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mands and it slowly gave way just
enough SO they could reach the little
band struggling to save CzOlgosz from
a sudden and frightful death. They
dragged him out. hustled him away
through the beautiful exposition grounds
and threw him behind barred doors,
where he was saved for the law to deal
with him.
Massing their men where they could
best handle the excited crowd. the po-
lice cleared a passageway to one of the
doors for the bearing away of the Presi-
dent. and on the stretcher of an ambu-
lance which had come changing to the
door he was tenderly carried from the
building and borne in the ambulance to
the emergency hospital, near the service
building. within the exposition grounds
Though this takes long in the telling.
probably it was not more than five min
utes from the time the shots were fired
until the President was in the hospital
and hasty examination was begun by
the surgeons. They discovered that one
bullet had entered the breast almost di-
rectly in the center or on the median
line. but whether or not it had passed
into the lungs could not be determined
except by probing. The other had
struck in the abdomen five inches be-
low the left nipple and one and half
inches to the left of the median line.
Immediately under that spot is the
stomach. and the gravest fears We're en-
tertained regarding the consequences of
that shot.
Just twenty years after President
Garfield fell before the bullets of the
demented Guiteau another attempted
assassination has been added to Ameri-
can history. For the third time since
the nation began man with murder in
his heart has sought to remove the chief
executive.
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the President, it is declared Il manifest
impossibility for his bodyguard to pre-
vent an attack from one whose outward
appearance gives no hint of his design.
President Mckinley has never feared
assassination. He has been most demo-
cratic in his official life. When he en-
tered the White House as the chief exec
utive of the nation he did not change his
methods of life more than was made nee
essary by the excessive demand upon his
time. He liked to meet the people. and
for months after his first Inauguration he
daily held receptions in the east room.
meeting and shaking hands with all who
assembled there to see him. The ushers
and the secret service men stationed ut
the White House protested against this
indiscriminate admission of everybody
who desired to see the President. They
feared such an affair as that which has
occurred. They could not guard against
the admission of cranks or criminals.
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Vermont, at $50 p. m. When Col. RoOse-
welt finished his speech it was announced
that he would give an informal reception.
He had entered the home of ex-Lieut.
Gov. Fiske and was resting when the
news reached the island. Col. Roosevelt
was greatly shocked by the news. and his
evidences of grief were pronounced. At
ter brief consultation it was decided
to announce the sad event Senator Proc
tor was requested to make the announce
ment When asked for statement Col.
Roosevelt said: Il am so inexpressibly
grieyed. shocked and Mortified that l can
say nothing" 4 speciil train was made
up for the run to Buffalo. The Vice
President was accompanied to Buffalo by
Senator Redfieli Proctor.
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RULE SUCCESSION.
Provisions for Filling Cf1ics in Case
the President les.


The presidential succession is fixed by
chapter of the acts of the Forty ninth
Congress, the first session. In case OF
the removal or inability of both the Pres
ident and Vice-Presldent then the Secre-
tary of State shall act as President IN
til the disability of the President or Vice
President is removed or President is
elected. If there be no Secretary of
State, then the Secretary of the Treasury
will act, and the remainder of the O:der
of succession is Secretary of War. Attor-
ney General. Postmaster General. Sec
retary of the Navy and Secretary of the
Interior (the office of Secretary of Agri-
culture was created after the passage of
the aco. The acting President must. on
taking Office. convene Congress. if rot
then in session. in extraordinary session,
giving twenty days notice. This act ap-
plies only to such cabinet officers as shall
have been appointed by the advice anil
consent of the Senate and are eligible un-
der the constitution to the presidency.
The line of presidential succession to-
day is: Vice-President Roosevelt, Secre-
tary Hay. Secretary Gage. Secretary
Root. Attorney General Knox, Postmas-
ter General Smith. Secretary Long and
Secretary Hitchcock.
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beside the Presidents chair and gaZed
aDXiouSly into his face

