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PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT
New Chief Executive of United States Sworn in
Secretary of War Root.
by
CABINET OFFICERS PLEDGE THEIR SUPPORT
President's First Act Was tie Wish That
They Should Retain Portfolios
Mrs. McKinley's Fortitude.
ALL WERE AFFECTED BY THE ORDEAL
President Roosevelt's HanJ as Steady as Though Carved
In Marble A Worthy Successor of the Mar
tyred President Oath Taken at
3:30 P. M. Yesterday.
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Detwccn Ninth and Tenth
iiinm-T .'imply vl.-w-i th" , body I'll
morning, and later save a Certificate
in n.t'orjnncr with t lie result of the
autopsy, which declared that death was
un.iv l Wide hy any aurglcal or medical
ir'a'.rn-n: ami was the direct result of
.in i i-.H-k tin afi-rnon !h" bullet wounds.
,.f th.. r,l.l.nv of Alns- ; T!u" wr"u" nh ' MufJ th world In-
ii mrrmi wld. uiireror", ray If..' jvn
,il y nf his If rime by death In the electric
fnl: . I Stales district court. d-'(.ialr.
inin.tercd the oath. The m-eilu Was I , 'J
Itf KK,M, S:!. 14 Tlioore R-ose-It
entered :li' ctiy uf mourning this
iftT'i ii aft r a remarkable ami eril-
u ) un:iy ftom the h'ir: of the north
I II' ; -k the oath of office a
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ASTORIA, ORE
Alot W. K. 4(lond Paelltc ICiprx.. (Jo .
tn ii IT- -t .n f one.
mi ere im.' l y the ,le p p.-rina! K-r-r
he f' K. !'i hi.. hur.ie'.eris'.t ally Im
j.iilflii' w.i. h- hat rii.' I'ir.: :o the
Ii ", f lii..uniin' t ofiT n I lien,-.'
.ml fymi'atbv lo !h- br-keii hearted
wl l uv. S r. ,ary K t alm.i't hrnko
I 'vi a iih. ii he r-il' i:e. KiMOeve It, on
ti half of th. iii. iiil r of the lahlne:
pf th" l.ile prei:.eiii. t tak' :h" prs-crl'M-d
o.i:h.
The lii'ii rld nt ua.i visibly nhak- i
.ti. but vn:r ! "..-! himself, n'i,l wh'i he
l.f'.-d h s hand t Hiimr It win as Mle.idy
i th.iiiKh i irvel in marhl... With dep
- 1 -1 1 1 n 1 : v Ii,. anii.iiitii't'.l m t!'o. pr-
tit that li; aim would lie to he Wll-
'l.itn McKlnleyn' ni'Mnor, In deel as
iv, 11 a.t In n. one.
I'M!. icy Tt i!K C 'N nxi'Kiv
Th far-rea.-hltiK nlKnltlcaiioe f t!i
l'l'..i;e to rx'iilnue the policy of the d'J
pii sldi.il : profoundly Impress, d Ira hear
t, and l'l'sidctit It.xm .'volt's tlrst step.
if:'" taking the oath, was In line wl:h
lis leil.tniiil'ii. His Htm act was to
isk the member of the cabinet to re
tain Un It' portfolio In order to aid him
to , oii duct the Rovet'timoiit on the limn
l.iul doivi by him whoso policy lie had
deelur.il lie would uphold. Kvery niem-
lur of lh' enhlnet, tnclu.i.tih" Sccteiary
Hay and Secivtary (iage, nho were
e 'iiimunh nted with In Va.hliifr:on, have
iKtee.l for the present, tit least, to re
tain th lr portfolios.
I'VNiiitAi, i i : i: p a i ; a t 1 1 1 s s.
Mil Monday a special Pulii b arltiff the
iin'Si,b'ii;, the cabinet. Mrs. McKWlcy
a"il family, and .llstlnnuislied peis m-
m'.s ass.ielaied with the McKlnley iid
iil'ilstrail.ni, will convey the body to
Washington. The body will be laketi
to the White Mouse for the lilulit and
on Tuesday will be co'iveye.l to the ro
tuti'hi of the tupltol biilldl'iK. where
st lie I'ci enioiiles will occur. On Vol
nesiliiy i lie body Hill be convey -il to
Canton, where it will be Intern' .1 In the
family lot. Mrs. McKlnley bears up
ivllh rciiiarkalil fortitude.
The death mask of McKlnley will be
made by a Washington artist.
No coroner's Inquest will be held. The
Fi.vniNO mu. i.o(i.i:vi:i,t.
Ills Kxit "ut of the M pti-.:a:r.s At:e:id
i With Supretii" PitTlculty.
