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is the newest member of the late president's cabinet and his departure would
mean little one way or the other. As to the new men who may be invited to
assist Roosevelt in the business of state, speculation is premature. It is
doubtful if even he has given the slightest thought to the problem.
ALREADY TALKING OF 1004
Men who make politics a business cannot forget that Roosevelt will be j
the logical candidate for president in 1904. His conduct during the next three j
years will determine whether he shall be his own successor or whether there j
will arise a demand for a man who stands for some different policy than his.
For the present the various booms of Fairbanks, Odell, Shaw, Spooner and
Hanna, must be considered as shelved. Until Roosevelt gives occasion for
criticism and brings himself into popular disfavor no man prominently con
nected with republican organization will be disposed to array himself openly
against the president's fortunes. For the present the schemes and ma
neuvering for control of the next republican convention will be abandoned. All
depends on the events which the next three years bring forth. By right of
seniority Senator Collum will become chairman of the senate committee on
foreign affairs. Senator Frye, in the place of the vice president, will become
presiding officer of the senate. This will dispose of any question of his tak
ing the foreign affairs committee. He may retain the committee on commerce, j
or be succeeded by one of the next ranking members, who are McMillan and j
Elkins. It would be apt to be the latter. Lodge and Cullom are diametrically
opposed on subjects of reciprocity and many foreign matters.
Incidentally the whole question of the foreign and tariff policy to be pur
sued from this time on is one about which very little is known.
THE EXTRA SESSION QUESTION
,The question of calling an extra session of congress rests in the opinion
of best lawyers here, in the discretion of the new president. The Hoar act,
.relating to succession, requires that in case of the death or removal of both the
president and vice president, the members of the cabinet upon whom succession
follows shall be obliged to call an extra session within twenty days. But when
the president is succeeded by the vice president, it is said that there is no
such obligation. He can do as he sees fit. In the present instance the senate
will be called to confirm the appointments which may be made, but it is
not expected that there will be any need for congress to assemble before Decem
ber.
NOTIFIED BY HAY
Secretary of State Sends Official
Word to the President.
Washington, Sept. 14.—1n a saddened
Bpirit the officials of the government in
Washington took up their work this morn
ing. The precedents required all of the
government work to be suspended to-day,
but there were certain indispensable for
malities to be carried out, and this need
brought cabinet officers and acting heads
of departments who are in the city to
their desks at the usual hour. Later on
the clerks and subordinate employes were
dismissed for the day.
Secretary Hay spent the morning in con
sultation with the heads of the various
departments. Upon being notified of the
president's death in the early morning, he
telegraphed as follows:
Department of State, Washington, Sept. 14.
—Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, North Creek, N.
V. —The president died at 2:15 o'clock this
morning. —John Hay, Secretary of State.
A response came from President Roose
velt as soon as he arrived at North Creek
at 5:20 o'clock this morning. He replied
with an acknowledgment of the receipt of
the message and stated that he could not
now express his sorrow in suitable terms.
He added that he was starting at once for
Buffalo on a special train from North
Creek, expecting to arrive at the former
city at 3 o'clock this afternoon. The sec
retary of state, after conferring with
Secretary Gage, the only other cabinet
officer here, concluded that there was no
special reason for urgency in the taking
of the oath by President Roosevelt. Under
the terms of the constitution he became
president in fact immediately upon the
death of President McKinley, and he al
ready had taken the oath of office to
3erve the United States government when
he became vice-president, so that, after
all, the taking of a new oath was not a
ceremony that seems to be absolutely
necessary to prevent an interregnum in
governmental affairs. It is not doubted,
however, that President Roosevelt will
take the oath as soon as he arrives at
Buffalo, if for no other reason than to
keep within the line of precedents.
The first outcome of the consultation in
the secretary's office was the issuance of !
the following order:
Department of State, Washington, Sept. 14.
—To the Seoretaiy of the Navy—Out of re
spect to the memory of the president, the
executive departments will be closed to-day
and on the day of the funeral.
—John Hay.
This order was communicated to all of
the heads and acting heads of the ex
ecutive departments in Washington by
the government telegraph, and they, in
turn, issued the necessary orders to bring
to a stop the wheels of government, not
only In the nation's capital, but through
out the land wherever there is a govern
ment post or building.
ROOSEVELT'S COURSE
Cabinet Will Probably Be Asked to
Remain in Office.
Washington, Sept. 11.—It is not believed
here that President Roosevelt will find
It expedient or necessary to summon con
gress to meet in special session. There
is only a very meager sprinkling of sen
ators and members of the house of repre
sentatives in Washington, but these here
generally hold the opinion above ex
pressed. Some even go to the extent of
predicting that there will not be an extra
ordinary session of the senate though on
this point there is a difference of opin
ion. The matter is entirely optional with
the new president.
