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DEMEAN0R OF CORTELYOU
FAITHFUL SECRETARY HAS BORNE
UP eRAVELY.
He Has Been in Constant Attendance
Upon the President, with Only Short
Intervals Of Rest.

Bunralc September 14.-President McKin.
ley's faithful secretary, George b. Cortel-
you. despite the tremendous strain of the
last few days, is bearing up brayely For
six days and nights he has been in charge
OF everything at the Milburn house only
able TO snatch an occasional rest of an
hour or two. But even the final blow.
crushing as 1t was, did not PROSTATE him,
as after three hours rest, from to T. he
was up again, his heart breaking, but with
calm exterior, taking up the responsible
tiles of seeing TO all arrangements with the
resolution 10 carry them through to the
end.
Colonel Bingham, superintendent of pub
lie buildings and grounds In Washington
arrived early this morning aud will devote
himself to assisting Secretary Cortelyou In
every way he can.
The gates of the Pan-American exposi-
tton VIII remain shut until Monday
The city Is crowded with exposition Wis.
itors, but they, like all others. are In deep
mourning for the loss OF their president
aud the holiday decorations now seem a
badge Of mourning Everywhere there are
signs of sorrow. Flags hy at half mast
and the preparations are In progress TO
give the public buildings a drape Of black
Al the city churches tomorrow there Will
be services and prayers for the late presl-
dent
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WaIIisvilIe Items.

Wallsville, Texas, September BIDS.
trict court adjourned its labors here yes.
terday. There was one conviction for fob
ony. Sol Wesley, colored, was given ten
years for murder Of johnson Childs of
Houston
The grand Jury returned Ave bills of In,
dictment The civil docket was continued
generally.
new rice canal company has purchased
land south Of AnahuAc and will have a
surveying corps In the field next week 10
make n preliminary survey OF the canal TO
run from Turtle Bay south. Lands have
jumped up 10 500 per acre In that Vicinity
Judge Ames and William ], Bryan Of Lin
coin, Neh., are the promoters Of the new
enterprise.
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PRESIDENT DIAz.

Mexico City, September l4-President
Disx on being Informed Of the Death OF
President Mckinley expressed himself as
follows:
Il nave been deeply shocked by this
horrible crime, which has not even the
excuse that the anarchist Is prosecuted In
the United States, since, a Is well known
freedom and tolerance are there extended
70 hun. Nor has It the excuse that Presi-
dent Mckinley was n ruler Of exclusive or
aristoreratic tendencies, for he was, by
reason Of h& position as g popular ruler
ana his own personal feelings, sympathies
and habits, q good friend of the people a
genuine democrat in the best sense Of the
word, so that this crime was as useless
and unprovoked as II is abOminable in
every respect.
with regard TO Mexico. President Nc
Kinley has ever evineed such friendly senti-
ments that his death Will be mourned in
this country hardly less keenly than in
the United states. For myself IL is a
loss OF warm personal friend. These
sentiments have expressed to the am
basSador Of the United States, General
FoWell Clayton. on uhe two occasions on
which have personally called at the
embassy Ny deepest sympathy and CON
dolence goes out 20 Mrs Mckinley and the
entire family of the late president
ON the other hand the high reputation
OF President Roosevelt Is a guarantee that
there Will be no change In any matter at-
tecting the important interests of the
United States or ITS international rela-
TONS
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Brazos Presbytery

Calvert, Texas, September H.
bytery of Brazos convened y
the Presbyterian church ny
Red of Houston preached the 0e''
mon from Jehn I'll, /. w
After the sermon the las' N.
present, Rev. ]. A. Ramsay M n
presbytery 70 order and G lsdsr Y
which constituted presnyisi3 snd NJ
The roll was then caliea ,orrd Y
lowing commissioners Wgnpe tNnlu
keys, j D. West. d. pssns IN III
Red, Houston; j.. A, haiIw
S. NJ Tenney, Houston rpssota; q
Houston; j G. Tanner Aass'yv' ls;
Hickling. La Grange; GeeITssd, .oads|
BRENNAN; X. F., Lentz, Ms sns ID n
j. X. Thompson, Calyert, ss,nasd N
ders p. r. Peniek, hempssiirs bH
Taylor. Houston, +; ,. houdpi z
z. 70. Bryan, Giddhgs' ana
Ruling Elder Penlck was slfSsa,ssSSllI
tor, and Ruling Elder p, ,serls,ii
porary clerk. After annoa.uGS esn
bytery adjourned TO meet y
< resolutlon Of sympathy t e
Kinley was adopted anq ,.,rts q
granhed, expressing tne NJ nreslel
body on the sad death OF ~ Y lTgf
Offering coincidence. The luis ssisi ",
il were spent on prespry,tar,hie.
after which Rev, g. 2 stsoss H. N
ham preached a sermon nst en IN "
terry. Recess was then taAs
afternoon.
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settled 1t. The law contempls,ss,
places offering as candidates ig ~ Y n
tlcn of the institute will be visl, VISIT,
commission and a fair cppeor..pSsss, IVA
all before the commission, ga, W wi
location after the claims OF AZ ", I'M
and considered, and that WI WIZ
facts from personal knowledess ~ ~ 4
tion. Thirty DAYS are given .a wy A
purpose and their verdict VIII nuslSA
until they see for themselves VIZ n
best location offered. wv
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Jefferson's Claims.


