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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-03-07

Roosevelt.)
pelting rain. Soon it was veritable
downpour. The forbidding aspect drove
some back into the rotunda, but many
handsomely gowned women, most OF
the senators and representatives, ev-
cry member Of the supreme court and
the entire bespangled diplomatic corps
braved the elements. They stood on
the platform In huddled groups, most
OF them without umbrellas. with the
rain trickling down their backs. The
diplomatic corps suffered most with
their bedraggled chapeaux. ostrich
plumes and court tinery The presi-
dent and vice president, Mrs. Mckinley.
the chief justices and several others
in the rallied and covered enclosure jut-
ting out into the crowd were protected
from the storm. There, in the presence
Of 10000 and in the sight of twice that
number of people standing in spank
ing rain, the president took the oath
OF office and delivered his second in
augural. The hushed multitude waited
breathlessly to see him kiss the Bible,
and then, despite the rain, they AVA
ened the echoes of Arlington across the
Potomac with their applause. Hardly
had the inaugural been finished when
the rain abated, turning into driZ-
zling mist again and later ceasing al
together.
When the president and vice presi-
dent had quilted the scene to take their
places at the head of the procession the
soldiers stretched across the plaza
where the multitude had been. The
procession wound down the hill and up
the broad rain drenched avenue
through living lane Of people. The
crowds had waited patiently through
the rain rather than lose their places
and when the parade appeared their
ardor seemed undampened. The cheer
ing rose and fell and rose again, swept
up the avenue around the treasury
building and on through the court OF
honor to the White House.
The regulars, infantry, cavalry and
artillery, the Jack tars and marines
the sombreroed cowboys. the dark
skinned Porto Ricans in the American
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M'KIf'!
INA. >>ATIoN
The Most Brilliant in the His.
tory Of the Nation.
RAIN MARRIED TIE EVENT.
President Took the Oath Of Crice
in a Heavy Downpour.
TALK OF CHANGING TIE DATE.

