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PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT
Takes Oath of Office as Successor
To His Dead Chieftain.
PROMISES TO CONTINUE WISE POLICY OF M’KINLEY
In Presence of Few Persons at Residence of Ansley Wilcox, at Buffalo,
the Solemn Obligation Is Imposed—AlL Members of the Cabinet
Will Be Asked to Remain In Office For the Time Being.
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PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Saturday afternoon Theodore Roose
velt was tragically elevated to the
chief magistracy of the American re
public by the death of President Me
Konley. lie reached Buffalo on a spe
cial train an hour previous to his inau
guration after a remarkable and per
ilous pourney from the heart of the
North Woods, where he had gone on a
hunting expedition. He had been
president under the constitution and
law of the land since the minute the
martyred president ceased to live.
All the duties of the office had de
volved upon him, but he was as power
less as the humblest citizen to exer
cise one of them until he had complied
with the constitutional provision re
quiring him to take a prescribed oath
to support and defend the constitu
tion and laws of the United States.
He took that oath at 3:30 Saturday
afternoon in the library of the resi
dence of Ansley Wilcox, a personal
friend with whom be stopped earlier
fn the week when he thought Presi
dent McKinley would recover from the
wound inflicted by the assassin.
The scene was a most affecting one.
Tho new president had just come
from the Milburn house, where his pre
decessor lay cold in death. Overcome
by the deep personal sorrow he felt,
in his characteristically impulsive
way he had gone first to the house
of mourning to offer his condolence
and sympathy to the heart-broken wid
ow. Secretary Root, who twenty years
ago had been present at a similar
scene, when Arthur took the oath af
ter the death of another president
who fell a victim to an assassin’s bul
let, almost broke down when he re
quested Mr. Roosevelt, on behalf of
the members of the cabinet of the
late president, to take the prescribed
oath. There was not a dry eye in the
room. The new president was visibly
shaken, hut he controlled himself.
With the deep solemnity of the occa
sion full upon him, he announced to
those present that his aim would be to
bo William McKinley’s successor in
deed as well as in name.
The great, far-reaching significance
of this pledge to continue the policy
of the dead president, announced at
the very threshold of a new govern
mental regime, profoundly impressed
his hearers, and President Roosevelt’s
first step after taking the oath was in
line with its redemption. His first act
was to ask the members of the cabinet
to retain their portfolios in order to
aid him to conduct the government on
lines laid down by him whose policy
he had declared he would uphold. Such
an appeal was not to he resisted, and
every member of the cabinet, includ
ing Secretary of State Hay and
tary of Treasury Gage, who were
municated with in Washington,
agreed for the present, at least, to
tain their respective portfolios.
President Roosevelt came out of
Milburn rouse at 2:56 and drove to
Wllcotx home, reaching there at
Was Assassin’s Bullet Poisoned.
The official announcement of the
physicians as a result of their autopsy
on the president’s body that death re
sulted from gangrene of the wounds
led to much discussion of the causes
leading up to this gangrene. It devel
oped that Dr. Wasdin, one of the con
sult.ing physicians and an expert of
high standing in the marine hospital
service, strongly supported the view
that the murderous bullet had been
A ten minutes’ wait for the members
of the cabinet ensued, and preparations
we,re made for taking the oath of of
fice.
The place selected was the library
of Mr. Wilcox's house, a rather small
room, but picturesque, the heavy oak
trimmings and the massive book cases
giving it somewhat the appearance of
a legal den.
At precisely 3:32 o’clock Secretary
Root, who had been earnestly convers
ing with the president, ceased his con
versation, and stepped back, while an
absolute hush fell upon every one in
the room, said in an almost inaudible
voice:
“Mr. Vice President, I—”
Thon his voice broke and for full
two minutes the tears came down his
face and his lips quivered so that he
could not continue his utterances,
There were sympathetic tears from
those about him and two great drops
ran down either cheek of the successor
of William McKinley. Mr. Roots
chin was on his breast. Suddenly
throwing back his head as if with an
effort, he continued in broken voice:
“I have been requested on behalf
of the cabinet of the late president,
at least those who are present in Buf
falo, all except two, to request that for
rcasons of weight affecting the affairs
of government you should proceed to
take the oath of president of the Uni
ted States.”
