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HIGHLAND >L. xxiii. RECORD MONTEREY, HIGHLAND GOUNTl VA.. MAY 24. 1901. NO. 21. AMUSEMENTS. Talmage Preaches ou thc Straitjacket Religion. aces Where We May Find ted Moral Entertainments. [Copyright 1901.1 &HINGTOX, D. C.?This discourse of almage is in accord with all innocent ics, while it reprehends amusements al belittle and deprave; text, II Samuel ii. 14. "Let the young men now arise and pla-/ before us." lhere are two armies encamped by the pool of Gibeon. The time hangs heavily on their hands. One army proposes a game of sword fencing. Nothing could be more healthful and innocent. The other army accepts the challenge. Twelve men against twelve men. the sport opens. But something went adversely. Perhaps one of the swordsmen got an unlucky slip or in some way nacl his ire aroused. And that which opened in sportfulness ended in vio? lence, each one taking his contestant by the hair and then with the sword thrust? ing him in the Bide, so that that which opened in innocent fun ended in the mas? sacre of all the twenty-four sportsmen. Was there ever a better illustration of what was true then and is true now?that thaV*\vhlch is innocent may be made de? structive? a- What of a worldly nature is more im? portant and strengthening and innocent than amusement, and yet what has count? ed more- victims? I have no sympathy with a straitjacket religion. This is a very bright world to me, and I propose to do all I can to make it bright for other*. I never could keep step to a dead march. A book years ago issued says that a Chris? tian man has a right to some amusements. For instance, if he conies at night weary from his work and, feeling the need of recreation, puts on his slippers and goes into his garret and walks lively round the floor several times there can be no harm in it. I believe the church of God has made a great mistake in trying to suppress the sportfulness of youth- and drive out from men their love of amusement. If God ever implanted anything in us, He implanted this desire. But instead of pro? viding for this demand of our nature the church of God has for the main part ig? nored it. As in a riot the mayor plants a battery at the end of the 6treet and has it fired off 60 that everything is cut down that happens to stand in the range, the good as well as the bad, so there are men in the church who plant their batteries of condemnation and fire away indiscrimin? ately. Everything is condemned. But Vaul, the apostle, commends those who use the world without abusing it, and in the natural world God has done everything to please and amuse us. -??"'Aud I am glad to know that in all our cities there are plenty of places where we may find elevated moral entertainment. But all honest men and good women will agree with me in the statement that one of the worst things in these cities is cor? rupt amusement. Multitudes have gone down under the blasting influence, never to rise. If we may judge of what is going on in many of the places of amusement by the pictures on board fences and in many of the show windows, there is not a much lower depth of profligacy to reach. At Naples, Italy, they keep such pictures locked up from indiscriminate inspection. Those pictures were exhumed from Pom? peii, and are not fit for public gaze. If the effrontery of bad places of amusement in hanging out improper advertisements of what they are doing night by night grows worse in the 6ame proportion, in fifty years some of our modern cities will beat Pompeii. I project certain principles by which you may judge ip regard to any amusement or recreation, finding out for yourself whether it is right or wrong. I remark, in the first place, that you can judge of the moral character of any amuse? ment by its healthful result or by its bale? ful reaction. There are people who seem made up of hard facts. They are a combi? nation of multiplication tables and statis* tics. If you show them an exquisite pic? ture they will begin to discuss the pig? ments involved in the coloring. If you show them a beautiful rose they will sub? mit it to a botanical analysis, which is only the post-mortem examination of a flower. They b?ve no rebound in their nature. . They never do anything*>nore than smile, ?there are no great tides ot feeling surging *Wp from the depths of their sovl in billow arter billow of reverberating laughter. They seem as if nature had built them by con? tract and made a bungling job of it. But blessed be God, there are people in the world who have bright faces and whose life is a Song, an anthem, a paean of vic? tory. Now, it is these exhilarant and sympa? thetic and warm hearted people that are most tempted to pernicious amusements. In proportion as a ship is swift it wants a strong helmsman, in proportion as a horse is gay it wants a stout driver, and these people of exuberant nature will do well to look at the reaction of all their amuse? ments. If an amusement sends you home at night nervous, so that you cannot sleep, and you rise up in the morning not be? cause you are slept out, but because