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then dispersed. tired out and dlsgruntled
with the consciousness of long journey for
no purpose. -.
Fifty thousand American flags made Of
paper and $4,000 portraits Of Mckinley and
Hobart had been distributed TO residents
along the line of the parade from the foot OF
the Capitol to Washington circle, for decor
ating their windows, and lOLO American
days OF large size had been loaned by the
War and Navy Departments, and were also
used for street decoration purposes. The
cornices of the roofs Of the reviewing stands
were tastefuly decorated, but there was
nothing striking in the way OF outdoor
garniture during the celebration.
Administering the Oath.
: Shortly before 12 o'clock the President and
his Cabinet. the President-elect, the Vice.
President and the Vice-President-ele lect
reached the Capitol, having been escorted
from the White House by the route OF the
inaugural procession before an immense con-
course OF spectators. The incoming
President occupied the Presidents room, and
Mr.. Stevenson and Mr.. Ho. art the Vice.
Presidents room.
Shortly before noon they all assembled in
the Senate Chamber. the members of the
House and Senate and OF the Supreme Court
being present.
About three minutes before II o'clock
Mr.. Stevenson administered the outh oil
office to Mr. Hobart. and then. with very
brief address, at the stroke OF -, declared
the Senate Of the Fifty-fourth Congress ad-
journed without day.
The new Vice-President, an extra session
OF the Senate having been called, then called
the Senate of the Fifty-ffth Congress TO-
gether and administered the oath to all new
" elected Senators in alphabetical order.
n Al md
procession moved from the Senate Chamber
to tho stand at the east portico. in front Of
the rotunda. The way was led by Sergeant
at-Arms Bright, OF the Senate, and a squad
of Capitol policemen. Then followed Presi
dent Cleveland and President-elect Mckinley
Vice-President Hobart and former Vice
President Stevenson, the Chiet Justice OF tht
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1t has always seemed to me thaethe pos
ponement Of the meetings Of Congress unit
more than a year after it has been chosea
deprived Congress too often OF the insptraj
tion of the popular will and the country
the corresponding benefits. 1t is eyidenf
therefore, that to postpone action In the
presence OF go great necessity would be
unwlse on the part Of the Executive because
unjust to the interests of the people.
Our actions now will be freer from mere
partisan consideration than If the question
OF tariff revision was postponed until the
regular session Of Congress. We are nearly
two years from Congressional election, and
politics cannot 80 greatly distract us as II
such contest was Immediately pending. We
can approach the problem calmly and pa
triotically without fearing its effect upon an
early election. :.
In view of these considerations I shall
deem 1t my duty as President to convene
Congress in extraordinary session on Mon
day, the 18th day Of March. 1897.
sectionalisln Disappears.
In conclusion, congratulate the country
upon the fraternal spirit OF the people and
apparent The recent election not only most
fortunately demonstrated the obliteratfon OF
sectional or geographical lines, but to some
extent also the prejudices which for years
have distracted our councils and marred our
true greatness as nation. 1
The triumphof the people, whose verdict
is carried into effect to-day, is not the trit
umph Of one section, nor wholly OF one,
party. but Of all sections and all the people.
The North and the South no longer divide
on the old lines, but upon principles and
policies, and in this fact surely every lover
Of the country can find cause for true felici-
tation. ,I
Let US rejoice In and cultivate this spirit.
1t Is ennobling. aud will be both gain and
blessing to our beloved country. It will be
my constant aim to do nothing, and permit
nothing to be done, thar will arrest or dis
turb this growing sentiment OF unity and CO.
operation, this revival Of esteem and afhlia-
tion which now animates 80 many thousands
in both the old antagonistic sections, but
shall cheerfully do everything possible ITO !
promote and increase it. Il
Let me again repeat the words Of the oath
administered by the Chief Justice, which,
in their respective spheres, so far as appH-
cable, would have all my countrymen OBJ
serve: ... - (at
II will faithfully execute the office Of
President of the United States, and will. to-
the best Of my ability, preserve, protect and
defend the Constitution of the United States.
This Is the obligation I have reverently
taken before the Lord most high. TO keep
it will be my single purpose, my constant
prayer-and shall confidently rely upon
the forbearance aud assistance OF ell the peo-
pie In the discharge OF my solemn responsi- Z
bilities. i.- .s.5l
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Banquet and Fireworks.

