Chapter 20

President McKinley’s Address at the Pan-American Exposition.—The President Shot.—His Illness and Death.—The Funeral Ceremony.—In Washington.—At Canton.—Commemorative Services.—Mr. McKinley’s Career.—Political Insight.—Americanism.—His Administration as President.—Leon Czolgosz, the Murderer of President McKinley.—Anarchists.—Anti-Anarchist Law.—Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt Succeeds to the—Presidency.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PRESIDENT WILLIAM MCKINLEY. (From a copyright photograph, 1899, by Pach Bros., New York).

A NEW YORK POLLING PLACE, SHOWING BOOTHS ON THE LEFT.

BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN.

GROVER CLEVELAND. (Photograph copyrighted by C. M. Bell).

W. Q. GRESHAM.

LEVI P. MORTON.

BENJAMIN HARRISON.

LORD L. S. SACKVILLE-WEST.

JOSEPH B. FORAKER.

"THE CHINESE MUST GO!" DENIS KEARNEY ADDRESSING THE WORKINGMEN ON THE NIGHT OF OCTOBER 29, ON NOB HILL, SAN FRANCISCO.

THOMAS B. REED.

DAVID C. HENNESSY.

AN EPISODE OF THE LYNCHING OF THE ITALIANS IN NEW ORLEANS.

THE CITIZENS BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR OF THE PARISH PRISON WITH THE BEAM BROUGHT THERE THE NIGHT BEFORE FOR THAT PURPOSE.

OLD PARISH JAIL, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

CANAL STREET, NEW ORLEANS, LA.

A. G. THURMAN.

CHILIAN STEAMER ITATA IN SAN DIEGO HARBOR.

PRESIDENT HARRISON BEING ROWED ASHORE AT FOOT OF WALL STEEET, NEW YORK, APRIL 29, 1889.

WASHINGTON INAUGURAL CELEBRATION, 1889, NEW YORK.

PARADE PASSING UNION SQUARE ON BROADWAY.

UNVEILING OF THE EQUESTRIAN STATUE OF ROBERT E. LEE, MAY 29, 1890.

HENRY W. GRADY.

FRANCIS T. NICHOLLS.

THE BUILDING OF A WESTERN TOWN, GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA: A GENERAL VIEW OF THE TOWN ON APRIL 24, 1889, THE SECOND DAY AFTER THE OPENING. A VIEW ALONG OKLAHOMA A VENUE ON MAY 10, 1889. OKLAHOMA AVENUE AS IT APPEARED ON MAY 10, 1893, DURING GOVERNOR NOBLE'S VISIT.

MAIN STREET, JOHNSTOWN, AFTER THE FLOOD.

BURNING OF BARGES DURING HOMESTEAD STRIKE.

THE CARNEGIE STEEL WORKS. SHOWING THE SHIELD USED BY THE STRIKERS WHEN FIRING THE CANNON AND WATCHING THE PINKERTON MEN--HOMESTEAD STRIKE.

INCITING MINERS TO ATTACK FORT ANDERSON.

THE GROVE BETWEEN BRICEVILLE AND COAL CREEK.

STATE TROOPS AND MINERS AT BRICEVILLE, TENN.

THE MORMON TEMPLE AT SALT LAKE CITY.

COLUMBIAN CELEBRATION, NEW YORK, APRIL 28, 1893. PARADE PASSING FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.

PINTA, SANTA MARIA, NINA--LYING IN THE NORTH RIVER, NEW YORK--THE CARAVELS WHICH CROSSED FROM SPAIN TO BE PRESENT AT THE WORLD'S FAIR AT CHICAGO.

THE MANUFACTURES AND LIBERAL ARTS BUILDING, SEEN FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

HORTICULTURAL BUILDING, WITH ILLINOIS BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND.

A VIEW TOWARD THE PERISTYLE FROM MACHINERY HALL.

THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING, SEEN FROM THE AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.

MIDWAY PLAISANCE, WORLD'S FAIR, CHICAGO.

THE BURNING OF THE WHITE CITY: ELECTRICITY BUILDING--MINES AND MINING BUILDING.

THE NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE BUILDING IN CHICAGO. (Showing the construction of outer walls).

INTERIOR OF THE POWER HOUSE AT NIAGARA FALLS.

THOMAS ALVA EDISON. (Copyright-photograph by W. A. Dickson).

NIKOLA TESLA.

BICYCLE PARADE, NEW YORK, FANCY COSTUME DIVISION.

HATCHERY ROOM OF THE FISH COMMISSION BUILDING AT WASHINGTON, D. C., SHOWING THE HATCHERY JARS IN OPERATION.

WILLIAM BOOTH. (From a photograph by Rockwood, New York).

GROVER CLEVELAND. (From a photograph by Alexander Black).

WILLIAM L. WILSON.