your duty drags you from your slumbers, you have been where you ought not to have been. There are amusements that 6end a man next day to his work with his eyes bloodshot, yawning, stupid, nauseated, and they are wrong kinds of amusement. They are entertainments that give a man dis f;ust with the drudgery or life, with tools >ecause they are not swords, with work? ing aprons because they are not robes, with cattle because they are not infuriated bulls of the arena. If any amusement sends you home long? ing for a life of romance and thrilling ad? venture, love that takes poison and shoots ?ftsfil moonlight adventures and hair? breadth escapes, you may depend upon it thatk'ou are the sacrificed victim of un rsanc-ffied pleasure. Our recreations are intended to build us up, and if they pull us down as to our moral or as to our phy? sical -strength you may come to the con CatBioa that they are obnoxious. t. ie is nothing more depraving than ott ?, In nee. upon amusements that are full of iiAuendo and low suggestion. The yoi nM man enters. At first he sits far ba<k,pvith his hat on and his coat collar up, fearful that somebody there may know bini. Keveral nights pass on. He takes off his hat earlier and puts his coat collar down J The blush that first came into his che?k when anything indecent was enacted corneal no more to his cheek. Farewell, young! man! You have probably started on tha mate djlestruction. The stars of hope will go out long road which ends in consum one by one until you will be left in utter -larkness. Hear you not the rush of the maelstrom, in whose outer circle your boat nfow dances, making merry with the whijliq? waters? But you are being draf-n in, and the gentle motion will be? come t crrific agitation. You cry for help in vak ; you pull at the oar to put back, but thi ' struggle will not avail. You will be toss 'd and dashed and shipwrecked and Bwallo-. ed in the whirlpool that has al? ready < rushed in its wrath 10,000 hulks. Youn g men who have come from the country residence to city residence will do well to be on guard ana let no one induce them tc places of improper amusement. It is niighltily alluring when a young man, long a 4-itizen, offers to show a newcomer all aroulnd. StBl I further, those amusements are wroiig fvhich lead you into expenditure beyotid four means. Money spent in rec? reation ls not thrown away. It is all folly for its td! come from a place of amusement feeliag fhat we have wasted our money and lunfc. You may by it have made an I investment worth more than the traasac tion that yielded you hundreds or thous? ands of dollars. But how many properties have been riddled bj* costly amusements. How brightly the path of unrestrained amusement opens! Thc young man 6ays: "Now I am off for a good time. Never mind economy. I'll get money somehow. What a fine road! What a beautiful day for a ride! Crack the whip, and over the turnpike! Come, boys, fill high your glasses! Drink! Long life, health; plenty of rides just like this! Hard working men hear the clatter of the hoofs and look up and say: "Why, I wonder where those fellows get their money from? We have to toil and drudge. They do nothing." To these gay men life is a thrill and an ex? citement. They stare at other people and in turn are stared at. The watch chain jingles; the cup foams; midnight hears their guffaw; they snagger; they jostle de? cent men off the sidewalk; they take the name of God in vain; they parody the hymn they learned at their mother's knee, and to all pictures of coming disaster they cry out, "Who cares?" and to the counsel of some Christian friend. "Who are you?*' I go further and say that all those amusements are wrong which lead into bad company. If you go to any place where you have to associate with the intemper? ate, with thc unclean, with the abandoned, however well they may be dressed, in the name of God quit it. They will despoil your nature. I had a friend in the West ? a rare friend. He was one of the first to wel? come me to my new home. To fine per? sonal appearance he added a generosity, frankness and ardor of,nature that made me love him like a brother. But I saw evil people gathering around him. They came up from the saloons, from the gambling hells. They plied him with a thousand arts. They seized upon his so? cial nature^ and he could not stand the charm. They drove him on the rocks, like a ship, full winged, shivering on the break? ers. I used to admonish him. I would say, ""Now, I wish you would quit those bad habits and become a Christian." "Oh," he would reply, "I would like to, I would like to, but I have gone so far I don't think there is any way back." In his moments of repentance he would go home and take his little girl of eight years and embrace her convulsively, and cover her with adornments, and strew around her pictures and toys and every? thing tbat could make her happy, and then, as though hounded by an evil spirit, he would go out to the inflaming cup and the house of shame like a fool to thc cor? rection of the stocks. I was summoned to his deathbed; I hastened; I entered