OXFORD PUBLIG LODGER.
JOHN T. BRITT. OATNER AND EDITOR.
THURSDAY,
- - SEPT. 19,1901
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Jackson, Lincoln, Gar
field, McKinley.
Jackson Miraculously Saved
From a L,unatics Pallet Lin
coln, t-o Beloved, a "Victim-of
fanatical Political Foes Gar
field Murdered by a Disap
pointed Office Hunter The
Stories of These Tragical Inci
dents In the Nation's History.
KULEBS ASSASSINATED IN THE PAST CEN
TURY. Emperor Paul. Russia, choked 1801
Sultan Selim, Turkey, stabbed 1S0S
President d'Istria, Greece, saber 1S31
Duke of Parma, Italy 1S54
President of Haiti, stabbed 1S59
President Lincoln. United States, shot 1865
President Ualta. Peru, shot 1872
President Moreno, Ecuador, shot 187
Prpsirlpnt Onthriz. Ecuador, shot 1873
Sultan Abdul Aziz, Turkey, stabbed 1874
Prpsiilpnt of Paraeruav. shot 1S77
rfi. ld. United States, shot 18S1
Czar Alexander 11., Russia, bomb 1881
President J. It. Barrios, Guatemala, shot 1SS5
Queen of Korea, poisoned 18'-X
President Carnot, France, stabbed 1S94
Shah ot Persia, slabbed 1896
President Jose Barrios, Guatemala, shot 1S9S
Empress of Austria, stabbed v 1899
King Humbert, Italy, shot 19
Trior to the assault upon Mr. McKin
ley at Buffalo three presidents of the
United States had been attacked while
In office with murderous intent. Of
these three the first, Andrew Jackson,
npd unharmed, while the other
two, Lincoln and Garfield, died from
.wounds inflicted by their assailants.
On the afternoon of Jan. 30, 1835,
President Jackson was in the capitol
at Washington in attendance upon the
funeral of Hon. Warren It. Davis, de
ceased member of congress from South
Carolina. As the president, with Sec
retary Woodbury of the treasury on
his arm, was retiring from the rotunda
to reach his carriage at the steps of the
portico he was confronted by Richard
Lawrence, who stepped from behind
one of the columns and pointed a pis
tol at the president, who was less than
ten feet away. The percussion cap ex-
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OP PRESIDENT
JACKSON.
At Washington, Jan. 30, 1835.
ploded with such a noise that several
witnesses supposed the pistol had bred
On the instant Lawrence dropped the
pistol and transferred another from his
left hand to his right. He pointed the
second pistol at the president and pull
ed the trigger, but again the cap ex
ploded without discharging the pistol
just as Mr. Jackson, with upraised
cane, made for his assailant. Law
rence, however, was knocked down and
secured by others before the president
could reach him.
That Mr. Jackson was uninjured by
the attack upon him was little short of
marvelous, and his escape was discuss
ed at the time by many in a tone of su
perstitious awe. Tests were made with
the pistols of Lawrence after his at
tempt, and they were found to be an
eleerant Dair in most excellent order
and loaded with powder and ball al
most to the muzzle. The powder was
of the highest quality, and the percus
sion caps found on his premises when
tested proved to be of the very best of
that time. In fact, the two pistols.
with new caps taken from Lawrence's
box, were fired at the first attempt in
each case by the officers who tested
them.
Richard Lawrence was a painter and
had a shop in a thickly settled part of
Washington. He was about thirty-five
years of age and, though small in
stature, was a handsome man. His
father, an Englishman, had died some
years before, but young Lawrence had
a sister and other relatives living in
Washington. At the trial it was shown
that Lawrence was insane, that he had
been unbalanced mentally for about
two years. In justification of his act
he claimed at his trial that President
Jackson owed him money; in fact, that
the president was his clerk and was
withholding money that belonged to
him. He also claimed to be king of
'England and America and made other
wild assertions, some of which it was
shown he had been making for a year
or more before bis attempt to kill the
president.
