| home before copying this document, please see terms of use at end. Historical Newspapers keyword -- natl [no other keywords yet] [updated version Jan 2007] COQUILLE CITY BULLETIN Coquille, Oregon [This Entire Section is on THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT MCKINLEY] Previous1901 | Next 1901 1902 1903 1904 to newspaper menu SEPTEMBER 13 - NOVEMBER 22, 1901 September 13, 1901 CoqB 84 September 13, 1901 A Dastardly Deed. [Headline, centered but not full caps] --Again our nation is wrapped in gloom and our uppermost thoughts are centered on Buffalo, where the nation's stricken chief lies at deaths [print] door from the effects of an attempted assassination by a cowardly anarchist. President McKinley was visiting at the Pan-American Exposition, and was holding a public reception, grasping the hands of his beloved fellow- countrymen, when a coward of the deepest dye steps [sic] forward, and the President, in his friendly way, extends the hand of friendship and receives in return a bullet. The blow on our government is a severe one; this has been the third president that has fallen victim to such a cowardly act. The news of the condition of President McKinley is anxiously awaited every moment by every citizen of our nation and their sympathy is extended to his beloved wife. PRESIDENT SHOT. [head, centered; takes 2 lines in print] Dastardly Attempt Made to Assassinate President McKinley. [subhead] --Buffalo, September 6 -- President McKinley was shot and seriously wounded by a would-be assassin [print] while holding a reception in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American grounds a few minutes after 4 o'clock this afternoon. One shot took effect in the right breast, the other in the abdomen. The first is not of a serious nature, and the bullet has been extracted. The latter pierced the abdominal wall and has not been extracted. --The assassin was immediately arrested and proved to be Leon Czolgozy [sic], an anarchist of Detroit, Michigan. The shooting was most cowardly and was done while the President was shaking hands with the people. The assassin came forward with one hand in a sling, and the President extended his hand to him but instead of taking it he threw off the handkerchief from his hand and revealed a revolver, with which he fired twice at the President with the above effect. ________________ LATEST NEWS --Milburn House, Buffalo, September 10 -- The President will live but will probably carry the bullet of the would-be assassin with him to the grave. This is the expressed opinion of Dr. McBurney, of New York, in a statement to a representative of the Associated Press after the consultation of the physicians this morning. He announced that the President had passed the danger point, and now only the possibility of complications remains. He also announced that unless the bullet embedded in the muscle of the back causes trouble, there will be no necessity to extract it. ______________ --Chicago, September 10. -- Emma Goldman, the high priestess of anarchism, whose speeches, it is declared, turned to fire the brain of Leon Czolgosz, the would-be assassin of the President, was arrested today, with a warrant charging her with conspiracy to assinate [sic] President McKinley. [M. note, Czolgolz name spelled as sic in each place, once being misspelled] CoqB 85 September 20, 1901 [head, caps, centered)] PRESIDENT DEAD [sub head] Succumbs to his Wounds Saturday Morning, after One Week's Battle for His Life -- Members of the Family at the Bedside. _________ [head, caps, centered, takes up full space; this is a double column article, w/all the 4 head-sub head as single wide column, then underneath the text itself is in 2 column] THEODORE ROOSEVELT IS NOW PRESIDENT __________ [sub-head] Was sworn in as President of the United States, by Dist. Judge Hazel, immediately After the Death. CoqB 85 September 20, 1901 (cont) --MILBOURN HOUSE, BUFFALO, September 14 -- President McKinley died at 2:45 A.M. He had been unconscious most of the time since 7:50 P.M. His last conscious hour on earth was spent with the wife to whom he devoted a life time [print] of care. He died unattended by a minister of the gospel, but his last words were in humble submission to the will of God in whom he believed. He was reconciled to the cruel fate to which an assassin's bullet had condemned him and faced death in the same spirit of calmness which has marked his long and honorable career. --His last conscious words, reduced to writing by Dr. Mann, who stood at his bedside when they were uttered, were: "Good-bye all, goodbye. It is God's way. His will be done." --His relatives and the members of his official family were at the Milburn House except Secretary Wilson, who did not avail himself of the opportunity, and some of his personal and political friends who took leave of him. This painful ceremony was simple. His friends came to the door of the sick room, took