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AT HALF A BliiblOfl DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK BANKS HIGHER THAN FOR A YEAR. If KASE SINCE ELECTION. WIOKKI.Y A.VKRA«E HAS BEEN t LOSE TO SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS. LOAM\(i MOXEY HOW IN LONDON. MiirUot < Imnfied Front a Panic Basi» to One of SiroiiKtk In Six Weeks. KBW YORK, Dec. s.— The New York financier says this week: For the first time Mnce Dec. 25, 1895, the deposits of thy New York clearing house banks exceed $500,000,000, the bank statement for the current week showing a total deposit of $502,046,000, or an increase Since Nov. 7 last of $63,608,400. In other R-ords, the gain has been at the rate Df $15,900,000 per week since the Mon day following election. This record, it Is unnecessary to say, has never been •urpassed in the history of the New STork banks. There is seemingly no cessation in the rrowth of the deposit item. It reflects In part the flow of money from the in terior, but a large percentage doubt less comes from the redeposit of hoard ed funds in savings banks. Then, too, there have been a number of financial operations of large magnitude, which must be taken into consideration, and the treasury has been losing money to the banks. The loan feature is not less marked. The expansion for the week brings the total loans from $442,179,700 reported Nov. 7 to $472,441,800 for the week juat end* hs, a gain of nearly $30,000,000. It cannot be said that all this in crease represents commercial needs. Demands of that nature, in fact, have fallen off lately, and the continued ex pansion shows the effect of the opera tions now going on by which available American capital is placed to the credit of London, where the rate is higher. It has required less than six weeks to change the market from a panic basis to one where the United States can loan money to the oldest and firmest of foreign financial centers. This is one of the most noteworthy incidents that has occurred in American bank ing. The other features of the current Statement are about as had been ex pected. The decrease in specie repre sents operations with the treasury, and is interesting as being the first loss in srold which the banks have reported since the last of August when gold im ports began. ~<^h~ MISSION FINANCED. Favorable Report Regarding (he Presbyterian Board. NEW YORK, Dec. s.— The special committee of nine appointed by the general assembly of the Presbyterian church, at its last conference in May to confer with the board of home mis sions on the financial affairs of the church, has finished its labors. The committee consists of Rev. Dr. W. P. Kaiie. Chicago, chairman; Judge R. H. WHson, Philadelphia; S. M. Clement, Buffalo; S. H. Harbison, Pittsburg; Robert Pitcairn, Pittsburg; T. AY. Yag gy. Chicago; Rev. Dr. John Dixon, Newark, N. J.; Rev. Dr. Charles A. Dickey, Philadelphia, and Dan P. Eells, of Cleveland. The report of the com mittee will be presented to the general assembly when it meets in May, 1897. An abstract of the report is given out for publication today. It is as follows: Ir accordance with the instruction of the general assembly to publish to the church at largo, during the progress of the work of the coii'inittee. whatever information might be, ■ In the judgment of the committee, of value to the church, we desire to announce that diligent attention has been given to the mat ter entrusted to us. We have held several conferences with the board and are glad to be able to announce that we believe such re sults will be readied as will promote the pficicacy of the board and meet the approval of the church generally. While our work is not irompleted, substantial progress has been made. W*> have made a thorough examination of the securities of the board and of the books and accounts of the treasurer's office, with the aid of the public auditor, and it gives us satisfaction to state that the accounts are being kept with accuracy and business abil ity, and that the income from investments has been received with unusual promptness. We feel warranted in appealing to the churches to stand loyally by the work being conducted by tho board, and urge immediate and liberal contributions to meet the emerg ency which is just now upon us. We are confident that the interest of the great cause irhich wo all hava at heart will be greatly promoted, not only for the present, but for th" future, if generous and immediate re sponse be made to the urgent appeals now being i->:nt out. ("ii|» Goes to Gentry. NEW YORK. Dec. 5.