Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 21, 1901, Page 2

The Hervald--Review. By E. C. KILEY, gSOTA, RAND RAPIDS, - MIN It is said that automobiles have so cheapened the cost of harvesting grain in the immense California flelds that wheat can be raised there at less actual cost than in the Argentine Re- public. The frequent walks across the Swiss- Italian frontier of girls of a seminary near Maslianco, says a Rome dispatch, aroused the suspicious of the customs officers, who finally stopped a proces- sion of 40, walking two by two, and ascertained that each girl was smug- gling cigars or cigarettes. The aggre- gate value was $30,000. A prize of 3,000 marks presented to the Berlin Academy of Science by the Marquis de Chasseloup, a Parisian of partial American descent, for the best modern work on American history, has been awarded to James Ford Rhodes, a native of Cleveland and a brother-in-law of Senator Hanna. Mr. Rhodes was so honored on account of his “History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850.” A writer in the London Spectator remembers to have seen the border country of Suffolk and Essex lighted night after night with blazing ricks, fired as a protest against the introduc- tion of thrashing machines. Where, to-day, he asks, is the man under fifty who can use a flail? The question is only an emphatic way of referring to labor-saving machinery. Imagine for a moment an attempt to harvest West- ern crops without a reaper. A resident of Springfield, Ohio, was recently robbed of $16, and one “Dan” Sullivan was arrested. When the man was searched the money could not be found. The officers were confident they had the right man, and after watching him for a short time noticed that “Dan” was carefully guarding his corncob pipe. He had it in his mouth, filled with tobacco, but it was not light- ed, and, striking a match, Lawless put it to the pipe and told “Dan” to enjoy hmself. He obeyed the order, but af- ter smoking a few seconds weakened and told the other that the money was concealed in the bottom of his pipe. Fifty casks of a special design and the strongest possible construction will soon be sent to Bering Sea by the United States Revenue Marine service, and placed upon the highest hum- mocks of the flow-ice. It is hoped by tracing their future course to test the direction of the currents that cross the polar regions. The casks are twen- ty-eight inches long and sixteen inch- es in diameter, so as to be seen easily. inside of each are directions printed in several different languages, asking the finder to write to the nearest Unit- ed States consul, giving the latitude and longitude in which the cask was found, and the date. Admiral Melville, who designed the casks, believes that it will be possible in this way to de- termine whether the ice-packs drift from the Arctic westward, or south and east to the Atlantic. The Ashville (N. C.) Citizen says: “Those who have read of the recent deeds of violence committed by ne- groes in Louisiana while banded to- gether under the pretense of being or- ganized for religious and benevolent purposes are not surprised to learn that a negro mafia is about to be start- ed. The negroes in that vicinity have been becoming very insolent and self. important and seem to have the idea that a secret organization is all that is necessary to enable them to accom- plish their purpose of dealing out death to every white man who may strike a negro or become an object of their malice. The new order is said to be under the leadership largely of negro preachers, who, having no use for the ordinary virtues that are sup- posed to be advocated from the pulpit, have been devoting their questionable talents to the preaching of lawless- ness. The movement for the preservation of British scenery resulted in the formation of the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest and Natu- ral Beauty. A London editor suggests that the trust profit by a few of the “superfluous millions” of Mr. Andrew Carnegie, by inducing him to buy Ex- moor, or the English Lakes, or the River Thames, or the Snowdon Dis- trict, or the Trossachs. The trust would see to it that builders and ad- vertising firms did no injury. There are tracts without number in our own country, the beauty of which ought to be guarded for the benefit of genera- tions to come, which invite the atten- tion of men between whose overfiow- ing purse and philanthropic purpose no great gulf is fixed. Nature has her rights, as well as man, and it is a wan- ton