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Daily Bee J'.hlAlJJlMIMJ JLM', 1), 1STJ . OMAHA. SATl iil'AV UOltNlMJ, .s KW KM V.VAl 11, LJK)1 TWI'J L33 JAC1S SIXULE COPY 3iTVJ3 CENTS. n.M-iXJr icsxi rtv net tj riT-T""TrTr-niTT,iT i riirrTrnnrrrnraii-rn'i'-iin Miiwwrin ma rririii-iiiiti iit.i' umi mm i m mi in wi Sis The Omaha PRRRMT II PEACEFUL SLEEP i II i nn v in v a 1 1 h f s l u y hub ii w 4& xe. a. 4v PI) I? A T T n?l? DUTAl) km'01 nnJ hls election was accomplished tu iP HoKinley'i Oarser a Rich LortRcy to Coun tryman Present and Future. . .. . ih .n it .... --.-.... ... f .1..- . ........ I. i i uuiiButuiitt; jvuia .tieillllv . represented tho congressional district t.f which Stark county was n pari. Ills poi-,1 jMilnrity rendered him practically lnvlnclbloW ,',C3 ,i candidate ami three times a democrat!-,! gislnturo gerrymandered his district In j RI3ES FrlOM 0D3CURITV BY OWN W0!UllRlnc ll0,p0 of accomplishing his defeat. Th;) ,-ijiuHi umc, in isjs, his county was trnnW rerrcd to a district that had always betnl democratic by l.SOO majority. McKlnliy .1 carried tiie new district by 1.000 votes. In J if tlio democrats tried It ngnln and M.-J Klnloy was elected by a bare tduralltv of J ?clg'.lt votes. Ill 1S3t tlin thlril ntli.mnl l.i ENTERS AS A PRIVATE, QUiTS AS A MAJJI.Gw'ryniandcr McKlnley out of congress wan 3 .j.......v iuu uv ns ro-eiccieu oy i.iiuu inaii in Kin ii, .i i .... h nthe legislature, made their fourth Kerryman J; l? dor of the McKlnloy district. Ills county?! Mwns put In a district with Wayne. ModlmW PITI, ..... ta"l Holmes counties, and the four coun-KJ HI a UlAlii&tlos thus held together had tho year before -3 E-.Klvcn a democratic majority of 2.900. De -9s splto the heavy odds against htm McKlnley-rt jmauo a spirited contest. llo was defeatcd.SJ jiuui no nan cut ino democratic majority! r.lnu'n im Wll fntne nn.l .I,... .... t.n ..1t....t ......... . v vvw (ut.j. il v. fc.li.1 .111 liiu lUIIL'BLZM j.votn i.vor cast In tho district. This defeats fended his career ns a congressman, but af) iyear later It made him governor of Ohio. IfJ Ift .MeKlnlcy's career us a congrcsiuun was 9 thi'ty'lndcd out by tho passage uf the tariff y . ...... ......... ...... . ... .. . . 17 undfl1"" """- "in over oo rccoracu in tno ni3 ucul!,01y 01 ' country Inseparably connected wiui ins name, no nan served many years as nn active member of tho ways and ft means commltteo nnd had made tho tariff Demonstrnt.i Ilia Qualities in tfca Arnn While Yat Youth. . Bevon T;r.nj in (Joajuii f ruitfal of Im nortant Lju.fttijn. CLIMAX Of CAREER IN Plk Jlilllliint Pulillf .St-rvlei; t miflct ttitli Uli Icn I'rlvule l.lfi- .IIiiUoh 1 1 1 in " or tin. .ii.iki lllll'll III' AlUII, Tho life of William McKmley. like of tho martyred presidents, Lincoln Clnrllelr"., and like thoso of many othei viiojo voIcch huvo been heard In tho couii' cits ot.tho nation, qhaiu:ti.rl3il. ally iltutf tratcs the potabilities of our iree lustltu- tlciis. Olven an ancestry romblnltig tlio Mils especial study. Tho election of I'rcsl- imr.lv iinrii.-Mf-ii,..,.! i,.i .. r.. . i..l'cni iinrrison in isss brought tho iiiciin pariy nuo power in an inrco tin eldo nnd tho tenaeloiM, eil.l hardl.r ihar iictcrlstles of tho Scotch on his mother's Bide, supplemented by tin durational ad repubj ancheaw of the government. Congress convened for tho long session In 1SSU nnd Thomas ll.l Heed was elected speaker of tho house. V decades ago. W.lllan, McKmiey bc?n1fuBc t' T ftj mIUIcp. lawyer, coiigtessmnn and gov&of BtnmllnK commUlcC8 Sp,.ak ncil r J, Jj cruor, and finally ho o.oct.ns of the Unlt.-J'lllzc,, tho ntnrs8 r Mr. .McKlnley to deald Bytca c ovnted him to tho liiglieat p sl.wUn tie tilrlff ciuestlon nnd appointed lilmS tlon of houor within tholr bt.slGv.ul. HlJi3.ii Ah to tll Ati'lCtnlfy 1 1 1 1 i.u.ii.1 tn uiutuiivu uf inui 01 iiuycs, lr-i;';ncans. Ilem and Harrison, nil of the records offl thoso men bearing a marked nlmilnrltv nf?3 clrcumstuncts. (i Tll republican party had regained con- in. t.iv a ra"0' of 1,10 Kovcrnment through Its pledge Fjto revise tho tariff along protection linas.W nniiam .ncivinicy was uoni in iNllc3, u.,yand tno ways and means committee began q i'oorunry ss, u,u, and no war, thu.cfore. aMtlio task wltn all tho earnestness and in-ffi