PRINCESS (AFTERWARDS QUEEN) LILIUOKALANI.

JAMES H. BLOUNT.

ALBERT S. WILLIS.

RICHARD OLNEY.

THE LEXOW INVESTIGATION. THE SCENE IN THE COURT ROOM AFTER CREEDEN'S CONFESSION, DECEMBER 15, 1894.

CHARLES H. PARKHURST. (Copyright photograph by C. C. Langill).

WILLIAM L. STRONG.

COXEY'S ARMY ON THE MARCH TO THE CAPITOL STEPS AT WASHINGTON.

THE TOWN OF PULLMAN.

GEORGE M. PULLMAN.

CAMP OF THE U. S. TROOPS ON THE LAKE FRONT, CHICAGO.

BURNED CARS IN THE C., B. & Q. YARDS AT HAWTHORNE, CHICAGO.

OVERTURNED BOX CARS AT CROSSING OF RAILROAD TRACKS AT 39TH STREET, CHICAGO.

HAZEN S. PINGREE.

GOV. JOHN P. ALTGELD.

EUGENE V. DEBS.

THE CHICKAMAUGA NATIONAL MILITARY PARK. GROUP OF MONUMENTS ON KNOLL SOUTHWEST OF SNODGRASS HILL.

A GROVE OF ORANGES AND PALMETTOES NEAR ORMOND, FLORIDA.

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.

THE ATLANTA EXPOSITION. ENTRANCE TO THE ART BUILDING.

SENATOR TELLER, OF COLORADO.

SENATOR CANNON.

GARRET A. HOBART. VICE-PRESIDENT. (Copyright photograph, 1899, by Pach Bros., New York).

THE McKINLEY-HOBART PARADE PASSING THE REVIEWING STAND, NEW YORK, OCTOBER 31, 1896.

BRYAN SPEAKING FROM THE REAR END OF A TRAIN.

ARTHUR SEWALL.

EX-SENATOR PALMER.

SIMON E. BUCKNER.

JOHN SHERMAN.

LYMAN J. GAGE, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

JOHN D. LONG, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.

CORNELIUS N. BLISS, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

RUSSELL A. ALGER, SECRETARY OF WAR.

JAMES WILSON, SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

POSTMASTER-GENERAL GARY. (Copyright photograph by Clinedinst).

RUSH OF MINERS TO THE YUKON. THE CITY OF CACHES AT THE SUMMIT OF CHILCOOT PASS.

NELSON DINGLEY.

WARSHIPS IN THE HUDSON RIVER CELEBRATING THE DEDICATION OF GRANT'S TOMB, APRIL 27, 1897.

GRANT'S TOMB, RIVERSIDE DRIVE, NEW YORK. (Copyright photograph, 1901, by Detroit Photographic Co.).

GOVERNOR-GENERAL WEYLER.

U. S. BATTLESHIP MAINE ENTERING THE HARBOR OF HAVANA, JANUARY, 1898. (Copyright photograph, 1898, by J. C. Hemment).

WRECK OF U. S. BATTLESHIP MAINE. (Photograph by J. C. Hernment).

BOW OF THE SPANISH CRUISER ALMIRANTE OQUENDO. (Photograph by J. C. Hemment--copyright, 1898, by W. R. Hearst).

THE LANDING AT DAIQUIRI. TRANSPORTS IN THE OFFING.

CAPTAIN CHARLES E. CLARK.

AFTERDECK ON THE OREGON, SHOWING TWO 13-INCH, FOUR 8-INCH, AND Two 6-INCH GUNS. (Copyright photograph, 1899, by Strohmeyer & Wyman).

BLOCKHOUSE ON SAN JUAN HILL.

ADMIRAL CERVERA, COMMANDER OF THE SPANISH SQUADRON.

MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM R. SHAFTER.

TROOPS IN THE TRENCHES, FACING SANTIAGO.

GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER.

VIEW OF SAN JUAN HILL AND BLOCKHOUSE, SHOWING THE CAMP OF THE UNITED STATES FORCES.

THE COLLIER MERRIMAC SUNK BY HOBSON AT THE MOUTH OF SANTIAGO HARBOR.

THE SPANISH CRUISER CRISTOBAL COLON. (From a photograph by J. C. Hemment-copyright, 1898, by W. R. Hearst).

THE U. S. S. BROOKLYN. (Copyright photograph, 1898, by C, C. Langill, New York).

GENERAL NELSON A. MILES.

ADMIRAL GEORGE DEWEY.

PROTECTED CRUISER OLYMPIA.

GENERAL A. R. CHAFFEE.

GENERAL MERRITT AND GENERAL GREENE TAKING A LOOK AT A SPANISH FIELD-GUN ON THE MALATE FORT.

ADMIRAL WILLIAM T. SAMPSON.

ADMIRAL W. S. SCHLEY.

