SUMMARY CF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic
Two hundred and fifty minor em
ployed at tin- Pine I till Colliery, near
Meycrsdalc. Pa., went on a strike.
The stock of the Winchester Tele
phone Company was sold to a Hanover
(Pa.) syndicate.
Brandolino Yiivnahtno. an Italian, of
Mount Vernon. N. Y.. confessed that he
murdered John Francesco Dura, having
fceen incited thereto, as lie claims, by
Frederick lnihoff.
The National Association of Letter
Carriers, in session in Chattanooga.
Tenn., adjourned aiter electing officers
nd selecting Denver as the next meet
ing place.
B. F. Kesler. a Baltimore and Ohio
freight conductor, died at Martinsbnrg.
W. Va., from injuries received when lie
was thrown from his train.
The Baroness von Sclnvarzrnstrin.
who has separated from her husband.
he Kaiser's former envoy to Washing
ton, has gone on the American stage
and is playing a small part in H.ickett's
"Don Caesar de Kazan." She is a
cousin of Vice-President Roosevelt.
Bishop r.ynic. of the Catholic Dio
cese of Nashville, has addressed a letter
4b the priests of the diocse condemning
the attempted assassination of President
McKinley and denouncing anarchists.
During a severe gale on Lake Huron
sit vessels went ashore, the light- and
buoys being obscured by the heavy
pail of smoke, due to the forest fires.
All the crews were saved.
Mrs. 13. Sagcr, an Englishwoman. 8.1
years of age, died suddenly on heard
the Merchants and Miners liner llud
cxi, en route from Baltimore and Nor
folk for Savannah.
Lady Sarah Wilson, war correspond
ent of the London Daily Mad during
the Boer war. has arrived in this coun
try. She will remain only about a
month.
A monster mass-meeting was held in
Portsmouth. Ya.. in which a resolution
was adopted declaring that there is no
room in this fair land for anarchists.
A mass-meeting of Poles held in New
Y'ork bitterly denounced Czolgosz, re
pudiating him. and expressing sympa
thy and admiration for Mr. McKinley.
Sarah Howells, a recluse, who had
lived as a voluntary prisoner in one
room for nearly a half century, died at
Mattituck. I.. I.
Raleigh Brvant. a farmer, of Farn
ham, Richmond county. Va., died on
Friday from blood poisoning, resulting
from a splinter.
J. P. Harman and Miss Pansy Alex
ander eloped from Tazewell county, Va.,
to Bristol, where they were married.
John AY. Ande'son, an old Confeder
ate soldier, oi Kerryvillo. Va., died on
Friday and was buried yesterday.
Rev. Edward Mack resigned as pastor
of the First Presbyterian Church in
Norfolk. Va.
The Supreme Court of West Virginia
sustained the Greater Morgantown
charter.
Herman (). Armour, oi New York,
died suddenly at Saratoga of apoplexy.
William Richards, 86 years old, died
at his home in Alexandria, Va.
Alexandro Rodriguez, secretary of the
Cuban Cigarmakers' Union, of Tampa,
Fla., arrived in New Orleans. He de
clared that he had been kidnapped and
held prisoner for several days.
Two hundred and twenty soldiers of
the Twenty-seventh Infantry, at .Fort
McPhcrson. are at the post hospital on
account of illness, caused probably by
ptomaine poisoning.
Frederick King, awaiting trial for
highway robbery, tried to roast himself
to death in his cell in Essex County
Jail, Newark, N. J.
Vice-President Roosevelt was given
hearty receptions in Vermont towns. At
Rutland lie was the guest of Senator
Proctor.
Mr. and Mrs. James Younger Brick
ley, who were divorced about three years
ago, were remarried in Norfolk, Va.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will erect
two new piers at Jersey City which will
be 7000 feet long and two stories high.
George. .Kensil killed Bertha Richter,
his sixteen-year-old sweetheart, in St.
Louis and then shot himself.
An epidemic of typhoid fever prevails
among the nuns at the Catholic convent
at Oldenburg. Ind.
Capt. William Bunting, accused of
killing James Bell in Norfolk, was re
leased on $5000 hail.
By a vote of jM to 1.1 the National As
sociation of Stationary Engineers, in ses
sion at Rochester, voted down a propos
ed amendment to the association's con
stitution to convert it .into a labor or
ganization. In a communication to the State De
partment Consul General Mason, at Ber
lin, says that Northern France and
Switzerland are preparing to receive
American coal.
The twenty-seventh annual convention
of the American Bankers' Association
will meet in Milwaukee September 24 to
36.
Vice-President Roosevelt, who left
Chicago for the East, says that since
January 1 he has received -ooo imita
tions to speak.
The Colorado and Southern Railway
will experiment with electricity as mo
tor power on it . suburban lines.
The National Association of Manu
facturers decided to call a reciprocity
convention, the date to be named later.