few months past tho prime- ago of 07. HUj-jdustry at Its command. Tho "McKlnlcyJ lather was n man of character and ln-(.3tarlff law" of tSOO wr.s t result of the teerlty. a hard ami constant wnrln.r i.iniwlabors of that comniltttfC. Tho lone nnrll of Irugnl aiid regular habits. Ills tnutlior iJoxcltUit; debate which Immediately pro-HJ van oro of thoao sweet. Blmplo ploiiter'3e,-'lll;tl tll "McKlnley bill" is still fresh InM vomcn whoso worth a half century ago "it1"'5 of tha peoplo of the country. Thew contributed no much to tno Intellectual du-l)l11 wna 'lnully passed by tho hnuso andjN Yolopmctit of the moii of tho present geuura fji01"- to lke senate, where It was amended! tlon. As JIcKiuloy advanced In boyho-d 9uy l"u ol l icciprocay clause. years his parents reniovid to i0.turiK".' mnucuicu wun so mucnM land, n in .t,n. i t..tTaplrit by tho lato Janus , IUalnc, then eec-M Jiavo the advantage of nn ucade-$re?r&l0lf 8 , , , , , , inlo education. Ills achool days woioM, McKln,e a l,art tlio famous. t.ylff de- uneventful, but wpro marked by ruerc? 111,0 '? "ow n imrt ' tll,T ntlvo hi. ,,,i ..i.,...i,i Ti "7'"-u , ".''.Story of tho goTrrnrscnt. Hcmade hlfr last ds ciu so at ,h m ' i0"". Co",1,,ot","!pocch nn the subject on the day that the ids course at tho llttlu I'olund academy, hen i,m n.i iv,.. etartud A more ambitious lino of BtudltsTa i loin m- M..in.,in.. ,,. !.. .1 ... lit Allegheny college but was c.m.pelledKOVCrnor ot ohlo nm, wns cIect01, b to lies St on nccumiL of n nkn.-uu. iinfmi. h ....... . - .... . . n . ; . . majority oi ii.uuu voics. in is v.i no wxs vas able to return to college tho civil warrt,numlnated and reelected by tho almost "7 " ""' ' . ' unprecedented majority of SO.OOO votes. As a soldier McKlnley wn llrat a privatoW Mr. McKlnley llgured prominently In the nn i TUUY y ' Jwcnty-l"lr'lfe,atlonal conventions of his party, prior tofl , " uul JcursnJins noniliiatlon for president. In ui uku it im iiih regiment was tlio first to cmisi lor mo uireo years' Kelvlco. Twenty-R?on resolutions and his appearance upon thetfl The extra two regimoiits had preceded It. but tliPvMli,,if...., ., 0i.,i f.. n ...v,. .. ........ iMcKinlcy's Last Words "fioodhy, all; jroodby. It is Hod's way. Ills will be done." i Ccorl(hl, IJOO, by Charlci A. Gru. WILLIAM M'KINLEY Born in Niles, O., February 26, J 844-Died at Buffalo, N. Y., September J 4, 1901. 1SSS, at fa' I'lilcago, lie was chairman of tho committojltLCharlcs Emory Smith took Gory'n post. session of congress, which had I. ... . .Il-i.i.. i ... t ... Hm-ri .,,.v ii lut"'" lmeo wo uns.K onthiiBlaHtlc applause, which demoiutratcdKratlon. adjourned In July after the passage " ,ln " wossclRht years ago. Bmencement of tho next rosslon In December VW b. UOSCCrailS, WUo rose to tho rank oftfl lln ri'Piliil nnnllmr nvnllnn whnn ! r.lfl.l.n ,ililu .....i.,.. , .nnlnr ..nnnrnt. llu I1p. II I it.. . T . " " v. ,.yUn u.,i ui 1,1... im.Jll Ui " ...ok iiviuvuiim wuiuiiuip.-iiii. nil. or l no iii.iirorni winnii nimipni ih.i Rum. hi i oni. r.iD I.. r..i.n i,.i i unltcdMiho republican pnrty anew to tho cardlaal jUuch that the relations between the Un'ltfd was Stanley .Matthews, afterward u.M.va ot'iiiitui titiui vjiiiii uini iiiHiirii ni 1 11.171 .. ...... n. i.. in t... ......... . . ... ... . . aiuuwimie ui iiuittuuii tu .luiui 11.111 iuuiisiry.il oiiuea aim opaui wero occupying largely tnc iZ ZVrTl nun1"5, Ul'c''sln- Instill later In tho Same convention. whclattontton of tno people. Tho delayed cur ward k L v w r nh.nTn i 0r"Knrao of UlB vote Hieucy legislation was'lor the time losing s ,103 ,lon t of the UnlUd States ,nfr ,Hm r Prew. ho '0,,ntc" cliB.rglntorMt In the minds of the genelal pub- ltwll I not bo comiVatlK '" " fW ,letur"lll,l!" worils Inalstojfllo and the country watched the fight of the r i.Pir. i,m,?P T L , , llllts Tupon a withdrawal of the votes, assorting ntRCubnna against tho metl.od.i ot warfare ZltW:"!??. ' ?:&110 . - t"" 0h' . 