a longing glance at him and turned tearfully away. (sub head) THE PARTING WITH HIS WIFE He was practically unconscious during this time. But powerful heart stimulants, including oxygen, were employed to restore him to consciousness for his final parting with his wife. He asked for her and she sat at his side and held his hand. He consoled her and bade her good-bye. She went through the heartrending scene with the same bravery and fortitude with which she has born the grief of the tragedy which ended his life. --Those present at the bedside when the; [sic] end came were Mrs. McKinley; his brother Abner, Miss Hellen [sic] McKinley, Mrs. Sarah Duncan and Mrs. Mary Barber, sisters; Miss Duncan, niece; Lieutenant McKinley, Wm. Duncan and John Barber, nephews; F.M. Osbourne, cousin; Private Secretary Corteyou [sic], Comptroller of Treasury Daws [sic], Webb C. Hayes and William C. Brown. --Shortly after his arrival in Buffalo, President Roosevelt paid a short visit of condolence to Mrs. McKinley. _________ FUNERAL PROGRAM --The program for President McKinley's funeral, formulated by the cabinet, included a prayer service at Milburn House, Buffalo, Sunday evening. --Monday morning a special train conveyed the dead President to Washington where available military commands assembled to act as an escort. --Then the funeral cortege proceeded to Canton, Ohio, for interment [print]. _________ --Salem, September 14 -- The State House is being draped in crepe from the ground to the top of the dome. --[M. top of 2nd col, so that this goes with first above as at a glance, and extras are all at bottom, though here appears other order.] [head] CAUSED BY THE WOUNDS --Buffalo, September 14 -- Surgeons performed an autopsy on the body of the late President this afternoon. At the close of the autopsy it was announced that the bullet which was supposed to have lodged in the muscles of the back was not found. Death was caused by toxemia, due to the presence of the bullet in the body. --Later Dr. Mynter stated that death was the direct result of gangrene produced by the bullet wound. --An X-ray machine will be used to ascertain the location of the bullet in the President's body. A machine has been sent for and it is said the examination will be made today. The doctors engaged in the autopsy here have taken a recess for luncheon. (cont) CoqB 86 September 20,1901 (cont) --Buffalo, September 14 -- An autopsy on the body of President McKinley, late this afternoon, revealed the fact that death was caused from gangrene (mortification) about the bullet wounds. ______ [head] PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT --Buffalo, September 14 -- Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office as President of the United States at the residence of Ainsley Wilcox at 3:32 this afternoon. The oath was administered by United States District Judge John R. Hazel. --In taking the oath the President said: --"In this hour of deep and National bereavement, I wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue the policy of President McKinley for the peace and prosperity and honor of our beloved country." _______ [head] PRESIDENT MCKINLEY'S RECORD Born at Noles, Trumbull County, Ohio, January 29,1843. Entered Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., 1860. Enlisted as Private, Company E, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, June 11, 1861. Participated in battles South Mountain and Antietam, September 14 and 17, 1862; promoted from Commissary Sergeant to Lieutenant. Promoted Captain, battle of Kexmstown, July 24,1864. Commissioned Major by brevet, March 14,1865. Studied law, law school at Al ..ny [can't read; assume must be Albany,not long enough for Allegheny], NY; admitted to bar at Warren, 0hio, March, 1867. Elected Prosecuting Attorney, Stark County, Ohio, 1869. Elected to Congress, 1876. Re-elected to Congress for seventh time, November, 1888. Inaugurated Governor of Ohio, January 11, 1892. Elected President of United States, November, 1896. Re-nominated for President, June 21, 1900. Re-elected, November 4, 1900. Shot, September 6,1901. Died, September 14,1901. [head] President's Exercise Habits _____ --President McKinley was adverse to a bodyguard or to restrictions on his movements, and was exceedingly informal and democratic while in Washington. 