Suit was instituted in Trenton, N. J .
to compel the directors of the Electric
Vehicle Company to pay bark into the
treasury of the company S.'Ko.ooo alleged
to have been illegally paid in dividends.
District of Columbia Day w as celebrat
ed at the Pail-American Exposition.
Henrv B. F Mrlarland. president of the
Board of Commissioners, of the District,
being liie orator.
Herman Dieicr, a machinist in Phila
delphia, who is on strike, was arrested
on the cliarg" 01 choking bis wife be
cause she prevented him from commit
ting suicide.
Rolirrt V. Blair withdrew from his
randidacv for lieutenant governor on the
Republican ticket liecausc he was not ,50
years old, ,as required by the Constitu
tion. Foreign.
Tilt Venezuelan fleet was reported to
be bombarding Ricliacha, an important
tuwu on the north coast of Colombia.
The United States battleship Iowa ar
rived at Panama. Colombia's financial
traits are so serious that she cannot go
to war with Venezuela with any hope
of success. The government owes t lie
1500 troops on the isthmus $.45,000 in
L'uid, back pay.
The attack on President McKinley
has stimulated the French au:lio.ri.ies to
eatraordinary measures to protect the
liar when he comes to France.
The Filipino insurgent leader Angeles
has surrendered in the Camarines with
it) officers, 4-' men and a quantity of
ammunition.
Dr. Johannes von Miguel, formerly
Prussian minister oi finance, died at
Fraijkfort-ori-tie-Maiii, of apoplexy.
Li Hung Clang has notified the for
eign ministers that the edicts for the
signing of the peace protocol have at last
arrived. It is hrlirvvd that they were
withheld to induce Emperor William 10
waive the kotow ceremony on the part
of the Chinese mission
lu-uadur is reported to have joined
Venezuela against Colombia, and to haie
put a well -equipped army in ihe field,
i'oide lin i.ili'i:jj war vessels.
PRESIDENT McKINLEY
SHOT BY AN ANARCHIST.
Struck Once In the Chest and Once In the
Stomach and Condition Is Serious.
ASSASSIN WAS SHAKING THE PRESIDENT'S HAND WHEN DEED WAS DONE
Leon Czolgosz Confesses lie Is a Disciple ,of Emma Goldman Breaking the
News to Mrs. McKinley Six Men and Three Women Arrested In
' Chicago Charged With Conspiracy.
William McKinley. President of the
I'nitcd States, was shot twice and seri
ously wounded by Leon Czolgosz, a
self-con iesscd anarchist, at 4 o'clock
Friday afternoon in the Temple of Mu
sic at the Pan-American Exposition at
Buffalo.
The assassin denies that he had an
accomplice, but an unknown Italian,
who was near him before he fired, acted
suspiciously. Czolgosz says he is a dis
ciple of Emilia Goldman. I.ate Friday
night six anarchists were arrested in
Chicago charged with being implicated
in a plot to kill the President.
The President was holding a public
reception. The edifice was packed with
people. Czolgosz was in the line of
those shaking hands with the President.
One of his hands was concealed by a
bandage, which also hid a revolver. As
the President turned smilingly toward
him and extended bis hand the Pole
fired twice before two secret service offi
cers and a colored man seized him and
disarmed him.
The shots were followed by the wild
est contusion. Women and children
were almost crushed in the panic. The
President alone was calm. He stepped
back, dropped into a chair on the dias
near the great organ, turned to a friend
and said, "I ant wounded." The next
thought was of bis wife. "Do not ex
aggregate the extent of my injury," he
said. The wounded President was re
moved to a hospital on the grounds,
where physicians and surgeons exam
ined him. It was found that one bullet
had struck the breastbone and glanced
off. The other penetrated the stomach
and the surgeons were unable to locate
it. The President bore the operation
well.
The abdomen was opened through the
line of the bullet wound. It was found
that the bullet had penetrated the stom
ach. The opening in the front wall of
the stomach was rareiully closed with
silk stitches, alter which a search was
made for a hole in'the back wall of the
stomach. This wa found and closed in
the same way.
The further course of the bullet could
no: be discovered, though careful search
was made. 1 he abdominal wound was
closed without drainage. No injury to
the intestines or other abdominal or
gans was discovered.
The patient stood the operation well,
pul-e of good quality, at a rate of i.jo,
condition at the conclusion of operation
gratifying. The result cannot be fore
told. His condition at present justifies
i hope of recovery.
I Senator Manna, in a conference with
1 the physicians at midnight, was told that
! the results depended on the next 48
I h nrs. Nothing definite can be known
before that time. All that is ieared is
peritonitis or similar trouble.
j SCtNE AT THE SHOOTING.
! ,Vr. McKinley Displayed Wonderful Nerve
j ' After Bclnf Wounded.
i Buffalo, N. V. (Special). Five min
utes before the President was shot the
crowd was in the most cheerful humor
Bit Oil Pipe Line lor Texas.