the room; I found him, to my surprise, lying in full every? day dress on the top ot the couch. I put out my hand. He grasped it excitedly and said: "Sit down, Mr. Talmage; right there." I sat down. He said: "Last night I saw my mother, who has been dead twenty years, and she sat just where you sit now. It was no dream, I wan wide awake. There was no delusion in the matter. I saw her just as plainly as I see you. Wife, I wish you would take these strings off me. There are strings spun all around mv body. I wish you would take them off me." I saw it waa delirium. "Oh," replied his Wife, "my dear, there is nothing there; there is nothing there!" He went on and said: "Just where you sit, Mr. Talmage, mv mother sat. She said to me, 'Henry, I do wish you would do better.' I got out of bed, put my arms around her and said: 'Mother, I want to do better. I have been trying to do better. Won't you help me to do better? You used to bein me?' No mistake about it; no delusion. I saw here?the cap and the apron and the spectacles?just as she used to look twen? ty years ago. But I do wish you would take these strings away. Thev unnoy me so I can hardly talk. Won't vou take them away?" I knelt down and prayed, conscious of the fact that he did not realize what I was saying. I got up. I said: "Goodby! I hope you will be better soon." He said, "Goodby, goodby!" That night his soul went up to the God who gave it. Arrangements were made for the obsequies. Some said: "Don't bring him in the church. He wa3 too dissolute." "Oh," I said, "bring him. He was a good friend of^nine while he was alive, and I shall stand by him now that he is dead. Bring him to the church." As I sat in the pulpit and saw his bodv coming up through the aisle I felt as if I could weep tears of blood. I told the people that day: "This man had his virtues and a good manv of them. He had his faults and a good many of them. But if there is any man in this audience who is without sin let him cast the first stone at this coffin lid." One one side of the pulpit sat that little child, rosy, sweet faced, as beautiful as any little child that sat at your table this morn? ing:, I warrant you. She looked up wist? fully, not knowing the full sorrows of an orphan child. This destroyed man was a Samson in physical strength, but Delilah sheared him, and the Philistines of evil companionship dug his eyes out and threw him into the prison of evil habits. But in the hour of his death he rose up and took hold of the two pillared curses of God against drunkenness and uncleanness and threw himself forward until down upon him and his companions there came the thun? ders of an eternal catastrophe. Again, any amusement that gives you a distaste for domestic life is bad. How many bright domestic circles have been broken up by sinful amusements! Tlie father went off, the mother went off, the child went off. There are to-day frag? ments before me of blasted households. Oh, if you have wandered away, I would like to charm you back to the sound of that one word "home." I saw a wayward husband standing at the deathbed of his Christian wife, and I saw her point to a ring on her finger and heard her say to her husband: "Do you see that ring?" He replied: "Yes, I see it." "Well,' said she, "do you re? member who put it there?" "Yes," said he, "I put it there." And all the past seemed to rush upon him. By the mem? ory of that day when, in the presence of men and angels, you promised to be faithful in joy and sorrow and in sick? ness and in health; by the memory of those pleasant hours when you sat to? gether in your new home talking of a bright future; by the cradle and the joyful hour when one life was spared and an? other given: by that sickbed, when the little one lifted up tbe hands and called for help, and you knew he must die, and he put one arm around each of your necks and brought you very near together in that dying kiss; by the little grave in the cemetery that you never think of without a rush of tears; by the family Bi? ble, where, amid stories of heavenly love, is the brief but expressive record of births and deaths; by the neglects of the East and by the agonies of the future; y a judgment day, when husbands and wives, parents and children, in immor? tal groups, will stand to be caught up in shining array or to shrink down into darkness?by all that I beg you give to home your best affections. Ah, my friends, there is an hour com? ing when our past life will probably pass before us in review. It will be our last hour. If from our death pillow we have to look back and see a life spent in sin? ful amusement, there will be a dart that will strike through our soul sharper than the dagger with which Virginius slew his child. The memory of the past will make us quake like Macbeth; the iniquities and rioting through which we have passed will come upon us weird and skeleton as Meg Merrihes. Death, the old Shylock, ivilldemand and take the remaining pound of flesh and the remaining drop of blood, and upon our last opportunity for re? pentance and our last chance for heaven the curtain will forever drop. MORE FIGHTING TO DO IN CHIN/. Wflldersee Fliting Out Another Punitive F.x P.