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About Wayne County news. (Jesup, Ga.) 1896-???? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 20, 1901)
VOL. A a l )■ \ * '.Oi& yss A f x b. - k 1 To the people is the Large Stock and low prices being shown this season at ID am , ;* t f... / *‘- i ! Having just returned from New York and all the Northern Markets, and being the only House from Waycross taking ad vantage of the Great Values that can be picked up, will show you just where we stand. ill We Want is a Elam I tan it, fli Mil las ai Bats. If You Want to Buy Your Boy a SUIT, it is Your Loss if You Pail to Look at Our Stock at The RED STAR CLOTHING PRESIDENT DEAD! With Song on His Lips Beloved Head Of the /Nation Passes to Eternity. Bullet of Dastardly Assassin Triumphs at Last and Millions are the of a Noble Life. SADLY AFFECTINfi SCENE: ABOUND DEATHBED. TEARFUL FAREWELLS President’s Last Words Were, “God’s Will Be Dane.” A Buffalo, N. Y., special says: Pres ident McKinley passed into eternity at 2:15 Saturday morning. He had been unconscious since 7:30 Friday night. His last conscious hour on earth wo* spent with the .wife to whom he devoted a Lfetimc of care. He died unattended by a minister of the gospel but his last words were an humble submission to the will of the God in whom he believed. He was reconciled to the cruei fate to which an •in'. „.»« H.d M* — faced death ... ,n the .. same sp.nt of ness and poise whicn has marked his long and honorable career. His eonscious words, reduced to writing Dr. Mann, who stood at his when when they they were were uttered, were as "Goodby. AH goodby. it’s -way. His will be done." During hi. ch.ui.u, ......... McKinley was brought into the * Wayne County News. JESUP. GEORGIA. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20. 1901. / A 38 * V .J :.A Y hm ffltT'Sz&y ' 'JtMmr ( V ) ^ J ^ and there was an affecting Member# of th. cabinet, one saw the president there was a hushed ... pre.W... .M, ch..t.d Juat before he lapsed into he begged the 0 let him die . At 9:30 everyone were awaiting the cf the end. Hi. ...... m. m h.r. oi 'th. muse, except Secretary Wilson, whc • id not avail himself of the opportun ty, and some of his personal and po litical friends, took leave of him. Thii tainful ceremony was single. His friends came to the door of the sick room, took a longing glance at him and turned tearfully away, He wai iracticaliy unconscious during this irr.e. But the powerful heart stimu ants, including oxygen, were em jloyed to restore him to consciousness or his final parting words. He askec ’or his wife and she sat at his side anc leld his hand. He consoled her anc >ade her goodby. She went through he heart-trying scene with the same )ravery and fortitude with which she nas borne the grief of the tragedy which has ended his life. The immediate cause of the preaM dent’s death is undetermined, His physicians disagree, and it will possi¬ bly require an autopsy to fix the exact cause. The president’s remains will be taken to Washington, and there wilt be a state funeral. Vice President Roosevelt, who n<(w succeeds to the presidency, may take the oath of of icc wherever he happens to hear ths news. The cabinet will, of course, re* sign in a body, and President Roose /alt will have an opportunity of form ng a new cabinet if he so desires. APPROACH OF DISSOLUTION. ______— It was shortly after 2 o’clock Friday morning tuat the physicians nurses noticed weakening heart tion The puise fluttered and weaken ed and the president sank toward lacse. The end appeared to be hand Restoratives were speedily and the physicians fought with all the reserve forces Action was not toklv,. .nd last administered and as a . solution was Injected v*>ins A gepenl t .larm went speeding consulting physicians and gra ph and telephone could carry The restoratives did not at one. That realization, with ^ of 4c , th 6eh i„ a K. ted to the other caU and then asu mmons to abinet, relative* and close rlends of the president. The Buffalo papers all had vith the sad intelligence of the preei lent's relapse on the streets at day ight. One paper announced that the resident was dying. The result was hat the whole city was thoroughly troused and alarmed early, and before l o’clock crowds of people flocked he direction of the IRilburn o learn if the latest news was not nore reassuring. Many of them re¬ used to credit the news of the presi lent’s sudden change for the worse tntil they had learned by word of nouth from the sentries of the presl ient’s dangerous and critical condi Lion. Of all the sad household only the wife did not know the truth. She sur¬ mised that Mr. McKinley was worse, or she was told it would be better ’or her not to enter the sick chamber. She assented, but it was with a look if mute appeal in her eyes. The president himself seemed to realize that his life hung by a thread. Dr. W. W. Johnston, of Washington, md Dr. Janeway, of New York, two of the most eminent specialists in the United States, were summoned to lend -heir skill and counsel, and Dr. Mc Burney, the noted surgeon, who left Thursday, was recalled. Vice President Roosevelt and the ab sent members of the cabinet were also telegraphd for, Shortly after 10 o’clock the Intimate friends and relatives of the president who were telegraphed for began to arrive. Bulletins issued at t frequent Inter during the day gave but little and before » ° ^ c oc . was clear to those at the president s that he was dying and prep were made for the last sa of farewell from those who eare,,t an d dearest to lm. Oxygen had been administered stea but with little effect in keeping the approach of death. the u # to *‘ 8Clou8ne ** Zw only V” to relapse lEi.te i to But In this period, when hi. was partially clear, occurred a erles of events of a profoundly touci c character. 8 *™’ ................. waiting They knew the end they must see him for the last eart h ’ Th ! 8 w “ V b °"‘ 6 '£ K "'.*»»»» 8tair ay - T NO. 17. stay of the cabinet officers at threshold of the death chamber. withdrew, the tears streaming their faces and the words of in¬ tense grief choking in their throats. He was practically unconscious dur¬ ing this time. But the powerful heart stimulants, including oxygen, were em¬ ployed to restore him to consciousness his final parting with his wife. He for her and she sat at his sido held his hand. He consoled her bade her goodby. She went the heart-trying scene with same bravery and fortitude with which she has borne the grief of the tragedy which ended his life. At 9:37 Secretary Cortelyou, who had been much of the time with his dying chief, sent out formal notifica¬ tion that the president was dying. Rut the president lingered on, his pulse growing fainter and fainter. There was no need for official bulle¬ tins after this. Those who came from the house at intervals told the same story—that the president was dying and that the end might come at any His tremendous vitality was the remaining factor in the result, and this gave hope only of brief post¬ ponement of the end, which finally came at 2:15 o’clock Saturday morn ing. ,,atiamc NATIONS nc OF ctarth EART H notified NOTIFIED. when the announcement reached Washington that President McKinley hftd djed> Acting Chief Clerk Martin afld other em pi 0 yees of the state de partment immediate ly sent cablegram* to each and every United States am basga( j or an( j minister, notifying them that the president died at 2:15 o’clock Saturday morning in Buffalo, and in gtructing thern to inform the govern mentg t0 they were accredited, Arrangemen t B were made by which gecreUry Hay met Actlng secretary 0 , war Gillespie and Acting Secretary Qf the Navy Hackett in the state de parlmenti to promulgate the necessary orderg of the three departments. The ed on Bnes “ «* similar W to that issued •* ^ when pregjdent Garfleld was stricken. The Qrder ig addressed to all division and department commanders In the Unl ted States, the Philippines, Cuba, Par to Rico and Alaska and announced the deat |? ° f ^ re8l< |®® t McKinley and thirteen guns he fired in the morning and one atlntervals of half an hour, and forty-five gun* at sunset.
