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1 1 MHILEY
IS PRESIDENT
Reins of Government Are Placed
in His Hands
SOLEMN OATH TAKEN
Thousands View the Inaugural
Ceremonies
Patriotism of Seventy Million People
Breathed Into the Inancnral Cere
moniesUncounted Thousands View
Proceedings Resplendent Scene in
the Senate Chamber Gorgeous Mil
itary Pageant the Great Spectacular
Feature Brilliant Decorations of
the Capitol Grand Ball
William McKinley of Ohio is now
President of the United States Standing
with bowed head before an immense gath
ering of people he took the oath to faith
fully perform the duties of the office The
eremony was performed by Chief Justice
Fuller With an expression of humility
mingled with realization of the heavy
burdens he was about to assume Mr Mc
Kinley bent his head and repeated in a
clear voice the words
I do solemnly swear that 1 will faith
fully execute the office of President of
the United States and will to the best of
my ability preserve protect and defend
the constitution of the United States
There was a deathlike silence as the
preparations for administering the oath
were begun The people could see the
pantomime enacted but only the favored
few in the immediate vicinity could hear
the words then a cannon shot was heard
This marked the beginning of the term of
William McKinley as President and in
stantly a tremendous cheer went up Hats
-canes handkerchiefs and other articles
were waved as President McKinley step-
ped to the edge of the Capitol portico and
bowed his acknowledgments to the peo
ple As soon as the President noticed a
lull in the applause he began to deliver the
inaugural address At least 150000
strangers witnessed the ceremony while
the capital city citizens numbering 300
000 people lined the streets and filled the
avenues Capitol Plaza where President
McKinley stood was filled with a seeth
ing surging mass of between 50000 and
60000 people
There have been many inaugurations in
Washington but in many respects that of
March 4 1S07 will go down in history as
excelling all that have gone before The
citizens of the capital city worked to that
end with a degree of energy unknown
and the great popular demonstration was
a unique and shining success in every
particular In beauty in taste in novelty
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the decorations of the city were incom
iparably superior to anything ever seen in
TVashington the magnificent body of reg
ular United States troops was more num
erous than any gathered since Grants
reat display at the closeof the war
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enteen sovereign States had their citizens
intlie line of parade and over sixty civil
organizations helped swell its magnificent
proportions
Along the broad avenue on every open
space were erected grand stands that
instead of being disfigurements to the
scene as has been the case in days gone
by mere scaffolds of rough boards were
not only comfortably covered and of pret
ty architectural design but were most ap
propriately and substantially decorated
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PARADE OX PENXSYLVAXJA ATEXlE
The citizens had spent money with a lib
eral hand to beautify their houses and
with the aid of the thousands of flags of
every kind loaned by the National Gov
ernment Pennsylvania avenue the great
artery of the city was turned into a rain
bow of bright color in which Old Glory
predominated
Enormous Gathering of People
To witness all this display there was a
mighty gathering of the American people
in the capital and even up to noon the
railroads poured thousands into the city
to swell the great total of strangers Ev
erybody agreed that it was an ideal inau
guration day as far as the weather was
concerned for those who expected to
march in the parade while the increasing
warmth of the sun as it mounted higher
in the blue sky reassured the persons who
feared for their comfort in the covered
grand stands
market The prices asked had been phe
nomenal 25 being the lowest for which
a single window could be had while the
prices ranged from that figure to 300
for a three window room Calvin Brice
of Ohio paid 1000 for an avenue room
for the day at Willards with luncheon
served for a small party and Secretary
Carlisle a good price for one in the Postal
Telegraph building
While the rest of the town was pulsing
with enthusiastic anticipation there sat
at his desk in the White House the man
wlro is now ex President Even his in
disposition of Tuesday did not keep him
from his work Mr Cleveland toiled
through most of Wednesday night and
when he resumed his labors in the morn
ing the electric lights had to be turned
on for day had not broken yet He work
ed on till tfye hour for him to leave the
White House for the last time as Presi
dent and then he laid down his pen with
the satisfaction to himself at least of
duty done His cabinet officers also were
similarly engaged in cleaning up the final
bitsof business on their desks and like
their chief were ready to relinquish the
cares of office
Close of Conuress
And up on the hill in the great white
building bathed in the bright sunshine
the congressional mill was grinding on
and on and on intent on making up for
lost time The House was noisy the
Senate calm and quiet Bills were being
ground out with a speed which made
those spectators who have been watchimr
progress of this great national legislative
mill for the past two years dizzy An im
mense throng of people stood round the
outer doors of the Capitol beseeching
clamoring demanding admission but tiie
police obedient to orders issued by their
