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VOLUME LXXXHI.-NO. 13.
SAD ARE
TIDINGS OF
THE ELS
Peals From the Church
Tower Announce Mrs.
McKinley's Death.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE FUNERAL.
l To Be Held Tuesday Af.ernoon
A in the PNce of Family
Worship.
MINISTERS OF CANTON
WILL ALL ATTEND.
Mess?, of Condolence Are Sent
to the President From All Sec
tions of the Union.
•special Dispatch to The Cali.
CAN i Ohio, Dec. 12. — Funeral serv
ices over the remains of Mrs. Nancy Alli
son McKinley will be held in the First M.
E. Church o; this c.ty at 1 o'clock Tues
day aiternoon. Interment will follow in
West Lawn cemetery just west of the city;
and Tuesday evenine President McKinley
and wife and oflicials from Washington
who attend the funeral will leave for the
capital, reaching there about noon
Wednesday. These are the arrangements
so far as completed since the death of
Mother McKinley shortly after 2 o'clock
this morning.
It was at first thought by the family I
that the services should be of a more pri
vate nature, held at the old homestead.
It was learned, however, through the pas- j
tor of Mrs. McKin ley's church, and mem
bers of the congregation as w«*l as from
friends, that the number of friends who !
de-ired to pay their last tribute of respect |
to the beloved woman by attending the :
obsequies could not be accommodated i
witn such arrangements and church servi- ,
ces were decided upon.
Rev. Dr. Manchester, the pastor of the
church, has announced thai it is his de- j
sire and that he will extend an mvi. ation I
to have the ministeisoi all of the churches |
of tne city, of which there are about i
thirty, occupy the pulpit and participate
in the service*.
Pali-bearers have been selected from
among the oider members 01 the church
and those who lor years have been close
neighbors of the deceased. They are:
Judge William R. Day, Hon. William A.
Lynch, former Mayor; K. Cassidv, L. L.
Miller, W. W.Clark. Judge T. J. McCarty,
David Zoliars, former Mayor, and John F.
lake.
The First Methodist Church, in which
the services aie to be held, is the one in
which Mother McKinley worshiped dur
ing her residence in Canton and in which
she was found almost every iday
morning, only serious indisposition or
important circumstances keeping her
nway. Throe weeks aeo to-day she was
in her pew as usual.
Though she was nearly 89 years of are
she atten Jed regularly all .he wo ile. This
is also the congregation with which the
President has been always associated, it
was in this churcn that he was superin-
tendentot the Sunday-school thirty years
ago, and here that he aways attended
Vhws in Peri «v Fri c , tie Capital of Hay i, Seine of the Reren: N.val Demox strahon by Geim_ny
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services when in Canton, usually going
with his mother. They last attended to
gether last September, when the Presi
dent was here during his summer vaca
tion. The President is a member of the
board of trustees of the church.
At daylight this morning, at the sug
gestion of some of the o;der membars o
the congregation that an old-time custom
now obsolete be observed, to publicly an
nounce tne death, the bell in the tower of
the church slowly toiled oS the yearn of
her age.
It is a coincidence that Mrs. McKinley
died at almost the identical hour of the
day as did her husband on Thanksgiving
five years ago.
President McKinley remained up until
about 3:30 o'clock, a little more than one
hour after ill- 4 , death, and then retired for
a few hours' sleep. During the forenoon
he and his brother spent the greater part
of an hour walkine about the more se
cluded streets near home, securing much
needed exercise and fresh air. The Pies
dent was greatly refreshed by the exer
cise, although even before he seemed lit
tle the worse physically for the trying or
deal of the past days, during which, ex
cept when lie went to Washington to ar.
tend to official duties, ne kept an almost
constant vigil at the bedside of his
mother.
