The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 9, 1901, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1901. CIVILIZED PEOPLES STILL VOICING THEIR INDIGNATION AND DEEP SORROW MESSAGES FROM ALL QUARTERS Flood of Condolences Burdens the Cables. - Europe’s Crowned Heads and Statesmen Ex- press Sympathy. Spain’s Queen Regent Wires Hope That President Will Live. e ASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Ex- pressions of condolence from all quarters of the world continue to flow in upon the State Department. To-day’s messages were mostly from crowned heads and governments. Among them were the following: LONDON, Sept 901 —Secretary of State, Washington: Following message of condolence cefved from his Majesty, the King, to Ameri- 3 *“Offer ‘my deepest sympathy ttempt on the President’s life. 4 direct to President.’” CHOATE, Embassador. WPORT, R. T, Sept. 8, 1901.—Secretary of Washington, D. C.: The Prime Minister ade, commanded by the Governor Gen- eral, Gesirés me to convey to you expression of the sense of horror with which the Government people of Canada have learned of the fiend- h attempt on the life of the President and the cep sympathy they feel in the distress of the merican nation, and the President's family. hey fervently hope and pray that it may please Providence to foil the hand of the assas- and to preserve a life held in such high erence, not only by the people of the United tes but all other mations and particularly se people of Canada. LOWTHER, harge on Behaif of Canada and Colonies. Spain’s Queen Regent Grieves. The Queen Regent of Spain and her Govern- ment direct me to express the horror with which they have heard of the dastardly attempt 1o assassinate the President of the United st d their hopes of his speedy Tecove ARCOS, Spanish Minister. The Chamber of Deputles of Chile sincerely ents the criminal attempt on the life of the guished chief magistrate, Mr. McKinley, makes wishes for his recovery. CONCHOV 1a President. Secretary. The King and his Government pray your Ex- cellency to transmit to President and Mrs. Mc- ley their sympathy with indignant feeling the shocking attempt on the President, and they hope fof 2 pr very. WAUT] Charge of Belgium. § shocked, asks me rough you heartfelt sympathies for t and Mrs. McKinley. Says God t 5o good a m: let. McWADE, nited States Consul at Canton, China, His Majesty, King of Wurtemberg, sends through me his deepest sorrow and sympathy, expressing the hope that the desplcable mur. will have no serious consequence upon the President’s life. Please convey also my sincerest condolence OZMUN, United States Consul at Stutigart. I beg that my deepest sorrowand sympathy be offered to President end Mrs. McKinley. The Minister of State, at the Queen Regent's order, called yesterday and to-day to ask that all news be sent to her immediately STORER, United States Minister to Spain. is Highness, Prince Regent Luitpold, s ab- He telegraphs me to convey to the Presi- t and people profound sympathy wish spee covery. FALK, §. Vice Consul at Munich, Bavaria. South American Expressions. LIMA, Sept. 7.—The Senate presses ‘to the Deople and Government of the United States the profound feeling inspired in them by the iniquitous attempt of which the rscn of President McKinley has been a vie- DAMO, President. BUENOS AYRES, Sept. 7.—T of the Senate of the United States, Washing- ton: The Sepate of the Argentine narion in ssion of to-day has protested, rising, st the attempt of which the iiustrious President of ted Stages has been th: victim, hy and makes es. God may_ pre- serve the life of so worthy afiler. 1 send you sreeungs. NORBERTO QU; COSTA, Presideriffof the Senate. OCAMPO, Secretary. _MONTEVIDEO, Sept. The Government of Uruguay makes wishes for the speedy recov- cry of the illustrious President of the United States, Mr. McKinley. I send you greetings. GORMAN BOOSEN, Minister for Forelgn Affairs of Uruguay. MINSTEAD, Sept. 7.—Deep sympathy and sorrow_at fearful crime. SIR WILLIAM VE ON HARCOURT. MONTEVIDEO, Sept. §.—President House of Representatives, Washington: In the name of the House I regret the sad sccident that has occured to Mr. McKinley, and make wishes for the recovery of the illustrious invalld. E SAVEDRA, President House of Representatives of Uru- guey. LIMA, Peru, Seot. 5.