The statute providing for the succes
sion to the presidency requires that con
gress shall lbe convened in case a mem
ber of the cabinet becomes president, but
the statutory requirement does not apply
to the caee of the vice president being
elevated to the presidency through the
death of the president. It is believed
that since the law does not call upon him
to do so the new president will not sum
mon congress in special session, but will
allow the affairs of the different depart
ments to remain in their present hands
until congress shall meet in constitutional
session Dec. 2, less than three months
hence.
This precedent was set by President
Arthur after the death of Garfield.
President Arthur did convoke the sen
ate in special session, but circumstances
are eomewhat different in the present
instance. The last congress performed
its work so completely that in case the
entire body sh#uld be brought together
in extra session there would be no special
service for it to perform and there would
be little more to do than to confirm the
nominations to office mad© by the presi
dent. It would not of course be neces
sary to summon the entire congress for
this purpose and if there should be a
desire on the part of Mr. Roosevelt to
make a large number of changes im
mediately after assuming the duties of
his office he would secure confirmation
- by simply calling the senate together.
. The consensus of opinion, however, is
that he will ask the present members of
the cebinet to continue in office, cer
tainly until congress assembles. Some
members of the cabinet later may wish
be relieved, as several are not in the best
of health, and the new president may
' decide himself later on that he would
prefer to make some changes but this is
a matter quite in the future and not one
that'would call necessatfly for an extra
session even of the senate.
While some of the cabinet officers, it is
known, sincerely desire to relinquish
their posts, they are all patriotic and suf
ficiently devoted to the interests of their
party to continue in office if requested
by the president so to do and this, it is
believed, is what will occur. Should any
cabinet change become absolutely neces
sary the law gives the president author
ity to make temporary appointments, and
this power has been exercised on previous
occasions without embarrassment in the
administration of public affairs.
DEMOCRATIC APPRAISAL
Assertion That Antl-Hanna Influ
ence* Will Dominate.
pecial to The Journal.
Chicago, Sept. 14.—The Chronicle this
morning prints the following New York
special: Foraker is the enemy of Hanna.
Roosevelt will undoubtedly form an alli
ance with him. Thus he will start with
three very able politicians behind him—
Platt of New York, Quay an 4 Foraker.
—H. C. Stevens.
Then, too, he will have the advice of his
most intimate friend, Senator Henry Cab
ot Lodge, of Massachusetts, who is no
mean politician. Back of Lodge will be
the undivided political, social and finan
cial influence of Harvard university.
There is no doubt that Roosevelt will
be a most conservative president. Those
who expect any rough rider tactics in
the^ White House will be mistaken. He
has definitely fixed in his mind the nomi
nation for 1904, and as Providence has
made him president through no effort of
his own it will not lessen that ambition.
Republicans feel sure that the reupblican
party will elect the next president. Con
sequently the big men in the senate will
keep the president straight in order that
party success may not be jeopardized.
Roosevelt has no strong friends in the
senate with the exception of Lodge. It
has been the general opinion that Sen
ator Lodge would be called by Roosevelt
to be secretary of state. Intimates of
both Roosevelt and Lodge deny this. They
say Lodge would not care to leave the sen
ate and that he could be of more service
to the president in the senate than in
the cabinet. Senator Frye will again
preside over the senate and Lodge will
virtually be chairman of the committee
on foreign relations.
After the cabinet members have re
signed, which they will do at once on
Roosevelt's taking the oath, Roosevelt will
probably take plenty of time in making
selections for their successors. It is
thought here that he will try to prevail
on John Hay to remain in the state de
partment. Wilson will probably be left
in the agricultural department, for he is
a politician and has strength and dele
gates in his own state. Hitchcock and
Gage are almost sure to go. Knox may
stay if he promises well, although he has
no political strength. The new secretary
of the treasury is likely to be a New York
man. Root, it is thought, would not con
seat to remain and work for Roosevelt.
Of course, if he does, the treasuryship
will have to go elsewhere than New York,
for that is Root's state. Long may be
held on for 1 a while, but he will eventually
get out.
LOYALTY PLEDGED
Patriotic Hemage From the Govern-
or of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 14. —Governor
Stone to-day sent the following telegram
to President Roosevelt at Buffalo:
Deeply deploring the great calamity which
has deprived us of one of the best presidents
that this country has ever had, earnestly
hoping' that the curse of anarchism may be
speedily lifted from our land by the passage
of wise and effective laws- sympathizing with
you in the great responsibility which has so
suddenly and unexpectedly fallen upon you;
hoping that your administration may be dis
tinguished by the great ability, tact and good
judgment which has so characterized your
predecessor, I hasten to assure you-of the
continuance of that earnest, loyal support
which in peace and in war the people of
Pennsylvania have ever given to the president
of the United States.
—William A. Stone, Governor.
FAITH IX ROOSEVELT
Henry C. Payne Sure tbe Government
Policy Will Be Unchanged.
