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Saturday
rue President, Aware of His
and Resigned, and Told
He Acquiesced Cheer
Will and Was 5
dered For
"God's Will, Not Ours,
Words to His Fai
He Lost loi
A NATION WEiP
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AVIIilnra MoKinley, President of tlir
Vulietl Stat AS, died at the home of .John [
<;. Mllburn, la IluO'uIo, at 5t. 10 o'clock .
Saturday morning. The end wan peaceful |
and painless. The President was conscious (
at Intervals dnrlnsr the night. lie culled j
for TMrs. McKlnley ami hade her un nlfrr< j
tlonnto farewell, his last words being: I
"It is God's way. Ills will he done." The ;
relatives, mmaliers of the Cabinet uutl
Other friends were admitted to the room
and took their leave of him several liouri
hefore the end.
Buffalo, N. Y. Tin- trnjrody of the
liDtf century culminated at -.15 o'clock
on Saturday morning, when President
McKinley peacefully passed away at
1he resilience of .Juhu U. Mllburn. Mrs.
Mclvinicy had retired to her room.
<iud was not with him at the end. His
H?et conscious words reduced to writlii!'
liv T?r. Mann, who stood at his
- bedside
when they wore uttered, were
as follows:
"(lood bye. All good bye. It is j
(find's way. 11 is will lie done, not ;
lours."
Those present at the time of the '
President's dentil were Secretrfry Cortely.
ti, 1 >r. llixey. Mrs. and Miss j
Ihirber and Miss Duncan.
The announcement of the dentil to 1
inr. in miners of the Cabinet was made
by Webb llnyes, who said: "It is all
IOVt'1*."
President MeKinley's last conscious ,
hour eti earth was spent with his wife
to whom he devoted *1 lifetime of care,
lie died unattended by a minister of
.the gospel, hut his last words were a
humble submission to the will of tic
tlod in Whom he believed. lie was j
reconciled to the cruel fate to which ,
an assassin's bullet bad condemned |
I- >. and faced death in the same
s; it of calmness and poise which
had marked Ills long and honorable
career.
Mrs. McKInley last saw her husband
between 11 and 1- o'clock. At that
time she sat by the bedside, holding
his hand. The members of the Cabi-1
net were admitted to the sick room
Singly at that time,
t President McKlnley's relatives and
the members oi'-i.is otlielal family who
.wore at the S/'Hlmrn house, except
Secretary Wilson, who did not avail
himself of the opportunity, and some
of his personal and political fricml.s
took leave of him. His friends en me
to the door of the sick room, took a
long glance at him and turned tearfully
away, lie was practically unconscious
during this time. Hut powerful
heart stimulants, including oxygen.
were employed to restore him to
consciousness for his linal parting with
his wife, lie asked for her. and she
eat at his side and held his hand, lie
consoled her ami hade her good by.
Fhe went through the heart-trying
scene with tile same hrnverv and t'r.v
tlfrde with which she has. homo th
grief of the tragedy wiiieli ended his
life. , ,
At various times the President's
mind wandered during the niiriit. nn.l
!;i his delirium he sp. ke of h's i??>i
In Canton. Thar he was suffering
fi- med evident from the piiiftll way
iti will eh he spoke about his longing
for jest. It was in connection with
his longing for rest that he wandered
about his home. To get home and
rest?that was the one thing that ran
through all his delirious moments.
The actual death probably occurred
about 2 o'clock. It being understood
that Dr. Rlxey delayed the announcenicnt
momentarily to assure himself.
When the news was imparted to
those downstairs a great sigh of anguish
went up from the strong uien
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Earning.
Approaching End, Was Calm
Those About Him That
fully in the Divine
Sure It Was 0r=
the Best.
Be Done,*' His Dying
ithful Wife Before
lsciousness.
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there assembled. The members of the
Cabinet, Senators ami close friends remained
only a few minutes. Then
with mournful trend and bowed
heads they catne out In the darkness
and went away. There was not one
among them with dry eyes, and some
moaned in an agony of grief.
