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The Irish standard., 1901-03-30
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The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Rev. DR.. Charles H. Parkhurst says
that the children of the present day
are religious starvelings. Religion is
not taught in the public schools, and
among the well-to-do the Sunday school
is becoming obsolete. A generation of
agnostics is growing up at the opening
of the twentieth century.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Stanley, the African explorer, was
asked what he thought Of setting up
an emperor in the United States. He
replied: II pity the emperor. 1would
rather be the most common man in the
street than such an august parsonage.
1t already requires considerable cour-
age to be PRESIDENT
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

The Minneapolis Tribune backs up
Mayor Ames in his demand for seven
ty-five additional policemen. The
Tribune is the administration organ
and favors anything and everything
desired by the car who occupies the
executive chair. 1.-THE money can be
provided in some way" says the
Tribune, but it does not suggest how.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

The American missionaries in China
threaten to sue Mark Twain for dcfa-
nation of character unless he prompt
ly makes an abjcct apology for his ref
Review.
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can liberty weep. No wonder the SOL
diers of Imperialism wear khaki in
stead of blue uniforms and dispense
with the glorious stars and stripes in
their inquisitorial tortures on men re-
sisting the invaders of their native
land. Is there any difference between
Kitchenerism in Africa and Mckinley
ism in Asia?
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

the character of the Philippine friars
is worthy of pettifogger. We regret
to see the Chronicle degenerate into a
vituperative sheet. At one time it was
a heightened Catholic paper, but, I'M
fortunately, it is so no longer. Poor
Chronicles!
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

The Chicago American says that Il
majority of the voters of the Worlds
Fair city would like to know whether
they are invited to vote for Elbridge
Hanecy or Patrick Hennessey. For
Elbridge Hanecy, of course, for that is
the name to be printed at the head of
the Republican ticket.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

A British military attache says that
the American recruits are superior to
any other soldiers in the world. What
does he think Of the Boer recruits?
They are certainly as good soldiers as
were the minute men" of the revolu-
ton who chased the red-coats at Con-
cord and Lexington.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

The census of England, Wales, Scot
land and Ireland will be taken tomor-
row. Sunday has been selected for
the reason that more persons are at
home on that day than any other. The
5enumerators distribute the census pa
pers during ten days and collect them
on the first of April.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

The speech recently made in the
Irish language by Mr.. O'Donnell In the
British parliament Is printed in Han
sard's parliamentary report in the old
Irish letters. That is great triumph
for the patriotic member from Kerry.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

A dispatch from Manila says that
several native priests have petitioncd
Mgr. Chapelle to interccde for their
liberation from prison. 1t appears they
were arrested by the American author
tiles on political charges.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

A dispatch from Bloemfontein,
Orange Free State, says that Boer
Colnmandant Fourie left 100000 sheep
behind him near Thabu N'Chu. 1t is
not stated whether the sheep were
quadrupeds or bipeds of the Tommy
Atkins species.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

A man named Owen Flanaghan died
in Monaghan, Ireland. on March 4,
who had lived in three centuries. Hc
was born prior to the outbreak OF the
rebellion of 1908 and was consequent
ly more than century old.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Professor Cyrus Northrop, of the
Minnesota University, has been APP
pointed member of the st. Louis en-
position commission. An excellent Sc
lection.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Inc chicago New World was
brought to task by some of its readers
who are grammatical critics for saying
editorially that tomorrow is st. Pat
rick's Day" In explaining why it used
sis" for Twill be- the New World says:
eve were quite conscious, when we
wrote the sentence quoted, that we
were not writing English as she is
spoke'-in England. The sentence
quoted is certainly not English Eng
fish, but it is good Irish English. 1t
Is an Irishism, sanctioned by all but
universal usage in ireland. In an
nouncing the on-coming Of the ma
tional holiday, we supposed that we
might permit ourselves to do so in the
national form OF expression" OF
course, the New World knows that the
present tense is frequently used for the
future, especially in colloquial express
sions. Shakespeare uses it in the
Tanning of the Shrew" and Cowper
in "John Gilpin's Ride" The present
tense is also used for the past in vivid
description or narration, as in the fol
lowing sentence: Caesar leaves Gaul,
crosses the Rubicon, and enters Italy at
the head of 5000 men, The sell
tence used by our esteemed contempt
rary is dramatically correct, and
there is no Irishisln about it. 1t is
"English-English,' you know. We
used it in our editorial on Ireland's ma
tional anniversary, and our Chicago
contemporary may quote us as an Irish
Standard authority.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Michael Davitt will be the orator Mt
the annual demonstration of the. United
Irish Societies of Chicago on Aug 10.
A delegation of Irish Nationalist will
accompany him to this country.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Now that Aguinaldo is captured
what will the benevolent Mckinley do
with his former ally against the Span
iards? He may follow England's ex-
ample and send him as an exile to
Guam. He will hardly dare to execute
him, as suggested by the Anglo-Saxon
press
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