—Cuban colony express deep regret at dastardly attempt on life of Pregident McKinley, offering earnest prayers for rrompt recovery. SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Sept. 8.—Vice Presi- dent of the United States, Washington: The workingmen of Chile deplore the attempt against the lllustrious President. From British West Indies. Mr. Lowther, the Charge d’Affaires of Great Britain, from Newport, R. I., sen{ Separate messages of sympathy which he had been requested to communicate by the Governor and people of Barbadoes, of Trinidad and Tobago, of the Bahamas and of the Windward Islands. Mr, Carig- i, the Italian Charge d'Affaires, sent the following: In pursuance of instructions of the Italian Premier, 1 have the honor in the name of the | Italian nation, to express to your Excellency the deepest feelings of execration of the crime committed against the President of the United States and the most fervent wishes for his re- covery. Consul General Hughes, at Coburg, Ger- many, cabled: Prince Regent Hobenlohe and Governments, Coburg, Gotha and Meiningeng, request me to convey deepest sympathy, Embassador Choate at London sent the following: From Lord of London: The citizens of Lon. don have received with profound regret and great indignation Intelligence of the dastardly attempt on the life of the distinguished Prest. dent of the United States, and desire to con- vey through your Excellency their sincere sym- pathy with your gountry on this event. They truet that so valiable a life as President Mc. Kinley's may be spared for the welfare of the American_people. From Vice Dean of Canterbury: Accept ex- pressions of deep sorrow at outrage upon Pres. ident. Pravers offered for his recovery at all services in Canterbury Cathedral, Prayers for Recovery. From Lord Provost of Edinburgh: In the name of the citizens of Edinburgh, I beg to express horror at dastardly outrage upon Pres- jdent McKinley and to mssure him and Mrs, McKinley and the Government and people of the United States of our sympathy with them and prayers for President’s recovery. From Charles E. Ladry, Swiss charge: MANCHBESTER, Mass., Sept. 8.—1 am in re- ceipt of the following telegram from the high Bwiss Federal Council: You are requested to express to his Excellency Mr. McKinley, and to the Government of the United States, our borror of the attsmpted assassination at'Buf- alo our for the speedy recovs of the patient. % o of Pern ex- | © the President | L RUSSIA GIVES EXPRESSION TO ~ HER SYMPATHY Novoe Vremya Voices the Friendliness of the Empire for the United States. T. PETERSBURG, Sept. 8.—The Novoe Vremya, referring to the attempted assassination of Pres- | ident McKinley, says: | “In the great republic beyond the sea a horrible crime has | been committed, the news of which has filled the whole civilized world with horror, indignation and grief. Presi- dent McKinley was the victim of one of | those stupid crimes which, to the shame of humanity, continue. The circum- stances augment the horror of the crime. | What happened in Gethsemane nineteen centuries ago is repeated. This new Judas’ kiss has reverberated through the | | world. The answer will only be indignant contempt. “The crime of 1365 was explained by po- litical passion. The crime of yesterday is wholly inexcusable. It would seem that a President chosen by universal suffrage would be safe amid the people of the | freest country of the world. But, no. | Amid the outcasts of humanity are de- generates who detest all authority. The | criminal explained all by declaring him- | self an anarchist, and he was moved by the same motives as was the murderer of the Empress of Austria. Anarchists are | indifferent as'to how the world regards | their crimes. They present ends which | are ‘intelligible only to their own minds. | However, such a state of things cannot | be allowed to continue. The existing leg- islation against anarchism is evidently | insufficient to accomplish its ends, and it must be reconstituted, because states have the right to enjoy liberty and not to troyed at any moment by Some individ- ual’s caprice. “In view of Central American compli- | cations it was important to the United States fhat the administrative machine should be Girected by the firm handjof Mec- Kinley, who had consecrated his entire life to the service of his country. This | mogt zealous of his political opponents. “The United States’ misfortune will fill all states with compassion, and, above all, will find the heartiest condolence in Russia, where the sympathies toward the over-sea republic are as deep and con- | stant as are the sentiments of respect to- | ward the victim of the dreadful crime.” | King Edward’s Well Wishes. LONDON, Sept. 8.