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TODAY'S WEATHER.WASHINGTON, March 4.—Forecast for

Friday: Minnesota—Snow, probably clearing

Friday afternoon or night; colder In westernportions Friday night and much colder ineastern portion Saturday morning; easterlywinds, becoming northwesterly.

Wisconsin— Rain, beginning as snow Innorthern portions; high southeasterly winds.

North Dakota— Sno-w; colder; northerlywinds.

South Dakota—Snow; cold wave in central

and western portions; northerly winds, be-coming easterly.

Montana— Snow; northeasterly winds.GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

Tnited States Department of Agriculture,Weather Bureau, Washington, March 4, 0:48p. m. Local Time, 8 p. m. 7.">th MeridianTime.

—Observations taken at the same nio-

ment of time at all stations.TEMPERATURKS.

Place. T< in. < Place. Tern.St. Paul 2fi|Qu > Apprlle 8Duluth 22 Minnedosa 10Huron 32] Winnipeg 14Bismarck 16Willlßton 10 Buffalo 28-34Havre 14!Bos-ton 32-38Helena 22{Cheyenne 30-36Edmonton 6 Chicago 34-34Battleford 6Cincinnati 44-46Prince Albert 4 Montreal 22-26Calgary 2 New Orleans Oij-T2Medicine Hat lo.Ww York 32-38Swift Current SViitsburg 38-40

DAILY MEANS.Barometer, 29.98; thermometer, 14; relative

humidity, 96; wind, southeast; weather, lghtsnow; maximum thermometer, 28; minimumthermometer,

—1; daily range, 29; amount

of rainfall or melted snow in last twenty-four hours, .05.

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Barometer corrected for tempera! ureand elevation. —P. F. Lyons, Observer.

\u25a0 -^MR. M'KIM.KV'S SALUTATORY.

The first portion of the inaugural ad-dress delivered by Mr. McKinley yes-terday seems scarcely worthy of theman or the occasion. He mistook, forone thing, the requirements of the sit-uation. A brief and simple Inauguraladdress, expressing- a sense of the du-ties and responsibilities assumed, andavoiding specific issues unless somespecial reference should be failed for,

is at once best In taste and greatest inforce. The first official utterance ofPresident McKinley has all the toogreat latitude of the average messageto congress. It essays a review of allleading- questions, of foreign relationsand domestic policy, on an occasionWhere the briefest summary must ':><\u25a0tedious and the most exhaustive re-view permissible Incomplete. Hencethe beginning of the address is dulland filled with platitudes.Itis hard to be patient with an ex-

ecutive who expresses himself thusupon the great question >f finance:"With adequate revenue secured, butnot until then, we can enter upon suchchanges lc >ur fiscal laws as will, whileInsuring safety and volume to ourmoney, no longer impose upon the gov-ernment the necessity of maintainingso large a gold reserve, with its at-tendant and inevitable temptati ms tospeculation." If this means anything,

what is it? If it does not mean any-thing, as the words indicate, why t •u.-hthe subject? on the revenue questi ,n,Mr. McKinley's limitations appear inthis one sentence; "Between moreloans and more revenue there aught tobe but one opinion." No more is there.But is the.-.- no other choice? Whyshould our annual expenditures befrom $150,00(1.000 to (200,000,000 mere thanthey were eight years ago? This sim-ple fact knocks out all the lab; red ar-gument to prove the need of highertaxes. Hut to Mr. McKinley the lastelection meant only more tariff; andthe country has no right to quarrelwith him. for it knew in what hisviews of public policy were summedup when it elected him president.

Agriculture is put off rather sum-marily with the assurance that therevival -f maufacturing will bring re-lief to it. Why not take the other tacka while, and try the beneficial effectupon the manufacturer of giving helptc the farmer? And the new presidentdoes not seem quite as confident of themerits of his attraction as when hewas only an advance agent. Deep mel-ancholy must settle upon those whohave believed that prosperity mustcome with Mr. McKinley's inaugura-tion when they read that "It will taketime to restore the prosperity form-er years." This is hardly carrying- rutthe alluring promises of the billhoards.However, more tariffs we must anlshall have, and so congress is calledInspecial session in ten days from date,and then the wheels will begin to goaround. We fear sadly that the busi-est whirring will not be heard from thewheels of mills and factories.

Passing from these profoundly unsat-isfactory features >f the address, weare glad to commend as heartily thoseother portions in which the new presi-

dent is not bound in slavery to any pre-conception, and where- he can speakout the honest aspirations and pur-poses with which he i:-: possessed. Histribut" to a government of law andorder is strong and souni. He advo-cates civil service reform in wordswhich, while not JevJid of ambiguity,we prefer to interpret as voicing a sin-cere friendship. He urges the adop-tion of the arbitration treaty. And,

mirabile dictu, he has not a word cfcomfort for the jingoes. Not a handis held out to the Cuban orators. Thattransformation sc«ne which the Repub-licans told us we were to witness onthe 4th of March is absent. We areto leave other nations "undisturbedwith the settlement of their own do-mestic concerns." "We want no warsof conquest; we must avoid the tf-mp-

tation of territorial aggression.** Coldcomfort this for Cuba and Hawaii; arepetition ml the Cleveland policy. Theyare the words cf a sober ruler of agreat nation, but we await an out-burst of passionate resentment fromCameron and Lodge and Hoar and thebelliccse Chandler.

