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WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTE3IBER 7. 1901.
PRICE 5 CENTS
214.
VOT, XIV.. o.
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ATTEMPT TO
The Work of an
Avowed Anarchist
Shot Down While lidding a Reception in Music
Hall at the Pan-American Exposition The
Assassin. While in Line, Fires Two Shots
From a Concealed Pistol While in the Act
of Shaking the President's Hand One Bul
let Makes a Flesh
The Other Passes Through the Stomach.
President's Condition Serious, ThouQ the
Wounds Not Necessarily Fatal What II is
Ass lilant Has to Sav.
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ASSASSINATE
PRESIDENT
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nhottt f in. h-s h.-iow th- 1-ft t.:; ; .
four iti- h-s to th- 1-ft of th- naval, ar. 1
.lh -at or. a l-vi-l with it.
I '-on arriv al at th- exposition hospi
tal th- s- op, l bu'.I-t woutvl was p rob- 1
Th- walls of th- ah.iom-n w -r- op.-n.-.l.
hut th- ball was rat I...-.U. !. Th- in
risjon was hastllv 1 s-.l a r-1 ift-r a
hast v . onsu'.t a t ion it was ! ! -o r--n-.ov-
th- jatf-nt to th- h..nt- of Tr-si-,5-r.t
Milburn. This was .i-Tav th- auto.
tr. .bil- ambular., - t--;r.c u- ! for th.-;ur;os-
Arriv-i fit lh- M:Utirn r-si-J.-n
all r-ors-ns outsi-ie th.- r.i--1:. il
at ter.i'.r.ts. r.ursos ar. i th- ofil.-ials int-tr.--l!it-lv
i-ono.Tne.l. wrr- -xlu 1- 1 ar-'
th- task 'of ; robins for th- bull-t v. hi. h
ha-1 lo K1 in the ah. lorn -n was b irun
by It liosweU ark- Whon th- n-ws
. f th- i-rime was telPrhoneil to the home
of I test 1-nt Milburn wh-re Mrs. Mo-Kinl-v
was res tin jr. m-.ni (Kate st.
w. re taken t srare her the sho. k of a
rr-rr.-iture statement of th- orcuranre
b-f ore the true oon. lltion of the r-si-,'.r.t
ro-a;.J be asr-rtalne.l Cuar.is were
station- 1 an-1 no nr.- was perm i 1 1 -1 to
U ; r.i.i. h th- house.
HI-F.AKINT, THE NF.W T 1 M U.-.M.'-KIN'LKV.
Irr.m-.K.it-ly th- rrosi.lent -as cured
for at the x;sAsltion ctoun.ls. Iiirector
Oer.-ral W. I Hu-har.an start fur the
Milhum's r. si.len. to fore.-tail any in
formation that nnjrht tea. h there by
telephone o r otherwie V.-ry lueklly
h- w as th- first to arr;v. with the Infor
mation Th- Nlajrara Kails trip had
tire-1 Mrs McKlnley an.l on returninj:
to the Milburn residence she took leave
of h-r r.l-i es. the Misses Harber. ami the
president s niece. Miss Duncan, as xvell
as their hostess. Mrs. Milburn. and went
to h?r room to rest.
Mr, Buchaaaa broke the pews as gent
M'KINLEY
ly as j osibl- to the ni. . . and consult
. 1 with tli. in and Mt.;. Milburn as to
th- b.-t cours- to pursue in bi.ak'nK
th- r.-v.s to Mis. .M.Kml-y. it was
t.irillv !-. :d-d that on h-r awak.-mnj;
oi .-liorllv tlier. .if ti i . Mr. I5u. hanan
should l.r-.ik th..- j.ewi- to h-r. if. in the
ni-ai:tnr,-- h-r physician. I r. Kixey. had
not arriveti.
Mrs. M. Kinky awuk- from her sl--p
.,t ah Alt ...;: o 1. k. She was f-clinK
-pi--rtdidly and at on. e took up her
t ... t-.. t inir. as. is well known, is on- of
i:. r fa oi it- di rsior.s. 1 mm ii.U -1 y on
Mr IPuhanan's arrival at th- Milburn
hom- h- had t-l-ph mi- communication
th- : with cut off. for .already th-t- had
,. . n ..v. ral . alls and h- d-. ided this
i- th- is. -st i our-- to i-ursue. 1-st Mrs.
