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FUNERAL TRAIN SPED FROM
BUFFALO TO WASHINGTON
Washington, Sept. 16.--The remains
of President McKinley to-night lie in
the East room of the White House,
where for more than four year~ he has
made his home as chief magistrate of
the g~eat American repul)lic. Upstairs
hts widow mourns for 'net dead in the
family apartments that now bring
back but the saddest of memories. It
is with the oimplest ceremony that fit-
ted perfectly tile sadness of the occa-
sion that the body of the late Presi-
, dent was borne up Pennsylvani$ ave-
nue to the White House and laid upon
the bier in the great East room where
he had stood so often in the pride of
his manhood to receive the greetings
of the common people he loved better
than himself.
The silence that marked the progress
of the funeral party through the na-
tional capital was profound, The peo-
ple as a whole did not talk even in
whispers.
Washington, Sept. 16.--Through a
living lane .of bare-headed people,
stretching from Buffalo up over the
Alleghanies downinto the broad val-
leys of the Susquehanna and the city
on the banks of the shining Potomac,
the nation's marlyred President to-day
made his last journey to the seat o¥
government over which he presided
for four and a half years.
The whole country seemed to have
drained its population at the side~ of
the track over which the funeral
train passed. The thin lines through
the mountains and the sparsely settled
districts thickened at the little ham-
lets, covered acres in towns, suddenly
grew to the proportions of respectable
cities and were congregated into vast
multitudes in tile larger cities. Work
was suspended in field and mine and
city. The schools were dismissed.
Everywhere appeared the trappings
and tokens of woe. Millions of flags
at half mast dotted hillsides and wal-
leye and formed a thicket of color over
the cities. And from almost every
banner streamed a bit of crepe. The
statione were heavy with the black
symbol of mourning.
A~ all the larger towns and cities af-
ter the train got into Pennsylvania,
militiamen drawn up at "'present
arms" kept back the enol~nous crowds.
The silence with which the countless
thousands viewed the remains of their
hero and martyr was oppressive and
profound.
Only the rumbling of the train's
wheels, the sobs from men and women
with tear-stained faces, and the dole-
ful tolling of the church bells broke
upon the ear. At several places, Will-
iamslmrt, Harrisburg and Baltimore,
the chimes played Cardnail Newm~m's
grand hymn. Taken-altogether, the
Journey home was the most remarka-
ble demonstration of universal person-
al sorrow since Lincoln was borne to
his grave. Every one of those who
came to pay their last tribute to the
dead had an opportunity to catch a
glimpse of the flag-covered bier elevat-
ed to the view in the observation car
at the rear of the train.
There was no other spot of color to
catch the eye on this train of death.
The locomotive was shrouded .in black,
the curtains of the car in which sat
the lonely, stricken widow, the rela-
tives of the President. cabinet and oth-
ers were drawn. The whole black
train was like a shuttered house, save
only for that htmlmost car where the
body lay, guarded by a soldier of the
army and a sailor of the navy.
Mrs. McKinley stood the trip brave--
ly. In the morning soon after leaving
Buffalo she pleaded so earnestly to be
allowed to go into the car where her
dear one lay that reluctant consent
was given, and she spent a half-hour
beside the coffin. All the way the
train was preceded about fifteen mlr
utes by a pilot engine sent ahead
test the bridges and switches and pr£
vent the possibility of an accident t¢
the precious burden it carried. The
train had the right of way over every-
thing. Not a wheel moved on the
Pennsylvania railroad system thirty
minutes before the pilot engine was
due. or for the same time after the
train had passed. General Superinten-
dent J. B. Hutchinson had sent out
explicit instructions covering every de-
tail. The order co,ncluded:
"Every precaution must be taken by
all emptoyes to make this move abso-
lutely certain."
General Boyd, assistant passenger
agent, had personal charge of the
train. The tr~ain left Buffalo at 8:30
o'clock this morning and arrived at
Washing~l~n at 8:38 o'clock to-night.
In twelve hours it Is estimated over
half a million people saw the coffin
which held all that was mortal of
President McKinley.