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. Often he left the gate at the western side of the grounds and was joined by Controller [print] of the Currency, Chas Dawes, also an early riser, and together these two men would make the circuit of the eclipse south of the White House grounds. Upon these occasions he was never accompanied by a bodyguard or a Secret Service man. It is said that Mr. McKinley was often warned that the strolls alone were dangerous. --Frequently Mr. McKinley drove alone about the city and its suburbs. Seldom the President himself handled the reins, but at no time was there a sexeret service [print] man in attendance, eigher [print] near or at a distance. The (cont) CoqB 87 September 20, 1901. (cont) closest attendant in the secret service [print] that the President had was George Foster, who constituted his personal bodyguard. A few days ago a Washington Post reporter, while at Buffalo, talked with Captain Valleley [sic], of the exposition force, on the precautions he would take to insure the President‘s safety. Captain Valleley said he had picked men of the country under him, and that all the time that the President was in the exposition grounds he would be surrounded by alert detectives, who would form a constant bodyguard. The captain ridiculed the possibility of danger. –Ex. The worst of the Buffalo Exposition is to come. The people who went will now proceed to tell the people who did not go all about it. + Theodore Roosevelt, who has become President on account of the death of Wm. McKinley, pledged himself to the American people to pursue the policy of his predecessor. Of course, Roosevelt’s record as a President is to be made, and it is hoped that he will not prove unworthy of the trust that has been placed in his hands by the American people. President Roosevelt is a man of firm convictions, and has in the past at all times been an upholder of the right. He has the confidence of the whole nation, and it can only be hoped that he will make as good a record as did Wm. McKinley. The third president, who has met death at the hands of an assassin, is now being mourned for by our nation. President McKinley died at the Milburn House, Buffalo, last Saturday, from the effect of the wounds inflicted by Czolgosz, the anarchist. The President was aware of the end and was prepared to meet his maker, as is judged from the words which were uttered by him just before the soul took its flight: “Good bye all, goodbye. It is God’s way. His will be done.” The shock of the President’s death came with double force as the country had been rejoicing over the news that he was steadily gaining and would recover, and the sudden change in his condition was unexpected. The whole nation is dressed in mourning. When the news reached the hopyard west of town that McKinley had been shot, a foolish young man in the crowd of hoppickers [print] remarked that he was glad of it. A young girl standing near remonstrated with the unpatriotic American, and when he reiterated the statement, the girl whacked him over the head with a hop pile, and to say that she was seconded by every other picker in the yard is expressing it mildly. The boy is a resident of this city, but has been more discreet in his utterances since the hopyard incident. – Albany Herald. [M. assume this is Albany NY and a national item, since a following issue quotes that paper as a source; but could be Albany, Or.] CoqB 88 September 27, 1901 President Cleveland took the precaution during his last term of office to keep a trustee [sic] body-guard almost continually by his side when travelling or in public. At receptions the guard, dressed in citizen’s clothes, took his position on the left of the President where he could carefully scrutinize approaching strangers and catch the right arm of the man about to shake hands with the President in case of suspicious action. Those who criticized Cleveland for taking such precautions for personal safety now have occasion to commend his foresight. Cleveland, as well as other presidents, received threatening letters and thought it best to keep on the safe side. –Ex. CoqB 88 September 27, 1901 It is a serious fact that the name of Czolgosz is a Polish word meaning, "a creeping, crawling thing, like a snake." + The Post Office Department is contemplating the issuance of a special series of stamps, commemorative of the life of President McKinley. + The expression of sorrow and the tributes paid to our martyred President by the leading journals of the south go to show the spirit of Union which now prevails among the American people. There is no North nor South but all are united in the one grand thought of building up and upholding the principals [print] of our great nation. + The father of Czolgosz says of the assassin: "He came home nights to sleep. All day he was away fishing or idling. He said he was not well and could not work." This sizes up pretty correctly the majority of the anarchists who have dedicated themselves to a general destruction of the existing order. These people are either loafing or steeping themselves in anarchistic literature. Work is what they would avoid whenever possible. --Albany Herald. [M. I assume this is Albany, NY, a national filler.] CoqB 88 September 27, 1901 [Head] Czolgolsz Is Guilty. [M. did microfilm have extra L?] ______ [(subhead) And Will Be Sentenced to Death by Electrocution. _______ --Buffalo, September 24. -- The trial of Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of President McKinley, was brought