~~. VRP 9999990 999909008990 The inauguration of President William H. Taft will cost about $50,- 000, reckoning on the basis of Mr. | Roosevelt's, on which $83,000 was | spent. [ts expenses will be paid by the people who attend it and buy tickets to the parade stands and the inaugural ball. If there is a deficit ft will be met out of a guarantee fund. subscribed to by business men of Washington. The only direct ex- penditure by the Government will be a small appropriation for the estra policing and lighting of Washington So far as the law of the land is con- | cerned, it will be fully complied with, New Mistress of the White House MRS. if Mr. Taft and Mr trolley car to the being sworn in, stroll country for a game of mainder of the ce fireworks and anofficial fun Washington Mr. 1 regular the unsche Preside office t} The firs in: New York, ti} Philadelphia and all twenty-seven in Wa General Washin n two months late for the first s gurati day. or at least the Wednesday in March,” 1789, scribed for “commencing ings” under the new Constitution The officers of the first Congress tried to get its members together on that WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. Sherman take a Capitol, aud, after off [ the » » FEMmoOny i inau- “firs pre- proceed. | proceed m oe IEEE R NIRS ORG eY., PT SENATOR PHILANDER K gn, ed to notify Washington and Adams, | it from Massachusetts to New | The Mother of President Taft, Who Died During His Recent Tour Around the World. day, which happened to fall on March | 4, but because its mostly farmers, loath to leave their, ing, there were cont'nuous adjourn- more than a month, or until April 6, ‘When the electoral vote was counted. But the ship of state had to drift Meanwhile Washington was journey- through triumphal arches and pretty maidens in the towns traversed. At last he arrived at Governor Clin- ton's house, in New York, and on the morning of April 30 nis carriage was thence escorted by a body of troops and a civic parade to the old City Hall. This set the precedent for an inaugural parade, iy Ee SPY ; IU le AM GL CROW RIBBRSIEN Ancinne WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, war 2. r at OF STATE RE Fn "EER RIP TI Re tae NOX FP roaaolisi ANIA # Newsy Gleanings. ; Several more women were attacked by a stabber in Berlin, Dr. James Ewing urges the vaiue Hof vivisection in eancer research work. Americans and Cuvans in Havana joined In a ceremony of commemora- tion of the destruction of the Maine, eleven years ago. As a result of the trip of engineers to Panama with President-elect Taft it is szid in Washington, D. C., that . there will be no change in the plans of the (sthmian Canal “ Prominent People. Lord Dalmeny, son of Lord Rose- bery, is to wed Miss Dorothy Grose yenor. Dr. Lovejoy Elliott, of New York City, defended the ethical culture marriage. A trausfer of lana recorded In West Point, Nab, shows that Speaker Jos. G. Cannon recently sold 1400 acres to Ferdinand Novak for $84,000, ir. Charles A. Eaton, of, the Madi. son Aventie Baptist Church, preached on “What Would Jesus Do in New York?” Halls of Congress, When the postal savings bank bill was before the Senate Senator Hey- burn, of Idaho, spoke in opposition to it. It waa reported that Representa- tive Fltzgerald, of New York, would succeed John Sharp Williams on the Rules Committes of the House, Senator Kittredge declared that a Panama lock canal will cost $400, 000,000, and with Benators Foraker and Teller, advocated a change to the sea-level yf the estimated cost of which Is $247,000,000. - he ne me eles fie wv pos menim ond bas hin €athpy ir y raanizs A ir spd AF spaiatsne rf sha Tieiped ara rustees ne LJuNc swearing In was the first Washington's second at Philadelphia in 1793 March 4 Inaugural Adams inaugurated House of Representatives, Philadel- Jefferson's was the first at Monroe established the for taking the oath on JApit a second time inten Was in the i phia the though in the » cold wartico of the ( ol, sworn the also took gatab- BOT or, revalied iret Presi- mage of al cere al parade iBiOns od re iral cot » {WO carriages abreast, but this gered Johnson He ab- mited himself from the entire cere- ny, and Grant rode to the Capitol Rawlins. Cleveland's first inaugura- lipsed all previous ceremonies in one respect, the crowds from out- sic numbering 160,000. The hold- ing of the ball that year in the Pen- sion Office set a precedent followed ever since. Although Benjamin Har- rison’s inauguration day was prob- ably the wettest, 80,000 men paraded in the rain, and the ball broke all records with an attendance of 12,000, while the inaugural committee real- ized a surplus of $26,000. A unique feature of McKinley's first inauguration wags a mounted de- i tachment of special aids, composed j of the