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Newspaper
Corydon Democrat
Location
Corydon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1901
Page
2
Buffalo and Washington hold solemn rites as William McKinley lies in state. The funeral procession travels from Buffalo to Washington with crowds along the route and the body then moved to Canton for burial at Westlawn Cemetery amid national mourning and formal state honors.
Citizens streamed through City Hall as the President lay in state. Tens of thousands passed in orderly lines, the crowd thinning under stormy weather and fatigue, marking a benediction from the people as ceremonies unfolded in Washington after the long journey from Buffalo.
Rain fell as thousands viewed the coffin in the Capitol. Bishop Andrews gave a eulogy for his lifelong friend and parishioner. After hymns and prayers, the body prepared for transport to Canton drew near, with Mrs. McKinley overcome by emotion.
The article recounts President William McKinley's death after a double gunshot wound from Leon Czolgosz. It describes his fighting spirit, medical efforts including artificial respiration, and the final passing at 2:15 AM as family and cabinet members gathered.
Autopsy reveals a stomach wound with two holes both closed by stitches and surrounding tissue gangrenous. Theodore Roosevelt takes the oath in Buffalo at Ansley Wilcox's residence promising to continue McKinley’s policies while Cabinet officers pledge to stay on and support him. Roosevelt asks the cabinet to remain, offering them positions as his chosen counselors.
Bishop J. G. Kartzell of Cincinnati and Bishop Charles B. Galloway are central figures at the Methodist Episcopal Monmonical conference in London. Kartzell has led in Africa for five years while Galloway is a leading South churchman representing the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
The report describes thieves clashing with rurales near Ares Sonora with several thieves killed. Daisy Carter of Grandview Texas fatally burned while tossing a lamp from her window. Day's Jewelry in La Grange Texas robbed of valuables totaling 2000 dollars. Actress Laura Burt injured by a 40 foot theater runway fall in New York.
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