Pike County Democrat, Volume 27, Number 43, Petersburg, Pike County, 5 March 1897 — Page 2

f lugikr Counts Hraonrat M. MmC. WTOOn. Editor and Proprietor. Petersburg, ♦ - Indiana. Ckaiemae Hake a. of Cleveland, went to Canton, on the 3Sd. for a final conference with Maj. McKinley before the ! Inauguration. The report gained currency In Ha-1 vanna, on the 84th, that American war i ships were approaching that city and a wild and indignant scare ensued. The power* have agreed that the ; granting of autonomy to the island of [ Crete must be preceded by a complete | cessation of Greek interference in the Island.

Pkudkxt Ctjcvelaxd returned to the house, on the 22d, without his approval two bills—one granting a pension to Mrs. Mary Freeman, the other i pension to Mrs. Mary A. VieL Xu last meeting but one of the Cleveland cabinet was held on the •8th. It Is said that personal affairs in cident to the close of the administration formed much of the subject matter discussed. Tot one hundred and sixty-fifth anniversary of Washington’s birthday was generally observed throughout the country. The national colors were displayed from public buildings and private residences. _ - Thu Venezuelan commission held, on the 96th, what was probably the last Session of that tribunal. The meeting was in the nature of a winding up of j the affairs of the commission and a j closing up of its business. Pbof. Blospck, the celebrated tight- I rope walker, who was the first person j to cross Niagara falls on a tight-rope, j which feat he performed on August 17, j I860, died from diabetes, on the 29d. at paling, a suburb of London. It was reported, on the 25th, that Gomes, after successfully crossing \?eyler’s lines near Sancti Spiritus, was last heard from passing near Man- :{ icaraxua. south of Santa Clara city, with 4,000 men, marching west Notbdto had been heard at the offices of the Cuban junta in New York, Up to the 25th, of the alleged death of President Salvado Cisneros of the Cuban republic. The officers of the junta were Inclined to doubt the story. It was announced In Constantinople, on the 93d, that the Cretan difficulties had been settled upon the basis of autonomy for the island, the porfce nominating the governor of Crete under the assent and approval of Che powers. Judoi Wjl T. Thompson, ex-treas-urer of West Virginia, died in Huntington, W. Vs., on the night of the 21st Judge Thompson was a shrewd democratic politician, and was frequently mentioned for governor of that state. A dispatch from Athena, on the 96th, •aid that King George and his cabinet bad proclaimed their resolution to maintain their present policy. They declared that- it was impossible for them to recall the Greek troops from Crete. The Michigan council of the National Business Men's league has presented a memorial to the ways and means committee asking that the new tariff be conservative and so framed as to promote general rather than special interests. . j

Carr. H. Q. Hkistaxd. Maj. McKin-1 ley’s confidential secretary, who has j been ill with grip. left Canton for Columbus, 0., on the 2Sd. to arrange for [ the shipping of his household effects' lo Washington. ■ !He had been onicrcd j by the secretary of war to report for j duty in Washington. Is regard to the Ruiz case in Cuba, j it waa said at the state department, on j the 39d, that his naturalization was not | wholly Incontestible; that his naturalization papers, ass matter of fact, hare j not yet been approved, and to this circumstance is attributed his long imprisonment without trial. Mart Elizabeth is the name given little Miss Harrison, who arrived at the Indianapolis home of Gen. Benjamin Harrison and wile on the 21sL Had the new-comer Wen a boy It would bgve received the name of its great grandfather, William Henry Harrison, the victor at Tippecanoe. -j-W—1-;— ▲ CIVIL scrytce promotion system Was promulgated1 by Secretary Herbert, on the aeth. covering all persons whose duties are wholly or partly clerical in the navy department and all the navy yards. By its regulations the efficiency record of each clerk is a public matter mad open to general cri.tic.ism. Tb National Zeltung says that the plan for the pacifientio n of Crete by granting autonomy to the island, was proposed by Russia and agreed to by Germany without reserve. Austria and France were the Rest to accept the proposal and the adhesion of Great Britain was received last of alL Ax unforeseen obstacle to the prompt ratification of the Anglo-Venezuelan arbitration treaty has been encountered in a provision of Venezuela's constitution nee* ss>i rating the use of the Spanish language in documents presented for consideration of the congress. A new copy in Spanish will be immediately forwarded to England for Lord Salisbury’s signature. Dumixo a fight between Cretan Insurgents and Turks cm the hills east of Canes, on the Slat, six vessels of the fleet of the powers lying off the town opened a murderous fire of shell upon the Christian troops, which, after ten minutes, hauled down their flag, when the firing ceased. Afterwards, while carrying off their dead, the Cretans were fired upon by the Turin, but were too much dispirited by ths attack from the /fleet to return the fira