THE NEW CUBAN POLICE AS ORGANIZED BY EX-CHIEF OF NEW YORK POLICE McCULLAGH.

SHOWING CONDITION OF STREETS IN SANTIAGO BEFORE STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT WAS ORGANIZED.

SANTIAGO STREET CLEANING DEPARTMENT.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL LEONARD A. WOOD IN THE UNIFORM OF COLONEL OF ROUGH RIDERS.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL LEONARD A. WOOD TRANSFERRING THE ISLAND OF CUBA TO PRESIDENT TOMASO ESTRADA PALMA, AS A CUBAN REPUBLIC, MAY, 1902. (Copyright stereoscopic photograph, by Underwood & Underwood, New York).

THE JOLO TREATY COMMISSION.

THREE HUNDRED BOYS IN THE PARADE OF JULY 4, 1902, YIGAN, ILOCOS.

GIRL'S NORMAL INSTITUTE, YIGAN, ILOCOS, APRIL, 1902.

IGORROTE RELIGIOUS DANCE, LEPONTO.

IGORROTE HEAD HUNTERS, WITH HEAD AXES AND SPEARS.

NATIVE MOROS--INTERIOR OF JOLO.

EMILIO AGUINALDO.

GENERAL FREDERICK FUNSTON--GENERAL A. McARTHUR.

A COMPANY OF INSURRECTOS, NEAR BONGUED, ABIA PROVINCE, JUST PREVIOUS TO SURRENDERING EARLY IN 1901.

ELEVENTH CAVALRY LANDING AT VIGAN, ILOCOS, APRIL, 1902.

JULES CAMBON, THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR, ACTING FOR SPAIN, RECEIVING FROM THE HONORABLE JOHN HAY, THE U. S. SECRETARY OF STATE, DRAFTS TO THE AMOUNT OF $20,000,000, IN PAYMENT FOR THE PHILIPPINES. (Copyright photograph, 1899, by Frances B. Johnston).

NATIVE TAGALS AT ANGELES, FIFTY-ONE MILES FROM MANILA.

BRINGING AMMUNITION TO THE FRONT FOR GENERAL OTIS'S BRIGADE, NORTH OF MANILA.

FORT MALATE, CAVlTE.

THE PASIG RIVER, MANILA.

THE INAUGURATION OF GOVERNOR TAFT, MANILA, JULY 4, 1901.

GROUP OF AMERICAN TEACHERS ON THE STEPS OF THE ESCUELA MUNICIPAL, MANILA.

W. J. BRYAN ACCEPTING THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT AT A JUBILEE MEETING HELD AT INDIANAPOLlS, AUGUST 8, 1900.

THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, HELD IN PHILADELPHIA, JUNE, 1900.

PARADE OF THE SOUND MONEY LEAGUE, NEW YORK, 1900 PASSING THE REVIEWING STAND.

MR. MERRIAM, DIRECTOR OF THE CENSUS.

CENSUS EXAMINATION.

THE CENSUS OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D. C.

A CENSUS-TAKER AT WORK.

ELECTRIC TOWER AND FOUNTAINS [BUFFALO].

ETHNOLOGY BUILDING AND UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT BUILDING.

TEMPLE OF MUSIC BY ELECTRIC LIGHT.

GROUP OF BUFFALOS--PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION.

ELECTRIC TOWER AT NIGHT.

TRIUMPHAL BRIDGE AND ENTRANCE TO THE EXPOSITION, SHOWING ELECTRIC DISPLAY AT NIGHT.

THE ELECTRICITY BUILDING.

PRESIDENT McKINLEY AT NIAGARA--ASCENDING THE STAIRS FROM LUNA ISLAND TO GOAT ISLAND. (Copyright photograph, 1901, by C. E. Dunlap).

THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LATE PRESIDENT McKINLEY--TAKEN AS HE WAS ASCENDING THE STEPS OF THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC, SEPTEMBER 6, 1901.

THE MILBURN RESIDENCE, WHERE PRESIDENT McKINLEY DIED--BUFFALO, N. Y. (Copyright photograph, 1902, by Underwood & Underwood).

ASCENDING THE CAPITOL STEPS AT WASHINGTON, D. C., WHERE THE CASKET LAY IN STATE IN THE ROTUNDA.

PRESIDENT McKINLEY'S REMAINS PASSING THE UNITED STATES TREASURY, WASHINGTON, D. C. (Copyright photograph, 1901, by Underwood & Underwood).

THE HOME OF WILLIAM McKINLEY AT CANTON, OHIO. (Copyright photograph, 1901, by Underwood & Underwood).

INTERIOR OF ROOM IN WILCOX HOUSE WHERE THEODORE ROOSEVELT TOOK THE OATH OF PRESIDENCY.

PERIOD VI. EXPANSION

1888-1902