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The age-herald., 1901-09-08
Witnesses of the Attempted Assassination Give the
 DastaTd|y Details HIS COMPOSURE WONDERFUL WouId-be Assassin Tries to Retain Hold On Revolver, Probably |. To Fire a Third
 Time.

Buffalo September Ton many mater ial points. and particularly the utter ances of the President after he was shot, the witnesses of yesterdays tragedy fall to agree. The action of the tragedy was very fast, and 1t was followed by a scene of confusion in which 1t was difff- cult to either see or hear with accuracy, however close one stood to the President and his assailant.
 It is now conceded that the President did not say May God forgive him. after he was shot, and agreed that his first audible speech was a reference to his wife: 'I trust Mrs. Mckinley will not be informed of this; at least hope 1t will not be exaggerated"
 A newspaper reporter who stood just behind the President when the shooting occurred gave one of the clearest accounts related so far. He said
 A Reporters Account.
 .I stood about ten feet from the Pres ident. and saw Czolgosz approach him. The latter had his right hand drawn up close to his breast, and white linen handkerchief wrapped about it bore the appearance of bandage. He extended his left hand. and I am quite sure the President thought he was injured, for he leaned forward and looked at him in sympathetic way.
 ''when directly in front of the Presi- dent, Czoigosz threw his right hand for ward and fired. saw the flash and smoke followed by the report, and then heard the second shot. Instantly John Parker, the colored man, and Secret Agent Foster were upon Czolgosz, and they bore him to the ground. Czolgosz, lying prostrate' still retained a hold on his revolver, anc seemed to be trying to get his arm free to fire again. The President did not fall. He raised his right hand and felt of his breast, and seemed to be maintaining his upright position only by wonderful eff fort.
 oazed at His Assailant-
 T am sure he did not speak at that moment. He gazed fxedly at his assail- ant with look which cannot describe but which I shall never forget, and in a moment reeled back into the arms of Sec
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
Pope Expresses Indignation.

Rome. September 1.-The Pope has di- rected Cardinal Martinelli, papal delegate to the United States, to express to the government the feeling of deep indigna- ton of his holiness at the attempted as- sassination of the President and his earn est prayer for MT. McKinley's recovery. The press strongly condemns the out rage and demands the stringent sup pression of anarchists
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
SHAME, WELLINGTON
Expresses Bitterness Towards Mekin'
 ley at Thls Hour.

Baltimore, September TIA morning pa- per here publishes an interview with United States Senator Wellington, given in Cumberland upon the news of the at- tempt upon the life of President Mo- Kinley, in which Senator Wellington is quoted as saying:
 Mckinley and I are enemies. have nothing good to say about him, and un- der the circumstances do not want to say anything bad"
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
q AM AN ANARCRIST---I AM A DISCIPLE OF EMMA GOLDMAN. HER WORDS SET ME ON FIRE"
 Leon CzIgosz
With Great Bravado He AcknoWl. edges His Crime to the World.
 Denies There Was a Plot.

September ozOlsosz the police transcribed and signed by the prisoner follows q born in Detroit nearly twenynine My parents years
 
 Cleveland great socialists pretty we'll known socialist in the years months, During years Cleveland Detroit other cities bitter anything this It envious kill In Cleveland and iss went to hear her. She set fire
 cRAzED EMMA GOLDMAN
 
 thinking that head nearly split with the Miss Gold  made up my mind that would do something heroic for the cause Chicago Chicago paper Buffalo something but did not just what thought shooting President but had formed plan went to live at No os Broadway which is is a. saloon and hotel
 
 what was setting crazy Exposition grounds couple
 BOUGHT REVOLVER did a there for had life been stake There thous people town Tuesday Presidents day All those the ruler mind kill that ruler bought S2caibre revolver and loaded it. Tuesuay the when the Presidential party arrived tried to get him. great ues epa % pass a % % t tsu ~ th e ~nen n ' h a. In watched  and that my he time home On Wednesday I him which
 
 times shooting while he speaking, I oing afraid  a 
 home. z Yesterday
  President who board his special allowed nobody Presidents whe first thought hiding handke I the Temple Music and held. he
 
 
 
 thought would be killed and at they treated me-"
 his utter exhaustion When he had concluded asked: Did really mean to kill the n. President" f v good could it do?' an I disciple of Her words piled with had District
  to Humbe I had help
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
A NEST OF ANARCHISTS.
Over One Thousand In the City oi
 Cleveland.

