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CLOSING SCENES AT CANTON.
FUNERAL SERVICES TO RE HELD
TO-MORROW AFTERNOON.
Interment to Follow in Went lawn
Cemetery—President McKinley
mid His Family to Start For
WMiiiagton nt Ni«lit—The Funeral
Services to lie Held in the Church
of Which the Deceased Was a
Member and All the Clergymen in
the City to Be in the Pulpit.
Canton, 0., Dec. 12.—Funeral services
over the remains of Mrs. Nancy Allison
McKinley will be held in the First Metho
dist Episcopal church of this city at 1
o’clock Tuesday afternoon. Interment will
follow in West Lawn cemetery, just west
of the city, and Tuesday. evening, Presi
dent McKinley and wife, and officials from
Washington, who attend the funeral, will
leave the capital, arriving there about
noon Wednesday.
These are the arrangements so far as
completed since the death of Mother Mc-
Kinley shortly after 2 o'clock this morn
ing.
It was at first thought by the faihily
that the services should be of a more pri
vate nature, held at the old homestead. It
was soon learned, however, through the
pastor of Mrs. McKinley's church, and
members of the congregation, as well as
from other friends, that the number of
friends who desired to pay their last trib
ute of respect to the beloved woman, by
attending the obsequies, could not be ac
commodated with such arrangements and
church services were decided upon. Rev.
Da Manchester, the pastor of the church,
has announced that it is his desire, and
that he will extend an invitation to the
ministers of all the other churches, of
which there are about thirty, to occupy
the pulpit and participate in the services.
From reports received here this evening
it is expected that Secretary Bliss of the
Interior Department, Secretary of War Al
ger, Attorney General McKenna, his wife
and daughters; Postmaster General Gary
and Secretary to the President Porter and
his wife, will reach here Tuesday morning
over the Pennsylvania line to attend the
funeial services.
The pall-bearers selected are from tho
older members of the church, and those,
. who, for years, have been close neighbors
of the deceased. They are: Judge William
R. Day, Hon. William A. Lynch. ex-Mayor
H. A. Cassidy, L. L. Miller, W. W. Clark,
Judge T. J. McCarthy, David Zollars and
ex-Mayor John F. Blake.
The First Methodist church, in which
the sarvlcen are to be held, is the one in
which Mother McKinley worshipped dur
ing her residence in Cantop, and in which
€e was f >und almost every mora-
L only seriou* indisposition or import
ant circumstances keeping her away.
Three weeks ago to-day she was in her
pew, as usual, and though she was nearly
Ml years of age. her attendance has been
regular nil the while. This is also the
congregation with which the President
has always been associated. It was in
this church that he was superintendent of
the Sunday school thirty years ago, and
here that he always attended services
when in Canton, usually going with his
mother. They hist attended together last
Beptember, wh?n the President was here
during his summer vacation. The Presi
dent Is a member of the board of trustees
of the church.
At daylight this morning, at the sug
gestion of some of the older members of
the congregation that an old-time cus
tom, now almost olieolete, lie observed,
to publicly announce the death, the bell
in the tower of tho church slowly toiled
off the years of her age.
Il is a coincidence that Mrs. McKinley
died at almost tho Identical hour of the
day as did her husband on Thanksgiving,
five years ago.
President McKinley refnalncd up until
about 3:30 o'clock, a little more than nn
hour after the death, and then retired for
a few hours' sleep. During the forenoon
he and his brother spent the greater part
of an hour walking about the more se
cluded streets near home, securing much
needed exercise and fresh air. The Pres
ident was greatly refreshed by the exer
cise.
In the afternoon, the President and Ab
ner McKinley drove to West Lawn ceme
tery to attend personally to the arrange-,
nients for the Interment, which will bo
made In the family lot where lies the re
mains of the husband and father, and
which adjoins tho lot which for more than
30 years has contained the bottles of the
two children of the President and his wife,
under carefully kept mounds that are
strewn with flowers whenever the parents
caine to Canton.
To-day the President tenderly and tear,
fully laid clusters of flowers on the graves
while the site of the mother's resting place
was Ix'ing selected.
Messages of condolence are pouring into
the telegraph office from all quarters, and
many friends have already called at tho
house to Offer sympathy
Stewart L. Bowman, of Lorain, the hus
band of one of Mrs, McKinley's grand
children, joined the family circle this
morning. The children anil grand-chil
dren, except Mie. George B. Morris of
Ban Francisco, a daughter of the late Da
vid McKinley, and nil of the immediate
family were here for tho closing scenes of
her life. Other relative* will come for the
funeral.
Assistant Secretary of state Dav has
remained as the friend of the President,
and Is a««isting In making the funeral ar
range manta.
