Death Comes to the President at 2:15 This Morning
The report states the president died at 2 15 AM after being unconscious from 7 30 PM the previous evening. No further details on cause or destination are given in the readable text.
14 Sep 1901
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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1901
Page
1
The report states the president died at 2 15 AM after being unconscious from 7 30 PM the previous evening. No further details on cause or destination are given in the readable text.
The man died from blood poisoning after a bullet wound. His final words were a farewell to his wife and a statement that God’s will be done.
President Theodore Roosevelt took the oath of office at the Wilcox residence in Buffalo on September 14, with an immense crowd at the station and escorted by signal corps. He expressed grave sorrow over recent events and prepared to assume duties as vice president noted, while details of travel and early acts were reported from Albany and Washington.
President McKinley died at 2:15 am in Buffalo after an assassin’s bullet. Theodore Roosevelt, now the twenty-fifth president, will take the oath and form a new cabinet. Funeral arrangements and mourning touch the nation as the transfer of power unfolds amid widespread sorrow.
From Buffalo Sept 14 coroner viewed President McKinley remains after an autopsy by Doctors Gaylord and Mustinger of the New York state laboratory. They stated death was caused by toxemia and a coroner's jury was planned with District Attorney Penny present during the examination and notes.
The article outlines McKinley’s funeral route from Buffalo to Washington with a ceremonial stay at the White House and Capitol, then on to Denton and a later interment at President McKinney's old Lore. It notes a Vatican dispatch on Pope Pius X praying for McKinley and reports autopsy findings citing gangrene from the bullet as the cause of death. It mentions German Emperor William’s condolence, Judge Hazel’s call to be sworn in, and cabinet members’ likely nonresignation as Roosevelt prepared to assume duties.
Amid tributes and sorrow at the Pan American Exposition Buffalo, secretary Corteliou bears the burden with resolve while Colonel Ringhulm aids. Mrs Barber and Miss McKinley mourn as crowds dress civic spaces in black and plan services. The cabinet debates whether the president’s remains lie in state in Washington before Canton burial.
Abner McKinley arrives at Milburn house with Lt James McKinley Colonel Brown and Mr Meth. Crowds press with cameras snapping relatives in tears as police fail to eject them. The coroner James Witson views the body and cabinet officials, including Root Long Wilman Hitchcock Knox Smith, begin assembling for the funeral arrangements.
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