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INAUGURATED.
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William McKinley Sworn in
as the Nation's Frcsideat,
PARADE AN IMPOSING PAGEANT,
Garret A. Hobart Takes the Oatli
.13 Vice-Presklout,
Chief .tnstfpp Fuller, or the t'nftril State
Supri-me f'nni't. Administered the Oiittl
nf Otllee to the New Chlnr Magistrate
-IMrertlv Alternant l're. blent Sir.
Kltilev Delivered III Inaugural Ail
itip.slntlic I'rpsenro or nn Knnrmnti
.icliili1t,i:p---t:cnrtl'tl fl-nm ttlr f iipldO
ti the White llnnsp -Thn Iittitt;iira1
I'nriiilp ftimprlsptt Almitt twelve 1'tittit
snlid Men nml Consisted of Two lllvl.
lorn. Dm' Military, tlm Other Clvle
The Hull !!.!! In the Pension Hllllillng
Mifjiillh'ptit Decoration :ho the
Scene One of Splendor I'to 1 I rework
lit Nluht In the (Iroumls sitr.'mimllir:
the ii-.hlnv.loii Monument Ur. Me
Kittle,' Handsome 1 nnucnral (town.
Washington, 1). C. (S:wlnl).ln tin
preson'oof n cheering nmll.lu In of people,
on n stand rft?J nt 111" cast fr uit of llm
Capitol, William McKinley, of Ohio, was
worn in by Clilnf Justice Fullor. of tho
Uuited Klntoi Supramn Court, in Preaiilnut
of thn UnlKul Sintoi. Tho now Chief F.xoou
tlve then ilolivereil his imuuur;il nddress.
At its roiichi-lon ho was ossortn l to tho
White Houso amid tho liaomin.; of cannon
anil tho shouts of his fallow oltixouo. After
luncheon ho took his stand in tho pavilion
recti'l on tho ptrk front nf tho White
House, nml from t hor, reviewed thn iniiu
Kiirnl parade. At nlRht lie ntteuded tho
innuuural ball which wits held iu tho lVu.ion
ljinldiuif.
Ttie parades, installation oeromonlns nml
AOOinl function! which attended the induc
tion of President JlcKinley wen) on n nioit
ulnhointo unit impressivo scitle. There was
it much lawr turnout of United Ktuten
troops than on Hlmilar occnsions, nml while
the eivio bodies wore not ho numerous they
were all uniformed in some iliso-nivo man
ner, nud, what is more lmportxut, nil lutd a
ehauco to mnroh up the Avenue, nil oppor
tunity denied ninny chilis in tlm past who
otood In linn on Citiatol Hill until iiUht and
cBirr justice fullciu
(He administered th nntb of ollloa to Presl
deut McKinley )
then dispersed, tired out nod disgruntled
with the eonsciuusneu of a lone Journey fur
jio purpose.
Filty thousand Americnn flairs made of
paper and 15,000 portraits of McKinley and
Hobart bad been distributed to residents
Along the line of the parade from the foot of
the Capitol to Waslitutfton oirnle, for decor
ating their windows, nnd 10U0 American
.flam of lnre pi.e bad been loaned by the
War and Navy Departments, and were also
used for street decoration purposes. The
oornloes of the roofs of the reviewing stands
were .nslelully deoorated, but there was
nothiuK striking In the way of outdoor
garniture during the eclu'.. ration.
Administering the Onth.
Shortly bofore 12 o'clock the President and
bis Cabinet, the President-elect, the Vice
President nnd the Vlce-Presideut-eleet
reached the Capitol, Saving been escorted
from the White Mouse by the route of the
lnnugurul procession before an immense con
course of spectators. The iueomlng
President occupied the President's room, and
Mr. Htevensou and Mr. Hobart the Vice
President's room.
Shortly belore noon they nil Assembled In
the Henute Chamber, the moinbara of the
House and Benute ana of tb bu)reme Court
IwlBtf present.
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A'rmt tliren mlnntn before 13 o'clock
Mr. Stevenson administered the oath of
office tn Mr. Holmrt, nml thi'n, with n very
brief address, nt the stroke of 12, dnclnreil
thn Hi'imtn of llm Fifly-fourlli Congress ad
journed without dny.
