Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-09-26

imprcssively slow and measured, the
bearers made their way to the cata-
falquc. \ moment later and the body
of President Mckinley was laying in
state.
4 remarkable demonstration oc-
CURED at the city hall which proved
how close the president was to the
hearts of the people. Arrangements
had been made to allow the public to
view the body from the time it arriv-
ed. at about 1870 O'Clock, until about
5 o'clock. But the people were wedg-
ed into the streets for blocks. Two
lines were formed. They extended
literally for miles. When o'clock
came 10000 people had already passed
and the crowds waiting below in the
streets seemed undiminished. 1t was
decided to extend the time until in
the evening. Then for hours longer
the streets were dense with people
and a constant stream flowed into the
hall and passed the bier. When the
doors were closed at midnight it was
estimated that $4,000 people had
viewed the remains, but thousands of
disappointed ones were still in the
streets.
Buffalo, Sept. 15.-The following re-
port of the autopsy upon the remains
of President Mckinley was issued
yesterday:
The bullet which struck over the
breast bone did not pass through the
skin, and did little harm. The other
bullet passed through both walls of
the stomach near its lower
border. Both holes were found
to be perfectly closed by the
stitches. but the tissue around
each hole had become gan
grenous. After passing through the
stomach the bullet passed into the
back walls of the abdomen, hitting
and tearing the upper end of the kid
ney. This portion of the bullet track
was also gangrenous, the gangrene
involving the pancreas. The bullet
has not yet been found. There was
no sign of peritonitls or disease of
other organs. The heart walls were
very thin. There was no evidence of
any attempt at repair on the part of
nature, and death resulted from the
gangrene which affected the stomach
around the bullet wounds, as well as
the tissues around the further course
of the bullet. Death was unavoidabl
by any surgical or medical treatment.
and was the direct result of the bull
let wound.
Harvey D. Gaylord, Herman G..
Matzinger, p. NJ. RiXey, Matthew ID.
Mann, Herman Mynter, Roswell Park,
Eugene Wasdin, Charles &. Stockton,
Edward G.. Janeway, w. w. johnson,
w. p. Kendall, Charles Cary, Edward
L. Munson. Hermanus L. Baer."
Theodore Roosevelt took the oath
of Office as president of the United
States at $3.50 p. m. Saturday. The
ceremony took place at the home of
Ansley Wilcox, friend Of Mr.. Roose-
welt. United States District Judge
Hazel administered the oath.
The new president was visibly
shaken, but when he lifted his hand
to swear he proclaimed in these
words: SIN this hour of deep and
terrible national bereavement, l wish
to state that it will be my aim to
adhere to the policy of William Nc.
Kinley for the prosperity and benefit
of our beloved country" His first
act was to ask the members of the
| cabinet to remain in office and they
| promised to do so.
President Roosevelt issued a proc
lamation announcing the death of Mr.
Mckinley and appointing next Thurs
day as day of mourning and prayer
| throughout the United States.
Washington, Sept. 17.-Through a
living lane of bareheaded people
stretching from Buffalo up over the
AlleghenieS, down into the broad val
ley of the Susquehanna and on to the
marble city on the banks of the Po
tomac, the nations martyred presi
dent yesterday made his last iourne,
to the seat of the government ovel
which he presided for four and one
half years. The whole country seem
ed to have drained its population a
the sides of the track over which tn,
funeral train passed.
At several places, Williamsport
Harrisburg and Baltimore, the chime
played Cardinal Newman's granC
hymn. Taken altogether the journe,
home was the most remarkable dem
onstration of universal sorrow sine
Lincoln was borne to his grave
Every one of those who came to pa,
their lat tribute to the dead had al
opportunity to catch glimpse of tn
hag-coVered bier elevated in the oh
srrvution car at the rear of the train
There was no other bit of color t
catch the eye on this train of death
The locomotive was shrouded i
black, the curtains of the cars il
! which sat the lonely widow, the rela