THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 244, 23 October 1901, Page 2

THE 'FRISCO MAIL.

THE SIERRA IN AUCKLAND. THE LATE PRESIDENT. (Per Mail Strainer at Auckland.) i San Francisco, Get. 9. ; Tin death of the President, coming as j it did after every assurance from the medical staff which attended the wounded > utnn that matters were progressing ill a , saristaetory manner, was it great grid to | the American people. The funeral cere- j monies at Buffalo and Washington, and , anally at Caiuon, the President s old | home, where the interment was made, j were oi a most impressive character. A LIVING LINE.

Tile train wit tea bore the President s body p.-ssed through a living line of bareheaded people: It out Buffalo up over the

Aik ghaiiv mountains, down again into tile broad vaik-ys of tile Susquahamt, and -:i to the city on the banks of the Potomac, the w ::o-i country appeared to be drained ol its population. On the sides of too track over winch the train passed work was slopped in me field and the mine, and city schools were dismissed, and utillions of tlags at half-staff were draped with crape.

THE SERVICES AT WASHINGTON

At Washington the services were marked by the greatest simplicity. They were conducted in accordance with the rites of the Methodist Cnurcn, ot which organisation President McKinley was a life-long member. The services consisted only ot two hymns, a song, ft prayer, and an address, and the Benediction. Gathered about wore the representatives of every phase of American life, including the President and only surviving ex-President of the United States. The represemathos at Washington of nearly every European nation were also in attendance, limit Britain, France. German;., Italy, Spain, and all Republics to southward especially mourned the death of President McKinley. At the conclusion of the service the great audience assembled in the rotunda of the capitol, and joined in singing, “ Nearer tuv God to Tltee,” the words of' President McKinley is said to have murmured with dying lips. MRS McKINLEY’S HEALTH. Mrs McKinley was not able to attend the last services, as at the time it was feared she might not survive tho ordeal. Since this, however, she lias borne herself with great courage, and lias entirely regained her usual condition of health. A MOST IMPRESSIVE SCENE. While the funeral cortege moved down the broad Pennsylvania Avenue, which stretches between White House and the capital, rain was falling, but the heads of flic assembled thousands were bared nevertheless, and the scene while soldiers and civilians marched beside their dead chief was most impressive and sad. After the service at the capital the body lay in state in tho great' rotunda, while thousands of people filed past to take a last look at the dead face. The great bronze doors were closed while thousands were still waiting for another journey which was to bo made to the funeral. The train was again made up, and Mrs McKinley, almost in a state of collapse, was carried on board for the return to Canton. The interment at Canton was 011 September 19th, the anniversary of the day twenty years ago when President Garfield was murdered, as when President McKinley breathed lii.s last Canton and other cities of the neighborhood were fairly wrapped in mourning garb. All State troops and military companies were assembled as an escort, and the ceremonies were more impressive because they were concurred in by neighbors, relatives and friends of deceased, also those who had been near him in life and were most sincerely and deeply grief-stricken because of his untimely and most cruel and pitiful taking off. TRIAL OF C/.OLGOSZ.

The trial of Gzolgosz, the murderer of the President, consumed but little tune. Tho assassin was arraigned at Buffalo, and witiim two days the trial by jury was completed. .Prisoner wished to plead guilty, but, under the laws of the State of Now* York, he was not allowed to do so. Attorneys were appointed by the Court for his defence, blit no actual attempt at a defence was made, other than that the attorneys saw that all points of law in the case were complied with. HE STOOD ALONE. Not a friend or relative came to the side of the convicted man. His father, a Polo by birthjj but long a citizen of the United States, is said to bo heartbroken by the act of his son, whose only message to the outside world has been to request that his father be told lie was sorry to leave such a bad name. Prisoner will be executed in an electric chair, according to the custom in New York State, before the end of October, which is as early a date as the law permitted his Judge to name. Until tho execution he will remain in the State prison at Auburn in solitary confinement and well guarded. It appears Czolgosz only thought of committing the crime for two days before the murder, and the eases against all anarchists accused of complicity with him have fallen through. Prisoner has been sullen and for the most part silent since his arrest. Recently he has admitted he regrets the occurrence, and is especially sorry for Mrs McKinley. Experts declare that the man is porfectly sane, though wlion being carried to Auburn be suffered an hysterical collapse, and shrieked with terror while guards stripped him and dressed him in prison clothes. Altogether he appears not so vorv different from Guiteau, the man who shot President Garfield twenty years ago.

THE NEW PRESIDENT. ENERGETIC, INDEPENDENT, AND RELIGIOUS. San Francisco, Oct. 6. Theodore Roosevelt, the new President, is tremendously energetic, and is originally independent, and courageous in the extreme. He is also religious, and attends the little Dutch reformed church at Washington. Upon the request of the President, McKinley’s Cabinet will retain their portfolios. When Roosevelt took the oath of office, he said : 11 It shall be my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the policy of President McKinley lor peace, prosperity, and honor 0) the country.” On the inflowing day He gathered together ins personal friends and me members of the ■ '.wind at Buffalo, ami gave to them sue . ideas a-, he had ion nutated for the conUavi of public aliens ARE RICAN POLICY.

T-u policy, a - outlined, will b. far more libera,, niiii tiice will be extensive redprociiv in li.e ■ l eiiase and Ft.e of commodities, so a.,., e-ier-produftiou in this country can br u -p ised of by lan arrangement- with 10r.,,g0 countries: abolition dum.lv of commercial war witu other countries, and the adoption of reciprocity treaties; the abolition of such tariffs on foreign goods as arc no longer needed for revenue. If such abolition will not work harm to our industries and labor, direct commercial lines should be established between the Eastern Coast of the United States and South America, and the Pacific Coast ports of Central America and bouth America. Encouragement of merchant marine and building of ships that shall tiy the American llag and be owned and controlled by American capital. Building and completion as soon as possible of the Isthmus Canal, so as to give direct communication with the coasts of Central and South America and Mexico. Construction ot tho cable owned by the Government connecting our mainland with island possessions, notably Hawaii and Philippines. Use of conciliatory measures of arbitration in ail disputes with foreign nations, so as to avoid strife. Protection of savings of people in the banks and in other forms of investment by preservation of the country and placing in positions of trust only men of the highest integrity.” LOVED BY AMERICA.

President Roosevelt has asserted himself by declaring he would not recognise sectional nor political lines, hut will appoint good men to office even though they be of the Democratic party. It is felt this must be death to the President’s ambition for renomination, but it is certainly the way to unite the country which has been

di\ iaeu I 1 v sectional lines, as bv au insurm juntable barrier since long before the civil war. *■ [ ant going to be President oi United States, and not of anv section,” Roosevelt lias declared, and he has added he intends to visit the most distaut part of the country while in office. It will be seen that the conduct of the new executive has already been such as to rouse somo opposition among the Republican party leaders. It is, however, safe to say that no Presulem of this nation was ever more atloetionateiy and hopefully regarded by the whole American people than Theodore Roosevelt is to-dav.