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Witness to the 5hooti
Last Gives Way to
[ Cheering messages regarding the
condition of President McKinley were I
\ ' cent out from Buffalo Sunday. Every
word that came from the big vinef>-:
: clad house on Delaware avenue, in
> which the stricken chief magistrate of
V- the nation lies battling for life, was
reassuring and the chanches of his re.
covery are so greatly improved that ail
of those who have kept the patient
vigil at his bedside feel strongly that
; his life will be spared.
^ The developments of Saturday and
3 Sunday night were dreaded, but hour
after hour passed the the distinguished
patient, struggling there beneath the
- watchful eyes of physicians and trainj&-\
ed nurses, showed not an unfavorable
symptom. Five times during the day
b;Sunday the eminent doctors and surgeons
assembled for consultation, and
P each time the verdict was unanimous
that what change had occurred was
for the better. Also for* the first time
nourishment was administered. It
Is# was liquid in form and was injected
p hypodermically to avoid the possibility
of irritating the walls of the
stomach.
: All day the members of the cabinet
and others associated with the presi,
dent in public life went away almost
^ tjubilantly all reflecting the hopeful
outlook at the Milburn house.
Mrs. McKinley continues to bear up
bravely and her fortitude under the
V circumstances is regarded as remarkB>
Able.
K : Seeretary Cortelyou, in whose hands
i- the management of everything seems j
F to be, was able to take some rest Sun^
. day morning for the first time since
jgp the tragedy.
Messages of Sympathy From Royalty.
L Almost every' government in the
r world has been heard from, most of
the crowned heads of Europe sending
rf. personal messages. Among the latter
are King Edward VII, Emperor
%, William, the kings of Portugal, Italy i
* and Sweden, and the sultan of Turkey. |
K President Loubet, of France, has also
cabled his sympathy direct. One of
. the most tonching messages thus far
E" received was from Madame Labori,
m the wife of Maitre Labori, who defendB
ed Dreyfus in his famous trial at
(JJfc Rennes.
The interest in the president's condition
was such across the Canada border
that the press was asked to furnish
a bulletin Sunday morning to be
' read in the churches in Quebec and
Montreal, and many requests of a sim||f*
liar character came direct to Secretary
I-.. ., Cortelvou from different parts of the
f , s~ United States and all over the world,
in fact, have fairly overwhelmed Sechf
retary Cortelyou.
fev ; 8tory of Shooting By Eye-Witness.
Bfc On many material points the wit*
nesses of Friday afternoon's tragedy j
p '- fail to agree. The action of the trag- j
p ~ edy was very fast and it was followed
k by a scene of confusion in which it
f was difficult to either see or hear
}. with accuracy.
* A newspaper reporter who stood just
behind the president when the shootti
ing occurred gave one of the clearest I
| accounts related so far. He said:
: *T stood about 10 feet from the
" president and saw Czolgosz approach
y .... -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,
p and I am qnite sure the president
^ ' thought he was injured, for he leaned
W:'- jforward and looked at him in a sym!
"s pathetic way. When directly in front;
of the president, Czolgosz threw his j
V '. right itand forward and fired. I saw j
- the flash and smoke followed by the 1
pv report and then heard the second shot. I
.. "Instantly John Parker, the colored j
man, and Secret Service Agent Foster
? were upon Czolgosz and they bore him
pp to tiie floor. Czolgosz, lying prostrate,
still retained a hold on his revolver !
and seemed to be trying to get his arm j
free to fire again. The president did I
iH?' not fall. He raised his right hand and !
cZ;' felt of his breast and seemed to be 1
maintaining his upright position only j
' ~ by wonderfnl effort. I am sure he did |
p not speak at that moment.
"He gazed fixedly at his assailant
p;
Assassin Czolgosz is A
5? Czolgosz still continues to eat well J
and sleep well and seems absolutely
| Indifferent to his fate. He makes no
K. inquiries as to the condition of the
L president and apparently cares nothing
at all as to the outcome of his injuries.
J' If any further proof were needed
that Czolgosz was the guest of Chicago
anarchists shortly before he went
to Buffalo on his murderous mission
against Piesident McKinley, it was
President Removed From iio
r " ' Upon arriving at the exposition hos- I
pital the president's wound was probed.
The abdomen was opened, but the
hall was not located. The incision
was
hastily made, and after a hasty
u consultation, it was decided to remove
L the patient to the home erf President
Milburn. This was done, the automoF
bile ambulance being used for the purK
pose. Arrived at the Milburn resiV
dence, all persons outside the medical
P attendants, nurses and officials imme-'
. diately concerned, were excluded, and
the task of probing for the bullet
XPRESS HOPE
eering Messages
nt's Condition.
