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Newspaper
The Dakota Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1901
Page
1
The speaker expressed hope the injuries were less serious than reported and urged protecting presidents from close crowds. He said it was not a question of courage, for all presidents are brave, but their duty requires safeguarding the life and health of the presidency.
Buffalo reports from Sept 11 describe the president responding to treatment with steady improvement. Physicians caution danger remains. experts foresee weeks before full convalescence. Public figures express cautious optimism while relatives and officials monitor every bulletin.
Buffalo reports show relatives of the President confident of recovery after bulletins from the Milburn residence. Miss McKinley and relatives left for home while Abner McKinley said the family is sure he will recover quickly. Public mood shifts from somber to hopeful as officials and friends express assurance.
Kingston reporter notes ex-Speaker Thomas B. Reed with Judge A. T. Clearwater when Reed learned of the attempt on President McKinley. Reed warns against allowing others to run risks as events unfold in Par Harbor.
The Talk of London reports the assault on President McKinley remains a major topic as recovery is expected. The Daily News notes a strong constitution will help him reach the presidency, while Indian legislators express sorrow and wish to see the great father spared. Canton suspense eases with Buffalo news, and locals puzzle over a possible suspect seen in downtown streets.
Rome correspondent for The Daily Mail reports the pope, impressed by the assassination attempt on President McKinley, plans to issue an encyclical next month calling for joint Christian powers to act against anarchism.
Chief of Police Raitz suspends Patrolmen Henry Hinde and Henry Herbert after reports they drank to the health of Czolgosz at a saloon following news of President McKinley’s attempted assassination. Police commissioners investigate.
Orlando D. Van Camp a leading Erie county figure killed himself with a shotgun amid grief and fear for President McKinley after the shooting. The tragedy occurred as public concern over the president's condition surged in Erie Pennsylvania.
Indianapolis reports a strong sentiment to pass a state law to suppress and punish anarchists, with a bill likely to be introduced at the next legislative session.
A large Toledo meeting of Polish citizens adopted a resolution condemning the shooting of President McKinley and deploring that the assassin Czolgosz is of Polish extraction.
George Braundraider, an inmate of the Soldiers Home, was dishonorably discharged and drummed out of camp for expressing satisfaction at the shooting of President McKinley in Leavenworth Kansas on September 11.
Feridoun Bey head of the Turkish police in Paris and aide to Munir Bey the Turkish ambassador has been ordered to leave France within 48 hours. Parker the colored man who prevented a shot that could have killed the president is hailed for alert action. In Paris Americans express relief over President McKinley’s condition as hopeful bulletins arrive in Buffalo and French residents visit the embassy.
Buffalo Sept 11 Czolgosz the McKinley assassin endured another lengthy police interrogation but offered no new material admissions. Detectives pressed for confessions about accomplices while he denied assistance and explained his Friday events with the same story. Police from Chicago Cleveland Detroit and other cities assist in tracing six weeks of movements prior to the crime. He remains secluded healthy and unaware of the president’s status. He has not inquired about the victim’s fate.
United States secret service officers in Chicago conclude the McKinley assassination attempt stemmed from a local plot. They ask Buffalo chief Wilkie to send Czolgosz coat to Chicago to verify a tailor near Abraham Isaak’s home who may have made the coat. The finding could quickly reveal where Czolgosz lived and his associates in the city.
Antonio Maggio, a musician and alleged anarchist, was arrested by U S Marshal Foraker near the San Rita mining camp after reportedly predicting the assassination of President McKinley before October 1901. Maggio, who has been playing in a San Rita saloon, is said to have claimed that Emperor William of Germany would be the next ruler assassinated.
Leon Czolgosz was expelled from Forest City castle Knights of the Golden Eagle after joining under the alias Frei C. Nieman and drawing 26 weeks of sick benefits. The expulsion motion labels him renegade and his act cowardly while appealing for divine aid to preserve the union and the president.
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