-dillon.-| rench Troops to Stay. London (Ry Cable).?Dr. Morrison, wiring to thc Times from Pekin, says: "Thc German staff have notified the al? lies of their intention to send another expedition to suppress 'Boxers' in thc southern part of the province of Chili. boyong Chingching, and have invited ihe co-operation of the allies. The de? parture of thc French troops has been countermanded.*' The British military authorities arc extending tlie railroads to Tttngchow, along thc Peiho. This will greatly fa? cilitate the withdrawal of the foreign troops, nnd, commercially, will cause important developments in the north after thc work of pacification is com ploted. The German War Office has received I dispatch from Pekin concerning the explosion at thc arsenal at Kalgan, and naming Lieut. Rummer as the officer wounded. The dispatch characterizes thc explosion as very serious, saying seven cavalrymen are reported missing or found dead, and that three men, be? side Lieut. Rummer, were seriously wounded. The viceroy of Canton has signed a contract for the removal of the Macao barrier in the Canton river, constructed during the Franco-Chinese war, which has been a great obstacle to navigation. The viceroy has also squelched the na? tive opposition to the construction of new wharves, pointing otit that they are necessary to the interests of the trade. The viceroy's action is creating a good impression. MARTIAL LAW REVOKED. Jacksonville Again in Civil Control-Safe? guarding Reports. Jacksonville. Fla. (Special).?Martial law has heen revoked and thc city is again in the hands of the civil authori? ties. The saloons were open from 7 a. m. to 5 p. m. and no disturbances were reported. The troops will be withdrawn immediately. The balance of the yellow fever fund, amounting to $20,000 will be turned over to the Relief Association in a few days. It has been lying in a local bank since 188S. the year of the epidemic. At the morning meeting of the Re? lief Association it was deemed neces? sary, owing to the conflicting reports sent through the country by individuate which tend to confuse thc public mind, to create an authoritative channel through which must be sent all infor? mation relating to our suffering people. A shipbuilding concern that was burned out and which employed 100 men. and an iron works company, em? ploying 35 men, have resumed. To Make First Payment in 1902. Berlin (By Cable).?A dispatch re? ceived here from Pekin says the note of the Chinese peace plenipotentiaries, ac? cepting the amount of indemnity de? manded by the powers, proposes to pay the first of the .30 annual instalments of 15.ooo.coo taels in July, 1002. The plenipotentiaries stated that China had not the slightest intention of trying to escape payment. The indemnity de? manded was 450,000,000 tales, over $.-?00,000,000. The plenipotentiaries stated that China's resources were dwindling and that the country could not afford to pay more than 15,000, 000,000 taels a year. Shooting Mystery in a Bank. New Orleans, La. (Special).?Philip Schumacher, paying teller of the Teu tonia Bank, a State institution, was shot in the calf of the leg while at work in the bank counting cash previous to a meeting of the finance committee. When assistance came he was lying on the floor, badly bruised, a pistol near him, and money scattered on the floor. He said he was attacked and fired on by two men. and that he had returned the fire. Although the bank is in the heart of the city, thc men could have entered and escaped by the rear. The police have been unable to find any trace of the thieves. Walked Into Niagara Falls. Niagara Falls, N. Y. (Special).?A man supposed to be Wm. Gardhouse, of Brampton, Ontario, walked out into Niagara river, near the brink of the falls in Prospect Park, and was swept over the brink and dashed to death on the rocks below. A large number of peo? ple saw the man deliberately walk to his death, but he was carried over the falls 50 quickly that no one could do any? thing to save him. Woman Suffrage In Norway. Christiania (By Cable.)?The Lag thing (Upper House of the Storthing) by 16 to 13 votes, rejected the bill, adopted by the Odelssthing (Lower House), May ll providing communal suffrage for women paying taxes on an income of at least 300 crowns. The question will be dealt with at a plenary sitting of the Storthing. WIFE OF SECRETARY GAGE A VICTIM OF HEART DISEASE, Washington (Special).?Mrs. Lyman J. Gage, wife of the Secretary of the Treasury, died at her residence, 1715 Massachusetts avenue northwest, after an illness of nine weeks. With her when the end came were her husband, her married daughter, Mrs. E. F. Pierce, of Evanston, 111., and Dr. W. Johnston, the attending physician. Fora time before her death Mrs. Gage suffer? ed considerable pain, but she maintained her bright and cheerful demeanor and was conscious to the last. j Heart trouble, the result of grip com- j plications, was the immediate cause of death. Mrs. Gage was exposed to the inclement weather about