EARFUL SUSPENSE
ragedy?Story of an Eyeng?rirs.
McKinleyat
Poignant Feelings.
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 Mc hnnriVprrhief which lay at
his feet. Czolgosz was picked up,
forced back and again knocked down.
Mr. Cortelqou and Mr. Milburn supported
the president and led him to
a chair. His courage was superb and
wtiile he was conscious he was the
master of the pain which he suffered.
When the ambulance came and a
stretcher was brought in the president
started forward and partly 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 probably was in exclamation
at the very rough treatment he was
receiving."
A Day of Anxiety.
During the day Saturday very little
that was definitely good filtered
through the watchful cordon around
the president's bedside. His pulse was
as high as 146, but men whose pulses
have registered 200 have lived. His
temperature was 102, not an extraordinarily
high figure, even considering
President McKinley's age. The doctors
issued five bulletins between 6
o'clock a. m. and 6:30 p. m., and because
they showed an absence of unfavorable
conditions they were generally
regarded as very hopeful.
Vice President Roosevelt reached
the Milburn residence shortly after
1 o'clock Saturday afternoon, after
traveling continuously since 7 o'clock,
?. ? v t>.?i: 17+ TJ^ n-oo
wnen ue if jl t tuning tun, t u m.
escorted from the station as far as the
Hotel Iroquois by a squad of mounted
police and the remainder of the way
by a squad of bicycle police. He expressed
his deep distress at the tragedy,
but beyond that declined to make
any statement.
By evening all of the members of
the cabinet except Secretary Hay and
Secretary Long arrived. Secretary
Wilson and Secretary Root spent most
of the day at the Milburn residence.
All the members of the cabinet will
remain in Buffalo until the result of
the wound is determined.
General Bnwke, commander of the
department of the east, who arrived
early Saturday morning from New
York, assumed personal charge of the
military and under his direction picket
lines were placed in every direction.
The police force and the soldiers
roped off the streets which intersect
Delaware avenue near the Milburn
residence, and teams and pedestrians
were kept off the streets.
Mrs. McKinle Breaks Down.
The fact that Mrs. McKinley was
permitted to see the president when
he was recovering from the surgical
operation Friday evening was made
public by the bystanders Saturday.
The exact details of that meeting are
unknown save to the physicians and
nurses who were in attendance. The
medical men have disclosed enough,
however, to make certain the fact that
Mrs. McKinley, weak and nervous as
she is, never faltered at the ordeal.
She walked to the bed without faltering,
she clasped the president's hand
in both of hers and kissed it fondly.
Faint greetings were exchanged between
them, but that was all. In the
faint light the nurses and physicians
stood about him, silhouettes in the
shadows. Then the president spoke:
"We must bear up," he said. "It
will be better for both of us."
Mrs. McKinley arose without a word
and left the room. She had played
the part of a strong woman, with nerves
of steel. Tears came to her eyes, but
as long as she was in the president's
sight she would not give way. Once
in her own apartment, however, she
broke down completely, and even with
Dr. Rixey's care, it was hours before
she recovered. Again Saturday she
paid a visit to the president's bedside.
She appeared much calmer and more
contained. The president asked to
see her, and his physician did not have
the heart to refuse his request. She
was there but a few minutes.vseated at
his bedside, as he in his devotion to
her in her illness had so often been at
hers. Mrs. McKinley had been warned
not to talk, and the president and his
wife exchanged only a few words.
absolutely Indifferent.
supplied Sunday by three of the prisoners
in the central station in Chicago.
They identified a photograph of the
murderous "red" as a picture of a man
whom t'hey saw at the home of Abraham
Isaak, 515 Carroll avenue, not
longer ago than July 12.
The eleven men and women under
arrest, who are avowed anarchists,
were formally booked Sunday night
on the charges of conspiracy to commit
murder.
spital to Milburn Residence.
which was lodged in the abdomen was
UC5UU.
While the wounded president was
being borne from the exposition to
j the Milburn residence between rows of
onlookers, with bared heads, a different
spectacle was witnessed along the
route of his assailant's journey from
the scene of his crime to police headquarters.
The trip was made so
quickly that the prisoner was safely
| landed within the wide portals of the
police station and the doors closed before
any one was aware of his presence.
I SOUTH CAROLINA I
\ STATE NEWS ITEMS, j
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Mattie Hughea May Be Tried.