AI.HANY. N. Y. Sep:. U.-When
Thenl.re H .oseiett and (tuMm left the
Tahavwu) Club early yesterday morntiiR
.n a hun:lnit xp-drion. the vl presi-
deiit fully ti.li.-v d :hi: President Me
liitil. y wivs entirely out of daiwr and
on th- rapid Mid to nvovery. The
hntr.liiK party ha 1 not been gone over
unusually hevy Soon aftr Colonel
llKyjlt itar:hl, night cam on and
made the trip vry difricuJt and danger
ous, as mll iftr' mll naj traversed
in almot ;mp-ne'.rAl .lu-kness,
Ih? expert (fu1 l'-s pilitej the vlce-presi-lent
rafely to hi objective point. No:
until he 'lathed jp to a special train
at Nor.h Cre -k at 5;22 a. m. dlj he ;-arn
tnat the pr silent had pasa-d away.
AUTOPSY ON THE REMAINS.
Ii-ath Was Unavoidable and Was Di
rect Il-willt of Bullet Wund.
BUFF.VLA S-pt. H.-The following
rep.rt of he au:opy jpjn the remains
of Pre.'ij-fit McJvinley wia iisnued at
5 o'clock:
"The bullet which :ruck over the
br'-a-tb ne did n t ,ajts ;hr jueh the skin
and did little harm. Th o:her bullet
pissed :hrmrh both -vails ,t the stom
ach near the I w -r borl-r. Uoth holes
were fmnd ,o lie p--rf-c:ly cl.jsed by
slltche, but the tissue amund each hole j
hal be ome yaiifreneouii. After pass
iig :h-oi(rh the stomach, the bullet
passe.J into the back walls of the abdJ
nnn. hittini; and t'.irinif the upper end
f the k dneys. This pitlon of the bui-
for rlv1rju the body of th president,
which will He in state In the rotunda,
as did the body of Presidents Lincoln
ajid Garfield.
Brief funeral servb.-s, it wn announo
e-1 tonight, will be held at the capital
Wednesday at 1 o'clock.
Th funeral train will leave here for
Canton at 2:J0, arriving there at 11
o'clock Thursday morning.
THB FU.V URAL TRAIN.
BUFFALO. 8-pt. 14. The funeral
tra.n Is expected to reach Canton at 11
o'clock Thursday morning where the
Aral services will be committed to the
charge of the c'tlx.xi of Canton.
TO ATTEND THE FUNERAL.
LONDON, Sept. 14. It Is learned that
King Edwar Is contderlng the advis
ability of the Duke of Cornwall and
fork attending the funrl of Pre
d nt McKinlay.
AT MILLURX HOUSE.
Quietness Reigned Througnout the Ear
ly Morning Hours.
MiLUURN HOUSE, Sept. 14-TheTe
were no signs of actiiity In the Mil
burn House until after 7 o'clock. Short
ly after that hour, messengers began to
ernTffe from th-? h njse at frequent In
tervals and the bulk of their missions
wa in the dispatching of numerous tel
egram. Up to 7:30 no members of the
afflicted family had put in an appear
ance. From the servants It was learned
that Mrs. McKlnley not had yet left
her room.
Th? day's detail of sildiery reported
a: 7 a. m.. and the guard of h'nor was
augmented. Unlike the days of the
anxious week of suspense, the scene on
Delaware avanue near the Milburn
House was a quiet on.
Had 1 nt been for the ropes at the
street crossings and the ceaseless
tramping of the sentries of the guard,
the avenue would have presented a
norma! aspect. At the hous the only
visible sign of the nation' calamity
let's track wa.. also sar.grenous. gan- j was to be found In the crepe ba lgc of
death fluttering from the door post.
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
Many Incorrect Reports Given Out Be
fore President's Death.
LONDON, Sept. 14. Many reports af
terward found to ba Incorrect, were cir
culated during the night to the effect
grene involving the pancreas. The bul.
let has not yet been found. There was
no sign of peritonitis or disease. The
other organic heart walls w?re very
thin. There was no evidence of any at
tempt to repair on the part of na-.ure
and dearh resulted from gangrene which
affected the stomach around the bullet
wounds as well as the tissues around
the furthrr course of the bulelt. Death that Pre,ident McKlaiey wa dead. The
was unavoidable by any surgical or . newf nls actual death arrived 7:30
THE GREAT STEEL
STRIKE SETTLED
Men Agree lo Go to Work on
Monday.
THE TERMS ARE UNKN0WN
Afrec Tilt StttlesKst Skoal Not B Dl-viltea-TVee
Steel Ceaptalei Slfi
tbc Afrttaeit.