Judge Hazel had stepped to the rear
of the president and Mr. Roosevelt,
coining closer to Secretary Root, said
in a voice that at first wavered, but fi
nally came deep and strong, while, as
if to control his nervousness, he held
firmly to the lapel of his coat with
his right hand:
“I shall take the oath at once in
accordance with your request and in
this hour of deep and terrible national
bereavement I wish to state that it
shall be my aim to continue absolutely
unbroken the policy of President Mc
Kinley for the peace ana prosperity
and honor of our beloved country.”
The president stepped farther into
the bay window and Judge Hazel, tak
ing up the constitutional oath of of
fice, which had been prepared on
parchment, asked the president to
raise his right hand and repeat it after
him. There was a hush like death in
the room as the judge read a few
words at a time aud the president, in
a strong voice and without a tremor
and with his raised hand as steady as
if carved from marble, repeated it af
j ter him. “And thus I swear,” he
ended it.
The hand dropped by his side, the
chin for an instant rested on the
breast and the silence remained un
broken for a couple of minutes as
though the new president of the Uni
j ted States was offering a silent prayer,
Hazel broke it. saying: “Mr.
President, please attach your signa
i ture,” and the president, turning to a
small table near by wrote, “Theodore
Roosevelt” at the bottom of the docu-
1 hand.
in a firm
poisoned, and that this was one of
the moving causes of the gangrenous
condition. Other physicians disagreed
with this view’ of the case.
The area of the dead and gangrened
flesh was a source of much surprise
to the surgeons, reaching a clrcum
ference about the size of a silver dol
lar about the internal wound,
Aside from their official signed state
ment. the doctors were rather averse
to discussing the autopsy.
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In civilized countries to-day government documents are sent free through
the mails and bear stamps showing that such a privilege has been accorded
to them. On each of these stamps appears the name of the country or city
where it is issued, the number of the document and the letter R, which is
the initial of the French word “Recom mandec,” and which indicates that
the document is franked, or, in other words, is exempt from the usual postal
charges. The stamps are Issued in the following countries: Russia, Italy,
Finland, Japan, Roumania, Mexico, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Greece, Chile,
Sweden, Ecuador, Germany, Austria, United States of America, Colombia,
Holland, Hungary, Persia, Great Britain, Switzerland, Montenegro, Costa
Rica, France and-Uruguay. As grap hologists maintain that the character
of every human being is revealed in his or her handwriting, so it is claimed
tiiat national character is in each case revealed in these stamps, and espe
cially in tlie manner in which Urn capital R is formed. That the formation
of this letter is not the same on all (he stamps can bo seen at a glance. On
some it is strictly regular, while on ot hers it is more or less artistic, as the
graceful curve of its tail shows.—New York Herald. ■
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In a pamphlet by Alfred F. Sims,
prepared for and circulated by the
General Electric Company, there Is
given some interesting data about the
history of a thunderstorm, from which
the folowing Is taken:
The attendant phenomena of a thun
derstorm vary considerably, but are
usually as follows: First, cirrus haze
appears in the morning. Then dark
clouds are seen lying low in the west
era sky, usually in the afternoon; the
air is warm and sultry. Later on the
clouds mount to near the zenith, and
tlie air near the ground “a solemn
stillness holds.” The clouds on the
front of the thunderstorm are grayish
white or reddish and hang over and in
front of the main rain cloud. Above
these dense dark gray and violet cu
mulo-stratus clouds are seen, also the
towering cumulus clouds which are
separated from the cumulo-stratus.
Often these are interspersed with one
or more thick cumulo-stratus cloud
layers and above all is the widely dis
tributed cirro-stratus.
