generals
of its Army followed them and
fcrouped themselves picturesquely on
the plazzu, th?'ir gohl-laeed unl'orms
and clanking fthle arms scintillating in
the sunshine. JAeutenant-General
Miles headed the Army forces and
Rear-Admiral Farquhar the naval contingent.
Finally there caine from up the
street the sound of a bugle. The notes
sounded alfhosfc solemn. It was the
"President'!* call."
jrtm notes* scarcely mod nway when
a carriage approached. On either side
of the carriage, in which was seated
President /Roosevelt with Commander
Oowles. his naval aide, galloped Troop
A, of Cleveland, whose uniforms were
resplendent In splashes of red and gold.
The ra'Valende halted in front of the
MeKIuley home. <Jeneral Miles and
Admiral Farquhar greeted President
Roosevelt as he alighted, and accoiu,
panted by them he entered the house.
I A brief private service was held
within the darkened chamber where
the body rested. l>r. Manchester uttered
prayer while the relatives
wero aaLhcred around, ami Mrs. Mc
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Klnley listened from the half-open
door of her adjoining room.
A naval lieutenant, accompanied by
a lieutenant In the Infantry, came out
of the house and led the sailormen
and soldiers therein. Over the city
the tolling of bells rang out In mournful
eadeuees. The boom of cannon
broke the air- The troops In the street
came to attention at present arms. A
band of musicians sent in almost willstvokiwI
tK.i : At.
jh-jtu iiuics iuc ui.^i M1.11U9 UL lilt*
beautiful byniu, "Lead. Kindly Light "
Through he open doorway the sailors
and soldiers bore on their shoulders
the ItstR and llowcr-deeked c;?.sket
containing all that Mas mortal of
President McKinley.
Lehlnd the casket walked President
Roosevelf. and behind hint the mom*
l>ers of tils Cabinet. The otlieers of
the ArmJ" and Navy followed, while
tno bell* tolled and the roar of the
President's salute broke from the
' mouths of cannon far away.
When the casket had been placed In
the he:trse and the President and his
Cabinet had entered their carriages,
through a lane of people ten deep the
march to the church began. The people
st.?od with uncovered heads. Some
of thrm wept. Almost every ruan carried
A McKinley cane, which was encircled
with the national colors and
bore the face of the President 011 the
head. These were held aloft after the
manner of cavalry troopers in salute
as the hearse moved slowly by.
There w >ro 112.000 men in the line of
march behind the hearse. A ?11st in guishel
guard of honor, composed of
Admirals and (Jrnerals. were on each
side of the hearse. In the < I rand
Army pn-t of which the dead President
was a menthol* marched some
tVien very old and feeble. The church
>vas reached at 1.4."? p. in.
A? the mournful cavalcade drew un
at t\ church, where once the President
worshiped, a riot appeared to be
| In progress. Thousands of men and
j women were .lammed up against the
sides of the eilitiep and brawny troopers
were trying to drive them hack.
Finally the tangle Mas straightened
out and everybody who had a ticket
was admitted.
The casket was borne by the sailormen
and soldiers, followed by a guard
of honor, into the ohurch and placed
on a catafalque Just in front of the
altar.
President, lloosevelt occupied the
second pew in the centre tier of seats.
The nieinl ers of the Cabinet sat with
him. Just behind him was the MoKir.ley
pew. The occupants of it were
Aimer .tre^rnloy. Tits wife and two
daughters; Mrs. Barber and Mrs. Duncan.
As the body was deposited on the
catafalque ami the sailors and soldiers
retired to seats at the side, from Ihe
organ canto the notes of Beethoven's
Funeral March.
During the prelude the congregation
of mourners gazed at the decorations
of the church. Everywhere save on
the altar fell the black mourning pall,
caught up with tassels of white silk.
Eong streamers of crape hung from
the centre of the church to the side
walls. The gallery was draped with
the cloth of death so that no part of
the railing could he seen.