QUICK WORK WILL BE MADE
WITH ASSASSIN CZOLGOSZ
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 16.--L,eon F.
Czolgosz, alias Fred Nelman, was in-
dicted to-day by the County Court
grand Jury for murder in the first de-
gree, for fatally shooting President
McKinley ~n the Temple of Music in
the Pan-American Exposition at 4:15
o'clock the afternoon of September
6th.
Czolgosz will probably be arraigned
again to-morrow morning to plead to
the indictment.
Aside form the surgeons and physi-
cians In the case. no wi~messes were
sworn ether than those who were in
the Temple of Music and witnessed the
shooting. The complete witnesses in
the order in which, they appeared to
testify, follows:
Dr. Herman Mynter, Dr. H. R. Gay-
lord, Dr. H. G. Matzlnger, Dr. M. D.
Mann, Secret Service Detective Galla-
gher, Attorney James L. Quackenbush,
Attorney Louis L. Babcock, Harry
Hlnshaw, Captain Darner and Petrol-.
man Merkel of the exposition guards;
Corporal Louis Bertschey and Pri-
vates Neff, O'Brien, Fennebaugh and
Brooks of the Seventy-third Seacoast
artillery; E. C. Knapp, Mrs. Vanden-
borgh DaVis, John Brr~nch. a colored
porter; Captain Velley, chief of the
exposition detectives; Superintendent
Bull and Assistant Superintendent P.
V. Cusack of the local police depart-
ment; Fred Letghter, Charles J. Close,
Exposition Guards Westenfelder and
James and Detectives Geary and Solo-
mon of this city.
At 4:15 o'clock this afternoon, exact-
ly ten days after the shooting," the
grand Jury voted unanimously to in-
dict Czolgosz for murder in the first
des, tee.
At 4:41 the secret indictment was
presented to Judge Emery in the
County Com~.
Czolgosz was then taken under a
strong guard from the Jail through the
tunnel under Delaware avenue to the
Czolgosz is of medium height, of
fairly good build, and has light curly
hair. but a ten-days' growth of beard
on his face gave hlm an unkempt ap-
pearance. Apparently he feigned in-
sanity, not stupidity, and his glance
roamed about, but his eyes wexe al-
ways downcast. Not once did ~he look
the county prosecutor or the Judge in
the face.
"Czolgosz. have you got a lawyer?
Do you wish a lawyer? You have been
indicted for murder in the first degree.
:Do you want a lawyer to defend?
Czolgosz, look at me and answer?
District Attorney Penny fired these
questions at the prisoner, his voice
rising with each succeeding question,
but Czolgosz stubbornly refused to
answer.
Judge E:mery then asked the pris-
oner before the bar if he had counsel,
but there was no answer, despite the
fact that the officers told him the
Judge was speaking and that he must
answer. The court then said:
"Czolgosz, you having appeared for
arraignment In the court, without
counsel, the law makes it the duty of'
the court to assign counsel. The Bar
Association of our county has eonsid.
ered the matter and suggested the
names of certain gentlemen of high
character for such assignment. The
court has seriously considered the
question and has concluded to follow
the suggestion made by the associa:
tion. The court therefore assigns Lor-
aine L. Lewi.q and Robert C. Titus as
your counsel."
Czolgosz was handcuffed to the de-
tective, who started out of the court
room with him. The crowds surged
after them, but found the exit barred
by policemen. Ou~ide the court room
door the prisoner was surrounded by
policemen and hurried downstairs ln~
to ,the basement, whence he was taken
through the tunnel to the Jail. Wheth-
basement of the city hall and up the er he was left there for the night, or
stairs to. the court room on the second ] taken elsewhere, the police refused ¢~
floor. I say.
FUNERAL 0BSE R VANCE
TO BE HELD IN DEN VER
Denver, Sept. 17.--Weather permit-
ting, the memorial parade Thursday
afternoon will be the most impo~ing
spectacle of its kind ever seen in Den-
ver or any other city in Colorado. In
length and number of organizations
in line. it will surpass any funeral cor-
tege or other street parade witnessed
in this section of the United States.
Already between 4.000 and 5,000
men, through the secretaries of their
organizations, have asked for positions
in the column.