Again Comes the Proposal to Name
the Last Day Of April as InauHurn-
ton Duy-In His Inaugural Address
the President vigorously Discusses
the Philippines and Cuba-The
Grand March Mt the Inaugural Ball
On,itted, Owing to Mrs. McFinley's
Indisposition.
Washington, March 5.-"He that
bandeth a matter wisely shall find
good, and whose trusteth in the Lord
happy Is he.
81 he wise in heart shall be called
prudent; and the sweetness OF the lips
increaseth learning"
Kissing these verses OF the Sixteenth
Proverbs, with bowed head in acknowl-
edgment Of his subscription to the oath
of Office administered by Chief Justice
Fuller, President Mckinley at 1:l7
o'clock yesterday for the second time
passed completely into the full honors
Of the presidency OF the United States.
The book, dark brown seal Teach
ers' Bible about nine by six inches In
size. had been opened at random by
Clerk McKenny, of the supreme court,
who long has made it a point to note
as matter OF curious knowledge the
verse which chances to meet the lips
of incoming presidents.
The Greatest Military Pageant.
Washington's streets yesterday re-
sounded to the tread OF more
marching soldiers and sailors than
ever have participated in presi-
Dental inauguration, and the func-
tion had as witnesses to the cere-
monies a vast multitude, who cheered
frequently whenever President Mckin-
ley or his vice presidential colleague
was visible. There has been better
weather on inauguration day, and there
has been much worse than that which
attended yesterdays ceremonies. The
day in the early forenoon gave prom
ise Of being a golden spring day, such
as Prof. Moore, the chief Of the weather
bureau, on Sur day very confidently and
with much emphasis predicted, but the
weather man was in a capricious mood
and by noon a slow drizzle had begun
.hat lasted wi h some intermissions
and and c. lnal lively dOWnpOur
until late l. a'.ernoon. The worst
Of the wet '1rtunately came
Just at til .,ident Mckinley
was being % Office on the
east front ,':ol in the pres
ence of lated to nu-. Der
10000 persg
But the a. was mild and pleasant
and the day ended with dry weather,
30 that, as stated, there have been
many worse Inauguration days than
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,Who administered the oath OF oftice)
this. Garfield was inaugurated in a
storm, Harrison in a cold rain that del
uged the city from dawn till dark and
Cleveland took the oath OF Office at his
second inaugural before 10000 cheer
ing people in fierce gale, with the
snow beating down upon his bare head.
Yesterdays downpour at the most In
teresting point Of the proceedings again
brought forward the agitation Of April
% as the date for future inaugurations.
1t was on April 80 that George Wash
ington took the first oath to the highest
Office known to man, and yesterdays
experience was commentary on the
uncertainty Of March weather.
Had a man been on top of the dome
OF the Capitol Washington must have
looked as it did in the spring of 1865.
when the victorious armies and the
multitude behind and with them gath
cred here for the grand review. Penn
sylvania avenue, decorated with miles
OF bunting and with thousands Of flags
trembling and fluttering in the gentle
breeze, was lined with an impenetrable
mass Of people so early that no one
pretended to have arisen in time to say
when they began swarming into their
places They surged up and down both
sides Of the beautiful avenue, overflow
ed the terraced stands and balconies.
walled in the windows and fringed the
roofs. while blaring bands, clear drawn
bugle calls and galloping aids told Of
the military legions marching deep into
the tangle Of streets to take their
places In the grand procession. The in
tuence of the greatest multitude that
ever invaded the city overshadowed all
the pageantry and most impressed the
mind. r' 80
But Fr'- 80 Inauguration.
Only !vely Insignificant
portion multitude saw any
thing OF inauguration cere-
monies ;. oil. The great un-
nunLele 3 were content to
wait in 4 below to see the
two men on W.. IN the mental attention
of the world was fixed and the great
procession which followed them. The
brilliant and impressive scene In the
senate when the vice presid was
gnducted into once was reserved FOR "
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New the grand marshal. Geo. rtaAels
v. Greene. and his daxslins sta1. =,
- Weleonins the LssaSfs.
Then the handsome CITY Troov Of
Cleveland. In grenadier uniform. the
president's personal escort. rode BY
their plumes rising and falling - the
movement Of their coal black chargers.
But their claims to admiration were
slighted In large measure. The cram
Ing eager crowds had eyes only for the
open barou,OS drawn by four horses In
which the president and Senator Han
ma. chairman OF the committee Of ar
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PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Judge Baker P. Lee. of Virginia, is
dead. aged Il years. He was a gallant
Confederate soldier and a very popular
man and was long connected with the
press.
What the German Emperor and the
Russian Emperor may talk about
when they meet is Just what interests
the natives in Europe.
Professor NJ. c. Sulphen, of Johns
Hopkins University was drowned last
Saturday bv being overturned in a sail
boat in which he was returning from
looking at the Shamrock upset.
Bishop Gambler, Of Georgia, is trying
to stop h rapid initiated ways of his
Methodist folks. He has been lectur-
ing on the higher criticism and the
tendency of ritualism in the church.
He deprecates special musical pro-
grammes and paid choirs and soloists.
The higher criticism. he declares, in
sists On "a sort of polka dot revela-
ton"
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According to Mr.. Joseph Bake, sur
veyor Of Wake county. and as reported
in the Raleigh News and Observer,
Sherman's army gave the first lesson
of lynching a negro In the spring of
1865. The account is interesting and
has a lesson in it. While no EegrS for
fifty years before the war VAS ever
known to commit the u~nspeakable
crime upon a white woman. one began
the hellish work early in freedom. We
copy a part Of the report.
cit was in the spring OF 1865 when
Sherman's advance corps was on its
way to Raleigh. They came to a house
near Archer's Lodge. near the edge OF
Johnston and Wake counties. and found
a woman in a deplorable condition cry
ing and moaning. Asked where heI
husband 2 the woman said he was in
the Confederate army. At first she was
afraid of the Yankee soldiers, but when
they assured her that they would be-
friend her. she told tn IN that she bad
been assaulted by a negro who had just
gone up the road. She described the
negro perfectly, and the soldiers foun1
him within less than a mile Of the iady's
| house. He was taken back, identified
by the lady, and those soldiers of Sher'
| man at once all fired at the negro rid.
| ding his body with bullets. hey ther
buried him in the o and built a caus
| way across his grave and ell tina
| corps of Sherman's army marched ove1
| his body"
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Il

