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THE MORNING NEWS. J. H. ESTILL. President. Eiabllshed 1800. - - Incorporated 1888. extra. FROM EVERY SOURCE \ IYHPATHV OF THE NATION GOES OUT TO PRESIDENT. GREAT MEN SPEECHLESS. CHI'RCH AND STATE UNITE IN AD MIRATION AND LOVE. Alter the First Shook Powerful Statesmen and Financial Kings Give Vent to Tender Expressions. President McKinley Worshiped by All—William C. Whitney Says the Act Wns That of a Madman. *‘No Sane Person Would Shoot a Man Like President McKinley. Cardinal Gibbons Gives Praise to God That Life of the President Ilea Dsen Spared. New York. Sept. 7.—Regarding the at tack upon President McKinley, ex-Sec retary of the Navy William C. Whit ney, in an interview, said: "It was the act of a madman. The man may say he is an anarchist, but no sane person would shoot a man like President McKinley. It is an awful thing—awful. It is hard to realize that such a thing could happen in this coun try. All the civilized nations of the world will look upon this act of a mad man with horror. It is horrible even to think of. It is a calamity that is world-wide. "Mr. McKinley is a great and able man. He has shown this in the way he has kept his party together. He has always been a leader, and an excellent one. A man who twice had been elect ed President of a nation like ours, and especially in such a period as this, is a man who stands out among the great men of the world. "Sad as is the occurrence, I do not think the attempt on the President's life will have any effect on the indus tries of the country. The business af fairs of the nation are now in such shape that no shock could affect them. Securities, I am positive, will remain steady. Things are different from what they were when President Gar field was shot down by an assassin, and the scenes and troubles in the busi ness world which followed that trag edy are not probable of repetition.” TENDER WrDS~OF TRUTH. Senator De|iew Spruit* Feelingly of Wounded Chief Mniditrale. New York, Sept. 7.—Senator C. M. Depew, when seen at his summer home at Peekskill, N. Y„ expressed profound regret because of the attempted assas sination of President McKinley. He said, among other things: “I distinctly recall the horrors con nected with Lincoln’s assassination. This was the culmination in an idle brain of the passions of the Civil War. Garfield’s assassination was the out come on the same sort of mind of one of the fiercest factional fights in our party history. The situation of the at tempt on McKinley’s life differs en tirely from the Lincoln or Garfield as sassination. "McKinley was the most universally popular of all of our Presidents.” Senator Depew then dwelt at length upon the prosperity connected with President McKinley's administration, his successful conduct Of the Spanish- American war. and the beautiful do mestic life of the President as reasons why McKinley had secured such a strong hold on the hearts of the people. THE DEEPESTSORROW. “This Aniln I* tlie Hellish Spawn of Anarch} .” Baltimore, Sept. 7.-*—Cardinal Gibbons gave evidence of.the utmost solicitude for the Chief Executive, and when he read the bulletin announcing the opin ion of the attending physicians that the wounds of President McKinley were not necessarily fatal, he exclaim ed: "Thanks be to God!” In reply to inquiries Senator Mc- Comas telephoned from his home at Springfield the following: “By his excellent living. President McKinley has become the beloved of the nation. By his dying, if this be come imminent, like Lincoln, he will belong to the age. "This assassin is the hellish spawn Of anarchy.” Gov. John Walter Smith was much moved by the news of the attempted assassination, and said if the Presi dent was in a precarious condition to morrow he woulc\ issue a proclamation calling upon the people of the state to assemble In the various houses of wor ship to offer prayers for his recovery. HIS VOICE UPRAISED. Cardinal Mnrtlnelll Prays for Speedy Recovery of President. Philadelphia, Sept. 7.—Cardinal Mar tlnelii, who is staying at Villanova College, near here, was deeply moved when he was informed of the attempt ed assassination of the President. Later he sent the following telegram to Secretary Cortelyou: “Deploring the horrible crime, I pray the God of all nations, and the Ruler of all rulers, to restore speedily Presi dent McKinley's health. (Signed.) “Martinelli.” SPEECHLESS WITH"SORROW. Fs-Poatninnler General Wnnamnk tr When News Readied Him. New York, Sept. 7.