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MEW Wi INAUGURAL ADDRESS t)ecl?r?>M For a Continuation 0f ||,e Politics of liu I>rcdece??or, V UitfrH I,nin< (li?ft? Hcvlslon of tin* Tiu-fir, Suggests I'OBtAt havings Hanks, and an Inhrrltanib Tuy? - Hujs Progress of Negro Depculs Oil III* Thrift and Industry? Panama Canal Muxt Ho llullt Ac. cording to Present Plant. Washington, D. C ? After having been sworn In as President, Mr. Taft delivered his Inaugural Address *hlch Is, In part, as follows: My Fellow Citizens: Any one who takes tho oath I lmvo just taken lAiust feel a heavy weight of responsibility. If not. ho has no conception of the powers niAd duties or the o/ll ce upoiA which ho Is aboAit ?to enter, or ho is lacking In a proper sense of the obllgotlon which the oath lAnposes. The office of uu Inaugural Address IB to give a siuriniary outline of the wain policies of tho new administra tion, so far as they can be anticipated, 1 nave hud tho honor to be one of the advisers of my distinguished pred ecessor, und as such, to hold up bis hands In the reforms he has Initiated, i I should be untrue to myself, to my j promises and to tho declarations of , the party platform Aipon which I was elected to office. If f did not make the maintenance arid/ enforcement of those reforms a n/ost ltnportant fea- ' ture of my administration. They j were directed to tho suppression of j tho lawlessness and abuses of power i of the great combinations of capltul Invested In railroads and in Industrial enterprises carrying on interstate commerce. Tho steps which my predecessor took and the Jeetslation passed on his veco ni mend a t Upj lmvo i Accomplished much, hnvo caused a ! general halt 1 11 tho vicious policies I which ci'ea ted popular alar") nnd have brought Shout In tho business affected a much higher regard for existing law. I Mr. Taft expresses the belief that a reorganization of tho Department of Justice, of the liureau of Corpora- | ?Ions In tho Department of Commerce and Labor, and of the Interstate Com- ' merce Commission, is needed to se- ] cure a more rapid enforcement of (he , lawB affecting interstate railroads and industrial combinations. I He says he hones to subAuit, at the , first regular session of the incomhig , Congress, In December next, definite 1 suggestions in respect to the needed , amendments to the anti-trust and the Interstate coAninerce law. | It Is believed, the Address con- , tinues, that with the changes to be recommended, American business can be assured of that measiu*e of BtablHty and certainty In respect to thoso things that may- be done and I ' thoso that are prohibited, which i* essential to the llfo'nhd growth of all business. > Such a plan must In clude the right of tho people to ava'.l themselvcb of those methods of com bining capital, at the bruio time dlf- 1 ferentlating between combinations ' based upon legitimate economic rea sons and >.hose formed with the?in tent of creating monooollei and arti ficially contA'olllng price?. I believe that the amendments to be proposed are Just as necessary In tbo protec tion of legltimato business as In the clinching of the reforms which pron erly bear the name of my predecessor. On the subject of tiu'Jff revision Mr. ? Taft says: A matter of mo3t pr?ss? ing Importance In tho revision of the tariff. Tn accordance with the prom ises of the plHTfornw unoAi which I wae elected. I thall call Congress Into ex tra session, to meet on tho l?.th day of March, In order that consideration >uay be at once given to a bill revis ing tho Dlngley Ac.\ This Bhould se cqfo an adequate revenue and adjust the dirties In such a manner as to : afford to labor and lo all industries in this country, whether or the farm. 1 jnlne or factory, protection by tarjff . equal to the difference between the cost of production abrcac and the cost of production here, and have a I provision which sbc.ll nut Into fore?, j upon oxecutlve determination of cer- j tain facts, a higher or maximum tariff j against thosa countries whose trade i policy toward us dqultably requires Blich discrimination. i , Tho President believes there can , Barely be a reduction in certain ached- I lules while advancement will ba re quired In few, If any, The proposed i revision disturbs the whole business j pf (ho country; therefore, it is neces pavy that tho bill bo drawn in good | faith and as promnt'.y as possible, fir, Taft because of this urges that j po other legislation ba cqn?idered {it X\t extra t?e??lQu, I