an hour on in? auguration day, but at that time her Favor Anti-American Combine. London (Special).?While the Ger? man-Austrian proposals for an anti American combination have not yet as? sumed any thing like definite form, the idea is attracting considerable atten? tion, both in Great Britain and on the Continent, especially the latter, where the newspapers have eagerly swallowed an alleged interview in which J. Pier? pont Morgan is quoted a<- declaring that bc and his associates would not on? ly swa#p British trade, but would para? lyze German competition as well.. health did not seem to be affected. On March n she left here for Evanston to /isit her married daughter. While there -he had a chilli and took to her bed, jut soon recovered sufficiently to return o Washington, where she had been con ined to her room ever since. Mrs. Gage was a Miss Lansing and ,vas born in Albany, N. Y., 58 years ago. She married Mr. Gage in Denver, Col., n 1887. Through all the course of her areer as a member of the Cabinet fam ly she remained a thoroughly domestic ?voman. Her manner was quiet in a narked degree, her appearance most ileasing and her accomplishments nota >le. Her death is especially a loss to nany unostentatious charitable organ zations in the city, to which she gave lountiful assistance. Cubans Defend tbe Flag. Santiago de Cuba (Special).?After m exciting ball game between the Vmericans and Cubans herc, which the Cubans won by the score of 11 to io. mndreds crowded on the field and a ubilant Cuban attempted to pull down he American flag to half-mast. The ?imerican players interfered and a live y scrimmage followed. A squad of ural guards drew their machetes and j barged the crotfd. crying "Viva la I iandero Americano ' ("Long live the j American flag^") i y THE PRESIDENTS WIFE ^PROVING. _ Sat Up for a Short ?Time Sunday Fever Has Abated. SHE MAY SOON BE A&E TO TRAVEL. President Describes Her Condition ag a Trans formation--The Remarkable Change lor Ihe Better r-.--.-n Surprises Her Physicians-Mr. McKinley's Anxiety (ireatly Relieved, Al? though Mrs. McKinley lt Still Seriously ll!. San Francisco (Special).?Mrs. Mc? Kinley's condition was 50 far improved Sunday that she was able to sit up a short time. This welcome news was given out shortly after 5 o'clock. General Shafter called on President McKinley, and while they were talking word came down stairs that Mrs. Mc? Kinley was sitting n--. The President at once asked to be excused and hurried to the sickroom. The anxiety caused mrs. Mckinley. by thc bulletin stating that Mrs Mc? Kinley'*^ temperature was higher was dispelled at io o'clock, when Secretary Cortelyou announced that she had pass? ed a comfortable night and that the slight fever noted had subsided. The President did not attend church, but remained at home nearly all day, going out for a short walk just before noon. There were many callers at thc Scott residence. There was a general feeling that the crisis had been passed and that Mrs. McKinley would continue to gain strength. No definite date has yet been decided upon when the Presi? dent will start for the national capital, but it is hoped that Mrs. McKinley will be able to travel in a few days. At 9.10 p. m. Secretary Cortelyou gave out the following bulletin: "Mrs. McKinley's physicians report that she has had a very good day, and progress made since morning is satis? factory." President McKinley is in receipt of cablegrams from the King and Queen of England, President Loubet of France and many other European potentates, inquiring as to Mrs. McKinley's condi? tion. Among thc callers on President Mc? Kinley was Calvin S. Titus, the first American soldier to mount the walls of Pekin, who returned Friday on the transport Sheridan. "French Mary" Takes Her Life. Pittsburg (Special). ? Mrs. Mary Leonard, better known as "French Mary." a vivandiere of the Civil War, and one of the most picturesque fig? ures produced during the Rebellion, committed suicide by taking poison. Mrs. Leonard served through the war with the 114th Pennsylvania Volun? teers, doing remarkable service in a number of battles, for which she re? ceived conspicuous mention and a med? al for bravery. ROBBER BAND OF AMERICANS. Country .lust North of Manila Terrorized by Their Operations. Manila (By Cable).?Detectives and the police have broken up a band of American brigands who have been op? erating in the province of Pampangn. north of and not far from Manila. George Raymond. Ulrich Rogers and Oscar Mtishmillcr have been captured, md Andrew Marlin. Peter Heise, Geo Munn and two others are still bein? pursued. This band committed out? rages, murder and rapine at Bacolor. Pampagna province, and Sunday last they killed Henry Dow, an American. Thc band sometimes represented them? selves as American deserters, and at others as American soldiers. George Raymond wore the Uniform of a cap? tain. Raymond and Martin were for? merly policemen in Manila. The civil commission has appointed Capt. Arlington U. Betts, of the Forty seventh Volunteer Infantry, to be civil governor of Albay province. Lieut. Howard