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ADEATH OF THE TRESIVEJSTT** 'Bullet Fired by Assassin Czolgosz, Com pletes Its Foul Mission. “GOV'S WILL BE VO/tE. JIOT OVUS" HIS LAST WO'RVS. The Entire World Mourn* the Fate of the \ictim of an jKnarchUt. After every resource was exhausted for over twenty-four hours, after the sinking spell early on Friday morning, death came to Wlllian McKinley, the twenty-fifth president of the United States, at 2-15 o'clock Saturday morn ing at the Milburn residence, Buffalo, N. y. 1 the watchers were Senator Hanna, Controller Dawes, Senator Fairbanks, Governor Yates of Illinois, .1. 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 ley's law partner: Russell B. Harrison, son of a former President; Webb C. Hayes, son of a former President; and WILLIAM M’KINLEY, 1 For many hours the President's hold on life was so slight that the work of the surgeons was routined to watch ing the flickering spark without at tempting to i’an it into life artificially. Hop*' AbMiitloiifttl Ml Midnight. Practically all medicines and oxygen treatment* were auandoned a consider able time before midnight. All hope was abandoned then, and the only thing left to do was to wait for the worn out machinery to run down. Mrs. McKinley tutd been with the President twice during the early part of the evening. Just before the President lost con scionsness Mrs. McKinley knelt, at his side. He knew her and said: “Good by all; good-by. It is God's way; not our will, but Thine he done." l.oioi of ('onqciounnvN*. The life of President McKinley, wh'ch had been sustained with power MoKINl.EY AS A HAW RECRUIT. ' (At the time of his enlistment in the Army.) fill 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 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 brief moment to an other Members of I'uiuily (ialliemi. Down-stairs and in ihe hall were the other members of the family, Mrs. Ab ner McKinley, a sister-in-law; Miss Mary Barber, the President's favorite niece; Mrs. McWilliams of Chicago, a cousin; Lieutenant James McKinley, a nephew: John Barber, a nephew; Mrs. Baer, a niere; with Mr. Baer, ami Sec retaries Hoot, Wilson, and Hitchcock, and Attorney General Knox. The lat ter. with Secretary Long, had arrived ouly a few minutes before midnight, and Secretary Long left about 10 o’clock, so that he was not present when the end came. Official# Hvt- l lie End. Next in official importance among r j | many others whose figures could i scarcely he distinguished in the ' gloom. Til* Struggle With Denlll. 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 fulled 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 ihe good President beat with Irregular throbs which told of the inevitable end. Mm. .McKinley Informed. Mrs. McKinley wus warned (hat it was only n question of minutes before the end came, but as these minutes 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. Fliml Drnllihrri Hcene. The result wus that when the end really came, at 2:15 o’clock in the gray, foggy morning, those present in the death chamber were only Mlsr, 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. Sad M«wa Given to Public. Secretary Cortelyou came out of the Milhurn house about 2:20 a. m.. 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 wheu the end came aud 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 »* They l.eave. 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, hut 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 will be observed and the character of the services will depend entirely on them. Congress will attend in a body, if the services | ::re held at the national capital, but if they are performed at Canton this arrangement may be changed. The House is not organized, aud 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 Tern Frye at Its head, and the Sergeant-at-Arms in charge of the details. Secretary Root and Secretary L.ong will detail suitable bodies of military and naval forces to be present at the funeral. Death ( auned by Heart Trouble. The President s heart gave trouble from the beginning, but its erratic ac tion was at first thought to he 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 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 physicians is that the original shock of the first bullet over tlie heart, had much to do witli the trouble which caused death. Mayor Kavril l»y l)iirknt>4<, 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. t'rowd* Surround .tail. During the early part of the evening crowds began to gather about the sta tion-house, where the assassin, Czel gosz, was confined, and the purpose of tneir gathering was at no time mys terious. People gathered rapidly, who openly declared they Intended to iyneh the assassin, if the President died. The authorities were fully alive to the situation and agents of the secret service reported that, 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 paeted promptly and gave orders to protect the jail. Thus the assussin was safe from penalty for the miserable death he had dealt out to the President. AII the World Moarns. 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 lends 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.y 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 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, 80,000,000 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 President's bed side. Sorrow,' affection, and anxiety were written across the face of the whole MRS. WILLIAM M’KINLEY. 