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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

cagO there are TO be found motley col
, leotions of about all the articles which
man or woman ever owned. 1t would
be impossible to list them in a whole
page of newspaper.
The article which figures most extern
slvely among the lost and found of the
big railroads is the umbrella. An Off
cial of the Illinois Central says he re-
ceived in the baggage department 1, 500
umbrellas year. General Agent Sadd
of the Burlington says his records show
about 600 a year, and the other lines
report large collections of this service
able article, which are left on trains in
all kinds of weather. On a recent fine,
sunshiny day the Burlington railroad
showed ON its record a whole page of
abandoned umbrellas.
Next come the overshoes, which are
daily found, singly and in pairs and Of
tentimes odd in size and kind. AT all
the offices they are accumulated to the
extent of barrels and barrels. 1t is a
common occurrence to find upper, low
er and partial sets of false teeth. Some
give evidence of long service, others
have been too new and have been laid
OUT to give relief. But they come in
all shapes and sizes.
Wearing apparel in large quantities
is to be found IN the lost parcel rooms.
The clerks in the Alton S quarters at the
Union station fitted out dummy figure
with every single article that man is
likely to wear from head to foot. The
articles were all left piece by piece on
the train and gathered up by the en-
ployees until the figure was logged out
in newest fashion.
The young woman stenographer in
Baggage Agent Sadd's office has pet
kitten which was found in an envelope
box on a tram, and, there being no
claimant, young Tom is being taught to
earn his board by mOusing in the bag
gage room.
Cripples frequently leave their
crutches on trains There is a collection
Of them at all the offices. Hanging up
in the parcel room of the Illinois Cen
trail is a big anchor made of moss gath
cred from trees in the far south. The
maker had taken care of it until Chica
go was reached, only to abandon it to
the care of the parcel man.-Chicago
Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
sheridan and the Joke.

Sheridan, himself a brilliant orator
as well as a shrewd observer, was one
day asked how it was he got ON so well
in the house of commons. "Well,'' he
said, 81 soon found out that the major
ity were fools, but all loved joke, and
1 determined to give them what they
liked" The great advantage of joke
is that it puts the speaker at. once ON
good terms with his audience. Hence
Cicero recommends it for an exordium.
A common way of winning the good
will of an audience is fiattery. When
the Jews brought down the orator Ter
tullus to accuse Paul, Tertullus began
his speech with flattery of King Agrip-
pa, ''Since by thee we enjoy and so
on. Another way, subtle form of fat
terry, is TO describe yourself as a native
of the same place or county as those
you are addressing. The forensic formu-
la, the fustian apostrophe TO the IL ''in-
telligent and patriotic and high minded
men" whom the rhetorical Buzfuz sees
before him, is played out, but it has its
modern equivalents. -Westminster Re-
view.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

claptrap than Mckinley. Sc true is
this that the incident when he sudden
ly drew from beneath his desk the suit
of clothes which he purchased for $40
at the establishment of fellow repre-
sentative in Boston, in order TO demon
strate the cheapness of wearing APP
parel, stands out with vivid distinct
ness.
1t was this earnestness and self con-
viction that made McKinley's address
in the house and on the stump so effec-
tive. Indeed the occasion is still re-
called when he held an audience Of
Georgia people for two hours at Il
Chautauqua assembly near Atlanta
while he preached to them the glorieS
of the protective tariff system. 1T
was only by the greatest self control, +"
said the late Henry w. Grady, speak
ing OF this event afterward, that
restrained myself from rising as Nc
Kinley concluded his wonderful speech
and declaring myself henceforth ready
to follow him as a disciple"
James G.. Blaine in his "Twenty
Years of Congress" reviewed the For
ty-fifth congress, in which Mckinley
first sat, as follows: william Mchin-
lev, Jr., entered from the Canton dis
trict. He enlisted in an Ohio regiment
when but IL years old and won the
rank of major by meritorious service.
The interest of his constituency and
his own bent of mind led him to the
study of industrial questions, and he
was soon recognized in the house as
one of the most thorough statisticians
and one of the ablest defenders of the
doctrine of protection"
At n great mass meeting in Indian
apolis several years ago the late ex-
President Harrison was presiding off,
Ger. Mckinley was one of the speak
ers. and Harrison Introduced him as
follows:
..He has endeared himself to all by
his record as a gallant young soldier
battling for the nag. He has honored
himself, his state and the country by
his conspicuous services in high legis-
lative and executive places. No man
more than he is familiar with the ques-
lions that now engage public thought.
No man is more able than he lucidly to
set them before the people. l do not
need to invoke your attention to what
be shall say. He will command il"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