1'ch.Spa.n used, and felt more ,ntero In ------ " - " iwa tu illJfVAninn f r r II A nnnHrlit nn nlml .m I n . lit lilt 1 niinn . l.r... I . .1... !! - Ullng tho latter nart of 1SU7 L'rman. 11 M Kour years later, at Minneapolis, ha wasKlnley mid tho Spanish government en-m United .States toward giving theso people1 ,u"psrJcctcd as permanent chairman of tho naP' gaged In fruitless efforts to socuro a scUlsJuoli iccognltlon ns belonged to them. The1 "t'onat President M". country during tlio war. He enlisted JuneW'.)3rt ot slll,r 11, 1S01. A yeat later ho was cominlBsnryKV i.0UI. yca,.i sergeant. Ills promotion to tho second llou-K'srJectcd Ys ' .uuuu .i urnuu on aej.iuiiiuor i'j, ItUl'. ,nrl!. , ..,,. ,,n , ,,r " ,,., ,,,,- Pl,n ,,, A fow months lator, on February 7. 1SC3. hcOl.i .. , , V "V ti, ii, " " . ... . .L "L. . .. ' vn nmiln (IvBt limit. mnnt nt Pnn.nn.,,, In ...................... u. ntuuai wiuiiouii. nc 7"'" .....v. ..uu... hiuit nun nun wineil in vas nncio nisi lieutenant or Company h. n , .....,.,,., i,n...nn ,,. .,,5r,COnln of thn Tinii.i sintn ,t,i i. oil. 1 ftJBfcl l ll liw 1 1 1 1 I i I ! 1 1 an 3of thn resolution of congress at tho openlugM.Mndlson, Monroo, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant or tlio war, and It gave to tho political fol-Knnd McKlnley. Tho career of William Mc as n campaign spenkcr in orant-nrccloy presidential campaign. 1C?r.T?an..nlnllv nntlv.. nn.l rnnftnlfllnii ! nas a campaign worker in tho closely con tested stnto election In which Itutherforo ill, Hayes Is elected governor. 1ST0 Klcctcd member of tho houso of representatives by 3,000 majority, his friend Hayes being elected to tne presidency. 1878 Hoelccted to congress by 1,231 inn. Jorlty, his district In Ohio having beer gerrymandered to his disadvantage by a democratic legislature. He-I'.lecleil to ('onufrs. 1SS0 He-elected to congress by !J,fi71 ma- Jorlty. Appointed a member of the ways nnd means committee to succeed rresldent i:icct (larfleld. 1SS2 Tho republicans suffer mcrscn throughout the country In the congressional elections and McKlnley 13 ro-clected by a ninjorlty of only 8. 1SS 1 Prominent In opposition to tho pro posed "Morrison tariff" In congress. ISSt As a delegate nt largo to the repub lican national convention In Chicago ac tively supports James (!. Dlalue for the presidential nomination. 1SSI Ito-clected to congress by a majority of 2,000, although Ills district hail again been gerrymandered against him. 1SSC Ho-clccted to congress by a majority of 2.550, 18S8-Leads the minority opposition ll congress against tho "Mills tarllf bill." 1SSS Delegate at largo to tho national convention In Chicago that nomlnntcd Hen tfjamln Hnrrlson and serves ns chairman oi tho commltteo on resolutions. Many dele gates wish McKlnley to become the nominee, but ho stands Ilrm in his support oi Joim Sherman 1SSS Klcctcd to congress for tho seventh successive time, receiving a majority of 1.100 votes. 1839 At tho organization of tho Klfty-flts' nnnui-psa is a candidate for speaker of the jhouse, but Is defeated on tho third ballot In the republican caucus by Thomas 1), Heed 1800 Upon tho death of William D. Kellov. in Jnnuary. McKlnley becomes chairman of tlio ways nnd means committee Eaud leader of his party In tho house. He introduces a uur "to simpiuy uiu urns m relation to tho collection or tnc revenues, known us tho "customs administration bill." He also Introduces a general tnrin bin. 'im bill becomes n law October 0. l)efeiitel itt KleeUon. 1S30 As a result of a gerrymandered con gressional district and tho reaction against tho republican party throughout tho coun try, caused by tho protracted struggle ovoi tho tariff bill. McKlnley is defeated in tno election for congress by 300 votes In coun ties that had previously gone democratic ojj 3,000. ; ictil'Vnv.iinhnr :i. C1CCICI1 EOVlTlliu tu i BATTLE OVER End OoniM at Qunrtir Put Two 0'01ok in the M.rnlng. lOYING PRESIDENT'S NOBLE SENTIMENTS I With Hymn en Lips XoKinley Ltpm Into EUrnni Silence. IflMAL MESSAGE IS TO DEVOTED" WIFc iWhiipMS Gently and Brt&thei "Nearer, My Qed, to Thee." LiER COMFORT IS HIS DYING THOUGHT j( n I in I)' C'liiM-t Mix 13) e mill irltli ii IniIh- nt Mill Unit- I'll Mil Niirri'ii-ili'i-n llliiixuir to flic In o Itllllll.'. MII.III K.V IIOlSi: UU ii, ni.-Sefi ilury C'ortel) tin niiitlf (lie iiiinoiiiit o liiu-ut Hint I'lfsltleiit .Mt'lClnlf)' died lit : 1 1 r. a. in, .mii.ih it.N not Mi-sept, ji.