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F41 SI"IU A'91T_ NEWBELRRY, S C.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 9 TWICE A WE EA [1111 AI A IT I a 0 1 I I I G ! fwa 11 till electric ca), gave tlie of the most omilent iurt }ipilistH I Clplain ('( if timl v 'liii!i11! IJ I The End Came at 2.15 Sa President Bi'e: WEAKNESS OF Ti: The Heart Failure That V Time Thursday Night and He Never lal Around the Bed of i Milburn H)mlse, 3tlfal,), I*p,. I I. -President. McIt"Kii)b y ,ii ,.l ti :I h thid'morning. He hil h . m tt !pioths since 7:30 p. lir. l Ii :onsaecious hour on eirt h wts. it with his wite to whom jit < lifetime of care. I H did i 1tr,i d by a muiniistir of tihe ; gjlb, ii >h is last words wer1 an hombh.IIL .-rl issioI to the will of God inl uh I I3bo believed. l wiah reci. i to he cruel fate to wil it n n bullet had condeiniIled himti , : I:. , ,1 Y thtl in tho sam , tipir"it of t:i:;r , and poise which ha, inn k.l i,-t i 1 and honorabl:- cai.)r. 1! I : -t . scious words, redueid Io w t 1r Dr. Macu, who sto .d .:r when they wer Illtrt"1, u follows: ",Good-"i1y(", aill, g' w! s God's was. Hl1s will t.. i tti His relatives, mt11, ii-i "m o t, official family, wetro it IIhi ' iburn 04 " THE LATE WILL house, except Secrotary WV iison , wh o did not avadl himiself of th liipp,i~ortuI nity, and somec of his peoriai anid political friends who took leavii of him. This painful iereny wes simple. His friends came to the door of the sick room, took ia loniging glance at him, and tu:ned'( toariful ly away. Hie was practically unieon acious during this t imi. Buit the powerful heart stionnlanitsi, incl id ing~ oxygen, were employedl to rest4ore him to conscions'sess for aiu final parting with his wife. Hoe askeot for her, and she sat. at his sido 41( nihd his hands. Hoe consoled her andi bade her good-byc. She weint through the heart-try ing sconoc with the same bravery and fortitud4li with which she has born: t he grief of lhe tragedy which has ended his life. The immediate cause of the prs dent's death is undeterminided. Hmi physicians disagree, and it will F1os sib)ly require an autopsy to lix the exact cause. The president's rw' mains will be taken to Wasnhington, and there will be a Sto liinirail. Vice President Roosevelt, w ho now anoceeds to tihe presideney, inmy I k the oath of office wherever h4 bny-p pens to hear the news. Thi"e alint will, of course, resign in at lbody, andi President Roosevelt will hanve an opportunity of forming ia now cabt1i nat, if he so desires. PASEDAWAYI turday Morning When the thed His Last. EART DEVELOPED, ans .vi de.-nced for the first .oucl iN(ot Be Checked ed -athetic 3cenes he Dying Chieftain. T r of thtt people of Buffio "f i i h irI'sidOUt.'st ataH41i, when 'h tt, .te,t tonight t hat he was dyI) ... wit- b hI),l1(uIi -:. T1'houiulands stir mm;- 11 41 t j,ti,tuand th(3 (sntiro po ;1-.- { t he cit y and two rPgim11entE +"1 m ii imL wi'-0 tiIliz'(1 to insurO hIifi Toe Long $ad Story of Day of Waiting -+ I t 1" i+ 12 h-mn' , mn { .,( : hope w1I1L i it d in 'u "1111r of t 1o 1 I:1r {di ted .-h,r Iv after 2 o'clock, the p)hygi" (. 'S and ii)rHes de(1tected a weaken iU of thte heart action. The pul e lAM M'KINLEY. flutteredl and weakened, nr.d the )r(esid(ent sank towtard collapse. The andc appearelAAd to be0 at hand. Rie storatl iVos were speedl apid, and the phyvsicianls fought the battle with all the reserve forces of science. A ot iion was immnediate and decisive. D)igatnlis and( strychnine were ad minitisti4red, avnd, as a last resort, via line solutvin was injected into the 1 ,ls A general alarm went speeding to tho consulting phy3sicianis and trained nurses as fast vis messengere, the telegrap)h and telephone could carry it. Th'le restoratives