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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19

~ S. A.. and Hermsnus l.. Bacr, MD
The official announcement OF the ply
|sicians as the result OF their autopsy on
|thc Presidents body that death resulted
from gangrene of the wounds led to
|much discussion of the causes leading
up to its gangrenous condition. II de-
|veloped that DIR. Wasdin, one of the con-
|suting physicians and an expert OF high
standing i'll the marine hospital service,
strongly supported the view that the
|murderous bullet had been poisoned and
that this was one OF the moving causes
|of the gangrenous condition. The area
|of this dead and gangrened flesh was a
source of much surprise to the surgeons.
reaching a circumference about the size
|of silver dollar about the internal
wounds
Aside from their official, signed state
|ment the doctors were rather averse to
discussing the autopsy, but some general
|eNpressions were secured on the point
involved. Dr. Matthew ID. Mann, the
surgeon upon whom fell the responsible
|ity of operating upon the President inn
|mediately after he was shot, in the course
of cursory talk, said:
There was never any contention or
|unseemly discussion among the physi-
clans as to the methcd OF treatment of
IA case similar to the present one in i'm
portance In no case was there ever a
better understanding as TO what should
be done We worked together as one
man. There were honest differences of
|opinion sometimes among us as to which
was the better mode of procedure under
|certain conditions. but the minority al
wavs were convinced.
so far as the treatment of the case
was concerned. both from surgical
and medical standpoint, it was success
|ful The abdominal wound was fatal
from the start. The physicians should
feel relieved over the result Of the au-
|topsy. because it revealed the fact that
the abdominal wound was necessarily
fatal. and that nothing that was done or
could be done would more than delay
the inevitable result. The Government,
the family and the profession were fairly
represented among the physicians and
surgeons making the autopsy"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19

who stood at his bedside when they were
uttered, were as follows:
"Good-by all Good-byl 1t is God s
way. His will be done; not ours"
Friends came to the door of the sicl,
room. took longing glance and turned
'tearfully away The President was un-
CONSCIOUS during this time.
Members of the Cabinet. one by one.
saw the President momentarily, and
There was hushed exchange. Then the
President softly chanted part of the
hymn Nearer. Ny God, to Thee" Just
before he lapsed into unconsciousness he
begged the doctors to let him die.
1t is said that President Mckinley
really @ied at 2 o'clock. and that after
he had been pronounced dead efforts
were made to revive the spark of life.
When this was found impossible Mr..
Cortelyou made the reluctant announce
Iment.
Senator Burrows, of Michigan. and
Representative Alexander left the house
soon after the announcement of the
Presidents death
1T took place at 2 o'clock" said Mr.
Alexander. II went up stairs and met
Col. Webb Hayes How is the Presi-
Ident9' | asked. He passed away at ,
o'clock replied Colonel Hayes. He
died peacefully and without pain. like
la man sinking to sleep For three hours
Tor more he had been practically dead and
his eXtremities had been wholly dead.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19

Only faint flicker at intervals told tha
he still lived. Occasionally he uttered
Ia faint exclamation Oh = and before he
quite lost consciousness Dr. Stockton
bending over him, hsard him rep,a ing
the words OF the hymn. Nearer, My
God. to Thee
Secretaries Root. Wilson. Iorg and
Hitchcock, A,torney-General Knox.
Senators Hanna, Fairbanks and Burrows
land Representatives Ryan and myself
filed through the Presidents room about
If o'clock and saw him for the last time
alive. So quietly did he pass away that
the members Of the Cabinet who we're
gathered in the dining room did not
know when he died
Senator Burrows. who left the house
with his handkerchief pressed to his eyes,
could hardly speak so great was his
.emotion
The Presidents death seemed pain
less. said he "EIe seemed 10 fall into
,calni and peaceful rcpuse"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19
LEAVES HOUSE OF DEATH.
Simple Funeral Services Over the Body
Dramatic Incident.