During her life Mrs. McKinley showed a
fondness for visiting with her children
•nd. besides having them at her home ni
nuieh os possible, frequently vlalted al
their homes. She had spent one winter
with her son. David, in California short!*
tier, ns well as <o Pittsburg, !M1(! , ater ,
lHe Kon'** of tliv *'m
Almont w o weglts had elapsed since the
5* t«a>absLs, which was at once
pronounced fatal, pro«trat<x) Mrs \i q-._
ley, and the wonderful vitality which h i
kept death at bay so long h ad tlehld 'A
the friends and relatives into the -beii t
that the and woman might perhaps re
cover, despite the verdict of her
clan. Rut unmistakable signs
preaching dUaohHitm were percelv, ,|
yssterday morning, and at nightfall it w
e> ident that death must come
morning.
The demise of Mrs, McKinley was patc
hes. AU night long the members of (h o
t of From 1! o’-‘vk • »
the time of the death (be McKinley house
was quiet IM shrouded in .» stillness that
WO IVO Qf t h<* nSQUmful <ivn «
wnbm the walla, No response could be
obtained by messengers or reporters,...who
sought in vain for news.
Shortly before midnight the attendants
discovered what were thought to be cer
tain signs of dissolution. The fact was
communicated to the Inmates of the house
hold who had gone to their rooms, but
had not retired for the night.
Around the deathbed when the final
scene was enacted, were President Mc-
Kinley, his wife, Abner McKinley, Mrs.
Duncan and Miss Helen McKinley, chil
dren of the aged women. The aged sister,
Mrs. Abigail Osborne, the only one of the
Allison family now living, Mrs. Bowman
of Lorain, Misses Grace and Mabel Mc-
Kinley, James McKinley, Miss Duncan
and Jack Duncan, grandchildren, were
also in the said ijarty that witnessed the
last acene in the gentle life.
CONDOLENCES FROM BLANCO.
The Mnrxlial's Sympathy to Be Ten
dered to McKinley.
Havana, Dec. 12.—Marshal Blanco has
cabled to Senor de Lome, Spanish minis
ter at Washington, a request that he ten
der Marshal Blanco’s condolences to Pres
ident McKinley on the death of Mrs. Mc-
Kinley, the President’s mother.
Gen. Pando and his staff are still with
the gunboats Diego and Velasquez that
are engaged in removing the wreck of the
gunboat Relampgo, which was dynamited
some months ago near the mouth of the
river Cauto, and are clearing away other
obstacles Interfering with navigation,while
also protecting the work of constructing
forts at that point. The gunboat Depen
diente, originally engaged In this work,
met an accident and has been towed to
Manzanillo.
There are persistent rumors here that
the Insurgent general Rabi will accept au
tonomy.
Gen. Velasco Txtmaa destroyed an Insur
gent camp at Madama, killing nineteen in
surgents. The Spanish column lost four
killed and nine wounded.
Near the city of Pinar del Rio the In
surgents attacked the plantation America,
wounding the chief of the detachment in
charge and five soldiers.
ZANOLI STILL A PRISONER,
Police Have Not Vet Obtained Proof
That Murder Hni* Been Done.
New York, Dec. 12.—Charles Zanoli, who
is suspected of having killed four of his
wives and three other persons for the
purpose of collecting insurance money on
their lives, Is still a prisoner at police
headquarters. He continues his protesta
tions of innocence.
In his conversation Zanoli expresses him
self as being more than ready to help the
detectives in the investigation, and Chief
Detective McCluskey acknowledges that
the prisoner has been offering assistance
to him in clearing up some of the details
ths investigation, which have cost much
tl*e and trouble.'
The police have learned that the young
woman who had been selected by Zanoli
as his fifth wife just before his arrest
on Thursday last, is Barlyara Hoffner, 25
years of age, of Brooklyn. She had an
swered an advertisement of Zanoli under
the name of C. Wagner.
Zanoli has a smattering knowledge of
things medical, which he gained in his
apprenticeship for the trade of barber in
Germany. He is able to pull teeth and to
perform the operation known as cupping
and is familiar with the blister applied
after the cupping process. It is possible,
Chief McCluskey thinks, that he may be
possessed of the same general knowledge
of deadly drugs.
The police are now satisfied that Zanoli
did not make away with the child, Lena
Werner, (laughter of one of the prisoner’s
dead wives. The girl Is now in Germany
with her father s relatives.
The body of Jennie Schlessinger, the
fourth wife, will be exhumed to-morrow.
INDIAN TEHRITORYIS LAWS.
ConK<*esH to Pass n Bill For Entire
Rehabilitation.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The Indications
are that thia congress will pass a general
bill for the entire rehabilitation of the
Indian Territory. The measure, as now
planned, is to make It embrace everything
that has been sought to be accomplished
in the past by the Dawes commission,
which is still negotiating with the flve
civilised tribes, but which will be here
next week to report the discouraging ex
isting conditions. The bills will cover all
the questions of citizenship, all items of
lands, disposition of town sites, mineral
lands, full jurisdiction of the United
States courts over the present reservation
and other matters bearing upon the ex
tinguishment of the tribal organizations.
