TAFT TAKES THE OATH AS THE 27TH PRESIDENT OF THE U. S. Blind ing storm Mars Ceremony At The Capitol Oath Administered In The Senate Chamber Pluck Triumphs Over Obstacles. THE NEWS. Domestic The Eastern Pig Iron Association, 'Which Is made up of the leading Iron producers of the East, haa practically agreed to reduce the wages of ita 'workmen 10 per cent. Similar re ductions may be made later on the part of the blast furnaces In the country. Charles M. Schwab, president of tho Bethlehem Steel Company, was passenger on the Lusltania from Liverpool. Mr. Schwab said he thought 10 years more Bhould sea tho production of steel In this coun try doubled. As the result of an exchange of shots between John M. Morgftu and City Marshal Hugh Bone, at Clark vllle. Ark., Morgan Is dead and Bona Is thought to be mortally wounded. The remains of Col, John M. Ot ter, once managpr for the Interest of A. T. Stewart, were placed In a vault without religious services, Sowers or mourners. i Knslgn Humphrey Churchill, who made the trip around the world on I the flagship Connecticut, and MUs Martha Williams Churchill were mar ried In Snn Jose, Cal. The anthracite district officers of the United Mlneworkers of America are In session at Wllkes-Barre, l'a to formulate demands upon the mine owners. A verdict awarding the federal government $134,116, In unpaid cus toms duties was handed down against tho American Sugar Refining Com pany. Tho Deerlng Coal Company, a flve-mllllon-dollar Delaware corporation, was placed In tho hands of a receiver by Judge Kohlsaat, of Chicago. The steamer Akl Maru was in wireless touch with Japan or the . United States during the entire voy age from Yokohama to Seattle. Thirty armed tramps attacked a train of the Southern Pacific Rail road at San Bernardino. Charles M. Schwab has returned from Russia with orders for Amer ican armor plate. Daniel Wolford, of New York, famous as a double of Abraham Lin coln, Is dead. Seven negroes, convicted of mur der or assault in Louisiana, were hanged. The New York Central Railroad is spending $8,000,000 for equip ment. United States Senator Isaac Steph enson, whose term of filling out the unexpired term of John C. Spooncr, expired, was reelected by the Wis consin legislature In joint ballot for a term of six years, on the twenty third ballot. He received 63 out of 123 votes cast, there being 10 ab sentees. Captain William Ferguson and his wife Mary were drowned by the sink ing of the barge, George H. Bates, at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad docks, between St. George and New Brighton, Staten Island, during the storm. Six other barges anchored nearby sank during the storm. A Philadelphia dentist, 61 years old, wooed and won a 19-year-old girl, while his son, aged 20, was also courting the young woman. Andrew Lels and a woman suppos ed to be his wife were found shot to death In the Hotel Elberon, New York. Divers may be sent down to the sunken White Star liner Republic to recover tho corpse of Mrs. Eugene Lynch. No anti-Japanese legislation will pasa the Montana legislature at this session. Steel sheet manufacturers of Pitts burg bave cut prices from $2 to $6 a ton. Col. Edward E. Britton and Quar antine Commissioner Frederick H. Schroeder, former president and sec ond vice president of the Eagle Sav ings and Loan Association, of Brook lyn, were found guilty of stealing $4,000 from the institution. The third squadron of the Atlantic fleet, made up of the Maine, New Hampshire, Idaho, Mississippi, Mon tana and North Carolina, has been formally detached from Admiral fiperry's Atlantic fleet and organized into a special service squadron. Both the government and the de fense rested In the government's suit against the American Sugar Refin ing Company. The Commercial Cable Company la to lay a new cable between New foundland and New York City. Foreign A committee of the Cuban Con sjress will report as unreasonable and dangerous to the prosperity of the republic the bill prohibiting fur ther acquisition of real estate in Cuba by foreigners. Japanese newspapers declare that (he friendship between Japan and he United States will be strengthen ed during Taft's administration. Vice Admiral Cervera. who com manded the Spanlsh fleet destroyed by Admiral Schley's fleet oft San tiago, Cuba, Is dying at Cadiz. Mexican advice report war be tween Nicaragua and Salvador as In evitable and that both countries are mobilising troops. The German Foreign Office be lieves the Tart administration will lead to closer relations between the two nations. A semi-official note declares Au-trla-IIungarv will resent the Inter ference of the powers In her quarrel with Servla. A bomb