The announcement of the news to
those waiting below was postponed
until the members of the family had
withdrawn. Through Secretary Coptelyou
the waiting newspaper men received
the notification. There was the
keenest excitement on the broad avenue,
hut there was no semblance of
disorder.
The military guard was augmented
immediately upon the announcement.
The waiting crowds melted away
rapidly, giving expression in unmistakable
terms to the grout sorrow
they felt.
The rage of the people of Buffalo
against the President's assassin when
they learned that the President was
dying was boundless. Thousands surrounded
the Jail, and the entire police
force of the city and two regiments
of militia were utilized to insure his
protection.
Colonel W. C. Brown described the
last scene as follows:
"Dr. Itixcy held the President's
? riwi. I lie paiH'Ut IliUJ llOt'Il UUCOI1seious
for about two hours. Wo
watched, hardly breathing. At. exactly
o'clock Dr. ltlxey laid tho
President's hand by his side and on id
simply: 'The President Is dead.'
What occurred after 1 do not. know. I
went down tairs and unnnnnmt tlnJ
President's death to the Cabinet."
, The President breathed his lust
after u tight. for life covering seven
days. In all that time, although sufferine;
Intensely, he had manifested a
magnificat courage. His soul was sustained
through the dark hours by the
suhlimcst Ohrlstain serenity. From
the time when he was pierced by the
assassin's bullet, when he said pityingly.
referring to the assassin, "Let
no one harm him." up to his lust
night, when lie voiced his resignation
to the inevitable to bis devoted wife,
every hour of suffering had been characterized
by lofty Christian fortitude.
The sense of loss to the people of
Buffalo and to the strangers within
Iter gates is almost overpowering. Tho
President runic to this elty to lend a
neighborly hand in making tho exposition
a success. The assassin's bullet
which struck him down in the Temple
of Music was a blow felt throughout
.'he length and breadth of the land*
but rt wnp perhaps more Intensely felt
by the people here. Bvory bulletin
from the sickroom has been regarded
almost as a personal message.
Tho scenes at the intersection of tho
streets, beyond which the unprivileged
who wanted to get near the Milburn
house could not pass, constituted
In them solves a wonderful tribute to
mo siricKi'ii i'resident. testifying to
the supreme affection with which ho
was regarded. Men and women In
every walk of life, soli Hilboys, with
their natural bolsterousnoss chocked,
and little children witiiont knowledge
of what the great tragedy meant,
pressed against the rop harriers and
waited wlili tun e eloquence for any
ray news which might drift to t'neni
front th" sic' room. Far into tf >
night they wn' d. and the places of
those who went away were filed by
others to whom sleep was Impossible.
When the end dually came, the effect,
was Instantaneous. The pent up tears
coursed down the faces of men and
women nl'ke. There were sobs and
prayers for the stricken wi'c, followed
hy fierce condemnation for the uusnsslu.
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Buffalo, N. Y.?In that unearthly!
.ight that surrounds a deathbed with;
ill Its unearthly halo a soft radiance!
was cast upon a woman who stood)
bravely by the President from the;
sound of the first pistol shot to the)
hour of gathering gloom. It was herj
place, for she was his wife.
An Invalid who not so long ago had)
been a short distance removed from)
death's door. weak, and with a perfect;
trust that whatever Providence might]
hn va It* cfnro umio ???
.....v. i4. otvAV ?? un 1V/1 IUU UCOl,
f?he leaned heavily ou her husbaudj
the Chief Executive of these United!
States. He was not the President to!
her. only husband.
! Whet) the blow jjnme she did npt collapse
or prow Hi or cry out. She
asked meekly to bo permitted to see i
her husband?that was all. They hud
been together long, and could look (
hack through It all without one faint
shadow over bright memories.
1; Mrs. MeKlnley slept well on the ]
,night preceding his death, and It was ,
thought best not to Interfere with her
jmuch-necded rest. But with the cold
dampening of the President's brow
the surgeons thought of another than
their patient. Cabinet officers should
know and statesmen ought to know, i
but the wife must know, of the inevitable.
