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y Hftn President Twice Wonnded by Leon Czolgosz, a Pole, at the Pan-American Exposition. BULLET ENTERS STOMACH Would-Be Assassin Approaches Him as Hr is Shaking Hands With the Crowd, and Wounds Him u/:iL - Willi a ncvuivci muucu in a Handkerchief. first Bullet Struck McKlnley's Breast Bone and Was Readily Extracted, But the Second Passed Through the Stomach and Lodged in His Back and Gave the Surgeons Grave Anxiety?Anarchist Who Tried to Slay the President Confesses?Denies He Had Accomplices, But Arrests Are Made in Chicago on Information From Buffalo Police. Buffalo, N. Y.?President McKinley, while holding a reception in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon, a ohnt and twlpp wounded bv Leon Czolgosz, an Anarchist, who lives in Cleveland. One bullet entered the President's breast, struck the breast bone, glanced ind was later easily extracted. The jther bullet entered the abdomen, penetrated the stomach, and had not been found, although the wounds were closed. The assassin was immediately overpowered and taken to a police station Dn the Exposition grounds, but not before a number of the throng had tried to lynch him. Later he was taken to Police Headquarters. Leon Czolgosz. the assassin, has Signed a confession, covering six pages of foolscap, in which he stated that he is an Anarchist, and that he became an enthusiastic member of that body through the influence of Emma Goldman, whose writings he had read and whose lectures he had listened to. He denied having any confederate, and said he decided on fV.n ant fhroo <1nT*a hpfnrA Jind hoilffht the revolver -with which the act was committed in Buffalo. He has seven brothers and sisters in Cleveland, and the Cleveland Directory has the names of about ihat number living in Hosmer street and Ackland avenue, which adjoin. Some of them are butchers and others are in other trades. Czolgosz was detained at Police Headquarters, pending the result of the President's injuries. He did not appear in the least degree uneasy or penitent for his action. He said he was induced by his attention to Emma Goldman's lectures and writings to decide that the present form of government in this country was all wrong, and he thought the best way to end it was by killing the President. He shows no signs of insanity, but ts very reticent about his career. While acknowledging himself an V* /\ /)aac< nf efofa fn ALlUllUlOl, UU uuco uu: oiuiu v,v kuuv branch of the organization he belongs. * $r -1, SCENE (Czolgosz Chccting the President at Music at the Pan-Ame Mrs. McKinley was not with her husband at the time. She received the news with the utmost courage. The President was resting at the home of J. G. Milburn, President of the Exposition, whither he was conveyed after undergoing an operation at the Exposition Hospital. The President had been repeatedly warned against attempts on his life. Attorney-General Griggs only recently told him he should take greater prePrcsident'a Cabinet at Buffalo. The entire Cabinet hastened to Buffalo. Vice-President Roosevelt received the news at Burlington, Vt., and started immediately for the President's bedside. Should the President die, lie will instantly take the oath as President. Net? Use of Uostaceg. Prominent Boer burghcs have boon selected by the British authorities to accompany trains on the Pietersbin'x line in order to prevent the blowing up of cars by Bm*ts. Penalty For the Crirue. President :?Ic Kin ley's recovery would mean that his would-be assassin could bo confined in prison lor ten years, the maximum penalty under the Penal Code of New York State. The crime having been committed within New York State, the trial will necessarily be held in the State. There is no Federal statute covering such a case. Killed While Delivering a Coffin. At Oceida, N. Y? while delivering a coffin, William Parks was killed instantly by a fast passenger train. 