The criminal court convened at
Greenville last Monday, with Judge
Townsend presiding. The criminal
docket is very heavy this term. The
famous Mattie Hughes case will be
called. If Mrs. Hughes is tried at this
term it will be her fifth trial for killing
her husband. She is now living in
Spartanburg.
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McSweeney Wires Sympathy.
Governor McSweeney wired the following
message of sympathy to President
McKinley immediately after he
was shot:
"His Excellency, President William
McKinley, 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 spare your
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. B. McSWEENEY,
"Governor of South Carolina."
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Citizens of Union Express Sympathy.
A mass meeting was held in the
court house of Union last Monday
night. The meeting was a very representative
body of 300 citizens, repre|
senting every avocation of life. The
meeting was the most unanimous and
demonstrative ever held in the town.
The object was to express the sentiment
of the community regarding the
attempted assassination of President
McKinley.
Several appropriate speeches were
made by the best speakers of tho
town, expressing the highest esteem
for President McKinley as a noble citizen.
?? statesman and a Christian gentleman.
Resolutions were passed condemn
ing an editorial that recently appeared
in The Columbia State.
*
Where Is Lieutenant Wearn?
The mystejious case of Lieutenant
R. H. Wearn, formerly of the First
South Carolina regiment of volunteers,
Spanish-American war, is putzling
the federal authorities of
Charleston, who have been directed to
enter suit against him for failure to
return certain vouchers. In his accounts
$1,065.83 was not returned in
the voucher list. The solicitor of the
treasury department instructed the
district attorney to enter suit, and efforts
were made to locate Wearn, but
these failed. The marshal took the
papers and sent a deputy to Newberry,
his old home, but there is no trace of
him to be found. The family of the
former lieutenant has scattered the
impression that he is dead, although
there is no record of his death on file.
The general belief is that Wearn is
now in the.Philippines, having enlisted
in the army under a different name,
in the hope that his record there will
offset his trouble with the government.
In a manner the case is the most puzzling
ever handled by the district attorney.
Will Enhance Attractions.
The directors of the Charleston exposition
have received official notice
from Washington that the exhibits of
the navy, state and interior departments,
which are now installed at the
Pan-American will be moved ' to
Charleston intact for the opening of
the exposition in December. The Buffalo
exposition exhibits are considered
the best ever made by the government
and with the addition of all these fine
features in Charleston the attractions
will be very greatly enhanced. Secretary
Long Is particularly interested in
the success of the exposition, and ha
feels kindly toward the city on account
of what has been done toward securing
a naval station site. While the
failure of congress to make an appropriation
for Charleston's exposition
was disappointing in the extreme,
there will nevertheless be a splendid
government display, and the news
from Washington has been received
with an evidence of joy.
*
Remarkable '"Deer" Hunt.
A remarkable story comes to light
in Darlington through the arrest of Ed
Moore, a white man, and two of hi?
friends named Cooper and Blackman,
charged with a murderous assault
upon the life of the wife of Moore.
According to the story of Cooper
and Blackman, Moore asked them to
go on a deer hunt with him. Armed
with Winchesters and shotguns they
started off on a hot trail for what they
thought was legitimate game, whether
in or out of season.
They proceeded to Hartsville. a few
miles distant, where they found
Mrs. Ed Moore at the home of a relative.
At the sight of her husband and
the other men with their weapons
Mrs. Moore fled from the house and
sctarted into the woods.
| "There's the deer!" cried Moore, at
i the sight of his wife flying for the
woods, and thereupon he raised his
weapon and fired at her. In all Moore
fired about twenty shots at his wife,
but without serious effect.
The three men were arrested shortly
afterwards and placed in jail at
Darlington. Blackman and Cooper
gave the same version of the story and
deny positively that they had any idea
of going on such a mission. So far
as can be learned their story is a
prety straight one.
Mrs. Moore says her husband was
on a spree, and it was for that reason
she left home and went to the home of
friends.
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Camp Hampton Expresses Sorrow.
At a meeting of Camp Hampton,
General Wade Hampton's camp, reso
lutions deploring the attack on Presi- I
dent McKinley were unanimously i
adopted:
"Whereas. The appalling news of
the attempted assassination of William
McKinley, the president of the
United States, this day at Buffalo. N.