"That means that we will have
about 10,000 men in line." said Briga-
dier General Irving Hale last evening
at the state house during the course of
a meeting held by the committee hav-
ing the parade in charge. Associated
with him are Brigadier General John
Chaco, Major A. C. Williams and
Ralph Voorhees. "It is possible," he
continued, "that we may have a still
greater number. Each mail brings us
additional requests for positions. We
will grant them all. There will be
plenty of room for every organization
• In the state, if they choose to come to
Denver and wish to participate."
A. M. E. ~huln0h ~onfer~nos.
Pueblo, Sept. 16,--The fifteenth an-
rado, Utah. New Mexico, Montana,
Arizona and Wyoming. The confer-
ence, which has been in session five
days, under the presidency of Bight
hey. C. T. Shaffer. was the most suc-
cessful in the history o.f the negro
church in the West. Ray. J. T. Smith
acted as secretary and S. W. Byrd as
treasurer.
The assignments were made as fel-
llows: Presiding elder for the Denver
district. James H. Hybbard; presiding
elder for the Colorado Springs district,
S. ~V. Byrd. Pastors: Denver district,
Shorter elmrch. Denver, Jesse Peck;
Campbell church. Denver. J. T. Smith;
Ward mission. G. H. Bynrs; Boulder,
John Turner; Salt I~ake. J. H. D. Hill;
Anaconda. A. G. Elliott; Butte, Mon-
tana. Jordan Alien; Billings, B. McCui-
ley; Helena, Montana. J. P. Watson;
Great Fails. W. L. M. Baker: Ogden
mission. Utah. H. It. Hawkins; Colo-
rado Springs, A. A. Burleigh; Manitou,
S. Rice; Pueblo. G. F. C. Taylor; Bes-
semer mission, W, P. Q. Byrd; Crlpple
Creek., W. T. Thornton; Leadville, J.
W. Sanders; Grand Junction, A. Wag-
net; Aspen and Glenwood Springs, E.
W. Smith: La Junta, G. H. Smith;
Trinidad. G. "iV. Tlson: Las Vegas, W.
B. Johnson: AIbnquerque, J. D. Barks-
dale; Phoenix, A. Maxfleld; Waisen.
burg circuit, M. Jones; Evangelists,
Mesdames Lena Mason. J. P. Watson,
Nannie Reynolds, Llda Allen and Olive
nual session of represenmtlves of the Elllott. Ray. C. M. Smith was t~ns-
l~fth Episcopal District of the AfriCan ferred to the Kansas conference, but
Methodist EpiscopalChurch closed last mmperarlly put In charge at Cl~ey.
evening In Pueblo. ~:£heterrilory con.. anne. The next conference will be
I~rised in the district loci, des Col0~ held at Leadvllle next September,
WASH1NGTON GOSSIP.
At the White House on the morning
of the President's death the only evi-
dence of the event was the fact that
the flag was at half mast. The White
House will not be draped in mourning,
nor will any of the public buildings in~
the city, Congress several years ago
having had its attention called to the
matter and enacted a law prohibiting
the display of mourning on public
buildings.
The commissioners of the District of
Columbia held a meeting Saturday
and issued a proclamation, announcing
to the citizens of the District the death
of President McKinley, paying tribute
to his memory and ordering that, as a
mark of respect, the commissioners de-
sire that the public offices of the Dis-
trict of Columbia be closed on the day
of the funeral and that the flags on all
the District buildings be dis.played at l
half mast mltil further orders. The
commissioners had previously sent a
telegram to Secretary Cortelyou, ex-
pressing their personal grief at the
death of President McKinley and ex-
tending thetr~ profound sympathy to
Mrs. McKlnI~.
The Schley~urt of inquiry will hold
its sessions ~J~ the Washington navy
yard in n roo~ on the second floor of
the gunners'~ork.shop. The room
ha~ a floor space of sixty by 200 feet,
and is partitioned to provide a court-
room 60x80 feet. The reservation for
tile use of the court, Admiral Schley
and his counsel, the witnesses .and a
stenographer has been inclosed by a
railing, and two large Smyrna rugs
have been provided to increase *the
comfort of the court. Back of the
court room are two lago rooms, one
for the court, with a fireproof safe to
insure the preservation of the im-
portant recorcls that will be produced
at the hearings, and the other for the
nse of Admiral Sehley and his counsel.