The only living eXpresidrnt of the
United States since the death of Ben
jamin Harrison is Grover Cleveland
''the stuffed prophet" rs Dana Of the
New York Sun, used to call him.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

"Love of country comes next to the
love of Cod was the st. Patrick's day
sentiment expressed by Mgr. NLarti-
nelli, the apostolic delegate to the
United States.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Marcus Aurelius Hanna says sena-
tors should not be elected by direct
vote of the.people. If they were Mark
could not get elected so easily.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

And now they speak of Mark Hanna
for next president Of the United
States. The country will not elect him
for third term.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

De Wet, Delarey and Botha are
playing hide-and- go-seek with the Brit
ish generals in South Africa. Several
British conveys were recently cap
tured by them.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Adam Fad, "thc bear that walks like
n man," has undisputed sway in old
Cathay. by the way, what has be-
come of Rudyard Kipling?
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Attorney General Grggs has resign
ed from Mckinlry's cabinet and will
hereafter be found in the employ Of
the New Jersey trusts.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Andrew Carnegie has already found
ed one hundred and twenty libraries
and given away twenty-five million
dollars.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

OF the thirty-two chnplains in the
United States army eleven are Metho-
distS. Only four arc Catholics.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

a new Spiritualistic paper called
"Name On The Sky has appeared in
Chicago. 1t is claimed to be edited by
spirit persons" and among it's con-
tributors are Abraham Lincoln, Jeff
Davis, Dwight L. Moody, James G.
Blaine, George NJ. Pullman and Philip
Z. Armour. The late Chicago pork
packer discourses eloquently on hogs.
The first issue contains an article from
Bob Ingersoll and another from Henry
Ward Beecher. Charles Wesley Dean
is the managing editor, but he is still
in the flesh. He says his paper fills
long-felt want and that he is over
W helmed with subscriptions.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

The style Of argument adopted by
the Milwaukee Chronicle towards its
Catholic contemporaries in discussing
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30
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The Democrats of Chicago expect to
re-elect Carter Ii. Harrison by $4,000
majority.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

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to any part of the United States. Canada
or Mexico. To any other part Of the world
the postage will be Zoe per year additional.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

Outside of Ulster the poem is no
longer sung by the children of Erin,
and the attempt to make Englishmen
out Of Irishmen by such means has.
been fiat failure. Irish children are
now taught their native language in
the public schools.
The Irish standard., 1901-03-30

The so-called national schools" Of
Ireland We're intended to denationalize
and SaXonize the children attending
them. The pupils were required to
sing a poem in one of the readers
which contained the following lines:
81 bless the goodness and the grace
That on my birth have smiled;
And made me, in these modern days,
a happy British child!'
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