committee on ways and means. ne
served on the last mentioned committee
until the expiration of his last term as
representative. While chairman of this
committee he framed the Mckinley bill,
which afterward became law.
Mckinley was a protege of ex-Presi-
dent Hayes, and up to the time of the
latter's death he recognized the OK
president as his adviser and counselor.
He was In General Hayes regiment
during the civil war. General Hayes
knew him and his father well, and saw
in the dashing young cavalier the germ
of greatness. He needed counselor,
an adviser, a friend, and General
Hayes watched over him with the
filial love, devotion and pride of 4
father.
The war ended, Mckinley still re-
manned an object of hope. of interest
and pride to General Hayes. McKin-
icy became a candidate for congress
and was elected. When Hayes was
president, Mckinley was in the house
of representatives. The major was
frequent welcome visitor at the White
House. One day the president gave
Mckinley advice, which made McKin-
ley the foremost champion of pro-
tective tariff. President Hayes thus
spoke to the young representative:
ITO achieve success and fame you
must pursue a special line. You must
not make a speech on every motion
offered or bill introduced. You must
confine yourself to one particular
thing. Become a specialist. Take up
some branch of legislation and make
that your study. Why not take up the
subject of tariff? Being a subject that
will not be settled for years to come,
it offers n great field for study and
chance for ultimate fame"
With these words ringing in his ears
Mckinley began studying the tariff
and soon became the foremost author
ity on the subject.
The day upon which the mckinley
tariff bilr' was passed in the house
must always stand as the supreme mo-
ment of McKinley's congressional ca
reer. The bill. by adroit parliamentary
generalship which had prevented it
from being weighed down with amend
ments not approved by the committee,
had been brought under the operation
of the previous question. 1t stood COM
plete ready to go forth for good or
evil. Upon Mckinley devolved the task
of smoothing its path and speeding it
upon its way.
The occasion, thoroughly advertised,
attracted TO the capitol an immense
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
Free In Spite of himself.

Under the first French empire the ad-
ministration of the prison Of Sainte-
Pelagie was so loose that it was not rare
for accused persons to lie there six
months without knowing the cause of
their incarceration. The following adj
venture, narrated in 1.-The Dungeons of
Old Paris" discloses the fact that re-
lease under similar conditions of igno-
rance was not impossible:
The doctor had given to a prisoner
who was slightly i'll an order for the
baths. Not knowing in what part of
the prison the infirmary was situated,
he presented his order TO a tipsy turn
key, who opened the outer door of the
prison.
NJ. GulllOn, free man without being
aware of it, took the narrow street to be
sentry's walk and went few PAGES
without finding any one to direct him.
Returning to the sentry at the door, he
inquired where We're the baths.
THE baths?" said the sentinel.
"The prison baths
1.-The prison baths, ;" said the sentinel,
''are probably i'll the prison, but you
can't get in there"
What can't get into the prison?
Am outside it, then?''
"Why, yes, you're in the street. You
ought to know that, should think. -
Il did not know it, 1 assure you, 4"
said NJ. Guillon, land this won't suit
me at all. 4"
He rang the prison bell and was re-
admitted, and his recital of his adven-
ture restored to sobriety the turnkey
who had given him his freedom.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

