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plete Its Foul Mfafion
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HIS LAST WORVs
The Entire World Mourns
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After every resource was exhausted
Tor over twenty four hours after the
sinking spoil early on Friday morning
death came to William McKinley the
twenty fifth president of the United
States at 2 15 oclock Saturday morn
ing at the Milburn residence Buffalo
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the watchers were Senator Hanna
Controller Dawes Senator Fairbanks
Governor Yates of Illinois J H 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
ieya law partner Russell B Harrison
son of a former President Webb C
Hayes son of a former President and
WILLIAM MKINLEY
For many hours the Presidents hold
on life was so slight that the work of
the surgeons was confined to watch
ing the flickering spark without at
tempting to fan it into life artificially
Hope Abandoned at Midnight
Practically all medicines and oxygen
treatments were abandoned a consider
able time before midnight All hope
was auaudoued 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 her and said Good
liy all good by It is Gods way not
our will but Thine be done
Loss of Consciousness
The life of President McKinley
which had been sustained with power-
McKINLEY AS A RAW RECRUIT
At the time of his enlistment in the
Army
ful drafts of oxygen seemed to fade
away soon after 10 oclock and con
sciousness was lost permanently
Around what was supposed to be the
actual deathbed besides the surgeons
in 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 briei moment to an
other
Members of Family Gathered
Down stairs and in the hall were the
other members of the family Mrs Ab
ner McKinley a sister-in-law Miss
Mary Barber the Presidents favorite
niece Mrs 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 Long left about 10
oclock so that he was not present
when the end came
OMcluls See tho End
Next in official importance among
many others whose figures could
scarcely be distinguished in the
gloom
The1 -Struggle With Death
The Presidents turn for the worse
came at 2 oclock 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 the inevitable
end
Mrs McKinley Informed
Mrs McKinley was warned that it
was only a question of minutes before
the end came but as these miriutes
drifted into hours her strength failed
completely and she was forced to re
tire under the commands of the physi
cians who alone could tell whether
life was extinct or not
Final Deathbed Scene
The result was that when the end
really came at 215 oclock in the
gray foggy morning those present in
the death chamber were only Miss Hel
en McKinley Mrs Duncan Abner McKinley-
James McKinley John Barber
and Dr Rixey The other physicians
bad left the room when it was decided
that human skill could not save the
President
Sad Xews Given to Public
Secretary Cortelyou came out of the
Milburn house about 220 a m and
in a voice that trembled with emotion
announced
The President died at 215
He then gave the names of the fam
ily and friends present at the bedside
when the end came and returned to
the house
Immediately thereafter the party
that had been assembled in the house
during the night broke - up coming
down the walk singly and in pairs
Men Weep as They Leave
Everybody was deeply affected Sev
eral of the menwere sobbing aloud
as they passed on their way to their
carriages
Secretary Wilson says that the party
vill go first to Washington where the
body will lie in state in the Capitol
but interment will be in Canton 0
The details of the Presidents 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
Presidents family will be observed
and the character of the 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 has not been administered to the
members elect 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 Tem 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 at the
funeral
Death Caused by Heart Trouble
The Presidents heart gave trouble
from the beginning but its erratic ac
tion was at first thought to be due to
the shock of the wound 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 Presidents 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 physicians is 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 the dead of
night instead of the early 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
gosz was confined and the purpose of
tueir gathering was at no time mys
terious People gathered rapidly
who openly declared they intended to
iynch the assassin if the President
died
The authorities were fully alive to
the situation and agents of the secret
service reported tliat the people were
excited beyond measure There were
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 he had dealt out
to the President
All Ihe World Mourns
All Friday and Friday night 80000
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 lands 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 merely its first citi
zena 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 sedu
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 80000000 men
women and children turned from the
tasks of a crowded life forgot their
personal strivings and personal griefs
and in dire suspense reached out for
the least word of comfort of courage