White paint has been liberally applied,
giving an air of cleanli]dess. The only
decoration is two large new American
flags, which have been tastefully
draped over a freshly-bronzed large
representation of the American eagle.
Desks have been provided for the
newspaper correspondents just outside
the railing inclosing the court, and
seats have been arranged for 400 spec-
tators, who will be admitted by card.
Booths for the use of the correspond-
ents and telegraph operators have been
erected at one end of the hall.
Speaker Henderson appointed the
following committee of representatives
to attend the funeral of President Me-
Klnley: Representatives Grosvenor~
Burton, Norton and Taylor, of Ohio;
Loud, of California; Russell. Connecti-
cut; Ball, Delaware; Cannon, Hltt and
Hopkins, of Illinois; Steele, Indiana;
Hepburn, Iowa; Curtis, Kansas; Bur)
lelgh, Maine; Mudd. MaD, land; Gill,
Massachusetts; Corliss, Michigan;
Fletcher, Minnesota; Met-car, Nebras-
ka; Sullow. New Hampshire; Louden-
slager. New Jersey; Payne. Cummings
and Sherman. New York; Marshall,
North Dakota; Tongue, Blngham,
Grow and Dalzell. Pennsylvania; Ca-
pron, Rhode Island; Burke. South Da-
kota; Foster. Vermont; Cushman,
Washington; Dovenor, West Virginia;
Babcock, Wisconsin; Mondell, Wyo.
ruing; Richardson, Tennessee; Bank,
head, Alabama; McR~e, Arkansas;
Bell, Colorado; Sparkman. Florida;
Lester, Georgia; Glenn, Idaho; Smith.
Kentucky; Robertson. Louisiana; Will-
Iams, Mississippi; DeArmond, Mis-
souri; Edwards, Montana; Newlands,
Nevada; W. W. Kltchin: North Caro-
lina; Elllott, South Carolina; Lanham,
Texas; Swanson. Virginia; Bodie. New
Mexico; Fiynn, Oklahoma, and Smith,
Arizona,
Of the eight men who entered Pres-
ident McKinley's Cabinet at the begin-
ning of his first administration, only
three remain. These are Secretaries
Gage, Long and Wilson. The greatest
number of changes have taken place in
the State Department and the Depart.
ment of Justice. Three men have
served as the head of the State De.
partment since March 4, 1897. The
first of these was the late Hen. John
Sherman, who surrendered his place
In the Senate to become the premier of
Mr. McKinley's first Cabinet. At the
outbreak of the Spanish war he retired
and was succeeded by Judge William
R. Day of Canton, Ohio. who, when
the war had closed, gave place to the
present Incumbent. Hen. John Hay,
who had been Mr. McKinley's minister
to Great Britain. All three were Ohio
men. The first attorney general under
Presloent McKinley was the present
Supreme Court Justice, Hen. Joseph
McKenna. When he became a mem-
ber of the Supreme Court he was sac-
ceeded by Governor Griggs of New
Jersey, and the latter was at his own
request t~elieved at the beginning of the
present term. P. C. Knox, the incum-
bent, assuming the office. In each of
the Postoffiee, War and Interior De,.
partments, there has been one change.
Mr. Smith succeeded Mr. Gary in the
Postoffice Department; Mr. Boot Oen.
oral Alger in the War Department,
-and Mr. Hitchcock Mr. Bliss In the-In-
terlor Department.
Notice to Ambassadors,
Immediately after the receipt of the
news in Washington of the death of
President McKinley, the following
note was sent to the foreign represen-
tatives accredited to the government
of the United States:
Department of State, Washington,
Sept. 14, 1901.
Sir--It is my, painful duty to an-
nounce to you the death of William
McKinley, president of the United
Slates, ~n the city of Buffalo. at 15 min-
utes past 2 in the morning of to-day;
September 14th.
