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Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
The Struggle with Death.


scarcely be distinguished in the
gloom.
The Struggle With Death.
The Presidents turn for the worse
came at o'clock on Friday morning,
and 1t was almost exactly twentyfour
hours later before the last flicker Of
life had died away. 1t was the heart
which failed early in the morning fol-
lowing upon the partial collapse on
Thursday night, and all through the
terrible day into the night the heart of
the good President beat with irregular
throbs which told of the inevitable
end.
Mrs. Mckinley Informed.
Mrs. Mckinley was warned that it
was only question of minutes before
the end came, but as these minutes
drifted into hours her strength failed
completely and she was forced to re-
tire, under the commands Of the physi-
clans, who alone could tell whether
life was extinct or not.
Final Deathbed Scene.
The result was that when the end
really came, at 2:15 o'clock in the
gray, foggy morning, those present in
the death chamber wereronly Miss Hell
en- Mckinley, Mrs. Duncan, Abler Nc
Kinley, James Mckinley, John Barber,
and DR.. Rixey. The other physicians
had left the room when it was decided
that human skill could not save the
President. &c.
Sad News Given to Public.
Secretary Cortelyou came out of the
Milburn house about 2:20 a. M, and
in a voice that trembled with emotion
announced:
1.-THE President died at 2:15."
He then gave, the names of the fam
lily and friends present at the bedside
when the end came and returned to
the house.
Immediately thereafter the party
that had been assembled in the house
during the night broke UP, coming
down the walk singly and in pairs
Men Weep as They Leave.
Everybody was deeply affected. Sew
eral of the men were sobbing aloud
as they passed on their way to their
carriages.
Secretary Wilson says that the party
will go first to Washington, where the
body will lie in state in the Capitol,
but interment will be in Canton, O..
The details of the Presidents, funeral
will be in charge of''the Secretary of
State. Through him snotices and in
vitations to distinguished foreign rep
resentatives will be extended.
Congress May Attend Funeral.
| The wishes Of the members Of the
T Presidents family will be observed
and the character of the services will
depend entirely on them. Congress
will attend in body, if the services
are held at the national capital, but
if they are performed at Canton this
arrangement may be changed.
The House is not organized, and the
oath has not been administered to the
members elect, but they will be in
charge Of the Sergeant-at-Arms Of the
last House, who holds over in office.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
.&DEATH or THE PRESIDE.NT&

nation, throughout the days and
throughout the nights, and now, with
the blow fallen and the watching done,
the land gives itself over to the
mourning which no crown or scepter
could command, which no throne could
gather to it, and now the civilized
world has Joined us in grief over our
calamity.
The republic may appear at times
ungrateful, for its heart is deep, but
he who finds that heart has not lived
or died in vain.-Chicago Inter Ocean
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
:. GODS WILL BE DONE. NOT OURS"
HIS LAST WORDS.

the watchers were Senator Hanna,
Controller Dawes. Senator Fairbanks,
Governor Yates of Illinois, ]. H. Mil
burn, President of the exposition, in
whose house the President died; Col
onel Myron T. Herrick, with his wife;
and half a score Of others who came
and went. Included among these were
Colonel w. c. Brown, Abner McKin-
ley's law partner; Russell B. Harrison,
son of former President; Webb G.
Hayes, son Of former President; and
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
Good on Worse Side.

With quickened eyesight go on dis
covering much good on the worse side,
remembering that the same process
should proportionately magnify and
demonstrate to you the much more
good on the better de.-Pennsylvania
Grit.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
MCKINLEY IN 1866.

little of great moment left for him to
do for his country during the next
three years except to carry out that
policy of the extension OF it's CONNER
cial relations outlined by him in his
last public address.-Chicago Tribune.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
Forslgn.Rorn New Workers.

The total registration Of voters in
New York city last year was $4,000.
OF the voters who took part in the
presidential election in New York
county 222,000 were native born and
$4,000 naturalized citizens,
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
A Perfect Boy.

"I never heard Of but one perfect
boy" said Johnny, pensively, as HI
sat in the corner doing penance. And
who was that" asked mamma. Papa
when he was little" was the answer.
And silence reigned for the space OF
five minutes.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
skeleton of samotherIum.