-jii- l'lif ini'iiilii'r-. of llio tiniilly mIHi Hie 'M'i'lilliiit of llir lit-reni t-tl v!ff oru jut Hit dentil liftl. Mm. 3't'lvliili'y tni In nn iidjnliiliiu; room. Dr. ltlvt'y tinx tlir tinlj ili Hleliin preNfiit. MIl.HL'HN HOUSi:, IlUI'rAl.O, Sept. II. Presldetit McKlnley died nt 2;15 o'clock this morning. He had been unconscious stneo fi'-M p. m. His last conscious moment on earth was spent with tho wife to whuni ho dovutcd a lifetime' of care. He was unattended by a minister of tho gospel, but I1I3 last words wero an humblo KUbmlaslon to tho will of the Clod In whom ho believed. Ho was reconciled to tho crilf " fato to which nn assassin's bullet had con dcmucil him and faced death In tho same spirit of calmness and pnlso which has marked his long nnd honorable career. Ills last eonsclouB words, reduced to writ ing by Dr. Mnnn, who stood nt his bedsld'1 when tlay wero uttered, were as follows: "(loodby, all; good by. It Is God's way. His twill be done." All In Tcnr. His relutlves and tho mrmbers of his oin cial family wore ut tho Milburn house, ex cent Secretary Wilson, who did tint nvnll Ifi himself of the opportunity, nnd somo ot hla ul personal and political Irlends took leavo of him. This, painful ceremony was simple. Ills friends enmo to tho door of tho sick room, took n lingering glance nt him and turned tearfully away. Ho was practically unconscious during this time. Hut tho powerful henrt stimu lants, Including oxygen, wero employed lo restore him to consciousness for his final (.parting with his wife. Ho nsked for her and Bho nit nt his Bide and held his hand lowers of tho president a hatisfactlon whlchMKInley has been steadily upward slnco hisKOhlo by a plurality of 21,511. polling tlieUo ,.onfsoiet i1(,r ml un,i0 iler g00(ii,y, sl)g. they freely expressed. During tho winter o Wmcnt ot tho status of the Inhabitants of the A I.'hlllpplno Islands, as provided for In the tronty of peace, gave riso to dissatisfaction among them and this culminated In tho at tack on tho American fofces and tho opening i; Insurgents, which was not terminated until during MeKlnlcy's Bccond term. During tlio year 1S39 tho question of the' status of the people of tho Island of Porto Hleo became n prominent ono and tho prcsl-! dent In his annual mcssago pointed out what ho denominated the plain duty of the 1892 As dolccate at largo to tno iiaiiniuu ,.,.n.,., ... MlnnM.noll and cliillrinifll of tlm convention McKlnley refuses to p-rmliW !tho consideration of his narao nnd suppo.tsM Tho Imnii the rcnominatlon of President IlariUon.b' death Is un .. .. ... . . 1 1 . T 1 ...... I ... .. , CJboyliood. His modest worth ns a aoldlcri 1S0S-9D tho scttle-Kwas known to President Lincoln and ho wn3, cherished as a young brother by Hayes and Garfield and esteemed by men llko the Sherman brothers. Tho chronology of importnnt events In his. life follows of tho long nnd tedious conflict with theSI 1843. January 29 William McKlnley. son int William and Nancy (Allison 1 McKlnley. ti,,. it n pimiiltn ns follows Sis born at Niles, Trumbull county, O., belngunHK: Illnlne. 1S2; McKlnley. 1S2; Hied, -I; .1. 1.. ull.l . . . int. Huveiiiii ui ii muni ui unit. tun.!. un. ii11 ijincoin, 1. 1852 Tho McKlnley family removes to I'o-ji ls:i2 Death of William McKlnley, r., land, Mahoning county, O., where Wllllamvov,,mu,,r. studies nt Union seminary until ho wnB 17.G.I 1893 Unnnlmousl renominated for gov- 1859 Ilecomes a member of tho MclhodistVpi-nor of Ohjo and re-elected by a plurallt Episcopal church of Polund. Vpt hOJOS, this .imjorlty being tho great es! 1SG0 Entors tho Junior class In AlleghanyB(!Vcr locorded, with a single reception dur- college, Mcadvlllo, l'a., nut poor licaltti largest vote that had over ucnii casi '"'atweut through tho hcart-trylns sccno with governor in unio. ins vv"" '"tho sumo bravery and fortitude with which democratic governor, juuiea i., -t-iiuuiuv... tho had borne tho srlef of the traizedv which endangered his life. AlltoiiK.v .Vl'rcNNiil'y. mediate enuse of tho presldent'n lnilnln..nl..a.l ..... .. . .1. . .a miucin lll.HLtl, I)liyUlCUI..J (US- Harrison, jiagreo and It will naHslhlv rnnnlrn .... .