Laid low by the act on an assassin.
the week-long struggle to save his llfe
has been watched with keen solicitude,
not alone by the people of this coun:
try, who raised him from their own
ranks to the high office he filled, but
by the people of all friendly nations."
whose messages of sympathy and
hope, while hope was possible, have
been most consolatory in this time of
sore trial.
~ow that the end has come, I re-
st you ¢o be the medium of com-
municating the sad risings to the gov-
ernment of the honored nation you so
worthily represent, and to announce
that, in obeflience to the prescriptions
of the constitution, the office of presi.
dent has devolved npon Theodore
Roosevelt. vice president of the United
~tates.
Accept, sir, the renewed assuranee
of my highest consideration.
JOHN HAY,
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIE$.
The largest sawmill In the world is
to be erected at Aberdeen, Wash.
Andrew Carnegie has offered $20,000
to Riverside, Calffornia, for a free pub-
lic library.
The annual territorial fair of New
Mexico will be held at Albuquerque
October 15th.
The American Sugar Refining Com-
pany has advanced prices on Nos. 4. 5.
6, 7 and 8 refined sugar five points.
Senator Depew has been invited to
deliver the address at ~he opening of
the Charleston Exposition December
lsL
The postmaster at Nome, Joseph H.
Wright, has been arrested and held
for trial on the charge of embezzling
$3,200.
A number of big robberies have been
carried on by thieves on the gold pro-
ducing creeks back of Dawson City
this month.
Clergy half-fare perfits are to be ex-
tended to cover the entire terrritery
between Chicago and the Pacific coast.
Charles T. Yerkes has secured con-
trol of the proJectdd Brompton-Plcca-
dilly (tube) raLwoad, with a capital of
£2,100,000.
The steamer Sierra, which sailed
from Sydney, N. S. W., September 3d,
for San Francisco, has on board £500,-
000 in gold.
The census bureau reports that in
1900 there were produced 10,486,179
commercial bales of cotton, as against
9,645,974 bales in 1899.
At the Harlem race course, Chicago,
on the 5th instant, Jiminez ran a mile
and seventy yards in 1:42 3-5, breaking
the record for that distance.
Ex-president Grocer Cleveland has
consented to deliver the oration on
Founder's Day of the Carnegie Insti-
tute, in Pittsburg, November 7th.
Henry Dickens, son of Charles Dick-
ens, is tn this country, with his two
daughters, Misses Elaine and Olive,
and is staying at Lake Champlain.
United States Ambasador General
Horace Porter has received instruc-
tions from Washington to Invite
France to participate in the St. Lo~.~s
exposition.
The Trades Union Congress at Swam
sea, Wales, has voted to accumulate a
fund with which to fight the House of
Lords' picketing declsion "and other
legal wrongs."
Kate Livingstone, a cousin of Dr.
Livingstone, is living in the Isle of
Mull, in the Hebrides, and has Just
completed her 106th year. She is,
however, very weak.
An assessment of fifty cents per cap-
Ita has been levied on the 15,000 cloak.
makers of New York for the purpose
of fighting injunctions against the
cloakmakers' strike pickets.
Miss Stone, the missionary recently
abducted by brigands in the Vllayel
of Salonica, Turkey, is still a prisoner.
It has not yet been stated what ran-
som is demanded for her release.
Dartmouth College in New Hamp-
shire will celebrate its 100th anniver-
sary September 25th and 26th. One
thousand of the alumni will parade
dressed in revolutionary costumes.
Andrew Carnegie has donated a
large pipe organ to the Central Pres-
byterian Church 'of New Castle, Penn-
sylvania, which city recently refused
Mr. Carnegie's offer of a Worary build-
ing. '
Fire started by a spark from crossed
eleetrie wires destroyed machinery in
the Hleks-Judd Printing establishment
of San Francisco worth $100,000 and
did other damage estimated at $30,-
000.
A. B. Hammond of Portland, Oregon,.
has bought for $500,000 the largest un-
broken tract of timber land still re-
maining in first hands In Oregon. Fir.
ty thousand acres were involved In the
deal.
