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SHOT
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Anarchistic A'ftrarfvr/n Shoot *
Magistrate.
In. the presence of thousands of peo
ple President McKinley was shot down
by an assassin a few minutes after 4
o'clock Friday afternoon in the Tem
ple of Music at the Pan-American ex
position grounds , Buffalo , N. Y. One
bullet struck the breastbone , glanced
aside into the flesh and was easily
removed by surgeons. The other en
tered the abdomen , pierced the front
and rear walls of the stomach and
buried itself in some spot in the presi
dent's body not reached at the time
of this writing by the probes of the
surgeons. This more serious wound j
was dressed and closed with several
stitches and the physicians are now
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awaiting results , declaring the presi
dent has a fair chance of recovery.
Assassin is Arrested ,
The assailant , who says he is Leon
Czolgosz , was arrested immediately
and the police of the entire country
at once begun the search to establish
his identity. It was soon learned he
came from Cleveland and subsequently
he confessed he was an anarchist and
a disciple of Emma Goldman. The
startling attack on the president took
place while the president was ex
changing pleasant greetings with visit
ors to the exposition. Many hundred
people had shaken hands with the
president , one of the last being a burly
colored man. He murmured his ac
knowledgments of the honor and
moved on to make way for a heavily
built young fellow about 28 years old
who was slowly following him in the
long line. There was nothing to mark
him from the thousands around him ,
except that he , carried a handkerchief
in his hand and even that , perhaps ,
was scarce worthy of note , for the
builaing wap mall and crowded , the
weather was sultry and thousands of
handkerchiefs were in constant requi
sition. The young man moved rapidly
to a position immediately in front of
the president , so close that he could
have shaken his hand. As he had
done so many hundreds of times in the
preceding half hour , Mr. McKinley
bowed , smiled genially and extended
his hand. But the young man did not
grasp it So quickly that the watch
ful eyes of the president's bodyguard
had no hint of the menace in his
movement , he raised the hand in
which the handkerchief was held and
fired two shots at the president The
handkerchief had covered a revolver ,
which he had carried thus openly
through the crowd.
Assailant Quickly Seized.
At the sound of the shots Detective
Ireland of the secret service force
leaped upon the man like a tiger and
close behind him came the colored
man who had just shaken hands with
the president While they struggled
with him on the floor President Mc
Kinley took a step backward and was
instantly clasped in the arms of De
tective , Gerry , another member of his
"bodyguard. The president did not fall ,
nor did he reel , although both bullets
liad struck him. Half turning his head ,
to the officer , he asked :
"Am I shot ? " Evidently he had
been so stunned with surprise that he
had not felt the impact of the bullets.
While he was speaking the officer and
Secretary Cortelyou had been leading
him backward to a chair and had torn
open his vest Blood was on his shirt
front and Detective Gerry , answering
his question , said :
"I fear you are , Mr. President"
Secretary Cortelyou sank on one
knee beside the president's chair and
gazed anxiously into his face.
Tells Friends Not to Fear.
"Do not be alarmed , " said the presi
dent , "it is nothing. "
> His head sank forward into his
hands a moment and then he raised it
briskly , while the stream of crimson
welled from the wound in his breast
and spread in an ever-widening circle
on his white shirt front
"But you are wounded , " exclaimed
Mr. Cortelyou , "let me examine. "
"No , no , " insisted the president , "I
am not badly Injured , I assure you. "
With a bullet in his breast and an :
other through .his stomach , he did not
lose consciousness. He sat almost as
stanch and straight in his chair a3
though his assailant's shots had
missed and he seemed the calmest and
least perturbed of the immense gath
ering. President Milburn and Secre
tary Cortelyou were almost frantic
HIM M'KINLEY.
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with alarm , but the wounded man con
tinued to assure them that his injuries
were trifling. This dramatic scene
upon the little platform was enacted in
the midst of a terrible tumult , which
continued uninterruptedly for many
minutea.
When the secret service men and the
colored man first threw themselves
upon Czolgosz , the assailant of the
president and pinned him to the floor
lest he should try to use therevolver
again , twenty more men hurled them
selves upon the scrambling quartet and
buried Czolgosz from sight , Every
man in that struggling , crazy throng
was striving to get hold of Czolgosz.
.to strike him , to rend him , to wreak
upon him in any way the mad fury
which possessed them instantly they
realized what he had done.