1? PRESIDENT cautions. This the President refused to do, saying his faith in the American people made it impossible to conceive that he was in any danger. STORIES OF EYEWITNESSES. The Shooting of the President In the Temple of Blualc Graphically Described. Buffalo, N. Y.?On many material points and particularly the utterances of President McKinley after he was shot, the witnesses of the tragedy at the Temple of Music fail to agree. The action of the tragedy was very fast, and its commission was followed by a scene of confusion in which it was difficult to either see or hear with accuracy however close one stood to the President and his assailant. It is now condeded that the President did not say, "May God forgive him." after he was shot and agreed that his first audible speech was a reference to his wife. "I trust Mrs. McKinley will not be informed of this?at least, I hope it will not be exaggerated." A newspaper reporter, who stood just behind the President when the shooting occurred, gave one of the clearest accounts related so far. He said: "I stood about ten feet from the President and saw Czolgosz approach him. The latter had his right hand drawn up close to his breast and a white linen handkerchief wrapped about it, bore the appearance of a bandage. "He extended his left hand and, I am quite sure the President thought he was injured, for he leaned forward and looked at him in a sympathetic way. When directly in front of the President Czolgosz threw his right hand forward and fired. "I saw the flash and smoke, followed by the report, and then heard the second shot. Instantly John Parker, the ^ i ] ^ MPTED ASSASSINATION. a Public Reception in tbc Temple of rwvin Kvnnsition. Buffalo.) colored ranu. and Secret Agent Foster were upon Czolgosz, and they bore hira to the floor. "Czolgosz, lying prostrate, still retained a bold on his revolver, and seemed to be trying to get his arm free to tire again. The President did not fall. He raised bis right hand and felt of his breast and seemed to be maintaining his upright position only by wonderful effort. "I am sure he did not speak at that President's Neighbors Stunned. From all classes of people in Canton. Ohio, the home of the President, there is heartfelt sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. McKinley for the calamity which has befallen the President, and prayers ascend that he may recovcr. The people seem to regard the shooting as a personal calamity. Yellow Fever Serum a Failure. The yellow fever board at Havana, Cuba, declared the test with Cabias's serum a failure and recommended lilt UIMUUIIUIIUUIL- VII IUC lliicuio. Noits of the Toiler#. The number of men employed by railroads last year was more than 1.1)00,000. The American Federation of Labor has granted the first charter for a general branch of that order in Porto Rico. The steel strikers now admit tnat they made a mistake in refusing J. Pierpont Morgan's terms, but say they must fight on. Labor Day was generally observed in all parts of the country, and parades were larger than ever before in most- nf tli<? cities ^ffllST Mckinley. moment. He gazed fixedly at his assailant with a look which i cannot describe, but which i shall never forget, and in a moment reeled back into the arms of Secretary Cortelyou. "Czolgosz's revolver had by that time been knocked from his hand, and some one had picked up the burning handkerchief which lay at his feet. Czolgosz was picked up, forced back and again knocked down. "Mr. Cortelyou and Mr. Milburn supported the President and led him to a chair. I heard him ask tnat tne news be kept from his wife, and a moment later, when Secretary Cortelyou asked him if he felt much pain, he said: " 'This wound hurts very much.' "He seemed to be fairly easy as he rested in the chair, and some of the fading color came back to his face. He reached his right hand inside of his shirt, and when he withdrew it his fingers were tipped. He paled again at the sight of the blood, and I think he fainted. "Senor Azpiroz, the Mexican Minister, broke through the crowd, and, rushing up to the President, cried: 'My God, Mr. President, are you shot?' "The Minister seemed about to throw himself at the feet of the President, and was restrained. The President's auswer came very slowly and in a halting, subdued voice. He said: 'Yes, I believe I am.' The President was attracted by the scuffle of the officers who were dragging the wouldbe murderer away, but he did not speak. His head rested on the arm of Mr. Milburn, and he seemed only partly conscious. "His courage was superb, and while he was conscious he was mastor of the pain which he suffered. When tne ambulance came and a stretcher was brought in he started forward and partially regained his feet unassisted. "I heard not a word from the assailant of the President. He was struck down the moment he fired the second shot, and if he did speak it was probably in exclamation at. the very rough treatment he was receiving." A prominent Exposition official who , stood near the President