— The Board of Review of tlie National Trotting association h»s de ihat the cun offered by the Boston Journal for the best time at the fall meet ing in Boston should be awarded to John R. Gentrjr. 1 1 1 1 1 1 S The blest jgift of the Goliden Gr ain ■brewed by the MINI^EAPOL S BREWING tO. i iJlr a!erm e^' l^ e »^il4 fe^l Extra Pale, Wiener l^ffi and Porter. Telephone 486 or 117 a for a Case of Quarts— Every Bottle a Fulfilled Promise of Excellence. j>f -VJf. AH OUr Winter Weight Jli Blllllil """' " This is without an exception St IVLia* SuitS OverCOatS and the most astonishing sacrifice of TrOUSerS, CP* #fl X values known in tailoring. J. I. n_ in Plain or Fancy Cheviots, Wors- M T^' *^kB 1 llf | \ m , , ll ft # .jig II f 111 1 \ The man who is after style C? | f UU teds, Cassimeres and Tweeda- / %L?MjF \J •\/ \/ \ M 1 ~~~" # " * will get the correct representations *-^w m* **k-Jm^M. w goods that have always sold at m ■ \ lOU - $30.00 t0 550.00, ■ I REDUCED TO 1 *******<&£&&; Merchant Think N^sl7to s^n I I The man who is after quality Tailor t Commencing Monday morning % TO||J~ w J&M M I of strength and durability. 357 Ul you can come in and take your pick \ Jfef^R .^^ W fef M The man who is after economy n * T , .rt at One- Third Reduction from reg- X V ILr-JI » will find our suits one-half to one- *\VUtI I IIIIO: ular prices. I guarantee style, work- W^B^W third lower in price than equally Street maoship and trimmings to be first- S ood garments can be bought for class in every respect. elsewhere. $& oupw^isfeopFiEp Hamilton, 26; Baltimore, 21. Hamilton defeated Baltimore last | Saturday in a match for the A. W. L. j challenge trophy, by a margin of flve tricks. Baltimore had a lead of eight tricks at the end of the first sixteen deals, but stubborn up-hill play on the part of the Philadelphians, coupled, we we assume, with some carelessness and bad play on the part of Baltimore, changed apparent defeat into a vic tory. Mr. Work says that the standard of play was far from being up to high water mark, and that neither team played anywhere near the game it was capable of. We are as much surprised and disappointed at the tactics of the Baltimore team in abandoning the modern informatory game as is Mr. Work, who says in the Telegraph: One of the surprises and disappointments of the game was that the Baltimore team re sorted to the non-informatory game of the days gone by, when modern information giv ing devices were unknown. The leading of third, -sixth and fifth bests, etc., at first was most confuting to the local players, who never for a moment expected that a team of the caliber of Baltimore (an aggregation of whist ers whose deserved reputation and record of achievements are practically second to none in the country) would resort to a plan which apparently concedes to the opponents superior ability in placing the cards. At the start, as stated above, this devia tion by Baltimore undoubtedly gained them a few tricks. After it was understood by Hamilton, however, all gains from that source ceased, and the inability to accurately read their partners' hands probably had something to do with the record made by Baltimore after deal 28. Baltimore used the nine and eight as un equivocal calling cards with an honor : turned, and led ace from a five-card suit, but in other respects played the same game as in the past. The score by deals was: Deal. 12345678 Total Baltimore , 1 1031000 6 Hamiiton 0 0100002 3 Deal. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 lfi Total Baltimore" .......... 22001002 7 Hamilton 00000020 2 Deal. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Baltimore 0 110 0001 8 Hamilton 20001010 4 Deal. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Total Baltimore 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Hamilton 20002211 8 Deal. 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Total Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Hamilton 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 7 Deal. 41 42 43 44 45 4<J 47 48 Total Baltimore 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 Hamilton 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 Total, Hamilton, 26; Baltimore, 21. Referee W. T. G. Bristol, Philadelphia Whist club. I ANALYSIS OF LEADS. The Telegraph gives the following summary, showing the difference in thu leads made by the two teams: Hamilton and Baltimore led the same card in but nineteen of the forty-eight deals, the same suit but not the sane cards in fourteen deals, and different suits in fifteen deals. The fifteen hands from which different suits were led were numbers 2, 8, 11 13 14 15. 