The evening world. Newspaper, September 14, 1901, Page 2

When They Heard Last News from Bedside. BUFFALO, Sept. 13.—Mrs. McKinley's fortitude bas been the marve! of the physiciatia $2 weak physically that she coould not move about with- out assistance, she has withstood the shook of her terrible bereavement with wonderful strength and patient submission. She is resting easily this afternoon, though very weak. tieter, who broke the news of her great loss to the stricken wife. She went + from the bedside of such that it seemed best to remove her from the sick room before the end. the dead Prezident to the wife, whose condition was Mrs. Me’Kinley is occupying a large south room in the Milburn house overlooking Delaware avenue and Ferry streot + the early morning light was breaking when Mrs. Barber told her that the sleep into which the President had passed would know no awakening. HER UNEXPECTED CALMNESs. one great sorrow, received the ndws with unexpected calmness, and once ocquiesced in the request of her physician and fomily to leave the detoils of the ceremonies, in which the entire naton is to join, entjrely in the hands of the official and personal friends. All day long she has remained quietly In her room sirjeken to the soul, but bravely bearing her buren. Dr. Rixey, who for years has guarded her from all excitement and was in constant attendance during her recent flness in San Franelsco, 1s much encouraged by the way she is bearing up at present, although it is quite | possible the strain of the next twenty-four hours may make is desirable for | her to return with her sister to Canton to avoid the serious strain of a - state funeral. Mr, and Mrs. Abner McKinley, Mrs. Lafayette McWilliams, of Chicago; | Mrs. Duncan and Miss Helen McKinley, the President's sisters; Mrs. Barber | > and Miss Mary Barber, of Canton, and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick, relieve each other in ministering to Mrs. McKinley's few wants and in trying to fortify her for the ordeal to come. H Mrs. Hobart, widow of the late Vice-President, who called this forenoon | accommanted by her young son, Garret A. Hobart, jr., t& the only person outside of the family party thus far admitted to Mre. <inley's presence. EARLY HOURS ABOUT THE HOUSE. whie The large Americ has hung fi the front of the Milburn hone almost cont Exposition began was not removed. There were means of half-masting for a mute tribute of respect, and it was feft where it was draped across the front of the veranda, It was one ‘of the only bits of color jn a gray and cheerless landscape, Absolute quiet prevailed in the neighborhood of Milburn house through the early hours of the day. The police maintained the lines on Delaware avenne and the streets which intersect it, and double picket lines patrolled Ly Fourteenth Infantrymen protected the house froin any intrusion. | Many persons came to the outer police Hines and gazed fn silence at the house where the body of the dead President reposes. Some talked In awed whispers of the tragedy that had taken the nation’s ruler, and among all “the deepest sorrow was munifest. SRE TEN ee a e aE mon ¢ #4 to meet In special session, | Pathetic figures in the crowd were scores of old Grand Army men who| Thre 18 enly a very meagre sp 1 a eomrade of Senators and members of the grieve at the loss of a c 5 of Representatives in V ‘ ‘Their bitterness at the crime seemed melted In regret. Many of them | thos generally pleaded with the police for admission to the lines, declaring that {t was} *vove expresved “their right and privilege to guard the body of the man who had fought In LAST HOURS O It {s definitely learned to-day that it was Mrs. Barber, Mrs. McKinley's + ‘Through the drawn shades | mat Qre. McKinley, whose extreme delicacy was for years the President's | THE WORLD: SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1901, F PRESIDENT MkKINLEY’S LIFE. NO SESSION! OF CONGRESS. | PRESIDENT SM WASHINGTON, Sept HW It is not Heved nere that President Roosevelt find tt expedient or necensary 16 wall sum Ven go to the estent of pree > thelr ranks and was their comrade. The pglice regretfully enforced the order against them. PHOTOGRAPHING THE dloung though on thie point there t¢ a differ ence HISTORICAL SPOT. u that there will not he traordinary sexsion of the hex Henate, resident: Me Witte consumption of which Is sald by emt- nent cigars, excessive ph his close friends The matter enew Pre to have jor the weak- | Full Size Photograph ot Cigars Mae THINKS IT WAS - A PRENORITION. ODD INCIDENT AT THE EXPO- SITION I8 RECALLED. By an Acciden dent” Flared Under Roosevell IMaminated Pictare. MILBURN HOUSE, BU 14.