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. Hill 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 has been con ducted to a successful conclusion. The country is at peace with 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 in the reflection that he had well-nigh fulfilled his mis sion—that he had done for the people all and more than they had expected of him, and had won for himself fame that time cannot obeliterate. So far as one can read the future there was mckinley in isgg. 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 or its commer cial relations outlined by him in his last public address.—Chicago Tribune. The Return of the Cameo. Old-fashionerl 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-fash ioned brooches with huge jewels in the center, 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 gold 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 Roy. “I never heard of but one perfect boy." said Johnny, pensively, as be 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. Over 100 delegates to Colorado Fed eration of Women's Clubs narrowly es caped death in dynamite explosion, thought to lie work of Cripple Creek miners’ unions. The End Cones at a Quarter Past Two O’Clock in the Morning. FRIENDS AND RELATIVES PRESENT Calmly Closes His F.yes and With a DIs play of Sublime Faith Surrenders Him self to the Inevitable—The Last Words He Uttered. MILBURN HOUSE, BUFFALO. Sept. 14.—President McKinley died at 2:15 o’clock this morning. He had been unconscious since 7:50 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 (he gospel, but his last words were an numble submission to the will of the God in whom he believed. He was reconciled to the cruel fate to whicu an assassin's bullet had condemned him and faced death in the same spirit of calmness and poise which has marked 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 God's way. His will be done.” His relatives and the members of bis 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 painful 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 dent's death is undetermined. Hi3 physician's disagree and it will possi bly require an autopsy to fix the exact cause. The president's remains will be taken to Washington and there will be a state funeral. Vice President Roose velt, who now succeeds to the presi deney. 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 president's assassin 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 8:30 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 o’clock 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 man's life was ebbing away. Those in the circle were Abner McKinley, the president’s broth er; Mrs. Abner McKinley, Miss Helen, the president's 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. Want* to Kill Roosevelt. REREIN, N. H., Sept. 14— Learning that a man who had left here 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 Kiuiiih Goldman CHICAGO, Sept. 14.—The police of | Washington and Buffalo aie looking ' for Charles T. X.afon, a Washington ! colored man, who was recently em i ployed in the government building at the Buffalo exposition. The following telegram, signed "Prof. Charles T. Eafon," 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." I RAILROAD NEWS. MR. SEAGRAVES LOCATES 200 FAM ILIES IN COLORADO. Com* from Northern Europe to Rntso Sugar l)««U. Mr. C. L. Seagraves. passenger agent of the Santa Fe, has returned from the 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 roost 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 be provided for them.” Mr. Seagraves advises that the farm 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. Me says: “Sugar beets are a very profitablo 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 thin beets at so much per acre. “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 the 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 bee* coun try, as they grow more tons to the acre and contain a larger percentage of sugar thau 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 usuel methods employed at the other fac tories. “Cantaloupes are also a very profit able crop, and many growers estlmato 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 re-ated 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-five to one hun dred and twenty-five dollars an acre? "Lands in the Holly district and the 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 the 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 Ar ty per cent down and the balance in seven years at six per cent. “The Duukards and Mennonites 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, 1901. Where Kittou fame From. Dr. Edward Dwight Eaton, the now president of Beloit college, is by pro fession a Congregationalist minister and was formerly the pastor of the Newton. Iowa. Congregational church. Brooklyn. N. Y., Sept. 16.—The Garfield Tea Co., manufacturers of Garfield Tea, (inrfield Headache Powders,' Garfleld-Tea Syrup, Garfield Relief Plasters. Garfield Digestive Tablets and Garfield Lotion, are now occupying the large and elegant office building and laboratory recently erected by them. For many year's the Garfield Rem edies have beeu growing in popularity and their success is well deserved. Money invested in knowledge pays the best interest. WISCONSIN FARM LANDS. The best of farm lands can be ob tained now in Marinette County. Wis consin. on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway at a low price and on very favorable terms. Wisconsin is noted for its fine crops, excellent markets and healthful climate. Why rent a farm when you can buy one much cheaper than you can rent and in a tew y-ears it will be your own property. For particulars address F. A. Miller. General Passenger Agent Chicago. Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail way, Chicago.