Lawrence was adjudged insane and
was sent to an asylum, where he re-
mninpd an inmate for upward of
thirty years, when he died.
Partisan feeling was running high at
that time, and at first many, including
the president himself, thought that
Lawrence was the tool of others. So
great was the excitement produced by
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the affair that some of Jackson's po
litical opponents, including Clay, Cal
houn and Poindexter, were in the
frenzy of the moment suspected of
having conspired to get rid of the
president,, but it was soon discovered
that this suspicion was unwarranted
and unjust, and that the crime was
hatched and matured in the brain of
a lunatic.
Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president
of the United States, was shot while
sitting in a box in Ford's theater in
Washington on the night of Friday,
April 14, 18G5, by John Wilkes Booth,
an actor.
Washington was celebrating the sur
render of Lee at Appomattox and the
termination of the war of the rebellion.
The streets of the capital for days had
ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT MNCOTjN BY
JOHN WILKES BOOTH.
At Ford's theater, Washington, April 14, 1865.
resounded with the music of bands.
The inhabitants were hoarse witn
cheering.
At about S o'clock Mr. and Mrs. Lin
coln started for the carriage. As soon
as they were seated in the carriage the
president gave orders to the coachman
to drive around to the home of Senator
Harris for Miss Harris. A few min
utes later the presidential party of four
persons the president and Mrs. Lin
coln, Miss Harris and Mr. Rathbone of
Albany, stepson of Senator Harris ar
rived at the theater and entered the
front and left hand upper private box.
The play, "The American Cousin,"
was being presented by Laura Keene,
the famous actress. From the story of
that great crime as told in the life of
Lincoln by John Hay and John G. Nico
lay the following is taken:
The president had been detained by visitors,
and the play had made some progress when he
arrived. When he appeared in his box, the band
struck up "Hail to the Chief," the actors ceased
playing and the audience rose, cheering tumultu
ously. The president bowed in acknowledgment
of this greeting, and the play went on.
The moon rose that night at 10 o clock. A few
minutes before that hour Booth called one of the
underlings of the theater to the back door and
left him there holding his horse. He then went
to a saloon near by, took a drink of brandy and,
entering the theater, passed rapidly through the
crowd in rear of the dress circle and made his
way to the passage leading to the president's box.
He showed a card to a servant in attendance
"and was allowed to pass in. He entered noiseless
ly and, turning, fastened the door with the bar
he had previously made ready without disturbing
any of the occupants of the box, between whom
and himself there yet remained the slight parti
tion of the door, through which he had bored the
hole.
The murderer seemed to himself, it was after
ward thought, to be taking part in a play. Par
tisan hate and the fumes of brandy had for weeks
kept his brain in a morbid state. He paused as
if expscting applause.
Holding a pistol in one hand and a knife in the
other, he opened the box door, put the pistol to
the president's head and fired. Dropping the
weapon, he took the knife in his right hand, and
when Major Rathbone sprang to seize him he
struck savagely at him. Major Rathbone received
the blow on his left arm, suffering a wide and
deep wound.
Booth, rushing forward, then placed his left
hand on the railing of the box and vaulted lightly
over to the stage. It was a high leap, but nothing
to such a trained athlete. He was in the habit
of introducing what actors call sensational leaps
in his plays.
He would have got safely away but for his
spur catching in the folds of the Union flag with
which the front of the box was draped. He fell
on the stage, the torn flag trailing on his spur,
but instantly arose as if he had received no hurt.
though in fact the fall had broken his leg.
He turned to the audience, brandishing his drip
ping knife and shouting the state motto of Vir
ginia, "sic Semper lyranms, ana nea rapiaiy
across the stage and out of sight.
The wounded president was borne tc
the house of Mr. Petersen, across the
street from the theater, where every
thing within the powers of surgery and
medicine was done to save his life.
