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Newmarket Era , September 20, 1901, p. 1

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The Era gives mor Hi fc W Vl iK Hi i i me the liberty to to o and to freely according to conscience abov liberty- No Single Each 2Qigoi AND ADVERTISER 10 pages No paper outside of North York unless paid In advance TEHMS51a5per annum if paid In MeKiWey SURE STEEL RANGES FUEL SAVERS WARRANTED 3rd of the Presidents to fill I of Buffalo Sept Before oclock AH the papers are issuing extras lined it was cleat to those at tbePres- with deep black dents feedsi that he was dying and King Edward telegraphed Am- mad for as follows Most sad from bo do I sympathize with you and tieatest and him the whole American nation at the Oxygen hid been administered stead- 1 Joss of your distinguished and but with little effect in keeping tbberegretted President The most complete line ever shown in Newmarket For all Purposes at You can depend upon them every time GENERAL HARDWARE PAINTS OILS GLASS- r r P A PLUMBING NEWMARKET ONT A Profitable Business Must be run in A Systematic Manner Numerous failures have been the result of a loose operating system Will be glad to assist you by the aid of Our Filing Devices Office and School Desks WRITE FOR PARTICULARS AND PRICES The Office Specialty Mfg Co imited BAY STREET TORONTO Factory NEWMARKET For pure blood a bright a clear complexion a keen appetite a good digestion and refreshing sleep BRISTOLS S It arouses the Liver quickens the circulation brightens the spirits and generally improves the health Sixtytight Kit II On BLOOD kaoviu jt Cancer Tumors Tuberculosis All druggists sell BRISTOLS THE LIMIT OF LIGHT MANKIND CANNOT CUBE NATUfiE CAN Lei tatif Mr dbcAC9 day Wjni back approach of death The President out of per foil of to into Bui In this I period J when his mind was only partially clear a series of a touching character ensued down stairs With tearstained faces members the cabinet were grouped in anxious wait ing they the end was near and the had arrived when they must see for the last time on earth This was about oejoet It was an moment for S them One by one they ascended the stairs way Secretary Root Secretary Hitchcock Attorney General Knox Secretary Wilson also was there but he held back not wishing to the President in his last agony there was only a momentary stay of the cabinet officers at the of the death chamber Then they withdrew the tears streaming down their the words of in tense grief choking in their throats Asked for His Wife After they left the sick room the physicians rallied him to and the President asked almost immediately that wife be brought to him The- the shadows of the room aslftrs Kinley came thru the doorway- The strong face of the dying man lighted up with a smile as hands were claspe4 She sat beside him and held his hand Despite her phys ical weakness she tore up bravely under the ordeal The President in his last period of consciousness which ended about oclock the words of the beautiful hymn Nearer My to Thee and his last audible conscious words astaken down by Dr Mann at thnbedsnde were Good bye all good bye It is Gods way His will be done Then his mind began to wander and soon afterward be completely lost consciousness His We was pro longed for hours by the administra tion of oxygen and the President finally expressed a desire to be allow ed to die Buffalo Sept a m Secre tary of the Long arrived at the Mllburn house at oclock This was his first to the city and he had the extreme satisfaction of seeing the President alive even he was not conscfous of his visitors presence Secretary Long was viBibly Vice President Roosevelt had been notified early in the day of the criti cal state of affairs and word had come from him that he was on his way in a special train There was no longer a doubt that in the approaching death of the Presi dent a complete change in the administration of the government would ensue When Mr Roosevelt would take the oath of was wholly a matter of conjecture Presi dent Arthur took the bath at am after the death of Garfield and In that case Justice Brady of New York administered the oath there is no requirement that the oath shall be ad ministered by a Justice of the United Slates Supreme Court that procedure is adopted when circum stances permit Without unseemly haste the mem bers of the cabinet will tender their resignations and the new President will then he free to initiate his own policy and choose his own cabinet Buffalo Sept president at am GENERAL MOURNING IN BRITAIN London era of Westminster Edward Rex Telegrams are pouring in prominent Englishmen societies and municipalities It seems as if every little town in England were individu ally telegraphing an expression of sympathy and horror Everything as yet is rather unset- family and friends and political ciates of the late President were pres ent The scene there was pathetic in the extreme Then the body was borne out to the waiting cortege on the brawny shoulders of eight sailors and soldiers of the Republic The cortege passed thru solid walls