A fossil skeleton of samotherium
has been discovered at the Greek vii
lage of Pikermi, thus proving that the
fossils are geologically of the same
date as those found in Samos.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20

MCKINLEY AS A RAW RECRUIT.
itAt sthe thine of his enlistment in the
s, .. 80 Army)
iAful drafts of oxygen, seemed to fade
Z ssxs.away soon after. 10 o'clock, and con-
~ seriousness was lost permanently.
u ~. Around what, was supposed to be the
3. Sfactnal deathbed besides the surgeons
81 in the, case, were Abner Mckinley, Miss
~. Helen Mckinley, and Mrs. Duncan, the
~ brother and sisters of the President
y They were hurriedly called to witness
IA the. passing of brother and a Presi-
Dent Yet an hour seemed to- be de-
=. :. layed from one brief moment to an
other. ,r
Members of Family Gathered. =
Downstairs and in the hall were the
other members of the family, Mrs. Alb
ner Mckinley, sister-in-law; Miss
Mary Barber, the Presidents favorite
:, niece; Mrs. McWilliams Of, Chicago a
>As' cousin: Lieutenant James Mckinley, a
nephew John Barber, a nephew; Mrs.
Baer, niece; with Mr.. Baer and Sec
.retaries Root, Wilson, and Hitchcock,
and Attorney General Knox. The lat
:. ter. with Secretary Long. had arrived
:. only a few minutes before midnight,
-. and Secretary Long lest about 10
o'clock, so that he was. not present
when the end came.
omciaIs See the End.
Next In official Importance among
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20
The Entire World Mournr the
:" Fafe Of the Victim Of
81: >.', an AnorcbiSf.

After every resource was exhausted
for; over, twenty-four hours. after the
sinking spell early on Friday morning,
death came to William Mckinley, the
'twenty-fifth president of the United
States, at 2:l5 o'clock Saturday morn
Ing at the Milburn residence, Buffalo.
NY.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20

Over 100 delegates to Colorado Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs narrowly es-
capped death in dynamite explosion,
thought to be work Of Cripple Creek
miners unions.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20


For many hours the Presidents hold
on life was SO slight that the work of
the surgeons was confined to watch
.siA ~ Ing, the Pickering spark without at
tempting to fan 1t into life artificially
Hope Abandoned at Midnight
...~ ;,.f..Practfcally all medicines and oxygen
-. 80. treatments were abandoned consider
.c.,,. able. time. before midnight All hope
was abandoned them. and the only
80, thing left.to do was. to wait for the
worn out, machinery, to. run down.
- -; Mrs. Mckinley had, been with the
; 't'F' President, TWICE during the early part
4; 1ss '''of the evening.
a"F Jtst before the President lost con.
"a. seriousness Mrs Mckinley knelt at his
=, a; Sides He knew her and said: Good
=. :.? by all; good-by.- 1t is Gods way; not
49,, our will but Thine be DONE"
:. ,y .; an. .Loss of ConScioashess.
.... THE life of President Mckinley,
which had been sustained with power
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1901-09-20

many others whose figures could
scarcely be distinguished in the
gloom.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05
Rather OutspOken.

"When man in the west likes not
another" said a British Columbia man.
'he is in no way disposed to hide that
fact under bushel basket or to con-
ceal it from either the gentleman dis
community in general.
81 remember an example of this trait
that came under my notice some years
ago in Idaho. a certain old fellow
named Haas ran paper there, and he
and Judge Buck, the judge who rem
dered the celebrated decision in the ia
nous Poor Man Tiger litigation, We're
named Cheney disliked Haas and Buck
and had it in for them both.
"One night at Wallace a dinner was
given, at which Buck, Haas and Che
ney were present, and at Il late stage in
the proceedings Cheney was called up
on for a speech. l don't remember the
topic he chose or how he brought it in,
but when he got through Cheney left
in the minds of his hearers no manner
of doubt as to how he felt toward the
other two.
Gentlemen said Cheney as he
hung unsteadily to the end of the ia
BILE, for the wine had been passing
freely, old man Haas says Judge Buck
is a perjurer and blackmailer, and
Judge Buck says old man Haas is a
horse thief and liar AS both the
gentlemen are extremely well acquaint-
ed with each other and should know
whereof they speak, l do not feel call
ed upon to dispute either statement
and then he sat down amid tumul
tuous applause. New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05
Notice of First Meeting of Creditors.