The herald of the storm is heard be
fore the cloud reaches the zenith, and
the first rain commences after it. The
jnt erva i between the first thunder and
the beginning of the rain varies from
a few minutes to half an hour or more,
About five minutes before the rain be
g j Ils there comes from the west or
northwest a brisk wind which sud
deniy Increases in violence and be
comes a squall,
The time of heaviest rainfall varies;
sometimes it occurs at the beginning
and sometimes in the latter part of the
time the rain cloud draws over a local
ity. The lightning strokes and loudest
thunder occur some minutes after the
rain begins. Gradually the western
horizon loses its dark aspect, lightens
u l’ a little, and finally opening clouds
appear. The storm clouds pass by
overhead and the rain ceases shortly
before their western edge reaches the
zenith. The last thunder is usually
heard after the rear edge of the cloud
has passed to tho zenith. Tho usual
direction of translation of thunder
storms in tiiis latitude is easterly,
and they revolve around a horizontal
axis, whereas tornadoes revolve
around a vertical axis,
Before the thunderstorm the meteo
rologieal conditions undergo the fol
lowing changes: The air pressure and
the relative humidity decrease, and
the temperature rises; the wind .is
light. At the moment of bursting of
tlie storm the air pressure and relative
humidity increase very rapidly and the
temperature falls; the wind suddenly
subsides almost immediately after
ward, while at times it increases un
til near the close of the thunderstorm.
Toward the end of tho thunderstorm
the air pressure and the relative hu-
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midity reach their maximum and the
temperature its minimum.
The Forth Bridge is eontantly being
repainted. So vast is the structure
that it takes fifty tons of paint to give
it one coat, and the area dealt with is
something like 120 acres.
For Western Farmers.
The up-to-date farmer with a large
acreage finds it slow work to plow
his fields with the old single plows
of the past, and so he utilizes the
electric current and multiplies the
number of plow shares to suit him
self. In the West this is practically
a necessity, on account of the large
size of the fields and the cost of labor
and teams. Our Illustration shows a
convenient form of motor plow which
has been designed by Conrad Meiss
ner, of Friedrichsburg, Germany. It
consists of two electric motors oper
ating winding drums on separate car
riages, which may be placed at any
required distance apart, only one mo
tor being connected with the main
feed wire. To supply power to the
second motor a feed cable lying paral
lel with the traction cable is readjust
ed at every trip of the plow to follow
the latter down the field. The mech
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ELECTKICALLr-OPEEATED PLOW.
anism is so adjusted that when once
set in motion tho apparatus practically
operates itself, moving the carriages
forward at the beginning of each trip
to bring the plow-shares in position
for the next row of furrows. The
plows are attached to a two-wheeled
truck, which is pulled back and forth
across the field, moving forward at
the end of each set of furrows as long
as the power is turned on.
England’s Scottish Gardeners.
To a Scotsman a Scotsman succeeds
as head gardener to the king at San
uringham. Mr. Archibald McKellar,
who has held the position for many
years, has been promoted to Windsor
Castle, and his place at His Majesty’s
Norfolk establishment has been filled
by a fellow countryman, Mr. T. H.
Cooke. Mr. McKellar belongs to Lieb
gliphead, in Argyllshire, and before
coming to Sandringham he had charge
of the beautiful gardens of Floors
Castle, the seat of the Duke of Rox
burgh. The gardens at Sandringham
are not very extensive, but they are
charmingly laid out. The garden at
Windsor is historically more interest*
ing, for it was there in a “gardvn
faire” that James I. of Scotland,"'al
though a prisoner, wooed and won his
bride. Lady Jane Beaufort.—London
Chronicle.
The unsuccessful man realizes thai
there is plenty of room at the bottom.
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Quill* n* Trimming.
A that has quite won favor in
way treatment calls fov
the matter of quill laid down
the very long quill, which Is
the brim so that it extends from
upon the front, gh ing
side to side, across much liked.
the broad fronted effect so
If you would be in the fashion use
quills as freely ns you please.
The shirt waist hat is supposed to
be rough and tumble affair, but it is
a there
not necessarily such, Just as
are shirt waists for morning and shirt
waists for afternoon, and even for
evening, just so are there shirt waist
lints for all these times and for every
occasion. in the
A shirt waist liat, to wear
afternoon, lias the very pretty lace
frill around tho face which is becom
ing to nearly every one. The hat is
a round affair, with flowers on top,
with choux of sillc and lace: and,
falling from the brim is a ruffle of
lace. To make this ns charming as
possible the lace should be very fine
and the ruffle arranged in an undulat
ing manner, high in some places, deep
in others. It should appear to gently
wave around the face; in the front it
should be rather deep and at the sides
moderately high. By experimenting
with this, if you are your own milliner,
you will get just about the right effect.
