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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03

NOTARY PUBLIC. MARTIN BURGESS.
Insurance and Collections. Acknowledge
ments.
Cassyiue Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03

PHYSICIANS. W. DoourTLE NJ. D.
Special attention given TO diseases of
women and children. once over Bennett )
drug store. Phone y.
Lancaster, Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03

PHYSICIAN-F NJ. CRoNIN, NJ. D.
Calls n city and country promptly attend
ed. ONCE over Ziegiers hardware store,
Lancaster. Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03

ATToRNEYS-CLEARY 4 CLEARY.
Practice in ali courts. Speciaiues-Col-
lections. loans and settlement ~ estates.
PlatteylIie, Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03

DR.. JOHN H. Reed DENTIST
Once corner Jefferson and Maple Streets,
Lancaster. Wisconsin.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03

PHYSICIAN-wmsoN CUNNfNGHAM N. D.
Late resident Physician and Surgeon
Mercy Hospital Chicago. Once and Hospi-
tai ID Bayley Bloch
Platteviile Wisconsin
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-10-03


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Evening journal., 1901-09-14

the dead mans lips, ere he breathed
his last. came words Of counsel and
of warning. In this supreme hour the
American people may best show their
true quality by abstaining from vio-
lence. II crime has been committed
surely our laws are ample; to set them
at defiance, even in this instance
would be a comment on our institu-
tions. Let us meet this supreme test
by insurng a fair trial under the forms
of law to even the Presidents assassin.
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
M,K1NLEY,s HOME. CANTON

NJ
energy which he displayed I'm SEQ
relief for the 1000 miners in the
ing valley mining district who ca
lS9J were reported out Of worl
destitute. The news first came
governor one night at midnight. b
fore > o'clock in the morning III
upon his own responsibility dispa
to the afflicted district car conts
$1,000 worth Of provisions. Lat
made appeals for assistance and (
distributed among tho 2.T32 famll
the district clothing and provisiC
the amount OF So. .70G.95.
McKinley's nomination and ell
to the presidency in 1896. the st
events of 1897, eliminating in Is
the war with Spain, and the &C
tion for the first time in this cou
history of foreign territory by cor
as we'll as his reelection. with
dore Roosevelt as his running N;
1900 are events Of too recent
renee to require more than pi
mention. With the circumstance
rounding his death. resulting fro
bullet cf en- assassin, fired Will
Mckinley was receiving at the
American exposition, and his 2
but unsuccessful fight for life th,
lie IS but too painfully familiar.
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

With sorowful hearts we greet the
new President The President may die.
but the Government lives. This grsat
people may be outraged but their i'm
stitutions remain Upon no man has
the blow fallen with heavier hand than
Mr. Roosevelt His responsibilities
are great and in this trying hom
every loyal citizen should stand b hind
him. Il is no time to measure hi.
character OF speculate on his purposes
His career, tested at many points, i.
open 20 u.s. We cannot find a duty un
discharged, an emergency which h'
has not met He has shown rare cour
age, high moral qualities, and SCUM
judgment He is now our President
elevated to his exalted station by des
tiny. Let us greet him silently, bu
generously. In this grave hour h
represents no party. no faction. bu
our own great Government May h
take up the work, that his predecesso
laid down, and may his Administratio
be attended with all success. Thi
hour Of trial will be followed by day
of responsibility Men viii compar
the living with the dead but let
hope that the American people Ia,
drawn from Inc awful tragedy SON
abiding lessons, and that the chart
and courtesy at times withheld fro
President Mckinley. may not be grud
ingly given President Roosevelt
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
THE LnUsTnIoUs DEAD

