The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1901-09-21
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son or Paul Kruger SURRENDERED
to Lord Kitchener in South Africa.
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William Mckinley died in Buffalo at
BIS o'clock on the morning of the 14th.
After every resource had been exhaust
ed for over "a hours, after the sinking
spell early on the morning Of the 18th,
death came to the twenty-fifth presi-
dent of the United States. For many
hours the presidents hold on life was
so slight that the work of the surgeons
was confined to watching the Pickering
spark without attempting to fan it into
life artificially. Practically all medi-
cines and oxygen treatments were
abandoned a considerable time before
midnight. All hope was abandoned
then, and the only thing left to do was
| to wait for the worn out machinery to
run down. Mrs. Mckinley had been
with the president twice during the
early part of the previous evening.
just before the president lost con-
seriousness Mrs. Mckinley knelt at his
side. He knew her and said: "Good-
by, all; good-by. 1t is Gods way.
His will be DONE"
| Theodore Roosevelt became presi-
dent of the United States at 1882
o'clock on the afternoon of the 14th,
when he complied with the constitu-
tional provision and took the pre-
scribed oath to support and defend
he constitution and the laws of the
United States. He took that oath in
the library of the residence of Ansley
Wilcox in Buffalo, and it was admins
tered by Judge John r. Hazel, Of the
United States district court. The new
president declared that he would carry
out his predecessors policy.
Funeral services for the late Presi-
dent Mckinley were held at the Mil
burn residence at Buffalo at IL a. m.
on the 18th. The body lay in state in
the city hall from noon until five p. m.
On the morning of the 10th the funeral
party left for Washington, where the
state funeral will be held and where
the body will lie in state in the rotunda
of the capital from the morning of the
18th until evening, when it will be re-
moved by special train to Canton, O.;
for interment. The burial will take
place on the afternoon of the 10th.
Settlement of the steel strike was
reported to be near at hand.
Rear Admiral Francis Munroe Ram
say, retired, has been selected as the
third member for the Schley court OF
inquiry, to succeed Admiral Howison
1t is reported that half the coffee
| in IN hac haa ts,l lx
ruined by storms.
Judge Eli Torrance, of Minneapolis
was unanimously elected commander
In chief of the Grand Army of the Re-
public at the closing session of the
annual encampment in Cleveland. o.
The streets around police head.
quarters in Buffalo where the assas.
! sin of the president is prisoner
! were crowded with excited men
thirsting for vengeance, and to pre-.
serve order and Illustrate any at.
tempt at lynching two regiments OF
the national guard were called out.
The Pan-American exposition in
Buffalo was orderd closed for three
days because of the death of Presi.
dent Mckinley.
Official announcement was made
that the steel strike, which began
June 80, had been settled.
In the American league the per,
centages of the baseba clubs for the
week ended on the 18th were: Chi.
cago, 1922; Boston, 500; Detroit, .552;
Philadelphia, 1922; Baltimore, 400;
Washington, .446; Cleveland, .424;
Milwaukee, 3es.
Mrs. Mckinley was on the 18th said
to have broken down, and it was
feared she might not withstand the
ordeal of the next few days.
The percentages of the baseball
clubs in the national league for the
week ended on the 18th were: Pitts
burgh, 1893; Philadelphia, .5s2; Brook.
Ign, .573; st. Louis, .537; Boston, .504;
Chicago, 1894; New York, .301; Gin
cinnati, 3s6.
The direct cause of the death OF
President Mckinley in the official
death certificate is given as gangrene
of both walls Of the stomach and
pancreas, following the gunshot
wounds.
Gov. Odell will not call special ses.
sion of the New York supreme court
as he has been assured the trial of As
sassin Colgosz will be in progress with.
in Is days.
Special services were held in all
the churches of England, at which
tributes were paid to President Nc
Kinley and sympathy expressed fol
his widow and the American people
Theodore Roosevelt, now president
of the United States, is the fifth vice
president of the nation TO succeed the
president with whom he was chosen to
Office. John Tyler was the first, sue
ceeding William Henry Harrison. Next
came Willard Fillmore, who succeed.
ed Zachary Taylor. Andrew johnson
| aucceeded Abraham Lincoln and Ches-
! ter A. Arthur took the place of James
| A. Garfield. Three of the five vice
presidents owe their Advancement to
the assassin's bullet