—The following tele- gram from King Edward. at Fredensburg, to United States Embassador Choate was received at 10 o’clock this evening: I rejcice to hear the favorable account of the President's health. God grant that his life be preserved. EDWARD, Rex. The Sunday papers all voice the horror | and sympathy already expressed by the | daily press. The Sunday Special, after commenting upon the insane aimléseness | with which the anarchists apparently se- | lect their victims, says: The atrocity of the outrage again brings be-- fore the public the question of how to deal with anarchists. Scotland Yard knows a deal more about the London anarchists then the public realizes. ‘The police even recognize clubs in which anarthical _doctrines are preached and plots hatched. The members of such organizations stamp themselves as out- laws and the time has arrived when they hould be treated as such. They are a source of terrible danger to the community and should no longer be tolerated. The Observer says: It s gratifying at least to see the universal sympathy the crime has evoked for the victim. The whole world is kin to-day alike in horror at the act and in compassion for the Ameri- can President and the American people. Thus, it may be, out of evil good will come and the nations be drawn into closer bonds of sym- pathy. Queen Margherita, upon hearing the news of the attempt upon the life of President McKinley, says the Rome cor- respondent of the Daily News, sald, with tears in her eyés: “These things come hardest on the women, and at least poor Mrs. McKinley, in her state of health, should have been spared.” E The Pope, the Daily News corresponds ent says, also displayed deep emotion, saying: “Oh! How earnestly I pray that he may escape with his life. These crimes are the curse of our day. I can only offer the afflicted victim and his poor wife my humble prayers.” ‘White Eulogizes His Chief. BERLIN, Sept. 8—The United States Embassador, Andrew D. White, who was interviewed before his departure for Sass- nitz, said: “President McKinley's death would be a terrible loss at the time when he had marked out a policy for the United States calculated to complete magnificently his career. I knew him for many years and never heard him speak without being deeply impressed by his nhilitg, Falrlul— ism and goodwlli to all mankind. If there ever was a democrat (1 use the word in its true sense) he is one. The only thing he had at heart was the welfare, not of a person nor of a class, but of all the people. His conduct has been ad- mirable. ‘“‘Regarding the Spanish war, he tried earnestly to prevent it, but when saw the people were determined to end the Cuban struggle he put himself at the head of the movement and brought it to a triumphant end.” The United States Consul General, F, H. Mason, said: “If there was a head of a civilized nation who should have been pre- served by his kind and blameless life from assassination it was Mr. McKinley. I knew him from childhood. We were both Continued ' Page Four. | be affrighted lcst their tranquillity be de- | | great merit cannot be denied even by the | | | | | | | | EARL P9/ T SovERNOR (77 /‘ o~ WURTTEMBERG DISTINdUISHED FOREIGNERS WHO DEPLORE THE TRAG- EDY IN BUFFALO. CARRIE NATION ANGERS CONEY ISLAND CROWD Insults the President and Barely Escapes Being Roughly Handled. Special Dispatch to The, Call. EW YORK, Sept. 8.—Mrs. Car- rie Nation narrowly escaped personal injury to-night at Steeplechase Park, Coney Isl- and, after an intemperate at- tack upon President McKin- ley. She was about to con- clude her lecture, when she raised her voice and exclaimed: “Bill McKinley deserves to dle. He is a friend of the brewer and the drinking man. I have no care for him. He de- serves just what he got.” She had hardly uttered this sentiment when she was greeted with jeers and hisses. Many of the audience arose fo protest. Indignant comments were heard all over the auditorium. Several of the audience advanced to the platform with menacing gestures. The thousand persons who were present were unanimous in their expression of contemnt. Mrs. Nation's manager, seeing the situ- ation, tried to induce her to leave the stage. Julius Harfiarr of Newark pro- posed three cheers for the President, and the assemblage gave them with a will Mrs. Nation became furious. “You hell hounds!"” she cried. “You ls‘r!)