THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. PRICE TWO CENTS. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1901. 12 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK. Sad Return of the Well Beloved President WHIPPLE • SPEEDING THROUGH PASSES AWAY MOURNING LAND

The Venerable Prelate, Full of Good Progress of the Presidential Funeral Works, Died at 6 O'Clock Train From Buffalo to the This Morning. Capital of the Nation.

Half Century of Noble Labor for Mrs. McKinley Bears Up Well, but Mankind in the Northwest Almost Breaks Down as She Brought to an End. Boards the Train.

Special to The Journal. the Indians, he said, all his efforts appar- Faribault, Minn., Sept. 16.—Right Rev. ently went for naught. There came an Buffalo, Sept. 16.—The presidential her long veil of black. She got into the uprising which compassed the destruction Henry Benjamin Whipple, bishop of Min- New carriage with every mission state and funeral train left the York Central her favorite niece. Miss or in the the Barber, nesota, died this morning at his home at death of more than 600 whites. Then peo- station at 8:46 a. m. Abner McKinley and Dr. Rixey, 6 o'clock just as the sun was rising. ple began to inquire into the causes—the and they were driven at once to the depot. The silent form of William McKinley The immediate cause of his death was bail treatment —which could have provoked So far as could be seen she sat erect and the Indians to such an outbreak, and when was borne from this city in impressive unsupported in the heart weakness. He was unconscious all hostilities were at an end, new policies carriage. of yesterday and during the night and it were adopted toward them which persuad- state this morning and taken on its last The family of Abner McKinley, other ed them a peaceable was seen that the end was near. to acceptance of the journey to the national capitol. relatives of the dead president and Secre- civilized conditions imposed upon them. tary Cortelyou in carriage! At the time of his passing there v.ere natural pride, bishop followed other With the called at- Just eleven days ago he came to the and present in the room, Mrs. Whipple his tention to the fact that to-day there are the Milkum house, famous now be- wife; Dr. Rose, of Faribault, his son-in- over 30,000 communicants among the Pan-American exposition in full health cause of its connection with a great na- law; Stone, of Paul; Scandrett Indians lr the United State 3. and vigor. He was an en- tional tragedy, went posses- Dr. St. Mrs. Bishop Whipple received with back into the was a stanch admirer sion of its owner, so kindly given of Faribault and Mrs. S. W. Jackson of of President McKinley. Speaking on the thusiasm that was unprecedented in the who had Cleveland, Ohio, his daughters; Mrs. Geo. eve of the last election, he said, it up to the use of the president and his in the annals of the city, and for twenty-four Whipple. sister-in-law, and some same interview: THE PATH HE WILL FOLLOW. family. his of As grandchildren. an American citizen I am taking an ac- hours enjoyed himself thoroughly. The The corners near the tive interest in politics. hope Pres. Eoosevelt—"l wish to state that it shall be my aim to continue absolutely unbroken the street the house which I to see Presi- story of the foulest of assassinations, The body will lie in state in the dent McKinley re-elected. The undoubted policy of President McKinley for the peace and prosperity of our beloved country." the for a week had been crowded with news- chapel at his residence and the funeral i'act that the country is everywhere prosper- pathetic stride to recovery as outwardly paper men, telegraphic booths and wait- ous—a I from cathedral Fri- condition am acquainted with from demonstrated, while death was slowly ing carriages, resumed their ap- Will take place the on personal sufficient wonted observation—is a reason in working on the vitals, the breathless pearance; military day at 2 p. m. itself why the present administration should the guard was with- Late in the day it was decided that be continued in office. hopes of a nation and loved ones, the ter- drawn, the police resumed their normal twenty-four hours suspense the body of the dead prelate should be in- A Sketch of His Career. rible of when occupation and the exciting incidents that terred within the cathedral here, and a To write the life of the Ht. Rev. Henry Ben- death made its final demand —all are mat- have marked the locality became a mem- tomb will be made in the llooj- of the jamin Whipple would be to chronicle the FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS ters of history now. ory. crypt to hold the remains. struggles and triumphs of the Episcopal "Watching; Thousands. President Roosevelt did not arise until churcfa in . Identified with the A memory Bishop 7 o'clock. He quickly at tower in of Gilbert movement to Christianize the savages of the The body of the honored chief executive dressed and 7:30 is already being" constructed on the ; orthwestera territory from its inception, the of the nation who came to Buffalo only a was ready for breakfast. He breakfasted cathedral. ; young man entered upon his duties with a few days ago as the guest of the city, with the family of his host, Ansley Wll- hearc capable of rising above adversity an 4 borne splendor, his cox. Just after 8 o'clock had struck, with brave enough to defy the perils was away in sad A THOROUGH OPTIMIST of the wil- Mr. Wilcox and his secretary, derness. He went among blood-thirsty OF HIS GREAT career ended as far as hi? dominant I William sav- PREDECESSOR ,Jr., got The BlMhop Believed the* World Wax ages proclaiming the gospel of the Pria.ce