10 the Editor OF The Post
Jefferson, Texas September 14.-In your
issue Of 10th instant an article appears
from Austin speaking of the girls indus.
F'al Institute under the heading "Bryan
May Get IT," and purporting TO state the
seuon and decision OF the commission and
i Ine views Of a majority In favor OF Hbuiid.
,,,i, me school as an adjunct to the Agri.
eqTrtLerei anu Mechanical college"
mere must be mistake about tbts rha
teet Is the commission has never met or
seen OFFICIALLY notified, or called tose,hsr
tne governor They therefore can moi
s'sA aavs discussed the matter, much less
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MARKS or RESPECT IN PARIS.


Paris September 1.-THE news OF Prcsi-
dent McKinley's death became known here
generally at about 10 clock and the cen
trail portion Of the city Immediately
bristled with furled crepe-draped American
nags. The United States embassy and
consulate. all hotels and American business
houses and the establishments Of many
French firms on the Avenue d'opera rue Ia
paix, the main boulevards and IN the
Champs Elysee quarter displayed this mark
OF respect.
The United States embassy had not re-
celyed ofaclal confirmation Of the death
when the Associated Press dispatch an
nouneing 1t arrived, and at $50 o'clock
the news was officially communicated to
the embassy Ambassador Porter, who has
not been well FOR the past fortnight was
deeply affected by yesterdays intelligence
He had undergone VERY painful but mot
dangerous operation for a local trouble the
previous day aud was upset yesterday ~
the sudden change for the worse u Mr..
McKinley's condition. His physician there
fore ordered that he should have complete
repose and forbade that the news Of the
presidents death be communicated to him
until later.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Del Case
called at the embassy, but could not lie
received. few minutes later President
louuei drove up Inc AMBASSADORS nhN9i-
clans received him and explained that the
news had been kept from Mr. Potter and
that It was deemed inadyisahle to allow
him TO receive any one President Louhet
bassador aud asked that the latter be In.
formed OF his visit and that he intended
y neo Sysr he
then departed.
The doctor says there is no danger for
Ambassador Porter, who needs only rest ia
AnSt1fa cnuantefa q 90,
days. In fact but for the shooting Of
President Mckinley Ambassador Porter
wonid have started on a journey 70 Con
President LOuhet sent the following dis
patch TO Mrs. Mckinley:
Il learn with deep pain that his ex
cellency has snrcumbed to the deplora Ole
attempt on his life sympathize with YOU
with all my heart In the calamity which
tans strikes al your dearest affections aut
which, bereaYes the great American natior
OF president 80 Justly respected and loved
"Emtl LOubet "
The premier, NJ. waldeck ,Roussesu
ambassador
The registers opened at the United state,
embassy aud at Ambassador Porters resi-
dence are quickly filled with names a
American residents and visitors and those
OF notable Frelehmen
Paris Is crowded with Americans at tho
present time und the houlevards are dotting
with groups reading and discussing detail.
OF the presidents last moments Numbers
Of Americans are already wearing bllel
ties and many ladies' have donned m1urn
ing. The expressions of sympathy from the
French are rs general and as sincere AZ
they were when the cables announced the
news Of the attempt on the president
The death Of President Mckinley, Il i:
understood, will not Interfere with the
general program Of the ears visit Il
ceptionR VIII be held, but the public fssti
yiHes VIII be subdued TO great extent
All the papers print articles deploring the
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KILLED BYA POISONED BULLET
DR.. Wasdin Believes Missile Exerted Pc
culiar Influence.
Gives His Reasons for His Belief Which Are Not
Shared by Other Physicians Who Were in
Attendance the President.