NEW TORK .Sept. 14. Th great
steel strike, which began Jane 30, waa
brought to an end at a conference held
today between leader sof the Amalga
mated Assoelatloo an dofflcer of the
sutnlllary companies of the United
S:ates Steel Corporation. An agreement
wag slg.ied under which the men will
return to work In the mills Monday
morning.
The full terms of settlement were not
divulged and It was announced that tola
wn in accordance with an agreement
with the parties to the conference.
The agreement vas not made public.
It was sign-d by the officials of the
Amalgamated Asjjctitlon and the
American Tin Plate Company, the
American Steel Hoop Company and the
American Sh?et Steel Company.
SENATOR MITCHELL COMING.
Oregon's Junior Senator Left London
Testerday for New Tork.
LONDON. Sept. 14.-TJnl:ed Statj
Senator John H. Mitchell of Oregon will
sail for New Tork tomorrow on the
American Uner St. Louis from Southampton.
j o'clock and was Immediately telegraph-
ed to King Edward at Fredensberg.
j A constant succession of telegrams
medical trva:nient and was the direct
result of the bullet wound."
The report of the autopsy has again
K .o r..- i'.e "-ry mn.ea at a had been received every few minutes in
1 . v nr lull hi. hp npJS ,1-ni wni. ei.ir
Uit v ..!;" ureu J- is ini ouueis. A 'a
chemical and bacten I 'ileal xamina-
:lo.n of the rm lining bullets In the pis-
t ; will un 1 oub'l'v V male at once.
It se-ins probable that the r.sult of
;he aut 'psy will giv rise to a medical
1 oi- course or tne nignt irom isunau
u-riblng the dying moments of the
j pr.'Sident. Fervent hopes were express-
ed everywhere for the president's re-
covery.
I The question of Mr. McKinley's suc
cessor his much occupied the ct;iz.jns
LUCANIA IS Df SIGHT.
P.'charJ Croker, Tammany Chief, Is on
Board the Cunard Liner.
NEW YORK. Sept. 14. The Cunard
line steamship Lucanla, on boarl of
which is Richard Croker, was sighted
this morning.
ENGLAND DEEPLY STIRRED.
yin'fiViVtiitYm . of London. A wek ago most of them
S. would have supposed that the death of
THE NEW PRESIDENT'S flRST PROCLAMATION lZZ
Stj ventilated in :he papers during the past
S:i week and it is thoroughly understood
LONDON. Sept. M.-President Mc
Kinley's fight for life has been watched
from the outsidj In Great Britain with
.in intense anxiety that has recalled the
last days of Queen Victoria. Every
phase of the medical evidence has been
keenly discussed and the painful sud
denness of the ccllapse after a revival
of hope deeply stirred the nation.
Thursday, September 19, Appointed as a Day of Mourning and ij mediateij
" 5: 1 I; is s;i
I'raycr Ihroughout United States.
that Vice-President Roosevelt will im-
ately take the oa;h of office.
CRAZY SNAKE REBELLIOUS.
GUTHRIE. O. T.
HUFFAliO, N Y Sept 14. President Roosevelt tonight Issued a proc
laniiitlop. I: is, In part, as follows:
"The president of the United Sr.itts has been struck d wn. A crime
has been c.immltted, not only against the chief magistrate, but against
every law-ubl ling and ilberty-loving citizen.
"I'resid.'iit McKlnley urowned a life of the l.u-ges: love for his feilo.v
m. n by his death of Christian fortitude.
"Now , then-fore, I, Theodor Roosevelt, pre.sid 'nt of the United States
of America, da appoint Thursday next, the lth, a day of mourning and
prayer, throughout thle Uni'ed States. I earnestly re.vmnieml that all
people assemble on that day In their respective places for divine worship,
there bow down in humble submission, to the will of Almighty Go.l, and
to pay homage of hve and reverence to the great and good presi
dent, whose death has smitten the Nation with bitter grief."
ife to say that twth President I a IWK nt:an. wno led the re-
McKinley's last speech foreshadow ing ! bolllon last spring agaiist the govern
his new policy, and Vice-President I ment 'has hen released and Is again
Roosevelt's speech, of the day preited- f 'S his people to throw off the white
ing Ci.ilgosx- attack upon the president. nun'3 Pwer;
will be keenly discussed in the papers
here today.
! TROOPS AT RIO HACIfA
1 1 POLITICAL OPPONENT'S TRIBUTE.
! Col. Kilboume Speaks Feelingly of the
Irreproachable life of MeKinley.
