The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-24
MBMENr0ES OF M'KIELEY.
MS PERSONAL EFFECTS READY
FOR SHIPMENT TO CANTON.
They Include Wary Articles % vsluc Pre-
scented 90 Ium During uns Term. Sou
venirs Of Ins Tsurs Over the Continent.
Hooks. Clothing and 90 or so Canes.

dent Roosevelt took up his residence In
tho White House to-day. the last OF tho per-
sonal effects Of Mrs. Mckinley and her
lsmented husband had been packed away
In boxes In the basement Of the Mansion.
ready for shipment 20 Canton Tomorrow.
The work Of collecting and packing these
effects was performed by trusted servants
Of tho late President and Mrs. Mckinley.
under the supervision Of Secretary Cor
telyou and Col. Bingham. Superintendent
Of Public Buildings and Grounds. Various
boxes and pieces Of furniture. Of which
there a large number. viii be- sent by ex-
press, addressed 20 Mrs. Mckinley.
President Mckinley and his wife had
only a little furniture OF their own In the
White House, all necossary articles Of that
sort oeing provided by the Government.
but 81 clothing and brio-a-bmc and various
valuable souvenirs Of Mr.. hIoKinlcy's torn
In Office. there y a very large stock, Some
Of the articles arc OF considerable intrinsic
value. and among the number are at least
n score or two that will b. dearly prized
by Mrs. Mckinley M mementoes Of his
great career and as reminden Of the loving
esteem Ia which he was held by the people.
Although some Of the presents Of greatest
intrinsic value. which have been given 10
Pr~idcnt Mckinley during the last five
years. were stored away Ia other PLACES for
safe keeping, there ara still a very large
number IL things In tho White House which
represent n large value. even a. old gold
and silver Among these are the beautiful
vases presented TO the late President by
the President Of France, q solid gold plate,
weighing at least two or three pounds.
presented to Mr. Mckinley last spring by the
Knights Templars % California and other
articles made 81 The precious metals. elab-
omtely embossed and engraved with appro-
pirate inscriptions. All these presents Mr..
Mckinley kept in his library In the White
HOUSE. some Of them In plain view % such
visiting intimate friends a. he sometimes
received there.
The late President al.o had n considerable
number Of books In this library and In OF her
rooms In the private part Of the mansion.
which WERE his personal property and which
viii h. shipped To tn. Canton home Of Mrs
Mckinley During tho first thrcc years Of
his administration the President had a
number Of picccs u furniture Ia tho private
apartments Of the White House. but when
lis Canton home was ~remodcllcd and en-
larrod thesae were rcmovcd thi'hrr, pa that
thor h. now practically nothing In the way
q chairs. tBlIys. bureaus ~ utisr picc'E
Of household uIrtitur remaining Ia tho
Executive Mansion.
Whom the late President and Mrs. McKin-
ley went TO Canton early In July the greater
part Of their personal wardrobrs was
CHttitd thcrc, hut there remains hsrs n large
amount Of clothing trsid"s a thousand
ard-one dds and ends Of things such as
always accumulate In every HOUSEHOLD. II
Vas not until to-day that all thes, articles
were removed.
when a new President comes into oflcr II
l. usually known for months beforehand that
he il to occupy the White House, and the
family Of his Predecessor accordingly makes
arrangement for moving out promptly
at tho expiration Of the Presidential term
But Mr.. Mckinlryis ragic death found his
Washington home a. he had left u, and the
days immediately sucss-ding his passing
away we're 80 occupied with mourning that
nothing could bc dome toward preparing
the private part ~ the mansion for ths
new Ppsidcnt- occupancy. Mr. Roosevelt
urged especially that there should he no
hast" Ia This matter, ard be gave objections
that plenty OF time should H. taken for
removing Mrs. Mckinlcy's effects In an
orderly way.
4 part Of the goods that will 10 shipped
90 Canton tomorrow CONSISTS Of souvenirs
Of President Mckinlcy's extensive tours over
the Continent. Everywhere he went IN las
travels. extending over not less than thirty
or forty thousand miles. hc received some
token or tokens oi the esteem Of his fellow
citizens. APrcsid~nt always r-ceiNes many
gifts alao from uoture'y ~Nekers and persons
who are eager Z" display to the President
the results 81 their own haudiwork. ON"
man two or fhrV-. years AZ gave 10 PrrSi- I
dent Mckinley "A large model Of a full
rugged ship with every part of IN" vessel
tarfcct IN detail. Another sent a bottle, ]
lu-id. which had lscn arranged a frame
work Of sticks. which causes one - marvel
how Il could haV" ben constructed With
only the small neck Of IA" bottle through
which 10 work President Mckinley re-
cciv"d probably not l"-s than forty ~ fifty
cau.z during tho hrst ADMINISTRATION, |
ucarlv ali Of them representing N" haudi-
work 4 some veteran % The t1Nli War or |
of some person VIII had Occupied idle
moments In executing specimens Of nide
SKIN I'm carving
These are samples % hundreds Of ARTICLES |
thai wcrs presented 10 Mr. Mckinley and
which ane presented 70 evcfy Pr''siu"nt
during his term IN the White liou-r Mr. ,
Mckinley alwavH had thoae scripulously
preserved. although some 81 them were
rather cumbersome and bulky and Of no
pp-sihle value OF interest They were
stored In the spacious attic Of the White
Hou-- and thence they have bsen removed
during Oh. last few dhvs, the dust removed.
and the articles packed In boxes for ship
ment to Ohio. Not less than fifty flags
were recalved by President Mckinley as
presents from various persons and orgsni-
cations Tn the racine tour alone, last
spring, he resolved ten TO twelve flags,
the STATS often being carved from pieres
~ wood with historic association Nearly
oil % these were preserved IN his library,
and they have becn packed IN a scparats
box for shipment Ia Mrs Mckinley.
Secretary Cortelyou will 70 to Canton
within a fcw DAYS for the purpose Of dis
posing Of tbese effects In the Mckinley
home and 10 attend 10 some important mat
ter~ In connection Wit the late Presidents
estate When Mr.. Corj-iyou succed.i
John Addison Porter a. the Presidents
secretary. he was asked by President
Mckinley one daV 60 write some checks
for him. 10 which tho President placed
his own signatures This was the begin
ming 81 a participation in Mr. McKinley's
private affairs. which Mr.. Iortclyuu en-
tered into very fully within n short time
He became the Presidents business man
agrr. 81 far a. 10. privat" affair wor~ cor-
carned II t-cam" known Z" many 81
the presido1t's personal friends some
time ago. Although not through any breach
81 faith on th. part ~ Mr. Cortelvou. that /
Mr. Mckinl'y'- T~rsonal Affair." wcr" IN
very bad shape Will" his devotion ~
"a" brsiuess ~ M" nation wa such n 20
arin@' tho Highest admiration. hi- method I
iu 'ran~aCt,ug personal hisiu"-@ wef'
very easy going n should lv said. how.
"v'r fhS' 'hi~ r.'h.i dii not aTpiv -
lt. obligations % uik"r~. frr r' paid his