Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-09-20

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came 100000 people had already passed
and the crowds waiting below in the
streets seemed undiminished. 1t was
! decided to extend the time until Z in
the evening. Than for hours longer
the streets were dense with people
and a constant stream flowed into the
hall and passed the bier. When the
! doors were closed at midnight it was
estimated that $4,000 people had
viewed the remains, but thousands of
| disappointed ones were still in the
streets.
Buffalo, Sept. 15,-The following re-
port of the autopsy upon the remains
of President Mckinley was issued
yesterday:
"The bullet which struck over the
breast bone did not pass through the
skin, and did little harm. The other
bullet passed through both walls of
the stomach near its lower
border. Both holes were found
to be perfectly closed by the
stitches, but the tissue around
each hole had become gan
grenous. After passing through the
stomach the bullet passed into the
back walls of the abdomen, hitting
and tearing the upper end of the kid
ney. This portion of the bullet track
was also gangrenous, the gangrene
involving the pancreas. The bullet
has not yet been found There was
no sign of peritonitis or disease of
other organs. The heart walls were
very thin. There was no evidence of
any attempt at repair on the part of
nature, and death resulted from the
gangrene which affected the stomach
around the bullet wounds, as well as
the tissues around the further course
of the bullet. Death was unavoidable
by any surgical or medical treatment,
and was the direct result of the bull
let wound.
"Harvey D. Gaylord, Herman G.
Matzinger, p. NJ. RiXey, Matthew d.
Mann, Herman Mynter, Roswell Park,
Eugene Wasdin, Charles G. Stockton,
Edward G. Janeway, w. w. johnson,
w. P. Kendall, Charles Cary, Edward
L. Munson. Hermanus L. Baer."
Theodore Roosevelt took the oath
of Office as president of the United
States at $3.50 p. m. Saturday. The
ceremony took place at the home of
Ansley Wilcox, friend of Mr.. Roose-
velt. United States District Judge
Hazel administered the oath.
The new president was visibly
shaken, but when he lifted his hand
to swear he proclaimed in these
words: "In this hour of deep and
terrible national bereavement, / wish
to state that it will be my aim to
adhere to the policy of William Nc
Kinley for the prosperity and benefit
of our beloved country" His first
act was to ask the members of the
cabinet to remain in Office and they
promised to do so.
President Roosevelt issued a proc
lamation announcing the death of Mr..
Mckinley and appointing next Thurs
day as n day of mourning and prayer
throughout the United States.
Columbus, o., Sept. 16.-Plans for
the mobilization of the Ohio national
guard at Canton, to take part in the
final obsequies of the late president
on Thursday, were perfected at a
meeting of the state officials yester-
day. The entire guard of the state,
numbering about 5000 men, has been
ordered to report for duty at Canton
by Wednesday noon. This includes
infantry, cavalry troops, batteries
and naval reserves. To Battery A, OF
Cleveland, will fall the honor of firing
the funeral salutes in Canton. This
battery has three-inch rifles, while
the others of the guard are equipped
with Gatlings. Troop A, of Cleveland
: may be used as funeral escort. This
troop acted as an escort for the pres
: ident at the Inauguration last March
Washington, Sept. 17.-Through a
living lane of bareheaded people
stretching from Buffalo up over the
Alleghenies, down into the broad val.
ley of the Susquehanna and on to the
!, marble city on the banks of the Po.
tomac, the nations martyred presi.
dent yesterday made his last journey
4 to the seat of the government over
which he presided for four and one.
half years. The whole country seem
! ed to have drained its population al
the sides of the track over which the
funeral train passed.
: At several places, Williamsport
Harrisburg and Baltimore, the chimes
: played Cardinal Newmans grand
hymn. Taken altogether the journey
home was the most remarkably dem
onstration of universal sorrow since
Lincoln was borne tc his grave
Every one of those who came to pay
their last tribute to the dead had az
J opportunity to catch a glimpse of the
fiag-covered bier elevated in the OBJ
servaiiou car at the rear of the train
There was no other bit of color tt
h catch the eye on this train of death
4 The locomotive was shrouded il
: black. the curtains of the cars il
4 which lat the lonely widow, the rela
4 tives OF the president, cabinet AM
). others we're drawn. The whole blacl
train was like shuttered house say,
@ only for that hindmost car where thu
y body lay guarded by colder anC
sailor.
f Mrs. Mckinley stood the trip brave
! ly. In the morning soon after leav
: ing Buffalo she pleaded so earnestl,
q to be allowed to go into the car wher,
a. her dear one lay that assent wa
e given and she spent half an hour be
4 side the coffin.
d The train left Buffalo at $3.50 Mon
e day morning and arrived at Washing
d ton at s:3s last night. In IL hours /
| iS estimate over half "a million nanDl