with fuse attached was found to the yrd of King Alfonso'4 palace In Madrid. The Servian government's reply to Ttumla renounces territorial compen sation. King Edward left London for Blarrltx, but his train was delayed by a collision The Pope Is in bed with a cold. Rlffat Pasha, the Turkish minister nf foreign affairs, has arrived in St. Petersburg to negotiate directly with Foreign Minister Iswolsky the finan cial armrement of the Turko-Bul-icaran difficulty and the liquidation of tho Turkish war indemnity. The Association of the Chambers of Commerce of England and the United Kingdom adopted resolutions' congratulating Taft on his assump tion or tho Presidency. Iir. Wlll'ams, the medical officer of tbo port of London, makes serious allegat'fns concerning tho d'st-ased, conditions of recent consignment of America i meat. Rudolf Martin, supported by a con arfdsrablo party at tho German Court, fa a sew "book accuses Von Buelow of Misdirecting Emperor William. A scrinuH eathouake shock occur- - o" " --i-'f f'niin fstnr 4ar. At Moioxlut'.a, Cbapas and o b ,i t-...;u uuij.l tig wbis- wrecked. Tie New'nundland cabinet, which resigned last week, vacated office, aaa lb new rabtnot n sworn in UNI'SfAL FEATURES OF THE INAUGURATION OK PRESI DENT WILLIAM H. TAFT. For the first time in 7(5 years the President took tho oath of ofllce In the Senate Chamber and delivered his Inaugural ad dress there. For the first time the President-elect and his wife were the gUPSts of the retiring President and his wife In the White House before the Inauguration. The heaviest snowstorm ever seen on nn Inauguration day swept Washington, blocking the streets, stopping cars and delay ing trains for many hours. For the first time since the In vention of the telegraph the capi tal . on Inauguration Day was practically cut off from communi cation with the outside world. Though the announced line was broken In many cases, thous ands of soldiers, sailors, the West Point cadets and many regiments of militia marched through the snow storm and cheered Taft with the greatest enthusiasm. Washington, D. C. (Special). For the first time in seventy-six years a new President, delivered his inaugu ral Inside the Capitol. Every other Executive has Fpoken from the out side etand, but the snowstorm was still raging at noon, and though a crowd of Bcveral thousand waited out side the east front of the Capitol, the weather was too inclement for Mr. Taft to riBk long exposure In tbo frosty air, and the official ceremonies all were carried out in the Senate Chamber. Tho announcement by megaphone to tho hundreds gathered In the Capi tol plaza that tho ceremonies were to be bad within the building was met with yells of disapproval. For more than an hour the crowd had been standing In tho slush over their shoetops In points of vantage near tho inaugurul platform. Women with fur coats and elegant drensos, peeping, from underneath umbrellas, waded around In the hope of getting a glimpse of tho new President and his predecessor. Hoping still that TO CLOSE TWO NAVY YARDS. President Practlrally Abolishes New Orleans And lVnnurola Stations. Washington, D. C. (Special). By direction of tho President and In accordance with the recommenda tions of the general board of the navy, Secretary Newberry gave or ders for the closing of the navy yards at Pensacola and New Orleans. Little or no work, It Is said, is now done at those yards, and their continuance In operation Is regard ed as unnecessary. t XION M.NKKTKXCK"TO JAIL. the ceremonies would be held out of doors, many of the crowd remain ed. TheBe attracted newcomers, and by the time tho ceremonies with. In the Senate Chamber were con cluded, thousands were In front of the Capitol. With It all the gathering was good n a tu red, getting amusement out of Jests directed at tho guardians of the platform and the gold-braided aldH and officers hunting for their com mands that had not materialized on scheduled time. Mr. Taft's Induction Into office was the same simple ceremony de vised In tho early days. He swore to uphold and defend the Constitu tion, to enforce all laws and to pro tect the republic against all ene mies, both foreign and domestic. The oath was administered by Chief Jus tice Fuller, who was officiating at such a ceremony probably for the last time In his notable career as the chief presiding officer of tho coun try's highest court. President Roose velt, who became again a private cit izen of tho UnltPd States when Pres ident Taft had kissed the Bible, was quick to congratulate his successor In office, being second only to the Chief Justice in exercising that privi lege. Mr. Taft delivered his Inaugural address in