Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1901-09-23
BUFFALO MORE NORMAL
City Recovering From Depressing
Effects of Presidents Fate.
ExPosITloN's SUCCESS IN DOUBT

President Miiburn says the WORK was
Close to MckinIey's Heart-south
Americans Interest Never Before So
Intense.
Buffalo N Y, Sept. 23.-This city is
pulling itself together again after a
fortnight of anxiety and sorrow, such
rs it has never known. What was in
tended to be the gala period of its his
tory was turned into unspeakable grief
which has gone into every home with
a force hard for any one not here to
Bealize Buffalo was full of personal
loyalty and enthusiasm for President
Mckinley. 1t has been a center of Nc
Kinley sentiment all through his pub
lie career and there was no city in the
country where friendship and devotion
for him was more marked. Naturally,
his tragic end, while its guest, de-
pressed the city beyond expression.
Whea, in his memorable address the
president emphasized the Pan-Ameri-
can idea and made it part of history,
the people of Buffalo realized that their
efforts were appreciated They seemed
contented and proud that as indiydu-
ais of one city they had done the work
which might we'll have been the ma
tions undertaking. The revulsion was
terrible, and now that it is passed the
question of what is to come is interest
ing The people seem to feel that the
exposition must be carried to glori-
G,,, 1,l ,,e,, intt nd
of love. President Milburn put this
thought very strongly. He said:
There must be no faltering in our
efforts now, considering how much the
success of the an-American eXposi-
tion means 30 the development of
tioas between the peoples of the west
ern hemisphere. That was a policy
earnestly favored by President McKin
ley and which interested him so deeply
in the exposition from its first insep-
tion. 1t is a strange stroke of fate that
the success of the exposition should be
threatened through the fearful tragedy.
We should be lacking in loyalty to his
memory if we did not bend all our en-
ergies to crowning the work which he
had so close to his heart.
There are six weeks more of the
life Of the exposition, and it is in the
full bloom of it's beauty and interest.
Every feature Of it has been developed
to its highest point and it is being
operated on more elaborate scale
than ever. 1t is a complete mass of
varied activities and entertainments,
more than adequately carrying out its
aims and purposes. 1t is a national en-
ssrprise and should be supported as
such for the credit of our country as
the leading nation of this hemisphere
That support, / feel certain, it will
have in fullest and overfowing meas
ure."
Referring to President Milburns
statement, Director General Buchanan
said that no previous exposition had
the countries of South and Central
America taken as deep personal inter-
est in the success of an exposition as
they had in this one; that this was es-
pecially true of Chill, which had ex-
pended upon building and an exhibit
here half a million dollars, and equally
so of Cuba which for the first time in
her history stood independent in a
great exposition, within magnificent
building OF her own, filled with her
natural resources and products.