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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
12
The city endures deep grief as news from Buffalo confirms President McKinley’s death. Citizens flood the papers with hopeful then sorrowful updates while officials and ex-state leaders condemn anarchism and urge strong action.
A state American Humane Society organization was formed in the Hennessy building with R J O Hanlon as organizer. The group links Montana local societies as branches and will seek state legislative support for cruelty prevention. Officers include President H R Bartlett and directors Paris Gibson, Granville Stewart, and others.
Helena Cannon reports that state directors from other cities will be elected at the next meeting scheduled for September 27.
L Browning and Fred F Middle ton of Miles City are guests at the Butte. D A Morrison of Whitehall is in the city and registered at the Butte. Mr and Mrs W A Duffield of Missoula are stopping at the Butte for a few days. E J Carruthers of Salt Lake City is a guest at the Thornton. M C Campbell of Billings is stopping with Mr Miller of the Thornton. A Brown of Great Falls will be at the Finlen for a few days. E M Syberl of Livingston appears on the Finlen guest list. P W Wooson, president of Salt Lake City Loan Co, has been in Butte for several days. Mr Wooson returned home early this morning. J C Slose, W B Edgar, and Ella Knowles Haskell, all of Helena, remained overnight at the Finlen.
James Burns claims policeman Cassidy is insane after a box alarm near Mains and Galena streets. Burns, citing war memories and the president’s shooting, is to be examined for insanity at the county jail after a patrol misread the call and took him to the station.
Col William J Bryan arrived in Chicago after the assassination of President McKinley. He spoke with deep emotion about the tragedy, read AP bulletins, and expressed disbelief at the president's imminent death while praising McKinley and offering condolences to Mrs McKinley. He and the Carter Harrison league paused their planned events as sorrow spread.
Buffalo dispatch details the moment of President McKinley's death as physicians confirm dissolution at 2:05 with Dr Rixey declaring the president dead. Family members, Cabinet officials, and reporters react as crowds gather near the Milburn house awaiting news.
News from Buffalo reports a city-wide uproar after the sudden collapse of the president. Crowds gathered from Pan-American grounds to the station house seeking details and an assassin, while police mobilized and prepared guard around the station as of 9 PM.
Washington Sept 14 When the news of President McKinley s death reached officials most offices closed for the night as Secretary Hay and Acting chiefs issued brief cable notices to ambassadors and ministers instructing them to inform their governments. A proclamation will follow directing mourning measures and a meeting at the State Department will coordinate orders from the three departments.
The mouth deposits in Italy have moved the coastline outward so quickly that a point once a seaport during Augustus is now 18 miles inland from the Adriatic, illustrating dramatic shoreline change.
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