Tbo President states that tho r.c tlilon of this tariff 1b for the purpoia j Ot raising BUfitelent revenue to wlpu Out the year's $100,000,000 deficit,! Bhould It bo impossible to do so by i Import duties, new kinds ot tn cation Wust' oe adopted, and among these Mr. Taft recommends a graduated in. - hsrltance tax, as correct in principle ond as certain and easy of collection. Mr. Taft says he stands for ccou oriiy In expenditures but ajo* to an ex tent that Will stop effective govern ment. Ther-i moft be llher.nl ex penditures for tho Department of AgTicnltuA'P. tAAe MiApmvisioAA of rail ways and iAAdiAstrinl r-?rnorat:ons, and the putting of tav.s in force that will ccnserve our resource*. A permanent improvement, like the Panama Canal, should be treated ac a distinct enterprise, and should be paid for by the proceeds of bonds, the Issuo of which will distribute Its ccst between the present and futuro generations in accordance with tho benefits derived. It may well bo sub mitted to the serious consideration Jottings About ftports. ' D. 0. H. fitunrt returned his po SlttoD ?? attofce or the Canibrldgo .(England) crew. "Tom" Longboat declined to meet 'Alfred 8hrubl) at Buffalo, N. Y.t In * fifteen mile race. Catcher Louis Hitter, for several yeara with tho Brooklyns, goea to Denver this aeason. That the Marathon erase la result lac in evil to 111 trained youths is the ?erdlet of physicians sod athletic tfcflllUt* ? i of Congress whether the deepening and control of the channel of a great river system, like that of the Ohio or of the Mississippi, when definite and practical plans for the enterprise have beeu approved and determined upon, should not be provided for la the Name way. On the subject of Asiatic Immi grants the Address expresses the hope that "wo may Continue to minimise tho evils likely to urlce from such immigration without unnecessary friction and by mutual concessions between self-respecting government?. ? ? ? By proper legislation we may, and ought to, place In tho hands of the Federal Government the means ot enforcing the treaty rights of such alius In the courts of the Federal Government." One of the reforms to bo carded out during the Incoming Adnilnjstra <on, declares Mr. Taft, Is a change of our monetsry and banking laws, so as to i.ecuro greater elasticity In the forms of currency available for trade and tbo Incoming Congress should promptly fulfill the promise of the Republican platform and pass a prnnor Postal Savings Bank bill. The President then discusses the Panama Canal as follows: Tho Panama Canal will Itavo n most Important bearing upon the trade between the eastern and the far western sections of our country, and will greatly Increase the facilities for transportation . between tho eastern and the western Feaboard. and may pflhslhly revolutionize the transconti nental rates wltl^ respect to bulky merchandise. It will olso have a most beneficial effect to Increaso the trade between the eastern seaboard of the United States and the western ccast of RouJ.h Amerlco, and, Indeed, with somo of tho Important ports on the cost coast of South America reached by rail from tbo west coast. The work on tho canal lg making most satisfactory progress. Tbo typo of the canal as a lock canal was fixed ],v Congress after a full consideration of the conflicting reports of tbo ma jority and minority of the consulting board, and after tbo recommendation of the War Department nnd tbo Ex ecutive upon those reports. Recent suggestion TTTaT somefTiing bed oc curred on the Is.hmus to make the lock type of the conal less feasible tl.an It was supposed to bo when the reports were mrde nnd the policy de termined on. led to n visit to tho Isth mus of. a board of competent engi neers to examine tbo Gatun dam and locks which aro the key of the lock tvpe. The report of that board shows that nothing has occurred In tho nature of newly revealed evidence which should change tbo- views once formed lu tho original discussion. Tho governments of our deneuden cies in Porto Rico nnd the Philippine? are progressing as favorably a?