gives a graphic description of the scene at the time Czolgosz fired the cowardly shot. "A little girl was Immediately ahead of him in the line," he says, "and the President, after patting her kindly on the head, turned with a smile of welcome and extended hand. "The assassin thrust out both his hands, brushed aside the President's -r.io.hf hnnri with his lpft hand, lurched forward against the President, and, thrusting his right hand close against his breast, pulled the trigger twice. "The shots came in such rulck succession as to be almost simultaneous. At the first shot the President quivered and clutched at his chest. At the second shot he doubled slightly forward and sank back. It ell happened in a moment. "Quick as was Czolgosz he was not quick enough to fire a third shot. Almost before the noise of the firing sounded he was seized by a Secret Service man, who stood directly opposite the President, and hurled to the floor. A huge negro leaped upon him as he fell and they rolled over on the floor. "Soldiers of the United States Aritllery detailed at the reception sprang upon the pair, and Exposition police and Secret Service detcctives also rushed upon them. "A detective clutched the assassin's right hand, tore from it the handkerchief and seized the revolver. The artillerymen, seeing Czolgosz with the revolver, grabbed him and held him powerless. Snatching the pistol from his grasp, a private of the artillery got the pistol. *'HTAnnfir?a flm T>r*r>oiHiinf en nnnr fort | by Detective Geary and President MilI burn and surrounded by (Jeorge B. The Abduction of Mistt Stone. The Sultau of Turkey immediately upon hearing of the abduction of Miss Stone and her companion carried off by brigands, peremptorily ordered the Vail of Salonica to secure their release and to exercise every care for their comfort and safety. Ohio Teach Crop Badly Hurt. Fnlly 10,000 peach trees will be destroyed at Athens, Ohio, on orders of (be Ohio Agricultural Department, the trees being afflicted with San Jose scale. Bber Commando Captured. A dispatch from Middleburg, Cape Colony, says that Lotter's entire commando has been taken by Major Scobell, south of Petersburg. One hundred and three prisoners were captured, twelve Boers were killed and forty-six wounded. Two hundred horses were also captured. Killed Himself For Love. Felix J. Seralles, a Porto Rican, eighteen years old, and heir to a large fortune, shot and killed himself in the Hotel Muro, New York City. A love affair is believed to bavoletl <n hia a?t \ \ 1 Cortelyou, Edward R. Rice. .Tames L. Quackenbush, John I. Scatcherd. Lewis L. Babcock and other Exposition officials, was assisted to a chair. His face was deathly white. He made no outcry, but sank back with one hand holding his abdomen, the other fumb? line at his breast. "His eyes were open and he was clearly conscious of all that happened. He looked up Into President Milburn's face and gasped the name of his secretary. Cortelyou. "Mr. Cortelyou bent over the President. who gasped brokenly: 'Be careful about my wife. Do not tell her.' "Then, moved by a paroxysm of pain, he writhed to the left and his eyes fell upon the prostrate form of his would-be murderer lying on the floor, bloodstained and helpless beneath the blows of the guard. The President raised his right hand, stained with his own blood, and placed it on the shoulder of his secretary. "'Let no one hurt him,' he gasped, and sank back as his secretary ordered the guard to bear the murderer out of the President's sight." THE OPERATION. Skilful Way In Which the President Was Treated Just After the Slioolinjj. Buffalo, N. Y.?Although full details of the operation upon the President immediately after he was wounded have not been made public, the followin.? facts regarding what surgeons did are known: The operation was performed by Dr. Matthew D. Mann. His first assistant was Dr. Herman Mynter. His second assistant was Dr. John Parmenter. His third assistant was Dr. Lee of St. Louis, who happened to be on the Exposition grounds at the time of the tragedy and placed his services at the disposal of the President. Dr. Nelson noted the time of the operation and took the notes. Dr. Eugene Wasdin, of the Marine Hospital, gave the anaesthetic. Dr. Rixey arrived at the latter part of the operation and held the light. Dr. Park arrived at the close of the operation. It was Dr. Mann who wielded the knife. The operation lasted fifty-two minutes. A cut about five inches long was made. It