17, 21, 25, 35, 38, 89, 45, 47 and 48 and are given below in the above order, the cards being so transposed that spades is trump in every case : Turn up. Spades Heart*. Clubs. Diamonds, J Q. 9,7,5 J, 10, 4 A, 2 K.J.6 3 8 J, 10,6,3 10,7,5.4,2 Q, J 4 3 Q 10, 8, 2 10,9.7,6,5,3 J, 10 10 9 AB, 6.2 Q, 9 A,Q,7,6,2 A, Q, 6 2 10, 5 A,K,7,6,2 None A,K.Q,J,5,4 9 A,Q,0,2 J, 8. 5 9, 7, 4 X, Q, 7 BA, 7 A, X, 6,3 J, 10,6,4,3 7 4 10 A, 8,6.3 10, 7, 5 X, 9, « X 0 4 6 X, 0,7.3- 10,7,6 A, 5 A 10 9 6 4A, 2 K,J,9,7,4 2 A,Q,10,9,2 X A,Q.J,3,2 A, 3 A. 5,3,2 10 3 Q K.«,4.a J. 7, 5, 3 6, 3 A, X, 10 2 K,J,10,7 X, 9, 5, 2 X, Q 10 9 3 3Q, 2 X, J. 7,3 J, 4, 2 J,'9,'6, 2 5 A,K,7,6,1 8. 7, i X Q, 8,7, 3 The leads made by Hamilton and Balti- THE SAINT PAUL GLOBS: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1896. more prome 79r5u. ,m, , *i,o 1 btmbtm more from the above hands were as follows: No. of Deal. Hamilton. Baltimore. 2 3 diamonds. Jack hearts. 8 Queen clubs. 2 hearts. 11 6 hearts. Jack cluba. 13 6 clubs. Queen hearts. 14 10 spades. Queen diamonds. 15 Jack hearts. King diamonds. 17 King hearts. 3 clubs. 21 10 hearts. 3 spades. 25 6 diamonds. 3 spades. 35 7 hearts. Ace diamonds. 38 5 clubs. Ace hearts. 33 3 hearts. King diamonds. 45 7 spades. King clubs. 47 2 diamonds. Queen spades. 48 King clubs. 7 diamonds. In view of the teams playing the match In which the above leads were made, and the weight to which the opinion of such men as Work, Remak and Whelan are entitled. We will comment shortly on the above leads, in timating in each case the lead which we be lieve St. Paul would have made. 2. The diamond lead is our choice. It is no hand for a call through the honor, even if we played that system. 8. Hamilton leads a strengthening card, Baltimore a false card from the long suit. The fourth best heart would be our choice, though there is something to be said in favor of the club. 11. Note the change in tactics of the two teams. This time Baltimore leads short, Ham ilton from the long suit. The Hamilton lead is the best. 13. Baltimore leads a "strengthening queen." Hamilton plays whist. 14. Hamilton tries a long shot. With none of the club suit, the lead from two trumps seems bad. 15. The trump would be our lead from this hand. We do not fancy either Hamilton's jack of heartp or Baltimore's king of dia monds. 17. We should choose the five card suit in preference to the other, but we should lead the fourth best unless we believed that the adversaries were better card placers than our partner. 21. We should make the Baltimore lead of a trump. Second choice, ten of hearts. 25. The diamond seems the more conserva tive lep.d. I 35. A pretty even thing. We are inclined to favor the heart lead, for if that suit is estab lished, the ace of diamonds is a s4ire re-entry We should not lead ace of diamonds in any case. * 38. Hamilton leads the flve of clubs from A, 5, 3, 2. This is a call through the honor- In view of the fact that it will probably take three rounds of the suit to make the call ap parent to partner, we fail to see much merit in the play. It is, however, not very objec tionabie, which is more than we can say for the Baltimore lead of ace of hearts, which we consider the worst possible selection from the hand. 39. We see no reason for not leading from the four-card suit. 45. Neither is a bad lead, though we should probably have led deuce of hearts. 47. Baltimore's lead of queen of trumps is not justified by the hand, while Hamilton's aversion to leading from a tenants suit is shawn in the lead from a very weak suit in stead of from one of fair strength. We should have led three of hearts. 48. We do not like Hamilton's lead of the singleton king, and we regard Baltimore's third best diamond as senseless. The six of spades seems the best lead. The Telegraph gives the following table showing the instances In the match where the same suit was opened, but a different card chosen. The leads made by Baltimore are the highest compliments to the Hamil tonlans. Card led Card led No. of by by Deal. Suit. Hamilton. Baltimore. 3 A, X, 5, 4. King Ace 10 X, 8, 7, 4, 2. 4 2 12 Q, 8, 6, 4. 4 6 16 10, 8, 7, 5. 2. 10 22 A, 10, 8, 6, 3. R Ace 26 X, 9, 8, 7, 6, 3. 7 3 28 9, 6, 5, 4, 3. 9 3 30 J, 9, 7, 4, 3. 4 31... A, Q, 9, 6, 2. 6 % 33 Q. 9, 7, 6, 2. $ 42 Q, 10, 9. 8, 3. 8 3 43 Q. 8, 7. 3, 2. 3 2 4G X, J, 10, 7, 2. 7 2 TWO PRETTY DEALS. We give to-day two deals from the pro gressive game of last Wednesday night. The North and South hands were played by Messrs. J. H. Briggs and Bunn. In the first deal the hands wero: North— Spades,, A, J, 7, 4; hearts, 7, 3, 2 clubs, A, 3, 2; diamonds. A, Q, 4. East— Spades, R, 6, 3; hearts, X, 8- clubs X, J, 7, 5; diamonds, X, J. 10, 9 South— Spades, X, 10. 9; hearts A Q J ' ! 10. 9. 4; e4ubs, 4; diamonds, 5, 3 2. West— Spades, Q, 5, 2; hearts. 