The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-09-14
RALEIGH HEARS
THE SAD NEWS
The News and Observer Is.
sues 5 Extra Editions
ITS KEPT PEOPLe POS1ED
There Were Ever Increasing Crowds
Reading the Bulletins.

Yesterday was a day of unrest in Raj
eigh from early morning till way after
midnight
The early morning edition of the News
, and Observer, telling of the unfavorable
symptoms of the President and the re-
newed critical conditions which his case
showed was read with amazement, as the
glowing reports of the past three days
had led nearly everyone to believe that
the danger line lay behind
People began calling at the office and
the telephone calls we're kept jingling,
How is the PRESIDENT" was the ques-
tion which came, from every section and
from every class of citizens in Raleigh
! and there was deep current of suspense
hidden in every question.
The seriousness of the news reaching
this Office from Buffalo caused Extra No
One to be issued about 10 o'clock AS the
bad news it conveyed spread over the city
the anxiety increased and but one topic
OF conversation was in evidence. 'Will
he live, or will he die was canvassed
and recanvasscd.
After 10 O'Clock the bulletins received
became more alarming but about half
past three one came that there was some
Improvement in the patients condition.
To fill the increasing demand for all the
! news that was to be had Extra No. Two
of the News and Observer was issued at
4 o'clock and the copies went like wild
fire
Between each issue of the extras bull
letins were posted in front of this office,
and to read them hundreds and hundreds
came and went. Messages from out of
town kept a man busy at the telephone,
and as the minutes sped the words Oh
the bulletins read became more ominous.
Finally, just before 6 o'clock the wires
said, "The President is dying and Extra
No Three was soon on the streets, eager
hands reaching cut fer the papers as
the hurrying newsbcys sped by.
Deep concern was manifested by all
Raleigh and grief for the prospective
death of President Mckinley was mani
fest on every side. 1t was the noble
citizen the loving husband, the clean
American that the people thought Of and
not breath of politics or craftsmanship
was in the air.
AS the hours passed and as the details
of the last hours of the slowly dying
IICSluCuL NtISt pbSJtu lHt lHIOuS dDOuI
the News and Observer bulletin board
grew greater and greater, so that in the
press as new bulletins were posted there
were read to the crowds, which heard in
silence and waited for the last words He
is dead
When these came over the wires there
was sorrow indeed, and as the bells of
the chu~chos of the city tolled the sad
news was fnOwn all within the sound
of the message they sent. The sections
Of the various churches were informed
by telephone from the News and Observer
office, and at once the solemn message
reverbrated through the air.
There were many congratUlatory words
for the enterprise Of the News and OBJ
server which kept the people informed
of every change during the day by its
three extras and the full bulletins posted.
On every train leaving Raleigh papers
were sent, and as these reached towns
along the railroad messages for even
later news came flying back to Raleigh.
AS the night wore on the inquiries in
creased. and the telephones in the office
I'D even afr the final massage came, and
were in constant use. There was no let
I'D even after the final message came.
end as this is written way into the morn
ing inquiries still come asking for a
confirmation of the sad news.