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Tiie Closing Scene in Tl;e Nation's! . Sad Tragedy. "DUST TO Bl'ST; aSBES TO ASMS" The flortal Remains otOur Late, Lamented President Laid in the Tomb ? Deep and Universal Mourning ? ^ Mis Devoted Wife Unable to Attend The Pi-blic Funeral?Eloquent Tr.bute to the Dead Chieftain. magna Canton, Special.?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 head of the military and naval establishments, the Governors of States, and a great concourse of people who had known and loved him. all that is mortal of the third President to fall by an assassin's bullet was committed to the grave on Thursday. It was a spectacle of mournful grandeur. Canton ceased to be a town and swelled to the proportions of a great city. From every city and hdmlct in Ohio from the remote eoruers of the South and from the East and West, the human tide flowed into the town until 100.000 people were within its gates, here to pay their last tribute to the fallen chief. The final scene at the First Methodist church, where the funeral service was held and the beautiful West Lawn Cemetery, where the body was consign-1 ed to a vault, were simple and impressive. The service at the church consisted of a brief oration, prayers by the ministers of three denominations and singing by a quartette. The body was then taken to Westlawn and placed in a receiving vault, pending the time when it will be finally laid to rest beside the dead children who were buried years ago. The funeral cortege was very impressive, and included not only the representatives of the army and navy of the United States, but the entire military strength of the State of Ohio and hundreds of civic, fraternal and other organizations. It was two miles long. ( One of the most pathetic* feature? of i the day wa3 the absence of Mrs. Me- I Kinley from the funeral services at the! church and in the cemetery when the i body of her husband was laid to rest, j Sin< e the first shock of the shooting. | then of the death and through the or- j deal of state ceremonies, she had borne up bravely. But there is a limit to human endurance and when the day came it found her two weak to pass lhrou?h t the trials of the final ceremonies, j Through the open door of her ro:m she mainc n? the late President, from the hotly was borne out of the house. After . that Dr. Rixev remained close by Iiev 1 Fide, and although the full force of the : calamity had come upon her. it was believed by those about her that there was a providential mercy in her tears.! as they gave some relief to the anguish of the heart within. The streets of the little city of Canton were filled with plufbcr. prancing horses and densely packed hoiie3 of moving men assembling here for the procession which was to es^or: the remains of the late President from the' church to West lawn Cemetery. Thirty special trains, in addition to the regular trains, had arrived before neon. The biggest crowd in the history of Canton, which was here during the campaign of 1866. estimate ! at over i 60.0000. was exceeded today. The awestricken crowds upon their arrival all moved as by a common impuls? to- , ward the old familiar McKinley cot- i tage, vho-e the remains wert iyirg. j Military guards stationed at the four corners cf the lawn paced their beats, j but there was no other -ign of life j about the house of death. The window ' shades were down. A long border of bla( k which had been nut 2u place after the body was removed to the house | last night fringed the roof of the porch from which President McKinley had ( spoken to delegations from every State in the union and where he had met and J talked with all the chieftains of his ; party. No badge of conventional j mourning was on the door. Instead , there was a simple wreath of palms "bisected by a beautiful band of wide purple satin ribbon. Thp face of the President was seen for the last time when !t lay in state "Wednesday In the court house. The 4 casket was not opened after it was re- j mo??d to the Mi-Kin".ey residence and the members of the family had no opportunity to look upon t.K silent features again. The casket was sealed before it was borne away from the couit house. When Mrs. McKiniey came nto the death chamber for her last me- \ ments beside her dead husuand she ; wished to have a final look at the upturned face. TJut this was impossible and the sealed casket with its flowers and flags were all that she saw. The collection of flowers was probably the most beautiful ever seen in the United States. The conservatories of the country had been denuded to sup- ! ply them. From the four quarters of the earth came directions to adorn the bier of McKinley with flowers whose fragrance might be symbolical of the awAAtnasa and ouritv of the ended life, i ITiii! LflOl UDuLUUILi). I. ... . ? ... I But these tributes from foreign countries were buried beneath th" floral tribute of McKinley's countrymen. There were tons and tons of them an:I a list of those who sent them would be almost a oc.aplete roster of those prominent in the olicial, commercial and so.