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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

! OFOT sVVTI UHUTG WIS dsstIH-
bled in Washington. Cor
respondents celebrated the
occasion in many hundred
columns. Citizens of Wash
ington still tell with glee
how the visitors sat the
night through on chairs, on
benches in the parks and on
the steps of public build
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

to0k the oath as vice presi-
dent in the senate chamber,
pronounced a high compli-
ment on Mr.. Adams, who
had just vacated the chair,
and then led the way to the
chamber of the house, where
the inauguration took place.
Almost every witness who
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

of March, if the first time
only be counted, for Wash
ington took the oath the
first time on April 30, and
Taylor and Hayes were
inaugurated on Monday,
March 5. The same is true
of Monroe's second inaugu-
ration, but his first was on
tho rae,,11nr dow U'ba .oo
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

The TRIBUNE advertising medium is UNSURPASSED Tt
goes regularly into the homes of the majority workngmen in
t lcny upon whom depends the support and
OF Freeand enterprise and relied upon the dissemnato
honest bargains Concentration
ate your advertising that will yield placing
in the TRIBUNE If you sell something cheaper than
your competitor make the people of by attractive
ad and they will show their appreciation your efforts to
benefit them by calling purchase in this space
for instance. Rates reasonable r.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

was just eleven years before
the close of the century, and
thus it has resulted that the
day has fallen on Sunday
but three times in the first
hundred years and will not
again fall on Sunday till
1917. Thereafter it will so
fall only in 1915 and 1878 in
the next century, the result
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

CHI TtIlSOH IOT To. IN truth, VhOrN"O-''
it is at almost the worst season that coult
have been selected, and as the matter is en-
tirely within the discretion of congress, ant
Washington was inaugurated the first tim,
on April 80, the argument for change tt
that date is strong.
Every reader has had enough on the frs,
inauguration of Washington. Suffice it tt
repeat that the day was fine, that Chancel
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

Black haired and extremely light
haired men seldom become bald at an
early age. When they do it is generally
on the center of the head.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

A blind mendicant In London wears
this inscription around his neck: Don't
be ashamed to give only penny. cant
see."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

comparatively tame affair." but in 1871 the
Wings honored Harrison with grand raj.
ly Thence to Lincoln each Inauguration
was much like its predecessor, and none
presented features of unusual interest. The
crowds, however, continued to increase,
and the procession which followed Buchan-
an reached nearly from the Capitol to the
White House.
This was the end of the old regime. Lit
tie as the great men of the day suspected
it, the old republic was, practically, soon tc
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

house was a. wreck. Soon BUCHANAN
after there was levee at which a cheese
weighing 400 pounds "a present to Jack,
SOM was cut up and served. The struggle
for pieces resulted In a smash of furniture:
liquor was spilled and cheese trodden into
the carpet, while ladies held dainty hand.
kerchiefs to their noses and foreign diplo.
mats looked on in undisguised horror.
Daniel Webster said the place looked like
republican palace taken by siege and
sacked by the victorious enemy, but Ben.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

WASHINGTON. remarkable and interesting
fact has gradually given rise to a legend to
account for the fact. 1t is pleasing story,
but there is no proof of it whatever, and
there is almost conclusive proof to the con-
trary.
1t is certain that Franklin bothered him
self very little about the distinction be-
tween sacred and secular days, and disre-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

ton, Felix Grundy and men
of that class thought it just
as well to "let the boys have
their way once in fouI
years" 1t was the last scene
of the sort, though Jack.
sons second Inauguration
also attracted a large crowd.
The next inauguration-ot
Van Buren, in 1S37-was a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

dows of the Capitol and artillery to the
right of the east front, commanding the
crowd to which the new president spoke.
1t was sad presage. General Scott was
savagely criticised for these arrangements,
but subsequent events justified him.
Since that date the military has formed
an important part of every inauguration,
and at Grants second induction. March
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

time, the regular day fell on
Sunday. John Quincy Ad-
ans revived much of the
old and solemn ceremonial,
but with him it ended, as
the country had now out
grown English and colonial
forms. And as n great break
followed. this is the nronar
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