Milwaukee ,Wis., Sept. 14. —In answer to
an inquiry as to what effect the sudden
accession of Vice President Roosevelt to
the presidency, will have upon the inter
ests of the country, Henry C. Payne, vice
president of the republican organization
of the country, said:
I can only say that I am so overcome by the
terrible sorrow which has come to the coun
try, and which to me is a personal one, that
I cannot do more at this time than say that
I believe the business interests and best in
terests of the country will be entirely safe in
President Roosevelt's hands. I have known
him intimately for many years and especially
during the presidential campaign of last fall
I had every opportunity to learn his senti
ments and ideas regarding public affairs, and
I am sure that there will be no marked
change in the policy of the government by
reason of his elevation to the office of presi
dent. I know of my own knowledge that he is
most thoroughly and earnestly in accord
with the principles and policies which have
governed President,McKinley during his ad
ministration.
Electrical Omen.
Buffalo, N. V., Sept. 14.—There are, as
usual, stories of the premonition of the
accession of President Roosevelt. State
Senator John Laughlin tells that not over
four weeks ago, while a display of fire
works was being made at the Pan-Amer
ican exposition grounds, a huge picture
of the then vice president was shown in
fire. Underneath it were the words: "Our
Vice President." Hardly had the picture
been lighted when the word "Vice"
burned out and left standing under Mr.
Roosevelt's picture the words: "Our
President." In a minute or two the word
"Our" burned out as had the other word,
and for several minutes the single word
"President" stood in bold relief. Sena
tor Laughlin says that everybody in the
place was impressed with the strange oc
currence. Now it would seem prophetic, j
HAS MAILED A "NO"
Board of Control Sends an Answer
to Normal Board
PEAME PROPOSAL IS REJECTED
Board of Control Will Not Yield on
Question of Purchasing
Agents.
Still they do not agree. The state board
of control to-day sent its reply to the
conciliation committee of the state nor
mal school board, declining to agree to
the terms submitted. The correspondence
has not been made public by either board,
and the board of control members will not
even say that they have rejected the nor
mal board's terms. There is only one
inference to draw, however. If the boards
were agreed, they would announce the
fact without delay.
The hitch is doubtless over the demand
of the normal board that their resident di
rectors be retained as purchasing agents.
To the People of the State of Minnesota
With the profoundest sorrow it becomes my duty to announce the death
of William McKinley, the president of the United States. At a moment
when happiness and prosperity are universal, the cruel hand of an assassin
has struck down the beloved head of our nation, turning- happiness to grief,
and spreading a pall over the entire land. A most noble and valued life
has gone out, carrying the most poignant grief to the heart of every American.
, As a youth William McKinley shouldered his musket and with marked
bravery and patriotism fought the battles of his country. As a member of
the national congress he evinced the highest integrity, patriotism and states
manship. As governor of his state he honored and adorned that great
office by his pure life and rare wisdom. As President of our country, though
confronted by problems involving the gravest consequences to our people,
his guiding wisdom brought us safely through the storms and added new
lustre and glory to the flag we love.
A devoted husband of pure and spotless character, a courageous and
patriotic soldier, a statesman who knew no duty but the wellfarc of his
country, a public servant whose unsurpassed wisdom exalted and glorified
America, but faintly describes the life of our noble dead.
While we bow our heads submissively to the decree of the God of all
Nations, let us see to it that our love and devotion for our dead President
and the great grief we feel at his untimely taking off, find expression in ap
propriate service and in the draping of our homes and places of business.
GIVEN UNDER my hand and the Great Seal of the State this Fourteenth
Day of September, A. D. 1901.
\^Tl\ By the Governor: S. R. VAN SANT.
— Attest: P. E. HANSON, Secretary of State.
TOXEMIA CAUSED
PRESIDENT'S DEATH
Continued From First Page.
every street of prominence in the city
this morning there was no demonstration.
In fact it looked like a holiday crowd and
in some ways it partook of that nature
for the thousands of visitors who had
come to the Pan-American exposition,
barred out because of its closing, wan
dered about the streets. Near the jail
where Czolgoez-, the assassin, is confined,
there was hardly a handful of people and
there was no particular guard of police.
In fact the assassin seemed to be for
gotten in the general grief.
The crowds had two objective points,
however —one the house where the presi
dent lies dead and the other the station
where the new president, Theodore Roose
velt, will arrive. After watching the dec
orators cover the front of the big buildings
along Main street with emblems of mourn
ing, the crowd divided and went two ways.
At both places the police were in force
and the nearest view for the public of
Milfourn house was at a distance of about
four city blocks.
From a gala appearance in honor of the
Pan-American exposition and the distin
guished now dead, the city has been trans
formed into a huge scene of mourning.
Flags of all kinds are at half mast and
black hangs from the flag niaste and corn
ices.
At 10 o'clock Milburn house, which all
through the morning had been silent and
to outward appearances deserted, showed
its first stir. The relatives of President
McKinley began arriving and the waiting
attendants stood at the open door to re
ceive them.
Mr. Milburn joined the party at 10
o'clock and for a time stood at the door
with bared head with some of the frienda
of the McKinley family. By that time
great crowds were banked at the ends of
the rope enclosure, tout perfect order was
observed.
