A M’Kinley Death Mask

The Cast of the Assassinated President’s Face Said to Be an Almost Perfect One.

     Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 19.—After two months’ work a cast from the death mask of President McKinley, taken on the morning of his death, was finished yesterday. The mask has been carefully guarded, being kept in a safety deposit vault when not in the hands of Edward La Pauch, an expert mask maker from Hartford, Conn. The mask is the property of the federal government. Next week it will be taken to Washington, where for a time it will be shown to the public at the Smithsonian institute.
     It was the express order of the government that no photograph of the mask should be taken. It is said to be one of the most perfect ever taken of a notable person. The mask differs from those of Napoleon or others in that instead of merely including the face, it portrays practically the entire head. The plaster itself weighs 25 pounds.