‘::kes! You can jeer and hoot as you 3 Her manager at this time insisted that Mrs. Nation beat a retreat. He got her away from Coney Island without any fur- ther scene. Mrs. Nation had announced that she had made her last appearance in Coney Island. She had forgotten that she must appear to-morrow morning to answer to a charge of malicious mischief. DENOUNCE ANARCHY FROM THE PULPITS Clergymen in Chicago Use Vigorous ‘Words Against Man Who Shot the Executive. CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—In every pulpit in Chicago to-day denunciation of anarchy and its followers was the theme of the morning sermon. The indignation and horror of the people at the attempt on the President’s life seem to have frozen Christian charity, for the prayers for the speedy recovery of the chief executive were followed by stirring demands in ser- mons that anarchy be stamped out so effectually that not a vestige be left. At_the First Baptist Church the Rev. P. S. Henson excoriated the men who sought with an assassin’s knife or bullet to remedy wrongs. In tears but a few moments before the clergyman was plead- ing fervently that the President’s life might be spared, the great congregation sat immovable when he raised his clenched hands to heaven and declared that anarchists should be driven like dogs from hole to hole, deprived of free speech and hunted down like wild beasts, At Oak Park the First Congregational Church was crowded when the Rev. W. E. Barton began his sermon. He said that anarchists, by the nature of their beliefs, should not be regarded as citizens of the United States, but that they should be looked upon as foes and treated as such. In other churches the clergymen preached along the same lines. In no lace of worship was heard a single word n extenuation of the would-be assassin’s act. In every sermon denunciation. of anarchy and its believers was the rule. ———— Nearly 10 per cent of the recipients of | the Victorian Cross are miiitary doctors. T2 e UESN. & G-£/ oF . ! f:mw RESIGNATION OF THE CABINET WOULD RESULT Should McKinley Suc- cumb, the New Presi- dent Will Make Many Changes. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. UFFALO, Sept. 8.—Although President McKinley appears to be in a fair way to recover speedily, the possibility of a change in the Presidency, ow- ing to his indisposition. or death, has been such a grave question that it has not been ignored by the men comprising the administration. Vice President Roosevelt is still here, showing in every word and deed his solici~ tude that the President should recover. He is apparently thinking less about a change than any other man in Buffalo. He came because he felt that there was nothing else that he could do, and he has placed himself entirely at the disposal of the Cabinet. His generous sympathy is fully appreciated by all intimate political friends of the President, and the big of- fice holders in the administration in New York and Ohlo, as well as elsewhere, have found the news that the President would likely recover doubly gratifying, in view of the revolution that might takhc place should there be a change in tie ‘White House. Roosevelt as Successor. Roosevelt as President might mean as great a political revolution as that whica took place when Arthur succeeded Gar- fleld. It would be insulting to Vice Presi- dent Roosevelt to say that he had even planned 1: s own mind a course that he would follow should he become Presi- dent, yec cuough is known of his likes and 'disi:kes, of his position on public questions anu of political conditions coa- fronting vim as a candidate for the Presi- dency ‘n 1904 to permit a fairly accurate outline of some of the things that wou:d happen should a change occur-at this time. When Arthur became President there was practically a clean sweep in the Cabi- net. Unquestionably all the members of the present Cabinet would tender their resignatons. 