— Ex-Postmaster General Wanamaker at Cape May, told at first that the President had been murdered; “I anj speechless with sorrow that ... ..... ‘. * ~ ■' ' V <: '•. \ •. . satrannl) ftlornino another American President has been assassinated. I cannot think of any other event that would plunge the na tion in such grief or touch the liberty loving world so profoundly with regret as this sacrifice of our President." NEVER W/ANTTDGUARDS. Pl-esldent Knew No Fear and W Democratic in Washington. Washington, Sept. 7.—President Mc- Kinley was averse to a bodyguard or to restrictions on his movements and was exceedingly informal and demo cratic while in this city. On many pleasant mornings he indulged in a half hour's stroll, entirely alone, through the southern portion of the : grounds surrounding the White House. Very often he left the gate at the western side of the grounds and was joined by Controller of the Currency Charles Dawes, also an early riser, and together these two men would make the circuit of the ellipse south of the White House grounds. Upon those occasions he was never accompanied by a body guard or a secret service man. It is said Mr. McKinley was often warned that the strolls alone were dangerous, the idea of which he ridiculed. Frequently Mr. McKinley drove alone about the city and its suburbs. Often, the President himself handled the reins, but at no time was there ever a secret service man in attendance. A few days ago a Washington Post reporter, while at Buffalo, talked with Capt. Vallely, of the exposition force, on the precautions he would take to insure the President's safety. Capt. Vallely said he had the picked men of the country under him and that all the time the President was in the exposi tion grounds he would be surrounded by alert detectives who would form a constant bodyguard, and ridiculed the possibility of danger. HIS LOVELY CHARACTER. Ex-Congressman Toxvnc Appreciates • lie True Worth of Chief Exeentlve. New York, Sept. 7.—Ex-Congressman C. A. Towne, in an interview upon the attack upon President McKinley, said: "I am shocked by the news of the at tempt upon the President's life. and. with all Americans, feel great grief. I knew Mr. McKinley intimately and ap preciate his lovely character. "The event comes as a greet sorrow to the nation. I should regret exceed ingly to hear of the death of Mr. Mc- Kinley, from the fact that I do not feel the country would be as safe under Col. Roosevelt as under the President.” ASSASSIN ONCE BEATEN. Wes Uttering Anarelilntlc Senti ments in Detroit Then. Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 7.—R. C. Hunt, employed by the Northern Pacific as a special agent, with headquarters in Ta coma, knows the would-be assassin of President McKinley quite well. As soon as he heard the news, and the Hunt said: name of the man under arrest, Mr. “I know Fred Nieman, and if I am not mistaken, he now carries some scars inflicted by me. Nieman former ly lived in Detroit, but his home is now in Toledo. Five or six years ago, when in Detroit, Nieman, who was a pro nounced anarchist, gathered a crowd in the union depot by flourishing a re volver and uttering pronounced an archistic sentiments. I told him he must stop that kind of business and started to lead him away. He resist ed me and I pounded him good over the head. I think he has some Of the scars yet.” HE IS NO ANARCHIST. So Declare* Herr John Mont, Indig nantly* of AnMnnnin. New York, Sept. 7.—Herr John MOst, the anarchist, was indignant when in formed that the man who shot Presi dent McKinley was an anarchist. “I do not believe that he* is an an archist.” said Most. "Every man who shoots a president or a king is not an anarchist. Guiteau, who shot President Garfield, was not an anarchist. He was a disappointed offleeseeker. Anyway, we know noth ing of that fellow. Come from Poland, does he? I am sure he is no anarch ist. There are no anarchists in Po land. Poland is a Catholic country." ASTRO LOGERPREDICTED. Said President Would Be Shot or Stab lied. New York, Sept. 7.— Gustave Meyer, who says he is an astrologer, living in Hoboken, N. J., claims to have sent the following telegram to President Mc- Kinley when the latter was in San Francisco: “Your wife will live another year— until about next February or, March hut be careful of yourself. You will be shot or stabbed during the month of June, or else in September.” SuDer's Profound Sympathy. New York, Sept. 7.