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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-17

i An inquiry made among the recruits
for the German army by a number of
officers showed the existence of gross
Ignorance in the majority of those ex-
samined regarding public personages
and events. Out of seventy-eight re-
scruits from various parts of Prussia,
twenty -one were unable to give any
answer when questioned as to who was
the Emperor of Germany Twenty
two of the recruits questioned desig-
mated the Emperor as great gen
eral nine called him renowned field
marshal six thought him to be the Min
lister of War, while fourteen of the re-
plies were approximately correct. Sew
seral thought the late Prince Bismarck
was Emperor, great poet and trans
lator of the Bible, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-17
lAL CARRlN GTON PUBLISHING 90
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET..

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE City
IL CENTS A WEEK, SO CENTS MONTH,
So FOR SIX MONTHS, SO A YEAR. THE
SAME TERMS BY MAIL
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-17

\ 1t IL said that Birmingham eng
land) manufacturer drives a flourish
ing trade in crowns made from solid
gold and incrusted with garnets, topaz
and other cheap stones. These crowns
are supplied to African kings-of whom
there are several hundred-in return for
ivory and other merchandise.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-17

DR.. D. x. Pearsons, the Chicago phi
lanthropist who has given $2,O00,000 to
educational institutions, says ne is not
liberal man. He puts it thus: II am
mot benevolent man. l am the most
economical, cose-fisted man you ever
put your eyes on. You can tell it by my
face It's there. I never went to q
horse race or football game or a base
ball game in my life. What ] am doing
is done on business principles After
practicing rigid economy for seventy
years, asked myself what I should do
with my money. could not carry it
out of the world in my dead hands, and
collins were not made to carry money
In. For that reason / turned my at
tention to sixteen different colleges. l
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-17

When 1t is known that there are only
fifteen immigrant inspectors on the
Canadian boundary from PASSPORT to
Vancouver, no wonder is expressed that
thousands of aliens slip over the line
every year without detection. 1t is
the intention of Assistant Secretary
Taylor to add to the present force of
Inspectors and to employ also large
number of assistants and special
agents. Their expenses will be paid
out Of the immigrant fund, which is
made up by the poll tax that is paid
by each alien arriving in this country
This amounts to 81 and forms the fund
from which the expenses of the service
are paid. There is a surplus at the end
Of every year.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-17

Thousands upon thousands of men
and women. said Rev. DR.. Charles Fl.
Parkhurst Sunday morning, "are at this
moment being sucked into the draft
created BY shrewd but constituencies
woman who lies and knows she lies,
who finds in the roomy vacuity of her
susceptible devotees easy space for the
sinlodgment of her astounding conglom-
crate of piety and puerility."
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-17

The New York Commercial Advertis-
err tells funny story of the Chinese
propensity for imitation. A woman
who employed Chinese cook was
teaching him one day how to make
cake. The third egg which she broke
proved to be added, and she threw it
out Of the window. Some time after
wards she noticed pile of broken eggs
under the kitchen window, and, inves-
tigating, learned that the cook, now a.
9skilful cake-maker, had religiously
thrown away every third egg, regard
less Of quality.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
THE SAD JOURNEY.
Progress of the Funeral Train from
Buffalo to WashfuRton.

Progress of the Funeral Train from
Buffalo to Warrington,
Washington, Sept. 17.-Through a
living lane of bare-headed people
stretching from Buffalo up over the
Alleghenies down into the broad VAL
ley of the Susquehanna and on to the
marble city on the banks of the
shining Potomac the nations mar.
tyred president on Monday made his
last journey to the seat Of the gov
eminent over which he presided for
AZ years. The whole country seemed
to have drained its population at the
sides of the track over which the fu-
neral train passed. =
Mourning Universal.
Work was suspended in field and
mine and city. The schools were dis
missed. And everywhere appeared the
trappings and tokens of woe. A
million flags at half-mast dotted hill
side and valley and formed thicket
of color over the cities. And from
almost every banner streamed bit
of crepe. The stations were heavy
with black symbols of mourning.
Only the rumbling Of the trains
wheels, the sobs from men and wom-
en- with tear-stained faces. and the
doleful tolling Of the church bells
broke on the ear. At several places,
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
THE LAST JOURNEY.
Departure of the Funeral Train for
Canton. n

