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CONDITION OF THE PRESIDENT CRITICAL Continued From Sixth Pnee. lowing message to M. A. Hanna at Cleve land: ; .'; :■..,- . ■ _.-w --"It docs not seem possible that a hin ts' Viand could be raised against him v V' life has been so devoted to his feaow man, against one whose every thought was for "the betterment of the poor and unfortunate as our beloved president. Every loyal heart will utter tonight a devout prayer mat the presi dent's life may be spared that he may be permitted' to continue In his good work, and that his years may be many with the people who love him so well." BALTIMORE, Md..' Sept. Mr. James Gary, former postmaster general, was shocked beyond measure by the news. "I am almost pros,rated," said Mr. Gary, "and 1 cannot find words to express my feelings." NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-Henry White, secretary of the Garment Workers' of America, in voicing the sentiments of Workinpm upon the shooting of Presi dent McKinley, said: "While most of us have differed with Mr. McKinley in politics, still he has al ways been known as a man of strong sympathies and a thorough humanitarian. "As both governor of Ohio and as con gressman he favored union., in a number Of notable instances. Of course every honest workingman deplores the shoot ing and looks upon it ;.s a great calam ity. Mr. McKinley stood for settled pol icies, and if he be allowed to tinish his term these policies will be put to the test." NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—Cornelius N. Bliss said last night, when he heard of the shooting of President McKinley: "Why should any creature wish harm to William McKinley? No president has been a warmer friend of the common people than he. rising from the posi tion of a private volunteer soldier of tho Civil war to his present exalted position, apparently without an enemy. "The dastardly attempt on his life is a shock to every American. To those " who know the president personally, who shave lived with him, who- love him, it is an everlasting blow. - Again, why should anyone wish him ill? "The answer is that we have within our borders a tribe of foreign devils, who glory- in calling themselves anar chists. Their creed is to destroy ail governments and all rulers, no matter whether they are goou or bad. "It Ls alleged that the plot to kill the late king of Italy was hatched by those pests in Paterson, N. J., and recently WHOLE WORLD IS KIN HEADS OF FOREIGN' STATES QUICK TO EXPRESS THEIR PRO FOUND SORROW VERY FLOOD OF MESSAGES . Stream of Cab leg-ram.-. From All Over the World Poor in on the State Department nt Wash ington. WASHINGTON, Sept.ln a mechani cal way the executive departments opened today, but the employes had no heart to work and the corridors were filled with knots of eager seekers after the latest bulletins from -the president's sick bed. The acting heads of the various departments were early at their desks,| ready to do anything that might devolve upon them in connection with the catas trophe at Buffalo. The excitement in the streets had subsided over n'ght, though crowds lingered around the newspaper bulletin boards. * * When .Mr. Adee, the acting secretary of state, reached his office, he found a " mass of ■ cablegrams and messages, all expressing the gravest concern. By noon the department was prepared to make public some of the messages that had been received, abandoning the Idea of holding them in hand until the list was complete. These messages came from crowned heads, from foreign ministers, from resident ministers of foreign coun tries in the United States and from In dividuals of distinction. Some of them follow : •• '_ From the German emperor and empress to Mrs. McKinley: Koenigsburg, Sept. 7, 1901—The emperor and I are horrified at the attempt plan ned against your husband. Express our deep-felt sympathy, hoping that God may restore to health Mr. McKinley. —William 1., R. —Victoria 1., R. The president of France to President McKinley: Rambouillet, Sept. 7.—With keen afflic tion I learn the news of the heinous at tempt of which your excellency has just been a victim. It take it to heart to join with the people of the United States In wishing the early recovery of your ex cellency, and I earnestly desire In this sorrowful juncture to renew to you the asssurance of my sentiments of constant and cordial friendship. —Emile Loubet. From the President of Guatemala to Mrs. McKinley: Guatemala. Sept. 6, IDOL—My govern men and I most heart fully lament the unhappy event. Be pleased to receive our profound sorrow. M. Estrada, C. From the lieutenant governor of Mew South Wales: .-•; Sydney Sept. 7, 1901.— government and people of New South Wales join with me In expressing our deep sympa thy with you in your sufferings and our sorrow at the crime which has been committed. We pray that the Almighty, in His Infinite goodness, may spare you to your people. . —Frederick M. Barley. From the Italian ambassador to the secretary of state: Rome. Sept. 7.—Deeply grieved; terri ble crime. Trust president will be spared to his country and friends. —Baron Fava. From the German ambassador to the United States to the secretary of state: Bremen. Sept 7.—Please accept the ex pression of my most sincere and hearty regret on account of the dreadful acci dent the president met with. Please convey this message if possible to the president and Mrs. McKinley. ' —Holleben. From the minister of foreign affairs of .trance f<? the secretary of state: -,:.'