—There are, ax usual, monittons and premonitory warnings of the accession of President Roosevelt State Senator John Laughlin tells that not over four weeks ago, while a display of fireworks was being made at the Pan- pleture of the then Vice-President was shown In fire. Underneath jt, were -the words “Our Vice-President.” Hardly had that pleture been lighted when the word “Vice” burned out and jeft stand- Ing in huge letters under Mr. Roose- velt's picture the words “Our Presi- dent. In a minute or two the word “Our” acchlentally burned out, as bad the other word, and for fuliy seven minutes the single word “President” stood out in bold rellef. WAS. BULLET POISONED? CHICAGO, Sept. 1.—A startling pos sibility le suggested by Dr. James A. Lydeton, of this city. In commenting upon the death of Presidem McKinley he sald thi the bullet which went through the stomach and remained in the boly, might have been poisoned. The Irritation that produced the Increased pulsations and temperature could have been caused by a isoned lead ball when all other conditions favored re- By dipping the bullets in pus or doad- ly chemicals the In may have made sure of his vist said Dr. Lyd- ston. OKED TEN CIGARS A DAY, CAUSING TOBACCO HEART. | ‘xpressly for Mr. MoKinIcy. ta Abajo; amoked less, on the advice of his phy- siclans, Mr, Fonseca sald to an Evening World reporter today: | “When I heard that the President a for g00d| few days before his dezth expressed a | ported from the famous ¥ | district, of Cuba. Re EB y clgar that Mr. MeKinley con- sumed cost $1, and he smoked some times as high as ten in a day. f Hding for thew fess of his heart, which overcame him! Mr. McKinley's fonéness to Presidenvy requires that im inne Hy erings | clears was weil known, and friends | wish t joke I notified Mr. Cortelyou the only civilians. They loltered about the tontn and shedw on the east |Comsress shall be convened In case a | at Ree Sub aes Sabie aulas think lotteiel mare lagrecabletares: lt haei 1iwanialscacihles/elaescial olest side of Delaware avenu aiting the action of the day. Early in the morn- aa i the Cabinet becomes P: o y Gas rey ‘a is £ i “jent than an order of the cigars for] wnicn he could smoke without exertion de tthe © manut el clally fo ing a number of photographers representing tho pictorial press were ad-| not anply ta he enact Nba Cee peels 2 Ce him! witeh he so often expressed a prefer-| or injury. It is amaller than bis favor ; cf ees eiaw jo he:case of the Vik y FOR, Fonseca & Co., of this elty. — | ence itedands is imild andl veryZtres: h ae al hu e . P and gr *y vate > <5 te an mild and very free. so he mitted to the lines and several hundred views of the house and grounda|dent Ing elevated to the Presidency! spies were of two variet but that Prior to his iiness in 189 the Preste] would not have to exert his lungs or that have been made historic by the death of another martyred President |'rousa the death of the President. J urcrorred. by the President. was long. dent waa an [nveterate smoker, and his | throat. were taken. Tt in belleved that aince the law does t} Ses aN Chia that 1 tal avon reisereileclowlte Velgane “I war just about to pack up some bee SEO DR ee } Fat call upon him to do so the new Presi | so ale tha ieee llowaate rarely fell below ten Sears & | voxes of them when the sad news of his ' A heayy damp fog still bung over the city and gave the air a chill that | Gent wiil aot. amino, Comteees in eoee) ie wareet aceo that coukl ay. Since then, however, he had! death came. is Was penetrating. At 8 o'clock a company of the Fourteenth Infantry, com- | ci! session, but will allow the affairs ot) hrerrrenrrerny = P) manded by Lieut. James Ware. came to relieve their comrades, who had |e different departments to remain in > "SoomRpDs SEY PR G ~ E> been on guard for twenty-four hours, ‘The formalities of posting the now | Mer prevent handa until Congress hall DR. CYRUS EDSON’S EXPERT AND TIMELY OPINION. a wae since at Ones noon I Dr cyrus tal who nas made a) xanglla In the brain, ‘Tobacco heart’) the perfecto size every day, We abuse psuard Ls i fe. This | special study of how tobacco affects a} is the name given to the effects pro- jour good thingw because they are good. % Ssetiae) nan past mbldle age, sald to an Even-| diced by the constant use of tobacco. Overindulgence Hurts. MR. CORTELYOU'S FORTITUDE. atter the President | tas World reporter taeday: ‘Those effects are pecullar. “re. te everindulgencs AbatWinjares rthur did q ‘| , President McKinley's faithful and devoted secretary, Mr. Cortelyou, de+|araswon,. but. clreummtances hearts tea Rrent” muscte.: ) Ite What Steotine We cannot lay down hard and fast rules _ spite the tremendons strain of the last few days, ls bearing up bravely. For : the 3 © six days and nights he has been in charge of everything at the Milburn] The last Congress performed tis wk | ericltirel pump, but a seulurday {¢) house, only able to snatch an occasional rest for an hour or two, wo completely that in case the ently) pump, typ fi) But even the final blow did not prostrate him, and after a few hours’ | 07% shold Mere Weald ee aiecra { cit, Bummpe about seventy tinea a be nos pearh a exslo crew ve no spectal | a ns Neaacers }> rest, from 