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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14
Ex-President Harrison died at his
home in Indianapolis Wednesday after
noon at 4:45 o'clock.

The Bristol papers are pleased to de-
ny the rumor that the V. l. G. & G. Co.
and the v. & s. w. R. R. Co. will move
to Johnson City, after interviewing the
janitor. ......
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14
w. C. Snapp Injured.

W. G. Snapp was thrown from a car
riage in Atlanta a few weeks ago and
had rib and leg broken. He is now
at home in this city, and is able to gel
around with the aid of crutches.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14
I femb1ing Nerves

Are hungry nerves-nerves that are
starved until they have no vitality left.
They have lost all power to regain their
natural strength and steadiness. You who
are restless, nervous, fdgety, depressed In
spirits, worried, worn-out and sleepless,
should feed your nerves Build them up
and give them new life and strength before
they fail you entirely. Now is the time to
do 1t; and the best food you can use Is
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14

Morgan @. Fitzpatrick, superintend-
emit of public instruction, has our thanks
for his latest report.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14
AT ELIZABETHToN,

A severe windstorm swept over Eliza
bethton Sunday. The oldest citizens
say that it was the strongest wind that
ever blew in this county. Many out
houses and fruit and shade trees were
blown down. The colored Baptist
church was completely wrecked. The
roof was blown from the county Jail
and the walls were practically demol-
ished. Several residences were moved
from their foundations, the tops Of
chimneys were blown off and the roofs
of several barns were dislocated.
Churches were abandoned by congre.
cations who had gathered to worship
and safety sought in the open streets
The roof of the courthouse was il
part torn away, and other public build
ings were damaged.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14
A CYCLONE
Struck Johnson City Last Sunday and Hit
Terrible Blow.

Sttuck Johnson City Last Sunday and Hit
Terrible Blow.
About $3.50 o'clock last Sunday morn
ing Johnson City was visited by a Sc
we're windstorm, With apparently lit
tie preparation and no warning at all
the wind began to blow and things be
gan ts move. Few people kuew the
storm was so severe until it was over.
The wind was blowing about go miles
an hour almost directly from the south.
The damage to johnson City property
will amount to several hundred dollars.
Motives were lost but 14-year- old son
OF Mrs. L. @. White was blown violently
against an electric light pole ON Main
street, breaking his jaw and causing
serious and painful internal injuries.
The water tower at +, A. Stratton's
home was completely wrecked. Two
chimney tops on Col. T. f. Matson's
home were blown off. The postoffice
building was unroofed and the plate
glass front destroyed. Pardues store
was unroofed and one plate glass win.
dow smashed, The house occupied by
Marion Wilson was blown off the foun.
dation. A stable was blown down in
SPOT Ticker" and horse and mule
caught under the debris. A loft full Of
shucks filed the air like flock of birds
Miles of fences and many small out
buildings over the city were blown
down, Several fruit trees in the city
were uprooted and the woodland nortl
of the city was practically cleared al
wide as the path of the storm. 4
chimney was blown off "Builtless" AM
large chicken house almost wrecked
A great many homes were damage,
more or less.
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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14

The funeral services were impress
lively conducted at the M. e. Church,
South, Friday afternoon at o'clock,
by Rev. A. N. Jackson, assisted by
Rev. j. r. Herndon. The pall-bearers
were: S. 9. Williams, A. I. Dosser, G.
d. Friberg, J. Fl. Bowman, M. Jackson,
r. L. Bruner, H. R. Phinney and Jas.
A. Martin. After short and pathetic
service, attended by one of the largest
congregations ever assembled in the
city, the funeral party took the train
for Jonesboro, where the remains were
inferred by the side Of relatives.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14
Sadly Sudden Death.