or of cheer from their Presidents 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
he who finds that heart has not lived
or died in vain Chicago Inter Ocean
His Work Done
The nation mourns as one which has
suffered a great loss but a loss which
is not irreparable His work has
been to a great extent accomplished
Of the problems which confronted him
when he was elected or which have
arisen since his election nearly all
have been happily solved by him
The war with Spain ha3 been con
ducted to a successful conclusion The
country is at peace witn all mankind
It is tranquil and prosperous There
are no threatening clouds visible on
the political or business horizon
If the President thought of himself
at all in his last moments he could
have taken comfort fn the reflection
that he had well nigh fulfilled his mis
sionthat he had done for the people
all and more than they had expected
of him and had won for himself fame
that time cannot obelitcrate So far
as one can read the future there was
MeKINLEY IX 1866
little of great moment left for him to
do for his country during the next
three years except to carry out that
policy of the extension of its commer
cial relations outlined by him in his
last public address Chicago Tribune
The Return of the Cameo
Old fashioned cameos are now in the
hight of fashion as is almost every
kind of jewel that boasts of antiquity
Cameos are worn as ornaments and
figure in belts and bands in the latest
embroideries Many of the old-fashioned
brooches with huge jewels in the
canter which we have abjured with a
vengeance are coming back to us not
to wear as a brooch but in combina
tion with leather velvet or chiffon in
the ornamentation of dress Among
the choicest new jewels are pendants
of dull rough sold with imbedded jew
els and pendants of natural pearls or
bits of turquoise suspended by tiny
gold links The color combinations in
many of these ornaments are rich and
exquisite
A Perfect Hoy
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 or
five minutes
Over 100 delegates to Colorado Fed
eration of Womens Clubs narrowly es
caped death in dynamite explosion
thought to be work of Cripple Creek
miners unions
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FRIENDS AND RELATIVES PRESENT
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-The Last Words
MILBURN HOUSE BUFFALO Sept
14 President McKinley died at 215
oclock this morning He had been
unconscious since 750 p m
His last conscious moment on earth
was sepnt with his wife to whom he
devoted a lifetime of care
He was unattended by a minister of
the gospel but his last words were an
humble submission to the will of the
God in whom he believed He was
reconciled to the cruel fate to whicn
an assassins bullet had condemned
him and faced death in the same spirit
of calmness and poise which has
irfarked his long and honorable career
His last conscious words reduced to
writing by Dr Mann who stood at his
bedside when they were uttered were
as follows Goodby all goodby It
is Gods way His will be done
His relatives and the members of his
official family were at the Milburn
house except Secretary Wilson who
did not avail himself of the opportuni
ty and some of his personal and politi
cal friends took leave of him This
painfui ceremony was simple His
friends came to the door of the sick
room took a lingering glance at him
and turned tearfully away
He was practically unconscious dur
ing this time But the powerful heart
stimulants including oxygen were em
ployed to retsore him to consciousness
for his final parting with his wife He
asked for her and she sat at his side
and held his hand He consoled her
and bade her goodby She went
through the heart trying scene with
the same bravery and fortitude with
which she had borne the grief of the
tragedy which endangered his life
The immediate cause of the presi
dents death is undetermined His
physicians disagree and it will possi
bly require an autopsy to fix the exact
cause
The presidents remains will be
taken to Washington and there will be
a state funeral Vice President Roose
velt who now succeeds to the presi
dency may take the oath of office
wherever he happens to hear the news
The cabinet will of course resign in
a body and President Roosevelt will
have an opportunity of forming a new
cabinet if he so desires
The rage of the people of Buffalo
against the presidents aj sassin when
they learned that he was dying was
boundless
From authoritative officials the fol
lowing details of the final scene in and
about the death chamber were secured
The president had continued in an
unconscious state since 830 p m Dr
Rixey remained with him at all times
and until death came The other doc
tors were in the room at times and
then repaired to the front room where
their consultations had been held
About 2 oclock Dr Rixey noted the
unmistakable signs of dissolution and
the immediate members of the family
were summoned to the bedside Mrs
McKinley was asleep and it was
deemed desirable not to awaken her
for the last moments of anguish
Silently and sadly the members of
the family stole into the room They
stood about the foot and sides of the
bed where the great mans life was
ebbing away Those in the circle were
Abner McKinley the presidents broth
er Mrs Abner McKinley Miss Helen
the presidents sister Mrs Sarah Dun
can another sister Miss Mary Barber
a niece Miss Sarah Duncan Lieuten
ant J J McKinley a nephew William
M Duncan a nephew Hon Charles
