The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-14
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The CAPITAL In MOURNING
NashingtOn's Sorrow Over the
Death Of the President.

! The Capital Of the Nation is today robed
iH mourning for its martyred President.
/ From the tops Of the massive Government
buildings. from the roofs Of private
! houses. flags hang at half-mast. a mute
but impressive token Of gri,f. Save for the
! S2mbre b-ack occasionally iatertwined
with the folds Of the Stars and Stripes
| there are no other outward signs Of sor-
/ row.
IT is "a simple but diguidod tribute.
Even he Who lies in death iu the vine
! clad mansion in Buffalo would not. per-
( hars. have viewed it differently. Along
the broad vista Of Pennsylvania Avenue.
where President Mckinley twice rode In
triumph as the chosen head OF the nation.
the starry emblem droops. il is the flag
under which Do fought when little more
than a lad IL is the Gag which in another
war became the proud,st ensign on sea
or land. when he presided over the desti-
ries of the Republic However much il
may have waved in triumph over him
during his young manhood. and in the
zenith Of his earthly fame, its folds have
never been swung TO the breeze with more
meaning than today.
Since the fatefuI Friday Of last week
events have succeeded each other with
such Kaleidoscope rspidity that wash
irgton has not known what 10 expect.
The Capital was blinded. as it were. wait
i7s for the next blow Hope and fear.
suspense and apparent certainty. came
with Us1t2ing sTiftncss- The awful
news OF the assassinauon. coming as il
did like a bolt out q clear SKY. first
stunned and theE enraged the people. The
first thought after learning that the
President would recover was one Of ven
geauce- The grief for the stricken Presi-
dent divided attention with the penalty
for his mUrder0us assaiIant-
Then came tidiugs which brought joy TO
every heart The President would recov-
er- The Capital counted on giving him a
welcome home such as never had been ac-
corded King or Emperor. The country
planned a day OF national Thanksgiving
and rejoicing Then suddenly. even as
came tho story Of the crime itself. the
news Of the collapse was flashed over the
country. As the anxious hours OF yester-
Gay drew toward evening. the duh. dread
hoDelessness Of the struggle impressed it
self upon all II settled down remorse-
lessIy. crushing out all feeling except des-
pair
With an optimism characteristicaIIy
American the public even then refused to
accept the worst until it was fact Then
came The deep gloom The excitement had
passed away and in its place was left The
fixed consciousness OF the nations less.
Washington is today indeed in mourn
ing. As one passes along the streets he
sees wet eyes and twitching OF lips as the
dead Presidents name Is mentioned No
monarch with two generations Of life on
the throne could have a frmer place in
the hearts Of the people The feeling is
NOT Of the latter sort. II is nearer It
is more ike the loss OF a brother
The departments are closed. and people
walk the streets in an aimless ta~..son,
with the burden Of a heavy sorrov in their
'--~--ts- There is evidence Of q struggle. a
vain. useless determination not to say
farewell
The scenes on the streets today are dif-
ferent from those last night when every
thing was excitement and suspense The
newsboyS no longer shrek their extras.
and the newspaper bulletins are practic-
ally deserted
Every grown person f. Washington VIII
remember vivi5Iv. and % the end Of his
days the hour OF the morning when the
news Of President sIcEi1Iey-s death was
announced in all parts Of the city by
chorus Of voices. those Of the uewsboys.
cryirg the extra editions Of the newspa-
Pers-
There was little sleep I'm the Capital aft
er the tiGing from Buffalo reached here
au the wings Of the telegraph. The
shouts OF the army Of boys who carried
tha news in printed sheets We're heard in
almost every thorouEHrare within an
hour. Thousands who had retired with
feelings Of deep apprehension were
awakened ly rE. Er-, cries.
Nature was not I'm sympathy with the
dire news. for tEe stars slItJered like dia-
ruouH- in aa unusually clear sky and the
new day seemed ausrIcious rather than
ominous. Yet the worst had come. and.
uotvIthstaudia- the diseauraging reports
of the carly night there had been a per-
sfstsur hope that the President would
survive the critical period and fou the as
sassiu-
I'm no part OF the Governments centre
was there more watchfuIress than in an
Client Georgetown. where men remained
I'm th. streets despite the need Of sleep
and waited au1rehensiveIy throughout the
nfeht for the Jidlngs they expected yet
hoped would not come In silence they
watched the earlier deracEm-u-s OF news
boys rush through the streets. crying
extra until their voices In the distance
sounded ike a vail OF distress The
worst seemed inevitable. Yet they had
Gs-1,Ily declined To- yield while there
was the faiutesc shadow of the breath OF
life.
When there was no longer any doubt
chat the President had passed away the
cit -z,us ueut Co their homes, cast down.
as though tle- had watched az the death
bed of dear friend Families were
awakened and quietly told that eri-f had
fallen upon gle nation. GaLows were
lighted and there Were tears b. 0aneu's
eyes The grey dawn was coming over
the eastern hills. and i- seemed To- sweep
upon the city like paL Working people
began tE.Er preparations for a day of