of ing humanity bareheaded and grief- to tie Hall the body lay in slate tbis afternoon When the doors were closed at mid night it was estimated that had viewed the remains but thousands of disappointed ones were still in the streets THE OFFICIAL REPORT Of the autopsy says There was no evidence of any attempt at repair on the part of nature and death- re sulted from the gangrene which af fected the stomach around the bullet wounds as well as the tissues around the further course of the bullet Death was unavoidable by any wheeled into line and moved former Supreme Court Justices this down Franklin street The band took city whose names had been Chopin Funeral March the Erie County bar by the tolling of the church J will probably be arraigned again bells Behind the troops moved the morrow morning plead to the of the officers of theCabin- lctxuent came the hearse and There will be a State Funeral lowing were the comrades of the Washington on Tuesday and the re- Grand Army with a company of the mains will be interred at Canton p local militia bringing up the rear I on Thursday The cortege passed between throngs of people to the depot THE FUNERAL TRAIN the that bore the President from the city where he met his death a solid Pullman of seven cars t was Oar Toronto drawn by two crepedraped The Ferguson v Aurora Railway case came up at Hall on lives Fifteen minutes before the tied but it is train was scheduled to leave engine sped out thru yards with or ders to precede the train by fifteen minutes and keep the track clear the casket waif placed between the windows on the observation car and the railings of the car were or medical treatment and was the shrouded in crepe The only relief mroblnle thata of the bullet wound was in two tiny pilot flags of white I President Roosevelt has announced on the leading locomotive THE BUILDING IN WHICH PRESIDENT WAS SHOT lal service of imposing proportions will be held in Westminster Abbey as was done at the time of the death General Grant Whether the British Government will issue an official no tification of mourning rests chiefly with King Edward ABecting scenes marked the an nouncement p the death of the Presi dent at the Ecumenical Methodist Conference which passed a resolution declaring that the whole Christian world sympathized with the American people Throughout the length and breadth of Europe feelings similar to those evinced in the British metropolis seem to have been evoked- Perhaps the best is voiced by the that he will continue policy of his AT THE CAPITAL arose from the change of route of the road the company secured an op tion on a piece of Fergusons land thru which to run their road Wean- while they changed tbeir route and ran thru his farm a quarter of a mile away from the original projected line Mr Ferguson contended that the new route ran over land five times as valu able as that over which the line first projected had been paid into court The company was order ed to make a formal application for the land and to file the amended route within a month Meanwhile the price of land decided by arbitration and the company may go on with its work A citizen of this city who has ex pressed a desire that his or her name shall remain unknown having offered to erect a summer home for poor children at a cost of not less than provided the city donated a site the Parks Committee last week accepted the offer with thanks and designated a site in High Park tor the home The modest Mr aston ished the- civic reception committee last week asking a fee of Si for training and leading the reception choir which it so greet the royal vis itors It is now thought that an agree- meat will be reached between the City Council and the Ontario Government in to a site for the Queens Statue The location now in view is a site on University avenue between Queen and College streets One of the hybrid buffalo cattle shown at the Industrial a bull weigh ing pounds has been presented to the City and removed to High Park There are students attending the Model school at the Junction predecessor absolutely and asks the Washington Sept Thru a members of the Cabinet tore- lane of bareheaded people stretch- tain their portfolios He took the ing from Buffalo up thru the Alte- of office on Saturday afternoon down on to the broad Valley l this yearan increase of while the BUFFALOS LAST FAREWELL to Newmarket Marble City on the banks of the shin- how is this Buffalo Sept The slow and Potomac the nations martyred The prisoner John Madison who and stately progress of the Presidents President today made his last journey three H Cooks silverware into body from the City to the rail- to the seat of the Government over Lake Ontario while being brought to road station afforded the people of which he presided for four and one- the city from Niagara was convicted Buffalo a last opportunity to do hon or to the memory of the lamented Executive ii was a few minutes after seven when there came signs of life from within the corridor of the City Hall where under the canopy of the state the body of the late President INTERIOR OF TEMPLE