These contrasting portions of themessage picture to us the man ofstrong prepossessiens, of a policy here-tofore limited to a single idea, of views

somewhat crude, but all beginning al-ready to be tempered and broadenedby the heaviest responsibility that cancome to man. The saving grace is thenote of fidelity tc duty, of a desire to

serve the people well. Despite the crit-icism to which the message is open,

we catch in much of it, and especially

in the simplicity and strength of itsclosing sentences, glimpses of a man

who, ifhe have strength to follow duty

even when it divides ways with party,

may not be unequal to the wonderfulopportunity that at last lays its de-mands and its dangers at his feet.

THE ARMOR PLATE SCA\DAL»Whatever of excuse, for there was nc

justification, there was when, ten year^

ago, congress embarked the nation incompetition with European nations inthe construction of needless battle-ships, for the contracts then made withthe Carnegie and Bethlehem companies

for the armor with which to encumberthe ships, at the astounding price of

$580 a ton, none exists now for theprovision in the naval bill for continu-ing to buy armor of the same compa-

nies at $400 a ton. At the time thi«foolish policy of wasting money wasadopted there was no mill in the coun-

try capable of producing armor of thenecessary size. The two companiesagreed to put in plants at a cost thenestimated at $5,000,000. The UnitedStates was expected to be the onlycustomer, and the extent of their cus-tom was precarious, as any subse-quent congress might reject the policy

of creating- a navy that would rivalthose of the European nations. Itwasbut inevitable, under such circum-stances, the expense of the investment,

the limited demand and the risks ofcessation of demand, that the price tobe paid should be very much greater

than the cost of production, even witha reasonable profit added.

But no subsequent congress was ableto resist the current that carried thecountry into this and other extrava-gances. New battleships and armoredcruisers were ordered built, the estab-lished armor plants being made an ar-gument for them, and the cost of thetwo plants was long since fully re-couped out of the enormous profitsallowed under the contract price. Lik?all government jobs, scandals werelife, charges of fraud were made, in-vestigations had, the charges substan-tiated and Tines Imposed and remitted,

in whole or in part. Among the devel-opments of an investigation was th >

fact that, at the time the Bethlehemcompany was getting |SBO a ton forarmor plate supplied our government

it was tilling a contract for similarplate made with Russia at $249 a ton.less than half what the United Stateswas paying. While the naval bill waspending in committee, after the rup-ture of the ste.-l rail pool, it was statedthat the Illinois Steel company, of Chi-cago, offered to furnish plate for $243a ton. But the committee, for rea-sons not explained, fixed the price at$400 b ton. tabling a motion by Chand-ler to make it $306. Democrats willnnte that this motion of Quay wassupported by Gorman, Murphy, Briceand Gibson, and will recall, as s< me-hnw bearing upon it, Cleveland's re-mark about "the communism of pelf."

There is in all this enough to stirIndignation and arouse protest It isincredible, at a unit when the entirecountry is on short rations, whenevery household is enforcing economiesand studying frugality, when farmproduce I'rings prices that barely cove;

the cost of production, when dividendson investments are falling away ordisappearing and the returns on cap-ital and labor are shrinking-, that con-gress could be so insensible to condi-tions as to not only continue the follyof wasting money on a useless navy,but continue paying for the armorfor jt a price $150 a tonhigher than that for which thesame contractors are supplyingthe same armor to foreigrn nations. Itis not surprising- that the jaundicedand vitriolic Tillmaii found in it thematerial for one of his indiscriminatetirades. It is but one more of thecauses, past and to come, that willmake the next house Democratic.

BADLY NEEDED.Ifany further argument were needed

to establish the value jf civil servicereform for cities, and the proprietj ofpassing a law to put it int., effect, itwould be found in recent ocoi'.rrenc s,elections and appointments in the cityof St. Paul. It has been shown pKh lythat it matters nothing whether an of-fice is elective or appointive, whether aman is to be chosen by the council orappointed by the mayor to perform apublic service, if par ty relation ismade the controlling recommendationto favor. .As long as that holds, fit-ness and fidelity count for n. thing;and the moral sense of the public isshocked as its business Interests ar>-->impaired and imperiled by the selectionof political favorites for the places ofexperienced men who have teen oustedsimply to create vacancies.

Two recent changes are especiallyin point. For months the council hasbeen torn up over the question ofchoosing- a superintendent for thepolice patrol telegriph system. It isadmitted by everybody that the presentincumbent is well qualified for theplace, and has discharged his duty to

the general satisfaction. Nc pretense

is made that the work is not properly

done. No other argument is advancedfor substituting another man than thathe wants it and deserves itbecause herendered certain services to the Re-publican candidates. 3e weighty arethese facts, even among average politi-

clans, that it has taken more thanhalf a dozen caucuses to get a council,solidly Republican, with the exception

of a single member, to brand itself by

turning a good man out of office to put

an unknown man in.The same thing is true, in an even

more marked degree, of the changeson the school board. Let It beunderstood clearly that we do notreflect upon Mr. King, who wantato have charge of the pa-trol telegraph, or upon either of theestimable gentlemen who have beennamed for school inspectors. What wewant to emphasize is the ridiculousand scarcely less than criminal policy

of turning out a man who has learnedhis business until he knows how toperform it to Jhe best public advan-tage, in order to put in a man withoutexperience, who, with the best inten-tions, and with good natural ability,

must necessarily serve some years be-fore he can administer his office assatisfactorily to the people as the onewhom he succeeds.