ent of any Inauguration day GARFIELD.
in our history From dawn till dark
northwest wind so keen and cold that it
seemed to chill even the bones blew with.
out an instant's cessation. Scores of sol
diers and sailors who had to stand long in
place were prostrated in consequence, while
spectators suffered so much that the aver
age mortality of the city for short time
after is said TO have been notably increased
Far otherwise was it at the inauguration
OF Cleveland, on which occasion by far the
greatest crowd ever seen there was Assem-.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

ors-assembling the elect
ors in their respective states
and Commencing pro-
ceedings." AS a matter of
fact, the frat Wednesday In
March, 1850, fell on the 4th,
and three years later that
date ) ~ fixed upon for all
tine Eut there is nothing
extaut to indicate any spe-
ninl rnnunt, Cor L. In t,n,th
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

There were sharpshooters
on the housetops along the
avenue as Mr.. Buchanan
and Mr.. Lincoln rode slowly
to the Capitol; there were
squads of cavalry to guard
the street crossings, and
squads of infantry along
the route; there were trusty
nj flap,an ot thA ,,,,,1nr ,,-.,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

Whenever a bird goes to fly it looks
mp, but some men shut their eyes when
ever they take an important step.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

lor Robert r. Livingston
of New York, administered
the oath in the presence o.
some 10000 people, and that
the centennial celebration
of that event in New York
city in 1889 was a really
wonderful success, on which
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

garded It altogether in his
daily life; that the conven-
tion of 1887 did not fix the
day, and in fact could have
no means of foreseeing when
it would be possible to name
a day, and that when it be-
came possible by the ad-
hesion of the ninth state to
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

a day, unless indeed we
adopt the facetious sugges-
tion of the Wings that Jack
son really governed during
the nominal administra-
tion of Var Buren," 1t is
also worth noting that of
the eigbs presidents re-elect-
ed jackson, Lincoln and
Grant were the only ones
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

commencing proceedings under the said Z,
stitution.
From this it will be seen that there wa
exactly months time between each of tn
three very essential acts of appointing elect
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

pass away, and be replaced
by one of vastly increased
and centralized powers. In
all the great speeches and
state papers down to 1861
one finds the federal union
referred to indifferently as
the Union or the confeder-
acy. Thus President Pierce
in his inaugural said, S'The
sncl1i.itu and rnnnsn of this
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

1913, the display was such as
to excite the admiration of
foreigners accustomed to the
finest exhibits of London,
Paris and Berlin. But it was
fatal to some of the partici-
pants and to many specta-
tors. The day has a bad pre-
eminence as the most inclem-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

next two centuries it would
fall on Sunday less often
than any other day in the
year, and this statement has
crept into a few works meant
to be historical. 1t is, how
ever, but one of the many
cases, like those of Niobe
and Lots wife, in which a
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

ones death on That day are
not quite as one in eighteen,
of two still fewer, and of
three not one in hundreds.
But that two should die on
the same day and a third
but five years later, and the
two signers of the Declara-
tion, the chances are so re-
mote as to be scarcely calcu-
happened. Vice President
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

biamiln also died on that day. Nearly all
the presidents have lived to an advanced
age, as it was natural they should be men
OF great vitality and temperate lives to at
tain the honor. John Adams was the old
est, lacking but few weeks of ninety-one
while, emitting Lincoln, killed at fifty four
and Garfield, killed within a few weeks OF
nifty, the youngest dying was Polk at fifty
four.
Another curious fact is that, including
the presidents of the senate who succeeded
to the functions of the office, there have
been more vice presidents than presidents
to wit, thirty-four, though Clinton, Tomp
klns, Calhoun and King each served in two
administrations.
From Adams the father to Adams the
son, as aforesaid, the inaugurations were
mild affairs, but jackson came in with
breeze, and the occasion was indeed breezy.
lie set the example of taking the oath on
and delivering the inaugural from the east
front of the Capitol, and then, making all
reasonable deductions for the partisan spite
of those who described it, the scene which
followed did indeed "beggar description"
The largest crowd seen in Washington
down to that time was in attendance, and
the mud was, in southwestern phrase, hall
bootleg deep" on Pennsylvania avenue.
Through that mud the crowd rushed tc
the White House, where all the doors were
thrown open and punch served out in bar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

rels, buckets, tubs and even,
so the opposition said, wash
basins. Every room in the
house was crowded, and men
with heavy and muddy boots
stood on the finest chairs
and sofas to see what was
going on in front. Lamps
and furniture We're broken,
and punch spilled till the
hnttGn t.-n. d, ,.,,.,a1. c..
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