-ial life of the United Stales. As the time approached for bearing the body of the dead Persident from the McKinley home to the church, the little cottage on North Market street was the centre of a vast concourse of people. Regiment after regiment of soldiers, acting as guards, were in triple lies from the curbs to the lawns. The walks had been cleared and the multitude took refuge in the great ( sweep o? lawns where they formed a solid mass of humanity surging for- , ward to the lines of soldiers, in front of the McKinley cottage were drawn up the two rigid flies of body-bearers, eight sailors of the navy and eight soldiers to go within and take up the \ casket. Just at 1 o'clock the black chargers ' of the Cleveland troop swept down the ' street, their riders four abreast, in their brUliant hussar uniform, with flags and banded by crepe and every sabre hilt bearing its fluttering emblem of mourning. Their coming was the ; signal ior tne approacn ci rresiuem Roosevelt aud the members of the cabinent. The presidential party moved up ' the walk to the entrance of the house and formed in a group to the left. The 1 President's face looked very grave and ' he stood there silently with uncovered : head awaiting the body of the dead chieftain. Beside him 3tood Secretary 1 Gage. Secretary Root. Secretary Wilson and Secretary Hitchcock and just across Attorney General Knox. Post- 1 master General Smith. Assistant Secre- { tary of State Hill, representing Secre-! 1 tary Hay. and Secretary Cortelyou. ' Extending further down the walk was the guard of honor, the ranking gen- . erals of the army on the right and the chief figures of the navy on the left. Lieutenant General Miles, in the full uniform of his high rank, with his 1 1 sword at his side and the band of crepe ' about his arm. stood alongside the : members of the cabinent and with him ; were Major General Brooke. Major General MacArthur. Major General ' Otis and Brigadier General Gillespie. ' Across from them was ranged Rear 1 Admiral Farquhar. representing Ad- ' miral Dewey, ranking head of the navy; Rear Admiral Crowninshleld. Rear 1 Admiral O'Neil. Rear Admiral Kenney and Brigadier General Heywood, the latter commander-in-chief or ino Ma- ' rine Corps. As the presidential party came up ' the black chargers of Troop A swung into batallion front facing the house ] and the long line of flashing sabres advanced to salute. Now the deep-toned wail of the church bells began and every steeple in Canton gave forth its 1 dolorous plaint. It was 1:15 o'clock, and the time had come for taking up > the body. A brief private service had been held within the darkened cham- i while the relatives gathered around i while the relatives gathreed around and Mrs. McKinley listened from the half-open door of her adjoining room. [ i The double file of body-bearers now stepped into the room and raising the ' flag-wrapped casket to their shoulders, bore it through the open entrance. A solemn hush fell upon the multitude ; as the hearers advanced with measured tread. Not a a bugle blast went up; not a strain of the hymns the dead ru " Tt. wae ler had loveu so wen. ue majestic in its silence. As the casket was borne along above ue line of ( hca:ls could be seen the enfolding Stars and Stripes and on top great 1 masses of white roses and delicate la- 1 render orchids. Tenderly the coffin was committed to the hearse and the silence was broken, as the order to march , passed from officer to officer. It was about 1:45 o'clock when the procession passed the court house and turned into Tuscarawas street to the stately stone edifice where the funer- 1 al services were to be held. At the . church entrance were drawn up deep files of soldiers with bayonets advanced j keeping a clear area for the advancing casket and the long train of mourners. The hearse halted while President Roosevelt and members of the cabinet. alighted. Again they grouped themselves at either side of the entrance and | with uncovered heads awauea tne passage of the casket. Then the coffin was brought from the hearse and taken into the draped entrance, the cabinet following the President. The mourners, too. passed in. but the stricken widow was not among them. She had remained behind in the old 'tome, alone with her grief. The scene within the church when i the casket was carried in on the bravny shoulders of the soldiers and sail- | ors was profoundly impressive. A black border twenty feet high relieved at intervals by narrow white band-> falling to the floor, swept completely around the interior. Only the gilt organ pipe back of the pulpit ro3e above it. The vestibules on either side of the chancel leading into the church were black tunnels, the stained glass windows on either side were framed in black and- the balcony of the Sunday school room to the rear, thrown open into the church by large sliding doors, was shrouded in the same sombre colors. Graceful black streamers festooned along the arches of the nave formed a black canopy above the chancel. From this, directly above the low flac-covered catafalaue on which the casket was to rert, hung a hea'tCn! silk banner with a band of crepe about U- m. Dr. John A. Hall, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church, then read from the Bible the beautiful Nineteenth Psalm and Rev. E.P. Herbruck versc3 41 -58 of the 25th chapter of First Corinthians. With great feeling he read the inspiring words, telling of the mys* ?