It fell to the lot of Dr. llixey to tell
the whole truth, lie went to her
room and broke It as gently as death !
possibly can be spoken of. She did
not falter, for away down in her woman's
heart she had perhaps formed by
intuition, guided by awful fear for a.
loved one, what the surgeons learned
long after.
~May I see him?" she said simply,
and a nod was the silent response.
Quietly, as If making her customary
rail at the bedside, she entered the!
room where there lay stretched all
that she loved In life, lie smiled up
at hor as he always did. and she brnvc->
ly smiled back. Then she stooped sintl
whispered a few words into his ear.
nn<l he smiled again and answered;
softly. Then she w^t away, turning
at the door to smile again at her husband.
Then she went to her room alone. !
There was 110 drive for her on the
last day her husband was alive, it
being thought best that she should
not leave the house. Her women
friends gathered beside her, but she)
had no heart to talk.
With the shadows of evening she
heard again what she had been waiting
for and knew would couie. ller
husband had been utieonscious for
many hours, but when he came back
to eartti for a short while his lirst request
was for her. Again Dr. ltixey:
was the messenger.
Dr. Mellurne.v was stooping over the
concli when she entered the room,'
and a nurse stood by his side. They
glanced around at her, then softly
'"itlidrew, but not before they saw
there were 110 tears and nothing but a
woman bidding a long farewell. Then
I \thc husband and wife were left alone i
| Tor a few minutes, and then all in the
household who should be there were
| called in.
I Tin: HI" NT KOU UOOSEVELT.
GutiloK 1'ouikI Htm on Mount Mj?rc-y ?
i Sj>ecli?l Train Took Htm to HuiVitlo.
! Albany, N. Y?A way on the top of
Mount Marry, attired in full limiting
'costume and with his gun slung over
Tils shoulder, Theodore Roosevelt was
found, and Informed by a haggard
.travel-stained guide that lie was
needed In Buffalo "Immediately."
That word of command was suttlclont
to tell him what tin? weary messenger
could not.
"Immediately," and ho started on the
long walk of ton miles to the upi>er
Tahawus Club house, ten miles from!
the top of Mount Marry; "immediately,"
and It meant a drive of ten miles
from there to the lower club house,
and of thirty-five miles from there to
North ('reek, where a special train
awaited him. Then came the long,
roundabout run to Buffalo.
When news reached North Creole
that Boose volt's presence was demanded
In Buffalo because of the serious
turn that had been taken In the condition
of the President, word Immediately
was sent to the lower club
house, and thence to the upper, ten
miles further lti the mountains.
Every pulde available, and every
club member at once started out in a
search thai seemed hopeless, so prent
was the extent of territory to be covered.
All were armed with puns and
pistols, which they fired off at Intervals
lo attract attention. Thus, with
the cracklnp of pistols and the heavier
reports of shotpuns and the halloa
lap of "Roosevelt! Roosevelt!
Roosevelt!" there he pan a remarkable
hunt for the Vice President to inform
him that the head of the Nation was
dyinp.
One by one the fired searchers returned.
almost voiceless from incessant
calling and with ammunition exhausted.
One by one they reported
their fruitless search by telephone to
North Crevk. whe'v a special train,
with cnpin?> with full steam up, lay
panting in Idleness all day.
Alxour r? o'clock p. ro? an old guld
round Iloosevelt resting with Ills companions
und counting their game. Tlu?
old guide knew Roosevelt's favorite
haunts ami had piloted him there'
jenny times, lie saved his lungs and
'.ammunition until he begnn the long,
weary ascent of Mount Marcy. The.u
'he tired his slxitguu at Intervals of
five minutes and halloaed until tho
[woods rang.
For a )ouk time nothing but echoes
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janswered to "Roosevelt! Itoosevclt!
IRoosevelt!" the nauic being flung back
mockingly from the mountainside.
