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The Grand Duke Paul of Russia is so
tall that no hotel bed is long enough
for his comfort, and he has one built
in sections, which he carries with his
luggage everywhere. The bed is put
up by a special mechanic, under the
superintendence of the royal valet,
■wherever the grand duke goes.
General Emilio Pallavicini, who com
manded the expedition that wounded
and captured Garibaldi at Aspromonte,
is dead at the age of 77 years. He
served as a lieutenant of Bersaglieri
in the Crimea, fought nt the battle
of San Martino in 1859 and in the
later wars for the liberation of Italy.
Thereaarte t no deformed or crippled
Chinamen. If a child is born deform
ed it is at once made away with. You
may travel all over China and never
Fiee a maimed native. When a serious
accident befalls one of thein he is like
wise put to death. This is part of
their religion, to which they adhere
closely.
J. A. Howells, a brother of William
Dean Howells, still edits the paper,
the Ashtabula Sentinel, upon which the
novelist worked when a boy. Mr. How
ells says:"l was born in the room
next to the one in which my father
worked on the St. Clairsville, 0., Ga
zette, and 1 have never been much
further from a printing office since."
The two biggest fire engines in the
world are in Liverpool, England.
These are the most powerful fire en
gines known, throwing 1,800 gallons of
water a minute and a jet 140 feet
high. The force with which the water
is ejected from them may be esti
mated from the fact that the jet was
"warranted to kill a man at 350 feet."
The three keepers of a light
house in England have been fined $lO
for poaching, by spreading nets to
catch the birds attracted by the re
flectors of the lantern. It was stated
during the hearing of the case that
no fewer than 5,914 birds were cap
tured between October 10 and 14, the
majority being larks, thrushes and
corncrakes.
The direction taken by Polar cur
rents is now being investigated by
moans of specially constructed disks
set adrift in the ice. Two years ago
a number of these were placed in the
floes to the northward of Bering
Strait, and this year some 15 »ioro
have been set adrift on the north of tho
East Siberian coast. It is hoped thai
in about four years some of these casks
■will eventually be found 011 the oppo
site side of the Arctic basin.
An experiment in marine fog signal
ing Is shortly to be carried out off
Egg Rock. A large bell is to lie fixed
below a buoy, so as to be rung fiftv
feet under water. It will be worked by
electricity from the Egg Rock light
station, so that the operator on the
island can sound it when required. The
theory of mariners is that a bell ring
ing under water is heard at a much
greater distance by sailors out at sea
than when it is rung while suspended
in air.
A bottle cleaning machine is one of
the latest labor-saving devices. Dot
tles are run backward and forward
automatically in a "bath" of chemical
solution, which cleanses them of
dregs, labels and tinfoil. They are
automatically placed on a dryer, and
ai'Urward delivered to a part of the
apparatus called the conveyor. They
Jire then ready for a dip into clean
waier. One man can attend to the
machine, which cleans from 23,000 to
30,000 bottles in a day.
A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says that West Virginia is rapid
ly becoming more and more the mec
ca of the Negroes of the South. The
climate of that state, as a whole, is
congenial to this race, and the great
coal and coking industries in opera
tion in almost every county, together
with the extensive railroad construc
tion being carried on, furnish ready
as well as lucrative employment foi
Negro laborers, of whom 15,000 are
employed in the mines.
The Italian government has decided
to purchase the Borghesi villa, in
Rome, with its casino, museum and
statuary, and gallery of pictures. The
Intention is to use it as a public mu
seum for the magnificent art collec
tions belonging to the state. The I.u
diviso museum of statuary, lately pur
chased by the government, and now
exhibited but to poor advantage in
the small rooms at the Museo Na
tionale in the baths of Diocletian, will
J>e at once moved to the villa.
■IWSIBI
Pays Eloquent Tribute to Memory
of the Late William
McKin'.ey.
SAYS"HE WAS A TYPICAL AMERICAN.
Comprelieiialve Suniniwry of Mvmo
rial AUilreni D«*ii by Invita
tion of Con»;ri-Mi« —Mtti'tyrrU l'renl
dent Will Ha ii L. with tin- (irmtent
of American staU-mneu.