--■:. .S.C ept ' 7-I beg y°ur excellency to accept , i ■** expression of profound horror Inspired in the French nat'on and gov ernment, ever ready to share the sar-ows as well as the joys of the people of the United Statesi by the attack on Pres'dent McKinley s life, an,, our a-dent wishes for the early recovery of the noble chief of the great American repub'lc. —Delcasse." From »be Mexican ambassador to the United States to secretary of state: Buffalo. Sept. 6. mi— Mexican am bassador eypreses to the government of the United States his deep regrets for the atrocious attemnt against the life of his excellency. President McKinley. The diplomatic repress a of Ecuador Costa Rlra. Spain, Japan. Peru, Colombia' . Korea. Turkey, Russia. Venezuela, Brazil . and China, at present in this city, have <y - If you will buy & > ;! & .Universal Range, iff , I Your Biscuits as we!] as your \ i, Heart will be jht. J .!! :—— —C. E. BATTLES, i they held a meeting there to glorify the assassin they sent out to his devilish work. We In the United States are so afraid of interfering with persona! 1 b crty that these" anarchistic scoundrels have been allowed to live unmolested. "Isn't it about time that state govern ments should take hold of the people they shelter?" W't; "~. SWANSEA, Sept. 7.—Before the trades union congress began Its last session at 6 o'clock this morning, the president said they were all horrified at the news that President McKinley had probably been fatally shot. Resolutions of sympathy with the United States were adopted. P. Cham* At, of Manchester, and B. Tillett, of London, were announced as the American representatives on the execu tive committee. NEW YORK, Sept. 7.—A special litany service was held In St. Paul's church at noon today at which prayers for the re covery of the president were he'd. Pray ers were also offered for the president's wife and family In their affliction. Serv ices will be held dally at the same hour until further notice. .. ■ .- -^ Mayor Van Wyck today issued a proc lamation calling upon the people of New York city to meet in their accustomed places of worship to pray for the presi dent. He also sent a message of sym pathy to- Mrs. ■ McKinley. .Tlhe school board of this city today sent a com munication to the principals of all the public schools of the city, which open next Monday, reciting the attempt upon President McKinley's life and suggesting tha-t the pupils of all the schools be ex horted to pray before retiring that night that the life of the president might be spared. Because of the attempt on the lire of the president, Sir Thomas "Lipton gave orders that neither the Erin nor Sham rock 11. should leave their anchorage to day. .'' '■;■- ■■■.'.-■■ r ':^'yy : -.^y-:-- BTTKFIELD. Me.. Sept. 7.—When the news of the attempted assassination reached Secretary J. D.. Long at his summer home here last, evening he was so overcome that he at once denied him self to everybody except his Immediate family, and requested that he be not asked to say anything. Early today, however, he sent the following message: "It is appalling. Words cannot express the horror, the. pity, the, wickedness of it. It is an overwhelming sorrow. May God preserve his precious life." requested the ambassador to express in their names.the same sentiment. 'M. de Azpiroz. From the Ecumenical Methodist confer ence to the secretary of state: London, Sept. 7.—ln accordance with action taken on this 7th day of Septem ber, this Ecumenical Methodist confer ence assembled- in Weslyan chapel; Lon don, expresses, through you to the Ameri can people its intense indignation at the dastardly attempt of the life of the presi dent of the United States of America, and Its profound sympathy with the nation in it's deep anxiety, _.. . •,. .; - , . ...- . -John Bond, James M. King, ' - '.";'- •" Secretaries Minister Wu was -the first of the dip lomatic body to par a formal* call of state on this occasion. He was at the de. a t ment by 10 o'clock, and in. a personal in terview with Mr. Adee expressed in*.ting tt_-__-3 the deep grief which the gad news had been received by his government and himself. ..''.*". .... Other telegrams of sympathy sent to the state department were as follows: i The King of Portugal to Mrs. McKln i ley: , Cascaes —AcceDt, madame. the expres sion of my full sympathy on this so grievous occasion. ,-^ liV;,, —King of Portugal. Berlin, via Azores—Accept the expres sion of my warmest sympathy for the deep sorrow which has fa len en the gov ernment and people of the. United States by an execrable crime. God save "the life of the president, so grievously dangered. —Count yon Buelow, Chancellor of the German Empire. Caracas—Government of Venezuela- ex ecrates Buffalo attempt, and makes wishes for the health of the pres'dent. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Venezuela. Leon. Nicaragua—The cable has just advised us cf the attempted assass'nai-ion made against Pres'dent McKln'ey. The government and people of Nicaragua, bound as it is to this great nation with whose friendship it is honored, dep! the tragedy and trust that his excellent, Mr. McKinley, may recover from th-3 wounds which treacherous villainy have caused him. v-Ferd'.nando Sanchez. Minister of Foreign Affa-'rs. Bar Harbor— beg to express to you my horror at the abcm'nable attempt, and my congratulations that the president's valuable life was spared. ' i_ -". ' —Agrip. "Minister cf Sweden and Norway. Newport— am directed to express the king's deepest sympathy at the dastardly attempt on the president. Lord Lans downe and " the members of the cabinet beg me also to express their sin^erest sympathy to the United States govern ment. / —Gerard Lowther, Charge D'Affaires of Great Brlta'n. DETECTIVE IRELAND M'KWLEY'S BODYGUARD TELLS OF THE SHOOTING OF THE PRESIDENT BANDAGE HID THE WEAPON Shots Were Fired a* Mr. McKinley Extended Hit* Hand to Greet the Murderous An- yr. .