CURRENT TOPICS THE HEWS IH BRIEF. FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Is the senate, on the 23d. Washington’s Fare* wall Address was read by Mr. Daniel (dem.. Va.). The remainder of the session was occupied in the consideration of the Indian appropriation bill, which was nos eonoluded at the time of adjournment The Loud Mil was reported back with amendments, including oneoent postage.In the house no exercises in celebration of Washington’s birthday took place. The deficiency appropriation bill was taken up. amended and passed. The naval appropriation bill was then brought forward, and considerable progress made in its reading before the cioee of the day’s session. Ik the senate, on the 23d, practically the ostire day was consumed in the discussion of an amendment to the Indian appropriation bill for the opening to settlement of the Unoompahgre Indian reservation in Utah, containing over two million acres, which was finally agreed to. A resolution was passed requesting the president to furnish a statement of facts concerning the arrest, imprisonment and death of Dr Ricardo Hull in a Cuban JaiL A short executive session was held.In the house most of the session was spent in consideration of the naval appropriation bill, which was pasaad exactly as reported by the committee on naval affairs. A bill to amend the Revised Statutes so as to give governors of territories the right to remove as well as to appoint certain territorial officers was. after much discussion. passed. Is the senate, on the 34th. no less than three measures in relation to Cuba were introduced, one a Joint resolution demanding the immediate and unconditional release of Julie Sangullly and compensation from the government of Spain for his imprisonment and suffering. The Indian appropriation bill was taken up, two pr three amendments thereto provoking long and acrimonious debate — In the house a conference report upon the bill to define the rights of purchasers of the property of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad Co. was agreed to. A message was received from the president transmitting the report of the Joint commission on the fisheries of the waters contiguous to the United States and Canada. The rest of the day was devoted to business relating to the District of Columbia. Is the senate, on the 23th. the Indian appropriation bill was laid aside, and the Cuban question was taken up on a motion to proceed with the Sangullly Joint resolution, consideration of which-dcTeloped some strong sentiment against Spain and occupied the entire session without notion being taken.In the house the bill authorizing national banks to take out circulation to the par value of the bonds deposited was pesos<1 A bill was passed to determine the number of Justices of the supreme oourt of Ok'■Kn». A number of other bills, some of them of considerable interest, were passed. Is the senate, on the 2Kh. the Indian appropriation bill was nominally the subject under consideration, but most of ths time was taken up in a discussion of Cuban affaire, the Sanguiily case leading, and the Aguirre and Dr. Ruii cases coming In for some attention. When, at t .SO p m. the senate adjourned, the Indian bill bad not beat acted upon.In the house, senate bill providing for representation in any international bimetallic conference that might be called was passed- 87$ to A Under suspension of the rules several bills of minor Importance were passed, among them one protesting against the importation of Impure and unwholesome tea.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Notwithstanding the objections advanced by the commandant of the military academy, Col., Ernst, to the cadets at West Point participating in the inaugural parade, the house committee on military affairs, on the 23d, by a practically unanimous vote, ordered a favorable report on the joint resolution providing for their attendance. Tint city council of Windsor, OnL, has adopted a by-law forbidding the employment on public works of anyone who has not been a resident of Windsor for six months, under penalty of $100 fine. This is by way of retaliation for American discrimination at .Detroit, Mich. ' A political prisoner named Andres Delgado, who was imprisoned in comunicado, has been found dead, hanging by the neck in his cell, at Sagua, Cuba Cholera has broken out among the people employed on the relief works of the native state of Kewah, India In two days 160 deaths were recorded. The Cubans in arms feel that they have accomplished too much, suffered too much and been deceived too much in their relations with Spain, past and present, to negotiate for peace on any other basis than absolute freedom. John D. Hast was found guilty in the United States court at Philadelphia of setting on foot a military expedition to Cuba in violation of the neutrality laws. Motion was made for a new trial. The largest herd of cattle ever ordered to be slaughtered by veterinariea reached Wllkesbarre, Pa, on the 94th. They belonged to Louis and John Piolet, of Wysox, Pa The herd numbered 166. Of these 156 were affected by tuberculosis, and were slaughtered. The owners’ loss is $10,000. A Southern railway train struck a wagon full of people at Sherman Heights, near Chattanooga Tenn., on the 24th. The wagon contained J. A. Robinson, a fanner, and his family, and was struck fall by the flying pssssengei train. The ground was strewn with mangled, hleeding bodies and severed limbs. Robinson and wife and five children were killed outright. One child was uninjured. Mr*. Jeremiah S. Black, widow oi President Buchanan's attorney-genera] and mother of ex-Gov. Chauncey F. Black, died suddenly at her home in York, Pa, on the 94th. She retired in her usual health and was taken sudden- : ly ill and expired ten minutes later. She was 77 yean old, and had been in feeble health for several yearn. J. H. Thompson, who was recently elected city treasurer of Minneapolis, Minn., has resigned. He refused to give the amount of bonds required kg the cUr op-aft