' Fort Worth. Texas (Special). Jas.
w- s: 1.- . j
y . .swdinc, ui 1 111 k wi 111, auti cx-
(jov. Jas. Hogg, owners of the Swaine
Hogg Oil Syndicate of Beaumont, will
s.art for F.urope to organize a $.15,000,
000 company to establish a pipe line
from Spindle Top to Port Arthur . and
Sabme Pass. The prospectus carries
with it the purchase of a line of 100
tank steamers and the erection of 5.
000,000 barrels tankage at the ports.
Mr. Swaine says the company will have
the products of 60 wells to draw from
and expects to market 100,000 barrels
daily.
Pat Match lo Gunpowder.
Bridgeton, N. J. (Special ). Alln-rt
Kirk, a 14-ycar-old boy, living with Wil
liam Ware, a farmer, at Cohrnsey, stuck
a lighted match into a bottle of gun
powder to make it explode. His plan
succeeded. His life is saved, but part of
his nose is gone and one eye is blinded.
The physician thinks he will be able to
save the other eye.
Many Bodice From Moult.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special). The
tram port Dix arrived here, with 5-J0
bodies fom the Philippines. The trans
port occupied j8 dayi in making the run
from Maml 1. .
in the Temple of Music. The police
had b und no trouble of any kind, and
when the President's carriage, contain
ing, beside the Chief Kxecmive, Presi
dent John G. Milburn. of the Pan
American Exposition, and Private Sec
retary George B. Cortclyou, drove up
to the side entrance to the Temple it
was met by a mighty salute of cheers
and applause.
The three alighted and were escorted
to the door of the building.
Almost immediately a carriage con
taining Secret Service men George Fos
ter and Samuel R. Ireland drove up,
and these detectives, with r.e -eral other
Secret Service men, entered the build
ing together. Inside they were met by
Director-General Buchanan, who had
arrived but a moment before, and he di
rected them as to where to stand.
In passing to the place the President
took 'off his hat and smiled pleasantly
to a little group of newspaper men and
to the guards who had been stationed
in the place. To one of the reporters
he spoke smilingly, saying:
"It is much cooler in here, isn't it?"
President Stood In Afs'e.
The interior of the building had been
arranged for the reception. From the
main entrance, which opens to the
southeast from I he timtj intr, ili u-i.1
I esplanade, where thousands had gath
ered, an aisle Mad been made through
the rows of scats in the building to a
point nacr the centre. This aisle was
about eight ieet wide and turned near
the centre to the southwest door of the
temple, so that there was a -passage
dividing the soir.h part oi the structure
into a right angle.
It was so arranged that the people
who would shake hands with the Presi
dent would enter at the southeast door,
meet the President in the centre and
then pass oil out at the southwest door.
Where the aisle made the curve in the
centre of the building the corner had
been decorated with tall palms and
green plants, so the President stood un
der a bower. Both sides of the long
aisle were covered with continuous
strips oi purple bunting.
Soldiers Were at thud.
From the southeast door and extend-
mg on up to and around the curve was
a line 01 soldiers Irom the Seventy-third
Seacoast Artillery on each side. These
were interspersed with neatly uniformed
guards from the Exposition police, un
der the command oi Captain Darner.
When the Presidential party was with
in the building the soldiers came to "at
tention" and all took their places. The
President was escorted to the centre of
the palm bower and Mr. Milburn took a
position on bis left, so as to introduce
the people as they came in.
Secretary Cortclyou stood by the
President to the right. Secret Ser ice
man Foster, who has traveled every
where with the President, took a posi
tion not more than two feet in front oi
Mr. Milburn and Secret Serviceman
Ireland stood on his left, so that Ire
land was the saint distance in front of
the President as was Foster in front of
Mr. Milburn.
Was In Fine Humor.
Through this passage the people who
would iiwet the President must pass.
When all was ready with detectives
scattered throughout the aisle, the
President smiled to Mr. Buchanan, who
was standing near the corporal in
charge of the artillerymen, and said that
be was ready to meet the people. He
was very ple.iant and as h waited for
the doors to open he rtibb.d his hand
OVtK FIFTY INJURED.
A I reljhl Train Crashes Into Wreck Train
Men Hurled in the Air.
Elinira, N. Y. (Special). Four per
sona wrre seriously injured and 50 oth
ers slightly hurt in a wreck which oc
curred seven miles south of Elmira.
Westbound Delaware, Lackawaua and
Western freight train No. s.t ran into
a wreck train having on board over 100
laborers, ninny of whom were Italians.
The workmen were hurled high in the
air in all directions, the majority receiv
ing minor injuries. 'The work train was
supposed to have cleared for the freight.
Protocol Signed at List.
