Waterbury Democrat., 1901-09-14

aHIyeS and IOlOnel " lilldnl -. DIONh. HWith these directly and indirectly con-I
 znected with the family were thoseI aOthers who had kept ceaseless vigil
 athe white garbed nurses and the unl-
 4fOrmed marine hospital attendants. In!
 sthe adjoining room were Drs Charles; ssAIcBurney, Eugene Wasdin, Roswell 1Park, Charles c. Stockton and Her
 sman Mynter. The minutes were nowi ahying and it was 2:15 o'clock. Silent,
 sand mOtionless the circle of loving
 4friends stood about the bedside. Dr Rixey leaned forward and placedi
 8his ear close to the breast of the ex- spiring president. Then he straighten-;
 Bed up and made an effort to speak. a -.The president is dead" he said. q The q esident had passed away
 speacefuI4y. without the convulsiyeI s;struggle of death. It was as though she had fallen asleep. As they gazed Ion the face of the dead only the sobsi lOf the mourners broke the silence of 4this chamber of death. MT Cortelyoul Shad been one of the first to rouse-him- sself after the stunning effect of thel announcement of death. He passed
 from the room and down the stairway. \ There. in the large drawing room.
 A .sthe cabinet. officials high in the ad-l
 sminiStratiOn and in the confidence of 1.-the president. As he appeared at the; threshold of the room they seemed to
 arealize that tile message of death hadl scome Mir Cortelyou halted at the: adoor and summoning up all of his ef- 3fOrt, said: '.Gentlemen, the president has pass Fed away" Realizing, too, the momentous nal s!country. NIT COrteIyou stepped through! sthe outer doorway of the Milburn ahouse. and advancing down the walk zto the newspaper men at the front gatei acalmly announced: ''The president died 5at 2:15 o'clock"
 Thus closed the final chapter in thel sIife of William Mckinley. All thatl sremained was to perform those offices (which follow death. There was thes 5sending of the official notices, theI ssummoning of the funeral directors; sthe first nasty thoughts of the detailsi aOf burial. Within half an hour a car! 3riage lad brought those who were toI stake charge of the body. The autopsy
 which had been decided upon for thei Yearly forenson rendered impossible theI 3immediate embalming process. Thet EcOrpse was laid upon a stretcher and scOvered by a sheet, remained in theI chamber where death had occurred. \ uniformed guard of the United States army hospital corps was detail-E -E } cd for duty at the temporary bier At 3:30 o'clock the long crepe wasI hung from the door of the house. Tt ] was of heavy material. of amplests width. caught together with a wide, black mode ribbon. If the presidents death had comes sbefOre midnight it would have been sdifficult to avoid q conflict, but the; crowds gradually broke up as the new lday came on, and by 2:15 q. m.. whens sthc death announcement came. the EdOwn-tOwn thorOughfares were desert: : \ led. For the moment the anger of thns outraged people is forgotten in theirs spoignant grief. and this will doubtless 5ccnsign CZOlgOlsZ to the swift and .n-s .evitable punishment provided by law. < None who came to show their sor- 2 row for the dead president failed tos 5ask s0IicitOusIy for Mrs Mckinley. E 1.-The first word of encouragement camel <frOm the servants of the household. E who said she was still in her room and shad apparently rested well. This ref bort was amply confirmed at S:45s so'clock by Dr Wasdin, who had called E s lat the house to see her. He said thats sshe had not only rested fairly well. but twas showing encouraging strength in liner grief. His assurances were wei E 3comed by those who heard them.
 Mrs Barber and Miss Mckinley, sis-s sfers of the dead statesman. drove tos Mulburn house at 9:30. Both showedA 4fs< e.srrr,e, fbair. 1oaYa rrIinf Everywhere there are signs of Sor-E row. Flags fly mid-mast and prepara tions are in progress to give the publics buildings a draping of sombre black k l At all the city churches tomorrow there will be services and prayers fors sthe dead president. Plans for formala ] Icivic action and for a large escort ofs military and civic organizations whenh l the body is removed to the train thats will carry it to Washington, are underp sconsideratiOn and will probably be com spleted before night. The people of Buffalo feel especially keen regret in that the president wasH stricken down while their guest, and5 the loss therefore seems more poig-s snant. It is an interesting fact recalleds sduring the morning that Elihu Root.s 5 |now secretary of war. was presentk when President Arthur took the oathf |of office when Garfield died. He wasf .sent for by General Arthur as soon ask .the news reached him and by his adj vice and also at the request of theE members of Garfield's cabinet the oathE was administered at ? o'clock in the4 morning by Justice Bradley of NewE York Abner Mckinley. brother of Presi- 4 .dent Mckinley, drove,to ATilburn housek lat 10 o'clock accompanied by Lieuten-
 lant James Mckinley. Colonel BrownS land Mir Meek of Canton. The police re
 moved the rope lines and the carriageF 'roIled slowly up to the entrance ofk .the house. The coroner of Buffalo, James Wil-u