Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1901-09-19
Roosevelt will not affect the flnancial
market Of the world adversely.
MONDAY. SEPT. 1G


Buffalo, where the martyred president
died. \ hymn was sung and prayer
was offered over he dead body. That
was ALL Only the immediate family
and the friends and political associates
of the late president were present The
scene there was pathetic in the extreme.
Then the body was borne out to the
waiting cortcge on the shoulders OF
eight sailors and soldiers. The cor
tege passed through solid walls Of hui
manity. bareheadcd and grief stricken,
to the city hall. where the body lay in
statc-Doctors appear inclined TO
blame McBurncy for over-optimism re-
garding the presidents chances of re-
covcry Services in memory of late
President Mckinley held in churches
throughout New England --Naluc of
the estate left by President Mckinley
estimated at 5000, 0OO-SCttcmcnt OF
steel strike unsatisfactory and many
of the mon threaten to continue the
fight unaided- English court TO wear
mourning for week in honor OF Presi-
dent Mckinley Chicago anarchists
closely guarded: crowds gather but po-
lice dispcrsc Theodore Roose-
welt is the youngest of all the presidents.
TUESDAY,, SEPT. II.
Through a living lane of sorrowinc
people the Mckinley funeral train
passed on its way from Buffalo to Wash
ington The mournful tolling Of belle
all along the route as the train passed
had a solemn and impressive effect. 1t
seemed to hc the voice Of the nation
weeping for its dead. Everything pos
siblc was done to show respect to the
dead, and the tributes by school chill
drcn seemed especially pathetic--
Leon T. Czolgosz, tn" assassin of the
late President Mckinley, was indicted
at Buffalo by the county court grand
jury for the crime of murder in first dcgr
jury for murder in the first degree
boston police parade scheduled for
Oct. 30 indefinitely postponed on ac-
count of death of the late president
Strong move in Alabama against the
new constitution --Croker'S choice for
New York mayoralty is as yet unknown
Mutual concessions M. Cripple Creek
prevent strike of miners Bishop
Henry Is. Whipple of the Protestant
Episcopal church died at Faribault,
Minn---Jacob -. MARI, who murdered
his three children at Clinton, Me-, last
March. commits suicide in insane aSy-
lum Mt Augusta - Prince Chun NOT to
visit Europe Russian imperial party
sails from Kicl for France--Boers at
tack Sutherland but village does not
surrender Russia secuges coalinc
station at BourgaS on the Bulgarian
coast--Ii Hung Chang issues procla-
nation outlining plans in connection
with Boxers British PRO Boer press
charged with doing much to prolong
the war in South Africa Miss East
wick of Philadelphia. charged with
forgery in London, is again rcmanded-
Twenty persons drowned in
wreck Of ferry boat in Kulpa river near
OSali. Croatia SULTAN Of Turkey
seems TO have discovered that Europe's
patience is nearly exhausted.
WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. is.
A sorrowinc nation paid tribute to
its dead chief in the most Solnmnly i'm
pressiYe services that Washington has
ever witnessed 1t was truly day of
mourning and woe. men and women
weeping in paroXysms Of grief. The
body of the late president was first
taken from the White House to the Cap
itol. The funeral procession was OF
vast proportions, and was made up of
a great number Of military and civic
bodies. In she rotunda of the capitol
there were assembled re- ~ ,cutHtives
of every class and section i this great
republic, together with lie representa-
tivcS of every civilized patton on the
globe. After the services the body lay
in state in the rotunda, whore over -,
600 people viewed the remains up to Il
o'clock ---I'he friends of Mrs. Mckinley
are seriously alarmed about her. They
speak with grave apprehension of the
days that are soon 10 colne--PreSi dent
Roosevelt convened his first cabinet
meeting held in Washington and asked
the members Of Mr. MCKinley's cab
met to retain their respective port
folioS throughout his term. and an
nounccd that his administration would
follow the policy outlined by President
Mckinley in his Buffalo speech
There are said 10 be as many as a
hundred anarchists sill in Boston-
No extra travel to Canada because of
the visit of the Duke and Duchess of
York Ellen O'Copnell dies at Boston
from an accidental dose Of carbolic acid
tale Oh the Great Lakes causes sew
eral wrecks Grand Army day at IA
Pan-AmerIcan exposition IX miners
killed by explosion al Spring Gulch, Col
Seth Low now seems TO be the IA
voritc of the anti-Tammany forces
Epidemic in northern and western
ALASKA causes death of thousands of
natives United States Steel corpora
ton gives definite statement Of the end
of the strike--It is proposed 10 pre-
sent TO Yale the university field and
other property worth ST5,oG0--Ncw
battleship Illinois put in commission
Chinese troops enter Pekn aud are
given possession Of the Forbidden City
Germany's proposed tariff aimed at
countries having no commercial treaties
nation not likely TO stop guerilla war
fare. bur Cha SERBIAN considers no
change Of oolicy.
KILLING FROST IN THE WEST.
Kansas city Mo. Sept IS There was a
killing frost in western Missouri and east
ern Kansas last night. an earlier date for
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