— Congressman William Sulzer said that he had no words suitable to express his sorrow at the attempt to assassinate President McKinley. He deeply deplored the edn ditlon which could prompt such an art He also expressed his most pro found sympathy for Mrs. McKinley. They Deny Itolnl Innahlp. Toledo, 0., Sept. 7.— Members of the two Czolgosz families residing here deny all knowledge of Leon Czolgos*. SIGNEDTHIS MORNING. Peace PriMcol Between Chinn and the Powers. Pekin, Sept. 7.-The settlement pro tocol between China and ths Powers was signed this morning. SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1901. BULLETINS. 4. >. . -* . r " "" 1 “ >4 •, y ~,***■-'*' . -*•. . ...^, Resting Quietly at 4:30. Buffalo, Sept. 7:-At4:3oa. m. the President was still resting easily. The rise in his temper ature is not a favorable sign. '.l Has Passed Good Night. * Buffalo, Sept. 7.—The President’ physicians issued the following bulletin hailed with relief all over the anxious country, at 6:00 a. m: “The President has passed a good nignt; temperature 1 02; pulse 110; res piration 24. “F. IT. Rixey, “Roswell Parke, “George B. Cortelyou.” 4 . .HT ' •' t' * .' * ■ NO HATERIAL CHANGE. Buffalo, Sept. 7.==At 7:30 o’clock there was no material change in the condition of the President. He had rested easily and pulse and temperature continued about the same. ANXIOUS AT CAPITAL. ’ k Washington, Sept. 7: At 7a. m. the capital wears an air of anxious and excited expectancy. Crowds of people occupy every street corner; the bulletin boards of the papers are closely scanned and the murderous assault upon the life of the presi dent, with the chances for his recovery, are the only topics of discussion. t -s < ' I THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Vice President, Who la Now DiarharxinK the Functions of the Chief Magistracy. EXTRA. SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. * ■ ■ Short Resume of the Principal Exeats of a llasy Life. William McKinley. twenty-fifth President of the United States, was elected last November to fill the twen ty-ninth quadrennial term of that of fice. The McKinleys are of Scotch- Irish descent, and came to America about one hundred and fifty years ago. William McKinley, the father of the President, married, in 1829, Nancy Campbell Allison, who was of English and Scotch-German descent. The Pres ident is the seventh of their nine chil dren. Mrs. McKinley saw her son President, and died on Dec. 12, 1897, at the age of 88. Their son. who was born at Niles, Ohio, on Jan. 29, 1843, began his education in the pub lic schools of his native place, but when he was nine years old the fam ily moved to Poland. Mahoning coun ty, Ohio, where his education was con tinued in the Union Seminary. He en tered Allegheny College, Meadville, Penn., in li>6o, but his health soon broke down from overstudy, and he was compelled to leave college. On his re, ry he became a clerk in the Po lan> ostoftice, where he remained un til li.c war broke out. On June 11, 1861, McKinley enlisted as a private in Company E of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infan try. Among the officers of this regi ment were Gens. W. S. Rosecrans, Rutherford B. Hayes, who became President in 1877; E. P. Seammon, James M. Comley and Col. Stanley Matthews. McKinley served on the staff of Gens. R. B. Hayes, George Crook and Winfield S. Hancock. Of his mil itary career it may be said that both as a private and as an officer, both In the Commissary Department and on the fighting line, he was courageous, clear-headed and calm. For services rendered In the winter camp of Fay etteville he received his first promo tion, booming a commissary sergeant on April 15, 1862. After the summer's campaign in Virginia McKlnley’R reg iment took part on Sept. 14 and 17 In the battles of South Mountain and An tietam. and it was for his extraordi nary services as commissary sergeant during the latter battle that he was promoted to he second lieutenant. Not long after this the regimental colonel, R. B. Hayes, entered in his diary: "Our new second lieutenant, McKinley, returned to-day—an exceedingly bright, Intelligent' and gentlemanly young of ficer. He promises to be one of the best.” At a little later date he added: “He has kept the promise in every stiftsc of .Uia Ji'cutl." Ry 7. 