New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-02

HE ATTENDS WORSHIP AT THE METHO-
DIST CHURCH IN PLATTsBURG.


LEY-THE PRESIDENT TO ATTEND THE
ARMY or THE POTOMAC RE
UNION At TROY
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIRuNE1
Hotel Champlain. Clinton County. ". Y, Aug.
There was n quiet Sunday air about the
Hotel Champlain to-day and the spirit of rest
seemed to pervade the region. Few vessels were
to be seen on Lake Champlain. and the smoke
OF passing trains could be rarely observed rising
above the grove that hides the railroad station
from the hotel. President Mckinley about 9
o'clock took walk along the road that leads to
the steamboat landing and went to the shores Of
Lake Champlain. Upon returning he prepared
for ride to Platshurg. having decided to at
tend the religious services Of the day at the
First Methodist Church in that village. The
President accompanied to Plattsburg by
Russell 4. Alger. the Secretary OF War; Mrs.
Alger and Mr.. Porter. the secretary to the Presi
dent. Mrs. Mckinley attended religious services
in the Hotel Champlain. which were conducted
by the Rev. w. II. Lyder.
The President. Mr. Alger Mrs. Alger and Mr..
Porter occupied the seat at the Methodist
Church Of Alfred Guibord the president of the
village. The Rev. A. II. Eaton. pastor OF the
church. preached a sermon from text found in
the twelfth verse of the fourth chapter Of the
Acts of the Apostles as follows: Neither Is
there salvation in any one. for there is none
other name under The Heaven given among men
whereby we must be saved" The church was
crowded with worshippers. many Of them who
usually attend other churches being present
One of the men present in church was Joseph
Ladue former farmer of Clinton County. who
recently returned from the Clondyke gold camp
;I,,ti, loft
passed the President put in a silver dollar
This afternoon the President took drive with
Mrs Mckinley, General Alger Mrs. Ager and
Mrs Porter Mrs. Mckinley took the Pres-
dents arm to the carriage. The President at
first had the driver drive down the lake road 10
the steamboat landing. place not before visited
by Mrs Mckinley Returning TO the summit OF
the bluff on which the Hotel Champlain stands,
the President first drove about the hotel grounds
and then through Plattsburg and out into the
open country beyond the village for mile along
the lake shore In returning, the President had
the carriage driven through the Pattsburg Bar
rack grounds, and Mrs. Mckinley witnessed the
turning out of the guard in the Presidents
honor. Lieutenant-Colonel McKibben came out
OF the guardhOuse and had few moments chat
with the President.
Late this afternoon the President received
visit from Martin /. Townsend. John \. Quack-
enbush and Charles A. Macarthur. Of Troy. They
pressed him 10 attend the reunion of the Army
of the Potomac at Troy on August IL. He in
formed them subsequently that, after talk
with General Russell \. Alger on the subject, ne
had decided to accept the invitation and attend
the reunion on August 20 He would therefore
leave the hotel the evening Of August ID and
he in Troy on August 90 and ~. and will then
start across the State TO be present at the re-
union Of the Grand Army OF the Republic at
Buffalo on August o.. While in Troy President
Mckinley and Mrs. Mckinley will be the guests
of Governor Black at his cottage on the heights
back Of Troy There other prominent Re
publicans of Troy who desired the honor Of en-
tertaining the President. but they all surren-
dered their claims soon as they knew that Mr.
dasirod q he the entertaner