6, 5; clubs Q. 10, 9, 8, 6; diamonds, 8, 7, 6. Ten of spades turned. Leader West. The play; N. E. S. W. 1 2c *Xc 4c 8c 2 *As 8a 10s Qs 3 7h 8h *9h 5h | 4s 66 »Ks 2s 5 Ms 3s ; 9s 5s % 3h Kh *Ah 6h I 2h 9d «Qh 6d ° 4d 7c «Jh 7d A 3c 5c *10h 6c *? Q<i KM »4h 9c \\ 'Ad Jd 5d Sd \f. j.-.. *Ac Jc 2d 10c W *7s Kd 3d dc Score: N. and S., 12. Comment — Trick Two— East's trump lead is bold but we do not think it bad. He feels that there ruffed if it is returned, and is willing to take some chances for the sake of the clubs As a matter of fact, the trump lead loses noth ing, for if East returns the club, South would pase, having a great suit and three good trumps, North would lead a trump and the queen would be cauglit and the heart suit made. East's lead of a trump makes the c"?h e "?h c .' C i?™ 3 ul * c d i fficult 'f"r North and South, though it, is in the hands by the best play. Trick Three-North's lead of the heart seven is not a shot in the dark, nor is it short suit whist. It is whkt of a high grade He sees' f;-om the drop that East's trump lead was from weakness, and argues thai East must have A° m £ st r. en Sth in both hearts and diamonds i s > rt^ majo J" tenace ln diamonds! giving East but one honor, there is little strength left for South to hold/ South'* strong suit, therefore, must be hearts and if Bast holds strength in that suit, the load of a heart will give South the play ovtr a \rt\»° f £? Urse orth ml « ht have led Ice and then his small club with reasonable as surance that South could trump, but the for^e under such circumstances is a pretty mot grade of whist for South would be compelled to lead a heart and North's seven would be a great help played third hand. It makes no difference whether East plays king or not SoHth sees that the seven is ' North'! best as It fiHl Y f Ca^ d , 3 a J l)Ove lt ln his °w n hand; nis finesse is obligatory. Tricks Four and Five— South can mark jaok of trumps with North, and from his short heart lead is inclined to plaw four trumps m h|s hand. He plays, therefore, to ex haust the tnfflTps, leave the Iftadrfwlth North and get another lead <f heartfrAhrough the king which he does not kn^TTo bAloJte! North overtake j Souths aia<» ofHraiaps with jack for the purpose of leading the heart through East. Tricks Six tD Thirteen— Souths hearts give North alj the discards he needs. The other deal would be a great one were it not for one expensive bad play by West. But this very play furnishes the opportunity for the coups worked by North and South. The Hands— , North— Spades 8; hearts. A, Q, 7, 5, 3, 2; clubs, 9, 8, 7; diamonds.. A, 7, 5. East— Spades, A, X, Q, 10, 7, 4; hearts, J; clubs, J, 10, 2; diamonds. J, 9, 6. South— Spades, 9. 6. o, 3, 2; hearts, 6, 4; clubs, X, 6, 5, 3; diamonds, X, 4. West— Spades, J; hearts, X, 10, 9, 8; clubs A, Q, 4; diamonds, Q, 10, 8, 3, 2. Three of heart* turned. Leader, East. The Play— N- E. S. W. 1 8a *Qs 2s Js 2 *?h Ks 3s 4o 3 Jsh *Jh 4h Sh 4 75*81 10b 5s Qo 5 H -M Jc 3c *Ac 6 ...: .....':*« Jd *Kd 3d 7 *Qh 4s 6h 9h 8 t. ♦Ah 6d 4d lOh 9 ,*Bc 2c 5c 2d 10 .: 7i 9d 6s »Kh U *Ad 7s 9s 8d 12 .......'. 7c" Jo »Xc lOd 13 ; ; . . 78 As *6c Qd Score: N. and S., Q.> a' Comment — * Trick Three — North sftows six trumps; the trey is turned; he trumps with tije deuce and leads the five. Thia.. system of showing num ber we regard as the one that should sup plant all others. It 3si simple and informatory. The central idea is'"- tv> 'contrive to lead the fourth best. The truhip that is used to ruff with should be the fifth best except with four exactly when the, third best is used. Of course North varies .the play here on account of the turn up. c Trick Four — East continues the spade to force the strong trump hand; West discards queen of clubs, a bad discard because the club lead is almost sure to ewne np to him and his queen will be a trick winner, and very likely prevent the establishment of the club suit with the adversaries. Trick Five — North cannot lead another trump. He can practically place every card in the trump suit: South must hold the six, and West in all probability the king, ton and nine. North leads nine of clubs; East holds the jack, ten and deuce, and perhaps very careful analysis would teli him not to cover, but ha makes the ordinary play with the added idea of stopping a deep finesse by South. South, however, has been doing some card playing himself: he knows that East has the ten, in spite of his false card play of jack, and thinks he ha*--not the ace. for with ace, jack, ten, E&st, ,wou'i , have played ace. South therefore niaf]i& 'u}e (one ace with West and refuses to cover East., jack. Trick