Then, as he neared the top. there
came from afar a faint "Halloa!" i
I Then his shots met answering firing
and the lost was found, and the fateful
message delivered to a whitelipped
hunter. Then, forgetting all
fatigue, Roosevelt and the guides
started on a swinging walk to the upper
club house, ten miles away,
j The first message Roosevelt, received
gave no details, except that he was
.wanted. When lie reached the upper
blub house, stnln?*d and worn, with
even the hardy guides lagging far behind,
messages were there awaiting
him. and lmiurmliig him that McKinley
was dying. They had been brought
by dripping horses urged to a dead run
for ten miles from the lower club
house, which Is the only one in direct
communication with the outer world.
Am* was snortiy lie fore 10 p. in.
'Again the foam-flecked horsees worn
lashed Into a gallop, wliero fair roads
permitted, and there* began the wild
rido for the lower club house, which
Was not reached until after midnight.
More urgent messages awaited Roosevelt
there. The worn out horses were
changed for a swift, fresh team, and
with a good driver he started on the
weary drive of tlilrty-live miles front
tlie club house to North Creek.
U SKNATOlt HANN'A VROSTltATItD.
Overcome by III* I.rtRt f.ook ut His Dying
Friend. tin* President.
Ihiflfnlo, X. Y.?Senator llanna. Cidonel
Myron T. Ilerriek and Secretaries
Wilson and Hitchcock were at the Milburn
house awaiting news of tin- sinklug
President early Friday evening.
Dr. Rixoy, knowing Senator llanua*s
longing to see the President alive,
told the four men that they might go
Into his bedroom for a few minutes.
Senator llanna no sooner looked at
the pain marked face of his friend
than he hurst into tears, and would
have fallen to the lloor hut for Secretary
Wilson and Colonel Ilerriek. lie
was led from the roojn. soothed and
soon regained control of himself. Then
he said:
"I'm all right now. I'm all right
again. 1 must go In and see him
again."
Ills rCQUeSt for another took wna
granted. Ho stood a few foot from
rlio bedside and looked again at the
unconscious President. Suddenly Senate
ttpnon dropped in ids knees at
the bedside, and pcoriug iuio the President's
unresponsive face, said in
tones flint never will be forgotten by
those within earshot:
"Mr. President. Mr. President, ?..n't
you see me? Don't you know me?"
There was no response and the stillness
became painful as Senator llunna
exclaimed:
"William. William, speak to ine."
The President seemed at iVrst to remember
the familiar voire, hut no
permanent look of recognition eatne
into Ills eyes.
Colonel Ilorrlck went to Senator
Tlanua. raised hiin from the floor and
supported him as he led hint away.
Senator Ilanna became so ill that
one of the physicians was railed on
to attend him auil Mrs. 1 lamia was
sent for. The Senator is ill with prostration.
WHY IIOCTOUS OAVK SOI.Ill FOOD.
Prescribed For the President to Itellcve
the Cnntlng on Ills Tongue.
Buffalo. N. V.?A surgeon who attended
1'resident McKinley was told
that many persons were criticizing the
surgeons for having permitted the
President to cat toast, because there
was a general belief, among laymen
at any rate, that toast was a substance
that would i>e gritty and tend
vo Irritate the weakened stomach.
"I know we would lie criticized, and
nmeri.v, wuiwvtr u I'll.'llip' It)!' I IK*
worse appeared in the President's rnn?lition.
no matter what we dl?l," lie
said. "People cannot, lie altogether
reasonable at sueli a time and in such
matter as this. and we are too human
ourselves to oxjiect them to lie. Hut
about the toast."
The physician held out his index
tinner and the one next to it and
crossed them Just below the nail of the
Index linger.
; "There," he said, "that Is as large as
the piece of toast tlie President had
and it was very thin, much thinner
by half than are my lingers. lie merely
nibbled at. the toast. lie had hardly
u mouthful of it. not a mouthful of
not hulf a bite altogether. It was
given him not so much as food but
because there seemed to be no better
way of removing the heavy coating
on his tongue and the inside of his
mouth. The coating was very dlsa
greenblo to lilui anil was endangering
his comfort."
