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Booth and Execution of His Co-Conspirators-Secret

Disposition of Booth's Remains-Beecher's Oration on

XXIX. THE ASSASSINATION OF GARFIELD.-Use of the Pistol in the

Assassination of Presidents-Why Is the Rifle not Pre-

ferred? Certain Capture Awaits the Criminal-Every

Man's Hand Against Assassins-Murder Personified-

The Shooting of Garfield-His Brave Battle with Death

-The Trial of Guiteau-His Execution and the Disposi-

tion of His Remains-Blaine's Oration on Garfield......

THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

XXX. OUR HERO PRESIDENT.-Dauntless Rulers of History-Great

Events Bring Forth Men to Meet Them-The Gloom

and Anguish of Our Nation-The Accession of Roosevelt

Restores Confidence-How Greatness Masks Itself-

Roosevelt's Napoleonic Traits-His Important Literary

Productions-His Political Epigrams-His Birth and

Ancestry-The Allotment Commission-Sterling Char-

acter of the Elder Roosevelt-Theodore as a Boy-His

College Life-Climbing the Peaks of Switzerland-His

Career as an Author

XXXI. ROOSEVELT'S ENTRY INTO POLITICS.-Attends His First

Primary-Elected to the New York Assembly-A

Knock-Down Fighter-How He Fought Corruption—

Great Savings Effected to the State-Delegate to the

National Convention-Enters the Campaign-Life on the

Frontier-His Ranch in Dakota-He Subdues a Des-

perado-Career as a Civil Service Commissioner-Police

Commissioner of New York-Assistant Secretary of the

Navy-Organizes a Regiment of Rough Riders-Off for

the War-Seizes a Train-The Invasion of Cuba-In the

Thick of Action-In the Bloody Angle on San Juan Hill

-His Magnanimity and Patriotism-How He Enter-

tained His Cowboy Comrades-A Hero in the Eyes of

XXXII. ROOSEVELT SUCCEEDS TO THE PRESIDENCY.-His Grief Over
the Nation's Bereavement-Optimistic and Ever Hopeful
-How He Received the Tidings of the President's Death
-His Wild Ride Through Stygian Darkness of the

Adirondack Forest-He Takes the Oath of Office as

President-Pledges Himself in a Memorable Utterance

-Retention of McKinley's Cabinet-All Fear of a

Threatened Panic Averted-The Domestic Life of

Roosevelt-Fireside Affection-Mrs. Roosevelt a Noble

Helpmate-Ladies of the White House.

ROOSEVELT THE MAN AND THE EXECUTIVE.-His Marvel-

ously Active Mind-Physical Culture That Övercame

His Deficiencies of Body-Impulsiveness Prompted by

Intuition-His Resemblance to Andrew Jackson-The

Elements That Make Him Truly Great-Love of Wife

ROOSEVELT AS A SOLDIER.-How He Earned His Title-

-The Blood of North and South in His Veins-His

Enlistment in the Army-Composition of His Regiment

of Rough Riders-The Fierce Charge up San Juan

Hill-A Mighty Stimulation to American Soldiers-

Promotion and Subsequent Services-Devotion to His

BANNER OF THE RED TRROR.-The World Savage, and the World

Civilized-Mobocracy in the French Revolution-History

Shows Us the Effects of Anarchy-What the Abrogation of

All Laws Signifies-What Is Anarchy ?-Theory of Hegel and

Proudhon-Schools of Anarchy-Contentions of Socialists-

Differences Between Socialism and Anarchism-Picture

Drawn by Ideal Socialism-The License to Prey and to Slay

-Why Anarchy Cannot Prevail-Instructive Examples-

A Popular Fallacy-Tyranny and Limited Monarchy-The

Uselessness of Assassination-Torture Does not Change

Men's Convictions-Assassination Is Purposeless Vengeance

-Murder of Rulers the Past Twenty Years-Good Men

Made Victims, While Tyrants Escape-The Very Cap-Sheaf

of Crime-Human Freedom Wounded by Madness-The

Awe That a King Inspires-The Superstition of Divine Right

of Kings-Some Very Striking Examples—Familiarity

Breeds Contempt-Wherein Lies a Ruler's Influence-

Dangers That Follow Familiarity-American Politics Hurtful

to Self-Respect-Can We Wonder That Presidents are Assas-

sinated? How We May Protect Our Presidents-Swift

Enforcement of Law

How ACQUIRED AND THE POLICY OF GOVERNMENT.-The Cry of

"America for Americans"-Necessity of Acquisitions of

Territory-Story of Our Annexations-The Louisiana and

Florida Purchases-The Retrocession of Louisiana-Jefferson

Condemned by Federalists-War with the Seminoles-The

Acquisition of Texas-War with Mexico-The Gadsden

Treaty-Purchase of Alaska-Our Pacific Ocean Colonies

-Opposition of the Anti-Imperialists-Government of Our

Island Possessions-Constitutional Questions Involved—

Dangers of Free Trade Being Forced Upon the Country-

A Question as to Hawaiian Rights-Two Horns of a

THE INCOME TAX.