Six— The three* at diamonds led by West tells North thai he must hold king, ten and nine of trumps, for he can hold but five diamonds. Trick Seven — South can place three trumps" with West and three with North, and leads the trump through, hoping to find the major tenace with North and to get another club lead through East's ten. North takes the finesse without the slightest doubt of its winning, as the king must be with West. Trick Nine — North leads the club; East could save- a trtck by covering, as the cards happen to lie, as North's seven would block the suit. He probably should cover on this chance. South passes the eight and West rightly refuses to trump. ■ - ■ Trick Ten— North here makes the play of the hand: he knows tfiatjf he leads his last club West will trump and he must lose a diamond trick. North leads the losing trump. Tricks Eleven to Thirteen— North plays the ace of diamonds and gives South the dub, completing the play of an exceedingly inter esting- deal. ■ - WHIST NOTES. Hamilton played the Capital Bicycle team of Washington, D. J2 a fox- the challenge trophy yesterday. TJfe. Bicycle boy 3 are good players, but at lakt' accounts were badly affected by the sho+t suit mania. This is not a short suit yeaiyalld • Hamilton ought to add another victory*, to its already long list of wins. ? . J. H. Briggs and Bfinn secured sixteen plus in -the Wednejtdfty..stourney game. Met calf and Sargent *m Jwelve above the av erage. Zenzius ami ganders led with the East and Weait hands' With nine phis, while Vogel and Johirsori f: eitne next with six to the good. The big Sbor^of Metcalf and Sar geat puts them a cffaettpn of -a point ahead of Buford and Miller, tn the fight for the championship mcd*Ut'.. jjut one more game remains to be plsj^a, .md we give below the standing of tha . leading teams with the number of games ffi&yei by each. Under the rules a team must^VlaV'at least eight games in order to be eligible -to win the medals. Following is the -reoopdi Pairs. -'Games Played. Score. Briggs J. H. and Bunn 3 43.43 Metcalf and Sargent 11 37.10 Miller and Buford 11 37.03 i Briggs J. 11. and Gordon 5 33.70 j Vogel and Johnson 10 18.05 Zenzius and Sanders 11 10.05 The games for the Gordon trophy last Monday night resulted as follows: Ward and Gordon played a tie; Brtggß beat Bu ford four tricks; Bunn beat Hay eleven tricks; Metoalf beat Zenzius six tricks; Er win beat Fetter two tricks. The present standing of the teams follows: Won Lost Bnggs 2 0 Metcalf 2 0 Erwin 2 o Bunn 1^ % S?i-dcm 1 % # War< ? aVi % Zenzius ll| Sargent 0 1 Buford 0 2 Hay [O 2 Fetter 0 2 The games scheduled for tomorrow night are: Briggs va. Ward. Gordon vs. Zenzius. Bunn vs. Erwin. Metcalf vs. Buford. Sargent vs. Fetter. Hay has a bye. All Gordon trophy games are scheduled for Monfcay evenings not withstanding the lists as published wkich erroneously giv« Saturday evenings as the uates for play. 4-George L. Bunn. Pnraci-aphic Punched. Eastern papers have ifli true uiLi*io«lr artists to draw a beard. The'ufcper part of the face will be inserted as^spoa as the news that Kansas has electetf ' a Senator comes in — Wichita Eagle. . s Considerable fauft na« been found with the late Arthur Sewall, but let it be »ald to his Credit that he has neither proposed to lee;.. ire nor write a book. — Kansas City Jour nal. Here Is a leading English paper urging the British government* to v put a tariff on beot sugar for the benefit o* the West India plant era, and adding that IT it doesn't do so the planters may seek anaefcation of the islands to the United States. Shades of Cobden! Isn't it terrible !— Now York Tribune. The Marlborough festivities at Blenheim outshone the Castellane fete in Paris, imt It would be interesting to know just what the spirits of the departed Commodore Vanderbilt and Jay Gould think of the whole business.— New York World. i» Long Range (iina. The !ong-_ ...^ JljO t has been flrck! Is a trifiV over fifteen miles, which was the range of Krupp's ISO-ton steel gun, firing a shot weighing 2,600 .pounda. The 111-ton Armstrong gun has an extreme range <rf fourteen mfles, firing a shot weighing 1,800 pounds and requiring 960 pounds of powder. HE IS ft JHETHODIST JI'KIXLEY THE THIRD OF Ttt.lT DENOMINATION' SINCE THE RE riBLIC'S FOUNDING. GRANT ALSO A METHODIST*. SCRAMBLE OF THE HOTELS FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF EN'TER TAINTXG M'KINLEY. LOOKING FOR ADVERTISING. Eight of Our Presidents Attended the RpiM-oiml Church— Six Presbyterians. Special to the Glofce. WASHINGTON, Dec. s.