DEATH OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4892, 18 September 1901, Page 3

DEATH OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

Buffalo, September 14. President M'Kinley died shortly before 2 o'clock thiß morning. Washington, September 14. Crowds at the various centres who awaited for tidings of the sufferer were orderly in behaviour, but labored under subdued excitement. The sudden changes from hope to despair came as an awful shock to the nation. Wall- street was demoralised, stocks fluctuating and closing with a considerable fall. King Edward early expressed his deep grief. The authorities, fearing lynchers would attack Czolgoez in gaol, the police guard was augmented, while two regiments are in readiness in the armories. The nurses during the forenoon were adjusting the pillows and arranging for the exclusion of the light at the window when President M'Kinley murmured : ' No ; I want to see the trees, they are so beautiful., A saline injection and a very light dose of digitalis was the only treatment. Tha physicians reserve* the USe of oxygen, anticipating the ohief crisis in the evening. The heart began to fail at 5 o'clock, the patient responding feebly to the effects of oxygen. He became unresponsive at 6 30, and ten minutes later was unconscious. An hour passed, and he then revived under the effect of stimulation, and Inquired for his wife. During a short luoid interval he comforted her. There was a renewal of the crisis towards 9 o'clock. The President was kept alive by oxygen with the greatest difficulty. At 9.25 he became unconscious and pulseless, and the extremities of the body grew cold. The injection of nourishment had bean re-

sorted to beoanie of small ulcers in the

f stomach, while iDflamtaatlon of the recj turn appeared on Wednesday night, increasing on Thursday to suob an extent ' that nourishment was rejected as' fast as ' injeoted. The only recourse was to give i nourishment in the normal way, trusting i to the patient's apparently rapid improvement to sustain it. The physloians, seeing the aggravation of the case was due to constipation, and fearing intestinal poisoning unless relief was afforded} *<!• ministered calomel and oil. Mr M'Kinley, at midnight, passed undigested matter. The physicians at 2 o'clock on Friday morning detected a serious weakening of the heart's action. Restoratives failed to rally. Digitalis and strychnine were administered, and a saline solution was finally injected into the veins. At 11 o'clock on Friday evening the President was nearing his end, scarcely breathing. At 12 30 be was just alive. Then came the last soene of all. ShorOy before 2 o'clock the sufferer passed sway. All the family were at the becbide except his wife, wuo was in an adjoining room. The President was practically unconscious from 8 o'clock till death. Prior to lapsing into unconsciousness, he begged the doctors to let him die, and took an affectionate farewell of his wife, his last words to her being: 'God's will, not ours, be done.' Then he was heard to murmur, 'Nearer, my God, to Thee,' Mtß M'KSnley displayed Bupetb fortitude. President M'Kinley's last words to those about him were 'Good-bye, all; goodbye. It is God's way. His will be done.' Dr Rexey, at a quarter past 2, announced that the President was dead. The tidings were immediately sent to the room where the Cabinet and Senators were waiting. All cried like children. Large crowds all night kept vigil outside the newspaper offices in New York, and wept when the death was anoounoed ; others cried vengeance on ihe Anarchists. There were similar scenes at Buffalo, where the crowds waited in a dense fog. Upon a rumor ot the President's death at midnight an excited rush was made for Czolgosz's cell, but the police repelled it.. There will be a State funeral at Washington. The President's wife was asleep when unmistakable signs of dissolution were apparent. She was not awakened. When informed that her husband bad gone she showed the utmost fortitude, [aietly eaying ' God help ma/ Jonaun Moat has been, arrested at New York, fie is a foreigner, and left Berline, New Hampshire, avowing his intention to kill Colonel Roosevelt, the Vice-president. Edelbert Stone, arrested for predicting the shooting of the President, has been released. Most was arrested for publishing an inflammatoiy article in the Freisei, of the 7th instant. September 15. President M'Kinley's passing was painless and peaceful, like Bleep. An autopsy Bhowed that death was directly due to gangrene from the bullet, wound. The bullet was not discovered. The body has been embalmed. The remains will be conveyed to Washington to-morrow, and lie in state until the funeral, at Canton, Ohio, on Thursday. Colonel Roosevelt succeeded to the Presidency automatically. Upon reaching Buffalo he proceeded, under eacort, to condole with Mrs M'Klnley. He was afterwards sworn in, announcing his intention to continue abselntely unbroken Mr M'Kinley's policy for the peace, prosperity, and honor of their beloved country. Grief in America is universal. ExPresident Grover Cleveland was greatly shocked. He deplored that free institutions and a faithful discharge of duty should be encompassed by danger of assassination. Mr W. J. Bryatf, amidst tears, mentioned his personal esteem for Me M'Kinley. Wall street and all oiher American exchanges are closed, and will be kept closed till Thursday. London, September 14. The King telegraphed to Mr Choate : ( Most truly sympathise with the American nation at the loss of a distinguished and ever- to-be- regretted President.' The news of President M'Kinley's death was received in London with the deepest Borrow. The flags were halfmasted on the offices of the Australian Agents-general and public buildings. The Lord Mayor sent a message of profound Bympathy to Mr Choate, the American Ambassador. The Methodist Conference, during the morning, prayed for the sufferer, and adjourned its sittings. September 15. The London Stock Exchanges suspended operations in honor of President M'Kinley. Stdnby, September 15. The flags were half-masted generality out of respect to President M'Kinley. The Federal and State Premiers orbled their condolences to Mrs M'Kinley, References to the death were made in most of the churches. Washington, September 15. The doctor's report of the autopsy states that the tissue round each hole made by the bullet was gangrenous ; the upper end of the kidney, was struck and torn and gangrenous, and the track of bvllefc affected the pancreas. Death, surgically and medically was unavoidable. It was the direct result of the bullet wound. Mrs M'Kinley is bearing up bravely, saying : "My dear dead hnsband would wish it so." President Roosevelt) after taking the oath, walked over unescorted and asked the members of the late President's Cabinet to retain their portfolios. The Kaiser and Kaiserin sent most touching messages of sympathy. President Loubet and M. Declasse cabled BtrikiDg and sincere condolences. September 16, President Roosevelt has proclaimed Thursday as a day of mourning and prayer for " a great and good President, whose death has smitten the nation with bitter grie F , and the recollections of whose life of largest loye and earnest endeavor for his fellow men will remain precious." President Roosefelt has received an immense number of congratulations on assuming the Presidency. Czolgo&z, the assassin, will be tried immediately. He has been removed to Erie Penitentiary. His father will visit him there, and hopes to persuade him to, confess the names of his supposed confederates. Dr Parks asserts that President M'Kinley anticipated death 48 hours after he was shot. He frequently repeated the Lord's Prayer. No clergyman attended the dying President.