to an early termination today. The jury returned, after a few minutes' deliberation, with a verdict of murder in the first degree. The sentence will be pronounced tomorrow and shall be death by electrocution. + CoqB 88 September 27, 1901 A gentleman who has just returned from Humboldt County says that an employee of a saw mill near Eureka upon hearing of the President's death expressed his gratification by shouting hurrah and was chased into the bush by a crowd of fellow employees and has not been heard of since. It is thought by some that he is swaying in the breeze from the limb of some tree in that vicinity. + CoqB 88 October 4, l90l It will be peculiar if a man of Mr. Roosevelt's intense energy and extensive capabilities does not have something very much to the point to say on the subject of Anarchy in his first message to Congress. It is, of course, impossible to predict the nature of his recommendations but they are likely to be at least pertinent and possibly drastic. [Head] An Impressive Scene. [centered] --Of all the sad scenes recently enacted in the Capitol City the simplest stands but as most impressive [sic]. The arrival of the body of him who a few weeks before had gone forth in all strength and vigor of manhood, at his official home [print]. No pomp, no bands, no great ceremony attended the return. A simple escort of two troops of cavalry and a guard of honor consisting of the ranking officers of Army and Navy met the funeral train of their late chief at the depot. It was already dark when the train arrived but Pennsylvania Avenue was bright with the soft glow of hundreds of incandescent lights. The cavalry, sixteen abreast, proceeded up the broad, crape-draped avenue, followed by the simple hearse drawn by six black horses, attended by the guard of honor and followed in turn by the carriages of the mourners, President Roosevelt, the Cabinet and others. CoqB 88 September 27, October 4, 1901 [President. Roosevelt, his age, experience, career, policies in agreement w/McKinley.] CoqB 88a October 4, 1901 The reported attempt to blow up the McKinley vault has proven to be a fake sensation existing only in the imaginitive [sic] brain of some reporter. + CoqB 88a October 4,, 1901 When President McKinley’s clothing, which he wore when he was shot, was examined there were the following articles: One dollar and eighty cents in coin, a silver nugget pocket piece, three small pocket knives, one battered coin, a pocketbook containing $45 in bills, a lead pencil, three short cigars, two of them chewed, an open faced watch and h [print] chain, but not a clew [sic] as to his identity. + CoqB 88a October 4, 1901 [more articles, lengthy, on new President, his activities and schedule, other.] CoqB 88a October 18, 1901 “The anarchist must slay seventy-five million Americans before he can slay the republic.” --Senator Hoar + CoqB 88a October 27, 1901 We cannot see why President Roosevelt hasn’t the right to dine with a Negro if he wants to. Some politicians are hurting themselves because President Roosevelt gave a dinner to Booker T. Washington, the colored educator of the south. The rough rider will more than likely be the judge of whom he shall entertain, be it [sic] white or colored. + CoqB 88a October 27, 1901 If Roosevelt’s administration does not prove a success it will not be from lack of advice. + CoqB 88a October 27, 1901 Even a pouring rain did not serve to prevent the President from attending church Sunday and taking a walk afterwards. + CoqB 88a November 1, 1901 Leon Czolgosz, the arch fiend, who assassinated our nation’s chief, paid the penalty of his awful crime last Tuesday morning, at Auburn Prison, NY, by death in the electric chair. The condemned man showed no signs of fear, even talked while being strapped into the chair. Our readers are acquainted with the details of the awful crime which shocked the entire world and for which the perpetrator has just suffered the penalty. Every precaution was taken to prevent any demonstration, and the execution was witnessed only by a few. While he paid the penalty prescribed by law for his crime, still it does not bring back to us the one so treacherously murdered. + CoqB 88a November 22, 1901 With a murdered President, two bursted banks and a $4,000,000 deficit on the record, Buffalo will not soon forget her Pan-American Show. + CoqB 88a November 22, 1901 We believe that if Mr. McKinley could make his wishes known he would say to those who would raise up million dollar monuments in his memory, “Combine your forces and endow a home for widows and orphans.” + CoqB 88a November 22, 1901 Buffalo may have lost money on her Exposition but, judging by Chicago’s experience, she may still consider herself the gainer because of the aesthetic education of her citizens. + = This document may be copied for personal use or research purposes only, not to appear in public.. 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