The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-14

den announce ment Of approaching diSso-
luton came as a great surprise. At the
Pan-American grounds It was announced
that he was dead, and the majority OF
the immense crowd turned toward the
city. In the city Itself the papers re-
Trained from any anticipation but made
it understood that there was no hope.
1t seemed but an instant when crowds
formed at every corner swarmed to-
wards the newsra per bullet MS and when
they found that the rumors were con-
f1rmed, somebody shouted, Lets ind
the assassin
With one impulse the crowd started
for the station house where Czolgosz is
confined. Telephones were utilized and
the police notified, and VIXEN the crowd
arrived they found the police out N
force. Supt. Bull anticir ating trouble
called out the entire force, and in addi-
ton asked Fourth brigade headquarters
to be in readiness to asst t.. Gel
WEIGH, in charge, answered by order
ing two comuanieS each from the
Sixtyfifth and Seventy-fourth reg
ments to their ar1nories to await imme-
date CALL Around the station house at
8 o'clock it was estimated that at least
5000 people were gathered. They were
not particularly ugly, and when the po-
lice proceeded to drive them back there
was little resistance arso.,,4
At 9 O'clock they had been. sent back
two blocks on each side of the police
station, and before 10 o'clock, weary
with waiting for definite news, they had
dispersed or gone to the newspaper bull
letins.
Up about the corners of the Milburn
house was picturesque but rather g. ue-
some scene, when it is remembered that
the crowds gathered there were awaiting
the presidents death The half dozen
tents and the two big election booths
made it look like the midway of a fair,
but the ropes stretched from corner to
corner, the solemn-lookng police guard,
the pacing soldiers and, above all, the
quietness of the assembled multitude,
bore witness to the solemnity of the oc-
casion. At intervals a carriage would
drive up and then the newspaper men
would move toward it, The Milburn
house was hardly diseernible among the
trees, the lights in the house having been
dimmed, but at momentary intervals
someone who had information would step
out of the house and then the eager
crowd would surround him. But from
the time that Secretary Cortelyou told
that the president was very weak there
was nothing to encourage the belief that
the president could recover.
AT 1 o'clock the main street of the city
became a little more animated and some
excitement was manifested. This was
caused by the issuing of three newspa-
pers, all of them evening papers, an
nouncing the death of the president. The
mounted police, however, kept the crowds
moving and would not let them down the
streets near where the assassin is con-
fined. One of the morning papers issued
an extra telling the exact circumstances
and that the president was still alive and
this somewhat allayed the excitement
The Pan-American exposition was clos
ed at o'clock this evening.
AS soon as the dying condition of the
president became known to the officials,
orders were given to close the exposition
grounds. The electric illumination was
shut off and all persons. in the grounds
were directed to leave. In as short a
time as possible the grounds were cleared.
The exposition will remain closed Sat-
urday and Sunday.