— President McKinley is a Methodist, the third member of that religious denomination to occupy the executive mansion since the civil war; in fact, the third Meth odist president since the establishment of the American republic. Gen. Grant was a Methodist, and his attendance upon the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church made that house of worship famous and rich. His esteem and regard for Rev. John F. Newman heightened the reputation of that eloquent pulpit orator and gave impetus to his popularity, which culmi nated in his election as a bishop by the general conference a few years ago. While President Grant was a member of that church the pews were always filled, the aisles were occupied by oeo ple in chairs, and in the galleiies there was standing room only. The audi ence was,,', composed of the most dis tinguished men and women of the day, and it is no wonder that in such a presence the preacher waxed more and more eloquent. President Hayes was a Methodist and attended the Foundry church. His wife was one- of the most devoted at | tendants and workers of the church. She attended all of the prayer meet ings, class meetings and praise meet- Ings. She was as unostentatious and sincere in her church work and worship here as she was in her Ohio home before and after her career in the White house. While he was in congress Maj. Mc- Kinley and his wife lived at a hotel only one block distant from the Foun dry church, and they always attended that place of worship. Immediately after his election was assured Maj. McKinley was sought by j the agents of all leading hotels and urged to accept their hospitality dur ing the two weeks preceding his inau guration. The various Methodist churches here also begged him to ac cept a pew and worship with them. To all such solicitations Maj. McKinley replied: "Old friends are the best friends, and I will register and wor ship as heretofore." Consequently he will & r o to the same hotel when he comes to Washington; and he will become a communicant of Foundry church. A leading hotel man said to me: "The apartments which I would have set aside for McKinley, if he had come | to my house, will bring- me $5,000 dur ing inauguration week. I would gladly have given them to Mr. McKinley for nothing, because the advertising would have been worth at least $50,000 to me. The name of my hotel would have been printed free in every newspaper In the I country, coupled with the fact that the I president-elect was my guest." The same worldly sentiment animat ed the various churches which sought the affiliation of McKinley; because the Fur. . . . Headquarters Of the Northwest. A FUR GARMENT of ster ling worth is one with the Trade Mark of E. Albrecbt & Son In it. Every one knows that and we only wish to say that now is the time that you can own such a g-artnent cheap. Astrakhan, $30, $35, $40 Otter, $100, $110, $125 Seal, $175, $200, $225 Finest Mink Garments in America. Are you interested? E. ALBRECHT & SON, Forty-Unit Season. 20 E. 7th St. presence of tlhe president In any church always fills the pews, and more than doubles the contributions. The in come of the church is largely enhanced, and the expenses are no greater. Under the circumstances the hotel formerly patronized by McKinley will have a big boom In the spring, and for some time thereafter, and during the next four years the Foundry church will get out of debt. These are strange facts. President Cleveland hag been a -eturch-going man, and he will be miss ed, particularly In Presbyterian cir cles. Six of our presidents have been Presbyterians; but only Grant, Hayes and McKinley are to be recorded as followers of John and Charles Wesley. The majority of our presidents have been regular attendants at Sunday worship. Gen. Washington, while president, attended generally the Epis copal churches of Philadelphia. John Adams, the first of the Washington presidents, a Uniterian In belief, founO" no church of his denomination in tne fields out of which the capital was ris ing and attached himself to none of the orthodox congregations here. Jeffer son's oreed is contained in the four teenth article of the Virginia bill of rights. Madison attended St. Jdhn's church, as did MoiiFoe, but in 1819 the vestry of Christ church. East Wash ington, Commodore Tinsley, chairman, appropriated pew No. 1 to the use of the president of the United States. Mr. Monroe, in reply, requested the com modore to "express to the vestry his thanks for their polite attention." John Quincy Adams was one of the founders of the old Unitarian churoh. at the building now used by the police court, and attended services there. Gen. Jackson attended the Four-and-a-half Street Presbyterian church, the same now attended by Mr. Cleveland, this church