of the President's death was received at the
White House at 2:35 o'clock, September 14, 1901, as follows:

_Buffalo, September 14._

_Col. B.F. Montgomery, Executive Mansion, Washington_:

The President died at 2:15 this morning.

GEORGE B. CORTELYOU.

Immediately upon receipt of the official dispatch the following was sent
to Secretary Cortelyou:

Members of the executive staff in Washington are deeply affected, and
beg to tender their profound sympathy to Mrs. McKinley.

O.F. PRUDEN,
_Assistant Secretary._

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF DEATH BY THE PHYSICIANS.

MILBURN HOUSE, _Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 14._

The following report of the autopsy upon the remains of President
McKinley was issued at 5 o'clock:

The bullet which struck over the breastbone did not pass through the
skin, and did little harm. The other bullet passed through both walls of
the stomach near its lower border. Both holes were found to be perfectly
closed by the stitches, but the tissue around each hole had become
gangrenous. After passing through the stomach the bullet passed into
the back walls of the abdomen, hitting and tearing the upper end of
the kidney. This portion of the bullet track was also gangrenous, the
gangrene involving the pancreas. The bullet has not yet been found.
There was no sign of peritonitis or disease of other organs. The heart
walls were very thin. There was no evidence of any attempt at repair on
the part of nature, and death resulted from the gangrene, which affected
the stomach around the bullet wounds as well as the tissues around the
further course of the bullet. Death was unavoidable by any surgical or
medical treatment, and was the direct result of the bullet wound.

HARVEY D. GAYLORD, M.D.
HERMAN G. MATZINGER, M.D.
P.M. RIXEY, M.D.
MATTHEW D. MANN, M.D.
HERMAN MYNTER, M.D.
ROSWELL PARK, M.D.
EUGENE WASDIN, M.D.
CHARLES G. STOCKTON, M.D.
EDWARD G. JANEWAY, M.D.
W.D. JOHNSON, M.D.
W.P. KENDALL, _Surgeon, U.S.A._
CHARLES CARY, M.D.
EDWARD L. MUNSON, _Assistant Surgeon, U.S.A._
HERMANUS L. BAER, M.D.

ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE VICE-PRESIDENT.

At the residence of Mr. Ansley Wilcox, 641 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo,
N.Y., Mr. Root stepped forward and said, with deep emotion: "Mr.
Vice-President, I have been requested on behalf of the Cabinet of the
late President--at least those who are present in Buffalo, all except
two