Pike County Democrat, Volume 31, Number 21, Petersburg, Pike County, 28 September 1900 — Page 2

Ihf §?ik ©mmty Democrat X. McC. KTOOrs. Editor aad 'Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : INDIANA.

Germany will insist upon the do» struction of the Chinese coast do* fenses and the Yang Tse forts as a condition of lier entrance upon peace negotiations. As reported by 11. G. Dun & Co., failures for the week ended on the 21st were 211 in the United States, against 154 last year, and 33 in Canada, against 18 last year. the American Tin Plate Co., on the 20th, reduced the price of tin plates for delivery over the last, quarter of 1900, by 65 cents per box, as compared with the price heretofore maintained. Gen. Viljoen, who succeeded Louis Botha in the supreme command of the Transvaal forces, is reported to be moving northward in the direction of Hectorspruit, with 3,000 men and 30 guns. He is known as “The Firebrand,” and will endeavor to protract the war. A report from Hong Hong says: “It is reported in the West River district that Chinese troops are visible in every town and that they are actively drilling. A Chinese government boat is again patrolling the river, and it ia evident that some action is contemplated.” Li Hung Chang arrived at Tien Tsin on the 21st, and is domiciled in his own yamen, under a Cossack guard. His reception there was a repetition of his reception at Tong Ku, only the Russian and Japanese officers calling on him, those of the other nations not taking part. The German foreign office, on the 18th, sent a circular, note to all the powers announcing that the German government considered as an indispensable preliminary to the beginning of peace negotiations that China deliver up those who were responsible for the outrages. The Hazleton (Pa.) Ministerial association, composed of all the Protestant clergymen of that city, has taken up the strike question and will use all its power in bringing about a settlement of the labor difference on the basis of arbitration and conciliation. All are opposed to the strike. At a meeting in Lebanon, Pa., on the 19th, of about three-quarters of the 1,200 men employed by the American Iron and Steel Co., who struck, on August 1, against a reduction of wages from four to three dollars a ton for puddling, it was agreed to go back to work at the rate offered— three dollars a* ton. , Mrs. Addie Bagley and Josephine Daniels, mother and sister of Ensign Worth Bagley, the hero of Cardenas and the first American officer to be killed Jn the Spanish-American war, left Raleigh, N. C., on the 21st, for Bath, Me., to attend the launching of the torpedo boat Bagley, named in honor of the dead ensign. Col. William S. Patten, of the quartermaster’s department, on duty at ** the war department,hascompleted arrangements for the free transportation to the United States of the remains of soldiers and sailors and civilians who lost their lives and were buried in the island possessions of the United States and in China.

It seems to be generally believed throughout Europe that Germany purposely proposed her demand that the anti-foreign leaders should be surrendered before peace negotiations were commenced with a view of delaying any general acceptance of her proposal until Field Marshal Count Von Waldersee should arrive at Pekin. At the sessiop of the Sovereign Grand Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., held at Richmond, Va., on the 20th, all the proposed amendments to the constitution were rejected. One of the most important'of them was a proposition to admit into membership of the order Indians with one-eighth white blood in their veins, and also to reduce the^ge limit from 21 to 18 years. The New York syndicate having charge of financing the German government loan made an allotment on the 20th. Small subscribers will receive the full amount of their subscriptions, but those for a, large amount will receive only a small proportion of what they asked for. The statement was made that very nearly the whole amount "would go to subscribers in the United States. Surgeon-General Wyman of the Marine hospital service, has received a letter from Surgeon A- R. Thomas, in charge of the plague inspection work at Glasgow, Scotland, saying that up to September 7 there had been 13 cases diagnosised as pi. gue and two more under suspicion. Another focus of infection had developed at Govan, just outside the city * limits of Glasgow. Otherwise the outlook was favorable. The London Times, editorially com ^mending the invitation to the public to subscribe for the relief of the Galveston sufferers, says: ‘“The present occasion does not call for a Mansion House fund, inasmuch as there is no question of the readiness and willingnsss of the American people to minister adequately to the needs of the suffelfcrs; but the British public will b« glad of an oppdrtunity to give prool <?f friendly feeling for the United States.’* •

Nebraska and Idaho the Latest Scenes of Bold and Successful Operations.

