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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
Passes a Quiet Sabbath Arranging to
Attend the FuneraI-Bushels of
Letters and kilograms.

Buffalo, n. Y, Sept. 15.-President
Roosevelt passed a very quiet day at
the Wilcox house, arranging to at
tend the funeral of the late president.
His secretary, Mr.. Leob, and his as
sistants were, however, kept busy
opening kilograms and mail and class
flying them. Piled up on the oak la
BILE in the sitting room of the house
were at least six hundred kilograms
and letters, all of them expressing
regret at the sad occurrence of the
late president and assurance of con-
fidence and support to the new pres
ident. Among those who sent tele-
grams to the new president were:
Ex-Gov. Vincent, of Connecticut; ex-
. Ladd, of Rhode Island; Gov.
Shaw of Iowa, who ~telegraphed: "You
will have the loyal support of the
people of Iowa in unstinted meas
ure." Gov. Richards of Wyoming, who
said: May God endow you with
abundant wisdom and discretion;"
Mayor Hart of Boston,; Gov. Stone OF
Pennsylvania, who said: Earnestly
hoping that the curse of anarchisIn
may be speedily lifted from our land
by the passage of wise and effective
laws, L hasten to assure you of loyal
support" the Republican Club of
Massachusetts,, the National Republic.
an league, Sons of America of Penn,
s~ylvania, Don. M. Dickinson, f. Norton
Goddard, George E. Green, w. Bourke
Cochran, Seth Low, Joseph H. Manley,
Harriet S. Blaine, Rev. A. o. o. Ray
mond, Lieut.-Gov. Woodruff and Book.
er 7. Washington.
The only announcement the presi.
dent had to make was that Mr.. Ger
telyou, the secretary of President Nc.
Kinley, would, for the present, act ia
hat capacity for him, because of his
knowledge of the condition of affairs.
Mr.. Cortelyou confirmed This state
ment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
THE PRESIDENT IS DEAD.
The Bullet of the Assassin, CZol-
gosz, Did Its Foul Work
Only Too Well.
'IT'S GODS WAY---HlS WILL BE DONE.
With These. HIS Last Conscious Words
the Spirit of William Mckinley, Pa
triot, Statesman and Citizen Without
Reproach. Passed From Its Mortal
Tenement to Eternal Rest.

Milburn House, Buffalo, n. Y, Sept.
l4-President Mckinley died at 2:15
a.. m, eastern time. He had been un-
conscious since 1850 p. m. His last
conscious hour on earth was spent
with his wife, to whom he devoted a
lifetime of care. He died unattended
by a minister of the gospel, but his
last words were an humble submission
to the will of the God in whom he
believed. He was reconciled to the
cruel fate to which an assassin's bull
let had condemned him, and faced
death in the same spirit of calmness
and poise which had marked his long
and honorable career. His last cor
scious words reduced to writing by
DR.. Mann, who stood at his bedside
when they were uttered, were as fol-
lows:
"Good-by. All good-by. It's Gods
way. His will be DONE"
His relatives and the members of
his official family at the Milburn
house, except Secretary Wilson, who
did not avail himself of the %opportun-
ity, and some of his personal and po-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
LONDON DEEPLY MOVED.
Americas Presidents Fight for Life
Watched With Anxiety
by the People

London, Sept. ii, 4 a. m.-President
McKinley's fight for life has been
watched from the outside in Great
Britain with an intense anxiety. that
has rivaled the last days of Queen
Victoria. Every phase of the medi-
cal attendance has been keenly dis
cussed, and the painful suddenness of
tie collapse after the revival of hope
deeply stirred the nation. This spon-
taneous participation in the anxiety
of the American people at the bed
side of the dying president has been
discussed in editorials in all the morn
ing papers, which, at $3.50, were still
holding the presses for the last sad
news.
Horror at the foul deed that laid
him low" says the Daily Chronicle,
is to a great extent the cause of the
widespread sympathy. But much is
also due to the respect entertained
for the presidents personality"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
sAbLE sYAsoas OF SORROW.
s.na CITY or Notwithstanding Thon-
salA.: I..rso.~ W. we'd the Dsad
Tres drnt's isrtnatm~.


