Mr. Lardy to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.]

The President of the Swiss Confederation, after wiring to Mrs. McKinley and calling personally on Mr. Hardy, has sent me the following message:

The Federal Council, deeply moved by the demise of President McKinley, who succumbed to the effects of a heinous attempt, directs that you expressly convey its sympathy to the Government of the Union and to the family of the deceased. The entire Swiss people share these sentiments.

Lardy,
Chargé d’Affaires of Switzerland.