was found necessary to turn up the stomach of the President in order to trace the course of | the bullet. The bullet's opening in tne rroni waii or me sioiuat;u was small and It was carefully closed with sutures, after which a search was made for the hole in the back wall of the stomach. This hole, where the went out of the stomach, was larger than the first; in fact, It was a wound over an inch in diameter, jagged and ragged. It was sewed up In three layers. This wound was larger than the wound where the bullet entered the stomach because the bullet In its course, forced tissues through ahead of it. In turning up the stomach, an act that was absolutely necessary, and was performed by Dr. Mann with great skill, the danger was that some of the contents of the stomach might go into the abdominal cavity and as a result cause peritonitis. It so happened that there was very little in tin President's stomach at the time of the operation. Moreover, subsequent developments tend to show that this feature of the operation was very successful and that none of the contents had entered the cavity. NATURE OF PRESIDENT'S INJURIES. Bulletin Stated That McKlnley's Condition Justified Hope of Recovery. Buffalo, N. Y.?The exact nature of President McKinley's injuries is doscribed in the followinlg bulletin issued by Secretary Cortelyou for the physicians who were called: "The President was 6hot about 4 o'clock. One bullet struck him on the upper portion of the breast bone, <rlorioin<T nml nnt nnnotrntine* thr? SPP. ond bullet penetrated the abdomen five inches below the left nipple and one and one-half inches to the left of the median line. The abdomen was opened through the line of the bullet wound. It was found that the bullet had penetrated the stomach. "The opening in the front wall of the stomach was carefully closed with silk sutures; after which a search was made for a hole in the back wall of the stomach. This was found and also closed In the same way. The further course of the bullet could not be discovered, although careful search was made. The abdominal wound was closed without drainage. No Injury to the intestines or other abdomiual organs was discovered. "The patient stood the operation well, pulse of good quality, rate of 130, and his condition at the conclusion of the operation was gratifying. The result cannot be foretold. His condition at present justifies hope of recovery." ANARCHISTS ARRESTED IN CHICAGO Charged With Being Implicated in a Plot to Assassinate the President. Chicago.?Six men were placed un der arrest in this city on the charge of being implicated in tha.plot to assassinate President Mcjjttnley. The arrests were nrrfde on iuforma tion from the poljetT officials of Buf falo, who said tfiat the men were members of a society to which the assailai^rf the/President belonged, and ^^JlsTuiey Ti?ul knowledge of the plot The police withheld the names of the men taken into custody, but one of the men is known to be Abraham Isolde. President of an organization which bears the name of the Free So ciety. The information received by the local police from Buffalo is to the effect that the plot to kill the President was originated among the mem bers of the Free Society and that the I Buffalo prisoner was chosen by lot to 1 commit the crime. MltslSBippl's Treasurer Oat. J. R. Stowers, State Treasurer, whe was suspended by Governor Longino, of Mississippi, owing to an alleged shortage which was made good later, tendered his resignation and the Governor accepted it. Acting Treasurer Carlisle will continue to serve prob ably until a special election is held. Chile's New President. The Chilean Congress has ratified the nomination of Dou Jerrnan Kiesea as future President. Personal Mention. William J. Bryan has bought the National Watchman, a labor paper, at Alexandria, Va. Andrew Carnegie has given .$50,000 to build a town hall at Motherwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. King Alfonso of Spain has planned an extended trip through France and Germany, accompanied by General Weyler. Senator Iloar has just celebrated , the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth. He is serving his fifth term In the Senate. CZOtGOSZ, THE ASSASSIN An Idler, He Spent Days in Fishing and Hatine Work. FAMILY LIVES IN CLEVELAND Paal Czolgosz, the Father, an Indaitrloan, Thrifty Man?Leon, the Anarchist, Unlike the Rest of tho Family ? The Former Says His Son Should Be Punished For His Dastardly Crime. Cleveland, Ohio.?The home of the Czolgosz family, in Fleet street, is in the centre of the poorest section of the Polish colonv, in the southeastern part of the city. The father of the assassin, Paul Czolgosz, has a large family of children. He is living -with his second wife. Besides Leon Czolgosz there are in the family Waldeck, a Pormor Tnhn wild llvPS in Flpftt ! I [. c^cXlv< f POLICE OEP **!. 