*£. archist. BUFFALO, Sept. 7.— an interview Secret Service Detective Ireland, who, with Officers Foster and Gallagher were near the 'president when the shots were fired, said: '.';';*£?.._ v{ r;. "It is incorrect, as has been stated, that the least fear of an assault was en tertained by the presidential party. Since the Spanish war the president hos travel ed all over the country and has met peo ple everywhere. . In Canton he walks to church and down town without a sign of secret. service men of any kind as his escort. In . Washington he walks about the White House grounds, drives out freely, and has enjoyed much rr\'oin from the presence of detectives. "It has been my custom to stand back of the president ■'and just to his left so that I could ace the right hand of ev ery person approaching, but yesterday I was requested to stand opposite the president so that Mr. Miiburn could stand to the left and introduce the people, who approached. In that way I was unable to get a good look at everyone's right hand. A few moments before Czogolzs approached a man came along with three fingers of his right hand tied up in a bandage and he had shaken hands with his left. When Czologsz came up 1 no ticed he was a boyfeh-looking fellow with an innocent face, perfectly calm and I also noticed that his right, was wrapped in what appeared to be a band age. I watched him closely, but was Interrupted by the man in front of him who held on to the president's hand an unusually long time. The man appeared to-be an Italian, and wore a short, heavy black mustache. He was persistent, and it was necessary for me to push him THE ST. PAUL GLOBE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1901. along so that the others could reach the president. Just. as he released the pres ident's hand . and as- the president was reaching for ■ the hand of the: assassin' there were two quick shots. i Startled for a moment.l looked and saw the pres ident draw his right hand up under his coat, straighten up, and, pressing his lips together, ■'gave Czolgsz the most scornful and j contemptuous look possible to. Imagine. .-..'. * "At the same time I reached for the young man, caught his left arm. The big negro standing just back of him and who would have been next to take the president's hand, struck the young man. in the neck with one hand, and with the other reached for the revolver, which had been discharged through the hand kerchief, and the shots from which nad set Are to the linen.' ' *fii£:"_ . "Immediately a dozen men fell upon the assassin and bore him to the ; floor. While on the floor Czologsz again tried to discharge the revolver, but before he "could point it at the president it was knocked from his hand by the negro, it flew across the floor and one of the ar tillerymen picked it up and put it in his pocket. "On the way down to the station Czologsz would not say a word, but seemed greatly agitated." BY AN EYE WITNESS STORY OF THE ATTEMPTED MLR b-ER FROM ONE WHO STOOD NEAR PRESIDENT DID NOT FAIL Stood Erect for a. Moment After Be ing Wounded, Then "Was Sap ported by Mr. Cor- 9 el you. BUFFALO, Sept. 7.— many, material points and particularly the utterances of the president after he was shot the wit nesses of yesterday's tragedy at the Tem ple of Music fall to agfte. The action of the tragedy was very fast and its commencement was followed by a scene of confusion in which It was: difficult to either see or hear with accuracy, "how ever close one stood to the president and his assailant. It is now conceded that the president did not say "May Gor for give him" after he was shot, and agreed that his first speech was a reference to his wife:. "I trust Mrs. McKinley will not be informed of this; at least I hope it will not be exaggerated." * ■ A, newspaper reporter who stood just behind the president when the shooting occurred gave one of the "clearest ac counts related so far. He said: "I stood about ten feet from the presi dent and saw Czolgosz approach'him.-The* latter had his right hand drawn up.close' to his breast and a white linen handker chief wrapped about it 'bore the appear ance of a bandage. He extended' his left hand, and I am quite sure the presi dent thought he was Injured,- for he leaned forward and looked at . him in a sympathetic way. When directly in front of the president Czolgosz threw his right br-nd forward and fired. . J, saw the flash and smoke followed by the report and then heard the second shot. ;'; In stantly John Parker, the colored man. and Secret Agent Foster were upon Czol- . gosz, and they bore him to the floor. Czolgosz, lying prostrate, still retained a hold on his revolver and seemed to be 2 trying to get his arm free to tire again. The president did not fall. He raised his right hand and felt of his breast and seemed to be maintaining hi 3 .upright po sition only by wonderful effort. lam sure he did not speak at that moment. He gazed fixedly at his assailant with