The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-09-27

iuuHesS OF ner gT1eI ana tDen seems tt
elapse into merciful semi-consciousness
DR.. Rixey, upon whose opinion Mrs. Nc
Kinley relies implicitly, said this after.
noon:
Mrs. Mckinley. in spite of her Erea,
Igrief. is physically better than she has
been in years. She is bearing up splen-
{didly. and is entirely recovered from her
severe and tedious illness of early sum-
mer. You may say, she will be fully
able TO sustain her part in the trying
ordeal before her. In every way she is
doing better than had hoped would be
the case"
CHICAGO, Sept. l3.-Of the sorrowful
tdings from the presidents bedside,
Colonel w. J. Bryan said tonight;
Il cannot believe the presidents life Is
to end this way. 1t seems impossible.
simply will not believe that he can die
from an assassin's bullet until I hear
that he has breathed his last. Where
there is life there is hope"
MIR. Bryan arrived here from Lincoln,
Neb., at $50 O'Clock and was driven at
once to the Sherman House.
While Mr.. Bryan was talking his head
was bowed and he appeared to be greatly
iejccted. over and over again he re-
Speated the words 81 cannot believe his
= fife is to end this way"
II have already spoken of the horror
lin which l regard the assass!n's crime
I he added Il have already spoken of the
Ihigh personal esteem in which l held Mr..
Mckinley In this moment of sorrow
can add nothing to either"
NO TINE FOR PARTISANSHIP
Later, when the committee of the Car
ter II. Harrison League, at whose picnic
Mr.. Bryan was TO have spoken tomorrow,
announced that the demonstration had
kpeen abandoned, Mr.. Bryan, in a voice
that shook with emotion, read the follow
ing:
II most cordially commend your action
Elm abandoning the contemplated demon
Ystration. We are all oppressed by the
Ygrief which has fallen upon the nation.
We have no spirit for a partisan meeting
Kat this time, for partisanship is swallow
led mp In universal sorrow. Political con
|troversies and the prizes and disappont
ments which attend them, dwindle into
ZinsignitiCanCc when we stand in the pres
Ience of the tragedy which seems likely
Rto rob the nation of its chief executive
I'VE all feel the humiliation that our
country has suffered and our hearts are
with the lovely woman from whom foul
land brutal assassination Is taking one OF
the most faithful and tender Of husbands
1Whcther the heroic struggle ends fatally
|or in his restoration to health, you have
(aCtcd wisely"
SHEDS SYMPATHETIC TEARS
when Mr.. Bryan ceased reading his
face was exceedingly grave. He was
shown the latest bulletins. which he read
carefully with downCast head, and when
> he looked up tears stood in his eyes. In
h voice that broke he indicated the bul-
lctin wherein the dying president was
j. said to Ice murmurinE, Nearer, My God.
to Thee" and said:
Isn't that pitiful-it's too pitiful."
Gods will be done" he read In anoth-
cr bulletin. giving the presidents last
words to Mrs. Mckinley. and again Mr.
bryan was deeply moved tie made no
= H|commcnt. but again tears came stream
ing from his eyes. He stood like on.
looking on the bier of loved one, and
the room was hushed in funcreal silence
1t was with an effort that the Demo
j. cratic leader threw off the evidence OF
grief and shook hands with the commit
tee. the members OF which had been sym
pathetic spectators.
Mr.. Bryan was accompanied by Mayor
Harrison to the Burlington station, and
bat II 30 p. m. departed for Lincoln.
WASHINGTON, Sept. H.-Thc Capitol
was closed today out OF respect to the
mcmory OF the late President Mckinley
hnd preparations We're begun for receiv'
ing the body which will lie in state ir
the rotunda. as did the bodies OF Presi'
dents Lincoln and Garfield.
The Capitol on both sides of the rotun.
da is in great disorder. on account OF re-
= pairs in progress, but II Is not believed
that this circumstance win interfere
i'm any way with the public ceremony OF
mournng. When President Garfield 5
body lay In the Capitol the public as
semblod on the east front Of the build
ing, and going in at the main door in
kdoube file, passed out at the west door,
the people separating in two lines as the
pier was approached. \ similar order
Twill be preserved at the forthcoming GER
Iemonies.
The remains will hc in the custody of a
guard OF honor, the sergeants-at-arm OF
|the Senate and House of Representatives
assisting in the details of the ceremonies
The historical state catafalque. stored at
kthe Capitol, is being put into condition.
The nag ON the White House was half
masted early this morning. and on the
Ubig front door was posted the printed
kcard. Closed" The white House shades
of the east room We're drawn over the
windows and the public was not admitted
to the building. with careworn faces
khlll TNlt steps lllt w ullt Rouse altdCUtS
went about their duties. No public busi-
4 knrss was transacted.
. In anticipation of the coming Of Mrs.
McKinl,y and eventually Of the family
of the new president, a large force of
workmen is engaged in preparing the
HWhtc House FOR occupancy.
II is expected that President Roosevelt
Rw.l so TO the new residence of Captain
William ;, Cowles of the navy, his
brother-in-law, when he reaches Wash
Lington, leaving the white House to the
family and intimate personal friends of
the late president until after the funeral
Brief funeral services, il was announc-
ed tonight, will be held At the Capitol
w cdncsday at 10 o'clock to persons hav-
ing tickets of admission. The funeral
train will leave here for Canton at 2:S0.
arriving there at II o'clock Thursday
kmorning. Members of the family and in
climate friends of the late president will
So on this train. II is probable that
members Of the cabinet. Justices of the
0Supreme Court, diplomats and other Off
Ucials Will travel on another special train.
In the procession from the Capitol to the
train the Grand Army of the Republic