Cleveland. September Tt is estimated that there are over a thousand anar- chists in the city of Cleveland. They have in the past few years adopted the plan of meeting In small coteries or clubs at private residences of members. These meetings are said to be more or less of the secret order. They are much wrought up over the attempt on the life of the President. an ddeclare the act was uncalled for.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
sImuItaneous Attack Expected.

Washington. September s.-The Colom- bian legation tonight received the follow ing telegram from the acting Governor of Panama:
 I've are expecting simultaneous attacks on Panama and Colon."
 It is explained at the legation that It is feared the Ecuadorean expedition, aid- ed by Nicaraguans, will attack Panama, while Venezuela assails Colon.
 The legation also received, a dispatch from the secretary of state at Bogota, saving that Colombia accepts the friend ly mediation of the United States.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
President in Semi Conscious ateWitfl the First Appearance of PeritOnitiS or Blood Poisoning the POpu-
 lace Must Steel Itself for
 the Dread Inevitable.
THE LATE BULLETINS.

that the President sleeping peace fully
 themselves the awake
 had fallen regarded with 
 Presidents bulletin; 13o perature, respiration 2e
 Presidents physicians  Conditions President we'll to 1o25 respiration 25 All epoed The physicians in attendance wish say they reply individual e grams ,e.gs. . Mr. MIburn his at to4o m. and said:
 Everythns satisfactorily the President maintains
  hopeful"
 condition the President the night vigil at the bed other physicians have left the house patient for there to be un symptoms manifest themselves in few
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CONDITION
 
X-RAY TO FIND BULLET

New York; Sept 7At the telegraphc request of Secre tary Corelyou Thomas A. Edison this evening shipped by the 63o Delaware Lackawanna Western train an X Ray apparatus be used to locate the bullet remaining Pre dent McKnleys body. The train is due in Buffalo at tomorrow Dr. Knoll superintendent of the House of Relief in this city, who expert in the of the apparatus and several of MT. Edsons assistants the train
The age-herald., 1901-09-08

Buffalo, September 7.-President McKin- Iey's condition is extremely grave, The crisis will probably come within twenty four hours.
 While his physicians hold out hope and the developments of the day have been somewhat encouraging. in that none of the symptoms of peritonitis or blood-pois- oning which they so much dread, have appeared, medical experience with sim far wounds causes much anxiety. and the physicians shake their heads gloomily when they speak of the future.
 Although their distinguished patients condition has been favorable throughout the day, they don't desire to buoy the country up with false hopes. Inflammation ia what they fear and at the first sign fin that direction, the country must steel itself for the blow
 Perforated Both Walls of Stomach.
 For the time being the bullet of the as- sassin, which is still In the body, is a secondary consideration. While 1t has not been absolutely located, they all agree that after passing through the abdominal cavity and perforating both walls of the stomach, perhaps 1t lodged in the hesny muscles of the back. and If necessity re- quired It. could easily be located with the Roetgen ray and extracted.
 They agree that 1t Is now of more im- portance that the President should recov- CT from the shock of the operation than that the bullet should be removed Per itonits Is what they dread most, ana after that septic poisoning and suppura- come within forty-eight hours. possibly sooner Indeed, one of the attending physicians said today that If no signs of inflammation appeared before tomorrow he would consider the chances of ultimate recovery exceedingly good Several of his colleagues, however are not so san- guine
 In seml-conscious State.
 The President has been dozing drowsily throughout the major portion of the day. Two physicians and two trained nurses are constantly at his bedside He has not yet fully recovered from the effects of ether which was administered to him. He was under the influence of the pow erful anaesthetic over an hour. The re- suit is that although perfectly rational when conscious. he dozes much of the time.
 Absolute quiet and freedom from ex- citement the physicians suggested as the greatest essential now. and visitors are rigidly excluded. Not cabinet officer, not even Secretary Cortelyou, was allow ed in the sick chamber today. With the exception of the physicians and attend ants. Mrs. Mckinley was the only person who crossed the threshold. The Presi- dent asked to see her and his physician
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
Mrs. Mckinley Sees Him.