For the third time the congress of the
I'nlUil stilts is assembleu to cuimm 111-
urate the liu and the utuin ot a presiuent
s.ain t>> the hand ol an assassin. l'he at
tention ot th-e tuture historian will be ai
trai teu to the leatures wiucli reappear *Hb
tiartlniK sameness ill all three ot these
awiui dimes: the uselessness. the utur
lacK of constquenee ot the act; the ob
scurity, the in&iKnllicance ol the criminal;
the biamelessnes«>—so lar as in our sphere
ol existence tlie best ot men may be hi lu
blameless—of the victim. Not one of our
murdered presidents had an tntmy in tflt
world; they were all oi such, preeminent
purity ol iiie that no pretext could he given
lor the attack of passional crime; they
were all men of dt rnocratic instincts who
could never have offended the mo.-t jeal
ous advocates of equality; they Wire of
kindly and generous nature, to whom
wrong or injustice was impossible; of mod
erate fortune, whose slenuer means no
body could envy. They were men ol aus
t< re virtue, of tender heart, of eminent
abilities, which they had devoted with
single minds to the good of the republic. 11
ev» r n n*n walked before God and man
withou? blame, it was these three rul rs of
our people. The only temptation to attack
thi ir lives offered was their gentle radi
ance—to eyes hating the light that was of
fense enough.
<ioing onto speak of the uselessness and
absolute folly of the crime even from an
anarchistic standpoint, he said: The
stupid uselessness ol* such an infamy af
fronts the common sense of the world. One
can conceive how the d«ath of a dictator
may change the political conditions of an
empire; how the • xtinctlon of a narrowing
line of kings may bring in an alien dynas
ty. But in a well ordered republic like
ours, the ruler may fall, but the state feels
no tr» mor. Our beloved and revered leader
is gone—but the natural procc ss of our laws
provides us a successor, identical in pur
pose and ideals, nourished by the same
teachings, inspired by the same principles,
pledged by tender affection as well a> by
nigh loyalty to carry to completion the mi
ni* use task eommitted to his hands, and to
smite with iron severity every manifesta
tion of that hideous crime which his mild
predecessor, with his dying breath, for
gave. The savings of celestial wisdom have
no date; the words- that reach us. over 2.(00
years, out of the- darkest hour of gloom the
world has ever known, are* true to the life
to-day: "They know not what they do."
The blow struck at our dear friend and
ruler was as deadly us blind hate could
make it: but the blow struck at anarchy
was deadlier still. . . How many coun
tries can join with usi in the community of
a kindre d sorrow! 1 will not speak of those
distant regions where assassination enters j
into the daily life of government. But ;
among the nations bound to us by the ties
of familiar intercourse—-wrho can forget
thit wise and mild autocrat who had
earned the proud title of the Liberator?
that enlightened and magnanimous citi
zen whom France still mourns? that brave
aril chivalrous king of Italy w ho only live d
f«»r his people? and. saddest of all. that
lovely and sorrowing empress, whose
harmless life could hardly have excited
the animosity of a demon. Against that
develish spirit nothing avails—neither vir
tue, nor patriotism, nor age nor youth, nor
conscience nor pity.
A Ty pi cull \ inericn n.
The life of William MeKinley was, from
his birth to his death, typically American.
There is no environment, 1 should say. any
where else in the world which could pro
duce such a character. He was born into
that way of life which elsewhere is called
the middle class, but which In this country
is so nearly universal as to make of other
classes an almost negligible quantity. He
was neither rich neir poor, neither proud
nor humble; he- knew no hunger he was not
sure of satisfying, no luxury which could
enervate mind or body. His parents, were
sober. God-fearing people; intelligent and
upright; without pretension and without
humility. He grew up in the company of
boys like- himself; wholesome, honest, self
respecting. They looked down on nobody;
they never felt It possible they could be
looked down upon. Their houses were the'
homes of probity, piety, patriotism. They
learned in the- admirable school readers of
T" years ago the lessons of heroic and splen
did life- which have e-nme down from the
past. They read in their weekly newspa
pt rs th< story of the world's progn ss. in
which they were eager to take part, and of
the sins and wrongs e>f civilization with
which they burned to do battle. It was a
serious and thoughtful time.