In the afternoon the President and Ah
ner McKinley drova to beautiful West
Lawn Cemetery, about a mile west of the
home, to attend personally to arrange
ment for the interment, which will be
made in the fa miiy lot, wheie lies the re-
mains of the binband and father, and
whicn adj -ins tne lot winch for more
than twenty years has contained ihe
bodies of the two children of the President
and his wife, under carefully kept mounds
that are strewn with flowers whenever the
parents come to Canton. To-day the
President tenderly and tearfully laid clus-
ters of flowers on the graves, while the site
of the mother*. resting-place was being se
lected.
Messages of condolence are pouring into
the telegraph oflice from ail quartets and
many friends have already caded at the
house to offer sympathy.
Stewart L. Bowman of Loraine, the hus
band of one of Mr?. McKinley's grand
c hi. dren, joined the family circle ii c
morning. The children and granu
children, except Mrs. George B. Morse oi
San Franciaco, a dau. filer of th^ late
David McKinley, and all of the immediate
amily were here for the closing scenes of
the life. Other relatives will come for ihe
luneral.
Assistant Sacrelary of State Day has re
mained as an old friend of the .President
and is assisting in making the funeral ar
rangements.
During her life Mrs. McKinley showed a
fondness for visit us with Her children,
and besides having them at her home a*
mucu as possible, frequently visited their
home*. She sp--nt one waiter with her
son David in California shortly before hi
deatn, and frequently went, to Somerset,
Pa., the home of her son Abner, as weli
as to Pittsburg and later Cleveland, the
home of the Dnnons.
From report- received here this evening
it is expected that Secretary Bass of ibe
Interior ' Department, Secretary of War
Alger; Attorney-General McKenna, his
wife ntid hi*, daughters; Postmaser-Gene
r.~ii Gary an I Secretary to ihe President
Port-rand his wife, will reach h.ere Tue s
cay morning « ver the Pennsylvania line?
to attend the funeral services.
TO ATTEND IH- FUNERAL
Statesmen and O hrs Who Will
Journay From tha Capital to
Canton.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12.— A1l the mem
ters of the Cabinet whose official duties
will termit their leaving Washington a.
this tim- will start for Canton to-morrow
evening to attend the funeral of Mrs. Mc-
Kinley. The party will include Secre
taries Aig^r. Bliss, Wilson and Gary, At
lornev-Gener ,1 McKenna and Secretary
Sherman, if be latter i* feeling well
enough to make the trip. Secretaries
Long and Gage are detained in Washing
ton by pre sing departmental duties.
Vice-President Hobart mill also remain
here, his preset. c bin: neces-ary as the
Continued on Second rage.
SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1897.
Baron Yon Bulcw, the German Minister of Foreign Affairs, to Whose Vigorous Policy the Recent
Aggressive Movements by Germany in China and Hayti Are Due. It Is Said That
Emperor William Approves but Does Not Direct the Policy cf Yv, Minis
[Draxtn from a Recent Photograph.]
HAITI'S
MINISTRY
RESIGNS
Goes Out of Office In
Order to Escape
Interpolation.
SITUATION IS VERY
CRITICAL.
New Cabinet to Be Selected
to Appease the Public
Clamor.
PRESIDENT SAM MAY STAY
IN POWER.
.vi In later L-erer Thinks the Little
Repub lc Is Not In Dancer of
Revolution. /
topvrlßht. 897, by James Gordon Bennett.
I'ORT AU PRINCE; Dec. 12.— Min
istry resigned yesterday to escape interpo
lation in the Chambers. The situation is
becoming more critical hourly, but it is
possible that the names of the new Cabi
net, which will probably be published to
morrow, may appease public Clamor and
en bio President Sam to remain in power.
There 1-, however, a strong feeling against
him, particulaily in he interior, and it is
impossible to forecast events.
Sailor* from the German warships are
allowed ashore.
The retiring Ministers are: P. Fame,
Foreign Affairs and Justice; M. Mont
point, War and Navy; M. Bulean, Inte
r or* M. Chanzy, Pnolic Instruction; M.
Artean, Public Works; M. Fouchard, Fi
nance.