Y., has just been received in this city,
and that our nation is greatly apprehensive
of serious results therefrom,
"Resolved, That in view of this de- 1
plorable news Camp Hampton do express
to the nation through the press
their sincere regrets that such a vio- (
lent dispensation should befall our
orwl fhot- TV a nrflV find
V.W1C1 caul utx i c auu cuub *? v r * ^
in His infinite mercy, if He so wills it.
that such a calamity as the death of
! the faithful head of our government be
! averted, and that the president may
yet be spared to fulfill the great mission
in the government for which he '
has been appointed by its people and
that he has so far so faithfully per- ,
formed."
*
Revival of Trade Expected.
The fact that Charleston is now
able to accommodate the largest vessels
which may enter that port is being
made known to shippers generally,
and business men of the city look for
a great revival of export trade. On
the strength of official information furnished
by the Charleston Pilots' Association.
the Atlantic Coast line has issued
circulars to the effect that deep
water is in abundance and is advising
shippers to bring the larger vessels
this way. At low water Charleston has
a depth of 24 feet and at high water
vessels drawing 28 feet can pass in
and out at will. The work now progressing
at the channel will give the
port even better facilities for handling
big ships.
The cotton exporters are preparing
for a heavy year's business on account
of the deep water in the harbor, and
buyers have been sent out broadcast to
get cotton from sections which have
never shipped there in the past. The
outlook for the port is better than at
any other time in recent years.
ASSASSIN AGAIN EXAMINED.
After Strenuous Efforts Officials Fail
to Extort Further Knowledge.
Czolgosz, the assailant of President
McKinley, went through another long
examination at Buffalo Monday at the
hands of the police officials, but
emerged from it without having added
anything material to their knowledge
of the case. The chief effort of the
detectives was to draw from the prisoner
some admission as to his accomplices,
but he persistently stood to his
denial that he was not assisted in any
way in the commission oi his crime.
MISS MARIE ARRAIGNED.
Philadelphia Woman On Trial In London
For Forgery.
Marie Josephine Eastwick, of Philadelphia,
looking pale and worn from
her week's imprisonment, was brought
up on remand at t'*e Guild hall police
court in London Monday on the
charge of having forged a railroad
stock certificate to the value of 100,000
pounds.
A printer testified that he had printed
the alterations in the certificate under
Miss Eastwick's directions, not
knowing what the document was.
SULTAN'S COOKS STRIKE.
They Kick on Non-Payment of Salaries
and Many Are Imprisoned.
The Constantinople correspondent
of The London Times says that owing
to the non-payment of salaries, the
kitchen staff of the Yildiz kiosk have
mutinied.
The sultan ordered the payment of
tl-ococ: hut at the same time had sev
tfMQVWy WWV
eral cooks imprisoned.
SEVEN VICTIMS OF WRECK.
Disastrously Fat*l Accident Occurs on
Northern Pacific In North Dakota.
Five men were killed and six others
seriously injured, two of whom have
since died, in a collision which occurred
early Sunday morning. A mixed
train on the Northern Pacific was carrying
seventeen men on a flat car. As
the car passed Jameston, N. D., a road
engine was strr~k and the force of
the collision caused the flat car to collapse.
The men were harvest hands
who had boarded the car at Lamoure.
BOOK SELLERS REGISTER KICK.
They Oppose Scheme of City of Atlanta
to Sell All School Books.
The retail book sellers of Atlanta,
Ga., have registered a very vigorous
kick against the scheme of the city to
sell school books to the children at
the schools. The retailers claim that
such action on the part of the city is
unjust to them and at the same time
is of no advantage to the people who
have to buy the books.
BOMBARDING COLOMBIAN TOWN.
Venezuelan Fleet Begins Business of
War In Earnest.
An official cable announcement that
the Venezuelan fleet is bombarding
the Colombian town of Rio Hacha, was
received at the Colombian legation In
Washington Saturday. The dispatch
came from Dr. Ricardo Becarra, for
merly the Colombian minister in
Washington and at present at Willemstailt,
near the scene of operations.
STRIKERS WILL RESUME WORK.
I HalV of the Bay View Men Vote to
Cease Fight on the Trust.
The Bay View meeting in Milwaukee,
after a stormy session, broke up
in a row Sunday. The radical element
left the hall and the remaining members.
not quite half of those in attendance.
voted to return to work and did
go Monday morning when the mills
started up.
The question of returning to work
was debated at length and after every
member had his say, President Red
STORY OF CZOLGOSZ
Would=Be Assassin of McKinley
Taiks Boldly of His Crime.
WAS A PLOT OF ANARCHISTS
Culprit Says He Was Inspired to Po
Dastardly Deed Through
Speeches of Notorious
Emma Goldman.