a look which I cannot describe, but which 1 shall never forget,-and In. a moment reeled back into the arms of Secretary Cortelyou. Czolgosz's revolver had by" that time been knocked from his hand and some one had picked up the burning handkerchief which lay at his feet; Czoi gosz was picked up, forced back and again knocked down. Mr. Cortelyou and Mr. Miiburn supported the president and led him to a chair. I heard him ask that the news be kept from his wife, and i a moment later, when Secretary Cortel | you asked him if he felt much 1 pain, he i said: "This wound hurts very .. much." - ; He seemed to be fairly easy as he rested in the chair and some of the fading color came back to his face. He reached his ; right hand inside of his shirt, and when he withdrew it his fingers were tipped with blood. He paled again at the sight of the blood, and I think he fainted. Se- ; nor Azpirosz .the Mexican minister, broke through the crowd and rushing up to the president, cried: "My God, Mr. President, ■ are you shot?" The minister seemed about to throw himself at the feet of tho . president, but was restrained. The presi dent's answer came very slowly, and In ; a halting subdued voice, he said: "Yes, ; I believe I am." The president was at-: : tracted by the scuffle of officers who : were dragging the would-be murderer away, but he did not speak. His head rested on the arm of Mr. Miiburn and he" seemed only party conscious. His cour age was superb and while he was con scious he was the master of the pain which he suffered. When the ambulance came and a stretcher was brought In he started forward and -partly regained his feet unassisted. I heard not a word from the assailant of the president. He was struck down the moment he fired the second shot, and If he did speak it probably was an exclamation at the very rough treatment he was receiving. FIGHT FOE SMILES OF GIRLS. Yon tha of Rival Knot ions Have a Battle and One May Die. v';.^;-' CHICAGO, Sept. 7.—The favors of their ladyloves was the boon for which youth ful knights of two factions fought Thursday night, and the riot may result in the death of .one of the participants. Edgemont avenue girls are said to shun the youths of the . neighborhood and to bestow their smiles on the boys of Laf lln street, while the fair ones of Laflin street are alleged to favor dwellers in Edgemont avenue. This treatment is not satisfactory to the boys concerned, and a feud exists. . ■ ■ .. ■■-'.■:'.•.•■_":-•*■: Last night three girls from . Laflin street walked to Edgemont avenue, and a dozen or more boys, known as the Laf lin street gang, at once decided upon an invasion of the territory of their rivals' i An equal number of -boys, known as the Edgemont avenue gang, heard of the pro posed invasion, and sought out the invad ers. ..".;-T/--V .•-'"■n-".'* .' '. The two factions met in an alley.near Twelfth and Laflin streets''-The boys, who range in age from ten to seventeen years, were armed with knives, sticks and .tones, and there was a tierce fight. William Rock, said to be the leader of the Laflin street squad, singled out John Farley, 91 Edgemont avenue, the leader of the Edgemont avenue crowd. The two boys fought hand to hand, surrounded by their followers, who were battling around them. '-'^:y r: ii'v.;-,'; Rock, struck clown several times, is said to have at last drawn a knife and twice stabbed his opponent. , When Far ley fell with a cry of 'Yon '"have killed me." the boys' anger gave way to fear and the fight ceased. [ Farley was bleeding severely and was unconscious. The Laflin street youths disapproved, wWle the Edgemont avenue.boys remov ed their leader to the office of a physi cian. .. Farley was cut in the hack twice and it is feared that he may. not re cover. - _.. ',;? The police of. the Maxwell -street station were notified of the result.of the fight, and Rock was arrested at his .Tome 272 Laflin street. . ' TO BAR? THEM OUT WHAT LABOR I COMMISSIONER POW DERLY WANTS ; CONGRESS TO '.•'". DO WITH ANARCHISTS < i \ IT IS ENTIRELY FEASIBLE Recommend.* " That .Immigrants Should Be Subject to Deportation ■y^-77. Until Their Natural lac tion •y.. ii ' Has Been Completed. ' .WASHINGTON,.Sept. 7.-Strong efforts have been made to , induce congress to enact laws excluding anarchists from coming into the United States, but thus far without jj success. Probably the i strongest movement in that direction was j made when Gov. Stone/ of Pennsylvania, was a member of the house of repre sentatives. A measure advocated' by him specifically excluded anarchists as such and provided various safeguards for iden tifying them. The measure was vigorous ly opposed, some of the most prominent men in congress Identifying themselves with the opposition on.