TKjTM OF THE VRE&IBEJWTfi
"Bullet Fired
pleti
"GOD'S WILL HE
HIS LAST WOHTS.
'-The Entire World Mourn t the
Fate of the ictim of
an Anarchist.
After every resource was exhausted
for orcr twenty-four hours, after the
sinking spell early on Friday morning,
death came to Y7illiam McKinley, the
twenty-fifth president of the United
States, at 2:13 o'clock Saturday morn
ing at the Milburu residence, Buffalo,
IN. Y.
WILL5AM
For many hours the President's hold
on life was so slight that the work of
the surgeons was confined to watch
ing the flickering spark without at
tmpting to fan it into life artificially.
Hope Abandonrd at Midnight.
Practically all medicines and oxygen
treatments were abandoned a consider
able time before midnight. All Lope
was abandoned then, and the only
thing left to do was to wait for the
worn out machinery to run down.
Mrs. McKinley had been with the
President twice during the early part
of the evening.
Just before the President lost con
. sciousness Mrs. McKinley knelt at his
side. He knew Ler and said: "Good
by all; good-by. It is God's way; not
-our will, but Thine be done."
of CunwiooitiiM.
The life of President McKinley.
which had been sustained with power-
McKINLET AS A RAW RECRUIT.
At the time of his enlistment in the
Army.)
Jul drafts of oxygen, seemed to fade
away soon after 10 o'clock, and con
sciousness was lost permanently.
Around what was supposed to be the
Vr.ial deathbed, betides the surgeons
ia the case, were Abner McKinley. Miss
Helen McKinley, and Mrs Duncan, the
brother and sisters of the President.
They were hurriedly called to witness
the passing of a brother and a Presi
dent. Yet an hour seemed to be de
layed from one brief moment to an
other. Members of Family Gathered.
Down-stairs and In the hall were the
ASSASCISi SHOOTS IMJKK OliDEKS
Cede of IittrnctlvDt Given to Mil
Chosen t Murder.
Superintendent of Police Bull of
Buffalo now has in his possession the
AT BUFFALO POLICE HEAD
QUARTERS. (Newspaper men Interviewing Police
Captain Reagan.)
xde of Instructions imparted to the
selected assassin, Czolgosz.
The platform of the Free Society
lias also been added to the cumulative
by Arscisrin
les Ifr Foxil Mission.
T)Of1E. ffOT OVW
other members of the family, Mrs. Ab
ner McKinley, a sister-in-law; Miss
Mary Barber, the President's favorite
niece; Mrs. McWilllams of Chicago, a
cousin; Lieutenant James McKinley, a
nephew; John Barber, a nephew; Mrs,
Baer. a niece; with Mr. Baer, and Sec
retaries Root. Wilson, and Hitchcock,
and Attorney General Knox.. The lat
ter, with Secretary Long, had arrived
only a few minutes before midnight,
and Secretary Lons left about 10
M'KINLEY.
o'clock, so that be was not present
when the end came.
Ofllf-lals See the F.nd.
Next in official importance among
the watchers were Senator Hanna.
Controller Dawes, Senator Fairbanks,
Governor Yates of Illinois, J. II. Mil
burn, President of the exposition, in
whose house the President died; Col
onel Myron T. Herrick. with his wife;
and half a score of others who came
and went. Included among these were
Colonel W. C. Brown, Abner McKin
ley 's law partner; Russell B. Harrison,
son of a former President; Webb C.
Hayes, son cf a former President; and
many others whose figures could
scarcely be distinguished in the
gloom.
The Ktraggle With Death.
The President's turn for the worse
came at 2 o'clock on Friday morning,
and it was almost exactly -twenty-four
hours later before the last flicker of
life had died away. It was the heart
which failed early in the morning fol
lowing upon the partial collapse on
Thursday night, and all through the
terrible day into the night the heart of
the good President beat with irregular
throbs which told of t'ae inevitable
end.
Mrs. McKinley Informed.