It was at 7:22 Saturday morning,
April 15, that President Lincoln breath
ed his last, closing his eyes as if falling
asleep, his features bearing the repose
of perfect serenity. There was no indi
cation of pain and only the gradual
Wffl
ASSASSINATION OP GARFIELD BY GTJITEATJ.
At Baltimore and Potomac depot, Washington,
July 2, 1881.
cessation of his respiration to show
that the end had come. The Rev. Dr.
Gurley, pastor of the New York Ave
nue Presbyterian church, knelt at the
bedside and offered fervent prayer
again voicing his grief a moment later
in the adjoining parlor, where there
were waiting ftirs. ijincum, nptaiu
Robert T. Lincoln and Mr. John Hay,
the private secretary.
John Wilkes Booth, the assassin or
the president, made good his escape. A
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reward of $50,000 was offered for his
apprehension and 25,000 for each 'of
his accomplices.
It was on Thursday, April 27, that
th news came of the death of Booth
while trying to escape from a burning
barn near Port Royal, Va., where he
and his accomplice, Herold, had been
brought to bay by a party of troops
under command of Lieutenant Edward
Doughty. Booth was shot by Sergeant
Boston Corbett and lived two hours.
Herold was arrested.
The conspirators' who were responsi
ble for the assassination were tried by
court martial at Washington, and four
namely, Payne, Herold, Atzerodt and
Mrs. Surratt were hanged. The stage
carpenter at Ford's theater who turned
out the lights to facilitate the escape
of Booth, the man who held his horse
at the stage entrance and Dr. Mudd.
who set the limb which Booth broke in
jumping from the box, were sent to
prison for long terms.
At almost precisely the time the pres
ident was shot an attempt was made to
assassinate Secretary Seward, who was
lying ill in his home. The would be as
sassin, one of those in the plot with
Booth, the assassin of Lincoln, entered
the secretary's house by a subterfuge.
foueht his way to the room of the in
valid and stabbed him as he lay in his
bed. He then escaped from the house.
James A. Garfield, the twentieth pres
ident of the United States, was shot
while in the Pennsylvania railroad sta
i tion in Washington on the morning of
Saturday. July 2, 1881. He had just
entered the station, accompanied Dy
James G. Blaine, secretary of state in
his cabinet, to take the train for Long
Branch.
As thpv entered the street door of
the station Charles Jules Guiteau stood
waiting near the center of the women s
reception room. The president and Mr.
Blaine walked through the room, while
the assassin circled about until he was
behind them. He drew a revolver and
fired. No one seemed to realize what
had happened. The president half turn
ed, with a bullet through his left shoul
der. An instant later Guiteau fired
again. This time the bullet struck Mr.
Garfield in the back, over the left kid-
npv. He stasrsrered forward, sank to
his knees and then pitched to the floor.
Mr. Parks, the ticket agent, saw the
shooting through the window of his
office and as the second shot was fired
ran out and grabbed Guiteau as he
dodged to get into the street. He held
him until a policeman ran up. In his
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT
M KINIiEY BY CZOLGOSZ.
At Buffalo, Sept. 5, 1901.
hand Guiteau waved a letter, which he
shouted was for General Sherman and
explained everything.
The president himself was the first
to realize his condition. In the station
after Dr. Townsend had made a -hasty
examination, he asked his opinion. The
physician replied that he did not" con
sider the wound serious.
"I thank you, doctor," said the pfesi
dent, "but I am a dead man.'
All that day the president talked
calmly and courteously to those about
him. He was suffering great pain and
was partially under the influence of
opiates. In the evening tue coarse or
the ball was traced. It was found to
have fractured the eleventh rib and
penetrated the liver. It was seen then
that the condition of the president was
exceedingly serious. It was believed
that he could not live beyond mid
night. The next day Mr. Garfield was
worse, and from that time, during the
three months that life lasted, he lm
proved and failed intermittently.