Buffalo, N. Y. (SpeciaD Striking in
their simplicity were the services held
here Sunday morning over all that re-
mains OF William Mckinley save the
memory OF him that will linger in the
hearts OF the American people
Except for the presence OF many oil
the most distinguished men in the ma
tion the services in the Milburn house
might have been the last words said
over any OF hundred thousand men.
Barely two hundred persons were ad-
mtted to the house, and those only by
special invitation. Except for the news
paper men, the military and the escort
guard OF police there were few within
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19
PRESIDENT mckinley DEAD
The Nations Chief Expires at 2.I5 Sat-
uTday Morning at Buffalo.
FOR HOURS ON VERGE OF DISSOLUTION
lin a Loving Farewell to His Devoted Wife
the Dying Presidents Last Words Were
ut is Gods Way; His viii Be
Done. Goodbye"

William Mckinley, the twenty fourth
President OF the United States, died at
|2.I5 Saturday morning.
The bullet fred by Leon Czolgosz,
the anarchist assassin. has done its aw-
|fu work.
The nation is bowed in grief
Theodore Roosevelt, in accordance
with the provisions OF the Constitution,
is now the President.
President McKinley's end was peace
HUI. The noble courage and Christian
spirit which had characterized his splen-
Ibid public career and his sweet dones-
tic life were pathetically shown in his
last moments OF consciousness. His
one thought was Of his wife. who held
his hand in a loving, lingering farewell.
His last words were to her. They
were: "Good-by. All. Goodby 1t is
Gods Way. His VIII be done.
Members OF the Cabinet. Secretary
Cortelyou and the others who had
watched through the hours OF suspense
land anxiety from the first sinking spell,
caused by heart failure. early Friday
morning. entered the chamber OF the
dying President, touched his hand and
murmured a word Of farewell About
L 40 o'clock the President softly uttered
the words OF his favorite hymn. Near
Ter. my God TO thee" and then lapsed
into Inconsistencies.
From the time that the President ex-
perienced the first severe sinking spell,
at o'clock Friday morning, until 7
% clock Friday evening digitalis was
given and saline solution injected to
stimulate the action OF the enieebled
heart Oxygen was also administered.
il seemed that the dying man was be-
ing kept alive by artificial means. After
he had hidden farewell to Mrs. McKin-
ley and others near and dear to him
the President requested the doctors to
be allowed to die. and the use OF oxy-
gen was suspended.
The physicians disagree as to the
cause OF the fatal turn in the Presi-
dents condition and it is already certain
that an autopsy will be necessary to de-
termine the exact cause OF death
The members OF the family. with the
exception OF the bereaved widow, were
at the deathbed. Mrs. Mckinley was
in an adjoining room. DR.. RiXey was
the only physician present.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19
LIrI am woRk OF NR. MekINLEy.
'areer Of The Late Pfesident--Lawyer. Sol,
dler and Statesman.

William Mckinley twenty fourth
President Of the United States, was bora
Al Niles, Trumbull county Ohio. on
January 20, ls4t. After attending the
public schools he went 10 Poland Acadc-
my, and subsequently to Allegheny Col
lege, but before attaining his majority
had become teacher in the public
schools. On June II, 1861, when he was
IN his nineteenth year. he enlisted as n
prvate in The Twenty third Ohio Vol
anieers. hecoming commissary sergeant
on April s, 1909. second lieutenant On
September 2.} Of the same year, first lieu-
tenant on February 4, 1909, and captain
81 jr's &s, 'So4' He served sueeessiye'y
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19