abbreviated form in the Senate Chamber. When President Taft had conclud ed he was escorted to the waiting carriage outside the Senate wing, and there was Joined by Mrs. Taft and by Vice President and Mrs. Sherman for the return ride to the White House. Ex-President Roosevelt walked out of the Capitol amid a cheering throng'' and, escorted by a thousand members of tho New York Republican Com mittee, was driven to the Union Sta tion, several blocks away, and board ed a train for New York and Oyster Bay. (lose Attention To Inaugural. The scene In the Senate chamber resembled a huge historical canvas rather than a concourse of people. Every face was still and motion less, as though painted Into the scene, so Intent and close was the attention. Mr. Taft alone was the only one In action during his Inaugu ral address, except when it was punc tured with applause. Then the can vas became alive with action and the coiling resounded. Mr. Taft ap peared to be In close touch with bis XO AXTI-JAP LAWS IX MONTANA. Claylx-rg Bill Falls And Another Cunuot Be. Passed Helena, Mont. (Special). No anti-Japanese legislation will pass the Montana Legislature at this ses sion. The ClRyberg bill, as well as the Norton bill, was killed, and Nor ton's anti-Japanese resolution, which would have requested Congress to continue the Chinese exclusion act and Include other Asiatics, not hav ing been acted upon in the committee of the whole, cannot be passed. SHOT WOMAN, THEN HIMSELF. audience. Ho must have realized that every word could be heard. Knowing this, he was perfectly at ease in its delivery, and there were Intonations of volco which emphasiz ed his more Important utterances in Just the right way. The Vice President's section of the Senate reserved gallery was occu pied by members of the Taft and Sherman families, who occupied two whole rows. In The Taft Family Party. Mrs. Taft wore a new tailor-made gown of wistaria shade, with hat of cream straw and tulle to match. Sho never looked better, moro se rene or happier. Miss Helen Taft was a picture of youth and happi ness. She wore a pale blue dress, In thorough harmony with her girl ish grace. Mrs. Charles P. Taft's dress was of subdued color, trimmed with dark green, and bat to match; Miss Louise Taft was in light blue, and Mrs. Albert Ingalls wore pale gray. Tho members of the party were quiet and dignified and watch ed tho ceremonies with a great deal of Interest. Background Of Handsome Women. In tho other galleries the throng, consisting mostly of wives and daughters of members of Congress and of the Cabinet circle, gave the borders of tho picture an attractive touch of color. The millinery dis play was gorgeous. Down In the Senate chamber the Senators sat in somber and dignified array, and it was not until the Ambassadors, fol lowed by members of the Diplomatic Corps in full uniform, were ushered into the chamber that there was any departure from conventional black and white In the color touches around the sober mahogany desks. The Ambassadors were fairly ablaze with gold lace and gilt braid. Nine Ambassadors were present. Baron Hengelmuller, of Austria-Hungary, being the only absentee. He Is not In tho country. The Ambassadors all wore short, stralgth swords In black enameled scabbards. Across the front of each Ambassa dor stretched broad diagonal sashes of silk In various colors, while Count Moltke, the Danish envoy, wore a coat ladea with medals. Three only of the diplomats wore headdress Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese Minister, who had an oriental hat of red silk, upon the domelike summit of which was a coral button indicative of bis rnnk; tho Turkish. Minister. Gen. Morteza Khan, whoso black Persian lamb fez bore the silver coat of arms of the land of Omar, and the new Turkish Ambassador, Hussein Kalzem Bey, whoso dark (3d fez had a black tassel of fringe attached. Tho nine Ambassadors present, who had positions of honor in the front row, were Baron Edmondo des Planches, of Italy, dean of the corps; M. Jules J. Jusseran'l, of France; Senor Jcachlm Nabuco, of Brazil; Baron Rosen, of Russia; the Right MAY SELL SOUTHERN STEEL. But Attorneys Will Try To Prevent Pi-opt-i-tiea Going At Auction, Birmingham. Ala. (Special). The sale of all properties of the South ern Steel Company at auction was decided upon at a meeting of the creditors of tho company hero. When the order la Issued attorneys for the minority creditors will pe tition to have the order reviewed before the United States Circuit Court, wKh a view of preventing the sale. . . ALLEGED 1,000,000 OHER. Robert C. Watson, Said To Have 400 Aliuws, Arrested. Boston (Special). A telegram re ceived