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WIsCoNsiN's CELEBRATION.
Biggest Crowd Ever Seen in Madison
TakaR Tart.

Biggest Crowd Ever Seen in Madison
Takes Fart.
MADISON, Wis, June l0.-The Wis.
consin semi.centennial celebration was
attended by the largest crowd ever
gathered in the Capital City. 1t is es-
timated there were fully 49, 900 visitors.
The day was marked by delightful
weather, though rather warm. A gen.
eral meeting in the afternoon was I'D.
dressed by Eugene s. Elliott of Mil.
waukee, o. H. Fethers of GAINESVILLE,
B. F. Bryant of La Crosse, E. q. Ken.
needy of West Superior and E. R. Hicks
of Oshkosh. A delegation of Milwaukee
city officials, including Mayor Rose and
85 members OF the council, arrived on
q special train and were escorted from
the depot to the Capitol by the Madison
city officials. After brief speeches,
Governor Scofeld held an informal re-
ception for visitors in the executive
chamber. In the afternoon Governor
and Mrs. Scofeld gave q reception at
the executive mansion.
Two Thousand veterans of the civil
wal were in line in the parade. A
meeting of the state bar association was
addressed by Judge Bennett, of James.
vile. The state press association con.
cluded its session.
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GOLD FROM DAWSON

San Francisco Exsmiuer Says $4,000, 900
Will Arrive Within Two Months.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6.-The Exam.
liner says: Within the next two months
about $21,0 00, 900 will be shipped from
Dawson City to San Francisco. Most
of the treasure is said to be the prop.
erty of the Alaska Transportation COM.
pany, their agents having bought the
dust from miners and given checks in
payment. The company will have
three vessels on the route between here
and St. Michaels this summer-the
Bertha, Portland and St. Paul. The
only United States vessel now in tho
north is the revenue cutter Bear and
she is on a special mission. The gun.
boat Wheeling may be sent to St.
Michaels to escort the treasure fleet to
San Francisco. Thomas w. Kendrick,
who is on his way to Dawson over the
Styken trail writes from Glenora that
Of 1000 men who started by that route,
500 turned back on account of the
hardshipsl encountered.
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Follow their fleets like fatei
COAST SIGNALING SYSTEM.
Force Of Three Thousand Mon Pstrollin
tho Atlantic Cost. ~

1oroe Of Three Thousand Men Patrollins
IL h Atlantic Coast. us
Under the energetic management Of
Captain Bartlett, who vas recalled from
the retired list into the active service Of
the navy department for the purpose,
there has recently been perfected . most
admirable and thorough system d Soast
signaling for war purposes The navy
department. itself established 30 stations
on the coast, manned by naval militia
men. .5-
Then it called into service LOGO Light.
house employees and 1000 life saving
men, making a total force Of over 8, 200
men, who patrol the great shore line
from Bar Hafbor to Galveston; night
and day, and in all weathers. watching
for the approach Of an enemy or for .
signal from any passing United States
warshipa These watchers commu-
plicate in tho poprae Of q few minutes
with a telegraph o. telephone line. and
all center in the office Of Captain Bart:
lett in the navy department. who il
.s,as prepared to give the wsr board II:
- any Significant shtD
movements ON the ooask-e4 49,
Globe-Democrat 4
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A Message.

a 01e1S0X0s
To the men who fought with Decatur,
To the men who with Lawrence died,
To the men who fell in that blazing hell
OF Mobile by Farragut's side,
Take to them our message. stern and plain,
Tell them the guns are cast loose again,
Men Of the Mainei
This to the men Of the ships Of oak
From the men of the ships Of steel,
To the hearts that broke mid the 6ame and
smoke
From the living hearts that feel,
There Is no mizzen, nor fore, nor main,
But all the flags are aloft again,
Men of the Mainej
Not against foes of our own true blood,
Nor kin Across the sea,
But straight in the face Of a stranger race
Who never, like you, were free.
Tell them It's thus that our guns we train,
And the sights are lined, and the strings
a~strain,
Mem Of the Mainei
Take them these tidings, ye who sleep
Meath the murky waves by the Cuban town,
The blow in the night but began the fight
Which ends when the Spanish nag comes
down,
And our guns shall thunder their old refrain,
Tolling your knell from hereto Spain,
Mem Of the Mainei
Army and Navy Journal
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THE OLDEST VOLUNTEER.
A Physician Who Is 100 Years Old OFFER
His Services M n Surgeon.