Guard against too* much irregularity,
or the lace will look like a hoisted veil
instead of resembling a frill or trim
ming.—Detroit Free Press.
The Best Foot Foremost.
There •would be fewer disappointed
vacationizers among the fair sex if
more common sense should be exer
cised as to the suitability of the
clothes to be worn. While the sex is
smiled at for having so much trouble
about clothes, it is yet a fact that
wrong dressing ruins one’s comfort
and pleasure, while right dressing goes
far toward making it.
A so-called all-white wardrobe is a
very clever scheme, and, of course,
does not prevent one from indulging
in colored mohairs, taffetas and lin
ens. But rather does it help one to
economize in the army o pin money
absorbing accessories which go to
finish gala get-ups.
Black and white dressing may be
managed in the same economical way.
Beige, too, which has a gamut of
lovely shadings, from wood brown to
palest fawn and cream.
So all the thoughtful dresser has to
do Is to think before she buys. She
considers what she likes, and what is
becoming and harmonious, and ten to
one looks better with her three or four
well-thought-out costumes, for which
she may perhaps do with a surpris
ingly limited number of hats, veils,
gloves and tho rest. — Philadelphia
Record.
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Fluffy Neckwear.
In these days of fluffy neck fixings,
sashes and scarf ends, no lvoman need
be at a loss for a smart toilet. For if
she has only one gown, and that a
simplish pompadour silk, a black can
vas or a tobacco brown laine—all pop
ular materials of the hour—a bunchy,
gauzy collet of tulle intermingled with
artificial flowers, poppies, roses or vio
lets will make the plain frock outshine
Solomon and his glory.
On the other hand, if the cne cos
tume is too fine for the occasion, or in
a color too startling for the wide eye
of day, a collet of black net and vel
vet ribbon will add just the touch of
eohriety needed. The ultimate i-esult
nil depends on the choice of the neck
Tuche. It must fit the case, as it were,
be sharply contrasting or else blend
graciously in color with the rest of tho
toilet, and it were better you had never
known such things existed than to
wear some pitiful piece of this finery
after its pristine freshness Las de
parted. To fulfil its mission, which is
that of glox-ification, a collet should
present always the appearance of im
maculate freshness, Otherwise it
seems bitterly aging, as if the wearer
as well as her boa had too long
breasted the storms cf life.
tvriero to Wear a Watch.
That watches should be get-at-ablo
—that is, worn in a place where coats,
buttons aud tapes need not be undone
ncr pulled asunder to probe them from
some remote region—has long been
the desideratum cf women, and now
that the problem is solved many will
J’cjoice. Tho neck, some clever one
Las thought, 13 quite as secure a
hiding place for a watch as the waist.
It is also worn more uncovered, in
these days cf open coat fronts and
bodices buttoned up below the chest..
Many watches, therefore, are now
simply cropped dewr. under the stock
collar, and that they may not fall too
far below it they arc attached to a
short, heavy gold chain perhaps five
or six inches long, which at its ether
cud has hung come heavy trinket. This
can be grabbed in an instant without
fuss cr bother and the wateh pulled
out to do it3 service. It can then also
be dropped back again without in the
least disarranging the toilette. More
over, the effect produced by a watch
worn in this way is very decorative to
the costume, tho chain holding it
giving as it hangs over the collar much
the same effect as to the neck danglers
which arc now worn so attractively,—
Pittsburg Dispatch.
To Soften a Plain Bodice.