Departure of the Funeral Train for
Canton, o.
When the remains of the dead pres.
ident were finally closed forever to
the view of Washington people, tho
cavalry escort again was formed and
conveyed them to the special train
which was to carry the body to Can.
ton. The. magnificent display OF
floral offerings, numbering no less
than 1875 pieces, Ind making tho
most remarkable floral tribute ever
seen here, we're taken to the station
from the capitol in carriages and
wagons. and there placed aboard o
special car which had been provided
for them. Three sections, compris.
ing in all 20 passenger coaches, were
necessary to accommodate all those
who accepted invitations to make the
journey to Canton. The funeral train
left for Canton at $3.50 over the Penn.
sylvania road.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
erect. looking to neither side, his face
set and sorrowful. Close behind him
pressed the members of the On hinet
"Taps" Are Sounded,

set and sorrowful. Close behind him
pressed the members of the cabinet.
"Taps' Are Sounded.
AS the casket emerged from the de-
pot a bugle note rose clearly and "taps"
rang out. That was the only sound
that broke the dead silence. Just be-
yond the entrance to the station Pres
ident Roosevelt, with the members of
the cabinet, had paused, and had taken
station SO as to leave a broad space for
the funeral cortege. They ranged
themselves on the sidewalk in double
rows opposite each other and stood
with barred heads as the corpse was
carried to the hearse drawn up at the
side of the gate. The hearse was an
exquisitely carved affair and was
drawn by six coal black horses, each
of whom was led by a colored groom
in black livery.
Placed i'm the East Room.
When the sad cortege arrived at the
white house the hearse stopped under
the porto cochere. The body bearers
took the coffin upon their broad Shout
ders, and, passing up the three or four
steps, waited until President Roosevelt
and the members of the cabinet had
alighted from their carriages and then
followed them through the wide-open
doors into the east room. Just in the
center of the room, under the great
crystal chandelier, they deposited
their precious burden upon black
draped base and stood at salute while
the new chief executive, the cabinet
members and others with bowed eads
passed by.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
DEATH INEVITABLE.
Autopsy Shows That Gangrene Caused
Presidents Demise.

Autopsy Shows That Gangrene Caused
Presidents Demise.
Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 16.-The fol-
lowing report of the autopsy upon
the remains of President Mckinley
was issued at five o'clock p. m. Sat-
urday:
"The bullet which struck over the breast
bone did not pass through the skin, and
did little harm. The other bullet passed
through both walls of the stomach near
its lower border Both holes were found
to be perfectly closed by the stitches. but
the tissue around each hole had become
stomach the bullet passed into the back
walls of the abdomen. hitting and tearing
the upper end of the kidney. This portion
of the bullet track was also gangrenous,
the gangrene involving the pancreas. The
bullet has not yet been found. There was
no sign of peritonitis or disease of other or
gans. The heart walls were very thin.
There was no evidence of any attempt at
repair on the part of nature. and death re-
suited from the gangrene which affected
the stomach around the bullet wounds as
well as the tissues around the further
course of the bullet. Death was unavoid-
able by any surgical or medical treatment,
and was the direct result of the bullet
wound
The above is signed by IA physi-
CLANS and surgeons, including ali of
those in attendance on the president,
with the exception of DR.. McBurney,
who had left the city before the au-
topsy was performed
Some> of the doctors, notably Mr..
Wasdin, are inclined to believe that
President Mckinley was shot with
poisoned bullets. This is not proved.
The only way in which it can be
proved is by examination of the re-
naming bullets, and particularly of
the bullet which struck the president
in the breast without penetrating the
skin. But the president would have
died of his wound just the same if
the bullet was perfectly clean. His
system did not possess the vitality to
repair the damage done to his vital
organs. This does not mean that the
presidents system was in bad condi-
.tion. but only that his vitality was
low, or, in other words, that he had
small recuperative powers.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
President United States September 49,.
THE RECORD LEFT BEHIND.
Principal Events Transpiring Dur
Ing the Administration of
President Mckinley,

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 16.-Mr. Will
liam Mckinley was inaugurated pres
ident for the first time on March 4,
1897, and again on March 4. 1901, for a
second term, to which he was elected
after four of the most eventful years,
in some respects, In the history of
the United States. The principal
events, some of which will live for
ever in history, transpring during his
occupation of the presidential chair,
are as follows:
II. 1897, to consider thrift revision. Dingley
tariff bill passed. and signed by president
and made a law July "a, 1897.
Cuban question most serious foreign COM
plication which President Mckinley faced
when he was inauguratcd
On February is. 1898. Maine blown up In
Havana harbor.
Early in March. 1898. congress passed
bill approprlatIng $50,0OO.000 for national
defense.
On April II. 1893. President Mckinley sent
message 10 congress announcing that dip
lomatic negotiations with Spain had failed.
and asking congress for war power.
War declared with Spain on April Is.
1893. and president called for 1861 900 troops
and later 1900 more. Regular army In
creased to 65, 600 men.
May 1. 1898. by direction of the president,
Admiral Dewey proceeded to Manila and
in the harbor there destroyed Spanish
fleet.
Battles of El Caney and San Juan hill
fought July 2. and July 3 Spanish fleet ut
terly destroyed off Santiago by SIMPSONS
fleet.
Formal surrender and practically end of
war July II. 1893. Spain sued for peace
July %, and peace protocol with Spain
signed August IL.
Final peace treaty with Spain signed at
Paris on December TO- 1885, and ratified by
senate on February 8. 1885,
Porto Rico provided with civil govern
ment by act of congress on March l. 1900.
confidence in administration.
Settlement Of the Pacific railroad indebt.
edness one of achievements OF Mckinley
administration.
New currency law passed by congress
on March IA. 1900. fixed gold standard and
provided for refunding Of national debt.
Foreign policy of Mckinley administra-
tion aimed to avoid entangling alliances
and striking example of this was the dis
solving of the agreement between Great
Britain. Germany and the United States
regarding Samoa, and securing possession
OF Pango-Pango harbor.
The one failure OF administration of
President Mckinley was negotiation of the
Hay-Pauncefote treaty, which was amend
ed by senate and therefore rejected by
England.
Hawaii annexed under earnest recon-
mendation of President Mckinley.
When the suggestion was made last June
OF possible third term for President
Mckinley, he was very clear and positive
as to his position In regard to tho matter,
and probably has forever settled the third
term question In this country.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
churches. Bits of Grape appeared on
every sleeve. The sorrow was every
where annarenf