4 to 7 o'clock, he was up again, bis heart breaking, but with acalm| service for it te. perform. ana Hist et ade REL Moat exterior taking up the responsibility of seeing to all the arrangements with jo the resolution to sec them throngh to the end Col. Bingham, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds in ing Secretary Cortelyou in every way that he can. Col. Bingham is fearful Jest the devoted secretary will cola! under the strain { Mrs. Barber and Miss McKinley, sisters of the dead President, drove to Milburn house at $30 o'clock and were at once escorted in. what different in the present instan, firm Washington, errived carly in the morning and will devote himself to assist-|' is to pump ¢ tresident: McK Iniey. In the base of the bral and In the Art thare ate certaln aiglibt. or nerve prvous stim- nuscle of the nd do its work, Ea bumps it fre Woull be little more to do than the nominations con by | yMoe made and tf the rtef Mr, ft art ke [a “Whe blow! through; IU isn'ta steam pump, nOFL motor “Nicotine is what nye s call ‘a rean ay snd of the narcotic ix, It hax a depressing effeot to paralyze the ganglia. It polsons them. “The result of the poisoning of these Ganglia Is that they do not perform their work properly; don't send impulses. to the heart, or else they send them in a weak, perfunctory way. “When any other poisoning Inter venes, auch as toxaemla, the sum of the effects of the two poisons ie sume clent to stop the heart. Perhaps neither alone would prove fatal, "A civilized man should never smoke “I understand ¢ the President lin the open air. He should take the smoked seven or eight black cigars of Ipure air in bis lunge.” for the government of all men. What may be polson to one man may not in- | jure another at all. “There Ix a Umit for the strongest of us, however. “T should say no human belng was ever buth who could stand the equiva- lent of seven perfecto cigars a day without harming him. “A cigar after each meal and ono in the evening would not hurt the average man. No man ought to have time, ex- cept in vacations, to smoke more than that number. 3 tha and & Both showed | |! Kintey Cay. control the pump A oy en ¢ swell a el te overhyth: de: t i the signs of their deep grief. IMportantehurealicceaioine move rhyt Jes in the Bs The gates of the Pan-American Kxposition will be closed and wiil re- Ogun naw wilt | = (eymain shut until Monday, The exy is crowded with Exposition visitors, Malate thorn s known cerely desire to relinquish A Pres! ol the ste, ley are ye othe jjbut they, like all others, are in deep mourning for the loss of their Pres-| ment, ent of embarra hetr pos y are all patriolte and Adent. Everywhere there are signs of sorrow. Flags fly midmast and prepa: _yations are in progress to give the public buildings a draping of black. At all the city churches to-morrow there will be services and prayers the martyred President. Plans for formal civic action and for a large escort of military and civic organizations when the body is removed to the ytrain that will carry it to Washington are under consideration and will / probably be completed by to-night. 4 for ROOT SAW ARTHUR SWORN I 3 It Is an interesting fact, recalled during the morning, that Elihu Root, tow Secretary of War, was present w' Arthur took the oath of office en Garfield died. Abner McKinley, brother of the late President, drove to Milburn house t.10 o'clock, accompanied by Lieut. James Mokinley, Col. Brown and Mr. J Meek, of Canton. The police removed the rope lines and the carriage role: slowly up to the entrance of the house. Mr. McKinley beat forward in his seat and shaded his eyes with his ds. When he’alighted he walked slowly up to the door of the house th his eyes downcast and head bent. Coroner James Wilson viewed the President's body at 10.15 o'clock. the autopsy he will issue a certificate of death and a permit for the y of the body. He intended to impanel a jury, but the District- ney informed him it was unnecessary. Dhysiclans fixed 11 o'clock as the hour for the autopsy, because thoy @ quite fatigued from Inst night's work. The autopsy will be performed Harvey R. Garlord and H. G. Matzinger, both well-known patholo- Buffalo. Its results will be embodicd in a statement signed by all 8, which will be given to the press. (STREETS FULL OF PEACEFUL CROWDS. if ‘crowds of people occuplea every street of prominence in the city thezé was nothing demonstrative abou: it. In fact, it looked r cro and in some ways It partook of that nature, for the ors who had come to the Pan-American Exposition, barred Closing, wandered about the streets, Czolgosz, the assassin, is confined there was hardly Agked to continue In office for some time nue on ofce if re: at least. auested by Cie Present to do so, and White some of the Cabinet officers, It | this, it ts believed, ts what will occur. a handful of people, and there was no particular guard of police. In fact, the assassin seemed to be