Mrs. McKinley was warned that it
was only a question of minutes before
the eu came, but as these minutes
drifted into hors her strength failed
completely and she was forced to re
tire, under t he commands of the physi
cians, who alone could te.ll whether
life was extinct or not.
I "ilia I Deathbed Scene.
The result was that when the end
really camo. at 2.15 o'clock in the
gray, foggy morning, those present in
the death chamber were only Mi33 Hel
en McKinley. Mrs. Duncan. Abner Mc
Kinley. James McKinley. John Barber,
and Dr. Rixey. The other physicians
had left the room when it was decided
that human skill could not save the
President.
Had New Given to I'oblie.
Secretary Cortelyou cams out of the
Miltiurn house about 2:20 a. m.f and
in a voice that trembled with emotion
announced:
"The President died at 2:15."
He then gave the names of the fam
ily and friends present at the bedside
when the end came and returned to
t he house.
Immediately thereafter the party
that had been assembled in the bouse
evidence of the anarchist consniracv.
This document binds its members to
gether to advocate and work for the
destruction of the existing social order,
and continues:
. "As in former times no privileged
class ever relinquished its tyranny,
no more can we take it for granted
that the capitalists of the present day
will forego their privileges and their
authority without compulsion. It is,
therefore, self-evident that the fight of
the proletarian against the upper and
middle classes must be of a violent
character and that mere wage con
flicts can never lead to the goal.
Crsee Fore aa Only Remedy.
"We show by numerous illustrations
that all attempts which hare been
made in the past to do away with the
existing monstrous social system
through peaceful means for example,
the ballot box have been useless, and
will be so in the future.
"Force is the only remedy. 7
"We know, therefore, that the rul
ing class will not voluntarily relin
quish its prerogatives and win stake
no concessions to vs. Under all these
Czolgosx, Com-
during the night broke up, coming
down the walk singly and in pairs.
Hen Weep as They Leave.
Everybody was deeply affected. Sev
eral of the men were sobbing aloud
as they passed on their way to their
carriages.
Secretary Wilson says that the party
will go first to Washington, where the
body will lie in state in the Capitol,
but interment will be in Canton, O.
The details of the President's funeral
will be in charge of the Secretary of
State. Through him notices and in
vitations to distinguished foreign rep
resentatives will be extended.
Congress May Attend Funeral.
The wishes of the members of the
President's family wi!l be observed
and the character of th services will
depend entirely on them. Congress
will attend in a body, if the services
are held at the national capital, but
If they are performed at Canton this
arrangement may be changed.
The House is not organized, and the
oath ha.3 not been administered to the
members tlect. but they will be in
charge of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the
last House, who holds over in office.
The Senate, being a continuous body,
will be present officially, with Presi
dent Pro Tern Frye at its head, and
the Sergeant-at-Arms in charge of the
details.
Secretary Root and Secretary Long
will detail suitable bodies of military
and naval forces to be present ct tho
funeral.
Death Causcc'. by Heart Trouble. j
The President s heart gave trouble
from the beginning, but its erratic ac
tion was at first thought to be due to
the shock of the vound, but when the
would had begun to progress favorably
the heart gave more trouble and anxi
ety than ever. Its action became feeble
and finally gave out altogether.
The President's death was due to
heart exhaustion, but some of the
physicians do not believe there was
organic heart trouble. The theory of
at least one of the plysicians 13 that
the original shock of the first bullet
over the heart had much to do with
the trouble which caused death.
Slayer Saved by Darkness.
A noticeable theme of comment was
occasioned by the hour at which the
death occurred. It partook somewhat
of the providential that the event
should have come in th dead of
night instead of the ear'y evening,
when the thousands who gathered on
the streets of the city were in no ten
der mood. Had the death come ear
lier it is possible that the authorities
would have had to cope with more or
less violence.
Crowds Surround Jail.
During the early part of the evening
crowds began to gather about the station-house,
where the assassin, Czol
goz, was confined, and the purpose of
tneir gathering was at no time mys
terious. People gathered rapidly,
who openly declared they intended to
lynch the assassin, if the President
died.