ohition, la v ^ wm la Waridi^ for building a iisTl WOiHlllalA lot, ud raised about |M,QOO to start the work. A bill to give them the rite has passed the senate, audit is expected to pass the house before the close of the session. Ax explosion occurred, on the 24th, in the extensive works devoted to the manufacture of Nobel’s explosive in London, The explosion took place while the men were washing bitroglycerine. Six persons were killed. The damage to the St. Louis Men* chants’ Exchange building by fire, on the 24th, President Langenberg says, will not exceed $50,000, which will be repaired as rapidly as men and material can make connections.

Des Moines (la.) Daily News, died in that city on the 84th. Early in the session bills were passed to fix and determine the number of justices of the supreme court of Oklahoma, who shall constitute a majority of the bench; and to confer upon post office inspectors in the enforcement of the postal laws, the same powers as are possessed by marshals and sheriffs in the several states. It was announced in Athens, on the 25th, that the foreign consuls in the island of Crete had placed the plains and the Suda Talley between Akrotori and Canea under the protection of the united fleets. The Christians at Salerno were permitting the departure of Moslems and their families, and the foreign war ships were taking the fugitives on board. Scott Jackson, who, with Alonso Walling, will be hanged in Newport, Ky., March 20, for murdering Pearl Bryan, is writing a confession, which. It b reported, will soon be forthcoming. He will sell it to the highest bidder, and expects $10,000 for it. A Cincinnati newspaper b said to have already offered $5*000. A mix conferring upon post offioe inspectors the authority of marshab in making arrests was passed by the house of representatives on the 25th. A vast quantity of nitro-glycerine stored between Gould station and New Alexandria, O., oh the Panhandle railroad, in the Gould oil field, exploded, on the 15th, killing two men and injuring a number of others. Both men were blown to atbms, only a man’s toe being found. Houses were knocked down and trees were torn up by the explosion. A Greek firm doing business in London received a telegram from Athens, on the 26th, saying that King George of Greeoe had accepted the demand of the powers for the withdrawal of the Greek troops and war ships from Crete. Mbs. Jennie D. Browne, widow of the late Erastus D. Browne, one of the wealthiest women in Wyandotte county, Kas., died at her home in Kansas City, Kas.. on the 33th, from lockjaw, resulting from a most trivial injury. Henry M. Kjlixk, former teller of the Farmers’ national bank of Lebanon, Pa., who had pleaded guilty “to the embezzlement of about $10,000 of the bank’s funds, was, on the 26th, sentenced, at Philadelphia, to five years' imprisonment. Father Hcdox, ex-superior general of the Jesnits of Canada, died at the convent of the Immaculate Conception in Montreal on the 16th. He was born in 1823. Secretary of State Olxey received a cablegram from Consul-General Lee, on the 26th, announcing that Julio San* guilly had been released from prison.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Is th^ senate, on the 27th, a victory for organized labor over capital was won by the failure of a resolution authorizing the Metropolitan Railroad Co. of Washington to extend its lines into one of the suburbs. The remainder of the session was occupied in the oonsideration and passage of the post office appropriation bill, carrying $95,$35.83$..In the house the anti-scalp-ing bill was passed, after a hard fight against;it by its opponents, by a vote of 142 to 51. Several bills of local interest were passed, and the house concurred in senate amendments to the Indian appropriation bill, which was sent to conference. A special from Place tas, Cuba, says The Spanish captain-general's personal campaign against Maximo Gomez in Santa Clara province is a failure. Weyler has been outgeneraled, outmaneui vered, outmarched and outfought by the “scattering groups of, insurgents,” of which he, in his official dispatches to the war department at Madrid, has spoken with contempt. The Paris Gaulois says that brutalities and vexations which are being practiced by the Boer government against French citizens and French industries are engaging the attention of a number of the members of the chamber of deputies, with the possible result of intervention by the French government. The weekly statement of the New York city associated banks for the week ended on the 27th showed the following changes: Reserve, increase, $1,855,025; loans, decrease, $1,137,900: specie, increase, $1,123,900; legal tender, increase, $1,105,800; deposits, increase, $1,098,700; circulation, decrease, $122300. CaPt. John D. Hart, of Philadelphia, convicted of complicity in filibustering enterprises, is aa aspirant for the position of consul-general at Havana, provided a successor to Consul-General Lee is appointed. Hazes S. Pixgree is still mayor of Detroit and governor of the stats of Michigan, according to an opinion handed down by the full bench of the Wayne county (Mich.) circuit court. The wholesale and retail hardware store of Morgan A Co., at Fort Wayne, Ind., was burned, on the 27th, causing a loss of $150,000; insnrmnoe, 990,ooa Ox the 37 th the associated banks of New York city held $57,447,975 in exoeas of the requirements of 35-psr sent. mis.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. touiAMLiA lad., Fob IE—Two my taw portent mtuotw that had already paaaad th« senate were passed by the hewae Wednesday morning under suspension of the rules, and seat to the (onnor for his signature. One of these was the bill converting the prison south into a reformatory or intermediate prison, and transferring all the hardened, criminals to the northern prison. The bill reorganises the boards of control of the prison south, but it is the general understanding that Warden Hart shall continue nt the head of the institution. It was the improvements along the line of reform that ho has introduced which has induced the legislature to change the character of the prison.