The surgeon ndded that of all of tlio
troubles of the surgeons of the last
twenty-four hours, none was more distressing
to them than the way tlx*
President's heart aeted. Some people
have said that the President lind a
"tobacco heart." This description l:as
not satisfied the physicians. They did
not understand the causes which influenced
flx> action of the heart and
it was impossible to treat conditions
which had symptoms that they could
not understand.
I*nt?HI'tptMel ifurtM In aicxlcn.
The .Mexican army of mon than 2~>,OOo
men i-; supported upon a trifle more
than 1.000,000 Mexican dollars u month.
T1 e Mexican congress does not cost
31,000.000 a year.
The Nebraska State Game Warden
has forbidden the farmers to fight the
grass-hoppers longer with poison, saying
that the loss of birds and game is
too costly a price to pay for the destruction
of comparatively few insects.
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I WILLIAM McKINLKY'S CAEKEK.
J Ho Koko From Lonly Origin to Position
of Greatest Honor.
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william Mckinley. 0
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jl Horn at Nilcs. Ohio. 1849. a
F Enlisted as priviite, 18(11. 9
A Mustered out as brevet innjcr. 18C5. A
v Admitted to the Lar, 1867. ^
m Elected prosecuting attorney, 1869. p I
\ Married, 1S71. " \
F Elected to Congress, 1876. y
A Member of ways and means commit- /
f tee. 1880. r
A Chairman of ways r.nd means commit- ?
tee. 1889. *
F McKinlcy tariff enacted. 1890. ff
a Elected Governor of Ohio, 1891. A
Y Ilc-elccted Governor, 1899. v
A Elected President, 1896. &
\ lle-eloctcd President. 1900.
\\ illinin MrKinlcy, soldier. statesman
iiml l'rcsldcut, will go down in
history as art American ?>r t)i highes*
typo. In personality ami achievement
his earner embodied those ?iualiti.C
and triumphs that constitute the
choicest fruits of Americanism. Of
humldc birth and roared nmoug a simple
folic ho roso steadily by his own
efforts to the proudest position open
to men. and throughout ids progress
his manhood remained unsullied by a
single blemish.
William McKinley was horn at
Niles. Ohio. .1 miliary 1S-K*.. His an*
eestr.v is generally classed as SeotohIrlsli.
but tliere were in it strains of
Herman and Knglish Mood.
Niles in 1 Si:: was one of the smallest
towns in Ohio, little tnor than a trading
place for neighboring fanners.
Wishing to give their large family of
children heller educational facilities,
the father apd mother decided to move
to Poland, which boasted of an academy.
During this period at l'olaml
young MeKinlev studied at the academy.
led the village debating society,
often relieved the postmaster, tried
ills ability as a teacher, and was
marked as the most promising hoy of
the community. It was there in 1N"S
flint he became a member of the Meiliodist
Church, a connection that lie lias
maintained throughout life.
He went from his schoolmaster's
desk Into the army. He was hut a hoy
of eighteen, hut he had learned his
duty at the heartlistoii". Win n there
was a all for volunteers young Mo
Jvlnley was one of tin* first to < i list
lie entered Company 1' of ihe Twett
ty-third Ohio Infantry as a private,
and ho soon saw active service. I'or
fourteen months ho trudged in the
ranks, and ho was sin-tied out for eonijnlssary
serjieant. Ilo displayed such
conspicuous jrallantry at Antirtain :is
to attraot tho notice of his superiors
and win a commission as socoml nontenant..
McKinloy's regiment saw
ninch tlirlit!n*r in the cauern campaigns.
llo was promo; ?I to first lieutenant
and captain, ami in isr.t was
lirevetted major hy President l.incoln
"l'or galium and merit oriou?- ser\ ic-.-s
nt the battles of 4 tpeqwitt. Cedar
Crock'.and Fisher's Hill.'*
lie was tempted to remain in the
army, but at tin* roiptest of his fath r
he decided to return to civil life, and
was mustered out in September, isiio.
lie was then in his Iwentv-tbird year,
lb-turning to Poland lie took tip the
study of law, ami soon afterward j
went to a law college at Albany. N.