nunalo' ~ T.. September Ia. --Imms.
ula.ely AFTER Presldfnt Mckinley had been
snot ruthors were ~ fe that acting under a
eenerhl order OF anarchy the assassin had
pIon@ply poisoned the bullet The early
days of splendid Improvement in the m.
te"t conuition dlstelled these rumors hut
tney We're renewed when the collapse be-
gan ibis morning they found their way to
cue autopsy room ahd when the gangrened
eohuiuoh or the TISSUES In the course of the
oullet was discovered, discussion was had
as TO whether or NOT the assassin had used
poison TO make more complete his deadly
work
Inc tneory OF Eugene Wasdin, an expert
In yellow fever cases, who is familiar with
the action of poison in the human body,
as TO the poisonous matter upon the bullet
Is herewith given:
Inc breastbone wound showed a big
impact. Still the urea of lnfltration of
subcptaneous tissues was entirely too ex-
tensive to be accounted for from confusion
or the force Of the bullet-the subcutaneous
tissues were in n partially gangrenous CON
ditioA The bullet that went into the alb
domen and penetrated the stomach also
was followed by extensive necrosis OF the
tissue or gangrene wherever 1t passed The
skin wound on the point of entrance was
Hvid gangrenous, and this process extend
ed to the entire line Of incision made by
the surgeons through the abdominal wall
The point OF entrance into the stomach
was necrotlc. The sutures made by the
surgeons were still intact at the autopsy,
but the lines of sptures were surrounded
by neerotic area through the entire thick
ness of the stomach wall and extending on
all sides about one and a half to two
inches The same is true of the wound
Of exit OF the bullet on the posterlor wall
of the stomach which was also still closed
by sutures in the center OF an extensive
area of necrosis. The further passage Of
the bullet through the soft tissues OF the
back where 1t became Embedded, was also
surrounded by necrotic tissues
These different necrotic areas all had
the same appearance as to time of dura.
tion. That is they were due to the same
influence acting the same time. All these
conditions lead me TO believe that there
has been an influence exerted by the pass
age of the bullet through these tissues en-
tire dlssimllar to the influence exerted by
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czoLaosz REMOVED.
He Has Been Taken Away from Police
Headquarters in Buffalo.

He Has Been Taken Away from Police
Headquarters in Buffalo.
Buffalo, N Y, September 15.-At 70 "a
o'clock this Sunday morning superintend
ent of Police Bull lssued the following to
the press:
ITO relieve the heavy police detail at No.
1 station that their services may be used
for other smportant details, It was decided
on consultation with the district attorney
TO remove he presidents assassin from the
headquarters building which has been
done"
Superintendent Bull left the headquarters
before the statement was given out and
could not be found atterward Nothing is
known as where the prisoner is now
confined. There are two places where he
could be takenv-to the jail or the penhen.
tiary, and It is likely that cEoleosE is in
one OF these places.
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THE WHOLE WORLD MOURNS.
Many Expressions of Sorrow and Sympa'
thy With the United States.
Americans In London and Paris Were Joined by the
English and French People in Bewailing the
III Death of the President
lphleu q me lat. president and President

rspnies Of the late president snd President
Roosevelt.
The Temps refers TO the responsibility Of
the doctors Ia giving President Mckinley
too nutritious ailments. and SAYS: ITO leglt.
innate sorrow, to the mourning of the en-
tire nation. mingles a knawing doubt re-
doctors"
Allndng TO President Roosevelt the
Temps SAYS: What a prospect what a
touch Of the magic wand and what min
gled. troubling sentiments must occupy his
mind"
Another article in the Temps save: The
Buhalo murder was perfectly useless even
from tine viewpoint Of the anarchists them.
selves. Political murder Is always formlda-
BILE e dynasties, but quite often severe 20
republics"
The Journal des de Rats saws: "Never
did the friendly expressions Of the two
sister republics appear more justified than
az the present moment when there Is only
ity"
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Mexioans Are ceIebIaIlT'