1863. he beeame ft first lieutenant, and on July 25 of the following year, when he was only 21, he was made captain for gal lantry and faithfulness in the battle of Kernstown (near Winchester). A little later, at Berryville, his horse was shot under him, and op March, 14, 1865, he received his commission as major by brevet "for gallant and meritorious services at the battles of Opequan, Ce dar Creek and Fisher’s Hill.” Returning home, he studied law with Judge Charles E. Glidden, of Canton, and at the Albany Law School. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1867, and settled in Canton, which has since been his home. He soon attract ed attention as a lawyer of ability, and, although Stark county was Democratic, he was elected prosecuting attorney in 1869, but he was defeated for the same office two years later. From this time forward Maj. McKinley gave much at tention to politics. In 1876 he was elect ed to Congress. McKinley was returned to Congress in 1878, as he was also in 1880, 1882, 1884, 1886 and 1888. He was unseated in 1884, and was fin ally defeated in 1890, when his district was gerrymandered again. In 1888 he showed great ability in opposing the Mills bill, representing approximately President Cleveland’s policy of "tariff for revenue only.” When the Republi cans assumed control in 1889 he was appointed chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and presently gave the nation the tariff measure that bore his name. Ever since he cast hie first vote for Lincoln in 1864 McKinley has been a Republican. In 1884 he was a delegate at-large from Ohio to the National Convention, and helped to nominate James G. Blaine. At the National Con vention he represented the state in the same manner, and supported John Sherman. At that convention, nfter the first day’s balloting, the Indications were that McKinley himself might be nominated. Then his strength of pur pose and hlr, high ideas of loyalty and honor showed themselves, for in an earnest and stirring speech he demand ed that no votes he cast for him. In 1891 he was elected Governor of Ohio by a majority of about 21,000 over ex- Gov. James E. Campbell, The Demo cratic candidate. The issue then at stake was chiefly the tariff, but Mc- Kinley also placed himself in opposi tion to the free coinage of silver. In 1892 he was again a delegate-at-large to the National Convention £ft Minne apolis, and was made permanent chairman. Although his name was not brought bpfore the convention, yet he received 182 votes. He himself was a strong supporter of President Harri son. In 1893 Maj. McKinley was re-elect ed Governor of Ohio by a majority of 80,995. At the expiration of his term he returned to Canton. He had been a political speaker and leader in Con gress. Hence there was little surprise when he wns nominated on the first ballot at the Republican National Con vention at St. Louis in 1896. Though the tariff question was at stake in that campaign, yet the free coinage of sil ver was the all Important question, and on the issue of sound money he was elected over William J. Bryan, the Populist and Democratic candi date. Maj. McKinley was unanimously nominated for a second term as Pres ident by the Republican National Con vention in Philadelphia In the summer of 1900. and In November was elected over W. J. Bryan. During President McKinley's incumbency of the White House the war with Spain was fought to a successful issue, Cuba was freed from the yoke of Spain, and the Phil ippines. Porto Rico and Guam were acquired by the United States. Maj. McKinley was married on Jan. 25, 1871, to Miss Ida Saxton, of Can ton: daughter of James A. and Cath erine Dewalt Saxton. Two daughters were born to them, one in 1871 and one in 1873, but both died In early child hood. Mr*. McKinley Is a woman of exceptional charm and nobility of character. The President Is a mem ber of the Methodist Episcopal Church. DAILY, I* A YEAR. 5 CENTS A COPY. WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK, *1 A YEAR WON’T CAUSE PANIC'. THE FINANCES OF THE COUNTRY IN TOO SOLID CONDITION. THE BANKS ARE READY. MAGNATES OF FINANCE DISCUSSED THE SITUATION. There I* No Reuton lor the Monettry Interest* of the Country to be Dls tnr bed—The Hank* Are Strong anti In a Position to Meet the Enter* aetiey That Ha* Arisen—Acting Chairman of the New York Clear ing House Association Give* Oat a Statement—The Business of the Country Is on a Substnntlan Basts and Any I neuslnes* That Will be Caused Will be but Temporary. New York, Sept. 7.