This moraine, while attending mass at
Notre Dame, President Sam made a cir
cuit of the cay on horseback, escorted by
his staff of oflicers, but without special
military display. The city has now re
sumed its normal aspect.
NEW YORK; D-c. 12.— The Herald's
Washineton correspondent telegraphs:
I saw Minister Deger, the representatives
of Hayti in this city to-night. He had no
information in regard to the Ministry's
resignation, nor did be expect official ad
vices until the appointment of the new-
Ministry. He said:
"1 am not surprised at the information.
You will remember that I told you, before
the Lueders indemnity was paid, that
such action would mean the Ministry's
downfall. The people of Hayti have been
very much c-xcited over the German con*
troversy, and I Knew they would hold the
Ministry responsible for a compliance
with German demand* in the manner fol
lowed.
"President Sara will now begin the for
mation of a new Ministry. Tnere are no
political parties in Hayti, the factions
which existed having united some time
as;o. The President will now consult, I ex
pect, with leading members of the Senate
and House oi Representative*, and upon
their advice will se ect members for the
new Ministry. I think the downfall of the
Ministry will close the incident. While
the people of Hayti are greatly excited, I
do not believe there is the slightest ground
for believing that there will be a revolu
tion."
WITH SiR.C -ES T SECRECY.
Inquiry Into the Charges Against
Count Ester hazy is Proceeding
at Cherche Midi.
Copyright. 1897, by James Gordon Bennett.
PARIS, Dec. I*l— 'liie Esterhazy in
quiry Is proceeding with the- strictest se
crecy and ii is expected will take three
weeks before it is decided whether the af
fair will po before a court-matial.
The Figaro says that Count Ksterhazy
was examined yesterday afternoon by
Major Kavary an hour after his arrival at
Cherche Midi prison, where the .inquiry
is- taking place. Mathieu Dreyfus was
seen to arrive and it is believed the ac
cu ed and accuser were confronted. The
investigating officer also saw a number of
experts. Intere t in the case is for the
moment suspended, though th 4 ** authori
ties are still euarding approaches to
bridges in view of a recurrence of the
student demonstration.
ENGLAND WILL NOT OPPOSE.
Therefore Germany Is Extending the
Area of Occupation at
Kiao Chcu
LONDON, Dec. 12.— Berlin corre
spondent of the Daily Mail says that he
hears that Great Britain agrees not to op
pose Germany's occupation of Kiao Chou
in return for Germany's promise not to
interfere in the Egyptian question.
According to a dispatch from Shanghai
to the same paper tiie Germans are. ex
tending the area of occupation at Kiao
Chou and now control 400 miles square.
They have arranged a German adminis
tration and are already collecting duties.
The Tsung li Tainan, says the dispatch,
has appointed a Prince to negotiate a set
tlement with the Germans.
title, in a Tunnel.
WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Dec. 12— A
heavy freight train crashed into a train
of empty coal cars in the Vos burg tun
nel on the Lehigh. Valley Railroad this
1 morning, blocking the tunnel completely.
I The wreck tooK fire ana burned furiously
i all day. Eng net r John Thomas and his
' fireman, Jaii.es Deegan, were badly hurt.
The her trainmen escaped injury, but
| ihfv had the greatest difficulty in making
| th ir escape from the tunnel, crawling for
i £00 feet.
WOULD TAKE
PROVISIONS
TO DAWSON
Dyea Syndicate to Make
an Offer to This
Government.
PLAN FOR A RELIEF
EXPEDITION.
Guarantees to Carry ln Fifty
Thousand Pounds of
Supplies, .
RAILWAY TO BE BUILT IN
THE SPRING.
Construction Material for the
Takou Pass Line Has A ready
Been Shipp d.
"-{ip-rial Dispatch to 'Jhe Cam.
DYEA., Alaska, Dec. 8 (via Steamship
City of Seattle 10 Seattle Dec. 12).
Dyea parlies, headed by George F. Ul
mer, propose to go to the relief of the
hungry hordes at Dawson City, N. W. T.