Taking up the case of the school in-spectors, it is admitted on all sides thatthe men who were not reappointedwere good men, had done good work,

and had nothing against them except

the fact that they were not appointedby the present mayor. While both ofthem have done excellent work on theboard, the case of Dr. Abbott is espe-cially strong. The G1o!> •' ..iocs notknew what Dr. Abbott's political be-lief is, nor does it care. It does know

that he has been president of theschool board, and has given to itan un-usual amount of personal attentionand personal interest. The schools ofthis city owe a large debt to Dr. Ab-bott fcr his willing sacrifice of large

private interests in the discharge of aiduty without special attractions andj without remuneration. He was not amere peg in a hole, he was not con-tent to go through the official routine,

but he devoted hours and days andweeks to familiarizing himself with thedetails of school work and school needsuntil he became thoroughly posted inevery particular.

Now, what sense is there in allow-ing such a man tc retire when histerm of office is up? The knowledge

that he has acquired is worth thou-sands of dollars to the city. Our schoolfunds are insufficient, and the need ofthe hour is to make economies wherethey will hurt least. At this moment,

when acquaintance with the work is ofinestimable value, that man who knowsmost about it and whe has shown him-

self rarely skilled in dealing with it, isasked to step down and give place toa successor who has everything tolearn, without any assignable reasonsave that somebody asks his place in

; the name of the Republican party.

| There is not a business interest in thisj city, down tc that carried on in the;pettiest shanty, that could be managed;in such a way.. To act thus is a crimeagainst the great business enterprise

in which all of us are partners, andwhose name is the city government.

j Since public protest is wholly unavail-\u25a0 ing to prevent the prostitution ofpublic to private interest, let us have,as soon as may be, a civil service

iact that will put an end to it.

V fANARD EXPOSED.Throughout all the discussion of the

Nicaragua canal bill from begin-ning to en.i. and also through the de-bate on the prop Msed arbitration treatywith Great Britain, there ran a con-stant assumption by the advocates ofthat job that the nations of P:urope,

and particularly Great Britain, were;trying to forestall the United Statesand obtain the right to build the canal

j themselves. We have hail dispatchesperiodically from Washington for thelast few years stating that GreatBritain had made overtures to Nicara-gua, or had come to a secret under-standing- with her, by which, ifonly theguaranteeing of the canal company'sbonds could be prevented* Englandwoald obtain the concession and go

|ahead with the work.It was evident enough to any one

who looked at it seriously thatthis was a mere bluff, a part

;of the scheme nf the canal pro-'\u25a0 motors to put several million dollars ofj this government's money in their ownpockets. If there is anything- thatGreat Britain does not want, it is this

!interoceanic canal. She is enterprisingjenough in foreign affairs, but she hasher own highway nr>w across the Amer-

jican continent entirely under her owncontrol; and if there is anything thatshe would avoid, as shown by theprogress at the Venezuelan affair, it iscoming- into collision with the UnitedStates in any quarter of the world.Let this country announce that it isgoing to build a canal across the isth-mus, and that will settle it at anytime, as far as Great Britain is con-cerned. It does not need a bonus of$100,000,000 to a lot of boodlers to ac-complish that.

Furthermore, we were told, whenthe state department was informedby the representatives of the great-er republic of Central Americathat the canal company's concessionhad expired, that this was another at-tempted diversion in the interest ofGreat Pritain. Great Britain, it wasdeclared, was after that concession,and was simply trying to scare thiscountry off the ground. Now thatthe canal bill has been defeated,for all time, let us hope, thereis published an interview by our min-ister to Nicaragua with the president

of that country, in which the latterstates positively, first, that the conces-sion of the Maritime Canal companyhas been forfeited; second, that hisgovernment would be very glad totransfer the contract to the UnitedStates if it wants it; ar.d third, thatthere has been no offer from any othergovernment en earth to take this con-tract if we rejected it These state-ments are not drawn out by judicialquestioning to serve a purpose, but aremade, it Is said, at the express requestof President Zeiaya to set at rest mls-

understandings and mlsstatements cur-rent in the United States.

We can now see the lengths to whichthese corrupt jobbers were ready to go

in crder to grasp the enormousprize which they saw In theproposed canal bill. The Mari-time Canal company is bankruptand ruined. All that is left to it is alot of worthless stock and a set of of-ficers who have made a good thing out

of it thus far, and hope to make abetter. The agreement with the Nicara-gua government by which it was au-thorized to build a canal is now nulland void. Ithas no more legal right tocarry out this enterprise than any pri-vate citizen of the United States. Nic-aragua is willing and anxious to havea canal built if anybody wants to con-struct it. Neither England nor any

other country wishes to have anythingto do with it. In the light of thesefacts, we ought never to hear againof the corrupt proposition to subsidizea defunct corporation in order that itmay make use of a concession that haspassed out of legal existence. Neitherought any man who champions thissteal, and alleged in its favor thecanard which is now exposed, to es-cape the stigma which this places upon

ihis character as a representative ofj the people.

