The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 15, 1901, Page 13

| | | iPages 13 10 22 Frerererasoneneron S HOXOROXPH Y | SEITHIE WREE SEIHE Bl 3 T all, [T & DOHOXPHPLOXOX DAOHD XOX SROXOXIHIXNGQ VOLUME XC-NO. 107. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1901-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. [HEODORE. ROOGEVELT TAKEW THE OATH OF OFFIGE, WHILE LOVING TRIBUTED ARt PAID 10 LATE PREGITENT HIRMLY PROMISES 10 UPHOLD WILLIAW McKINLEY'S POLICY Secretary Root and the Nation's New Chiel ed Manly Tears During Ceremony of Taking President s Obligation. Mmemfi%fiflmMmmmHmmm to Retain Their Portfolios, So That Government Is Not Retarded. —~Theodore Roosevelt, who to-day was tragically o the chief magistracy of the American republic by the ¢ President McKinley, entered this city of mourning this aft- remarkable and perilous journey from the heart of a had been President under the constitution and law the minute the martyred President ceased to live. nd powers of the office had devolved upon him, but imblest citizen to exercise one of them until he had nal provision requiring him to take a prescribed the constitution and laws of the United States. He o'clock this afternoon in the liorary of the residence of personal friend with whom he stopped earlier in the week t President McKinley would recover from the wound present when he swore to the oath Secretaries Root, Hitcheock, ter General Smith, Senator C. M. Depew of New f Appeals Haight, John N. Scathard, Mr. and Mrs. , George P. Sawyer, Drs. Mann, Parke and Stockton, gue, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Milburn; the Secretary to Jr.; the etary to the deceased President, George B :d Mrs. Charles Carry, C. R. Scathard, J. D. Sawyer i Jeffers, official telegrapher, in addition to Judge John R the United States District Court, who administered the oath. The scene a most affecting one. The new President had just come from t ise, where his predecessor lay cold in death. 'ercome by Deep Personal Sorrow. rrow he felt in his characteristically impul- o the house of mourning to offer his condolence hearted widow. Secretary Root, who twenty years ne when Arthur took the oath after the a victim to an assassin’s bullet, almost broke Roosevelt on behalf of the members of the Cabinet ibed oath. There was not a dry eye in the shaken, but he controlled himself, and ar it was as steady as though carved in marble. he deep solemnity of the occasion full upon him, he announced to those be William McKinley’s successor in deed as well as proclaimed it in these words: “In this hour of deep and terrible national bereavement, I wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue absolutely without variance the policy of President McKinley for the peace and progperity and honor of our beloved country.” wot name. Deliberat The President protoundly teking the oz members of the Government would up! Cebinet, 1 who were co least to reta ’yet, He said he responsibilities reer at Was will accompa: gnificance of this pledge to continue the policy of the dead at the very thresnold of a new governmental regime, and President Roosevelt's first step after His first act was to ask the o retain their portfolios in order to aid him to conduct laid down by him whose policy he had declared he appeal was not to be resisted, and every member of the ng Becretary of State Hay and Secretary of the Treasury Gage, eated with in Washington, have agreed for the present at several portfolios. The President has made no plans as shocked by the national calamity that had thrust new » that he had had ne time yet to think of his future ca- He will remain here quietly to-morrow, and on Monday neral train to the national capital. New President’s Arrival at Buffalo. President Roosevelt reached Buffalo at 1:40 this afternoon, accompanied only by his private secretary, Willlam Loeb Jr. An immense crowd, which had been ewaiting his arrival for hours, was gathered about the station, eager to catch & first sight of the President. The train, however, did not enter the station proper, but the President landed at the terrace. When he left the train an es- cort of the Fourth Signal Corps formed about him and conducted him to an auto- mebile which his friend Ansley Wilcox had in waiting. The demonstration which greeted his appearance was in keeping with the sol- emnity of the occasion. Those who saw him did not raise a cheer, but attested their respect ng their hats. As soon as he entered the vehicle the chauffeur turned the lever and the auto- mobile went sk ¥ to the residerice of Mr. Wilcox, on Delaware avenue. Twenty mounted police clattering along on either side could with difficulty keep the pace which the autemobile set President Roosevelt declined to make any statement whatever for publication. ] was o shocked,” said he, by the terrible news brought to me last night and by the ity which it entalled upon the country, as well as by the per- sonal sorrow which 1 feel, that T have had no time to think of plans for the future conduct of the office which has been so suddenly and sadly thrust upon me.” The President arrived at the Wilcox home at 1:45 o’clock, his only attendants being William Loeb Jr. and Ansley Wilcox. With hardly any conversation he re- tired at once 1o his room, where he bathed and dressed. At 2:30 o'clock he was ready to leave for the Milburn house, where he desired to make his official call of condolence. He was escorted by a detail from the Fourth Signal Corps and mount- ed police. So rapidly did his driver proceed that his escort was left a couple of blocks behind, with the exception of the commanding officer and a lieutenant of Poolice. Continued on Page Sixteen. L —_— STATE OBSEQUIES ARE 0 BE HELD AT NATION'S CAPITAL emains of the Martyred Chief Execufive to Lie i Etermal Rest af the Canton Family Plat elief That the Bullets Fired by the Assassin Were Poisoned and That Mortal Skill Could Not Have Prevented Death, UFFALO, Sept. 14.