superiors because the capacity of the
building could not be stretched refused
admission to all save those who held tick
ets to the Senate where the dignitaries
of the nation were assembled
A sound nights rest put the President
elect in perfect condition for the exhaust
ing functions of the day He had retired
early so that he enjoyed a full nights
repose and the beneficial effect was plain
ly visible when he arose Thursday morn
ing and saluted Mrs McKinley with the
remark that it was the first day of her
accession to the dignity and title of the
first lady of the land
At five minutes to 10 oclock Senator
Sherman and Senator Mitchell of Wis
consin of the Senate committee appointed
to conduct the inauguration appeared and
announced that they had come to escort
the President elect to the Capitol They
were admitted at once and exchanged
greetings with Mr and Mrs McKinley
Soon the President elect emerged from
his reception room on the arm of Senator
Sherman He looked calm and walked
firmly Just behind him came Secret a re
porter with Senator Mitchell of Wiscon
sin Capt Heistand of the army with
Abner McKinley brought up the rear and
kept back the people who pressed upon the
party even in the hotel corridors
As the party emerged from the private
entrance of the Ebbitt there was a roar of
applause that shook the buildings The
street was packed with a solid mass of
people through which the carriage that
was to convey the President elect to the
White House could scarcely be driven
While the police struggled to clear n
passage through the crowd the President
elect stood at the head of the granite steps
and bowed his acknowledgments The
applause became deafening as he crossed
j the sidewalk and mounted the carriage
Ihe executive committee haul been at step so great that he stopped again while
work all night and by morning there was t the horses reared and champed uneasily in
a double line of cable two miles in length
stretched along both sides of the avenue
on the line of march which promised the
most effective protection ever designed to
keep the crowd from closing in on the
I line of the parade
jLcuiciiiuems oi ine regular troops to
take part in the great display were early
abroad swinging along at a quickstep
easy and confident in sharp contrast to
the more gaudy overcoat militiamen
Seats were in great demand The bril
liant day sent the stock of the grand
stands up several points and there was
scarcely a seat to be had on any of the
big stands Nearly every building along
the line of march that had a window com
manding a view of the avenue was in the
the din and turned from side to side with
uncovered head his face expressing the
appreciation he felt of this great manifes
tation of popular esteem The President
elect was seated with Senator Sherman
sitting on the rear seat and Senator
Mitchell and Mr Porter occupied the
front seat
The start was made for the White
House amid renewed cheering by the
crowd Troop A of the Cleveland crack
cavalry troop comprising about 100 men
splendidly mounted on black chargers
opened the way through the mass of peo
ple with a line stretching almost across
tue street tne coachman gave the word
to his horses the carriage fell in behind
and the way was taken down Fourteenth
street to Pennsylvania avenue and to the
White House
Scene in the Senate
The Senate chamber was the center of
attraction The presidential family ar
rived at 1130 Mrs McKinley accom
panied by her sister Mrs Barber took
a front seat which had been reserved for
her Following the wife of the new Pres
ident came the venerable Mrs McKinley
Sr garbed befitting her years The
diplomatic corps entered followed a mo
ment later by the chief justice and asso
ciate justices of the Supreme Court They
filed slowly down the aisle in gorgeous re
galia and silken robes The members of
the House of Representatives headed by
Speaker Reed then entered the chamber
There was a stir of interest when Senate
officials announced the
Mr Hobart entered from the right
VICE PRKS1DKAT HOBART
door bowed slightly to the standing Sen
ators and officials and stepped to the seat
near the presiding officers desk
All this was but accessory to the ar
rival of President Cleveland and President-elect
McKinley It was just 1220
when they entered the main doors facing
the Vice President and attention was riv
eted at once on these two central figures
as they moved down the middle aisle Mr
McKinley bowed to the presiding officer
and with Mr Cleveland was seated im
mediately in front of the platform facing
the Senate and the crowds
On the left sat Major General Miles
commanding officer of the army and Ad
miral Brown senior officer of the navy
both in full uniform The members of
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the outgoing cabinet were in a semi circle
to the left facing the outgoing and incom
ing Presidents On the opposite side of
the center aisle in a semi circle were
Chief Justice Fuller and the associate
justices The members of the House of
Representatives filled the entire body of
the hall on the right side and on the op
posite area of the chamber sat the Sen
ators and Senators elect
As the presidential party took their seats
Vice President Stevenson rose and invit
ed his successor to step forward and take
the oath of office Mr Hobart advanced
to the desk raised his right hand and took
the oath in accordance with the constitu
tion Mr Stevenson then delivered his
valedictory address
The proclamation of the outgoing Presi
dent calling an extra session of the Senate
having been read Vice President nobart
requested the new Senators to advance
and take the oath of office It was 105