having- been., erected during his administration. He was also an at tendant at St. John's church. Mr. Van Buren attended St. John's churoh. Gen. Harrison during his short term at tended thg F Street -Presbyterian church, whose congregation having disposed of their church to be Wil^ lard's hall, are now a portion of tne New York Avenue church congrega tion. Mr. Tyler, observing Virginia customs, was an at St. John's P. E. churoh. Mr. Polk at tended both the F Street ajid the Four and-a-half Street Pres'bytertan church. Gen. Pierce attended St. John's ehurcn and the F Street Presbyterian church. Mr. Buchanan attended St. John's church. Mr. Lincoln g-ave an impetus to the New York Avenue church by taking a pew there. Mr. Johnson kept a pew in St. John's church. Gen. Grant established the fame of the Metro politan M. E. church by becoming ont of its trustees and taking a pew there. Mr. Hayes attended the Foundry M. E. church. Gen. Garfleld was one of the founders of the Vermont Avenue Christian dhnrclh, from whose pulpit lie had sometimes preached. Mr. Arthur occupied a St. John's pew, and Mr. Cleveland in Sitting under the minis trations o# the Four-and-a-half street church pulpit renewed the era. of Jack son in this regard. President Karri* son attended the Presbyterian church o£ the Covenant, on Connecticut avenue, opposite the embassy of Great Britain; a fashionable church. In the most fashionable part of town. It thus appears that eight of our presidents attended the Protestant Episcopal church as communicants, j Washington being the first and Arthur the last of that denomination in the chief magistracy. Andrew Jackson, William Henry Har | rison, Abraha-m Lincoln, James K. Polk, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin j Harrison were the six Presbyterians { who have occupied the white house. Only one member of the Christian, or Campbellite church has ever occupied the white house, and that was James A. Garfleld. John Adams and John Quincy Adams were the only Unitarians, and in their day they were reckoned as aoproxi mating infidelity, although they were unostentatious of their religious views. John Quincy Adams was a liberal con tributor to the new church, which was founded here in his day, but he was a very quiet worshiper. The Methodist Episcopal church did not become a factor in national affairs until the middle of the present century, and hence it was not until the year j 1569 that a Methodist president was inaugurated in the person of the great civil war soldier, Grant. The people have since elected the two Methodists, Hayes and MeKinley. If this country were, denominational in its political divisions we 'should soon have demands for recognition by the Congregationalists, Baptists, Quakers, Lutherans, United Brethern, Catholics and other religious organizations, none of whom has ever yet been favored with national recognition. Fortunate ly, however, such a demand will never be made in this republic. No one of our president* . has ever been noml- | nated or elected because of his relig- j ious beliefs or affiliations. No such ! test will ever be made. One thing only may be conjectured of the future; and that we can only judge of the pust. The people have dem onstrated by their treatment of tho brilliant and patriotic Ingersoll, that they will not give great preferment to a pronounced and aggressive agnostic or Infidel. Everybody knows that be cause of the ostentatious display of his unbelief Col. Ingersoll has been denied such elective or appointive federal rec ognition as his splendid intellectual gifts and acquirements might other wise have commanded. In only one instance has the subject of religion affected a presidential elec tion in the history of the republic, and that was in 1884. James G. Blame, one of the most magnetic and popular of statesmen and politicians, failed of election because of a series of peculiar circumstances; and yet, the most po tential element adverse to him was the I injection of a brief suggestion of re ligious controversy Into the closing hours of that campaign. Blame was born a Roman Catholic, and it was generally»understood that the vast In fluence of the church was in his favor. One of the many delegations received by toim waa composed of Clergymen; and their spokesman uttered a sneer at the church of Rome. For once only, in his career, the ever ready tongue of the or&f^r kiid ''debater waa paralyzed. The man wH« had. met in the forensic arena' :> feVlry ' man of not« and distinction, anß' J always ac- ii quitted himself with credit and re-> nown, was silent when Burchard ut tered the fatal words: "Rum, Roman ism and Rebellion." On the following