Lee Landers, of rhe Forty first Infantry, has been appointed treas? urer of the same province. Lieut. W. O. Thornton, of the Thirty eighth In? fantry-, has been appointed treasurer of the province of Capiz. in Panay Island, vice Lieut. Marion C. Raysor, who is ill. Since the main declared object of thc Federalists, peace and American sov? ereignty, is nearly accomplished, the party's future is discussed. Under the coming government, to be composed of appointive officials, there will be slight use for party activity outside of the mu? nicipal elections. The leaders hope the party will be considered as the semi? official medium between the govern? ment and the masses. They are at present endeavoring to obtain the re? lease of a thousand prisoners who were convicted of purely political offenses, the contention being that they should have the same amnesty as those who were released when awaiting trials. The appearance of insular issues will quickly result in the actual formation of projected opposition parties. Fifty insurgents were captured this week in the Laguna Bay region. SIX MINERS LOSE THEIR LIVES. Result of an Accident in the Shaft of the George's Creek Company. Fairmont, W. Va. (Special).?The most serious explosion in the history of mining in thc Fairmont region occurred at the George's Creek Coal and Iron Company's shaft, at Farmington, seven miles from this city, and resulted in six miners losing their lives outright, four being so badly injured that their death is momentarily expected, and four others being more or less seriously injured. Every man at work in the sec? tion of the minc in which the explosion occurred was killed or injured, with o.ie exception. This man was digging and upon the first sign of an explosion lay on "his face in the hole from which he had been taking coal and succeeded in getting enough fresh a:r to keep from suffocating. Reports are that a miner carried an open torch into his room and, after firing a shot the dense smoke caught fire and the gas exploded. This story is denied in some quarters, but no other theory has been offered. The company had issued strict rules against the use of anything else but safety lamps, but it is reported it was desired to break the record in the coal output, and it is supposed the officials were not on thc alert, and thus permit? ted the man to smuggle the torch into thc mine. The explosion was not felt in another portion of the minc, where 22 men were working, but made its way out the air shaft, almost demolish? ing the building in which the immense fan was located. Tbe only sign of the explosion at the main entrance was the smoke which poured out after the ter? rible report, spreading consternation among the wives and children of tne j ! miners who reside on the hilltop above ' the mine. The work of rescue was commenced an hour after the explo? sion. The last of the unfortunates was rescued at 5 o'clock p. m. Hypnotic "Subject" Killed. Woonsocket, R. I. (Special).?Dur? ing an exhibition of hypnotism given by Prof. Frankie Farnsworth and wife, of Fitchburg, at the Ollera House, one of the subjects, Thomas Bolton, also of Fitchburg, was killed. Mr. Bolton was resting between two chairs with a 600 pound stone on his body. A local blacksmith. Clifford Trask, attempted to break the stone with a sledge ham? mer. The chair on which Bolton's i head rested gave way and the subject | . fell to the floor, the stone crushing his j, b*uL J VERY DRAMATIC AND PICTURESQUE Was the Christening of the Big Bat? tleship Ohio. OBJECTIVE OF THE PRESIDENTS TRIP Cn Hnrbcm the Niece of Mra. McKinley, Per for.;-? rf;.; Function that Had Been Ass gncd to the President's Wlfc-Sbe Presses the Button, and Miss Dcshler, of Ohio, Breaks Ihe Bottle of Champagne Upon the Vessel. San Francisco, Cal. (Special).--For lunately, Mrs. McKinley's condition permitted President McKinley lo attend lue launching of the battleship Ohio fron' thc yards of thc Union Iron Works. To \\itms? the launching of thia ship, named Ohm. his native state, was the real objective of the President's long trip across the continent and waa tht event which has attracted to the Paci'ic Coast the governors of three.,states, the Ohio congressional delegation, several L'n.t'.d States senate ta and many other notable and distinguished people. Dramatic and picturesque as was the sight nf 14.000 tons of steel sliding ino the fullbreasted tide of San Francisco Bay. it was not so splendid and magni? ficent as the great naval pageant which accompanied, nor as profoundly impres? sive as the greeting extended to the President by the 4.000 employes of the shipyard. \\ hen thc President left thc sick room of his wife every arrangement had been made to notify him on the instant of any change for the worse in her condition. Ile was driven to the wharf in a closed carriage, escorted by a squad of mount? ed police. The Cabinet and other dis? tinguished guests were aiready aboard the transport tug Slocum, which was to convey the party to the Union Iron Works. The /"resident's flag, an eagle and shield on a blue field, was flying from the main mast, and the Union Jack was at the bow as he stepped smilingly upon the gangway to the accompaniment of the cheers of thousands. Then began the sail over the shining waters of the bay. It proved to be a triumphal journey, thc like of which has not been witne?