The greater part "of the crowd was
stunned for an instant by. the enormity
of the crime they witnessed , but when
the reaction came they surged forward
like wild beasts , the strongest tearing
the weakest back out of the way and
forcing themselves forward to where
the prisoner was held by his captors.
All the time a tumult of sound filled ,
the place , a hollow roar at first , punc
tuated by the shrieks of women , swell
ing into a medley of yells and curses.
Men said unintelligible things as they
pushed and crowded toward the center
of the swaying mob. They wanted to
lynch Czolgosz , whoever he was. They
wanted to see him and they shouted
vainly at the police officers in front to
drag him out.
Mad KfTort to Get Revenge.
A little force of exposition guards ,
penned in by the clamoring mob ,
fought desperately to hold their pris
oner from the bloodthirsty crowd.
They had Czolgosz safe and fast His
revolver had been wrenched from his
hand in the instant that Detective Ire
land fell upon him and he was helpless ,
bruised and bleeding. His face was
cut when he was thrown to the floor
and a dozen eager , vicious hands had
struck at him and reached him ovet
the shoulders of the officers. Slowly ,
very slowly , the little force of police
made their way through the crowd ,
dragging the prisoner between them.
They were determined there should be"
no lynching. Things were bad enough
as it was and a lynching would .have
been the crowning horror ofthe day.
From outside the building , where the
news had spread from lip to lip , more
thousands pushed and jostled and
shouted in their eagerness to enter the
building. Those inside were strug
gling in two directions the more
timorous to escape from the place be
fore a stampede should crush out their
lives and. the hot-headed to reach Czol
gosz only to reach Czolgosz was their
one idea.
On the stretcher of an ambulance
which had come clanging to the door
the president was tenderly carried
from the building and borne in the
ambulance to the emergency hospital ,
near the service building , within the
exposition grounds. Though this takes
long in the telling , probably it was not
more than five minutes from the time
the shots were fired until the president
was in the hospital and a hasty exami
nation was begun by the surgeons.
In a Critical Condition.
The first official bulletin regarding
the condition of President McKinley
was issued by Private Secretary Cor
telyou at 7 o'clock in the evening. He
prefaced it with the statement that it
had been prepared by the doctors. It
reads thus :
"The President was shot about 4
o'clock. One bullet struck him on the
upper portion of the breastbone , glanc
ing and not penetrating. The second
bulJet penetrated the abdomen five
inches below the left nipple and one
and one-half inches to the left of the
median line.
"The abdomen was opened through
the line of the bullet wound. It was
found that the bullet had penetrated
the stomach. The opening in the front
wall of the stomach was carefully
closed with silk stitches , after which
a search was made for a hole in the
back wall of the stomach. This was
found and also closed in the same way.
"The further course of the bullet
could not be discovered , although care
ful search was made. The abdominal
wound was closed without drainage.
No injury to the intestines or other
abdominal organ was discovered.
"The patient stood the operation
well. Pulse of good quality , rate of
130. Condition at the conclusion of
the operation was gratifying. The re
sult cannot be foretold. His condition
at present justifies hope of recovery.
"GEORGE B. CORTELYOU.
"Secretary to the President"
Grief of Distinguished Persons.
Among distinguished persons who
telegraphed expressions of their grief
at the national calamity were Vice-
President Roosevelt , who started at
once from Burlington , Vt , for Buffalo ;
Senator M. A. Hanna of Cleveland ,
who was greatly shocked : Sir Thomas
Lipton , on board the yacht Erin at
New York ; Grover Cleveland , who
was fishing at Tyringham , Mass. ; Car
dinal Gibbons of Baltimore , Mrs. Bar
ber of Canton , O. , sister of the Presi
dent ; William J. Bryan of Lincoln ,
Neb. ; the lord mayor of London , King
Edward , who was traveling from
Frankfort to Hamburg ; Attorney-Gen
eral Knox , at Pittsburg ; Secretary
Gage , at Chicago ; Secretary Hitchcock ,
at Dublin , N. H. ; former Attorney-
General Griggs , at Pater'son , N. J. ;
Secretary of War Root , at Southhamp-
ton , L. I. ; Postmaster-General Smith ,
at Philadelphia ; Secretary Long , at
Buckfield , Me. ; Senator Fairbanks , at
Indianapolis ; R. A. Alger , at Detroit ;
Senator Platt , of New York , and the
.governors of New York , Wisconsin ,
Michigan , Iowa , Arkansas , Texas ,
South' Carolina , Georgia. Ohio , and
Louisiana ; also Abner McKinley , of
Colorado , brother of the President
President McKInley's Life.
