The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-09-14
Foul Deed Is Planned With All the Dia-
bolical Ingenuity Of Which An
archy Is Capable.
Wounds l'l. Not Necessarily Fatal, But the
Presidents Condition Is Consid-
cred Serious.

Buffalo. Sept. {. - President Mckinley
was shot and seriously wounded by a
would-be assassin while holding a recep-
ton in the Temple Of Music at the Pan
American exposition a few minutes after
4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. One shot
took effect in the right breast, the other
in the abdomen. The first is not Of a Sc
rious nature and the bullet has been ex-
tracted. The latter pierced the abdominal
wall and has not yet been located. At
$50 q. m. the following bulletin by the
attending physicians was the only indi-
cation Of the condition Of the presidents
wounds:
1.-THE president passed a good night and
is resting comfortably this morning.; tenn
perature 1904 degrees, pulse 124, respira-
ton a."
1t was q few minutes after 4 p. M,
while President Mckinley was holding a
public reception in the great Temple of
Music on the Pan-American grounds,
that the dastardly attempt was made.
with what success time alone can tell.
Planned with all the diabolical ingenuity
and 1nesse Of which anarchy or nihilism
is capable, the would-be assassin carried
out the work without q hitch, and should
his designs fail and the president survive.
only to divine providence can be attrib-
uted that beneficent result.
The president, thought well guarded by
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was fully exposed to such an attack as
occurred. He stood at the edge of the
raised dais Upon which stands the great
pipe organ, at the east side Of the mag
nifcent structure. Throngs of people
crowded in at the various entrances to
gaze Upon their executive, %perchance
To Clasp His Hand,
and then fight their wa out in the good
natured mob that every minute swelled
and multiplied at the points Of ingress
and egress to the building.
The president was in a cheerful mood
and was, enjoying to the, full the hearty
evidences Of good will which everywhere
met his gaze. Upon his right stood John
g. Milburn Of Buffalo, president Of the
Pan-American exposition, chatting with
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pecially persons Of note who approached.
Upon the presidents left stood Mr.. Cor
telyou.
It was shortly. after 4 p. M, when n
Of the throng which surrounded the presi-
Dental party, q medium-sized man Of
ordinary appearance and plainly dressed
in black, approached as II to greet the
president. Both Secretary Cortelyou and
President Milburn noticed that the mans
hand was swathed in q bandage or hand
kerchief. Reports Of %bystanders differ as
to which hand. He worked his way amid
the stream of people up to the edge of the
dais, until he was within two feet Of. the
president. President Mckinley smiled,
bowed and extended his hand in that
spirit of geniality the American people.so
well know, when suddenly the sharp
crack Of a revolver a out loud and
clear above the hum Of voices, the shut
ding Of a myriad feet and vibrating waves
of applause that and anon swept
here and there over the assemblage.
There was an instant Of almost COM
plete silence. The president stood stock
still. a look Of h%esltancy,a almost Of be-
vilderment, on his face. Then he
Retreated : Step
while q pallor began to steal over his
features. The multitude. only partially
aware that something serious had hap
pened, paused In surprise. while necks
were craned, andsall eyes turned to the
rostrum where y greatS tragedy was being
enacted.
Then came commotion. With the leap
OF a tiger three men threw themselves