did not have the heart to refuse his re- quest.
 Mrs. Mckinley Sees Him. She was there but few minutes, seat ed at his bedside, as he in his devotion to her in her illness has so often been at hers Mrs. Mckinley had been warn ed not to talk and the President and his wife exchanged only a few words. Ii was only when he asked her to be brave for both their sakes that he faltered and almost broke down. With choking throat and brimming eyes she promised with a bow of her head. Almost imme- diately thereafter she was led from the room by pr. Rixey.
 Mrs. Mckinley throughout the trying ordeal has shown remarkable fortitude She has been mistress of herself and her sorrow and has been almost as calm and self-possessed as the President himself And no more could be said For through out 1t all the President has been cooler than those about him. He was so yes terday when the pistol was discharged against his breast, and he has been so today. even in his semi-consciousness When pr. Rixey told Mrs. Mckinley to- day of the gravity, of the case she did no' break down. On the contrary, feeble as she Is, grief seemed to aend her strength and she felt that she must bear up for his sake.
 Takes No Nourishment.
 The President has taken no nourlsh- ment since he was shot. Water is given to him at intervals, but no food of any kind as yet His physicians say he has plenty of reserve strength to draw upon and for the pr ssent neither nourishment nor artificial stimulants are necessary. Medicine was administered to quiet his pulse. which mounted this morning to 146. Both his respiration and temperature, although they varied considerably during the day, were considered satisfactory.
 The doctors issued five bulletins be- tween o'clock this morning and 6:so p. m, and because they showed an absence of unfavorable conditions they were gen orally regarded as very hopeful. The record of pulse showed a wide variation during the day. but any alarm occasioned on that score was minimized by state ment from Dr. Rixey. the Presidents physician. that Mr.. McKinley's pulse un- der normal conditions was inclined to be cratic and that he was not unfavorably impressed by the circumstances.
 The physicians were not concerned as to the patients temperature. During the forenoon and we'll into the afternoon il held at 102 degrees and then began to in. crease; slightly. At s:30 1t was at 1O2 g and three hours later it had risen to 1925 but even at the latter point it was mol viewed with concern. The respiration was looked upon as being quite satisfac- tory.
 Vice President Arrives. Vice President Roosevelt reached the -------------- -----------------
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
Our Services Cease.

Caracas. September 7.--It is understood that the United States legation here will made no further attempt to effect q set- clement of the Venezuelan trouble.
The age-herald., 1901-09-08
TIE WEATHER.

PARTLY CLOUDY SUNDAY: SHOW FRS IN SOUTHERN sPORTToNs MON DAY, FAIR; VARIABLE WINDS.
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tc0ntinued on Second Pare,
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T am sure he did not speak at that moment. He gazed fixedly at his assail- ant with look which I cannot describe but which shall never forget. and in a moment reeled back into the arms Of Sec
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