'J'Iih new Vice-President, nn extra spfnn
of tlii Mount" hn vlli'f hepti called, thnn called
the Senate of thn Fifty-fifth Congroe to
gether nnd administered the onth to nil now
lv elected Senator In alphabetical order.
The Hennle then took n recess, nnd thn
procession moved from llm Henntn Chamber
to the stand nt the east portico. In front of
thn rotunda. Th wnv was IpiI liy Hcrgeant-nt-Arms
Bright, of the Senate, nml a squad
of t'niiltiil policemen. Then followed Presi
dent Cleveland ami President-elect McKinley;
Vice-President Iliibjit-t nml former Vice
President Stevenson, thn Chlcl Justice of tho
I'iiMp I Stub's, thn Associate Justice of thn
linitpil Stiiti-s Supreme Court ntitl the inpin- ,
i-rs in me wnnit nml nniiso, mm timers
who lmi tickets to the stand.
Tin, iinih of nflh'p wis administered to
President-elect M'-Klnloy hv Chief Justice
Fuller, nn I llie new President llinn made his
liiuiiirm-nl address.
At IH conclusion, ho returned to thn Presi
dent's Mom III thn Semite wing of thn Catd
tol, mill from thpro was escorted to the
Whit" House ntiil.l l',iitii1iiLr of thn pnnuon,
ninl the slmnts of n i.'l'inioroim crowil.
A tioinhln lltturn on thn ntnml whom Wlll
Inm Mi'Klnloy took thn onth of ollli-o nt
PriMl'ti-nt w:i!i his TiMicr.-ihln niol'iHr. who,
ip.jiitp hpr plclily-ipvi'ti ypnrJ, nrm, on Irom
Cnntiui to witni - lh" triiiMipli of hur pon.
Mm. Mi'Klnlnv Ik tlm thlnl imiiIIht who lull
livi-il to '-n it jiioi tnkn Ihn onth of thn lV"il-ih'n-y.
Mrs (Inint wn tliu llr.t nml Jlrs.
llnrlli'M thn pnoinl.
Afli'rn I rli'f rnit In ni'litJlon, from n Ktnnil
nroili. on tlm p-irlc front of tlm Whlln llouau
FiMlil"iit M' KiiiIijv rin huviil tlm proc'Lislou.
The IVpalilpnt IIpvIpwm Hip l'lirmlp
T'in ri'vlotrlu stnii'l from wlih-h Pro'Mnnt
M'Ktiih'y :m-l u illstlniilHhnii jmrly of kupa'.ii
looki'il nt tlm rod h. Ion wim not t ti -l n I 1
In th- sinmrul hi'N lor Htnn Im, hut wns nmilo
th" Huhji-c't of i'oiiiiPtittoii In ipsl ;im hy
iiri'hllo.'lfi, mill w.'M iti' 'ti'il on plnns whilst
nrool piirtli'iiliiriv plviito poimnptlnn.
Tho ini'riil urran":n"iit ill tlnf pnrniln
conoiotHil of two urnml ilivlainiiM tlm llrst
millmry nml tlm wvoml civic, t'hnlrmnti
Htiinii tt-ii i,Ti'l to tn r;tl llnracn 1'ortnr,
rUF.SIDF.NT MvKINLEY DEMVF.ItINO IIH IS.VUQUIIAU
of Xpw York, thn position of Brand marshal,
ami ho it was who arrange I all ils details.
Tlm military graul division wits com
mnndn.'. hy fionentl Ornnvlllo M. Dodge,
United States Army, with (Innnrnl llillile.
koper, of New York, an chi"f of stall, nnd
Colonel Joseph P. Hanger, United Htntes
Army, ns adjutant general. Thn first di
vision of the military grand division con
sisted of two lirigadP-. Tlm first lirigmlo
was commanded by laJor-Gnneral Wesloy
Merritt. United States Army. Ills personal
staff consisto t of Lieutenant H. C. Hole,
Twentieth Infnntrti Lieutenant L. II
Hi rot her, Flrt Infantry, nml Lieutenant T.