of personality is concerned, although his L.oeb he into a carriage and drove to police \u25a0 He the A (irowinjt Peace. became the friend and confidant policies will remain. Thousands upon train. few mounted fol- .Better... . of wild men whose hands red with the were proces- lowed the carriage and three or four de- Up to the last Bishop Whipple had tie blood of innocent white men, but contin- thousands watched the impressive he tectives and secret service men were near same broad interest in human affairs ued among them beariug the cross and point- sion this morning moving towards the way higher by. Otherwise there was nothing to dis- which had ever been one of his most dis- ing the to things. In all of hi 6 depot. It was doubly impressive because missionary work he was signally successful. tinguish the president from any other citi- tinguishing characteristics. He was ! The New of its lack of gorgeousness and because of He trusted the rude beings with whom he President's Pronouncement Is Received With zen. that, closely proud of the and took a | had cast his lot, and they trusted him. To the fact following behind presi- At the City Hall. cheerful view of the future of the repub- the day of his death it was the bishop's lov- the pall-covered corpse of the dead ' thought, and The slow and stately procession lie. How optimistic was i ing one always on his lips when dent came the successor to the title. of the he is well il- an allusion was made to the Indians, Great president's body city that in Favor Everywhere-lt Ushers In His Buffalo stirred early this morning, but from the hall to the lustrated in an interview with Bishop j all of his dealings with the red men he had sym- railroad station afforded the people Whipple in The Journal of Nov. 1 never known "a full-blooded American Indian early as its inhabitants, curious or of Buffalo a last opportunity to do honor to last, upon his returu from the Episcopal to tell a lie." pathetic, awoke to get a vantage place The bishop's life was full of and the memory of the lamented executive. Missionary Council at Louisville, Ky. adventure Administration from which to view the departure of the activity. The naked facts alone, Auspiciously. daybreak city Speaking generally, he without em- police At the hall was as quiet said: bellishment, cannot be expressed dead president, and soldiers had The signs of the times be in the bold- peaceful as death are not to mis- est manner without anticipated them. and the within its walls. take. cannot tail to recognise the seeming, to those beyond We. great his generation, merely fulsome eulogy. Statuelike, the guard of honor at \u25a0world movement that going as At the Houne of Death. the is on about us. Exaggeration, however, is scarcely catafalque The world is getting better every possible maintained its position day. We when dealing with his life and At the Milburn mansion, where the must not draw ha3ty conclusions services in the throughout the long hours of night. the j other Sights cy of the season with a recklessness and slept; the way: when we have flaming northwest. and Scenes in Buffalo family of the dead statesman at headlines about | Henry Benjamin abandon was amazing Great Interest Now Taken in There was a sergeant of artillery at the terrible murders, served up to us for Whipple was born at Ad- that to see. .Those the Wilcox mansion, where the new presi- break- j ams. Jefferson county, X. V., in head of the bier, a at At fast from time to time, we must not con- ! 1823. His —Throngs Who Looked who had umbrellas used them, but so hard town near marine the foot. lather. John Whipple, was Roosevelt's Fine Speech dent reposed, and down the one elude that the world is one vast slaughter-1 a merchant of did it rain at times that umbrellas were side was a sergeant of infantry, on , and a stanch supporter of the old city hall, where the silent form of the house. We do riot at the same time stop to on the Face of the poor protection. Impossible the other a marine. The massive wooden reflect how many men have whig party. The maiden name of his mother It is almost at the Minnesota former president lay, the guards were not committed doors of the building were and murder, but have led straight-forward. Chris- w?e Elizabeth Wager. She was the daughter to estimate correctly the size of the crowd, early streets kept of closed the Henry Dead. formed and the clear tian lives, doing unto others as they would of Wager, one of the electors who but all the afternoon until dark and after State Fair. iron outer gates were bolted. chose- Jefferson president of the United people. It was not a particularly pleas- be done by. The struggle for existence is. States. people were by It was a few minutes after 7 course, Of the ancestors on both in double file marching the ant morning. The sun shone, but the o'clock of much sharper; the lines of com- the father's and when there came signs of petition between man and man are more mother's side, sixteen were officers in the bier at the big city hall; it was like the wind blew in strong, fitful gusts across life from with- revolutionary and colonial From a Staff Correspondent. tramp of Trout The Journal Bureau. Room \u25a018. Pom in the corridor where the body strongly defined than ever before, and yet wars. Many of the' an army, for the police permitted Building, hington. city, tearing down the drapings and of the there is an ever-thickening family were noted for usefulness in the president reposed. cream on the ! church, Buffalo, X. V., Sept. 16.—There never no loitering. Washington, Sept. east to- j The doors were flung milk of human kindness. Circumstances state and country, one a signer of the Declar- 16.