The Life and Death of William McKinley

This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This book gives us the vivid insight into the incredible life and achievements of President McKinley, not to focus solely on his tragic death. The author nevertheless describes in graphic words the assassination. It is a word picture that will linger forever in the memory of every reader, calling forth sympathy and patriotism on behalf of the martyr President and undying contempt and horror of the assassin and the foul and cowardly thing called anarchy. Every detail of that now historic scene is told so vividly that the reader sees it as if he were an eye-witness.

Contents:

The Assassination of President McKinley

President McKinley's Fight for Life

Deathbed Scene of President McKinley

The Story of the Assassin

Emma Goldman, Woman Leader of Anarchists

Anarchism and Its Objects

Scenes at Buffalo Following the Assassination

Days of Anxiety and Sorrow

President McKinley's Last Speech

William McKinley's Boyhood

McKinley as a Soldier in the Civil War

McKinley in Congress

McKinley's Life Was Protection's Era

McKinley as Governor of Ohio

McKinley as a Campaigner

Governor McKinley's Financial Troubles

McKinley's Loyalty to Sherman, Blaine and Harrison

First Nomination for President

The Great Campaign of 1896

The Spanish War Cloud

McKinley's Own Story of the Spanish-American War

McKinley and Expansion

Second Presidential Nomination and Election of McKinley

President McKinley and the Chinese Crisis

McKinley: Builder of a World Power

Private Life of William McKinley

McKinley's Eulogy of Lincoln

President Roosevelt Takes the Oath of Office

Great Events of the World During President McKinley's Administration

The Funeral Service at Buffalo

Lying in State at Buffalo

The Funeral Train to Washington

The Last Night in the White House

Funeral Services and Procession at Washington

Lying in State at the Capitol

The Assassin Arraigned

The Sad Journey to Canton

Canton Bathed in Tears

Funeral Services in All Churches

Canton's Farewell to McKinley

McKinley Laid at Rest

Nation Observes Burial Day

Assassinations of Lincoln & Garfield