The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-20
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
he Spends a Busy Sunday at
Buffalo.
Attends Funeral Services of the Dead
President-'.Is Closely Guarded
Though He RsmOnstra es.

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ence of the day before He was Joined
at breakfast by Rev. DR.. S. Mitchell,
the pastor of the First Presbyterian
church.
A great quantity of mail and tele-
graph matter had already arrived at
the house and some of it concerned
matters which were urgent and COM
PEELED his instant attention. He was
fully occupied until the hour of his
starting for the Milburn house to at
tend the funeral of President McKin-
ley Notwithstanding the presidents
rooted objection to anything in the
nature of bodyguard, he has been
overruled by some of those who are
close to him and there are consider
able number of secret service men
nearer to him than he always realizes
Strangers today who visited the Mil
burn house found themselves very
carefully scrutinized three or four
times before they entered, and there
was always quietmannered man of
formidable physique near the door of
the room in which the president hap
pened to be- Those who are responsible
for these arrangements say that they
don't feel it proper that Immediately
after the crime Of Sept. 6, with all it's
possible influence on disordered minds,
there should De any opportunity for an
evil intentioned crank to get at the
president without warning. A few
persons of harmless enough appearance,
but of evidently unsettled minds were
gently guided away from the neigh
borhood today. It is feature of the
presidents spondence, so it was
learned today, that cranks and notoriety
hunting persons have not sent a single
letter to him since the assault on
President Mckinley The fact is com
mented upon as showing that the wild
est Of the whirling- headed fraternity
have sane enough intervals to realize
that there are times in which even
they must restrain themselves.
Immediately after leaving the body
of President Mckinley, lying in state
in the city hall. President Roosevelt
entered the carriage of George L. Will
liams, which has been placed at his
disposal during his stay in Buffalo.
He invited Attorney General Knox,
Coorotoru of U,r Nth, Doot ,,5 l.;
host, Ansley Wilcox, to accompany him
to the Wilcox home. The carriage was
closed and the rain was pouring down.
Except for the uniformed men on
bicycles who followed close behind it,
no one could have guessed who was ill
side.
The president and the cabinet Off
GERS who had returned from the city
hall with him, were joined at lunch
con by Gov. Odell, William G. Warren
and Congressman Lucius Littauer.
After lunch the president and the
governor, with the others, spent an
hour or more in conversation in Mr..
Wilcox's library. The discussion was
continuation of their talk of the eve
ming before, and was altogether of a
general nature, participated in from
time to time by Mr.. Warren and Mr..
Littauer All through the afternoon
there was constant stream of callers
marching up the walk to Mr.. Wilcox s
door. Some of those who reached the
president were Gen. Brooke, Gen.
Sheridan, Gen. Harrison Gray Otis,
Senator Henderson, Senator Hawley,
Justice Laughlin of the appellate divi-
sion, Former State Senator John
| Laughlin and committee of members
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
The veterans desired to urge upon the
president the appointment of one of
their number to vacant post at the
white house. They learned that Presi-
dent Roosevelt dose not believe that he
ought to undertake the consideration
of the applications of ofice-seekers
until the body Of President Mckinley
has been laid in the ground.
Secretary of the Navy Long, Secre-
tary of TIE Interior Hitchcock, Post
master General Smith and Secretary
of Agriculture Wilson dined with the
president this evening. Ever since the
death of President Mckinley a great
volume of kilograms has been pouring
in upon President Roosevelt. Some of
them are from men whose names are
known over this continent and beyond
it, and others come from men who are
hardly known to the postmaster Of
their own small towns. There are
three sentiments which run through all
of them, aim ost without exception.
, They bear message of sympathy for
the president, for the members of the
cabinet and for Mrs. Mckinley they
express full confidence in Presidents
Roosevelt's ability to meet the tasks
before him and they nearly all include
prayer that he may be sustained by
divine power. There were almost five
hundred at late hour this evening,
and the number has been growing
constantly.
The only announcement the president
had to make was that Mr.. Cortelyou,
the secretary of President Mckinley,
would for the present act in that capa-
city for him because of his knowledge
of the condition of affairs. Mr.. Cor
telyou confirmed this statement.
Frank Wixon, VIM. butcher and