President McKinley and the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 A Tragic Encounter The Pan-American Exposition, staged in Buffalo, New York, presented in microcosm all of the trends, developments, innovations, and attitudes of the McKinley years. The great and colorful buildings along the Grand Canal, built in ersatz Spanish colonial style, symbolized American suzerainty over the hemisphere. The ...

People & Events Leon Czolgosz As a young man, Leon Czolgosz (1873-1901) worked in a wire mill in Cleveland, Ohio. He was a good employee, retaining his job even through an economic depression. In 1898 he suffered a breakdown, and returned to the family farm. He made trips to hear the anarchist leader Emma Goldman speak, and approached several anarchist groups, who rebuffed him. In 1901, Czolgosz ...

An account of the meeting between the famous collector of Irish music, Francis O'Neill, also police chief of Chicago, and 'Red Emma' Goldman, the anarchist. This occurred on the occasion of her arrest for complicity in the assassination of President McKinley.

ONLINE EXHIBITION SPEECH THAT PROMPTED MURDEROUS ASSAULT ON THE PRESIDENT. Cleveland. O. Sept. 7 -- -- An address delivered in this city on May 6 by Emma Goldman, the Anarchist, is believed largely responsible for the attempt on the life of President McKinley. Miss Goldman spoke here twice on that date, and a copy of her address was found in the pocket of Leon Czolgosz when searched by the ...