Karlj I lift ue*nee*.
It is net oasy to give to those of a later
generation any clear idea of that extraor
dinary spiritual awakening which pa-> d
ovi r the country at th; first red signal ilres
of the war between the states. In ISttO the
nation was going down into the Valley of
Decision. The question which had been
debated em thousands of platforms, which
had been discussed in countless publica
tions. which, thundered from innumerable
pulpits, had caused in their congregations
the bitter strife and dissension to which
only cas' s of conscience can give rise, was
everywhere pressing for solution.
In the s-outh as well, below all the ef
ferv« seance and excitement of a pi ople
perhaps more given to eloquent speech
than we were, there was the profound
agony of question and answer, the sum
mons to decide whether honor and free
dom did not call them to revolution and
war. It is easy for partisanship to say that
the fine side was right and that the other
was wrong It is still easier for an indole nt
magnanimity to say that both were right.
Perhaps j n the wide view of ethics one is al
ways right to follow his conscience, though
it lead him to distaste rand death. Hut his
tory is inexorable. She takes no account
of s« r.tline nt and int* ntion; and In her cold
and I'lmlnons eyes that side is right which
fights In harmony with the stars in their
courses. Them» n are right through whose
efforts and struggles the world is helped
onward, and humanity moves to a higne»r
lev. 1 and a brighter day.
The men who are living to-day and who
were young in 1860 will never forget the
glory and glamour that filled the earth
and the sky when the* long twilight of doubt
and uncertainty was ending and the time
of action had come. Patriotism, which had
been a rhetorical expression, became a pas
sionate cmotiqn, In which instinct, logic
and feeling were fused. The country was
worth saving; it could be saved only by
fire; no sacrifice was too great; the young
men of the* country were ready for the
sacrifice; come weal, come woe, they were
ready.
MeKinley iim n Soldier.
At 17 years of age William MeKinley
heard this summons of his country. He
was the sort of youth to whom a military
life in ordinary times would possess no at
tractions. His nature was far different
from that of the ordinary soldier. He had
other dreams of life, It? prizes and pleas
ures. than that of marches anu battles.
Hut. to his mind there was no choice or
question.
He enlisted as- a private; he learned to
obey. His serious, sensible ways, his
prompt, alert efficiency soon attracted the
attention of his superiors. He was so
faithful in little things they gave him more
arid more te> cfo. He was untiring in camp
and on the march; swift, cool ami fearless
In tight. He left the army with Held rank
when the war end&d, brevetted by Presi
dent Lincoln for gallantry in battle.
Speaking ejf the close of the war, Mr. Hay
said: A conclusion had been r. acln ei -
and it Is to the everlasting honor of both
sides that they each knew when the war
was over, and the hour of a lasting peace
had struck. We may admire the dc.*pt rate
daring of others who prefer annihilation to
compromise, but the palm of common
sense, and. I will say. of enlightened pa
triotism. belongs to the men lik• (Irani and
Lee, who knew when they had fough'
enough, fe>r honor and for country.
Turn* to Civil Life.
William McKlnlev, one of that sensible
million of men, gladly laid down his sword
and betook himself to his books. He quick
ly xa*cu« up the time lost in soldiering. He
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1902.;
attacked hie macks-tone as hp would have
<!>ini a hostlh entrenchment; (IntilnK th<-
nunc of a countr> law library too nar
row, h<- wi lit to the- Albany law school,
where he worked energetically with brll
llani success; was admitud to the bar !■ u
DM tied down to practlei—a brevettef'. vet
eran of M -In the qtiut town of ( ar.ton,
now and henceforward forever fani.ms
tin- scene of his lift-and hlg place ol -'P 1 ""
ture. Here many blessinKs awaited him;
high repute, preifessional succe ss\ and h uo
mestlc affection so pure, so devottd ana
stainless thai future poets, seeklnean ideal
(if Christian marriage, wilt find In it a
theme worthy or th<lr s ings This is a suD-
Jeet tow tileli tile lightest allusion s.-i ins'
profanation; but it Is Impossible to sp> aK
I,!' William McKinley without romenr.bcr
lr.B that no trio r -(nderer knight to his
eho«en ladv ever lived amonn mortal men.
