Assassination of McKinley at Pan-American Temple
President McKinley was shot twice at the Temple of Music in Buffalo by Leon Czolgosz. The bullets injured his chest and abdomen, with surgeons opening the abdomen to locate and repair the wound. The assassin confessed as an anarchist, claiming no co-conspirators. The president remained conscious and asked mercy for the assailant while officials sought updates on his condition.
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Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
Temple of Music
Cortelyou
Leon Czolgosz
Emma Goldaman
United States Secret Service
Bull
Buffalo Police Department
No. 13
Exposition Hospital
Milburn
Czolgosz
Czolgosz A
Emma Goldman
Penney
Julius Schwab
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Hospital
Satisfactory Progress Report on President's Condition
Private Secretary Cortelyou issued a statement from Buffalo on Sept 9 promising full public advisement of the president's condition. He said each bulletin is carefully prepared and authoritative, and that the people are entitled to the facts.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Cortely Ou
George B. Cortelyou
President’s condition improves as doctors report no change
Milburn House Buffalo Sept 10 physicians say there is no material change in the president’s condition. Official bulletin notes favorable pulse 112 temperature 101 respiration 27. Milburn calls prayers of the world for safe recovery and faith grows amid reports of improving health.
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Rixey
Milburn House
Buffalo
Milburn
N. Y
John G. Milburn
Wounds Heal Promptly After Bullet Impact
Medical note describes rapid suturing of internal laceration after a bullet passed through. Exterior wound heals more slowly, with tissues beginning to mend quickly.
President Lincoln's Condition Continues to Improve at Home
Doctors report decreasing danger of peritonitis and blood poisoning as President Lincoln shows cheerful spirits and gradual recovery. He is able to take nourishment, requests a newspaper, and shifts position with ease, while Mrs. McKinley and Secretary Cortelyou visit. convalescence could take weeks.
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McBurney
Mann
Col. Myron T. Herrick
Cleveland
Park
Arrest Orders in Chicago Drive Against Anarchists
Dispatches report nationwide action to curb anarchism. New York police ordered to arrest Emma Goldman and associates as authorities intensify efforts to suppress anarchist activity across cities this morning.
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Chicago
New York
Emma Goldman
Anarchist Link Hinted In McKinley Plot Crimes
Philadelphia and other cities widen dragnets as two key arrests in Pittsburg may tie Emma Goldman to the McKinley assassination bid. Maggio arrested near Silver City New Mexico predicted the president would be killed before October 1. Investigators suspect a Chicago based conspiracy. Security agencies press for suppression of anarchist activity.
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Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Emma Goldman
McKinley
Silver City
N. M
Antonio Maggio
Omaha
United States Secret Service
Chicago
Wilkie
Secret Service
Peace effort fails in Pittsburg steel strike
The Amalgamated Association general executive board adjourned without date after three days of talks. They rejected peace proposals from US Steel intermediaries and did not issue counter proposals, leaving settlement to President Theodore J. Shaffer as the strike continues.
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Pittsburg
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
National Civic Federation
Theodore J. Shaffer
Shaffer
Schley Inquiry Sessions Set for Daily Hearings
Washington prints report that Admiral Dewey and Capt Lemly agreed the Schley court will meet daily from ten to twelve and one to three o clock after Thursday. The commission will sit without long preludes until completion, Sundays excluded, and proceed unless the president dies or falls ill.
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Washington
Admiral Dewey
Schley Court
Lemly
Navy Department
Schley
Money Market Appeals Court Action From New York Banks
Secretary Gage faces appeals from New York financial institutions to boost deposits in national banks to free funds for the crop season. Interior demand for money clashes with Treasury funds piling up, but Gage declines to reveal any plan and will decide from Washington after arriving.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Gage
New York
Treasury
Washington
Cleveland Crowded For Grand Army Of The Republic Encampment
Cleveland hosts the thirty-fifth annual G A R encampment opening with crowds in the streets. Veterans are directed to quarters while citizens report a successful first day and a city at night ablaze with celebration.