- the . ground that the term "anarchist" was a general char acterization. . It was urged that it would be a dangerous precedent to , prosecute or punish a man for supporting a theory or having a certain opinion'without proof that he had committed an actual crime. This and other objections caused the failure of the. measure. V: __ ' The commissioner of immigration, Mr. Powderly, in: his annual reports, asked congress "-to give him power ,to exclude anarchists as ..such, saying men promi nent in the anarchist groups of Europe had arrived at American ports from time to time and that there was no means or turning them back as anarchists. The only means of excluding them has been under some of the general provisions of the exclusion laws, as criminals, paupers, etc., and as a rule it has been Impossible to fasten crime or pauperism upon them. Commissioner Powderly today was asked: "Do you think the Immigration laws could be amended 40 as to reach those, who associate themselves with anarch istic groups before or after they have taken up their' residence in this city?" His answer was as follows: "S'K-':- "The immigration,laws can be amended so as to exclude from landing in. this country persons known to be anarchists abroad by requiring of every immigrant to present "a "certificate, from the muni cipality In which he resided at home to the effect that he" was a respectable, law abiding man, that he was not in any way identities-with; any anarchist organ ization and that he wa3 of good charac ter. In order to. make such a law ef fective, representatives of the immigra tion bureau should be stationed in for eign countries from which immigrants come, whose duty !it should be to ex amine carefully Into the character of immigration tending toward the United States.. All certificates should be pass ed upon and all immigrants examined carefully, before being permitted to em bark for the United States... In this.way. 01* imigration offices would have a means of knowing; something concerning , the i antecedents of those applying for admis sion. , -.■ ■ .. -,; i: -j" ' «yqi_ ■'-. '.!0.-"I.. recommended ln my annual report for the fiscal year 1900' that J all persons landing in this country be liable to de portation during the time .they reside here before becoming naturalized, or tor ! the period of five years. Until a person becomes a naturalized citizen he or she is subject to a foreign 1"; government; It such person is injured Or if the lives of foreign ;• subjects are taken in. any pub lic affray, the foreign government looks i to ours for indemnity, and it is but rea- I sonable to suggest that i during the time j they are subjects of foreign governments j in this country they should be subject to ! deportation for their own misdeeds. V. , . "It is all very well to talk of the Unit-; j ed States as the asylum of the oppressed of all nations; that did very well years j I ago; but that was before the immigration j ; began to flow so rapidly to our shores, j I The need of an asylum Is not so great [ | as it once was and the danger of making ■ I ■ this, country a prison and an asylum for j vagabonds Is increasing every year. The ; man who shot President j. McKinley ' "The man who shot President McKipley | admits that he received his inspiration .through the anarchistic teachings ot 'Emma Goldman, who was permitted to enjoy the right of free speech in this..; country. The, law should be so framed, as to enable. the authorities to place the. j strong hand of .justice upon every' an archist who breed such sentiments as ' Emma Goldman gave expression to and deport them at once. ; "From the press dispatches this morn ; ing it will be seen that several anarchist groups held meetings last night and re -1 joiced In the fiendish attempt on the life of the president., Every soul assembled at every one of those meetings should be taken out, and if aliens, deported, lf citizens. they should be promptly tried for their offense,, but In any event the I authorities should prevent the assemb i ling of such characters. They were not ' advocating reform nor the redress or grievances of,. any kind; they were ap ; plauding murder, and the man who ap plauds i murder is -himself a murderer at ; i heart and should be punished. No i , maudlin sentiment should stand in the i I way of reaching these people." ■-. , Assistant Secretary Ailes. of the treas ury department, when asked whether he | thought congress could enact laws that < would reach the anarchists In this coun try said: : "Undoubtedly something could be done, but I believe that the secret service should be greatly enlarged and j given supervision . over groups or bodies i of men who plot against the form of our l government and against the officials of the government. The secret service force j . is so small that It. Is unable to do but lit tie more than keep down counterfeiting. Occasionally we have to use the force to watch government officials. Recently we had to detail from the force on the mint robbery at San Francisco ana again on the Nogales case. The bureau was created for the purpose, of looking , after counterfeiters and we stretch our author ity perhaps in assigning the men on any ; other matters. So It is perfectly appar ent that the secret service force should be greatly enlarged and its scope extend ed so as to keep in hand the very class of men from which j the would-be as sassin of the president came: | Congress could make laws that would give to the bureau authority to ha-ndle these class es." — ■•__ : __ . , IS ROBBED OF HIS $29,000. ; ; LOS ANGELES, Cal., Sept. 7.—Five . packages, of V.&j bills, amounting to $23. --000, were stolen today from a trunk in a cottage at Long Beach, a seashore resort twenty miles -from. this city. Up to a j late hour last n'ght no trace pf the miss. ing money had been found. The money was the property of John , Kempley. who came to Long Beach from Fort Dodge. lowa, about five months ago, accompanied by his, wife and married daughter, Mrs. Hanna H. Wonders. Kempley concluded to ; sell his 240-acre > farm in lowa and remain in Southern ! California. He had'*concluded the bar i gain with Dr. O. ?IZ* Wood worth and a deed was prepared to be delivered to the doctor upon the paym nt of $2.