EaTa.o. n. Y, Sept. 15.-Butfalo to-
day became a city OF mourners. The
gay and fiaming decorations of he
Pan-American exposition gave way TO
symbols of sorrow. The black drap-
esy of the c;ty's streets mufRed the
totling bells of the churches. Bits or
crepe appeared on every sleeve, and
sorrow was everywhere apparent.
IN the morning a simple service
took place at the residence on Della
ware avenue where the martyred
president died. A hymn was sung and
prayer was offered over the dead
body. That was all. Only the imme-
Ciata family and the friends and po-
liticaI associates of the late president
were present. The scene there was
pathethic in the extreme. Then the
body was born out to the waiting
cortege on the brawny shoulders of
eight sailors and soldiers of the re-
public. The cortege passed through
solid walls OF living humanity, bare
headed ard grief-stricken, to the city
hail, where the body lay in state this
afternoon. The remarkable demon
stration proved how close the presi-
dent was to the hearts of the people.
Arrangements had been made to al
low the public to view the body from
the time it arrived, at about 1880
o'clock until about five o'clock. But
the people were wedged in the streets
for blocks. Two lines were formed.
They extendedliterally formiles. When
five O'Clock came 10000 people had al
ready passed and the crowds waiting
below in the streets seemed undimin-
ished.
1t was decided to extend the time
until. midnight. Then for hours long
er the streets were dense with peo-
PIE, and a constant stream flowed up
the steps of the board entrance into
the hall and passed the bier.
When the doors were closed at mid
night it was estimated that $4,000
people had viewed the remains, but
Thousands of disappointed ones were
still IN the streets.
The body will lie in the city hall
until morning. 1t will be taken to
the station by a military escort to-
morrow morning and at $3.50 the
funeral train, consisting of seven cars,
will start for Washington ove the
Pennsylvania railroad. Mrs. McKin-
ley, the president, the cabinet and
relatives and friends of the dead pres
ident will accompany the remains.
Mrs. Mckinley bore up bravely to-
day during the service at the Mil
burn residence, and DR.. Rixey, her
physician, thinks she will be able to
support her trying part in the state
funeral al Washington.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
THE CLOSING HOURS.
The Approach of Death Was Steadily Blu
UnsuccessFuiiy Fought.

The Approach of Death Was Steadily But
Unsucc~ssFuiiy Fought.
Milburn House, Buffalo, N. Y, Sept.
those at the presidents bedside that
he was dying, and preparations were
made for the last sad offices of fare
we'll from those who were nearest and
dearest to him. Oxygen had been ad-
ministered steadily, but with little eff
feet in keeping back the approach of
death. The president came out of one
period of Inconsistencies only to re-
lapse into another. But in this pc
Rod, when his mind was partially
clear, occurred a series of events of
profoundly touching character.
Down stairs, with strained and tear
stained faces, members of the cabinet
were grouped in anxious waiting.
They knew the end was near and that
the time had come when they must
see him for the last time on earth.
This was about six o'clock. One by
one they assembled the stairway
Secretary Root, Secretary Hitchcock
and Attorney-General Knox. Secre-
IdEN wilson also WAS tnOfe, Out ne
held back, not wishing to see the pres
ident in his last agony. There was
only a momentary stay of the cabinet
officers at the Threshold of the death
chamber. Then they withdrew, the
tears streaming down their faces, and
the words of intense grief choking in
their threats.
After they left the sick room the
physicians rallied him to conscious
less, and the president asked almost
Immediately that his wife be brought
to him. The doctors fell back into
the shadows of the room as Mrs. Nc
kinley came through the doorway.
The strong face of the dying man
lighted up with a faint smile as their
hands were elapsed. She sat beside
him and held his hand. Despite her
physical weakness, she bore up brave
ly under the ordeal.
The president, in his last period of
consciousness, which ended about TAO,
chanted the words of the hymn,
Nearer, My God, to Thee" and his
last audible conscious words, as taken
down by DR.. Mann, at the bedside.
were:
"Good-by. All good-by. 1t is Gods
way. His. will be DONE"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

