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Source: Public Opinion Source type: magazine Document type: news column Document title: “News of the Week” Author(s): anonymous Date of publication: 12 September 1901 Volume number: 31 Issue number: 11 Pagination: 349 |
| Citation |
| “News of the Week.” Public Opinion 12 Sept. 1901 v31n11: p. 349. |
| Transcription |
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| Keywords |
| William McKinley (at Pan-American Exposition); McKinley assassination; William McKinley (medical condition); McKinley assassination (international response); Leon Czolgosz. |
| Named persons |
| Leon Czolgosz; Ida McKinley; William McKinley. |
| Notes |
| Ellipses (“. . .”) appear below as given in the original document. Omission of text within the excerpt is denoted with a bracketed indicator (e.g., [omit]). |
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News of the Week [excerpt]
D.—President McKinley arrived in Buffalo to attend the exposition . . . . [omit]
D.—The president and Mrs. McKinley were enthusiastically received at the Pan-American exposition; the president in his speech dwelt especially on expansion of trade and commerce . . . . [omit]
D.—President
McKinley was shot twice and seriously wounded, in the temple of music, at the
Pan-American exposition by a Pole named Leon Czolgosz; one bullet entered the
president’s abdomen and the other his right breast; the bullet in the breast
was removed, but the other was not found.
F.—Sorrow was
expressed in Great Britain and in other countries for the attempted assassination
of President McKinley at Buffalo . . . . [omit]
D.—President
McKinley’s condition was reported extremely grave; blood poisoning is the chief
danger feared; Czolgosz, the would-be assassin, made a confession to the Buffalo
police, who believe there was a plot to assassinate the president.
F.—Messages of
condolence regarding the shooting of President McKinley were sent from almost
all foreign courts and from South American republics, and many well known persons
abroad also sent dispatches of sympathy . . . . [omit]
D.—There was
a marked change for the better in President McKinley’s condition, and, while
he is not out of danger, strong hope of his recovery was expressed; the physicians’
bulletins were all favorable; the president had four hours of natural sleep,
and took nourishment for the first time since he was shot . . . . [omit]
F.—Sympathy for
the president and interest in his condition continued unabated in Europe; prayers
for his recovery were offered in many churches . . . .