MKINLEY AT BEGINNING OF HIS LEGAL
CAREER.
but as n man. Her illness was often
overcome by her affection, and she
Travelled. thousands of miles when she
was weak in body merely that she
might be near him. She encouraged
him by word. look and presence, and
he in knightly style returned the IA
vors and reciprocated the sacred affec-
ton. Her home life was short, for out
of the thirty years of married life more
than twenty-four were passed by her
husband in the public service.
Mrs Mckinley for years has spent
much of her leisure in crocheting those
dainty little slippers which have so
many times brought sunshine into
gloomy hospital wards in various parts
of the country. 1t IS said that she has
knitted over 5000 pairs of these slip
pers in her twenty-siX years Of invalid
life. In appearance Mrs Mckinley is
Of medium height, with brown hair
and large deep blue eyes. Although an
invalid. she was fond of making and
receiving calls and often went on shop
ping tours. Mrs. Mckinley never cared
much for dress, although her toilets
have always been In excellent taste.
For many years Mrs. McKinley's face
has betrayed a faint languor. sugges-
tive of the invalid. but 1t is fair and
bears stamp of beauty, in spite of the
fifty-five years she carries. Her i'll health
dates from girlhOod. AS student she
with difficulty undertook the studies
of the course, By reason Of this condi-
ton. but with constant care and fire.
quent medical attention she overcame
all trouble sufficiently to- enjoy life and
to taste of its pleasures. Her actual
invalidism dates from the birth of her
second child, in 1871. This child died
in it's infancy and was followed by the
first child, a daughter of three years,
short time afterward. Mrs. Saxton,
Mrs. AIcKinley's mother, also died about
this time. These sorrows were more
than she could bear, and she never re-
covered.
A little story OF McKinley's home
acts while governor may be of interest.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
TRADE WITH MExco.~
Plans For Exhibition OF Goods Of
Both Countries.

4 movement is on foot in the City of
Mexico to establish in that city per-
mapent display of the goods of Ameri-
can manufacturers and ut the same
time to place in at least one of the
great cities of the United States
similar permanent display of the prod
ucts of Mexico, writes correspondent
of the New York Evening Post. By
this means it is believed that not only
would the importation of goods from
the United States be greatly increased,
but that much of the trade which is
now controlled by European manufac-
turers can be diverted. Mexican mer-
chants and people have become so used
to purchasing goods of European make
that they never think of looking at
those from the United States
America to the minds of most of
them is n place from which to get cleo
trical inventions. Il few staple articles
and machinery; but for silks, woolens,
cloths of all kinds, cutlery, crockery
and the thousand and one things which
are needed there, but are not made in
that country, the merchant looks to the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

becoming United States senator anO
| justice OF the United States supreme
| court, and Rutherford B. Hayes, after
ward governor of Ohio and president
| of the United States. These are few
of the illustrious men who We're borne
on the roll of officers of the gallant
regiment in which marched Private
William Mckinley. Jr.
He carried the musket for fourteen
months; then he was promoted. But
he won his promotion honestly. His
| comrades of the rank and file bear tes-
tiInony to the fact that he was a good
soldier; that he performed every duty
devOlving upon him with fidelity and
| intelligence and without complaint.
They congratulated him, therefore,
when he was made commissary SER
geant of the regiment. Later. after
Antietam. he was made n second leu
tenant. and the Mahoning county boy
had risen from the ranks.
He was now TO all intents and pur-
poses a trained veteran. He had had
his baptism in blood at Carnifex Fer
ry. He had gone through the West
| Virginia campaign and become part
| of the magnificent Army of the Poto-
mae under Mcclellan. South Mountain
| and Antietam had been made immor
| tai by the blood of heroes, and the
shoulder straps were worn with due
but not exaggerated realization of the
responsibilities they implied. He be-
came a second lieutenant on Sept. pa,
1862. He was promoted to first lieu
tenant Feb. Z, 1868. His commission
as captain bears date July %, 1864.
The brevet rank of major was con-
ferred by President Lincoln for gal
liant and meritorious services Mt the
battles Of Opequan. Fishers Creek and
Cedar Hill" He was with Sheridan
in the Shenandoah campaign, was ut
Winchester, Cedar Greek. Fishers
Hill, Opequan. Kernstown, Floyd
Mountain and Berryville, where his
horse was shot under him, and in all
the battles in which the Twenty-third
participated. He served on the STATS
of Generals Hayes. Crook, Hancock
and Carroll. He was mustered out
with the regiment July. 26. 1865. after
more than four years continuous serv
ice.
When the war closed, Mckinley was
Just twenty-five. He was full of youth
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