OLEVELAND' ingsr as the weather was
fine and all the hotels overcrowded, and rail
road managers tell with pardonable pride
how they got the hundreds of thousands to
their homes in fairly good season. But all
these and other incidents of recent inau
gurations are still fresh in the public mind
In conclusion, few comparisons are jus
tifiable. We have had twenty-three presi
dents in 104 years, while Rome had, dis
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

carding minor contestants,
sixty-four emperors in SOB
years, and Great Britain has
had, beginning with Will
liam the Conqueror, thirty
five sovereigns in S26 years.
OF presidents in Mexico,
Hayti and South America,
it would be idle to make an
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

estimate. Yet two of our B. HARRISON.
presidents have been assassinated, and an.
other, Jackson, only escaped that fate by
an accident which apparently would not
happen one time in thousand. Another
escaped impeachment by but one vote. On
the whole, though we may justly claim an
improvement over the dark past, yet there
is nothing to make us boast. Our govern
ment is by no means exempt from the evils
which affiict other nations.
j. II. BEADLE
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

]. G. BERIER
has the
Largest Store
in town. Bargains are prevail
ing this week in all depart
mentS.
Ladies' Coats.
Newmarkets at half price.
An SO coat for S5.
A so coat for S5; etc.
Special Bargains
In Woolen Blankets.
Have them from 70 cents a
pair up.
Remember, mems gum boots,
Candee, 1926.
Muffs, 40 cents up to any
price you want.
Ladies' wooden mitts, 2 pair
25 cents; worth 25 cents a pair.
Some 50-cent dress goods at
25 cents.
All-wool plaid, which was 60
cents, now 80 cents.
Some Special Things
In Furniture.
A good carpet-covered lounge,
S5.
A good bedstead, 50. 25.
Fancy rocking chairs, $3.50.
Ingram carpet Tor 20 cents a
yard.
Groceries & Provisions.
Flour, $215.
Chop, $1.10 and $1.15.
Bran, 80 cents.
Bologna, 8 cents.
Cheese, N. Y, 13 cents.
Tub butter, 2S cents,
Is pounds sugar $1.0O.
pounds Lima beans, 25 cents.
5 pounds currants, 25 cents.
5 pounds raisins, 25 cents.
6 bars LenoX soap, 25 cents.
6 bars Octagon soap, 25 cents.
3 packages pearline, 10 cents.
Best coal oil, ~ cents.
Vinegar, cider, Is cents gal.
Cider, 20 cents a gallon.
Syrup, No. l, 35 cents gal.
No. l mince meat, 10 cents.
3 pounds macaroni, 25 cents.
3 quarts beans. 25 cents.
6 poul.ds oat meal, % cents.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02
INAUGURATION DAYS.
Historic Notes Apropos to the
Coming Event of March a..
NINETEEN PRESIDENTS ELECTED.

Sixteen We're Inaugurated on March a,
Two on March and One on April 80.
Curious Facts Tending to Create Supersti-
tion-Comparison with Other Countries.
How March Came to Be Selected for
Inauguration Day-Curious and Inter
esting Facts Connected with the Occasion.
Copyright, 1893, by American Press Associa-
toni
There is an old story to the effect that
Benjamin Franklin selected the 4th of
March for inauguration day because in the
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-03-02

A good carpet-covered lounge,
IS.
A good bedstead, 50. 25.
Fancy rocking chairs, $3.50.
Ingram carpet for 25 cents a
yard.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-23
LII HUNG CHANGES ULTIMATUM.
If Congress Does Not Modify the Geary Act
China Will at Once Retaliate.