| While the light Of day remained, Mrs.
Mckinley continued with her crochet
| ing, keeping to her room. When 1t
became dusk and the President had
not arrived she began to feel anxious
concerning him.
An Anxious Wife Waits for Him.
II wonder why he does not come -
she asked one of her nieces.
There was no clock in Mrs. McKin-
ley's room, and when it was o'clock
she had no idea it was SO late, and
this is when she began to feel anxious
concerning her husband, for he was
due to return to Mr.. Milburn's house
about o'clock.
the Milburn residence. He had been
driven hurriedly down Delaware ave.
nue. in an open carriage. AS he came
up Mr.. Buchanan was out on the lawn
| conversing with a reporter.
At 1920 o'clock DR.. Rixey came out
of the house accompanied by Col.
Webb Hayes, a son of ex-President
Hayes. who is a friend of President
Mckinley. They entered a carriage
and returned to the Exposition Hospi-
tai.
After DIR. Rixey had gone Director
General Buchanan said that the doc
tor had broken the news in most
gentle manner to Mrs. Mckinley. He
said she stood it bravely. though con-
siderably affected.
If it was possible to bring him to her
she wanted it done.
DR.. Rixey assured her that the Pres
ident could be brought with safety
from the Exposition grounds, and when
he left Mr.. Milburn's it was to COM
plete all arrangements for the removal
OF the President.
A big force of regular patrolmen were
assigned to the Milburn residence
At 7:SO o'clock Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson and Miss Wilson called
and were admitted to the Milburn res
idence.
The Bulletin of CorteIyou.
Secretary Cortelyou tonight gave
out the following statement:
"The following bulletin was issued
by the physicians at p. m:
1.-The President was shot about
o'clock. One bullet struck him on the
upper portion of the breast bone,
glancing and not penetrating; the sec
ond bullet penetrated the abdomen FIVE
inches below the left nipple and one
and a half inches to the left OF the
nnedian line. The abdomen was opened
through the line OF the bullet wound.
It was found that the bullet had pene-
trated the stomach.
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The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

mind and the hand and the eye and
the voice of President Mckinley.
After the first shock of the assassin's s
shots, he retreated a step, then as the
detectives leaped upon his assailant.
he turned. walked steadily to a chair
and seated himself, at the same time
removing his hat and bowing his head
in his hands.
In an instant Secretary Cortelyou
and President Milburn were at his side
His waistcoat was hurriedly opened
the President meanwhile admonishing
those about him to remain calm and
telling them not to be alarmed.
"But you are wounded" cried lis
secretary. Let me examine"
mo. I think not answered the
President. II am not badly hurt, / as
sure you
Nevertheless his outer garments were
hastily loosened. and when a trickling
stream of crimson was seen to wind it's
way down his breast, spreading its
tell-tale stain over the white surface
of the linen, their worst fears were
confirmed.
Cared for at the Grounds.
Immediately the President was cared
for at the Exposition grounds, Director
General w. 1. Buchanan started for
the Milburn residence to forestall any
information that might reach there by
telephone or otherwise. Very luckily
he was first to arrive with the infor-
nation. The Niagara Falls trip had
tired Mrs. Mckinley and on returning
to the Milburn residence she took leave
of her nieces, the Misses Barber, and
the Presidents niece, Miss Duncan, as
well as their hostess, Mrs. Milburn and
went to her room to rest.
Mr.. Buchanan broke the news as
gently as possible to the nieces and
consulted with them and Mrs. Milburn
as to the best course to pursue in
breaking the news to Mrs. Mckinley.
1t was finally decided that on her
awakening, or shortly thereafter, Mr..
Buchanan should break the news to
her. If, in the meantime her physician,
DR.. Rixey, had not arrived.
Mrs. Mckinley awoke from her sleep
at about $50 o'clock. She was feeling
splendidly, she said, and at once took
up her crocheting which. as is we'll
known. is one of her favorite diver
sions.
Immediately on Mr.. Buchanan's ar
rival at the Milburn home he had tel
ephone communications Herewith cut
off, for already there had been several
calls. and he decided on this as the
wisest course TO pursue, lest Mrs. Nc
Kinley hearing the continued ringing
Of the telephone bell. might inquire
what IL meant.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
Secretary of the President. +"