The flrat steps in the matter have l»een
taken by the Indian committee of both the
Senate and House.
It is understood that in a few days there I
will be a joint session of the sub-oommit
tees of the Senate, at which all these mat
ters will be gone over and significant steps
I taken in the way of settling the problem
of congressional enactment.
GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANY.
——————
Non-Interference Aareement In Ref.
i-rrnre to Egypt and China.
Ixtndon. Dec. 12.—The Berlin correspond-
I ent of the Dally Mall says he hears that
Great Britain agrees not to oppose Ger
many's occupation of Kiao-Chou In return
for Germany's promise not to interfere tn
I the Egyptian question.
According to « dispatch from Shanghai I
I to the same paper, the Germans are ex- I
tending the area of occupation st Kiao-
I Chou, and now control WU square miles.
I They have arranged a German administra
-1 tion and are already collecting duties.
The T»ung-Li-Yamen. says the dispatch
; has appointed a prince to negotiate a set- I
tleinent with the Germans.
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LAVRIER APPEALED TO THE POPE.
llend of the Church Asked to la«ae a I
\uncinlurc on Canadn.
Rome. Dec. 12.—1 t is reafflrmsd here that I
Sir Wilfred Laurier, the dominion premier.
‘ rsked the Vatican to publish a nunciature I
lin Canada. Baron Charles Russell, lord I
, chief justice of England, came to Rome I
about the end of last month to repeat the I
; request. 1: is probable, too. that the re- I
I que<t which isaued from Ottowu, was fori
I electoral eondder.H ion*, and It leads to I
I the suppo* t.»AQ that nothing will be done I
I m the matter. I
SAVANNAH, JMOJS DAY. DECEMBER 13, 1897.
i>, . COURT HELD BY A MOB.
MORE NEGROES HALTED UP FOR
THE SMITH MURDER.
One of the Three Prisoners Reported
Found Guilty and the Mob Starts
For the Scene of the Crime to Hang
Him—Subsequently the Mob Takes
Two More Negroes Into Custody on
Suspicion—Trial Held by Torch
light.
Hazelhurst, Miss., Dec. 12.—1 n an open
field, without a house in sight, on a high
hillside, with a crowd of eager men wait
ing to avenge the terrible murder that
has taken place in Lawrence county in
case a conviction was reached by the im
promptu court, the scene lighted by flar
ing pine knot torches held aloft in the
hands of the threatening mob, three ne
groes, Giles Berry, Will Powell and Tom
Wallen were standing trial for their life
last night at Bankston Ferry.
According to reports received at this
place from a messenger who arrived from
the scene about 1 o’clock this afternoon,
the quickly constituted court did not ar
rive at a conclusion last night.
Pokal, a little inland town, about five
miles from the scene, was called up by
telephone this morning, and answered: “I
have no time to talk to you now; we are
going to try three negroes and I want to
see it.”
The negroes were arrested with Lewfls,
who was lynched Friday, at the time of
the original crime, but were released on
their promising to appear next morning as
witnesses. They did not put in an appear
ance when the trial was ready to begin,
and search was made for them by the
mob. The search was quickly successful,
and the negroes, when caught, were
brought back. Then the suspicion oc
curred that they were implicated with
"Lewis in the original crime. Assuming
that Lewis was guilty, suspicion natural
ly pointed to these three negroes. Ac
cording to their own story they were with
Lewis the night before. The three men
testified solidly that they slept in a cot
ton house, about a mile and a half from
the Smith house, where the horrible
butchery took place, and that Lewis was
with them all night, at least he was there
when they went to sleep, and was there
when they awoke the next morning.
There are about 200 men In the mob, con
stituting a committee of the whole for the
trial. Reliable reports received here this
morning from a messenger, who left the
scene of the trial, state that the mob is
very moderate in its mien and has cooled
off considerably from its former frenzy.
The negroes, though considerably scared,
maintain their denial of any complicity in
Vhe crime l " with tinsw>*Snng flr'miziss.
A telephone message from Hon. Walter
Catching of Georgetown states that two
more negroes have been arrested on sus
picion.
The very latest reports received here
to-night from Georgetown state that the
mob at 4 o’clock found Will Powell guilty
and started for the scene of the killing to
hang him.
Wesson, Miss., Dec. 12.—The three ne
groes arrested in the Monticello neighbor
hood in conjunction with Charley Lewis,
the negro lynched for the quintuple butch
ery of the Smith family, were, after a
long trial, declared not guilty, but given
until Monday to le.Tve the county.
GARDINER HIBBARD'S FUNERAL,
The Services to Be Conducted at the
Cbnrcb of the Covenant.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The funeral of the
late Gardiner Green Hubbard will be held
at the Church of the Covenant to-morrow.
The services’ will be conducted by Rev.
