ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN REFERENCE BY J. FRANKLIN JAMESON, Ph. D. Professor of History in Brown University AND J. W. BUEL, Ph. D. Historian * DE LUXE LIBRARY EDITION DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM MCKINLEY BORN JANUARY 29, 1843 ASSASSINATED SEPTEMBER 6, 1901 "Washington lives in the hearts and lives of his countrymen; Lincoln, with his infinite humor and his sorrow, lives to touch us and lead us on, and William McKinley shall summon all the statesmen and all his countrymen to purer living, nobler aims, a sweeter fame and eternal blessedness." |