The Washington times., 1901-09-15

| Vice President went inside. where NJ
shook hands with those present and ther
expressed his sympathy to the relatives
| of the dead President. While the Vice
! President was in the house, 1t was RIM
ored that ne fad been sworn in.
Members of the Cabinet arrived soon
after Mr.. Roosevelt and said the cere-
| mony might be performed there, and the
/ impression that ii would be was strength
ened when 4 carriage containing Judge
/ Hazel drove up. Senator Depew. Senator
Fairbanks, and Senator Burrows. fol
lowed. Mr.. Milburn came out later and
announced that Mr.. Roosevelt had not
! come to the house with the intention OF
being sworn in there. He said:
Mr.. Roosevelt came simply as a pri-
vate citizen to pay a visit of coincidence
| to Mrs. Mckinley. He did not see her, OF
| course, but he expressed his sympathy to
the members of the family"
1t was O'Clock when Mr. Roosevelt re-
appeared and the same cavalcade was
formed again. He bowed as the carriage
passed to several in the crowd whom he
knew. There was no demonstration by
the crowd on Delaware Avenue. Everyone
felt too overcome with grief to do what
they probably would have done on ordi-
Vice President to pass in stolid silence.
After Mr. Roosevelt left the Cabinet
members marched out. two by two, and
entered carriages to be driven to the VIII
cox house.
Secretary Root. Attorney General Knox,
Postmaster General Smith. and Judge
Hazel got into the first carriage. Secre-
taries Long, Wilson. and Hitchcock en-
tered the second one. Mr. Milburn and
Secretary Cortelyou got in third. In
this order the party proceeded to the
Wilcox house
These scenes afforded a great oppor-
tunity for the snapshot tends of Buffalo.
1t did not seem as though 1t had been
missed by any of them. for there were
almost as many cameras as people in the
crowd. The ceremony at the Wilcox house
took most of those who had been the OBJ
iects of great attention away from the
Miburn residence in the afternoon.
The autopsy, which had been begun In
the forenoon, went on, however. Most of
the doctors. when they came away later,
said that the result would be summed up
in a statement being prepared. DIR. Was
din was asked when he came away what
the cause of death had BEEN He said:
Il should say it was toxaemia. due to
necrosis of tissue in the abdominal cavity.
There was no cardiac trouble. We have
not found the bullet. although We know
1t is lodged in the muscles of the back. 1
don't think we shall look for it any lon
ger"
The undertakers said that no decision
had been made about a casiet. In the
afternoon there were many visitors.
Among those who called twice were Mrs.
Garret A. Hobart and her son. The sec
ond time they came they brought with
them a quantity of flowers. Many boxes
of flowers were left at the house in the
afternoon. One beautiful wreath was sent
by DR.. and Mrs Wasdin All Of the flow
ers were addressed to Mrs. Mckinley.
Major General Rose was another caller.
He came to pay visit of coincidence and
also to see about the military arrange
ments for the funeral. Captain Hobson
was also a,Is,tor.
The same military guard was enforced
about the AIfibfrn 'h6sIse %ithseverf greater
stringency today. The reason for this
was not very plain. To the surprise of
some of the newspaper men who had
passes to see Secretary sCortelyou, Lieu
tenant Ware, the officer of the day, re-
fused to honor them this afternoon. 1t
was after Mr. Rooseveit's visit to the
house. The lieutenant said that Mr.. Cor
telyou's orders did not concern him at all
any more, but only those OF Colonel
Bingham Mr.. Roosevelts aide. ss