—This has been a day of extreme sorrow in the Ex- position City. While the new President was actively preparing to take up the reins of government arrangements were being made to pay the last loving tributes to the memory of William McKinley. The Cabinet after conferring with the family of the late President decided upon a state funeral at Washington. It was at first intended to have a brief service of prayer at the Milburn residence to-morrow afternoon and start for the national capital with the body on Monday morning at 7 o'clock, but the people of Buffalo cxpressed such a strong wish to be allowed to pay their tribute of respect here that it was subsequently decided to hold the service 11 o’'clock in the morning and allow the body to lie in state in the City Hall here to-morrow after: On Monday a special train bearing the President, Cabinet, Mrs. McKi nd the distinguished personages associ; d with the McKinl Il convey the body to Washing- ton. Tke body will be taken to the White House for the night and on Tuesday it will be formally conveyed to the rotunda of the Capitol building, where the state ceremonijes will occur. On Wednesday the body will be conveyed to Canton, where it will be interred in the fam- ily lot. Cablegrams, telegrams and messages of sympathy and condolence from all over the world are arriving housands. Mrs. McKinley, feeble and broken-hearted up under her great sorrow with remarkable fortitude, and Dr. > believe he will be able to go through the trying ordeal of a state funeral. A death m President’s rel the martyred Pr will be made by a Washington artist named Garet. All the ends agreed that it was desirable that the features of sident should be preserved for the sake of ki Coroner’s Inquest Wil Not Be Held. No Coroner's inquest was held. Pursuing the precedent lald down in the case of Gar: ewed the bedy this morning and later gave a certificate i ance with the result of the autopsy, which declared that deatn was unavoidable by any surgical or mecical treatment and was the direct result of bullet wou The wretch who plurged the world into sorrow will therefore pay the p crime by death in the electric chair. Murder in the first de- gree will be the ¢ The repor or two after tory. of the autopsy has agaln given rise to the theory hinted at a day hot—that Czolgosz in crder to insure the accom- > poisoned the bullets that were fired. The gangrene found ght to be strong evidence in support of this view ictans.. Dr. Wasdin is considered an ex-~ pert of high standing in the marine hospital service. A chemical and bacteriological examination of the remaining bullets in the pis- tol will, howaveér, confirm or demolish this theory, and such an examination will undoubtedly he mde at once by the authorities. But whether this theory is established or not, it seems probable that the re- sult of the autopsy will give rise to a medical controversy. The gangrened condi- tion of the interior wounds which the physicians thought were healed, and the fact that the physiclans announced positi that the kidney which the bullet tore in its passage through the abdomen was uninjured, were so contrary to what was expected by the public after the statements of ‘the physiclans dur- ing the progress of the case that its discussion seems Inevitable. bullet theory might, of course, account for the sudden and puzzling reversal of McKinley's condition just when the physicians laid such great stress on his fm- proved condition and gave such strong hopes of his recovery. The bullet was not found, although ‘an hour's search was made for it. The X-ray apparatus was not at hand for the use of the physicians and the location of the bullet is still unknown, Order of the Funeral Ceremonies. Secretary Cortelyou to-night gave out the following order of the movement of the fuheral ceremonte: “There will be a private ceremony at the Milburn house on Sunday, Septem~ ber 15, at 11 a. m., consisting of reading from the scripture, prayer by Rev. Dr. Lock and the singing of a hymn. Immediately after this service the remains of the late President wil! be taken to the Buffalo City Hall under the escort of one company of regular troops, one company of marines, one company each of the Buffalo regiments of the National Guard. The body will lie in state at the City Hall, affording the citizens of Buffalo an opportunity to pay their respects until nightfall. The time will be approximately from 10 to 6 o'clock. The body wili remain at the City Hall under a guard of regular soldiers and sailors on Monday until 7:30 a. m., when it will be taken under the same escort to the funeral train at the Buffalo union station.” The funeral train will leave Buffalo at 8:30 Monday morning, and is expected to arrive at Washington at 9 o’clock Monday evening. At Washington the body will be taken from the train to the executive mansion under escort of a squad of cavalry, to remain under a guard of soldiers and sailors until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, when it will be taken to the rotunda of the Capitol under the same es- cort of cavalry. The body will lie in state in the rotunda of the Capitol unti] 11 o'clock Wed- nesday forenoen. At 12 o'clock Wednesday the public funeral service will be held at the rotunda. At 1 o'clock the body will be taken, under military escort, followed by the funeral procession, in accordance with the precedent in the case of President Garfield, to the Baltimore and Potomac station, and the funeral by Dr. W The poisoned Continued on Page Sixteen.