Isciuipout, Ind, Feb 14—Sxwatu.— The amedbed election hill peseed Thursday afternoon end goes to the governor for his signature. The changes are such that it will make it impossible for the name of a fusion candidate to go upon the official ballot more than once; to provide for the use of the pencil instead of the stamp, and to place a circle instead of a square about the party device, so that an ignorant voter may be instructed to vote a straight ticket by “marking within the circle'* The fourth measure was the bill reorganising the 11 boards of Metropolitan police commissioners This also was a senate bill, and now goes to the governor. Honan—Jemegan's factory bill passed. It prevents the employment of children under 14 years in any capacity in factories and prevents the employment of boys under 1C and girls under 18 more than tan hours a day. It provides the usual regulations for the safety of employes contained la the laws of New York. Ohio and Illinois, and establishes the office of factory U pec tor. The house then took up the Liack anti-trust bill, which is an exact copy of the Georgia law. with a clause inserted that confines its operations to “those who control the output of articles of merchandise. '* Mr Schoonover offered an amendment knocking this clause out and there was a hard struggle over it It was declared lost by the speaker upon a viva voce vote, but no demand for a division was made. Imnuupoui Feb 24—Skiati—'The question of religion bobbed up suddenly and unexpectedly in the house Friday, when the eduj cation committee sent in two reports upon a ; resolution of Mr. Wiener. The resolution | declared that the “Story of Liberty.** one | of the books put out for use in the schools. I was an improper book for school chilj drea It Is a story of the inquisition. ! spd the Catholics object seriously to It as a slander upon the church The t majority of the commtue, headed ! by Mr. Nicholson, reported against the resoj lution on the ground that it would be noneffective. inasmuch as the school officers of the j state could not be controlled by a resolution. ■ The minority favored the resolution and hot ' arguments were made upon the floor The | resolution was finally adopted by a heavy | majority. The house passed the antii trust bill introduced by Mr. Lanck ! In the afternoon there was much exj citement in the house when an effort was made to put through under suspension of the rules the amended street railroad bill as passed by the senate The motion to suspend the rules was voted down and the bill was referred to committee Gov. Mount will sign the metropolitan police bill that has now passed both houses, reorganising the new metropolitan boards in eleven cities of the state. Iwdiahapous. rind.. Feb 8£—'The senate passed a large number of bills Saturday, the most Important of which waa a measure by Senator Holler, exempting from taxation mortgaged real estate up to the value of (SOU Three such measures have been killed ta the house, and this one is likely to suffer the same fata House—The house passed the senate bill for the division of Adams and Jay counties into separate Judicial circuits, a measure to which it is understood the governor is op* posed. It also passed the bill legalising the action of county commiseioaers la paying the salaries of county treaiurers and auditors The rest of the day was put in wtthout a quorum upon second readings and committee reports The street railroad bill, which has been so hotly discussed, was favorably reported.