Merciless Camara Men.
The most painful scene, of the morning
was caused by camera men. To the num
ber of more than thirty they gained ad
mission through the police lines and even
the grief of the relatives of the dead
president was not sacred to them. They
pointed their cameras into the tear
stained faces of the relatives and snapped
the shutters. The police declined to take
the responsibility of ejecting them.
The coroner of Buffalo, James Wilson,
arrived at the residence at 10 o'clock and
officially viewed the body. He said that
he had intended to empanel a Jury, but
that he had been officially advised by the
district attorney that such a proceeding
would be unnecessary. After the autopsy
he said he would issue a certificate of
death and a permit for the removal of the
remains.
Senator Hanna.
Senator Hanna came to the house at
10:40, accompanied by Controller Dawes
and Elmer Dover, his private secretary.
The Senator iwalked slowly and haltingly
and with bowed head as he approached the
house that sheltered the remains of his
dead friend. Exaggerated reports of Mr.
Hanna's illness had previously been sent
out, and his appearance on the street dis
pelled them. He is broken in spirit at the
death of President McKinley but remains
strong physically.
An affecting incident of the morning was
the coming of Mrs. Garret A. Hobart, wife
of the former vice president of the United
States, and her son. Mrs. Hobart was
in deepest mourning and after her visit to
the house came out with her handkerchief
to her eyes, weeping.
Cabinet Members in Conference.
The members of President McKinley's
cabinet began assembling at 10:30 o'clock.
Secretary Root was the first to arrive and
after him came Secretaries Long, Wil
son and Hitchcock, Attorney-General
Knox and Postmaster General Smith.
The only absentees were Secretaries Gage
and Hay, who had not yet reached the
city. The cabinet members went to a rear
parlor of the Milburn home and there
began their conference. At the same
moment the surgeons selected to perform
the autopsy had assembled with their as
sistants in the room upstairs where the
president had died and where his body
still rested.
General Charles F. Roe presented him
self informally at the house at 11 o'clock.
He said that until the funeral arrange
ments have been completed he could say
nothing about the New York troops that
have been assigned to escort the body of
the departed statesman. He said that he
was in a position to issue the necessary
orders just as soon as the funeral plans
were completed.
Thousands of Telegrams.
The expressions of condolence began to
arrive almost simultaneously with the an
nouncement of the president's death,
showing that the people everywhere had
waited on through the weary watches of
the night for the news that the end had
come. After daylight the telegrams be
gan arriving in a steady stream, thousands
reaching the house before noon. Those
for the grieving wife were, of course, laid
aside, it not being deemed safe to intrude
upon her great sorrow in her feeble condi
tion, and no attempt could be made to
answer chose to Secretary Oortelyou, so
fast as they came. Governor Yates, of
Illinois, together with the members of the
Illinois exposition committee called to pay
their respects and express their sympa
thy. Governor Yatea announced that Illi
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOUBNAL.
nois day at the exposition had been in
definitely postponed.
PRESIDENT'S WIDOW
Sew« Broken to Mrs. McKinley by
Her Sister.
Milburn House, Buffalo, N. V., Sept. 14.—
It is definitely learned to-day that it
was Mrs. Barber, Mrs. McKinley's sister,
who broke the news of her great loss to
the stricken wife. She went from the
bedside of the dead president to the wife
whose condition was such that it seemed
best to remove her from the sickroom be
fore the end. Mrs. McKinley is occupying
a large south room in the Milburn House
overlooking Delaware avenue and Ferry
streets. Through the drawn shades the
early morning light was breaking when
Mrs. Barber told her that the sleep into
which the president had passed would
know no awakening.
Mrs. McKinley, whose extreme delicacy
was for years the president's one great
sorrow, received the news with unex
pected calmness and at once acquiesced in
the requesft of her physician and family
to leave the details of the sad ceremonies
i In which the entire nation is to join en
tirely in the hands of the official and per
sonal friends who are assembled.
o o
: All day long she has remained :
: quietly in her room, stricken :
: to the soul, but bravely bearing :
. her sad burden, because she :
: knows "Tbs Major," as she lov- :
: ingly called the late president, :
: would bid her to do so. :
o o
Dr. Rixey, who for years has guarded
her from all excitement, and was in con
stant attendance during her recent ill
ness in San Francisco, is'much encouraged
by the way sheia bearing up at present,
although it is quite possible that strain
of the next twenfy-four hours may make
it desirable for her to return with her
sister to Canton to avoid the serious
strain of a state funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKinley, Mrs.
Lafayette McWilliams, of Chicago; Mr 3.
Barber and Miss Barber and Miss Helen
McKinley and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick re
lieve each other in administering to Mrs.
McKinley's few wants.
Mrs. Hobart, widow of Vice President
Hobart, called this morning -with her
young son Garrett, and is the only person
outside of the family above mentioned so
far admitted to Mrs. McKinley's presence.
CARRIED HIS LOVE LETTERS
Capt. Kulms, a Cleveland Boniface,
Tells Interesting Tales.