2 if "<3 tf" mmt, .!?? v. ??r!!?v|?r. jfy/Af. LEON F. ~C (The President's assailant and the recoi time of his Jacob, of Marcelle avenue; Michael, who Is said to be a soldier in the Philippines; Joseph and Frank, of Alpena, Mich., and two stepdaughters, Celia and Clara, who live in the Fleet street home. Paul Czolgosz, the father, maintains fhaf- liia sr?n shnnld hp uunished for what he has done, and It is evident that he has no sympathy with Leon. The other members of the family appear to -be different from Leon in sentiment. They are thrifty, while he was lazy, and all save the small children are workers. Their home is poorly furnished, but it is clean. Leon seems to have been a black sheep in the Sock. Paul Czolgosz, the father, Is an industrious man. He also has some means. More than thirty years ago he came to this country with his wife. That was at the high tide of prosperity, after the war. He found his way 4- -nr^Ann V? A ea/iiiroH o nnaL I LU I/CllUil| nucit* UC OCtuitu u. pvui tlon as laborer. There he managed to make a comfortable living. There most of his children were born. In the meantime he bad accumulated some money. When he came to Ohio, fourteen or fifteen years ago, he purchased a forty acre farm in Warrensville, eight miles from Cleveland. There the family lived until last spring, when the farm was sold for $4500 and the family moved into the city, the father and other sons obtaining employment in manufacturing establishments. Leon would not work. He disappeared several months ago, and the family knew nothing of his whereabouts until he shot the President, at Buffalo. This is the story the father told, through an interpreter: Leon was not like the rest of the family. He did not associate with f~ THE MILBURN RESID fTbe illustration shows the room of th( to guard tl them. He preferred to be alone. He came home nights to sleep. All day he was away fishing or idling. He said he was not well and could not work. He had no friends or associates. He hated women. PRONOUNCIi IT "SHOLLGOSCH." Correct Way to Name the Man Who Tried to Kill the President. Chicago.?The name of the man Czolgosz, who shot President McKinley, offers a problem in pronunciation to niue-tenfhs of those who attempt to speak it. It is one of those names which the English alphabet cannot spell phonetically, and which the average English-speaking person stumbles over in trying to express after hearing it spoken by a Russian. Written according to its sound, the Death In Defence of Honor. The lifeless body of Mamie Killion. a pretty shop girl, of Troy, was fished out of the Hudson River at Bath, N. Y. The facts in possession of Coroner Thompson and the police would indicate that the young woman met her death in defence of her honor: that she was rendered unconscious by blows on the back of the head and taken to some house, where a wrapper was put 011 her in the expectation that she would recover. When she Hiii not rosaln consciousness she was ] thrown into the river. Sews of Famine stud K:?rthfjuak*. The steamship Knight Companion brings news thai tbe Korean Government" has ordered That no rice or grain bo exported, famine threatening the country on account of lack of rain. An earthquake has occurred at Aornerkin, in .fapan. Railways were badly damaged. l-'l rat Snow of tlio Season. Mount Washington. N. H.. is no longer enjoying summer weather. The | lirst snow fall of the season has occurred. accompauied by a gale. The thermometer recorded a temperature 1U. - name of Czolgoss, or Ita neares equivalent, is 'Tchollgosch," or mor broadly speaking, ''Shollcosch." lb former pronunciation is the one givei by Sergeant Ter-Isaian of the Dete< tive Bureau, "who Is a Russian am "who is famiiiar with the varied dia leets in Polish Russia, from whenc the parents of Leon Czolgosz came t this country, "Cz" is represented in the Russia! alphabet by a character which is pre nounced sch, the same as though on were suppressing a sneeze?"tch.' The next two letters, "ol." are pre nounced in combination as thoug] written "oil," and the remaining lei ters of the name, "gosz," have