But there was no gloom In the mass
of color about the altar. The tirst object
that met the eye was a huge white
marble vase, from which streamed
great clusters of carnations. President
MeKlnley's favorite llower. Behind
the vase gleamed the lofty gilt pipes
of the organ.
Scarcely a single line of the chancel
Tail or pulpit could he seen for the set
pieces of beautiful flowers piled against
it. Glowing crescents of yellow roses '
rested upon the cliancel rail. There
were Immense beds of white rosejfc^
flags of flowers, broken columns, vnsr
wreaths of oak leaves, huge vases of
wonderfully tinted orchids, masses of
violets. Tile nrcHnmlimOnr. ../tin
pink and the greater number of blossoms
were carnations. Upon the casket
rested the widow's last offering, a
simple bunch of carnations within a
wreath of oak leaves. Senator Hanna
sent the wreath.
When quiet reigned, save for the
muffled roar of cannon that came from
the street and the murmured crashing
of bands playing funeral marches, a
quartet of young women, with white
frocks and big white picture hats,
sang "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere."
The Rev. Dr. Mlllignn, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, offered a
prayer. It was simple, short and earnest.
When he intoned the I/ord's
Prayer every person In the church responded
the sacred words with him.
Following Dr. Milllgau's prayer
came the reading of the Nineteenth
Psalm by the Rev. I)r. John A. Hall,
pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church.
As the reader retired the mixed quartet
sang the w >rds of Cardinal Newman's
hymn. "Lead. Kindly Light."
The Rev. Dr. C. E. Manchester, pastor
of the church anil the intimate
friend of President McKinley. delivered
the address. Dr. Manchester and
the dead President were friends for a
lifetime, and the clergyman was visibly
affected by the task before him.
His voice failed him several times as
no read froiu his manuscript containing
the oniony on the life of his friend.
After the address prayer was offered
by Bishop Joyce, of Minnesota. The
congregation Joined In the singing of
the President's fjiv(?rite hymn, "Nearer.
My God, to Thee," by a mixed quartet.
The benediction was delivered by the
Ttev. Fa:h.-r Vattmnn. one of the Patholle
chaplains in the Army. He was in
uniform.
Tltc church services over the at endruts
prepared tiie casket for Its journey
to the grave. The organ pealed
out the Chopin Funeral March, solemn
and Inspiring.
As the casket was borne upon the
shoulders of the soldiers and sailors
from the church to the hearse the sun
disappeared and the clouds hung leadn
overhead. Four bands massed
aved the Funeral March from Saul,
tiie thousands of people Jammed In
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the streets behind the line of troops
stood with uueovercd heads.
The procession began Its march to
the cemetery, a mile away. The
Grand Army band in the lead, played
continually "Nearer. My God. to Thee."
Under great black arches the hearse,
with its glittering guard of houor.
passed to the strains of the hymn.
There were five of these arches. On
the first a lithograph of the dead President.
On another wore these words:
"Ho loved us. We loved him." On
another: "He was our ideal American."
In twenty minutes the cemetery was
reached. It Is =?? *->??
sloping ground, rising from the street
In undulating waves of turf punctuated
with marble nml granite shafts.
There was a great concourse of people
on the surrounding hills anil the
streets. Within sight of the entrance
is the receiving vault, where the dead
President's body Is to remain for ?a
time. Tills mausoleum Is of granite,
green In design with a tower and
pointed peak.
At the peak was set a groat oak
wreath. It was the offering of the
new President of the United State*.
Over the facade was a wreath of laurels
with a splash of parma violets,
red with the Italian colors. This was
the offering of the King of Italy, whose
father was assassinated as was President
MeKlnley.
Hanging to the two granite gables
at either end were two more wreaths.
l>otli of oak. On" was the offering of
King Kd.vard VII. The other was
sent by the Ambassador of the Czar
of Russia. It bore a card, "In the |
name or u:s .Majesty, tho Czar."