Monday the senate passed the legislative apportionment act. which now goes to the governor. It also passed the house bills legating the incorporation of Hobart and taking Switzerland county from the Fifth and adding it to the Seventh judicial circuit with Jefferson and Ohio counties. Che senate in the afternoon took up a bill requiring street ear companies in the city of Indianapolis to give three-cent fares, and passed it by s vote of 40 to - one. under suspension of the rules. The Jernsgan child and female labor bill, which had passed the house, was substituted for the McCord bill, which oame up on third reading in the senate and It was passed, marking the final passage of the MIL House—Mr. Nicholson demanded that the temperance committee report on his antiquart shop bill It was presented by Chairman Kratz. The report recommended that ail after the enacting clause be stricken out and a bill substituted which is a modified form of j the bill drawn by the attorneys of the State ' Lincoln league. This substitute bill permits i the saloons tto remain open until 12 o’clock ! In cities of iCi.GOd or more. It makes it unlawful to sell liquor in less quantities than three gallons at a time without having procured a county license In the afternoon the house passed the building and loan bill without discussion. The house also passed by a narrow vote Mr. H.rt's house bill reducing the terms of city officers to two years. It passed the senate bill extending the term of township trustees 15 months, and this measure now goes to the governor. Indianapolis, lnd.. Feta 84.—Another little breeze on temperance came up Tuesday mornj ing when Mr Reynolds offered a resolution ! that his local option bill be reported on by 1 10 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mr. Willoughby offered sundry dilatory motions, but they were voted down snd the temperance committee was ordered to report on the bill Wednesday morning. The house spent the most of the day considering a mass of insurance bills in committee of the whole. After finishleg with the insurance bills on second rending the house passed a bill exempting farms within the limits of towns or cities from corporation taxes, snd the Remington dog tax bill, which plrmita any person to kill a dog that is known to have evar chased or worried a sheep or nay live stock or fowL The senate, after passing a couple of minor bills in the morning, took up the building and loan bill as it passed the house snd spent the whole day discussing It Hard fights were made against a number of the provisions, particularly the one taxing running stock and the one providing for examinations by the auditor upon application of ten stockholders. but after the day was over tt was found that the bill had escaped practically unhurt.nose of the amendments adopted touching its vital featurea Special trains will be used to convey the prisoners from the prison south to the prison north. They will he the long' term and desperate men. Two strange men are under arrest on the charge of burglary at Oolnmbna. ' One of them had a fresh ballet wound in his leg. A disastrous cyclone visited Benwood the other day, doing much damage. Two large barns were torn down, and the smokestack and roof of Brazil Block Coal Co. Mine No. 1 were carried a quarter of a mile. The top on a baggy standing in one of the demolished hams was tom off and ear ried several feet, leaving the remainder of the vehlele unmoved. No lives were lost. Tint plant of the Spring-Emerson Stationery Ca, Lafayette, was sold under the orders of court, the sum realised being $11,010. The firm will hereafter be known as the Emerson

M'KINLIVS tv ffeMf A* A* C(Mk Ofeiaby Company of Ckmlud, Or-lnq Hone Bat Two li M Black — Th«y Wert Boo|kt and twined Kxpr««*ly for the Oceadoa, and Cwt •10,900—Capk. KumU K. Bardlek li In Command. CluPelasd, 0., Feb. 28.—Troop A, Cleveland's crack cavalry company, and the only organization of this kind in the Ohio national guard, will he the personal escort Of President-elect William McKinley during the inangural ceremonies. The troopers have for some time been as busy as bees making preparations for the trip. It has required a vast amount at work to get the company in readiness. The principal work was to train i 81 head of horses, purchased expressly for the trip to Washington. These horses cost the company $10,000. They are all Kentucky bred animals. Every one of them is jet black, with the exception of two of them, which are pure white. These will be ridden by the trumpeters, in advance of the column.