. .Molt, h irst Artillery, nil ol tno United
Btntes Army. !
The regular United Htates.troops marched j
ill mw ursi iiivinniii. inn jiaiiiiiioii ui r.u-
gineers from Wlllets Point, four comiuinicif
of ono hiimlro I men each, who ore regarded
as tho Uncut body ol soldiers In tho United
Males Armv, marched on the right of the
line.
T here wcro four batteries of heavy artil
lery from Washington barracks, six heavy
batteries from Fortress Monroe ns Infantry,
three heavy batteries from Fort McUenry,
Mnrylaud, and four heavy batteries from
New York: Harbor. TUcso marched as in
fantry. Then, worn four troops of tlm Third Cav
alry, from Fort Elhnn Allen, Vermont; the
Ninth liilaiitry, from Hnckett's Harbor, Now
York: the Seventeenth Infantry, trora Colum
bus Uurracks) the Sixth Cavalry, from Fort
Myert the Unlit battery of artillery, from
Washington Barracks; oun liirht bttttery.froiu
New York Hurbor, and on" from Fort Adnms,
nt Newport, ami the battalion of Marines,
from the Mariue Barracks, W.isuington.
The second brigade consisted of the Na
tional Guard of the District of Columbia, thn
Wushiugton High School Cadet Itngiinent
and the battalion of cadets, from tho Colored
High School. This brigade was commanded
by Genoral Cecil Clay, with Colonel Theo
dore Mosbor as Chiel-of-HtulI imd Adjutaut
Ucucral. A second division of the military grand di
vision was con.p ised of thn National Guards
ol the various States, each beaded by the
Governor and Maff of that State who ttlteudod,
arranged in order from front to rear accord
ing to the date In which the Stnte entered
the Union. The third division of the military
division was composed of organizations of
veteran soldiers, under 0 mtlmnd of General
(I. O. Howard, with Genentl 8. 8. linrdutt,
Past Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army
of the Uenublio, as Chief oi Htaff.
Thn eivio grand division was under oom
niaud ol Chief Marsbul iiraluard H. Warner.
The Amerlcus Club of Pittsburg acted as I
escort to Mr. Warner, Iho largest organiz
ation of this division wits the National
League of Itepublioan Clubs, of which D. I).
Woodmunsne Is President. He bad a stuff of
forty gentlemen. This organization was
given a division of the civic division, and
Mr. Woodinnnsee was its marshal.
The aeoond division of the olvla grand
division was oomposed of clubs and associa
tions from all sections of tue country, who
marched In accordance with their seniority
of formation. The parade innrahed twenty,
four tiles front In close order, and the guide
was to the left during the entire march.
Uenerul Porter stood at Thirteenth nnd K
streets, and reviewed the parade, looking
south. His stuff was behind bltn on Thir
teenth street.
The parade had a longer march than ever
before on an iuuugural occasion. In former
years It was disbanded immediately after
passing thu White House. This year It fol
towel penusvlvauiu uvenue to Washington
Cirole, at Tweuiy-secoud street, denied into
K street, inarched down that thoroughfare,
which Is the widest street In Washington,
and disbanded at Mount Vernon Square,
Ninth and K streets. Governor iiushiiell, of
Ohio, was giveu a oo umuod to the military
grand division.
Troop C, ol Cleveland, mounted on blade
, horses, was I he personal tweuct of i'fvsiicut
MpRlnlpy, unit It rortn ImtnodlntPly In front
of hi pnrrlnif". Tin, vetirnii, of thn Twpntv
thlrd Ohio ltcpimont, to which MnKlnlpy,
ItonncniiiK nml former President lliiyes tin
lonitPil, mnrnheil directly la thu renr of tho
I'rc.ildcnllul onrrliiKB.
oF.HFnAti ttonAPE ronTr.n.
(Ornml Mnrliitl of lniiuiirntioii riirmln.)
The followlnir Oovrnon of KtntP, with
their stufl-i, pnrtlclpntPil In thn pnrmlot
(lovernor Frnnk H. Illnclc, New Vorlt,
(tiivornor John II. Tnnnor. llllnoix.