did not at once provotE efftitvo, and it was realized t ha the president was in an extreme. I) erit 1cal cOtoitin. Tfhat realiza= ion, wit.h t hoshadow of death behind it, led to another call, and that, e stuhmmfons to the cabtinet, relativet anvd closo piorsoniat frien,ls of the presidenit.. T'ho messengers who re turned'( with the doctors anid niurset weyre hurried otf after those wtithir rveh, andi to t hose who weore absent from t he city, messages conveyinf t he painul i udings were quickla tansmtiit t(d by telegraph. The sconm labot,L the bonso avnd in the storm Hwep1t street was dramatic in its ac tinadsettinig, and( the spirit 0 the Iraey was oni those who looke< upon)v it A mossenger who darte< out it the rain, and was whiske: outside watchers the first intimation of the ill news from within. As the telegraph instruments rat tied away with their forlorn story early this morning, the hastily aroused physicians began arriving. Au automobile, racing at top speed, brought, Dr. Mynter first. Ie did not stop to speak, but rushed into tho hou.e. )r. Mann came al most on his heels, and he too ran MRS. BI down the street. Neither stopped fcr a word as they rushed into the house. After them came Abner Mc Ioinloy, pale and agitated. He had left the house scarcely two hours be fore, and had departed with the as surance that the tide had turned in the case of his distinguished brother. He hl been aroused from slumber by a messenger who told him to come at once. Secretary Wilson and Secretary Hitchcock, in grief at the peril of their chief, arrived within a few mnom ents. Neither knew the true state of the president at that mo ment, and in silent fear they quickly entered the house. Another hurry ing visitor was Dr. \Vasdin, whose arrival completed the circle of phy. sicianis; and another was Mrs. Mc Williams, the friend of Mrn McKin ley. THlE wU1OLE CITY wAs AIiOUsED. The Binffialo papers all had extras withI the sad intelligence of the presi dent's relapse on the streets at day light. One paper announced that the president was dying. The result was that the whole city was tho roughly aroused and alarmed early, and before '7 o'clock crowds of peo ple flocked in the direction of the Milburn residence to learn if the latest news was not more reassuring. They stood at the ropes, far down the intersecting streets, and1 waited patiently for the app--aran'ce of the morning bulletin. Many of them re fused to credit the news of the presi dent's sudden change for the worse until they had learned b)y words of mouth from the sentries of the presi. (lent's dangerous and critical condi tion. Of all the sad household, only the wife did riot know the truth. She surmised that Mr. McKinley was worse, for she was told this morning it would be better for her not to enter the sick chamber. She assent ed, but it was with a look of mute appeal in her eyes. The president himself seemed to realize that his life hung by a thread. This morning he looked out of the window. When the nurse sought to adjust the pillow, to keep out the light, he murmured a feeble protest. "It is so beautiful," said he; "the trees are so beautiful, I want to see the." W.Johnson of Washingtor and Dr. Janeway of New York, twc in the United States, were sunnoned to lond their skill and coutntsol, and Dr. McBurney, the noted surgeon,' who left yesterday, was recallod. Vico Presidont Roosevelt and the ab senl members of the cabinet were al:o tlelgraphod for. DESP'ElRA'E tiEsOUItCEs AI)oPTED. When the sinking spell occurred about 2 o'clock this morniug it was VOW 'KINLEY. feared Mr. McKinley might expire at any moment, as he did not respond to ordinary stimulants. It was only when recourse was had to the des perate resources of injecting saline solution, which