* ?11 ?..?-* i?1 /-I r-i c'o.n Kl* 1 ?'l eery mui mi ?uuiu iwi o.^.y ? . would be changed. The quartette tne:i sang Cardinal Newmans' grand hymn, the beautiful words floating through all the church. Dr. C. E. Manchester then delivered an address which lasted 24 minutes, on the life of the late Prcs ident and the lessons taught by his noble character and death. Dr. Manchester said in part: "My friends and Countrymen: With i' what language shall I attempt to give . Expressions to the deep horror of our souls as I speak of the eause of Ys ' death? When we consider the magnitude of the crime that has plunged the country and the world into unutterable grief, we are not surprised that one nationality after another has hastened to repudiate the dreadful act. This g n- ' tie spirit who hated no one, to whom every man was a brother, was suddenly smitten by the cruel hands of an assissin. and that too, while in the vety act of extending a kind and g nerous , greeting to one who approached him under the sacred guise of friendship. , "Could the assailant have realized ! how awful the act he was about to per- i form, how utterly heartless the deed. ; methinks he would have stayed his , hand at the very threshold of it. In J all the coming years men will seek in 1 vain to fathom the enormity of that crime. Had this man who fell been a , despot, a tyrant, an oppressor, an in-; ( sane frenzy to rid the world of him might have sought excuse, but it was the people's friend who fell when Wil-!, iiam McKinley received the fata! ( vvcund. Himself, a son of toil, hs i sympathies were with the toilers. No ! ( one who has seen the matchless grace . and perfect case with which he gre*t- j! ?d such, can ever doubt that his hear: J was in his open hand. Every heart i, throb was for his countrymen, i nat; ] his life should be sacrificed at such a , lime, just when there was abundant i peace, when all the Americ ans were ; , rejoicing together, is one of the inseru-j , table mysteries of providence. Like | ] many others it must be left for future ' ( revelations to explain. ! "In the midst of our sorrow we have j much to console us. He lived to see j j iiis nation greater than ever before. All , s.ectional lines are blotted out. Th re 1, is r.o South, no Noith, 110 East, no ' West. Washington saw the beginning of our national life. Lincoln passed through the night of our history and . saw the dawn. McKinley beheld hir ' country in the splendor of its noon. . Truly he died in the fullness cf his ' [ fame. With St. Paul he could say and 1 ( with equal truthfullness. "I am now! ready to be offered." j j "The work assigned him had been i well done. The nation was at peace, j ( It had fairly entered upon an era of unparalled prosperity. Our revenues j were generous. Our standing amoig DrnoInOtl r , LUC UilLiU?ia aci nic, vui i iro;usu- j | was enshrined in the affections of a ! united people. It was not at him that! the fatel shot was fired.but at the very j life of the government. His offo-ing ' was Vicarious. It was blood pouivd ! upon the c'.iar of human liberty." NEARER MY GOD. TO THEE" THE 1 LAST HYMN. Pishop I. W. Joyce, cf Minneapolis*. ; followed with a brief prayer, and the services were concluded with the sing ! ing of the hymn which President Me- , Kin'.cy repeated on his death bed. "Nearer. My God. to Thee." The entitc ; i congregation arose and joined in the i last stanza. Father Valtman, of Chi li cago. chaplain of the Twenty-ninth In- J i fantry. pronounced the benediction, i Then the notes of the organ again rcse j : The coffin was taken up and borne j, from ti e church. The relatives and 1 those in official life went oat in the cr- i cIt they had entered. 11 It was after 3 o'clock when the pi- 1 lent and anxious througs outside the 11 church saw the solemn pageant re-ap- i pear through the church doors. Out! , Tuscarawas street the long procession i moved through a section or the city |; where the sound of the dirge had no: been before heard. But it presented | the same sorrow-stricken aspect that I had been observed in the heart of the 1. city. Funeral arches spanned the street, some of them, it is understood, having been erected by school children. The houses were hung in black and even the stately elms along the way had their trunks enshrouded it; black and white drapery. The line of the funeral march from the church to the cemetery was about one and one-half miles in length. For hours even before the time se<t for the commencement of the funeral exercise--, at the MeKinley home, the street along the entire length of the line of march was crowded with spectators. From the gates of the cemetery to the doors of the church there was on each side of the street an almost unbroken line of soldiers, and at the intersecting streets, detachments of the military were posted about 100 feet from the line of march. It was exactly fo-ir minutes after 4 o'clock when the funeral car bore the remains of the dead President through the gateway of inl3 last resting place. Twenty minutes after that time the brief services at the vault were over, the members of the j family and the distinguished men of the nation who had come so far to do 1 him honor had passed through the 1 gates on their homeward way. One hour and