PROMISE OF A PARTY DEMAND FOR AN INCOME TAX.-The Policy of Re-

ciprocity a Vital Issue-Free Trade a Natural Sequence of

Reciprocity-How Shall Revenue Be Raised?-The Income

Tax as a War Measure-The Law Sustained by Supreme

Court Decision-The Wilson Bill Income Tax Law-The Su-

preme Court Reverses Itself-Popular Dissatisfaction......

THE MONROE DOCTRINE.

FORMATION OF THE QUADRUPLE ALLIANCE-Threatened Interference of

Foreign Powers with South American Governments-Eng-

land Is First to Sound a Note of Warning-Urges the United

States to Resist-Enunciation of the Monroe Doctrine-

What It Signifies-How the Doctrine Has Been Maintained-

Enforced Twice Against England-The Doctrine Affected

by Our Colonial Policy-An Issue Threatens...

RECIPROCITY-WHAT IT MEANS AND PROMISES.

A HISTORY OF RECIPROCITY LEGISLATION-Blaine's Efforts for a Free

Exchange of Trade Between the Americas-Reciprocity

Treaties Now in Force-The Opposition of Protectionists-

McKinley's Recommendations-Roosevelt's Policy—A Change

in Our Laws Respecting Foreign Trade Is Now Demanded

-American Goods Competing Successfully in All the Marts

of the World....

THE TRUST QUESTION.

ONE OF THE MOST COMPLEX QUESTIONS NOW IN ISSUE-What Consti-

tutes a Trust-The Principle and How It Works-How Shall

We Repress the Trust-A Difficulty Which Is Beyond Easy

Amendment-Some Examples in Point-The Pursuit of

Riches Ruinous to Our Social and National Well-Being-

Who Shall Conceive a Remedy?....

THE PROPOSED ISTHMIAN CANAL.

A HISTORY OF ISTHMIAN CANAL LEGISLATION.-Companies Organized

and Work Done-Conviction of De Lesseps on Charges of

Fraud-The Columbian Concession-The Proposed Nica-

raguan Canal-The Work Well Begun-A Government Guar-

antee Asked For-Appointment of and Reports of Commission

-the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty Proves to Be an Obstacle-

How the Proposition of a Canal Originated-Great Britain's

Claims to the Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua-Request for a

Joint Protectorate Leads to the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty-

The Hay-Pauncefote Treaty-Amendment of the Treaty as

Drawn Displeasing to England-Denial of Our Right to

Fortify or Defend the Canal-The Treaty Expires by

GREAT QUESTIONS BY GREAT STATESMEN.......

THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY, by President McKinley......

THE OPEN DOOR TO TRADE IN CHINA, by Honorable John

TRUSTS AND MONOPOLIES, by Honorable William J. Bryan..

OUR CURRENCY AND BUSINESS NEEDS, by Honorable Lyman

OUR NEED OF A MERCHANT MARINE, by Honorable George F.

THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ....

SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE FIFTY-SIXTH CON-

House at Niles, Ohio, in Which the Late President McKinley Was

McKinley at Different Ages

President McKinley's Favorite Portrait, specially authorized for

"McKinley and Men of Our Times.".

Interior View of Hiram Lodge A. F. and A. M., Winchester, Va...

Interior View of Hiram Lodge A. F. and A. M..

Crowds Before the Presidential Election Bulletins..

President McKinley Delivering His Eloquent Response to the Com-

mittee of Notification on the Porch of His Residence at

Canton, Ohio

President McKinley and His Second Cabinet.

President McKinley in the War Room, Washington

The President and Mrs. McKinley..

President McKinley Reviewing 45,000 School Children in San Fran-

The Last Photograph Taken at the Request of President McKinley..

The Last Photograph Taken of President and Mrs. McKinley, During

the Buffalo Visit

The Last Public Utterance of the President Before the Shooting, at

the Pan-American Exposition...

Shooting of McKinley....

Exact Spot Where the President Was Shot

The Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition, Where Presi-

dent McKinley Was Shot

Ambulance in Which the Wounded President Was Taken from the

Temple of Music

Soldiers and Correspondent Tent Opposite the Milburn House,

The Dying President's Parting Words to His Wife-"Good-bye All!

It is God's Way! His Will Be Done".

Removal of the Body from Milburn House

Carrying the Casket from the Milburn House to the Hearse

Centenary Methodist Church, Richmond, Va...

Funeral Procession Leaving Milburn House, Buffalo..

Transferring the Flower-Covered Casket to the Hearse for the

Journey to the City Hall......

A Quarter of a Million Men, Women and Children Waiting to Enter

the City Hall, Buffalo....

View of the Former Capitol of the Confederate States, Draped

The Trained Nurses Who Attended the President

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