V.. for a two-year course, lie was ad- j
mitred to the bar in 1S?57. lie was
then a poor young man of twentyfotir,
with 110 resources but Ids native
pluck and ability. Seeking n larger
held of action than Poland offered lie
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-?in ' tinwji. nun it t ii.ifun. ?ni:n.
MeKinley's first caw was a suit lor
replevin. The young 1:i wyer scored :i
victory and earned a fee of S2n. lie
proved to lie a man of s?- iimeh force
that he soon impressed h iii-elf on the
tlu> community, and after his arrival
at Canton he became the Republican
candidate for proyciiting attorney.
The county had always been so hopelessly
Democratic that Republican
nominations were empty honors. but
he made a vigorous canvass and v^rprised
old politicians l?y winning, lie
wns a candidate for re election, and
"was defeated by only forty-live votes.
Returning to legal praetlce. Major
MeKinley continued in private life until
187<?, when he became a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
Congress, lie carried every township
but one in his county against strong
opposition. He was almost as popular
in the otlier counties of the district,
and got ids nomination on the first ballot.
Congressman MeKinley held his
place in the National Legislature for
fourteen years. In 1S7S lie was put
Into a district with an apparent majority
against lilm of INito. but be carTied
it by 130O. Six years infer lie
turned a supposed majority of 1.70!)
Into a victory with 1500 votes to spare.
In IHHo lie ran In a district that had
given the Democrats a majority of
2000 tlie year before. It was a political
combat which has been compared
to that foucht mi? l?nt iviwm I.IiiiuiIii
and Douglas in Illinois.
McKlnlcy was a candidate against
Thomas li. Keed in 1NN!? for tli?> Speak?
rslilp of flu? 1 liaise, l?ut fate, wiser
than lie, reserved hiin for the Chairmanship
of tin' Ways and Means Committee.
the second highest place, and
sometimes the tirst, in the House. It
was thus that the way was paved for
lit" deKlnley tariff bill of 1M;m>
MeKii.ley was an important factor
in the National Convention of lssl.
Four years later at Minneapolis ho
was a Harrison delegate. Ohio tried
to start a MeKinley stampede by easting
its vote for him, but he arose from
the eliair. for he was presiding, and ^
challenged the vote, leaving no doubt
of his loyalty to his pledge. After his
defeat for Congress In 18tK? he was
nominated for Governor of Ohio the
following year. He was elected and
re-elected In ISOil. The Presidential
nomination came to ldui In 18WV. The
.campaign of " ' "" of the.
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most hotly contested in the political
history of the nation.
President MeKlnley's career since
taking possession of the executive
mansion in Washington is so recent
that its Incidents are fresh in the
memory. He has hud to face groat
problems and grave emergencies.
With l>ls entrance into the White
House the United States entered upon'
an era of Industrial growth and prosperity.
The President's conduct of the war
with Spain shod new lustre oil our
anus and our diplomacy. It. carried)
the country to a victory uutnarred l?y,
a defeat. It raised the United States
in the estimation of the world, removed
the last barrier between North
and South and opened the way to new
triumphs in the walks of peace.
In his last, address, which he delivered
on President's liny at th ? Pan-'
American KxpositUVn in Buffalo, Pros-!
ident McKluley pointed the way to
new triumphs in the arts of penee by.
the construction of the isthmian canal
u:id the adoption of reciprocity treaties.
In a speech breathing good will
to all men. and bristling with the epigrammatic
phrases for which h*> is
noted, he voiced a national policy
which will have little Opposition. His
has boon a noble career, ftil) of mighty
achievement's and unuiarrcd by a
blemish. '
Excitonu'tit, in Itun'ato.
