The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-05-30
MRS. M'KlNLEY NO MORE.
Grim Reaper Claims Wife OF Martyr
President at Canton Home-Apo-
pIexy Cause Of Death.

| At Canton, Ohio, Sunday afternoon,
! Mrs. Mckinley, wife Of the martyred
president, passed from earth, as the
result of a stroke of apoplexy. The
transition from life to death was so
peaceful and gradual that It was with
difficulty that the vigilant physicians
and attendants noted when dissolution
came
There was no struggle, no pain
Mrs. Mckinley never knew of the
efforts made for days to prolong her
life, nor of the solicitous hope against
hope of her sister and other relatives
! and friends for her recovery.
Mrs. McKinley's last words were for
death. An attendant said: Mrs. Nc
Kinley would say, Why should lin.
ger?' Please God, if it is Thy will,
why defer it?' She would say also,
He is gone now, and life is dark to-
me- Other kindred expressions would
also fall from her lips
At the Mckinley home wnen death !
came, there were present Secretary
Cortelyou, Mr.. and Mrs. M. c., Bar
Der. Mrs. Sarah Duncan, Mrs. Luther
Day, Justice and Mrs, William R. Day,
Drs. Portmann and Rixey and the
nurses.
Mrs. Mckinley lasted hours longer
than We expected" said the secretary
Her vitality was wonderful" said Dr.
Portmann.
1t was by Secretary Cortelyou that
the announcement of the demise was
given to the public. While little hope
was entertained in Washington for
her recovery, the news of the death OF
Mrs. Mckinley caused. profound sor-
row in the national capitol, where she
so Ion g made her home while her
husband was member OF congress,
and later president. President Roose-
welt learned of her death shortly af-
ter 2 O'Clock, when he received a tel
egram from Secretary Cortelyou, who
has been in Canton since Mrs. McKin-s
ley was first str tricken. He immedi-
ately announced that he would att
tend the funeral.
There were expressions Of regret;
from many officials whose duties
brought them in contact with the
white house, and from all attaches OF.
the executive mansion, many of whom
served there during the Mckinley ad-:
ministration. All paid the highest triD-
ute to the memory to the late presl-
dents widow. ..
The body Of Mrs. Mckinley will be
placed in the cauit in West Law Lawn g
cemetery which holds the remains OK
her husband until the completion Of
the new mausoleum Oh Monuments
Hill. when both caskets will be trans
ferred to receptacles in tnat tomb. 81
Mrs. McKinley's life Of almost sixty
years has been more familiar to the
nation by the fact that more than:
half of. it was period OF inyahdisn1.
Through all this, however, she show
ed firm. and unwayering, belief ID
the career of her husband and py
her cheering words, in spite Of person
al Affections, encouraged him when
there was darkness at hand.
She believed that his star OF des-s
tiny would never set until he had be-;
come president, and for more than g. e.
quarter of century cherished that
belief until her hopes were realized:
After President McKinley's death
she expressed aEdesire to join him and
prayed daily that she might join him:
Lately, however, she frequently told
friends /she desired to live until the
completion OF the Mckinley manso
leum. which is the gift of the nation,
and which is to be dedicated on Mon-l 'a' i
ument Hill, September 80, next. sss