-autopsy to fix the exact cause. ij Tho president's remains will be taken to NiiBiiuigion nnd thero will be n state "funeral. Vice President Itoosevelt. who .now iiueteeils to tho presidency, may take un- unio in omec wnerover no Happens to hoar Iho news, The cabinet will, of courje. in jprosldent's position taken at that tltno wnsl On July 25, 1SGI, he was named as captain of Company O, nnd on March 13, 1SC3, ho was brovctted major for gallant and efficient ucrvlees. Ho wob Dually mustered out oi tcrvlco July 2C, 1S05, having served entirely tlirough tho war Duilng his term cf scrvlco he ucted as acting asslitant adjutant gen eral of tho III st dhlslon, Plrst army corp3, on General Carroll's staff and ho also eerved ou tho staffs of General Iluyca, Con cral Crook and General Hazcn. AVI i en lln Left thu War. afterward the subject of critical commentlipreventB tho completion of tho course. Sub rU. nntMi... ..f 1.1.. I.i.n nn.....l .. a .. -M7 .. . . . ..... .... . protested Just as firmly when many don- gales cast tholr votes for him. llo received 178 votco for tho nomination at this co:i-' ven tlon. IIS CAREER AS PRESIDENT Inny I in i ' t ii it 1 Inmiii-h Ileforc Mv Klnlfy Diirluir HIn Tii Titiiih of Olllce. 'I'm- Troulitu in Culm, Tho iicarnetis of tho Cuban people to tli- United States, tho commercial nnd social ro latlons which had been built up between i tlio Island and tho great ropubltu wero such jthat tho Interest of tho American people wns worked to the fever point by the prog ress of tho war. Tho spirit of rcsentmen' Lwhlch the peoplo nnd the nress of th t'nlted States In a measure exhibited borvo rjiuu piirnoso oi arousing I no Ki fee 111 n After receiving his mustcrlng-out papersC 'urniB ino nrsi icrm oi rresmcnt jMC-atne Spanish and tlio efforts to bring abod sequontly tenches in a public scliool near, Poland nnd later becomes a clerk In the Poland postofllco. KullxtN nn u I'rltntr .Soldier ion account of his later approval of the bill levying n tariff on Imports to thlsffi country from tho Island. Q As a. development of tho policy of tho ad-g nilolstratlon of the president toward tholt Islands tho events of tho session of con-& j gross closing In tho spring of 1900 worn ro-h lgarded as making n chango from what hadt at thq tlmo. of tho war and soon afterward a,nJ""lr . n (been loncclved by tho public generally to'S 1Sfi2- April J..-Promo the tho proposed nttitudo of tho UnltodWscrKcnl,t 1,1 w,u States. ficttevlllo. W. V'n. .1;cnli;u In n bodv and I'ri.Bl.li.nl HnMavnii Ing tho civil war, tor any canuiuuio in invwn history of tho etnte. havo an opportunity of forming a now n kl nt tho close of tho war, McKlnley, nt thu,, iniey ono oi tno to questions pressing icr settlement of tho trouble with Its cclanloiii1""1 wna a u private walks cf consideration uy hla administration ami s served inthor to inereaso than placate ih-V y 111 10 tho regular Jhlch his party Bupporteis In tho lato elec-Jj popular Spanish mind. With this conditions0'1 moro oxcl,i father d-- J,1'011 deinauded should' bo given precedenca existing and growing worse constantly thoref)ro'cl'rCu' to nt pgo of 22, returned to the life. llo could havo entered nrmv. hut tho lnllucnco of his father d-- , terrcd him. Ho nt once took up tho study vWRS the revision of tho Wilson tariff act to ot law m tho oillco ot Judgo Charles lVSuoro nearly npproach what was calUd Uieinibllcan tariff mcasuro." What studies by a courso at tho Albany (N. Y.)Knerally understood by this torm wnsculml 'tEOinethliiR nil Iitl in nattiro to tho net which?) President McKlnl n't thb bar in 1S07 at Canton, O.. nnd floral1""1 bcen Hlven tho name of tho McKlnley)? afterward with being wns no disposition on tno part of crngrts3 "as to puan tiie currency measure, cud 8conaeuuraL"IB 01 ivns Tthe war fcellnc wns nrouaod hv tlm .foni-.s.uerorc, when tl nntlng In tho blowing un of the Jin inn. U lairing the Ai'iliilHltlmi of Ilaiviill, Tlio acquisition of Hawaii dtirlnn thl.sS matter that caused compara- or no commont In thn nildstt . .. . . .. - V nig inings ami ino rnct was'j the tlmo as Indicating thel changod conditions of tho country nnd the? tho peoplo from a fow ycar3 io question was up. session of congress which com- 1S9C Juno IS, nt tho republican V.n..v.mlln.i In Qt T.nlli.t MfKlnlllV IB 1)01111 diluted for president on thq first ballot, the result of tlio voting ucing: .iciiniey, GGlifc; lteed, 8116: Quny, OOVii; Morton, 58; Allison. 