—The is raising clouds of dust. Iwas a more uninviting day in Buffalo or The Eager day l open, the gates swung ajar. At 7:07 forty which are drawing men away from each other ation of Independence. By virtue of the ser- Thousands. reading over again with closer atten- At the Milburn mansion, where Mrs. respects anywhere else yesterday. sailors the ship in some are but the more" firmly vices of these ancestors. Bishop Whipple was than Rain fell "There are many thousands in line who tion the speech which President Roosevelt McKinley was, the servants were moving from United States Michi- uniting them in others. a member of both the Sons steadily all day long, gan swung up of the Revolution sometimes in tor- will not be to see," offi- delivered at the Minnesota state fair four was more activity about Franklin street, the first Looking backward in own experi- and of the Society of Colonial Wars able said a tall early and there his of the rents, sometimes in a mean, nasty drizzle, cer to me days detachment of the cortege's escort. The ence, the venerable head of i United States, and also the chaplain general at 7 o'clock, "and so we are before the assassination. It is being the house than has been seen since the the church but all the time it fell. blue jackets wheeled into line directly then cited his experience with the Indians jof both organizations. He was educated in hurrying things along a bit. We have read with marked interest as throwing shooting. By half-past 6 o'clock transfer nearly a century ago the private schools of New It required c great of courage opposite the entrance of the city of Minnesota half as ! York state, and deal and beer, putting the crowd through at the rate strong light on his views on public ques- wagons and carriages were up hall. an instance how surely good received the college degree disregard for drawn at of often \ of D. D. from fine costumes, to say nothing of fifty per tions, especially the MeKinley policy. house, Four minutes later the four-horse comes out of bad. about minute since noon. That The the corners near the and those Thirty-eight years ago i of physical endurance, for women to hearse drew up and a company after his tireless missionary work among Continued on Second Page. stand means 3,000 an hour or a total of 21,000 for morning newspapers to-day give the speech within were up and preparing for the of marines » f in line all day with the men, waiting for filed into position. Five of the the afternoon thus far. Not more than a more space than they did the morning journey to Washington. | cabinet an opportunity to tak# a last look into officers arrived In two carriages. The tenth of these who want to look will have after its delivery. They make most opti- "When Can I See the Major?" the face of the dead president; first carried Secretary Long and Post- HENRY BENJAMIN but they that privilege unless the time is extend- mistic predictions from as to new WHIPPLE possessed qualities, it the McKinley all of these and in ad- ed." president's future. Mrs. was not awakened until jmaster General Smith. The other held dition great patience. Thousands of after 7 o'clock, when Dr. Rixey went to I Attorney General Knox, Secretary Wilsou The officer was right. The word went Talk of Legislation. "J?J fine silk skirts and waists were ruined, out the room with one of her attendants. She and Secretary Hitchcock. United States Saturday night that the body would lie congress thousands of expensive hat plumes Such members of as have had not slept well, despite the fact that R. Hawley of un- in State Sunday and trains all the Senator Joseph Connecticut curled. jackets fore- reached Washington since Czolgosz shot thoroughly exhausted, and Fashionable and coats, noon packed jammed she is almost I was next to arrive. were and with people President McKinley are in favor of legis- natty shoes, everything, in fact, which from that Dr. Rixey had given her a sleeping near-Ijy points. To give some idea lation by congress to The Ekcort. goes to make up the holiday feminine at- make any attempt on potion. The first thing she asked was a the life of president At the appointed hour, 7:45, the tire, were freely exposed to the inclement- Continued on Second Page. the or certain other repetition of the query of the last two escort was in perfect readiness. In clarion tones officials of the government punishable by days: "When can I see the major?" some adequate Major Mann, commanding the escort, de- penalty, instead of leav- Dr. Rixey told her that they were going ing livered the order, "Present arms!" the matter entirely for the state to to let her see him to-day and she then let deal I Noiselessly and with the precision of the Pres't Roosevelt with. It seems to be generally con- her attendants drees her and at 7:45 was Announces congress soldier, arms leaped to Policy not well-drilled the ceded that could pass a lav/ ready for her light breakfast which she making such an position; the commanding officer attempt treason, because took in her room alone. At 7:30 the bag- turned about, and, facing 16 -President Roosevelt some the constitution defines treason to "con- ready the house of the dead, win f n , u has outlined in detail the policy he gag© was and two truck loads of it ft will follow fPduring his incumbency of sist only in against, brought his sword to "present." waa office. It will be remembered that when he levying war them" moved to the depot. In one wagon was a It took the oath of office he stated with (the an impressive moment. rigid much definiteness: United States), or in "adhering to hospital bed, and it was thought that this The soldiers It shall be my aim to continue absolutely