* could be desired. The prosperity of Porto Rico continues uunbated. The President's uddrcss then de votes considerably space to the South and tho negro race question. Mr. Taft says: I look forward with! hope to In creasing the already good feeling be tween the South nnd the other sec tions of tho country. My chief pur pose is not to effect a change in the electoral vote of tho Southern States That Is a secondary consideration. What I look forward to I3 an In crease In the tolerance of political views of all kinds and their advocacy throughout the South, end tho existence of a respectable political , opposition In every State: even more than this, to an increased" feeling on the pari of all the people in the South that this Government Is their Government, and that its officers in their Stater are their officers, On the to'jio of labnr Mr." Taft noted; that Congress had passed the bill fixlne the liability of interstate carriers to their employes for Injury sustained it> tho course of en?nlo> mettt. abolishing the rulo of fellow Rorvaut and the common law rule as to contributory negligence. and sub stltuting therefor the so-called rule o' comparative negligence, and a mode! child labor law. I wish .0 say, ho continued, t Uat in so far as 1 can. I ho:>e to promote the enactment ot further leglslatloi of this character. I am strongly con vinced that the Government should, make itself as responsible to em ployes Injured In Its emnloy as an; Interstate railway corporation Is made responsible by Federal law to Its em ployes: and I shall be glad, whanevor any additional reasonable safety de vice can be Invented to reduce the Ions of life and limb among railway employes, to urge Congress to re quire Its adoption by interstato rail ways. - In conclusion tho Inaugural Ad dress says: Tho Issuing of a temporary re ntraiuing prder without notice has In several Instances been abused by Its lnoonslderato ?xercise, and to remedy this, the platform upou which I was elooted recommend# tho formulation In it statute of the condition* under which such a temporary restraining order ought to lisuo, A it&tut* can and ought to bo framed to embody the best modern practice, and can bring tho subject so closely to the attention the court as to make abuses of tho process unlikely lu the future. American people. If I under stand them. Insist that the authority of the courts shall be sustained and are opposed to any change In the procedure by which tho powers of a court may be weakened and the fear less nnd effective Kdmintsiration ol Justice be interfered with. ,v Having thus reviewed tne questions likely, to recur during my Adminis tration, and having expressed in a summary way the position which 1 I expect to take in recommendations I to Congress and TO my conduet as an Executive, I invoke the consider, at? I sympathy and support of my fel!*- ' j citizens, and the aid of Almighty Gat I in the discharge of ray responsible duties* The Field of Labor. Italy claim a trade union member* ship of 150.000. A union of ladiea' garment cnttert was established in Boston, Mast., re cently. Stationary firemen at Ban Francis co, Cal<, hare decided to establish a death benefit (and. The Federation of British Tradea Unions expended about 9280,000 oa benefits during the cotton trade dls* m The federation beftn the new rm -1160,0 00 to fcnnd, LIST OF NEW LAWS ENACTED List of Acta Enrolled by Qeneral Assembly. Tlio following import unt act# if general interest were ratified, by tho gone ral assembly ut the session just clc-ccd : To incoi point* the Edisto Power company with certnin right*, pli \'i l.pgen, immunities and liabilities. To amend section 2012, volume 1, code of lawa'of South C arolina, con ferring power to condemn land*, streams and watersheds, and for sewerage. To umond -sections 2383 and 233-1 of the code with reference to renunci ation of dower ond the record there of. To amend the luw in inference to and to regulate the sale, u ?, con sumption, manufacture, possession, etc., of ulcoholic liquors, in ho far as the surae applies to the counties of Choileston and Georgetown. To prescribe the punishment for rape itnd assault with attempt to rape ond to provide for taking po positions of females in such cases. To aiuend 301) of the code of laws, so as to make u verdict of the jury and an order of the court in the county where rendered a lien upon the real estate of the person against whom it is rendered from tho rendi tion thereof till tljc expiration of live days from the rising of the court at which same was rendered. To require electric street railway companies to affix inclosed Vesti bules to their cars. To tl$ the fees of the clerk of court of Sumter county. To, make it unlawful to pay divi dends on stock in any corporation un less the same are actually earned on the cifpital sto.'k 'of such company and for any false statement in. regard lo such cOmpanyT To declare