invasion of. them to mar and de- stroy unnecessarily what God has made beautiful and health-giving. At Afragola, a village near Naples, a young sailor, disapproving of the courtship of his sister by an undesir- able lover, and having ia vain tried to.put a stop to the affair, followed the couple the other day in the coun- try laneS,.and as soon as he caught sight of them fired two shots at them from his revolver. His sister, slightly wounded in the neck, fainted away from fright, and her brother, believing he had killed her, threw himself upon her, weeping, kissed her, and then shot himself in the right temple. He fell dead upon the fainting girl’s body. THE PRESIDENT [8 DEAD His Last Words Were an Humble Submis- sion to the Will of the God in Whom He Trusted. WAS RECONCILED TO HIS CRUEL FATE Mrs. McKinley Goes Trying Leave-Taking With Bravery and Fortitude. Through the Heart- ‘William McKinley, twenty-fifth pres- ident of the United States, died at the home of John D. Milburn in Buffalo, N. Y., at 2:15 o’clock Saturday morning, from the effects of an assassin's bullet. Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth president of the United States, succeed- ed to that exalted office under the con- stitution and laws of the country, and with the administration of the oath of office Saturday began the exercise of the functions of president. In these statements are embraced the consummation of an awful tragedy and the historic event by which the entire administration of government is changed and a new administration comes into being. But for the moment the transfer of the government is forgotten in the great sorrow which has befallen the nation in the passing of President Mc- Kinley, soldier, statesman, president, devoted husband and friend, he was be- loved by all who knew him. the last submission of the sufferer to the will of the Almighty, the last mur- mured expressions from his dying lips, and the last good-byes. Last Moments With Wife. In this interval of consciousness Mrs. McKinley was brought into the death chamber. The president had asked to see her. She came and sat beside him, held his hand and hezrd from him his last words of encouragement and com- fort. Then she was led away, and not again during his living hours did she see him. The president himself fully realized that his hour had come, and his mind turned to his Maker. He whispered feebly, ‘Nearer my God to thee,” the words of a hymn always dear to his heart. Then in faint accents, he mur- mured: . “Good-bye all; good-bye; it’s God’s way. His will be done; not ours.” With this sublime display of Christ- ian fortitude, the president soon after lapsed into unconsciousness. The members of the cabinet, grief- stricken, were gathered in the large into a state of complete unconscious- ness, and it was Only a Question of Hours, perhaps minutes, When the end would come. By 10-o'clock there was no per- ceptible pulse. The extremities had grown cold, ana the rigidity of death was fast. falling upon the sufferer. The physicians, who remained at his side, detected only the faintest heart- beats. Some of them, knowing that all was over, departed, while others re- mained, not because there was any fur- ther need for their ministrations, but because of respect for the expiring pres- ident. Dr. Janemay, the eminent heart specialist, who had been summoned from New York, arrived shortly before midnight, and proceeded at once to the bedside of the president. An instant glance told him the time had passed far | the Slightest hope. He turned away, tellfig the assembled relatives and: of- ficials that the end was -very near. Midnight came, and still the tremend- ous vitality of the president was bat- tling against dissolution. Another hour passed so, and still another. At 2 o'clock Dr. Rixey was the only physician in the death chamber. The others were in an adjoining rodm, while | the relatives, cabinet officers and near- vest friends were gathered in silent groups in the apartments below. As he watched and waited, Rr. Rixey noticed a slight, convulsive tremor. The presi- dent had entered ‘the valley of the shadow of death. ‘Word was at once taken to the imme- diate relatives who were not present, to hasten for the last !ook upon the presi- dent in life. They came in groups, the women weeping and tne men bowed and sobbing in their intense grief. Grouped about the bedside at this final moment were the only brother of the president, Abner McKinley, and his wife; Miss Helen McKinley and Mrs. Sareh Duncan, sistecs of the