beside the Presidents chair and gaZed
anXiously into his face.
..Do not be alarmed said the Presi-
dent, lit is nothing"
His head sank forward into his hands
moment and then he raised il briskly.
while the stream of crimson welled
from the wound in his breast and
spread in an overwhelming circle on
his white shirt front.
But you are wounded exclaimed
Mr.. Cortelyou. "let me examine"
No. no. insisted the President, Il
am not badly injured, assure YOU"
With n bullet in his breast and an
other through his stomach, he did not
lose consciousness. He sat almost as
stanch and straight in his chair as
though his aSsailant's shots had missed
and he seemed the calmest and least
perturbed of the immense gathering.
President .Milburn and Secretary Cor
telyou were almost frantic with alarm,
but the wounded man continued to as
sure them that his injuries were triti-
ing.
This dramatic scene upon the little
platform was enacted in the midst Of
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wrin.ing their hands and sobbing bitterly.
Strong friends of the President could find
no better expression of their feelings at
the time than hysterical sobs. The news
of the shooting OF the President came as
4 terrible shock. Cantonians would not
believe the report when it was first re-
cciyed. \ rush was made for telegraph,
telephone and newspaper offices for a
confirmation of the sad news. When the
report had been verified there was a uni
vcrsal expression of profoundest sorrow.
Everything was in hubbub at the Pres-
dents home. \ county fair was in pro-
gress just outside of the city limits. News
of the shooting of the President was sent
there. The report was not believed at
first. but when verified men looked aghast
ut one another, women and children sob
bed and anxiously awaited further news
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Want Troops Sent.

The New York Evening Post says:
Local merchants whose business has beer
affected by the depredations of the guerilla
bands operating along the Isthmus of Pan.
ANA suggest that il is about time the
United States landed troops under the
treaty with Colombia to put stop to the
disturbances which are injuring trade and
threatening American property. They
also declare that the shutting off of mill
tary supplies TO the insurgents. which are
being shipped from this port. wonld do
much toward ending the existing trouble
Ship captains, who during the last few
weeks. have visited ports in Venezuela,
say thu large supplies of arms from Bel
gium and Germany are being landed in
that country
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MRS. M'KINLEY IS BRAVE.
The Presidents Wife Bears Up Cour-
ageousiy Under the Shock.

VIC SnON.'
When II became necessary that Mrs.
Mckinley should be informed Of what
had oyertaken her illustrious husband
she surprised all about her by bearing up
bravely under the shock. Dr. Rixey car
ried the news to her. and her first request
was that Mr.. Mckinley should be
brought 10 her at once if il We're at all
possible.
Director General Buchanan had ar
ranged so that no news of the shooting
should penetrate the Milburn residence.
He had shut off the telephone and tele-
graphic communication with the mansion.
aud secret police halted every one going
toward the house.
1t was realized. though. that Mrs. Nc
Kinley must be told before long, and
MIR. Buchanan was selected for the task.
DIR. Rixey went to the house and broke
the news to the Misses Duncan and Bar
Der. He waited time for Mr. Buchanan
to arrive. and then. his presence in the
house having already reused some slight
suspicion that everything was not quite
right, he made bold to inform Mrs. Nc
Kinley.
The Presidents wife caught at the ply
sician's first words. and she OWNED that
Mr.. Mckinley had been injured in some
accident. But DIR. Rixey did not yield
to whatever temptation there may have
been for him to temper the blow by per-
mitting her to think she had guessed
Alright. He held bravely to his task and
told the whole story
Mrs. Mckinley bore up surprisingly
well. She was allowed to see the Presi-
dent for few minutes and then went to
her room. No fears for her life are enter
tained. but the doctors are on guard.
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STATEMENT BY CORTELYOU.

George Il. Cortelyou. Secretary TO the
President. Saturday morning gave out the
following statement:
THE President was shot about O'Clock.
One bullet struck him ON the upper portion
of the breastbone. glancing and not pene-
trating: the second bullet penetrated the
abdomen five Inches below the left nipple
and one and one-half inches to the left Of
the median line.
THE abdomen was opened through the
line of the bullet wound. 1t was found that
the bullet had penetrated the stomach
THE opening In the front wall OF the
stomach was carefully closed with SILK
stitches, after which a search was made fer
hole in the back wall Of the stomach. This
was found and also closed in the same way.
The further course Of the bullet could not
be discovered. although careful search was
made. The abdominal wound closed
without drainage. No injury to the inies-
tines cr other abdominal organ was discov-
cred.
THE patient stood the operation well.
pulse OF good quality. rate of $50: condition
at the conclusion of operation was crafty
ing. The result cannot be foretold. His cen
dition AT present justifies hope OF recovery
GEORGE Il. CORTELYOU.
Secretary 10 the President.
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CABINET HEARS THE NEWS.
Members of the President's Official
Family Express Regret.