M- Kml-v. h-arir.-r lh- . ontinu-1 rinir
inc of the 'prior.- 1-11 miftht inquire
...hat it m-ar.t.
Whil- th- hu'ht of .hiv remain-1. Mrs.
M. Kinl- v ..nt mued with her cro, h.t
l"ir k- epinc to h--r room. W h.-n it b---c.ui'.-'
dusk and th- pr-sideiu had no;
arriv-d. she b.-ati to ! anxious ion
. rr.inir h.iir.. I w .nd-r v.liv in- .'..es
,'-,,t , sh- asked one of ti- r n:-. s-
Th.- r- was no ( lo( k in Mrs.M.Kin-1-'s
r.-m at.d vh-n it was . oil... k
sh- had no id. -a it was so l.u-. and this
is w h. n sh- h-jran to l'. - l anxi -us on
. - rt.ir.i,- h- r luisband. for h- was dip- to
r. fir:: to Mr. Milhum's hulls.- about C
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t 7 o'. lo. k It. Kix-v arrived at th-M:lb-::
r. r- -::-:. -. 1 1- had b n lun
.' d!i.:: d '. n I'-lawaf av.-r U
.'. .,': ,.; .-n . irriau-e As he . am.- up Mr.
IP;, h ui.m w as .ait n th- liwn ( onv. rs-r.u-
with a :-: ort-r.
. - . I.,, k 1 r. ivix-v am.- out or
,.; a. . om;. a:-.i.-l h ( -oloiv-l W- hh
II , . s , son of ex-I'i csid. -.t Hayes.
.... a fn. r.d f rr-sident M Kml-y.
T . -. .:.': ! a . irria--- and returned
t . . t h.- e p. .si t i. :: h-si it a 1.
f-e- I'- Ilix. v had iron. I'ir- t-r
. p'-.Val I-- hanan said 'hat th-- do. P.:
. br..k-n th- n- ws ia m 'St
v irr- r to Mrs. M . Kir.l-v. He sari she
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p.. r -ho- w.:r.t-ui H d r.-.
Pr Kix. :- assured li.-: that the pr.--i-i.
..j , b-- brought w uh - . ff-. t sate.
, "j,.,.e th- -xi ositi.c: irroun-is. and
,,,. )... l.--t Mr. Miiburn's it was to
, ..mpl-t- all arranc-m. nts for the re--al
of th- pr. sid-nt.
Pic f r. - of r- filial pat rolnv-n w.-re
s K.-'l to th- Milburn r-sid-r..-.
xt : A. ,. , I, k S-.-r.-iarv of Atr,.
Wils.,,, an.l Miss Wilson . all-! at: 1
.... a-1 nut t - d to th- Milburn r-sid-iP -
AT Till: MIl-IU KN' HOME.
W1-. it v.. -s .1- l 1- d P. nmov- th
- r. -......t tr. m th- xpoiti. :. to th
M r -id. n, - th- .. w- was broken
'o M- M. Ki::!-- as n-i.tU a- mi-tht be.
, v',.. bets ,.f th.- Milburn family.
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V ; i th.- ut:::..-t !' !' t i t ; i I -.
, , ,-". t u v Port' 1oU .-aid that a tele
.j . uoul li.-. stabhshed at
.' ,'. '.- th.- Milburn r- .-i 'o n. and bullo-J-m:'--
'th- ; ub-.i. th- fullest infor
: ri . ; -ciM. ...Hi ... Psu.d at t --'t
ii..:. -v. N At th- Milourn house w.-r-'
. i iilu; . Wils.m. Presl-
7. O'o'burn. i'.r- tor :.- : .1 !-.l h-,h-
.:. Am- -m ex; osition.
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I'"-, 'i'u.-s p.'.Vn,-d in" !a Hi.- hundreds
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,.,.,, ,,, r-,. , . st- r.unr.i ph-rs
'.' li' VC... :; writ- : w. : ph.- -1 In
v whi- h w.-- v.i- kly trans.
- ,' it:to a bustl-rc :o..m.
,inii:YiNv,T!ii: as. a.sint.'J.mi.
nt v. as b--
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w it'n bar.-d
was h--
f his as
:, .-: ..f his
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v. nr.- ss .nor
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Hi':, klv th it th-- I ri-on-r
,!,.,t w Hhir. tii- v. i-i- por-
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. , . -- ,... ..li. station a:.-i i u- "'"".