the soliciting of orders oiv offer to sell liquors or beverages containing alcohol a misdemeanor and to provide punishment therefor. To repeal section 3059 of the code relating to the lien law. _ To incorporate Marboro and South ern Hailway company. To amend an act granting to the Uuited States of America the title of tliis Stnte to and- the jurisdiction of this State over certain lands on Sullivan's Island. To amend an act entitled "An act to limit the hours of labor in cotton and woolen mills." To prohibit tho manufacture, sale, barter, exchange, giving away to induce trade, the furnishing at pub lic. places or otherwise disposing of alcohol, spirituous viuouus Or malt liquors or beverages by what soever name called, which a drunk to ex cess will produce, intoxication, ex cept for sale of alcohol in certain coses upon certain conditions and ex cept the sole of wines for sacramental purposes and to provide penalties for the violation thereof. To amend an act to moke term of office of county superintendents of education and county supervisors and registers of mesne conveyance four years. To authorize masters to administer oaths, etc. To amend sections 1, 3 and 0 of an act to provide for tho manner in which owners or projectors of any railroad company incorporated under the laws of other States or counties may become incorporated in this State. To release beneficiary students at tending State college# from the obli gation to tench school if appointed to naval er qailitary of the United States or to position in the army of the government services of the Unit ed States. To incorporate the offices and mem 4)ere of Marboro lodge of Free and Accepted Masonary of Bennettsville under and by the name and stylo of Marlboro lodge of Masons. To amend an act to declare the law in reference tp and tp regulate the manufacture, sale, use, consump tion, possession, transportation and disposition of alcoholic lipuots. so as to change the compensation of. the members of the county dispensary board for Richland and Chester counties, To amend chapter article 1, of tho code of laws o ( South Carolina, 1002) in relation to State insurance of publio property, To regulate the manufacture, sale and delivery of commcrcial fertili zers and to provide penalties and punishment for violation of this act. To further protect the public health and the health of domestic animals by providing for tho inspec tion of live stock imported into tho State of South Carolina for brooding dairy work or feeding purposes and to provide for the eradication and exclusion of contagions and infec tions diseases of live stock from the Stato. ? To amend section 2223 of code so as to further define and extend tho liability of telegraph companies in .cases of mental anguish or suffering. To provide for the purchaso and presentation of a silver servioe to the .battleship South Carolina and to make an appropriation therefor. To authorize the governor to par ol* prisoners on conditions. To provida certain conditions to be imposed itpn certain foreign in surance companies and eertain other foreign companies for the privilege of entering and doing business ?in this State. i To prohibit persons owning oi keeping sheep-killing dogs. I To tmpoirer the grand jorjr tp em ploy expert accountants and to pro vide for theij compensation. To amend section S or" tin act on lit led "Am net to provide for (he appointment of ? bank examiner and to define the duties ?>f his uOlee. " To exempt certain property be longing ( o Young McnV Christian as sociations* in i his State from tax ation. To amend an act requiring rail road companies to put cinder deflee tors on passenger c<>j\<hes, '1 o provide for a monument to the heroism, fidelity and fortitude of the oWmen < f South Carolina during the war bet weeu the ?oi) federate States ami the United Statin. Jo require county treasurer* of the State to deposit in chartered banks surplus or unused funds at interest. To ratify the amendment to sec tion 7, article H, of the constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebt edness. To prohibit the frndulcnt use of credit of corporations. To repeal section J 205, /volume J, code of laws of li)02, relating to the | Cqlpred Normal, Industrial,' Agricul tural and Mechanical College of ^outli ( aroliaa, and to enlarge th<> powers of the board of trustees of said college. To amend section ,'J78, volume 1, code of laws of South Carolina, 1902, so as to detini.tely tlx amount of mileage to be paid to county