save(d Mrs. McKin. ley's life in San Francisco, into his veins that the circulation grew strong. or, and after an hour he rallied sone what. His pulse at one time was almost 140. But the slight rally cane, and returning hope with it. With the fresh energies of daylight, the president appeared perceptibly stronger, and the physicians an. nounced in their 9 o'clock bulletin that his condition was improved. The pulse had fallen several points from the highest, and they aflirmed the existence of hope. The1 p)hysicians began to arrive for tihe morning consultation at 8:15. The new detail of soldiers for guard duty for today arrived from Fort Porter aL fewv minutes later. The guardl was changed, and the sentrius posted for the day. At 8:50, while the consultation was going on inside, an Old lady, who was plainly a crank, ap)proached the inner rope and insisted upon being admitted. She said she desiredI to soo Mrs. McKinley. "I have some. thing important to say to her," she said. One of the secret service men kindly led her aside and listened to her long story of how she proposed to cure the president by means of herbs and p)rayers. A MEMoBABLE SCENE. At 9:30, the scene about the Miu. burn resid~ e "a:is one that will live in tile m.mnory of those who wit nessed it, as long as life lasts. Down the streets, in every direction, peo0 p)1e were mIassed, hundreds (1001, while at the corner where- the hiead quarters of the press are located, corres[pondents of all the leading journals of the world were waiting, ready to flash the first news as far as the wires reach; while withlin tile teuts, thle busy telograph inlstu4ments were clicki g off the sad intelligence. In front of the residence, the blue coated1 soldiers paced,.with arms at right shoulder. All were waiting, waiting almost breathlessly, for the news. The doctors finished their consul. tation at 9:40. T1hey left the house together, and stopped for a few mini utos on the lawn to convey their ver. diet first to the nresident's brothe black Vostmlolt'i, who ha11d Como to in<quiro aftor the prtsidont's health, lifted his hat 1 tho 111111 111)on whoi llho president's lift dopu0ndod paHssed him. 'Tho physicians looked serious as they walkod awny from tho rosi dionco. T1ho builletin, when issU('d, was slightly roassur"ing, and in(dicated iatt the ci'risi-4 might bo prolonged, stating dolilitely thit tho )reHidont's condition had8 sulrnewhlt implrovod thuring th(' palst f,w bours, anu(d thalt thore n1a"i betIo,r r('slon",( to ),timul latiou; but his ptlst' waw ip to 128, id i tlt c''nvi(t ioll grow Ilt it w1 H 'te p1h. si('ian1s (1h-(il1'd that11 it wouhl not be w'll for Mre,. iN-Kinl. 114y to ('Inte1r t III(' - !k r)t today, both on It"o(llmt (0: ht'r t,'it'ul h'ealth mit1+ ;Ie 'h O !teio)t t migh 1t elans1' tho p)re1s2iI(,id t vItlIIr.NIs A ND 10i'l,.\-I V..s .\tAR I VE. tboihIl1 IafIir Itl u'clowck thme' inti 11)111 f r1'ioI) an1d reItlaivl's of the p)resi(ih-n1t MI he 4wer0 tI'l('graplhed for beogant to1 arriV,', a1nd soon1 a1ftor 10 o'clock th('"r( w"ero is-olb'od in the dowl.stirs rt)oms of tie Milburn house He'nntors I111at1n11 anid Fair bankis, ox Steret ary of Stato Day, Sert ' ry W isn ad 11(1 Secret ary H-itceOr.k, 11 r. 1(nd( Mrs. 11-lurn ueor, A b)I(r 1cKil'dey, Mliss 1llon MlcK IIII nly . di1 rS. J T. IT Duncan, si;t,-rs )il' ith,-jpresident, and Mrs. La. fa. t It.' Al\eti'W1lilt111s, in addit ion to Juohl G. \lilhurn, I'orrner P'ostmIas ter (tom(r1"0 1 iss,lI. Jot1hn N Seat hor<t of Bulfl Tt1Iu 1c1t {I1r(sentat.ivo Al exalder of the iffialo district. Sentir 1lannia caluo o ii H)oeial train from Clev'eh11ind, making the run in the remarkably fast time of throo 1101rs. l.t wits accopll)atnied by Mrs. Hanna, Col. Myron P. Her rick, liss Itarbor