P. rent . crowds assembled in the
-.reefs ill the business centres of Buffalo
at the annouiiceuicut that Presi1
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Mm .iii iMincy was (icaa. .uouiilcd
ooliee ehtirged their horses through
lie Cl'OWd* Slllll dispersed tljWIl.
LNBDR WORLD.
Nearly nil lines of labor nr** nr?
tlvoly employed.
Tin* number of unemployed ss
than for several yours.
In the building trades the n uour
workday is gi moral v observeu.
Six hundred coal miners have gone
on strike at 1 hinting on. Ark., in order
to enforce a semi monthly pay day.
More than 'JOUO mm are at work on
the Swiss side of tit* Simplon tunnel,
and nearly ISOO on the Italian side.
The cotlon mill pioperty in South
Carolina is valued at $2o.l? ls.rrjo;
nuniber of bales annually consumed.
Plans for the enaetuient of labor
laws during the app caching legislative
session in the various States are,
being formulated.
The Sultan's cooks went 011 strike
because tlmy bad not hoeu paid. The
Sultan ordered the pa; nieni of wages,
Imt had several eookx iuiprlsbiied.
The steel strike con iaucs, but it is
aulhoi'iiatively staicii that the end is
merely a question of time. Neither
side is wiliing to grant concessions.
The agitation against the employment
of i iiiid labor m tiie mines and
factories ot the count 17 is having its
effect. There is a not hen hie decrease
in the nuniber of children at work in
the industrial centres.
Wherever women street-car conductors
have heen tried they have not.
shown I heir lUncss to serve in sueli
a eapaeiiy. In scveru' towns lite
woinep have heen di charged and
men hired to take their places.
About forty per cent, o' the men employed
in th Minnesota mines are
l.'il'il-ir. I I
. l-.-l I .-III.
Hungarians, about eight per cent.
Italians. iin?l tin; rest are divided
among Americans. (lernians, French,
Scoicli ami Welsh. The mainstay of the
mines are the (Juruisbnien.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
The Kmpcror of Japan Is a poet.
J. t ion Ion Coogler, the poet, died :tt
Columbia, S. t'.
Se< retar.v I lay's chief summer
amusement is iisiiing.
Cuvi'i'imr I nirbin, of Indiana, proposes
thai Anarchists should be dealt
with as traitors.
Coventor tided cancelled bis engagements
to appear in public during
1 'resident McKlnley's illness.
Coventor Voorhces, of New Jersey,
says a law will be math that will
eradicate anarchy in that Mate.
Senator lJcpew ha? been invited to S
deliver the address at the -opening of ]
the Charleston imposition 011 Ltocoiu* I
ber 1. "
I'astcur, the French medical scientist.
was marked weak in chemistry
when a hoy in the iligli School at
1 <1 jolt.
The medal of the Italian Selene
Society has been eoicd to
Signer M;ncoiii by the Italian Kurelgn
M inlsl ry.
Senalor Ilawlej'i of Com client, is
Hie senior smvi.ii,-, otileer l lis- original
or.ua:i,/.aiion ol the Grand
Army of the lb public.
Sliuw 1 ni\ersity has conf rro?l the
decree of hi.. 1>. up n Cooker T.
Washington and Judsoil \V. Lyons.
Ki'^istrar ot I lie imisurj-.
Governor onaaii, of Colorado, is one
?f the In st siiois in ihe Slate, and linn
a I'olleelioti ?>t i . i?T i< t iinm
lime inns ii: ah cum
i equalled ; . .v. ..t eofintry.
Marion < .. w .i .'i always thinks qui
liis novels while wulkilng. Jle can
trump forty ihihs tit ;i -< rot. h, and
believes bodily fatigue elei s the
I brain.
Cineral Nelson A. Mile.- has added
to his collection of aruisi which is one
of the host in this could ry a sword
worn by Simon ItoMvftrjduring one of
iris Jiouih American cnnkpulgDS. v *
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Many a man wmM H he had
nothing to live on Uut* hist rcputihon. JI
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