Pekin (By Cable.) The settlement
protocol between China and the powers
was signed Saturday. The signing took
place at the Spanish legation. Li Hung
Chang and Prince Cbing came in chairs,
with a large following of horsemen. 1J
Hung Chang was so feeble that he had to
be lifted out of his chair by two men.
The doyen of the Diplomatic Corps,
Senor lie Cologau mado a hrief speech
in behalf oi the Ministers. He expresicd
the Hope that the signing 011 the proto
col would oegm a iicyv era I lor China
and the p'fri.
together, adjusted li is long Prince Al
bert coat, and laughingly chatted with
Mr. Milburn. Secretary Cortelyou gave
a few last instructions to the officers as
10 the manner in which the crowds were
to be hurried on through, so that as
many as possible could meet the Ex
ecutive. Mr. Milburn ordered the door to
open, and a wavering line of people who
had been squeezed against the outside
of the door for hours, began to 'wend
its way up through the lines of soldiers
and police to the place where the Presi
dent stood. An old man with silver
white hair was the first to reach the
President, and on his shoulder the little
girl he carried received a warm saluta
tion. Organist W. J. Gomph started on a
sonata, low at first, and swelling gradu
ally to more majestic proportions until
the whole auditorium was tilled with the
melodious tones of the big pipe organ.
The crowd had been pouring through
hardly more than five minutes when the
organist brought from his powerful in
strument its most roaring notes, drown
ing even the scuffle of feet.
Fully half of the people who passed
the President were women and children.
To every child the President bent over,
shook hands warmly and said some kind
words, so as to make the young heart
glad!" As each person passed he or she
was viewed critically by the secret ser
vice men. Hands were watched, faces
and actions noted.
A Supposed Accomplice.
Far down the line a man of unusual
aspect appeared taking his turn in the
line. He was short, heavy, dark, and be
neath a heavy dark mustache was a pair
of straight bloodless lips. L'nder the
black brows gleamed a pair of glistening
black eyes.
He was picked at once as a suspicious
person and when he reached Foster the
secret service man held a hand on hint
until he had gotten to the President and
bad clasped the Chief Executive's hand.
Ireland was equally alert and the slight
est move on the part of tin's man, who
is now supposed to have been an accomp
lice, and for whom a search is being
made, would have been checked by the
officers.
The Assailant Enters.
Immediately following this man was
the President's assailant. He was a
rather tall, boyish-looking fellow, ap
parently .25 years old, and of foreign ex
traction. His smooth, rather pointed
face would not indicate his purpose in
slaying the nation's Executive.
The secret service men noted that
about his right bad was wrapped a hand
kerchief. As he carried the hand up
lifted, as if supported by a sling under
bis coat, the ollicers believed his hand
was injured, and especially as he extend
eil his left band across the right so as to
shake hands with the President. It was
noticed that the person who was in front
of the asassin held back, apparently to
shield the young man, so that it was nec
essary for Ireland to push him on.
The organist had now reached the cli
max to the w ild strains of the sonata. A
more inspiring scene could hardly b.'
imagined. Innocently facing the assas
sin the President smiled a smile of ilitr-
nity and benevolence as he extended his
I right hand lo meet the left of the sup-
posedly wounded fiend.
I Two Rapid Shots.
As the youth extended his left band
he. quick as a flash, as if trained by long
practice, whipped out his right hand
the one which held the pistol lief ore
! anyone knew what was transpiring two
WORLD'S FAIR AT ST. 10L'I,S.
Mr. W illiam It Thompson Drives the First
Stake nt Forest Park.
St. I-ouis, Mo. (Special. The first
stake of the world's fair to be held in
this city in 1003 to celebrate the tooth
anniversary of the i-oiusiana purchase
was driven Tuesday at Forest Park.
Officers stud directors of the Louisi
ana Purchasr Exposition Company,
municipal officials and others assembled
on the site, near the structural center of
the grounds, and there the stake was
driven by William II. Thompson, presi
dent of 'the National Bank of Commerce.
Jealous Man Rampage.
Corning, N. Y. (Special). Miles K.
German, a carpenter, shot his wife in the
head with a revolver here, inflicting
wounds from which she died two hours
later. He afterward killed himself with
the same weapon. Before shooting him-
!( Crrman fired fit ilia niotltr-m-l:itij
I Mrs. A. D. Mollis, wounding her slight
ly in the Head, and attempted to shoot
his 6-year-old girl, but missed her. Just
before killing himself German swallowed
a dose of laudiiaum to make death cer
tain, lie is nuid to have been crazed by
jealousy at seeing his wife in company
w'tii another tiii,;t.
shots rang out. one following the other
after the brirfest portion of a second.
For the first moment there was sn aw
ful bush. The sonata died instnntly. the
people stopped and could not breathe.
Theiv there was pandemonium. The
Chief Executive, it was known, had been
shot.
The President drew bis right hand
quickly to his chest, raised his head and
his eyes rolled. He swerved a moment,
reeled and was caught in the arms of
Secretary Cortclyou, to his right.