(lovernor I'rnimln M, Drnko, low.
tlovi'rnor Wllllnm . Ilrndlev. Kenttinky,
tlovernor t.loy.l l.owndoj, Murvlmid.
Oovprtior John W. tlre;f N"W Jemey
tlovernor An H. Ilnihnell, (Hilo.
lovernor Kiwnnl Heollelii, Wisconsin.
tlovernor Jonlnh tlront, Vermont.
Tin, piinido win tt lirillinnt ono lit nvnry
tmrlii'.uliir, nml tlm vnrlion ortfiinlittlon
tiled pnst the revlewliiit Ktnml In neijoril with
llm tmiM sehediile Iniil down hy (Iran i Mar
shal Porter.
At tho conclusion of the pnrndo President
McKinley returned to tho White House In or
der to procure for the inaugural bull,
InnugiirMl Itnll.
The ball, which was held In thn Pension
Building, was superior to its predecessors in
decoration and urrunguments lor guuBts'
comfort.
Thu Corrmlttoo on Decorations of tho ball
MK9. McKINLEY IN HER
room, to which was appropriated from the
gunruniee fund the sun f 413,000, decided
upon a beautiful iliuigt for the adornment
of the ball room, the decorations of which
consisted of a background of white and gold,
unit profuse llornl decorations intaruporsau
with thousands of tiny elcotr.u lights iu col
ored globe, of many tiuis.
Three great canopies, or domes, made of
white bunting, swuug from the celling, uud
the drupiug of the galleries and oolumns was
str kiug. The domes proper wera thirty-six
feet across the diameter of thn base, and
twenty feet in height. Hunting was stretched
jlnumceful, svieupluireurvos from the bass
nf the domPS to the oilmen of the balcony fur
rounding the en lire building. Thn bunting
used wns olinllls cloth, of which over lOO.imi)
yards wern used In beautifying thn big room.
Thn prevailing colors were wlulennd yellow,
intertwined in chain drapery nround I lie
balconies.
The promenade mnsln stnnd wns locnted nt
the enst end, nml wns ilrnppil In a shndo of
ilepp yellow. Thn orchestra sln.id wns in
thn centra of the south sldo bnleonv, nml
wns drnpeil In Moorish style, In whltn nnd
yellow. In tho centre of the building was n
rustic fountain, with whim nnd gold llsh
basking In eleetrlP-lleditPil waters.
Thn effect when thn lights wern turned on
the decorations was mnrvelonsly beautiful.
There wern HVtlO ground glass Incandescent
lights used In thn room nml llfly nro lights.
The 14H Iron t Illiirs supporting thn balconies
of the court were jacketed with yellow anil
white challle, and on each pillar wern sixteen
lights. The ilrnplngs throughout the room
were entirely of yellow nnd white.
At thn wisit end of the court, up above thn
second balcony, hung n Inrgn National ling,
consisting of red, white nml bine inenndps
eent lights, which by a mpehnnienl contrlv
nhce gave thn effect of thn waving of the
genuine hunting. On thn south side of tho
court, nbove thn band balcony, wns a set
piece, with thn names McKinley nml Itolmrt
on streamers, nml donn In elect rln lights,
surmounted by it shield of red, white and
blim nnd thn American englc.
At the east end of the court wns perhaps
tlm most pleasing featurnof thn whole poii
ceptlon. A I'irgo baleonv had been con
structed, reaching flfty feet out Into thn
court, to neeoniniodnto'the orchestra. This
wns beautifully draped with yellow nnd
white, nml n Inrg". deep areh had been con
st meted entirely of yellow nnd studded with
electric, lights.
Along tlm top balcony wern tilneed seventy-live
vnses tilled with tropical palm leaves,
palms nnd such growing plants ns would
Keep bright nml freh during the ball.
In the rear of thn balconies there were
prize eiTects of laurel festoons, onught tip
with green wreath nnd traceries nf South
prnsmllax. From pitch corner of thn room,
stnrtlng nt a point about ten feet nbuve thn
Moor, pnlin pxtended to the ceiling. The
four stnirwnvs nnd lending approaches' Irom
the ground lloor to the second balcony walls
wore thnteheil with evergreens, conveying
tho Idea of nn arbor, nnd about this were
placed singing birds in cages.