_^_ ,THE SAKE SIDE.

The bill which has been introducedauthorizing cities of over 50,000 inhab-itants to make contracts for the re-moval of garbage covering a period offive years ought to be beaten. The

| provision of the Bell charter, which; forbids binding a city by contract forImore than one year at a time imposes

jcertain hardships, but it also furnishesthe city with great safeguards against

| jobbery. Between the two sets of evils,| every community like St. Paul must

| choose. When the time comes that pol-i itics shall have been banished from| municipal ontests.and city councils andj city officials generally are chosen forj fitness only, and consist of our best!business men, who consent to devote aportion of their time for a few yearsto the public affairs as their eontribu-

;tion to the state, it will be safe to au-thorize contracts of any class and forany length of time. At present, hav-

i ing before our eyes the motives atIwork and the influences that control,j too frequently, the people's representa-tives, it is far better to make whatsacrifices we must on short contracts,rather than to invite the evila whichevery city has suffered that has per-

! mitted its council to tie it up with ob-ligations that cannot be escaped for

I many years in the future.It is necessary only to point to the ex-

-1 perience of Minneapolis to show just

| what we might expect under similar cir-| cumstanoes. They had a garbage con-

tract up there good for a term of years,and the beneficiaries under ithad a fall-

; ing out. The city paid the bills, and nowone of the parties to the contract is

; suing- another for his share of theprofits, alleging that this amounted to$65,000 for a term of live years. Dowe want anything of that sort In St.Paul, and is there any reason to sup-pose that if such a contract were al-lowed we would fare better than other

| cities have done under similar circum-stances? Xo doubt, if business princi-ples were strictly observed, the lor.g

\ term contract system would save;money to the city. Capital willjgo into enterprises and estab-lish plants and purchase machin-ery that will do the work more eco-nomically when the investment is se-cured. Itis evident enough that con-tracts not only for garbage removal,but for city lighting and for other pur-poses could be made on more advan-tageous terms if they were not lim-ited to one year by the charter. Whatwe sacrifice on that account, neverthe-less, is more- than made up by what wesave in shuttle® out that form of job-bery that finds its chief inducementand its richest rewards in "jamming

'through" a cotmct with big profits at- \u25a0\u25a0

taeh^d that the city cannot get rid of ifor years to come.If theie is one reason more

'than another why the treas- \ury of our city has suffered less from

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such inroads than that of almost anyother city of its size in the country, itis because of this one-year limitation.It is very dangerous to make a break jin the rule, and it is also significant ithat the first infraction of it is pro- jposed for a branch of city work that Ihas never yet been done on business

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principles, and for which contractorshave been able to obtain, year afteryear, their regular allowance by vote jof the city council for work which the Ihealth officer declared had not been !performed, and on blls which he de- !clined tc approve Let the one-year !clause stand, by all means, as long ag \municipal officers are elected and mu-nicipaJ affairs conducted an the pres-ent plan.

WOLCOTT AT HOME.

Btinctitllia::i, He Thinks, Rests AVlththe rmft«Ml "iiiics.

NEW YORK, March 4.— Senator Woloett, !of Colorado, who sailed for Europe some ]weeks ago, returned oil tpe Majestic today and ;started immediately fqr A'a-shington. SenatorWoleott went abroad witgrhe hope <jf promot-ing an international cori^ress of bimetal!Ist*.Mr. Wolcott said:

"My visit has been o very satisfactory and jinteresting one. Mi tlfie was wholly ipeet iIn London. Paris. Berlin, with one <lay in \u25a0

Amsterdam. Iam rjurh?en .ouraged by whatIhave ascertained 4n<l mbet hopeful for the jfuture. An Internationa^ agreement for the Iremonetization cf silver is entirely feasible, jand its accomplishment. In my opinion, rests !largely with the United States."Ihad an interview with such <l<:rn;-n finer- !

eiers as Prince Hohenlohe, Karon yon Bie- jberstein and Dr. Ko^ti. and with Mr. Miquel, !the minister of flnant-e of Prussia. Iwas not jable to see either Dr. .y-endt or Count yon jMlrbach. At the pr«sentjtime, Ido not ."are jto say anything nn»e abfnt the result of mymission. You might ||ay, however. That IPrince Hohenlohe. Baron -Vun Bieberatein and iT>r. Koch told me tfcat if~~l suc'-eetfed in get- !ting the consent of England, as a party to an Iinternational conference, 1 ralght then meet jwith less opposition in Germany."

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.

NEW YORK—Arrived: Majestic, Lr.»r-jxxil; Cevic. Liverpool. Sailed: Karlsruhe,Bremen.

LIVERPOOL—Arrived: Belgenland, Phila-delphia; Cufic. New York. Sailed: Cephal-onia, Boston.

Qi/I>:NSTWVN~3aU?d: Germanic. Liver-pool for Kftw York.

THE SAINT PAUL GLOBI* FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1897.

THE fIEW PHESIDEUTGOSSIPY SKETCH OP HIS FIRST

DAY AS THE NATION'SEXECUTIVE.