1t is quite probable that Mr. Hay would retire as Secretary of State. His personal liking for President McKinley and his feeling that the policy of an inter-oceanic canal treaty with Eng- land remains to be carried out are the only things that keep him in the Cabinet to-day. Differs From John Hay. Vice President Roosevelt and Secretary Bay would find themselves out of accord on most important questions bearing upon the treaty with Great Britain. Hay 1s in favor of a neutral canal that shouid be fortified, belleving that is the surest way to protect the projected great water- way. osevelt, burning with .the idea of Americanism, is in favor of a canal to be built with American money, con- trolled by American administrators and defended by American forts. He is an advanced advocate of fortifications on the canal, which was the chief reason why Great Britain rejected the treaty. Then, it is reasonably certain that Roosevelt's accession to the Presidency would be fol- lowed by a complete change in policy on the subject of the neutrality of the canal. Mr. Root and the Vice President have had differences in the past, but they are as great friends as ever, and it is be- lieved that there is no office that Roose- velt thinks too important for Root to ac- ceptably fill. As to the other-members of the Cabinet, conjecture at this time would be idle. It is not likely that Mr. Long would continue as Secretary of tha Navy nor Mr. Knox as Attorney General. Mr.. Gage would probably retire as Secre- tary of the Treasury and a younger man from the West would be likely to succeed him. CONSPIRACY FORMED : TO KILL ASSASSIN ‘Wrath of the People of Buffalo Causes Man’s Transfer to a- Dungeon. BUFFALO, Sept. 8.—Knowledge has come to the police of Buffalo that a con- spiracy has been formed to take the life of Czolgosz, the would-be assassin of President McKinley. Bvery effort will be made to prevent this plot from reaching its fruition. Czolgosz occupied a cell on the third floor of the City Jail. He was within sight of those Easslng along that corridor and it would have been possible fpr any one who had gained access to the jail to shoot at the anarchist. Other oc- cupants of the jail are especially bitter toward Czolgosz, and had opportunities been given to them they would have tak- en his life. . To make this impossible, Czolgosz was secretly transferred from his cell to a (dungeon in the basement, many feet be- low the surface of the earth. This change ‘was made without the knowledge of the police or detectives attached to the First Precinct. The intense hatred that is felt by all- Basses for Czolgosz to-day came near costing the life of another inmate of the Jail. Wwitness who is being he'd to tes- tify In the Dibold murder case and who — BELcrrory.” ANARCHISTS REJOICE IN PENNSYLVANIA Chicago Police Ordered to Call Quick Halt on Mouthings of “Reds.” ASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—Tha Evening Star prints the following dispatch from McKeesport, Pa: Anarchists at Duffy Hol- low, near here, are cel- ebrating the assassination of McKinley. They are the largest group in the country. An anarchist paper, The Firebrand, was published here before its removal to Chicago. Czolgosz is known to them. They were also interested in King Humbert's assassination. CHICAGO, Sept. 8.—There will be no more revolutfonary speeches in pub- e in Cbicago. if the police can prevent. them: The edict has gone forth from Mayor Harrison and Superin- tendent of Police O'Neill that such utter- ances shall be stopped, and the Chief later sent orders to the commanding officers of the various districts to detail men to be in attendance at all such meetings and to arrest the speakers if violent language is used. Chief O'Neill's order is the result of a conference he had with Mayor Harrison last night. Information to the effect that Leon Czoigosz, the Buffalo assassin, re- celved part of his anarchistic education in Chicago and that he was one of those who attenaed meetings at which Emma Gold- man and other anarchist leaders spoke in this city, coupled with the experience of the Mayor's own family, led Mr. Harrn son to aecide on drastic measures in deal- ing with the radicals. Chief O'Neili was directed to get the names of all the outspoken anarchists now in the city and to ascertain to what extent their movement has progressed during the last three or four years. If any further proof were needed that Leon Czolgosz was the guest of Chicago anarchists shortly before he went to Buf- falo on his murderous mission against President McKinley it was supplied to- day by three of the prisoners of the Cen- tral police station. They identified a