\n<»\ Wednesday, morning an .-idyertlsement appeared in a- Los "Angeles paper in quiring for John Ke<mpley. The adver tisemtntst.3tedttia l. a rh id hood friend was desirous of meeting-htm and'appointed the following morning, as the time, and the newspaper office as the pace of meet ing. Kempley /was anxious to greet tie anonymous friend of his childhood, and came to Loo Angeles this- morning for that Durnose. He* fa-fed to find anybody awaiting him. Shortly after his departure." Dr. .Woodworth called at the Kp-mplev cottage with tlie $19,fC0 and asked for the deed to the lowa farm, which was given uoon- the payment of the money. Mrs. Kempley and t> her daughter placed the money In a'trunk-;-and both were frilled out of the horse shortly a't-nwfrd. "W'py were absent - only a j few minutes; but on their; return the-money."was • missing. A warrant wa3 faired at. Long ..Beach for the arrest of Dr. Woodworth. .'.':' • I We have decided to retire from business, and will close out our entire im- I mense stock. We shall be satisfied if we get cost out of the goods, and purpose to reduce the entire stock to cash as rapidly as possible. The people of St. Paul have never seen such a sale of such goods. It is not a I run-down bankrupt stock/ but a stock which all have been proud of, but all must go during this sale. ;■We except from this cut only nails, screws an d paints. ....... J IWr*SAL£ BEGINS AT NOON MONDAY, SEPT. 9th.-*^g "*"™y"'wJ,'',,^nßa"B^^'s™';B^iaa 'r*Mff | """win ■■■■BynaaaaßßHßaagaßaMß jmaaaaßCTgESßPßggna aganmgaMaaM The Finest Line of The Largest Line off :-•":■"' |- Di/^%/i-»i r^r^ I *^» •««;'• I ~~"~" ■■ 1 mIYCLES Builders' Bousefurmshing Tools * Cntlery ~T" . ~—" ~ — - Nationals Hardware "00f15... St.Paa l HasF.v.rSe...t j and Adak es t ■■ in the Northwest. heard .hut Pay Us Our I , The Only St. . _ ■'■•■•• ■-■■.■. I I in the City, At Cost. I of Prices. COST. 1 —. , ——————_____. g _________________________________________________ v-r*^- * » i but it goes, too. *— — "^"Mmi ■ ■ Mil w mufwytmi ■vwitmiMi i n wimmimrm^j J .i L j*^.-^.— " ,„„ ,„, , , unmi mtna „ All Our Famous ACHE Brands are in this Sale. 1 ST. PAUL HARDWARE CO., "seventh and j JI. FiU.l, UAftVWAltf; W. 9 Minnesota Sts. Don't come before sale opens. We must have time to get ready. Don't come before sale opens. We must have time to get ready. AT MIIBURN HOME DEEPLY IMPRESSIVE SCENES ABOUT THE MANSION' WHERE THE PRESIDENT LIES .. " ' APPROACHES ARE GUARDED Police and Soldiery Patrol the "Wide P loped 0« Against an ions and Sympa thetic Crowd. . . G IBILBURN HOUSE, BUFFALO, Sept. 7. —The scene at the fine old residence on •Delaware avenue where the nation's ex ecutive lay stricken unto.death was im pressive in the extreme. . ; FaT away ropes were stretched and. the police guarded every approach. Three companies of the Fourteenth Infantry from Fort Porter, patrolled the square oa which Mr. Mllburn's residence is located. . ; A large American flag was draped over the veranda on the north of the resi dence and here, partially concealed by 'the climbing vines, sat Secretary Wilson, Miss Barber and several of the other dis tinguished visitors. -v.'i: ( , By Secretary' Root's direction shortly after noon the telegraph Instruments j were removed from the stable in the rear ! of the residence to a vacant lot diagonal- j ly across the. street where a large tent •' had been _ erected for the accommodation of the newspaper men. ;-c'Vs3.v The carriages which brought the mem bers of the cabinet and other visitors were halted at the ropes. Outside the en closure a pall seemed to hang over the city, notwithstanding the fact that the exposition was open. The gay decora tions everywhere now seemed a mockery ,and the visitors who swarmed the city's streets wandered J aimlessly . hither and thither with heavy hearts. Thousands of them, drawn by .the magnet in their ' thoughts, went out to the Miiburn resi dence instead. of to the exposition and stood at the ropes with bared heads dis cussing in suppressed whispers the chances of the president's recovery. Many of them were allowed to pass the residence on the opposite side of Delaware avenue, but the curtains of the .residence were drawn and they caught no glimpse of the forms flitting about with- in the darkened house. An elderly lady dressed In deep mourn ing, threw herself on her knees opposite the entrance to the Miiburn residence, and with uplifted hands offered up a silent but fervent prayer that the life of the president might be spared. I ARRIVAL OF ROOSEVELT. Upon Vice President Roosevelt's ar rival at the station he said to a reporter that the more he thought of this affair the more dastardly. the crime became. He was driven rapidly to the Hotel Iro- quois, accompanied by an escort or mounted police. The clattering of the horses attracted much attention as he alighted at the hotel and the crowd appeared to annoy him. At his request the mounted police were dismissed and some police oa bicycles accompanied him on the re mainder of his journey to the Miiburn residence. When he heard the encourag ing news upon his arrival there his face lighted up. "I am sincerely glad," said he, turn ing to Mr. Ansley Wilcox, who had ac companied him from the station. The vice president remained in the residence scarcely half an hour. He left with Sec retary Root and walked around the corner to, Mr. Wilcox's residence, where he will stop. He