Dr. Hamlin. Mr. Hubbard was president
of the board of trustees of that church
from the time it was organized. The
burial at Rock Creek cemetery will be
private. >
The honorary pali-bearers will be the
following gentlemen: Mr. Justice Brown
of the United States supreme court. Sena
tor Hoar, ex-Senator Dawes, President
Gilman of Johns Hopkins University, Pres
ident Whitman of Columbian University,
ex-Secretary John W. Foster, ex-Secrelary
Herbert, Pr<f. Langley of the Smithson
ian Institute, r Pr<»f. Newcomb of the na
val observatory, Maj. Powell of the bu
reau of ethnology, Anthony Pollock and
James E. Fitch.
The active pall-bearers will be the six
teen officers and members of the National
Geographical Society.
William E. Curtis has charge of the fu
neral arrangement. Seats will be reserved
in the church for the regents of the Smith
sonian Institute, the trustees of the Co
lumbian University, the Church of the
Covenant, and the officials of other organ
izations to which Mr. Hubbard belonged.
Also for his personal friends of the su
preme court, the United States Senate,
the House pf Representatives and other
branches of Official life.
BEARD MUST HANG.
Gov. Johnson Refuses to fomninte
His Sentence.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 12.—Gov. John
son; who is here, last night refused the
application of Bud Beard, the 15-year-old
negro, under sentence to hang at Carroll
ton next Friday, for a commutation of his
sentence to life Imprisonment. This set
tles It that Beard will hang.
Several times the governor was forced
to call out the troops to protect Beard’s
life from a mob. and while his tender age
has been urged in his favor, the governor
was Influenced by the fact that his com
mutation would encourage the mob and
lead them to excesses hereafter, wherein
innocent parties might be sacrificed.
The proof was conclusive against Beard,
but there has been a strong petition for
commutation of his sentence, on account
of his age. some of the best men of Car
rollton asking that the sentence be miti
gated.
SPOTS ON THE SUN.
A Great Group Approach inc the
Center of the Disk.
Geneva, N. T., Dec. 12.—Prof. William
O. Brooks of Smith's obaervatory reports
the observation of a great group of sun
spots approaching the center of the sun's
disk. The group is visible to the naked
eye through smoked glass, and may be
Bell defined with small telescopes.
GEN WBYLER AT MADRID.
An Ovation Tendered Him "by Over
8,000 People at His Apartments.
Madrid, Dec. 12.—Lieut. Gen. Weyler ar
rived here this afternoon. He was receiv
ed at the railway platform by Gen. Az
carraga, former premier; Gen. Borrerero,
former commander of the Sixth army
corps, and by a number of republicans,
Carlists, conservatives and Robeldoists.
As he alighted from the train they cheer
ed him, and then carried him shoulder
high to the entrance of the railway sta
tion, where he took a carriage and was
rapidly driven QjjL. Xbere was no further
incident, the public appearing indifferent.
A few friends, including Senor Romero
Robledo, accompanied him to his apart
ments. About a hundred people had col
lected, but they dispersed almost immedi
ately after he entered the building.
This evening a crowd of 8,000 people ten
dered Gen. Weyler an ovation, with shouts
of “Long live Weyler,” “Death to the
yankees,” and . the like. He will be re
ceived by the queen regent to-morrow.
El Correo Espanol says the Carlists have
abandoned their project for a demonstra
tion against President McKinley’s message
to congress.
It is alleged that the insurgents in East
ern Cuba have asked the government for
details as to the extent and nature $f au
tonomy, with a view of coming to terms.
Ge-.n. Weyler, in a speech, during the
evening, expressed the pleasure it had
given him to find in the demonstrations
accorded him, that the glorious traditions
of the Spanish race were not dead and that
it was still ready for sacrifices in defense
of the honor of the nation and the army.
He knew, he said, that the Canovas cabi
net in August last gave the NVashington
government to understand that it was the
nation’s will to pursue his (Weyler’s) pol
icy in Cuba until the rebellion should be
suppressed, without ever consenting to
American interference. He failed to un
derstand how the United States, silent be
fore the declarations of Canovas, now
adopted in President McKinley’s message
a “tone insulting to Spain and the Spanish
army.”
He believed, he declared emphatically,
that the government should be compelled
to publish the Canovas note as a satisfac
tion to the army and also to protest by all
means in its power agaibst President Mc-
Kinley’s message to congress.
To his personal knowledge, he asserted,
the generals residing in Madrid felt keen
ly on this point, while he was confident
all the conservative element of the coun
try would combine to avert the ruin and
dishonor of the nation.
INSURGENTS NOT TO SURRENDER.
Their Plan For an Attack: Near Ha
vana Reported Checked.
Havana, Dec. 12.—The plans of the in
have been checked, according to the offi
cial account, but the concentration of
their forces is such as to make it unlike
ly that the insurgent bands will surrender,
as the Spanish authorities have been hop
ing.
The business concerns of the city are
much discouraged by the actual situation.
They do not now look forward to a speedy
end of the revolution. All say they have
abandoned the hope that the insurgents
will surrender or accept the conditions of
autonomy.