During tho progress Of the ball the ban
quet was served. The Banquet Committee
received proposals from numerous caterers
for the privilege Of preparing and furnishing
the supper at the inaugural ball, and 1t was
given to Philadelphia caterer, VINO was
guaranteed the sum Of $4,000 by the commit
tee. The number Of supper tickets, the price
of which was one dollar each, was limited to
5000.
The fireworks display was better than
formerly, because 1t was entirely aerial In
character and free from the set pieces which
splutter and flzzle and are Of interest only
to those IN the Immediate vicinity, even II
they are successful. The fireworks display
was made In the Washington Monument
grounds. directly north Of the monument.
The chief feature was the production of an
American flag of immense proportions that
remained suspended at high altitude for
twenty minutes, q constant shower OF stars
falling from it. There were also flights OF
rockets, bombs and other beautiful and
noisy things in profusion.
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of the domes to the edges of the balcony sur
rounding the entire building. The bunting
used was challls cloth, of which over 100,00
yards were used in beautifying the big room.
The prevailing colors were white and yellow,
intertwined in chain drapery around the
balconies.
The promenade music stand was located at
the east end, and was draped in shade OF
deep yellow. The orchestra stand was in
the centre of the south side balcony, and
was draped in Moorish style, in white and
yellow. In the centre of the building was
rustic fountain, with white and gold fish
basking In electric-lighted waters.
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INAUCURATED.
William Mckinley Sworn in
as the Nations President.
PARADE AN IMPOSING PAGEANT.
Garret A. Hobart Takes the Oath
as Vice.President.

Chief Justice Fuller, of the United States
Supreme Court, Administered the Oath
Of Office to the New Chief Magistrate
--Directly Afterward President Nc
K1nley Delivered His Inaugural Ad-
dress in the Presence of an Enormous
Assemblage---Escorte from the Capitol
to the White House---The Inaugural
Parade Comprised About Twelve Thou
sand Men and Consisted of Two Divi-
sions, One Military. the other Civic---
The Ball Held In the Pension Building
---Masnificent Decorations Make the
Scene One of fSplendor---The Fireworks
at Night In the Grounds Surrounding
the Washington Monument---Mrs. Nc
Kinley's Handsome Inaugural Gown.
WASHINGTON. D. c. (SpeciaD.-In the
presence of a cheering multitude Of people,
on a stand erected at the east front Of the
Capitol, william Mckinley, Of Ohio, was
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THE LARGEST STEAMER.
Will 10 Larger Than the Great Eastern
and Will Ee Called the Oceanic.

Will Bo Larger Than the Great Eastern
and Will Ee Called the Oceanic.
Tho White Star Steamship limo has author
lied Harland & Wolff. of Belfast, Ireland, to
build for the Liverpool and New York SER
vice a twin.screw mail and passenger
steamer, In which extreme speed will be sub.
ordinated to the comfort and convenience OF
passengers Of all classes.
In her internal arrangements the new yes-
sci will be IN enlarged reproduction OF the
Teutonic and Majestic. except In SO lar as
improvements may have suggested them
selves in the size and fittings OF the rooms,
and which may be rendered practicable by
the increased dimensions Of the ship herself.
Although much higher sea speed tnan
that now contemplated is quite practicable
from an engineering point o. view, 1t has
been determined as far as possible to aim al
q regular Wednesday morning arrival bott
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in New York and Liverpool, making the
Irish land and Queenstown by daylight, and
enabling passengers who may be travelling
to places beyond the port Of arrival to pro-
ceed to and in the majority of cases reach
their destinations with comfort during
the day.
The new steamer will be i04 feet IN length,
or twenty-five feet longer than the Great
Eastern, hitherto the longest ever built, and
si1ty-flve feet longer than any vessel now
afloat or In process of construction.
1t is expected that this steamer will be
launched In January next. The Oceanic has
been determined upon as her name.
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Along the top balcony were placed seven
ty-flve vases filed with tropical palm leaves,
palms and such growing plants as would
keep bright and fresh during the ball.
In the rear of the balconies there we're
prize effects OF laurel festoons caught up
with green wreaths and tracerles OF South
ern smilax. From each corner OF the room,
starting at a point about ten feet ABOVE IN Ihe
floor palms extended to the ceiling. The
four stairways and leading approaches from
the ground floor to the second balcony walls
were thatched with evergreens, conveying
the idea of an arbor, and about this were
placed singing birds In cages.
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Three great canopies. or domes, made OF
white bunting, swung from the ceiling, and
the draplng Of the galleries and columns was
striking. The domes proper we're thirty-six
feet across the diameter Of the base, and
twenty feet In height. Bunting was stretched
In graceful, sweeping curves from the base
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Mrs. McKinley's Inaugural Gown.

