Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1901-09-18
Scraps aud fafts.

day for the murder OF President NC
Kinley. Upon arraignment the fellow
stubbornly refused to answer any one
Of the score or more questions that
were fired at him by the district at
torney.
Some Of the sensational yellow"
papers started the story few days
ago to the effect that the bullets that
were fired into the body Of the presi-
dent were poisoned. The death OF the
president, in spite Of the supposedly ia
vorable progress he was making, gave
some color to the story. The result
of the autopsy shows that the
wound in the stomach could have
easily produced death without poi
son. The doctors who had charge
of the case say that they have had no
occasion to suspect poisoning. There
has been talk of an effort to determine
whether or not there had been any poi
son; but whether such an effort will be
made is not certain. 1t would be ex-
tremely difficult to establish the ques-
tion absolutely. 1t Is not considered
unreasonable, however, that Czolgosz
may have resorted to poison to make
assurance doubly sure.
Within the past week the question
has been often asked, who will succeed
to the vice presidency If the president
dies and the vice president succeeds
him. There will be no vice president.
The president pro tempore Of the SEN
ate, who is now Senator Frye, OF
Maine, will exercise the functions OF
that office. It is often asked, also, who
becomes president if the vice presi-
dent, succeeding a president who dies,
should himself die while president? In
that case the secretary Of state sue
ceeds to the presidency; after him the
secretary Of the treasury, and on
through the cabinet down to and in
cluding the secretary Of agriculture,
who would be the last eligible. This
system Of succession was provided for
by congress in rather recent years-in
fact, soon after the death Of Vice Pres
ident Hendricks, when it was realized
that, in the event of the death Of Pres
ident Cleveland, there was no provis-
ion Of law, either constitutional or stat
utory, for filing the presidential Of
flee.
The interment of President McKin-
ley is to take place in the Mckinley
burying ground at Canton, Ohio, to-
morrow. 1t was arranged on Sunday
that the body would be taken to Wash
ington, arriving on Tuesday morning,
when the funeral services would be
held in the rotunda of the Capitol. The
programme provided that the body
should lie in state until o'clock in
the afternoon, when the funeral train
would start for Canton, arriving there
today. It was the wish of Mrs. McKin-
ley that the body Of her husband
should rest in their home tonight. At
ter the body had been prepared for
burial, it was taken from the Milburn
house in Buffalo to the city hall, where
it was understood that the public
would be allowed to view it from 1890
o'clock a. M, until 5 o'clock p. m. The
people formed in two lines and when
s o'clock came it developed that al
though 10000 had passed by, the crowd
that was still waiting did not appear
to have diminished. It was decided to
extend the time until midnight, and
when the doors were closed, it was es-
timated that $4,000 people had viewed
the remains. Still thousands were dis
appointed.
The credit for the arrest Of Presi-
dent McKinley's assassin and for his
rescue from the crowd, is claimed by
Captain John P. Wiser, Of the artil-
lery corps, for his men, whose names he
gives in his report of the shooting to
the adjutant general of the United
States army at Washington. The re-
port says: when the shots were fired,
Private O'Brien was the first man on
the assassin, with Private Neff the
next. Corporal Bertschey and Private
Brooks reached him at about the same
time, Private Brooks colliding with
Mr.. Milburn in his effort to get at the
assassin. Private O'Brien got the as
sassin down. Private Neff jumped on
him before the assassin was down and
held his arm, while Private O'Brien
wrenched away the revolver as he was
falling. Corporal Bertschey then
jumped on the assassin, kneeling on his
chest, and said: I claim this man as
my prisoner The report adds that the
secret service men came on the scene
and grabbed Corporal Bertschey,
and tried to take the assassin's pistol
from Private O'Brien, who frustrated
their attempt. The secret service men
took the prisoner to the Music Temple.
One Of them hit the assassin in the
face. They then took him into a room
to the left Of the stage in the Music
Temple" Four Of the secret service
men continued in their effort to take
the pistol from O'Brien, who finally
handed 1t to his corporal. The secret
service men failed in their attempt to
take the weapon from the corporal, who
put it in his pocket"
Chicago dispatch Of Saturday: Out
Of respect to VIM. Mckinley and to
allow the police additional opportunity
of investigating case which is now of
the most serious character, a recess
till Tuesday in the anarchist case was
ordered today by Judge Chetlain. Mr..
Geeting. counsel for the anarchists in
the habeas corpus case, made the mo-
tion for a recess when court opened.
He said: "Since the adjournment Of
court Yesterday we have heard with