The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1901-09-19
N KINLEY IS DEAD
THE NATION AGAIN CALLED ON
TO MOURN A MARTYRED
PRESIDENT.
HIS WIFE AT THE BEDSIDE
LAST CONSCIOUS HOURS ON
EARTH DEVOTED TO HER
CONSOLATION.
SHOWS GREAT FORTITUDE
THE STRICKEN WOMAN GOES
sRAvELY THROUGH THE
TRYING SCENE.
SHOWS GREAT FORTITUDE

BUFFALO, sept. 14.-FreSi0euL NC
Kinley died at 2:15 a. m. He had been
unconscious since 1850 p. m. His last
conscious hour on earth was spent
with the wife to whom he had de-
voted lifetime of care. He died I'M
attended by minister of the gospel,
but his last words were an humble
submission to the will of the God in
whom he believed. He was recon
ciled to the cruel fate to which an as
sassin's bullet had condemned him
and faced death in the same spirit of
calmness and poise which has marked
his long and honorable career. His
last conscious words, reduced to writ
ing by DR.. Mann, who stood at his side
when they were uttered, were as fol
lows:
Goodbye, all; goodbye. 1t is Gods
way. His will be DONE"
His relatives and the members of
his official family were at the Milburn
house, bade him farewell, except Sec
rotary Wilson, who did not avail him
self of the opportunity. Some others
of his personal and political friends
also 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 prac-
tically unconscious during this time.
But the powerful heart stimulants,
including oxygen, were employed to
sestore him to consciousness for his
Final Parting With His Wife.
He asked for her and she sat at his
! side and held his hand. He consoled
her and bade her goodbye. She went
through the heart-trying scene with
the same bravery and 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 pos
sibly require an autopsy to fix the
exact cause. The presidents remains
will be taken to Washington and there
will be state funeral. Vice President
Roosevelt, who now succeeds to the
presidency, may take the oath of of
lice wherever he happens to hear the
news. The cabinet will, of course,
resign in body, and President Roose-
welt will have an opportunity of form
ing new cabinet If he so desires.
A noticeable theme of comment was
occasioned by the hour at which the
death occurred. 1t partook somewhat
of the providential that the event
should have come in the dead of night
instead of the early evening when the
thousands who gathered on the streets
of the city were in no tender mood.
Had the death come earlier it is pos
sible that the authorities would have
had to cope with more or less vio-
lence.
The Last FarewelIs Said.
Before o'clock it was clear to
those at the presidents bedside that
he was dying and preparations were
made for the last sad Offices of fare.
well from those who were nearest and
dearest to him. Oxygen had been adj
ministered steadily but with little
effect in keeping back the approach of
death. The president came out Of one
period of Inconsistencies only to
relapse into another. But in this
period, when his mind Swas 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 6 o'clock One by one they
assembled the MISUNDERSTANDING
Root, Secretary Hitchcock and Attor-
ney General Knox. Secretary Wilson
also was there. but he held back, not
wishing to see the president in his
last agony. There was only mo-
mentary stay of the cabinet officers
at the threshold of the death cham
Der. Then they withdrew. the tears
streaming down their faces and the
words OF intense grief choking In
their threats. After they left the sick