A Physician Who Is 100 Years Old Offers
His Services as . Surgeon.
Probably the Oldest man in the Unit
ed States to volunteer his services in
the Spanish American war, and certain
~ the Oldest physician in the state Of
New York, is DR.. Henry Coursney Of
Hancock Junction, Delaware county.
Though 100 years old, the doctor still
makes daily calls OF his patients, and
when the president asked for volunteers
he offered his services in the capacity
Of surgeon.
The doctor says he was born in Amer
lea, Of. Italian parents. He has a repu.
tation Of being a successful healer Of
human ills, gathering all his remedies
from the woods and fields in Delaware
county, He makes his professional calls
on foot, often travelling 10 or IL miles
a day without unusual fatigue or in
convenience. His hearing is slightly
dull, but he reads ordinary print with
out the aid of glasses. At the time Of
the enrolment for the draft in 1864 the
doctor was rs years of age, but was
physically equal to a man of IS. The
doctor gives fright living'' as the secret
Of his long life.-Exchange.
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Beer For Sailors.

Seaman Arthur ". Grollman and
William Hartman, who volunteered to
leave the Naval academy to enter the
war with Spain, are nov on the United
States ship Suwanee. From Key West,
May 10, Grollman writes to his parents
in Annapolis that the ship was hourly
expected to leave Key West for Havana.
Both Annapolitans have been promoted
since they left the Naval academy q
few weeks ago, and each has been placed
in charge Of q gun. Grollman broke q
bottle Of beer over his gun and named il
for his "best girl" The water is SO
bad, he writes, that beer is served in
stead, each man being allowed three
bottles a a y.-Annapolis Special Balti-
more Sun.
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tnat there is little doubt that the added
inhuemcesof Spain would suffice to IN.
cline the balance definitely in favor Of
the Franco-Russian alliance.
In these circumstances it is not sur
prtsing to learn from Madrid that there
exists q decided disposition to co-oper-
ate with France and Russia with a view
to extending eventually the dual al
lance to Spain, provided the two -allies
enter upon An active diplomatic inter-
vention in favor of Spain. That impor-
tant negotiations are proceeding just
now between Spain and France I hear
on excellent authority, aud my infoet.
nation is strengthened by an apparent.
ly insignificant item Of news. NJ. Cam
bon, the French embassador, who 10
now in Paris, is to spend his leavefof
absence at Pau, the we'll known winter
resort In the Pyrcnees, frequented by
no n at this season, but conveniently
situated in proximity to Spain. Now,
N. Cambon, before going to Constanti-
nople, was accredited at Madrid and
had there become a persona gratissima
both in court and in society. No one,
therefore. could be better qualified than
he to carry on with emissaries from
Spain confidential negotiations. Two
years ago France was anxious to
strengthen the dual alliance by the &C,
cession Of Spain, but the reluctance
then manifested at Madrid was account
ed for by an apprehension lest England
should take umbrage. This scrup1e. has
now disappeared, England being next
to the United States the most unpopular
country with the Spaniards just now.
AS Of the main attractions which
Spain presented at that time to France
was her feet it is to be presumed that
every effort will be made to safeguard.
it from complete disaster, while at the
same time Russia will endeavor to bring
about an early conclusion of peace with
q view to a the Philippines for Spain
being the only solution Of that
difficulty which will square with her
interests in tho far east. The permanent
occupation Of these islands by either
the United States, Great Britain, Ger
many or Japan would be opposed by
every possible means both by Russia
and Trance. ~
It will thus be seen how materially
the attitude Of the United States affects
the whole course of European affairs
and how %precarious is now the state Of
world POLITICS.. Z. D. in New York
Evening Post.
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Tho Vermont Way.

As if he had just found it or happened
to think Of it, Admiral Dewey tele-
graphs: add Argos to the list Of de-
stroyed vessels" He knocked out 50
many ships that at first he could not
count them all, but it is certain that
none Of them got away. Dewey is like
that other Vermonter who, when a hotel
bill Of fare was reeled of to him, said,
"I'n take 'em all"-Troy IN. W
Timea ~. ~.ss r ~
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MEGAPHoNE IN WAR.
New the Omcers Communicats with o.
AnoAhnr ~ vvorA ~ NFnNfh.

