Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-09-05
Deed Is Planned With All The D;a-
bolical Ingenuity of Which An
archy Is Capable.
ounds Not Necessarily Fatal, But the
Presidents Condition Is Consid-
cred Serious.

yi I,.,o Sept. s. - President Mckinley
int and seriously wounded by a
Ia.be assassin while holding a recep-
~ n the Temple of Music at the Pan
iran exposition a few minutes after
lock yesterday afternoon. One shot
\ effect in the right breast, the other
H. abdomen. The first Is not of a Sc
nature and the bullet has been ex-
". The latter pierced the abdominal
drj and has not yet been located. At
N. the following bulletin by the
hiding physicians was the only indi-
In Of the condition of the presidents
Inis:
he president passed a good night and
W. sting comfortably this morning; tenn
"a, ktare 1904 degrees, pulse 124, respira-
TX a."
dbl was a few minutes after 4 y. m,
LAT President Mckinley was holding a
gd DC reception in the great Temple OF
O5 e on the Pan-American' grounds,
al the dastarJly attempt was made,
what success time alone can tell.
med with all the diabollcal ingenuity
ID fnesse Of which anarchy o. nihilism
Epable, the would-be assassin carried
the work without a hitch, and should
y designs fail ana the president survive,
TO divine providence can be .attrib-
that beneficent result.
be president, thought well guarded by
4 btd States secret service detectives,
fully exposed TO such an attack as
EaTed, He stood at the edge of the
kd das upon which stands the great
organ, at the east side of the mag
cent structure. Throngs of people
EVded In at the various entrances to
= upon their executive. perchance
n To Clasp His Hand,
then fight their way out in the good
fIed mob that every minute swelled
multiplied at the points of ingress
esress to the building.
% president was In a cheerful mood
was enjoying to the full the hearty
aenees Of good will which everywhere
MS gaze. Upon his right stood John
Alourn OF Buffalo, president of the
rAineFiean exposition, chatting with
PRESIDENT and introducing to him es-
1y persons of note who approached.
% The presidents left stood Mr.. Cor
you.
was shortly after 4 p. m, when one
VIC ufong which surrounded the presi-
Al party, a medium-sized man of
uAry appearance and plainly dressed
seA' approached as IL to greet the
eht Both Secretary Cortelyou and
s"ehN Mllourn noticed that the mans
vas swathHd in a bandage or hand
smei. Reports Of bystanders differ as
'Irh hand. He worked his way amid
1sam or people up to the edge of the
1ntl ne was within two feet OF the
ssens' President Mckinley smiled,
ana extended his hand in that
y sehiality the American people so
AaoW' when suddenly the sharp
a revolver rang out loud and
aooVe the hum Of voices. the shut
IVA myriad feet and vibrating waves
appalse that ever and anon swept
anu there over the assemblage.
y, was an instant OF almost COM
snenee' The president stood stock
: look OF hesitancy, almost of be-
ns' on his face. Then he
N. hetrented n Step
. pailor began TO steal over his
Inc multitude, only partially
~ mat something serious had hap
II paused in surprise, while necks
aahed' and all eyes turned to the
kaetaS "here a great tragedy was being
Eghen cano
,,Se a connection. with the leap
,V.rs Three men threw themselves
MAI 4 with n impulse and sprang
lem me would-be assassin. Two of
we're United States secret service
h. were on the lookout and whose
Isnsl"a was to guara against just such a
IA ~ as a befallen the president
tandas nation. The third was a by
Ean, negro, who had only an in
sud OBVIOUSLY grasped in his dusky
IN 81 hahd OF the president. As one
kesass. 'io hurled themselves upon the
"a assailant. In a twinkIing he
re,,s ,ne to the ground, his weapon was
Fnionad ' sidSp ana strong arms
aiAcs sne multitude which thronged the
\ tho esan to come to a Realizing sense
bsy a"auiness OF the scene of which
karmna ' peen unwilling witnesses. a
bun - arose, spread and swelled to a
y SOMA confusion. then grew to a babel
uises and later to a pandemonium of
me =. me crowds that a moment be-
J bar" stood mute and motionless. as
y the ssrea ignorance OF the enormity
trges mig, now with a single impulse
karria inward toward the stage OF the
D fros ana while a hoarse cry welled
ma : thousand throats and a thou
Ppoa IN charged forward to lay hands
sae perpetrator OF
|so, The Dastardiy Crime.
|hls. moment the confusion was ter
pa 4, ae crowd surged forward regard
hugbt consequences. Men shouted and
Fsd, women screamed and children
NJ fro,s 0ne OF those neareat the doors
the ed,hce iE fear Of a STAN