If to the spirits Of the just made perfect 1*
permitted the <:• ■ nsclousres-s ;.f earth >
things, we may ' sure tliat his fail|\ f
soul Is now wutch.ws oyer that K'-ntle su -
ferer who counts, tin lonfr hours In tneir
shattered home In the desolate sph ndor
his fame.
RIIIITM I'IIBLIC UFE
A man possessing: the qualities with
which nature had endowed McKinby
seeks political activity as naturally, as •'
growing plant seeks light and air.
wholesome ambition; a rare power ol
making iriends and keeping ' ; a
faith, which may be called religious,
in his country and its Institutions; aiiu.
flowing from this, a belief that a man
could do no nobler work than to serve
such a country—these WIT the cleini nts
In his character that drew him irresist
ibly into public life. He had from the
beginning a remarkable equipment, a
mannerof singular grace and charm, a
voice of ringing quality and Bf'at carry
ing power—vast as were the crowds tnai
gathered about him, he reached their in
most fringe without apparent effort, lie
had an extraordinary power of marsnai
ing and presenting significant facts, so
as to bring conviction to the average
mind. Ills range of reading was not
wide; he read only what he might some
dav find useful, and what he read nts
memory held like brass. Those who kne*w
him well in those early days can never
forget the consummate skill and power
with which he would select a few point
ed facts, and, blow upon blow, would
hammer them Into the attention of great
assemblages in Ohio, as Jael drove tile
nail into the head of the Canaanlte cap
tain. lie was not often Impassioned; he
rarely resorted to the aid of wit or hu
mor; yet I never saw his equal Iri con
trolling and convincing a popular audi
ence by sheer appeal to their reason and
intelligence, lie did not flatter or cajole
them, but there was an implied compli
ment in the serious and sober tone in
which he addressed them, lie seemed
one of them; in heart and feeling he was
one of them. Each artisan in a great
crowd might say: That Is the sort of
man I would like to be, and under more
favoring circumstances might have been.
He had the divine gift of sympathy,
which, though given only to the elect,
makes all men their friends.
Felt ill Home in Confer****.
So it cafne naturally about, continued
the orator, that in IN76—the beginning ot
tiie second century ot tin- republic—he
began, by an election to congress, his
political career. There alter lor 14 years
this chamber was his home. 1 use the ,
word advisedly. Nowhere in the world
was In* so in harmony with his environ
ment as here; nowh -re else did his mind
work with such full consciousness of its
powers. The air of debate was native
to him; here he drank delight of battle
with his piers. In after days, when he
drove by this stately pile, or when on
rare occasie ns his duty called him here,
lie greeted his old haunts with tin- affe'e
! tionate zest of a child of the house; dur
ing all tin* last ten years of his life, tilled
as they were with activity and glory,
he never ceased to be homesick for this
hall. When he came to the presidency,
there was not a day when his congres
sional service was not of use to him.
Probably no other president has been
in such full and cordial communion with
congress, it we may exempt Lincoln
alone. McKinley knew the legislative
body thoroughly, its composition, its
methods, its habits of thought. He had
the profoundest respect for its author
ity and.in inflexible belief In the ulti
mate rectitude of its purposes. Our his
tory shows how surely an executive
courts disaster ami ruin by assuming an
attitude of hostility or distrust to the
legislature; and.on the other hand. Mc-
Kinley 's frank and sincere trust and con
fidence in congress w> re repaid by prompt
and loyal support and cooperation. Dur
ing his entire term of office this mutual
trust and regard—so essential to the pub
lic welfare—was never shadowed by a
single cloud.
I'nllnvny to the Pre*ldcncy.
Someone has said it is easy to love o.r
enemies; they help us so much more th.in
our friends. The people whose malevolent
skill had turned McKinley out of c< ;-
gress deserved well of him and of til -
republic. Never was Nemesis mure sv. i
and energetic. The republicans of 01, o
were saved the trouble of chosing a g<
ernor—the other side had chosen one .
them. A year alter McKinley left ce -
gress he was made governor of Ohio, a 1
two years later In? was reelected, caeli
time by majorities unhoped-for and over
whelming. • He came to till a space in the
public eye which obscured a great po.
tion of the field of vision. In two na
tional conventions, the presidency seemed
within his reach. But he had gone there
in the interest of others and his houo.
forbade any dalliance with temptation.
