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CEREMONY AT SOMERSET, PA.
Numerous and Costly Presents for
the Young Couple and an linz
posing List of Distin-
80, guished Guests.


SOMERSET, Pa, Sept. fO.-The presi-
dent and party arrived here over the
Baltimore & OHIO railroad at go this
afternoon, to be present at the wedding
of Miss Mabel Mckinley, the presidents
niece, and DR.. Hermanus L. Baer.
The presidential party was met at the
Somerset station by Mr. and Mrs. Abner
Mckinley and DR.. Baer, the groom. A
shout went up from the assembled crowd
at Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley made their
appearance on the platform of the rear
coach and descended the car steps. The
president and Mrs Mckinley bowed their
acknowledgements. President Mckinley
looked to be in unusually good health 1t
was announced that the president would
devote his time to absolute rest while
here.
The trip from Washington to Somerset
was without special incident, save for the
enthusiastic greeting given the president
at Cumberland, the home of Senator
George L. Wellington. Short stops were
made en- route at Hancock, MeyersdaIe,
lockwood and Martinsburg, where the
president shook hands with as many of
the assembled crowds as he could reach.
President and Mrs. Mckinley and Mrs.
Katherine Matthews were upon their ar
rival driven at once to Abner McKinley's
home. Upon arrival there a telegram
from the governor of Texas was handed
to the president It was dated at Austin
and was in reply to the message dis
patched to the governor by the president
this morning from Washington 1t was
as follows:
To the President: Very many thanks
for your telegram Your action will be
greatly appreciated and gratefully remem-
bered by the people of Texas. 1 have this
day required the secretary of war to for
ward the rations and tents to Galveston"
President and Mrs McKinlev's present
| to the bride is a highly polished quarter
| oak chest with silver mountings filled
with magnificent table silver, including
everything that Mr.. and Mrs Baer will
need in the way of spoons, forks, knives,
carVers and off pieces during their lives.
BRIDAL GIFTS.
Other presents received by the bride in
clude generous supply of brilliant
| Jewels, bewildering assortment In silver
/ and cut-glass tableware, unique specimens
OF the celebrated Favritte glass, solid gold
| soup spoons with the brides monogram.
M A. M, artistically moulded in the
specially designed pattern; rare pieces of
| bronze and marble candelabra of wonder
| Gus beauty and design; hand decorated
| china of great value; almond sets of
silver work; salad sets in both silver and
china; bullion set of painted china, with
| delicately chiseled silver holders; silver
bread trays of artistic patterns and great
intrinsic value; pieces of antique China
and japanese ware; "a mass of table cut
picr11f ,a1,o
OF unique design; silver toilet and manicure
sets; an endless variety of rare pieces of
'brfc-a-brac, and numberiess odd pieces of
silver, from bon bon dishes to massive
urns. In addition to tle.s presents men
toned Miss Mckinley has received a large
number of articles for her personal adorn-
ment, valuable oil paintings, engrayines
and etchings table linen of the finest
texture and choice specimens of embroid-
cry.
Saturday it was thought that all of the
presents had been received but this
morning the single express man of the
town was obliged to make two trips
from the express Office to the Mckinley
residence in order to deliver Sundays ac-
foundations of some fifty packages,
large and small. One large room In the
Mckinley house has been found made
quate to hold the mass of presents and
everything that has arrived since Sat-
prday has been placed in an adjoining
room. It would be hard to tell which
room contains the larger number, or
which lot of the greatest value There
is enough, however, to crowd an immense
vault, It IS a noticeable fact that all of
the presents, with few exceptions, those
which came from old Ohio and PENN
sylvania friends, came from the close
New York friends of the family Less
than twenty are from Washington. Many
of the presents are unique in that they
are pot to be found in tewelry or silver
smith establishments, but have been
made from specially designed patterns.
Philadelphians who will be present at the
wedding are Mr.. Louis Baer, a cousin
Of the groom, who is to be best man;
Mrs. FRANCES Frey, Mr.. William Fair
man, one of the fishers; DR.. D. Orville
Horwitz, Mr.. John R. Leslie, who is also
to be an usher, and Rev. Aldine Willing.
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS.
Among the guests from distance who
are expected are Secretary and MrsI
Gage, Postmaster General and Mrs.
Smith, Adjt. Gen. and Mrs Corbin, Pri-
vate Secretary to President G. P. Corte-
lyou; Comptroller of the Treasury Dawes,
Surgeon General and Mrs. Sternberg,
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Crowninshield,
Quartermaster and Mrs Ludington, Gov
and Mrs. w. A. Stone, Miss Helen Nc
Kinley, Miss Grace Mckinley, Miss Mary
Barber, Miss Sarah Duncan, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles P. Miller, Mr. and Mrs
John Witty, of Canton; Congressman and
Mrs. John Dalzell, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Gibson, of Pittsburg; Mr.. and Mrs Ben
jamin Cheney, OF Boston, and Frank A.
! Munsey.
People who did not have the foresight
to engage rooms at the hotel here In adj
vance will have difficulty upon arriving
here in procuring quarters. The hotels
are small and few in number, and the
rooms have all been engaged a week
ahead of time.
| .FIt is to be plain, simple wedding"
said relative of the McKinleys. If it
had been desired to have a swell wedding
it could have taken place at the home
of the McKinleys in New York city.
The wedding is. to occur Wednesday
evening at $50. The officiating clergy
man will be the Rev. Parker Morgan.
of the Church of the Heavenly Rest, New
| York, by whom Miss Mckinley was con-
hrmed when she was twelve or thirteen
years of age. Abner Mckinley has been
exerting every energy to make the we'd
ding a quiet affair, but with poor sue
ces. Photographers are here from var
! ious parts of the country to take pictures
of the niece of President Mckinley be
this will not be permitted under any cir
cumstances
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