*scd in this country since Admiral Dewey upon his return from the Philippines sailed jp the Hudson on the Olympia. Near Goat Island lay the transport Sheridan, travel stained from her long journey across the Pacific. She had just arrived from the Philippines, and still had aboard the Forty-second and Forty sixth United States Volunteer Infantry. As the Slocum approached the big transport there was a scene of frenzied enthusiasm aboard. The soldiers, all i? their service uniforms, rushed to the side md rent the air with cheer upon cneer at sight 0:: the President of the United States come to welcome them home. Then came the launching. \ platform had been built around the prow of the )ig iron monster, which lay in the very tin in which the famoit*. Oregon was milt, and from winch Tm side;;:. Harri *on launched the monitor Monterey ',<? 'ears ago. Gathered on thr platform ncre the President and members of the Jabinet; Governor Nash, of Ohio; Miss Deshler, his niece, who was to christen he ship; Miss Barber, who was to act or Mrs. McKinley, and many uniformed )fficers of the Army and Navy. Miss Barber and the President stood >efore the electric appliance which con rolled the guillotine that was to sever he rope which would loosen the weight hat was to knock out this last beam, ?.liss Barber, with her finger on the hut? on, was looking intently at the indica or. At t2.22.V2, two and a half, minutes >efore the tide was at its highest, the ime set for the launching, there sudden y shot into the face of Ihe indicator the lord "Ready." Miss Barlier pressed the button. The ast block fell away. At the same time Miss Deshler let go of the bottle of hampagne suspended at the side of the iow by a red. wmte and blue ribbon, nd. as it crashed against the side, she utered the words '"I christen thee Ohio.' " Released from its bonds, the heavy mil of 14.000 tons of steel went ploughi? ng through the thick grease of its era Ile, slowly at first, then faster and faster he slid down the ways, taking the flood najestically, and piling up thc water in jreat waves before her. The band rashed, whistles blew and the multitude houted. The trip back to the city was almost 1 repetition of the journey to the yard. Vhen the Slocum came alongside her vharf the President did not wait for the rangway tc be run out. He stepped over he rail to the pier and almost ran to thc arriage which was waiting for him. fhe door slammed, and he was off at a ;allop for thc bedside of his wife. Saw Comet in Twilight. Lick Observatory, Cal. (Special).? rhe comet discovered at Queenstown, australia, April 24. was seen here. In he strong twilight no tail could be cen, the head only being visible. Its losition observed by Mr. Aitken at 8 \. m. was right ascension 5 hours and 3 minutes, declination 3 degrees and 7 minutes north. This is the first time he comet has been seen at any obser atory in the northern hemisphere. The omet is much fainter than when dis overed, and will not be visible here dthout a telescope. duffy's SI5,900,0?0 Oil Charter-. Austin, Tex. (Special).?The largest il charter ever incorporated under the iws of Texas was filed here in the sec? tary's office. The charter is that of J. I. Guffy Petroleum Company, of Beau lont, capital stock $15,000,000. It means consolidation of the Guffy-Galey hold igs. which are the most extensive in ie Texas oil fields. All of the stock, is said, has been paid in. Thc incor orators are J. M. Guffy, of Pittsburg, 'a.; A. F. Lucas, B. F. Drexel, Perry Viess, Hal W. Greer and R. A. Greer, f Beaumont. Gov. Nash III in San Francisco. San Francisco (Special).?Thc pro ramnie for the entertainment of Gov. [ash and the Ohio visitors was declared ff on account of the illness of Gov. lash. While attending the christening f one of thc big trees in his honor near anta Cruz he was poisoned with poison ak. He war. partially blinded, and sut? ured very much while addressing the 'nion League Club .at night. While his ffliction is not se: ions, it prevents him rom participating in any of the func ons that had been arranged in his VIRGINIA STATE NEWS. Budgrt of tbe Latest Happenings rV-JMn All Parts. VOODOO DOCTOR OO'JP.S TO JAIL. Stabbed His Patient's Husband. Who tlUtA Be come Jealous of thc Medicine Man-Dug Their Way Out of Jail-Shot in a Peculiar Manner-AdJrefnea at Washing on and Lee ??Stonewall Jackson'* Home. Col. J. Risque Hatter had a hearing before Justice of the Peace Vermillion, in Campbell county, on the charge of killing the negro Jack Smith. Smith entered the room occupied by Colonel Hinter's daughter and was leaning over her bed whispering threats into her ear when ?he awoke and began screaming. Smith escaped through the window. Colonel Hinter kept watch through the remainder of the night, and the n**xt morning, after sending messengers for neighbor*, went into an