William Mckinney. twenty-hiih
President Of the United States, is dead
There are no words TO express the
profound sorrow which moves thc
American people His fame is secure
and his name will stand high in the
roll OF our Chief Magistrates No man
ever occupied the Presidential chair
who was gentler or dndlierand it may
be doubted whether any was wiser and
saner History viii do him justice. In
the midst of the calamity party pas
sion is silent We are all Americans
imbuea with profound reverence for
our institutions. and at his bedside the
whole people have watched and prayed
But the page is closed and another
name is added to the list of martyred
Presidents. IL is no time for passion;
violence is out CT place. The illustrious
dead would no have it SO. Our duty
now is to tenderly consign him to the
dust. to renew our vows of loyalty to
the country which he so nobly served
and then so on our way. Afterward
we shall have new duties and RESPONSE
bilitics. From the gloom of the pres
ent we may draw an inspiration and a
courage which shall servo ms and ON
country in coming hours Of peril
He is dead! Sleep on. oh illustrioui
son OF a free people, You have fought
a good fight! You did not faltcr in tn,
heat Of the day; your fame is secure
With brimming eyes. we will lay ycl
tenderly in the dust; we will then q,
on our way. but you shall not be fcr
gotten. Your name shall be writer
beside those of Washington and Lin
coin. We will caro- for what you care
for, and while the great nation whicl
you SO faithfully served, lives. it vii
be faithful TO your memory Neithc
viii we forget that in the hour O
your travail. YOU countenancod pcac,
not turmoil; gcntencss. not anger Ol
illustrious dead. we shall not forget
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
Sorrow

An angel of God to two women came
Saying. what wilt ye ask in the
Fathers name
When at last yc enter the gates OF
heaven?
For whatever ye ask, ye shall be
given
white with shedding Of tears, one
raised her face,
Stiff set i'm the burrows which sorrows
trace.
And She said, con earth have had to
quan
The cup OF GRIFFIN heaven let me
laugh.
In pity ne turned to the other then
Cro a woman with eyes which held NO
pain;
Whose sunny face was a message OF
cheer
To lives which had else been sadly
drcar:
With lips ever ready for laugh Or
jest
Denying the anguish which no one
guessed:
And she answered the angel. when !
die
God grant me in heaven a place to
cryi"
M r. MALTBY.
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
HEBREWS OF CITY
EXPRESS THEIR SORROW

Jewish residents OF Wilmington
have manifested their love and patriot
ism by universally condemning the
dastardly act of the alleged Polish as
hassin, and by asserting their loyalty
20 the Government.
AT a meeting held last evening iB
the Jewish Synagogue, prominent he
brews expressed their sentiments in
addresses. These who spoke were i.
Harry Gordon and Morris Levy The
following resolutions were unanimous
ly adopted:
Whereas. The ruthless hand Of an
assassin has threatened ana cndanger-
ed the life of our worthy. upright ana
beloved President, William Mckinley
so that his precious life Is now trem-
blingly hanging in the balance: and
Whereas The nationality OF this
would-he assassin and OF his family
has been variously ascribcd to several
races. including that of the Hebrew
race; and
Whereas, IL is a notorious fact of
history known to every child that our
llong-suflcring people. driven from their
own land more than nineteen centuries
ago and scattered to all parts of the
earth, have been prosecuted ever since
the birth OF the Christian era by the
rulers Of the earth, and that they are
pgovorbially known as having patient
ly and quietly borne their trials ana
tribulaiions with fortitudo and with
out staining their hands with the
blood of the assassin; now, therefore,
be il
Resolved That we extend to Prcsilcni
/ Wilmington, Delaware, of Hebrew
/ birth and extraction i'm public meet
ing assembled, unQualifedly dcnouncc
/ the attempted assassination of Prcsi
dent Mckinley as an act tending Ia
subvcrt all authority and government
and as an act which he's not the sym
! pathy recognition or endorsement OF
/ the people of our race and that We roe
/ l0gni1o the w0uld-bc assassin as an out.
cast from society without nationality
} home or country; and, further
Resolved, That as law-abiding citi.
zcns ot this. our adopted country anC
homo, loving liberty and independence
and the Gud-given right t0 worship the
! Almighty i'm accordance with the die
/ taiCs of oar own conscionccs. we ro
now our allegiance to the G0vcrnmcn
OF the United States and our adopted
State and fervently hope and pray tha
God may spare us the precious life O.
our President for further usefulness
and may preserve 20 us and our chill
dren the priceless heritage of libert.
and freedom which we have enjOye,
under the Government Of which he an,
mis- predecessors have been tho honor
ed heads. and further
Resolved. That we extend 90 presidcn
Mckinley and his true and devote
wife our heartfelt sympathy In thi
hour of their great trouble and be
roavement
Rabbi Blatz with some of the olde
persons I'm the congregation. then al
- vanced to The altar Psalms were sun
e and special prayers were made by tn
rabbi for the recovery of the presl
dent
1t This was followed by the accustomv
holiday services, the prayers bein
said by Rabbi Blatz. after which tn
service was concluded. There was sci
{ vice again this morning in the synj
gogue from to - o'clock
Evening journal., 1901-09-14