The authorities were fully alive to
the situation and agents of the secret
service reported tnat the people were
excited beyond measure. There were
MRS. WILLIAM
circumstances there is only one rem
edy left force.
Gives Platform of Six Flanks.
"Our platform is simple and divided
as follows:
"1. Destruction of existing' class
domination through inexorable revo
lution in international activity.
"2. The building of a free society an
communistic organizations or produc
tions. "3. Free exchange' of . equivalent
products through the productive or
ganization without jobbing and profit
making. "4. Organization of the educational
system upon non-religious and a scien
tific and an equal basis for both sexes.
"5. Equal rights for all without dis
tinction of sex or race.
"6. Regulation of public affairs
through agreement between the inde
pendent communes and confederacies."
Cleveland, O., telegram: In a frame I
building on Broadway, the Cleveland
detectives have discovered evidence
which, while not tending to prove the
existence of an anarchist plot against
President McKinley, will at least serve
not only the people of Buffalo, indig
nant at the disgrace to their city, but
strangers, who had no neighborly re
spect for the local authorities.
Gov. Odell pacted promptly and gave
orders to protect the jail. Thus the
assassin was safe from penalty for
the miserable death be had dealt out
to the President
All the World Mourns.
All Friday and Friday night 80,000.
000 of Americans stood in thought and
heart at the bedside of their dying
President. -A simple people, devoid of
the arts which in other lr.nds are used
to decorate the emotions, they knew
only how to sorrow in silence and hope
that the impending blow would be
spared.
In his daily life the President of the
United States, is mere.7 its first citi
zen a' plain man in plain clothes, ac
cessible to other plain men in plain
clothes. By virtue of his office he is
only the foremost among his equals.
and as such he meets his fellow citi
zens without claiming or expecting
from them the studied deference or os
tentatious affection which is so eodu-
lously displayed in the capitals of
other lands.
Yet for days, while this man of the
people lay stricken by the assassin,
bound down by wounds, and hovering
between life and death. 80,000,000 men.
women, and children turned from the
tasks of a crowded life, forgot tk'ur
McKINLEY IN I860,
personal strivings and personal griefs,
and in dire suspense reached out for
the least word of comfort, of courage,
or of cheer from their Presicent's bed
side. Sorrow, affection, and anxiety were
written across the face of the whole
nation, throughout the days and
throughout the nights, and now, with
the blow fallen and the watching done,
the land gives itself over to the
mourning which no crown or scepter
could command, which no throne could
gather to it. and now the civilized
world has joined us in grief over our
calamity.
The republic may appear at times
ungrateful, for Its heart is deep, but
le who finds that heart has not lived
or died in vain. Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Ferfert Boy.
"I never heard of but one perfect
boy." said Johnny, pensively, as he
sat in the corner doing penance. "And
who was that" asked mamma. "Papa
when he was little." was the answer.
And silence reigned for the space of
five minutes.
M'KINLEY.
to bold one of the men who was ar
rested in Chicago.
As soon as Information was received
EMERGENCY HOSPITAL.
(Where the President was first takes
after the shooting.)
here of the arrest of Edward Wol
cizynskl. of this city, in Chicago, Sergt,
Do ran and Detective Schmunk were
detailed to search the house in which
he lived at 1870 Broadway. They
found stored away on top of a cup
board fifty feet of fuse, such as is or
dinarily used In the manufacture o!
dynamite bombs. The informatioa
was at once telegraphed to the Chica
go authorities.
imiirv
8
His Record From Farm to the
White House.
MOW A COUNTRY BOY ROSE.
udent. Soldier, lawyer, Coserntman,
Governor and Finally Nation's Chief
Executive The Road that Is tree te
All American Boys.
Here is the chronological story of
the life of William McKinley, twenty
fifth president of the United States:
1843. Jan. 29. William McKinley,
son of William and Nancy (Allison)
McKinley. i born at Niles, Trumbull
county, Ohio, being the seventh of a
family of nine children.