reciprocity treaties nry be ms strong
In the SeInte as they erar were: but
IL 1t becomes evident that the ma
jority Of the party Is with the Pres
dent In this matter, the Congress will
be apt to give in and attempt to do
something on the lines suggested here.
In the matter of the merchant ma
rine the President was especially em-
phatic. He said:
'',l'lien, too, we have inadequate
steamship service. New lines of steam
ers have already been put In commits
sion between the Pacific const ports of
the United States and those on the
western coasts of Mexico and Central
and South America These should be
followed up with direct steamship lines
between the eastern coast of the United
Stutes and South American ports.
lone of the needs of the times is d.
rect commercial lines from our vast
fields of product to the fields of CON
sumption that we hive but barely
touched. Next in advantage to having
the thing to sell is TO have the CON
venience to carry it TO the buyer. We
must encourage our merchant marine.
We must have more ships They must
be under the American flag, built and
manned and owned by Americans.
These will not only be profitable in a
commercial sense; they will be messcn-
gers of pence and amity wherever they
CO."
1t Is perfectly clear that the Presi-
dent will urge in his next message TO
the Congress the passage OF some ship
subsidy bill.
Whether these policies will be adopt
ed by the majority of the Republicans
In Congress remains to be seen; but it
is altogether probable that they will
be so adopted, and that the next ses-
sion will see important legislation on
the lines laid down in this Buffalo
speech.
news has come of the shooting of the
President. This sad event, however it
may turn out, does not affect to any
sensible degree what has been said Of
Republican policies. II the President
lives, his recommendations will be
made as stated; IL not, his wishes will
be regarded in these particulars by his
successor.-Colorado Springs Mail.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

The United States has not yet ceased
to pay stamp duties to Great Britain,
and that without representation" In
her parliament. Revenue stamps to
the value of twenty-five thousand dol.
lars were required to make legal the
million-dollar deed of gift by
which Mr.. Carnegie endows the Scot
tish universities. So large a stamp
duty was never before paid into the
British treasury. Yet the Patrick
Henrys and Sam Adamses of today
merely smile.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

One-fourth of the sea-carrying pow
er is in the hands Of thirty large COM
panies of various nationalities. Only
one of these is American. and 1t con-
trolls only 81 900 tons out of the total
of 5.61s,oO0 tons contAolled by the
thirty companies. in the last decade
England has built 4.6S8 steel steam
ers, with capacity of 9.793,Ooo tons.
In the same time America has built
only 465 steel steamers. with ca
pacity of 743,O0o tons. and 1913 Of these
steamers, representing 100000 tons.
were for the inland commerce Of the
great lakes.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

''If there is an idle man in the
Northwest. he is SO from choice" said
the superintendent of one of the great
railroads. at the beginning of the har-
vest season. He needed two hundred
men for construction work. and had
sought them all the way from Chicago
to Vancouver. About that time press
dispatches told how tramps who GUS
tomarily wander over the west were
making frantic exodus eastward
This fact proves that the demand for
labor was urgent. Perhaps it proves
also that the west has begun to act
upon st. Paul's wise command that II
any will not work, neither shall he eat.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

Fiber pipes and conduits. made from
wood pulp and treated with preserva.
tive. are now being put in use. After
the usual grinding the pulp is washed,
screened, passed through beating en-
gine, then screened again. These
operations completed. thin sheet OF
the pulp is wound on core until the
desired thickness Is secured. After
drying the tube is aerated with pre-
servative. Its ends are then finished
in lathe to any desired form.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

The chief of the Good Roads train,
which made a spring tour through the
South. declares that people will flock
to see the actual construction and op-
Grafton of model road who would
never go to convention to hear the
subject discussed by the highest au-
thorities Acting on this principle
that a dozen of observation is worth
a gross of hearsay, firm of Scotch
publishers has sent twelve representa-
tive British workmen to the Buffalo
Exposition to inspect American ma
chinery and industrial methods. and
to form in themselves nucleus of fu-
ture progression in their various
trades
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

The population OF Norway is abou,
100000 souls. 1t was 2.110.000 in
1891, with a probability that $4,000
from home on the day that the census
was taken, and that there has been 9
net increase of $4,000 since. This is
an average of 1880 inhabitants to the
square mile. showing Norway to be
the most thinly settled Of all European
countries.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

A novel way Of administering Justice
and bestowing impartial punishment
on juvenile offenders was shown in a
Chicago court the other day. Two
boys were on trial for fighting. accom-
panied by their respective mothers.
The justice simply had the mothers
swap sons and then administer spank
ings The punishment the urchins re-
ceived was vigorous
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11
Our Duty Toward Cuha.