"May (lod Forgive Him."
Catching himself for the briefest sec
ond the President, whose face was now
of the whiteness of death, looked at the
assassin as the officers and soldiers b re
him to the floor and said feebly and w ith
the most benevolent look it is possible to
imagine :
"May God forgive him."
The President was carried first one
way, then a step in another direction.
Tlie excitement was so sudden that for
a moment no one knew what to do. Fi
nally someone advised carrying him in
side the purple edge of the aisle and seat
ing him on one of the chairs.
The bunting was in a solid piece. No
one had time to produce a knife had he
been able to think of such a thing. A
couple of men tore the benches aside and
trampled the bunting down, while Mr.
Milburn and Secretary Cortelyou half
carried the President over the line and
into the passageway Irading to the stage,
which bad not been used.
The President was able lo walk a lit
tle, but was leaning heavily on his es
corts. In passing over the bunting his
foot caught and for a moment he stum
bled. A reporter extricated his foot, and
the President was carried to a seat,
wdtcre half a dozen men stood by and
fanned him vigorously. (Juick calls were
sent for doctors and to the ambulance.
"This Wouad Pains Greatly."
While seated for a moment Secretary
Cortelyou leaned over the President and
inquired :
"Do you feel much pain?"
White and trembling, the President
slipped his hand into the opening of his
shirt front near the heart and said :
"This wound pains greatly."
As the President withdrew his hand
the first and second lingers were covered
with blood. He looked at them, his band
dropped to his side, and he became
fainter. His head dropped heavily to his
chest and those about him turned away.
During this pathetic scene, while tears
were filling the eyes of those about the
President, who realized their utter pow
crlessncss to help him. Minister Aspi
roz. of Mexico, broke through the little
crowd excitedly and awakened the faint
into which the President had sunk by
dramatically exclaiming in English:
"Oh, my God, Mr. President, are you
shot?"
While the excited diplomat was be
ing restrained from caressing the Ex
ecutive and falling at his feet, the Presi
dent replied, gasping between each
word:
"Yes 1 believe 1 am."
The President's head then fell back
ward and he partially fainted. Mr. Mil
hum then placed his hand back of
the wounded man's head and supported
it. This seemed to resuscitate the Presi
dent and he sat stoically 011 the chair,
his legs spread out on the door, his lips
clinched firmly, as if he would fight de
terminedly against death, lie was giv
ing the fight of a soldier, and more
than one turned away tremblingly all
in the building trembled and shook, not
from fear, but the tension and remark
ed: "He is certainly a soldier."
As soon as possible the President was
taken to the Emergency Hospital on
the Exposition grounds in an automo
bile ambulance. At the hospital the sur
geons probed for the bullets. Later the
President was removed to the home of
Mr. J. G. Milburn.
BREAKING THE NEWS TO MRS. M'KINLEY.
The Painful Task Fell to Dr. Rincy Stood
It Bravely.
Buffalo. X. Y. (Special). Immediate
ly the President was cared for at the ex
position grounds Director General W. L.
Buchanan started for the Milburn resi
dence, lo forestall any information that
might reach there by telephone or other
wise. Very luckily, he wa . first t ar
rive with the information. The Niagara
Falls trip had tired Mrs. McKiniey. and
on returning to the Milburn residence
she took leave of her liie.-es, the Missis
Barber, and the President's niece. Miss
Duncan, as well as their hostess, Mrs.
Milburn, and went (o her room to re..t.
Mr. Buchanan broke the news as gen
tly as possibe lo the nieces, and consulted
with ihein and Mrs. Milburn as to the
best course to pursue in breaking the
news to Mrs. McKinl.y. It was finally
decided that on her awakening, or shortly
thereafter, Mr. Buciiana:, should break
the news to her. if in the meantime her
physician. Dr. Kixey, had iml arrived.
Sirs. McKinley awoke from her sice;)
at about ;.,',() o'clock. She was feeling
splendidly, she said, and tit once took
up her crncht ling, which, as well kuow i:,
is one of her favorite diversions.
At 7. jo o'clock Dr. Kixey came out of
the bouse, accompanied by Col. Webb
Hayes, a yon of ex-l'rident Hayes,
who is a friend 01 President McKinley.
They entered a carriage and returned t'
the Exposition hospital.
After Dr. Kixey had g'.tie Dirc(-r
General Buchanan said tiia: the Docto
had broken the news in a most gentle
manner to Mrs. McKinley. lie said
she stood it braicly, :h-uh consider
ably affected.
If it was po-sible lo bring him lo her
she wanted it done. Dr. Kixey assured
her that the President could be brought
with safety from the Exposition
grounds, ami when he leti. Mr. Milium
it was to complete all arrangements for
the removal of the President. When
the President was borne into a large
and comfortable room Mrs. McKinley
was admitted to see him.
TO GROW TOBACCO UNDER (.I.OTJf.