declined absolutely to say a word. >" _Vv ' Secretary Cortelyou Is making no at tempt to reply-to all the countless tele grama that are" being received. The bul letins as they appear are, however, • be ing sent to those foreign monarchs-who have sent inquiries and to those mem bers of the cabinet who have not yet ar rived. Secretary Gage left the residence at 1:15. Secretary Hitchcock is expected at 4 o'clock. £-•'->,',-', When Secretary Gage left the Miiburn residence he was asked by an Associated Press correspondent whether the news : from the sick room was still encourag- j Ing. He replied with a nod of his head, j and added: "We can only trust in God." j Secretary Gage was evidently' deeply I moved. jr-— ROB NEAR POLICE STATION. ■ —:— . „- Confidence Men, One- of Whom Poses as Officer, Fleeces Stranger. "CHICAGO, Sept. 7.— Confidence men se lected the neighborhood of the Harrison street police station Thursday to victim ize, a. stranger. When D. 1/! Shrode, of Castle Rock, Minn., left the Polk street depot, he was met by a well dressed man who claimed acquaintance. Shrode did not remember tne man, but asked no questions, and.,accompanied him down the - street. When near the Harrison street station the two were stopped. by a tall man dressed In a blue sack suit and wearing a derby. hat, who said-he was a de tective .from the nearby station. '- He arrested "Shrode and: bis companion on a trumped-up charge, and then searched them in (he street. From Shrode he took $140, . and .then released the men. Shrode went at once, to the police station and reported the case. : A message was sent out to all stations by the Harrison street police describing the confidence men,: but .Lieut. Cunning ham, of,the Harrison street police, never-" theless, claimed that the robbery had not taken place, and that be knew of no con fidence men wanted at;that station. PRECAUTIONS TAKEN EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WAS DONE TO SAFEGUARD THE PERSON OF THE PRESIDENT __ STATEMENT BY MR. WILSON Unfortunate Tragedy of Friday Could Hardly Have Been Avert ed Under the Circum stances. BUFFALO, Sept. 7.—Secretary Wilson desires the country to understand that 6very possible precaution was taken to prevent* the awful tragedy of yesterday. The secretary made the following state ment to an Associated Press corre spondent this afternoon: j "Last Thursday, when the president (witnessed the grand illumination at the J exposition I was impressed witih the ease J which some evil-disposed person might J have crept up in the darkness between J the flashes of the pyrotechnics and have done the president bodily harm. Secre tary Cortelyou was similarly Impressed, | and we talked tlhe matter over at great K length as we sat on'the benches watching ;' the display. I confess that much of my ; pleasure was destroyed by, the dread -if | what might happen. Secretary Cortel you and I went carefully over the pre cautions which [ are always taken with the public appearance of the president and he said that if any other precautions could be suggested'or devised he would employ them. We spoke of the reception at the Temple of Music, which had been . arranged" for the next day. We both agreed that the only danger" which might - exist would be from organized anarchists cr someone actually demented and irre sponsible, but that the possibility of just such a tragedy ever oc curred, "we could not but ad mit. The 'only • thing . we ■ realized we could do was to dissuade the presi dent from holding the reception, an I with the memory. of this conversation in mind, Secretary Cortelyou yesterday took special precautions. Detectives, guards and soldiers were employed. Nothing that foresight could imagine was omitted and yet the dastardly criifie was com mitted. :..-::':> "It was warm, many people were mop ping their brows with their handkerchiefs and the detectives who were watching vigilantly for a possible weapon in the hand of a would-be assassin had no sus picion of what lay concealed in what appeared was the bandaged hand of Czol gosz. "All the secret service had been espe cially cautioned. I desire to have th'S statement made public, not only that the _. people may understand that the assau't cannot be attributed to carelessness, but also In Justice to Secretary Cortelyou, who, w*th a faithfulness and loyalty sel dom paralleled, has striven with all his energy upon all occasions to safeguard the life of the president." -^k- CANTEEN IN BRITISH ARMY. Former American Sutler System Is Greatly in Disfavor. LONDON. Sept. The war Office la credited with the intention of instituting on an extensive plan throughout the ar my, especially when troops are in gar ; rison or on maneuvers, the regimental canteen system organized by Col. Mor gan, as director of supplies to the Natal force. Heretofore the army, except when on active service, has relied upon a sys tem not unlike the old sutler system or the United States army to furnish the men with little luxuries not obtainable lat the quartermaster's. Recent investi ! gation has proved that although in some j cases ; a sort of co-operation has been i maintained between the sutlers and th<i j men, the latter have been swindled right | and left, the only ones making a profit ! being the sutlers and their agents among j the men. who received a commission on i all the trade they brought in. The pres- I ent proposal, as already practically de i monstrated by Col. Morgan with the | forces of