At tho base of the vault on either j
ship of tho ontranoe wore irroat masses |
of floral ofTorin^s. Altogether there
were 2-10 flora! offerings, the greater
part of which came from foreign countries
anil State governments.
As the cortege entered the cemetery
the troops at the head of it marched
by the tomb and disappeared over the I
hill to the street on the other side.
The gravel walk on which the hearse
and carriages were drawn was littered
with sweet peas, geraniums and carnations.
They had been scattered
there by the school children of Canton.
President lioosevelt stood at the entranee
of the tomb. Around him were
the members of the Cabinet and other
high otiieials of the Covernuieut.
The hearse was driven up to the entrance,
and soldiers and sailors, flanked
by the guard of honor, bore the body I
on their shoulders to a rest which had
been provided for it directly in front of
tho vault, liohind them was the guard
of honor, (ieneral Miles and Admiral
Farquhar in the load.
Following the guard of honor came
the Molvinley family, Abner MoKlnloy
and Mrs. Abner MoKiuloy at the
head. As the soldiers and sailors lowered
the casket from their shoulders
t he boom of cannon was beard. There
were three salvos.
Bishop Joyce then read tho burial
service of the Methodist Church. Instantly
from the eight bugles rang out
the notes of the soldier's last call?
"Taps." It was beautifully done, and
the last notes of the buglers died away
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cum; iii.ii <iii i> mi iii-ani remained
listening for n few seconds to see If it
had really ended.
The casket was thou taken tip again
hy the bearers and borne Into the lnclosure.
From over a hill came the
throbbing of the drums low and muttering.
At the last roll the easket was
placed 011 the rest reserved for it.
The President's carriage was then
summoned, and lie entered it with
Commander Cowles and was driven to
the McKlnley house.
For more than two hours the military
organizations in the funeral pageant
marched hy the vault.
When the last of the procession had
passed the bier orders were given that
the cemetery should be cleared. The
order was quickly carried out, and the
dead President was left in the care of
his guard of honor. The guard that
has the honor of watching the bier of
the dead President is Company C. of
the Fourteenth Regiment of Infantry.
It is commanded by Captain W. S.
Riddle. Jr. The company includes seventy-six
men, and was ordered to Canton
from Fort Wayne. Detroit.
Nature has been kind in selecting
t .e last resting place for President
McKlnley. West Lawn Cemetery is
on a high knoll overlooking the peaceful
valley, with the busy little city of
Canton laid out below. Here, looking
out on his home city and Ills native
State, the body of Mr. McKlnley wns
laiu to resr. just insiae mo stately
entrance stands the gray stone vault
where for a time the coffin will repose.
But In due time the body will be taken
front the vault and committed to the
little plot of ground further on. This
Is the Melviniey lot, and here He his
father, whose name he bore, the mother
he guarded so tenderly In life, his
brother James, his sister Anna and his
two children. And when that time
conies a stately shaft c? granite will
rise above the grave, telling of the
civic virtues, the pure life and the
martyr death of V-T/.lam IIcKinloy.
r.YINO IN STAT"! AT CANTON.
All Ohio Turn??l Out t*? !'? Trltiut* to
the I'itlleu Chiefs Memory.
Canton, Ohio.?The train bringing
the body of William MeKinley. late
President of the United States, for
burial In the town where his early life
was passed, completed Its Journey at
ll.TiO oirlock Wednesday morning.
Thousands o?f?norsons hnd nnnu. hero
to lie present at the fir.nl services in
honor of tlie dead President, nnd n
crent crowd stood with bared bends
about the stntion as the train drew in.
The Journey of the funeral train
from Washington wns mnrked by evidences
of the universal sorrow no less
marked fhnn the trip from BufTnlo.
Although tho train left the Capital
long after sunset nnd did not enter.se
into daylight until its Journey had
been more than half run, there was
not a mile along the entire route that
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was not covered l?y persons to observe
its passing.