So his nay was nay—delivered with a
tone and gesture there was no denying.
J lis hour was not yet come.
There was. however, no long delay. Fie
became, from year to year, the most
prominent politician and orator in the
country. Passionately devoted to the
principles of his party, he was always
ready to do anything, togo anywhere, to
proclaim its ideas and to support its can
didates. His face and his voice became
familiar to millions of our people; and
wherever they were seen and heard, men
became hi:; partisans. His face was cast
In a classic mold; you see faces like it.
in antique marble in the galleries of the
Vatican and in the portraits of ihe great
cardinal-statesmen of Italy; his voice was
the voice of the perfect orator -ringing,
vibrating, persuading by its very sound,
by its accent of sincere conviction. So
prudent and so guardi <1 were all his ut
terances. so lofty his courtesy, that he
never embarrassed his friends, and never
offended Ms opponents. Por several
months before the republican national
convention met in 1896, it was evident to
all who had eyes to see that Mr. McKin
ley was the only probable candidate of
his oartv. Other names were mentioned,
of the highest rank in ability, character
and popularity: they were supported hr
powerful combinations; i>ut the nomina
tion of McKinley as against the Held was
inevitable.
Fuce'ii it I>lfileult Situation.
W.hen he came to the presidency he con
fronted a situation ol the utmost u.mcuiiy,
which might w. il have appalled a man ol
less eercm- and tranquil svll-conlidence.
There had been a state of profound com
mercial and industrial depression, lrom
wfiich his fri« nds had ha id his election
would relieve the country. Our relations*
with the outside world leit much to be de
sired. The feeling between the northern
and southern sections of the union was
lacking in the cordiality which was neces
sary to the wellare ol both. Hawaii had
asked for annexation ar.d had been reject
ed by the preceding administration. There
was a stale of things in the Caribbean
which could not permanently endure. Our
neighbor's house* was on lire, ar.d there
were grave doubts as to our rights and
duties in the pre mists-. A man eith< r weak
or rash, either irresolute e>r headstrong,
might have brought ruin on himself and in
( calculable harm to the country.
' Mr. Stedman, the dean of our poets, has
called him "Augmente r of the State." It is
l a proud title; if justly conferred, it ranks
him among the few whose names maybe
, placed definitely and foreve rin charge of
the historic Muse. t'nde r his rule Hawaii
has come to us. and Tutuila; Porto Kico
and the vast archipelago e»! the cist. Cuba
is free. Our position in the Caribbean is
assured beyond the possibility of future
question. The- doctrine called by the name
, of Monro .so long derided and eb-r.itd by
alien publicists, evokes r.ow no challenge
or contradiction when uttered 'to ih<-
world. It has become an Int. rr.atlonul
, truism. Our sister republics to the south
, of us are convinced that we desire only
their peace ar.d prosperity. Kurope knows
! that we cherish no dreams but those of
world-wide commerce, the benefit of which
&hal! i"- to all nations-. The state Is aug
mented, but it threatens no nation under
heaven. As to those regions which have
come under the shadow of ouVflng. the pos-
I slbllity e»f their being damagi d by such a
change of circumstances was in the view
of McKinley a thing unthinkable. To be
lieve that we could not administer In m
to their advantage, was to turn ir.fldci to
our American lalth ot more tl.an a hun
dred years.
A Great Diplomat.