For a time his physicians were hope
ful, and the bulletins for a period led
the public to believe that the president
would resume his duties, but when the
torrid weather of midsummer came the
patient failed perceptibly, and, al
though it was done at great hazard,
he was removed on Sept. G, 1881, by a
special train to Elberon, N. J. The in
vigorating sea breezes seemed at first
to have a beneficial effect, but on Sept.
15 unmistakable symptoms of blood
poisoning were discovered, and on the
19th. after a few hours of unconscious
ness, he died.
Charles J. Guiteau. who had fired the
pistol at the railroad station, had been
promptly seized and taken into cus
tody. He had been a persistent but
unsuccessful applicant for an appoint
ment to office, first as minister to Aus
tria and then as consul general at
Paris. He described himself as a law
yer, a politician and a theologian.
Guiteau was sentenced to be hanged
after a sensational trial, in which his
sanity was one of the main points in
volved. The leading insanity experts
in the country testified. The sentence
of. the court was carried out, although
by many it was believed Guiteau was
crazy.
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THE PRESIDENT S
DEATH
Nation's Beloved Chief Expired
at 2.15 A. M. Saturday
"IT IS
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Dying Man's Face Lighted Up With
Smile As His Wife Clasped His
Hand She Bore the Ordeal Brave
ly, Despite Physical Weakness.
Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept. 14.
President McKinley died at 2.15 a. m.
He had been unconscious since 7.50
p. m. His last conscious hour on
earth was spent with the wue iu
Whom 'fie devoted a life time of care.
He died unattended by a minister or
the gospel, but his last words were
an humble submission to the will oi
the God in whom he believed. He was
reconciled to the cruel fate to which
an assassin's bullet had condemned
him, and faced death in the same
spirit of calmness and poise which has
marked his long and honorable career.
His last conscious words, reduced to
writing by Dr. Mann, who stood at his
bedside when they were uttered, were
as follows :
"Goodbye. All goodbye. It is Gods
way. Mis win De aone, nut uuis.
Before 6 o'clock last evening it was
clear to those at the President's- bed
side that he was dying, and prepara
tions were made for the last sad of
fices of farewell from those who were
nearest and dearest to him. Oxygen
THE LATE PRESIDENT McKINLEY.
had been administered steadily, but
with little effect in keeping back the
approach of death. The President
came out of one period of unconscious
ness only to relapse into another. But
In this period, when his mind was
partially clear, occurred a series of
events of profoundly touching char
acter. Down stairs, with strained and
tear-stained faces, members of the
cabinet were grouped in anxious wait
iag. They knew that the end was
near, and that the time had come
when they must see him for the last
time, on earth. This was about 6
o'clock. One by one they ascended
the stairway Secretary Root, Secre
tary Hitchcock and Attorney General
Knox. Secretary Wilson also was
there, but he held back, not wishing to
see the President in his last agony,
There was only a momentary stay of
the cabinet officers at the threshhold
of the death chamber. Then they
withdrew, the tears streaming down
their faces and the words of intense
grief choking in their throats.
After they left the sick room the
physicians rallied the President to
consciousness, and ne asKea almost
Immediately that his wife be brought
to him. The doctors fell back into
the shadows of the room as Mrs. Mc
Kinley came through the doorway. The
strong face of the dying man lighted
up with a faint smile as their hands
were clasped. She sat beside him
and he held his hand. Despite her phy
sical weakness she bore up bravely
under the ordeal.
Then his mind began to wander, and
soon afterward he completely lost
consciousness. His lite was prolonged
for hours by the administration of
oxygen, ana tne resident nnany ex
pressed a desire to he allowed to die
About 8.30 the administration of oxy
gen ceased, and the pulse grew fainter
and fainter. He was sinking gradually
like a child into the eternal slumber
By 10 o'clock the pulse could no longer
be felt in his extremities, and they
grew cold. Below stairs the grief-
stricken gathering waited sadly for
the end.
