at 2:15 o'clock this morning. Three times in our history has the hand of an assassin been successfully raised against the life of the Nation's Chief Executive. Eighty million Americans stand appalled that such deeds of violence are possible where law is supreme, and where justice according to law is the cornerstone of liberty. But, even amid our sorrow and our shame, there abides this great consolation, that the departed leaves a stricken people the priceless legacy of a blameless life. As a citizen, William McKinley was exemplary; as a soldier he was valiant; as a statesman, the peer of the greatest; as a public servant, faithful; as a husband, ideal; as a christian, commendable; and at all times and under all circumstances he was a gentleman. Wherever christian civilization exists or shall be hereafter established, now and to all time, wives will recount the devotion of that husband and parents tell the story of that life. Now, therefore, I, Leslie M. Shaw, Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby recommend to the people of this state that on the day that shall be set apart for the funeral all secular pursuits be suspended in order that a mourning people may unitedly do honor to the departed, and at the same time counsel with themselves abstinence from such conduct and teachings as lead to disregard for the forms of law and disrespect for those whom they have placed in authority. I further direct that the capitol be draped in mourning and that flags be displayed at half staff from all public buildings until the close of the day of the funeral. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set (SEAL) my Done at Des Moines this fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one. By the Governor, LESLIE M. SHAW. W. B. MARTIN, Secretary of State. OFFERING A REWARD SEPTEMBER 23, 1901 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. X, p. 147—in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines Whereas, intelligence has reached the executive department which satisfies me that on or about the eleventh day of September, instant, in the city of Newton, county of Jasper, one B. M. Failor, came to his death through being murdered: And whereas, the person or persons committing such crime have not been apprehended and are now at large; Now, therefore, I, Leslie M. Shaw, Governor of the State of Iowa, in order to facilitate the capture and punishment of the guilty, do hereby offer a reward of Three Hundred Dollars for the arrest of the person or persons that committed such crime, and their delivery to the proper authorities; the same to be paid upon conviction of the person or persons so arrested. (SEAL) In testimony whereof, witness my hand and the seal of the state of Iowa, this twenty-third day of Sept. 1901. LESLIE M. SHAW. ON THE GENERAL ELECTION OCTOBER 2, 1901 From MS. Copy of Executive Journal, Vol. X, p. 145—in the Office of the Governor, Des Moines Pursuant to law, I, Leslie M. Shaw, Governor of the State of Iowa, do hereby proclaim and make known that at the general election to be held upon the Tuesday next after the first Monday of November, proximo, the same being the fifth day of November, A. D. 1901, the following offices are to be filled by the vote of the electors, to-wit: By vote of all the electors of the State: The office of Governor of the State of Iowa; The office of Lieutenant-Governor; The office of Judge of the Supreme Court in place of Josiah Given; The office of Superintendent of Public Instruction; The office of Railroad Commissioner in place of Welcome Mowry. By vote of the electors of the several legislative districts named hereinafter: The office of Senator in the General Assembly from each of twenty-one senatorial districts as follows: First District, constituted of the county of Lee: Seventh District, constituted of the counties of Page and Fremont; Ninth District, constituted of the county of Des Moines; Tenth District, constituted of the counties of Henry and Washington; Twelfth District, constituted of the counties of Poweshiek and Keokuk; Thirteenth District, constituted of the county of Wapello; Eighteenth District, constituted of the counties of Cass and Shelby; Twentieth District, constituted of the counties of Muscatine and Louisa; Twenty-first District, constituted of the county of Scott; Twenty-second District, constituted of the county of Clinton; Twenty-ninth District, constituted of the county of Jasper; Thirtieth District, constituted of the county of Polk; Thirty-fourth District, constituted of the counties of Harrison, Monona and Crawford; Thirty-fifth District, constituted of the county of Dubuque; Thirty-seventh District, constituted of the counties of Wright, Hamilton and Hardin; Thirty-eighth District, constituted of the counties of Black Hawk and Grundy; Forty-second District, constituted of the counties of Winneshiek and Howard; Forty-fourth District, constituted of the counties of Floyd and Chickasaw; Forty-fifth District, constituted of the counties of Benton and Tama; Forty-eighth District, constituted of the counties of Carroll, Sac, and Greene; Fiftieth District, constituted of the counties of Buena Vista, Pocahontas, and Humboldt. The office of Representative in the General Assembly from the several counties and representative districts, as follows: In each of the districts composed respectively of the counties of Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Lee, Linn, Polk, Pottawattamie, Scott, and Woodbury, two Representatives; In each of the districts composed respectively of the counties of Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clayton, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremont, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Iowa, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Louisa, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, Page, Plymouth, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Sac, Shelby, Sioux, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, and Winneshiek, one Representative. In each of the following districts one Representative, to-wit: Fifty-seventh District, being the counties of Monona and Ida; Seventy-fifth District, being the counties of Wright and Hancock; Seventy-sixth District, being the counties of Pocahontas and Humboldt; Eightieth District, being the counties of O'Brien and Lyon; Eighty-first District, being the counties of Emmet, Osceola, and Dickinson; |