The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-15
WHAT THEY SLY
Expressions Heard on the
Streets Yesterday.
ON DEATH OF M'KlNLEY
Sadness for the Friends and
Rage for the Criminal

------1 II ia L--1+i-ll-ll5- ffdr-y All TIE
store buildings have decorations of black
ard white IN honor OF the nations dead.
An the flags were half--1asted yesterday
morning. The federal building has no
s-gn 81 mourning except that the asg is
~ half-Uast. 10th doors OF the CRY
building have The presidents picture
oraped with black and surrounded with
iesc1ols o. The national colors. over tra
ooor of Jhs clry engineers otIce is also
lesroou q the red. white and bs5s
caught with black. Nearly ali the bus
i1ess houses are decorated in some form
or other. The Whine building has block
ana white bunting stretched from Sid,
Il SIDE on the front, add Clarence Fulton
las r1e front a. his store drzped il
black Herman & Hess had the from
q -1e store decorated. The Boston store
lad tne front oil ehs building decorated
With black On the top was a circle Of
D-acI and hite- Geo. Innes * Co mad
the whole front OF the building deco
rated There were q large number CT
oL1er decorations on Jhe business houses
c. The 1--
The death OF President mckinley was
ne saaJect ~ converse tioa In the stores.
o-ices css houses ard on the streets
yester1ay- Friends met and discussed the
matter - sorrow and sub5ued voice. The
inD- l- Was widespread that the
country had Sustained q great loss and
people spoke without waiting 10 weigh
their words. II most cases, the words
uttered III these conversations were from
Tie fll hearts Of the speakers. Below
Inc streets rs reporter Tor The EAGLE.
PARK --assey-It was awful; awful 10
tl-ns talt or president had 10 be shot
down il that manner.
Jldze Iarvey-Can not get away from
the impression that the president was
twice assassi1ated. The hrst time by an
anarchist, and the second tine by the big
doctors
o. IL Bertley-That was an awful deed.
1t was too bad. The last tine I saw the
President. we were laughing about d.
vorce case which we tried IL Ohio many
years ago was in the White House
nen he was getting dispatches from
Santiago during the battle there. lie was
II rs accustomed chair az the head Of
that long table which we 50 often see in
pictures. He handed me one OF the dis
patches 70 read. and I said that il seemed
- be going our way all along the line.
ar. President. With a solemn express
sion President Mckinley said: --Provi-
oence is with the American people"
Thomas Voss-That jail there a. Buffalo
ought not 70 be strong enough 10 hold
the skunk who shot President Mckinley.
Fred Wiuiams-Thls thing is sad for
this whole country in many respects
Lcknley was a good man, ana i would
have been better for the country II he
could have lived 70 serve out his term
j. II Aerr-This IS an awful sad affair
but il was NJ unexpected To me. was
f. the army. ana never personally knew
a nan shot through the stomach or bow
els who recovered.
judge Enoch-This matter has impress
cd me with the idea that medicine and
surgery are not sciences. If the president
had been left alone with the nurses. i be-
Ieve he would have lived
y. a. Wilson-It was a sad affair and II
seems hardly ia accordance with Justice
taat q man who would commit such
crime has but one life with which TO pay
the penalty Tor his foul deed.
F'rd Bottjer-It was a dirty shame.
James Burton-Tt is too bed. There
ought 10 be q whole lot Of those fellows
hung
Charles ". Carey-It Is bad. He was
the greatest president We have had since
Lincoln. and his fame wiz grow with
tine as the people learn 70 appreciate his
worth
2 S. Hovey-The assassination Of the
president was an outrage on this whole
country.
John Hoenscheidt-I would hitch a horse
T. each Of the limbs CT that anarchist
and pru him u pieces. It is too Inuch
Tor The country 10 put up with such
soolndrels.
noe Sawyer-I am Just hear broken:
this IS an awful thinS Tor this country.
hose anarchists are opposed 90 alb law
Hn6 al eminent and would. i had
ths power suspend the laws and let the
crowd ee- ~ thom
Richz-l Ccgleii--It is dirty shame
that this country has % be made the
dun7irE ground for the anarchists and
criminals NJ Europe. 7 think we ought 20
Vipe every anarchist from the face OF
tals country
Frank Noyes-I did rot believe it az
first. but whea I found tie report az the
assas sination was tr.e made u7 ny
mind mar the thics q 90 was to wire
cvery anarchist out ~ this country
Roy Alien-It vas an awful Thing. It Is 7
terrible. That IS the way it strikes me
G. ?. Cleaveland-T expect the shot of
thar anarchist VIII ca-se two deaths. and
next expect 70 hear OF the death %
0lrs. Mckinley.
Amos 3IcCiain-Oh. THIS Is avful What f
s this country coming TO- anyhow2
T. A. Stanford-The beloved man OF .
al people IS sone. ana 1t makes every +
body sad. IL is even worse than when 1
-lucolr ara Garfield dies There was +
strife then end thei- assassination ~as /
the outcome If the strife. hut it IS DIFF
ferent ncw- The whole people seemed I
u1itea ana u was it sreh time as We
Couid nc- expect ssca thing q harpen. /
Z. ]. Hag-g-This IS avflIy sad. bur .
thiuk Roosevelt wl oske a eocd p-esi-
dent. we teel sa5 -hlt 1I-ElrIcy had
p die by the hanl ~ on srarchist he
vas fhe em5ods rue-t 81 q sule-liG man
/ 1o5 and beloved Pa. tae people
Judge Tuczer-Tha -orEh surgery q tfe
army or the tat-le Gel1s IF tes country
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