CLEVELAND, O.. Aug. ga gentleman in
this city has just received from friend In
Jien Tsin, China. a letter stating that
United States Consul William Bowman,
who left that city short time ago for the
United States. carried with him q message
from Viceroy Ii Hung Chang to President
Cleveland. The gentleman who sends the
information does not tell how he obtained
q copy of the message. but he vouches for
it's authenticity. 1t is headed: Report OF
an interview between the Viceroy. LII Hung
Chang. and United States Consul Bowman,
held June 20. lS93." The message reads:
The Viceroy Ii Hung Chang requested Consul
Bowman. on his return TO the United states, to
call upon President Cleveland and state TO him:
First-That Viceroy Ii appreciates the good
state, and thanks them for their efforts TO secure
kind and just treatment for the Chinese residing
In the United States.
second-That Niceroy Ii feels keenly the un-
friendly nature and injustice OF the Geary law.
Third-That China will take no action thereon
until the next session OF the United States Con-
gress. in the hope that the Geary law will b
modified or repealed.
Fourth-Thatif If the next Congress decides to
enforce the law China will at once retaliate;
friendly relations between the two countries will
toward the expulsion OF all Americans from
China.
FtIth-That meantime instructions have been
issued TO all Chinese officials TO take especial
care TO protect all American citizens living in
China from violence.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-23
BATTLE IN PENNSYLVANIA
0fIicialsof Gilberton Tear Up a Railway
Track and a Deadly Riot Results.
Three Men Killed by State Militiamen and
Four Others WOunded-The Trouble Start.
ed by Soldier, Who Shot When Taunted.

GILBERToN, Pa. Aug. 22.-The borough
officials. last night. tore mp the tracks of
the Schuylkill Traction Comuany. When
the company's officials heard of the action
Of the Gilberton people they immediately
sent fOrce of men to try and effect an
amioable settlement When the break in
the road was reached Presidents r. E.
Jones, of the Traction Company, with
Richard Amour, of Shenandoah. chief of
the company's police. got off the Car, and
In q few moments had Effected q settle
ment. and the work of tearing up the tracks
was stopped. In the car were o number
of men, taken on o.-GIrardyllle, men,
bers of the National Guard. who had
with them rifles belonging to tho
company. While the railway officials
were engaged In conversing with the bor-
OuGh officers some of the crowd tainted
the men on board the car and called out
"Girardville militia" A man named
Briggs, of GirardvIlle. stepped out and
said: 'sere we are." accompanying his
salut0tIon with an oath. then leveling his
rife he fired into the crowd and killed
Richard Paiffitt. aged twenty-five. q spec.
tator. Chief Amour and President Jones
had settled the trouble and Briggs shot
over AmOur's shoulder. This Immediately
enraged the people. aud stones were fired;
shots from the car became general and for
while most terrific battle ensued.
Chief Amour tried to subdue the
trouble. and while in the act of stopping
his men was shot in the breast. He died
this afternoon. 1t is supposed he was shot
by one of his own mon. The battle ragged
for an hour or more. until the cooler headed
people OF Gilberton prevailed upon the
crowd to disperse and the dead and in
jured were looked after. In addition to
Paiffitt, William Hughes. aged nineteen.
an onlOoker. was shot and instantly killed;
Richard ConnOrs WAS shot In the hand and
leg. but not dangerously; Evan David was
shot In the leg. which will have to be sm-
putated; James Hullihan had his skull
fractured by stone and may die; Briggs.
who started the riot was shot by q CON-
panion. accidentally. receiving q scalp
wound and O wound in bis leg.
When the trouble had quIeted down
Briggs escaped and, running toward Ma
hanoy Plane. hid in barn, but was cap
tured and together with Arthur WIville.
alsO member of the Girardville militia,
was taken to the POttsville jail. The peo-
pie about GllbertOn were lnfuristed at the
action of the railway men. None of them,
they claim, were officials of the company.
Some were employees and others were
outslders picked up solely for the purpose
of fighting. This is shown in the fact that
rifles were borrowed from memb bers of the
Girardville militia. Every thing quieted
down when the railroad company's force
was withdrawn and. outside of an excited
populace talking over the disturbance
tion of the trouble. Sheriff Wall. of
Schuylkill county, is now In possession of
the tracks to prevent any disturbance
which might arise tonight
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-23
He Told Senator He Was almost Played
Out" and Specialists Have Decided His
Ailment to Be Affection of the Kidneys.
Repeal of the Silver Act Advocated in
the House by "Grass-Burner" Bynum.
Cherokee Strip to Be Opened to Settlement
on Sept 16--Statement from Mr.. Carlisle
Showing Amount of Silver Purchased.
MIR. CLEvELAND's HEALTH.