'P. NJ. Rixey, M. D.
George B. Cortelyou,
Secretary of the President"
Buffalo, Sept. 6.-President Mckinley
was shot and seriously wounded by
would-be assassin while holding a re-
ception in the Temple of Music at the
Pan-American Exposition a few min
utes after 4 clock this afternoon. One
shot took effect in the right breast, the
other in the abdomen. The first is not
of a serious nature and the bullet has
been extracted. The latter pierced the
abdominal wall and has not been locat-
ed. At 10:45 p. m. the following bulle-
tir by the attending physicians was
the only indication of the condition of
the Presidents wounds:
The President is rallying and is
resting comfortably. At 1918 p. m,
temperature 1904 degrees. pulse 124,
respiration "a.
(signed.) P. NJ. Rixey. M. B. Mann,
R. E. Parke, H. Mynter, Eugene Wan
hin.
(Countersigned.)
George B. Cortelyou,
Secretary to the President"
oO
the newspapers of the city blazoned
forth in all the pomp of headline type:
The Proudest Day in Buffalo's His
tory
Tonight in sombre type, surrounded
by grewsome borders of black. the
same newspapers are telling in funereal
tones, to Mortified populace, the de-
plorable details of "The Blacklist Day
in the History of Buffalo"
The President Lies Prostrate.
President Mckinley, the idol of the
American people, the nations chief
executive, and the city's honored
guest, lies PROSTATE, suffering
the pangs inflicted by the bullets of
cowardly assassin, while his life hangs
In the balance.
Out on Delaware avenue, at the home
of John C. Milburn, president of the
American Exposition, with fearful
face, and heart torn by conflicting
hopes and fears, sits the faithful wife,
whose devotion is known to all the
nation.
It was a few moments after p. m.
while President Mckinley was holding
public reception in the great Temple
of Music on the Pan American grounds.
that the cowardly attack was made,
with what success time alone can tell.
Standing in the midst of crowds
numbering thousands, surrounded by
every evidence of good will, pressed by
a motley throng of people, showered
with expressions of love and loyalty
besieged by multitudes all eager 10
clasp his hand, amid the surroundings
and with the ever-recurring plaudits OF
an admiring army of sightseers ring
ing in his ears, the blow of the assassin
fell, and in an instant pleasure gave
way to pain. admiration to agony. folly
turned to fury. and pandemonium fol-
lowed.
surging, swaying ThronG.
Tonight a surging, swaying, eager
multitude throngs the city's main thor
oughfares. choking the streets in front
Of the principal newspapers, scanning
the bulletins with anxious eyes and
groaning or cheering in turn each sue
ceeding announcement as the nature OF
the message sinks or buoys their
hopes.
Down at police headquarters. sur
ro'nded by stern faced inquisitors Of
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
Sought the Life of the Nations Chief
Magistrate.
AT'THE POINT OF DEATH
President Mckinley Lies Wounded and Suf-
fering at Buffalo.


the Expo-
ots-It Was the
These hat Ma Prove Fatal A
a lille Nation,
vingt the ympa thy of t World
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
The Capital City Mourns for the
Stricken President.
WHOLE CITY IN TEARS.
Every House in Washington Is the Home
of Sorrow. k

the
President
ed the Few werea mt he Execu
Was Carried
The succe ce.sion to the dency In the Ever
of MI. McISinIe.s Death-synpathy of
Army in CubaR Receive at
ton by Actin o
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

the nation. The third was a bystand-
er, negro, who had only an instant
previously grasped in his dusky palm
the hand of the President. AS one
man the trio hurled themselves upon
the Presidents assailant. In a twink
ling he was borne to the ground, his
weapon was wrested from his grasp
and strong arms pinioned him down.
Then the multitude which thronged
the edlfice began to come to a realiz-
ing sense OF the awfulness of the scene
of which they had been unwilling wit
nesses.
The Roar of the Mob.
A murmur arose. spread and swelled
to a hum of confusion, then grew to a
babel Of sounds and later to pande-
monium OF noises.
The crowds that moment before
had stood mute and motionless, as in
bewildered ignorance of the enormity
of the thing, now with a single i'm
pulse surged forward toward the stage
of the horrible drama, while hoarse
cry velied up from thousand throats
and a thousand men charged forward
to lay hands up the perpetrator of the
dastardly crime.
For a moment the confusion was ter
rible. The crowd surged forward re-
gardless of consequences. Men shouted
and fought, women screamed and chill
dren cried. Some of those nearest the
doors fed from the edlflce in fear of
a stampede, while hundreds of others
from the outside struggled olindly for
ward in the effort to penetrate the
crowded building and solve the mys-
terry of excitement and panic which
every moment grew and swelled within
the congested interior of the edifice.
Inside, on the slightly raised dais,
was enacted within those few feverish
moments a tragedy, so dramatic in
character, so thrilling in its intensity.
that few who looked on will ever be
able to give a succinct account of
what really did transpire. Even the
actors who were playing the principal
roles came out of It with blanched
faces, trembling limbs and beating
hearts. while their brains throbbed
with tumult of conflicting emotions
which could not be clarified into a
lucid narrative of the events as they
really transpired.
One Hand Was Steady.
But Of the multitude which witnessed
or bore a part in the scene Of turmoil
and turbulence there was but one mind
which seemed to retain its equilibrium.
one hand which remained steady. one
eye which gazed with unfilnching calm
ness, and one voice which retained its
even tenor and faltered not at the
most critical juncturo. They were the
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

