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President McKinley

noun

25th President of the United States; was assassinated by an anarchist (1843-1901). Synonyms: McKinley, William McKinley.

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... event were being sold in the streets of New York at 3:30 P. M. of the same day! As I rose to address a union meeting of the English speaking residents of Canton, China, on that fateful September day of 1901, a message was handed me which read, "President McKinley is dead.'' So that by means of the submarine cable, that little company of Englishmen and Americans in far-off China bowed in grief and prayer simultaneously with multitudes in the ...

— An Inevitable Awakening • ARTHUR JUDSON BROWN

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... tried out a motor that was exactly like her, including the Italian accent. There was simple and complete bliss for them in the dingy pine-and-plaster room, adorned with fly-specked calendars and pictures of Victor Emmanuel and President McKinley, copies of the Bolletino Della Sera and large ...

— The Trail of the Hawk - A Comedy of the Seriousness of Life • Sinclair Lewis

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... friend Elbert Hubbard wrote a little sermonette entitled "Carrying the Message to Garcia." The story was simply this: President McKinley called an orderly and gave him a letter and said: "Deliver ...

— Dollars and Sense • Col. Wm. C. Hunter

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... appointed to this office by President Garfield. In 1889, during the administration of President Benjamin Harrison, he was appointed Recorder of Deeds when the office was operated under a system of fees which netted from twelve to fifteen thousand dollars a year. President McKinley called him a second time to the office of Register of the Treasury, in which position he remained until his ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 • Various

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... decided that the Philippines were not for me, asked for and obtained leave for study in Europe, and in December 1898 set out for New York to engage passage for myself and my family. I went by way of Washington in order to communicate to President McKinley certain facts relative to the Philippine situation which it seemed to me ought to be brought ...

— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester

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