must pursue a special line You must
not make a speech on every motion
offered or bill introduced. You must
confine yourself TO one particular
thing. Become a specialist. Take up
some branch of legislation and make
that your study. Why not take up the
subject of tariff? Being a subject that
will not be settled for years to come
it offers n great field for study and a
chance for ultimate fame"
With these words ringing in his ears
Mckinley began studying the tariff
and soon became the foremost author
ity on the subject.
The day upon which the Mckinley
tariff bill" was passed in the house
must always stand as the supreme mo-
ment of McKinley's congressional ca
reer The bill, by adroit parliamentary
generalship which had prevented it
from being weighed down with amend
ments not approved by the committee,
had been brought under the operation
Of the previous question. 1t stood COM
plete, ready to 20 forth for good or
evil. Upon Mckinley devolved the task
of smoothing its path and speeding it
upon its way
The occasion. thoroughly advertised,
attracted to the capitol an immense
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
COURT ADJOURNS|
OUT Oh NYMPAI'
70 Sessions Of Federal
be He'd for WeeI
Frtm Today

Before Judge Bradford in II
States Court. District Attorney
liam Michael Byrne delivered tn
lowing address:
May it please your honor: II
|propriate that in a court of the [
States notice should be taken d
Ivillainous assassination Of the be'
President of the United States.
world stands aghast at the al
upon this man. who has won the
tiOn of the people as a citizen and.
reverence as a statesman We
Tree people. we select our own n
IL is only through our own su.
that any man restrains us by go
mental authority. / is still true
the Christian apostles taught tn.
authority is derived from God.
that therefore chief among the 4
of a Christian is submission toI
tally constituted authority
Where Justice thrives under
regulated government it is not ms
deemed expedient to change the
of government for light or q
causes. Yet because temporal au
lity, though coming from God. is
iect to the control Of man. we
| ever held il as the keystone of A
can liberty that citizens have a
to peaceably assemble and discuss
theories of government as to
may seem hest adapted TO attain
highest aims of human society.
in the history of the human rae
this right been more freely all
than in the American Republic.
right, however. in its highest
ence, must never initiate against
protection to life which is one @
chiefest aims of government a
men, and any system of political
osophy having therefor a principl
lyocating murder as a means of {
ing change in human government
be hsld in eXecration by all
thinking people. Whatever may b
academic attraction of anarchy.
vice as it is commonly known a
us today, has no proper place in
free country and among this free
ple. One of the deplorable frui
this vice being the present calam
the nation. respectfully sugge
your honor that an appropTiat
icurnment OF the court be made
mark Of respect to the memory {
deceased President"
BY the Court: THE court has !.
ed with attention and appreciate
remarks Of the district attorne
this occasion. 1t is always appIo
on The death of a President of
United States that a Federal
should take notice of the event
as a matter of respect take an a
pirate adjournment l may say
in this case | consider such a {
peculiarly appropriate, and shall
fore direct as a matter Of resp'
memory Of our late President an
exalted position n filled, that
court be adjourned for one week
this day"
Evening journal., 1901-09-14