At o'clock this Thursday morning
the spirit of Mrs. Lula Grisham Ear
nest, beloved and honored wife of Tate
L. Earnest, was called to itsrest beyond
the shadowy vale.
Just two weeks ago Mrs. Earnest
presented TO the family circle tiny,
tender flower to share in a fond moth
er's nourishing love and a fathers ten
der devotion. The mother was recoy-
ering nicely when, like burst of thun-
der from a clear sky, came the words
that Mrs. Earnest was dead. The grim
reaper had smitten the golden chord
and the sweet music of prattling lips
and. cooling babe gave way to funeral
dirge. A fathers heart is broken, d
husbands happiness dispelled, for he
is without solace save in his love and
devotion for four small children and O
tiny babe. A wife and mothers voice
is stilled. her eyes are closed for the
long sleep in the tongueless silence Of
dreamless death.
Mrs. Earnest was 36 years old at the
time Of her death, and, as stated, leaves
a husband, five children and an aged
mother to mourn her sad demise. She
was consistent Christian, an earnest
worker in the M. E. Church (south), &
lady Of most exemplary qualities Of
heart and mind, tender, loving, and
devoted wife and mother, and one and
all will deeply mourn her death.
To the sorely stricken husband an(
motherless little ones we extend oul
extreme sympathy and coincidence, an(
commend them to the loving mercy o
Him who doeth all things we'll.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14

"My nervousness began in childhood,
grew worse at college, and after being in
the ministry some time got so bad that
the least noise or excitement would make
me tremble all over. had sour stomach,
constipation, much severe headache and
was trembly most of the time. DR., Miles
Nervine cured my nervousness and made
me stronger in every way.
REV. B. P. SEARoY La Grange, Ga.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1901-03-14

ments of about $500, 900 worth of lum-
Der in Davidson county and millions
OF dollars worth in the state.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19
For Attacks on President.

WASHINGTON, D c., Sept. IA
Botkin and Bynum,
members of the commission to re-
wise and codify the criminal and
penal laws of the United States,
since the attack upon the life of
the President have been investi-
eating the authorities with a
view to the preparation of a law
making an assault upon thePres-
ident with intent to murder cog
nizable in the courts of the Unit
ed States, and punishable by
death. They have prepared a
draft of bill to be submitted to
congress, making assault upon
the Presidents life a felony and
punishable by death. when the
assault is for the purpose of OBJ
structing the operations of gov
eminent. 1t is believed that this
qualification will have the effec'
of giving the federal courts juris
diction in such cases.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19

in extremis and that deathwould
within a brief time,
but his vitality was surprising
and the sad waiting continued
until after 2 o'clock. At 2:1S a.
No., of Saturday, Sept. IA, 1901,
William Mckinley. President of
the United States, died. the vic
tim of a murderous anarchist.
All the resources of science
were resorted to and the heart
was given all it could bear, but
in vain. The heart was failing
and refused to respond 70 the eff
forts of the physicians. The ex-
perts were in frequent. almost
constant. consultation, but all
they could do was to watch and
hope against hope.
During the evening great
crowds assembled about the jail
in which the assassin is confined,
but they were quiet and orderly
Nearly regiment of troops from
Fort Porter were placed under
arms and the full police reserve
was massed at headquarters.
Vice President Roosevelt was
| in the Adirondacks, 81 mile:
from telegraph station, and The
time of his arrival was uncertain
at an early hour Guides wer'
sent after him into the woods ant
a specia train was held at tn
nearest station to convey him a
once to Albany.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19
M'KINLEY'S BIRTHPLACE.