' i ar.v or.-- was aware of his
'r'XrV"lAT. HKAl-al'AUTKU..
Th.. r..v.s of th- attempt-i assassma
V...: had th- m- anulul- '
,, , a bv th.- t-w spap-r.-. Lik
"" ,", '. '. ' .t " sp.-e.id from mouth to
.:,," ' Th- u bull- tins b-i:an to appear
boards a'...:m- r.-wspaper row
v. !-.--. the announcement w as made
e.- pr s.,n-r had been tak-n to
a: pput.rs. only two blocks
lis an: from the n-wspap.-r s-, t.on
th.. crow-1- surged down toward h-t-rra--
v f"V a jjlimpse of th-
1 :'u:ioiiy h-ad.;ua:t-rs th-y w-r-,-;
hv a. strong cr.ion of !'!.'". which
u is ,lVav.n up a. r-ss th- pava-m-nt on
x , . i . 1 s-r.et an-1 a d in 1 1 1 an. was do
. . . anv but olh. ials us-1 to take
'" .' .. .i. ." ,..t.on of th- prisoner.
ln a f.-w- minutes th- . row . had
:: :n p ns f. hundr-!s and those
..: t juc klv swelled to thousands
J.".'..,'"', V.. . --.r--t was completely block- i
.'V'vVith a mass of humanity.
THE ' J1V ' 'K "1-VN'i'H HIM " j
It was at this juncture that some;
j ln.- , ry ..f ' hviu'h him: i
V.':'k-a"f.ash'the c'ry was taken UP and i
t... whc ie cr.ovd as if iirnited by the I
-'ml- mat. h thus applied re-echoe'l .
t- . c-v I.vn. h him!" ' Han-; him. ;
.:i..s. r" th-" crowd surc-d forward.
l-.r.s.-r th- thronir became as new ar-
-ivals .swelled the swayinir multitude-. '
Th- situation was becmin-; critical
w hen suddenly the biir doors were tlunp
op.-n and a s-iuad of reserves arrived .
ui-h solid front, drove the crowd back ;
fr.'m th- curb, th-n ;u ross the street ;
ird th-n gradually succ-eded in dis- ,
P- rsin-r th--m fr.-m about th- entrance
to the station.
p.v this time there w ere probably
people assembled in the vicinity of.
IV i--' S- r.eca. Erie streets and the ter-1
r.o Th- irowd was so preat that it j
b- imc n ssarv to rope off the entire ;
-tr- t in front of police headquarters (
and at a late hour toniirht the police,
w.-re still patrollinp in the streets In:
th- neighborhood in squads of three
or four.
IKI VEH'S CONTI1A DI 'TORY
STATEMENTS.
Insi.'.e the station house were assem
bled District Attorney Penny. Superin
tendent of Police Hull. Captain Iteajran
of th.- Mrst precinct and other officials.
The prisoner at first proved quite com
municative so much so in fact that lit
tle d.-p- ndence could be placed on what
he said. He first gave his name as
Fred Neiman. said his home w as in De
troit, and that he had been in Buffalo
about a week. He said he had been
hoarding at a place in Broadway.
Eat-r this place was located as John
N'owak's saloon, a Raines law hotel.
No PV7 Broadway. Here the prisoner
occupied room No. V Nowak. the pro
prietor, said he knew very little about
his puest. He came there, he declared
last Saturday, saying he had come to
see the Pan-American exposition and
that his home was in Toledo. He had
been alone at all times about N'owak's
place and had no visitors.
In his room was found a small travel
ing bag of cheap make. It contained
an empty cartridge box and a few
clothes. With these facts in hand the police
went at the prisoner with renewed vig
or in the effort to obtain either a full
confession or a straight account of his
identitv and movements prior to his
arrival" in Buffalo. He at first admitt
ed that he was an anarchist in sympa
thy at least, but denied strenuously
th.it the attempt on the life of the pres
ident was the result of a preconcerted
plan on the part of an anarchist soci
ety. At times he was defiant and again
indifferent. But at no time did he be
tray the remotest sign or remorse.
He declared the deed was not pre
meditated, but In the same breath re
fused to say why he perpetrated it
When charged by District Attorney
Penny with being the instrument of
an organized band of conspirators, he
protested vehemently that he never
even thought of perpetrating the crime
until this morning.
After long and persistent questioning
it was announced at police headquar
ters that the prisoner had made a par
tial confession, which he had signed.