forty minutes after the hearse had entered the cemetery the place wa3 clear and the dead President was resting alone under the watchful care of men of the regular army. A | sentry's measured tread resounded another kept vigil on the grassy slope above and at the head and at the fo.?t of the casket stood armed men. Be- | fere the door which was not closed tonight was pitched the tent of th-; guard and there it will remain until the doors are closed to morrow. Sentries will then guard the vault every hour of the day and night until the body has been borne to its final resting place. Bishop Joyce, of Minneapolis, rtad the burial service of the Methodist i church slowly, but in a voice that ! could be plainly heard by ail who were grouped around the vault. As his words ended there was a brief pausp, for it had been understood that a quartette cf the Knights Templar was to ' be present to render a hymn. Through a misunderstanding, however, it had not arrived, and after satisfying himself of thi3 fact, Colonel Bingham waved his hand to the Canton band, which had taken station cn the side of the mound above and to the south cf the vault. Instantly from the sign of bugles rang out the notes of the soldier's last call, "taps." It was beautifully done and the last notes of the bugles died away so softly that all who heard it remained listening for a few seconds to hear if it was really on den. ' When the last note had floated away. Secretary Wilson was in tears. Secretary Hitchcock was almost weeping and the President was gazing grimly at t'lc walk. It was the last moment for the ! men who had been so closely associated with the President for so long an ! the thought seemed greater than most i cf them could bear. It was all ende-l r?t onH RifiUlo of Cnmnanv I at iaoi auvi v?ytum IMMU.V, ? r? . G. cf the Fourteenth Infantry, who ! will command the guard which is to be placed around the vault, stationed , sentries at the head and foot of the I casket and in front of the vault. The President, the members of the I cabinet and the officers of the army j and navy then entered their carriages. ' and. followed by the members of the family, passed out cf the cemetery and returned to the city. The delay caused by the services at the vault being over, the procession resumed its march. Every man in the line save those :n uniform who rendered appropriate honor in other ways, went past the casket with uncovered head. As the hea l of the division containing the Knights Templar wheeled into the cemetery, the quartette that had been delayed in reaching the place for the previous re.rcm0n.ie3. took up a position to the south of the vault and sang "Faro ; well. ray Brother." This hymn was followed by others, including "Rock nf Ages.' 'The Christian's Good Night." and "The Wayside Cross." The seleo i tions were beautifully rendered, and no part of the funeral ceremonies in Canton was mere impressive. The darkness was gathering fast as the Knights sang on and many in the multitude around the casket were moved to tears, and the sound of sobs wai distinctly audible in the crowd that. lined the fence beyond the line of national guardsmen. The last cf the procession passed the Liter at 5:43 and then orders were given by Captain Biddle that the cemetery should be cleared. The order was luic'.'y carried out and the President | was left in the care of his guard of honor. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND CABINET AT THE VAULT. From the first carriage that stopped ; at the foot of the walk leading up to the vault. President Roosevelt and Commander Cowles. of the Navy, alighted. The President walked slowly toward the vault and took a position on the south side of the walk close to the door. As secretary Reel came or) the walk he assumed a similar position on the north side of the walk and the oth^r members of the cabinet arranged themselves by the side of the President and Secretary of War. With bar-M heads, the President and cabinet and ' others steed at the side of the waik. the lines reaching just to the edge of the roadway. Within a minute afcar iha formation of the lines, the funemi ar came up the walk. The coffin v.a* gently lifted from the hearse ar d: borne to the door of the vault, whtre it rested upon the catafalque. CLEVELAND OS M'LLNLiY. The Only Living Ex-President's Feeling Tr.bute. Princeton, N. J., Special.?All formal exercises at Princeton University were suspended, and at 11| o'clock memorial exercises were held , in Alexander Hall. President Patton introduced Mr. Cleveland, who wa3 visibly affected and with tears in his eyes eulogized the dead President. Mr. | Cleveland said in part: "Today the grave closes over the i man that had been chosen by the peo-1 pie of the United States to represent their sovereignty, to protect and defend their constitution to faithfully execute the laws made for their welfare and to safely uphold the integrity of the republic. He passes from the public sight not bearing the ! wreaths and garlands of his country- < men's approving acclaim, "but amid ! the sobs and tears of a mourning nation. The whole nation loved their President. Hi3 kindly disposition aud affectionate traits, his amiable consideration for all around him will long be in the hearts of his