boards of equalisation. To amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate certain religious anti charitablo societies lor the advancc ment of education, and to renew and to amend the charters of others here toforo granted." io declare the willful or w.infon burning of any building which is in sured a felony and to provide pun ishment therefor, ? -To nrnondirrrTmr entitled"" Ail nct~ lo provide for the issuance of bonds in public school districts in South Carolina. ' ' To fix the salary of the mayor or intendant of any city or town here tofore or hereafter incorporated un der the general laws of the State. To make article 7 of chapter 11 of volume 1 of the code of laws of South Carolina applicable to banks. To fix the "place of trial in all ac tions to recover a penally fixed by statute for delay, loss or dirrrnvge to freight by common carriers. To incorporate the Watcrcc Power company. Kegqjating appropriations made to meet the ordinary expenses of the State. To require all school warrants to be approved by fhc county superin tendent or education. To provide for the investigation of the State Hospital for the Insane. To amend the law in relation to the names and location of the voting precincts in this State. To amend sections 29S, 400, 400, 260 and %75, volume J, code of laws, A. I). 1002, relating to powers and duties of county treasurer and the collection and assessment of taxes.' To requiro the comptroller general to draw his warrant in favor of cer tain Confederate soldiers and the Stato treasurer to pay the snme. To amend chanter 43 of volume 1, of the code of laws of South Caro lina, 1902, by inserting therein: "One additional section to be known as section 1774a, relating to banks." To amend section 1555, volume 1, code of laws of South Carolina, 1002. To prescribe the manner in which the State treasurer shall pay out the income from the funds of $.">0,400 hold by him pcrsuant to an act of congress for the benefit of free pub lic schools in I lie parishes of St. Helena and St. Luke in Beaufort and Hampton counties. Declaring it a misdemeanor to draw and utter ?ny check, draft or order where the drawer has not at the time sufficient funds to meet t he name, and providing punishment therefor. To amend seel ion 2 of an act en tit jed "An act to make the term of oftico pf the rpunty superintendent nd register pf mesne conveyance our years. '< Tq amend the iaw relating tp mag istrates and their constabjoR, their powerii duties, jurisdiction, nalarie*, etc. To regulate tho collection and dl?* tribution of dead bodies for scien tific purposes. To authorite the payment of cer tain back pensions. To amend sections f>0fl, .r>0S and 513 of the code of criminal laws, vol ume 2. relating to gambling. To increase Hie average length of the school term and to improve the efficiency of the public schools in' thrs State. To provide for the closing of the several dispensaries in this State and for tho sale of all stocks of liquors, beverages, fixtures and other property belonging to the neveral dis pensaries. To provide for the levy of taxes for the fiscal year beginning Janu ary 1, 1009. To mako appropriations to meet the ordinary .expenses of the State government for the fiscal year com mencing January* 1, 1909, and to pro vide for a tax sufficient to defrtfy the same. To amend the law with reference to compensation and salaries of conn ty officers. ' . 7 . . j To amend an act entitled "An act to establish a department of agri culture, commerce and immigration, ?nd to provide for the appointment and compensation of a commission ***," ifFOTtf ths 23*4 &*J ot Ft* unity, A. 1). HH>4. >o ut> to eliminate* the word " immigration " and 1 1n uses relating thereto, subst tinting in lieu thereof ^he word "indus tries," and to in< oi poi ale provision* r?? I ; 1 1 i n thereto. To amend sect ion volume I. of the code, relating to tin* leeord ihg cf deeds, limiting time to ten iiavi) titer May, lOtiO. General Items. Scrvia baa withdrawn her demand for territory! from A n si ri n - 1 1 u 1 1 k >* **> and will lu* good in the future. The man who tried to get $10,000 in jewels in London and cut his throat when caught bos not been iden tilled. Home 75,000 visitors were in Wash ington to attend the inauguration of Will:nm*H. Tnt'i as President. ? The Man lend and Virginia <' n | >i i a I h i'.n <la!n s wi re stiickcu out fof tin (Jri't'itil. Pcft.Mcucv bill, who ll we.f ? pa. f?'