PRESIDENT M'KINLEY IN HIS SPECIAL CAR.
address he said: 1T is my desire to CO.
operate with you In every endeavOr to
secure wise. economical and honora-
BILE administration and, so far as can
be done, the Improvement and eleva-
ton OF the public service"
From the day of his Inauguration
Governor Mckinley took the greatest
interest in the management Of the pub
/, lie benevolent institutions of the state,
and he made Il study of means for their
betterment. During his first term the
state board of arbitration was created.
and he made the workings of the board
q matter of personal supervision during
the entire four years OF his administers
ton.
No account of McKinley's connection
with labor problems would be complete
without some mention of the tireless
energy which he displayed in securing
relief for the 1000 miners in the Hook
ing valley mining district who early in
1895 were reported out of work and
destitute. The news first came to the
governor one night at midnight, but be-
fore o'clock in the morning he had
upon his own responsibility dispatched
to the afflicted district n car containing
81 900 worth Of provisions. Later he
made appeals for assistance and finally
distributed among the 2.T32 families in
the district clothing and provisions to
the amount of SD, 1865.
McKinley's nomination and election
to the presidency in 1896, the stirring
events of 1897, eliminating in 1898 in
the war with Spain, and the acquisi-
ton for the first time in this country's
history of foreign territory by conquest
as well as his reelection, with Theo-
dore Roosevelt as his running mate, in
1900 are events of too recent occur
renee to require more than passing
mention. With the circumstances sur
rounding his death. resulting from the
bullet of an assassin. fired while Mr..
Mckinley was receiving at the Pan
American exposition, and his gallant
but unsuccessful fight for life the pub
lie is but too painfully familiar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
Mckinley
as
a Soldier.

and when the drums and flies aroused
the echoes of the quiet streets of Po-
land among the first applicants for en-
listment was William Mckinley, Jr.
1t was new experience and n new
school that the eighteen-year-old boy
entered, this school of war, but he had
wonderful teachers. 1t was his good
fortune that assigned him to the TWEEN
ty-third Ohio. The recruits that COM
posed it were in June, 1861, mustered
and formed into a regiment. Its first
colonel was William S. Rosecrans, aft
erward major general commanding the
department. of the Cumberland. Sec
ond In command was Stanley Mat
thews, who was splendid soldler, but
won his greatest honors in civil life by
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
LEFT ON TRAINS.
All Sorts OF Articles Are Forgotten by
Absentminded Passengers.

All Sorts OF Articles Are Forgotten by
Absentminded Passengers.
Recently aChicago railroad displayed
in its unclaimed parcel room five barrels
of rubber overshoes and a box full of
false teeth. All this property and more
during period of six months had been
left ON the suburban and through trains
by absent minded passengers. The gen.
eral baggage agent, upon being asked
what was the oldest occurrence of this
kind, said that a woman once left ON a
train a 6-months-old baby, and she did
not miss it until a trainman overlook
her with the little bundle of humanity
before she got outside of the train shed.
1t was not a case of abandonment. She
had forgotten Co take up her own off
spring
Only one-half of the articles left on
trains are claimed and returned to own
ers. At all the railroad offices in Chi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
AS
a Son.

1t had been his custom while at home
in Canton to take his mother to church
each Sunday morning. When he went
to Columbus as governor, he determin-
ed to keep up the practice as much as
possible, and unless the press of public
business was very great he always
slipped quietly over to Canton from the
state capital on Sunday mornings and
walked to church with his mother on
his arm. The next train would carry
him to Columbus, where his wife
awaited his coming. Naturally the
mother looked with pride on such n
son, and she followed with keen inter-
est the progress of his first presidential
canvass.
Young Mckinley had been keen OBJ
server, so far as his opportunities went,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
Mckinley
as
a Boy.

ly enough to have sons who took pa-
triotic- part in the war of the Revolu-
rtion.
The family removed from Pennsyl-
wanna to Ohio in 1914, and from that
day has been identified with that
state not in a great public way, but
simply as faithful and devoted citi-
zens, not striving for particular emil
nence, brIt notable for sturdiness OF
characte7 and integrity.
It was, among such people and OF
them that William Mckinley was born
at Niles, in Trumbul county, o., Feb.
26, 1914.
a younger son, he was destined by
his father, after whom he was named,
for theTbar. He was educated at the
public schools, and later entered Ale
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
Mckinley
as
a Lawyer.