WAS CALM AND COLLECTED.

LITTLE OF NERVOUSNESS DIS-PLAYED DURINGTHE LONG AND

TRYING CEREMONY.

LUNCH TAKEN AT THE CAPITOL.

Senator Sherman and the Retiring

President With Him the GreaterPart of the Tlme-

WASHINGTON. March 4.—A soundnig-ht's rest put the president-elect inperfect condition for the exhausting

functions of the day. He had retiredimmediately after returning to his ho-tel from the dinner last night, given

in his honor by Col. John Hay, so heenjoyed a full night's repose and thebeneficial effect was plainly visiblewhen he arose this morning, and sa-luted Mrs. McKinley with the remarkthat this was the first day of her ac-cession to the dignity and title of thefirst lady of the land. The president-elect is an early riser, and few of thehotel guests were awake when he open-ed his door at half past six, andcalled a greeting to Messrs. Daughertyand Gardner, the faithful New Yorkdetectives who have watched his everymovement since the train rolled in fromCanton. Within a few moments a por-ter came upstairs, bearing an armfulof wood, and soon a bright fire wascrackling in the grate in the sitting

room.Following an old custom, coffee was

served as soon as Mr. and Mrs. Mc-Kinleyarose. Abner McKinley droppedin for a few moment's chat, and thenthe president-elect turned his attentionto his personal mail, that for sometime had been awaiting consideration.

The remainder of the presidential partyalso were astir early, and while Mr.McKinley was at his mail, they camedown to breakfast in the hotel diningroom. The breakfast for Mr. and Mrs.McKinley was served to them in theirprivate sitting room. The waiter borein a breakfast of bountiful proportions.There was quail on toast, broiled chick-en, a porterhouse steak, a Spanishomelette, dry toast, hot rolls, wheatmuffins, tea and coffee. Both Mr. andMrs. McKinley had good appetites thismorning, and did full justice to theviands so abundantly supplied. Mrs.McKinley ate her portion in bed, by ad-vice of her husband, adopting thiscourse to conserve her strength forthe events of the day.

The advance guard of the gr^atAmerican army of cranks made itsappearance at an mrly hour at thehotel this morning, fortunately ittookthe very harmless form of a well-dressed personage of clerical aspect,who, in a mild voice, besought the pres-ident's permission to sell on the streetsan extraordinary card bearing a scrip-tural motto. He was easily turnedaway by the guardians at the doorwaywithout creating any disturbance.

FIRST CALLERS.Wii'e breakfasting the president-

elect admitted to the room his familyphysician. Dr. Phillips, and the latterexpressed his gratification at the excel-lent condition of his patient.

The first of the official callers wa*

Chairman Bell of the inaugurationcommittee. He came to talk over theprogramme for the day. and in a fewminutes explained these to Mr.McKin-ky's satisfaction.

After breakfast the president-electcame out into the corridor of the hotelfor a few moments. He greeted pleas-antly the few persons who stood in\u25a0waiting, including the newspaper men,and even an irrepressible citizen ofGerman extraction whom he did notknow, but who insisted on shakinghands with the president of the United

Chairman ILahn, of Columbus, drop-ped in to pay his respects.

A pretty sight witnessed by the per-sons who waited at the landing wasthe greeting given his mother by thepresident-elect as he met her in thecurridor. He kissed her tenderly andin the most affectionate terms inquiredafter her health and then led her gent-lyinto the sitting room and placed herin a warm corner of a soft lounge.

At 9:30 o'clock a barber came upstairs with his shining basin and snowytowels. He was a very proud man,by name, Clarence Chaplin, for he wasto shave the president-elect. Thisnecessary function consumed only afew minutes' time.

Meanwhile the callers began to in-crease in number, although few ofthem were admitted to the reservedportion of the house. A great bunchof American Beauty roses came byspecial messenger from a local mag-nate for Mrs. McKinley.

At five minutes to 10 o'clock, Sena-tor Sherman and Senator Mitchell, ofWisconsin, of the senate committee,appointed to conduct the inauguration,appeared and anounced that they hadcome to escort the president-elect tothe oapltoL They were admitted atonce, ami \u25a0exchanged greetings withMr. and Mrs. McKinley, who werechatting with Capt. William H. Zim-merman, of the Twenty-third <>hi"volunteers, his old regiment. BellamyStorer and Mrs. Ftor^r and Mrs. JuliusBurroughs also were among the fa-vored callers who saw Mr. McKinley.

M'KIXLEYCALM..Five minutes after 10 o'clock, thepresident-elect emerged from his re-ception room on the \u25a0 arm of SenatorSherman. He looked calm and walkedtirmly. Just behind him came Secre-tary Porter, with Senator Mitchell ofWisconsin. Capt. Heistand, of theii'iny, with Ahnei McKinley, broughtup the rear, and kept back the people,who pressed upon the party, even inthe hotel corridors.