From a Staff Correspondent.
Buffalo, N. V., Sept. 14.—The men of
John A. Rawlins post and other grand
Army men in Cleveland who stopped at
the Garlock hotel this week, were brought
very near to the dead president through
talks they had with Captain Hermann L.
Kuhns, proprietor of the hotel. Captain
Kuhns was born and brought up in Can
ton, and as a boy of 12 was intrusted by
Major McKinley with little love notes to
Miss Ada Saxton of that day. The Kuhn's
home was on the street through which
young McKinley walked on his way down
I town each morning. After the program
| got well under way, Kuhns would wait
each morning at the front gate until he
received the note from McKinley's own
hands. He would deliver it and wait for
an answer, which he would deliver at the
law office down town.
At the time of McKinley's first election
he did not own the Canton home, and be
fore going to Washington he resolved to
sell all his furniture and other house
hold effects, save a few small gifts from
personal frieuds. Kuhns was then run
ning a hotel in Canton, and after a short
negotiation, the goods were sold to him.
When he came to Cleveland to open the
Garlock, he brought these things with
him, and the room which was occupied by
Judge and Mrs. Ell Torrance during th«
Grand Army encampment, is filled with a
part of them. The bedstead, mattress,
springs and coverlets were those used by
Major and Mrs. McKinley for years at
Canton. The long couch in the room was
the couch upon which the future presi
dent laid down to rest each day during the
arduous '96 campaign, and the carpet on
the floor covered the Cauton parlor. The
walls and mantel are covered with bric
a-brac of all kinds which were disposed of
by the president-elect to Captain Kuhns.
Major and Mrs. H. A. Norton of Minne
apolis occupied this room for one night,
but it was turned over to Judge and Mrs. |
Torrance when they arrived. Captain j
Kuhns had many intensely interesting !
stories to tell about McKinley In the early '
days in Canton and the members of Raw- i
lins post will probably be repeating these j
stories to Minneapolis friends for a long :
time to come.
—W. W. Jermane.
PROPHECY FROM ALGER
Former Secretary of War Has Con
fidence in Roosevelt.
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 14.—"D0 you think
that Colonel Roosevelt's succeseion to the
presidency will change the policy of the
government very much?" was asked of
ex-Secretary of War R. A. Alger to-day.
He replied:
I Bee no good reason for believing it will.
Congress makes the policies of lur govern
ment, and not the president The changing j
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of the incumbent of the president's chair,
as the change is made now, is not of very
great importance, because the policy of the
government at the present time is dependent
on no one man. Pres dent Roosevelt, I am
entirely satisfied, is equal to all of the re
sponsibilities of the great oce to which he has
been so unexpectedly elevated, and while he
has been a pretty aggressive public man in
the past, he will make a conservative chief
executiveffi of the nation. In the natural
course of events we may look for some im
portant changes in the heads of departments,
but the policy of the government will remain
unchanged, in my judgment.
Speaking of his long personal acquaint
ance with President McKinley, General
Alger said:
Mr. McKinley was never, by reason of his
position, given to coercirg others to his
point of view of things. By persuasion alon:;
he would try to bring them around to his
way of thinking. He was firm, though, in
his opinions, and without yiflding in any
degree, he would in his discussions of public
matters coming before him argue and per
suade, rather than try to drive.
ALLISON'S ANALYSIS
lotvr Senator Enumerates McKin-
ley's Strong: Qualities.
Dubuque, lowa, Sept. 14. —"President
McKinley's loss will be deplored not only
in every home of our country, but in all
lands where our history is studied," said
Senator Allison to-day. He continued:
He was beloved by all who came within his
benign influence and he possessed a gentle
ness and kindness rarely found among men,
always thoughtful and responsive to every
demand made upon him if in his power to
help. Lovable In character, in every social
relation, earnest for the good and glory of
his country and countrymen and vigilant 1n
his high place for the promotion of both, he
was, take him all in all, one of the strongest
and greatest of our presidents. . As popular
veneration for his character and intellect in
creased, so these grew stronger and strong-.T
as the demand made upon their strength in
creased and as the months and years passed
by. I am sure his name will ever be hon
ored and revered as one of the purest, wisest
and noblest chief magistrates of our country.
The tragedy is ended and the atrocious crim
inal will be punished under the law. Presi
dent McKinley has gone beloved by all. Vice
President Roosevelt will take his place and
will meet wisely and manfully the responsi
bilities of the great office, with high resolve
and noble aspiraiion for his country's -welfare.
FINANCIAL PRECAUTIONS
Program of the New York; Clearing
House Committee.