HAYTI’S MINISTRY RESIGNS.
The Composition of the New Cabinet
Not Settled Yet.
Port au Prince, Dec. 12. —The entire min
istry has resigned. As yet the composi
tion of its successor has not been* definite
ly settled, but several well known names
are mentioned that will command the
confidence of Haytians and foreigners
alike.
This morning, after attending mass at
Notre Dame, President Simon Sam made
a circuit of the city on horseback, escort
ed by his staff officers, but without spe
cial military display.
The city has now resumed its normal as
pect.
DOWNED TWO DOZEN DUCKS.
Ex-Preaident Cleveland’s Party
Makes a Successful Start.
Georgetown, S. C. Dec. 12.—The launch
Water Lily came up to the city this morn*
ing from the shooing camp of Mr. Cleve
land and party for mail and dispatches,
and returned about 10 o’clock. Mr. Cleve
land and some of his party went out yes
terday afternoon to get a few shots at
ducks, and, notwithstanding the very’
warm, unfavorable weather, they bagged
twenty-four fine ducks and enjoyed the
afternoon’s sport.
Should the weather turn cold, with brisk
winds from the northeast in the next few
days, as most likely it will, they will have
fine sport, as those are the favorable con
ditions for duck shooting.
DOIBLE ACCIDENTAL DEATH.
rolicrinun and a Pole Fatally
Wounded in a Fight.
Chicago, 111.. Dec. 12.—Policeman William
J. Coghlan and a Pole named Bazlowski,
whom the officer was attempting to place
under arrest, were both fatally shot to
day
Coghlan a warrant for the Pole. He
and another officer attempted to serve It.
They were resisted, and in the melee
Coghlan’s revolver was discharged, the
ball taking effect just above the officer’s
heart. Coghlan’s partner succeeded in
overpowering the Pole, and started for a
patrol box. On the way, Bazlowski broke
away. In the struggle over the officer’s
pistol, it was discharged, and the prisoner
received the ball in exactly the same place
be had shot Coghlan. Both men will die.
LOSS OF THE DOBSONS.
The Dnmasre by the Fire Now Esti
mated nt
Philadelphia, Dec. 12.—The damage from
last night’s fire at John and James Dob
son's wholesale and retail carpet sales
rooms, 809 and 811 Chestnut street, will
reach a larger sum than was first estimat
ed. Over 8806.000 in building and stock
went up in smoke and fire, which was fully
covered by Insurance.
Dreyfus Story Denied.
Paris. Dec. 11—An official denial was is
sued to-day of the story published yester
day by the Intransigeant, which purport
ed to be the “real story of the Dreyfus
affair.” ,
UNITED STATES UNIVERSITY.
BILL TO ESTABLISH IT TO BE IN
TRODUCED IN CONGRESS.
The Measure the Outgrowth of More
Than 100 Years of Agitation and
the Suggestion of the University
First Made to Congress by Gen.
Washington—He Bequeathed $25,-
000 as a First Endowment and Had
His Directions Been Followed the
Sum With Compound Interest
"Would Sow Amount to More
Than 85,000,000.
Washington, Dec. 12.—The bill to estab
lish the university of the United States will
again be introduced in both Houses of
congress to-morrow.
The bill in general terms provides for an
institution of the highest possible type, for
the graduates of accredited colleges and
universities only, with special reference to
the work of original research and investi
gation in all important fields of inquiry.
The government is vested in a board of re
gents and a university council. The board
of regents embraces the President of the
United States, the chief justice of the Unit
ed States, the commissioner of education,
the secretary of the Smithsonian institu
tion, the president of the National Acade
my of Sciences, the president of the Na
tional Educational Association, the presi
dent of the university and nine other cit
izens to be appointed by the President by
and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, no two whom shall be from the
same state.
The university council is to have imme
diate charge of the work'of instruction,
research and investigation. It consists of
the regents and twelve other members, to
be appointed by them from among emi
nent educators, with a like impartial dis
tribution.
All courses and officers of Instruction
are to be determined by the council, also all
, regulations governing the internal man
agement of the institutions. Neither sec
tarian nor political preferences of any form
are to be allowed, whether in the appoint
ments or in any of the operations of the
institution. Authority is given to estab
lish with other institutions of learning
such co-operative relations as are deemed
advantageous.
Provision is made for the use of what
is known as “University square,” the site
set apart by Washington for university
purposes and lately occupied by the naval
observatory. Congress is now asked for
but enough means to enable the board of
regents to organize and practically inaug
ural'; thd institution. Gif fti.and' bequesrts
are to be deposited in the United States
treasury in trust and invested In bonds of
, the United States bearing 5 per cent, in-*
terest.
The present bill is the outgrowth of
more than a hundred years of agitation.
The thought of a national university first
came to Washington while commanding
the revolutionary army. Subsequently, as
President, he repeatedly urged its estab
lishment, and in his last will and testa
ment left $25,000 in stocks as a first en
dowment, the interest to be compounded.