THE ASSASSIN'S CONFESSION.
Buffalo. September 6. Leon Czologosz,
the would-be assassin, has signed a con
fession covering six pages of foolscap,
which states that he is an anaichistand
that he- became an enthusiastic mem
ber of that body through the influence
of Emma Ooldman. whose writing he
had read and whose lectures he had
listened to. He denies having any con
federate and said he decided on the act
three days ago and bought the revolver
with which the act was committed in
Buffalo. He has seven brothers and
sisters in Cleveland and the Cleveland
directory lias the names of about that
number living on Hosmer street and
Ackland avenue, which adjoin. Some
of them are butchers and others in dif
ferent trade.
He is now detained at police head
quarters pending the result of the pres
ident's injuries. Czologosz does not ap
pear in the least degree uneasy or peni
tent for his action. He says he was In
duced by his attention to Emma Gold
man's lectures and writings to decide
that the present form of government in
this country was ail wrong and he
thought that the best way of ending it
was by killing the president. Hp shows
no sign of insanity, but is very reticent
about much of his career- While ack
nowledging himself an anarchist he
do. s not state to what branch of the
organiztlon he belongs.
CHOSEN BY EOT FOR THE DEED.
Chicago. September U Six men were
plu(ed under arrest in this city tonight
on the chirge of being implicated in tho
plot to assassinate President McKinley.
The men were all found in one house
at the corner of St. John'o place and
Carroll avenue on the west tide of the
city.
The arrests were made on information
from the police officiate of Buffalo, who
said the men were members of a society
to which the assailant of the president
belonged, and that they had knowledge
of the plot. The police have not yet
given out the names of the men taken
into custody, but one of the men Is
know n to be Abraham Isekk, president
of an organization which bears the
name of the Free Society. He was for
merly editor of a paper of anarchistic
principles, which bore the name of the
Free Brand. The information received
bv th local police from Buffalo is to
the effect that the plot to kill the presi
dent was originated among the mem
bers of the Free Society and that the
prisoner was chosen by lot to commit
the crime.
SEARCHING FOR THE BULLET.
Buffalo. September 6. Secretary Cor
telyou t .night gave oat the following
statement:
The president was shot about 4
o'clock. One bullet struck him in the
upper portion of the breast-bone, glanc
ing and not penetrating, the second
bull.t penetrated the abdomen, five
inches b.-low- the left nipple and one
and one-half inches Lo the left of the
medial line. The abdomen was opened
through the line of the bullet wound. It
was found that the bullet had penetrat
ed the stomach. The opening in the
front wall of the stomach was carefully
closed with silk stitches, after which a
searc h 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 careful search
was made. The abdominal wound was
dosed without drainage. No injury to
the intestines or other abdominal or-ana
was discovered. The patient stood the
.portion well, puis.- of good quality,
rat- of ir.0; condition at the conclusion
of operation was gratilying. The result
cannot be foretold. His condition at
present justifies hope of recovery."
At u:.'.o p. m. the physicians say that
while the wounds are serious they are
not necessarily fatal. The bullet in the
abdomen has not yet been found, but
the wound has been sewed up and tho
president is now coming out of the in-thienc-e
of the chloroform.
Dr. John Hammetter. of Baltimore, a
i-,iist on stomach troubles, saw the
presid'-nt.
believe the
At 10:40
He stated tnat ne cnci uoi
wound would prove fatal,
.'clock p. m.. the following
bulletin lv the attending pnsiciaiie
was the oniy indication of the condi
tion of the j. resident'." .vounds:
-ti,.. ..resident is rallxing and is rest-
I-- - .
ing comiortaui
temperature vn
respiiati-.n -4.
i Signed )
At 10: lo p. m. in-?
100.4 degrees, pulse 121.
"P.
"M.
"R.
H.
M. RIXEY.
B. MANN.
PARKE,
MYNTER,
WAN BIN.
cc,,untersigned)
-C.EoP.OE R. CnRTELYOL.
Secretary to the President."
NEWS RECEIVED AT WASHINGTON
Washington. September 6. The News
of the shooting of President McKinley
which reached Washington nr.n through
the medium of the Associated Press
late this afternoon, caused a tremend
ous sensation, o frequent have been
rumors of this sort, often put afloat in
recent vears for stock Jobbing purposes,
that thi- general disposition at first was
t withhold full acceptance of the story
of the news, but when it was confirmed
a feeling of deep gloom and profound
sorrow spread over the city, for Mr
McKinlevs delightful personality had
endeared him to the citizens of Wash
ington . apart from the official class,
in a degree that rarely has been
"'iT vas some time before the full force
of the blow was appreciated, the people
were stunned and they coulu not re
spond at once and fully comprehend the
'ext.-nt of the great disaster that had
fallen upon the country and themselves.