Creek where special train was
waiting to bear him to Buffalo.
He arrived at 40 o'clock in the
afternoon.
Theodore Roosevelt never APP
peared to better advantage in
his life than when he took the
solemn oath to support and de-
tend the constitution of the Unit
ed States. His every action was
marked by good sense, by digni-
ty, and by touch of that entic-
ing democracy which has made
him the idol of the Rough Riders.
Colonel Roosevelt, the lawyers
of the cabinet say, became the
actual President of the United
States by operation of law as
soon as the the breath left the
body of his distinguished prede-
cessor. These same constitu-
tional lawyers, however. fully
agreed with the traditions of the
government, that the new presl-
dent could not act as such presi-
dent until he had taken the
specified constitutional oath.
For this reason the Cabinet had
arrangedat its early morning
conference to have the ceremony
of taking the oath in the parlo1
of the picturesque home of Ans
ley Wilcox, where the vice-presl-
dent had been a guest when he
was called here by the shooting
of the president. 1t bad been
lexpected that Colonel Roosevelt
should take the oath of office
there as soon as he came tc
town.
The cabinet officers were pres
emit at the house at GAL Delaware
avenue, about a mile south o.
the Miiburn house, where the
president died, but they found
that the new Chief Executive hat
his own.ideas of the proprieties o
] the occasion, which, while they
1 did him infinite credit, did no
harmonic with the plans pre-
pared for him to follow.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19

through the agency of an assass-
ms bullet with the short space
of one human life.
AS the senior member in rank
of the cabinet, upon Mr.. Hays
shoulders also will rest the bur-
den of government OF the great
republic in the short but impor-
tant interval that must elapse
before the Vice-President, under
the terms Of the constitution, as
sumes the cares and responsible
tiles of the great Presidential
office.
The fact that the physicians
had given up all hope caused
much discussion among the pub
lie men in the city OF the proba-
bility of an extra session of cou-
gress, and of early changes IN
the cabinet, but the consensus OF
opinion was that no cabinet
changes or important departures
in public policy were at all like
ly for some time to come, ano
that congress would not be as
sembled until its regular session
in December All the cabinet
the chief diplomatic officials, ane
the heads of important bureaus
according to custom. will tender
their designations to relieve thu
President of embarrassment, bu
it is believed Mr.. Roosevelt
would follow the precedent Sc
by President Arthur, after Gar
fields demise, and request then
to continue in Office.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19

up the steps and spoke to Mr..
Wilcox with a decided frown of
authority. The reason of all
this time was apparent a few
moments later when Mr., Wilcox
fastened to the street and began
rapid explanation with the
Captain of the escort.
1.-The vice-presldent is not a
soldier now" said Mr.. Wilcox,
land he will not consent to be
followed by a military escort.
He did not ask for an escort, and
he directs you otake your men
away"
The captain of the escort, who
were soldiers of the signal corps,
undertook to argue the matter,
and declared that the new presi-
dent was fully entitled to the
protection of the military author
tiles, the catastrophe which hao
deprived the country of one
president being cited as an ample
reason for affording unusual
protection to another. The
captain insisted on his duty in
the matter and pleaded the ord
ers he had received from his SUI
perior officer.
Mr.. Wilcox was private
citizen, and was getting the
worst of the argument, when
Colonel Roosevelt took a hand
and settled the matter with
characteristic .abruptness.
1.-THE vice-president needs nc
protection in the streets of ar
American city from any military
body" exclaimed Colonel Roose-
velt.
/ "Just say to your command
ling officer that l haye revoked
your orders. 1 do not want YOU
men behind me, and I positivel.
decline your escort
/ The vice president had hi
way so far as military escort wa
concerned, but he could no
shake of the police. A mounte'
man on each side accompanies
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19
TRKES THE 0ATH OF OFFICE
Roosevelt Was Sworn and How he Paid His Visit OF Codol-
eufe 10 Mrs. MCKnleu-The New Presidents Democracy.

Upon arriving at the house,
after rapid triumphal progress
from the railroad station, the
Vice President at once announced
that he intended to 60 to the
Milburn house to pay his official
and personal respects, as the
Vice President and subordinate
of the dead man and not as the
Chief Executive.
This touch of sentimentalism
and good taste struck a respon-
sive chord in the members of the
Cabinet, and they followed him
northward for mile to the house
where the dead president lay
before they returned to go
through the solemn ceremony OF
instituting a new president.
Before the taking of the oath
he had stopped at the Wilcox
house for a moment to explain
his change in the plans made by
the Cabinet. While he was talk.
to them he was fully alert to al
his surroundings, and a moment
later, as he almost ran down the
steps leading from the lawn te
the sidewalk, he seemed tt
notice for the first time that he
was being escorted by some
what formidable squadron O
cavalrymen
There was trumpet sigma
which Colonel Roosevelt hat
heard before, but he Responded
with no friendly smile. lnstea'
of that he turned back quickl,
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19
To Kin Roosevelt.