day he spoke in defense of the religion of his mother; but it was too late. Ha was defeated. That celebrated historical incident constitutes a formidable precedent In one sense only. It demonstrates that the people do not want and will not tolerate an admixture of religion with politics in this republic. The people did not care whether Blame was a Presbyterian or a Catholic. Thousands of them resented the coupling of a re ligious denomination with intemper ance, prohibition or rebellion. Our na tional politics must be abstract, and not concrete. In the recent campaign the people did not car« and few of them knew that Bryan was a Presbyterian and McKinley a Methodist. If, however, any political speaker had elaborated his oratory with a sneer at either one of those religious denominations, the people would undoubtedly have shown most emphatic resentment at the polls. Fortunately we had a clean, honorable campaign. Both of the can didates were men of unblemished repu tation and purity of character. If Bryan had been elected, the next president would have worshiped in the churdh which was attended by Abra ham Lincolon. Since McKinley waa chosen, we are to have a Methodist in the White house, and he will be a com municant of Foundry church. There are tens of thousands of ag nostics and free thinkers in the land; and yet none of us will regret that our president is to be a man who devoutly believes in the Christian religion. -^*- RENDERED SPEECHLESS. $tt INFLUENTIAL FARMER STRICK ETV WITH PARALYSIS WHILE AT WORK. Further Items of Equal Intere»«« From Mercury, Spring Valley, Minn. Editor "Mercury" — The following statements from influ ential and prominent people in and about Spring Valley, Minnesota, — made to your reporter recently contain sug gestions of much interest to readers of your paper. "I am a prosperous and influential farmer, living seven miles south of Spring Valley, and wish to certify my good faith as to the wonderful cure per* formed by the taking of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. On July 17th, 18fl4, I was stricken with paralysis, which left me |in a helpless condition. My wife was I compelled to wheel me about In a j chair. My speech had entirely left me and I was next door to the grave. I had employed at different times three of Spring Valley s most able physi cians, but they could do me no good, and after having been treated by a, prominent physician from Etna, but to no avail, I resorted to various medi cines, but could get no relief. I wag asked to try Pink Pills, which I did. "My first box was purchased in April, 1896. After having taken the pills a short time I could see an improvement. Finally I could use my limbs and walk about the house, and today, thank God, | I have regained my speech, and I am thoroughly convinced had I not taken Pink Pills I would now be utterly help less. As it is, I am comparatively a well man. I trust this may reach many afflicted with the dread disease, and that my statement may be the means I of bringing poor unfortunates back to health and strength, as I know Pink Pills will do the work. "Newell Seely." "I have never In all my life before recommended a proprietary medicine to my immediate friends. But the help I have received from Pink Pills, I feel, justifies me in saying that I know of nothing equal to them for the cure of a generally broken-down system. 'They have truly made a new woman of me, aird for a rapid building- up, I know of -nothing better. My daughter was in a delicate state of health and, as a result of taking Pirilt Pills, she also is in the best of health now, and I can say, in closing, I shall always i recommend Pink Pills most highly. "Mrs. Newell Lloyd." "For years I have been troubled with salt rheum or eczema, as it is often termed, — a continual breaking out all over my body. Naturally I have used more or less medicine. Seme of it pro duced a temporary benefit, but many kinds proved to be positively injurious. As I had tried almost everything 1 be gan to feel discouraged, and for a time continued to suffer until I could stand it no longer. Finally, my brother (Mr. Elmer Lloyd), of the firm of Lloyd & Smith, druggists, persuaded me to try i Pink Pills, which I did, and after hav ing taken about three boxes I found I myself entirely cured. It is scarcely necessary to say that I have ever since kept Pink Pills in my house ready for any emergency. I gladly speak words of praise for this wonderful medicine. 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A. Van Alstlne waa badly burned tonight by the explosion of a gas stove while cook ing. The children turned on th« oven, and the explosion followed.