Ilitnitupt anil Firework
During thn progress of thn ball thn ban
quet wns served. Thn llaniptPt Committee
reeslvod proposals Irom numerous cntnrers
for the privilege of prnpnrltig nml lurnishing
thn suptier nt tlm Inaugural ball, nml It was
given to a Philadelphia enmror, who was
guaranteed the sum of i;000 by the poniniit
tee. The number of supper tickets, the prlen
of which wns one dollar ea ill, wns limited to
oonu.
The fireworks display wit better thnn
formerly, beeimso It was entirely uerlnl In
character and free from the set pieces which
splutter and flrir.ln and nrn of interest only
to thosn in the Immediate vicinity, even if
they nn, successful. The fireworks display
wns nindn In the Wnslilngton Monument
grounds, tllreclly north of tho monument.
Tho chief fentum was the production of nn
American ling of Immense proportions that
remained suspended nt n high nltitudo tor
twenty minutes, n constant shower of stnr
falling from It. Tlmro were nNo flights of
rockets, bombs nnd other beautiful au I
noisy tilings In profusion.
Mrs. MrKlnlev I nnticnml Onwiw
Thn gown which Mrs. McKinley wore nt
the inauguration ball was especially hand
some. Tim material Is what is known us
cloth nf silver. Tim groundwork Is of whltn
mt in heavily woven with silver thread In a
conventionalized lily design.
The train, whl'di Is plain, full nnd swecp
Ing.meitsiires two yards nml n hulf in length,
(in the left side it is open over a panel ol
see. I penrls embroidered on snlin.
lleglnniiiit nt thu bottom is a flounco of
Venetian point lace of it special nnd beauti
ful design, n halt yard In width, which Is
ensealled narrow lit tho bottom, nnd gradu
ally widens toward tlm top, until It is ex
tended it:i lull width over the hip nnd out to
thu buck, where it is partly concealed under
tho full train, Tho right side of thn skirt Is
nlso slushed open halfway up, nnd under
that also Is an embroided tiettlcont of penrls.
The bodice Is tight fitting and slightly
pointed nt front nnd bnck. The lower part
Is of silver cloth and Ilia tipper imd back
nf pearls. The same lu?o that Is mod in the
llouneo is fastened nt the waist lino Into a
narrow point nnd is driipod wider toward
tho shoulders III a V-shupe. From there it
spreads out over tho sleeves nnd under a
strap of silver oiolb, two inches at tho top
INAUaUIUTION aOWN.
and four Inohes at the bottom. This atrip
is also embroidered in peur'.s.
The collar is of peitrl-enr 'roldernd satin.
From it is a high Medici collar of the laue.
wide out aud full, to show tho patteru.
Long mid fairly tight are the sleeves, and
they are finished at the wrist with Vandyke
etfeuts, embroidered at the edge, from which
they lull from uarrow lueacf thu sains de
sign ns that on tho skirt.
With this gorgeous gown Mrs. McKinley
wore a number of diamonds to fasten the
lace, tho handsomest beiuir a diamond star
and a sunburst of unusual brilliancy. Has
also wore exquisite side ooaib.
The fnn carried for this occasion la of the
smnll empire shnpo, ol luce, the sume df sign
ns that on the gown, exquisitely embroidered
In penrls.
rnrstnr.!T M'KtNr.rT's mother.
Thn lining for this gown I of white satin,
hpnvy nnd rich. Around thn bottom Inside
nreliiilfado7.cn ruffle to glva a full client
particularly to the trnin.
M'KINLEY'S CABINET.
Rtnfptnent of the I'nrtrollns Geiiprnlly As
signed to the lsinlier.
With thn niiiioiiiiceincnt that Cornelius K,
Bliss, of Now York City, would be nppuinteil
Kccretitry of the Interior, tho Cabinet of
President M"Klnloy I comp'eto. Mr. Bliss
wns born In Fall lilvcr. Mas.. In 113. Early
In lite Im entered upon n rcercaatile career,
in which he has b":n unusually snccessful.
Ho Is thn senior member of the N"nv York
dry goods llrm of Uliss, Fnbynn k Co. Mr.
