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,Jas3 The inauguration of President William H. Taft will cost about $80,000, reckoning on the basis of Mr. Roosevelt's, on which $83,000 was ] I spent. Its 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 It will be met out of a guarantee fjnd, subscribed to by business men of Washington. The only direct expenditure by the Government will be a small appropriation for the extra policing and lighting of Washington. So far as the law of the land is concerned. it will be fully complied with. New Mistress of the White House , MRS. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT. if Mr. Taft and Mr. Sherman take a trolley car to the Capitol, and, after being sworn in, stroll ofT into the country for a game of golf. The remainder of the ceremony, the parade, fireworks and inaugural ball, is the | unomciai runcticn of the people of Washington. Mr. Taft's will be our thirty-first regular inauguration, not counting the unscheduled swearing-in of VicePresidents succeeding to the highest office through thedeathof Presidents. The first Inauguration was held In New York, the second and third in Philadelphia and all of the remaining twenty-seven in Washington. General Washington was nearly two months late for the first set inauguration day, or at least the "first Wednesday in March," 1789, prescribed for "commencing proceedings" under the new Constitution. The officers of the first Congress tried to get its members toeether on thnt |L?; ' The Mother of President Taft, Who W Died Daring His Recent Tour - Around the World. day, which happened to fall on March 4, but because its members were mostly farmers, loath to leave their plantations before the spring plantlag, there were continuous adjournments on account of "no quorum" for more than a month, or until April 6, when the electoral vote was counted. Newsy Uleaulngs. I Several more women were attacked by a stabber In Berlin. Dr. James Ewing urges the value of vivisection in cancer research work. Americans and Cubans in Havana Joined in a ceremony of commemoration of the destruction of the Maine, eleven years ago. As a result of the trip of engineers to Pauama with President-elect Taft it is said in Washington, D. C., that there will tx> un change in the plans of the Istbmlun Const. THE N Williacq Howard Taftwas born at M'. An 15,1857. His father was Alphonso Taft, an< both of New Eriglar.d stocH- Upon graduatio Taft becanje a newspaper reporter arid studied iaw ir\ Cincinnati. He was assistirit . prosecuting attorney of Hcn\- JIA iiton County in 1881-82, end was appointed by Governor ./^jl ForaKer Judge of tiie Supericr Court in 1887. I rr^Bw In 1386 Judge Taft nprried Miss Helen Herrcn- iwiH& daughter of the Hon <*<hh Herron. of Cincinnati- Tteir fu^MjKysB children are Robert Alptph" so, a student at Yale; Helen. a student at Bryn Mawr, end yMrj^BnEn^E Charles Phelps 2d, n?w "1 . i\^H3|S&C one of the public schools in Judge Taft left the bench of the Superior Court to ac- v!Uw?B?3iajfi cept the post of SolicitorGeneral of the United Staes tlnHPf PfPQl/iont nB/W fl After three years he v/as cppoir\fed dudge of the Sixth United States Circuit Court in Ohio, which post he tesigned after seven years' tSwVvJ service, when in March, 19CO, Presideni McKir.ley appoint- ^ ed hin\ chcirinanof ie Philippines Ccrr,n\'ssion- Three un\es he was offered a Federal Judgeship, bui he stead- ^ fastly declined, and he left the Philippine Islands on February 1, 1904, pleted the pacification of Cuba in 19C6, and 1 wcrK of diagirg the Pjran\a Canal.. Last ye THE NEW SECRETj SENATOR PHILANDER C. KN< Committees were thereupon appointed to notify Washington and Adams, the victors, and the latter managed to coach It from Massachusetts to New York in time to appear at his post on April 20. But the ship of state had to drift ten days more without a skipper and with only the first mate in command. Meanwhile Washington was journeying to New York on horseback, passing through triumphal arches and over pathways of flowers strewn by pretty maidens in the towns traversed. At last he arrived at Oovernor Clinton's house, In New York, and on the "" " morning of April 30 his carriage was thence escorted by a body of troops and a civic narada tn the nM Hall. This set the precedent for an Inaugural parade. Prominent People. Lord Dalmeny, son of Lord Roeebery, Is to wed Miss Dorothy Gros- w Tenor. bi Dr. LoTejoy Elliott, of New York tc City, defended the ethical culture marriage. tl A transfer of lana recorded In West u\ Point, Neb., shows that Speaker Jos. r O. Cannon recently sold 1400 acres to Ferdinand NoYak for $84,000. p Dr. Charles A. Eaton, of the MadN o son ATenne Baptist Church, preached a on "What Would Jesus Do in New t) York?" o ?/< * .... . . . r???