policy enemies, body unbroken the of their giving them aid com- v;as the of and sailors were awaiting the of President McKinley for peace and for use Mrs. McKinley in view the (and he emphasized that word), pros- fort." It is that their late commander-in-chief. A minute perity and honor of the country. thought the crime of at- of the certainty of the fatigue of the jour- Yesterday president tempted assassination of the president, or of of awe-inspiring silence, and then, the gathered together some personal friends in and ney and the possibility a collapse. those members Buffalo the advocacy thereof, can be emerging from the doors of the city hall, cabinet as were here and gave to them such ideas as he has already hardly Colonel Bingham, who was in charge of formulated the brought there moved the eight four for conduct of public affairs and his own policy. In no sense are within that clause. But it ii the arrangements, said at 7:45 that none body-toearers, they divergent from the that congress and four what has been policy of Mr. McKinley." His policy as out- held has ample authority of the party woald go to the city hall soldiers sailors. On their lined to his friends at yesterday's conference will be: in the matter. where the body !ay. but that all would go shoulders rested the casket enclosing the For a more liberal and extensive reciprocity in the purchase sale Good Will Other •directly train. be body of the country's one. of commodities, so overproduction and ot Nations. to the This would done beloved that the of this country can be satis- Away soldiery factortly of . Great satisfaction is felt over good on Mrs. McKinley's account. At 7:32 the down the line of from the disposed by fair and equitable arrangements with foreign the countries. feeling shown toward the United States by Misses Duncan, nieces of the late presi- Sixty-fifth regimental band came the dent, were driven to so strains of "Nearer, My God, to Thee." Be- The abolition entirely of commercial war with other coustries and all foreign nations in messages of sym- the train that they adoption reciprocity the ropes throng, of treaties. pathy they have sent because of the death might arrange all comforts possible for hind the long the uncovered jVy^uSsHSyfySs^ \u25a0' jJBBI \u25a0\u25a0 \u25a0- \u25a0 \u25a0y--'->'*'-x->l''\u25a0\u25a0ys of \u25a0J -i-tsSM HBJt BBV^' . \u25a0-\u25a0. BHJ The abolition such tariffs on foreign goods longer and with bowed heads, waited and watched 1 as are no needed, of President McKiniey. There has been the stricken widow. for revenue, if such can abolition be had without hdrm to our industries nothing equal it history I A'few minutes later Senator Fairbanks, in silence. and labor. to before in the Direct of the nation. It will serve to bring the Controller of the Currency Dawes and Body Borne to Railway Station. commercial lines should be established between the eastern of United States in cioser Elmer Dover, secretary to Senator Hanna, was coast the Lnited States and the ports in South America and the Pacific relations with Tenderly the precious burden borne coast ports other governments carry emerged from the .house',, and entered a of Mexico, Central America and South America. and out the pol- slowly down the stone steps, along the icy carriage, following a The encouragement of the merchant marine and the building of ships of the late president in promoting white house messen- curved approach to the hearse. The flag- which carry peafe and good will among ger shall the American flag and be owned and controlled by Amer- all nations. rushed dowe th* walk and ! ordered draped casket was lifted gently Into the icans and American capital. This phase of the case is one of general the in one of windows the carriages closed. hearse and the doors closed. Through The building and completion comment in this city. the as soon as possible of the isthmian canal At 7:35 several figures stepped silently, out hearse naught so as to give direct water Minnesota Republican* windows of the but Ameri- communication with the coasts of Central Amer- Meet. upon the porch and walked down towards by ica, South America and Mexico. The Minnesota Republican ca's flag, surmounted a single sheaf of club held a the carriages. wheat could seen. The construction of a cable, owned by government, connecting special meeting yesterday at which speech- be To the front came mainland the our Widow, "Walks Unsupported.. -.' with our foreign possessions, notably the Philippines. es eulogizing the late President Mc- the troops, wheeling into line and moving The Hawaii and Kinley by use of conciliatory methods of arbitration in all disputes with for- were made Census Director Mrs. William McKinley, robed in garbs down Franklin street. eign nations, so as and Castle, to avoid armed strife. Merriam Auditor after which of mourning and supported by.; Abner Me-. Once more the strains of music. This The protection of a committee consisting of Governor Mer- the savings of the'people in forms Kinley on one side Dr. Rixey on it was by in banks and other riam, Captain Caßtle, F. A. Johnson, A. and the time the mournful dirge of Chopin's of investments the preservation of prosperity of W. other, figure. country the commercial the Miller, president of the association, and was the central To the sur- funeral march, accompanied by the tolling BUbop ot Minnesota, and the placing in positions of trqst men only ISOI-l&Ol. of the highest George B. Tallman was appointed to draft prise of all. she walked briskly, \u25a0with; her of the church bells. Behind the troops resolutions. , —W. W. Jermane. head q,uit» erect, her face hidden behind came the cartages of the members at the