Coone.ticul Scheme lo Be Tried on a l.arje
. Stale In Cuba.
Taritfville, Conn. (Special). Luix
Marx, the most extensive tobacco plant
er in Cuba, has been here a week watch
ing the success of the Michelson experi
ments in growing Sumatra tobacco un
der cloth. He n a brother-in-law of
Samuel Strouse, of New York City.
They have secured L. F. Keynolds.
superintendent for Ariel Michelson, 10
go to Cuba and establish a similar plan:
there. Mr. Keynolds left here with Mr.
Michelson for Cuba.
Anil-Trust League.
Washington (Special). A joint com
mittee of the American Anti-Trust
League and District Assembly 06, K. of
L., filed at the department of justice a
petition asking that either the attorney
general himself or district attorneys in
the various districts institute uclions to
enforce the anti-trust laws against the
United States Steel Corporation' and
other combinations. The, petition riles
the prospectus of the steei corporation,
the testimony of President Schwab le
fore the industrial commisioa and other
documents pertaining to it as containing,
sufficient information on which to hat';
(tie proposed suit.
PRESIDENT FACES CRISIS BRAVF.LV.
Orcat Earourngemcnt Fell by the Anxious
N Metiers at Buffalo.
Buffalo (Siecia!). President McKin
ley is holding his own against the rav
ages made by the bullet fired by the as
sassin Czolgosz.
The latest bulletin reports bis condi
tion unchanged.
At 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon,
hours after he was shot, the Presidtnl's
condition was pronounced favorr.blc by
his physicians, including Dr. Charles
McBttrncy, of New York, one of the
hading surgeons and specialists in the
country, who was called into the case.
He made a most thorough examination,
but failed to find any evidence of Mood
poisoning. , No attempt has yet been
made to locate the bullet by the X-ray
machine. The apparatus was delivered
to the physicians at the Milburn house
by Mr. Edison's assistants, who charged
it ready for use.
While the President's physicians are
encouraged oer the absence thus far of
any dangerous symptoms, they do not
consider the crisis passed. They admit
that serious complications may develop,
but the fact that their distinguished pa
tient has obtained several hours of na
tural sleep, together with his robust
constitution and the nonappearance of
any indication of peritonitis, makes them
hopeful that his life will be spared.
Vice-President Roosevelt, Senator
llanna and the members of the Cabinet
who conferred with the physicians were
all highly encouraged over the satisfac
tory information they received.
While members of the Cabinet have in
formally discussed the possibility of such
a contingency arising as the President's
disability necessitating the Vice Presi
dent assuming the duties of the office of
Chief Executive, it is a question as to
bow that power could he conferred. The
Constitution makes no provision for such
a case as this, but it is the general opin
ion that the Cabinet could empower Vice
President Koosevell to act as the Ex
ecutive should any such move be im
perative. Mrs. McKinley continues to bear up
nobly, buoyed by the hopeful reports
from the physicians.
Abner McKinley. the President's
brother, arrived at the Milburn house.
Secretary Cortelyou has made the fol
lowing announcement because of inti
mations in certain sensational news
papers that the bulletins of the physi
cians under-estimated llic gravity of the
President's condition :
The public will be kept fully advised
of the actual condition of the President.
Each bulletin is carefully and conserva
tively' prepared, and is an authoritative
statement of the most important features
of the case at hc hour it is issued. The
people are entitled to the facts, and shall
have them.
(Signed) GEORGE B. CORTELYOC.
Secretary to the President.
This statement is intended to put at
rest any idea that the official bulletins
underestimate the conditions, and, at
the same time, to give assurance that
those with the President intend that the
people shall have the facts.
Prayers were offered in nearly all the
churches throughout the country in be
half of President McKinley, and ser
mons were preached upon the attempted
assassination, the ministers in many
cases bitterly denouncing anarchists and
urging legislation barring them from this
country.
, CONFESSION OF THE ASSASS.N.
Says He Became sn Anarchist Through the
Influence of Emma Goldman.
Buffalo. N. Y. (Special). When the
would-be assassin was first brought be
fore the police authorities he gave the
name of Fred Niemcn, and claimed that
his home was in Detro'it. Later the de
tectives learned that his real nam'.- was
I. eon Czolgosz, and that he was born in
Detroit and came here from Cleveland.
Late at night he signed a confession
covering six pages of foolscap' which
state that he is an anarchist and that hf
became an enthusiastic member of that
body through the influence of Emma
Goldman, whose writings he had read
and whose lectures he had listened to.
lie denies having any confederate and
says he decided on the act three-days ago
ami bought the revolver with. which the
act was committed in Buffalo.
lie has seven brothers and sisters in
Cleveland, and the Cleveland directory
has the names of about that number liv
ing on Hosmer street and Ackland ave
nue, which adjoin. Sjma of them are
butchers- and others in different trades.