William McKinley , twenty-fifth
President of the United States , was
born at Niles , Trumbull County , Ohio ,
Jan. 29 , 1843. His ancestors were of
Scotch-Irish descent , and came to this
country about a century and a half
ago. William McKinley , father of the
President , married , in 1829. Nancy
Campbell Allison , who was of English
and Scotch-German descent. The
President is the seventh of their nine
children. Iron manufacturing and
molding was the trade of the elder
McKinley and of his father. They
were men of strong character and abil
ity , devout members of the Methodist
Church , and in politics ardent Whig
and Republican. The father of the
President lived to see his son Governor
of Ohio , and his mother saw him
President. She died Dec. 12 , 1897 , at
the age of 88. William's education was
begun in the public schools of Niles , ,
but when he was 9 years old the family
moved to Portland. Mahoning County ,
Ohio , where his schooling was contin
ued in Union Seminary. He remained
"here until he entered Allegheny Col
lege , Meadville , Pa. , in 1860. Soon after
this , although he was fond of athletic
.sports , his health failed on account of
overstudy. Upon recovery he became
a clerk in the Poland postoffice , and
held this position when the civil war
broke out in 1861. June 11 of that
y ar he enlisted as a private in Com
pany E of the Twenty-third Ohio Vol
unteer Infantry.
This organization became a famous
regiment , and numbered among its of
ficers and men General W. S. Rose-
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crans , General R. B. Hayes ( who be
came President of the United States in
1877) , General E. P. Scammon , General
James M. Comley and many other well-
known men. The regiment saw active
service throughout almost the entire
war. McKinley served on tho staffs of
HayesCrook and Hancock.
The four years of army life proved
beneficial to the young soldier , who
was much stronger physically at the
close of the war than at its beginning.
Of his military record it has been stat
ed that McKinley , both as private and
officer , in the commissary department ,
was courageous , clear-headed and self-
possessed. For services rendered in the
winter camp at Fayetteville he re
ceived his first promotion , becoming
a commissary sergeant , April 15 , 1862.
On the Field of Battle.
Feb. 7 , 1863 , while at Camp Piatt , he
was promoted to first lieutenant , and
July 25 of the following year , when
he was 21 years of age , he was made
captain. Previous to this his regiment
had taken part in engagements at
Cloyd's Mountain , New River Bridge ,
Lexington , Buffalo Gap , Buchanan , Ot
ter Creek , Lynchburg and Bufford's
Gap. At Berryville , Sept 3 , 1864 , his
horse was shot under him. On March
14 , 1865 , he received his commission
as major by brevet "for gallant and
meritorious services at the battles of
Opequan , Cedar Creek and Fisher's
Hill.
Klected Governor in 1891.
In 1891 he was elected Governor of
Omo by a majority of auout 21,000 ,
over ex-Governor James E. Campbell ,
Democrat
Klectioii to the Presidency.
In the November election following
the total popular vote was 11,930,942 ,
of which the McKinley electors re
ceived 7,104,779 , being a plurality of
601,854 over those cast for William
Jennings Bryan of Nebraska , and a
majority over all candidates of 311,742.
The vote in the electoral college was
271 for McKinley and 176 for Bryan.
The issues on which the campaign was
fought were chiefly on the free coin
age of silver and the restoration of a
protective tariff.
He was nominated for President a
second time at St. Louis in 1900 , there
being no other candidate , and he was
re-elected in the following November.
CONFKSSKS HIS GUILT.
Leon Czolgoaz , Without Kemorse , Tells
of Attack on President.
Leon Czolgosz , the accused and self-
confessed assassin , has signed a. con
fession covering six pages of foolscap ,
in which he says that he is an an
archist , and that he decided on the
act three days ago and bought in
Buffalo the revolver with which it
was committed. He is unmarried.
He claims to be a member of the
Golden Eagles. Czolgosz has seven
brothers and sisters in Cleveland ,
and the directory of that city has
the names of about that number of
persons of his name living on Hos-
mer street and Ackland avenue , a Pol
ish settlement in the far southwestern
part of the city.
lit Bible Times.
"Your daughter is very ill. " "But
you must save her , doctor ; she is the
baby of the family , and we can't lose
her ; she is only 97 years old. " Smart
Set.