regular army. But to this his parents
offered strong opposition. They point
cd out the small rewards that come to
the soldier in time of peace. At length
ne yielded to their persuasions and re-
luctantly gave up his dreams of mar
tial glory and bent his mind upon the
pursuits of peace. The war had ended
all thought of Il collegiate career. He
cast about for profession. and natu-
rally. considering the bent Of his mind,
he chose the law. He became student
in the offices of Charles L. Glidden
and David Wilson, then leaders of the
Mahoning county bar. He supplement-
ed his reading by taking the course at
the Albany Law school and IN 1867
at Canton. where he formed partner
ship with Judge Belden.
He was an excellent advocate, even
in those early days. and made some of
the best jury arguments ever heard at
the Stark county bar. At the time lie
was first elected to congress he enjoyed
one of the best general practices in the
county.
As a lawyer Mr.. Mckinley was al
ways thorough and careful in the prep
aration of cases. lie had the confidence
of everybody and soon became particu-
larry prominent as an advocate. He
prepared himself by thorough courses
of reading for his public career. He re-
sembled Garfield much in this respect
and possessed clements of streng; by
reason of his thorough study of polit-
ieal subjects. he seems to have had in
view from the beginning the devotion
of his life to public service. During all
his early professional years he was an
active participant in Republican cam
paigns and early gave evidence of the
power he later developed as n public
speaker and orator. The plan of his
political speaking was always the same.
He first thoroughly mastered the sub
tect in hand and then presented it forci-
bly,.
Major Mckinley was but thirty-three
years old when he was elected by the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

ghany college at Meadville, Pa, teach
ing school to pay his tuition fees.
Scarcely was lie matriculated when
the civil war came on. He was but
STRIPPING of nineteen when he entered
as a private.
Mckinley, as those who remember
him as a boy in Poland, o., declare,
was n real boy, full of fun, loving ath-
letic sports, fond of horses and hunt
ing and fishing and all outdoor exer-
else, and yet at 10 we find him taking
upon himself a serious view of life.
The church records show that in 1858,
when he was hardly 16, he united with
the Methodist Episcopal church of Po-
land.
McKinley's father was an iron manu-
facturer and a pioneer in that business.
William was his third son, the eldest
being David, the second James and the
youngest Abner.
McKinley's mother was alert and Wig
orous, mentally and physically, up to
the time of her death, which occurred
when she was nearly ninety years of
age
Major McKinley's home life was very
happy despite the fact that his wife
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

play FOR themselves Which they VIII es-
tabIish in at least one American city
and probably in more. The city where
the first permanent exhibit will be
placed Will undoubtedly be st. Louis,
as the manufacturers there cater more
to the Mexican trade than do those Of
any other part of the country. If two
exhibits are established, the second
will be in New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
sGThe Gideons.u

'The Gideons" is an organization of
Christian commercial travellers in Chi
cago who neither drink. smoke nor
play cards. Though founded only q
year ago, it has 1000 members and IL
growing rapidly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

people OF his DIS
trict to represent
them in congress.
There he soon made
his mark and was
returned at each
subsequent election
until that of 1890,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

row.
Spenders--Ah! perhaps you have
money to lend, then?
Klose-Eo, it's because 1 never lend
that don't have to borrow-CathoIic
Standard and Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
AS a
Statesman.

In which year change in the bounda-
ries of his district defeated him by a
majority of only 302.
While in congress he served on the
committee on revision of laws, the ju-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

throng. The gal
lerieS were one
mass of humanity,
and the anticipa-
ton of the vote
had compelled the
attendance of ev-
cry member. As
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14
The
Mckinley
Bill.

usual. Mckinley spoke without notes.
His voice, penetrating but not harsh,
filled the chamber. Every sentence
was distinctly heard. Never was an
orator more free from the ordinary
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-09-14

full enthusiasm and
ardOr. and he re-
turned to his home
in Ohio fully ex-
pecting to accept
the hattering offer
made him of n
commission in the