p m when the last oath was administer
ed and then the formal exit began the
Supreme judges going first then Mr
Cleveland and President McKinley and
the other officials following
Gortreous Military Paceant
The great spectacular feature of the
days ceremonies was of course the inau
gural parade which started on its line of
march immediately after President Mc
Kinley had concluded the reading of his
inaugural address It was under the com
mand of Gen Horace Porter as chief
marshal and embraced besides the regu
lar army representative bodies of State
militia headed by the various Governors
and civid and political organizations
The line of march of the parade was
longer than usual full four miles in fact
made so to ease the pressure of spec
tators upon the line in the central section
of the city and to insure the maintenance
of the line unbroken
Told in a Few Lines
The report of the board of lady man
agers of the Worlds Fair has been sub
mitted to Congress
Fire in the large dry goods emporium of
W A Murray Co at Toronto did
damage to the extent of nearly 100000
A decree of foreclosure of 300000 first
mortgage bonds has been issued against
the Burlington la electric street car
line
A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette from
Athems says that smallpox has broken out
among the Cretan refugees at the Pi
raeus
A dispatch from Moscow says that a
Moscow passenger train fell over an em
bankment and that nineteen passengers
were killed
Troops have been detailed to protect
the Cherokee freedmen from swindlers
during the payments to be made by the
Government at Fort Gibson
The Ontarion Mining Company at Salt
Lake City has declared a monthly divi
dend of 15000 The Daly Mining Com
pany has declared a monthly dividend
of 37000
Prof Edward Thompson Nelson of the
chair of science in the Ohio Wesleyan
University one of the most distinguished
educators of Ohio died suddenly of heart
disease at Washington
Fitzhugh Lee Jr and Senor Lewis
Morote the correspondent of El Liberal
of Madrid sailed from Havana for the
United States on board the Mascotte
Senor Morote has been recalled
L W Tisdale agent of the American
Express Company in Saginaw Mich
since 1S02 is dead Two years ago he
was placed on the retired list with a pen
sion for faithful service of so many years
Edward Ellis president of the Schenec
tady Locomotive Works Republican pres
idential elector in 1S02 and member of
the Xew York State Worlds Fair Com
mission is dead at Schenectady X Y
Edward C Dana the well known pho
tographer died in Xew York after a lin
gering illness Mr Dana was one of the
leading photographers of the city and had
a large and fashionable patronage at his
two studios
Judge W W Crump one of the most
noted criminal lawyers of Virginia died
at his home in Richmond aged SO years
He was employed on one side or the other
of nearly every famous case in Virginia
for half a century
It is understood that documents have
been forwarded to the State Department
at Washington for examination with re
spect to the cases of Ruiz Scott and oth
er Americans similarly maltreated by the
Spanish authorities
By the wreck of a fast freight on the
Chicago and Alton near Marshall Mo
Engineer Ehret and Brakeman Charles
Rymal were killed Fireman Harry Me
Clain was badly injured Engine and cars
were almost demolished
The syndics appointed by Cambridge
Eng University to consider the quesj
of granting degrees to women has
mended that women be given the title of
B A and that they may proceed in due
course to the M A degree ai fiat the
university be empowered to grant degrees
in arts laws science and music
HE inaugural ball Thursday night closed the celebration of McKinleys induc
tion rnto office The great court of the pension building in which the func
tion took place was gorgeously decorated with flags and bunting and forests
of tropical plants and potted flowers The arched galleries were hidden with
greens and superb designs in lights and flags The ball proper opened with the
arrival of the President at 030 oclock and as he entered with Mrs McKinley and
the presidential party the full Marine band announced the arrival with the opening
march President and Mrs McKinley then headed the grand promenade and made
a complete tour of the ball room This was practically their only public appearance
at the function as they then retired to the suite of apartments set aside for their
use and here received a few friends and the most distinguished guests As he
had not fully recovered from weakness incident to his recent attack of grip Mr
McKinley was obliged to forego the pleasure of a general handshaking Vice
President and Mrs Hobart accompanied the President and Mrs McKinley this
arrangement having been made to facilitate the reception of privileged guests
The great crush on the floor made dancing an impossibility until a late hour when
the crowd had been considerably reduced
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BILLS THAT BAILED
WORK FOR THE EXTRA SESSION
OF CONGRESS
Chicago and Illinois Affected by the
Delay in Usual LeiriBlation Sundry
Civil Bill Was Pocket Vetoed Kiv
ers and Harbors Left Out
For Immediate Attention
Washington correspondence
When the sundry civil bill was pocketed
by President Cleveland most of the im
portant Government appropriations in Illi
nois for the next fiscal year fell to the
ground and if Congress should fail to
pass a new bill before the 1st of July some
people now in the employ of the Govern
ment will have to go out of business or
take their compensation on tick
This big appropriation bill is the catch
all for things not regularly included under