The thirty-ffth annual encampment
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
On the 18th, elected the following Off
GERS: Commander-in-chief, Judge Eli
Terrence, of Minneapolis; senior vice.
commander, John III. McElroy, WASH
ington, d. c.: junior vice commander
James O'Donnell, Illinois;
general, DR.. w. r. Thrall, Cincinnati;
chaplain-in-chief, Rev. L. M. Boyle,
Pennsylvania.
A correspondent of the ST. Louis
Republic thus describes President
Roosevelt: "A man of action as well
as words, but whose words mean ac-
ton, for he is a man who says what
he means and means what he says;
who acts according to his words, who
is as fearless as he is tireless, as
strong as he is fearless, as gentle as
he is strong, and as fierce as he is
gentle when fight is called for-the
relentless foe in battle, the generous
conqueror when the battle has been
fought"
It is said at Wilkesbarre, Pa, that
Leon Czolgosz made a our of the an
thracite coal regions about six years
ago. He was employed for awhile by
the Lackawanna Coal Co., at Duryea,
and while there is said to have or
gained a lodge of anarchists, and to
have been always seeking notoriety.
The special Chinese envoy, Ma.
Tung, sen to express coincidence and
apology for the murder of Sugiyama
Akira who was chaDpeHOr of tho Tan.
anese legation at Pekin, previous to
the Boxer uprising, was received in
audience by the emperor, at Toxic. on
the 18th, and made satisfactory apollo
gy.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Manila, Sept. 16.-The profoundest
grief is manifested by every class in
the community owe the death of
President Mckinley. Gov. Taft has
issued a proclamation which explains
to the Filipinos that while the death
of Mr.. Mckinley is an irreparable in
dividual loss it does not alter the sta
bility of the government or change
the course of the administration. This
was considered necessary because the
Filipinos thought Mr.. Bryan would
succeed him, having received the next
highest number of the electoral votes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Presid+nt MckinIey's VIII.

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 16.-President
Mckinley left a will. The instrument
was executed some time before the
shooting, and at no time during his
final suffering was there any wish or
occasion to revise it or to frame a
codicil. 1t leaves the bulk of his prop
erty to Mrs. Mckinley How much
the estate is worth can not be stated
with exactness by those most familiar
with the late presidents business af-
fairs, but it is believed to be a goodly
sum, although not amounting to "a
large fortune
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Shooting FoIlows a Quarrel.

Hiram c. Bates shot James Fergu-
son, at Nevada, using a double-bar-
relied shotgun loaded with buckshot.
The shooting was caused by Ferguson
herding his horses near Bates house
Bates claims h shot in self-defense,
while Ferguson alleges Bates shot him
without warning. Bates is 65 years
of age and is a veteran ct the civil
war. Ferguson will die.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

John E. LETTER, an inmate of the
National soldiers home at Danville,
H., was degraded, on the 10th, by hav-
ing the buttons cut off his coat and
being drummed out of the grounds,
for having manifested citation at the
attempt upon the life of the presi-
dent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Mr.. Edwin p. Hanna, solicitor of the
navy department, has been detailed to
assist Judge Advocate Lemly in the
Schley inquiry. Mr.. Hanna combines
the qualities of a good civil lawyer
with a knowledge of maritime and
naval law.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

James w. Van Laningham and Rev.
d. d. Monfort, a slum missionary,
were severely injured in a runaway
accident at ST. Joseph. Monfort was
internally injured and will probably
die. Van Laningham, whose horse
caused the trouble, has a fractured
skull.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Broke His own rather. Heart.

Cleveland, o., Sept. 16.-The father
of the assassin of President McKin.
ley has no slept or eaten anything
since Saturday morning. Since the
death of the president he has become
moody, and has lost his appetite. A
younger brother of the assassin saws
his father is heart-broken as a con-
sequence of the death of the presi-
dent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Iowa at the Worlds Fair.

It is said hat Iowa will make a fine
exhibit at the Worlds fair, st. Louis,
in 1903. Iowa is the second state in
the Louisiana purchase in wealth and
population. The state does lot owe
a cent, has money in the treasury,
and the legislature, which convenes
this winter, may make an appropria-
ton of $3.50, 900 for the exhibit.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

The Chinese government has pos
thumously restored the honors of
Chang lin Huan, the former Chinese
minister to the United States and spe-
cial representative of China at Queen
Victoria's jubilee, who was exiled and
executed in Turkestan.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Gross PostnI Receipts.