Illlss has taken a prominent fiart In ltepul
lienn iolltlcs, both city nnd Stnte fur years,
but has never before, hold ofllea, except the
honorary one of member of the Pan-American
Conference. Hn wits ehnlrmnu of tho
New York llenuhlienn Stntn Committee In
1H7H-HH, nml long has been Trensurerof the
iiepiibllcnn National Committee,
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const;t.:rs x. bliss.
As coinpteln l by Mr. Bliss's nnpolntir.ent
tin, list of Cabinet members is n follows:
Seereturyof State John Sherman, of Ohio.
Heereturyof the Treasury Lyman J. Gnge,
of Illinois.
Heeretury of War Ilussell A. Alger, of
Michigan.
Hecretnry of tho Navy John D. Long, of
Massachusetts.
Attorney General Joseph McKennn, of
California.
Postmaster Oonornl Jumcs A. Oary, of
Mnrylaud.
Hecretnry ol Agriculture James Wilson, of
Iowa.
Heerntnry of the Interior Cornelius H
Blisi, of New York.
WHAT CONGRESS IS D0INC.
The Fortifications bill wns nitssnd nnd
amendments to I ho Monetary Coumrenco bill
were concurred In,
Members of Congress will receive no miln
ngn for thn extra session of Congress, thn
law authorizing It ouly for thu regular
sessions.
Thn President sent to Congress the com
plete report of thn World's Columbian F.x
jiositlon commission. The report Is oxtrcmely
voluminous, the typewritten pages filling II vo
large boxes,
Mr. nlchnrdson. of Tennesson, secured Iho
f nssngn of a Joint resolution through tho
louse providing that a copy of the Congres
slonal llccord shall be furnl hod, upon np
plication, to each newspaper correspondent.
Tho President transmitted to Congress a
communication from tho Secretary of State
nnd accompanying reports from thn United
Stntes diplomatic nud consular officers on
tho passport regulations of foreign countries.
Mr. Ctimmlngs, from the Committoe on
Library, reported favorably to the House tho
bill appropriating 4100,000 to aid In tan erec
tion of a monument at Fort Greene, Brook
lyn, 111 memory of prisonshlp martyrs ot the
Bevolutlonary War.
Paintings, statuary and bolognn sausages
were, at a meeting of thn liepuhllcau mem
bers of tho Ways and Means Committee,
taken from the free list nnd placed on the
dutiable list. Thn duty in each case was
fixed at twenty-five per cent, ad valorem.
The bill introduced at thn dcslro of tha
wholesale tea merchants of New York: by
Senator Hill and Representative Qulgg
passed by Congress, Exact standards nro to
be llxed and Inspectors appointed to prevent
the Importation ot unwholesome or impure
teas.
The House Commlttoo on Military Affairs
decided to report favorably a bill to author
ize the Board of Managers of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to
establish a brnnuh in Vermillion County,
Illinois. An appropriation of 2(M),OoO U
carried by tha bill.
As a result ot tha proposition before tho
Legislature of Utah to place a statue of
Drlgham Young in Statuary Hall of the
Capitol, Mr. Barrett (Hop., Mas.) presented
to tho House a bill amending the Hundry
Civil Appropriation bill so as to provide that
no statue shall be placed in Htatuary Hall
until accepted by a Joiut resolution of Con
gress. The House of Representatives passed a bill
providing for tha adjustment ot labor
troubles between carriers of luterstnte Com
merce aud their employes. It requires the
Commissioner of Labor and the Chairman of
l the Interstate Commerce Commission, in
' oasa of trouble between a railroad company
uud its employes, to make an effort to settle
it by conciliation. Fulling In this, a board
if arbitration Is to take bold of the mutter,
both parties to be bound by its awurd.
CYCLING NOTES.
Bicycles are no longer luxuries; they ara
necessities.
Connecticut has 80,000 wheelmen, and 3,
000 are said to be voters. j
A good many of this year's lamps aro fitted
with danger signals behind.
Over U'2,000 person visited the reoent bi
cycle i how iu New York City.
Advertising by way of bicycles la forbidden
by law In Liverpool, Koglaud.