pho- tograph of Czolgosz as a picture of a man whom they saw at the home of Abraham Isaak, 515 Carroll avenue, not longer ago than July 12. Eleven men and women who are avowed anarchists were formally booked to-night on the charges of conspiracy to commit murder. They will be taken be- fore Justice Prindiville to-morrow morn- ing for a hearing. It is said that the pros- ecution will ask for a continuance of ten days that the police may have more time for an investigation. This was admitted to-night by Captain Colleran. “I am not prepared to say that a con- spiracy to kill President McKinley was formed in Chicago,” he sald. ‘“The evi- dence in our possession has been turned over to the law department, and while we are ready to begin the hearing to-morrow it is possible that the city prosecutor may In that event we wiil want more time. ask for a continuance. CINCINNATI, Sept. 8.—The ramification of the band of anarchists which is sup- posed to have been responsible for the commission of the terrible tragedy at Buffalo Friday is believed to extend into this city. The local golh:e have received a telegram from Chief Wilkie of the Fed- eral Secret Service Deganment request- ing the arrest here of E. Laux, 1430 Mon- roe street. Beyond this statement no in- formation was furnished. Detectives have failed to locate Laux, as there is no such number on Monroe street. The police claim to have the detalls of ‘a former plot which was hatched here, and in which a Cincinnatl man left here for Canton, Ohio, the home of the President, for the pur- gose of murder, but returned, unable to ‘ulfill his purpose. Tt is sald that Emma Goldman visited here incognito recently. Secret service agents are expected here in a few d: L R Y occupies a cell with a window opening on s; thteh street tohn certain :lxtent resem- es the man who attempted to tal ife of President MeKinicy. eme This witness was seen from the street and a little later the police heard that a lot had been formed to kill him. is cell was changed to one that of- fered greater safety, and it is said when this change was made the prisoner first learned .of the attempt that had been made upon the life of the President. ATTEMPT WAS MADE . IN AN ARIZONA CITY Assassin Said to Have Endeavored to Kill the President in Phoenix. PHOENIX, Ariz, Sept. 8—What is 8 ly believed here to have been an at@mpt to assassinate President McKin- ley in Phoenix on his Western tour re- cently was disclosed to-day. Publicity was not given to the occur- rence at the time. As the carriage bear- ing the President was driven through town in a parade a man sprung from the throng and attempted to climb into the President’'s carriage. Rough Riders act- ing as a bodyguard seized the stranger and dragged him back into the crowd, where he made his escape. 1 DISGRACEFUL GATHERING OF ANARCHISTS Reference to Shooting of President McKinley Greeted With Ap- plause. HILE a sympathetic nation awaited with feverish anx- iety the result of President McKinley's gallant struggle for life, and while in count- less sanctuaries throughout the land a Christian people was voicing supplications to the Almighty that the batte for existence might not be in vain, a coterie of anarchists, banded together under the name of the Independ- ent Debating Society, applauded every reference to the shooting of the President Wwith vim, and reéferred to the nation's ex- ecutive as “the leader of a mob of capi- talists which was trampling- upon the rights of the people.” . It was a motley crowd that gathered at Pythian Castle yesterday ostensibly to listen to a learned discourse upon “Samuel the Seer,” by John Rebertson, but in real- ity to comment upon the great tragedy which has plunged the nation into gioom. | There were eighty-four men, who were for the greater part past the meridian of life, and eight women of uncertain pedi- gree and age. The majority of those present were forelgners, of little educa- tion, but apparently possessed of the sin- gle idea that the affairs of humanity are | going to the dogs and that unless the ig- | norance of the world is speedily dispelled according to che anarchistic convictions | mankind is irretrievably lost. The wom- en, with a single exception, contented themselves with applauding such in- cendlary remarks as were expressed, but they were ably represented on the ros- trum by Mrs. Todd, a buxom woman of | 50 years, who wore