outhouse where Smith lay asleep. After arousing the negro and telling him he had cone to kill him, Colonel Huttei fired a ball in? to the negro's brain, killing him almost instantly. In thc trial rhe Common? wealth was represented by Common? wealths Attorney Wm. M. Murrell, and tlie defense by Mr. Fred Harper, both of whom argued the case brief!;. Col. Hillier and his wife and daughter made full statement;-, of the affair. After hearing the evidence and arguments Justice Vermillion. without hesitating a moment, discharged Colonel flutter. For stabbing with a knife Samuel Saun? der?, husband of a patient he was treat? ing, John Turner, a colored medicine man, was in Nanzemond County court bned $5 and given thirty days in jail. He was indicted for felony. Turner hH undertaken to cure thc woman, on whoso eas** several doctors had failed. Som*-* of the things he used in the preparation of his medicine were lizard liver, frog* feet, vorms. and herbs. Saunders got jealous of the doctor's attention to his wife, and ordered him away. Saunder? was stabbed during the fight that follow? ed. Miss Lucy Hutchinson, of Franklin county, married J. E. Carper, of Ros? well, N. M. Mr. Carper was born in West Virginia, later removing to New Mexico. Two years ago his wife died, leaving seven children. Carpc* recently wrote to his dead wife's brother re? questing him to select a suitable woman as a'step mother for his little ones. Mr. Hunt introduced by mail Miss Hutchin? son, and pictures were exchanged. They were engaged conditionally and Carper reached Danville several days ago. He called on his betrothed, who was suffi ciently pleased to allow thc ceremony to continue. By using a crowbar, cold rh<*rl. and auger, which had boen smugjied to them by friends, two prisoners dug their wuv out of Southampton CovtSj jail at Coartland. Another prisoner was offer ?t freed r*\ but would not '.cave beca'ire his sentence wh-. i to expire. The nther inmates had no chai ape. Bloodhounds were takc:i to the -ceoe and trailed the fu'-jiuves to Nottawav River, where they are supposed to have taken a boat. Thomas Carter, of Wadesville, was mot in a peculiar manner at the homr of his aunt, Mrs. Bettie Carter. The young man was sitting in a doorway when his Hint, passing through the room, laugh? ingly remarked that an old gun that leaned against the wall would shoot him if he didn't get out of her way. She evidently jarred the gun in walking across the room, for as young Carter arose, the gun fell and was discharged, its load of shot entering his leg. Thc annual baccalaureate sermon at Washington and Lee Unhersity this commencement will be preached by thc Rev. Dr. David G. Wylie, pastor of thc Scotch Presbyterian Church, of New vork. The address before tbe Young Men's Christian Association will bc de? livered by Bishop Robert A. Gibson, as? sistant bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Virginia. Ihe address before thc graduating law class will lie delivered by former Secretary ot the Intei-ior Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, Ga. Thc cases of J. M. Cogie, ?his-son. W. T. Cogie, and J. M. Wynn, charged with felonious assault on and attemot ing to extort ai the point of a pistol Piooo from Dr. J. H. HargiS.-c, a young physician of Petersburg, rhoru Cogie charged with having betraved his daughter, were tried in the Hustings Court. Thc affair has excited much in? terest and the courtroom was crowded. Thc jury returned a verdict of not gull? ly in each case and all three of the ac :uscd were acquitted. Within the past few weeks a cone ?pondence has been carried on between Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and the Mary Justis Lee Chapter of the Daughters )i the Confederacy, relating to the pur ?hasc by tbe chapter of General Jack? son's former residence in Lexington. Mrs. Jackson is anxious to sell this iroperrjr, which she cannot afford to ceep, and it was Mrs. Jackson who sug tested that the Daughters buy it. They >ropose to undertake to raise the money or the purpose and convert the place nto a hospital. There is trouble at the National Busj less College in Roanoke. It seems that ionic difference arose beJtween Presi lent Eckerle and Prof. L. A. Coulter, >n?* of the teachers, and when he walked mt about 80 of the pupils did the same ind refuse to go back until Professor roulter is reinstated. In Accomac county Hiram Shivers, iged 11 years, and Alonzo Thomas, ged 14 years, quarreled over the pos ession of a pistol, the result being that mixers ran into a house, got a shotgun nd shot and killed Thomas. The police of Newport News are ooking for a miscreant who gouged mt the eyes of Dr. Jone.*-." fine driving torse. Whoever did thc- deed climbed iver a high fence and used a long stick n order to blind thc animal. __ Thc Norfolk and Atlantic Terminal Company has purchased the- steamer 3e!lc Horton, now at New York, for ervice between Norfoik-on-thc-Roads nd Newport News. Mr. Charles Broadway Rouss. of s'ew York, has sent his check for $10 o Reel Company No. 1. of Woodstock. o assist them in purchasing their out