Sir Rod vers Buller, is to take ' the canteen entirely out of the hands of ' private individuals and place It In charge of committees of officers and men who | shall carry it on for the sole benefit of the soldiers as a co-operative institution that shall be able to undersell any pri vate enterprise and at the same time present monthly profits pro rata to the men who patronize it. The report of Col. Morgan's experi ence shows that out of the profits of the canteen he established along these lines in Natal a . substantial sum was handed over to the widow of every man who died on active service wit', the force there. Col. Morgan also adds that his canteen soon made it so unprofitable for the '.'numerous contractors and camp follow ers which batten on the pay of the sol diers by selling, them inferior stuff at exorbitant prices." that they were oblig ed, to go out of business, "which pro duced an instant beneficial effect upon the moral condition and discipline of the men." i' . ' " He Wm» Right. Denver Times. . "But 1— right!" he protested, with . his , dying breath. "I'd rather be right than be—king—so 1 ".-•.:■ "My poor roan," said the parson, sooth ingly, "what was the contention?" . .... "I told— my- wife she couldn't—hit— the . side— a barn with—brick..! She didn't, reverend she—used , an—ax I" . 7 WORK OF ASSASSINS THREE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN SHOT DOWN HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF 'A«ie Previous Tragedies Bused Con -5 grew to Provide for Succes sion to the. Oillee of President.' _"•;- ■. .-■ WASHINGTON. Sept. 7.—Three presi dents of the United. States have fallen at the hands of the assassin within the last forty-six years. President Lincoln was shot at D o'clock on the night c* April 14. 1805: died at 7:22. on the morn ing of April 15, ISGS. President Garfield was sihot on the morning of July 2, l&M, and after a lingering illness died on Sept' 20, lSbl. . -, -.-■ .- .:-•.... ■•■ • The shooting of President McKinley has occurred just, six months and two days after his second accession to the presidency. ■;>•-.- • . • ... From the moment President Lincoln re ceived the bullet of Wilkes Booth there was no prospect of his recovery. His devoted wife and members of his cabinet remained with him through that mom orable night, when all Wash ng:o.. was in a fever of excitement over the attempts j on the life of Lincoln and of Seward. f President Garfield was shot at the Pennsylvania railroad depot in Washing ton as he and '"', Secretary Blame were about to depart for Long Branch. As the two distinguished men were, passing through the ladies' wa'.tirg room two pis tol shots rang cut on the air. Mr. Blame saw a man running and started toward : him, but immediately saw the president lurch forward and fall. A moment after war, the assassin, Charles J. Giiteau. was bound and was rescued with difficul ty from the infuriated mob. • When in answer to'his eager questions his phys icians informed him that he had one chance in a hundred of living, he said calmly and bravely: 'Then, doctor, we will take that chance." DEATH OF JAMES A. GARFIELD. Gen. Arthur was at New York when the news reached him late at night that the president had passed away. Among those who joined Gen. Arthur at that solemn moment were Ellhu Root, now a member of the McKinley cabinet: Mr. Blame and his associates of the Garfield cabinet had .telegraphed Gen. Arthur to take the oath of office. At 2 o'clock on the morning of Sept. 21. Gen. Arthur took the oath of office, which was administer ed by a local official of the city of New York. ' V ;, The course pursued during the lingering illness of President Garfield appears to be a precedent directly applicable to the present condition 1 Of affairs. President Garfield was without doubt incapitated to perform any duty, although he was himself in a certain sense. There was no acting president at this period, and in fact the people did not desire one dur ing such a critical emergency. The lessons of Garfield's death led to the enactment of a law on Jan. 19, ISSG,* providing a mode of succession to the presidency. This established that in case of the death or disability of both the president and vice president the suc cession should devolve upon members of the cabinet In the following order: Secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, secretary of war. attorney gen eral, postmaster general, secretary of the navy, secretary of the Interior. The new law made no construction of "disability." An important proviso oi this law is that whenever the powers and duties of the presidency shall devolve upon any of the persons named; that Is, the Vice president cr members of the'eab inet, if congress shall not be then in session, or if it would not meet within twenty days, then it shall be the duty ot the new president to issue a proclama tion convening congress ln extraordinary session, giving twenty days' notice of the time of meeting. .o. :— •.. IS EICHTY-SEVEN TODAY FORMER GOV. RAMSEY WILL ( K.L ESRATE ANNIVERSARY QUIETLY Former Gov. Ramsey will today cele brate his eighty-seventh birthday. Tin* occasion will be marked by no special ceremony and the venerable statesman will pass the day quietly at his home on Exchange street. '^-V;... Some old friends have been invited to dine with him and this Is the only de paiture from the routine of his daily life. Much Alike. Judge. 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