In the District Court of the United states for
the District of Vermont.
In the matter of
Leonard q, Allen,
Bankrupt
To the creditors of the said Leonard o. AL
len, Bankrupt:
Notice is hereby gwen that the said Alien
has filed with the lork of said Court. his APP.
plication for confirmation OF composition
with his creditors in said case, and the ac.
ceptance of said continuation by creditors,
and the said court having made the following
order therein, viz: "June Is 1891. Let ten
days notice be given by mail from the referee
to the creditors to show cause If any they
have, at the clerks Office in Burlington, on
July Sd, WHY the proposed composition should
not be confirmed" a meeting to consider said
application Will be held at the office of the
clerk of the said court, in his office in Buring-
ton in said District on the 81 day OF July,
1901, and all creditors and other persons in
terested therein, are hereby notified to appear
at the time and place aforesaid, then and
there to show cause, II any they have, why
said proposed composition should not be con
firmed.
Dated at Vergennes in said District this Goth
day of June, 1901.
FRANK W. FUTILE, Referee in Bankruptcy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05
KICKERS SILENCED.
GEORGIA TOWN PROSPERS IN SPITE
OF GRUMBLERS.
Citizens who Are Unwilling to Bear
Their Share of Building Up II Town
Are Great Detriment to Progress.

A prominent resident of Fitzgerald,
Ga, discussing the remarkable prog
ress of the tcvn recently, said:
"Fitzgerald has passed all the pioneer
dangers which have to be met by
new claiman; for place. 1t is useless to
deny that in the original settlement Of
the place there We're many unwilling
to bear their share of the building up
Failing to get everything they wanted.
they became kickers and did all they
could to retard the growth of the COM
munity. At the same time the more
conservative of the colonists fully ap-
preciated the advantage of their new
homes and have stuck to the end. The
wedding process is now over, and we
have a compact, cosmopolitan popula-
ton, illustrated by the presence of citi-
ZenS from every state in the Union and
the existence Of II different church
congregations. The man, therefore, who
cannot get what he calls for in FitZger-
aid is very hard to please and can be
accommodated nowhere. The people
are thoroughly congenial, fired by but
one ambition, and ready to do anything
for the public veal.
'What has already been accomplish
ed in Fitzgerald can readily be synop-
sized. We have more interstate travel
than any city of similar size in the
state. We have n cotton mill capital
lied at 100000, all home capital, and
work is being rapidly pushed on the
construction of the same. The city has
| just built and put into operation a
splendid system of waterworks and an
electric light plant operated and owned
! by the city. with an abundance of arte-
( sian water from we'll 800 feet deep.
We have an opera house which will ac-
commodate over 600 persons, three
school buildings, two for white and one
for colOred children, in which a system
of free schools and free books has been
inaugurated for every child in the city,
either white or colored. We have two
organized brass bands, one drum corps
and one newly organized militia COM
pany.
"Of secret societies we have a
Knights of Pythias lodge of over GO
members, who will soon complete the
organization of their uniform rank
also lodges OF Masons, odd Fellows,
Ancient Order of United Workmen
Daughters of Rebecca, three Grand Ar
my posts, Womens Relief corps, La.
dies of the Grand Army of the Repub'
lie; Sons and Daughters of Veterans
} Young Mems Christian association, be
: sides other societies. Our city also has
) an ice plant, two natatoriums, race
track, two wholesale grocery houses
etc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05

the OTTER side. Maybe your back pains;
l cut you a little on the side. Your arm
pains; | draw the blood from your
wrist"
The barber barred his arm. The skin
was crossed with tiny, pale hicks, like
those one sees on the wrist of NOR
phne victim.
Twelve Is the number Of cups !
draw at one sitting" the barber said.
1T is bad pain that will not be gone
then. If you come again the next day
with the pain, draw off more until the
ache has disappeared completely"
The cups look like sherry glasses
with the stems removed. The knife,
or lancet, is arranged like n name
stamp. Pressure on n spring plunger
drives the little blades, which are ar
ranged in pairs or triplets, into the
skin. 1t is here that the skill of the
operator comes into play. When the
missions are made in the neck too vio-
lent, tap on the plunger might mean
the severing or wounding of an artery.
Pressure too light would not let the
blood flow fast enough. The barber
must have trained touch.
Upon the condition Of the cup much
depends. The air is exhausted by
| means of a tiny alcohol flame. This
makes a vacuum. The cup is pressed
on lightly. but firmly. The blood rush
es under the skin beneath its rim; then,
like fash, the little knives are pushed
down, and the bleeding begins. The
operator never takes more than II cups
at one sitting. That would mean per-
haps half pint of blood.
This system of bleeding for human
ailments harks back to the earliest
times. All through the middle ages II
was the healing balm for the sufferings
of mankind. The ancients firmly be
lieved that the loss of blood in this
manner drew from their systems the
"noXious humors" which afflicted them
The advent of the modern school OF
medicine and surgery did away with
the process as a universal therapeutic
measure. 1t was not until the nine
teenth century was nearly half com
pleted, however. that physicians aban
doned it as practice.-New York Trib
une.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05