Hsw the Omocrs ~Communicats Win OAe
3 Another BY Word Of Mouth.
The us Of the megaphone In wafis
undergoing its first test. Grandohild a
the old speaking trumpet through which
the last century admirals reared their
challenges and commands, the mega
phone has taken q fresh grip N our
warships since the Cuban blockade be-
gan. Noquarterdeck, from that Of Ad-
mital Sampson's stately New York Ia the
bridge which plays the same role on the
little Mangrove, is without one Of the
big three foot tunnels Of papier macha.
and most Of the short distance signal
ing between ships is done by magnifed
word Of mouth instead Of the slow tel
sgraphy Of the ''wigwag" crew OF the
slower message making of the signal
flags at the mastheads.
Any one who has heard the results Of
an intercollegiate meet or suburban
horse race beloved across a 40 acre
field knows just why the megaphone is
the dearest unofficial treasure of q sail
or's life. Two hundred yards-even
1000 feet-are as nothing to the mega
phone, and the jackies love the odd ma
chine because it saves them more than
one seance with the signal flags and I'M
familiar messages or hot pull under the
sun when the captain wants to ask .
brother commander if he will take din.
ner with him.
News, gossip, orders-questions touch.
ing q thousand things-are roared back
and forth between ships as they lie at
anchor or plod up and down off Havana
watching for a foe that never shows
himself. And Jacky has learned a new
trick Of the thing-when he shouts q
message, he claps the mouthpiece to his
a and gathers in all the volume Of the
answer. On the blockade the megaphone
has been of peculiar value. Ships halt
ed by that unceremonious shot across
the bows have had speedy explanation
Of the shell instead of the slow torture
Of the signal flags.
just what the megaphone can do amid
the clangor Of battle is unknown, but
there + many sailormen who believe
that the smoke will obscure the signal
flags which are not at the main truck,
and that the megaphone will earn an
official place for itself in tho coming
battle between the Spanish and the
American feets.-Daniel Vincent Casey
in Chicago Record
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work on the White Pass Road.

TACOMA, WASH, June 8.-The steam.
ships Al Ri and Humboldt bring news
that construction work on a railroad
across White Pass, from Skaguay, was
commenced Last Tuesday. Previous to
that time the railroad officials had been
hiring all available men, and buying up
every horse they could lay their hands
on. Tuesday they hired 600 men and
opened up two camps. They put
several hundred horses to work, and
will employ 1000 men, if that number
can be secured,
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On Condition That They Leave.

LONDON, June {. -The foreign Office
announces that Captain General Blanco
only consented to the release Of Messrs.
Robinson and Whigham, the English
newspaper correspondents. on oondi.
ton that they leave the island not to
return. They are expected to embark
on board the British cruiser Talbot, for
Jamaica, on Tuesday next. permission
having been given her to go to Havana
for the purpose Of embarking British
reaidents. @
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Not Working for spain.

WASHINGTON, June 10.-In reference
to the repeated assertions that William
A. Pinkerton, of Chicago, has been to
Washington to confer with the war and
navy departments in reference to spies
in this country, it is aut%horitatively
stated at the treasury department that
MI. Pinkerton received no such call as
has been stated. He visited Washing
ton principally for the purpose, it is
said, Of assuring the various heads Of
departments that his agency was not
engaged in working for Spain.
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Conveutiou Of Social Democracy.

Convention OF Social Democracy.
CHICAGO. June s.-The opening sos.
sion of the first national convention of
the Social Democracy of. America was
held in Uhlich's hall. National Presi.
dent Eugene V. Debs of Terre Haute,
Ind, made q few remarks, welcoming
the delegates to the convention. About
30 states g represented by delegates,
some of whom were women. Among
those present was g. @. Clemens, a
brother of Mark Twain.
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MAY REMOVE VAN WICK.

New York Mayor Accused Of Violating
the Civil Service Law.
NEW YORK, June Ga special to
The World from Washington says:
Mayor Van Wyck will be removed
pending an investigation into his action
in removing Police Commissioners
Hamilton and Phillips. Senator Platt
has urged the governor to take this
step and he believes that he will do it.
Governor Black will call a special SEES
sion Of the legislature to convene about
.Inno ~
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w SCENTED VICTORY
A Letter Predicting It Written to ii
Sister From H0nEkong.