—Though the news on the attempt of the life of the Presi dent did not reach the financial dis trict until after the stock market had ciqsed and most of the important bank ers had left for the day, a number of Important conferences by various finan cial Interests were called. The most public of these was a meet ing of bank officers at the Buckingham Hotel. This conference was well at tended, and the situation was thorough ly discussed. At the conclusion of the meeting. J. Edward Simmons, acting chairman of the Clearing House Com mittee, In the absence of Chairman Frederick D. Tappan, made the follow ing statement: “After a somewhat prolonged period of liquidation the financial situation is one that should excite no alarm. The banks are strong and are in a position to meet the emergency that has arisen. A majprity of the Clearing House Com mittee is in town and a consultation haß taken place. The business of the country is on a substantial basis, and the clearing house banks are amply able to cope with the situation and they will stand together in this emergency as they have done in the*' past.” CALAMITY TO NATION. President Schwab so Considers the Dastardly Crime. New York, Sept. 7.—President C. M. Schwab, of the United States Steel Corporation, in discussing the attack on the President and after expressing his horror, said: "Should the President die it would certainly have a depressing effect upon business and industry. The effect would be but temporary, however, fop business is in such shape now and business men are in such a position that even the death of the President could only cause temporary calamity. "But the crime itself is a calamity to the country.” PROTECT SOLVENT FIRMS. Ilnttkers Will Do So lit Event of Panic. New York, Sept. 7.—After the meet ing of the bankers held at the Hotel Buckingham last night it was stated that it had been decided to Isstlt clear ing house certificates as was done to the extent of 140,000,000 in the panic of 1893, If there is any pressure for money and that no solvent firm will be allowed to suffer. SORROW IN*SAVANNAH. Attack on President McKinley Ex cited the Sympathy of the People. Savannah was moved with sorrow and sympathy when the news of the shooting of President McKinley be came known. The bulletins at the Cotton Exchange were the first -infor mation on the Bay, although the Asso ciated Press had already sent out the news over Its wires. The board was (mediately surrounded by the members of the Exchange, and in an incredibly short time the news had spread over the city and crowds began to gather at the newspaper offices. The source of the Information was known to but few and the lack of cor roborative details made many people believe that it was a groundless ru mor. Men quickly gathered In little groups on the street corners and dis cussed it and every passing acquain tnace was halted and told of the news and asked for further information. Within a very few minutes after the bulletin Vas received at the Cotton Exchange the telephones of the Morn ing News became busy and call after call, almost without intermission, was made by people anxious to know if the report were true and the particulars of the assault. The reports, as fast aa they could be had, were displayed by the Morning News, and were read by constantly growing crowds. Wherever the matter was discussed only the greatest sympathy for the President was expressed, and the hope that the wounds would not prove fatal. For the assassin no punishment allowed by law was deemed too severe, and the plea was that such an exam ple be made of him as to quell In oth ers the anarchistic spirit that prompt ed the deed. President McKinley Is known to many Savannahians who met him here when he visited Savannah several years ago as a member of the River and Harbor Commission, and again on his later visit to inspect the Seventh Army Corps. Gary Almost Prostrated. Baltimore, Sept. 7.—Mr. J. A. Gary, formerly Postmaster General, wan shocked beyond measuse by the news. “I am almost prostrated," said Mr. Gary, "and 1 cannot find worda to ax press my feelings.*