forgotten in the general grief. The crowds had two Meccas, however, one at the house where the twen- ty-Afth President lies dead, and the other the station where the new Prest- dent, Theodore Roosevelt, will arriv After watching the decoraters coyer the fronts of the big buildings along Main street with emblems of mourning, the crowd divided and went two ways, At both places the police were out in force, and the nearest view for. the public of the Milburn house was at a distance of about four city blocks. From a gala appearance in hcnor of the Pan-American and the dis- tinguished guest now lies dead, the clty has been transformed into a huge monument of mourning. Flags of all kinds are at half-mast and black hangs from flag masts and cornices. At 10 o'clock the Milburn house, which all through the morning had been silent and to outward appearances deserted, showed {ts first atir. The relatives of President McKinley began arriving and the awaiting atiendants stood at the cpen door to recelve them. Mr. Milburn joined the party at 10 o'clock and for a time stood at the door with bared head with some of the friends of the McKinley family. By that time the great crowds were banked at elther end of the rope In- closure, but perfect order was obeerved. NO RESPECTERS OF GRIEF. The most painful scene of the morning was caused by camera men, To the number of more than thirty they gained admission to the police lines, and even the grief of the relatives of the dead President was not sacréd to them, They pointed their cameras into the tear-stained faces of the weeping relatives and snapped the shutters. The police declined to take the respon- sibility of ejecting them. Senator Hanna came to the house at 10,40 o'clock, accompanied by Comp- troller Dawes and Elmer. Dover, his private secretary,’ The Senator walked slowly avd hesjtatingly, and bowed hiv head as he approached the house, 1 vei EAP EEG) Loire ise BRN 2 mee ITHRONG SANG THE HYMN PRESIDENT MURMURED. Crowds in Chicago Streets Unite in Singing ‘* Nearer, My God, to Thee.” CHICAGO, Sevt. 14—The hymn/there was a pause, Many were in teare, earer, My God, to Thee" was sung by|A college student then bared his head throng In front of one of the news-| and prayed aloud. paper cfMfices when the announcement] The great crowd listefed and when was made that President McKinley waste siucent Had coqsed some one started the crowd joining dead, in, After the singing all quietly dls- Wren the sirging of the hymn ceased persed. CABINET WILL RESIGN AFTER THE FUNERAL. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Georetaries Hay and Gage held a conference this morning, at the conclusion of which it was stated that in all probebil- ity the members of the Cabinet would not tender their resignations until after President McKinley's funeral, They have not been in consultation with the members of the Cabinet | body. now In Buffalo, but the view was expressed that there would be no difference of opinion on that point. a —_——— te Mr. Morgan, referring to the death of NO PERIL AHEAD, President McKintey, aid to an Evening SAYS MORGAN. | woria reporter: “President McKinley was a much- J. Plerpont Morgan wes at his desk Serrsen ton he neuen, arte te ore as usual to-day and after. a conferenre, 7 sth fF f with a number. of moon, tha F: Sia vend: y pasted & big volume ef Rusiness. American Exposition grounds, a huge| — as Relatives Kept Vigil at the Bedside | Until the End Came at 2.15 oe o Clock. MILBURN HOUSE, BUFFALO, Sept. 14.—President Me- Kinley’s death was officially announced at 2.15 o'clock this morn- ing. From authoritative sources the following details of the final scenes in and about the deatl, chamber have been secured: The President had contirtaed in an unconscious state sinee 8.30 PEM | came. | i | Dr. Rixey remained with him at all times and until death The other doctors were in the room at times, and they re- paired to the front room where their consultations had been held. About 2 o'clock Dr. Rixey noted the unmistakable signs of dis- jsolution, and the immediate members of the family were summoned ito the bedside. Mrs. MeKinley was asleep and it was deemed de- {sirable not aken her for the last moments of anguish. Silently and sadly the menabers of the family stole into the room. They stood about the foot and sides vf the bed where the great man’s life was ebbing away. RELATIVES AT 'THE BEDSIDE. Those in the circle were Almer McKinley, the President’s brother: Mrs. Abner McKinley, Miss Helen, th-: President’s sister; Mrs. Sarah Duncan, another sister: Miss Mary Barber, a niece; Pee. Miss Sarah Duncan, Lieut. J. F. M-rKinley, a nephew; William M. Duncan, a nephew; Charles G. Dawes, the Comptroller of the Cur- rency; F. Mosbourne, a cousin; Col. Webb C. Hayes, John Barber, a nephew; Secretary George B. Cortelyou, Col. W. C. Brown, the business partner of Abner McKinley: Dr. P. M. Rixey, the family physician, and six nurses and attendanta Jn an adjoining