Sister From Hongkonr.
Admiral Dewey, who was in Hong
kong on April 10, wrote a letter to his
sister, Mrs. Mary P. Greedy, in Mont
pelier, vt. The letter was recently re-
oeived. It was the last communication
from him before his departure for the
Philippines. Admiral Dewey said:
1--WE are still waiting for the declara-
ton Of wal to begin our work here. I
have seven men-of-war, all ready for
action, and should war be the word I
believe we will make short work Of
Spanish reign in the Philippines. The
insurgents r ready to rise at our first
gun, and long before this reaches you
we may be masters at Manila and other
Philippine cities. But, after all, war is
a terrible thing, and I hope some way
out Of the dilemma may be found with
out resorting to it. My health continues
good, although it is taxed to the utter.
most, and my n prayer is that I may
be able to hold out until we have fin.
ished our work New York Sun.
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81 know one lady, the mother of three
children, who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained q bottle Of
Mothers Friend of me before her
fourth confinement, and was relieved
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and less painful"
JOHN G.. PoLHILL, Macon, Ga.
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The St. Paul Sailed.

NEW YORK, June 10.-The auxiliary
cruiser st. Paul sailed at noon under
sealed orders. She has taken aboard
since her arrival off St. George. s. l.,
on Friday, nearly 5000 tons of coal and
100000 gallons of water.
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$l.OOP PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores,
or sent by express on receipt OF price.
BnnKS Containing invaluable information Of
SySH interest to all women, Will be sent TO
thes any address upon application, ~
THE DRApFIELo aEovLAToReo. ATLANTA. a.
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GIFT to Trinity College.

DURHAM, N. O.. June 10.-President
Kilgo, Of Trinity College. has just an.
nounoed the gift Of $780, 900 to the en-.
dowment fund of the college by Will.
kington Duke. Nj. Duke has given in
all $3.50, on. to Trinity College.
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Gut in Klondike Rates.

New YORK, June 8.-A big cut in
Klondike rates has been announced by
the West Shore and Nickel Plate rail.
roads. Those roads have put in force a
new through second class passenger
rate Of $25 from this city to Seattle, %
against q preyiops rate of $89. IS.
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u,.,, -. "Wednesday,

SAN FRANCISCO. June 10.-lt Is SOL
officially announced that the transportt
Zealandia. Colon and China, convey.
ing the second Manila expedition, win
ssil next WednssdsZ,
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Minnesota odd Fellow.,
shovs Los. Of Membership,

CANTON, 8. D., June 1o.-The report
Of Assistant aAdjutant General Walton
to the Grand Army state encampment
shows so posts in active operation with
ALAS members, the net loss in member.
ship the past year being 140.
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Hovit..rs for tho Philippines.

HoWIe8oEb 1OF tn0
SAW FRANCISCO, June 10. General
Merritt's latest order for the campaign
in the Philippines is that q battery Of
six mountain howitzers shall be taken
on the next expedition to Manila. To
move the guns, carriages and ammuni.
ton in the Philippines. a pack train Of
mules will be required. It is under.
stood that Lieutenant Carson, Fourth
United States Cavalry, will be in com.
mand Of the battery. a
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BADGER sEMl-cENTE NNiAL.
Celebrates 0psns At Madison with
large Crowd in Attendance.

Celebration Opens At Madison with .
Large Crowd in Attendance.
MADISON, Wis, June 8.-The celebra.
ton Of the semi.centennial of the ami.
versary of Wisconsin's admission in the
Union opened with several thousand
visitors from all parts of the state.
Governor Bushnell and staff Of Ohio
were among the distinguished guests.
The weather was delightful. The cele.
bration was ushered in with a process.
sion from the depot on the arrival
Of a special train bringing the
officers of the Milwaukee Carni.
val association and other guests.
A parade Of state university faculty
and students, the first in the history
Of the institution, took place in the
afternoon. The first official meeting
of the celebration was held at the
university armory. The visitors were
welcomed on behalf Of the state by Gov.
ernor Schofield, on behalf Of the city
by Mayor Whelan. A response wal
made by Governor BUSHNELL In the
evening there was a boat race between
University of Wisconsin freshmen and
st. Johns Military academy, and latel
q banquet. -
Minnesota Odd Fellows.
ST. PAUL, June 1O.-The annual state
grand lodge of Odd Fellows is in ses-
sion at the capitol. The work of the
day was largely preliminary, consisting
Of the appointment of committees and
the presentation of reports from the
grand officers.
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MOTHERS FRIEND

allays NERVOUSNESS, and SO assists
Nature that the change goes for
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations-she passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pain-is left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of Mothers Friend" and
the time of recovery shortened.
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ATLANTA, Ga, June l0.-George Ed.
ward Vanderbilt. supposed to be q SPY
and giving his address as e5l Four.
tsenth street, New York, was brought
to Fort MCPHERSON late in tho night
under guard, He was arrested at
TRmpa Monday.
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F.ta shalI Fiud Them.