A massacre OF Armenian revolution
lists is reported
Colonel Crabbe has surprised the
camp of Van de Nerve, in Cape Col
ony, killing him and another Boer, and
took 81 prisoners.
The late Dowager Empress Frederick
bequeaths 100000 marks TO Count
Seckendorf, grand marshal oi her court,
with whom. il is asserted, she contract
ed morganatic marriage.
Lord Kitchener reports that Meth
aen, on September and 8, drove the
Beers from strong positions, killing IS
and capturing II prisoners.
Martial Faugeron. Frenchman. on
trial in London for murder, revealed
what he claimed was a plot TO kill JOS
eph Chamberlain,
Emperor William and the Gar OF
Russia met and exchanged courtesics
on the formers yacht, the Hohenzol-
lern, at Hea. Prussia.
III Turkey does not pay SPANS claim
for capture Of Spanish boy and girl.
warships will be sent to enforce pay
ment
The Peace Conference at Glasgow
took steps looking to the settlement of
the American question.
Don JOAQUIN walker MARTINEZ has
1M vven nominated as munster ol Ohlli al
"eslliH'Vn,
.a,ei, enei ioleign onlCials naFe not beeii
2neldlS E No''''eu oi lnc ON'r WISH 10
~ NJ. s p.
me Mayor Oh Fanama mas issued a
decree enforcing military CONSUMPTION
Prince Alexander Ntigenstein. Of
'9sS. ~, W., Wa ki'iea % - d auei Dy Licu'sn-
AM MaHhon. VINO mas since been DIS.
;llisseu rom the army Inc Frlnce mad
a DE- ua "sn''i's ~. ias,,ad CHI. ,,.
W. 50 g, was issued ~ Shna creating
.,'e leM G,,,,.ese IIhts oi foreign ahairs'
~ SsSo,u"i'f1 %t; Wl'n m Ile agreement made
Dy Siii,S WIN the European powers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19
ROOSEVELT TAKES OATH As PRESIDENT.
Faifers fer Momsst With Emotion, and Thea
Ia Firm Toaes. Accepts the Honor.

Buffalo, N. Y (speciaD. Theodore
Roosevelt, at $50 o'clock Saturday afl
|ternoon, in the library OF the residence
|of Ansley Wilcox. at Buffalo, took the
constitutional oath as President OF the
United States. Elilu Root. Secretary
|of War. acting in behalf OF the Cabinet
|of the late President. in voice tremn-
lous with grief, formally requested Mr..
Roosevelt to take the oath. The new
President, in a voice that at first ial-
tered from emotion. said Il shall take
the oath at once in accordance with
your request, and in this hour OF deep
and terrible national bereavement |
wish to state that it shall be my aim
TO continue unbroken without variance
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19
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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19

the policy OF President Mckinley ior
the peace and prosperity and honor OF
our beloved country"
Judge John r. Hazel, OF the United
States Court, administered the oath.
Following the ceremony President
Roosevelt shook hands with the Cab-
net officers and all others in the room.
A brief conference between the Presi-
: dent and Cabinet officers followed, dur
ling which he requested the members of
the Cabinet who were present-Secre-
4 |taries Root. Long and Wilson and Post
Emaster-General Smith--to remain in Of
jfce, at least ior the present. They as
sured him that they would and Presi-
( dent Roosevelt subsequently stated
Z THAT he had also received similar assur-
| Iances from the absent members OF the
fCabinet.
Immediately upon assuming his new
Office, Presiden, Roosevelt issued the
1 following proclamation, setting aside
Thursday as a day OF prayer and
mourning throughout the land:
| BY the President OF the United States
OF America A Proclamation:
A terrible bereavement has beiallen
4 our people. The President OF the
UNITED States has been struck down; a
1crime committed not only against the
Chief Magistrate. but against every
llaw-abidng and liberty-loving citizen.
President Mckinley crowned life Of
largest love for his fellow-men. OF most
Iearnest cndeavor for their welfare. by a
ldeath OF Christian fortitude: and both
|the way in which he lived his life and
1.-THE way in which. in the supreme hour
lof trial, he met his death. will remain
forever precious heritage oil our peo-
|ple.
1t is meet that we as a nation ex-
|preSs our abiding love and. reverence
for his life. our deep sorrow for his un-
Timely death.
Now, therefore, |, Theodore Roose-
lvelt, President OF The United States OF
America do appoint Thursday next,
ISeptember TO- the day on which the
ibody OF the dead President will be laid
lin its last earthly resting place a day
|oi mourning and prayer throughout the
United States. ! earnestly recommend
|all the people to assemble on that day
lin their respective places OF divine wor-
|ship to bow down i'll submission to the
Twill oil Almighty God and to pay out of
full hearts their homage OF love and rev.
ference to the great and good President
Whose death has smitten The nation
with bitter grief.
In witness whereof | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF the
United States to be affixed
Done at the city of Washington. the
I4th day OF September. A. d. one thou
tatI .a..a Ia. Il. ....I r 1t
independence OF the Uni.ed States the
lone hundred and twenty-sixth
(SeaD THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
By the President:
John HAY. Secretary oi St.ie.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19
Financial.