G Dawes comptroller of the currency
F M Osborn a cousin Webb G
Hayes John Barber a cousin Sec
retary George B Cortelyou Colonel
W C Brown the business partner of
Abner McKinley Dr P M Rixey the
family physician and six nurses and
attendants
Wants to Kill Koosc velt
BERLIN N H Sept 14 Learning
that a man who had left heie this
forenoon for New York has declared
that he was on his way to Washing
ton to kill Vice President Roosevelt
Chief of Police Youngeliss has tele
graphed the chief of police of New
York to look out for him The man
was a foreigner He tried to buy a
ticket to Washington but could not
do so and bought one for New York
To Convict Kmnia Goldman
CHICAGO Sept II The police of
Washington and Buffalo aie looking
for Charles T Lafon a Washington
colored man who was recently
i ployed in the government building at
the Buffalo exposition The following
telegram signed Prof Charles T
Lafon and dated Washington D
C Ceptember 12 was received by
Chief of Detectives Colleran here
Hold Emma Goldman I have proof
to convict her in Buffalo
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KAILEOAD NEWS
MR SEAGRAVES LOCATES 200 FAM
ILIES IN COLORADO
Come from Northern Kurope
Sugar Hants
to Ksise
Mr C L Seagraves passenger agent
of tho Santa Fe has returned from
tho sugar beet district of Colorado
and completed arrangements to locate
two hundred families from northern
Europe the first fifty families to lo
cate near Holly about October 20 Mr
Seagraves said
The leader of the colony is an ex
pert agriculturist and has visited and
carefully investigated all sections of
the United States and pronounced the
Arkansas valley the most promising of
any section visited on account of the
superb climate rich soil and the most
perfect irrigation system in the world
backed by a reservoir supply with suf
ficient water to irrigate all the lands
for two years without a drop of rain
thus insuring the farmers against fail
ure of crops After the first movement
the balance will follow as fast as
homes can he provided for them
Mr Seagraves advises that the farm t
ers in the valley are very prosperous
and as that section will be densely
populated and brought up to a high
standard of cultivation It will in flvo
or six years become the richest and
most prosperous community in the
country
He says
Sugar beets are a very profitable
crop for the farmer and the only draw
back Is the laborious work In the thin
ning season which lasts about two
weeks This feature however is be
ing overcome by labor brought into
the valley from New Mexico who con
tract to tb In beets at so much per acrrf
In the vicinity of Rocky Ford
where the land has been cultivated ex
tensively it is possible under only fair
conditions to raise twenty tons of
beets to the acre while thrifty and in
dustrious farmers grow from twenty
five to thirty tons to the acre and in
some instances as high as thirty five
tons
The price of beets is determined ac
cording to their sugar content the av
erage being about 5 per ton The cost
of growing beets including all labor
seed as well as harvesting the crop
in tbe fall is about 25 per acre leav
ing the farmer 75 or more profit an
acre for his beet crop
The Arkansas valley of Colorado Is
considered the ideal sugar beet coun
try as they grow more tons to the
acre and contain a larger percentage
of sugar than beets grown anywhere
in the world The Rocky Ford fac
tory is now rearranging some of its
machinery the beets being so rich
they will not submit to the usuil
methods employed at the other fac
tories
Cantaloupes are also a very profit
able crop and many growers estimato
they will pay 100 an acre net I saw
two and one half acres near Rocky
Ford that yielded the grower one
thousand dollars This was on rented
land of which the owner received one
third of the crop This may be rather
an exceptional case but it proves what
intensive farming will do
Alfalfa as well as small grains Jo
well and are profitable crops to grow
Vegetables of all kinds poultry and
dairy products command good prices
and a ready market in Denver Colo
rado Springs Pueblo and the mining
camps
Lands in the vicinity of Rocky
Ford before the erection of the sugar
factory that sold for thirty five forty
and fifty dollars an acre are worth
today from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred and fifty dollars an acre
The question is what is land worth
that will net over and above all ex
penses from seventy live to one hun
dred and twenty five dollars an acre
Lands in the Holly district and tho
very choicest in the valley and under
a most perfect system of irrigation
with a never failing supply of water a
perpetual water right going with tho
land is selling at thirty five dollars per
acre with ten per cent down and the
balance in seven years at six per cent
The company will also build houses
barns etc on which they require fif
ty per cent down and the balance in
seven years at six per cent
The Dunkards and Mennonltes are
now colonizing large tracts of lands
while other settlers are pouring into
the valley from all over the country
the valley from all over the country
Topeka State Journal Sept 2 IDOL
Where Katon Came From
Dr Edward Dwight Eaton the nov
president of Beloit college is by pro
fession a Congregationalist minister
and was formerly the pastor of the
Newton Iowa Congregational church
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