1852. The McKinley family removes
to Poland, Mahoning countf. O., where
William studies at the Union seminary,
until he is 17.
1859. Becomes a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church in Poland.
1860. Enters the junior class in Al
legheny college, Meadville, Pa.; but
poor health prevents the completion of
the course. Subsequently teaches in
a public school near Poland and later
be -omes a clerk in the Poland post-
office. - -
Enlists As a Private,
1861. June 11. Enlists as a private
In Company E of the 23d Ohio Volun
leer infantry.
1862. April 15. Promoted to com
missary sergeant while In the winter's
camp at Fayette, W. Va.
1862. Sept. 24. Promoted to second
lieutenant, in recognition of services
at the battle of Antietam. Wins the
highest esteem of the colonel of the
regiment. Rutherford B. Hayes, and
becomes a member of his staff.
1S63. Feb. 7. Promoted to first
lieutenant.
1864. July 25. Promoted to captain
for gallantry at the battle of Kerns
town, near Winchester, Va.
1864. Oct. 11. First vote for Presi
dent cast, while on a march, for Ab
raham Lincoln.
1864. Shortly after the battle of Ce
dar Creek (Oct. 19), Capt. McKinley
serves on the staffs of Gen. George
Crook and Gen. Winfield S. Hancock.
1865. Assigned as acting assistant
adjutant general on the staff of Gen.
Samuel S. Carroll, commanding the
veteran reserve corps at Washington.
President Lincoln Brevets Him.
1865. March 13. Commissioned by
President Lincoln as major by brevet
in the volunteer United States army
"for gallant and meritorious services
at the battles of Opequan, Cedar Creek
and Fisher's Hill."
1865. July 26. Mustered out of the
army with his regiment, having never
been absent from his command on sick
leave during more than four years'
service.
1863. Returns to Poiand and at once
begins the study of law.
1866. Enters the Albany (N. Y.)
Law School.
1867. Admitted to the bar at War
ren. O.. in March. Accepting the ad
vice of an elder sister teaching in Can
ton, he begins the practice of law in
Canton and makes that place his
home.
His First Office.
1869. Elected prosecuting attorney
of Stark county on the Republican
TESTING NAVIES.
tnCBTtrioc of French and F.ngiih
Fleets for a Purpose.
The English and French naval
maneuvers took place recently at al
most the same time. The French ma
neuvers were planned to represent
conditions which might arise if there
were war. between" France and Eng
land. In that event, it was assumed
that the English channel or home
sjuddron would try to join itself to
the English Mediterranean squadron.
The French Mediterranean fleet would
endeavor to prevent the junction. This
was the problem set to the French
commanders In the maneuvers. A
certain number of (Tench battle-ships
and cruisers represented the English
channel squadron, and another fleet of
war-ships the English Mediterranean
squadron." A third fleet, representing
the French Mediterranean fleet, was
sent out to prevent the junction of the
two English squadrons; and a smaller
group, representing the French North
ern or Channel fleet, sailed out to co
eperate la the movement. The details
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ilnlnLii
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ticket, although the county had usual
ly been Democratic.
1S71. Jan. 25. Marries Miss Ida
Saxton of Canton. (Two daughters
born to Mr. and Mrs. McKinley Kat
ie in 1871 and Ida in 1873 and both
lost in early childhood.)
1871. Fails of re-election as prose
cuting attorney by forty-five votes,
and for the next five years devotes
himself successfully to the practice of
law, and becomes a leading member of
the bar of Stark county.
1872. Though not a candidate, very
active as a campaign speaker in the
Grant-Greely presidential campaign.
1875. Especially active and conspic
uous as a campaigner In the closely
contested state election in which
Rutherord B. Hayes is elected govern
or. Elected to Congress.
.1876. Elected member of the House
of Representatives by 3,000 majority,
his friend Hayes being elected to the
presidency.
1878. Re-elected to Congress by
1,234 majority, his district in Ohio
having been gerrymandered to his dis-
advantage by a Democratic legisla
ture. 1880. Re-elected to Congress by
3,571 majority. Appointed a member
of the ways and means committee to
succeed President Garfield.
