Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-09-08
GREAT SYMPATHY FELT
THROUGHOUT BRITAIN.
KINDLY EXPRESSIONS AND EVIL
DENCES or SORROW AMONG
PEOPLE OF LONDON.
AMERICANS WHO ARE ABROAD.
SHOCKED ny THE NEWS. HESITATE
TO START HOME TILL THE
CRISIS is PASSED.

LONDON, September 7.-Passengers
booked to sail for New York on the
steamer st. Paul to-day, gathered at
Waterloo station en- route for the
steamer. were tremendously eager for
further news of the Presidents condi-
ton. many dreading the week of sus-
pense with which their passage would
be marked. The one o'clock bulletin
was hailed with the greatest relief.
At Euston station, when the Lucan-
las train left. there was scene SINH
lar to the one witnessed at Waterloo
station. The passengers hung about
the platform. inauiring for the latest
news and apparently reluctant to put
themselves out of communication with
the news about the Presidents condi-
ton even for few hours.
Richard Croker, John Fox. OF the
New York Democratic Club, and An
drew Freedman were among the trav
elers. Mr.. Croker said he was very
sorry about President Mckinley. ant
he anxiously inquired for the --latest
news regarding the Presidents condi
ton.
The Lord Mayor Has Addressed
TO United States Ambassador Choat'
the following communication: "Th'
citizens of London have received with
profound regret and great Indignation
intelligence of the dastardly attach
upon the life of the distinguished Pres
ident of the United States and they
desire to convey, through your excel
lency, their sincere sympathy with
your country in this melancholy even
and their trust that so valuable a lift
as President McKinley's may be spared
for the welfare OF the American peo
pie"
The United States embassy also hat
received many kilograms and telephone
messages from distinguished persons
inquiring for news and expressing anx'
iety and regret at the attempt of thu
would-be assassin
Lord Pnuncefote,
the British ambassador to the United
States, accompanied by his daughter
was one of the earliest callers at the
United States Embassy this morning
lie expressed the greatest sympathy
and anxiety regarding President Nc
Kinleys condition. The other callers
at the embassy included Judge Gray
OF Delaware; Prof. Saunders, OF Har-
ward, and practically all the leading
Americans in London.
The kilograms OF sympathy and in
qury received at the United States em-
Dassy from all parts OF Britain include
messages from the mayors OF Liver
pool Birmingham and Portsmouth.
England prays for McKinlcs." is
printed in great black type across the
front page OF the Evening Star and all
the journals express the hope OF the
English people that the president will
recover The Sun says: The abhor-
rent crime was committed for mere
wantonness.'
The Evening News says: That he
may be spared is the prayer OF every
Englishman throughout the empire,
and the paper mentions the curious re-
semblance n the circumstance sur
rounding the crime in Buffalo and
those of the
Musder of President Carnot,
whose assassin climbed to his yistlm &
carriage for the ostensible purpose OF
shaking hands.
The Echo eulogizes the personal
traIs of President Mckinley as those
on which Engllsnmen can dwell with
unaffected appreciation.
1t is understood that the American
police are communicating with the po-
lice of the various European capitals
with the view OF learning whether
Leon Czolgosz has had relations with
foreign anarchists recently.