The y will make the United States Gov.
eminent an offer to deliver 50,000 pounds
of provisions within fifty days after the
time o f starting for Dawson for the sum
of $75,000. They already h ave 5000 pounds
of provisions cached at Lake Bennett,
which they will take in over the Chilkoot
Pass this winter. Ulmer will go south by
the next steamer to lay his proposition
before the Secretary of War by wire from
San Francisco, Seattle or Tacoma.
There it 4 material evidence tl at the rail
road over the Takou Pass, beginning at
the head of Takou Inlet, a mile south oi
Juneau, will be built next spring. A. E.
Johnson is heft* awaiting Hie arrival of
JJOO tons of construction material, tool**,
c, which a letter he has received from
the East says has already been shinned.
Johnson was one of the Pratt- Packard
party which went over the Ta-ou Pass
last summer, when a preliminary survey
for the raiir ad was made. The road will
run from the head of navigation on Takou
Inlet up that and other streams, ov**r the
divide and down to Lake Teslin, a dis
tance of from 150 to 160 miles.
Steamboats will run from the lake down
the Hooieianque, Lewis nn 1 Yukon Riv
ers to Dawson. This is the railroad pro
ject Jof which ex-Senator Saulsbury and
Mr. L*e of the Wilmington, Del., street
car line are the promoters. Johnson will
di tribute the advance- material on the
trail this winter.
Henry Bratnober, the confidential agent
of the Rothschilds, has returned to
Juneau. He brought with him a young
Mr. Onderdonk, whose father is a promi
nent Canadian railroad contractor, and a
party of surveyors. He chartered a small
steamer and the entire party has gone to
Pyramid Hi rbor, on Lynn Canal, which Jg
the starling point of all the proposed
railroads over Chilkat Pass and Dalton
Trail.
ZANOLI PROTECTS INNOCENCE-
Willing to Aid in the Investigation
of the Deaths of His Four
Wives.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.— Charles Zinoli,
who is suspected of having killed four of
his wives and three other persons for the
purpose of collecting in-urance money
on their lives, is still a prisoner at police
headquarters. He continues his protesta
tions of innocence ol foul deeds. In his
conversation Z.moli expresses himself as
being more than ready to help the detec
tives toward the solution of all doubtful
questions, and Chief Detective McCluskey
acknowledges that the prisoner had of
fere • him assistance in clearing some of
the details of the investigation, which
have cost much time and trouble.
The police have learned that the young
woman who had been selected by Zanoli
as hi- fifth wife, just before his arrest on
Thursday last, is Barbara Hoffmer, 25
years 01 aire, a resident of Brooklyn.
She had answered an advertisement of
Zanoli under the name of C. Wanner.
Zanoli has a smattering knowledge of
medical ; hings, which h<: gained in hi 3
apprenticeship for the trade of barber in
Germany. He is able to pull teeth and
to perform the operation known as cup
ping, and is familiar with the blister
raised afier the clipping process. It is
possible, Chief McCluskey thinks, that
he may De Dosses ed with the same gen
eral knowledge of deadly drugs.
The police are now satisfied that Zinoli
did not make away with the child L*-*na
Werna, daughter of one of the prisoner's
dead wives. The girl is now in Germany
with her relatives. The body of Jennie
Schlessinger, the fourth wife, will be ex
numed to-morrow.
PHILADELPHIA'S BIG FIRE.
Over Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars
the Damage in Euildings
and Stock.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12.— The dam
age resuliine from last n ght's fire at
John and James Dobson's wholesale and
retail salesrooms, 809 and 811 Chestnut
street, will reach a larger sum than was
at first estimated. Over $800,000 in build
ings and stock went up in smoke and
flame, which was fully covered by insur
ance. The losses are divided as follows:
Dobson building, $60,000; stock, $500,000;
bharpless Bros., adjoining Dobson's on
the east, $200, on building and stocK;
Commonwealth Title Insurance and
Trust Company, adjoining D<>Ds>>n's on
ths east, $40,000, and W.H. Hoskins, sta
tionery and fancy goods, 805 Chestnut
I street, $25,000. Sharpless Bros, and the
Commonwealth Company were princi
pally damaged by the tailing walls and
water. Hoskins' loss was by water. Fire
Marshal Thompson has not yet deter
mined the origin of tne fire. The ruins
smoldered all day, and were viewed by
thousands' of persons.
