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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
1
A brief entry from The Register Cribune Akron Iowa notes publishers Round and Smith Brothers. No further details on dates prices or actions are provided.
A solemn service in Buffalo marked the death of the president. Crowds thronged city streets, viewing the bier as 80 000 plus citizens passed by. The funeral train carried Mrs McKinley Roosevelt and Cabinet members to Washington.
State funeral held Tuesday at the U S Capitol for President McKinley. Bishop Andrews led a brief Methodist Episcopal service with two hymns a prayer and a benediction. Attendees included ex presidents foreign dignitaries and representatives from nations across the globe in a solemn quiet ceremony.
Gov Hunt was sworn in privately at his San Juan residence with the executive council, Supreme Court justices, and others. Chief Justice Quinones administered the oath as Bishop Blenk gave the prayer. He did not give an address, citing national sorrow after President Mel Kinley’s death. All plans were canceled upon news of the president’s passing.
The executive committee of Tammany Hall adopted resolutions offered by Richard Croker regarding President McKinley’s death. The Tammany Hall building was ordered draped for thirty days and no meetings of any Tammany district organizations were to be held until after Mr. McKinley’s funeral.
James Younger, recently paroled from the Minnesota state prison, is seriously ill at St Paul city hospital. Three weeks earlier near North Branch he was crushed between a wagon wheel and box, bruising his back and now suffering paralysis of the limbs.
Chinese troops re entered Pekin as Americans and Japanese handed over the Forbidden City to Chinese authorities. The event marks a coordinated end of foreign control with Chinese officials resuming sovereignty in the capital.
American residents and visitors filled Paris churches on Sunday as preachers shared prayers and condolences for President McKinley. Clergy offered sympathetic references to the late leader and led special prayers for the nation.
The challenge committee of the New York Yacht Club in conference with a Royal Ulster Yacht Club representative set the first America's Cup race for September 26. The arrangement reflects coordination between the two clubs on the regatta schedule.
Washington reports the body of President McKinley laid in state in the White House East Room after a simple ceremony. Soldiers, sailors, and police dominated the scene as crowds strained to glimpse the mournful procession along Pennsylvania Avenue, reflecting a military tribute to the late leader.
Nearly 2,900 people gathered at Light Guard armory in Detroit as Mayor Mayburn opened a mass meeting to mourn the dead president. Speakers including Gen H Me Durfield urged Congress to act to stamp out anarchism, while Alfred Russell raised calls for action against anarchists amid cries from the audience. A band played McKinley’s favorite hymn, Nearer My God to Thee.
President Roosevelt plans to use Cortelyou as secretary for the present while he attends the late president funeral at the Wilcox house. On Sunday the new president sorted through about 600 telegrams and letters expressing sympathy and support. Governors Shaw Iowa Richards Wyoming Stone Pennsylvania and others sent messages of loyal backing. Cortelyou will continue as secretary of president McKinley for the time being, due to his familiarity with the situation.
The body of M. G. Van der Burg was found at Peckcourt and linked to Stella Cook's death. Police say Miss Cook was not murdered but died in the same boat overturning they were sharing during a rowing outing.
A Sunday morning service of mourning for President Melkinley took place at the American church in Berlin. The edifice was heavily crepe hung and crowded with German, British, and American attendees including Baron von Richtofen, German minister of foreign affairs, Minister White, the United States ambassador, and Mr. Mason, the U.S. consul general in Berlin, among many German Americans.
The San Francisco Call reports Postmaster Chamberlain of Pacific Grove believes Czolgosz was in the town during McKinley’s visit for the G A R encampment. He is said to have called for letters under the name Fred Neiman.
King Edward Queen Alexandra and other royal figures attended a memorial service for President McKinley at the English church in Copenhagen on Sunday.
A compilation of bid ranges across markets including Chicago Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Detroit Toledo Milwaukee Buffalo New York for cattle hogs sheep and lambs with prices for wheat corn oats rye and butter eggs and creamery butter. Notable centers show varied price spans with no single national price.
Chicago General Agents placed McKinley life insurance at 65000 dollars though reports showed he once held 100000 to 200000 in other companies. Policies included 5000 in Michigan Mutual Life, increased by 3000 about a decade ago, plus 50000 in New York Life with a later 50000 addition that may have lapsed.
The Erie County coroner on Sunday issued a certificate of death stating that, to the best of his knowledge and belief, the cause was gangrene of both walls of the stomach and pancreas, following a gunshot wound.
Wrank Idings, 22, a blacksmith, was arraigned in Cleveland police court on a charge of being a suspicious character. In a saloon he allegedly declared belonging to a society that offers $5,000 to any man who will kill Roosevelt.
The Cologne Gazette reports that all anarchist meetings are forbidden in Germany and all anarchist clubs will be closed, signaling strict suppression of leftist organizations.
A citizen of Long Beach alleges a conspiracy to steal twenty thousand dollars and deals over a land tract near Port Dodge. John Kempley seeks to thwart Woodworth and Duncombe in court actions to block deed delivery before trial. An injunction halts recording as a legal battle looms to determine rightful ownership.