AN EXPRESS CAR ROBBED IN NEBRASKA. Four Masked Men Did the Joh—la Idaho a Little Man, Masked. Played a Lone Hand on a North* ern Pacific Train, Robbins the Sleeping; Car Passengers. Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 23.—Four masked men held up the express car on the St. Louis-Portland train of the Burlington, at the village of YVoodlawn, a^ few miles northwest of Lincoln. The men commanded the express messenger to open the local safe for them and allow them to go through it. Didn’t Tackle the Through Safe. The through safe, which the messenger could not open and which contained a large sum of money, was not molested. The robbers secured a very small amount from the local safe. After going through the safe the men left the express car and disappeared. The train left Lincoln shortly after midnight and it is supposed the robbers boarded it at this place. Many Stories Alloat. There are many stories afloat here concerning the hold-up. A young man who came in from the scene said the engineer was struck over the head with a revolver, and that the pockets of the passengers were rifled. The railroad authorities deny this story and say no money was secured except from the local safe. They admit the engineer and fireman were covered with revolvers and were compelled to stop the train, but say neither was hurt. Crept Over the Pender. The four robbers crept over the tender to reach the enginemen. The fireman was ordered to detach the express car from the remainder of the train, but this he was unable to do. The Burlington company has offered a reward of $500 for the apprehension of the robbers. PLAYED A LOXE HAND. Sleeping Car Passengers Robbed os a Northern Pacific Train. Spokane, Wash., Sept. *23.—Singlehanded, a masked robber held up the west-bound passenger train on the Northern Pacific at" 1 a. m., and succeeded in getting away with about $500 in cash, several watches and a quantity of jewelry. The robbery occurred after the train left Athol, Idaho, and the lone robber left the train at Rathdrum. Evidently Carefully Planned. The hold-up was evidently earefully planned, and was executed with a cool deliberation which showed the robber thoroughly understood his business. Until he left the train, few of the passengers realized that only one man was in the plot. Conductor Dunning was the only person on the train who offered serious resistance, and a few shots from the robber’s gun effectually silenced the trainmen. An Exchange of Shots. As the robber stewed off the train at Rathdrum the conductor came out of the tourist car and fired twice at him. The latter returned the fire, clipping a piece of leather from the conductor’s shoe. No one was hurt during the holdup, but every occupant of the three cars was terrorized.

Little Man With a Bi« Gan. The man boarded the train at Sand Point, Idaho, where a short stop was made. He is described as being a little over five feet in heigth, of slight build, had a light mustache and wore a dark suit of clothes, a mask and a slouch hat. After the train left Athol he gained the rear of the second Pullman sleeper and at once began operations. From bunk to bunk he wprked, waking up the sleepers and demanding their valuables, while covering them with a formidable looking revolver. Tourist Car Passentrers Screamed. After cleaning up both Pullmans the robber Entered the tourist car. Here the occupants began to scream with terror and attracted the attention of the conductor, who was in the forward part of the coach. He came down the aisle, and the robber backed out the car door and slipped off the platform as the train was pulling into Eathdrum. SURVIVED HIS WIFE A WEEK. Death of Joseph E. Bates, a Former Mayor of Denver, After a— Do ns Illness. Denver, Col., Sept. 23.—Joseph R Bates, mayor of Denver in 1872 and 1885, died at 3:40 a. m., one week after the death of his wife. He had been ill for, a long time. Mr.. Bates was bprn in Chautaqua county, N. Y., in 1835. His youth was spent in Michigan, and he was a pioneer settler in Colorado, where he was engaged in mining and mercantile business. BIG FIRE IN BROOKLYN. Grain Warehouse and Elevators on the Atlantic Dock Partially Destroyed. New York, Sept. 23.—Fire partially destroyed the large grain warehouse amfalevators on the Atlantic dock, Brooklyn, causing a loss of $100,000 to buildings and contents. The warehouses are owned by the Brooklyn Wharf & Warehouse Co. The individual damage to stock was: Nash, Whitten & Co., 46,000 bushels of oats, and the Lynam Grain Drying Co., 4,000.