In dealing with foreign powers, he will
take r.i k with the gruu-fi >1 our dip.o
matl>ts. it was a world of which he nad
nitie hpecial kllowieufce 1/. fore coming to
the presidency. Hut his marvelous adapt
ability was in nothing more rtmarkanle
than in the lirm gr;.sp he immediately dis
played in international relations. In pre
paring for war and in th» r» storation of
pract he was alike adroit, courteous and
tar-sighted. When t< sudden emergency
declared itself, as in China, in a Mate of
things of which 6ur histor> lumished no
precedent and international law no safe
and certain precept, 1. hesitated not a mo
no nt to take the oour.-t* marked out (or
him by considerations-of humanity and the
national interests. Kvcn whilt the lega
tions were lighting for their lives against
bands of infuriated fanatics, he decided
that we were at peace with China; and
while that conclusion did not hinder him
from taking the most energetic measures
to rescue our Imperiled citizen.-. It etiabh d
him to maintain close and fiicnd.y rela
tions with the wise and her ie viceroys of
the south, whose resolute stand k avert that
ancient empire from anarchy and spolia
tion. H« disposed of every «ju« stion as it
arose with a promptness and clarity of
vision that astonished his advisers, and he
never had occasion to review a judgment
or r< verse a decision.
lly patience, by firmness, by sheer rea
sonableness, he improved our understand
ing with all the great powers ot tie worlu,
and rightly gained the blessing which be
longs to the peacemakers.
The Nation** I'rowperity,
Hut, according to Mr. Hay. tin* achieve- !
in. Nts of the nation in war and diplomacy
are thrown in the shade by the vast eco
nomical developments which took place
during Mr. Mckinley's-administration. l'l> '
to th« time of his lirst election, the coun- I
try was suffering lrom a long period of tie- .
press;ion, tin reasons of which 1 will not i
try to seek. Hut lrom the moment t lie bal- ;
lots Were counted that betokened his ad- j
vent to power a great and momentous
movem< nt In advance declared itself along
all the lines of industry and commerce . ;
In the very month of his inauguration steel
rails began to be sold at S!S a ton—one of
the most significant facts of modern times.
It meant that American industries lntd ad
justed themselves to the long depression—
that through the power of the race to or
ganize and comblr.' . stimulated by the con
ditions then prevailing, and perhaps by the
prospect of legislation favorable to indus
try. America had begun to undersell the
res* of the world. The mov> ment went on
without ceasing. The president and his
part> kept the pledges of their platform
and their canvass.
Kudeil Third Term Talk.
Mr. McKinley was reelected by an over
whelming majority. He inspired uni
versal confidence, which is the lifeblood
of the commercial system of the world.
It began frequently t«» be said that such
a state of things ought to continue; one
after another men of prominence said
that the president was his own best suc
ce. or. lie paid little attention to these
suggestions until they were repeated by
some of his nearest friends. Then he
saw that one of the most cherished tra
ditions of our public life was in danger.
The generation which has seen th- proph
iey of the papal throne Non videhls annos>
Petri—twice contradicted by the longevity
of holy men was Iti peril of forgetting
the unwritt* n law of our republic: Thou
shalt not exceed the years of Washing
ton. The president saw it was time to
speak, and In his characteristic manner
he spoke, briefly, but enough. Where
the lightning* strikes there is no need of
Iteration. From that hour no one
dreamed of doubting his purpose of re
tiring at the end of his second term, and
it will be lon° before another such les
son is reou!red.
II lull Hopes for the Fiitnro.
T spent a day with him shortly before
lie started on his fateful journey to Buf
falo. Never had I seen him higher in
hope and patriotic confidence. He was
as sure of the future of his country as
the Psalmist who cried: "Glorious things
are spoken of thee, thou City of God."
He was gratified to the heart that we
had arranged a treaty which gave us a
free hand in the isthmus. In fancy he
saw the canal already built and the ar
gosies of the world passing through it
in peace and amity. He saw in the im
mense evolution of American trade the
fulfillment of all his dreams, the reward
of all his labors. He was—T need not
say—an ardent protectionist, never more
sincere and devoted than during those
last days of his life. He regarded reci
procity as the* bulwark of protee tion—
not a breach, hut a fulfillment eif the
law. The* treaties which fe>r four vears
had been preparing under his personal
supervision he regarded as ancillary to
i *lie general scheme. He* was opposed to
j anv revolutionary plan of change in the
I existing legislation: ho was careful to
j noint e»ut that everything he had done
I In faithful compliance with the law
itself.