keep the house and surroundings
clean, dry ard we'll aired if you want
to keep out pests" writes Maria Par
loa in Ladies Home Journal. do not
keep kitchen garbage, wet cleaning
cloths, dishcloths or towels in the
house. Burn or otherwise dispose of
the garbage. Wash and dry all clean
ing cloths every day. Keep cereals in
tin, stoneware or glass receptacles.
Wood harbors insects. Fill all the
cracks in walls and floors. Wash
floors, closets and drawers with car
bolic water. If unwelcome visitors ap'
pear in any part of the house, use q
strong solution Of carbolic water for
injecting into cracks and grooves; five
ounces of water TO one of carbolie
crystals"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05

CAS- for the growth of Fitzgerald, it
may be stated that the population of
Irwin county was 2.696 in 1880, 6,313 in
1890 and 14.9S9 in 1900, G00O of whom
were domiciled in the Fitzgerald do
main. The city is 400 feet above sea
level, and the death rate so far has
only been to | 900. The character and
variety of our garden work may be
estimated by the statement that the
number of peach trees on colony
grounds of bearing age is 1G,347, con-
sisting of 81 varieties; number of plum
trees on colony grounds of bearing age,
$1,000 consisting of 81 Varieties num-
Der of pear trees on colony grounds Of
bearing age, 1000 consisting of Ii va
rieties number of grapevines on colo
ny grounds of bearing age, 22,000, con-
sisting of 90 varieties; number of acres
of Strawberries planted in 1900, 103.
at was ndVuntil one year ago that
we decided to put the commercial
strength of the place to test by the
organization of a bank, several bust.
ness and trade corporations and cot
ton mill company. The prompt offer Of
subscriptions sufficient to more than
take up all the stock offered proved
that there was home capital sufficient
to carry on our enterprises on large
scale and that those having it had con-
| fidence enough in the city to invest it..
From that moment | date the true be-
ginning of Fitzgerald as a city deter
mined to wrestle with any other city
in the state for leadership. The dou-
bling of capital and population has be-
| come so much a matter of course that
! it Is useless to talk about it. If it ever
stops long enough to give US breathing
time in which to count up results, we
! will do So"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05
Estate of III. G.. Burleigh.
Notice of Proof of VIII.
OF VERMONT.

STATE OF VERMONT, SIS. Probate Court.
~ DISTRICT OF ADDISON,
Be it remembered that at a session of the
Probate Court holden at Middlebury, within
and for said District, on the 25th day of Jone,
A. D., 1901.
Present Hon. VIM. II. Bliss, Judge.
Whereas. certain instrument in writing
purportng to be the last will and Tesla
ment of II. Burleigh, late of Whitehall, State
of New York, deceased, together with the pro-
bate of the same IN the Surrogate's Court,
County of Washington, state of New York,
having been this day presented to said court
of probate, and duly filed in the Registers
office: Therefore II IS ordered, that all per-
sons interested in the estate of said de-
ceased to he notified to appear before said
court, at the probate office in Middlebury, in
said district, on the 18th day of July, A. ID.
1901, by publication of this order. three weeks
successfully previous thereto, in the Middle
bury Register a newspaper printed at Middle
bury, to show cause, If any they may have,
why said instrument in writing should not
be proved and allowed, as the last VIII
and testament of the said deceased.
20 ADELAIDE +. STOWE, Regi ster.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05
BLEEDING CURE.
A RELIC OF THE MEDICAL METHODS
=, OF A CENTURY AGO.
The Barbarous Practice of coup
ping" Suffering Humanity still Has
It's Adherents - The Operation n
Somewhat Delicate One.