dietary committee. the committee on
expenditures i'm the postofice depart
ment and the committee on rules. When
General Garfield received the nomlna-
tion for the presidency, Mr.. Mckinley
wes assigned to the vacancy on the
committee on ways and means. BE
served on the last mentioned committee
until the expiration Of his last term as
representative. While chairman of this
committee he framed the Mckinley bill,
which afterward became law.
Mckinley was a protege Of ex-Presi-
dent Hayes, and up TO the time Of the
latter's death he recognized the eX-
president as his adviser and counselor.
He was in General Hayes regiment
during the civil war. General Hayes
knew him and his father well, and saw
in the dashing young cavalier the germ
of greatness. He needed a counselor,
an adviser, a friend. and General
HAYES watched over him with the
hlial love, devotion and pride of a
father
The war ended, Mckinley still re-
mained an object of hope, of interest
and pride TO General Hayes. Mchin-
icy became candidate for congress
and was elected. When Hayes was
president. Mckinley was in the house
Of representatives. The major was
frequent welcome visitor at the White
House. One day the president gave
Mckinley advice, which made Mckin-
ley the foremost champion Of n pro-
tective tariff. President Hayes thus
spoke to the young representative:
l fsT-, .a-l,to,.r -..,-.-e- ,s,1 fa-.,a Won
Evening journal., 1901-09-14

but as a man. Her illness was often
overcome by her affection, aud she
Travelled thousands of miles when she
was weak in body merely that she
might be near him. She encouraged
him by word. look and presence, and
he in knightly stSlc returned the IA
vors and reciprocatod the sacred affec-
tion. Her home life was short. for out
Of the thirty years OF married life more
than twenty-four were passed by her
husband in the public service.
Mrs. Mckinley for years has spent
much of her leisure in crocheting those
dainty little slippers which have so
many times brought sunshine into
gloomy hospital wards in various parts
Of the country. 1t is said that she has
knitted over 5000 pairs Of these slip
pers in her twenty-six years of invalid
life. In appearance Mrs. Mckinley is
Of medium height, with brown hair
and large deep blue eyes. Although an
Invalid. she was fond Of making and
receiving calls and often went on shop
ping tours Mrs. Mckinley never cared
much for dress, although her toilets
have always been in excellent taste.
For many years Mrs. McKinley's face
has betrayed n faint languor. sugges-
tive Of the invalid, but it is fair and
bears n stamp of beauty. in spite of the
fifty-fve years she carries. Her i'll health
dates from girlhood. AS a student she
with difficulty undertook the studies
of the course, by reason Of this condi
tion, but with constant care and fire.
quent medical attention she overcame
all trouble sufficiently to enjoy life and
to taste of its pleasures. Her actual
invalidism dates from the birth of her
second child. in 1871. This child died
in its infancy and was followed by the
first child, a daughter of three years, a
short time afterward Mrs. Saxton
Mrs. McKinley's mother, also died about
this time These sorrows were more
than she could bear, and she never re-
covered.
a little story Of McNinley's home
acts while governor may be of interest
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
THE EVENING JOURNAL. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER IA. 1901

mac under Mcclellan. South Mountain
and Antietam had been made immor-
tai by the blood of heroes, and the
shoulder straps were WON with due
but not exaggerated realization Of the
responsibilities they implied. He be-
came a second lieutenant on Sept. "a,
1862. He was promoted TO first lieu
tenant Feb. Z. 1858 His commission
as captain bears date July %, 1864.
The brevet rank of major was con-
ferred by President Lincoln for gal
liant and meritorious services at the
battles Of Opequan. Fishers Creek and
Cedar Hill" He was with Sheridan
IN the Shenandoah campaign was at
Winchester. Cedar Creek. Fishers
Hill, Opoquan. Kernstown, Floyd
Mountain aud Bcrryville, where his
horse was shot under him. and in all
the battles in which the Twenty y-third
participated. He served on the staffs
of Generals Hayes Crook Hancock
and Carroll He was mustered out
with the regiment July %. 1860. after
more than four years continuous serv-
ice.
When the war closed, Mckinley was
Just twenty-five. He was full of youth
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
As TO DRAPING POSTORRICR
Mr.. Browne TeltgraphS to Washington for
Information on Subject