Then the newspaper extras began to
pour the carrers rushed madly through
the streets and crowds of people began
to gather from all quarters oi the city
around the newspaper ouiieno uc.e.
reporter of the Associated Press
carried to the White house the first
bulletin announcing the shooting of the
president. The executive mansion was
reached about 4:23 o'clock and at that
. ..ii iQ f.w inmates wei e in total
ignorance of the tragedy in which their
chief had Just played so serious a part.
-V policeman paced up and down under
'the portico as usual, but his serene
countenance intimated that he was to
tally ignorant of the affair. Ins'
there were few to receive the news, the
most prominent personage there being
a telegraph operator. Assistant Secre
tary Pruden. who has been in charge of
he White house, having left his office
for the day. as had his subordinates
The telegraph operator, two watchmen
at the doors, the policeman on guard
outside and the faithful colored servant-Uncle
Jerry" were the only per
sons about the mansion.
The work of the official day was done
when the news of the great calamity
arrived here and the great -xec
departments had generally emptied
themselves of their human workmen
and very few of the officials were to be
found at their desks.
NOTIFYING FOREIGN NATIONS.
Mr McAdee the acting head of the
state' department, was caugnt at the
station as he was leaving for his coun
" . - - t o nrfi Md.. and return-
ed at once to the state department. He
waited for official connrmawou -
1 i w-ia not until he received a
news tin" ii .. "-j
copv of the bulletin issued by the
physicians through Secretary corteijou
,,r,,io-to,-iir to nrouaint officially
the governments of ali the nations of
the world wnn me iacc oi V.- V
ing He then drew up a message which
will be sent to every United States em-
i.,oHnn nnri ronsulate through
out the civilized world directing them to
acquaint the governments to wm-n
they are accredited with the facts.
These he embodied in a condensation
of the physicians' bulletin with Mr.
Cortelyou's statement.
In the navy department, Mr. Hackett,
the acting secretary, who had also
quitted the building, was retailed by
Captain Cowes. the ct.hc-r acting head
of the navigation bureau, and he im
mediately put himself in readiness to
take any official action, that might be
necessary to meet the emergency.
At Buffalo, in the exposition grounds
the navy had a splendid representation
in the shape of the marine battalion un
der Captain Leonard, and this force will
be made immediately available if it :s
decided by the persons about the presi
dent that a guard is necessary near his
person.
At the war department. General Gil
lespie, chief of the engmecis of the
army, who was acting be.eretary, Im
mediately sent messages to the secre
tary of war and to General Brooke,
ccm-nanding t e de'iprtment of -is
east, giving such -tnof lici-.'l inform i Lion
as was available. He also telegraphed
to Major Simonds. the engineer officer
stationed at Buffalo, asking him to re
port the facts at the eaihest possible
moment. Conferences were held be
t veen Acting Secretary Hackett and
General Gillespie in reference to any
joint steps which the army and navy
might be called upon to take.
In addition to the marines represent
ing the United States, the army is well
represented at Buffalo and at nearby
Fort Niagara and with the troops thus
at his disposal General Gillespie says
he is fully prepared to meet any call
that may be made upon him. General
Gillespie finally got into communica
tion with Secretary Root and Assis
tant Secretary Sanger and as a result
of the telephone talk he proceeded to
use some of the forces at his disposal.
He telegraphed an order to Fort Fos
ter, N. Y., to have an officer, a physi
cian and a squad of men proceed im
mediately to the hospital where the
president is lying to act as a guard.
Steps were next taken to provide for
the future of the executive branch of
the government. It was realized that
even under the most favorable con
ditions the president's injuries are of
such a character as to make it almost
certain that he cannot undertake for
a long time to discharge the duties of
chief executive, even in the most form
al way.