here announced that Robert C. Watson, who the police say, has mads $1,000,000 by forgeries In the lust 25 years and Is known under more than 460 different names, had been arrested in Chicago for the Bostqn authorities. Chief William B. Watts says that Watson's real nam is Robert Alex ander Hawley, thai he has operated In nearly every large city Hon. James Bryce, of Great Britain; Baron Kogoro Takahlra, of Japan; Count von Bernstorff, of Germany; Hussein Kalzem Bey, of Turkey, and Senor Barras, of Mexico. The eight heads of departments Secretaries Bacon, Cortelyou, Wright, Attorney General Bonaparte, Postmaster-General Meyer and Secretaries Newberry, Garfield. Wilson and Straus sat in the front row, next to the Ambassa dors, and In the order named. Hpcrry Took Dewey's Place. All of the members of the Su preme Court were present except Justice McKenna. While Gen. J. Franklin, Bell was present ns the head of tho army, Admiral Dowey, who should have represented the navy, was absent and Rear-Admiral Charles S. Sperry, who commanded the returned battleship fleet, occupied Admiral Dewey's sent under arrange ments made at the last moment. A conspicuous figure on the floor of the Senate throughout the ceremonies was Major-General Oliver O. Howard, who was present In uniform, looking every inch a soldier. General How ard Is the ranking living retired offi cer of the Civil War, and Is entitled to the floor because he has "received the thanks of Congress." Promptly at noon by Vice Fres dent Fairbanks' official watch, but 14 minutes after that hour accord ing to everybody else's chronom eter, the Sixtieth Congress ceased to exist and the Inaugural ceremon ies began. At noon Senators Cul lom and Teller, constituting the Senate committee to wait upon the retiring President, entered the cham ber and Mr. Cullom announced that Mr. Roosevelt informed them "he was about to make his last communi cation to Congress." This proved to be the proclamation which was read immediately after the special ses sion of the Senate met, calling it to meet for the purpose of acting upon tho Cabinet nominations. Immedi ately after that Mr. Fairbanks walk ed Into the chamber from the lobby and' took the gavel from Senator Gallinger, who had been presiding temporarily. He was loudly applaud ed. When the House was announced tho whole assembly arose and the members from the other wing of the Capitol entered under escort of Speaker Cannon, who had tho arm of Gen. Henry H. Bingham, of Penn sylvania, the present "Father of the House." Speaker Cannon advanced at once to the seat reserved for him to the right of the Vice President's chair and was greeted with applause, while the blind chaplain of the House went to his designated seat and shook hands with Dr. Hale, the Senate's chaplain. Meanwhile Mr. Fairbanks had again surrendered his seat to Mr. Gallinger and bad hastened around to the front so as to be able to enter with Mr. James S. Sherman when Mr. Alonzo Stewart, the master of ceremonies, announced "The Vice President-elect and the Vice Presi dent." Senator Frye, the President pro tempore of the body, walked be tween the Incoming and outgoing presiding officers of the Senate. Roosevelt And Taft Enter. Then came the announcement of the President-elect and the President. Col. "Dan" Ransdeil and Alonzo Stewart led the way arm In arm. Be hind them were Senators Knox and Lodge, of the committee of arrange ments, but Senator Bacon, of Geor gia, the third Senator on the arrange ments committee, was unable to be present on account of Illness. At 12.16 o'clock Mr. Fairbanks administered the oath of office to Mr. Sherman. Standing to the left of Mr. Sherman, Mr. Fairbanks then delivered his retiring address to tho Senate. After the applause was over and Mr. Fairbanks had stepped down to a lower seat as a Vice President returned to private life, Mr. Sherman rapped attention and asked "God to bless the United States of America," introducing Chaplain Hale, who of fered a fervent prayer. Mr. Fairbanks' address occupied nine minutes, and at 12.32 o'clock the Inaugural address of Mr. Sher man, which laBted only a few min utes, was over. When ho reached the peroration during which he ex pressed the hope that he might live up to the Ideals of that office follow ed by Mr. Fairbanks, the new Vice President turned toward Mr. Fair banks and the two men chook hands. Immediately after the reading of the President's proclamation for tho extra session the newly elected Sen ators were sworn Into office. Presldent-EU'ct Taft Sworn In. The oath of ofllce was administer ed to Mr. Taft by Chief Justice Ful ler at 12. BO o'clock. The net was performed In the space immediately