Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-09-19


the administration and in the con.
fidence Of the President. As he APP
pearsd at the threshold OF the room,
they seemed to realize that the message
of death had come. Mr.. Cortelyou
halted at the door and, sUmmoning up
all of his effort, said: "GentIemen, the
President has passed away Realizing
too, the momentous nature OF the event
to the people of the country, Mr..
Cortelyon stepped through the cutter
doorway of tho Milburn house and, ad-
vancing down the walk to the news
paper men at the front gate, calmly
announced: 1.-THE President died at 9. 10
O'Clock. " Thus closed the final chapter
in che life of William Mckinley.
All that remained was to perform
those gruesome offices which follow
death. Thore was the sending of Off
oial notices, the summoning Of the
funeral directors, the first hasty
thoughts of the details of burial.
Within half an hour, a carriage had
brought these who were to take charge
of the bcdy. The autopsy, which
had been decided upon for the
early morning, rendered impossible
the immediate embalming process.
The corpse was laid upon u stretcher
and, covered by a sheet, remained
in the chamber where death
had occurred. A uniformed guard of
the United States Army hospital Corps
was detailed for duty at the temporary
bier.
at $3.50 O'Clock, the long crere en-
blem of mourning was hung from the
door of the house. 1t was of heavy
material of amrlest width, caught to-
gether with wide black ribbon.
As to the funeral arrangements, tut
little could be determined during the
early hours OF the morning. A meet.
ing OF the cabinet had been summoned,
and this would adjust the necessary
preliminaries of the obseeuies. In
their hasty exchanges of last midnight,
the members of the oa6inet had ex-
pressed the belief that the body Of the
dead President would be borne to
Washington, there to lie in state in the
Totunda of the Capitol, and later to be
removed to Canton for final interment.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
The arrival OF the new President,
Theodore Roosevelt, was awaited with,
anxious interest. Numerous kilograms
uau booH ulbphbCuou W ulLu hlUUk uiS
route, but it was not known here
whether or not they had been received.
Mr.. Roosevelt was expected to reach
Buffalo about l p. M. today. When he
would take the oath Of Office had not
been communicated by him, SO far as
could be learned. 1t was the belief that
he would take the oath after his arrival
here. Under the Constitution, he IS
now President of the United States,
and the taking Of the oath is merely a
preliminary requisite to beginning the
exercise OF his PRESIDENTIAL functions.
The assumption by him Of the office
of President means the disintegration
of the present cabinet. The rosigna.
tions of all the cabinet officers will be
submitted to Mr.. Roosevelt at once,
and he will be left free to form ulate
his own policy of government aud to
select his own advisers. Who they are
is already matter of active specula-
tion, but 1t is needless to say that,
with Mr.. Roosevelt absent from the
scene and sharing in the nations grief,
there can be nothing beyond the realm
OF conjecture, That there is TO be an
extraordinary SESSION Of Congress ap
pears to be settled by the law enacted
In 1884, following the assassination
of Garfield, which provided for the
succession to the Presidency. This
establishes that the Secretary OF State
of the new cabinet will in effect be
Vice President, succeeding to the
Presidency in case Of the death or dis
ability of the President. II also pro-
vides that proclamation shall be
issued by the new President conVening
an extraordinary session of Congress.
MENAcING CROWDS HELD AT BAY.
The wretch, Ozolgosz, now Stands
accused Of murder. The crime was
with malice ltorethought,
and as such was muEder in the first
degree, the punishment for which un.
der the law of New York is death in
the electric chair. Had the death of
the President occurred at any other
time than In the early hours OF the
it would have boded i'll to the
evil genius of this fearful episode.
The angry spirit of the people here
had reached an intense pitch last night.
Foreseeipg the danger of possible riot,
the police headquarters, where Czol. |
gosz is confined, were roped OIL and the |
crowds held at bay. The |
entire police force of the city, regular |
and reserve, was held on duty all |
night. Two regiments OF the National |
Guard of New York were at their |
armorles, ready for immediate service. |
Ii tho Presidents death had come |
before midnight, it would have been |
difficult to avoid a conflict, but the |
crowds gradually broke up as the new
day came on land by 2. l5 a. NJ, when
Iha danfh annnuncantapt nat,,a rho Il
downtown thoroughfares we're deserted. |
For the moment, the anger of the out.
.aged people ia forgotten in their poign
ant grief, and this will doubtless CON
lign CzolgosZ to the swift aud newt. |
able punishment provided by law.
Absolute quiet prevailed in the |
of the Milburn residence
through the early hours of the day.
Tho police maintained the lines on
Delaware avenue and tine streets which
ntersect it, aud double picket lines
latrolled by Fourteenth infantrymen
the house from any Interrupt
lion.
Within the lines, corps Of worn and
tired newspaper men were about the
,nly civilians. They loitersd about the
5ents and sheds ON the east side of
DeiaWaIo afohuo' H""tGip6 tho "ouioh
If the day.
a heavy, damp fog still hung over
;he city, and gave the air chill that
vas penetrating.
At o'clock, company of the Four
,eenth Infantry, commanded by Lieut..
lanes Ware. came to relieve their COM
AIDES, who had been on guard for "a
hours. The formalities OF posting the
lew guards took place at once.
MRS. M'KINLEY BEARING UP WELL.
None who came to show their sorrow