A Buffalo special says: Leon Czolgosz,
the self avowed disciple of Em
ma Goldman and the other radical anarchist
leaders, who shot President
McKinlev, insists that he alone is responsible
for his crime. He says that
he talked the matter over in advance
in a general way with his friends, but
that he was not advised by them and
that there was no plot or conspiracy
to take the life of the president in
which any one else had a part. He
declined to furnish the names of the
men with whom he discussed the
crime of Friday, but the police believe
they will yet learn them, and when
they do, they will have exposed the
anarchistic plot of which they are confident
the prisoner was the final agent
of murder.
Czolgosz submitted to six hours of
examination and questioning at the
hands of the police officials Saturday
and was tired out when they led him
back to his cell and locked him up for
the night. The lengthy examination
of the prisoner was fruitless save in so
far as his own individual fate is concerned.
for while he told nothing that
would implicate any one else in his
crime, he went over the scene at the
Temple of Music when he shot the
president again and agaia. completing
a confession as ample as the law ever
exacted. He even went to the extent
of illustrating to the officers the manner
in which he shot the president,
and told with manifest pride how he
deceived the president and his protectors
with the bandaged hand that
held the revolver.
The statement of Czolgosz made to
the nolice. transcribed and signed by
the prisoner in part, is as follows:
"I was born in Detroit nearly twenty-nine
years ago. My parents were
Russian Poles. They came here fortyone
years ago. I got my education in
the public schools of Detroit, and then
went to Cleveland, where I got work.
5n Cleveland I read books on socialism
-and met a great many socialists.
I was pretty well known as a socialist
in the west After being in Cleveland
for several years I went to Chicago,
where I remained seven months,
after which I went to Newburg, on the
outskirts of Cleveland, and went to
work in the Newburg wire mills.
"During the last five years I have
had as friends anarchists in Chicago,
Cleveland, Detroit and other western
cities, and, I suppose, became more or
less bitter. Yes, I know I was bitter.
I never had much luck at anything and
this preyed upon me. It made me morose
and envious, but what started the
craze to kill was a lecture by Emma
Goldman. She was in Cleveland and I
and other anarchists went to hear her.
She set me on fire.
"Her doctrine that all rulers should
be exterminated was what set me to
thinking so that my head nearly split
with pain. Miss Goldman's words
went ringing through me, and when I
left the lecture I had made up my
mind that I would do something heroic
for the cause I loved.
"Eight days ago, while I was in Chicago,
I read in a Chicago newspaper
of President McKinley's visit to the
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo,
and got here with the determination to
Dut the chief executive out of the
way."
Notwithstanding the statement of
Czolgosz, the general theory now held
by the detectives is that a circle of
the man's associates plotted the murder
of President McKinley, and that
he was picked by lot or induced by persuasion
to carry out the conspiracy.
+ V* a 1 o nlr e tVin c? Vi rfiTT/1
I tit" V aaj mat IXC iav.no ijuivnu
ness to have planned and executed the
crime as he did.
WANTED COLOR LINE DRAWN.
Georgian Created Big Sensation at
Meeting of Stationary Engineers.
In the annual convention of the National
Association of Stationary Engineers
at Rochester, N. Y., Thursday.
Delegate Denton, of Association No. 1
of Georgia, sprang a sensation by
handing up a written resolution changing
the constitution so as to limit
membership in the association to
"white engineers." Immediately after
the reading of the resolution there was
a storm of hisses and protests. A vote
was taken and only five delegates voted
in the affirmative.
YACHT COLUMBIA SELECTED.
Champion of 1899 Will Go Against
Shamrock II In Big Cup Race.
The yacht Columbia, champion of
1899, has beer; chosen to race against
Shamrock II in defense of the American
cup. This decision was reached
at New York Thursday after a conference
lasting two hours between the
members of the challenge committee.
All the committee were present and
the discussion was exhaustive.
FOURTEEN TANKS BURNED.
r?:i cir- at Pnint Breeze Cost $500,000,
While Three Lives Were Lost.
The fire which started at the works
of the Atlantic Refining Company, at
Point Breeze, on the Schuylkill river
front in the southwestern section of
Philadelphia, burned itself out Thursday.
Vice President Lloyd, of the company,
estimates the loss at about $500,000.
Fourteen tanks, containing about
200.000 barrels of oil. were destroyed.
The death list has been reduced to
three.
OliNLtV HAS A WAY
An Anspicions Occasion at tbe
Pan-American Exposition.