BERLIN, NH, Sept. 14-Learn-
ing that a man who had left here
yesterday for New York had de-
clared that he was on his way to
Washington to kill Vice-Presi-
dent Roosevelt. Chief of Police
Youngeliss telegraphed the chief
of police of New York to look out
for him. The man was a foreign
er. He tried TO buy ticket to
Washington, but could not do so,
and bought one for New York.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19
GAR. PARADE IN CLEVELAND
Half Million People Cheer Old
Veterans in Column

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. p
The feature of yesterdays Grand
Army of the Republic encamp-
ment was a parade which was
viewed by 500, 900 persons. The
veterans awoke to the sound of
reveille, and long before the
hour set for the starting of the
parade they lined the streets and
avenues adjacent to Case and Eu-
cid avenues, where the parade
was formed
Veterans prominent in the af-
fairs of the G. A. r. said it was
the grandest parade and the
greatest day the organization had
ever seen. In seemingly inter-
minable line of blue the various
departments took up their march
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19
ROOSEV6LT'S ROUGH RIDE

SARATOGA. N. Y, Sept. IA
President Roosevelt arrived
at North Creek at 5:21 this
morning. He at once went
aboard the special train there in
waiting and left for Buffalo, ex-
pecting to reach there soon after
l o'clock
Roosevelt was very much ag-
itated upon the receipt of the
news of President Mckinley S
death. The official notification
ofthis fact received by wire from
Washington was handed to him
by Superintendent G. d. Ham
mond of the Delaware q Hudson
railroad.
He had gone into the woods
on a hunting expedition and was
not found by the guides who
were sent in search of him un
til after at 5o'clock last evening,
j when he was found on the sum
nit of Mt. Marcy, ten miles from
the club house where he was
stopping.
He Immediately started for the
club house and there took team
to North Greek and rode all nigh
over the rough mountainou.
! roads through the forest, a dis
lance of IS miles.
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19

BUFFALO. Sept. 14-President
Roosevelt, in taking the oath of
office this afternoon, struck the
keynote of his administration,
pledging himself to carry out the
plans and policies of his prede-
cessor, in the following straight
forward statement.
In this hour of deep and
national bereavement Iwish
to state that it shall be my
aim to continue absolutely
unbrOken the policy of Pres
ident Mckinley for the
peace, and prosperity, and
honor of our beloved coun-
try.
The taking of the oath came
at the end of an arduous and ex'
citing journey covering over 4O(
miles. When notified of the dy
ing condition of President Nc
Kinley, Mr.. Roosevelt was hunt
ing on Mount Marcy. in the
Adirond&cks. twenty-five miles
i from the Tahawas club. The
search for him had taken hours
and he was finally located by ;
posse of guides, who attracted
the attention of the vice-presi
Dental hunting party by mega
phone calls and system of riff
shot signals. Then followed
twenty two mile horseback rid
to the club. a thirty-five mil
drive over a dangerous and pre-
cipitous mountain road to Nortl
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19
Melancholy Tidinss at Washinston-Ad.
ministration Changes.