a faded terra cotta colored dress and hat. She sat in one core ner and tittered audibly when significant | allusions, that brought the blush of shame | to the uninitiated, were voiced. The fe- males appeared to enjoy the proceedings hugely, and language which ~the most | daring speaker would decline to use in g | respectable gathering fell upon their de- | praved sensibilities as dew upon the | grass. | Scoffing at Chrisfians. The proceedings began with readin, from the book of Samuel by Robenso%!, He expounded the meaning of the verses, one by one, in a haiting manner and with a maddening absence of “h's.” He. blas- phemed unresirainedly against all that men hold most sacred, and denounced Christianity, the priesthood and all tnat pertains to the well-being of society as an irremediable curse. To him the Bi%le was a hideous work, which should only be read for the amusement it affords ty fn. quiring minds like his own and for the convincing proofs it contains that God is a fable of superstition and all human sin- cerity and love a hollow mockery. The speaker delighted in making filthy allu- sions, which caused the woman In terra cotta to squirm with delight. And from all this he drew the moral that the oniy way to regenerate mankind was to de- stroy ‘“‘the fables of superstition and hy- pocrisy ‘whith have come down to 4 thr{)‘:lgh ldhe age;." “Why don’t the Christians com: ‘tlhs:it \we may (n,lacth tllinegl their lgneorl:;rcee' nd lea em into 2" g spsaker, mourntuily, o L e “‘They’re all dead!” shoyted a = m{.%d. low-browed sympu#dzen S et ere was a laugh among th, contingent at this, and some one MimIine ed that Mr. Robertson had already spoken fifty minutes, whereupon he retirad-to nis seat with an apology. Mrs. Todd then commented upon the address, and askeq the question: “The Bible, being the foun- dation of all laws, and not above re- proach, how could’the laws of the land elp being rotten?’ A deep silence fon upon mftegsu;eerggg at this remark, and = Sp es were 1 mTOrf'de}"- - declared to be e first direct allusion to McKinley was made by atmm}) "n'ld;::.; Phillips, an East Indian, who, in broken language, declared that the President was responsible for the merciless burnings 3¢ negroes at the hlsg ‘ersm? stake in the South during “He could have K stopped - rages!” roared Phillips in at;‘:e'nezyo“; rage. “I hold that he s no better ther A Woman’s Venomous Words, The sentiment was loual; The sensational statement of the oo ing came when Mrs. Todd ambled to th. speakers’ stand. Her eyes flashed vicioy; - ly and her portly frame shook with Ceos cltement as she save utterance to ihe thoughts that disturbed her Sour i ‘The Bible,” she began in a tremulous the common people. get therl‘r tjl:’ax( :i:sgr(lis as ay, what do they do? one'Who has a Dasting acquaiiance s the person Who has committed the deed Justice! And you call this a free coun- shouted a man in the rear 1"’!1"0 did the other “It's h— of the hall. The women and n of the men applauded vl;orouq?;..figz WIFE DOES NOT KNOW THE TRUTH Mrs. McKinley Is Not Told of Attempted Assassination. —_—— Believes the President Was Slightly Injured in an Accident. Physicians Withhold Facts Because Shock Would Cause Her Death. —— Special Dispatch to The Call. UFFALO, Sept. 8.—The quiet that the physiclans have i sisted upon having is almost as necessary for Mrs. Mc 3 as for the President him: The unhappy woman has b kept in an artificial atmos- phere of sedatives and greatly modified statements as to the President’s conditio which has deadened, as far as possib the effect of the blow to her. Eve this time she does not know he has shot, still less does she know tha has been the victim of a villainous a tempt at assassination. She has been t merely that he was hurt out at the « position grounds and he needs quiet a careful nursing to put him all right a, Mrs. McKinley’s condition was such t to have told her, no matter how gu edly, the truth of the situation have been in all human probabi have ended her life long before now. was in a sadly wrecked, nervous con even before the tragedy oecurred had not recovered from the shock of > salutes fired when the President arrive| here. - The cannon were let off, throug some Inconceivable stupidity, within feet of the President's private car, which several of the windows on one sida were smashed in by the concussion. M McKinley swooned from the shock a