During the Inst lialf hour's run Into
Canton, where the body was to be re- I
oeived into the arms of Its own people.
mile by mile the evidences of deep
personal affliction seemed if possible
to -increase. Flaps that had often
waved welcome to Mr. McKinley were
now lowered in sorrow. Farmers and
country folk generally seenrnd to have
suspended work, schools had been dismissed
and the entire population was
T?ngcd nlonp the track In sorrowful
silence. The straining faces showed
that each member of the crowd took
this mournful home-coming as a personal
bereavement. It was as though
fathers and mothers nrjd sisters were
watching for a gllmptj' of the coffin
that held their own lo\cM relative.
Tenderly and revert fitly, those who
had known William McKlnley best received
his body. Th ./ hardly noticed
tl\e President of the i nited States and
his Cabinet or the generals ami admirals
in their resplendent uniforms. The
eoffin which contained the body of
their friend and fellow townsman had
all their thoughts.
The entire population of the city
and thousands from all over Ohio, the
full strength of the National Guard
of the State, eight regiments, throe
hetterles of artillery, one battalion of
engineers, .">000 men in all; the Governor.
the Lieutenant-Governor and a
Justice of the Supreme Court, reprej
sentlng the three branches of The Stale
Government, wore at the station to receive
the body when the train arrived
at noon. The whole town, with the
exception of the McKinley cottage,
vyas draped In black. Only the hitching
post at ?he curb In front of the
house had been swathed In black by
the citizens, in order that it might conform
to the general scheme of mourning
decoration.
The funeral train was met by Judge
Day at the head of the local reception
committee. Mrs. McKinley. weeping
piteously. was helped from the train
by Dr. Rixey and Aimer McKinley
and conducted to a carriage which
was In waiting, ami was then <lrivcn
rapidly to her home. The oilier relatives
followed her.
The cofiin was then lifted from the
catafalque ear and carried on tlie
shoulders of the body hearers to the
waiting hearse, '.'he soldiers presented
arms and bugles sounded taps. President
RoosejreJt iind the Cabinet members
then eotfreil carriages. They
were followen!,J>y the guard of honor,
in full uniform, and the proeession
ilien marched to the Court House.
The proeessiou passed all the way between
big arclies draped in black.
Snd as trap the proeession which escorted
thf^Wldy to the Court House it
could not compare with the infinite
sadness of the double line of sorrowing
people w ho streamed steadily through
the dlml.v lighted corridors of the
building from the time the eotlin was
opened until It was taken home to the
widow at nightfall. They stepped
softly, and tears catae unhidden.
All through the afternoon the crowd
passed the catafalque approximately
at the rate of loo every minute, making
In the five hours in which the body
lay in state a total of flO.OtX) people,
practically equal to the population of
Cantdn. When the doors were closed
at fi o'clock the line four abreast
stretched fully a ndle from the Court
House, and people were still coming
from the side streets to take their
nlnnoa I r.
At 0 o'clock tlio <!oors were closed
to the public nnd preparations were
made fur removing the body to the
McKinley house. Canton. Post, Grand
Army of the Republic, acted as escort,
and there wa.i no following. At
the house the escort formed In line
In the street, presenting arms, while
the collin. borne by the body bearers,
was taken into the house. It was
placed In the front parlor for the
night. Guards were posted around
the house, and a number of sentries
were placed lu the front yard.
During the afternoon President
Roosevelt walked over to the McKinley
residence to inquire after Mrs.
McKinley. He was informed that she
had stood the trip 'ront Wasliington
bravely, but In the opinion of the
physician It was not advisable for her
to attempt to attend the service at
the church. She therefore remained
quietly nt her home with l>r. ltixey.
STATIC FUNEICAL AT WASH I Ml TON.
Simple anil Iinprr??lvn Srrvicra llrltl in
tl>? Capitol Itotunita.