Vice President Roosevelt has written
A. B. Cummins, Republican nomlnee
for governor, that he will make two
speeches in Iowa this campaign, one
of them being in Des Molnes about
October 7th.
The transport McClellan, from New
York, July lOth, with the congressional
party, has reached Manila. The vis-
itors will make a tour of the islands fu~
the purpose of investigating the con-
duct of affairs.
Gee. Braunraided, a member of the
Soldiers' Home at I~eavenworth, was
dishonorably discharged recently and
'drummed out of camp for expressing
satisfaction at th~ shooting of Presi.
dent McKinley.
Robert H. Mumford, known through-
out the Yukon country an~ lhe states
as "Polly Bob," committed suicide at
Nome on August 22d, by swallowing
twenty grains of morphine, in a room
at the Gold Hill hotel.
The plant of the American Glucose
Sugar Refining Company at' Peoria.
Ill., the largest of the kind in the
United States, and the property of the
Glucose trust, has been closed down ln-
flefinitely. The plant employed about
1,200 hands.
General S. D. Stanley, president of
the Society of the Army of the Cum-
berland, announces that the annual re.
union of that society and the veterans
of that army will be held at I~ouisville,
Kentucky, on Perryvllle days, Octo-
ber 8th and 9th.
Application was made in the Su-
preme Court, Brooklyn, for the disso-
lution of the National Gramaphone
Company and the appointment of a
temporary receiver on.the ground that
the corporation is insolvent. The mo-
tions were granted.
"Russian newspapers are forbidden
to refer to famine conditions in Rus-
sia," says the St. Petersburg corre.
spondent of the London Daily Mail,
"bec, ause hunger, typhus and scurvy
have broken out m many districts and
hundreds are dying daily."
The Constantinople correspondent of
the London Times says that owing to
the non-payment of salaries, the
kitchen staff of the Ylldiz Kiosk mu-
tinied recently. The Sultan ordered the
payment of wages, but at the same
time had several cooks imprisoned.
The Mutual Match Comlmny of Clif-
ton, New Jersey, which has filed a cer-
tificate of incorporation to operate a
match plant, which ls expected to com-
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PRESIDENT R00S
TAKES OATH OF OFFICE
Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept, 14.-
President Roosevelt reached Buffalo
at 1:40 this afternoon, accompanied
only by his private secretary, William
Loeb, Jr. When he left the train an
escort of the Fourth signal corps
formed about him aud conducted him
to an automobile which his friend,
Ansley Wilcox, had in waiting.
The President rode to the Wilcox
home, vd~ere he stopped to dress and
then went to the Milburn house to
make his official call of condolence.
The place selected to take the oath
of office was the library of Mr. Wll-
cox's house, a rather small room, but
picturesque, the heavy oak trimmings
and the massive book cases giving all
somewhat the appearance of a legal
den. A pretty bay window with
stained glass ar'd heavy hangings,
for-mad a background and against this
the President took his position.
Surrounding him were the five mem-
bers of the Cabinet. Secretaries Root,
Hitchcock, Long, Wilson and Post-
master General Smith. Nearby were
senator Chauncey M. Depew, Judge of
the Court of Appeals Haight, John
Scathard. Mr. and Mrs. Ansley Wllcox,
Miss Wilcox, George P. Sawyer, Drs.
Mann. Park and Stoekten. Mr. and
Mrs. Carleton Sprague, Mr. an4 Mrs.
John G. Milburfi, secretary to the
President, Wllliam Loeb. Jr.; secre-
tary to the deceased President, George
Judge Hazel had stepped to the rear
of the President and Mr. Roosevelt
coming closer to Secretary I[oot, sah!
in a voice, that at first wavered, but
finally came deep and strong, while
as if to control his nervousness he hehl
firmly to the lapel of his coat with his
right hand:
"I shall take the oath at once, in ac-
cordance with your request~ and in
this hour of deep and terrible national
bereavement, I wish to state that it
shall be my aim to continue absolutely
unbroken, the policy of President Mc-
Kinley for the peace and prosperity
and honor of our beloved country,"
The Presiden¢ stepped farther into
the bay window and Judge Hazel, tak-
ing up the constitutional oath of office
which had been prepared on parch-
ment, asked the President to raise his
right hand and repeat it after him.