?l Tl nihility. SPECIAL SESSION GALLED. President Taft Issues Call For Spec ial Session of Coujr^BB For March lMh. Washington, Special. ? President | Taft Saturday issued u call for a special wFsfon of the Sixty-llr?t Congressi to oonvrno March 16th. The following is the text of the oull : - . .. .. ~. - . . . By the President of the United States of America-- A Proclama tion. Whereas, public interests require =Hnrt--t4te Congress of the United States should be ronvened in extra Spiasion at 12 o'clock noon the 15th day of March, 11)00, to receive such communication as may he made by the Executive. Now, therefore, I. William Howard Taft, President of the United States of - America, do hereby proclaim muL., ?declare that an ext inordinary orca* ?on requires the Congress of the United Stales to convene in extra session at the Capitol in the City of Washington on the loth day oi March, 1000, at 12 o'clock noon, of which all persons who shall at that titne be entitled to a<il ns motnh"*? thereof are hereby required to tako notice. (jiven under my hand and the seal of the United States of America the (5th duy cf March in the year of out Lord one thousand nine hundred and nine, and of the independence of the United States the one hundred and thirty-t bird. WILLIAM U. TAFT. By the President: P. C. Knox, Sec retary of btate. _ SUFFRAGE IN AUSTRALIA. Victoria Is tlio last of tho Aus tralian States to give women the right to vote for members of the State Parliament. Fourteen times the wor^an suffrage bill was thrown out by the Legislative Council after It had been passed by the lower house. Each time the hostile major ity Bteaillly dlmlnlshod, ami the worn pn kept up their courage. At tho last meeting of tho Houso tho bill went throi gh by a majority of more than 4 to 1. the opposition breaking like the giving way of a dam. For years the women In other Statos "if Australia have stood on the game footing with tho men. Tho gaining of the ballot by the women of Vto torla has been tho causo of great ro Jolcing among the suffraglBts both In England and America. They point to It as a proof that had the pre dicted disasters befallen the other Australian States the ballot would not have been given to tho wtimen of Victoria even at this late dato-? Charleston News. CONG R VIAL WORK And Strength to I'crfo'.n It. A porson In good health Is llkoly to have a gonial disposition, ambition and enjdy work. On the other hand, If the dtgestlve organs have been upset by wrong food, work becomes drudgery. "Until recently," writes a Wash* lngton girl, "I was a railroad steno grapher, which iqeana fu)l worfc every day. "Mko many pther (Irii alone in % large city, I lived at ft boarding house. For breakfast It was mush, greasy meat, soggy onka, blaok oof feo, eto, "After a few month! of thla diet 1 used to feel sleepy and heavy in the mornings. My work soemed a terri ble o3or\ and I thought the work was ts> blame ? too arduous. "At home I had heard my father speak of a young fellow who went long distances In the cold on Orape Xuts and cream and nothing more for broakfast. "I concluded If It would tide him over a morning's heavy work, It might help me, so on my way home one night I bought a package, and QfXt morning I had Grape-Nuta and milk tjr breakfast. "I stuck to Grape-Nuts, and Jin less than two weeks I noticed improve ment. I can't Just toll how well I felt, but I romomber I used to walk the 12 blocks to business and know how good it was simply to live. "As to my work ? well, did jroo ever feel the delight of having con genial work and the strength to par form it? That'* how I felt. I truly believe there's Ufa and vigor in every grain of Qrape-Nuta." Name given by Post um, Co., Battle Owk, Mich. Read "Tho Road to Wellvliie," In pkga, "There" a a Roa ?on# > Ever read the abofs lettee? A aew oao appears from time to Uaae, They mJul1**' ***** ** m ' ? ' ~ y;" 'xy-' V T% " ? i ? J"! " ? i. TAfT A RIDER TOO Mis first Sunday in the White House Spent With Simplicity fOLLOWS ROOSlVtLT tX AMPLE Refute a to Etc Any Cellcra Who Have Busiiicas in fland 'lhe First Lady of the Land 'lutes Up Her Duties Without (Mentation or Ceremony Already Mftkinj the Change Bho Desires in ? 'ilouec holi*. Cabinet." Washington, Special. -Democratic simplicity < huitii'U'iiml tin* tils' Sunday in the White House <?t the Tii ft fum) I,'. l'lvddcnt Taf*. , oc<om | >11 ni cm i hy his hrotiiei, (hails 1', Fj?ft, wr.lLcd to ilie I'uilariaii church ur iioinnm sci x it civ 'I'll;' c!i|> U'ity of the edifice IiixkI to its utmost with xxorshipeis and s '.rangers whose curiosity impelled their ptesenee. 