behind the Vice President's desk, where Mr. Fairbanks sat while pre siding over the Senate. From his seat In front of the ros trum Mr. Taft was escorted arounj the west side of the desk to the place where the rath was to be administer ed, while Chief Justice Fuller was escorted around the opposite aide. The Chief Justice and Mr. Taft shook hands when they met behind the Vice Presidential desk. Standing be tween them with the B'ble was Mr. James H. McKenney. clerk of the Vn'ted States Supreme Court. Mr. McKenney held with both hands a brand-new Bible, which was bought by direction of the Chief Justice ex prestiv for this ceremony. It was a Bible of coneldetohle size, Oxford edition, measuring about 7 by 9 Inch es. . Clerk McKenney held the book with bo'h hands and faced tho au dience, w'th Mr. Taft at bis right ond J u tt ice Fuller at tho left, each of the latter grasping the Bible with cno hand tho right. The text of the Bible when opened faced the clerk. The oath, when admlnlstereJ, was pronounced first by Chief Justice Fuller, a phrase at a time, and each May Buy Lincoln Farm. Washington", D. C. (Special). The Ecnate appropriated $50,000 for the purchase of the farm In Kentucky on which Abraham. Lincoln was born. This amount la carried In an amend ment to tho General Deficiency Ap propriation Bill, introduced by Sena tor La Follette. For several years ef forts bave boon made to have tho na tion take over tho Lincoln farm, but so far without success. The amend ment has to undergo the ordeal of conerence. WHAT TAFT SAYS OF ROOSEVELT. "When the friction of the lest few months shall be forgotten, when the mists of momentary ir ritation shall havo disappeared, the greatness of Theodore Roose velt as President and leader of men In one of the great moral j movements of the country's his- tory will become clear to every- j one, and be will take his place in I history with Washington and I Lincoln." i . I ; I phrase was repeated by Mr. Taft in a clear voice. Then, when the oath had been finished, Mr. Taft said, "So help me, God," and klwsod the Bible where It had been opened. The lips of Mr. Taft touched three verses on the right-hand side of the right-side page of the opened Bible. The Bible was opened casually by the clerk, but after Mr. Taft had kissed it the clerk left his thumb between tho pages. Later he opened the volume and ascertained that the three verses which Mr. Taft had kiss ed were the ninth, tenth and eleventh of the third chapters of First Kings, reading as follows: "9. Give, therefore, thy servant an understanding heart to Judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad; for who Is able to Judge this thy so great a people? "10. And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing. "11. And God said unto him, be cause thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked for the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern Judgment." These verses are rather similar In character and theme to those In the Second Chronicles, which were kissed by Mr. McKlnley when he was In augurated. The Bible Is now In pos session of Clerk McKenney. A cer tificate attesting that this was the one used in the ceremony will bo engraved and inserted upon the tltla page, after which the Bible, at a later date, will bo presented, on behalf of the Chief Justice, to Mrs. Taft. Mr. Taft then began the delivery of his inaugural address. The large and distinguished audience gathered In the Senate chamber listened In tently to the frank and full statement of the policies and purposes ot the new President. Mr. Taft's address will be found on another page. Cheers For Taft And Roosevelt. As soon as Mr. Taft had concluded his address he was escorted to his carriage, which was waiting at the door of tho Senate corridor. There he was Joined by Mrs. Taft and Vice President and Mrs. Sherman for the return ride to the White House. There were enthusiastic cheers as Mr. Taft appeared. Theodore Roose velt, private citizen, walked out of the Capitol amid a cheering throng. Es corted by nearly a thousand mem bers of the New York Republican clubs, he walked to the Union Sta tion. There he met Mrs. Roosevelt, and they boarded a train and depart ed for their home at Oyster Bay, L. I. PARADE WAS FIXE, In Spite Of Snow And Slush It Came Off On Time Worth Seeing. Washington, D. C. (Special). The parade came off in spite of the weather. In spite of rain, sleet, snow, slush, late trains, wind, cold and other things Taft was escorted by thous ands. The estimate of 60,000 men In line fell off, of course, but there were men enough to make this pro cession compare with any of the others. It seemed as if the storm