president; Miss Mary Barber, niece; Lieut. James F. McKinley, William M. Duncan and John Barter, nephews; F. M. Osborne, a cousin; Secretary George B. Cortel- you; Hon. Charles G. Dawes, controller of the currency; Col. Webb C. Hayes and Col. William C. Brown. With these directly and indirectly connected with the family were those others who had kept ceaseless vigil—the white- garbed nurses and the uniformed Mar- ine hospital attendants. In the adjoin- ing room were Doctors Charles McBur- ney, Eugene Wasdin, Roswell Park, Charles G. Stockton an] Herman Myn- ter. : The minutes were now flying, and it * NORaHIRT \\ WILLIAM M’KINLEY, Third Martyred President of the United States. ee ms The death of President McKinley came in the small hours of the morn- ing, under circumstances of peculiar wierdness. For hours he had lain un- consciously with ail hope of his survi- val abandoned. As early as 6 o'clock Friday night the doctors had pro- nounced him a dying man, and soon thereafter the rigors of approaching death began to creep upon him. The administration of powerful stimulants was maintained until 7 o'clock, but with no cffect. It was seen that the end was near at hand, and those nearest and Gearest to the stricken president were summoned for the offices of the last farewell. He came out of a stupor about 7 o'clock, and while his mind was partially clear there occurred the last endearments, drawing room of the Milburn house. The time had come when_ they, too, were to look upon the president for the last time in life. They ascended the stairway, one after the other, noiselessly approaching the threshold of the chamber where the dying man lay and gazed within. Those who came first turned back ap- palled and overwhelmed, and did not pass within the chamber. Secretary Wilson remained below, unwilling to have imprinted on his memory the pic- ture of his expiring chief. Secretary Long, who arrived on a late train, went at once to the chamber and passed di- rectly to the bedside of the president, grasping the hand that was already clammy with approaching death. Meantime, the president had lapsed was now 2:15 o'clock. : Silent and. motionless, the circle of loying friends stood about the bedside. Dr. Rixey leaned forward and placed his ear close to the breast of the expir- ing president. Then he straightened up and made an effort to speak. “The President Is Deady” He Said. ‘The president had passed away peace- fully, without the convulsive struggle of death. It was as though he had fall- enasleep. As they gazed on the face of the martyred president, only the sobs of the mourners broke the silence of this chamber ‘of death. Mr. Cortelyou had been one of the first to rouse him- self after the stunning effect of the announcement of the death. He passed from the room aad down the steirway. There in the large drawing room were still assembled the members of the cab inet, ‘officials high in the administra- tion and in the confidence of the presi- dent. As he appeared at the thresh- hold of the room they seemed to realize that the message of death had come. Mr. Cortelyou halted at the door, and, summoning all of his effort, he said: “Gentlemen, the president has passed away.” “ Realizing, too, the momentous nature of the event to the people of the coun- try, Mr. Cortelyou stepped through the outer doorway of Milburn‘ house and advanced down the walk to the newspa- per men at the front gate, calmly an- nounced: “The president died at 2:16 o'clock.” Thus clcsed the final chapter in the life of William McKinley. All that re- mained was to perform those gruesome offices which follow death. There was the sending of the official notices, the summoning of the funeral directors, the first hasty thoughts of the details of burial. Within half an hour a carriage had brought those who were to take charge of the body. The autopsy, which had been decided upon for tke early fore- noon, rendered impossible the immedi- ate embalming process. The corpse was laid upon a stretcher and covered by a sheet, remaining in the chamber where death had occurred. A uni- formed guard of the United States army hospital corps was detailed for duty at the temporary bier. At 3:30 e’clock the long crepe emblem of mourring was hung from the door of the house. It was of heavy material, of amplest width, caught together with a wide black ribbon. Crolgosz a Marderer. The wretch, Czolgosz, now stands ac- cused of murder. The crime was com- mitted with malice eforethought, and, as such, was murder in the first degree, the purishment