The following is the statement OF
the gross receipts for August, 1901.
as compared with August, 1900, at the
three largest Missouri post offices:
Cities. 1901. 1900. Inc.
St. Louis ....S173,577 $165,47s 5000
Kansas City -. 7O,192 6O,334 9,S5S
st. Joseph .... 1864 1900 1895
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Killed His Wife.

Alfred Buff, a French coal miner,
who has been in this country for II
years, shot and killed his wife with a
shot gun, at their home near VAN
dalia. Buff was arrested and taken
to Mexico.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Negro Baptists at Bunceton.

The Central district of the Colored
Baptist association met in annual ses-
sion at Bunceton. The woman's
educational convention, an auxiliary
of the association, met in the same
town.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
HE LATE PRESIDENT MCKINLEY.

litical friends took leave of him. This
painful ceremony was simple. His
friends came to the door of the sick
room, took a longing glance at him,
and turned tearfully away. He was
practically unconscious during this
time. But the powerful heart stimu-
Tents, including oxygen, were en-
ployed to restore him to conscious
ness for his final parting with his
wife. He asked for her, and she sat
at his side and held his hand. He
She went through the heart-trying
scene with the same bravery n
fortitude with which she has borne
the grief of the tragedy which ended
his life.
The immediate cause of the presi-
dents death is undetermined. His
physicians disagree, and it will posi-
bly, require an autopsy to fix the ex-
act cause.
The presidents remains will be
taken to Washington, and there will
be a state funeral.
Vice-President Roosevelt, who now
succeeds to the presidency, may take
the oath of office wherever he hap
pens to hear the news. The cabinet
will, of course, resign in a body, and
President Roosevelt will have an op-
portunity of forming a new cabinet
if he so desires.
The rage of the people of Buffalo
against the presidents assassin, when
they learned tonight that he was
dying, was boundless. Thousands sur
rounded the Jail, and the entire po-
lice force of the city and two regi-
ments of militia were utilized to in
sure his protection.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Two Fishermen Drowned.

James H. Miller and Peter n.
Brooks, both of ST. Louis, went to
Long Lake, near Mitchell, H., on a
fishing trip. While rowing on the
lake, their boat was turned over
and both were drowned, despite the
efforts of other fishermen to save
them. John M. Mitchell, who was
also n of the party, was rescued by
a woman from a nearby farmhouse,
who rowed to the spot in a boat.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
State University Opens,

The sixtieth annual session of the
State university opened at Columbia
with a large enrolment. Convoca-
ton exercises were held in the great
auditorium, where had assembled a
larger number of new students than
usually are present at the first convo-
cation.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Many of the pupils of a young
ladies' school near Count T~olstoi's res
idence, at Y~asnaia, Russia, who, with
their teacher and otheryoung persons
of the neighborhood, called on him and
presented the count with flowers.
have been arrested, and their teacher
has been dismissed.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Ide Dick, of Thornfield, Ozark
ty, persisted in a well while rescuing
his friend, Milan Gray, who was over
come by foul air. Gray will live.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Old Veterans Meet.

Veterans of the Mexican war held
a two-days' session at Independence.
This was the twenty-third annual
meeting of the Missouri association.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Mayor Phinney of Kingston, n. Y.
on the 18th, suspended Policeman
Heppner for remarks regarding the
attempted assassination of President
Mckinley. Heppner said it was a pity
more people were not shot who in
sisted on making rich people richie
and poor people poorer, and hat the
presidents death would equalize
wealth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Mrs. Anna c. Buenger. of 2101
Franklin avenue, ST. Louis, suddenly
expired in the midst of festivities
given in honor of her seventy-first
birthday anniversary at the home of
her s~on-in-law, Rev. Theodore Mess
Ter, at Des Peres, st. Louis county.
She was sitting in a chair, around
which her children and grandchildren
were gathered to do her honor, when
the end came. Suddenly, the radiant
glow of joy on her face changed to
an ashy white. She said: "This is my
last birthday" and breathed her last
within a half hour.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
southwest Missouri Raptists.