Among the convenient things for
summer wear are sets, including col
lar or collar protector, cuffs and re
vers. They are called rever sets. They
are in combinations of embroideries,
insertions and laces and are shown in
a variety of patterns, Some collars
and cuffs are curved, others are just
the straight bands, and the revers are
in a variety of shapes and sizes. They
are the daintiest things imagian
for giving the dressy lirtie touch
summer toilette, and they t|
transform a plain shirt virtm
With the waist
vogue for lingerie 1 1 ,
dress growing stronger ,
dav p^ia i n
great attention is being t
production of new styles 0
stitchings in tuckiu
and all-overs. ,, tp
guimpes, yokes, undersieeve s and
tire waists made from these faiir
great ingenuity ha* been used in
creation of novelties, Clusti ers
tucks, from the finest pin ‘ tuck t
broad pleat, are broken into Vflrl
forms by the use of lace and embri
ered Insertions. Various forms!
fancy stitching and needlework .jJ
also employed to make fancy (
for the summer girl lawns, linen,
tistes, muslins, swisses and gU
convertible fabrics.
Chiffon Fniasol*.
The ordinary chiffon parasols
flounced in every conceivable patt
Often all flounces except the o
one are applied in points or scall
the bizarre effect being further
hanced by the application of b]
edgings of lace or chiffon ruckii
Some of the shades are flounced
then decorated with appliqued een
pieces In lace or colors. The lace i
er over colors is popular with t
who can nffoi’d it. Provided the
is of good quality it looks quite i
but the ordinary cheap Imitations
an abomination. All-over ernbroi
ies applied on chiffon produce hi
some effects. A sunshade of ebi
sprayed with embroidered poppies
a handsome affair. Scarlet and
is a fashionable combination for
tain dashing types, but its has] gej
popularity is waning. Red temJ
great a suggestion of high sunn]
ture to be quite suitable for
Good Advice to Girls Who
The young girl who is
herself should seek information
the train people rather than
companions on the train. \o
traveling should make
strangers of either sex.
name, her destination or her
affairs, or make acquaintances
road. She may, however,
attention to a mother traveling
little children, amuse a
one, and politely thank any
does her an unobtrusive
Margaret E. Sangster, in the
Home Journal.
Diamonds in tho Coronation
The crown that will
used for Queen Alexandra at th
onation next year is that
Mary of Modena, tip? wife of
end Janies. It has 2073
monds and 523 rubies, besides
smaller stones.—Woman’s
The Summer Golf Suit.
Homespun, tweed, duck and
the fashionable materials tor
mer golf suit, and shoes of
recommended for golf wear,
are said to be more durable.
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Chinese and Japanese
are well placed upon waists
blue, poppy red or beige
Fashion prophets say that fe
are to be worn more than ev(
coming season, especially the,
handsome ostrich plumes. amethysd
Elack, plumb-red,
golden-brown velvets will l>3
use for autumn and winter
trimmings aud elegant millinerj
the Hosiery arbiters must match fashion, the no go"j j
of H
what the color of the latter.
the new green hose are
attractive.
Women who have fine am
hidden away in their i-?’"' 0 ' (
may bring, them cut with a
as they are to be highly 1
this winter.
A graceful trimming
rows of narrow velvet or sat
put togctiier with h: rr.ngi r -
heavy cilk twist cf the same
toasting color.
Applique of panne is tcvi
pretty. A waist of bak bto
de soie just from Paris is
with a vine of green P aane
with stems and veins in
shade, expressed by rape silk
Eracelets may be tat® I
dainty and artistic, nz dressy]
for the cold weather wi
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fashion, now prevaliag,.
sleeves end at the elbow,
sitates, bracelets when gkJ'm
worn. *
Guipure and Arabian lKce
jewels will be emph D-u
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for trimming this winter.
on the fabric has retrr
charming effect is
artistic arrangement 0 f
blossoms.
Coats for particular evening, styl-^ bcltce^
have a
lovely changeable rose
fitted belt of black panne friils
of the same. There are
and _
lace down the front
flaring sleeves. Lite S 1
The taste for all-w costa®
tends even to cycling
mohair or English trio
stitched with silk and braid.
very narrow white - .
among the latest sliur ner
from noted French d [ sl ;
Pretty, simple ^ tT
daifi f
outing hat of a --
rather wide rim, droPP 1 !
crown square , and
or inch and a half wide
falling with 1°°P 3
ribbon in the
four or five inches