NOTABLE ADDRESS DELIVERED
Nation's Chief Executive Talks Optimistically
of Expansion, Reciprocity,
Ship Subsidies and
Isthmian Canal.
A special from Buffalo, N. Y., says:
President's day at the Pan-American
exposition ran its course under very
auspicious conditions, and was attended
with every circumstance in
keeping with its high import.
President McKinley, with Mrs. McKinley
by his side and surrounded by
eminent persons of high rank in the
service of this and foreign countries,
faced a vast throng of people in the
esplanade at noon Thursday and delivered
an address that brought forth
the thunderous applause of the multitude.
The president's words were listened
to attentively by the audience. His
reference to the name of Blaine as the
man associated with the Pan-American
movement; the statements that
reciprocity treaties are in harmony
with the spirit of the times; that the
American people must build the isthmian
canal and the Pacific cable and
encourage our merchant marine service
and that isolation is no longer possible
or desirable were particularly well
received.
Twenty mounted police and twenty
members of the signatory powers escorted
the president to the Lincoln
park way entrance to the exposition
grounds. There the president was
met by detachments of the United
States marines and the seacoast artillery
and the Sixty-fifth and Seventyfourth
national guard, state of New
York regiments. A president's salute
of twenty-one guns was fired. The
president was at once escorted to the
stand erected in the esplanade, where
President Milburn introduced the
president as follows:
"Ladies and Gentlemen: The president."
The most striking passages from
President McKInley's address were as
follows: I
"We have a vast and intricate business,
built up through years of toil
and struggle, in which will not permit
ef either neglect or of undue selfishness.
No narrow, sordid policy will
subserve It. The greatest skill and
wisdom on the part of the manufacturers
and producers will be required
to hold and increase it.
"By sensible trade arrangements,
which may not Interrupt our home production,
we shall extend the outlets
for our increasing surplus. A system
which provides a mutual exchange of
commodities is manifestly essential
to the continued healthful growth of
our export trade. We must not repose
in fancied security that we can
^ W
iorever seu every imus auu uu; uuic
or nothing.
"Reciprocity is the natural outgrowth
of our wonderful industrial development
under the domestic policy
now firmly established. What we produce
beyond our domestic consumption
must have a vent abroad. The excess
must be* relieved through a foreign
outlet. The period of exclusiveness is
past. Expansion of our trade and commerce
is the pressing problem. A polmercial
wars are unprofitable. A policy
of good-will and friendly trade relations
will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity
treaties are in harmony with
the spirit of the times; measures of
retaliation are not.
"If, perchance, some 01 our tariffs
are no longer needed for revonue, or
to encourage and protect our industries
at home, why should they not be
employed to extend and promote our
markets abroad?
"We must have more ships. They
must be under the American flag, built
and manned and owned by Americans.
"We must build the Isthmian canal,
which will unite the two oceans. The
construction of a Pacific cable cannot
be longer postponed."
Limit to Pension Applications.
No more pension applications will
be passed up by Pension Commissioner
Lindsev, of Georgia, for this year after
the 14th of the present month. All
applications must be prepared and presented
before that date if the applicant
desires to receive a pension.
Row Among Kentucky Miners.
Tile trouoie Deiween me union miners
and non-union miners and mine
owners in Hopkins county, Kentucky,
just over the Tennessee line, is becoming
more serious.
STATE TREASURER RESIGNS.
Stowers Decides to Get Out and Governor
Longino Promptly Approves.
J. R. Stowers, state treasurer of
Mississippi, who was suspended by
Governor Longino some days ago as
a result of a shortage of $107,000 when
the governor counted the cash August
15th, which shortage was made good
later, tendered his resignation as trea
surer, which the governor accepted.
The governor will appoint Acting
Treasurer Carlisle to the vacancy and
order an election as provided by law.
STRIKE PRACTICALLY ENDED?
Such le the Prevalent Opinion In Pittsburg
Among All Classes.
The generally prevailing opinion in
Pittsburg just now is that the great
steel strike is practically settled, but
nothing positive can be learned from
either side -c> the controversy.
Thursday was spent by the Amalgamated
advisory board in secret conference
behind doors guarued closer
than ever beiore. The newspaper
1 "dead line" was drawn most effectually.
FKIMVI
Desperately Wounded
On Grounds of fi
While Shaking Hands W;
In the Temple of Musk
tive Receives Two F
President McKinley was shot and
ceriousiy tycanded by a would-be assassin
while holding a reception In
-he Temple of Music at the Pan-American
exposition, at Buffaio, N. Yn a
few minutes after 4 o'clock Friday afternoon.