The Southwest Missouri Baptist as
ISOLATION convened at Butler with a
large attendance. Rev. S. NJ. Brown
was the chief orator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

At Wichita, Kas., on the 18th, the
grand jury brought in a reindictment
against Mr.. William Martindale,
charging him with wrecking the EN-
poria national bank, which failed
more han two years ago. The presi-
dent of the bank, Mr.. Cross, commit
ted suicide at the time of the failure.
Mr.. Martindale was vice-president of
the bank.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

The first violence of the great stee.
workers strike at McKeesport, Pa,
took place, on the night of the 10th,
when three workmen were set upon
by strikers or strike sympathizers,
and badly beaten. Twenty-Five extra
policemen were sworn in, and numer-
Gus arrests were made.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Soldfer Found Dead.

The body of a volunteer in the
-Fifty-second Iowa infantry, Spanish
American war, was found in an ADAM
doned icehouse at st. Joseph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

According to a story which was
made public in New York, on the 18th,
immigrant smugglers are bringing
cargoes of foreigners in schooners TO
this country. Within a few days a
vessel, said to be named the Lottie.
landed 112 immigrants at Clarke's
Cove, on Buzzard's bay.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
The n Fair.

The state fair at Sedalia was a sue
cess. The attendance was large, espe-
cially from the territory within IS
and 100 miles of Sedalia. Rain inter-
fered with the racing, still the racing
card was one of especial merit. The
display of live stock was equal to that
Of the state fair of Iowa and Illinois.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Leon Cordez, aged ~, once a we'll
known violinist, died in New York
city on the 18th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

This annual session of the Junior
order of United American Mechanics
adjourned at Hannibal to meet in
Chillicothe next year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
John j.

John A. Mccain, noted in ST. Louis
as a single taxer, died at Eureka
Springs, Ark. Newspaper readers viii
remember that McCann was sent to
the workhouse a year ago for refus-
ing to pay a city license to do bust
ness, he holding hat it was uncon-
stitutional to tax a man for making
a living. The mayor pardoned him;
but the three weeks in the workhouse
started consumption.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

1t is reported that half the coffee
crop of Porto Rico has been partially
ruined by recent storms, and that the
banana crop has suffered serious dam
Age. The poorer classes will probably
appeal for assistance in consequence.
The new railway bridge across the
Anasco river has also been destroyed
by the floods.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Emma Goldman, the anarchist agi-
tator, under whose red banner Leon
Czolgosz claims he stands and whose
words he says fired his heart and his
brain to attempt the assassination of
the president, was arrested in Chica-
go, on the 10th, charged with con-
spiracy to murder the president.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
MISSOURI TAT NEWS.
Recent Deaths.

William r. Matson, a prominent
farmer of Pike county, from heart
failure.
Mrs. James P. Cox, at her home In
Adrain, aged As.
Judge Nirod Waters, a prominent
citizen of Rails county, aged IS.
Miss S. M. Jackson, aged so years,
ut her home, at Holden.
Robert Morgan, assistant postmas-
ter at Kenneth, Dunklin county.
Mrs. John Howell, at her home near
Hallsville, Boone county, aged 81.
George r. Poole, at his home in
Boone county, aged Ga.
Peter Arden, one of the best known
citizen of Sedalia, after a long i'll
ness.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

Early on the morning of the 18th,
the president took a turn for the
worse, and his condition gave rise to
the gravest apprehension. While not
considered in extremis, the worst IA
feared, owing to the weakness of the
heart action. The trouble was said
to be due to taking too much nour-
ishment during the preceding day.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19
Acquitted of Whttecapping.

Norman Shattan, who was arrested
at Liberty, charged with being a
w~hitecapper, was tried and acquitted.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1901-09-19

The ground plans of the Louisiana
Purchase Centennial exposition are in
such shape now that it will be possible
to determine, within a very short
time, by them the exact amount of
space which each department can be
allowed. AS soon as the allotments
are made the committees will COM
mence the actual work of getting to-
gether their exhibits.