Washington, I>. C.?At precisely 0
o'clock on Tuesday the body hearers
In the Past Itonm raised the collin containing
the remains ol* President Will
lam MeKInley to 1 hoir shoulders, to
take It to the hearse. As they appeared
at the main door of the White House
the Murine Rand, stationed on the '
avenue opposite the mansion, struck |
up the favorite hymn of the dead
President. As the hearse, drawn by
?ix black horses, with a groom at the
head of raeh. moved away, the mourners
from tlie White House entered
carriages and followed the lw.dv 1
The hearse 11 ntl carriages wore driv- t
on down to thr gate of tho White
lions,, grounds and bolted. Then tie (
Arllllory Hand began tin* music of the ,
Dead Match from "Saul." a ldast fmin
ho bugle sounded the signal to march,
and tho head of tho procession started '
on Its way to the Capitol.
Major-< Jenor.il John H. Brooke,
mounted, was at the he..?t o* the line. j
Behind tetin came his aides, the red- |
coated artillery hand, a squadron of
cavalry, a iiattery of field artilleryr ~
with the men sitting straight and '
stiff as statues; a company of cngln- 1
ters, two bntfallons of coast artillery, '
and a detachment of the Hospital 1
Corps. Then came tho naval contin- !
gont of tho first section, headed by
tho Marino Baud, who wore followed j
by a hnttnllon of marines, and one of ,
sailors from the North Atlantic Squad- j
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ron. The National Guard of the District
of Columbia brought up tlu? rear
of the military section of the parade.
The journey from the White House
to the Capitol was simple and solemn.
Slowly the procession proceeded down
Pennsylvania avenue, headed by the
soldiers and followed by the guard
of honor and the carriages. It
had begun to rain just before
the hearse was brought through
the White House gates, and now it
was pouring hard, but ovrrvwimi-..
stood barcheadod men, some holding
tlielr lints by tholr sides and ninny
raisins them with an evident idea that
tills showed creator respect. The balconies
of the houses alone the line
were packed with women with tearstained
faces. Many little children In
| the crowd were holding handkerchiefs
to their eyes.
! The movement of the procession to
the Capitol was very slow. It took
one hour and a half to march a mile.
At 10.40 the strains of "Nearer. My
God. to Thee," blown on busies, were
! lieard at the Capitol. They heralded
the approach of the procession.
At 10.12 o'clock tIn* head of the procession
arrived. The military contingent
passed eastward on It street,
thence south on First street east.
Headed l?y Major-Genernl John It.
ltrooke and staff and the Fifth Artillery
Corps band, the troops swept
around to the south end of tlie phi7.a.
and then inarched to position fronting
the main entrance to tlie Capitol.
As the eight l?ody-bearcrs drew tlie
flag-draped casket from the hearse the
bands again played "Nearer, My God.
to Thee." and every head In the vast
attendant throng was bared.
Willi careful and solemn tread the
liody-bearers began the ascent of the
staircase with their precious burden
ai d tenderly bore It to tlie catafalque
In the rotunda.
The only sign of mourning In the rotunda
was the crape on the hilts of the
otllecrs' swords. Senators and Representatives
occupied seats on the east
side. The family of the late I'resident
had seats reserved on the north and
immediately next to the catafalque.
The choir was to the west, and behind
It were members of the Supreme
Couri. The foreign .Ministers umtc
seated to the east, and all were in fnu
uniform. There was also a large ujB5 '
her of military anil naval ollicers. -flUr I
The services were brief. Afh-rWlio t
collin liail been brought in and laid
on the catafalque. the choir, led l?y
tIn* mnrvelously sweet voice of Mrs.
Thomas t\ Noye- . sang "l.cad. Kindly i
Light." Tim singers ramo from the
<'huivh that Mr. McKinley hail attended
in Washington. Then Ui?v. II.
It. Naylor read a prayer. the words of
which were not distinguishable at a
distance itf a few steps. Mrs. Noyes
snug alone "Some Time We'll Tinderstand."
Her voice alone seemed to
have power sufficient to till the space
of the dome.
I'd shop Edward fi. Andrews delivered
a formal address after reading
the psalm, "The Lord Is My Shepherd."