Large shipments Of gold IRON France
are expected shortly.
The American Bankers Association
will meet IN Milwaukee September "a.
Bradsfreets index numbers repre-
senting the average price 81 commodi-
ties show. gam Of q Of per cent. in
me month oil August and az per cent
above the low point On June i
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-07

Our line Hosiery the complete be found in this
town.
Harvns famous line of factory Hose all Styles Black
Tan and Blue, 1Oc each, three pair for 25c.
Young Gents If you want to splendid values
oae stylish Necwear at sacrifice prices just
during this SALE All 6Oc Neckwear will be sold and
reductions will be made along the entire line.
We have splendid values to offer in Gents nice Dress
Hats.
All Straw will be sold regardless of cost they
CO. carried Straw Hats worth less than nothing
selling lot of Gents nice Gray Felt Hats at 69c each
that sold in the early spring for S2 but bought large
these hats again and thus able
name the unheard Of prices for 25 Felt Hat
If you want nice Hat cheap must not fail to attend this
sae looks like almost giving Hats away at the
tremely low prices at which selling them.
NOfiOr7s & And All Kinds of Useful
4VOOlOA4S Articles for Housekeepers.
large selection of pure white Linen Damask Fnged Doy
lies will be the market during this sale at sacrifice prices
All 60c White Linen Table Damask will be sold during this
sale at 45c the yard.
All 81 Table Damask will be sold at only the yard.
We will offer of the best values in all kinds Linen
Towels shown in this town at the prices quote.
you interested in either Ladies Gents Randkece
should attend this a have exceptional values
offer you in Gents and Ladies' Handkerchiefs
We put entire line of Ebroderes the
during this sale prices that will surely please you you
posted on the prices of such stuff.
All 15c Ebroderes will be sold 1Oc and all zoe Embrod
will be sold 15c and o-reducons along the
line.
We offer splendid values in all kinds of Bleached
Unbeached Scrm for Window Curtains from &c yard up
all at reduced prices.
We have splendid values to close in Lace Curtains
Window Shades and Curtain Poles you interested any
kind Of Window Fixtures it will to offerings
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-07
How Banana Trees Grow

It is a peculiar fact that but one
bunch Of bananas grows on a tree.
After the fruit has been cut the tree Is
then cut down to the ground, and from
the stump another tree sprouts which
bears another bunch the following
year. The greatest trouble Of farmers
is to keep the farms clear Of sprouts.
They shoot up from the roots Of the
tree for q radius Of ten feet and grow
like weeds.
AS the fruit is cut from the trees it
is placed on the backs Of little pack
donkeys and transported In this way
to the coast. One donkey can carry
from three to six bunches, according to
the size Of the punches and the dis
tance from the coast. In the season at
Baracoa there are more than 5000 don
keys that stretch along In q line for
miles, plodding toward the coast with
their loads Of bananas.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-07
line of Turkey Red Table Daask to close out at very
close prices.
Floor Coverings.

We anxious to close entire line of Mattings
order make for Fall STOCK this quickly
we offer our entire line of Matngs at sensational prices and all
Remnants in Mattings will be sold at and below
We also quoting very close prices English Linoeum
and Floor Oil Cloths you your floors with Lnoeum
will last from ten to fifteen years
Floor Oil Cloths 25c yard noleum 45c per square yard
large lot of Rugs and Art Squares to close very
prices.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-07
were hung out to dry.