for which, under the law of New York, is death in the elec- trie chair. Had the death of the president oc- curred at any other time than in the early hours of the morning, it would have boded ill to the evil genius of this fearful episode. The angry spirit of the people hada reached an intense pitch Friday night. Foreseeing the danger of possible riot, the police headquarters where Czolgosz is confined was roped off and the men- acing thousands held at bay. The en- tire police force of the city, regulars and reserve, was held on duty all\night. Two regiments of the Naticnal Guard of New York were at their armories, ready for instant service. If the president’s death had come, be- fore night it would have been difficult to avoid a conflict, (but the crowds gradually broke up as the new day came on, and by 2:15, when the death announcement came, the down-town thorovghfares were deserted. For the moment the anger of the outraged peo- ple is forgotten in their poignant grief, and this will doubtless consign Czolgosz to the swift and inevitable punishment provided by law. EULOGISTIC SERMONS. American Churches in Paris Crowd- ed With American Residents and Visitors. Paris, Sept. 15.—The American churches in Paris were crowded to-day with Amer- ican residents and visitors with expecta- tions of allusions to the death of Presi- dent McKinley, and in every case the preachers made sympathetic allusions in their sermons and offered special prayers. Dr. Morgan, rector of the leading church, devoted his sermon to an eulogy of Pr ident McKinley. The interiors of the edi- fices were hung with crepe and French and American Flags. A solemn memorial service will be held at Dr. Morgan's church next Thursday, when Ambassador Porter and all the United States officials, together with a representative of Presi- dent Loubet, a representative of the cabi- net and members of the diplomtaic corps will be present. Gen. Porter is still confined to his room, but is making rapid progress toward re- covery. He will convene a meeting of the American colony at his residence, prob- ably Tuesday, when he will pronounce an eulogy and the asesmbly will adopt ad- dresses to Mrs. McKinley and President Roosevelt. History of William McKinley. Jan. 20, 1843—Born at Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio. Jan. 29, 1860—Entered Allegheny college, Meadville, Pa. June 11, 1861—Enlisted as a private in Company E, Twenty-third Ohio volun- teer infantry. Sept. 24, 1862—Promoted from commissary sergeant to second lieutenant for bravery at the battles of South Mountain and Antietam Feb. 7, 1868—Commissioned first lieuten- ant. July 25, 1864—Promoted captain, battle of Kernstown. March 14, 1865—S3eveted major by Presi- dent Lincoln for gallant service. July 26, 1865—Mustered out of service, March, 1867—Admitted to the bar at War- ren, Ohio, after studying law at Albany, N.Y. March, 1869—Elected prosecuting attor- ney, Stark county, Ohio. November, 1876—itlected to congress. November, 1888—Re-elected to congress for the seventh time. Jan. 11, 1892—Inaugurated governor of Ohio. Nov. 3, 1896—Elected president of the United States. June 21, 1900—Renominated for president. Nov. 6, 1900—Re-elected president of the United States. March 4, 1901—Inaugurated. Sept. 6, 1901—Shot by Czolgosz at Buffalo. Sept. 14, 1901—Died from wounds. The New President Theo. Roosevelt. Born Oct. 20, 1858, New York. Graduated, Harvard, 1879. Civil service commissioner, 1889. Police commissioner, New York, 1895. Assistant secretary navy, 1897.° Lieutenant colonel rough riders, 1898, Governor of New York, 1898. Vice president, March 4, 1901. » President, Sept. 14, 1901. America’s Martyred Presidents. President Abraham Lincoln died at 7:20 o'clock on the morning of Saturday, April 15, 1865. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth, President James A. Garfield died on Monday, Sept. 19, 1881, at 10:35 in the evening. He was shot by. Charles J. Guiteau. \ President William McKinley died on Sept. 14, 1901, at 2:15 a. m. He was shot by, Leon Czolgoss, Po ROOSEVELT IS PRESIDE TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE U8” THE PRESENCE OF MEMBERS OF CABINET, CABINET OFFICERS WiLL STAY Mr. Roosevelt Declares Before the Ceremony It Will Be His Purpose- to Carry Out the Policy of Presi- dent McKinley — There Will Not Be an Extra Session of Congress—- Offers Mrs. Mee- Kinley. Sympathy to Buffalo, Sept. 16. — Theodore Roose- velt, the youngest man to occupy the- presidential chair of the American re+ public, Saturday