As the president-elect p-ierged fromthe private entrance of the Ebbitt. oiFourteenth street, beside the tall fornr>f Senator Sherman, there was a roar>f applause that shook the buildinWrhe street was packed with a soli,mass of people, through which the car--iaere that was to convey the president-elect to the White house could scarce-ly be driven. While the police strug-gled to clear a passage through theL-rowd, the president-elect stood atthe head of the granite steps andjowed his acknowledgments. The ap->laupe became deafening as he crossedhe sidewalk and mounted the carriagertep, so great that he Flopped a#-ain.vhile the horse reared and champedjneasily in the din. and turned from;ide to side with uncovered head, hisface expressing the appreciation he'eit at this great manifestation of pop-jlar esteem.

The president-elect was seated withSenator Sherman, sitting on the rear•ig-ht scat, and Senator Mitchell withMr. Porter occupied the front seat,rhe carriage was one brought by thesenate committee and was drawn byipair of clipped brown horses.

At 10 minutes after 10 the start wasiiade for the White house, amid rt-lewed cheering !»y the crowd. TroopV. of the Cleveland crack cavalry\u25a0omprtslng about a hundred men,splendidly mounted on black chargers.vpen«*d the way through rhe mass ofieop]e, with a lin<- stretching almostwross the street, the coachman gravehe word to his horses, the carriage fell

In behind, and the way was takendown Fourteenth street to Pennsyl-vania avenue, and to the White house.

REPEATED CHEERS.Mr. McKinley from the Ebbitt house

to the White house and to the capitol,was cheered repeatedly, and by hismanner of response, made a fine im-pression. W"hen the president and Maj.McKinley entered the captiol, the lat-ter went directly to the vice president'sroom, where he found Vice President-elect Hobart and Senator Elkins. thethird member of the escort party, andMr. Stevenson, a son and private sec-retary of the vice president, awaitinghim. He met Messrs. Hobart andElkins with a cordial handshake, andupon being presented to Mr. Stevenson,asked immediately if Mrs. McKinleyhad arrived in safety. Being assuredon this point, he expressed his grati-fication, and taking a seat composedhimself for the half hour's wait whichfollowed.

Mr. McKinley chatted agreeably withail the members of his party, discussingthe affairs of the day in a light vein.If he felt any nervousness, he onlybetrayed the fact by an occasionaleffort at the adjustment of his blacknecktie, and the frequent rubbing ofhis eye-glasses, with a white silk hand-kerchief. He did not manifest any im-patience over the delay.

During th-e interim spent in thisroom. Gen. Miles and Admiral Brown,accompanied by their aides, entered thevice president's room, and were pre-sented In form to the president-electand vice president-elect. It was 12:17when Vice President Hobart was sum-moned to his departure, and three min-utes later, Mr. McKinley was informedthat the preparations were complete,and that all was ready for the senateproceedings. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Layton led the way, followed byMr. McKinley and Senator Sherman.They walked through the senate lobbyoff the marble room to the president'sroom, where they were to be joined byPresident Cleveland and SenatorMitchell. They found the door locked,but a slight knock brought an assistantforward with a bunch of keys, and thefinal line of mjarch was soon taken forthe great ceremony of the induction ofa new president into office.

In his work of the forenoon. Mr. Mc-Kinley gave no evidence of his lateillness. The magnificent, full, ringing-voice as he delivered his inaugural,spoke volumes on this point. Thepresidential party took luncheon atth-e oapitol, after the official exerciseson the inaugural stand, and beforestarting to the White house. The mealwas served in the room of the senate

committee on naval affairs from thesenate restaurant, and the billof fareconsisted of blue* points, quail, chickensalad, lobster salad, cold tongue, coldham, and tea and coffee. The lunchpatty included President McKinley,

ex-President Cleveland, Vice PresidentHobart, ex-Vice President Stevenson,Senators Sherman, Elkins and Mitchell,constituting the committee on arrange-ments, Gen. Miles and Admiral Brownand their aides, Capt. Davis, of theaimy, and Lieut. Sharpe, of the navy.Gen. Porter and Mr. Russell Harrison.

The party spent about half an hourat lunch. Messrs. McKinley andCleveland sitting together at a smalltttble, and other guests taking theirmt-al together at a large center table.Mr MeKinley ate sparingly, orderingonly a roll, a cup of coffee and a pieceof ham. While they were at luncheon.Senators Proctor and Hoar entered andeach presented a few friends. They

left the committee room at 2:23 andwalked to the east front of the building.Mr. McKinley smoking a fragrant oig&r

and Mr. Cleveland leaning on his arm.After partaking of the lunCheon,

President McKlrriey resumed his place

in the parade. At the conclusion ofthe parade the president was escortedto the White house by l,ieut. Gilrnore,

U. S. A. Just as he stepped on theportico he was met by Mrs. Grant, the

widow of the illustrious warrior, andpresident, who had been patiently wail-ing for this opportunity in companywith Bishop Newman. In the red par-loi a few friends had gathered, Capt.McWilllams and wife, of Chicago, andseme near relatives. They warmly

welcomed th<a president, and the lat-ter, after gracefully acknowledging

their salutations, retired to his privateapartments, where Mrs. McKinley wasawaiting him. The company dispersedand the president and his wife were,

for the first time, alone in the Whitehciise, save for the few attendantsand servants.

After a short rest, the president gravehis attention to a targe number of oon-

igratulatory telegrams. The legislatureof Minnesota sen* a lons message,praying for the success of the new ad-

; ministration, and expressing the hopethat his administration "may be the

most American and the moat successfulof aJI the many illustrious administra-tions in the history of the country, ami

i that it may mark a new era of broaderAmericanism, greater prosperity andhigher civilization."