<*^v< LXT PRESIDENT iburn, Cincir\na,i. Ohio, on September i his niother Was Louise M. Tbrrey, ] n fron\ Yale University in 1878, Mr. VILLI AM HOWARD TAFT. to becon\e Secretary of War. He corbie ^as beer\ t^eprincipal director of t^e I ar b,e n\ade a tour of th\e world. i **s ' v. i ^v'* ' J L/* J, ' V* i 1RY OF STRTE. ? }X, OF PENNSYLVANIA. Halls of Congress. When the postal savings bank bill as before the Senate Senator Heyurn, of Idaho, spoke In opposition It. It was reported that Representave Fitzgerald, of New York, would icceed John 8harp Williams on the ules Committee of the House. Senator Kittredge declared that a anama lock' canal will cost $400,00,000, and wltji Senators Foraker Qd Teller, advocated a change to le sea-level type, the estimated cost r which la $247,000,000. w */_ AND VICL-PRE.5I Jarc\es S<*b,oolcraft Sherman was born i pareqts were Richard U and Mary France Si\erirtan was graduated fron\ Harnilton Col JAMES SCHOOLCRAFT SHERM occupied at tb,e tinje of tps election. He i n>ng Cotnpany. organized by lps fetter mj nian cf th)e board of trustees of l\e Dutcl\ E Washington's second swearing in it Philadelphia in 1793 was the first Vlarch 4 inaugural. Adams was inaugurated in the Fiouse of Representatives. Philadel-1 phia. Jefferson's was the first at ' Washington. Monroe established the | precedent for taking the oath on the j ;ast portico of the Capitol, although I lie was sworn the second time in the j Fiouse on account of the interthe cold. | I. Q. Adams, his successor, also took ! :he oath indoors. Jackson ro-estab- | ished the custom which has prevailed since. Jackson was the first President to attract a large pilgrimage of tdmlrers to attend the inaugural ceremonies. ueiuiau suarpsaooiers were ais.ributed upon the roofs of the houses ining the route of Lincoln's first inlugural procession to and from the Capitol. i Orant'B first inaugural parade i narched in eight grand divisions. Ap- | predating Grant's strained relations ' tvith Johnson, the inaugural commit- j :ee proposed to drive the two to the Capitol in separate carriages abreast, Put this angered Johnson. He absented himself from the entire ceremony, and Grant rode to the Capitol with General Rawlins. Grover Cleveland's first inaugura:ion eclipsed all previous ceremonies in one respect, the crowds from outside numbering 160,000. The holding of the ball that year in the Pension Office set a precedent followed iver since. Although Benjamin Harbison's inauguration day was prob- | sbly 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 realized a surplus of $26,000. A unique feature of McKlnley's Irst Inauguration was a mounted de .uciiuieui 01 special aias, composed ?f the sons of ex-Presidents. He reviewed his second parade within a large case of plate glass, placed in Ttlf ?.V >ln?W. L Cbrlsty Mathewson will coach the Harvard pitchers for the neit two weeks. Charlie Murphy wants the National League to take care of Pop Anson by making him supervisor of umpires. Fred Buelow, who caught for the Detroit and Cleveland teams, has been signed by Jimmy Casey for the Montreal Club. Jimmy Austin, the new lnflelder of the New York Americans, led the whole country in base stealing last season with ninety-seven steale/ . ? Kemblo, In Harper's Weekly. r\C MT L^LIN I. iq Utica, N. Y.. oq October 24.1855. Ht s Sheriqaq, both of Eqglisq desceqt. Mr lege iq 1878, aqd wascdiqttted to tqeba two years later iq Utica. Hi practiced law uqttl Jaquar 1, 1907. He ^as Mayor c U'tca iq 1884, Chairrqaq o jv tqe Republtcaq State Coq veqtioq tq 1895 aqd 190C aqd qe has beeq a rqeiqbe of tqe House of Represeqta ttvessiqce 1887. For twelv vQJjl years qe qas beeq Cqatriqa cf the Coiqrqittee oq Iqdia " wjjtjl Rffatrs. He is a rqeiqber c * lvW tl^e Coiqiqittee dq Rules aq ' \\SJi also of tqat cq lqterstate aq SCrVV Foretgq Cotqtqerce. * IVI*/ ^r" Sqerrqaq rqarried, i jrojj/ 1881, JAissCaroliqe Babcocl Y]' ,-wWM of East Oraqge, N. J. HI ' ~ $TjJ cqildreqcreSqerrill.tweqrj . . Ijxiydx five years old, qote-teller 1 the Utica Trust & Depos Co.: Richard U., tweqt} W{W three years old, ictiqg pre fessor of rqatqeiqatics < Hupp Harqiltoq College, aqd Tqon fUXU' as M.. tweqty-two yearsol WgP- secretary of tqe Srqytq-Dei us part Co., Utica. ' Witq otqer bustqess iqe Mr. Sqeriqaq orgaqi2ed i 1899 the Utica Trust f< Di posit Coiqpaqy, qow oqe i the leadiqg baqKs of Ceqtr AN. New YcrK. aqd qe becan its presideqt, a positioq 1 s a'so presideqt of tqe New Hartford Cai L881. Mr. Sqeriqaq is treasurer aqd cqai leforrqed Cqurcq iq Utica. YOUNG TAFT, THE "YALE MAN. Taken in 1877. When Mr. Taft Wal Twenty Years Old. the centre of his reviewing stand t protect him from the inclemen weather. Mr. Roosevelt was escortei to the Capitol by veterans of his fa mous Rough Riders, and until 6.1 that night he stood