35 4: Cameron, 1. m 18'jo oveniner J, receives a ropuiai- vm Bin the tircsldcntial election of 7,101.779, a plurality of 001, S54 over his democratic op ponent, William J. Drynn. In the electoral colicun later McKlnley receives 2il o cs r . September 21 Promoted to Becondj.agalnst lib for Ilryan. EJcablnet If ho ho deslrec lviiionaijy r 1861, Juno 11 Enlists as a private In com pany E of tho Twenty-third Ohio volunteer Infantry Promoted to commissary tcr camp at l'ay- thnt tlmo down to the present he has liiadjj; In tho courso of evcntsV, i.iw aiiii wnicn was passed wnen ho wai chairman of the houso ways and mcar.u hostilities with Spal again criticised for cy was credited then an1l?lm,niCfi'1 ln December. 1S99. the currency blllM"1gB,' 0ctt lg averse to pieelpltatlnKwaa ,lnnIly pM',ea 1)y C0B,es8 nnfl npprovcdil. lln. and ho was tlmo nndS1,y 1,10 i,rt,Bl,k'nt- Coin 3r not taking the final Tho ociiulnls about tho food supplied tnS ,t,;ii, 1SC2, lieutenant In recognition ol services at the battle of Antlotom. Wins the highest es teem of tho colonel of tho regiment, Iluther ford H. Hayes, and beepmes a member of hlo staff. 1863, February 7 Promoted to first lieutenant. 1SSI, July 25 Promoted to captain for gal- lantry at the battlo of Kcrnstown, neari Winchester, Va. October llj-Flrst vote for president on a march, for Abraham Lln- 1897 March I. Is Inaugurated president o tho United States for the twenty-olgbthWtIu, flml svelK.a ln quadrenulnl tnm. filchnmher wero secured; (.'iiIIm Dxtrn .Si'mhIoii. ho rngo of the people of Iluffalo aEnlnsl the president's ansnsslti when they learned tonight that ho was "lying wns boundless. FINAL SCENESAT BEDSIDE M.lttli' (irutiii of ItflntltrH null FrlpiulK I.UIi'H for Dr. IMifj'ii I 'll til I Word, MILIIL'UN HOUSE, Sept. It. From nii- thorltatlve rdlcinU the following details of d about the death battlo Cedar his practice grew and ho noon enjoyed n.mimuiee. mo otner question which thostcp wnicn congrefs, reiiectlng tho fev.rishd""1 ' ''Vy,"T.r V. . "Hcrcok (October 19) Captain McKlnley serves business which, to hltn nt least, alforded a?niliuinUinitlon was considered pledged tof rondltlon of tho public mind, had doma.iilcd.y "sl',,ci1 'h"u"h,. n,r ck!Vft(lo( )yon tho stmts of General George Crook and lucrative recompense. Ho was an excellent aI( ' nd settle In accordance with thoVMs tho result of the reluctance with whlolii''" "'"' " "'i' thf General Wlnflold S. Hancock, advocate, even In tho early years ot hU law? on which tho presidential campaign Jhe was m.pposed to take the step blehVn i"n lSC5-Asslgncd n acting assistant ad- career. Ills work as a lawyer was marked? "J'1 cii fought was that of the currency. ho people and eongresa deemed nece?saryf lh ' f.P"' unlnr "7, 'n0,:V,h'ch8ulant general on the stalf ot General Sam- by a thoroughness nnd carofulncsc of prtpa-f ie olrcunistances and exigeuclen of theho was put down as oppoud to the wirf .pr:. 'lon ; " l?m bn-iuo, S. Carroll, commanding the veteran re- ration nnd this with his Krowlns abl ity as u,lltlcal 8lluntl ' tlio two houses of con-fewhlch tho public sentiment seemed to ds-K'1' T 'o .ontroerHy oor the army can-R t Washington, nu 2Z e " 'eo "a. him tlm c'Sne f,fm n" '" of, f"""0" 'etwccf mand as the only step compatible with ."""i ' o?7hoVrmy 'Solt.R 03' 13-o.nm.ss.oncd by Prcsl- of tho people of his own district &lho ""Pl'orters of the president on tho cur-ftttonnl Jionur and tho lulcrnsts of humanlty.b at n,Qa 11 al. caturo or tho army pwtslfl iilnC0 IIS major by brevet In tho vol- 1 w l hose m ove tful years ot m,oy "u'asuro wlllc" M 1)0 JoP'cJ do-5J Tho wal W that sticecofol l.i" eal occuP rfat nd """"Runteer United States army "for gallant and his law cn.ccr In Can ZV that McKli.loyt,Iuy011 11,0 laltcr l,nt uf,cr ,uauy 1orc 0,0 nrly sl,r,,"; ot 1808 nut " PortI.au J"" noB' ?' e81'c, c'n' y"m ' h,, clu,rchR meritorious services at tho battles of Ope flnt t rneil hta atte, ion to oolitics Hlsf dtlnK ,venU lla,, h,rt fo.r over two yeer3& warfare in congress against tho president at,00"'0 1, 0 tempcianco advocates wasH" , c k , Kh , 5SC; The tariff bl.lllan end but it also delayed, as ha benj J J,,, "4 T&.Sly 2M.t.re,l out of tho army way. Ho took a leading Part In lis .ocalnas Pac.l curly in tho Hist session cirsoid before, some ot the measures that thoV"""B' 10 ,J0 1113 0nrd tn.fc ylh h,8 rfiglmcnt( ,invlnK ncvcr 1L.cn ,,. iouh uiu piaco in mo wusour. i'r--aitiein. s puny siuuu pieugtii m ionvnri."i , ,. ,,, , .Risent from his command on aick leave tlur campaigns and hla services as a Bpcakori' ''h,,,, i.. ,inn,n.,.t i.. ,i. ........ ... tlnw under th " - " "u i kiiiiiivo Ullll Jti-i"I1ln.-., ... dl-lnt ealivanes of hln .nD..it ir,llJl"S10 "01. himself never Blood as a cnndldnto for a H I.... .1.1... 1.... .. u... . .. . J? iui-ui uuinj, uiu u ins panic. pnuon In su.-'jrt Tho occupUd a cabinet during his llrat term were: ccsalve cnmpalgus gradually i nanio soon to-M Seeroti I In coiinoc lo i!jj Secreti r. It was notJonge of ho entered t' o 'J Seereti entry into the VMIchlitar sVC0M.ntCi' $ Attorney Genew 8,6 McKlnley nn.lKNoW Jersey, dldato for congress!) Postmaster Gent irth tvlin v,. 1.1... f. tnry of State William Day of Ohlo.J tary 'of tho Treasury Lyman J, Ilurstll A. Alger neral John General James v'.dcnlng political circle his nanio soon came frequently mentioned wun ii uuiiKiiDsiuu.ti mrior. it was notJonge of Illlnn uuiii ism, nine years niier no entered t' o Vj Secretary of I... .iuiv3itn, tutu no miry nuo tliu Michigan. tm ui nuiiuiuti uuiii'a tuun piaco, in the Bummer of IS nounccd himself ns a candidal io fciircccu ii. ii. woouworm, wno win hlmtMnrylund. eu n canuiuaio ror rcnominatlon. i:uu Svcrotary of tho Navy' mm luieu tiiiuneiiia uoni ins utvu J.MaSiachUSettg. Btark-county. In thoso das dolegatcs io A St cretary of the Interior-Cornelius me congrcssicnai convention were oieciu Illis of New York. by popular vote. McKlnley mado a vigor-j Secretary of Asrlculture-James Wilton cus personal canvass of hU district. Hof of Iowa. carried every township of his own coun'yjj Pav was siaeceded before the end of the .".v u.iv .inn mi mm iiimuai f'ouauy succcss-i'ierm iy Joun llayi Alger gave nlaco to 111 tlio other cohlltics of the illstri. t.WKIIhu Hoot of Nmv YnrWi wit,.., tn o popular desiKiintlon of tuoil ino urst miminisirntion or president Ms Klnloy wna taken up almost entlre'y so far as the principal events nro concerned, with that war, and the policy which tho Vnlud States pursued and propcecd toward tho nirinrr possessions oi epaui. wurn con gress mot In I'll 111 net In l'lrnt Term. membew of President McKlnleyY Cases Involving tho question of tho legal riqhts and status of the people of tho Is. lands acquired from Spain by tho United States enrao up for decision before tho sti .prctno court and tho decisions wero taken t tu support tho administration In Its policy noi-eniliap nfin- .1,,. ... lV"iucil liau ucan ei iiiuicl-h an uiruKiuiUi J-lirult of tho cnntllct had been determined ft arV. V . ' ... 1 President McKlnley In his annual mcTago! r(rr1s,,,c,,t M'K,n ey f,rT r me of ofgrevlewed the events leading up, to tho war"1"31 '''""R"11110" tYs,ert ovf " 'ountrv f ami those that enmo after-ird ' l. Tu than any preceding president had over V. Grlsga itl no declared that ns toward Cuba t'o"- ' "' " "T ,V k V, V 1 tfpollcy must ho to aslt the people to e""'1 m ,t r'lllch..h.l.a. f?r mn A. Gary cfJtablUl. a free government. In tho languar,ycars ncver veiDamK'1 a i"""". f.of the message: n M'KINLEY John D. Long of N, OF "As soon nB wo are In possoislon of CubariCHnONOLOGY and havo pacified thn Island, It will bo no-.tM essary to glvo nld nnd direction to this peo-t ltfcord from oxr to Vcnr of HU I'riiB- ri-nn it, lilt' IIIulii-Nt Olll In tin I. uini. w ..u ..... .... ... vv..... iv tlllB JICI1--J I pplo to form n government for thcmyelvoj.ifj ',' It should bo our duty to at-ffi fill hrn tho congressional convention mctHltchccck of Missouri mirn.ii. ,i niiJH JKUlnlcv was uoruluate-i ou tho first bal-stcjeUry ot thu interior acnariuient and :flst them to form a .government which slnll ibo frco and Independent. Spanish rulel I must be replaced by a Just, benevolent and .humane government, created by tho per p ei ofuo of president of tho t'nlted States, Of lot cuba " Cthrae only eight )iao been re-elected for a This was lu accord with tho decuratltnrsccoad tera viz., Washington, Jefferson, Tven,ty-flve tl ffeicnt mm havo fllie.1 th" Ing moro than four years' service. Ili'KliiN to Study l.mv. 1865 Heturns to Poland Diid at onco bo-; gins to otudy law. 1S66 Kntora tho Albany. N. Y.. law srhnol. 