The reading- of these consumed thepresident's time up to the dinner hour,

: 7:30. when he begun to prepare him-j self for a visit to the inaugural ball.

a-Ttheliieaters.The performance of "Half a King" at the

Metropolitan last night demonstrated onefiact in a highly agreeable manner. That isthe pre-en.inence of Francis Wilson ov< r allhis rivals In the comic opera field. Thefunny man of comic* opera Is allowed so wldn

a scope that the word legitimate is obviouslymisapplied in describing the efforts of sucha ilayer, but one can justly characterize Mr.Wilson as an artist even in his moments ofmist extravagant buffoonery. His whole per-formance is seasoned with a delightfully hu-morous flavor, and illuminated with a scin-tillating wit and keen intelligence that dis-tinguish the artist from the mere clown.Light, breezy and graceful, possessing a dis-tinct enunciation and a clear voice of sym-

pathetic quality. Mr. Wilson is nevpr detrop on the stage. He is continuously, natur-

ally and Irresistibly funny.

Hut while this admirable comedian ismuch of "Half a King," he Is not all of It.The music of I,udwlg Englander and thelibretto of Harry Li. Smith reflect credit upon Ithose gentlemen. The score, while far from Ipretentious, contains many tuneful num- ,bers and the dialogue fulfills its agreeable jpurpose.

The company, which is thoroughly satis-factory, contains one shining light besides |Mr. Wilson, and that is Miss Lulu Glaser, !a young woman of exceptional talent. In theroie of Picrette, the mountebank's adopted ;daughter, the audience beheld a young artiste iwho excels in point of histrionic ability anyconic opera prima donna seen here in several Iseasons. Miss Glaser is a finished comedl- !enno, and a most expressive singer. Her :naive ways and pretty features lend a dls-tinctive interest and charm to every scene inwhich Bha appears.

"Half a King" is mounted in royal style. !The scenery is picturesque to a degree.• * •

The excellence of the cast of I>e Koven & iSmith's latect opera, "Tttt Mandarin," has :excited a great deal of comment, including :as It does such capable and popular artist.1;M

''Bertha Waltzinger Adele Ritchie, George C. jBoniface .Jr., Henry Norman, Joseph Sheuhan, •George Honey and Sam and Dave Marion,and in this connection Mr. I)e Koven re- ;

marked: "Ihave been singularly fortunate in 'this respect ever since the production of my ;

first opera, "The iJegurn," in 1887. The com-pany whi:h presented "The Begum" was atruly remarkable one, every one of the prin-cipals having since headed a company of btaor hrr own. It included De Wolf Hopper,Jefferson I)e Angeli*?. Harry McDonougli, Digbyand Laura Joyce Bell, Harry Crisp, HubertWUkfe, Ed Hoff, ilme. Cottrelly, MarionManola, Annie Myers and Jor.ie Knapp.

There are several sensational scenes In "The IWar of Wealth" which meet, with great ap- Iplause and anpreeiai ton at the hands of theaudiences at the Grand Oi/era house, thepresent week. The play is admirably present-ed. Thomas Wise as Maj. Pickney Poindex-rer. Fanny Melntyre as Helen Raymond, andFrames Whltehouse as Halli--* Forley, de-serving special iraise for their efficient In-terpretation ef the roles they present. To-morrow at 2:30 the rnly remaining matineeof the engag^mc-r.t will bo given.

GfIOVER STEPS OUTMR. CLEVELAND'S LAST DAY AS

PRESIDENT OP THE L'SITEDSTATES.

NO COURTESY OMITTED.

EVERY DUTY TO HIS H7OCKMOKTHAT KISDLY SPIRIT COLLD

SUGGEST.

ABLY AIDED BY MRS. CLEVELAND.

After the Inauguration the Ex-I'rt*!.,dent IlcjiurtMfor a. Tfn-l)«, Fish-

ing Trip South.

WASHINGTON, March 4.—Notwith-standing Mr. Cleveland did a veryhard day's work yesterday, h>- rosein good condition this morning andwell able to earry_out^his part la thuday's ceremonies. """From time' to timeduring the day and far into the night,messengers from the capitol appearedat the White house with bundles ofbills which had been passed and onlyawaited the president's approval tobecome laws. These were taken atonce to the president's room where hesat at his desk until after 1 o'clock thismorning carefully reading- each one andnow and then appending his signature.

During: a large part of today. Mr.Cleveland's part of course, was com-pletely overshadowed by thai of ihoincoming executive. The retiring presi-dent evidently was suffering from hislate attack of rheumatism, but he borait without complaint and to the lastperformed every duty ami courtesy tohis successor that custom prescribed,or good breeding suggested. In this hewas assisted by Mrs. Ch veland, whocame on from Princeton for the pur-pose. She had arranged a luncheonfor the wife, mother and personal partyof the president-elect in the Whitehcue# just prior to the review of theparade, and in the public home sh<>was about to leave, awaited their com-ing about 2 o'clock.