Secretary Root and Secretary Wil
son came from the house about mid
nigh and paced up and down the
sidewalk. All that Secretary Root said
was: "The night Las not come yet."
Despite the fact that vitality con
tinued to ebb as midnight approached
no efforts were spared to keep the
spark of life glowing. Dr. Janeway
of New York city, arrived at the Buf
falo depot at 11.40 o'clock. George
Urban was waiting for him, and they
drove at a breakneck pace to the
Milburn house. He was shown to the
President's room at once, and began
an examination ot tne almost mam
mate form.
Secretary of the Navy Long arrived
at the Milburn house at 12.Q6 o'clock.
This was his first visit to the city,
and he had the extreme satisfaction
of seeing the President alive, even
though he was not conscious of -his
visitor's presence. Secretary Long was
visibly affected.
Vice President Roosevelt had been
notified early in the day of the critical
state of affairs. There was no longer
a doubt that in the approaching death
of the President a complete change
in the executive administration of the
government would ensue. When Mr.
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was wholly a matter of conjecture.
President Arthur took the oath at
2 a. m. after the death of Garfield
and In that case Justice Brady, of New
York, administered the oath. s There is
no requirement that the oath shall be
administered by a justice of the United
States supreme court, although that
procedure is adopted when circum
stances permit.
Without unseemly haste the mem
bers of the cabinet will tender their
resignation and the new president will
then be free to initiate his own policy
and choose his own cabinet.
Shortly after midnight the Presi
dent's breathing was barely percepti
ble. His pulse had practically ceased
and the extremities were cold. It was
recognized that nothing remained but
the last struggle, and some of the
friends of the family who had remained
through the day, began to leave the
house, not caring to be present at the
final scene.
HOWISON WAS REJECTED
Court of Inquiry Sustained Admiral
Schley's Protest.
Washington. Sept. 13. Within three
hours from the time of convening the
court of inquiry yesterday it was an
nounced that Rear Admiral Howison
was disqualified from serving as a
member of the court and was excused
from further duty. This brought the
proceedings to an abrupt termination,
and caused a temporary adjournment
of the court in order to permit the
navy department to designate an offi
cer to succeed Admiral Howison.
The first skirmish was opened quietly
by Admiral Schley rising from his seat
and speaking in strong voice, calmly
and deliberately, challenging Admiral
Howison's eligibility as a member of
the court. Three witnesses were
brought forward In support of this
challenge, namely, Mr. Francis S.
Frost, Mr. William E. Spon and Mr.
Foster Nicholls.
Frost said that Howison had told
him that Sampson had arranged the
campaign and the order of battle. It
had worked out according to his plans,
and he was therefore entitled to the
credit for the victory. Frost said:
Howison said that Schley was not as
comDetent as Sampson. He was not
as highly regarded by naval officers.
He did not have as high a standing. I
was impressed with the fact that How
ison had no use for Schley personally.
He said he was rash, hot-headed, and
not Sampson's equal."
During the cross-examination Admi
ral Howison said very emphatically:
I have not the slightest desire to force
myself on this court. I do not want
to sit on it. It is not agreeable duty
for me. I have no desire whatever to
do it; and I am not making any ex
cuses for myself or for any of my
private discussions with any one out
side. I think that is my own affair,
and nobody else is asked about these
private discussions. I am perfectly
willing to get out."
The inquiry will usreme its ses
sions on Friday morning. Definite
plans for the daily work of the court
have not been completed, but the ex
pectation is two sessions will be held
daily.
DUKE OF CORNWALL ARRIVES
Greeting at Quebec Subdued, In Sym
pathy For America's Bereavement.
Quebec, Sept. 17 The Duke and the
Duchess of Cornwall made their for
mal entry Into the Dominion of Can
ada yesterday, and were given a royal
welcome by the people whom they may
some day rule as kinar and queen. In
all the festivity of the day, however,
there was a strong undercurrent of
regret at the assassination of Presi
dent McKinley and deep-rooted sym
pathy for the bereavement of the
American people. Reference to this
was made in the civic address wel
coming the duke and his reply. The
duke complimented the Canadian
troons for valiant service in South
Africa.
