New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-01
MAJOR M'KINLEY'S JOURNEY
THE PRESIDENT ELECT WILL START
FOR WASHINGTON TONIGHT.

signs Of the departure OF its foremost citizen. and
the journey TO Washington. which is TO begin to-
morrow night. is the one topic of conversation at
every hotel and at every freside in this CITY,
which for a year has been the meeting-place OF
politicians from every State in the country. Ma
jor Mckinley drove TO church this morning
through storm of whirling snow He was ac-
companed by Captain H. o. Heistand ana
George E. Morse. of San Francisco, the husoahd
OF one Of his nieces The church, which is large
one and has a seating capacity of more thah d
thousand, densely crowded. and the aisles
were filed with chairs Major Mckinley Joined
heartily with the congregation in singing the
opening hymn, Jesus Regns." DR.. c. f. Man
chester the pastor who was an army comraue Oh
the President-elect. said in his prayer
Bless our Nation, Grant that peace and righteous
ness NAV prevail. We pray that devout pressing
NAV be upon the President Of the lnlteu sLd'es "a
tbaf nothing NAV be done dispensing TO Thee Let
Thy blessing rest upon Thy servant VINO mas g y
We nrav Thee 10 90 with him. Give MIN great
faith in Thee. May he be sustained DS e W, INV
! viii we pray Thee manifest Thyseh TO MN ana
TO all Of US
DR. Manchester found his text in Matthe"
xxi. 3; The Lord hath need" His theme vas
THE HIGHER Life In sreaking OF potent IN
huences Of home training, DR.. Manchester pau
a beautiful tribute to the venerable hotheI Vi
The President-elect. In conclusion the pastor
said; How shall we preserve the peace VI ma
tionso What are we to do for this great iahu
NJ ours7 There is one thought in all OF our mlnds
this morning as our dear friend and orotheF soeS
cut TO take up the duties that await hinl' Ou'
earnest prayer is that he do Alright the great
work set before him
After the services Major Mckinley walked
home. The snow had ceased falling ana 'he
sun was shining brightly. In the afternoon
Major and Mrs Mckinley took drive
There were no visitors from out-of-town at
the Mckinley home to-day though the hotels
are filed with people awaiting an opportunity 10
Goa the President ELECT, or to speak WIN hlii''
| periar,i, + Mckinley. Of San Francisco an
,,clo % Major Mckinley, arrived this mornihs'
ord will go 10 Washington on the Presioehua'
| train.
Tho beautiful train Of seven cars which IS 10
take Major Mckinley and his personal parry u
Washington is being made up at Allahce' d
! ,on.,, ,vven-v miles east of here, which Is the
terminus of a division Of the Pennsylvania ran
yav The first car will be combination Dag
cage and smoking car. The next car VIII De /"
/ pullman sleeDinr-car 1t will be occupied by th@
! ,avrenaper correspondents VINO have been s'a'
| toned IN Canton for the last six months iHe
| next car will be the dining-car. Then come '"o
! Pullman cars 10 be occupied by some OF MaJo
| NcKinlev's friends and relatives; then TWO carr
which are the private cars OF rallWay 0,llS L-i
| Tho fret VIII be occupied by Mother MEM
| L.. W;es Helen Mckinley. Mrs. Duncan MAJOR
| NcKinIev's married sister, ana ne, I'd - -
| Miss sarah Duncan; x. F. Mckinney Oh "a .ai'
| Francisco, and Colonel ana MIs' 'o"h '
| The last car in the train will be occupied Z!
! Major and Mrs Mckinley and tneT cousins !,
/ Captain and Mrs. Lafayette New Il4hla' Vi
CHICAGO II is a beautiful car. and has peen To-
furricLa ed and re1tted for this trip. IL mas peeH
! o,ramented at every available point Win leIIN
| and palms brought from Florida Tor ms PuI-
| nose This private car. when Is khoMn ny ~
| nnoroa NJ No as belongs TO John T. Miller gen
| eral superintendent OF the Pan handIe mn
| west of Plttsburg He had II built 10 sun ms
| rec,1liar ideas and in II he has combined man.
! i,nIoue designs. Some years ago ne concelVto,
| the idea Of building a private car when Wouiu
! be as near proof against accidents as possible
For years he medtated on plans. improVsiils ~
! and suggestions until at last he embodied thein
! ali in NO IS" 1t took thirteen months 10 bulld
the car The walls Of it are OF wnite OAK;
| thanked solid instead Of the usual studdlhs. IL
! /, ebouId roll down an emDdnkment the SlaeS
! t-o,,Id not break and Il Would resist almost any
| kind Of shock in collision. The top Is a douDle
framework of steel, and the ceilins IS thorousHIy
cushioned II the car therefore, roll5 ~ a1II
over those inside would not be seriously bruised
! The floor is four thicknesses or heaVy WHITE
oak In fact the entire car Is huge me-
! structible box. The interior ARRANGEMENT i
somewhat similar 10 that Of other private cars,
| and IS especially adapted TO observation and
! inspection II is a business car used by MI. MIL
| Ter in his railroad work. The chief luxury OF
the interior is the perfec- arrangement OF every
| thing pertaining TO human comfort The ticks
"A ere selected after months Of experimenting. so
! as 10 prevent sWaying and Joltlng. Although
! heated by steam. it has also an old-fashloned
| log fireplace. In which Only hickory logs are
| burned There are window-seats throughout the
| car and the lighting Is with movable gasJets
| in every convenient place. There are two bed
! rooms with a brass bedstead in each and batn
onAnirey from each chamber The furniture. the
| culinary appointments and other necessary feat
ures of the car convenient and perfect
There is q magnificent silver service and a large
| collection Of rare china. for which special burg
| lar-proof safes provided. Mr.. Miller is re-
| markably proud OF his china, which he has col
lected from all parts Of the earth and which is
very valuable.
II is proposed 10 leave Canton at o'clock
Monday evening and reach Washington about ii
| o'clock the next day. AS there are 10 be a great
! many ladies in the train. among them his aged
! mother Major Mckinley does not want the train
run at q High rate Of speed, and il may reach its
! destination an hour two later than the SEIZED
/ uIe indicates The Presidential train Will be pre-
| ceded by a special train bearing the Cleveland
| Troop which is going TO Washington 10 do es
! cort duty and 10 participate in the parade
| Everything that can be done 10 insure the Presi-
dert-elect and his party safe and pleasant
| journey will be done.
before the train leaves Canton tomorrow
night i: is probable that Major Mckinley viii
I say few words OF farewell 10 his friends and
| neighbOrs Major and Mrs. Mckinley are 10 be
escorted 10 the station by large procession OF
! their fellow -townsmen. and the streets will be
| handsomely Illuminated.
NO CROWDS IN WASHINGTON.
TWO OF THE HOTELS CENTRES OF POPULAR IN
TEREsT-soME NOTABLE ARRIVALS.