SITUATION AT GALVESTON, Bringing Order Out of Chao*, Bat the Task 1* Still a Most Oneroo* Oaa

Galveston, Tex,, Sept. 24.—-At » meeting1 of the central committee, held yesterday,- Messrs. Sicker and Lee, who had th$ contract for clearing away the debris, tendered their resignations because-, they said, some dissatisfaction had been expressed. Kicker tendered the continuance of his personal services free of charge as he was giving tbem to the citv during the past two weeks. The committee passed a resolution this morning that some one be appointed to take charge of the removal with compensation, and Jens Molter. a prominent shipbroker, was appointed to that duty. * v A committee from the city council appeared before the central committee yesterday to confer with reference to obtaining funds to maintain the police, fire, water and-other necessary departments of the city government. The central committee appointed a subcommittee to request Gov. Sayers to come to Galevston to confer in regard to. this and other pressing matters. In response to the request Gov. Sayers has telegraphed that he wilt leave Austin for Galveston to-morrow night. • The transportation committee has been advised that the railway lines leading out of Houston will honor no more requests for free transportation. , The pay rolls of the laborers who worked on the streets under the military regime from September S to September 21 were completed last night. The distribution of checks commenced yesterday and about three thousand six hundred dollars was put out. In all about forty bodies were taken from the ruins to-day. To-morrow it is estimated that 2,500 men will be at work on the streets clearing the wreckage. Thirty days will be required to do the work. The plan to erect homes for those who lost everj'thing by the storm, so earnestly advocated by Miss Barton, of the Bed Cross society, is meeting with every encouragement. A large fund is to be raised for this purpose to be disbursed by direction of Miss Barton. Five hundred and seventy-six persons were treated at the emergency hospitals yesterday. Two of the city banks were opened to-day, cashing scrip for city laborers employed in cleaning street wreckage. There were many visitors ^n the city to-day, among the number being Paul B. Moore, of Jefferson City, Mo., private secretary to Gov. Stephens of that state. Mr. Moore was accompanied by Curtis G. and Joseph L. Stephens, of St. Louis, sons of Gov. Stephens. LOSS OP LIFE ON RANCHES. Sheep Herders Drowned In Floods Caused by Clond-Bnrsta. San Antonio, Tex., Sept. 24.—A cloud-burst in the valley of the Neuces river, Saturday night, did much damage to property and also, according to reports received here, resulted in loss of life on the ranches of the vicinity. The Neuces at Uvalde rose 23 feet in two hours, and broke telegraph communication. A number of ranches were inundated, and one English sheepman, Ethelbert McDonald, together with some Mexican sheep herders, are said to havp lost their lives on a ranch in the mountains near Brackett. f > From reports of a colony of nomadic Italians, it is thought that two lost their lives in the floods that went down the Neuces.

Mrs. Massey Leaves for Washington. Galveston, Sept. 24.—Mrs. Mussey, third vice-president and counsellor of the American National Red Cross society, left for headquarters in Washington yesterday, having spent a week here with Miss Clara Barton. Mrs. Mussey will attend to the handling of supplies at headquarters, supplies are being stored and assorted as they arrive here from all parts of the country, and will be systematically distributed under direct supervision of the Red Cross as they are received. Mrs. Musfcey thinks Galveston will need $5,000,000, and so stated in a recent address to the people of the country. A RELIC OF SPANISH RULE. Porto Rico’s Demand Against Cuba** Asks Repayment of a Loan Made to Spain. Havana, Sept. 24.—Porto Rico’s demand on Cuba for the re-payment of more than two million five hundred thousand dollars, advanced to Spain to conduct military operations against Cuba, has been the source of considerable amusement here. Cubans are asking why they should repay funds lent to the enemy for the express purpose of subduing them. ,Gen. Wood will return the documents forwarded from Washington to Gov. Allen, of Porto Rico, together with a memorandum couched in diplomatic language, pointing out that he is unable to take any action in the matter. PASSING THE OBSTRUCTION. Boats Safely Passing the Wrecks Sank in St. Clair River Rapids Friday Night. Port Huron, Mich., Sept. 23.—Boats are safely passing the wrecks of thti schooner Fontana and the tow barge Martin, the latter of which was sunk in the St. Clair River rapids Friday night, by a collision with the steamer Yuma. There is no doubt that Capt. James Lawless, mate Wm. Ross, the cook, Mrs. Bacon,and a Swedish sailor went down with the Martin.

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS Told ia Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities.

