Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-01

crypt of the capitol, and from 1865 I'M
til the death of Garfield, it had not
been used. The first time it was used
was when it supported the mortal re-
mains of President Lincoln in 1865,
the next to fall was Garfield, and then
twenty years elapsed before the assas-
sins hand felfed Mckinley.
A Grewsome Record.
In forty years we have elected sew
en- Presidents, and three of those seven
have been murdered. 1t makes the,
flesh creep to think of it. Lincoln was
murdered as the last blow of the war
of secession. Then the passions were
wrought up by the war, and in the
bitterness of the hour the hand of the
assassin was raised and smote the one
who was peculiarly adapted to per-
forming the task of leading the people
of the country out of the dark shadows
THAI surrounded them after the war to
peace and happiness.
Anarchy.
Garfield was killed by disappointed
office seeker. made mad by the failure
to secure the political situation which
he thought should be given him. But
the last is the worst. because the blow
that struck President Mckinley on the
sixth day of this month was not made
by an individual but by an association, a
society, an organization created to re-
move the rulers of the world. This
association threw the bomb at Alex
ander, who freed the serfs in Russia;
this association slew Carnot, the Pres
| ident of republican France; it caused
the death of the good Princess of Aus
tria, and it murdered Humbert, the con-
stitutional king of Italy.
King Humbert.
was in Italy in 1894. The cholera
had that year broken out in Naples.
In that city of filth and death, in the
filthiest part of the filthiest city of the
filthiest country on the globe King
Humbert went fearlessly, and took the
dying patients by the hands. He stead.
/ led the people and reassured the ma,
ton. When the people were being
stricken at the rate of thousand per
day he went among them without pro
4 lection. and without the least. fear fac
ed death daily. He carried confidence
and cholera is half fear, while the 9th
err half is disease. King Humbert did
4 away with the disease. As | learned
of these facts, little did | dream that
any man speaking the Italian tongue
would ever have the. heart to strike
the blow that would. kill this good
King Humbert, whose father took Italy
from the mire of disgrace and placed
her among the powers of the globe
But the same association which die
these awful deeds came to America
and established its place of business
at Paterson, New Jersey. From there
the edict went out that slew Humbert
When his murderer was arrested he
maintained that he had no accomplice
felt some comfort this evening wher
read in the Courier that Czolgosz
the man who is to die on October q
for the bloody murder of Presiden
Mckinley, was taken to the peniten
tiary today, and as he entered it hi
, system collapsed entirely. had won
dered if anything could reach him, blu
with the time from now until the TWEEN
ty-eighth day of next month to thinl
of his act he will receive some of tn
punishment he deserves.
MckinIeys Progress.
Mr. Mckinley entered the Twenty
: Third Ohio as private, and rose from
, the ranks to the respectable position
, of commissary sergeant of the reg
t ment. And this was then an importan
t position When the battle Of Antietar
was being fought and the Twenty-thir
was famishtng; sas wagonl was drive
a upon. the field, and youngpmansweal
+ ing thescheyrons of a, commissary SCI
g geant leaped out and delivered to eac
a of the men a cup of coffee and har
= tack. That was like a Reinforcement
: There is where Mckinley got the ide
: that the dinner pail plays an importan
!. part in the affairs of the United State!
: and he never departed from that ide;
; No man ever did more for tie physit
!. al welfare of the people of the countr
. than the honored gentleman who's
a name We now speak with the deepes
a reverence.
. a Sad Event.
was sorry to look upon the face {
Mckinley at the court house in Cal
ton. There is where his first victor
was won, there he had his first. cas-
for trial. / wanted to remember hi
as l had seen him last, when we par
Q ed in the best of spirits in March. 81
LEU ~ WAS my uuIy W louh LOT u
= last time upon the features of my o.
friend. political and personal.
% Effect Upon People.
= I had the privilege, on account
= my office, to pass into the court hous
~ and look at the remains without wal
J ing my turn on the outside, but d
~ not do this. Instead walked eigl
= blocks away and fell into line with tt
:. other people who were advancir
: slowly toward the court house for IL
= purpose of getting a last look at Il
: face they all loved so we'll l wantt
:, to see how they felt, and I found ii
!. whole vast army to be like one lars
- family of children walking along
Il take last look at the features of the
. dead father. Little was said, but tt
). feeling was very evident by the a
Il tons of the throng.
r Severe Remedy Necessary.
The method of his death has taug
y the country a lesson. 1t has taught
" that severe remedy must be adopte
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