Hubbard's flork Eulogised.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12— The funeral
of the late Gar ncr Green Hubbard will
be he.d at tbe Church of the Covenant at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon. The services
will be simple and brief and will be con
ducted by the Kov. Dr. Haliin. Mr. Hub
bard was president of tbe board of trus
tees of that church from the time it was
organized and gave the construction of
the present house of worship his personal
attention. Before the sermon this morn
ing Dr. Haliin paid an eloquent tribute to
Mr. Hubb rd's high character and emi
nent services and spoke wiih particular
reference to his connection with that
church. The burial, at Ruck Creek Ceme
tery, will be private.
Killed by His Son.
CLEVELAND. Ohio, Dec. 12.— Patrick
McKenna, an aged man, and his .son,
John, aged 3G. quarreled while at the
supper table tins evening. The father
threw a knife at the son and the latter
struck the old man with a chair, infli ting
injuries which caused death in a few min
utes. The son was arrested.*
£ NEWS OF THE DAY
§
>o o-;
E Weather forecast for San Fran- 3
to cisco Fair Monday; continued 3
jo cool; light northerly winds. 3
£ FIRST PAGE. 3
E Mournins at Canton. 3
jo Resignation of Hayti's Ministry <■>
E Relief f r Klondik r l. 3
G Mahnffv on Ireland's Crop?. 3
jj» SECOND PAGE. 3
E National University Project. 3
E Munic'pil Reformers to Meet. 3
(o Negro Murderer Doomed. 3
E Work Before Congress. 3
to third PAGE. ~
G Weak Plea* for Annexation. 3
G Short Bicycle Track. 3
E Suicide at Auburn. 3
jo FOURTH PAGE. 3
G Rival San Jose Factions. 3
E Wreck of Lumber Schooner. 3
E Western Union Extension. 3
E FIFTH PAGE. 3
G Attacked by Bold Robbers. 3
E What to Do in aHo d-up. 3
j_ Arresting Pickpockets. 3
E Gas in Hotels Dang»rong. 3
E Coursing at In?les'de. 3
£ SIXTH PAGE. 3
Jo Editorial. 3
E The Coolies' Ad vocal c. 3
G Trade Improvi-tr Again. 2
E Our Merchant Marine. 3
C For the Public Good. 3
to The Coast Press. 3
E News of Foreign Navies. 3
G Personals and Queries. 3
g SEVENTH PAGE. 3
E ' Mrs. O-iricii* 4- May Go Blind. of
E Baseball Games of the Day. 3
U ODoo-ition to the Charier. oi
E BIo«s» Talks of In-land. 3
G Four Theaters Combined. erf
E EIGHTH PAGE. 3
E Children of Mary Celebrate. 3
E Prisoner O'Neil I*- Faking. 3
v. Traveling Men a; Pace. c/
jo On the Rifle Range-,. 3
G NINTH PAGE. 3
E News From Aero-*** the Bay. 3
g TENTH PAGE. o<
S Notes of the National Guard. 3
E ELEVENTH PAGE. 3
)o Births, Marring^, Danth?. 3
£ TWELFTH PAGE. 3
E News of the Water Front. 3
G Swiftwater Bill Married. 3
-Et; A New Friend for Durrant. 3
£ An Alleged Utah Mu-deress. 3
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FARMING
IN FERTILE
IRELAND.
Second Letter on the
Food Situation by
Prof. Mahaffy.
CROPS IN LEINSTER
PROVINCE.