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Cleveland
Citizens’ Committee
Democratic and Republican leaders clash over campaign speeches
In Columbus Ohio on September 10 Chairman M A Daugherty of the Democratic state executive committee urged Chairman Charles Dick of the Republican state committee to cancel all campaign speeches as a sign of respect to the president, citing Garfield's assassination. Dick replied that Republicans would not accept such a restriction, noting a similar proposal during Garfield's time.
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Columbus
M. A. Daugherty
Democratic State Executive Committee
Charles Dick
Republican State Committee
Ohio
Garfield
Daugherty
Prominent Erie Man Dies by Suicide After McKinley News
Orlando D. Vancamp, a leading Erie County figure, killed himself Monday night, reacting to grief over President McKinley’s shooting and concerns about his own condition and prospects after the event.
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Erie
McKinley
Orlando D. Vancamp
Erie County
Comparative Stats Across Health, Industry and Demographics
The excerpt outlines varied facts on color blindness by gender, coal and wood weights, historical wood consumption, social class distribution among criminals, hospital death rates by bed count, seasonal mortality patterns in London France and Germany, England and Holland seasonal death trends, and sugar cane sap yielding one fifth of its weight as pure sugar.
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London
France
Germany
England
Holland
President McKinley speaks at Pan-American Exposition
President McKinley and Mrs. McKinley address a vast crowd in Buffalo at the Pan-American Exposition. He urges direct commercial lines, a Pacific cable, and the Isthmian canal, praising reciprocity and peaceful trade. He then greets supporters in a 15 minute impromptu reception.
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Buffalo
N. Y
McKinley
Esplanade
Oceans
Central
South America
Mexico
New World
Blaine
Pan-American Congress
Revolution in Venezuela Reaches Colombia Border
From Colon, Colombia, Sept. 7 the spread of the Venezuelan revolt reaches Tachira and Zulia. President Castro revives recruitment as Gen. Arjona's division defeats Castillo’s rebels near Goagira on Aug. 22 with about 200 killed or captured, including Generals Socarras and Pibal Ruiz. Cavalryriched Venezuelan troops carry hats with Cipriani Castro ribbons.
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Colon
Colombia
Venezuela
Castro
Tachira
Zulia
Arjona
Rio Hacha
Goagira
Castillo
Socarras
Pibal Ruiz
Cipriani Castro
Valuable Pearl Found at Prairie du Chien
A clam digger William Burns found the finest Mississippi river pearl here on Sept 6 weighing 42 grains and egg shaped. Pearl buyer D J Lenehan paid $1000 for it. In London Sept 7 US Speaker Henderson travels home aboard the steamship St Paul with Mrs Henderson J Mackay and Clyde Fitch aboard for New York.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mississippi River
William Burns
D. J. Lenehan
Speaker Henderson
London
American Line
St. Paul
Southampton
New York
D. B. Henderson
United States
House of Representatives
Henderson
J.w.mackay
Clyde Fitch
Famine Report Suppressed in Russian Newspapers
The Daily Mail correspondent in St. Petersburg reports that Russian papers are barred from mentioning famine conditions. Hunger and scurvy have broken out in many districts with hundreds dying daily.
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London
Russia
St. Petersburg
Daily Mail
Ranger Arrives at Panama. Affairs Quiet Presidents Reports
Panama Washington Sept 6 A cablegram to the navy department from Commander Jelds announces the arrival of the United States steamer Ranger on Thursday. The message adds that affairs are quiet on the Panama side.
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Panama
Washington
Navy Department
Jelds
United States
Ranger
Farmers Killed by Train Near Windsor in Michigan
Henry Pel tier and his wife, farmers living near Windsor, Ontario, were struck and killed instantly by a Michigan Central train as they drove into Detroit. The carriage was ground to pieces and the bodies thrown far from the impact site. A separate dispatch from Berlin reports Emperor William inviting Prince Chun to witness autumn maneuvers.
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Detroit
Mich
Henry Peltier
Windsor
Ont
Michigan Central
Prince Chun
Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Dantzkce
Emperor William
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Fred Nieman
Zolgosz
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William
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Turkey
Loubet
Republic of
Mme. Tabori
Mauree Tabori
Dreyfus
Rennes
M’kinley
Amalgamated Executive Board
Plana
Money Market
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