Lockhart, Texas, sepleu I'M,
Mexican population Of tpe .,.,lur
will be assembled today ih'n. .,lssil
nual celebration Of their s s'a~ q
pendence. A splendid o aanIloamipeuf Y
tonic Is in Attendance, fio rassat y
orators from abroad are, ~ 81
tlonal eolors, blended glsI WIZ w
stripes, are much In eyiass dIspr
thing indicates the gran1Sa ella
kind ever witnessed IN tnls
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Interview TO the Times Union In which
&c said; Every good citizen laments the
death Of President Mckinley
Death by assassination is always terri
BILE, and the country Is today staggering
under the severe shock
The president deserved to live He
was Just entering on a career Of useful
mess greater than he had ever before
known. As an official he was distinguished
as well as safe and conservative: always
ready. to respect the popular viii He was
model citizen In all his relations IN life;
he had shown his greatness and patriotism
In his recent announcement that under no
circumstances would he tolerate the sug.
gestion OF a third term for the presidency
thereby loyalty adhertng to the best tradl-
lions OF the Republic"
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what it is being taught And by the way,
| earnestly hope that yon viii never, make
punishment. DO YOU not know families
where this is done? For instance: You
have been a bad chlld-learn chapter of
Isaiah. And the child learns it as a dis
agreeable task. AL In his mind that splen.
did and lofty poem and prophecy Is forever
Jtterwnrd associated with an uncomfort1-
ble feeling of disgrace. / hope YOU viii
not make your children learn the Bible
in that way for YOU can devise no surer
method of making a child revolt against
n Wri fne wonderful beauty and truth of Holy
Probably there is not mother or a school
teacher here who could not out NJ her own
experience, give instance after instance Of
the queer twists that the little minds give
to what seem to us perfectly simple SEN
fences. Now, ! would make very strong
plea for each of us to try and see that the
child understands what the words mean.
| do not think that 1t Is ordinarily neces-
sary to explain the simple and beautiful
readily the lessons taught therein. hut
do think II necessary to see that they
tence means what the words mean
Probably some ot my hearers remember
the old Madison Square Presbyterian chruch
IN New. York when 1t was under the min
istrv Of Or, Adams, and those of you who
remember the doctor Will, | think, agree
with me that he was one of those very
rare men with whose name one instinctive-
" tends 10 couple the adjective SANITY "
] attended his church when ! was a little
boy The good doctor had small grand
son, and 1t was accidentally discovered
that the little fellow felt great terror
Of entering the church when II was va
cant After vain attempts 10 find out ex-
actly what his reasons were, II happened
late one afternoon that the doctor went
to church With him on some errnnd They
walked down the ailse together. their steps
echomg in the vacant building. the little
boy claFping the Doctors hand and gazing
anNiousY about. When they reached the
pulpit, he he, said Grandpa where Is the
THE zeal" repeated the little boy; why
don't you know, the zeal Of thine house
hath eaten me UNI You can imagine
the doctors aStonlshment when he found
that this sentence had sunk deep into his
little grandsons mind as a descrlpton Of
some terrific monster which haunted the
inside of churches.
The immense moral influence of the Bible
though of course infinitely the most import
ant Is not the only power II has for good
In addition there Is the unceaSing influence
II eNerts on the side of good taste Of good
literature. OF proper sense Of propHrtlon
Of sImple and straightforward writing and
thinking
This Is not 2 small matter in an age wien
there Is a tendency to read much that even
II not actually harmful on moral grounds
Is vet INJURIOUS, because IL represents slip.
shpd, slovenly thought and work. not the
kind Of serious thought. of serious expires.
sion. which we like to see In ANYTHING that
goes into the fiber Of our character
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Luling, Texas, September 1.-THE citi,
zens Of this place owning the oil mill are
contemplating the erection of an Ice plant
In connection with their oil mill For
several days at a time this summer there
was an ice famine and next year the citi.
gems win operate their own ice plant ana
do away with that difficulty.
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sourH ANtppic1N svup,rIv