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Baltimore Youngsters Hanged a Dum
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Baltimore, Sept. 17. Emma Gold
man, the Anarchist, was hanged in
effigy late last night from a telegraph
pole in the eastern section of the city.
A large crowd witnessed the hanging,
cheering the youngsters and jeering
and hooting at the dummy. A peach
basket formed part of the framework
of the effigy. A rainy day skirt, an
old pair of shoes and a lurid shirt
waist completed the costume.
Hunt Now Porto Rico's Governor.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept. 17. All
the extensive preparations for the in
auguration of Governor Hunt yester
day were canceled on the announce
ment of the President's death. Mr.
Hunt took the oath privately at his
office.
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Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 16. Flour
steady; winter superfine, 2.152.30; Penn
sylvania roller, clear, $2.503.15; city mills.
extra, $2.402.65. Rye flour slow, at $2.65
2.80 per barrel. Wheat steady; No. 2
red, spot, 7374c. Corn strong; No. 2
yellow, local, 64c. Oats quiet; No. t
white, clipped, 410.; lower grades,
3638c. Hay in good demand; No. 1 timo
thy, $15.5016 for large bales. Beef firm;
beefhams, $18.5020. Pork steady; family,
$17.50. Live poultry quoted at IKQiUVxO. for
hens. 6J47c. for old roosters. Dressed
poultry at 12c. for choice fowls, e.
for old roosters. Butter steady; cream
erv. 21Mc. Eggs firm; New Yonk and
Pennsylvania 19c. Potatoes firm; Jer
seys, 4055c. per basket. "
Baltimore, Md., Sept. 16. Wheat firm;
spot and the month, 7272c; southern,
by sample. 60734c.; southern, on grade,
68473ic. Corn firmer; mixed, spot and
the month, 61614c, southern white corn,
6164c; southern yellow corn, 6ig:68c. Rye
dull and easy; No. 2 nearby, 56o.: No. 2
western, 57c. Hay firm; No. 1 timothy,
$16.50 bid. Butter firm and unchanged;
fancy imitation, 1718c. ; creamery, 21a.
Eggs firm; fresh, 20c. Cheese firm and
anchansed; large, 910c.
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President McKinley Died Saturday Morn
ing at 2:15 o'clock.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 14. President
McKiniey died at 2:15 o'clock. He
had been unconscious since 7:30 p. m.
His last conscious hour on earth was
spent with the wife to whom he de
voted a life time of care. He died un
attended 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 recon
ciled to the cruel fate to which an as
sassin's bullet had condemned him
and faced death in the same spirit of
calmness and poise which has mark
ed his long and honorable career. His
last, conscious words reduced to
writing by Dr. Mann, wbo stood at
his bedside when they were uttered,
were as follows' "Good-bye, all,
good-bye ! It's God's way. His will
be done."
His relatives and members of the
official family were at the Milburn
house, except Secretary Wilson, who
did not avail himself of the opportu
nity, and some of his personal and
political friends took leave of him.
This painful ceremony was simple.
His friends came to the door of the
sick room, looked at him and turned
tearfully away. He was practically
unconscious during this, time. But
the powerful heart stimulants, includ
ing oxygen, were employed to re
store 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 good-bye. She went thro'
the heart-trying scene with the same
bravery and fortitude with which she
had borne the grief of the tragedy
which has ended his life.
The News & Observer says the most
beautiful thing in Mr. Kinley's life
was his devotion to his invalid wife.
His tenderness, his thoughtfulness
and affection made him theexamplar
of the perfect husband. She has put
on record, while he yet lived so that
it could cheer his heart, her apprecia
tion of his surpassing love. Upon
the occasion of their recent trip to
California, where Mrs. McKinley be
came seriously ill, Mrs. McKinley,
speaking to a representative of .the
New York World said:
"Do you know Major McKinley;,"
she asked.
