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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 ii 111 ilnlnLii I I A F 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.