Every member of the cabinet able
to travel is expected to speed at once
to Buffalo and there a cabinet coun
cil will be held to decide upon the
course to be followed by the executive
branches. Vice President Roosevelt, of
course, will hold himself in readiness
to do whatever is necessary and to
meet the obligations imposed upon the
vice president by the constitution of
the United States. These are contain
ed in paragraph 6. Section 1, Article 11,
in the following words:
'In case of the removal of a president
from oliice. or of his death, resignation,
or inability to discharge the powers and
duties of the said office, the same
shall devolve on the vice president,"
etc.
Under the terms of this article, as
soon as Mr. Roosevelt is assured by
proper authority, probable, in this case,
by the senior member of the cabinet,
Secretary Hay, who will doubtless bo
in Buffalo by tomorrow morning, he
w ill undertake nt once in a provisional
wav to discharge such duties as may
devolve on him. Much will depend
upon the repeat of the physicians upon
the character of the president's wound
as to the extent to which Mr. Roose
velt will discharge the presidential
duties, if he undertakes them at all,
and it is almost certain that in the ab
sence of greit emergency in public af
fairs, even if called to assume these
obligations. the vice president will
confine himself in the exercise of his
powers to the discharge of the most
routine and indispensable functions.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Major Prucien. assistant secretary to
the president and Colonel Crooks, dis
bursing officer, both veterans of the
White house force, arrived at the White
house together shortly after " o'clock,
and assumed charge of the executive
mansion.
Major Pru.h n has passed through a
similar experience when President
Garfield was shot and Colonel Crooks'
service went oack beyond the Lincoln
assassination. He was in tears when
he said: Yes. it is the third affair
of the kind since I came into the White
house."
Such public men as wore in the city
called during the evening. There were
also representatives of several foreign
legations.
No official confirmation of the shoot
ing came to the White house for three
hours- after its occurrence, when Colo
nel Montgomery, the chief operator at
the "White house, was informed at 7:20
o'clock by Secretary Cortelyou at Buf
falo that the surgical operation upon
the president was in progress and that
"so far everything was favorable. '
THEORY OF THE SECRET SERVICE
It is the opinion of the secret ser
vice officials in this city that the shoot
ing of the president is an outcropping,
in some obscure way, of the Hay Mar
ket riots and that it will be found event
ually that Neiman, the would-be assas
sin, has some connection with the group
of persons associated in the Chicago
anarchists' riot. The secret service
officials are of this opinion because of
the name of the man, and the fact that
he is probably from the same general
section of the country a3 some of the
Hay Market participants. The secret
service bureau had the Paterson, N. J-,
group of anarchists very thoroughly
under surveillance and are confident
Neiman has no association with these
people. Three secret service operatives
were in Buffalo about the president at
the time of the shooting, and another
was on the way to Cleveland.
While the theory of the secret ser
vice here is as stated, at the same time
no facts concerning the matter are at
this time known to the secret service
bureau, so it is conceded to be but a
surmise at present that they belong to
the Hay Market gang.
CONFERENCE AT WAR DEPART
MENT. During the early evening a conference
was held at the war depai tnicr.t of such
prominent army officers as could be
o-nfhorcil nt short nnticp bv General Gil
lespie. He informed them that he had
communicated with General Brooke at
Governor's island and that the general
had replied that he would stait imme
diatelly for Buffalo where he expected
in the early morning to take personal
charge of all arrangements made for the
guarding of the presidential household.
Meanwhile he had directed that the
troops which had been placed on guard
around the hospital in the exposition
grounds be transferred to the Milburn
home where the president lies, to serve
as guard and keep back the public and
preserve quiet.
SYMPATHY FROM CUBA.
It was somewhat gratifying to the
officials here that the very nrst expres
fficinl svmnathv should com-'-'
from the Island of Cuba in the shape of
the following telegram:
"Havana. September 6. Adjutant
rtonoml Wnshine-ton.
"Mayor" and city council of Havana
have called expressing sorrow ana soli
citude for the president and desire that
his family be advised of these expres
sions.
'SCOTT, Adjutant General."
ANARCIST REJOICING OVER THE
Ar r Aln.
vow York. Septembep 6. As a whole
tv,o nnnrrhist srrouD of Paterson. N. J.
otnre?s no ree-ret at the shooting of
president McKinley- On the contrary.
there was a great gathering of the
members tonight at Batholdi Hall in
that city, and Neiman, who shot the
president was toasted in Deer time ana
time again.
All of the talkative members of the
group say Neiman Is unknown to them.
One of them said "We do not know
him, but he is one of us. He did what
it was his duty to do and we honor
him, while personally thinking his ef
fort might better have been employed
across the ocean upon some crowned
head."