Mourner* at a Wedding. Laporte, Ind., Sept. 21.—John McIntyre, son of J. P. McIntyre, who was found dead in his bed at his home near Michigan City Monday morning, and Miss Lena Click were married Thursday afternoon. . A peculiar feature of the marriage was that the bridal party which accompanied the happy couple back to their home near Michigan City formed, only an hour before, the mourners at the funeral of. the groom's father. The minister who married the young couple had preached the funeral sermon over the remains of the father. Arrested. Fort Wayne, Ind., Sept. 21.—Arthur Tremary, aged 30, who came here from Ossian a few months ago to take a position as mail driver, was arrested by federal officers on a charge of robbing the mails. Tremary used to assist the mailing force by running the j stamping machines while bis wagon j was being loaded, and it was not long until letters containing money began to be missed. The thefts were traced to Tremary by means of a decoy letter. He is a member of a respectable j Wells county family. Output Increasing. Marion.. Ind., Sept. 21.—The pipe-line reports of the Indiana- oil field for the month of August show that the output of crude petroleum is rapidly increasing. The total runs'from wells amounted to 851.900 barrels, an average of 19,446 barrels a day. and for this oil the producers and the farmers on whose land the wells are located received $530,487.76 in cash. The output in August was 103,980 barrels greater than in July. , __ Lecture Course. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. .21.—The W. C. T. U. has arranged a lecture course as follows: Chicago Symphony orchestra. December 6; Bertha Kuhn Baker, December 18; Alexander Black, presenting a. picture play, . January 15; Jacob Riis, lecturer, January 28; Royal Tyrolean Concert company. February 12; F. Hopkinson Smith, February 21; Whitney Mockredge, concert company, March 4; George R. Wendling, lecturer, March 11; Edwin Everett Hall, lecturer, 1 April 22. _ Is Very Popular. Logansport, Ind., Sept. Si.—Kev.^W. : E. Beiderwolf has resigned the pas- j torate of the Broadway Presbyterian church, to engage in slum and evangel- i ical work. He was chaplain of the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana regiment during the Cuban war. and wrote a regimental history. Mr. Beiderwolf ; ranks as a pulpit orator, and is very j popular here. Found Skeletons. Hagerstown, Ind., Sept. 21.—Work- ; men found two well-preserved human ! skeletons in a gravel pit. Within the ■ memory of the oldest inhabitants, no one was ever buried there, and the bones are supposed to be of a race older than the Indian. Three years ago five other skeletons were found in the same place. - Convicted. Lagrange, Ind., Sept. 21.—Lewis Sprout. Otis Sprout, Andrew Perry and Adrian Lamunyon, members of a gang of boy horse thieves, were convicted in the circuit court. The gang operated in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio, and caused police-officers' a long search. Each of the four is IS years old. Found Dead. Liberty, Ind., Sept. 21.—William Hip-!

pu.ru,! ui i/ariuH, traveling sai^s- j man for the Belding Bros., of Cinein- ; nati, was found dead in his room at the ; Hotel Carrington by a call boy. Hipp$rd formerly lived at Brookville, ati one time being engaged in. the hotel business. i Golden Wedding. Bedford, Ind., Sept. 21.—Capt. William Day and wife celebrated thejr fiftieth wedding anniversary. Capt. Day was a soldier in the Mexican and civil wars, and served two terms as ! sheriff of Lawrence county, being succeeded in office by his son. Crippled for Lite. B'lufCton, Ind., Sept. 21. — Charles Greenlesh, an extra brakeman on the j Clover-Leaf railway, while switching in the yards, caught his foot under a car, and was crippled for life. The I whole front of the foot was crushed. He lives at Toledo. O. Five Men Arrested. Washlngtons Ind.. Sept. 21.—James Conroy, Hayden Bigliam, Thomas Glenn, Tine.Cole and an tinknown man were arrested by the sheriff on the charge of complicity in the killing of Lawrence Allen in a saloon brawl at Montgomery, this county. ^ A Long: Drive. Sullivan, Ind., Sept. 21.—John Marshall and his wife and son drove through here on their way from West : Virginia to Montana in a wagon, i They started in „June, and expect te be on the road a year. Badly Hart. Chesterfield, Ind., Sept. 21.—Benjamin and Curtis Riggs were seriously injured in a runaway accident by the buggy overturning and throwing them against a fence. On the Market. Crawfordsville. Ind., Sept. *21.— i Matches made here are now on the market, the factory having begun op-, arations this week. Street Fa^r. Covington, Ind., Sept. 21.—This' town will hold a street fair, the 9th, 11th and 12th of October