Johaun Moat has been released on bail amounting: to IOOOdoI. The doctors' and nurses' untiring devotion to the patient is recognised, but the discrepancy between the bulletins and autopßy report occasions much comment. There is a suspicion that the bullet was poiponed. Twenty-four cultures were taken along the path of the bullet to ascertain why every point was gangrenous. I The bulletins misled 001. Roosevelt, | who was expecting Mr M'Kiuley to be fib for work in three weeks. He went hunting, and was unable to reach Buffalo nntil mid-day on Saturday. He does not intend to tummon Congress. - Innumerable messages of sympathy with Mrs M*Rinley have been received from Sovereigns, Governments, and statesmen. Sir W. Laurier, in the course of a message, said Canadians felt the death almost as keenly as Americans, knowing the qualities of the dead President. New York, September 15, The New York City Hall and many of the honses are draped in black. Mr Oroker is draping all the democratic headquarters. He has placed the words " God's way ; His will be done," in white letters over the portals. London, September 15. The King has directed the British Court to go into mourning- for one week ont of respeefc to the murdered President. The feeliug in Great Britain is stirred qnite as much as in America against the un-American, un-English methods of the Anarchists. . The King inquired daily as to Mr M*Kinley's condition throughout the Presidents illness. Sir T. Lipton, in sending his condolonce, declared that the d* ai h would be nowhere felt more keenly than amongst the British people. Feptember 16. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in a sermon, said the death was a calamity to the world. The triumph of wickedness filled the churches with horror. Dean Farrar at Canterbury Cathedral, Canon Duckworth at Westminster Abbey, Scott Holland at St. Paul's Cathedral, Mr Spurgeon, General Booth, and preachers in ohurches and chapels of all denominations made touching references to the death of the President. Tne " Dead March " in " Saul " was played. 'i he Ecumenical Methodist Gooference was deeply affected by the news. Mr Choate, the American Ambassador in England, thanked the King for his' constant solicitude and interest in President M'Kinley, which Americans appreciated. It is suggested in Montreal that the Duke of Cornwall should represent the King and British race at President M'Kinley's funeral. The " Times " says sneb a decision would afford the nation the deepest gratification. Auckland, September 16, Lord Ranfurly sent the following telegram to the American Consul :— " I desire to express to you my sincerest sorrow at the loss which Hie American nation has sustained in the death of President M'Kicley in the past week. I had hoped that he would Boon recover, but the suddenness of tha change has thoroughly moved us. I have cabled to America on behalf of New Zealand." The Premier telegraphed to the Consul, stating that the Government had asked Ihe Governor to convey Jo Mrs M'Kinley, through tha Secretary of State, the heartfelt sympathy of the people of New Zealand. The Premier also telegraphed :—": — " I desire to express to you, as New Zealand Consul for the United States, my | own sincere sympathy at the great loss the American people have sustained." I Mr Dillingham also received a message from the Premier on Saturday evening, forwarding the resolution passed by Parliament. July and August are tbe vacation months in Washington. " The President has gone to his old home in Canton for rest," says an American journal of July 25. " One of our American weaknesses is to invest every great man with some of the tastes and habits of the sportsman, and there have been a number of efforts made to give President M'Kinley's programme for recreation this summer. Such programmes are pure fiction. President M'Kinley lis not a sportsman, and never was. ! He is too serious, and his life has been too busily occupied with serious work to cultivate a love of any sport. Presidents ClevelaDd and Harrison, were both fond of hunting and fishing, but President M'Kinley cares for neither. He is fond of horses, and some years ago indulged in horseback riding, but he gave that up long ago, except for a short revival in the early days of his first administration. In the summer of 1897 the President, General Miles, and General Corbin used to ride together, but Miles and Corbin quarrelled over the war with Spain, and the President has not been seen on horseback for several years. The President will, therefore, spend his vacation at Canton, resting and working in a leisurely way over what business he cannot escape from."