1S67 Admitted to tho bar at Warren O.. In March, Accepting tho advice of an elder sister tenchlng in Canton, O., ho bo Kins tho practice of law In Canton and makes that place his homo. 1S69 Elected prosecuting attorney o? Star); county on tho republican ticket, al though tho county hod usually been demo cratic, 1871, January 25 Marries Miss Ida Sax ton of Canton (two daughters born to Mr. nnd Mrs. McKlnley Katlo In 1871 and Ids In 1S73--ore both lost In early childhood,) Falls of re-election ns prosecuting j897Mnrch 6. Issues proclamation for nn extra BC3slon of congress to nscomiiio March 15. The president's mcssago dwells sololy unon the need of a revision of thu existing tariff law. 1897 May 17 In responso to nn appeal from the president congress npproprlates 550,000 for tho relief of destitution In Cuba.1 1COT T.ilu oi Thn "nlnflnv tnrllT Mil" Irecclvcs tho president's npproval. 1897 December 12. Death of President MeKlnlcy's mother at Canton, O. 1S9S lloth branches of congress unanimously (tho houso on March 8 by a voto of 313 to 0 and tho sonnto by n vote of 7C to 0 on tho following day) to place' $50,000,000 at tin disposal of tho president to be used ot his discretion "for tho national defense," 1898 Decombor 10. The -treaty of peace botweon Spain and tho United Stntcs Is' ilgncd at Paris 1900 March It. Tho president signs tho Wold standard act." , 1900 Juno 21. The republican national convention nt Philadelphia unanimously ro nominates William McKlnley for tho pros- Idcncy. 1900 Juno 21. The president's amnesty proclamation to the Filipinos In published in Manila. 1900 July 10. Tho United Stutes gov oniment makes public a statement of in policy as to alfalrs In China, 1900 September 10. Lotter accepting tho presidential nomination and dlscusslug the Issues of the campaign is given to tho pub lie. 1900 November fl. In tho nrcHldcntlnl oioction llllam McKlnloy carries twenty eignt .tales, which havo an aggregato of 292 votes In the clectornl college, his dem ocratic opponent, William J. Bryan, carry Ing Euventceii sjates, having 155 electoral arger Tho president had continued in nn uncon scious stato hlncc 8:30 p. in. Dr. Itlxey re mained with him at all tlmea mid until death came. Tho other doctors wero ln tho room nt times and then repaired to tho front room, where their consultations had been held. About 2 o'clock Dr. Hlxoy noted tho uumlstakahlo lgns ot dissolution, nnd thu Immediate members of tho family wero summoned to the bedside. Mrs. McKlnley vi ai uelecp and It wns deemed desirable not to awaken her fur tho last moments of K niiKuisu, votoii Ahhi'iiiIiIb for I. nut Tlnio, Silently and sadly the members of tho family stolo into tho room. They stood about the foot nnd sides of tho bed where the great man'ti life was ebbing uwny. Those In the circle wero Aimer MoKlnloy. tha president's brother; Mm, Abnor McKlnley, '.attorney by forty-llvo votes und for the nex.ftjvotca. Hla popular plurality In also Ij ijflvo years devotes himself successfully topthan In tho election of 1896, XI tno practice or law nnJ uecorafs a loadlnsKi iJU March -I. Inaugiitaled at tho rap fpltul for tho bcond tlmo us president of lb vrl'n ! member of tho bar of S'ork county 1572-Tlivugh not a candidate, very actl iltcd SUtt.3. won 'aMlBS Helen, tho president's ulster: Mrs. saiiui uuncan, uuother Mstori Miss Mary Harbor, a nlecoj Mlas Sarah Duncan: Lieu tenant J. J. McKlnloy, a nephew: William M. Duncan, a nephow: Hon. Charles (1, Dawes, comptroller of tho currency: I'. M. lOflhorn, a cousin; Wobb O, Hayes; John Ilnrbor, a cousin: Secretary Gcorgo II. Cor telyou; Colonel W. 0. Ilrnwu, tho business partner of Abner McKInloyi Dr. P, M. Itlxey, tho family physician, anil six nursei and altenilauts. In adjoining rooms wero the physicians, Including DrH, Mcllurncy, Wasdln, Park, Stockton and Mynter. It wiih now 2:0.i o'clock and tho mlnutct wnro (dipping away. Only tho sobs ot those In tho circle about the president's bodalde broko tho awe-llko silence. I'lvo minutes passed, then six, seven,, eight. Now Dr, Itlxey bent forward and then ono of his hands was raised as If lu warn ing. Tho Muttering heart was Just going to rest. 'I he I'ri.'Ulileiit Im Demi, a a iiiuiucm iiiuiu nun in, mxey sirau;m f'ened up and with choking volco Bald: "The 'president Is dead," j HocroUry Cortelyou was the first to turu D