I In that mood of high hope, of generous
; expectation, he we nt to Buffalo, and
I there, em the .threshold e»f eternity, he
delivered that memorable speech, worthy
I for its loftiness of tone, its blameless
morality, its breadth of vie w, to be re
garded as his testament te> the nation.
The Tragic Kud.
The next day sped the bolt of doom,
and for a week after—ln an agony e>f
dread broken by illusive glimpses of
j hope that our prayors might be answered
-the* nation waited for the end. Nothing
i-n the glorious life that we saw gradual
ly waning was more admirable and ex
emplary than its close. The gentle hu
manity of his words, when he saw his
assailant in danger e>f summary ven
geance: "Don't let tin m hurt him:" his
chivalrous care that tin news should be
broken gently to his wife; the fine cour
tesy with which he apologized for the
damage which his death would bring to
the great exhibition: ami the heroic' resig
nation of his final weirds: "It is (Joel's
way. His will, not ours, be done," were
all the instinctive expressions of a nature
so lofty and so pure* that pride in its
nobility at once softened and enhanced
the nation's sense of loss. The republic
grieved over such a son—but is proud
forever eif having produced him. Aft«r
all. in spite of its tragic ending, his life
was extraordinarily happy. He had, all
his days, troops of friends, tin* chee*r of
fame and fruitful labor; and he became
at mst
"On fortune's crowning slope,
The pillar eif a people's hope.
The center of a world's desire."
He was fortunate l even in his untimely
death, for an eve nt so tragical called the
worlel imperatively to the immediate
study of his life and character, and thus
anticipated the sure praises e>f posterity.
In Conclusion.
The obvious elements which enter into
the.tame of a public man are few and by
no "means recondite. The man who fills
a great station in a period e»f change,
who leads his country successfully
through a time of crisis; who, by his
power of persuading and controlling oth
ers. has been able to commanel the best
thought of his age. so as to leave his
country in a moral or material condition
in advance of where* he found it—such a
man's position in history is secure. If,
in addition to this, his written or spok< n
words possess the subtle quality which
carry them far and lodge them in men s
hearts; and, more than all. If his utter
ances and actions, while informed with
a lofty morality, are yet tinged with the
glow 'of human sympathy, the fame of
such a man will shine like' a beacon
through the mists of ages—an object of
reverence, of imitation and e»f love It
should be to us an occasion of solemn
pride that in the three great crises of our
history such a man was not denied us.
The moral value to a nation of a re
nown such as Washington's and "Lincoln's
and McKinlev's is beyond ail computa
tion. No loftier Ideal can be* h*»m tip to
the emulation of ingenuous youth. W'th
such examples we cannot be wholly
Ignoble. Grateful as we may be for what
1 hev did. let us be* "till more grateful for
what they were. Wh'le our daily being,
our public policies, still feel the influence
o«" their work, let us pray that in »»ur
spirits their lives may be voluble, calling
us upward and onward.
There is not one of us but feels prouder
of his native land because the august tig
ure of Washington presided over its be
ginnings; no one but vows it a tenderer
love because Lincoln poured out his blood
tor it; no one but must feel his devotiop
for his country renewed and kimlled
when he remembers how McKinley loved,
revered and served it, showed In his life
how a citizen should live, and in his last
hour taught us how a ganttonun could
die.
BIG FALL OF 1* AIX.
It Caused Disaster at Points in
Southern States.
iilrrni ItoMe ItuplUly Kalnfall tit
ColiiiiibiiM. Wit* liike u
Cloud burnt -- It all ri>u <1 a
Under Water—Oilier
Humane lloue.
Atlanta, (la., Feb. 28. —The south
pastern K'ulf states were deluged by
rain Wednesday night and Thursday.
The precipitation was very heavy and
at Columbus, (ia., a bridge was
swept away last evening. The rain
tall there was almost a cloudburst,
the Chattahooehie river rising at the
rate of two feet an hour. Several
washouts were reported on a number
of roads, and trains out of Columbus
were annulled. There was no loss
of life.