countrymen. He loved them in return with such patriotic unselfishness that in this hour of their grief and humiliation he would say to them, 'It is God's will, I am content. If there Is a lesson in my life or death, let it be taught to those who still live and ' have the destiny of their country in thel? keeping.' i ' _ "First In my thoughts are the lessons to be learned from the career cf William McKinley by the young men who make up the students today of our University. They are not obscure nor difficult. The man who is universally mourned today was not deficient in education, but with all you will hear of his grand career and his services to his country, you will not hear that that which he accomplished was due entirely to education. He was an obedient and affectionate son. patriotic and faithful as a soldier, honest and upright as a citizen, tender ' and devoted as a husband, and truthful. generous, unselfish, moral and clean in every relation of life. He never thought any of those things too ? weak for his manliness. Make no mistake. Here was a most distinguished man. a great man. a useful man?who became distinguished, great and useful because he had, and retained unimnoiro/1 nnoHtino r.f hnn*** ufhfrh I fear university students sometimes feel like keeping in the background or abandoning. "There is a most serious lesson for all of us in the tragedy of our late President's death. If we arc to escape further attacks upon our peace and security, we must boldly and resolutely grapple with the monster of anarchy. It is not a thing that we can safely leave to be dealt with by party or partisanship. Nothing can guarantee us against its menace except the teaching and the practice of the best citizenship, the exposure cf the ends and aims of the gospel of discontent and hatred of social order, and the brave enactment and execution of repressive laws. "The universities and colleges cannot refuse to join in the battle against the tendencies of anarchy. Their help in discovering and warring against the relationship between the vicious counsels and deeds cf blood and their steadying influence upon the elements of unrest, cannot fail to be of inestimable value. "By the memory of our raartvre.I President let us resolve to cultivate and preserve the qualities that made him great and useful, and let us determine to meet the call cf patriotic duty in every time of our country's danger or need." Roosevelt's High Honor. Charlottesville. Va., Special.?Business throughout the city and lectures at the University of Virginia were suspended Thursday. Exercises in memory of the nation's _ dead President were held in the university chapel and in Charlottesville churches. Bishop Hugh Miller Thompson, of Mississippi, in the course of a tribute to Mr Mc Kinley, said: "President Roosev It is ^ just as honest a man as Mr. MeKinley, and I know it; just as pure a man in family life, and I know it; just as devoted a man religiously, and I know it." King Edward Cables Thanks. London. By Cable.?Replying to Mrs. McKinley's acknowledgment of his telegram of sympathy, King Edward telegraphed to Ambassador Choate: "Please convey to Mrs. McKinley my best thanks for her kind message. The Queen and I feel most deeply for her in the hour of her great affliction and pray God may give her strength to bear her heavy cross. Our thoughts will todav be especially with the American nation when its distinguished President is laid to re3t. "EDWARD R." Stop Running Cars. Chattanooga. Special.?At 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon street car and railroad traffic ceased for 15 mlnute3. Factories and business houses generally were closed. Many worshiped at the churches in honor of the dead President. At the same hour six years ago, escorted by the city troop of Cleveland, Governor McKinley, cf Ohio, rode at the head of the Ohio ' militia, which took part in the dedication of the Chickamauga National Military Park. Minute Guns Fired. Charleston, S. C.. Special.?From the fortresses on Sullivan's Island, from ships in the harbor and batteries parked in the public squares of the city, guns were fired throughout the day in memory of the dead President. Memorial services were held in St. Mir>har>ra nnrl St John's churches and the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Exposition grounds. Business throughout the city was suspended and public buildings and business houses were draped in black. All of the public services were attended by large crowds. rianv Lives Lost London. By Cable.?The torpedo boat destroyer, the Cobra, has foundered in the North Sea. the result of an explosion. The ship was en route from the yard of her builders, the Armstrongs, of Newcastle, to Portsmouth, and carried 42 uarai men and 55 men in the employ or tne contractors. Twelve men were saved and it is believed they are the only survivors. Five boats were launched after the Cobra struck but some of them were swamped in the heavy sea which wa3 running at the time. 25 Drowned. Detroit, Special.?A special to The Tribune from Sault Ste Marie says the steamer Nicol, which arrived here * from Duluth brought the report that the steamer Hudson probably foundered off Eagle river last Monday, her crew of 25 men being drowned In tha heavy sea. * IS s [ M