The gown which Mrs. Mckinley wore at
the Inauguration ball was especially hand
some. the material Is what is known as
cloth Of silver. The groundwork Is Of white
satin heavily woven with silver thread In
conveutionalized lily design.
The train, which is plain, full and sweep
ing, measures two yards and half in length.
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DURRANT MUST HANG.
Appeal Denied to Monster Who Lured
Girls to Church and Murdered Them.

Girls to Church and Murdered Them.
The California Supreme Court has affirmed
the decision of the lower courts in the case
of Theodore Durrant, found guilty OF the
murder Of Blanche Lamont in Emanuel
Church. San Franciso, Cal. He ap-
pealed from the verdict OF guilty, alleg1
ing errors in the rulings OF the trial
Judge, and filling voluminous bill of excep-
tions. The Trial Judge, however. was az
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United States, the Associate Justices Of the
United States Supreme Court and the MEM
bers Of the Senate and House, and others
who had tickets to the stand.
The oath OF office was administered to
President-elect Mckinley by Chief Justice
Fuller, and the new President then made his
inaugural address.
At its conclusion, he returned to the Presi-
dents room in the Senate wing of the Capt.
tol, and from there was escorted to the
White House amid booming of the cannon,
and the shouts of clamorous crowd.
A notable figure on the stand where Will
lam Mckinley took the oath OF Office as
President was his venerable mother, who,
despite her eighty-seven years. came on from
Canton to witness the triumph Of her son.
Mrs. Mckinley is the third mother who has
lived to see son take the oath OF the Presi-
dency. Mrs. Grant was the first and Mrs.
Garfield the second.
After brief rest in secusion, from stand
erected on the park front Of the White House
President Mckinley reviewed the procession.
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frmed In all his disputed rulings and the
verdict approved by the Supreme Court. ~
The Emanuel Church murders horri-
fed the whole country. The bodies Of
two girls were found quite nude, one In
the belfry Of the church and the other
in a room. Durrant was medical student
and member of the church, and the testi-
mony showed that he was 10 the habit Of
Turing girls OF the church to the belfry Of
the church, for which he had key. The
evidence was chiefly circumstantial.
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The President Reviews the Parade.

The reviewing stand from which President
Mckinley and distinguished party OF guests
looked at the procession was NOT included
in the general bids for stands, but was made
the subject of competition in designs by
architects, and was erected on plans which
are of particularly chaste conception.
The general arrangement OF the parade
consisted of two grand divisions-the first
military and the second civic. Chairman
Hanna rendered to General Horace Porter,
OF New York, the position of grand marshal,
and he it was who arranged all its details.
The military grand division was COM
manded by General Grenville NJ. Dodge,
United States Army, with General Huide.
koper, of New York, rs chief OF staff. and
Colonel Joseph P. Sanger, United States
Army, as adjutant general. The first di-
vision Of the military grand division COD
sisted of two prigades. The first brigade
was commanded by Maori Wesley
Merritt, United States Army. His personal
staff consisted of Lieutenant h. c. Hale,
Twentieth Infantry; Lieutenant L. b
Strother, First Infantry, and Lieutenant T.
B. Mott, First Artillery, all of the United
States Army.
The regular United States troops marched
in the first division. The Battalion Of En-
gineers from Willets Point. four companies
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For Revenue Legislation.