th sound of "gosch." CZOLGOSZ IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINK TTell Known to the Poles of That Cltj Where He Lived In 1897-98. St. Paul, Minn. ? Leon Czolgosz I: well known to the Poles of Minneapo lis, where he resided in 1897 and 189? During that period he was employei in the Chicago, Milwaukee and Si Paul Railroad shops as a machinist' helper and lived with his uncle, Franl Szolkowski. on Washirvrtnn strppf : ?Ur?n T ARTME*T ' . , y IZOLGOSZ. ;d made by the Buffalo police at the arrest.) Northeast. He was connected with dlf ferent anarchistic societies and wai President of the Sala Club, an organi sation that has since gone out of ex istence. Marion Przybelowski, a for mer companion of the assassin, sayi that Czolgosz was a very noisy fellow especially when discussing politics. Just after the outbreak of the Span ish war Czolgosz and his uncle wen from Minneapolis to Peoria, 111 Neither he nor his uncle were consid ered real anarchists while they livec here, and the Poles say they have n< such society here. The Poles do no believe he is of their nationality, an< the Rev. Mr| Kamensky says he hai reason to believe that he is a Hunga rian. The Poles here generally con demn his act, and say if they had th< onnortunity they would lynch him. Close Description of tha Assassin. In facial appearance Leon Czolgos: belies his fatal anarchistic tendencies. Though narrow, his forehead is high heightening a look of intelligence. His eyes are blue-gray, sharp am well defined. Head round and large at apex. Nose prominent, mouth well curved lending pleasant look to features. Jawbones not prominent. Chin weak and receding, narrowinj to a point. Teeth good. Temperament highly emotional. Hair light brown and wavy. Height 5 feet 8% inches. Weight, 150 pounds. Age, twenty-eight years. * igure, erect and solid. Habit, inveterate smoker. Voice low, speaks with accent. Born in Detroit. Mich. Educated in Catholic parochial schoo in Detroit. j President and the precautions taken le house.) MOVEMENT AGAINST ANARCHISTS A Strong Sentiment For the Banlglimenl of All Avowed Reds Developed. New York City.? The shooting ol President McKinley has resulted in i movement throughout the nation foi clearing the country of Anarchists Governors. Senators. Representatives mayors, jurists and police officers al over the United States are heartily it favor of the suppression of all avowed pnotnips nf < Jovernment. A number of C'ongressmen propose to introduce bills looking to the ex elusion of Anarchists, if not for tin expulsion of those now jn the country. Others intend to frame and ask for the passage of laws imposing the death penalty upon any person making an attempt to kill the Tresident. Many Killed Orer Loot. The steamship Tartar has arrived al Vancouver. B. C\, from the Orient with urws of the burning of the business part of the city of Foo-Chow. China, More than $1,000,000 damage was dout? and many persons were killed iu tights over the loot. Many also per ished in the tire, which burucd fo; two days. five More Hi? Ku?sian Battleships. The Russian Government has decided to build live battleships, onch o' liO.OUO tons, in Russian shipyards. The Sj<oriin? World. The so:!sou for shouting squirrels in Maryland lias begun, and will continue. according to the State law, until December 1. John Flanagan lias tlirowu the sixteen-pound hammer 171 feet 0 inches, a new world's record, at the Irish Athletic Club games, at New York City. Miss Ncely, of Chicago, and Miss Closterman, of Cincinnati, won the women's tennis doubles at the international tournament at Niagara Falls, N. Y. I\ i [president wile recover a d fhe Physicians Express the Opinion e That He is Out of Daneer. 0 0 SURGEONS REOPEN OLD WOUNB b 0 ? h Ballet Carried a Piece of Coat Beneath , h the 8kln?The Doctors Say That No Complication* Are rosnible ? BeeJ ? Juice Fed to the Patient in the Natural Way?A Keasnurlng Bulletin. r. Buffalo. N. Y.?The following bulletin was issued by the President's phyr? sicians on Tuesday: "The condition of the President Is 9 unchanged in all important particulars. When the operation was done on 1 Friday it was noted that the bullet had carried with it a short distance 9 beneath the skin a fragment of the . President's coat. The foreign material was, of course, removed, but a slight Irritation of the tissues was produced. the evidence of which has appeared only to-night. "It has been necessary on account of this slight disturbance to remove a few stitches and partially open th6 skin wound. This incident cannot ..jo,* /vfhu" ^nmnliratinns. but I ?XVC liOC IV/ Viwv-k ?? . ? it Is communicated to the public as the surgeons in attendance wish to make their bulletins entirely frank. In consequence of this separation of the edges of the surface wound thfe healing of the same will be somewhat delayed. The President is now well ^enough to begin to take nourishment by the mouth in the form of pure beei juice. "P. M. RIXEY. "M. D. MANN, "ROSWELL PARK, "HERMAN MYNTER, "CHARLES McBURNEY. 