Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1901-09-21
Every Aid Possible Was Rendered to Keep
Him AIive---Death Caused by Gan
Z grene---An Autopsy Was Held.
lie Body Lay State at Buffalo Twelve tioursFunera Train
Goes Direct to Washington Is to Remain There
One Day and Then Will be Taken to Canton,
Ohio for Buria-His Biography.

Milburn House, Buffalo, Sept. a.
President Mckinley died at 215 a. m
He had been unconscious since 1850
%. m. His last conscious hour on earth
e. was spent with his wife to whom he
wlyoted a life time of care He died
/ Unattended by minister of the gospel
Tout his last words were an humble
submission to the will of God, in whom
he believed He was reconeiled to the
cruel fate to which an assassin's bull
let had condemned him and faced
death in the same spirit of calmness
which has marked his long and hon
orabIe career.
The president, in his last period of
consciousness, which ended about
T:40, chanted the words of the hymn,
<'Nearer, My God. to Thee and his
last audible words, as taken down by
DIR. Mann at the bedside, were:
''Goodby ALL goodby. 1t is Gods
way His will be done"
Then his mind began to wander and
soon he completely lost consciousness,
His life was prolonged for hours by
the administration of oxygen and the
president finally expressed desire to
be allowed to die About $3.50 the adj
ministration of oxygen ceased and the
pulse grew fainter and fainter. He
was sinking gradually, like child
into the eternal slumber. BY 10
O'Clock the pulse could no longer De
felt in his extremities and they grew
cold
His relatives and the members of
his official family were at the Milburn
house. except Secretary Wilson, who
did not avail himself of the oppor-
tunity. and some of his personal and
political friends took leave of him.
The actual death probably occurred
about o'clock, it being understood
that DR. Rixey delayed the announce.
ment to assure himself The an
-2sts'lrl crillant 81 the news 10 those wait.
Ing below vas postponed until the
members of tie family had withdrawn.
Through Secretary Cortelyou the
waiting newspaper men received the
notification. III trice there was the
keenest excitement on the streets.
When the news was impaired to
those down stairs, great sigh of an
guish went w from the strong men
there assembled. The members of
the cabinet senators and close friends
remained but a few minutes. Then
with mournful tread and bowed heads
they came out into the darkness and
went away. There was not one among
them with dry eyes and some moaned
la agony of grief.
Those present at the time of the
presidents death were: Secretary
Cortelyou. Dr. RiXey Mrs. and Miss
Barber and Miss Duncan.
The Autopsy.
Buffalo, Sept l6-'rhe following report
of the autopsy upon the remains OF Pres
ldent Mckinley was issued at o'clock;
THE bule which struck over the
brease bone did not pass through the skin
and did little harm. The other bullet
passed through both walls of the stom-
ach near its lower border Both holes
Were found to be perfectly closed by the
stitches, but the tissue around each hole
dad become gangrenous. After passing
through the stomach the bullet passed
into the back walls of the abdomen, hit
ting and tearing the upper end of the kid
uey. This portion of the bullets track
was also gangrenous, the gangrene involv-
ing the pancreas. The bullet has not vet
been found. There was no sign of peri
tonitis or disease of other organs The
heart walls were very thin. There was
no evidence Of attempt at repair On the
part of nature and death resulted from
the grangrene which affected the stom-
aeh around the bullet wounds as we'll as
the tissues around The further course of
the bullet Death was unavoidable by
any surgical or medical treatment, and
vas the direct result OF the bullet wound.
Signed by all attending physicians.
Buffalo, Sept 16.-Buffalo Sunday
became city of mourning. The dec
orations of the Pan-Ameriean eXposi-
ton gave way to the symbol of sor,
row. The black drapery of the city's
streets muf1ed the tolling bells of
the churches Bits of Grape appeared
on every sleeve Sorrow was every
where apparent In the morning a
simple service took place at the resi-.
Gence on Delaware avenue, where the
president died Only the immediate
family and the friends and political
associates of the president We're pres
ent. The scene there was pathetic in
the extreme. Then the body was
borne through solid walls of living
humanity, bareheaded and grief striek
en-. to the city hall. where it lay "
state.