New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-14
(BY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l


Buffalo. Sept. 1.-THE tragedy of the
century eliminated this morning at 2:15 o'clock,
when President Mckinley peacefully passed
away. Mrs Mckinley had retired to her room,
and was not with him at the end.
His last words were: Goodbye. All good
bye. 1t is Gods way. His will be DONE
He had been unconscious since 1:5O p. m.
His last conscious hour earth was spent
with the wife to whom he devoted a lifetime
of care He died unattended by minister
OF the gospel but his last words were
humble submission to the will of the God in
Whom he believed. He reconciled to the
condemned him. and faced death in the same
spirit of calmness md poise which had marked
his long and honorable career.
| His relatives and the members of his official
family were at the Milburn house. except
Secretary Wilson. who did not avail himself
of the opportunity. and some Of his personal
and political friends took leave of him. This
painful ceremony was simple. His friends
came TO the door of the sick room, took long
| glance at him and turned tearfully away.
| time.
| But powerful heart stimulants. including
| oxygen were employed to restore him TO con-
sciousness for his final parting with his wife
! He asked for her and she sat at his side and
| held his hand. He consoled her and bade her
good by She went through the heart-trying
scene with the same bravery and fortitude
with which she has borne the grief of the
tragedy which ended his life.
The immediate cause of the Presidents death
is undetermined. His physicians disagree. and
it will possibly require autopsy TO fix the ex-
act cause The Presidents body will be taken to
Washington. and there will be a state funeral
Vice President Roosevelt. who now succeeds
to the Presidency may take the oath of office
wherever he happens hear the news. The
Cabinet WILL of course. resign IN body, and
President Roosevelt will have an opportunity of
forming new Cabinet if he so desires.
The rage of the people of Buffalo against the
Presidents assassin when they lc,fned tonight
that the President was dying boundless.
Thousands surrounded the jail. and the entire
police force of the city and two regiments of
militia were utilized to insure his protection.
The streets of Buffalo are filled with surging
masses of sorrow stricken people. The Presi-
dent breathed his last after fight for life COW
ering seven days. In all that time. although
suffering intensely. he had manifested mag
nifcent courage that always will be proud
heritage to the people of the nation that he
loved. His soul sustained through the
dark hours by the sublimest Christian serenity.
From the time when he pierced by the
assassin's bullet, when he said pityingly. re-
ferring to his assailant, Let one harm him.
up to tonight, when he voiced his resignation
to the inevitable to his devoted wife. every
hour of suffering had been characterized by
lofty Christian fortitude. No word of complaint
or frown born of petuiance marred the even
tenor of his patience. His physicians and
nurses. who were comparative strangers to him
one week ago. after the first day in his sick
room loved him with reverence that words
cannot describe.
The last two hours of his life were moments |
almost of grandeur. With exhaustion and pain |
benumbing his senses. he finally closed his eyes |
in Inconsistencies. and then as IL reluctant to |
leave the side Of the who had shared his |
On account the very large business TO the |
Adirondack Mountains and the Thousand Islands, I