Manufacturers expect to sell twloeas many
blcvales this year as they did lost.
During the last two years in England over
100,000 was invested la the cycle trade.
Holland imported bloyole Inst year to the
value of !i, 500,000 florins. This is not such
bad showing for suuh a small oMolry,
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HELD UNDER BAIL.
A Hearing In the libel Case Against Dr,
Swallow.
Dr. fl. C. Swallow, of llnrrlsbtirg, was held
for court by Mayor Patterson on two charge
of criminal Html. Hn gave bond ot tKOO in
ench case. The grand Jury will pass on tho
coses on March 15. Dr. Swallow wns rep
resented by Attorneys Jnmes A. Strnnnhnn
nml E. W. Jackson. Some of his Methodist
brethren also nt with him nt the counsel
table. Mr. Didanoy nml Mr. Hlownrt had
legal consel in District Attorney (irnhnm, of
Philadelphia! District Attorney Detweller,
of llarrlsbiirg; John. Weiss, Lyinnn Gllbprt,
George Kunkel nnd Hurt Millar. Mr. Jack
son tried to waive a hearing, but the prose
cution objected on thn ground that tlm ac
cused should he given a chance to deny their
guilt. Mayor Patterson decided iu favor of
tho prosecution.
A most sltigulnr gn explosion occurred
near Energy. II. M. Hehiiller J. II. Sehiilfer
and J. B. Kennedy were seated on a traction
engine, going along the public highway
when they erossed thn pipe line of thn New
Castl" Gas company. The weight of the en
gine broke the pipe nnd thn escnplng gas,
Instantly igniting from the lire In the engine,
caused an explosion that shook tho ground
for miles around. Thn Sehnffer brothers
were hurled high into the nlr, and, alighting
In the soft mud of nn adjoining Held, escaped
without nny serious Injury. Kennedy, who
wns sented over tho flro box, was ba lly
burned, but It is thought It will recover.
Ihe engine was considerably damaged.
Anothsr Oil City Boy Lost
For tl.o second time within a few months
in oil City boy lias mysteriously disnppcnreil
Hid no truce of lilin can be found. J ho last
ine Is James ll.ir. Inker, aged 13 years, who
tins been missing since Saturday, 'i no other
missing youth, Alonzo Nellls, is believed to
liavo been drowned.
Jnekson Am'erson.of Davistown.wns found
burned to death in Ins cabin, Jackson wai
sn eccentric character, nud for years bad
lived n hermit life. He bus lived in his latter
days by tlm klmliiess of the people of thai
vicinity. Monday morning two of his grand
children took I. Im some food. When they
entered the cabin they wern horrlllcd to Had
thn clinrred remains of tlm old mini lying lev
fore the fire, burned almost beyond recog
nition. The right arm was totally consumed
by the fire. It Is supposed he fell in front of
the lire plnep, ami bring too feeldo to help
himself, he was slowly burned to death.
Jacob Debtor, aged GO years, a prosperous
bachelor farmer, residing three miles north
-if Jeaniiette, was knocked down and robbed
I few feet away from bis door. 1 wo straln
s'ors approached him nml represented that
:hey wen, purchasing chicken, eggs and
butter for tlm Pittsburg markets, nnd inquir
ed if he bad liny chicken for sale, and upon
Ills informing them that ho bad nothing for
tale, hi, was struck on the buck of the bead
mil rendered unconscious, and while In this
soiidltlon his pockets rilled nnd the house
robbed.
Judge Thomas Ewlng, of Pittsburg, bnnd
M down it decision declaring mi net of As
lenibly. passed in 1W5, giving special school
privileges to tho children of soldiers nf thn
ale war unconstitutional. Tlm bill was
passed to enable orphan children of
loldiers to attend school in whatever
listrlct they could find tho best nceotii
noilntion. nnd then to allow tho school
onrd where they nt'ended to charge up thn
Ixpenses of tledr schooling to the district iu
Bhlch they resided.