OF MUSIC WHERE PRESIDENT WAS SHOT i Vienna which says The ocean Is not wide enough to hold all the sympathy that is stream reposed The doors were flung open Forty sailors from the Michi gan marched up street the detachment of the cortege out of lon has been readied in the AMP which hums but noon day Aun can compare with It oil and Us light Soft and pleasant lo eye For rending and It no equal or re turn your raoiu Send for free catalogue ng from the OWWorM to the wheeled line directly J J editorials- upon the fJ- S All wis Sept the tow- President fa hnlntw from the speak terms of respect grey buildings where At government Buffalo pt to- In two carriages of the Empire la administered from day became of depot the Mansion House and law courts and flammg of the ON TO from churches betels and PanAmerican Exposition give way to At hour twee- the symbol of sorrow The black fprt and private houses London Union Jaclts are floating at half mast as a mark of sympathy for the murdered President All the stock and com- mercEal are closed drapery of the citys street muffled alter from the doors of the City the tolling bells of the churches Bits 5 I of crepe appeared on every sleeve bearing high on The sorrow was indescribable In the shoulders the At the United States Embassy a morning a single service took place at and bearing a of wheat was pushed quiet and sorrowful crowd many the residence on Delaware Avenue the visitors being deep mourning I where the President died A hymn passes In and out recording their was sung and prayer was over LIGHT respects for President dead body Only the immediate I r i gently into the hearse and the doors were closed The troops came to the half years Mrs was placed in a car riage which drove oil at once to the White House without awaiting the procession She appeared to beat up with fortitude The casket was removed from the observation car one of the largest windows being lowered at the side and received upon the shoulders of the bodybearers Pour artillerymen from Fort Maryland were on the right and four sailors on the left Before the casket marched four officers and in order while the officers stood with uncovered heads the remains were carried to Street and placed in the hearse The hearse bearing the body of the third martyred Presldentquickly mov ed away and was followed at once by President Roosevelt and members of the Cabinet in carriages the Citizens Committee from officers of the army and navy and friends Banked on both sides the avenue from Sixth Street to the Executive mansion were tens thousands of people There was no music Amid the hush of the great crowds only the clatter of the horses hoofs ringing sharply upon the pavement was heard THE CRIME OP Buffalo Sept Leon alias Fred was indict ed this afternoon by the County Court Grand Jury for the crime murder the first degree in fatally shooting President at the Temple of Music in the Pan- American Exposition grounds at oclock on the afternoon of September When arraigned before Judge Edward in the County Court at oclock the prisoner stubbornly refused to answer repeatedly asked of him by Dis trict Attorney Penney as to whether had counsel or wanted counsel The District Attorney then suggested of housebreaking In the Sessions fasti week Reeve Duncan of York Township the Conservative nominee for East York at the next Provincial elections is still far from well but is thought to the mend The closing services of the Church of England pavilion at Balmy Beach was held last Sunday evening A visitor to Toronto named John Brand was held up by and Porter in Stanley Park some weeks ago and robbed the Police Court last Friday the magistrate sent William to the Central for four months and Tom to for 30 days Rev Father Sheridan died Friday morning last at St Michaels al Father Sheridan had been the past two months from tlon He had only been a priest for three years The members of the Liberal Clubs of this city accompanied by their wives and lady friends will leave on the Chippewa tomorrow at pm for where tbey will meet Premier Ross arid his wife to give them a welcome hack from old land The Queens Own Band has been engaged for the occasion On the return trip across the lake speeches of welcome will be made and Hon Mr Rosa will be expected to reply It will no doubt be an occa sion to be remembered The daily service between Toronto and Montreal via Lake Ontario and St Lawrence steamers will continue through this month Saturday- last Mayor and a patty of about personal friends made a trip over the Metro politan Railway from this city to Bond Lake an6 return Supper was served at a hotel on the route and a pleasant outing was enjoyed Flags were flying at half-mast- all over the city out of respect to the memory of the late President of the that inasmuch the defendant United States shortly alter the news of his death was telegraphed When Queen Victoria died Mr KcKinTcy or dered the White House flag halfmast ed to answer counsel should be as signed Judge Emery assigned lon Lewis and Hon Robert Titus J r

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