Show president mckinley shot down Spec lal to the N Y sept 6 william twenty fifth president of the united states was shot twice in the abdomen by a amed nieman at the exposition grounds this after neon at the time of the attempted as sassi nation the president was shaking the hands of the great concourse ot peo pie asse the grounds because 0 his presence as cap aured the news of the shooting spread with 1 rapidity throughout the grounds and cit causing the greatest excitement as well as bitter feeling to ward all Po landers 10 p m the president a condition is critical but his physicians say there is a possibility of his recovering |