didn't make any difference at all, except to reduce numbers a bit. When the inaugural parade started from the Capitol at 2 o'clock and the vanguard of mounted policemen took the broad boulevard, nothing save the piles of snow In the gutter and the slush upon the Bidewalks re mained on the scene to tell that a short time before Washington had writhed under the disappointment of an inclement day. With lines as straight as though they were marching upon a hard wood floor; with uniforms as fresh of. though no rain or snow had fallen in weeks, and under exceptional con ditions, considering the handicap of the morning, the Inaugural parade was carried through. Nor did the weather seem to great ly affect the crowd, either in num ber or in Bpirt. Taking the storm of the morning as a Joke, in the light of the afternoon, the visitors, their hosts and the citizens of Washington crowded the streets and the grand stands, and their spirits undampened by the dampness of their clqthes, radial J satisfaction, pleasure and relief hat, despite the weather, the Taft spirit had become Infused Into the municipal authorities and had conquered the frowns of the north wind. BOWER OF BEAUTY. Washington. D. C. (Special). The inaugural ball was a brilliant climax to the Taft celebration which was Impervious to all the malign In fluences of the blizzard. There the scene was as brilliant and wonderful In beauty as If, through tho magic of Arabian knights, an assemblage of all the socially select had been transported In the twinkling of an eve from the region of Arctic storms to a tropical paradise, where tho eyes toasted upon flowers ond tho senses responded to the strains of exquisite muBic. The assemblage was of a most distinguished character, being representative of all that is officially great and distinguished and all that is socially brilliant. The President of the United States and. Mrs. Taft, the vice-President and Mrs. Sherman, members of the Cabinet, with their wives or daughters, - representatives of the foreign powers, with the la dles of the embassies and legations. Judges of the Supreme Court and their ladles, Senators and Represen tatives, with their wives and daugh ters and all that goes to make up social prominence at the national capital and much of the flower of tho society of many States were there assembled. Airships To Have Coanon. Berlin (Special). Tho military airship of the future is to be armed with small cannon or machine guns. The army authorities at several headquarters . throughout Germany are experimenting along this line, and R has been virtually decided to provide balloons ot the rigid Zep pelin typo either with cannon of small caliber or machine guns. It is proposed also to arm the semi rigid balloons of the Parseval and Gross types with a lighter rapld-flro weapon. Powder Explosion Kills. Dayton. O. (Special). With thunderous report that shook every material thing for miles around, an explosion rent the smokeless powder department of the King ., Powder Works, at King's Mills, seven miles toutheast of Lebanon, and with the utter destruction of the plant Walter Thompson, of Lima, O., the only man about the building at the (time, was killed. The property damage was about $1,000. Thonipson, who was a new employee, bad beB left in charge of the plant at the uoon hoir. THE TIFT CABINET ' 13 CONFIRMED Senate Without Objection Passes Nominations. MR. LOEB MAY BE COLLECTOR. When The Names Reach The Senate The Question Of Knox's Resigna tion Is Raised No Objection Follows, And He Is Confirmed The Other Nominations Are All OonClikrrd By Committees Be fore Action Is Taken. Washington, D. C. (Special). President Taft's first official act March 5, was to sign and send to the Senate the nominations of his cabinet and those few personal friends he had decided to take care of. Including William Loeb, Jr., as collector of customs at New York. The nominations of the cabinet of ficers were all confirmed. Before Assistant Secretary Latta went to the Senate with the nomi nations, President Taft was waited upon by Senators Gallinger and Cul berson, who Informed him that the Senate was In session and prepared to receive communications from him. When the Senate went Into ex ecutive session for the purpose of considering the nominations It was confronted by a question as to Mr. Knox's standing. Senator Penrose had stated at the earlier session that his colleague had sent his resignation as senator to the Governor of Pennsylvania, but some senators had made mental note of the fact that there was no other evidence that Mr. Knox was not still a member of the Senate, and it was stated the point would probably be raised in the