One shot took effect in the
right breast, the other in the abdomen.
The first shot was not of a serious naLire,
and the bullet was soon ex
*racted.
Specials from Buffalo tell the story
.;f the tragedy as follows:
President McKinley, the idol of thd
American people, the nation's chief
xecutive and the city's honored guest,
ies prostrate, suffering the pangs indicted
by the bullets of a cowardly as assin,
while his life hangs in the
balance.
Out on Delaware avenue, at the
home of John G. Milburn, president of
the Pan-American exposition, with
tearful face and heart torn by conflicting
hopes and fears sits the faithful
wife, whose devotion is known to
all the nation.
It was a few moments after 4 p. m.,
while President McKinley was holding
a public reception in the great
Temple of Music on the Pan-American
grounds that the cowardly attack was
made, with what success time alone
can telL Standing in the midst of
dense crowds, numbering thousands,
surrounded by every evidence of good
will, pressed by a motley throng of
people, showered with aspressione of
love and loyalty, beseiged by multitudes,
all eager to clasp his hand, amid
these surroundings and with the everrecurring
plaudits of an admiring
army of sight-seers ringing in his ears,
the blow of the assassin foil and in an
instant pleasure gave way to pain, admiration
to agony, folly turned to fury
and pandemonium followed.
Planned with the diabolical ingenuity
and fineness of which anarchy
or nihilism is capable, the would-be
assassin carried out the work without
a hitch, and should his designs fail
and the president survive, to Divine
Providence can be attributed the result.
The president, although well guard
ed by United States secret service detectives,
was fully exposed to such an
attack as occurred. He stood at the
edge of the raised dais upon which
stands the great pipe organ at the
east side of the magnificent structure.
Throngs of people crowded in to gaze
upon their executive, perchance to
clasp his hand, and then fight their
way out in the good-natured mob that
every minute swelled and multiplied
at the points of ingress and: egress to
the building.
The president was in a cheerful
mood, and was enjoying, to the fulleat
extent, the hearty .evidences of good
will which everywhere met his gaze.
Upon his right stood John G. Milburn,
of Buffalo,. president of the Pan-American,
chatting with the president and
introducing to him any especial persons
of note who approached. Upon
the platform stood Secretary Cortelyou.
It was shortly after 4 p. m. when
one of the throng which surrounded
that party, a medium-sized man of ordinary
appearance and plainly dressed
in black, approached as if to greet the
president. Both Secretary Cortelyou
and President Mllbuui noticed that the
man's hand was swa'thed in a bandage
or handkerchief. Reports of bystanders
differ as to his hand. He worked
his way amid the stream of people up
to the edge of the dais until he was
within two feet of the president.
Mr. McKinley smiled, bowed and extended
his hand in that spirit of geniality
the American DeoDle so well
know, when suddenly the sharp crack
of a revolver rang out loud and clear
above the hum of voices, the shuffling
of myriads of feet and vibrating waves
of applause that ever and anon swept
here and there over the assemblage.
There was an instant of almost complete
silence. The president stood
stock still, a look of hesitancy, almost
of bewilderment, on his face. Then
he retraced a step, while a pallor began
to come over his features. The
multitude, only partially aware that
something serious had happened, paused
in surprise, while the necks were
craned and all eyes turned as one toward
the rostrum where a great tragedy
was being enacted. Then came a
commotion.
With the leap of a tiger three men
Mrs. McKinley Be
Immediately after the president was
cared for at the exposition grounds,
Director General W. I. Buchanan started
for the Milburn residence to fore*
stall any information that might reach
there by telepnone or otherwise. Very
luckily he was first to arrive with the
information. The Niagara Falls trip
had tired Mrs. McKinley, and on returning
to the Milburn residence she
took leave of her nieces, the Misses
I Barber, and the president's niece, Miss
* USml Honn
L<yiiLii lmiii i iuug
While the wounded president was
being borne from the exposition to the
Milburn residence between rows of onlookers,
with bared heads, a different
spectacle was witnessed along the
The trip was made so quickly that
the scene of his crime to police headquarters.
News of Shooting of President Unthe
prisoner was safely landed within
the wide portals of the police station
and the doors closed before any one
was aware erf his presence.