He is now detained at. police headquar
ters pending the result of the President's
injuries.
Czolgosz does not appear in the least
degree uneasy or penitent for his action.
He -ays he Vas induced by his attention
to Emma Goldman's lectures and writ
in'.,s to decide that the present fnrm of
('nernment in this country was all
wrong, and be thought the best way lo
( till it was by ki ling the Pre-i lent.
tiOl.bLL CONSPIRATORS FIGHT.
James Howard Seriously Injures Caleb
Covers in Jail.
I rankt'or;, Ky. (Special). James
Howard and ex-Secretary oi Stale Ca
ll h Powers, convicted as (i-i-bcl mur
derer conspirators, quarreled in iail
here. Howard threw a heavy inkstand
at Powers, striking him on the head.
He was knocked down and bled pro
fusely. Powers was unconscious for 35 miu
u.is, mid it was at first thought his
skull had been fractured, but Dr. Dc
Maree said that he could find no evi
dence of a fracture. Symptoms of con
cussion developed and a slight paralysi i
of the left arm and side appeared.. Dr.
De Maree would not slate how serious
he thought the wound might prove, but
intimated that he considered his pa
tient's condition serious.
A Farm for Orphans' Home.
Waynesboro, Pa. (Special). Rev. II.
J. Kitzmiller, pastor of the United Breth
ren Church at Quincy, four miles from
this place, has announced his purpose of
presenting his farm of-160 acres, with
.uitable buildings, to the United Breth
ren Church for ait orphans' home. The
pastor met a uumlxr of ministers of his
conference at his home mid explained his
proposition, lie will give it absolutely
to the church, with the promise thai he
and his wife be paid a small annuity by
the church.
Colombia la Sara Straits.
Colon (By Cable). Colombia's fnsn
cial straits areextreme and she is pushed
to She last point to obtain funds. The
Coumhian paper peso is now worth less
than .1 cents and continues to depreciate.
Seventy or 80 per cent, of the people of
the country sympathize with the revolu
tion and arc opposed to the present Gov
ernment, largely, it is asserted, 011 ac
count of the Government's exaction of
taxes and imports and other vexatious
efforts to raise money. .
Large sums of money arc being trans
ferred to the sub treasuries at New Or-
bans, Chicago and St. Louis for ue in
movies tV ctn';.
! PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
The Boroturh of Ashland Sued lor a
Mao' Death.
GOVERNOR MAKES APPOINTMENTS.
Saved a Mill Girl's Life Josephine Murphy's
Hair Caught In a Textile Machine Harris
burg Maa Says Farmer Spread Smallpot
New Pennsylvania Corporations Ready to
Begin Business Pensions Granted.
Penusylvaniaus received the following
pensions: William John White, Pitts
burg, Jo; John Marks. Pittsburg, P;
Amos Heading. Soldiers' Home, Erie,
fo; Melvin P. Mrw, Warren. Sti; Jacob
S. Baldwin, Washington. $S; Henry
Brant. Buffalo Mills, $16: Mary Buller,
New Brighton. $8; Elizabeth Clarke.
Troy. 12: Catharine Porter. Markle,
Christopher Jones. Fayette City. S10;
David K. Campbell. Wampum, tf-t;
Lewis Me.nl, Bradford. $1: Joseph II
Hcrron. Ohiovillc. $10; George VV.
Freeman. Washington, ivS: George vV.
Green. Soldiers' 11 uiie, Erie. $1; Jef
ferson Jordan, Gleniron. $10: George S.
Pierce. Bradford. $S; James K. Dods.,11,
Huntington Mills. $10: Joseph Grnbbs.
Sharpsburg. $N; Se:h M. Jordan. Br.nl
ford. $S: Win. D. Colabitie. Mill Creek.
$S: George W. Schwar z. Everett, .sio;
Samuel Dutchman. Dorseyville.- .v:
Robert Q. Warnock. Larimer. $u: J.i'.
Miller, Bcllefontc. $K: llezekiah Luce.
Kocklon. $8; William llyeks. Tyrone.
$S; James Thompson, Washington. $";
Sarah A. Wheeler, Eric, $S.
Proceedings were begun at Pottsvill.t
in a case that will prove one of the ni"st
interesting ever trird in Schuylki".
county. Mrs. Elizabeth Burincistcr sues
to recover $10,000 damages from the
borough of Ashland ior the loss of her
husband. Henry Burmeister. who died
from smallpox in the hospital for con
tagious diseases erected by the Schuyl
kill County Poor Directors in Butler
Township. The grounds upon which
the plaintiff seeks to recover are: That
the borough of Ashland neglected its
duty in never having organized a bo.vd
of health, as required by the Act of
i'M, and therebly permitted the spread
of smallpox in the borough to the ex
tent that her husband was stricken with
that disease: that the borough, by its
officers and agents, came to the home
of the plaintiff and against her protest
and her husband's forcibly look posse
sion of the latter and removed him in
an open wagon, without proper protec
tion, to the hospital in Butler Town
ship; permitted him to be there until the
time of his death and neglected to fur
nish him with proper medicine, nourish
ment, nursing and protection. This is
the first suit of its kind ever instituted
ill the Schuylkill county cour s. Its de
position will solve the qucsti'-n of tile
liability of boroughs anil townships I
organize boards of health.