MRS , WILLIAM McKlNLEY.
SHE IS BEARING UP HEROICALLY UNDER" THE TERRIBLE STRAIN.
President McKinley Palls Before tbo Bul
lets of an Assassin.
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE OUTCOME
Doctor * Are Puzzled to Trace the Coar
of One Ball Tbrouch the Body 'The '
JUBBMln Carries His Revolver fjndei
Cover of a Handkerchief.
BUFFALO , Sept. 7. President Mc
Kinley was shot and seriously
wounded by a would-be assassin
while holding a reception at.the Tem
ple of Music at the Pan-American
grounds a few minutes after. 4 o'clock
yesterday afternoon.
One shot , took effect in the right
breast , the other in the abdomen. The
first wound is not of a serious nature ,
and the bullet.has been extracted. The
second bullet pierced the abdominal
wall and has not been located.
Just a brief twenty-'lour hours ago
the newspapers of tho city blazoned
in * all the pomp of headline type , "The
Proudest Day in Buffalo's History. "
Toniglit in sackcloth and. ashes , in
amber type , surrounded by gruesome
borders of black , the same newspapers
are telling in funereal tales to a hor
rified populace the deplorable details
of "The Blackest Day In the History
of Buffalo. "
It was a few moments after 4 p. m. ,
while President McKinley was holding
a public reception in tie great Temple
of Music on tbs Pan-American
grounds , that the cowardly attack was
made , with what success time alone
can tell.
Standing in the midst of crowds
numbering thousands , surrounded by
every evidence of gool will , pressed
by a motly throng of people , showered
with expressions of love and loyalty ,
besieged bymultitudes eager to clasp
his hands amid these surroundings
and with the ever-recurring plaudits
of an army of sight-seers ringing in
his ears , the blow of the assassin fell
and in an instant pleasure gave way
to pain , admiration to agony , folly
turned to fury and pandemonium fol
lowed.
Down at police headquarters , sur
rounded by stern-faced inquisitors of
the law , is a medium-sized man of
commonplace appearance , with his
fixed gaze directed to the floor , who
presses his lips firmly together and
listens with an air of assumed iA-
difference to the persistent stream of
questions , arguments , objurations and
admonitions with which his captors
seek to induce or compel him to talk.
It has been learned that the rea
name of the would-be assassin is Leon
Czolgoz. He was born in Detroit and
came here from Cleveland.
Official Bulletin.
The following bulletin was issued
by the physicians at 7 o'clock-
The president was shot about
o'clock. One bullet struck him on
the upper portion of the breastbone
glancing and not penetrating ; the
second bullet penetrated the abdomen
five inches below the left nipple and
one and one-half inches to the left o
the median line. The abdomen was
.opened through the line of the bullet
wound. It was found that the bullet
had penetrated the stomach. The
opening in the front wall of the stom
ach was carefully closed " with silk
stitches , after which a search was
made for a hole in the back wall of
the stomach. This was found , and also
closed in the same way. The further
course of the bullet could not be dis
covered , although careful search wa
made. The abdominal wound was
closed without drainage. No wound
to the intestines or other abdominal
organs was discovered. The patient
stood the operation well pulse of good
quality , rate of 130. Condition at the
conclusion of the operation was grat
ifying. The result cannot be foretold.
His condition at preset. I justifies hope
of recovery.
GEORGE B. CORTELYOU ,
Secretary to the President.
At 1 o'clock this morning the presi
dent's physicians issued the fol
lowing bulletin : ' 'The president
is free from pain and resting well.
Temperature , 100.2 ; pulse , 120 , respira
tion , 24. "
3 a. m. Inquiries at the home of
President Milburn at th\s hour (3 ( a.
m. ) are fruitless , the street in the im
mediate vicinity of the house where
the president lies is roped off and
guarded by police , who will admit no
body. It was announced earlier in
the evening that olficial bulletins
would be issued at regular intervals ,
and upon these the public must wait ,
as the physicians and officials refuse
absolutely to giveout any informa
tion.
Senator Hanna Shocked.
CLEVELAND , 0. , Sept. 7. "My God ,
it cant' be possible , " cried Senator
Hanna when the Associated Press dis
patch was read to him saying that
President McKinley had been shot.
"It's terrible , and I am too shocked
to express my feeling. " he added.