TSie crowd had grown from tens to
hundreds, and in turn quickly swelled
i is snui i
By Assassin's Bullet J
taffalo Exposition. J
ith a Tremendous Throng
Nation's Chief Executallets
In His Body. '.''M
threw themselves forward as with
one Impulse and sprang toward the
would-be assassin. Two of them were %
United States secret service men who
were on the lookout and whose duty
it was to guard against just such a ca- , - ^
" - * - ' ?- -.-11 *<1. ? f.jw.Mnn* 'it
lamuy as naa oeiaueu uu? pimuw* ^2?
and the nation. The third was a bystander,
a negro, who had an instant
previously grasped in his dusky palm
the hand of the president As one
man the trio hurled themselves upon |jg
the president's assailant and in a sec- , $3
ond he was thrown to the floor, his . v*
weapon was wrested from his grasp
and strong arms pinioned him down. yj?|
Then the multitude which thronged
the edifice began to come to a realize- '.'V?
tion sense of the awfulness of the
scene of which they had been unwill- 4
ing witnesses.
The crowd that for a moment had ">;|?
stood mute and motionless as in be- vfe
wildering ignorance of the enormity
of the thing, now with a single im- ;; ?
pulse surged forward toward the stage
of the horrible drama. For a moment ;
the confusion was terrible. The
crowd surged forward regardless of : ^|?
consequences. * Men shouted and
fought, women screamed and children |||
cried. Some of those nearest the doom ???
fled from the edifice fearful of a stam
pede, while hundreds of others from
the outside struggled blindly forward '- ?
in an effort to penetrate the crowd
and solve the mystery of excitement ;
and panic which every moment grew
and swelled into the congested interior
of the edifice.
After the first shock of the assas- .
sin's shots, President McKinley re* y>JB
treated a step, then as the detectives
leaped upon his assailant he turned, - |
walked steadily to a chair and seated
himself, at the same time removing
his hat and bowing his head in hia '
hands.
In an instant Secretary Cortelyon
and President Mifburn were at his ||
side. His waistco&t was borrieqiy
opened, the president meanwhile admonishing
those about him to remain M
calm and telling them not to be
alarmed.
"But you are wounded," cried his
secretary; "let me examine."
"No, I think not," answered the
president "I am not badly hurt I as*
sure you."
Nevertheless, his outer garments
were hastily loosened and when a '
trickling stream of crimson was seen
to wind its way down his breast
spreading its tell-tale strain over the |f
white surface of the linen, their worst
fears were confirmed.
As soon as the crowd in the Temple
of Music had been dispersed sufficient- "
ly the president was removed in the ,
automobile ambulance and taken to . :;?g
the exposition hospital, where an exI
amination was made. * a
The president's assailant in the
meantime had been hustled to the-xear. . |f
of the building by 'the exposition
guards, where he was held while the
building was cleared, and later he was
turned over to Superintendent Bull, of
the Buffalo ^police department, who
took the prisoner to No. 13 police sta- _ = ^
tlon, and afterwards to police head- :'v#f
quarters.
The best medical skill was sum- J
moned and within a, brief period several
of Buffalo's best known practi- >
tioners were at the patient's side.
The president retained *he full powers
of his faculties until placed on the
operating table and was sut^ected to
an anaesthetic. Upon the first examination
it was found that one buiiet
had struck him on the upper portion ' jg
of the breast bone, glancing and not
penetrating; the second bullet pene1
*Vi _ ah/1nmAn K In^hM holnW the
iraim cue auuuuivu v auvmvw ?.
left nipple and 1 1-2 inches to the left
of the median line. The abdomen was
opened through 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 stitches, 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. . 7M
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 abdominal organ was discovered.
The patient stood the operation well,
pulse of good quality, rate of 130; condition
at the conclusion of operation
was gratifying.
ars Shock Bravely.
Duncan, as well as their hostess, Mrs.
Milburn, and went to her room to rest
Mr. Buchanan broke the news as
gently as possible to the nieces, and
consulted with them and Mrs. Milburn
as to the best course to pursue in
breaking the news to Mrs. McKinley.
Mrs. McKinley awoke from her sleep
at about 5:30 o'clock, and was made
aware of the tragedy. She bore up
under the terrible shock with resigned
and rare fortitude. :1f
; Him! Was the Cry. J
?tn thousands until the SDot was com
pletely blocked with a mass of human* .
ity. It was at this juncture that some ,
one raised the cry of
Like a flash the cry was tnken up
and the whole crowd, as if ignfr^jeg9^^|
the single match thus applied, re-eclt?*^^H
The crowd was so great that it
came necessary to rope off the entlr^^^H|
street in front of police headquart^^J^^H
and the police were set to patroll^^^^^H
in the streets in squads of three