1t is the settled policy OF the government,
pursued from the beginning and practiced
by all parties and administrations, to raise
the bulk OF our revenue from taxes upon
foreign productions entering the United
State for sale or consumption; and avoiding
for the most part every form OF direct taxa
ton, except IN time Of war
The country is clearly opposed to any need
less additions to the subject of internal tax.
alton, and is committed by Its latest popular
utterance to the system of tariff taxation.
There can be no misunderstood either,
about the principle upon which this tarltf
taxation shall be levied. Nothing has ever
been made palmer at genera! election than
that the controlling principle in the raising
of revenue from duties on imports is Jealous
care for American interests and American
labor. The people have declared that such
legislation should be had rs will give ample
protection and encouragement to the indus
tries and the development OF our country.
It Is therefore, earnestly hoped and en-
pected that Congress will, at the earliest
practicable moment, enact revenue leglsla-
ton that shall be fair. reasonable, conserva-
tive and iusr, and which. while supplying
sufficient revenue for public purposes, Will
still be generally beneficial and helpful TO
every section. and every enterprise OF the
people. To this policy we are all. OF what
ever party, firmly bound by the voice Of the
peope--a power vastly more potential than
the expression of any political platform.
The paramount duty Of Congress Is to stop
deficiencies by the restoration OF that pro-
tective legislation which has always been the
flrmest prop of the Treasury. The passage
Of such u law or laws would strengthen the
credit Of the Government, both at home and
abroad. and 90 far towards stopping the
drain upon the gold reserve held for the re-
dempton of our currency, which has been
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-21
ORGANIZED RATE CUTTING AT
THE SOUTH.
New York Evening Post.l

The action taken by certain companies
| against the Southern Stock Mutual is
commented upon as calculated TO provoke
hostile legislation and popular prejudice.
| The Insurance Herald, in abiding cdi-
| torially to the matter, says:
"If organized rate-cuttiug against q
small mutual company should succeed in
driving it out of existence, the result
would be one Of the worst things that
could happen TO association companies.
| The fact would be, in the hands of legis-
| lators aud demagogues, the most conclu-
| Siye proof they could ask that the as
ISOLATION is a Trust and a combine
| for the purpose of levying eXtortonate
rates upon the public. Armed with that,
they could demand and secure the en-
actment OF extremely hostile laws and
restrictions. And who shall say they
would not be justified? The regular COM
panies are constantly declaring that the
rates they adopt and enforce are neccs-
sary to their solvency and to the conduct
OF the business, and are not agreed upon
for the purpose of eXtortion. And that
is the fact. But it is not a fact that
can be demonstrated with clearneSs to
the average man looking for lower rates
Of insurance, as he looks for lower prices
on mercantile goods. And even if it
were more susceptible OF clear demon
stration than it is, it is infinitely more
difficult to explain why it is that assO-
citation companies that declare an agreed
rate to be absolutely necessary refuse
to permit any other company to accept
less, if, for reasons Of its own, the COM
pany undertakes to do so. To under
writer's it is a trade necessity, as in any
other business, to get rid of incompetent
and reckless experimentalists who under
take to do what experience has demon
strated cannot be successfully done. But
when North Carolinians are told that
1 per cent rate is a necessity, and are
then given one-half of l per cent rate
because little home company has ven
tured to make a rate of nine-tenths of
/ per cent. all possibility of making ex-
PLANTATION clear to the minds Of the pres
ent generation there is gone. Nothing
better calculated to provoke hostile leg
islation and popular prejudice could have
been set on foot than this war on the
Southern Stock Mutual"
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MRS. SIMMONS COMING.
DlIRHAMs SOCIETY ON TIPT0E TO RE-
CEIVE HER.
Sad Death Of Miss. Lizzie Guthrie Away at
School Bag Factory Burned
Personals and Bries.