executive session. As soon as the doors were closed tho President's nominations were laid before the Senate, and Senator Till man called attention to tho facts re lating to Senator Knox. He stated, however, that he had no objection to Mr. Knox's confirma tion, and as no opposition was voic ed from any other direction, he was immediately confirmed. The Senate then took a recess of IS minutes to permit the various committees to which the other cabinet nominations were referred to consider and report upon them. The usual exception was made in Senator Knox's case out of courtesy to him as a member of the body. . The Senate, after reconvening, confirmed the nominations of the other members of the cabinet. HER APPENDIX HAD TWIN. Tennessee Woman, Operated On For One, Has Two Taken Out. Memphis, Tenn. (Special). An operation believed to be unique in surgical annals was performed here. when a woman patient In the Presby- J terlan Hospital, operated on for a simple case of verlform appendix, was found to possess two of the dan gerous little pouches. Although but one was deseased, the physicians In charge removed both. The patient a woman ot 40 years, was admitted to the hospital especi ally for the customary operation, and no one was moro astonished than those in charge ot the case, when the two appendices were discovered.' Barely half an Inch apart, the two were decidedly prominent, standing at a distinct angle. The appendices will be exhibited and the operation described before the medical , society. Jewels For Mrs. Roosevelt. . Washington, D. . C. (Special). Mrs. Roosevelt was the recipient of a handsome diamond necklace pre sented to her at the White House as a farewell gift from some of ber friends.. Tho funds for the purchase were contributed entirely by women, and Mrs. L. Z. Loiter beaded the list ot subscribers. It is said that tho treasurer of the fund was Miss May Williams, of New London, Conn. Explosion Costs Three Lives. Charlotte, N. C. (Special). The boiler of the Beck sawmill, five miles from Thomasville, exploded, Instant ly killing Bertie Beck, son of one of the owners ot the plant, and fatal ly injuring HUlay and Andrew Beck, brothers and owners of the mill. The boy was blown 100 feet and hor ribly mangled. Three operatives were knocked down and seriously in jured. The explosion was caused by turning cold water into the boiler. WHAT ROOSEVELT SAYS OF TAFT. . "No man dt better training, no man ot more dauntless cour age, of sounder common sense and of higher and finer character has ever come to the Presidency than William Howard Taft." Orders were Issued at the Navy De partment for the rendevous of the Pacific fleet under Admiral Swin burne at Magdalen Bay, on March) 3. One Yeur For Allied Inttmldution During A Strike. New Haven, Conn. (Special). By s decision of tho Supreme Court of the Stele Frank J. McGco, of Wor cester, Mass., a national officer of the boilermakera' union, will' havo to servo one year In jail. - Mr Geo was arrested hers In 1907 en tin rye of intimidation In that hn hod to provent nonunion men en tering tho employ of the McLagon Foundry Company while Its ein- piu; es wcro on a sinae. y Andrew Lels, Of Brooklyn, Ends Two Uvea In Gotham Hotel. New York (8peelal). A man be lieved to be Andrew Lels, of Brook lyn, was found dead In a room at the Hotel Elberon here. At his sldq, lay a woman, believed to be his wife, fatally wounded. The pair bad en gaged the room only 15 minutes be fore. , According to tho police, the man shot tb woman twice, and then turned the pistol upon himself. Newly Inaugurated President and Vice-President rr- ' vvfrr' a iM Umi m HON. WILLIAM H. TAFT, HON. JAMES S. SHERMAN, TAFT'S NOMINATIONS. Secretary of State Philander Chase Knox, of Pennsylvania, age, fifty-six; lawyer. Secretary of Treasury Frank lin MacVeagh, of Illinois, Blxty seven; merchant. Secretary of War Jacob Mc .Oavock Dickinson, of Tennessee, fifty-eight; lawyer. Attorney General George W. Wlckersham, of New York, fifty eight; lawyer. Postmaster General Frank H. Hitchcock, of Massachusetts, forty-two; chairman Republican Na tional Committee. Secretary of Navy George von Lengerke Meyer, of Massa chusetts, fifty-one; banker. Secretary of Interior Richard A. Balllnger, of Washington, fifty-three; lawyer. Secretary of Agriculture James Wilson, of Iowa, seventy four; farmer. ' Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel, of Mis souri, sixty; lawyer. Assistant Secretary of State Huntington Wilson, of Illinois. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Beekman Wlnthrop, of New York. Collector of the Port of New York William Loeb, Jr.
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