Fayetteville Observer: A c~orrespon-
dent writes hat the Sanford cotton
mill is starting one hundred new
looms. and that weavers are in de-
mand.
President Winston, of the Agricul-
tural and Mechanical college, has made
ARRANGEMENT to accommodate so addl-
tional students in buildings, but says
that is spite of this at least so will
probably have to be turned away dur
ing September. The time has come
when more domitory room is a necessi-
ty.
Winston Sentinel: Six walnut plank,
twelve feet long and about sixteen
inches wide, were loaded on the freight
train from Winston-Salem to North
Wilkersboro, at Sloan yesterday after
noon. The planks were sawed fifty
five years ago by Mr.. Richard Reeves,
of Sloan, for Mr.. Samuel Key, of the
same place, to be used in making a
coffin for the latter. Mr.. Key is now
los years old.
Charlotte Observer: Reidsville, Sep
TENDER 3.-The remains of Mr.. John
Arch Pierce were consigned to the last
resting place in Greenwich cemetery
this afternoon, this being the 55th an
niversay of his birth. A week ago Mr..
Pierce was entirely we'll. Saturday
afternoon Mr.. Pierce suffered a stroke
Of paralysis and was Immediately rem
dered unconscious, and died at 6 O'Clock
last evening. Mr.. Pierce was a most
excellent citizen.
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STATE PRESS.

The cost of the telephone service in
Raleigh is enormous If a business
house has all three telephones, the
cost is heavy INC the nuisance great.
If only two are used, some Of the best
customers with only one telephone is
two-thirds out of business SO far as
t%elephoning is concerned. Many men
in Raleigh refuse to take any telephone
because they cannot afford to take
three. Wanted-One good telephone
system in Raleigh, owned or regulated
by the city.-Raleigh News and Obser-
yer.
The newspapers of h state deplore
the occurrence of lynchings equally as
much as does Governor Aycock, and
if instead of blaming the newspapers
the Governor would lay the response
bility to h courts and the lawyers
he would be nearer right Let the
governor, If it is in his power, take
some stepS-or at least advocate them
that will LEAD to the enactment of
fewer farces in the name of trials in
court, and there will be less ground
for the newspapers to say nothing
else was to be expected" when there
is a lynching. The manner Of trial of
perpetrators of crimes that cause
lynchings is wrong. Who wants to
see the victim of such a crime dragged
in court and forced to repeat h hor-
rible story in Observation-Disclosures
Gazette-Messenger.
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Virginia Constitutional Convention

Richmond. Va. September 5.-The
closing day OF the debate on the pre-
amble and bill Of rights brought an i'm
mense crowd to the constitutional on
vention hall today. The expected
speeches Of Messrs. Flood, Of Appomat-
tox, and Glass, of Lynchburg-the
former in favor Of submitting the new
constitution to the present electorate.
h latter favoring an abridgement of
n electorate,-were made. The gen.
tlemen named are conceded To be the
leaders Of the TWO sides in the V
ton on this proposition. They both
spoke ably and exhaustively.
Several memorials. protesting against
sectarian appropriations and the taxa
ton Of secret orders, and favoring the
Barbour resolution regulating the
liquor traffic. were presented.
Mr.. Quarles. OF Augusta, offered a
motion, which was adopted, extending
the time foy closing the debate
throughout the days session.
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Cold Steel or Death,