Members of the President's Official
Family Express Regret.
Members Of President Mckinley's cab
met heard of the attempt TO assassinate
the chief executive with expressions Of
deepest grief. The shock OF the news
nearly prostrated two of them, it was so
unexpected. Immediately upon hearing
of the shooting Postmaster General Smith
and Secretaries Root and Hitchcock
started for Buffalo. and the others ar
ranged to go to the bedside Of the Presi-
dent as soon as possible. News of the at
tempted assassination of the President
came as Il thunderbolt upon the officials
at the White House. UDon its receipt
over the telephone from the newspaper
Offices. Col. Montgomery. who is in charge
of the telegraph service at the executive
mansion. lost no time in securing
through wire to the hospital in which the
President lay.
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Bryan DepIores the Deed.

attempt on his life, W. J. Bryan sent q
brief message TO President Mckinley ex-
pressing his concern. Mr.. Bryan gave
out Il statement, in which he said: In a
republic where the people eject their ofii
cials and can remove them, there can be
no excuse for resort TO violence. If our
President were in constant fear of plots
ami conspiracies we would soon sink IL
the level of those nations in which force
is the only weapon of the government,
and the only weapon Of the governments
enemies
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FORMER WORK OF AssAssrNs.
Killing OF Lincoln and Garfield and
EurODeau Rulers,


On Good Friday. April II, 1865. just
after the war of the rebellion had been
brought to an end. Abraham Lincoln was
shot down in box at Ford's Theater at
Washington by John Wilkes Booth, and
died early on the following morning His
assassin was pursued and shot down
twelve days afterward, and the other
conspirators engaged in the plot We're
tried later by court martial and punish
ed. On Saturday. July 2, 1881. President
Garfield was shot in the waiting room or
the Pennsylvania Railroad at Washing
ton. as he was about 10 start for his sum-
mer vacation. Guiteau, the assassin. WAS
a disappointed office-seeker. The Presi-
dent was taken to Elberon, \. j., and
fingered until Sept. 10, when he died Of
his wounds. The assassin was tried for
murder. convicted and hanged.
On several occasions European assas-
sins have accomplished their object. Thr
more recent cases have been the assaS-
sination by anarchists of Premier Como
vas del Castillo in Spain in 1897. and Of
the Empress Elizabeth ut Lucerne in
1898. or twenty rulers slain in the LIST
century eleven were Presidents of repub-
lies. The list is as follows: Emperor
Paul, Russia. choked, 1901; Sultan Seini.
Turkey. stabbed, 1909; President d'lstria,
Greece, saber, 1881: Duke of Parma,
Italy, 1854; President of Hayti, stabbed,
1889; President Lincoln, United States,
shot. 1866; President Baita, Peru, shot
1872; President Moreno, Ecuador, shot,
1872; President Guthrie. Ecuador. shot,
1878; Sultan Abdul Aziz. Turkey. stab
bed, 1874: President OF Paraguay. shot,
1871; President Garfield, United States,
shot, 1881; Gar Alexander H., Russia,
bomb, 1881: President j. r. Barrios.
Guatemala. shot, 1885: Queen of Corea.
poisoned, 1890; President Carnot.
France, stabbed, 1894; President Jose
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Fatal Railroad Collision,

Five men were killed and six others
seriously injured. two of whom have since
died. in a collision which occurred at
jamestown. n. ID. A mixed train on the
Northern Pacific railroad came in from
Oakes, carrying seventeen men on a fiat
car. As the train passed the station road
engine was struck and the force of the
collision caused the fiat car to collapse.
The names Of the dead and injured could
not be learned. They were harvest hands
who had boarded the car at Lamoure.
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Brief News Items.