churches. Bits of Grape appeared on
every sleeve. The sorrow was every
where apparent.
Military Arrives.
At 1920 O'clock the military and
naval attachments took temporary
station on West Ferry street immedi-
ately around the corner from the Mil
burn house.
Meantime the members of the cab
met, officials high in the government
service and near friends of the mar.
tyred president began to fill the walks
leading up to the entrance of the Mil
burn residence. They came separately
and in groups, some walking. while
those in carriages were admitted with
in the roped Enclosure up to the curb.
There were Secretaries Wilson, Root,
Hitchcock, Long, Attorney General
Knox and Postmaster General Smith.
Others who arrived about this time
were Senator Hanna, Judge Day. Cows.
Odell, Yates and Gregory, Represent
atives Alexander and Ryan, Maj. Gen.
Brooke, E. H. Butler, H. II. Kohlsaat
and many others.
The Cnskct.
The casket in which the body rests
bears the following inscriptions:
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
CURVATURE OF THE SPINE.
sition and Circumscribed
Quarters.

In infancy and childhood lateral
curvature of the spine develops very
readily. In some cases, as will be pres
emily shown, the causes are very slight;
so that, to use the words Of one of our
most eminent medical authors: ut 10
really wonderful that most Of US are
tolerably straight"
A slight asymetry of any one OF the
vertebrae of which the backbone 10
built up, or an abnormal development
or lack of development of one OF the
muscles which hold it upright, is suf-
icient to produce deviation from its
proper position, says Youths Compan-
ion. /
This Of itself would be Of compara-
lively small moment If the organscon-
tanned within the trunk were not at
fected by any considerable change
from Its proper upright position. A
lateral curvature cannot exist without
shortening of the trunk, just as
bow when bent measures less from tip
to tip than when it is unstrung. This
shortening in turn necessarily implies
crowding together of the organs con.
tanned within the trunk.
Constitutional weakness naturally
tends to make lateral curvature of the
spine more readily acquired. OF spe-
cific disorders which produce the same
effect ricketts, is perhaps the chief.
With the knowledge that lateral Dc.
Walton is thus easily caused, it is not
to be wondered at that causes appar.
emily very slight are frequently the
only ones discoverable to account for
certain of the many cases coming un.
der the physicians notice. Ababy can
scarcely support it's back before 1t Is
three or four months old. Yet the
proud nurse or mother n ot infrequent-
ly sets it erect, or carries it on her arm
without proper support, ut much
earlier age.
Children who go to school at six or
seven years of age are often compelled
to sit on badly shaped bench, some-
times with no support for the back,
during school hours. The muscles be-
come tired, and the child leans to ono
side, usually to the right.
A narrow space between the seat and
the desk obliges the child to push be-
tween them, so that, in girls, particu-
larly, n drag is exerted on one Shout
der; or the skirts form an uneven
cushion, fitting the spinal column out
of the perpendicular. Even in grown
men and women occupations requiring
one-sided muscular action affect tho
vertebrae, and therefore the shape Of
the spine. In children the much softer
bones are still more read Oily affected.
Parents may therefore be pardoned
If they insist on abundance of room
and considerable lack of restraint for
young children in the schoolroom.
Teachers have frequently to take the
initiative in matters of school hygiene,
especially when their pupils are from
homes in crowded, unsanitary city ten
cments.
Lateral curvature is rarely congen-
ital. 1t Is in most eases preventable,
and cases taken in hand early are usu-
ally checked by strict observance of
hygienic measures.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21
SLATE WRITING IS AN ART.
May he Acquired by Anyone without
Spirit Aid, Snys This
Authority.

