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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1901
Page
1
The Presbyterian Church of Fairmount Nebraska postponed services to punish a radical Populist villifier who claimed McKinley was a tool of trusts and money power. A crowd dunked him in a pond and rode him on a rail before warning him away, then services resumed over an hour late.
Four hundred Polish Americans gathered at St. Laurentius church in Philadelphia on September 9 to condemn the attack on President McKinley and reject claims that a Polish person inspired the would be assassin. Five Polish priests attended the gathering and resolutions urged respect for lawful authority and Catholic Christian principles.
Trenton New Jersey September 9 Officer Crisp of the Trenton police faces inquiry after remarks on Friday night about the President’s death sparked a challenge from Albert Eccles who threatens to press charges. The chief of police investigates the incident.
Major Richard Sylvester, president of the National Association of Police Chiefs, urged cooperation to convene world police heads. A meeting would seek a uniform policy against anarchists. In Buffalo Milburn House, reports say Schley inquiry may be postponed amid presidential injury coverage. Markets in London await McKinley injury outcome as stock markets closed for repairs.
Buffalo dispatch reports the President’s condition improving with pulses and vitals steady. Doctors and officials express cautious optimism as peritonitis risk declines. X-ray aims to locate the bullet. Cabinet members and Roosevelts circle Milburn House, awaiting further signs of strength.
Washington clerics denounce the Buffalo assassination and Lincoln style lynch rhetoric. Rev H R Naylor declares the act unjustified while lamenting the attack on President McKinley. Clergy and congregants in Halifax also pray for the President's speedy recovery.
Charles M. Hays resigns as president of the Southern Pacific railroad. Reported retirement stems from differences with general manager Barriman over system management and salary rumored at $55,000. Reactions from major railroad interests noted.
London reports genuine relief over McKinley's condition and hopes for recovery. King Edward’s wounded scenario would have spurred deep popular sympathy, while prayers across hundreds of churches reflect widespread national emotion. Charles Spencer Francis notes unprecedented sympathy, surpassing even Queen Victoria's death.
Vienna dispatches report Austrian papers harshly denouncing anarchism. Neues Wiener Tageblatt warns the country may take energetic steps to destroy the nursery of anarchism in the United States. Wiener Tageblatt extols President McKinley as the foremost American statesman and a global leader since Bismarck.
Congressman George A. Pearre of Maryland proposes a constitutional amendment to treat any unsparing attempt on the president as treason with the death penalty. He argues the attacker is a public enemy.
Queen Margherita, tearful in her response, says the attack on President McKinley is hardest on women and that Mrs McKinley, in frail health, should have been spared. In Philadelphia prayers for McKinley’s recovery filled churches and crowds gathered for updates from Buffalo.
Bulletin from Secretary Cortelyou promises full, authoritative updates on the President's condition. Reports from Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and Trenton describe anarchist activity, investigations into Czolgosz's birth, and communal reactions. Military and religious figures comment on order, unity, and recovery.
Amalgamated Association leaders press Shaffer to reach a settlement with United States Steel President Schwab. Plans for exec board to confer in New York were dropped as they urge immediate talks. Officials say Shaffer may have met Schwab or will soon, to end the strike, with months of delay blamed on the strikers.
The Bayview steel workers meeting ended in a row with radicals leaving and a majority voting to return to work, signaling a likely split in the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers in Milwaukee. The Illinois Steel Co. is expected to maintain the pre strike wage scale as workers resume.
Advance guards of the G A R veterans reached Cleveland for the encampment. Herman O Armour of New York died suddenly at his Saratoga summer cottage. The 13th annual National Union of Brewery Workmen convention began in Philadelphia. Hamburg firms in Colombia petitioned Bogota for German rights protection. Emperor Nicholas met King Edward I at Copenhagen and attended a grand banquet. The 46th German Catholic Central Verne convention opened informally at Bridgeport Connecticut.
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