Had congress fostered the plan this sum
would now be nearly $5,000,000. The idea
thus cherished by the father of his coun
try was also indorsed by Presidents John
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jqhn
Quincy Adams and Jackson, and in more
recent years by Presidents Grant ond
Hayes. During all this time the meas
ure was advocated by men the most dis
tinguished for learning and statesman
ship, but owing to the lack of organized
effort, nothing practical was accomplish
ed.
The more modern movement in this
cause may be said to have been inaugu
rated in 1869 by the National Educational
Association, after an appeal from Dr.
John W. Hoyt of Wisconsin, at the close
of his educational tour of inspection in
all tlfe countries of Europe and in the
American states, by authority of the gov
ernment.
That great association thrice unanimous
ly indorsed the university proposition, and
through its committee a bill was intro
duced and unanimously reported in the
House of Representatives in 1873. The
measure continued to receive the Indorse
ment of leading scholars and statesmen
from time to time, and in 1890 a univer
sity bill was indorsed in the Senate by
Mr. Edmunds of Vermont, and upon his
motion referred to a select committee,
with Senator Proctor as chairman.
The present general movement was be
gun at the Pan-Republic congress of 1891,
by the appointment of a committee of pro
motion, to be enlarged in the discretion of
its chairman, ex-Gov. John W. Hoyt,which
committee by steady growth, became what
is known as the national university com
mittee of 100—a committee now grown to
several hundred, embracing the presidents
of all the state universities and some 200
other leading institutions, the superind
ents of public Instruction of all the states
but one, and many of most distinguished
statesmen, scholars, scientists and men of
affairs.
In 1892, ex-Gov. Hoyt presented to the
Senate a memorial giving a complete his
tory of the efforts already made for a na
tional university, with the arguments
therefor, of which several editions have
been printed.
In 1893, Senator Proctor’s committee
unanimously reported the bill. Senator
Hunton of Virginia, succeeded Senator
Proctor as chairman, and the committee
was made the standing committee it now
is. It likewise reported unanimously in 1894,
and the bill was ably discussed.
In 1895 the national committee of 100
formed an executive council to act in its
behalf, both in the framing of a bill and in
systematically promoting its passage, the
membership being as follows: Hon. Mel
ville W. Fuller, chief justice of the su
preme court; ex-Senator Edmunds, Dr.
Wright, ex-provost university of Pennsyl
vania; Andrew D. White, ambassador to
Germany; Oscar Strauss, ex-minister to
Turkey; ex-Gov. John Lee Carroll, Gen.
Horace Porter, ambassador to France; Col.
Wilbur R. Smith, Kentucky university; ex-
Senator Eppa Hunton. ex-Senator and ex-
Attorney General A. H. Garland, District
of Columbia; ex-Senator B. J. Henderson
of Missouri; Gen. John Eaton, ex-commis
sioner of education. District of Columbia;
Simon Newcomb, ex-director Nautical Al
manac, District of Columbia; John A. Kas.
son. ex-minister to Austria-Hungary. Dis
trict of Columbia; Dr. G. Brown Goode, as
sistant secretary of Smithsonian institu
tion. and ex-Gov. John W. Hoyt, chairman
national university committee, Washing
ton, D. C.
This council, after several meetings.
Chief Justice Fuller presiding, prepared
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the pending bill, and in due time the Sen
ate committee, Senator Kyle, chairman,
submitted a favorable report, including
letters of indorsement from some 300 emi
nent educators and leading public men, as
well as the arguments of members of the
council before the Senate and House com
mittees, since which time there have been
a wide correspondence and distribution of
documents from the office of the commit
tee, with a steady increase of public inter
est.
With the approval of the national uni
versity committee, patriotic’ women of the
country, under the lead of Mrs. Ellen F.
Richardson of Boston, assuming the early
establishment of the institution, have or
ganized the George Washington memorial
committee for auxiliary, though independ
ent work, their purpose being’ to raise by
popular subscription 3250,C00 for the erec
tion on University square of a first uni
versity building. The ladies engaged In
this work are of such character and in
fluence as to give great hope of the suc
cess of their undertaking.
Moreover, distinguished friends of art
are planning for national art galleries to
be established in connection with and as
a part of the University of the United
States. It is the intention of the univer
sity committee that the government and
people shall co-operate in the establish
ment of the proposed university, and it is
intended that the bill shall be pressed to
early passage, so that by July, 1899, the
100th anniversary of "Washington's be
quest, shall witness at least the practical
beginning of what should become the lead
ing university of the world.
AMITE CITY’S ASSASSINS.
Stranger Shot Dead While Standing;
on a Hotel Balcony.
Amite City, La., Dec. 12.—Almost before
the sod had closed over the grave of poor
Joe Reid, another assassination is placed
to the record for Tangipahoe parish.