1 ! i n tin ned tu I )i?* \\ Inte House on fi ot and lifter luncheon In, s. rode "Stcnett," his nvxy|\ -acquired horse, |inicli?>?(l ut I'ot Spring, \ a., mnl w i i 1 1 ('en. ( larcnee If. MdwiirdK, his m litaiy aide. < 'i. j?t Ar liibnld I tut I, and President h'lisexclt's ordeilv, - Md lent o; t , went I ?> i: a 12 mile ride over ti e r.ewly < oii;>l ruclcd I'otomae speed wax . See- No Cillers. Prcsidint Tall saw no callers xvlio iiad business to transact during the day. this hcgiuniu? Ins administra tion with liifs heretofore enforced maxim that S.v.nday sl-onld bo a day of nst. Mm. Taft Fits In. Mrs. William Howard Taft, "tiist lady of llie l.a.ndi", lina_ji^uumd_iu. r_ duties xvith.out public ceremony or oatti el' i fib e, whic h, in weivrlit of re >) *m ibility, niauiiit udc of impor tl'it'Mv ?!< I'eaey <f execution- ami ab xolu e I i< !< of co ndensation, except ii lex {? for 1 . ? r hush, mihI, the Presi dent, and loyalty to the nation, as its (list xxi man, have no eumparison. Mis. Talt is chained with admiu sioiii'jr the social and domestic af fails <f the White House in a man ne emission. with allowing that i reVcied and historic p ie to he the public. prrperty of the nation, and at tie :a*r.e time the ellieial plaee of eiitertainmeut of the representa tives of foreign nations and domes' ie dignitaries. As tiie wife of Mr. Taft, she xx a s "first lady of the land" in the I'll lippine I; lands; she was his wife as a Federal judge and as a Cabinet minister. In the latter pos ition Mrs. Taft learned the require ments i>f Washington society. Removed From Ofticialdom. That the main entrance of the White House may present as nearly as possible the appearance of a pri x'ate residence, the uniformed police oillcejs and frock-coated doorkeepers have been eliminated and in their place are negro footmen in livery. Mrs. Taft has abolished the posi tion c f Btexvard and will conduct her domestic arrangements through a xvomnn housekeeper. Plans Social Functions. While the season of proscribed of ficial dinners i k over it may bo pre dicted that the new tenant of tho White Houso will conduct a series of informal social functions during the special session of Congress, which will bring renewed animation and socirl 1 ft* to the sedate and sonYbro structure during the tlrst few months of the Taft regime. Mrs. T aft is ?!(> years of ago, al I hough her appearance and natural animation would not indicate that fact. To relieve the President from domestic cares and social adjustments seems to be the platform of her ad ministration, and her first few days of duty indicate that she is as com petent for the rank an is her hus band for the duties to which he has been called by tho nation. Negro Burned at Stake. Rockwell, Te.v, Special. ? After having 'been identified by Mrs. Ar thur McKinncy as the negro who at tempted a criminal assault upon her Friday morning, Anderson Ellis was taken from tho Rockwell county jail Sunday night and secured to An iron itr.ko driven into tho earth and was burned to death in the presence of about a thousand persons. Baltimore Emerges. Baltimore, Special.? Tho isolation from the outside world of which this city has been a complete victim prac tically siuco early Thursday moaning was broken Sunday and the city be gan to see the end of the difllculty. The Associated Press oQlco here mau ege<l to secure direct wire communi cation with the .New York headquar ters by the cordial co-operation of tho Chesapeake ami Potomac Tele phone Company at this end and the American Telephono and Telegraph Company at the other. Arkaneaa Tornado Swept. Little Rock, Ark., Special. ? Four Grsona are reported dead and a nura r injured as the result of a violent ?form whteh swept through western, eastern and southern Arkansas late Monday afternoon and night. Three are reported to have ben killed at Brinklcy and despatches at midnight on its only wiro in operation bo tween that place and Little Rock, a railroad wire, were to tho that town ww in lam ? ? . - ?. . _?