New York, Sept. 14.—There wae no
meeting of the clearing house committee
i to-day, and Chairman Tappan of the com
| mittee was not in the city. All other
members of the committee, including Act
ing Chairman H. W. Cannon, were here,
j however, and within easy call. Manager
I Sherer, of the clearing house, who also
is secretary of the committee, said that
no action was contemplated by the clear-
I ing house association. The measures
adopted last Saturday morning, he said,
after the shooting of the president, were
designed to cover the contingency of the
j president's death, and were still in force.
| The policy of the committee, as outlined,
will be to lend the large amounts placed
in their hands for the purpose by the com
| bined action of the bankers on accept
| able collateral and at the ruling market
I rate. There would be no special resolu-
I tion, Mr. Sherer said, in putting out funds
at 6 per cent to have it snapped up by peo
! pie who did not really need it, and who
would reloan it at higher rates to some
one else for the profit to themselves.
CABINET CHANGES
List of Those Made in the McKlnley
Admin ittt ration.
Washington, Sept. 14.—0f the eight men
: who entered President McKinley's cabinet
j at the beginning of his first administra
| tion only three remain. These are
I Secretary of the Treasury Gage, Secretary
! of the Navy Long, and Secretary of Agri
j culture Wilson.
The greatest number of changes have
taken place in the state department and
department of justice.
Three men have served as the head of the
state department since the 4th' of March,
1897. The first of these was the late j
John Sherman, who surrendered his place j
in the senate to become the premier of j
! Mr. McKinley's first cabinet. At the out
break of the Spanish war he retired and I
was succeeded by Judge William Day, of |
the president's city of Canton, who when
the war closed gave way to the present
incumbent, John Hay, who had been Mr.
McKinley's minister to Great Britain. All
three were Ohio men.
The first attorney general under Presi
dent McKinley was the present supreme
court justice, Joseph McKenna. When he
became a member of the supreme court he
was succeded by Governor Griggs of New
Jersey and the latter was, at his own [
request, relieved at the beginning of the j
present term, P. C. Knox, the incumbent, i
assuming the office.
In each of the postoffice, war and in
terior departments there has been one j
; change. Mr. Smith succeeded Mr. Garry j
in the postoffice department; Mr. Root, [
General Alger in the war department, and
Mr. Hitchcock, Mr. Bliss in the interior
department.
DISASTROUS TO PORTO RICO.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept. 14.—1t is re
ported that half the coffee crop has been
partially ruined by the recent storms, and
that the banana crop has suffered serious
damage. The poorer classes will ptobably
appeal for assistance in consequence.
Eczema' No Cure No Pay.
Your druggist will refund your money if
PAZO OINTMENT falls to cure ringworm,
tetter, old ulcers, sores, pimples, black
heads on the f*ce; all skin diseases. 50c.
SORROW IS UNIVERSAL
From Every Quarter of the Globe and Every
Part of the Union Comes Expressions
of Grief and Respect.
New York, Sept. 14. — Mayor Van
Wyck sent a telegram to Secretary
of State Hay requesting that the
arrangements for the obsequies of
the dead president include a pub
lic funeral in this city. The mayor
also sent this dispatch to Mrs. McKinley:
The people of the city of New York, in deep
est grief over the death of your well-belovel
and ever-to-be-lamented husband, beg to
present their condolences and to extend their
intense sympathy to you in your overyhe'.rn
icg anguish and sorrow.
In a proclamation issued to-day Mayor
Van Wyck cells upon the people to drape
residences and places of business and to
kepe the flag at half-mast "during this
period of sorrow." He directs, that the
city hall be draped and the flags upon
the municipal buildings and schoolhouses
be half-masted.
Several of the foreign consuls called
upon Mayor Van Wyck and expressed
their sympathy. So great was the de
mand for decorative work in the draping
of large buildings that, in spite of the
fact that the president has been in danger
for a week, the market for black goods
was insufficiently supplied.
When Rchard Croker reached the dem
ocratc club he found a number of leaders
waiting for him. He immediately gave
orders to have the democratic club,
Tammany hall and every democratic
headquarters in each assembly district
draped. He ordered that the words: "It
is God's way, His will be done, not ours,"
be put in white letters across the portals
of all democratic headquarters. Mr.
Croker also ordered that several demo
picnics scheduled for Monday be aban
doned.
To-day being the Jewish New Years day i
there were special services at all the syn- |
agogues, and at every one prayers were
offered for Mrs. McKinley.
Aa Roosevelt* Home.
At Oyster Bay, L. 1., the home of Pres- j
ident Roosevelt, a mass meeting was held '
at which resolutions were adopted ex- |
pressive of sympathy for Mrs. McKinley
and also extending "sympathy to our hon
ored fellow-townsman, President Roose
velt in this great emergency and invok
ing for him strength and wisdom to meet
the great responsibilities suddenly thrust
upon him."
An anarchist picnic to have been held
at West Ho!boken, N. J., has been aban
doned, because the police gave notice that
any person who participated in any pub
lic demonstration made by the anarchists
would be promptly arrested.
MR. BRYAN'S GRIEF
Democratic Leader Is Overcome
With Emotion.
Chicago, Sept. 14. —Of the sorrowful tid
ings from the president's bedside. Colonel
William J. Bryan said last night:
"I cannot believe the president's life is
to end this way. It seems impossible. I
simply will not believe that he can die
from an assassin's bullet until I hear that
he has breathed his last. While there's
life there's hope."