Milburn House Buffalo. N T., septem
her iA.-caros Zelerier. Jesus NJ. Munclo
and ], d. Fleury, Mexican commissioners
to the anAmerican exposition, called to-
express their sympathy and that Of The
government they represent Representa
tiNes Of several South American countries
also called and left their cards and 10 ex.
press their regret at the death of the nresi
dent and the loss sustained by the peopIe
OF the United States - fN'f'e
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an ordinary missile. In this case, there
were not the appearances Of single eff
fort at natural repair at any point along
the track Of the ball
THE influence speak Of might be
either ARCHAEOLOGICAL the microbe being
carried In the bullet and giving rise to
growth Of a bacteria in the abdominal
cavity with resulting pertonltis absct IS
or in the case of some rare germs, to
necrosis of tissues From bacteriologlcal
observances made thus far this does not
seem to be the case. There was no perl
toptis or pus formation at any point WITH
In the abdominal cavity, the gangrenous
influence from the bullet, from these facts
believe TO have been due to some pos
sible organic poison placed on the bullet.
Further ARCHAEOLOGICAL tests are in pro-
gress and possibly germ capable OF CIV
ing rise to this gangrenous condition of It's
sues may be found. But the presence OF gan
creme only. at points of passage OF the
bullet and the length of time-seven days
required for the necrotic or gangrenous
changes, rather convince me that II is not
meteorological influence, but must be due
to some organic poison.
Tests were made of gangrenous mat
ter when the stitches in the presidents
wound were removed and the wound re-
dressed They have not shown as yet the
presence Of gangrenous producing organ
ism, leading infcrentlally to the opinion
that the bullet was coated with poison
Gus substance
DR.. Roswell Parke, in response to ques-
tons, said: u fail to subscribe to the
theory that the bullet was poisoned for the
simple reason that have often seen bullet
wounds similar to those sustained by the
president, and l have seen conditions slmi-
lar to those which resulted in the presl-
dents death, in cases where no question of
poisoned bullets were raised"
pr. Herman Mynter, another of the ply
siclans, rdiculed the idea that the bullet
was poisoned
Superintendent Of Police Bull said to-
night regarding the poisoned bullet theory
that the cartridges had not yet been re-
moved from the Czolgosz pistol. The city
chemist viii probably he asked to make
chemical analysis and it is also probable
that an analysts will he made by other
chemists and PSYCHOLOGISTS.
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Small pamane a Yorkto,un.

Yorktown. Texas, September II AT an
O'Clock last night Gre was discovered in
the seed cotton house at STRIKERS uppev
gin. but by prompt action on the mart ~
the dscoverer very disastrous Are was
prevented.
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.sses...s.s...ss...ss.s.
MRS. MklNLEY
Is Bearing Up 6ravey Under the
Ordeal.

Buffalo, September i4-Mrs. Nc
Kinley, feeble and hroken-hearted az
she is, bears mp under her great
sorrow with remarkable fortltude
aud Or. Rixey says he believes she
will be able to 60 through the try
Ing ordeal OF a state funeral
After her hnai parting with the
president, Mrs. Mckinley was urged
10 go 10 her room and obtain some
rest. she was sleeping when the
end came.
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MRs HOBARrs vIsIr,

Buffalo, September 15.--An affecting incl
dent OF the morning was the coming OF
Mrs Garrett A. Hobart. wife of the former
vice president of the United States and
her SON Mrs Hobart was In deepest
mourning and after her visit to the Mil
burn house, came out weeping,
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THE POPE PRAYED LONG

London September A,--A dispatch from
Rome says the pope prayed an hour today
Tor the sonl Of President Mckinley. The
pontin wept with uncomfortable emotion
on receiving the news OF the presidents
aeath, Al audiences at the vatican have
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FROM EMPRERoR AND EMPRESS

Dantzic, September Emperor william
sent the following dispatch
Mrs. Mckinley Buffalo; Her majesty,
the empress and myself beg you TO accept
the expression Of our most sincere sorrow
In the loss which you have suffered by the
death Of your beloved husband felled nv
the ruthless hand Of a murderer. NAV rho
Lord, who granted yon so many wears OF
happiness az the side Of the deceased grant
which He has visited you
William, l. r."
Emperor William also sent the following
dispatch 10 Secretary Havs @T am dasniSS
affected by the news OF the untimely death
of President Mckinley and | hasten 10
express the deepest and most heartfelt
sympathy Of the German people 20 the
great American nation Germany nouns
Win America Cor her noble son who lost
MS lie whilst he was fulfilling his duty to
his country and people.
civilian I r."
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SPANISH PAPERS REsprcrFUI.

Madrid September i4--several OF tne
Madrid newspapers publish editorials upon
the death OF President Mckinley. OF whom
they all speak In terms Of respect
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v. &. Austin 10 Be Appolnt.d

Austin, Texas, September 1.-THE gov.
ernor has determined 10 appoint yalery e.
Austin as member of board Of commission
ers Of the city Of Galveston TO succeed
William 7, Austin when the latter shall
have resigned