the departments and it provides the
money for an infinite variety of things
which have no apparent relation to each
other President McKinley himself would
be personally affected for one of t he
items vetoed by his predecessor is that
which provides for heating and lighting
the executive mansion and its grounds
and it is to be presumed the family of the
new President will not care to go to bed
in the dark after the 1st of July Col Bill
Morrison of the Interstate Commerce
Commission would find himself without re
salary and the Government would be un
able to print any more greenbacks if a
new law were not emu ted
The appropriation in which Chicago iw
most interest is that of 113000 for tin
improvement of the river More impor
tant than the amount of the money itself
is the paragraph which was inserted in
the Senate and only accepted by the
House after a hard tight construing the
item in the river and harbor bill so that
the money to be expended on the Chicago
river can be paid for other work than
dredging as is now held to be the law
All of the river and harbor items fail
and among the number are 1000000 for
the Hennepin canal VtVTJ for the im
provement of the Mississippi from the
mouth of the Ohio to the mouth of the
Missouri and S2H from the Missouri
to St Paul in both of which Illinois is
deeply interested Rock Island would
suffer severely because items of lL0O
for the bridge and -18000 for the arsenal
are involved
The Chicago public building is not af
fected because under the original appro
priation contracts may be entered into
and there is money enough to keep up
the construction until tin regular session
unless a new law is enacted there will
be no money to pay the keepers of the
lighthouses or the life saving stations at
Chicago and Evanston or elsewhere on the
lakes The appropriation of 20l000 for
the completion of the two new revenue
cutters has also gone by the board There
is now no provision for paying the rental
of the Government offices in the Raud
McXally building after July 1 although
the annual rental is lJr Wash Hes
ing would find things uncomfortable at
the postoftice if Congress did nor step in
to help him because the appropriation for
fuel lights and water for public buildings
concerns the temporary structure on the
lake front and it has failed with tin
other items The Federal Court in Chi
cago will be without money after JuIjJ
and the marshal district attorney com-
reixirts from Winona Minn
tate that the authorities areucertain that
Alex Condot the French half breed an
Blaekhawk the negro half breed are rhe
heuds who committed the murder of th
Spicer family at that place
A statue of Bacchus presented bv Kin
George of Greece to the city of BostoiH
has disappeared It never reached BosI
ton It is not at the custom house and
Mayor Quincy and the members of the
City Council as well as the members of
the Boston Athletic
Association
are won
dering what has become ofit
William J Koerner who was convicted
of the murder of Rosa A Redmate was
sentenced at New York to be electrocuted
during the week of April 19 Koerner is
a newspaper artist and formerlv resided
in Pittsburg Ta
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missioners clerks and their subordinate
will become the creditors of the Govern
ment unless Uncle Joe Cannon starts the
ball rolling once more and pushes through
another appropriation bill sufficiently fre
from jobs to secure the approval of tin
President
The new soldiers home at Danville for
which 200000 was appropriated in t In
House and the amount cut down to 110 -000
in the Senate also went by the boadr
One of the important items which failed
to be enacted into law was the appropria
tion of 110000 for making the prelimi
nary surveys looking toward the creation
of a deep waterway from Chicago and
Duluth to the Atlantic seaboard s recom
mended by the commission of which En
gineer Cooley was the expert member
he work- of improving the channels of thi
great lakes from Chicago to Buffalo is
now in progress and to continue this the
sum of 1000000 was provided bv the
bill which failed to become a law
Such of these items as are deserving
will of course be included in the new
propnation bill and there is not much
ground to fear that the Government em
ployes will not get their money J
There is however a much more press
ing urgency in regard to the appropria
tions carried by the deficiency bill This
measure was hung up in conference Presi
dent Cleveland did not veto this measure
but undoubtedly would have
done so if it
had been presented to him It carries
among other things a lump appropriation
200000 which is a deficiencv in the
amount previously provided for
the customs revenues If immediate sir
rum is not taken every emplove of the
custom house in Chicago will find his
withheld after Aprir 1 until Julv 1
for the treasury has no money to pav ordi
nary customs expenses after that time
There is no doubt that speedy action will
be taken to re enact all the appropriation
bills which failed to become laws For
instance the agricultural bill whicli Pres
ident Cleveland pocketed because of its
seed appropriations which he has ahvav v
refused to approve of carries with it thc
salary of the secretary of the department
and of course Tama Jim Wilson of
Iowa would hardly care to keep up his
end in Washington social life without his
expected stipend of S0W per annum
President McKinley is particularly anx
ious that the passage of the belated ap
propriation bills shall not interfere with
the tariff measure which he hopes to have
enacted into law at an early date
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