Hon. Thomas W. Johnson of Dubuque recalls rescuing future president William McKinley from drowning after the boy skated onto a cracking creek ice. McKinley led the group before the ice broke and Johnson reached him, pulling him to safety and sparing his life. The incident shaped McKinley’s cautious future.
A timber wolf that had terrified residents in the northwest part of Greene County for three weeks was killed. Duncan MacDonald confronted the animal while it fed on a lamb, fought it with a club, and sustained minor leg injuries before delivering a decisive blow that ended the threat. The wolf's hide now adorns a barn.
Varley Winch of Humboldt bought Goose Pond land at Wall Lake totaling 900 acres for 530 dollars an acre. He plans to ditch and tile the acreage and invest about 4000 dollars in improvements. The site was water covered years ago. hay has been harvested annually for the last five years and can rent for 1.50 to 2 dollars per acre. Wineh is a wealthy Iowa landowner and expects to profit from the purchase.
Polk County physician Dr Wilbur Conkling sues Dr I D Walston of Des Moines to repossess the body of Mike S Xeating a former downtown janitor and close friend of the plaintiff, in a case described as one of the strangest actions ever heard in a Jews court.
A I Bollinger president of the Siege Iron Company at Davenport died suddenly from heart paralysis induced by acute indigestion. A veteran of the Civil War, he had been prominent in Davenport affairs since then.
Joe Miller a well known Cherokee resident born a cripple was struck on the head by a runaway outfit shaft at 2 o clock Friday afternoon the shaft penetrated the skull and he died almost instantly
News arrives of Zebulon Ferrin death in Pasadena California. He was a pioneer in the Jefferson area, wealthy and popular, and a noted Free Mason.
Expert accountants P. J. Skinner and W. H. Hediens filed a detailed audit covering July 1 1898 to July 1 1901. Total receipts 3 276 249 80 and disbursements 3 581 820 00 show a strong balance and well organized accounts under state laws. The report commends efficiency and a uniform, modern accounting system across institutions.
Victor H Lovejoy city council member and Jefferson newspaper editor clashed with a woman in his office Saturday evening after she denounced President McKinley. He alleges he only intended to remove her, but a struggle occurred with tearing and choking reported as a crowd grew outside. Mayor intervened and sent the woman home.
A body of a stylishly dressed woman with long black hair in advanced decomposition was found Monday afternoon in high weeds southeast of Oskaloosa by farm hands cutting corn. No weapons or identification, no missing person reports in the area. Circumstances suggest foul play, though details remain unclear.
Stephen Hawk, a young farmer north of Martinsburg, is jailed in Sigourney on forgery charges. He allegedly borrowed 250 from County Attorney Ashcraft, issuing a note signed by himself with Myra Elijah and Sarah Hawk as sureties. Ashcraft sought bank purchase proofs, only to learn the sureties knew nothing of the note.
Miss McKenzie, a young farmer girl from Climbton, was said to be engaged to Whitcomb. When he left her for another girl, she consumed two boxes of corn silve, believing it poisonous, causing her to suffer severe agony. Doctors say recovery is impossible.
A 72 year old woman Evelyn Majerous of Mosalem township was shot in the shoulder by hunters. The injury is serious but, per the attending surgeon, not likely to be fatal.
After months of effort A Dautze editor of the Sioux City Courier has succeeded in arousing German American editors across Iowa. A meeting to perfect organization is set for Town City on September 20 21 and 22 with the state press association to be formed.
Christ Mueller a leading Davenport lumerman and longtime citizen, died suddenly in Davenport at age 78. He arrived in America in 1862 as a prominent exile, shaping local life in the Mississippi valley.
Three small fourth class post offices Albaton Losslng and Maple Landing on the west side of Monona County are ordered discontinued by the postoffice department. Rural free delivery will supply the area.
Des Moines law firm Cummins Hewitt and Wright will reorganize with Albert Br. Cunning retired and Carroll Wright returning. The firm will operate under the name Wright Hewitt and Wright in the new structure.
Theodore Roosevelt takes oath as US President in the Wilcox home Buffalo, pledging to continue McKinley’s policies. He meets with Cabinet members to retain posts while guiding the government, as Secretary Root and others express emotion and support. The scene reflects deep national sorrow and resolve.
After President McKinley died on a Saturday, his body lay in the Milburn house parlor for funeral services at 11 am. The remains then lay in state at Buffalo City Hall from noon to 11 pm as citizens filed past the casket. A military escort led the procession from the Milburn home to City Hall, with guards of U S soldiers watching through the night.
Medical examiners report the stomach was perforated by a bullet whose entry and exit wounds were sealed by stitches but gangrene developed around both holes. The bullet traveled from the breast area through the stomach to the back abdomen, injuring the kidney and pancreas before burial. No peritonitis found, and death attributed to gastric gangrene from the wound. Multiple physicians named.
Dr McBurney leans to the theory that President McKinley was shot with poisoned bullets, citing suspicious wound potion as strong supporting evidence for a deliberate poisoning motive amid the assassinationInquiry.
Congregations nationwide observed a death as a central theme in services. Many sang Nearer My God to Thee as a further mark of respect, reflecting shared mourning across communities.
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