DEATH OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 216, 20 September 1901, Page 3

DEATH OF PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.

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REMAINS REMOVED TO CANTON. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. Washington, Sep . raber 18. The remaics were conveyed to Canton in heavy rain. The bells were tolled and thousands congregated at the railway station. i President Roosevelt has decked that I the tiagedy eliminates his candidaturrj for the presidency of 1904, adding, " 111 I fail in my present duties I cannot] hope for future honours. I will fail if I give a thought beyoLd the actua 1 task." THE FUNERAL AT CANTON. MB. HAY DOES NOT RESIGN YET. HEAVY BAIL FOB MISS GOLDMAN, Received 30, 1.2 a.m. Washington, September 15. Seventy thousand persons viewed the coffin while lyiog at the Rotunda in Washington. The town of Canton was draped, and thousands of Mr. McKinley's personal friends awtited the coffin in deepest griif. Mrs McEinley collapsed under the universal marks of sympathy, and had to be carried to a carriage. The body was viewed at the Courthouse for some hours, and was the removed to the McKinley home. Secretary Hay states that he will not resign while his health permits him to retain office. His and President Roosevelt's views on the foreign policy are in harmony. Miss Goldman's bail has been fixed at twenty thousand dollars. No surety is forthcoming. Received 20, 0.35 a.m Sydney, September 19. The American Consulate was draped and closed. Flags were generally at half-mast during the time of the funeral of Mr. McKinley. ; ■ i ■:• Napiir, September 18. At the meeting of the "Napier Borough Council this evening, it was decided to adjourn aB a mark of respect to tbe late President McKinley, and a motion of condolence was pasted and ordered to be sent to the American Consul, Auckland, September 19. The Primate has forwarded che following letter to the American Consul: —"On behalf of the Church of the Province of New Zealand I atk you to accept my profound sympathy with the people ot the United States of America in the loss of their noble President. The horror felt by all English speaking people and by tha civilised world in g*neral at th« insane crime perpetrated at Buffalo on the Oth instant will, we may hope, help to deter o'her fanatics from following the example of Mr. McKinley's assassin." Wellington, Sapfember 19. The City Council adjourned after passing a resolution of sympathy and regret at the death of President McKinley. A salute of fifty-nine guis was fired by the permanent artillery to-day between three and four o'clock, and minute bells were tolled from the tower of the General Post Office during the same hour. The Stars and Stripes were halfmasted on H.M S. Archer.