andt a few other friends of the presidont.. He re ceOived the news at 41 o'clock this morning, and immediately ordered a special train. HEAR SPECIALS-S WANTED. Toward I o'clock the Associated Press was delinitely informed that the phlysiciianli bhliovo1 if teit pres ident could b( carried it hrough the night thvr( woul b, , hlope of his recOVery. The imuinistrati)n of nourishment had hoon practically discoit tinued, it, tIho reot u1m wats' inuchi irr-itltted and dlid not, roltain the onema111s Only a s1nall arn1oun1t1, of nourishmuent. wis conseturIllt1y ro taiinod. ''he )rositlent was very weak, aid the hear"t trouble is not thoroughly understood. It was in the belief that. Doctors JohinlstonJ and1 J aneway mhighlt be of servico in ou citdating the exact t rouble that t hey were sonut for. TVhe bul.otin issuedM b)y Secreory Cortoely ou at 105 o'clock, dated 1 2:30 o'clock, was not sied by the phy Sicians. Thle secretary hi msel f explai ned that thet phIysicians dlid not desire te disturb their p)atienlt's sleep) to take temfperalture) and1 pulse. TlifE LAST F-Alm EwELLs. Bofore (1 o'clock it was clear to those at thle presidlent's bedlsIde that he was dying, andc preparations werb made for last sad officos of farewell from thiose who were nearest and dearest to him. Oxygen had been admninistered steadily, but with little effect in keetping back tile approach of death. VTe president camoe out of 0ne p)eriod of unIconsciousness only to relapse inito aniother. Bu~t in this period, wvhien his mindIt was partially clear, o)cculrred a series of events of profolurally touching char acter. D)ownu stairs with strainied anId tear stained faces, members tof thet cabinlet wetr groulped in anxious waitinlg. Thley kno1w the end( was near, andit thalt the time had come when they mu.st 8s10 him for the last timo on eamrth.i This was about 6 o'clock. One by one they ascenidedl the stairway Secret ary ltout, Secretary Hitchcock and( Attorney (General Knox. Sec retary Wilson was also there, but held back, not wishing to see tihe p e'sident inl his last agony. T1here was onlly a momaentary stay of tihe cabinet oflicers at tile thlroshhold of the dont hl chamber. Th'Ien they 11 PRESIDENT their facos, and words of initeie grief choking their throuts. CAI.1,E1) 1111i DEVOTED Wi'E. After they loft the sick room, the physicians rallied him to c'uns(Oiou. noHH, and th11e pres(4 tident. 11sk.0d il m1ot,t immel(diately thatt his wifo hse Lrought to him. The dolurs f+,ll buck into the sihadowts (If IIhw ro .>111 at Mrs. MoKinioy cau through the doorway. T'he strong face 'f tlh(e dying man lighted up with a faint smile as their ii od1 were elnoed, She sat besido hint and huohI his hand. Despite her p-hysical woak: ness, she bore up bravely undor the ordeal. The presidont, in his last porioIl of consciousnoss, which ended about 7:40 p. m., chanto(l the words of I he hymn, "Nearer My God to Thee," and his last audiable COIHcioUH words as taken down by Dr. ll[ann at the bedside, wore: (O1)H WILL BIE DONE. "Good- bye all, good bye; it is (lod's way; His will be don." Thon his mmnd began to wander, and soon af terward lie completely lost, (ISciuns noss. His life wis prolong((1d for hours by the administration of oxy gen, and the presidernt linially ex pressod a desiro to bt allowed to die. About 8.30, the administering of oxygen ceased, and the pulse g rew fainter and fainter. lie was siiikirig gradmally, like a child, into tho etor nal1 slumber. By 10 o'clock the4 pulse could [1o longer be1 felt. inl hi extremities, and they grow cold. Below stairs the grief-stricken gat h oring waited sadly f.,r the end1. STILL nIATTLING A(IAIN8T OEATiH. Dr. Mynter thought he might last until 2 a. m. D)r. Mann said at 11 oclock that the president