Ohio Statehouse commemorates McKinley death

COLUMBUS (AP) — The Ohio Statehouse is distributing red carnations and showing rare movies of President William McKinley on the 108th anniversary of his death.

The Ohio native died Sept. 14, 1901, eight days after he was shot by an assassin while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.

McKinley was known for wearing a red carnation, and it was named the official state flower by the Ohio General Assembly in 1904, as a tribute to the late president.

Rare film shot by Thomas Edison of McKinley and the aftermath of his assassination were to be played continuously on Monday in the Statehouse Rotunda. The silent film clips feature the president speaking and show the funeral processions in Buffalo, Washington, and Canton, where McKinley had lived. McKinley was born in Niles, and also had lived in Poland.