The services were concluded
by singing "Nearer, My <?od, to Thee"
by the choir and a benediction by Iter.
W.'II. Chapman.
Almost twenty minutes were required
to clear the rotunda sufficiently
to permit the opening of the doors
for the admission of the general public.
The lid was lifted from over the
face, and at 11.b". the people began to
file by, coining into the building at the
east door and passing out through the
west door. No one was allowed time
for more than a hurried glance.
The last chapter in the capital's tribute
to the nation's dead took place
when, in three sections, the trains
carrying to Canton the body of the
late President, accompanied by bis
widow and the principal officers of the
McKinlcy Administration, left the
Pennsylvania Railroad station soon afte*
8 o'clock. President Theodore
Roosevelt and tIso members of the
Cabinet, Secretary Cortelyou, the
guard of honor, composed of army
and navy officers, relatives, officials
and correspondents, made up a funeral
company that tilled twenty-one cars.
Ceorcla'A Olant Rjonmnrf.
Dougherty county now lays claim
to the champion big tree of Georgia.
It was discovered several weeks ago
by employes of the Red Cypress Lumber
company who were engaged in cutting
timber. It rears Its head from
amid a thick swamp where hardwood
trees abound, and to this is due the
fact that it was not discovered sooner.
t iH tH Jin* txf tK/k " ?*" * ? ^ 1" ? *
Q.MU i wi iur in rt nyriimore.
It 1r on a little knoll, and oxcept
In seasons \vh<'S a great deal of
rain has fullen Its trunk Is not reached
by water. A foot from the ground its
Lrunk Ik forty-four feet in circumfer- 1
ence. For twenty feet above tho
ground the body of the great tree is
round and symmetrical, but at that ]
point It branches Into four sections, i
any one of which would make a giant 1
tree if standing alone. The four arms
of the big sycamore do not spread out
ss would seem natural, but reach sky- ,
ward, almost perpendicularly. The
tree Is pronounced by nil who have <
seen it a curiosity, and places "in tho I
shade" all the known trees in Goor- '
gia.?Atlanta Constitution.
The Mongolian pluasant, which is a : 1
land-oinc and valuable game bird, has
iccn successfully introduced in New \
Verk State. I lie bird was first intro- j
1 ucc 1 into tin? couTTVry in Orcwin and i
he valleys of the Willamette, Umpqua ?
md Rogue Rivers are now well stocked, t
It is reported also to have crossed the '
Siskiyous atui entered California. 11?
laughter is tempo:. ri!y pnhibitcd by
aw in Oregon, and indefinitely prohih- s
ted in California under the game law
?as^ed by the last Legislature. j
o
NO. 28.
iTTiriT
All Nations Paid Homage to the Memory
ol William McKinley.
THE COUNTRY'S DAY CF SORROW
Ite?m?r!;nl?]o Demount vat ton* of tlio WorblWlild
rrrllng Arnnnod l?y the Dentil
??f I'rnntilont M rlil 11I17?For Five M'nutc<
the Nation's IluslnrM \Vn? Sus"
pcndnl an a Tribute to ttie Dead.
Washington, 1>. C*.?At the stroke of
n church hell in a country town on
Thursday the world listened, then
st. roil still, then knelt and then prayed.
Sorrow overleaped the bounds of
space. The knell that sounded at
J.ao o'clock in the Ohio town of
fan toil -the one great metallic voice
that seemed to say "lies!! Itest! ltest!"
as the hotly oi' William McKinley was
borne to its tomb -grew and grew to
a thunder of sound with the greater
leagues that it covered.
To east ami west it spread, and ns
that voice, now chanting solemnly,
"Mourn' mourn! mourn!" swept over
the earth, all peoples prayed; the
prince, the priest, the ciiir.en.
Never he fore in the history of the
world had that world been so swept
by sorrow?a tidal wave of emotion
that surged from nolo to nolo fmm
oast to west. blotting out class and
creed ami raoo in tho univorsal tribute
of tears.
