The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-08-26

his burial place is the country and the
mourners are the nation. And right well
are they keeping green the grave. The
anniversary of his death this year marks
the completion of New York States monu-
ment at Buffalo, and next year the month
of September will see the completion of
the national monument at Canton. May
the nation, somewhere in some place.
complete monument TO his memory each
year, until not town or hamlet in this
broad land of ours shall stand without a
, memorial de it ever so humbIe) dedicated
to the third of the countrys martyred
presidents. Already Reading, Pa, has
beautiful statute TO the departed presl-
dent, and Mr.. Edward l. Pausch, the
weltknown Buffalo sculptor. who made
the death mask after McKinley's assassi-
nation, is at work on others to be erected
at various places about the country, all
to stand as q reminder of his last sad
and fatal visit to Buffalo.
Anecdotes of the Last Day.
The Buffalo newspaper boys who COW
cred that visit (now grown historic be-
cause of the tragic happening there tell
many little anecdotes of the occasion.
One man relates how, on the day of Nc
Kiniey's first visit TO the Pan-Ameriean
Exposition grounds, he repaired to the
Milburn House, in Delaware avenue,
early and waited the start of the Presi-
dent. His orders had been to follow the
presidential party all day long, not only
to cover the interesting features OF the
trip. but also to be hand in case of
any catastrophe, such as did follow two
days later.
When the start was made for the
grounds he In some way became crowded
n a Drriz oYrsJ
jumped into the rear axle piece of the
presidents conveyance
One of the Secret Service men roughly
ordered him off.
Let him stay said Mckinley, with
that pleasant smile all who knew MIN
learned TO love we'll Let him stay;
the carriage looks strong
Another story which was told right
after Mr.. McKiniey's death. but never
verified, had to do with q Buffalo news
boy, who rushed up to the presidential
carriage as il drove toward the Pan
American entrance and threw q copy of
q Buffalo morning paper into the car
riage. The president ordered his car
riage stopped and, calling the boy, Of
fered him dollar.
~ don't want no money!" said the lad.
Dat papers my treat"
1t is said that the late president after
ward referred TO the paper as one Of the
most valued mementoes of his trip TO
Buffalo, and probably would have pre-
served II many years had not the uniue-
ly bullet put an end to his life.
The scenes and incidents in Buffalo
during the time Immediately preceding
and closely following the shooting of the
late president were seen by many eyes
and viewed from q different perspective
by almost every pair, recorded many
strange and varied figures on the sensl-
tive retiua of the memory. / myself,
then as now newspaper man. was en-
pioyed CT the news bureau established by
Buffalo papers at the pan-American Elk
position, and had been given an early
afternoon OF by the manager. 1t was
shortly after O'Clock when a newsboy
rushed madiy through the great side
street where I was visiting. shouting:
-E1trai Extra-An about the President
is shotf''
His papers went Ike hot cakes on
cold day. or, perhaps, TO use a stronger
simiie, IKE frecrackers on Fourth of
July / got one of the last OF them and
read there the meagre, and, as after
werd developed. not entirely accurate &C
count OF the eowardly assassination BY
the ignorat tool of still more despiceSIe
beings. who extended the hand of friend
ship and fred the fatal bullet