The McKinley party left the eapit-jlceremonies ahead of the procession,and of the two presidents. The weregreeted in the blue parlor by Mrs.Cleveland, Secretary Lamont and CoLWilson, and escorted to the familydining- room. Among those at theluncheon were Mrs. Nancy Addison Mc-Kinley, the president's mother, Mr.and Mrs. Abner McKinley and theirdaughter Mabel, Miss Helen MeKinley,Mrs. Marshall C. Barber and daughters

Kate and Ida. Mrs. McKinley's sisterand nieces, Mrs. Duncan, Dr. Phillips,the family physician; Mrs. James Mc-Kinley, Mr. and Mrs. MeKinley s »s---borne, Mr. and Mrs. F. K. Osborne,Mr. and Mrs. Morse, Capt. and Mrs.Lafayette McWilliams, Mr. and Mr.--.Stewart Bowman, SenatOT-eleci andMrs. M. A. Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. Tay-lor. Gen. and Mrs. Porter.

As soon as Mrs. Cleveland had greet-ed her guests, she entered Secretary[jaroont's carriage and was escortedby the secretary to his IIstreet resi-dence, where they were shortly Joinedat lunch by Mr. Thurber and the mem-bers of the outgoing cabinet and theirladies. Some time after :o'clock Mrs.Cleveland and Mr. Thurber were driven,to the Pennsylvania station wherethey took President Thompson's privateear for Prine- ton, the ex-president'sfuture home.It was a little aft.-r 3 o'clock when

tfa* new president and Mr. Clevelandreached the Whit* house throughcheering crowds, escorted by the BlackHorse troopers, of Cleveland. In theblue room Mr. Cleveland took formalh ave of his successor and bidding \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0• ibye to all who were present, he leftthe mansion, and in oompany withCapt Robley I». Evans, of the army,drove to the Seventh street whan" tatake the ligM house tender Maple foia ten days' fishing trip in the Carolinasi unds.

n»-vplan-d hud nothing to saywhen he went aboard, excepi thai hflwas bound for North Carolina, andwhen an Associated Press reporter .-'.sk-e-d how long- he would be gone, jocose-ly remarked: "There's no hurry."

Shortly after the Maple pulled out,the Cleveland party partook of a li^htluncheon and rapper was served abouttlusk. The Maple will proceed directljto Portsmouth, near Norfolk, whicli sh«probably will reach some tijti• \u25a0 tomorrow morning. There \h>- li^-ii: hous<tender \'i<>lct. whirh came down froir.15a.ltImori 1 Saturday, is in waiting andth«- party will be transferred to heiand the start made for the duckiriß fields in Albermarle and l'iinlic;

sounds.

Mri. Cleveland tit iinnw.PRINCETON, X. J.. March L- Mrs. Cleve-

land, accompanied by Mr. Thorber, iu-r hu.s-band'* secretary, tirrived home trom Wash-ington at It (/(lock tcnigh't. The Southernexpress, which brought her special i.ir fromPhiladelphia, was fifty minutes late, andfew penSoaa were at the station when theCleveland party arrived. Carriages were inwatting, and Mrs. Cleveland and SecretaryThurber were iinru*iliutiIv drives to the <•*-

--president's new home on Bayard avenue.

REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR.

W«ftt \ iininiaN I-irxtOne ininvnty.

Five Venrn,

CHARLJSSTOWN, W. Va., March 4. -Athigh noon today Hon. C. W. Atkinson (Rep.)took the earn of office On the front steps ofthe rapitol, as governor of West Virginia,and the Democratic official retired. The oathof oftVe was administered by Judge McWhor-ton. the only Republican of the supremocourt, and elected at the same time. Theinaugural address was lengthy and outlinedthe policy which will be a progressive one.This is the first time for twenty-five yearsthat the Republicans have controlled thestate.

The city was filled with people from allover the state, the pent-up enthusiasm of theRepublic ns for thirty years burst forth Inall its magnitude. Long before the hour forinauguration the surging mass at people gath-ered in front of the state house in order tobe in a position to spo the most popular manin West Virginia inaugurated us the chief ex-ecutive of the state. Gov. McCorkle in asplendid oration introduced tho governor-cle tto the anxious populace. Oov. McCorkle paida g{lendld tribute to Gov. Atkinson, who. ina twenty minutes' speech outlined the policyof his administration.

At 2 o'clock a monster parade formed onKanawha street an;l marched over the prin-cipal streets of the city. It was reviewed bythe governor and staff and invit"d guestsfrom a grand stand erected In the capltolyard. At 7:30 a grand display of fireworkswas given and at 9 o'clock the governor's r"-cepttoa took place followed by the grand balland banquet.

STATE OF SIEGE.

Troops of the RepuMlc at IruKiiay

Mobilized.MONTEVIDEO, March 4.—A \u25a0tele of aleca

has been proclaimed, and the mobiilzatioaof troops of tho republic has bo«?n ordered.

Prisoner* Frani South St. I'nul.Bpeetekfr the, CI-»be.HASfr>r?S, jVUrin., March 4.—Constable T.S. Kennedy, of South St. Paul, brought downJoseph WHczer end Charles Matike.vity thisafternoon, sewteiwed to ninety and sixtyda>3 In the county Jaii by Justlco J. It.Stevenson for petit larceny at the GreatWestern railway shops. ,