If There Is Any Want It Will
Be Due Mainly to Bad
Management.
BIG PROFITS MADE FROM
POTATOES.
Wealth of Producers Would Be In
creased by Dealing Directly
With Consumers.
The province of minster is in many re
spects distinguished from its sister prov
inces as regards agriculture. Tnere is but
a small area ol moor and mountain — if we
except the large tract in the County Wick
low — very little indeed. There is a large
tract of rich grass land (Meath and West
meath, Kildare and adjacent counties),
and in the north of Dublin and in South
there is mostly good arable lands and
there are well-to-do farmers. Moreover,
several railway lines running into Dublin
afford a great central market at no great
distance, so that this province is the.last
in Ireland to feel the pinch of want.
The following are the answers given to
inquiries about the relative plenty or want
in the present season: A farmer m the
arable part of the County Wicklow, not
very far from the County Dublin, boasts
that ho never had so profitable a potato
crop. His profit was $10,000 this autumn
on this crop alone, and the amount he
had sown did not exceed (I was informed)
sixty acres. This means that there was,
on the average, a high price in the mar
net — that we knew already — it also
1 means that he had an excellent crop, if
this good result were a solitary exception
it would, of course, account lor his large
profits. But this is not so. Over larg 44 )
tracts in the north of the County Dublin,
famous for early potatoes, there wen
heavy and sound crops, and it was re
marked in some cases that even where the
leaves were blackened, and there was great
and reasonable apprehension of extensive
disease, the tubers turned out remarkably
sound.
The high price of potatoes in the Dub
lin market is to be accounted for; first, by
the alarm at the news — iiappily false — of
a total failure; secondly, by the certainty
that the failure, even in the remote, south
and west, would necessarily increase the
demand at the central market of Ireland.
But so far as Leinster is concerned,
though the crop is decidedly under the
average, and even In some places decid
edly bid, there is no talk, even among the
most discontented, of a famine. The
profits made by selling a large and good
crop will be far above the average. .
But, as is well known, the people of this
part of Ire and do not live on potatoes.
They have long since risen to a more com
foru.ble and a better condition of life. So
tar as they use their own wheat, Ido not
hear them complain, and as reeurds oats,
to us a far more important crop, I have
seen remarkably line fields this summer.
But the saving of them was difficult and
expensive on account of the rain in the
end of August. Still 1 do not hear that
oaf meal is dearer than usual. Any ri«e
JKJE*W to-dat;
The man with consumption used to be
considered just as good as-dead. His doc-
tors condemned him to death just as surely
as if he had been convicted of murder
and must die on the scaffold at dawn.
All that has been changed. There is
now no reason for the consumptive to
despair. Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Dis-
covery will cure 98 per cent, of all cases
of consumption. That is a startling state-
ment, but a true one. Consumption is fed
by impure blood. It is an accumulation
of impurities in the lungs. If the blood
is made pure and filled with the purify-
ing properties of the "Discovery" there
is nothing to replace the tuberculous mat-
ter that is coughed up and expectorated.
Gradually . the lungs become free and
clear, the lung lining becomes sound and
healthy, and the disease is conquered.
Then begins the process of flesh building
and soon the hollow cheeks are full, the
step is firm and elastic, and health blooms
in every feature and in every action.
"I was taken ill in February, 1592, with head-
ache and pain in my back," writes H. Caddis,
Esq.. of No. 313 S. J. Street, Tacoma, Wash. •- 1
called in a doctor and he came three times. He
said I was bilious, but I kept getting worse. I
took a cough so that I could not sleep only by
being propped in bed. My lungs hurt me, and
I got so poor that I was just skin and bone. I
thought I was going to die, till one day I was
looking in a little book of Dr. Pierces and I saw
where "the 'Golden Medical Discovery* was rec-
ommended for a cough. I tried a bottle of it and
it did me so much good that I tried another one
and it made me sound and well, so I can recom-
mend it to anybody. It saved my life."