Generals Woods report on the gov
ernment of Cuba brings out officially n
fact to which the best and most con-
servative Journals of that island have
lately been calling attention. In GER
tain respects the United States has
been doing more for Cuba than has
been done for her by Spain in all the
centuries of her control. We are nc.
quainted with the sanitary advance
that has been made by Americans on
the island, and 1t takes four bulky vol
umes to record the achievements and
proceedings Of the public works and
engineering department for the past
year. under the authority of the mill
tary governor. II the American
authority were to be withdrawn today
and never again asserted. tremen-
dous mark would have been made.
But in this age Of the world commerce
means more than public works, and
engineering exploits may have COM
paratively little effect on the life of the
people except as they serve the pur-
poses of trade, travel and material de-
velOpment.
The Cubans complain that CONNER
cially all our work has been of little
effect. This is true, for good reas-
ons. Our policy has been, except in
the usual respects recorded in the
bulky volumes to which we have re-
ferred, waiting one. There has been
no commercial development under our
rule. II our trade with Cuba has gain
ed at all, it has scarcely gained in the
same proportion as that in which our
trade with Jamaica has gained in the
same time. AS General Wood points
out, the sugar, tobacco and coffee land
of Cuba have scarcely been touched.
The islands agricultural and CONNER
cial conditions are very much stagnat-
ed. The Havana and Santiago mercll-
ants complain that business is worse
than it was under Spanish rule.
General Wood demands favorable
reciprocity arrangement with Cuba.
If the country is to have n quasi-inde-
pendent governmental really indepen-
dent one it can never have-some such
arrangement is morally incumbent on
the United States. If the island is to
be annexed to the United States. its
development, lille that of Porto Rico,
is sure, as n part of tits country. With
annexation we could not adopt any
other policy with regard to Cuba than
we have adopted with regard to Porto
Rico. Things move slowly on the is
land-they always had that way. At
present we are not getting any nearer
toward doing the vital commercial
thing for the Cubans that they exDect
us to do. Their fate hangs in the
balance meantime, and unless we are
able to expedite matters politically.
they are likely to begin to get hungry
again Mt the same time that we are
abolishing their fevers, improving their
harbors. constructing their roads and
building their schools-Mail and Es.
press.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

In London case just tried a mes
senger boy was sent to the office of a
leading paper with an order fer
large advertisement He did not ar.
rive with 1t till the next day. when II
was too late. The paper sued the com
pany for lack of quickness in their
agent and got nominal damages.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

The majority of ladies would be sur
prised II they were informed that o
bottle of lavender water contains but
about a thimbleful of pure oil. for a
larger proportion would not only rem
der the water too strong for use, but
would burn holes through the hand.
kerchief wherever the scent touched It
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11
ooEIoRAp0

The army worm is essentially a
grass-eating insect. though it often
feeds upon other plants. and Is said to
prefer oats to corn.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

Ten thousand persons went to hear
Mr.. Bryan speak at Platte City, Mis-,
souri,. the other day. Democrats who
are trying to persuade themselves tina.
Mr.. Bryan is n remnant and a tale
that is told please notice.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

Atmospheric sharps say that even
at the equator the average temperature
of the sea at the depth of mile is but
four degrees above freezing point.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

The British war Office has increased
the rates of pensions and allowances
to the widows and orphans of SOL
diers killed in action or dying OF
wounds in South Africa.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

The dandelion produces $4,000 seeds
per plant. shepherds pulse $1,000,
thistle 65.000. chamomile 10000, bur-
dock $4,000. and the common plantain
A 600.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

The British war Office is said to be
considering the training of dogs to
carry water and provisions to sick and
wounded in time of war. r
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11

Dispatches from Siberia say that
the crops. owing to the two months
drouth, are almost a total loss. Meas
ures have been taken to avert famine.
The Lamar register., 1901-09-11
Presidents Condition Favorable.

Buffalo. Sept. Z. The President has
passed good night Temperature, 1O2;
pulse, 11O; respiration, "a.