The Nome nugget., 1901-10-01
Mourn the Death of Presi.
 dent Mckinley.
NEWS OF HIS DEATH
Received With the ProfOundest Sor. row-Fia2s Half r1aSted and Other Marks of Respect and Orief-ne- mortal Services Held Today.
The news that President Mckinley

The news that President Mckinley had succumbed to the assassin Czol. gosz's bullets reached Nome Saturday y evening, about 4:30 o'clock. The sad news came in telegram from kaltag yia St. Michael to Howard Turner, agent of the Northern Comm, rciai CompanyA The dread news spread rapidly about town, and in short tin ( groups o. so. TOW full men were every Where i,c. sing tle .amenled death O. the natioa's ,xecutive.
 The tele.ial was immediately bull letined o! the NUGGET, und during the event b was read by hundreds of men a .'4 "u.l ell. No words ere card Uut pst cApl essina sympathy for the wiie of ..e dead president auu ill txecra- tion of his base slayer. l. ags were quickly placed at half mast, and man, bL>l.;. ss hou'es were dra,,eu with the emblems of mourning.
 On Sunday in all the churches ap- prUpliate reference was made to lhu death of the president and prayers were offered for lis strckeh relatives. President Nick nley was shot Un Sept. 5; he died at 2:45 On the morning oi the l4th at the Mllburn house in Buff falo, N. \. The immediate cause oi aeaih ,1es gangrene. e-The autopsy ,re- s>saIezShusg The sssofnach wounds had not hesled despite the statements of his surgeons, and that a portion of one of the kidneys had been torn away by theebullet which lodged in the prcsi- dents back. This injury had been en- tirely overlooked by the surgeons at the time the operation was performed. For hours prior to his death the presi- dens, was kept alive by administering oxygen, until he at last begged to be permitted to die. His last audible words were: ~..
 "Good-bye, all; good. bye. It is God s way; His will be done" ..
 And so he died, surrounded by sor- rowing members of his cabinet and friends. Mrs. Mckinley, the devoted wife of a devoted husband, bore the shock of her husbands death bravely The body was taken to Washington. and thence to Canton Ohio, the dead presidents home. where it was inferred on Sept. f9 with the most solemn and imposing ceremonies.
 Vice-President Roosevelt took the oath of office on Sept. l6, and requested President McKinley's cabinet to re- main with him for the time being.
 Exercises Today.
 On Monday Mayor Giese issued 8 proclamation announcing the death of President Mckinley and expressing the sorrow of the people of Nome. He re- quested that the business houses of Nome be closed this afternoon between the hours ot l and o'clock. Mem 0rial services were arranged for in the Cong regational church, through the active efforts of Rev. William Davies and Mir. Geo. P. Taylor, of the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. ~rhe church was packed by a sorrowful a asdience. hundreds being unable to obtain admittance, the ser- vsceSbeing both appropriate and i'm pressive. --.
 Judge K. N. Stevens presided and on the platform were seated Judge Wick ershain, Rev. William Dawes, Rev. Fatl.r Jacquei, Rev. ~ +. H. Biocr, and Rev. ". C.. FoN!er. |, Judge Wi kershan's t,logy was touc ing trioute tU-the worth and virtue If the pasrtyred president. The followin. ex. selIent program: was rendersd: 5 Piano solo .,..-...... Chopin's Fuper.l March. Rea.ihs 0i Scripture Song. "Lcgd Kindly Lisht"- .Octctts
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