_ PEACE PROPOSALS DECL INED. Renewed Activity on the Pert ol' a<> Fill* pmof One to Instroetlona fftw* the Book Rons JuUk Manila, Sept. 24.—The in .-urgent demonstrations last week prove to have been more extended than vras at first reported. From Cagayan and Isabella provinces and the northwest* era districts of Luzon come accounts oi insurgent operations and American precautionary measures. Merchants in the Province if Albay are getting their hemp to Manila as rapjdly as possible, fearing thi.t other* wise it will be burned by the insurgents. At Ilo Ho there was comiderable anxiety lest an uprising should occur; but the insurgents, there are ceasing their activity and returning- in hite clothing to the garrisoned owns of the district. As a resumption of insurgent operations is considered unite piobable, the Americans there, are

truing the necessary steps. The American casualties in Killed, wounded or missing during ;he la it ten days approach one hut tired, including Sinilaon, at the eavt end of Laguna de Bay, where the is s argents, after the engagement, delivered ten bodies of our dead. Documents captured in Manila show that the insurgents’ activity i:i this vicinity was ordered by rebels here, following instructions from :lie Hong Kcfng junta. Senor Buencamino has received from Aguinaldo an answer regarding his peace proposals. Agn.naldo declines to consider them and declares that he is unwilling to agree to a compromise. Archbishop Novaldea, with Bishop Hevia and ten friars, will leave for Spain Tuesday. He goes to-render his decennial religious report He says he expects to return here. During his absence the affairs of the nrchdioessc will be administered by Monsiguor Chapelle. The amnesty expire*? September 2t. and the conditions that existed previously have been resumed. * An insurgent proclamation, signed last month by Aguinaldo, directing that American prisoners be set at liberty; that good treatment be accorded captives, and that $4t be paid tc each American surrendering, has reached Manila. Few prisoners were released under the proclamation. Two who have just arrived from the Caillcs district, report that the insurgents in that locality are “in better spirits* than they had displayed at any time since April. Samar is short of rice, but, as the hemp supply is abundant, the people are shipping hemp to Bulan island and smuggling rice in exchange. SALISBURY'S MANIFESTO. Says the Government Mast be Sustained In Order t« Secure Peace in South .Ulrica. London, Sept. 24.—Led Salisbury’t manifesto to the electors of the United Kingdom, in anticipation of the parliamentary general elections, emphasizes the necessity that the queen’s government she.-aid be supported by a strong parl umentary majority as “the only means of convincing the inhabitants of the conquered South African territories* that there is no hope of diverting the government from their policy by persdstent resistance or agitation.” After remarking that- “all the recent troubles in South Africa have been due to a shift of parliamentary opinion at a critical moment,” the prime minister goes on to say: “It will depend upon the disposition and conduct of the Boers how long an interval is to elapse before their full position as a British colony is at

tamed. I he brilliant success of Lord Roberts’ army must hot blind us to the imperfections disclosed in our own defensive armor, imperfections, which, but for the war, imperfections, remained unnoticed. It Will be the urgent duty of parliament and the government to remove these defects, a duty which certainly could not be discharged by a ministry dependent upon a broken party.” In conclusion, Lprd Salisbury refers to China as “a difficulty, among others, confronting Ihe government, and requiring that the government should be armed with a strong majority in the house of commons.” He urges, that, in view of all these considerations, there should be no abstentions at the polls. THINKS THE WAH A MISTAKE. But Admits That Its HetaltaAre Irre— v oka hie. London, Sept. 24.—Mr. John Morley, liberal, member for Montrose burghs, in his manifesto, tiecl ares that his opinion has not chugged that everything might have been attained in South Africa withor.t war. “In a single year*” he says, “the work of a generation in uniting the Dutch and English in South Africa has been undone, and not even in Ireland has the difficult race problem been more miserably mishandled.” Mr. Morley admits, however,, that it is impossible to revoke the proclamations of annexation. Funeral Car Installed. St. Loufc, Sept. 24.—A funeral car was used yesterday afternoon at the funeral of Jennie Pearl Merret, of No. 38S0 Page avenue, daughter of George A. Merret, superintendent of the Easton avenue division of the Transit comphny. After the services at the house the coffin was conveyed to the car in waiting on Easton avenue. The car is 40 feet long, with a compartment in the center, in which the coffin rested, strewn with fowers. Easy 0hairs, which seated 40 of the funeral party, are placed :n either end. - .. ‘ ■' “ ::

