The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-09-18
4 GREAT NATION MOURuS.
PRESIDENT HeKIHLEYS Brave Battle Against DEATH
ENDS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
Pathetic Scenes in The Last Hour
Of the Beloved Man and HagjIt'ate. Death Caused by
Heart Failure. The Wound Vas Progressing
FavorabIy When Heart Failure Sci in

A dispatch from Buffalo, where tht
President lies at the home Of President
Milburn, Of the Exposition Company
says President Mckinley experienced 8
sinking spell shortly after two o'clocl
Friday morning. The physicians ad
| ministsred rsstorsti7es, but they hsd
little CT no effect, and at three O'Clock
the Associated Press was authorized tt
say that President Mckinley was criti
cally i'll.
About three o'clock Friday morning
the following was issued by the Presi'
dents physicians: ''The PRESIDENT
condition is verg serious and give rise
to the gravest apprehension. His bow
els have moved we'll, but his heart does
pot respond properly to stimulation
Ee is conscious. The skin is warm and
the pulse small, regular, easily compre.
sible and 1876; respiration 80; tenn
p>rature 100"
a bulletin issued at twenty-five after
three o'clock Friday morning said ''tha
president is so weak that be does not
apparently suffer much. Strychnine,
digitalis and other powerful heart stim
ulants don't produce effect and the
worst is feared. His dsath may occur
any time from heart exhaustion. Mrs.
Mckinley has not yet been Informed OF
the change for the worse"
DR.. Mann st four o'clock said the
President rallied some, but Immediate
ly came the unwelcome news that the
rally was very slight. At 4:15 Sacre-
tsry Cortelyou and Mr.. Milburn emerged
from the house and walked up the side.
wslk inside the roped enclosure. Sec.
retary Cortelyou ssid the president was
resting, that four physicians vera in
the sick chamber, but he offered little
in the Wsy Of encouragement.
he IS DEAD.
President Mckinley died at 2:15 Sat-
urday morning. He had been upconsci-
Gus since 7:30 p. n. His last consci-
Gus hour on earth was spent with the
wife to whom he devoted lifetime Of
care. He died unattended by minis.
ter Of the gospel, but his last words were
sn humble submission to the will Of the
Coo in whom he beli.vel. He was re-
coaciled to the cruel fate to which pn
assassin's bullet bsd condemned him,
and faced desth in the same spirit Of
cslnneBs and poise which has marked
his long and honorable career. His last
conscious words, reduced to writing by
DR.. Mann, who stood at his bedside
when they were uttered, were as fol-
lows:
Goodbye, all; goodbye. It's God's
way. His will be DONE"
His relatives, and members Of the
official family, were at the Milburn
house, except Secretary Wilson, who
did not avail himself Of the opportuni-
ty, and some Of his personal and politi.
cal friends who took leave Of him. This
painful ceremony was simple. His
friends came to the door Of the sick
room, took . longing glance at him,
and turned tearfuily away. he was
practically unconscious during this
time. But the powerful heart stimuli
ants, including oxygen, we're employed
to restore him to consciousness for his
final parting with his wife. He asked
for her, and she sat at his side and
held his hands. He consoled her and
bade her good. bye. She went through
the heart trying scene With the same
bravery and fortitude with which she
has borne the grief of the tragedy
which has ended his life.
The immediate cause Of the presi-
dents death is undetermined. His
physicians disagree, and it will possibly
require an autopsy to fix the exact cause.
The presidents remains will be taken
to Washington, and there will be State
funeral. Vice President Roosevelt,
who now succeeds to the presidency,
may take the oath Of Office wherever he
happens to hear the news. The cabinet
will, of course resign in body, and
President Roosevelt viii have an oppor-
tuDity Of forming a new cabinet, if ne
so desires.
The rage Of the paople Of Buffalo
against the presidents assassin, when
they learned that he was dying,
was boundless. Thousands surrounded
the jail, and the entire police foroe Of
the city and Two regiments of lnllisia
were utilized to insure mis- protection.