'Ah, no one can know him, because
to appreciate him one must know
him as I do. And I am not speaking
now of Major McKinley as the Presi
dent, I am speaking of him as my
nusband. If any one could know
what it is to have a wife sick, com
plaining, always an invalid for 25
years.seldoma day well, and yet never
a word of unkindness hasever passed
his lips; he is just the same, tender,
thougntful, kind gentleman I knew
when first hecame and sought my
hand. I know him because I am his
wife, and it is my proudest pleasure
to say this, not because he is the
President, but because he is my hus
band.
"I wish that I could have seen him
yesterday. I love to see him among
the people whom he seeks to serve so
faithfully. But I read his speeches
this morning. I read all of his speech
es; 1 only wish that I could help him
as I should.
"He is so kind, so good, so patient,
He gives me all the time he can; he
never forgets me, no matter how
busy he is. But I will be glad when
he is out of public life. I did not want
him to run a second time. I thought
he had done enough for the country,
and now I know that he has done
enough, and when this term expires
he will come home and we will settle
down quietly and he will belong to
me.
Many eloquently tongues in all
countries will "speak him fair in
death" but there can be no tribute
more beautiful or more touching.
President McKinley's week of suf
fering and his death served to ill us
trate his Christian faith and fortitude
When he was taken to the hospital
on the Exposition Grounds, and the
surgeon was putting him under the
influence of the ether, he was heard
repeating the Lord's Prayer in a low
voice the prayer he learned at his
mother's knee. When the supreme
moment came and he had said fare
well to his devoted wife, he chanted
the old gospel hymn, "Nearer My God
to Thee," and weary of the struggle
he sent this message "Good-bye all,
Good-Bye. It is God's way. His
will be Done," and slept the sleep
that knows no waking this side the
Eternal City.
The following report of the autop
sy upon the remains of President Mc
Kinley shows the immediate cause of
death: The bullet which struck over
the breastbone did not pass through
the skin and did little harm. The
other bullet passed through both
walls of the stomach near its lower
border. Both holes were found to be
perfectly closed by the stitches, but
the tissue around each hole had be
come gangreneous. Alter passing
through the stomach the bullet pass
ed into the back walls of the abdo
men, hitting and tearing the upper
end of the kidney. This portion of
the bullet track was also gangrene
ous, the gangrene involving the pan
creas. The bullet has not yet been
found. There was no sign of perito
nitis or disease of other organs. The
heart walls were very thin. There
were no eyidence of any attempt to
repair on the part of nature and
death resulted from the gangrene
which affected the stomach around
the bullet'wounds as well as the tis
sues around the further course of the
bullet. Death was unavoidable by
i&By surgical or medical treatment
and was the direct result of the 1
let wound.
ul.
The rage of the people of pjUfl,lIo
against the assassin when they leap
ed that-the President was dying wn J
boundless. Thousands surrounded
the jail and the entire police of the
city and two regiments of militn
were utilized to insure Lis prote.
tion.
The Pledge ot the New President.