There is but one small chance to
saw your life and that is through an
operation" was the awful prospect set
before Mrs. i. B.. Hunt, OF Lime Ridge.
WIS, by her doctor after vainly trying
TO cure her Of q frightful case of stom-
ach trouble and yellow jaundice. He
uldnt count on h marvellous power
OF Electric Bitters to cure Stomach and
Liver troubles, but she heard OF il.
took seven bottles. was wholly cured,
avoided surgeons knife, now weighs
more and feels better than ever. It's
positively guaranteed to cure Stomach,
Liver and Kidney troubles and never
disappoints. Price soc at r r. Bel
lamy'S drug store.
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serene when his hearthstone is violated
by villainy and his dear wife rifed and
murdered. or his prescious daughter as
lsaulted outside and left bleeding and
wounded and perhaps dying. These
things have happened. They will hap
tpen again. Sentimentality will cry IN
fearful tones hold him for jury trial
latter awhile, and compel the victim of
his lust 20 appear before the public
lgaze to tell all about how her ruin was
wrought. a stern sense Of response
bility, a soul burning with passion, a
heart fired by love may say in other
Itones-Punish the villain with swift,
bold, tremendous punishment.
Mr.. r. H. Smith. Of Texas. writes to
the Houston Post in reply to what IT
said" The Texan is indignant and
heated. He writes:
Yes, "a human being endowed with
reasoning powers. meditates, plans and
deliberately executes his fendish deed,
knowing full well the misery, woe and
sorrow he will bring upon his victim,
her relatives, and the whole right
thinking mass OF human beings who
may near OF his dastardly crime.
Burn h rapist at the stake. Yes,
burn him, roast him, grill him, any
thing that can give him the most ex-
treme bodily pain and suffering, and
let the torture be long and slow, and
as painful as man can make it, for he
as "a human being had no tender feel
|ings, no leniency, no sympathy for the
helpless innocent one on whom he made
his assault
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on the End Of September. a tramp al
tempted an assault upon a little SIX
year-oid daughter OF Walter Perry.
He has been caught and IL identified
the talk is lynching.
St Louis is to have a big thing a;
It's fair when it comes Of It will
nave an aerial globe 700 feet high. II
Is to be a marvel. Read as follows:
AT h height of 10 feet will be a
spacious roof garden about one thou
san feet in circumference. This space
will contain two restaurants and two
theatres. At an altitude OF 295 feet
will be a huge coliseum. with walks
around h globe. giving a complete
view Of the grounds" This is but a
part a circus etc, are below.
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a Night or Terror.

Awful anxiety was felt for the wild
|ow Of the brave General Burnham OF
Machias, Me-, when the doctors said
she could not live till morning" writes
Mrs. S. H. Lincoln, who attended her
that fearful night. "All thought she
must soon die from Pneumonia, but she
begged for DR.. Kings New Discovery,
Saying it had more than once saved her
life. and had cured her Of Consump-
ton. After three small doses she slept
easily all night. and its further use
completely cured her." This marvels-
Gus medicine is guaranteed to cure all
Throat, Chest and Lung Diseases.
Only soc and S1.O0. Trial bottles free
at r. r. Bellamy's drug store.
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Turkish Minister Asked to Leave

Paris, September 1.-The result of
Munir Bey. the Turkish ambassador to
France. coming to Paris. in spite of
h rupture of France-Turkish rela-
lions and holding a fete in the most
open way at the Turkish embassy yes
terday in honor of the anniversary OF
h sultan's accession 10 the throne, has
been that the French government sent
him, the same afternoon. a request to
leave France Immediately n Munir
Bey departed for Switzerland that evenI
ing.
Advices received here from Turkey
indicate a disquieting internal situa-
ton. Disorders and military upris-
ings are reported in Armenia, Macedo-
mia and the ~neighborhood of Mecca.
The son of a high functionary was ar
ried off by bridgands near Adrionople
which fought a bloody engagement
with the troops sent against them.
A dispatch from Salonica says that
Nouri Bey, aide de camp Of the sultan,
who was sent to investigate the brig
andage in Albania, has been killed by
Albians.
1t is also said that the Turkish
troops at Prisrend, Albiana and Uskub
are rioting because they have not been
paid.
n. Constans. the French ambassa-
dor to Turkey, had mother conference
with the French foreign minister n
del Case. today. The government -
France is determined TO compel Tur-
Key TO fulfill her entire obligations
Unless the sultan yields shortly he viii
find the bill against him increased by
a number of other outstanding claims
OF Frenchmen which will make an ap-
preciable addition to the sum DOW de-
manded-
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Announcement

To accommodate those who are par
tial to the use of atomizers in apply
ing liquids into h nasal passages for
catarrhal troubles. the proprietors pre-
pare Cream Balm in liquid form,
which VIII be known Is Ely's Liquid
Cream Balm. Price including the spray
ing tube is as cts. Druggists or by mail
The liquid r embodies the medicinal
properties Of the solid preparation.
Cream Balm Is quickly absorbed by the
membrane and does not dry up the Sc
cretions but changes them to a natural
and healthy character Ely Brothers,
SIS warren St., n. Y.
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SNAPSHOTS.