The Columbus bridge broke in two
100 feet from the (ieorgia shore and
went sweeping down stream at a
frightful pace. Just four and a half
blocks below it is the other bridge
which crosses to (iirard, Ala., and it
also would have been carried away
had not the fall over the Eagle and
Phoenix dam demolished the lloating
bridge before it reached it. The
electric light and telephone wires
running over to Phoenix City and
Girard went across on the bridge and
they were snapped like threads. The
water pipes which supplied the city
with water also were on this bridge
and were broken like sticks and car
ried away, leaving the city without
water for a time.
The water company has an old sub
merged main across the river and this
was placed in commission, saving the
city from a water famine.
The rain fell in torrents all day.
Xo trains except the Central of Geor
gia from Macon have reached Colum
bus since noon. A washout near
I Scale, Ala., holds the Mobile and Gi
! rard passenger train due yesterday
I morning, and the departing train on
that road was annulled. There are
several washouts on the Seaboard
Air Line between here and Albany,
Ga., which stops traffic on that line.
Several washouts are reported on the
Southern between here and Shiloli.
There is a large washout on the
Southern railway in Columbus city
limits.
After an intermittent rain of 20
days Birmingham was deluged Thurs
day morning. The rain flooded the
streets and many awnings and street
signs were torn away.
The total rainfall in Montgomery,
Ala., up to 7 p. m.was 4..">0 inches
and a heavy downpour is reported in
other points of Alabama. The
barometer recorded 21).2u, the lowest
on record in that city.
The excessive rainfall caused a
rapid rise in the Coosa and Alabama
rivers. At West Point, Ga., the mer
chants are busy removing their goods
front stores to places of safety.
In Atlanta the rainfall up to 8
o'clock last night was 3.36 inches,
j The barometer was the lowest ever
I recorded.
In the southwestern section of this
j state the rain and wind storm almost
attained the proporitons of a cyclone
and it is feared considerable dam
age will result. In Ainericus trees
and fences were blown down by the
gale.
Tampa, Fla., Feb. 28. —Hurricane
signals are out here and the wind is
I blowing :i4 miles an hour. All boats
j are close in port and a severe storm
!is raging in the gulf. Advices from
t Martin state that a hurricane has
; struck that place and scores of
I houses in the town have been demol-
J islied or damaged by the storm.
; There was a cloudburst at that place
■ ilso and the town was flooded. Ad
' vices from Key West state that a
i heavy blow is in progress.
RECEIVER IN CHARGE.
A C1II('«k» Financial Institution Es In
DistrcNN.
Chicago, Feb. 28.—The Surety Guar
j antee and Trust Co.. a concern with
an alleged capital of $1,000,000, went
j into the hands of a receiver yester
i day as a result of bankruptcy pro
! ceedings instituted before Judge
Kolilsaat, of th< United States dis
| triet court. Assets amounting to
| SI,OOO were foitud in the company's
ollice, and the receiver, Wells M.
Cook, gave a bond to cover that
amount.
The petition to have the Surety
Guarantee and Trust Co. declared
bankrupt was -filed on behalf of John
R. Prime, ex-adjutant general of
lowa, and one of the most promi
nent republicans of that state, llich
ards <£■ Hilt/, and X. H. Wilson, all
of l)es Moines, la. Their claims ag
gregate $1,580, of which Gen. Prime
alleges that $1,500 was obtained from
him by false representations con
cerning the financial condition of the
company.
The last statement issued, cover
ing the period between July 1, 180'.),
and September 30, 1891, is as follows:
Securities negotiated, $2, 5 00,400;
commissions received on bond sales,
etc., $280,235; commissions paid
agents $124,500; trust company's
expenses $26,350.
The statement also contains the in
formation tnat its available assetft
for the protection of creditors
amount to $597,331, of which there
are first, mortgage loans on improved
farm and city property aggregating
$372,800.
Ilorden /tdVHiicrn Wage*.
Fall River, Mass., Feb. 28. Notices
were posted Thursday in the four
cotton mills of the Fall River Iron
Works announcing that on and after
March 17 wages would be advanced
10 per cent. The Iron Works mills,
which employ up»vards of 3,000 hands,
are owned by M. C. I). Ilorden, of
New Y'ork, and are independent of
the other mills which havejust decid
ed to grant an increase of slightly
over (5 per cent. Mr. Horden's increase
meets the schedule demanded of the
other manufacturers by the labor
unions.
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