Durham. n. c., Nov. 20.-(Special)-.-
rbara were five eases on the Mayor
docket this morning when court opeheu'
Nost of them were OF very little import
snce and were soon disposed OF.
during the week the magistrates courts
have had very little to do and 1t begins
20 look like crime and litigation are on
the decrease. :. 4,o
season aud everything was eoNefed
with white frost.
Mrs. ]. Il. Warren's bag Factory our
AZ West Durham was Destroyer TINS
morning about > o'clock by hire. Inc or
;rin is unknown. There had been no
ERE in the house for some time. mere
was an insurance of $500, but that IT
Is said does not cover the loss.
Mrs. w. G. Tyree is visiting her par
ents in Oxford.
District Attorney \. +. Holton was
here Yesterday ON visit TO his brother.
Mr. Il. l.. Lindsey has gone TO Tar
aoro rs a witness in murder trial.
The Woodward Warren troupe con-
Times 10 draw large crowds every night.
The railroad wreck reported to have
occurred at Carey was the cause of con-
siderable delay in receipt of the Raleigh
mail. The many expressions of regret
On account of the delay in getting the
News and Observer on time is ndlca-
tive of the strong hold that paper has
upon Durham people.
The coming of Mrs. Thos. j. Simmons
on next Monday is hailed with peculiar
delight. Though it has been several
wears since Mrs. Simmons, nee Miss
Jessie Southgate, resided IN our midst
still she has always retained warm
place in the hearts of this people and
the gates of this city will be thrown
wide open that she may have most
hearty welcome. The coming has two
fold purpose. First to take part in the
concert next Tuesday night to be given
by the Choral Society and second 10
Spend week with relatives and friends.
The concert was an assured success be-
fore this announcement, and the COM
ing of Miss Lessie sets all Durham on
tip-toc.
Miss Lizzie Ashe is here from Raleigh
visiting at the hoSpitable home of Maj.
s. f. Tomlinson.
News reaches here of the death of Miss
Lizzie Guthrie at Nashville, Tenn,
where she was at school. Some two
weeks ago Mrs. Guthrie was notified Of
the serious illness of her daughter and
since that time, has been constantly with
her. But it was beyond the skill of
human to stay the fatal disease, typhoid
fever. and yesterday morning the end
came She was the only daughter of
the late Brooks Guthrie, near kins-
man of Maj. VIM. A. Guthrie. The
funeral services will be conducted from
Trinity church tomorrow morning at
10 o'clock by Rev. Jno. n. Cole.
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TEACHERS URGED TO ORGANIZE
A Circular Letter Sent Out by Superin,
tendent Mebane.


tendent Mebane.
Superintendent Mebane yesterday sent
out a circular letter to the public school
teachers of the State, requesting them to
come together in every county in the
State and organize themselves into
Teachers Associations.
In the course of this letter he has this
to say touching the Importance OF or
ganization and united effort:
at is of vital Importance to public ed
ucation for our teachers to be organized;
to have united action for advancement
among our teachers. No teacher is SO
wise but that he may learn something
by coming in touch with his fellow.
teachers. Those of you who are better
prepared to teach, and who have had
better opportunities than others, should
meet with the others who are not so
well prepared, and who have not had
such favorable opportunities.
"Come together in the Teachers As
ISOLATION for mutual benefit, as well as
for the cause of public education in gen.
eral. Why shall not our teachers be
organized? The business men, bankers
and merchants are organized. We have
our Dental Association, our Medical AS
ISOLATION, our Press Association, our
Pharmaceutical Association, and Others
too numerous to mention. All these or
CARNATIONS mean something, and have
force and effect, each one in its own spe-
cial work. Why may not the teachers
come together and have some force and
power not only in the county where the
Association is, but be felt in adjoining
counties, and still, of more Importance
be felt in the Legislature OF our State
TO secure whatever legislation is needed
from time to time for the best interest
and progress of the schools?
"Our teachers, both public and private
do not make themselves felt as they
should, rs a class of men and women, in
their respective counties. Too many
Of orr teachers are Indifferent as to what
public sentiment is on the subject OF pop.
ular education. Too often they sit in
silence while the politicians around the
courthouse and the school committee.
/ men sQuander tho public money.
''The County Association may not only
create public sentiment in favor of pop