1882. The Republicans suffer re
verses throughout ,the country in the
congressional elections and McKinley
is re-elected by a majority of only 8.
1884. Prominent in the opposition
to the proposed "Morrison tariff" in
congress. .
1884. As a delegate at large to the
Republican national convention 'n
Chicago, actively supports James G.
Blaine for the presidential nomina
tion. Asain Oectcd to Cougress.
1SS4. Re-ei-rt-d to Congress by
a majority of 2.000.
1886. Re-elected to Congress by a
majority of 2,550.
1886. Leads the minority opposition
in Congress against the "Mills tariff
bill."
1888. Delegate at large to the na
tional convention in Chicago that
nominated Benjamin Harrison, and
serves as chairman of the committee
on resolutions. Many delegates wish
McKinley to become a nominee, but he
stands firm in his support of John
Sherman.
1888. Elected to Congress for the
seventh successive time, receiving a
majority of 4.100 votes.
1889. At the organization of the
51st Congress, is a candidate for
speaker of the House, but is defeated
on the third ballot in the Republican
caucus by Thomas B. Reed.
Chairman of Ways and Means Com
mittee. 1890. Upon the death of William D.
Kelley in January McKinley becomes
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee and leader of his party In the
House. He introduces a bill "to sim
plify the laws in relation to the col
lection of revenues," known as the
"customs administration bill." He al
so introduces a general tariff bill. The
bill becomes a law on Oct. 6.
1890. As a result of the gerryman
dered congressional district and the
reaction against the Republican party
throughout the country, caused by the
protracted struggle over the tariff bill.
McKinley is defeated in the election
of this great natal game could be un
derstood only by naval experts, but the
result was that the fleets lepresentlng
the English squadrons effected the de
sired union. In the case of the Eng
lish maneuvers, in which one hundred
and seventy vessels participated, the
problem was to defend the English
channel and its approaches and St.
George's channel from the attack of a
hostile fleet, bent on destroying com
merce. Here, as in the case or the
French maneuvers, the victory rested
with the enemy. According to the cal
culated results, the attacking fleet lost
only three cruisers, three torpedi-boat
destroyers and three torpedo-boats,
while it sunk a dozen cruisers, two
gunboats and eight torpedo-boat de
stroyers of the defending fleet, and
captured an indefinite number of mer
chantmen. Both in England and
France there has been sharp criticism
recently on the efficiency of the navy.
The disappointing result of these
maneuvers is likely to strengthen the
demand for improved construction and
a reformed administration. Youth's
Companion.
for Congress by 300 votes In counties
that had previously gone Democratio
by 3.000.
Elected Governor of OHfo.
1891. Nov. 3. Elected governor of
Ohio by a plurality of 21.511. polling
the largest vote that has ever been
cast for governor in Ohio. His op
ponent is the democratic governor.
James E. Campbell.
1892. As delegate at large to the
national convention at Minneapolis,
and chairman of the convention. Mc
Kinley refuses to permit the consid
eration of his name and supports tb
renomination of President Harrison.
The roll call results as follows: Har
rison 535. Blaine 182. McKinley 18.
Reed 4, Lincoln 1.
J892. Death of William McKinley.
Sr., In November.
1895. Unanimously renominated for
governor of Ohio and re-elected by a
plurality of 80,995. this majority being
the greatest ever recorded, with a sin
gle exception during the civil war. for
any candidate In the history of th?
State.
1896. June 18. At the Republican
national convention at St. Iuis Mc
Kinley is nominated for president on
the first ballot, the result of the vot
ing being as follows: McKinley 6C1.
Reed S4V. Quay C0'4. Morton S3. Al
lison 35s, Cameron 1.
1 Cleeted President.
1890. Nov. 3. Receives a popular
vote in the presidential election or
7,104.779, a plurality of 601.S54 over
his Democratic opponent, William J.