Colonel Bryan arrived from Lincoln,
Neb., at 8:50 p. m., over the Burlington
road and was driven at once to the Sher
man House. He was to have addressed a
demooratic meeting to-day, but when
he heard the news from Buffalo said he
would in all probability leave for Lincoln
this morning. While Colonel Bryan
was talking his head was bowed and he
appeared to be greatly dejected. Over and
over again he repeated the words:
"I cannot believe his life is to end this
way. I have already spoken of the horror
of which I regard the assassin's crime. I
have already spoken of the high personal
esteem in which I hold Mr. McKinley. In
this moment of sorrow I can add nothing
to either."
Mr. Bryan asked for the latest news from
the president's bedside and added:
"In the event of his death I shall have
something more to say."
Later, when the committee of the Carter
H. Harrison league, at whose picnic Mr.
Bryan was to have spoken to-day, an
nounced that the demonstration had been
abandoned, Colonel Bryan, in a voice that
shook with emotion, read the following:
"I most cordially commend your action
in abandoning the contemplated demon
stration. We are all oppressed by the
grief which has fallen upon the nation.
We have no spirit for a partisan meeting
at this time for partisanship is swallowed
up In universal sorrow. Political con
troversies and the prizes and disappoint
ments which attend them dwindle into in
significance when we stand in the presence
of the tragedy which seems likely to rob
the nation of its chief executive.
"We all feel the humiliation that our
country has suffered and our hearts are
with the lovely woman from whom foul
and brutal assassination is taking one of
the most faithful and tender of husbands.
Whether the heroic struggle ends fatally.
| as we now fear, or in his restoration to
health, as we pray, it will be apparent
that you have acted wisely."
When Colonel Bryan ceased reading his
face was exceedinly grave. He was shown
the latest bulletin, which he read
carefully with downcast head, and
| when he looked up tears stood In his
! eyes. In a voice that broke he indicated
j the bulletin wherein the dying president j
was said to be murmuring "Nearer, My
God, to Thee," and said:
"Isn't that pitiful—isn't it too pitiful?"
" 'God's will, not ours, be done,' " he
read in another bulletin giving the presi
dent's last words to Mrs. McKinley, and
again Mr. Bryan was deeply moved. He
made no comment, but tears again sprang
to his eyes.
He stood like one looking on the bier
of a loved one and the room was hushed
in funeral silence. It was with a visible j
effort that the democratic leader threw oft* i
I the evidences of grief and shook hands I
with the committee, members of which !
had been sympathetic listeners.
Monmouth, 111., Sept. 14. —"It is a na- j
tional humiliation," was the utterance of
William J. Bryan in a speech here yester
day. The speaker referred to the
1 shooting of the president, to whom he
paid an eloquent tribute. He denounced
anarchy and said that he would advocate
education as a cure, that anarchy was the
outgrowth of despair. Owing to the pall
which overshadows the nation Mr. Bryan
thought it would be a sacrilege to make
a partisan speech at this time.
THE NORTHWEST'S GRIEF
Draped Buildings and Memorial
Service* To-morrow,
Specials to The Journal.
Austin, Minn., Sept. 14.—There was uni
versal sororw in Austin this morning at
the news of the president's death. Bells
were tolled, flags placed at half mast,
and the public buildings draped with
black. A mass memorial service will be
held to-morrow, either in the opera-house
or in the armory. To many people the
death of the president comes almost as a
personal grief.
Pierre, S. D., Sept. 14.—The news of the
death of President McKinley came as a
shock after the favorable bulletins which
had been sent out. The public buildings
in the city are flying flags at half-mast
and are draped in crape. At the state
house business is suspended and each
office and the main entrance to the build
ing are draped.
Winona, Minn., Sept. 14.—The news of
the president's death was received here
with great sorrow. A meeting of the
pastors of the city and of the G. A. R.
was held this afternoon to arrange for
union memorial services at the Central
Methodist church Sunday evening.
Milwaukee, Sept. 14. —Mayor David Rose
issued a proclamation on the detth of
President McKinley, in part as follows-
Anarchism, in this republic, has claimed it 3
first exalted victim.
For free speech and the liberty of the press
we have given the sacrifice of our chief
executive.
Partizans by this great sorrow are made
patriots and &11 political differences are for
gotten in this terrible crisis.
Every hsart pours ou the full measurt of
its sympathy. Prayers for the bereaved,anath
emas for the destroyer, curses for the fiend
ish heresy that inspired the act.
In grief is born a determination to extir
pate this unholy creed. Every loyal Ameri
can from this moment is armed with this
stern resolve.
On earth there is not room for good men
and this viperous sect. Let the good meu
stay.
Arrangements are being made for hold
ing public memorial services upon the day
of the president's funeral.
POPE IX TKARS
He Is Greatly Affected by the Death
of President McKinley.