In July asst 1.067 Beers forced into
he British refugee camps died, and
of them $50 were children. That tells
the story Of the infamy practiced>upon
noncombatants.
If you would see the tremendous
trend to vast extravaganza look at the
largest American city, Greater New
York owes s2S7, 100000. the result of
bad government.
Out at Weeping Water. Nebraska,
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Charlotte's Gain I'm Property Values

some interesting figures were given
in T\e Observer a few days ago rela-
tive to the assessed valuation OF tax
able property in Mecklenburg county,
outside the city of Charlotte. The
gain in the county over the assessed
valuation Of 1900 was shown TO be over
100000, n it was said that a very
large gain would be shown in the tax
able values of Charlotte city This gain
is really not very far short OF 81 .0c0, 900.
City Clerk and Treasurer Ethridge
has been industriously engaged on the
tax books for 1901 for some weeks past
and Is now near the end OF the worry
While the computation il not complete
ed, enough is known to show that the
increase in taxable property in Char
lotte viii be about 10 per cent. The tax
valuation IN 1900 was 81, 6O0,0 900. This,
year IL will be in excess OF IS, 900. CO.
The exact figures ann yet be stated
but il viii be between IS, 300, 900 and
sS.590.0oo. It will probably be within
500. 900 OF the $1.000. 900 mark. This re-
markable increase in the tax valuation
Of the city il in a measure an index to
h rapid growth OF Chariotte.@Char-
lotte Observer.
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A Monster Devil Fish

Destroying its victim, is a type OF
constipation. The power of this muir
derous malady is felt on organs and
nerves and muscles and brain. There's
no health till it's overcome. But DR..
Kings New Life Pills are a safe and
certain cure. Best in the world for
Stomach, Liver. Kidneys and Bowels.
Only % cents at r. r. Bellamy's drug
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A Frfghtful Blunder

Will often aus a horrible Burn,
Scald, Cut or Bruise. Bucklen's Arni-
ca Salve, the best in the world, will
kill h pain and promptly heal it.
Cures Old Sores. Fever Sores, Ulcers,
Boils, Felons, Corns, all Skin Erup-
tons. Best Pile cure on earth. Only
25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold
by r r. Bellamy.
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Mr.. L. c. Van Noppen is not G. strang-
er to North Carolina readers Ct Jews
papers. He is an University alumnus
and a native too of this state. He is
the translator of the chief Dutch poem,
1.-The Lucifer." of Vondel. He is, we
think, engaged in preparing a biography
Of that distinguished poet. who is by
no means a John Milton. be it said.
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Wilson county like many others show
a considerable increase in tax valuation.
The aggregate increase in real estate
and personal valuation is s547,973.
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HOME FOLKS.

The number Of deaths in 1890 was
very nearly the same as to the races in
North Carolina. There were 10 ,641
females and 1O.427 males. The average
mortality statistics do not appear.
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The new Presbyterian church at
Monroe 8 $4,000 and is a beautiful
church.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-06-13

NJ. 7. Gratten of Preston, Mimi. Later
ON they have added to their stock of sta:-
lions from the best types of trotting
bred families of large size, which they
have crossed with their Cleveland Bay
and Morgan mares, with view to pro-
ducing coachers and roadsters.
During the years of depression from
1893 to 1893, when it tried mems souls
to continue and when hundreds fell by
the wayside, Fletcher Bros. never lost
heart, but went to work with the prun-
ing knife and systematically cut out
everything a shade off, as we'll as old
stock.
The statistics of the United States
taken one year ago in connection with
the census, shows that III ten years
ending then, the number of horses in
the United States had decreased in
round numbers about four millions and
that the greater part OF it has taken
place in the Middle West, or to be more
precise, in the producing agricultural
states of which the Mississippi river
forms the center, and in consequence
of the total stoppage of all breeding
operations from 1893 to 1899, further
decrease of nearly al equal number
must and will take place within the
next five years or at least up to such
time as the foals OF 1900 will mature
into serviceable horses. The receipts
of native horses in all the great whole
sale markets attained their highest
mark in 1898, and since then have fall
len 10000 to 10000 annually in each
OF said markets. This great reduction
has taken place in the face of constant
ly advancing values of from, Is to 90
per cent to supply the urgent demand
for war purposes in Cuba, the Philip
pines, South Africa and China, the de-
mand from which has been SO great as
to nearly sweep the country of every
cavalry type of horse and army mule.
The foreign demand is steadily grow
ing, and the demand from all parts of
our country in consequence of the great
revival in commercial pursuits, calls
for thousands OF extra horses OF the
best classes to perform the great work
of the cities and manufacturing dis
tricts.