the law, sits a medium sized man of
commonplace appearance, with his fix
ed gaze directed on the floor who
presses his lips firmly together and lis
tens with an air of assumed indiffer-
ence to the persistent stream of ques-
tions, arguments, objurgations and ad-
montions with which his captors seek
to induce or compel him to tell his
story
The daily organ recital in the splen-
did Temple of Music witnessed the
dastardly attempt. Planned with the
diabolical ingenuity and fnesse Of
which anarchy or Nihilism is capable,
the would-be assassin carried out the
work without hitch, and should his
designs fail and the President survive,
only to divine Providence can be attrib-
uted that benefcent result.
He Was an Easy Victim.
The President, though well guarded
by United States secret service detec-
tives, was fully exposed to such an
attack as occurred. He stood at the
edge of the raised dais upon which
stands the great pipe organ at the east
side of the magnificent structure.
Throngs of people crowded in to gaze
upon their executive, pressing
on to clasp his hand and
then fight their way out
in the good-natured mob that every
minute swelled and multiplied at the
points of ingress and egress to the
building.
The President was in a cheerful
mood and was enjoying to the full the
hearty evidences of goodwill which
everywhere met his gaze. Upon his
right stood John G. Milburn of Buffalo,
president of the Pan-American Expo
sition, chatting with the President, and
introducing especially persons of note
who approached. Upon the Presidents
left stood Mr.. Cortelyou.
1t was shortly after p. M, when one
of the throng which surrounded the
presidential party, medium-sized man
of ordinary appearance and plainly
dressed in black. approached as if to
greet the President. Both Secretary
Cortelyou and President Milburn no
ticed that the mans hand was swathed
in bandage or handkerchief. Reports
of bystanders differ as to his hand. He
worked his way amid the stream of
people up to the edge of the dais un-
til he was within two feet of the Presi-
dent.
The shots Are Fired.
Mr. Mckinley smiled, bowed and ex-
tended his hand, in that spirit of gen.
iality the American people so we'll
know, when suddenly the sharp crack
of a revolver rang out loud and clear
above the mum Oh VOICES, lHc SnulillIlB
of myriad feet and vibrating waves Of
applause that ever and anon swept
over the assemblage.
There was an instant of almost COM
plete silence. The President stood stock
still a look of hesitancy, almost of be-
wilderment on his face. Then he re-
treated a step while pallor began to
steal over his features. The multitude,
only partially aware that something
serious had happened, paused in sur
prise, while necks were craned and all
ewes turned as one toward the rostrum
where a great tragedy was being en-
acted.
Then came a commotion. With the
lean of a tiger three men threw them
selves forward as with one impulse
and sprang toward the would-be as
sa.s.n. Two Of them were United
states secret service men. who we're on
the lookout. and whose duty II was
20 guard against just such a calamity
an aaA here hefaIlen the President and
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

Buffalo, Sept. AT 8 a. m. the
following bulletin was issued:
The President continues to rest
we'll. Temperature 101.6; pulse 11O;
respiration "a.
"P. NJ. Rixey, NJ. D.
George B. Cortelyou,
Secretary of the President" "
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

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