This evening at 7 o’clock, in the full view
by the hotel lights, S. B. Mullen, a stranger
here, was shot to death. He was standing
on the hotel gallery, and the assassin shot
him from behind. There were two shots
fired, but only one took effect. This one
penetrated the center of the back of the
head and made its exit just under the right
eye. Death was almost instantaneous. He
fell to the steps and rolled to the ground, a
distance of perhaps four feet.
Immediately a large crowd congregated,
and tremendous excitement prevailed. She
riff M. F. Edwards and Deputy Sheriff W.
J. Mullens were notified and soon organiz
ed a small posse and got the bloodhounds,
and as soon as the moon rises, they will
no doubt take up the trail and follow the
guilty parties. Why Mullen was killed is as
yet a mystery. He is an entire stranger
here and could hardly have had any con
nection with any of the murders here
abouts.
Mr. Mullen registered at the City hotel
at 8 o’clock last night, as coming from
Harrisville, Simpson county, Mississippi.
He is a man of small stature, about 40
years of age, and rather poorly dressed.
He claimed to hagfe been a
for the LouisvilXj Home and Farm, ano
waw for the purpose of writing up the
agricultural possibilities of this county.
*He had just finished supper, inquired
about church, walked to and looked over
the register a second, pulled out his to
bacco, opened the glass door that leads
to the gallery, took a step on the gallery
and two shots rang out and the man feil
dead. The man or men that did the shoot
ing must have been on the gallery also,
for the ball came out on a level with the
place where it entered..
Some people are under the impression
that the man had enemies at his home,
and they followed him here and murdered
him. Others are of the opinion that he
was a detective, and had come here for
the purpose of working up some case.
Still many assert that he was killed by
mistake; but the latter theory can scarce
ly be correct, as the man was standing
in the full light when he received the fa
tal shot.
ITALY WITHOUT A MINISTRY.
Marqnls di Rudini Not Yet Success
ful in Forming a Cabinet.
Rome, Dec. 12, Midnight.—An official
note announces the Marquis di Rudlni,
having so far failed to form a cabinet,
visited King Humbert at 11 o’clock to
night to acquaint his majesty with the
state of affairs.
The late cabinet, headed by the Marquis
di Rudini, resigned on Sunday last, fol
lowing the resignation of Gen. Pelleux,
the minister of war, as a protest against
the action of parliament in amending,
contrary to his advice, a bill dealing with
army promotions. It was well under
stood, however, that the ulterior reason
for the retirement of the full cabinet was
the belief that such a course was neces
sary in order to make it possible for the
Marquis di Rudini to eliminate certain ir
reconcilable elements and to secure a min
istry that would be unanimous.
The success of the Marquis di Rudini
has been prejudiced by the hesitation of
the Marquis Visconti Venesta, minister of
foreign affairs in the late ministry, to ac
cept the foreign portfolio in the recon
structed cabinet, which, it had been un
derstood, would include Signor Sanardelli.
In a dispatch from Rome to the Associat
ed Press on Friday last it wan asserted,
the Marquis di Rudini had completed the
task of reconstructing the cabinet, Mar
quis Visconti Venesta having accepted the
foreign office portfolio, and that the list of
members of the new ministry would be of
ficially issued on the following day (Sat
urday).
GERMANY STILL GROWLING.
The American Bole in the Sugar
Question Not the Cause.
Berlin, Dec. 12.—The greater ptyt of the
speech of Baron von Thieiman, secretary
of the treasury, in presenting the budget
to the Reichstag last Friday, was devoted
to sugar.
He said the role America played in the
sugar question resembled that of a pike
in a carp pond, and that the effect of the
Dingley tariff had been to increase the ne
cessity for the carp to combine forces
against the common enemy. The abolition
of the sugar bounty, he declared, cou'd
only be a gain to Germany, and he was
glad to inform the house that the latest
negotiations opened in this direction prom
ised a more successful issue.
London, Dec. 13.—The Times, referring
to-day to rumors that the British govern
ment contemplates imposing countervail
ing duties on bounty-fed sugar, asserts
the government has decided nothing except
to inquire as to what would be the effect
of such duties, because it is anticipated
that a European conference may be held
ere long to discuss the possibility of abol
ishing the bounty system.
SCORCHING MILE WAS SHORT.
DISCREPANCY OF ABOUT 200 FEET
NOW ADMITTED.
Miller’s Score of 2,0»3% Miles Cut
Down to 2,014 ns a Result of the
Discovery—The Scores of the Other
Riders Also Reduced in Proportion/
Hille’s Record Not Up to His Mark
of Last Year as a Result of the.
Change—Every Man Who Finished
to Receive a, Prize.
New York, Dec. 12.-The managers ot
the six-day bicycle contest that was finish
ed last night in Madison Square Garden,
now admit what has been alleged sincer
the second day of the race—that the tracl®
was short. To-day surveyors went overt
the course, and although it was officially?
announced that the riders had not traveled
a full mile for every nine laps, just howl
short each “mile” was has not been given*
out.