room sat the physicians, including Drs. Me- Burney, Wasdin, Park, Stockton and Mynter. Tt was now 2.05 o'clock and the minutes were slipping away. Only the sobs of those in the cirele about the President’s bedside broke the awed silence. Five minutes passed, then six, seven, eight. Now Dr. Rixey bent forward. His fingers were on the Presi- dent’s pulse, one of his hands was raised. as if in warning. The fluttering heart was just going to rest. -\ moment more and Dr. Rixey straightentd up and with choking voice said, “The President is dead.” CABINET OFFICIALS NOTIFIED. The end had come and all was over. Secretary Cortelyou was the first to turn from the stricken cirele, {le stepped from the chamber to the outer hall, and then down the stairway to the large room where the members of the Cabinet, Senators and distinguished officials were assembled. As his tense, white face appeared at the doorway a hush fell upon’ the assemblage. “Gentlemen, the President has passed away,” he said. For a moment not a word eame in reply. Even though the end had been expected, the actual announcement that William Me- Kinley was dead fairly stunned the men who had been his closest confidants and advisers. A groan of anguish went up from the as- sembled officials. Some eried outright like children. All the pent- up emotions of the last few days were loosed. They turned from the room and came from the house with streamting eyes. PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MADE. The first public announcement of the death of the President came from Col. Brown, who was authorized by Mr. Cortelyou. to notify the press. Col. Brown came to the reporters at 2.16 o'clock and said: “The President is dead, He has just passed away.” Five minutes later Senator J. C. Burrows, of Michigan, came out of the Milburn house and said: “The President dled at one minaite after 2 o'clock. He was unconscious. Mrs. McKinley was not with him.” In a twinkling there was a rush for the wires, Newspaper men, public officials, business men—all wanted to get the news off at the same time. “Dead! was the word that was ticked off on every lustrument to every city In the United States. Col. Alexander came out with bowed head. “What we have been ex- pecting for three hours has happened at last,” said he. “The President passed away at 2 o'clock, after three hours of unconsciousness. Since 11 o'clock he has had practically no pulse, He suffered no pxtin and knew no fear. His Iast lucid words to those who stood about his bedside were: ‘God's will, not ours, be done!” “His last thought was for Mrs. McKinley and a good-by to his friends.” Col. Brown returned from the house in a few minutes and sald: “The President 1s dead. This announcement is oMfcial. I axa authorized to make it. The end came at just 2 A. M. All the physicians had with- drawn save Dr. Rixeys Mrs. McKinley had been gently led away to her room and was asleep. Col. Webb Hayes announced the President's death to the members of the Cabinet. All of the members of the Cabinet in the city, with the ex- ception of Secretary Long, who had left the house a little earHer, were as- sembled in the dining-room at the time. They bad been eating a Nght luncheon and the repast was brought to an end by the annotincement. Within ten minutes after the death of the President the party In the Milburn house that had witnessed the long and heroic struggle of the Presl- dent filed out. All the members of the Cabinet and the near relations tak carriages and drove away. They were all weeping as they left the hous» where lay the body of the late Chief Executive. The members of the Cabinet bastencd away to prepare for all the ex- igenctes of the situation. To-day the Cabinet will meet In formal session and officially decide upon the arrangements for the funeral. ‘A state funeral at Washington und final interment at Canton, the life- long home of the President, will be planned. Within thirty minutes of the death a private of the United States Army Hospital Corps was detailed for duty, and took his position by tha: body of the dead President. At 3.23 o'clock Drullard and Koch, the undertakers who had been sum- moned, arrived at the Milburn house and took charge of the Prosident’s The undertakers were informed that the body must be left unembalmed until after the autopsy. Accordingly the body was removed from the bed in which the death occurred and placed upon a stretcher and covered with sheet. a The autopsy is to take place early in the forenoon and the body isto be prepared for preservation immediately afterward. With the momentary excitement incident upon the announcement at an end, the ertire scene became one of unmistakable and deep m 5 As if nature lent its ald to the grieving crowds, a dense log sottled a pall over the city. The Milburn bouso became a tomb of silence. ts not extinguished were dimmed, visitors were denied admittance, the their more intimate friends were speedily lett jat me oe