RELAXATION OF ANXIETY, The Burning Qicitioa Sow let Wk« Shall Represent l'* In Pence S ego t la t Ion* Washington, Sept. 24.—With th« three pending diplomatic notes bear* ing on the Chinese situation disposed of by answers to their respective powers, the attitude of the United States now is a waiting one. There was a general relaxation of anxiety apparent yesterday and the day. moreover, passed without any developments in the way of important dispatches. Now that the notes are acted upon, the question of the commission to negotiate peace is again revived. Among others whose names were suggested lust night, as one of the commissionel's, was Judge WiUiam R. Day, of Cinton, the former secretary of state. Judge Day served with the AmerieanSpfinish peace commission, and in all probability would be persona grata to Caina. His ill health, however, is a serious consideration which might lead him to decline if offered a comm.ssionership. WHAT ROCKH1LL MAY ADVISE.

Will Drue Waihington to Vltbdrait the American Troops, Pekin, Sept. 19, via Taku, Sept. 22.— Mr. William, Woodville Rockhill, special commissioner of tne United States, has already conferred with Mr. Conner, the United States minister, but he has not yet met Prince -Ching. It is understood that he will advise Washington to withdraw the American troops as speedily as would be * sate. The plan to withdraw the German legation from Pekin has been temporarily abandoned, pending the receipt of jnrlher instructions from Berlin. The Russians report a Boxer deimonstration against the railway ye*-’ terday, and the Germans" are discussing an expedition to Pao Ting I'u after the arrival of their main force. Gfii. Chaffee will go to Tien Tsia soon. . AMERICA’S WITKDRAWAL. * German Opinion of Its Result on the Situation. Berlin, Sept. 24.—Discussing the answer of the United States government to Germany’s proposal regarding the Chinese settlement, the V jssische Zeitung says: **America’s abandonment of the concert of the powers will not hare serious consequences for their diplomatic negotiations, but it will render their task more difficult, inasmuch as nothing so increases Chinese presumption and insolence as the knowledge ’hat harmony in the ranks of their opponents has been disturbed. The notion of the‘United States is equivalent to an abandonment of the common interests of occidental civilization and, possibly will lead to a prolongation of bloodshed.’' Would Prove Objectionable. Shanghai, Sept. 24.-r-It is believed in official circles here that Prince Tuan has been or will be promoted to membership in the grand council, and that the taotai of Shanghai will be appointed provincial judge, with Ihe notorious Baser, Kang Yi, as his deptuy here. The foreign officials are understood to be protesting to the Yang Tse viceroys against these appointments. MILITARY SYSTEMS ABROAD. Wherein America ii Behind Onr European Cousina—Germany’s Perfect Military Machiae. New’ York, Sept. 24.—Among the

passengers who arrived on the steamship St& Paul, from Liverpool, yesterday, was Gen. William Ludlow, who went abroad early in July as the president of a special military board organized for the purpose of studying the military systems of Europe with the view of the formation of a United States war college. “All European nations,” said the general, “have a sort of war college, or general staff, a body composed of the ablest men in aUrthe various departments of the army, such as adjutant genera], quartermaster general and commissary general. The United States has nothing of the kind. The commanding general has not one to aid him in concerted action in the face of an emergency. “I find that the German military machine was the best organized of all the European armies. This is partly on account of its environment, being surrounded by first class powers and consequently on the alert in times of peace for quick action in times ol war. 4 “Ihe German officers are the hard-est-worked of all in Europe. They seem to be drilling and training their men lrom dawn to dusk. Certainly they have very little leisure and not much time to sleep. One of the results of this hard work is that an army of 1,000,000 men has been mobilized within ten days, so perfect are the quartermasters and coraqissaries. Germany is ready in peace and war.” At the McKinley Home. Canton, Q., Sept. 24.—This was an * uneventful day at the McKinley, home. The president and Mrs. McKinley attended services at the First Presbyterian church. A few friends called at the house during the day and even* ing. Wage Schedule Signed. Cincinnati, Sept. 24.—The Amalgamated wage schedule at $4.73 per ton? based on a one-cent card rate, was signed yesterday by both committees. Fires were ordered by wire in the mills everywhere.