It stntcd on good nuthnrity that every fur
lace In Hhiirpsvlllo will go Into blast within
.he next ill) days, 'iho Alice furnace has
een undergoing extensive repairs, ami Is
low ready to be blown in. ft is owned by
i'icknrd, Walhcrs A Co., of Cleveland; thn
Tniii is owned by M. A. Ilnnna A Co., ot
Cleveland, nml the Hhnrpsvllle and Douglass
ire leased Corrignn. McKinney A Co., of thn
ime place. All these plants have been lillo
tbout one year. About oUU men will be nf
oted. Burger Fulkerson, of the West New Cns"
:le borough, sent live men to the workhouse,
l imy wto charged with destroying property
if the Pennsylvania railroad company by
turning ties, etc. They were sentenced to
Ml day each, ami gnve their names as Joseph
smiiu, of Pittsburg; Frank Grace, of Hnmil
on, ()., James lined, of Harrishurg, nnd
1 homas Ityan aud James Welsh, of Philadcl
tibia. The Grand jury nt Butler recommended
ihe erection nf n new bill not to post nrer
(7.1,000, with mule and female oompartmeuts
md a hospital department to be built of
Heaver munly stone. Tlm Pittsburg and
littler plnnk road bridge Is condemned, uud
t is suggested Hint measures be taken to
ttop louring In tho corridors ot the court
30I1S0.
March court opened in Ebensburg. Tho
The number of criminal enses down for triul
it this term Is unusually large, necessitating
three weeks of court. The most Important
3f all will be tho trial of Joseph Karmoiish
for murder, beglning March 8. Several Im-
fiortaut civil cases are down for trial. Judge
liirker granted 17H liquor licenses out of 211
ippllcution.
Mrs. Mary Walker and Nellie Almcs, aged
respectively 8 and 10 yenrs, were playing
round a lire in the yard of thn la ter, near
Henderson, wnen their clothes took lire.
The little ones ran into the hoti-e enveloped
In flames. They were caught nud the Haines
extinguished, but not before they were terri
bly burned about the legs, body aud face.
At the meeting In Be'.letonte t o secure the
ocatiou of a new penitentiary iu that place,
t committee was appointed, consisting of the
irn-ldent nf the board of tiado, Wm. Hhort
liigo, nnd the two members of tho Leglsla
ure from Center county, James Schulleld
tud ltobert M. Foster. They will select live
nhur prominent business men.
At a meeting of tho F.xeciitivo committee
f the Westmoreland county Sunday School
tssociution arrangements were made for the
luldiug of the II ft ti annual convention uc
k'ottdale, April 14 and W Among thu pro
nlnent workers to be present urn Mrs. Burns
Hate Superintendent; Dr. II. N. Roup, Dr.
J, J. Kepliart uud Geo. Rcyuulds.
William Sampson was struck and almost
Instantly killed hy a south-bound passenger
Iruin uu the Pittsburg, Virginia A Charleston
Kailroad ut Vesta Mines, near Alleuport lie
attempted to cruss the track before the train
ind was run down, lie was GO years old
md lived at Htocitilale, A widow and soven
children survive bltn.
Burglars attacked the town of East Spring
V'ld, iu Erie county. The general store
wned by u. L. Cross was burglarized uud
:be safe blown open. The loss will amount
;o less than "sJ0. The postofllce was also
burglarized and tlm stock of ready oosh and
postage stumps was curried off.
Charles Morrison, detective and brakeman
for the Allegheuy Valley railroad, was killed
near Kittaiiuliig. He fell under a train und
his head and left leg were cut oil. lie was
from Altooua, but duriug the last year re
tided at Eust Brudy.
In court ut llellcfout", counsel for peti
tioner voluntarily asked for the withdrawal
ot proceeding In the Sheriff content, on the
grounds of insufficient evidence. This leave
the Dumocratlu bhurilT iu poksensiou ot the
oflluo,
George ltahnlzer, ot New Castle; James
Harper, of Beaver: C. F, L. lIcQulntuli, of
Butler, and It. A. McKltu. of .Mercer, have
been appointed to make u new survey of Ihe
Hue between Lawrence aud Muruer oouutles.
A movement has started to leagallze tha
the sale of liquor at Apollo. A bill to repeal
the prohibitory set of INOb.so far as it relates
te Apollo borough, will be introduced la the
liKilature, March 30.