Fate Shall END Them. @
They may slip unseen from east to west
Furl flags and mufae drums,
But the sun CLEANS on the eagles breast,
And sure to his prey he comesl
They may hide them under the harbor hills
And safe in the harbor wait,
But the flame that burns and the shot thst
kills
Follow their fleets like fatei
Sure as the shrouded sword Of death,
AZ the rise Of stars and sums =
They shall wake with terror and sitting breath
In the blaze of our victor guns!
B. I. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution.
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Fsrty.ninth low. May Join Dewey.

DIES MONIES, June 40.-It is expected
ct Camp Mckinley that the Forty.
ninth regiment ID to follow the Fifty.
6rst toward Manila. Colonel Dows
has not received any official instruc.
lions to this effect, but the agent Of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail.
road here says he has received in.
structions that his road 10 to take half
Of the regiment to Omaha on it's way
70 San Francisco.
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A Pill for
the I'll

"7zyA do yoa good" a physician said IL ehTy
some PILLS to his tatienk, q sOo.uan who had suffered
for months from diseases ,sOAmh h6aed skiWxl treat
neut. HIS svo,as byovad true. The avonzan reioaes.
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sesentative at Tangier. Up to this Rus
sian affairs in Marocco were confded to
the Spanish legation, but the Russian
minister, who has just been received by
the Moors with special marks Of respect,
is believed to have been sent for the
purpose of furthering the policy and the
interests of France in that country. go
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On the other hand, the British as un-
~hesitatingly believe that their presence
at Gibraltar entails a manifest right to
the acquisition Of the opposite coast.
Into this taugle Of competing interests a
fresh element has just been imported by
the arrival of . Russian diplomatic rep
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-02-04
Bound 10 Marry.

The Evanston Ql.,) Female
Bachelors Club, whose members
made solemn oath to remain sin
gle for at least FIVE years, has
been violently disrupted by the
approaching nuptials of its presi.
dent and leading spirit, To make
matters worse, the traitor presi-
dent says that several other
charter members besides herself
have become engaged, and that
their marriage announcements
will soon be made. Alas for the
future of all girl bachelors clubs
when the articles of incorpora-
tion are no sooner duly signed
than the signers thereof begin
to ngure as female Benedict Ar
nolds
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-02-04
lIlR NBlGRBORS.
], ,,,s, Gossip from Our Weekly Cor
respondents.
From West Milford,

RAYS. Kemper and Vincent are
a5uctng a union meeting at
H. Martin Wilcox died at his
Ins here this week.
M .. 7. Post was in clarks-
70 on business last week.
q R. E. King, Of Parkers-
% visited friends here last
[iasy and Saturday.
h. l.. E. Ward, of Clarksourg'
spt several days at his home
ne last week.
M. R. E. Reynolds, spent Sat
Iaay and Sunday here with
b, 4. H. Powell was in Graf
Mrs. lss' J. N. Holmes, who has
an visiting her daughter re-
med home this week.
Miss Eunice Kennedy, Of Lost
[eek. visited her brother, w. o.
'NN'' H1Lo.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1898-02-04
THE PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY
William Mckinley is FIty-Flus Years Old.

President Mel inley celebrated
his first birthday in the White
House las yobabiy the only sor:!
rowful recollection Of the day.
were occasioned by the fact that
he could not no longer, as he had
done for many years past, spend
the afternoon and dine with his
venerable mother.
President Mckinley is about
the average age among Presi-
dents in the first year of their in
augurals. William Henry Har-
rison became President at sixty
eight; Buchanan at sixty-fve |;
Taylor, sixty.four; John Adams
and jackson, sixty-one Wash
lngton, Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe, the Virginia Presidents,
and John Quincy Adams, each
ffty-seven Johnson, fifty-s six I;
Benjamin Harrison, fifty-tive I;
Van Buren,, Hayes and Mckinley
fifty-four; Lincoln, tifty-two:
Tyler fifty-one !; Fillmore and
Arthur, the New York Presidents
fifty; Polk aud Garfield, forty
nine; Pierce, forty eight. Cleve-
land, forty seven, and Grant for
ty.six.
All the members of the Cabl-
net called at the White House
and presented their congratnla-
lions, and the ambassadors fol-
lowed suit. Mrs. Mckinley was
radiantly happy and received
many callers.