London, Sept. 14.—A special dispatch
from Rome says the pope prayed an hour
to-day for the soul of President McKin
ley. The pontiff wept with uncontrolla
ble emotion on receiving the news of the
president's death. All audiences at the
Vatican have been suspended.
Action in Chicago.
Chicago, 111., Sept. 14. — Mayor 'Har
rison early to-day issued a cell
for a special meeting of the city
council to make arrangements for memo
rial services to draft resolutions and to
take such other action as will
be deemed fitting. As soon as ar
rangements have ben made for Presi
dent McKinley's funeral, Mayor Harrison
i will issue a proclamtion closing public
offices and schools and requesting that
business houses be closed the day of the
funeral. The proclamation will ask the
residents of Chicago to hold special serv
ices in the churches. I The American
; league baseball game scheduled for this
i afternoon has been cancelled and Harlem
i races have been called off for the day.
A meeting of the board of directors of the
Illinois Manufacturers' Association has
been called for Monday for the purpose of
taking action in reference to the death of
President McKinley. It is probable that
a number of leading manufacturers of Il
linois will appear to represent the assacia
tion at the funeral.
President'^ Death Causes Suicide.
Cincinnati, Sept. Edward W. Bay
liss, proprietor of the Stag and the cafes
at the zoological garden in this city, com
mitted suicide to-day by shooting himself.
He was a most enthusiastic admirer of
President McKinley, and became de
spondent last night over the news from
Buffalo, so much so that he could neither
eat nor drink.
District Commissioners Act.
Washington, Sept. 14.— commission
ers of the District of Columbia held a
meeting early to-day and issued the fol
lowing proclamation announcing to the
citizens of the District the death of
President McKinley:
The commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia have the melancholy duty to announce
to the citizecs of the District or Columbia
the death of William McKinley, president of
•the United States, at a quarter past 2 o'clo'K
this morning, in Buffalo, K. Y. A typical
American; as soldier and statesman and in
the private relations of life, he won illus
trious fame as the chief servant of his coun
try. But his personal character was greater
than his deeds, and endeared him to all the
people, and especially to those who reside in
the District of Columbia, and who knew well
bis virtues and graces, so touchingly exhib
ited in his last illness. The District of Co
lumbia never had a better friend; its loss
cannot be repaired; its grief cannot be ex
pressed. As a mark of respect the commis
sioners direct that the public offices of the
I District of Columbia be closed this day and
| on the day of the funeral, and that the flags
| en all the district buildings be displayed at
half-mast until further orders.
—Henry B. MacFarland,
President.
John W. Ross,
Lansing H. Beach.
The commissioners had, immediately
upon receipt of the death announcement
at 3 o'clock this morning, sent a personal
I message to Secretary Cortelyou, express
ing their deep sorrow and sympathy for
Mrs. McKinley. ■',-'
The following order was to-day Issued
by the secretary of the treasury to tho
revenue cutter service:
The department announces to the service
the sad tidings of the death of the president.
The flags of all vessels of the revenue cutter
service will be carried at half-mast until
otherwise ordered.
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 14.—Flags on all
public buildings, government, state and
city, have been placed at half-mast out
of respect to the memory of President
McKinley. and there is universal grief
j here, where he was so well known, Gov
i ernor Nash sent Adjutant General Gyger
to Buffalo to-day to represent Ohio In the
arrangements for the funeral. It is the
desire that after the funeral services at
Washington the body be brought to this
city and lie in state at the capitol. He
sent a telegram to Secretary Cortelyou
to-day making a formal request to that
effect. Governor Nash has bad the
portraits of Presidents McKinley. Garfleld
and Hayes in the capitol all draped in.
mourning, and the entire building will be
draped. ;•'■."'".•
I Atlanta, Ga., Sept. Governor
Candler to-day issued a proclamation ex
pressing the sorrow of the people of
Georgia over the president's death, and
closing all state offices to-day and on the
day of the funeral.
Marshalltown, lowa, Sept. 14.— W. J.
Bryan passed through the city this morn
ing en route from Chicago to Lincoln.
He had Just been informed of the presi
dent's death when seen, and saw the first
newspaper here at breakfast. Mr. Bryan '
expressed the deepest regret, and said
it was an extremely sad blow to all,
especially after the encouragement that
had been given of recovery.
Frankfort. Ky., Sept. Governor
Beckham . issued a proclamation ordering
all public offices closed and flags at half
mast.
Memphis, Term., Sept. 14.—The cotton
and merchants' exchanges are closed to
day as a mark of respect for the late-
President McKinley.
General Debility
Day in and out there Is that feeling of
weakness that makes a burden of itself.
Food does not strengthen.
Sleep does not refresh. * .
It i 3 hard to do, hard to bear, what
should be easy,— vitality is on the ebb, and
the whole system suffers.
For this condition take
Hood's Sarsaparilla
It vitalizes the blood, gives vigor and tone
to all the organs and functions, and is
positively unequalled for all run-down or
debilitated conditions.
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