from that moment to this has suffered from it—she has not béen even her fr self. . Dare Not Tell Her All To have added to all this anything lik a statement of the awful thing that ha befallen her husband could have been otherwise than fatal, in the opir of those who know Mrs. McKinley's con- dition best. As it isit skill and intimate know ments that have kept her up. She is constantly under the in strong tonics and powerful sedat good deal of the time she sleeps. who by any chance might let her k the true state of affairs is permit come near her. She sees nothing ever in the shape of a newspaper. these conditionls and with this co watchfulness and nursing she has up surprisingly well. To-day Mrs. McKinley went for a « out Delaware avenue in company her cousin, Mrs. Lafayette McWilliams of Chicago. The air was so superbly braci that Dr. Rixey felt a drive in it w be better for Mrs. McKinley than all t drugs that could be given to her. resuit more than justified the physicia opinion. Mrs. McKinley returned to t house noticeably brighter and fresher when she left it. But even with all the precautions with which Mrs. McKinley is still surrounde there is still grave anxiety for the ou come in her case. Her life, which has hung by a thread, one might sa would hardly survive the slightest shock in her present condition. The anno ment in fact that she was at the poi death, if it came at any moment, wo hardly cause surprise. Husband’s Love for Wife. And this uncertainty, of course, is one of the contingencies to_be counted in_the illness of the President himsel What the effect would be upon him if t worst—always perilously near in her cass —were to edme to Mrs. McKinley is son thing no one likes to contemplate. How tender is the tie between them is a ma:- ter which all the world knows. Her pit:- ful helplessness for years has stirred the President’s affectionate disposition to profoundest depths. The first that came to his mind when the assas: bullet tore through his body was anx for her. The first word he spoke after being stricken down was about her—ask ing that she be not told of what had o curred, or, if told, that there be no shade of exaggeration. His wishes In this respect were ampl fulfilled. She has not been told. W sedatives to support her she hears o what those who know her best have t her and this she has accepted with c! like confidence. - BRITISH CHURCHMEN PRAY FOR McKINLEY Appeals for the President’s Recovery Go Up in Many Houses of Worship. LONDON, Sept. 8.—Prayers for the re- covery of Mr. McKinley were offered in hundreds of British churches to-day, no- tably St. Paul's, Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Catkedral. Myers’ church in London, where thers Was a large attendance, including man) Americans, the congregation arose anil passed a resolution of sympathy. Hundreds of callers made Incessant Ir g:llr‘lqu throughout the day at the Un ates embassy. Many Americans walke drove or travcled by train for miles order to get the latest authentic n King Edward has_shown keen anx The United States Embassador is keepins the King fully informed about Mr. Mc- Kinley’s eondition. Todd was encouraged to close wit Temark that it was the duty of ‘“ev independent searcher after the truth 10 bring benighted Christians out of o darkness into the light,” and the women applauded their champion again. A middle-aged man arose and protes:e! against an article in one of the mor popers, designating the Independent jating Soclety as a gathering of anar “The statement is a_Ii he shout Wwith a wild tossing of his arms. W were organized for the purpose of disc ing all topics without fear or hindran ‘We are not anarchists,” Mrs. Todd laughed loudly at this parent renunciation of principle. Satis With his beginning, the speaker bes: tirade against Christianity, and wh illogical discourse was concluded, Go Cumming, an elderly man, took the 1l He confessed that his children belo to the church, but as for himself, he proud to assert his conviction that C! tianity was a myth. Mr. Cumming’ ing remarks were profane, a circums.: that appeared to please his feminine ! ers to no inconsiderable extent. An individual known as ‘“Lewis Light,” took the floor to talk about noney question, but he had evide been heard before, for he was given ! Sncouragement. When he closed th Slon next Sundsy e e Fols unday will be “The Folly All Deeds of Violence.” \ \