took the oath of office- and was sworn in as president to suc~ ceed the lamented President McKinley, lying dead from the effects cf an assas~ sin’s bullet. The new president's first announce- ment wes that all the cabinet ministers- would remain with him end that there would not be an extra session of con- gress. ‘The ceremony of taking the oath of office occurred at the residence of" Ansiey Wilcox, a personal friend, and the scene was an affecting one. There were present when he swore to- the oath: Secretaries Rcot, Hitchcock, Long, Wilson and Postmaster General Smith, Senator Chauncey M. Depew of New York and others} The new president had just come from the Milburn house, whither he had immediately gone on his arrival im the city to expres3 to Mrs. McKinley, and the family of the dead president his deep sympathy in the hour of theiz- bereavement. Roosevelt Takes Oath. The place selected for the ceremony; was the library of Mr. Wilcox’s house. Surrounding him were the five mem- bers of the cabinet—Sccretarics Root, Hitckcock, Long and Wilson and Post< master General Smith. At precisely 3:32 o’clock Secretary Rogt said in an almost inaudible 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 con- tinue his utterances. There were sym= pathetic tears from those about him, and two great drops ran down either cheek of the successor to William Mc- Kinley. Mr. Root’s chin was on his breast. Suddenly throwing back his head as if with an effort, he continued in broken voice: “T 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 reasons of weight affecting’ the affairs of the government ycu should proceed to take the constitutional oath as pres- ident of the United States.” Follow MeKi ’s Policy. Mr. Roosevelt replied in a voice that at first wavered, but finally became deep and strong: “TJ shall take the oath at once, in ac- cordance with your request, and in this hour of deep and terrible national be- reavement, I wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue absolutely un- broken the policy of President McKin- ley for the peace an prosrerity and honor of our beloved country.” Judge WV. R. Hazel of the States district court then adm the oath of office. Immediately following the dispersing of the spectators after taking the oath President Roosevelt ked the cabinet members present to confer with him. The conference lasted very nearly two hours, and when it was finished the president said: “Following out the brief statement I made when taking the oath that I would follow the administrative lines laid down by President McKinley, I re- quested 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 say that I have surance also from the absent members. Inquiry was made of the president as to whether an extra session of congress would be called by him, and he said in substance that there was no funda- mental law requiring the calling of con- gress together upon the suecession of a vice president to the presidency, and after consultation with the cabinet they had decided that no extra session would be called. ROOSEVELT’S SECRETARY. Mr. Cortelyou Will Act in That Ca- pneity for the Present. ‘Buffalo, Sept. 16. — President Roose- velt passed a very quiet day at the Wilcox house, arranging to attend the funeral of the late president. His sec- retary, Mr. Loeb, and his assistants were, however, kept busy opening tele- grams and mail and classifying them. Piled up on the oak table in the sitting room of the house were at least 600 tel- egrams and letters, all of them ex- pressing regret at the sad occurrence to the late president and assurance of confidence and support to the new pres- ident. The only announcement the president had to make yesterday was that Mr. Cortelyou, the secretary of President McKinley, would for the present act in that capacity for him be- cause of his knowledge of the condition of affairs. Mr. Cortelyou confirmed this statement. Saw Mills Burned, Akeley, Minn., Sept. 16—The sawmill plant of Mcore Bros. was burned. Loss will reach $5,000, Indications are that the fire was caused by an incendiary. Death Mask Taken. Buffalo, Sept. 16.—A death mask of the president’s face was made at 7:20 o’clock yesterday, The mask wes taken by Edouard La Pausck of Hartford, Conn. The mask is a faithful reproduce tion of the late president’s features. Sympathy in Ru St. Petersburg, Sept. 16—The all-ab« sorbing topis, here yesterday was the death of President MeKinley. The tone ef the press was uniformly sympathet4 ic with the American people in theig bereavement, 4