Assassination of President M‘Kinley.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 17 September 1901, Page 4

Assassination of President M‘Kinley.

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' Washington, September 16. Mr Roossvo d - has proclaimed Ti tursd ly a day of mourning and prayer for the g cea r, and good President whose death hts •-mitten the nation with bitter grief, and the recollection of whose life is of‘ the lar";st love and earnest endeavor for his fellowmen and remains as a precious memory. . Mr Roosoveldt received an immense number of congratuL ions on h a assuming tbo Presidency. Czilgosz h ts been removed to r.ho .1-,,113 Penitentiary.. ■ - His father wdlvi-r. him there, and how's to persuade him -o confess the .„«ues of-bis supposed confederates.

Pahis, September 16. The festive character of the Czar’s visit to Dunkirk and Campagne was abandoned out of sympathy to Mr M'Kinley. Washington, September 15. Dr Parks asserts that M’Kinley anticipated death for 48 hours and frequently repeated the Lord’s prayer. No clergyman attended M’Kinley after ho was shot.

The doctors’ and nurses’ untiring devotion to the patient is recognised, but the discrepancy in the bulletins and the autopsy report occasions much comment. There is a suspicion that the bullet was poisoned. 34 cultures were taken along the path of the bullet to ascertain why every point was gangrenous.

The bulletins misled Mr Boosevoldt who. expecting M’Kinley to be fit for work in three weeks, went hunting, and was unable to reach Buffalo until midday on Saturday. He does not intend to summon Congress. Innumerable messages of sympathy regarding M’Kinley have been received from sovereigns, governments, and statesmen.

Sir W. Laurier, in the course of a message, said that the Canadians felt the death almost as keenly as the Americans, knowing the qualities of the dead President.

London, September 16. It is suggested at Montreal that the Duke of Cornwall should represent the King and the British race at M'Kinley’s funeral.

The Times says that such a decision would afford the nation the deepest gratification. The Archbishop of Canterbury, in his sermon, said that M'Kinley’s death was a calamity to the world and a triumph of wickedness. It filled the churches with horror.

Dean Farrar, at Canterbury Cathedral, and Canon Duckworth at Westminister Abbey, Scott Holland at St Paul’s Cathedral, Spurgeon, General Booth, and ia churches and chnpe;s of all denominations touching references were made to the death.

Tho “ Dead March in Saul ” was played. Tho Ecumenical conference was deeply affected at the news.

Mr Choate, the American Ambassador in England, thanked the King for his constant solicitude and interest iu Mr M’Kinley, which the Americans appreciated.