A NATION'S GRIEF.
A NOBLE WIFE'S BRAVE BEARING. PASSIONATE CROWDS. Received 15, 5.10 p.m. Washington, September 14. Mis. McKinley was asleep when the uomistakeable tigns of dissolution became appir. Nt, and she was not awaken* d. When informed that her husband had gone she showed the u'imst fortitude, saying quietly : " God help me." Dr. R/xev, at ;t quarter past two, announced the President's death. Ihe tidings were immediately pent to tt e room where the Cabinet was sitting. The Senators all cried like childrenj Large crowds Icept an all-night vigil outside the newspaper offices in New York, and many wept when the death was announced. Others cried out for vengeance on the Anarchists. There were similar scenes at Buffalo, where crowds waited in a dense fog. Upon a rumour of death, at midnigh*, an excited rush was made for Czolgosz's cell; but the police repelled it. Oolonel Ronpeve'dt, who thought Mr. McKioley would rtciver, had gone to Adiron barks. There will be a State funeral at Washington. Edelbert Stone, who was arrested for predicting the shooting of the President, has been released.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 214, 16 September 1901, Page 3
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182A NATION'S GRIEF. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 214, 16 September 1901, Page 3
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