Governor Stone a-inouuced ill.- fol'o v
ing appointmentsfTrustees oi the Lack
awanna State Hospital. Scrauton
C. Dickson. W. F. Hallsicad. E. II.
Ripple, Thomas Spraguc, O. S. John
son. E. L. Fuller. Rev. O'Reilly, oi
Scrauton.. Auditor-General Hardcii
bergh. of Honesdale. ,ind C. Fred.
Wright, of Montrose. State Dental
Examining Board J. T. Lippiucott. oi
Philadelphia; H. N. Young, of Willie
Barre. Trustees of Oral Schrol for rite
Deaf. Scrauton Judge Charles E. Ki:e.
of Wilkes-Barre, anil E. N. Fuller, of
Scrauton.
Caught in the hair by a nutchinc at
the Lincoln Woolen Mills, Miss Jose
phine Murphy, of Chester, was bcin'
drawn to her death when a workman
saw her danger and threw the belting
from the shafting. Mis Murphy g t
under the machine to see what clog-d
it when a cog caught her long hair.
Charters wrre issued at the State De
partment as follows: The Urnjak Con
sumption Cure Company. Allegheny;
lanj.al, $jooo. Athens Creamt-y Asso
ciation. Athens: capital, $6000. The A.
F. Smith Company, New Brighton;
capital. $.i0.ooo. Seward Brick C-m-tiany,
Johnstown; capital, S'io.o"o. Tlu
Union Telephone and Messenger Co..
East Pittsburg: capital. $1250. Win-chel-Boyd-Rodgers
Company. Erie;
capital. $j.s.oco. Hocking Coal Com
tiany, Myersdale capital. $10,000. Kcy
tone Contracting Company. Pittsburg:
capital, $15,000. The Isaac P. Tnggard
Heating and Manufacturing Co., Phila
delphia; capital, $10,000. The Ilazlrton
Land Company. Pittsburg; capital,
fi'So.ooo. Shenango China Coinpatiy.
New Castle; capital, $100,000.
The Lehigh Foundry in Fullertoii was
destroyed by fire. The building was
Soy feel long and 80 feet wide and was
formerly one of the roiling mill oi the
Catasauqua Manufacturing Company.
Manv valuable patterns were destroyed.
Neither President J. E. Klverson nor
iupcrinler.ilent Wood could give an es
timate ui the loss, but it is believed to
jo. rea-ly $100,000 and only partially iu
iiired. A suit lor Sio.ooo damages has been
1 rough! by Elmer C. Meyers and his
rife, of Ilarrisburg, against John Crum,
1 farmer near l.inglestown, based on
lie allegation that Crum took a small
, ox patient to the Meyers home and in
loing so inoculated the entire Meyers
iimily with the disease and caused Mey
'.rs' mother to lose her reason.
At the meeting of the Lancaster
County Agricultural and Horticultural
Society it was developed that the apple
rop of the county is a failure and the
reach crop will be poor. Tobacco is
extraordinarily heavy and an immense
trop is assured. '
While making arrangements for a
bridge over the Lancaster pike nt tin;
Kurtz. House, Joseph Eltz's steel tarn;
measure fell on a trolley wire. Fit,
tad hold oi the measure with both
hands and was thrown to the ground
and badly burned by the shock.
The family of Henry Bartholomew,
of Wilktsbarre. ate green watermelon.
A ,vyear-old daughter died and Bar
tholomew and his wife are in a critical
condition.
The police force of Ilarrisburg has
suddenly become very much demoraliz
ed. A vacancy occurred in a sergcaiu
ship and seven patrolmen applied for
the place. Mayor Fritchey solved the
puzzle. He has seven months yet to
serve as mayor", ami he divided them
among the seven applicants so that each
man will be a sergeant for one mouth.
There is much dissatisfaction,
Three persons were nearly frozen to
death in a driving hailstorm on the
ridge above Ligonicr. Hail fell to the
depth of two feet, Edward Milk-r, a
farmer, who left for the ridge shortly
before the storm began, is believed to
have been frozen to death. Searching
parties have failed to find him, Mrs.
W. E. Ross was caught in the storni
and her limbs were badly frozen. Geo.
G. Harr, a farmer, n-early perished and
was badly bruised.
The Pennsylvania commission to the
South Carolina Exposition will leave
Ilarrisburg next week for Charleston,
where it will inspect the site for the
Pennsylvania building and 'arrange for
an exhibit of Pennsylvania uroducu.