There was a hush like death in the
room as the judge read a few words
at a time and the President in a strong
voice and without a tremor and with
his raised hand as steady as if carved
from marble, repeated it after him.
"And thus I swear," he ended it.
The hand dropped by his side, the
chin for an instant rested on the
breast and the silence remained un-
broken for a couple of minutes as
though the new President of the Unit-
ed States was offering silen~ prayer.
Judge Hazel broke iL saying:
B. Cortelyou; Dr. and Mrs. Charles "Mr. President. please attach yo~r
Carey, R. C. Scathard, J. D. Sawyer, 1 signature." And the President, rum-
William Jeffers of the United States/ins to a small table nearby, wrote,
Senate, and Judge of ~he United I "Theodore Roosevelt" at the bottom of
States District Court, John R. ttazel. ] the document in a firm hand.
Judge Hazel stood near the Presi- [ "I should like to see the mere,bets of
deut in the bay window and the latter / the Cabinet a few momen~m after the
showed his almost extreme nervous-[ others retire," said the President, and
ness by plucking at the lppel of his this was the signal for the score of the
long frock coa~ and nervously tapping people who had been favored by wit-
tile hardwood floor with hls heel. He nessing of the ceremony, to retire. As
stepped over once to Secretary Root they turned to go, the President said:
and for about five minutes they con- "I will shake hands with you peopl0
versed earnestly. The question at is-
sue was whether the President should
first sign an oath of office and then
swear in. or whether he should swear
in first and sign the document in the
case after.
At precisely 3:42 o'clock, Secretary
Root ceased his conversation with the
President and, stepping back, while
an absolute hush fell upon every one
In the room, said in an almost in-
audible voice:
"Mr. Vice President. I -" then his
voice broke and for fully two minutes
the tears came down his face and his
lips quivered, so that he could not
continue his utterances. There were
sympathetic tears from those about
and two great drops ran down either
cheek of the successor of William Me-
Kinley. Mr. Root's chin was on his
breast. Suddenly throwing back his
head, as if with an effort, he continued
in a broken voice:
"I have been requested(on behalf, of
the Cabinet of the late President. at
least those who are present in Buffalo,
all except two, to request that for rea-
sons of weight, affecting the affairs of
government, you should proceed to
take the constitutional office of presi-
dent of the United State."
gladly," and with something of his old
smile returning he first shook hands
with the members of the Cabinet pres-
ent, then Senator Depew and finally
with a few guests and newspaper men.
Immediately following the dispers-
ing of the spectators after the taking
of the oath. the President asked the
Cabinet members ~resent to confer
with him. The conference lasted very
nearly two hours, and when it was fin-
ished the President said to the Asso-
ciated Press representative:
"Following on the brief statement ]
made when taking the oath, that I
would follow the administrative lines
laid down by President McKinley, 1
requested the members of the Cabinet
who were present to remain in their
positions, at least for the present.
They have assured me that they will,
and I may ~y that I have assurances
also from the absent memhers."
Inquiry was made of the President
as to whether an extra session of 0o~
grass would be called by him, and he
said that there was no fundamental
law requiring the calling of Congress
together upon the succession of a vice
president to the presidency, and that
after consulatlon with the Cabinet
they had decided that no such extra
session would be called.
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MOURNINfi PROCLAMATION
BY PRESIDENT R00S£VELT
Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept. 14.--, of America, do appoint Thursday next,
President Roosevelt to-night issued the I September 19th. the day on which the
following proclamation: " I body of the dead President will be laid
By the President of the UnitedI in Its last earthly resting place, as a
States, a proclamation: /day of moi~rnlug and prayer througl~
A terrible bereavement has befallen ~ out the United States. I earnestly re~.
our people. The President of the Unit. / ommend that all the people do assem-
ed States has been struck down; a~ ble on that day in thelr respective
crime committed not only against the places of divine worship, there to bow
chief magistrate but against every law-
aSiding and liberty-loving citizen.