The senator was prostrated by the
news and begged that all dispatches re
lating to the condition of the presi
dent be telephoned to him as fast as
they arrived.
PRESIDENT DRAWS A CROWD.
Decord-Breaklnc Attendaece at the Pan-
American Exposition.
BUFFALO , Sept 6. What is prob
ably the greatest crowd that ever gath
ered on the Esplanade at the Pan-
American exposition grounds greeted
the president as he entered the stand
erected there. The Esplanade was
crowded to suffocation and the vast
assemblage overflowed to the Court of
Fountains. Pre'SIdent MilburnJ4 intro
duced the president , who spoke at
some length , saying , among other
things :
"President Milburn , Director Gen
eral Buchanan , Commissioners , Ladles
and Gentlemen : I am glad to be again
in the city of Buffalo and exchange
greetings with . her people , to whose
generous hospitality I am not va
stranger and with whose good will 1
have been repeatedly and signally
honored. Today I have additional sat
isfaction in meeting and giving wel
come to the foreign representatives
assembled here , whose presence arid
participation in this exposition liay.6
contributed in so marked a degree to
its interests and success. To the com
missioners of the Dominion of Can
ada and the British colonies , the
French colonies , the republics of Mexr
ico and of Central and South America
and the commissioners of Cuba arid
Porto Rico , who share with us in this
undertaking , we * give the hand of fel
lowship and felicitate them upon the
triumphs of art , science , education , and
manufacture which the old world has
bequeathed to the new century. *
"Expositions are the timekeepers of
progress. They record the world's ad
vancement. They stimulate the en
ergy , enterprise and intellect of the
people. They go into the home. They
broaden and brighten the daily life of
the people. They open mightystore
houses of information to the student !
Every exposition , great or small , has
helped to some onward step. Com
parison of ideas is always educational ,
and as such instructs the brain and *
hand of man. Friendly rivalry fol
lows , which is the spur to industrial
improvement , the inspiration to useful
invention and to high endeavor in all
departments of human activity. It ex
acts a study of the wants , comforts
and even the whims of the people. The
question of trade is an incentive to
men of business to devise , invent and
economize in the cost of production.
Business life , whether among our
selves or with other people , is ever a
sharp struggle for success. It will be
none the less effective in the future.
Without competition we would be
clinging to the clumsy and antiquated
processes of farming and manufacture
and the methods of business of long
ago and the twentieth century would-
be no further advanced than the
eighteenth century. Bub though ' com
mercial competitors we are , commer
cial enemies we must not be.
"The Pan-American exposition has
done its work thoroughly , presenting
in its exhibits the highest skill and
illustrating the progress of the hu
man family in the western hemi
sphere. This portion of the earth has
no cause for humiliation for the part
it 'has performed in the march of civ
ilization. It has not accomplished
everything ; far from it. It has simply
done its best and without vanity or
boastfulness , and recognizing the man
ifold achievements of others , it in
vite ? the friendly rivalry of all the
powers in the peaceful pursuits of
trade and commerce and will cooper
ate with all in advancing the highest
ind best interests of humanity. The
tvisdom and energy of all the nations
ire none " too great for the world's
fvork. The success of art , science , in-
lustry and invention is an interna-
: ional asset and a common glory. "
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Mr. Bryan Bay. a Newspaper.
WASHINGTON , Sept. 6. The Na-
: ional Watchman Publishing
company
: oday filed a bill of sale transferring
: o William Jennings Bryan the plant
ind newspaper known as the National :
Watchman , successor to the " Silver
inight Watchman. The consideration
vas $5.
Boer Barbarity , Say the BHtUh
LONDON , Sept .
6.-The colonial off
ice published today a dispatch from. ' '
he governor of Cape Colony , Sir Wai- '
er Hely-Hutchinsqn , received Septem-
er 1 , announcing that
the Boers Au-
; ust 25 , captured two
unarmed
Brit- >
sh scouts near
Haareekloof
and shot *
hem in cold blood. >
\
British Bay More Maies - ' ' "
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Sept 6.-Tlie.-
urchase of mules
for
the British- *
rmy in South Africa r
was resumed
fter an interval of three
monthsjsev-
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ral
hundred were selected. - :
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Convicts Ercape from p n J
LINCOLN , Sept. S.-Fred Pierson
nder sentence of one year for forgery
ommitted in Lincoln county
ewtonHouck , under sentence
tree years for criminal
barged for neglect of duty.