Capt. RuueU E. Burdick. ; Every animal is over 15 hands high ' and they range from one to three inches over that. They are fat, j glossy fellows, and as frisky as colts, j The work of training them was a hard ! task, but the riders have got them so | they bear the saddle ai*l a rider. The | horses had never been used before being brought to this city, and they have been trained right to the saddle,‘'and when all together they present a handsome appearance. Col. William H. Harris, late brevet lieutenant-colonel, U. S. A., organized the troop in 1877. and acted as its first captain. The company was fully armed and equipped within a year, and in January, 1880, took part in the parade at the inauguration of Gov. Foster of. Ohio. The $roop next was called upon to act as personal escort to Presidentelect James A. Garfield from this city to Washington. Again was the company honored when it acted as escort to ex-President Hayes on his return from Washington to his home in Fremont, O. The troop was part of the military force of the state in 1883, the governor having accepted its services. CoL Harris resigned at this period, and was succeeded by Lieut. George A. Garretson, late oit the U. S. A. The troop was formally mustered into the ! Ohio national guard in 183?, and has | been a prominent figure in state and ' national military circles ever since, i It took part in the international military encampment at Chicago, the centennial celebration of the inauguration of Washington at New York, and did escort duty to Gov. Foraker of Ohio, President Harrison and Maj.-Gen. Crook, U. S. A. As escort to Gov. McKinley the troop participated in the dedication ceremonies of the World's Coluinbian ex- , position at Chicago in October, 1893. ; In 1393 it acted as part of the escort at the funeral of ex-President I Hayes. The present captain, Rusj sell E. Burdick, was elected April 1, 1895. after a service of 12 years as trooper and non-commissioned officer. During a trip south, in 1895, Lieut.Gen. Schofield saw the troop at Chattanoogo. and was so impressed that he I expressed a desire to join, and he was then and there made an honorary member._

WEYLER’S CAMPAIGN. — j The Captain-General Outgeneraled ana Outfought by Maximo Gome*. New York. Feb. 2$.—A special to the Journal from Placetas, Cuba, under date of February 22, says: The Spanish captain-general’s personal campaign against Maximo Gomel in Santa Cifcra province is a failure. ! Weyler has been outgeneraled, out- ; maneuvered, outmarched and outfought j by the “scattering groups of insurgents,” of which he, in his official dis- | patches to the war department at Mad- | rid, has spoken with contempt. Within ten days his generals have | been defeated in this one province 1 five times. Gen. Gomes, whom he said he had penned up between his Spanish columns and the central trocha. has crossed his line of march, lefeated his troops, outflanked him tnd reached his rear. WEYLER RESIGNS. fhe Captain-General Practically AcknowlI „ edge* Failure. O New York, March i.—The Herald this morning prints the following: Havjlxa, Feb. 37, via Tampa, Fla., Feb. 38.—It is reported here on the highest authority that Capt- Gen. Weyler has forwarded his resignation to the Spanish government at Madrid, and will leave the island as soon as possible, probably In shout three weeks. UNDERMINED BY THE FLOOU a Five-Story Warehouse Collapse*, Carry. lag One of It* Inmates Dow# to Death. CurcnrxATi, Feb. 38.—The first fatality attending the high water occurred at 4:15 yesterday afternoon. Three ol the floors of the five-story stone front warehouse on Front street, near Vine, owned by Hinkle, Wilson A Kreia, wholesale grocers, caved In at that hour. The building is surrounded with several feet of water. About 1.000 barrels of sugar weal down with Hie wreck, which carried with it several men. One wasMUed.