The President Said to BE Suffering from
Either Brighrs Disease Dropsy.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON. Aug. 22.-President Cleve-
lands personal friends in Washington be-
lieva that he is suffering from o serious
organic disease. There is q report. which
is vouched for by two prominent Demo-
cratic Senators and q well-known ply
sician. that the President has Brights dis
ease; that few days before he left for Buz-
yards bay an examination was made by
physicians In this city and specialists in
New York, and they pronounced his trouble
Brighps disease of the kidneys.
A Senator who spent some time with the
President to-day gives it as his opinion
that the President has kidney affection.
He says the President toid him that he
was almost played out" was really too
Ill to remain here and attend to public bus
mess. and that he was altogether greatly
discouraged. One of the Presidents most
intimate friends outside of public life says
it is dropsy, and not Brights disease. The
President has not looked we'll for month
or more, and he has made no effort to con-
cesl the fact that he is easily iatigued.
Senator Vest says he thinks the trouble is
BrIghfs disease. and he gives as his Opin.
ion that the Presidents condition Is seri-
0uR.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-08-23
WAGON WHEAT
Highest Market Price.
ARCADE MILLS.
POPULISTS DISCUSS MONEY.
Ben Terrell and Capt C. A. Powers Speak at
the Farmers Alliance Encampment.

Mt. GRETNA, Pa, Aug. 22.-The morning
trains to the national encampment Of the
Farmers Alliance brought crowds of peo-
ors flowed into the grounds by every foot
path and driving road. Gov. Robert E.
Pattison, of Pennsylvanis. who came
here this morning TO inspect the Ma.
tional Guard rifle practice. mingled
with the farmers and visited the various
exhibits. Hon. Ben Terrell. of Texas. ma
tional lecturer of the Farmers Alliance,
this afternoon made an address. On the
money question. he said there should not
be bit of commodity value in il. Money
gold. The value of q dollar should be reg
ulated entirely by the number and
the demand. An ideal money sys-
tenn Is the demonstration of gold
and silver. This country does not
yield enough gold and silver, and there Is
not sufficient circulation. The government
should Issue paper money for gold IN bars.
melt the bars and sell the gold at the gold
value. The government would then sell
you a dollars worth of gold whenever you
presented your paper dollar. The true
science of money demands that 1t should
be made of any article that has no value.
such as paper, as money that will pass In
any country Will rob US of our circulation.
The farmers do not believe In the "beauti.
full tale" that is going around through the
press about lack of confidence. Our
trouble lies in the present financial 81 stem,
which Is unsafe.
A large meeting was held in the main
auditorium this morning. The primer pal
speaker was Capt. &. A. Powers. of Indiana.
He made lengthy address. filled with
argument in favor of unlimited silver
coinage. and concluded his remarks by say
ing: "Sophistries of soheming politicians
and liars do not meet the question and
they cannot answer our arguments. lt is
the duty of every American cltizon who is
loyal to his country to bring pressure
TO bear on their Congressman to
settle this matter in the interest
of the whole people and not In the interest
of the politicians and bankers The press
of the country is the most i'm % portant lever
in moving people to action. We have now
over q thousand papers in the United States
advocating our cause. These papers circu-
late In city and country. The people AT 9
getting aroused and are beginning to reao
and think for themselves, and great and
mighty popular wave is now rolling over
the country that will culmiuate in peace
and prosperity to the Nation. When the
farmers unite themselves on the peoples
side in fraternity and brotherhood then the
people will rule this land and harmony will
prevail"