3 "GEORGE B. CORTELYOU, Secretary to the President." * The corps of eminent surgeons and " physicians in attendance on President McKinley have committed them' selves without reservation to the opinion that their patient was practically * out of danger, and that only the pos put 'em out axd keep 'em out. 1 (Unworthy to enter within the pale oi civilization.) ?From the New York Tribune. I sibility of complications threatened his life. They did not give assurance ? of his recovery collectively over theii signature in an official bulletin, but they went a long way toward it individually and separately. Each of them, witis the exception of Dr. Rixey, who did not leave the Mllburn house, placed himself squarely on record, not privately to the friends of the Pres'dent. but publicly through the agency of the press, that the danger point had passed and that the President would survive. 1 The little piece of lead in the muscles of the back is giving the physicians no concern whatever. Unless it should prove troublesome to the President later on, he will probably carry /" this grim souvenir of the anarchist with him to the end of his days. The doctors say that, once encysted, It can do no harm. Thousands of men are to-day walking the earth in perfect health with much larger chunks of lead in their bodies. The X-ray machine is ready for instant use, however. and if there is the slightest in flamraatlon or pain in the vicinity of the bullet an operation will be performed. The Vice-President, members of the Cabinet, Senator I-Ianna and the other friends of the President, who have remained here to await the issue, accepted the verdict of the physicians as i practically conclusive, and there was an exodus of those who considered their presence no longer necessary. Vice-President Roosevelt started for his home at Oyster Bay, Senator Hanna returned to Cleveland on business and Controller Dawes went back to Washington. The family of Abner McKinley, the President's brother, have returned home, and Mrs. Duncan and several other relatives of the President have gone. . The President's physicians have been impressed with his remarkable recuperative powers and the rapidity k of'his improvement. Ordinarily an incision for such an operation as was performed on him should heal within f three weeks, but in the President's l case it may be strong enough for him : to be moved a little sooner. The Pres. ident will be taken direct to Washing, ton as soon as it is safe to move him. I Vice-President Roosevelt sTood bei hind, the telegraph operator at the I I Wilcox home, where he is staying, and I read with eagerness the dispatch.from ? the Milt>urn mansion telling of the President's splendid condition. When s it was finished he clapped his handa^/ joyously, and with tears in his eyes > said to Mr. Wilcox: i "There! Didn't I tell you Ood would i not let such a noble man die by an assassin's bullet?" SOY SHOOTS FATHER DEAD. Parent Threatened Hl? Life and He Shot iu^Self-Defenae. Pittsfield. Mflss.?Arnold Brielman, i Jr., eighteen years old, shot and killed i j his father at .the Brielman farm on the Hancock ivad, four rnifes west of this city, t'lie boy then walked to the police station and surrendered . himself. He said^that his father came home intoxicated. He tlireatoned his ; son with a club : and the boy shot in 8Pir-cIi?r??nse. instantly Killing ins parent. Tile Brielmans are (Jermans. Veteran Disgraced and Expelled. John It. Leffley was drummed our of i (lie Soldiers* Home at Daiiville, 111., arter his buttons had been cut off. He had made remarks derogatory to President Mcl\inley. and lie manifested elation over the attempt on his life. After he had been degraded he wn< drummed to the gate and seut out in disgrace. Russia Wants Persian Trade. , ' A com mission of twenty Iiussiatt merchants will\ leave Odessa shortly for Persia. TLqoir object is to open markets in Ceraia for Russian products. . . . iLA