LAST SUNDAY AT HOME! Maj. McKinley Attends the Church of Sis Youth, Aad Becomes the Subject of aa Emms Prayer—AU Preparations for Usrtac Canton Madeat the McKinley Home— Special Train audits Occupants. Caxtojc, March 1.—Maj. McKinley**, last Sunday at his Canton home before setting out for Washington to be inaugurated president of the United States, was marked by no unusual happenings. He went to the Methodistr church, of which he has been ar member since be was 17 years old. The church has a seating capacity exceeding one thousand and it was crowded. Maj. McKinley drove to the church, and was. accompanied by (hpt H. O. Heistand and George E. Morse, of San Francisco, who married one of the president’s nieces. Snow was falling rapidly and almost obscured Maj. McKinley's figure as he walked from the carriage to the church. Maj. McKinley joined with evident relish in the singing of the opening hymn “Jesus Reigns.’’ Dr. C. E. Manchester, the pastor, who was a member of Maj. McKinley’s regiment during the war, said in his prayer. N O Lord, bless our nation. Grant that peace and righteousness may prevail. We pray Thee that Thy blessing may be on the president of the United States in the closing days of his administration and‘that nothing may be done disI pleasing to Thee. Let Thy blessing rest upon thy servant who has been chosen to be the ! chief executive of this nation. We pray Thee > to go with him; give him great faith in Thee; | may he be sustained by the prayers of Thy peo- | pie, that he may carry out Thy will. We pray 1 Thee to manifest Thyself to him and to all at 1 us.

Dr. Manchester found his text in the third verse of the 21st chapter of Matthew: The Lord Hath Need. His theme was “The Higher Life.* In speaking of home training he paid in a delicate, indirect way, a beautiful tribute to Mother McKinley. In conclusion. Dr. Manchester said] “How shall we preserve the peace of nations? What are we to do for thisgreat land of ours? There is one thought in all of our minds this morning as our dear brother and friend goes out to take up the duties that lie before him: Our prayers that he do aright the great work set before him.’’ B. F. McKinley, of San Francisco, an uncle of ‘the president-elect, arrived in Canton yesterday. | He will accompany the presidential party to Washington. All preparations for leaving Canton have been made at the McKinley home. Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette Williams, of Chicago, who are to share the private car occupied by Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, will arrive here to-day. The presidential train will consist of Beven cars, a combination baggage and smoking ear, a handsorpe new Pullman for the newspaper correspondents, a dining car, two Pullmans, a private car for Mother McKinley mid her party, and a second private car which will be the last car on the train and will be occupied by the president-elect. The train will be preceded by one bearing the Cleveland troop which is going to do escort duty. There will be about sixty-five persona on Maj. McKinley’s special train, most of them being relatives or close personal friends of the president-elect. The train conveying the presidentelect will leave Canton at 7 o’clock tonight and is scheduled to arrive in Washington at 11 a. m. on Tuesday. It will not be run at a high rate of speed on account of Maj. McKinley’s venerable mother and other ladies who will be passengers on it. Safety and comfort will be the end sought rather than swiftness. Maj. McKinley will probably say a few words of farewell to his friends and neghbors before the train leaves Canton. He is to be escorted to the train by several thousand Canton peo* ; pie, and the streets along the line of I march will be brilliantly illuminated. Maj. and Mrs. McKinley took a drive j yesterday afternoon. They are both | in possession of their usual health. In the evening a few old friends dropped j in to say good-by.

SAVED HIS FATHER’S LIFE, Bat Sacrificed His Own in the Brave Attempt. Gaxvestox, • Tex., Feb. 28.—Paul L. Lefevre made an heroic and successful effort to save the life of his father yesterday morning, but lost his own. Eugene Lefevre and son, carpenters and house movers, were engaged in moving an old house, but their progress was obstructed by wire. Eugene Lefevre, who was standing on top of the building, grasped one of the wires with both hands in an effort to raise it to the top of the hours. Instantly he was paralysed, blue flashes of electricity flew from his bodyv his hands were smoking and the smell of burning flesh made the on-lookers turn sick. Paul, who was cm the roof with his father, spa£g~to him and tore him loose. Afi his father fell on the roof, his life saved, the son fell upon the wires and his life was sacrificed, although every effort was made to save him. The young was 33 years old. The elder Lefevre’s hands were fearfully burned and his escape from death was miraculous and was dne to the bravery of hif eon. VICTORY ON PAPER. the Spanish Account, However Is looking In Consistency. Havas A, March 1.—While Capt. Mar ria, with a cavalry force, was recom noitering around San Antonio de La* Vegas, province of Havana, he was ah taked by a force of rebels. After a fight which lasted three hours the rebels were dispersed with heavy looses. They left 31 dead on the field. Tha troops lost one killed and a captain and four private* wounded. Captain-General Weyler has left Sane tjfjBiritusaad iancwatFISBstag