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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
2
President William McKinley was shot by an assassin at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo New York. One bullet hit the breastbone and was removed. another entered the abdomen and stomach wall and lodged elsewhere. Surgeons treated the serious wound as crowds watched and officials reacted.
President McKinley was shot while exchanging greetings at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. The assailant, Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist from Cleveland, was captured and the president rushed to hospital. Doctors reported the bullets penetrated the abdomen but noted hope for recovery as officials issued updates on his condition.
William McKinley, twenty-fifth U S president, born January 29, 1843 in Niles Ohio. His Scotch Irish ancestors arrived about 150 years ago and his father William McKinsey married Nancy Campbell Allison in 1829. The McKinleys were iron molders and devout Methodists with Whig and Republican politics. The elder McKinley hoped he would become Ohio governor. his mother lived to see him president, dying December 12, 1897 at age 85. William received education as described in his early life.
Leon Czolgosz, the self confessed assassin, signs a six page confession claiming anarchist motives. He states he decided on the act three days earlier and bought the revolver in Buffalo. He is unmarried and says he belongs to the Colden Eagles. Czolgosz has seven siblings in Cleveland with many relatives listed on Hosmer Street and Ackland Avenue in a Polish settlement.
In this snatched quote from Table Times and Smart Set a doctor faces a chilling remark about saving a 97 year old baby of the family. The inverted line reflects mordant wit and aging concerns in early 20th century humor and fiction.
Buffalo dispatch reports President William McKinley was shot twice during a public reception at the Temple of Music on Pan-American grounds. An assassin named Leon Czolgosz is in custody as doctors describe bullet exits and ongoing surgery with hopes for recovery.
President Milburn speaks at the Pan American exposition in Buffalo addressing a crowded plaza and the Court of Fountains. He praises international participation, declares expositions a record of progress, and urges friendly rivalry in trade and invention to advance humanity.
In Cleveland on September 7 Senator Hanna exclaimed that the report of President McKinley being shot was shocking and terrible. He listened to Associated Press dispatches and requested rapid updates on the president’s condition.
The National Watchman Publishing company filed a bill of sale transferring the plant and newspaper National Watchman to William Jennings Bryan for five dollars. The publication is the successor to the Silver Knight Watchman.
London dispatch reports Governor Hely-Hutchinson saying Boers captured two unarmed British scouts near Hanreekloof on August 25 and shot them in cold blood.
British buy more mules for the army in South Africa resumed after a three month interval. Several hundred animals were selected in the latest effort reported from Kansas City Missouri dated September 6.
Lincoln September 6 Fred Pierson serving one year for forgery in Lincoln county and Newton Houck serving three years for criminal assault in York county escaped from the penitentiary by climbing over the wall. They were employed in the bakery and the guard on duty was absent and later discharged for neglect of duty.
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