When Miller finished winner of the racer
miles had been chalked up to his
credit. From what can be learned, it is
believed the track was something like 200
feet short to the mile, and therefore, tha
actual distance traveled was about 2,01>
miles.
Miller was 67 miles ahead of thei
second man, and thus the latter will hav<3
to his credit -something like 1,949 miles.
Schinner, by the new figures, will have
beaten Hale’s old record of 1,910, by abouij
fifteen miles, instead of by ninety, as tha
nominal figures recorded last night indi
cated, while Hale himself is much below!
his old mark.
It is stated by the managers that
actual figures will not be given out until
affidavits have been submitted by the sur
veyors, who went over the course to-day •
and until other formal steps have beei»j
taken to insure the correctness of tha!
records made by the men. Probably all
this will have been accomplished by to-1
morrow, when the prizes will be dlstrib-*
buted. *
So much discussion has been aroused
by the relative prizes of the contestants
that it has been magnanimously decided
that every man that finished will receive
a purse. In addition to those who finished
who will receive prizes is Rivierre, the»
F renchman, who, as tenth man, notwith
standing the fact that he had been off!
the track more than a full day and night*
comes within the list of prize winners*
there being eleven prizes on the list.
Charles W. Miller, the winner of tha
race, spent the night at the Turkish bath.
he packed the BfoLhch 1 ! WK
he looted wpIL He irlt in gone#
condition, he said, and that he was fit to
ride another six days’ race. He certainly
did not look like a man who had gone
through the terrible ordeal of working
eighteen hours and sleeping only four
hours in the six days just passed. His
eyes were bright, and he was not in tha
least exhausted.
Regarding his plans for the future, ha
declared he had none, but smilingly an
nounced he had received a two-weeks’ en
gagement to ride three miles nightly on a>
“home trainer” in a vaudeville house in
this city.
Joe Rice, the Wilkesbarre representative*
who was unfortunate as to be just fait
enough behind the leader to win the second
prize, was found at a hotel stretched on at
sofa reading a newspaper. He was hold
ing a little levee at the same time.
“Oh, I am first class, thank you,” hei
said. “I went right to bed after a good
Turkish bath and woke up at 10 o’clock}
this morning. Then I had as hearty ar
breakfast as any man could want, just a»
plain, substantial affair, without any|
frills. Then I took a walk and came backs
for a loaf.
"I don't know what I am going to dor
unless it is go back to work. I don’t caret
to say whether Or not I shall enter an
other six days’ contest, it all depends. JO
things seem to come my way, I will. D
might have finished better if my stomacla
had not gone back on me. I did no riding
of any account until Thursday, but I’n»
not kicking.”
Fred Schinner, the third man, who like»-
Miller, hails from Chicago, did not haves
much to say except thgt he was feeling
well, and that he would race again at ther*
first opportunity.
Teddy Hale, is laboring urider the sama
trouble that affected him last year. He has*
almost lost his voice. But he looks to ba
in good shape and he says he Is. He tippedl
the scale at 164, his weight at the start. All
he complained of In the race was that he*
hurt his knee in a fall during the early
part of it and was much bothered by tha
injury. Hale may start for home or»
Wednesday, he says, unless he decides t<x
enter the six-day race at St. Louis ii»
February.
Golden said: “I am getting old now J
no more six day races for me. We old
fellows are ‘dead uns’ now. The young
sters are too much for us.”
Julius, the little Swedish rider, declared:!
“Next time I go in I’ll make them all
see things. I’m all right, don’t be afraid”-
Enterman, the youngest of all the con
testants, was resting at his home, bud
said he was not used up at all.
Harry Eikes spent most of the day in
sleeping, after having taken a long walls
In the morning. He will spend his dma
in Florida this year in getting Into trin»
for long distance contests.
The others who finished are in satis
factory condition.
Manager Bunot had considerable to say|
regarding the two Frenchmen, Rivierra
and Stephane. He even went so far aa
to declare no foreigner had a chance it*
this country against the Americans,
claiming on- this score that men were in
the race simply to pace some of the Amer
icans. Regarding Rivierre’s condition, iip
.said the Frenchman's leg was in bad
shape, but that otherwise he was all
right. Stephane’s complaint was in refer
ence to tjie sprinting that had been dona
by the exhibition riders during the con
test.
One important result of last week’s six
days race probably will be a stringent:
restrictive measure on long distance rac
ing by the League of American Wheel
men. Hitherto these events have be/rl
conducted under the sanction of th®
League of American Wheelman, but A.
C. Morrison, vice president of that organ
ization. declares he will prepare and pre
sent at the next national assembly of the
League of American Wheelmen an amend
ment covering the point so thoroughly
that it will prevent any possible counten
ance of such an event in the future.
Mr. Morrison declares that from every
r>oint of view the six-day bicycle raca
should be condemned; that it is an inhu
man and health-destroying institution.
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