-! i. , . k. ,.rr. _? -ti*r , ?t^ig MEMBERS OFTHE NEWCAUINET Statesmen Who Will Be Taft's Coua wJlor?. Of groot interest to the country at this time in t bo Cabinet which is to ' ? ? V 60 President Taft's official fuipily tor the present administration. The following sketch? of the men chosen by the incoming president, arc taken from a recent article in the Phtladcl phia Record. Eccretary of Ijtato. Philander Chase Knox was born ?t BroWusivIle Pa., in 1835. U ?? graduated at Mt. Union College, Ohio, in 1872; was admitted to f ho bar in 187/). From 1 ft VO to I H77 lio was assistant United Stutos district attorney. In 1001 he was appointed Attorney (Jrnerol of the United States by President MeKinley and retained tho post under Presidents MYKinlay and Roosevelt until 1004, when be was appointed by Governor Pennypaeker to succeed (lie l:)te M. 8. Quay as United .States senator from Pennsylvania. Ife has been in the Senate ever since. Secretary of the Treasury. Franklin MneVeagh, a brother of Wayne MarVragb, who was a mem ber of the (iarlirld. cabinet, wax born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 18(52 from Vale and in 1S04 from the Columbia Law. School. On account of ill-health gave up tho profession and went to Chicago, where ho embarked in mercantile pursuits. II(? was Democratic coiidi date for the Utiited Stutos senato from Iillionois in 1804 but was de feated, lie is president of the Bu reau of Charities and Municipal Art is a member of the executive com-' mittee or I He Kajti^njjl Civic. F cdera- " tion and is vice-president of the Am erican Civic Afrociaticn. fJecrctary of War. Joc?>b Medavoe Dickinson v/os boiu at Columbus, Miss., in lSftl, and graduated from the University of Nashville in 1S71. tie served sev eral times by special commission of the Tennessee supreme court. FrOm lSPf> to 1807 he was assistant attor ney general of tho United Slates. In politcs he has generally been a Demo crat. He will be appointed as from Tenncsce. He i* president of tiro American Bar Association. IIo * weighs 270 pounds and is 0 feet 3 inolus in height. He is wealthy. IIo and Mr. Tnft coll each other "Bill" and "Juke." Attomoy General. George W. Wic.keraham is a native of Pennsvlavnia. was horn in Pitts burg in 1853. lie graduated at tho. University of Pennsylvania, with tho dearroe of L.L. IV in ]?SflO. In Martin dale's American Law Directory he is rated as "very good " in legal ability and "very high" under the classifl eation of recommendations ? theso are tho highest and most Inudnble -n tines contained in the directory. ' T i:. Wickershnm has been particular^ " n* eminent in corporntion law, and ) 'his respect resembles his two pre VcoRaora ? Senator Knox and Soua for-eJect Root. Postmaster Goncral. Frank Harris Hitchcock has been A government official nearly over since ho graduated from Harvard in 1891. lie wo 3 born in 18G7. Ho held various clerkship*, bureau chieftainship^, etc. and finally becamo assistant post master general. He took charge of the campaign of Georgo B. Gortel you for tho presidential nomination, but when this boom was squelched was invited to bccome manager fof the Taft boom which he did. Secretary of the Navy. George Von Lengorke Meyer, now postmaster general, was born in 1858, graduated from Harvard in T670. He" is very wealthy. IIe wns speaker of the house in Massachusetts in 1804, v and.wsH appointed ambassador to Italy in 1000. In 1005 ho was trans, ferred to Russia, nnd in 1007 wos re. called to become a member of Presi* dont Roosevelt's cabinot. Eecretany of the Interior. Richard Aohilca Bollinger was born in Ohio in 1858, and aftei> Graduating In 133(3 from William# College, Massachusetts. removed to fleettlo, Wftih. Ho hftfl written a number of volume# upon tho Ifiw, stvod one term r.s n superior court judge, one term as mayor of Seattle, and has since 1007 been commissioner of tho general land office. Secretary of Agriculture. James Wils?.n is n Scotchman, and therefore the one man in tho cabinet who could not succeed to the presi dent:}*. II.c was horn in 1835, and came to the United States in 3852, settling in Connecticut, but went to Town, where he engaged in fanning. He hn<* been "secretary of agriculture since 1S07 nnd his appointment to the Taft cabinet will give him a rec? ord unparalleled in cabin*t?ervice. Secrotary of Commerce anH^ Labor, Charles Nagel, of St. Louia^ is a nativo cf Texas end has rained A fortune in the practice of law. His legal practice ha? been largely for corporations. Mr. Nagle is extreme ly tall and slender, thin-faced, brown hair and mustache mixed with gray* ' ne was born in 1343. II? did not receive a college education, but spent one year in tho University of Berlin, where he studied Roman law, politi cal economy, eto. After stndijrinff abroad he returned 1o 8t. Louis in 1873 and served as a member of tbe Missouri -legislature and as president <4 the BkLtni* 4* *##?.: ? -