Complete Life of William McKinley and Story of His Assassination. Everett Marshall

Francois Carnot, President of France, stabbed mortally at Lyons by Cesare Santo, an Anarchist, on Sunday, June 24, 1894.

      Stanislaus Stambuloff, ex-Premier of Bulgaria, killed by four persons, armed with revolvers and knives, on July 25, 1895.

      Nasr-ed-din, Shah of Persia, was assassinated on May 1, 1896, as he was entering a shrine near his palace. The man who shot him was disguised as a woman and is believed to have been the tool of a band of conspirators. He was caught and suffered the most horrible death that Persian ingenuity could invent.

      Antonio Canovas del Castillo, Prime Minister of Spain, shot to death by Michel Angolillo, alias Golli, an Italian Anarchist, at Santa Agueda, Spain, while going to the baths, on August 8, 1897.

      Juan Idiarte Borda, President of Uruguay, killed on August 25, 1897, at Montevideo by Avelino Arredondo, officer in Uruguayan army.

      President Diaz, attempt in the City of Mexico by M. Arnulfo on September 20, 1897.

      Jose Maria Reyna Barrios, President of Guatemala, killed at Guatemala City on February 8, 1898, by Oscar Solinger.

      Empress Elizabeth of Austria, stabbed by Luchini, a French-Italian Anarchist, at Geneva, Switzerland, on September 10, 1898.

      William Goebel, Democratic claimant to the Governorship of Kentucky, shot by a person unknown on Tuesday, January 30, 1900, while on his way to the State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky.

      Humbert, King of Italy, shot to death on July 29, 1900, at Monza, Italy, by Angelo Bresci.

      Albert Edward, then Prince of Wales, now King of England, attempt by Brussels Anarchist on April 4, 1900.

      William McKinley, President of the United States, shot at Buffalo on September 6, 1901. Died September 14, 1901.

      Chronology

       OF

       President William McKinley

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      Born Niles, Ohio, January 29, 1843.

      School-teacher, Poland, Ohio, 1860.

      Enlisted Union Army June, 1861.

      Second Lieutenant September 24, 1862.

      First Lieutenant February 7, 1863.

      Captain July 25, 1864.

      Brevet Major for gallantry, 1865.

      Admitted to the Ohio bar 1867.

      Elected state’s attorney 1869.

      Elected first to Congress 1876.

      Re-elected 1878, 1880, 1882, 1884 to 1890.

      Elected Governor of Ohio 1891.

      Re-elected Governor of Ohio 1893.

      Elected President United States 1896.

      Re-elected President United States 1900.

      Shot by an assassin September 6, 1901.

      Died Buffalo, N. Y., September 14, 1901.

      CHARACTERISTIC POSE OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.

      PRESIDENT McKINLEY AND HIS WAR CABINET OF 1898.

      PRESIDENT, WM. McKINLEY.

      MRS. WILLIAM McKINLEY.

      MR. AND MRS. McKINLEY AND THEIR HOME AT CANTON, OHIO.

      MRS. McKINLEY, MOTHER OF THE PRESIDENT.

      Copyright by Clinedinst, Washington, the President’s Photographer.

       PRESIDENT McKINLEY TAKING AN AFTERNOON DRIVE.

      WILLIAM McKINLEY IN HIS CANTON HOME.

      MISS HELEN McKINLEY.

      Copyright, 1901, by Clinedinst, Washington, Photographer to the President.

       PRESIDENT McKINLEY IN HIS LIBRARY.

      PRESIDENT McKINLEY AND MARSHALL EVERETT IN CONSULTATION DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.

      HEARSE BEARING PRESIDENT McKINLEY’S REMAINS PASSING THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.

      U. S. MARINES IN THE McKINLEY FUNERAL PROCESSION, WASHINGTON, D. C.

      U. S. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES IN THE McKINLEY FUNERAL PROCESSION, WASHINGTON, D. C.

      PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

      BUILDING IN WHICH PRESIDENT McKINLEY WAS SHOT, TEMPLE OF MUSIC, PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION, BUFFALO, N. Y.

      LEON CZOLGOSZ, THE ASSASSIN OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.

      ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.

      … The Life …

      OF

      President William McKinley

      CHAPTER I.

       THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT McKINLEY.

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      On Friday, September 6, 1901, the blackest Friday in American history, the American people were shocked and stunned by the news that their beloved President, William McKinley, had been shot down by a cowardly assassin, while attending the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo.

      It was like a flash of lightning from a clear sky. The people were stunned into momentary silence. The sign of grief was on the face of every loyal American, and the hearts of the people beat as one in sympathy for the stricken chief.

      The horror of the tragic event grew when it was learned that the assassin was an anarchist, and not an insane man as was first supposed.

      Then came the full realization that the murderous bullet of the assassin was aimed not only at the foremost citizen of the Republic, but that the Red