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fcJ i w -71 Ml Q - iiiilSifiTrftlttlimi VEATH OF THETHESIVEJVT Bullet Fired by Asassm Czolgof plete Its Foul Mfafion GOVS WILL -BE DOfiE ffOT OWRS HIS LAST WORVs The Entire World Mourns rate of the Victim of an Anarchist the 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 N Y 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 MRS WILLIAM MKINLEY IBP 09faiSS8 fish r vBkSh m 1 s z mf mNMEffiMgasfo i - - - 7 - t THE PIS 1 f l1llTI i IDENT self to the Inevitahlu II e Uttered DEAD Tho End Oomea at a Quarter Past Two OOlock in the Morning FRIENDS AND RELATIVES PRESENT Cnlraly Closes His Eyes mid With n Is- play of Subllm Faith Surrenders Him -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 S ertJtfcws 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 TearornIyn2r7 Garfi M rannufacturers of Garfield Tea fearfceld Headache Powders - Garfleld lW then For many yea the GarfieTdKeS thfbesTinr iU knWledSe WISCONSIN FARM LANDS The best of farm lands can be ob- tamed now ia Marinette County w pXI5 the Milwaukee St Paul Railway at a low price and -Viable on terms WisconX I noted for its fin nr - ls apket and healthful cfatT rent a farm whpn Ul much cheaper than you SS rent and in a few years it i c your owm property For W A TJ11 Particulars addrp -- - rw xiiiii r irPnarii xi - V iy Chicago Milwaukee Xf way Chicago aUl ail- j i A f f V