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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Mr. William McKinley.

Mrs. William McKinley.

Mr. William McKinley, Father of the President.
Mrs. William McKinley, Mother of the President.
John Hay, Secretary of State.

John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy.

Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury.

Elihu Root Secretary of War.

Ethan A. Hitchcock, Secretary of the Interior.

James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture.
James Emery Smith, Postmaster General.
P. C. Knox, Attorney General.
Mark Hanna.

James Abram Garfield, Assassinated in 1881.
Abraham Lincoln, Assassinated in 1865.
Leon Czolgosz, the Assassin of McKinley.
The Capitol, Washington, D. C.

The Whitehouse, Washington, D. C.

The Milburn House, Buffalo.

McKinley Residence, Canton, Ohio.

Mrs. Wm. McKinley, Mother of the President.
Mr. Abner McKinley.

Rt. Rev. Bishop Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D.

Brevet Brigadier General Samuel Fallows.

President Roosevelt.

Mrs. Roosevelt.

President Roosevelt's Children.

United States Senator Wm. E. Mason.

President McKinley and the Spanish War Cabinet.

President Lincoln and his Cabinet.

Assassination Scene.

The Last Farewell.

Mr. McKinley at Age of 16.

1862.

Mr. McKinley at Age of 18.

Mr. McKinley at Age of 22.

Mr. McKinley as First Lieutenant Twenty-third Ohio, O. V. I., taken December,

The Receiving Vault.

Birthplace of McKinley.

The Emergency Hospital, Buffalo.

Leaving Milburn Residence for City Hall, Buffalo.

Arrival of the Funeral Train at Canton, Ohio, from Washington.

House in Poland, Ohio, where McKinley Lived While Attending School.

Poland, Ohio, Seminary, Where McKinley Attended School.

Post Office, Poland, Ohio, Where McKinley was Clerk.

Sparrow House, Poland, Ohio, Where McKinley Enlisted in 1861.

McKinley Carrying Dispatches from Gen. Hayes to Gen. Crook.

McKinley Removing an Abandoned Battery in the Face of the Enemy.

McKinley Directing Gen. Sheridan to Gen. Crook's Headquarters After the Famous Ride from Winchester.

McKinley at the Battle of Antietam Serving Coffee and Meat Under Fire.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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CHAPTER VIII.-Financial Troubles-Loyalty to Friends, Blaine, Sherman,

Harrison

CHAPTER XIV.-Chronological Events of the Spanish-American War-The

Treaty of Paris-Loss and Cost of the War to Both Nations.

CHAPTER XV.-Country Expands and Becomes a World Power-Annexation

from 1783 to 1893-Annexation from 1893 to 1901-President Dole and the

Hawaiian Islands-Porto Rico-The Philippines-There to Preserve Peace

-What the Commissioners Found-The Rebellion Must be Put Down-

Work of Reconstruction-Government Established in Negros-Voting in-

A few words about Sulu-Freedom of Slaves in Jolo-Winning the Fili

pinos, Etc.-Our Flag Waves in Blessing

CHAPTER XVI.-MEETS THE CRISIS IN CHINA-Officials Culpable-American

Relations with China-Early Negotiations Successful-Man the Leader—

Murder of Von Ketteler-Quotes Conger's Report-Imperial Troops Guilty

-United States Policy Unchanged-Must Punish Culprits..

CHAPTER XVII.-RENOMINATED and Re-elecTED PRESIDENT-Convention in Phila-

delphia Met June 19, 1900-Senator Wolcott-Senator Henry Cabot Lodge

-Senator Foraker, Etc.-McKinley Nominated President-Great Enthu-

siasm-Governor Theodore Roosevelt Nominated Vice President-William

Jennings Bryan Nominated by the Democrats for President-McKinley

Elected

CHAPTER XVIII.-ANECDOTES AND INCIDENTS IN MCKINLEY'S LIFE-Respect

for the Sabbath-Sunday Before Inauguration-Meeting a Crisis on a Bat-

tle Field—McKinley's First Law Case-Made a Minister Out of a Bad Page

-His Popularity with the Newsboys-Duty to Country Above Self-The

President Could Afford to Keep a Cow-The President's Title-The Hap-

piest Man in the Country-His Quiet Methods of Disapproval-The Presi-

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