sons of ex-Presidents. He re- | viewed his second parade mits ad to drive to the in separate 1 General Grover tion ed le Kemble, in Harper's Weekly, PEE VGO RIO ORE POOPIE EOE Oe” 8 LD THE "YALE When Mr. Taft Years Old MAN.” Was the centre of his reviewing stand to protect him from the inclement weather Mr. Roosevelt was escorted to the Capito! by veterans of his fa- mous Rough Riders, and until 6.15 that night he stood reviewing a par- Taft's Father, Alphonso Taft: Died in 1891. en AS by Seth Bullock, a The Field of Sports, Christy Mathewson will coach the Harvard pitchers for the next two weeks, Charlie Murphy wants the National League to take care of Pop Anson by making him supervisor of umpires, Detroit and Cleveland teams, has been signed by Jimmy Casey for the Montreal Club. Jimmy Austin, the new infielder of the New York Americans, led the whole country In base stealing last seagon with ninety-seven steals. ———— Sr ———“——— Women in the Day's News, A women's Short Skirt League has been formed in London. The mem. hers, according to Woman's Life, bind themselves to wear dresses which ments, and so gather up dust and microbes, Miss Margaret J. Dunn hag lived for five years out in the woods for her health. Both winter and summer she has taken this rigorous treatinent in the Highlands of Scotland. and speaks highly of the benefits of the snow bath, . i COMMERCIAL GOLuin ¢ Weekly Review of Trade and Lates! Market Reoorts. Bradstreet's says: “Reports as to trade are irregular, reflecting interruptions due to stormy weather, talk of pend ing tariff revision and price unsettle ment caysed by manufacturers In some leading lines offering conces sions to secure business, Taken as a whole the volume of business do- ing is still below expectations, while industrial output i# {rregular and be. low the normal. Reporis from some leading indusiries are rather less sat isfactory. Iron and steel are dul! and weaker, with much talk of pres ent or prospective price reductions. “Wheat, including exports from the United id Canada for the wee) and industry aggregate bushels jast 2.9790.7 wee Week last the Wee against 1.2 and 1.538 “Business in the Unite 18 were 326 in the 1907, 186 in 1906 an Wholesa New York. — Wheat 19%, a fess dt b. afloa No. 2 red, No. 2 20%. No. 1 Northern Du- 1.23%. f. 0. Db. No. 2 winter, 1.20%, 1. afloat. No. 2, 4, and b. afloat; No white nominal, and No. 2 vellow, 71%, f. 0. b, afloat. Options without tran- sactions closing %c. net higher. May 733% ; July closed, 72% ; Sep- closed, 72 ~Mixed, 26 natural whi clipped whi 89 1 elevator; red, 1 f. © luth, hard Corn "ym £198, f afloat Oo. b elevator, I) 2 closed, tember Oats gen ob Ab 2 2 iL ' 2 3 to 551 y ' 0 Me iO8 ) 4 Butter Philadelphia. —Whea demand : t contra grad nearby firsts eurent CABER, 29 firsts, f. «¢ 30 receipts, f s In re- Western current ars receipts Cheese full creams, to good. Poultry choice, Baltimore.—The mas ern opened quiet $e 19 ag farct i warc, i evidence : March, The mar. mproved spot was We 58 White quote: No 56 hp, kL i Mixed-—No ly il 54 per ton: > bales, $14.50@ 15; do., small blocks, $14.50&H 15: No 2 timothy, as to location, $13 @ 13.50; No. 2 timothy, $10.50@ 11.50. Butter—We quote, per 1b.: ery fancy, S1@31%; choice, 289@ 30; creamery oe Eggs—Prices dropped 2c. per dozen. We quote, per dozen: Mary- land, Pennsylvania and nearby firsts 28¢c.; Eastern Shore, Maryviand, Vir- ginia, 28; Western firsts, 28; West Virginia, 28. 54 fr S50. Hay timothy, 54% NO. 3, B3 We large quote, Cream. creamery " good, .o i —————— » Ive Stock Chicago, — Cattle — Market 150 26c. lower. Steers, $5@ 7: cows, $3.60@ 5.50; heifers, $3.25 @ 6: bulls, $3.40@ calves, $3.50& 8.50; stockers and feeders, $3.25 9 5.50. Hogs — Market 106 15c. lower Choice heavy shipping, $86.40 G 6.45 butchers, $6.35 8 6.40; light mixed. $6.20@ 6.30; choice light, $6.35 6 6.40; packing, $6.25@6.40; pigs, 5.26 @6.15; bulk of sales, $6.25 @ eww 6.35. Sheep Receipts estimated at 15.- 000 head; 10c. Jower. Sheep, $4.25 @6.75; lambs, $6.25@ 7.50; year lings, $5 @ 6.85. Pittsburg, Pa. — Cattle — Supply light, steady, Choice, $6.20 6.35. prime, $5.90 @ 6.15. Sheep -— Supply light, strong: prime wothers, $5.60G 5.75; eanlls, and common, $2@G3.50; lambs, $6.50@ 7.90; veal calves, $94 9.50. Hogs -—— Receipts light, Prime heavies, $6.80; medium. $6.70; heavy Yorkers, $855% 6.656; light Yorkers, $6.40@G 6.50; Bias. $6.15@ 6.26; roughs, $54 “a . Kansas City, MoCattlo—South. erng, steady to 10e¢. lower. Choice © Gr. 2.29 ‘lower, 6.25; fair to Western steers, , $4906 5.50: 4.5066; stockers i i steers, $4.20@ 5.40; Southern cows, $2.70 @ 4.50; native cows, $2.50 5.26: native heifers, $3@ 5.50; bulls, $2.5040 4.656; cal $44 7.50. ¥ - le a
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