were hung out TO dry.
Many are set living; who looked upon
the terrible, screechlng iron monster
with awe and trepldation. Mr.. Nat Nc
Gee Of Ivy, Albemarle, tells joke upon
himself that when he heard the train
coming he jumped from his horse and
got behind q tree, where he viewed II
for fear Of being run over. Mr.. ". T.
Prout, who was taking wagon load Of
produce to Richmond, when he reached
Gordon7ille heard the whistle and ter
rible noise Of the approaching train,
and he and his companions were so
scared that they sprsng out, leaped the
fence and ran across the field to safe
distance, leaving the wagon and team
to its fate, but when the train appeared
It was only an engine and one coach.
The first roadbeds were formed, as
has been stated, by driving piles in the
ground, upon the top Of which were
placed wooden stringers, in which were
cut a groove for the wheels to run.
These were called wooden railroads"
and at distance appeared like the ele-
waited railroads in the cities Of the pres
ent day. The honor Of this invention
was contested between John Hartman
Of Scottsville, Va, and John Williams,
an engineer Of Ohio, but 1t did not
prove g bonanza to either, for the
wheels were constantly bouncing out Of
the groove, and the piles soon after
gave place to solid dirt embankments,
and strap iron rails were substituted
for the wooden groove. But the grad
ing was very imperfect and uneven,
which made riding on one Of these
primitive railroads like going over a
corduroy road in springless wagon,
with the cars bouncing over these
rough rails to the jIng1ing music Of the
Windows.-Rlchmond Dispatch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-08-07
THERAILROADSCAR
ODD EFFECTS or THE FIRST SIGHT
OF A LOCOMOTIVE.

Some OF the People OF the South Hid
Behind Trees In 1888, When the
Zzon Horse Went By-The Country
Earliest Railroad.
America cannot lay claim to the frst
locomotive Or the first railroad. That
great honor lies with England Yet
Yankee genius was not very far behind
her. for, when George Stephenson
launched his first real locomotive, the
Rocket, on the Liverpool and Manches.
ter road In 1922, the drst spike he'd been
driven on the Baltimore end Ohio rail.
road, July 4, 1928, by Charles Carroll
Of Carrollton, the last surviving signeI
Of the Declaration Of Independence
This was the first road startedIin the
United States, and in 1880 1t had reach.
ed Ellicott Mills. 13 miles from Bslti.
more
But the south can claim the honor Of
completing the longest railroad in the
world at that date, being the old
Charleston and Hamburg road, now a
part Of the South Carolina and Georgia
! SYSTEM, which was begun in 1880, and
by October. 1888, 1t had 137 miles CT
track In operation. In letter from
Mr.. Samuel C. Clarke Of Georgia, q
kinsman Of The writer, who attained
the extreme age Of 81 years and who
had seen the beginning and the compile
ton Of this road, he thus gives his ex-
perIence upon first sight Of a locomo-
tive:
zone day while going down to
Charleston with party Of gentlemen
to attend the races as we approached
the city we saw In the distance the
new railroad finished some 10 or 12
miles out OF Charleston. 1t was built
upon piles. longer or short, according
to the nature Of the ground. Sometimes
In crossing q ravine the rails were 20
feet from the surface. Our track ran
near this elevated road, and soon a
horrid shrek as from 20 panthers was
heard in the WOODS. By this time we
were nervous Elephants and lions
we had heard OF. and some Of Us had
seen them, but what monster was this
whose screams we heard? Presently
it came In sight, flying aloft through
the air and breathing fire and smoke,
end our frightened steeds became tn
manageable, and IN fact think that
some OF our party were as badly fright
ened as their horses. II any Of my
readers are old enough to remember
the Introduction Of locomotives and
how they felt at 6rst sight Of thems
they will perhaps understand our sen
sattons that day In the pine woods.
- mile or two farther on we came
to q broken wagon by the side Of the
road. and near it sat Georgia cracker
smoking his pipe. On being asked
what was his trouble be replied, Well,
stranger. I've ofteu hearn tell Of NULL
dcation, and now I reckon I've saw It
FOR true.'"
It is somewhat amusing new to read
of the supersutious dread with which
the inhabitants looked upon the build
ing Of these first railroads. Some
thought the smoke Of the continual
passing trains would cause pestilence
or destroy all the crops along; the road.
Others were afraid to ride on the cars
for fear Of having their breath taken
away, and the people in the cities OBJ
jected to the railroad being built be-
cause they feared the smoke from the
engines would soil the clothes which