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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. PRICE TWO CENTS. MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1901. 12 PAGES-FIVE O'CLOCK. Sad Return of the Well Beloved President BISHOP 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 Minnesota. 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 United States 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.