wais still alive, and probably would live anu hour. The inutos longthened to hours, andl nmidnighIt came withI thew president still battling against deathI. At the midnight hour the Milburni house was the centre of a scene0 ani mated as though it were midd(ay, although a solemnI hush hung ovea the great crowd of watchers. The enltire lower p)art of the house walsI aglow with light, anid the miany at~ tendants, friends and( relatives could( be seen within, moving ab1oult, and1( ocasionaldly comning in group)s to the front doorway for a breath of air. Secretary Rloot and Secretary WVil. sonl came from the house ab)out mid night and paced up and dlowni the sidlewalk. All that Secretary Rtool said was: "The night has not comel yet." (IREAT HERART PHIYsIcIANs ARa1i1vE. D)espite the fact that vitality con tinued to ebb as midnight approached, no efforts were spared to keep thc spark of life glowing. Dr. Janoway, of New York, arrived at the Buffak. dlepot at 11:40 o'clock. George Ur ban was waiting for him, and they drove at a break-nock pace to th( Milburn house. He was shown t< the president's room at once, and be gan an examination of the almos mnanimate form. Secretary of the Navy Long ar rived at the Milbnrn houseat nP RtOOSEV 1LTI. 11'(c lc T'hi- was his first Visit to th(, illy, lunto hadl tho extromo iv ', or1',ri I h,I It 111 Iv as not con1 se ions: ,,f I i- v.isilor'sI pnrmonco. Sioc. rvntryInu" was! vi'.ibly alfoatod. rI'I;:1 \TI''R .\IRIVA. I,0F Cont,NIa. 'I("h 'I ot lsP '4tate0 of anxiety vxi:,''u'' I itm ho watteherH thlat ru I1,1't r 's I(. 11.4l ' o fro(ltinent. circu1la (I. , i' ,14''!b:II in1I OChIally (o'Cured(. '.Ih( : tIlVal of (ho0 c, r( lor gayo ritto to) ()II' >:IIh riltnor, and11 a flood of t, 'nwlll -" di-:paItPlhoH were Mont, H+ay u i, I tItt iho atlnd l dcome. TheRe w,"r(, :"( 11. % a" i I R est by an1 oflici aIl tIa Hiellt fronm within the h1ouRo t h,t t h" 1 ~l, rt of doath wore ;;ro'Ill. Il, m l Ihat, (ho prosid(ent still livoki. ('onhr W itl,>nr said that be had h,n 416,r(ed b y tho dlistrict attorney of in( (county) to go to the Milburn r":,ol (n , ats ";(On as possmiblo after I ho atnn( mc~nmnt, of doath. H1t had si,OIn at rIn t Iahl(, local plaper issUed, %' it h t h;, Itn u cme ont that the plrtside(nt dlin(d at II1:00 p). mn., and lo1 0 hln 4l IIp, so (tha0 thoro would b(, n( (I,-a lin r(,moving thn body. Ioi . aor,- Ilmeh c"hag;rinod wheon D)r. 1 'un lIInet h11n at tho door and luhl hi', inat his servicos wore not r, <(III", mIu that0. ho ould bo noti Ii(,d wh('T heo was watedc(. President Roosevelt Swm*ii Alln lue Pnfl,Sp.1 thrtiesurbl ioosovl toe Bufrfa ntid nt byll~t his privateu sectry crowd,v t wtic VfSadi hIon awting his the1 s tii ''ager ito oatc afirt sigh of1 ig preient.Ter tain, however,t't di noth enter th estond '.hli trrace Whentt' ho ltr tel rin, an 11 Iot'lf te For,u Signa orpo fornm I botutii hhn1 and1 conductedi105 bha t an liitomobjil whic he hisfred Anluty 'il x, ard lin11( wiOi. who~t sawLttu hi di ntrie attoheyr buf at t( esty to goi rpt tby lft.n A01 I a aon oooih ei rthe veohilo, tter chauffeur Itti tre thei loever ~ander au-1( " t,ool went t sktiimmtliny awa to the rttidenie of't Ai. Wicox, ~ on.,olawar ttrui ahm ri, hit tside, ol with tillliiilt kI bithe paco which thoe au Prmbastdrn et o osvltd for pubworntion "I wassneckd,"Isith, "byt 1he ~te ib nell bouti to roltch Bniht andi* by)ii1 ty nhnity hicht nrtalled perlona I,VtriPhw' ic I feel,twiin thtI thavt had n't i.niot to nttof pan firt th fu~itt ire tninc itt, t o the stat wioh thast betlJ~'~ ien hol land tadhe trusn, foiThe i prien it rrid atotedWiced I ihmed at 111'clk hi onl iattrend at ig*i W'liamu Lonb kJr.,n ihisc W .$ it har ltt any, convral hot in, he. ti onchtr dedo on.XV CiX son pae.