WASHINGTON, d. G. Sept. H.
The news of the death of Presi
dent Mckinley came as crush
ing blow to the nations capital
Nowhere, perhaps, had the citi-
zens been so full of confidence
in the ultimate recovery of their
beloved President as here, and
the buoyant bulletins of the past
week from the sick bed had lull-
ed them into a faise sense of Sc
curity, which made the shock
terrible when the news that the
Buffalo tragedy would have a fa-
tai ending came to them.
All day long the bulletin boards
were surrounded by crowds wait
ing in suppressed excitement for
the latest word from the Milburn
home, and numerous newspaper
extras were eagerly snapped up.
Little work was done in the great
executive departments, as at the
slightest excuse the clerks drop
ped their pens and turned to talk
IN small, stricken groups OF
the chances that their chief mag
istrate had against death in the
gallant struggle he was making
in the far away city on the lake.
/ The three cabinet officers in
the capital yesterday we're pic
lures of distress. Two days ago
Secretary Hay had left his chief
apparently on the road to recov-
cry, and Postmaster General
Smith. who had left Buffalo even
later, and reached here yester-
day morning, said that when he
came from the Milburn home the
President was. according to his
best information. surely on the
mend. The Postmaster Genera
returned to Buffalo on the IL
train last night. Secretary Hay
had engaged accommodations OF
the New England train, intend
ing to return to his New Hamp
shire summer home for much
needed rest, but cancelled thu
order early in the day, as on hin
devolved important functions a
once on the Presidents demise
He divided his time between tn
state department and his home
waiting for the end, in patien
resignation, prepared for hi
sorrowful duty of conveying t.
the nations of the world in Off
cial form the news of the dennis
) LOT the third American Presiden
The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19
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The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-19

nue.. while in the open carriages
which followed Colonel Roose-
welt were three men who were
recognized at intervals along the
road as popular Buffalo detect
ives.
The visit to the Milburn house
which followed this episode, was
brief as a matter ofcourse. The
vice-president stepped into the
room where Mrs. Mckinley was
and in a few words, with eyes
filed with tears, expressed his
sorrow at her great calamity,
and with becoming tact disap-
peared before the scene became
more trying. AS soon as Col.
Roosevelt had left Mrs. McKin-
ley he fastened again to his car
rage and, still accompanied by
his police bodyguard, drove rap
idly back to the Wilcox residence.
| Soon after arrived the CARR
ages containing the members OF
the Cabinet. Colonel Roosevelt
had preceded them into the
house, and as they stepped under
the folds of the great American
flag already draped with black
he greeted each of them without
ceremony and ushered then into
the parlor.
The official witnesses were the
five members of the Cabinet who
:, are IN town-Secretary Root
, Secretary Long, POSTMASTER
, General Smith, Secretary VIII
son, and Attorney General Knox
l The ceremony of administering
the oath, while extremely brie
i and simple, was undeniably i'm
4 pressive. After a preliminar.
u consultation, Secretary Root
u who was the ranking member o
y the Cabinet on account of tn
absence of Secretaries Hay an
Gage, announced in voice whlc
betrayed the deep emotion h
felt. that the members Of tn
cabinet believed it to be for tn
interest of the government tina
he should take the oath of offic
before doing anything else.
The explanation did not g
into details at all, but it wa
quite we'll understood that it re
ferred to the fact that if anythin
should happen to Mr.. Rooseve
before he had been sworn in &
president it might cast a clou
upon the title OF. Secretary Ha.
who. in such an event, woul
become president under the pre-
idential succession law.
There was no one in the who
assembly whose nerves were az
strained to the breaking poll
by the tragical events of the pr
vious twenty-four hours, and tt
Secretary of War thereto
r. played upon tense chord wht
Oh he said:
I'll "Mr. Vice President, | am
;" quested by all the members
90 the Cabinet who are present
III Buffalo, including all but two
NC the Cabinet, to request that #
reasons of weight affecting Il
administration of the governme
X you proceed without delay
DE take the oath of Office of {
=. President of the United State
~ AS the Secretary of War co
Guided there was o little rus,
among the people present wifi
40 showed the grave character
IS, the occasion.
~ AS the repetition of the Ga
81 was concluded Theodore Roos
n welt became by this simple
vested with full power as Pre-
do dent of the United States
Nc America.
lie