: COLUMBUS. 0.. Sept. 14. Colonel
j James Kilbourne, Democratic candidate
! for the governorship of Ohio, when no-
titled of the death of the 'president made
a statement In which he said:
''His most determined political oppon
ents recognize the many lovable personal
1 , traits of his character and If he had any
COLON, Colombia, Sept. 14. The
Alexandre Bixio has arrived at Colon.
dent, whose death has smitten the Nation with bitter grief." Si r"" petl,flU!( the man' c'vable personal Lie delay was due to the fact that she
1 traits of his character and If he had any was chart- red at Savanllla by the Co-
WW.'M.'M.M.V."" , enemies the event of the pas: week must I lomhian government to convey 1200
Fortunate Presence of a French
Cruiser.
thr.
p. d
with niessag's to the ie-'-pr sid nt stat
Ing that President McKlnley was In a
critical condition.
Extra guides nin runners were at once
deployed from the club in the direction
of Mount Marcy, with instructions to
sound a general alarm In order to find
the vlce-prisideiu as soon us possible.
Just as the afternoon began to merge
with the shadows of early evening the
responsive ivhoes of distant signals
were heard and answered. Gradually
the scouts and the Roosevelt par.y
came together.
The vice-prosid 'nt at 5:45 o'clock
started ba 'k for the Tahawas Club. The
Adirondack stage Mm" placed at his dis
posal relays of how s covering thirty
six miles to North Creek. A deluging
t'liin.leM'oriii had rendered the roads
hours when a mounted courier controversv. The gangrened condition
rapidly Into ;,e Tahawas Club ! of the Interior wounds, w hich the phy
sicians thought wet ' h.iled and that
they announced positively that the kid
ney which the bullet tore In i:s pas
sage through :he abdomen was unin
jured, were so contrary ' what was ex
ptcted by the public ihat a divussion
seems inevltaoie.
The poismed bullet theory might, of
course, acco-m; for the sudden and puz
zling reversal of Presl lens McKinley's
coiolltion Just wlvn the physicians laid
such great stress on his improved con
dition and gave .-uch strong hopes of
nis recovery.
The bullet was not 'ound.
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SYMPATHY FROM ALL OVER.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-Cable-granis
of condolence from all over the
world are arriving here. They include
messages from King Edward of Eng
land, Emperor William of Germany, and
other crow ned beads and high official of
the different governments.
THE CAPITOL CLOSED.
have disarmed them. Living and dying,
his private life has been without re
proach and a shining example to his
countrymen."
Governor Nash has Issued a proclama
tion setting forth the virtues of Presi
dent MeKinley.
STOOD IN REVERENCE.
Preparations Being Made for Receiving
of 'President's Body.
WASHINGTON, Sejt. 14. The capl-
tol building was closed today out of
respect to the memory of President Mc
Klnley, nd preparations were begun
Crowds in New York Receive the News
in Silence.
XRV YORK, Sept. ll.-When death
of the president was bulletinej a: "he
newspaper offices in this city several
thousand people were still standing
about waiting for the expected t.n
nouncement. Instantly silence redded
and without any rearrangement ach
man in the throng took off his ha: and
stood for several tnlnu es thus uncov
ered. Then when full re.1ll.5a.1en came,
th crowd silently disp-rs-M
This city manifested Its grief at the
tidings from Buffalo owe.i-nintr the
hopeless condition of President M'Kai
ley's case by eagerly seeking the latest
news. Of excitement there was none,
for the city was prepl.-i.l for the wjrst.
Lanre numbers of p?ople sc.inii?.! th
bulletln boards of the newspipr cilices
awaiting for the an.ioun :em .nt ' f the
president's death, but he -:rjwd wot n"t
dense and no expressly is but th-.s, of
sorrow' were heard as thj succeedKa
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
tr.vips with ammunition to Rio Haeha.
On her arrival there, September S, a
Cenei'.telan squadron, consljting of the
Restaurador (formerly the .Atalanta)
and two other gunboats was on the
point of bombarding the town.
The French cruiser Suchet had been
protesitng against the bombardment and
this h.id Ven postponed for twenty-four
hours In order to allow the foreign on
saH and other noneombatants to leave.
During .lie Interval the Alexanddre Bix
io arr'ved and succeeded In landing 1000
troops with ammunition at Rio Hacha.
Tl.'s was entirely due to the protection
afforded by the presence of the Suchet
which sailel for Curacao September 6.
The General Plnzan uecinompanied the
Alexandre I'lxio from Rio Hacha to
C.irtagna and Is no'.v at the latter port.
General Alban Is on board.
BASEBALL SCORES.
SPOKANE, Sept. 14. Spokane, 6;
Portland. 6.
Afternoon Spokane, 9; Portland, 17.
SEATTLE, Sept. 14. Tacoma, 3; Se
attle, 9.
WHEAT MARKET.
PORTLAND. Sept. 14.-Wheat. Walla,
Walla, Valley, 66. bluejtem, 56H.
TACOMA, Sept .14 Wheat, bluertem,
354; club, 54.
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