Postmaster Hugh G. Browne IS In a
uuandary today. as consequence Of
section ~ OF Instructions 10 Cugtcdiaus
Cf Public Buildings
The section IN question reads that
the drapng Of public teildings rs plo-
hibited by law which hereafter pro-
vidos that public funds shall not hC
expended towards SUCH
Mr. Browne desired 10 drapc TIC
lpostoffice building this morning. but in
the face of instructions could not nc
so.
Shortly before noon he wired IN,
Postoiiice Department. asking permis
sion to drape the building
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
Mckinley
a Soldier.

and when the drums and flies aroused
the echoes of the quiet streets of Po-
land among the first applicants for en-
listment was William Mckinley, Jr
II was Il new experience and a new
school that the eighteen-year-ol hoy
entered. this school Of war, but he had
wonderful teachers. 1t was his good
fortune that assigned him to the Twen-
ty-thrd Ohio. The recruits that com
posed it We're in June. 1861, mustered
and formed into a regiment. Its first
colonel was William ). ROsecrans. aft
erward major general commanding the
department Of the Cumberland See
ond i'm command was Stanley Mat
thews, who was a splendid soldier, but
won his greatest honors in civil life by
yecoming United States senator and
justice OF the United States supreme
court. and Rutherford Il. Hayes. after
ward governor Of Ohio and president
OF the United States. These are a few
OF the illustrious men who were borne
on the roll of officers Of the gallant
regiment in which marched Private
William Mckinley. Jr.
lie carried the musket for fourteen
months; then he was promoted. But
he won his promotion honestly. His
comrades Of the rank and tile bear tes-
timony TO the fact that he was a good
soldier; that he performed every duty
devolving upon him with fidelity and
intelligence and without complaint
They congratulated him, therefore
when he was made commissary ser.
geant of the regiment. Later. after
Antietam, he was made a second lieu
tenant and the Mahoning county boy
had risen from the ranks.
He was now TO all intents and pur
poses a trained veteran. He had had
his baptism in blood at Carnifex Fer
~. He bad gone through the Wesi
Virginia campaign and become a par
0f fho in7 7rn.fonnf Army % tho Poto
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
Mckinley
as
a Lawyer.

regular army. But to this his parents
offered strong opposition. They point
ed out the small rewards that come to
the soldier in time Of peace. At length
he yielded to their persuasiops and re-
luctantly gave up his dreams of mar
tial glory and bent his mind upon the
pursuits Of peace The war had ended
all thought of n collegiate career He
cast about for profession, and natu'
rally considering the bent of his mind,
be chose the law. He became u student
in the Offices of Charles Il. Glidden
and David Wilson, then leaders of the
Mahoning county bar He supplement-
ed his reading by taking the course at
the Albany Law school and in 1867
was admitted to the bar. lie located
at Canton, where he formed a partner
ship with Judge Belden.
He was an excellent advocate. even
in those early days, and made some of
the best jury arguments ever heard at
the Stark county bar. At the time he
was first elected to congress he enjoyed
one of the best general practices in the
county.
AS n lawyer Mr.. Mckinley was al
ways thorough and careful in the prep
aratiOn OF cases. He had the confidence
Of everybody and soon became particu-
larly prominent .as an advocate. He
prepared himself by thorough courses
of reading for his public career. He re-
sembled Garfield much in this respect
and possessed elements of strength by
reason of his thorough study of polit-
ical subjects. lie seems to have had in
view from the beginning the devotion
Of his life to public service. During all
his early professional years he was an
active participant in Republican cam
paigns and early gave evidence of the
power he later developed as Il public
speaker and orator. The plan of his
political speaking was always the same
He first thoroughly mastered the sub
iect in hand and then presented it forcl-
bly,.
Maicr Mckinley was but thlrty-three
years old when he was elected by the
Evening journal., 1901-09-14
SERMONS OF SABBiTH DAY
WILL TREAT OF CALil

In st. Johns p. f. Church tom'
the services and sermon will be
the life Of President Mckinley.
In West Presbyterian Church t
row morning the Rev. A. ~ Kei
ID. d.. will preach a sermon o.
death OF the President In the
ing he will show some pictures o
same subject.