reviewing a par * mm Mr. Taft's Father. Alphonso Ta*Died in 1891. ade, among whose novel feature were a troop of cowboys in full re galla, commanded by Seth Bullock Women In the Day's New*. A women's Short Skirt League ha been formed in London. The mem bers, according to Woman's Life, bin themselves to wear dresses whlc! will not sweep the floors and pave ments, and so gather np dust an microbes. Miss Margaret J. Dunn has live for five years out In the woods fc her health. Both winter and summt she has taken this rigorous treatmei ln^the Highlands of Scotland, an stwgjts high'y of the benefits of tt snow bath . | MRJAFTMISQIMD f ? Makes a Vigorous Protest | Against Misrepresentation. ) REVISION SHOULD KGT DELAY Corrects Newspaper Report? Sets Forth Hie Views cn ?i-n cf Llakir.e Tarif Schrdrlo II New York. Special.?Presidentelect Toff made :i vigorous protect Friday night against what In* said was an absolute misrepresentation in ecrtain Now York afternoon |>npers as (o what lie had said during the day in answering questions regarding . tariff revision. jj Ho had stated, he said, that the present business depression was undoubtedly due in a large measure to the faet that the tariff is to he revist od at an extra session of Congress to * meet March 1">th; that it was of the highest importance that this work of revision should not be delayed, but executed with all possible diligence. Mr. Toft also said he favored the idea of a permanent tariff commission. the plan for which should be worked out with delibration. the dus ties of such a commission to be to , make a careful study of the operation r of the proposed new tariff law, to the => unri uiai suijgestions mijrht hp made f in the future which would tend to f place the whole question of the tariff _ on a more certain und scientific basis. r THE NEW CABINET. 0 Unofficial But Reliable Annoce J Made. New York. Special.?All qn d tions of uncertainty in the pn d that Franklin MncVeaph of has been selected by Mr. Tn. H secretary of tlie treasury, ai ^ removed. Mr. MocYratrh ac r. place Wednesday and tin rj Taft cabinet was made < it heretofore announced by f- ciated Press. The cabinet as eomplet selection of Mr. MacYen d, lows: 5- Secretary of State?I Knox of Pennsylvania. !t\ Secretary of the Treas irl lin MacVeah of Illinois. Secretary of War?Jnc' inson of Tennesee. je Attorney (leneral ? ie Wickersham of New Yorl 1" Postmaster Goneral-^^ r" Hitchcock of Massacluise' ^ Secretary of the Von L. Meyer of Massiu Secretary of the luteri A. BalUajppvr of Washinj*1? Secretniy of Agricultu Wilson of Iowa. Secretary of Commerce ?Charles Napel of Missoui With his postmaster jrenei H. Hitchcock. Mr. Taft toou mile walk through Central nark n? the biting wind Wednesday. Ho saw a number of New York eitv financiers during the day. but said the rails I wore those to express friendship and hail 110 other significance. There was a genuine reunion of the Taft family at the Henry \V. Taft residence. Hutchins in Sad Condition. Washington. Special.?Capt. Hamilton Hutchins. who was relieved of his command of the battleship Kearsarge bv Admiral Sperrv just before the fleet left Gibraltar, is to be ex3 amined bv a special medical board _ which will look into bis mental and 0 physical condition. His mental cont dition is said to be most pitiable. It 1 was because of the great nervousness " under which Captain Hutchins lahor, ed that he was. at his own request, relieved of bis command. Contract Let For Statue of Columbus. Washington, Special.?The Columbus Memorial Commission has awarded the contract for making a statue of Columbus to be erected in the plaza of the T'nion Station in this city to Lorando Taft. of Cicago, a relative Of the Presidnn c? - ... ? IVVJ. V/UII* cross lias nnuropriated $100,000 for tlio Columbus memorial, which, in addition to the statue, will comprise a largo architectural fountain. Alabamian Shoots Down Daughter's Assailant. Birmingham. Ala., Special.?While handcuffed and sitting in the sheriff's office at Bessemer Friday morning,. .Tim Brown, a negro, was shot and instantly killed by James Robinson, white, father of the girl Brown had attempted to assault on February 15th. The attack occurred without f warning, Robinson firing four shots into the negro before deputies standing near could interfere. Robinson * surrendered. The negro was being taken to Bessemer for preliminary 1 trial. j Columbia Has a $500 COO Bliss. i- Columbus, Ohio, Special.?Firsy ^ which started with two explosions ?- just before 3 o'clock Friday tnorn^ ing, destroyed a four-story building d bore and spread almost instantly to ,r a flvc-storv brick building adjoining, extending from the point to Front ^ street and destroyed that and its le contents, causing a total !os? eonssr_ vatively estimated at $.">00,000.