Bryan. In the electoral college latr
McKinley receives 271 votes, against
J 76 for Bryan.
1897. March 4. Inaugurated Presi
dent of the United States for the twenty-eighth
quadrennial term.
1897. March 6. Issues proclamation
for an extra session of Congress to as
semble March 15. The president'
message dwells solely upon the neel
of a revision of the existing tariff law.
1897. May 17. In refporiBe to an
appeal from the president Cohrtcs
appropriates $50,000 for the relief of
the destitution in Cuba.
1897. July 24. The "Dingley tariff
Lill" i-reives the president's approval.
1E97. Dec. 12. Death of President
McKinley s mother at Canton. O.
189S. Both branches of Congress
vote unanimously (the Iloiue on Mar.
8 by a vote of 313 to 0 and the Senate
by a vote of 76 to 0 on the following
day) to place $50,000,000 at the dis
posal of the president, to be used at
his discretion "for the national de
fense." Ills ritimatam to Kpaln.
1898. March 23. The president jonds
to the Spanish government, through
Minister Woodford at Madrid, an ulti
matum regarding the Intolerable con
dition of affairs in Cuba.
1898. March 28. The report of the
court of inquiry on the destruction of
the Maine at Havana, on Feb. 15. la
transmitted by the president to Con
gress. 1898. April 11. The president sends
a message to Congress outlining the
situation, declaring that intervention
is necessary and advising against the
recognition of the Cuban government.
1898. April 21. The Spanish gov
ernment sends Minister Woodford his
passports, thus beginning the war.
1898. April 23. The president issues
a call for 125,000 volunteers.
1898. April 24. Spain formally de
clares that war exiEts with the United
States.
1898. April 25. In a message to
Congress the president recommends
the passage of a Joint resolution de
claring that war exists with Spain.
On the same day both branches of
Congress passed such a declaration.
1898. May 25. The president Issues
a call for 75,000 additional volunteers.
1898. June 29. Yale university con
fers upon President McKinley the de
gree of LL. D.
1898. July 7. Joint resolution of
Congress provided for the annexation
of Hawaii receives the approval of
the president.
1898. Aug. 9. Spain formally ac
cepts the president's terms of peace.
1898. Aug. 12. The peace protocol
is signed. An armistice is proclaimed
and the Cuban blockade raised.
1898. Oct. 17. The president re
ceives the degree of LL. D. from the
University of Chicago.
1898. Dec. 10. The treaty of peace
betweep Spain and the United States
is signed at Paris.
1900. March 14. The president
signs the "gold standard act."
1900. June 21. The Republican na
tional convention at Philadelphia un
animously renominates William Mc
Kinley for the presidency.
1900. June 21. The president's am
nesty proclamation to the Filipinos is
published in Manila.
1900. July 10. The United States
government makes public a statement
of its olicy as to its affairs in China.
1900. Sept. 10. Letter accepting the
presidential nomination and discuss
ing the issues of the campaign is giv
en to the public.
1900. Nov. 6. In the presidential
election William McKinley carries 28
states, which have an aggregate of 292
votes in the electoral college, hie
votes in the electoral college.
Abrvzsl Trove II is Mettle.
The Duke of Abruzsi last summer
again proved his mettle. In the first
week of August he succeeded la get
ting on top of one of two peaks in the
Mont Blanc group, which have hereto
fore been considered Inaccessible the
"Dames Anglaises." He gave It the
name of "Ioland peak." The natives
of Courmayeur. who had watched the
ascent with spyglasses, gave him a
rousing reception on his return.
Dtiauk WmM F.x terminate Bats.
A war of extermination baa been
going on in Denmark for some time
against rats, which have caused much
damage to property. A number of new
Inventions in the way of rat traps and
the like have been offered to the pub
lic, and this has suggested the idea is
Copenhagen of an exhibition.
Wine Production of World.
The Italian ministry of agriculture
has figured out that the total wine pro
duction of the world last year was 163.
000.000 hectoliters of which Europe
suppllfcd all but 13,000.000.
