Mrs. McKinley's physical condition continues to improve, and she is even better than the most sanguine had dared to hope. She makes it a practice to take several drives during the course of each always to her husband's tomb.
The Assassin, Czolgosz, is to die in the electric chair at Auburn Prisoa, New York, at some time during the week beginning October 28. Having in mind that the chief satisfaction which men of his typo have is in the notoriety, the newspaper notice which they receive a result of their acts, the authorities have used every endeavour to keep detailed knowledge of his prison life away from the public. "The newspapers, with commendable spirit, have fallen in line with this idea and little reference is made to the assassin, As a matter of fact, he takes his prospective fate calmly, sleeps well and eats raverusly, as he has from the beginning. Thousands of letters have been received ut the prison addressed to him, some from fellow-Anarchists who express admiration for him, some from enthusiastic gious Workers who seek to convert: him, and' some from men and women whose indignation prompts them to write him what they would do to him if they only ad the chance. Flowers in great numbers have also been sent for him, but neither letters nor flowers are allowed to reach him. More than a thousand applications have been received of men who want to he present at the time of electrocution, but the law limits the number to twenty-six. leaving to the warden of the prison the choice of those. The United States Government has been asked to name one per= "son as its witness, The Chronology of the Crime and its Punishment.
The trial of Czolgosz was remarkable for its brevity, considering that every form of Jaw was carefully and fully observed. In tabular form the story of the crime and the conviction of the criminal would xead like this:
Sept. 6—4.15 p.m.—Prosident wounded.
4.17 p.m.—Czolgosz under arrest.
Sept. 14—2.15 a.m.—President died. Sept. 16—Czolgosz indicted by grand jury. Sept. 23-10 a.m. to 4 p.m.—First day of Sept. 24-10 a.m. to 4.26 p.m.—Sceond day of trial, submission of ease ty jury, and verdict of guilty.
Counsel were appointed for Crolgoss, two of the most eminent lawyers in that part of New York. the men recommended for the distasteful task by the Bar Asse tion. The prisoner refused to make any suggestions for the defence or even to talk with his counsel. The State was "ble to prove quickly and conclusively that the prisoner was not and had not been insane, and thus the only possible defence was precluded. The date of execution is the earliest after conviction that the law permits.
People are naturally comparingthe length of this trial with those which followed the assassinations of Lincoln and Garfield. While Booth, the assassin of Lincoln, slain by his pursuers, the trial of his fellow conspirators in the plot lasted fifty-eight days. The trial of Guiteau, who killed Garfield, dragged along for seventy-two days.
The Tariff Commissioner for the U.S.
Thaddeus Sharretts, who has been General Appraiser at the port of New York, has been appointed by President Roosevelt Special Commissioner to represent the United States in the revision of the Chinese Customs for the collection of the war indemnity to be paid by the Powers. He has also been etapoiwered to act with Mini er Conger in negotiating a new commercial treaty between the United States and ina. His selection was made at the tion of Secretary Hay, who regards Sharretts as an expert on the tariff, laws of the world.
Boston, Mass., 17th October.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.