Tlio holl that clanged out its message
la tho little Mothndist clniroh in Canton
was Uko a heart sending out its
pulses through the hotly of the world
?like a groat oontral station with a
million wires, took hue a wol> each
strami of which touched a heart somewhere.
In this Nation it mattered not
whether men were on laml or water.
They censed the niomeni's step for nr
"full live minutes to say. "Cod rest
hint!" The murines of ureal ships ami
yttle river boats slopped, and as the,
(Tuft lay idle, again eame the simple.
Solemn phrase. "Cod rest liim!"
Time had been dolled; the great
Clock of tho Human Heart marked
only the one hour. It was ".",0 o'clock
in Canton; it was ".".ti o'clock in spirit
in Now York City, in San I'rancisco*
In Hawaii, in linn:* Kong. in i'.nmhay,
in Constantinople, in I'arls. in London.
Truly the wide world wept.
Never before in all the history of
the Cnlted Stales or the wnrlit mis
fmch ii tribute palil to the memory of
oiH* num. In every city and town ofl
tlio United Slates all commerce wad
stopped, while lints came off and voices
sadly and solemnly joined in one of
the dead President's favorite hymns. |
In New York Pity the most remarkable
scenes occurred. In the public
squares thousands gathered hours before
the time for the bells to toll tlio
news that the Last solemn act of the
grent national tragedy hail begun.'
Patiently and silently they waited.
Then, us t lit- first deep notes of the
bells were heard every hat was
raised, and no man stood there covered.
Many a handkerchief was
lifted to tear tilled eyes, hut not. at
sound was uttered. Trolley cars were i
at a standstill, nttd s<> stood all until k
the lust strokes <>f the bells announced! M
that the gates of tho tomb bad been ^k
closed. Not a car moved in the cltyj
during this time. Not n telegraph instruinent
clicked. In the great harbor
not u propeller turned.
All over this country similar scenes SHE
were enacted. Street; ear lines anil
great railway systems came to a dead
stop. Even those never-ceasing mak- fl H
ers of speech, the telegraph wires, lay
pulseless for live minutes?for that
only Ave minutes of all the ages in '
which the world stood si 111 in revcrencc
<?f a memory of a num. | ^
In England's capital memorial services
were held in Westminster Abbey f
that were second only to those lu v.
honor of the lamented Queen Victoria.
The representative of King Edward
VII. was present, as was a most distinguished
assemblage. Services wero
also held In St. Paul's and in all the
great universities of Great Britain
and Ireland.
In every capital of Europe and in
nearly every civilized country of the
world memorial services were held, salutes
were tired and flags lowered to
half staff. Wherever the warships of
Iiiut MBuuiau IUIU uri 1JIUII/ ?nr MillHoned
the guns joined in the salute
riuo to the head of the new grcnt world
Power. Throughout the British empire
such revereiiee was paid hy voice,
gnu and flag as has never been pal<1
before to any one save Oueen Victoria.
In the Anieriean cliurch in Paris,
frenchmen and Americans mourned;
to the services in Merlin the Kaiser
sent a special representative.
And of William MeKinlcy's own
country, what need to say that its
irrlef was the greatest it. ever ha <
known! From outermost rape of tlio
Bast to our \v. n-nr . island possession,
from See tie to Cuba, lt?o
diurelies w.-re flJi d and tlie Hag that
ic loved drooped at half-mast. !
The ceremonies, the services, the
leeorations, the notions of the citizens
,vcre tlie same in capital and in tiamet.
Tire eulogies differed only as the
Imitations and ah!!itles of the speakers
differed. All were alike in that
hoy breathed forth the deep sorrow, I
great love a weeping Nation. A
'l b.- story of tlie ceremonies and of ^
'?? closing of business houses and fac- ^A
orles is the same everywhere. Tb?
tory of one city's action tue story
if every city and village '-"bin the BMk
sdlctlon of ti i. Grief
md mourning were general. . ^^BA