Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-09-11

SOMERSET, Pa, September 10.-This
little town is on the qui vive. Wednes-
day evening at half-past eight o'clock
will occur the wedding of Miss Mabel
Mckinley and DR.. Hermanus Ludwig
Baer.
The officiating clergyman will be the
Rev. DR.. D. Parker Morgan, of the
Church of the Heavenly Rest, New
York. Miss Mckinley was confirmed
by DR.. Morgan about fifteen years ago,
when she was little girl of twelve or
thirteen years of age. The local min
listers of Somerset have all been invited
to the wedding, but the entire service
will be conducted by the New York
divine.
Abner Mckinley, father Of the future
Mrs. Baer, has been exerting every en-
ergy to make the wedding quiet" af-
fair. He is not succeeding well.
The Mckinley home is located in the
centre of the village and is the object
of much attention just at present. Mr..
Mckinley is besieged on all sides by
newspaper men and others anxious to
know what arrangements have been
made for the wedding. Photographers
are here from various parts of the coun-
try to take pictures of the interior of
the Mckinley home, but this will not
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An edict has gone forth that list of
the presents, together with the names
of the donors will not be given out.
That presents have been given in large
numbers and by people of prominence
is we'll known. A friend of the fam
lily said to-day that of all the presents
that have been received not more than
a half dozen are from people holding
official positions. Only one member Of
the United States Supreme Court has
been invited. Justice McKenna, an old
friend of Abner Mckinley, is the only
Supreme Court Judge who was honored
with an invitation. 1t is also said that
very few people in official life at Wash
ington are included among those invit-
ed to the wedding. Mr. Mckinley told
the Associated Press corresponded that
about 200 guests were expected to at
tend the wedding. OF this number near
ly 100 are residents of this town of
1900 inhabitants.
President and Mrs. Mckinley and
other Washington people arrived this
afternoon on special train.
Among the guests from a distance
who are expected are Secretary and
Mrs. Miller, Secretary and Mrs. Gage,
Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith,
Adjutant General and Mrs. COrbin, Pri-
vate Secretary to the President G. D.
Contelyou, Comptroller of the Treas
ury Dawes, Surgeon General and Mrs.
Steinberg, Rear Admiral and Mrs.
Crowninshield, Quartermaster and Mrs.
Luddington, Governor and Mrs. w. A.
Stone, Miss Helen Mckinley, Miss
Grace Mckinley, Miss Mary Barber,
Miss Sarah Duncan, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
R. Miller, Mr.. and Mrs. John Wilky, OF
Canton; Congressman and Mrs. John
Dalzell, Mr. and Mrs. William Stinson,
of Pittsburg, Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Cheney, of Boston; Frank A. Munsey.
People who did not have the fore
sight to engage rooms at the hotel here
in advance will have difficulty upon ar
irving here in procuring quarters. The
hotels are small and few in number,
and the rooms have all been engaged
a week ahead of time The hotel
American is just few steps away from
the Mckinley home Private Secretary
Cortelyou and the executive clerks who
will accompany him will be located
here.
President and Mrs. Mckinley will be
entertained at the home of Abner Nc
Kinley. The latter and his family have
been spending their summers her for
the past seventeen years.
1T is to be plain, simple wedding"
said a relative of the McKinleys "Tf
it had been desired to have a swell
wedding, it could have taken place
at the home of the McKinleys in New
York city"