Matthew Mullen, "a, st. Louis, fell
three feet from porch aud broke his
neck.
Official list shows forty persons drown
ed bv the sinking of the steamer Islander
off Alaska.
A Yokohama cabiegram,. says Capt.
Bradlee Strong intends TO make Lady
Hope his wife.
Two boys. Jack and Willie Leod. Is
and IL, have been arrested, Ccaftsvils,
Ky, for making moonshine booze.
Colombia is in need of money to help
suppress the rebellion now led by Gen
Tribe Tribe
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PASSES REsrFUL NIGHT.
No Alarming Conditi ms Present Up
Until Noon Saturday.
Saturday mornin0 President McEinleY

NO al6f"imR SP
Until Noon Saturday.
Saturday morning President Mckinley
maintained a good measure of his
strength and those who watched at his
bedside held higher hope for his ultimate
recovery. The shock from the wounds in
fiicted upon him by Leon Czolgosz SEEM
ed to have been less than was anticipated.
and that was regarded as highly favora-
bic to him. 1t was admitted, however,
that the crisis in his condition had not
yet come Bulletins that came from the
chamber of the wounded President dur
ing the night and early hours of the
morning all indicated a spirit of hopeful
ness.
The President rested we'll, there were
no alarming conditions of temperature or
pulse and the spirits of the sufferer were
strong and CHEEKY. The feeling of hope
was quite general about the Milburn resi-
dence. to which the President had been
removed from the hospital, in sharp con-
trast to the hopelessness and regret that
prevailed early the previous night.
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NATION IS SHOCKED.
Whole Country Gricves Over the Muir
derous Assault on Its Chief.

Whole Country Grieves Over the Muir
derous Assault on Its Chief.
The news of the attempt on the life of
the President was received from one end
of the country to the other first with hor-
rified amazement and then with the deep
est grief In the clubs. hotels and thea
tiers of every city in the United States
men and women gathered and waited for
hours to get every scrap of information
that came over the wires. In thousands
of small towns the whole population stood
about the local telegraph offices AMI
watched tearfully and anxiously for bull
ietins.
Telegraph offices everywhere were
swampcd with business. messages of SYM
pathy for the President and his wife
from almost every man of prominence i'll
the nation, and for hours after the shoot
ing telephone trunk lines were so over
burdened that only small percentage of
subscribers were able to secure service.
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SYMPATHY IN EUROPE.

Ca pitfalls Receive the News With Con.
sternation.
London received the news OF the at
tempt on Mr.. Mekinley's life with incre-
dulity. Every newspaper and every hotel
was besieged with anxious Americans in-
ouiring for the latest intelligence of the
reported assassination. One of the first
messages of coincidence sent to America
was from the Lord Mayor of London.
The Lord Mayor prayed that SO valuable
a life may yet be spared to his country,
and at the same time offered the express
sion of sincerest sympathy with all Amer
;,o, c;fizeuS
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Decide Not to Admit Women.

The central conference of the German
Methodist Episcopal Church, which is in
session at Detroit. by vote of l04 to s,
declared against the adoption Of the pro-
posed new constitution, which permitted
women 10 become members of the general
conference. Its only advocate was Rev. j.
F. Severinghaus of Seymour, Ind, and on
thevOte his two sons cast their ballots with
him. A class of six was admitted to mem
bership in the conference, and at the con-
clusion of the ceremonies Bishop Andrews
preached sermon to them on 1.-THE Ideal
Minister
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grafton would be best for the negro AMI
best for the white man. There is an
irresistible conflict between whites and
blacks that nothing but separation can
reconcile aud put an end to. Ii the white
men will open up a highway to Africa.
millions of the black race will go. Rather
than shed so much blood. and possibly
some innocent blood. you had better EN-
act laws to brand negro criminals AMI
crop their ears and Danish them to At
rica -
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Scale ih. P-is,n Walls.