Somewhat Delicate One.
One hundred years ago the sovereign
balm for every i'll, from fainting to fe-
yer, was bleeding. The wonder is that
q human race was left to admit the
folly of the practice. 1t was the cor
rect method of the day, recommended
and employed by the best physicians of
the time. The surgeon who attended
George Washington in his last illness
first set about bleeding his august pa
tent. The story is that he took several
cups of blood from the vigorous arm of
Washington and then diagnosed the
case. Washington died. Some say that
If he had not been bled he probably
would have lived.
y The cry comes, But that was a CEN
fury ago! In sharp contrast stands the
wonderful advances made by modern
surgery. Thankfully it may be said
that such is the truth. But sometimes
customs die hard, and today the doc
trine Of "cupping" has devotees as
faithful as those who gave up their
life sustaining fluid in Washington's
time. This Is a startling statement.
The writer would have been skeptical
If he had not learned its truth himself.
I. In the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries this grewsome form Of treat
ment was tbs work of the barber. That
guild has maintained its prerogative in
to the twentieth century. In a certain
little side street in New York, crushed
between two towering brick buildings,
stands a timid story and a half frame
house. The suggestive striped pole
which emblazons the art of the dweller
within juts over the walk. In the win
dow hangs a sign bearing the word
"Cupping." If today were set back tC
100, the pole alone would tell the sto
~. Times, they say, have changed
and so the sign.
= The barber is a German. He was
much surprised at the question asked
Everybody knew that cupping was q
necessity, especially in the spring, he
said. Sometimes, he added, he was Sc
busy that little time remained for his
shaving and hair cutting of customers
Zach, yes" said the barber, sit keeps
me busy man. How strange you say
tnaI you thought IL no longer Wa'
practiced. People come here morning
noon and night every day, but mostl!
do they come here in the spring ant
fall. 1t is then that the blood needs
drawing off. If you have pain IL
your head, you come to me. take m.
little cup, burn the air in it out, pusl
down my little knives just behind you
ear on the neck, and when the cup i
full take it away. If your headach
is not better yet, l take another cup, S
be 1t that the bleeding stop not, upol
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05
Doing the GInzier n Kindness.

a travelling tinker out of work be-
moaned his hard luck to a sympathetic
glaZier.
"I'll soon put that right for YOU"
said the glazier. Just come up to
that big hotel over there in half an
hours time and you'll find work"
Accordingly the tinker made his ap-
pearance at the appointed time and
found himself in great request. as all
the good wifes pots and pans had mys-
teriously sprung leaks.
Needless to say the glazier had slyly
operated on them to provide a job for
his acquaintance.
Having finished his work, the tinker
trudged off, full of gratitude, and soon
arrived at wayside schoolhouse.
A happy thought striking him, he de-
termined to repay the glaciers kind
ness, and, arming himself with stones
he speedily smashed every window in
the house.
Returning, he intimated to his friend
the service he had rendered him, but
was amazed to see the man of glass
become convulsed with rage.
"Great Scott, man." shouted the lat
ter, you've ruined me! l repair the
windows of that school by yearly con
tract!-London Answers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05
BENEFITS of Tree Planting.

A tree planting association In New
Jersey after an experience Of several
years reports that 1.-THE results in i'm
proved appearance, general attractive
ness and comfort during the summer
season are most favorable and out Of
all proportion to the comparatively
small cost"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05

II wish to truthfully state to you and
the readers of these few lines that your
Dodol Dyspepsia Cure is, without ques-
ton, the best and only cure for dyspep-
sla that have ever come In contact with
and have used many other preparations.
John Beam, West Middesex, Pa. No
preparation equals Kodol Dyspepsia Cure
as ii contains all the natural digestants.
1t will digest all kinds of food and can't
help but do you good. D. A. Bisbee's
Drug Store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05
The Greatest Discount
Makes Truest Bargains

We have taken shoes from several lines of stock
and made striking reductions in prices Some kinds
trhe behind newest STYLE extreme style.
None are old shoes, for never keep them until they
old. Every pair here today, stated, and more
than we've mentioned. Don't wait a week and expect to
find them all here.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-05

Stops the Cough and Works on the Col d
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure
cold in one day. No cure, no pay. Price &c