President McKinley crowned a life
of largest love for his fellow-men, of
most earnest endeavor for their wel-
fare, by .a death of Christian forti-
tude; and both the way in which he
devoted his life and the way In which,
in the supreme hour of trial, he met
his death, will remain forever a pro.
cious heritage of our people.
It is meet that we as a nation ex-
press our abiding .love and reverence
for his life, our deep sorrow for hls
untimely death.
Novr~ therefore, I, Theodore Roose~
volt, President of the United States
pete with existin~ organizations. ~'ae M.D., Charles Carey, M. D., Hemanus
plant will be the largest independent I.~ Baer, M. D.
ms~h factory in the United PAa~w.
down in submission to the will of Al.
mighty God, and to pay out of full
hearts their homage of love and rever-
ence to the great, good President
whose death has smitten the nation
with bitter grlef.
In wltness whereof I have l~ereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington the
14th day of September, A. D. one
thousand nine hundred and one, and
of the independence of the United
States the one hundred and twenty.
sixth.
(Signed) THEODORI~ ROOSEVELT.
~y tile President.
John Hay, Secretary of State.
AUTOPSY SHOWS CAUSE
OF PRESIDENT'S DEATH
Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept. 14.-
The following report of the autopsy
upon the remains of President McKin-
ley was issued at 5 o'clock:
The bullet which struck over the
breast bone did not pass through the
skin and dld 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
aroun0 each hole had become gan-
grenous. After passing through the
stomach the bullet passed into ~e
back walls of the abdomen, hitting
and tearing the upper end of the kid-
ney, This portion of the bullet track
was also gangrenous, ~he gangrene in.
volving the pancreas. The bullet has
not yet been found. There was no
sign of peritonitis, or disease of other
organs. The heart walls were very
thin. There was no evidence of any
attempt at repair on the part of na-
ture. and death resulted from the gan-
grene, which affected t'he stomach
around the bullet wouI~ds as well as
the tissues around the further course
of the bullet. Death was unavoidable
by any surgical or medical treatment.
and was the direct result of the bullet
wound.
Harvey D. Gaylord. M. D., P.M.
Rixey, M. D., Herman Mynter, M. D.,
Eugene Wasdln, M. D., Edward J.
Janeway; M. D., W. P. Kendall, Sur-
geon U. S. A., 19dward L. Munson,
Ass't. Surgeon U. S. A.. Herman G.
Matringer, M. D.. Matthew D. Mann,
M. D., Roswell Park, M. D., Charles
. Stockton, M. D., W. W. Johnston,
Memorl~l :Exere~es In Denvme.
Denver, Sept. 16.--2~ne following
program will be observed in Denver
next Thursday, the day on which the
body of William MsKlniey will he
laid to rest in Canton:
9:00 a. m.--School chKdren will a~
semble at their respective schools and
march to churches in the vicinity.
9:15 a. m.--Special church services
for the school children.
10"2,0 a. m.~Servlees of prayer, con-
ducted by pastors, In all the churches
of the city.
2.~)0 p. m.--Processlou will. start from
the vicinity of Fourteenth and Law-
rence streets, proceeding directly to
the capitol grounds.
2:30 p. m.--Open air ceremonies on
the capitol grounds; prayers, speeches
and the ~inging of the late President's
favorite hymns by the assembled poe-
ple; followed by sounding of "taps"
and flrin~ the military burial..salute.
Ass~ssin's 'l'wia~t.
Buffalo. Sept. 16.--Czolgosz may he
arraigned to plead to the indictment
on Monday, September 23d. It is no~
known that he will be arraigned on
that day, but that is the earliest day
upon which the prisoner can be.
brought before the court, as at pres-
ent there is no session of the Supreme
Court. On Septemher 23d Jtmtice
White will convene the regular term
of part III of the Supreme Court,
which part is se~ aside for the trial
of criminal cases
District Attorney Penney ~s perfe£t-
ly confident that Czolgosz~wfll be c~u-
vi0*~d of the crime af murder in the
first degree--that Is, premeditated-,
and the penalty for which, under th~
laws of New York state, l~ death b~
~teetax~utioa.
