The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-09-13
THE NEWS IN lola.
Report of the Presidents Assassina'
ton Causes the Deepest
Feeling.

lTeSluenU HTSu TedCu6u lOlu W lOuT |
o'clock Friday afternoon through |
the Bell long distance telephone. The
report lacked confirmation but few
moments, for before 4:30 the DAILY
REGISTER was in receipt of kilograms
from its regular agents, the Scripps-
McRae Press Association, giving such
details of the awful crime as were OBJ
tainable at that early hour. The sub
stance of these dispatches was immed-
lately posted on the REGISTER Bulle-
tin Board which was atonce surround
ed by an anxious and deeply interested
crowd. AT $50 the REGISTER appear
ed on the street and was eagerly seized
by those intent upon learning all
the news of the terrible tragedy. Two
or three dispatches were received af-
ter the paper went to press, and these
were promptly bulletined so that the
people might know all there was to be
known. Until late at night the bulle.
tin board was surrounded by crowds
/ of people and the terse kilograms we're
read over and over again. The tele-
graphic news service of the REGISTER
again proved its efficiency, for close
reading of the Kansas City Star, pub
lished at eight o'clock last night,
shows that the people OF lola were eX.
actly as well informed on all the facts
of the case as were the people of Kan
sas City at that hour.
1t does not need to be said that the
news was received with horror and in-
dignation. There was no sign of
party difference. Democrats and
Populists were as strong in their eX
pressions of grief for the crime and of
anger against the criminal, as were
Republicans, all recognizing that it
was the President of the United States,
and not merely a political leader
whose life had been assailed. AS is
usually the case in such matters the
first news was the worst, and when
later dispatches brought more encour-
aging reports the relief was visible
on every face. The people of lola are
loyal to the core, and in all the town
there is not a heart which is not lifted
consciously or unconsciously, in pray
err that the life of the President, may
be spared.
APATRIOTIC SERMON
At the Presbyterian church Sunday
morning, the pastor, Rev. j. II.
Leonard, taking for his subject the
tragedy at Buffalo and forhis text the
words of Samuel 1884, and all the
people wept over him" preached
a touching, eloquent and powerful
sermon.
The pastor spoke of the universal
sorrow felt, not only in our own coun-
try but in all civilized lands, on ac.
count of the wicked assault made upon
the life of the President, and of the
fact that this was the third time in the
history Of the Republic that we had
been called upon to mourn similar
crime. And then he spoke of McKin
|, ley, the Man. OF his blameless life
, his noble character, his great servic,
to his country in war and in peace, o
his trust in the people and their love
or him, pointing out how wholly wan
e on and unprovoked the assault upor
him was. For the very reason tina
l there could be no ground for persona
J offense, it was clear that the ASSASSIN
4 was attacking, not Mckinley the man
. but Mckinley, the President
His assault was upon the government
e of the United States, and not upol
this government merely, but upol
Christian civilization which this Ma
ton typifes and represents. Tn
assassin fired the bullet because h
was an anarchist, and thatdeclaratio
should be sufficient to make certai
the passage of laws to crush out an
archy in this country. And while W
were crushing out anarchy we Shout
see to it that the spirit of anarchy wa
e not fostered by the disregard of tn
: law:l alreadyHon our statute books
$ The speaker dwelt earnestly and elo
u quently on the duty of all goodcitizen
to stand for the rigid enforcement {
> all the laws, so that no man could /
tempted to say 81 do not like this la
n and therefore / will disregard it.
) The dreadful disaster that has befalle
i us may be judgment upon this Ma
" ton for the frequency and the brutal
e ty with which the people have take
: the law in their own hands, netting OF
; the vengeance of the mob and not u
d justice of the law. The speaker mac
II "a touching allusion to the wife of Il
President, to whom the great heart
/ the people turns with almost the san
sympathy they feeltoward their stric
ID en- leader.
d 1t was a timely and powerful sermc
IS and the people who heard it were q
y deeply moved aud touched
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