Two convicts of the name Of Hauck
and Pierson escaped from the Lincoln.
Neb., penitentiary by taking advantage
OF the momentary absehce of guard ~
TO watch them while they worked in th.
bakery The men with the aid of gas
pipe scaled the walls ana dropped down
ON the outside
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PHYSICIANS BULLETIN

The Presidents physicians i--'ed the fol-
lowing bulletin at a. III. Saturday:
The President passed fairly comfort
able night and no serious symptoms have
developed. Pulse 1i6, temperature 1o2,
respiration "a.
''P NJ. RIXEY,
M. ID. MANN,
ROSWELL PARKE.
HERMAN MYNTER,
"ECGENE WASpIN.
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RId for Ransom.

Miss Stone. American missionary. while
travelling in Turkey with female COM
panion, has been captured by brigands
near Salonica. United States Minister
Leishman, in cabling this fact to the State
Department says that he has taken i'm
mediate and energetic steps to secure her
release. Miss Stone is from Roxbury,
Mass
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May Give Dewey the Olympia.

Following upon the announcement made
some time ago of plan at the Navy De-
partment to send Admiral Dewey with a
fine fleet to England to represent the
United States navy at the coronation of
King Edward VII, suggestion has been
agitated in naval circles, by way of COM
pleting the arrangements, to have the adj
miral, on that occasion, fly his flag again
above the Olympia. the ship which led his
feet into Manila Bay on the memorable
lst Of May. 1898. The Olympia is in ex-
ceilent condition and well adapted for the
purpose.
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HISTORY OF A WEEK.
PEOPLE. PLACES AND THINGS
OF THE WORLD.
News of Crimes and Criminals, Ac.
cidente, Fires, Etc, from North,
South, East and West, Sanwiched
with Minor Affairs.
Latest from the Presidents Bedside.

Latest from the Presidents Bedside.
Monday morning-Senator Hanna sent
telegrams to his friends in different Parts
OF the country who have appealed to him
for news, saying that the conditions could
not be more favorable. He has, however,
thus far refrainei from expressing the
definite opinion that the President would
recover, although by his manner he in
dicated his confidence in the outcome.
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Both were Killed.

Henry Peltier and his wife, farmers,
living just outside of Windsor, Ont, were
struck by fast Michigan Central train,
while driving into that city and instantly
killed. Their carriage was ground to
pieces and both bodies were thrown many
feet from where the engine struck them.
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King Edwards Heart.

London special: Though King Edward
Is conscientiously submitting to the slight
water and massage cure" at Hamburg,
the Candid Friend, a weekly paper says
his heart trouble, from which he has suf-
fered since and before his accession shows
no improvements.
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Powder Work. Explosion.

An explosion took place in one of the
grinding departments of the Aetna pow
der works at Miller's station near VAL
paraiso, Ind. destroying two buildings
and causing loss of 5000. None of the
employees were injured.
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PUNISHMENT FOR AssAILANT.

Only General Statutes Cover Attempt
to Take Presidents Life.
There is no law outside of general
criminal statutes for the punishment of
attempting the life of the President OF
the United States. The question of pass
ing such a law has been discussed in Con-
gress. but nothing has been done. The
President is citizen of the United
States, and his raurder or an attempt on
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Cleveland Greatly Shocked.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland was
fishing at Darling Lake. in Tyringham.
Mass. when he received the news. Mr..
Cleveland was horritied at the news and
said: Il am greatly shocked. | cannot
conceive of motive. 1t must have been
the act CT crazy man..
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Four.ee, Pass nt.rs Injure :.

Two suburban electric cars, going n
opposite directions. collided ut a point
one-half mile east of Chagrin Falls, Ohio,
and fourteen passengers and the crews o.
both cars were more or less hurt. a. Ii.
Bradley, aged 40 years, of Cleveland, IS
thought TO be fatally injured.
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Break in strikers, Ranks.

The Bay View, Wis, strikers meeting,
after stormy session. broke up in row,
The radical element left the hall and the
remaining members, not quite half OF
those In attendance, voted to return to
work and will do SO when the mills start
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sion. Many Of the
white people of the
State are in favor
OF an exodus of ne
groes, while others
believe in upnold-
ing the law as il is
now framed. Bish-
op Turner rei,erat-
ed his opinion and
said:
Il am as much
convin ed as ever
49, ami