Spiritualistic slate-writing if clcverly
done, always makes marked impress
sion on magician's audience, because
it Utterly battles their efforts to detect
the trick. They see small cabinet
suspended above the stage by means of
cords or ribbons. 1t has an open front
and is empty. The magician turns it
around SO that every part of it may be
seen and taps it inside and out wi tn his
wand, to show that it is hollow, says
the New York Herald.
On a stand near by he has small
easel, a common school slate, a bottle Of
India ink with quill pen in it and
few sheets of ordinary white writing
paper. All these he passes around
among the audience for examina ton.
Then he fixes sheet of the paper to the
slate by means of waters, places tho
slate on the easel in the cabinet, to-
gether with the bottle of ink, the lat
ter having the pen still in it.
Having allowed the audience to see
the articles thus arranged in the cabi-
net he throws large silk handkerchief
over it. Mysterious sounds are imme-
diately heard, and the cabinet shakes
as if some living thing had entered it.
When the soundsand the shaking cease
he removes the handkerchief, showing
an inscription written in bold black let
tiers on the paper and the pen, not in
the ink bottle, but lying on the bottom
of the cabinet. He then removes the
paper from the slate and passes it
around for examination, when the writ
ing is Immediately recognized as hav.
ing been done with India ink.
The explanation of the trick is SIM
pie. The writing is done in advance by
the performer, the fluid used being Q
solution of sulphuric acid of the purest
quality. To make the solution so drops
of the concentrated acids are added to
one ounce of filtered water. Writing
done with this solution is invisible un-
tilexposed to heat. When SO exposedit
comes out perfectly black, looking ex-
actly like dried India ink.
The heat is applied by means of an
electric current running over wire
with which the slate is wound. The
cords by which the cabinet is suspend
ed conceal copper wires which conduct
the current to the slate. Black silk
threads suitably attached enable tho
performer to make the sounds in the
cabinet, to cause the cabinet to shake
and to jerk the pen out of the ink bot
tie.
Several sheets of paper are prepared
in advance, each with q different in
scription, the performer telling onein-
scription from another by secretly
marked pin pricks.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

stream of people who came to view the
remains of their martyred president.
Death Mask Made.
A death mask of the presidents
face was made at 1920 p. m. Saturday.
The mask was taken by Eduard L.
A. Pausch. of Hartford, Conn. Pausch
has modelled the features of many
of the distinguished men who have
died in this country in recent years.
The mask is a faithful reproduction
of the late President McKinley's TEA.
lures.
The Irish standard., 1901-09-21

room from the rear through the IL
brary. After passing into the hall he
had made his way around through the
sitting-room behind into the library.
There was an instantaneous movement
in the room as the president appeared.
The procession was still passing from
the south side around the head of the
casket and back between it and the
members of the cabinet seated at it's
side. Everyone rose and all eyes were
turned toward the president. He
moved forward again with the tide of
the procession to his place at the head
of the line of cabinet officers. He held
himself erect, his left hand carrying
his silk hat. Those who were coming
toward him fell back on either side to
let him pass. He paused once or twice
to shake hands silently, but there was
no smile to accompany his greetings.
He, too, seemed to be restraining a
great grief. When President Roose-
welt reached the head of the line of
cabinet officers he kept his face away
from the casket.
An impressive Scene.
The president spoke to Secretary
Root, or perhaps it would be more
precise to say that the latter spoke to
him. The president appeared to be
steeling himself for look into the
face of him whose death had made him
the first ruler Of the world. The ten
sion in the room was great. Everyone
seemed to be waiting. The minister of
the Gospel stood with the Holy Book
in his hand ready to begin. Perhaps it
might have been 60 seconds. It seemed
longer. Then the president turned and
at the same time advanced one step.
BE bowed his head and looked down
upon the man whose burden and re-
sponsibility he had taken up. Long he
gazed, standing immovable save for q
twitching of the muscles of the chin
as he labored with heavy breath to re-
press his emotion.
The Services Begin.
At last he stepped back. Col. Bing-
ham. the aid to the president, stand
ing ten feet below the foot of the cas-
ket at the side of the loyal Cortelyou,
glanced in the direction of Rev. Charles
Edward Locke. of the Delaware Ave-
nue. Methodist Episcopal church, who
was to conduct the service. The pas
tor was at the door leading into the
hall, station whence his words could
be heard at the head of the stairs. The
signal was given and there welled out
from the hall the beautiful words of
LEAD, Kindly Light" sung by quar-
tette. It was President AcKinley's ia
vorite hymn.
When the singing ended the clergy
man read from the words of the IF.
teenth chapter of the First Corinth-
ians. All had risen as he began and
remained standing throughout the re-
mainder Of the service.
The casket was then escorted to the
city hall, where throughout the long
hours of the afternoon there was
never cessation Of the silent, moving