Buffalo, Sept. 14. Theodore Roose
velt, who today was tragically ele
vated to the chief magistracy of the
United States by the death of Presi
dent McKinley, entered this city of
mourning early this afternoon
after a remarkable and perilous jour
ney from the heart of North Woods
Ha had been President under the con
stitution and law of the land since
the minute the martyred President
ceased to live. All the duties of the
office had devolved upon him, but 1 e
was as powerless as the humblest
citizen to exercise one of them until
he had complied with the constitu-
viwiicn jjiuYioiuu requiring illlll to
take a prescribed oath to support
and defend the constitution andl.-iws
of the United States. He took th;.t
oath at 3:30 this afternoon in the li
brary of the residence of Ansdev Wil
cox, a personal friend with whom he
stopped earlier in the week when the
physicians thought President Mc
Kinley would recover from the wound
inflicted by the assassin's bullet. The
scene wTas a most affecting one. The
newPresidenthad just come from the
Milburn residence, where his prede
cessor lay cold in death. Overcome
Jby the deep personal sorrow he felt
in his characteristically impulsive
way he had gone first to the houseof
mourning to offer hi$ condolence ami
sympathy to the broken-hearted wid
ow. Secretary Hoot, who 20 years
ago had been present at a similar
scene when Arthur took the oath af
ter the death of another President,
wbo lell victim to an assassin's bul
let, almost broke down when he re
quested Mr. Roosevelt, on behalf of
the members of the Cabinet of the
late President, to take the prescribed
oath. There was not a dry eye in
the room. The new President was
visibly shaken, but he controlled him
self. With the deep solemnity of the oc
casion full upon him, he said to those
present that his aim would be to he
William McKinley's successor indeed
as well as in name. The great, far
reaching significance of this pledge to
continue the policy of the dead Presi
dent, announced at the very thres
hold of a new govermental regime,
profoundly impressed his hearers and
President Roosevelt's very first step
after taking the oath was in line of
its redemption. His first act was to
ask the members of the Cabinet to
retain their portfolios in order to aid
him to conduct the government on
lines laid down by him whose policy
he had declared he would uphold.
Such an appeal was not to be resist
ed and every member of the Cabinet,
including Secretary of State 1 1 ay and
Secretary of the Treasury Gage, who
were communicated w-ith in Wash
ington, have agreed for the present
to retain their portfolios.
The Americans Are For The Right.
The Americans as a class, liKe fair
playand sympathize" withthebot t. ui
dog."
Hence they are wi th the hero of San
tiago, Rear Admiral Schley, in his
fight against the slanderers and op
pressors. We take leave to say here
lest we forget it, that Rear Admiral,
Howison is not a fit judge to preside!
in the court, and he should be sell
aside, (which has been done since
this was written). He has been talk
ing in high favor of Sampson, wIkj
was not in the battle at all, but ten,
miles away and never fired a j;im
and has been expressing himself in a
way as to Schley so as to show his
personal leanings against him. If he
is a man of a proper sense of honor,
of delicacy of refinement, he will mt
be willing to sit as a judge in such a
trial. The late high toned and ad
mirable Judge Robert Ballard Wil
liam, of Oxford, refused to accept the
hospitalities of a gentleman in the
country, with several other lawyers,
because the latter informed him that
the said gentleman bad a case in the
court to be tried. The pure and no
ble Judge said to the lawyers: "The
road is desperately bad, it is very
dark, the distance to the court
house is six miles, and I never travell
ed it, my horse is very jaded with
long days pull through the deep mud
(it was in western Carolina) and
I am worn out, but I cannot think
of accepting entertainment from ft
gentlemen who is to appeiir in a case
I am to try, Good night gentle
man," and on sped the best
of gentleman and the most conscien
tious of judges, in a lonely ride in
a dark night over an almost impass
able road unknown to him. W
could fail to honor and esteem such
a noble, faithful man such an up
right .and scrupulous judge, as that'.'
Wilmington Messenger.
TO CURE A COLD IN OISE DAY
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
druggists refund themoreyif it fails to cure.
E. W, Grove's signatnre is on each box Sc-
The poll tax for pensions this year
is 12 cents and not 10 cents as hereto
fore. Some county officials ar :ict '!'-'
on the basis of 10 cents.
"Through the months of June and .1 -
our baby was teething and took a rum. -;
off at the bowels and sickness of i-1
stomach." says O. P. M. Hobday, of I!
ming, Ind. "His bowels would move ik :
five to eight times a day. I had a botik !!
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrh 'c "
Remtdy in the house and gave him f
drops in a teaspoonful of water and he '
better at once." Sold by J. G. Hall.