They all deny there is any truth to
the report that at any time President
McKinley was included in the plots to
assassinate the heads of nations. They
claim that- President McKinley's life
was never declared forfeited by them
and that the work of today; is that of
any branch of their organization.
Petro Esteve. who in the past has
gloried in each killing of a head of a
nation or in any attempt, was very
loud tonight in his denials of any par
ticipation by the Paterson group in
the affair at Buffalo this afternoon.
Esteve even goes so far as to deny
Neiman is an anarchist. "I never
heard of him." Esteve said, "he is
probably some German lunatic and
fool
The first question asked in Paterson
when news of the shooting of the pres
ident was received was whether or not
the assailant was from that city.
The feeling among the citizens out
side of anarchist circles is one of the
deepest indignation.
Chicago, September 6. Five anarch
ists were arrested here tonight on in
formation from Buffalo. One of the
five is Abraham Isekk.
CLEVELAND RECEIVES THE
NEWS.
Winstead, Conn., September 6. Ex
President Crover Cleveland was fish
ing at Darling Lake in Tyringham,
Mass., when he received the news re
garding the snooting of President Mc
Kinley. Mr. Cleveland was horrified
at the news and said:
"With - all American citizens I am
greatiy shoe-iced at this news. I cannot
conceive of a motive. It must have
been the act cf a crazy man."
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
London, September 6. The news of
the attempt rpon the life of President
McKinley spread slowly in London.
The first ticker reports were discredit
ed; then, with the confirmation and
general dissemination of the news,
arose a far-reaching feeling of sorrow
and indignation which, wherever Amer
icans were gathered, almost gained the
proportions of a panic, accompanied
by feverish anxiety for further details.
The thousands of Americans now in
London wers mostly at the theatres
when the news arrived; and, returning
to their hotels, found anxious groups
of Englishmen and Americans discuss
ing what, without distinction of race,
is regarded as a national calamity.
The announcement of the attempted
assasssination was received too late
for extra editions of the papers to an
nounce the news to the mass of the
English people and they will not learn
until they take- up their morning papers
of the president's accident.
SOUTH CAROLINIANS EXPRESS
THEIR FEELINGS.
Columbia, S. C, September 6. At a
meeting of Camp Hampton, General
Wade Hampton's camp tonight the
following resolutions offered by Com
rade Brooker, heartily seconded br
others, were unanimously adopted:
"Whereas. The appalling news of the
attempted assassination of Wiliam Mc
Kinlev, the president of the United
States, this dcy at Buffalo, N. Y., has
just been received in this city and that
our nation is greatly apprehensive of
serious results, therefore.
Resolved, That in view of this de
plorable news. Camp Hampton does
express to the nation through the press
their sincere regrets that such a vio
lent dispensation should befall our
chief executive and that we pray God
in His infinite mercy, if He so will it,
that such a i alamity as the death of
the faithful head of our government
be averted. And the president may yet
be spared to fulfill the great mission
in the government for which he has
been appointed by its people and which
he has so far so faithfully performed.
Columbia, S. C. September 6. Gov
ernor McSweeney wired the following:
"His Excellency. President William
McKinlev. Buffalo, N. Y. :
"The people of South Carolina were
shocked today to learn of the attempt
to assassinate your excellency. Our
deepest sympathies go out to you and
your family and we sincerely hope and
pray that the Giver of all good will
ire vour life to our nation for years
to come. I am sure in thus speaking
that I voice the sentiment of the people
not alone of South Carolina, but of the
entire south. M' SWEENEY,
"Governor of South Carolina."
HOW-THE NEWS IS RECEIVED.
Cleveland, O- September 6. "My God,
it can't be posrible" cried Senator Han
na this afternoon when the Associated
Press dispatch was read to him, say
ing that President McKinley had been
shot "It is terrible and I am shock
ed to express my feelings," he added.
The senator was prostrated by the
news and begged that all dispatches
relating to tho condition of the presi
dent be telephoned to him as fast as
they arrived. T
New York, September b.-ivue..
Pierpont Morgan was informed of the
shooting of Presmem cxw
stood as one thunderstruck. For a few
moments there was utter silence and
then Mr. Morgan turneu lo .yli.
lee, his son-m-iaw, auu tui""""'
the news to him.
U the time he had his hat and cane
in' hand ready to go home. He at once
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