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The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Inauguration of President Roosevelt.
Washington correspondence:

Washington correspondence:
Theodore Roosevelt has been duly
inaugurated President of the United
States. He pronounced the oath of Of
fee with impressive solemnity as he
stood before the white-haired Chief
Justice on the Capitol plaza Saturday
afternoon. and then reverently kissed
the Bible opened before him. That
was the final act of the making of q
President, after the people had ex-
pressed their will at the polls more
than four months before and the cleo
toral college had declared the will of
the people In Congress three months
later. There were intermediate steps
and many formalities, but this simple
act of the taking of the oath to pre-
serve, protect and defend the consti-
tuition of the United States was the
eliminating act by which Theodore
Roosevelt placed the crown of authoi
ity upon his head and became the chic
executive of over 76,OO0,uO people.
1t falls to comparatively few people
to behold such spectacle as that
which those on the plaza saw before
them as the President took the oath
of office. In front, acres and acres of
humanity, with upturned faces. In
trees and upon The ornamental lamp
posts decorations of human form and
shape. Clambering over the statuary
which graces the portico of the grand
est Of all national statehouses, hun
dreds Of adventurous youths and men,
High upon the noble dome, peering
over hazardous lodges, peeping out
from every portfolio in tie glass roof.
still other representative of Ameri-
cans who will see or die.
In the background of this vast pic
ture the beautiful library of Congress,
At monument TO the artistic and edu-
cational instincts Of a people who es-
corted to the executive chair their
twenty-scventh President in a little
more than hundred years of national
life-a library which takes first rank
In all the world of beauty of archi-
lecture and adornment Surrounding
this building. the pride of the national |
capital, and in every direction as far
as vision goes, could be seen the CLINT |
of steel. the flying name of cavalry
horses, the simmer of the uniforms |
of the troops, Federal and State, alike
prepared to defend the common coun-
try, but waiting in patience to do es-
cort honor.
The inspiring program was carried |
out In all of Its interesting details. In
the swift panorama Of the day fol-
lowed in succession the stately presf- |
Dental procession from White House
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
THE INAUGURAL BALL.
Event Whose Name Is Misleading, a
Scene of Lavish Sp1endor.

SCcue VI l6N1Su SpleuuOTs
The inaugural ball, held in the pension
building at night, was the final great
feature of Inauguration day. This ball
which is not a ball, by the way; only Il
grand spectacle on the most eXtrayagant
scale-dimmed the glories of all it's pred
ecessors. 1t was the dream of thousands
crystallized into life and light, color and
rhythm. 1t filled many a fair woman's
cup of ambition brimming full and rum
ming over. 1t lowered many blameless
man with a happy, ever present boast
for all his remaining days. 1t filed
thousands of hearts with memories that
will be cherished proudly to the tomb.
The scene of these splendors was the
great pension building, which is generous
enough to encompass n city square; and
tall enough to swallow sky scraper.
In its center is court large enough to
hold church. spire and all, and the
court is surrounded by endless colonnades
rising tier above tier.
This hall, with gigantic proportions be-
fitting the great republic, was draped
with wilderness OF flowers and green's
and flags and gay stuffs, and the whole
flooded with the dazzling radiance of a
myriad of electric lights. Southern ivy
ran riot in delicate traceries. Evergreen
ropes circled the hall in curving PEN
dants. Palms of many kinds reared their
fronded heads in lofty pride above ferns,
bays and lesser plants. while genestas
lent their yellow blossoms and spyrea
japonicas their white plumes to the maze
of color.
Probably no more beautiful scene was
ever witnessed in America than the ball
room presented. 1t was dream of
light effects and flowers. More than 1O0,-
600 roses and a quarter of n million car
nations and spring blossoms were re-
quired to carry out the ambitious designs
of the decorators.
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the artists endeavored to initiate a
beautiful Italian sky. The color scheme
was bright on the first floor, to add
as much as possible to the effect of
brilliancy. The color was softened as
the decorators worked upward, until
by degrees it gave an open-air effect at
the top.
All along the balconies We're strips
of laurel, caught up with wreaths. In
front of the first balcony, at tho top
of the columns, were placed large
placques of azalias and other brilliant
flowers, with vines and green's radiat-
ing therefrOm. Here and there were
pendant baskets of ferns.
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to Capitol. escorted by troops; the in

to Capitol, escorted by troops; the in
stallatior OF Mr.. Fairbanks as Vice
President and the new Senators: the
taking of the solemn oath of office by
Mr.. Roosevelt OF the Capitol front; the
delivery of the inaugural address be-
fore the great host of the sovereign
people; the gorgeous parade through
WashingtOn's avenues, spangled with
flags. and lined with cheering thous-
ands, and the review of the marching
battalions by the President in front of
the executive mansion. Fireworks
b8azed gloricusly at night, and in the
magnIficently decorated pension build
ing youth and beauty, official power
and political fame united in the bril-
liant inauguration ball as a crowning
demonstration.
This years Inauguration day was
perhaps the most notable and spectac-
ular event of its kind in the history of
the nation. The popularity of Presi-
dent Roosevelt was expressed at the
polls: 1t was demonstrated in pictur-
esqueness and enthusiasm in connec-
ton with his taking the oath of office.
1t seemed fitting that q record-break
ing President should nave q record
breaking Inauguration. In splendor it
eclipsed the best OF the past and the
crowds were larger than ever before.
Every estimate placed the number of
visitors above 100000. The highest
previous record is 10000 The capac-
ity of Washington to entertain a crowd
was taxed to the limit, and some
had to pay dear for their entertain
ment Some rooms brought $40 for
the day.
The most imposing, If not impress
sive, portion Of the Inaugural ceremo-
MES undoubtedly took place in the
United States Senate chamber, and
was witnessed by 1000 people. This
was the swearing in Of the new Vice
President and the Inauguration of the
Senate for another term of Congress.
These ceremonies We're very simple in
themselves, but the formality with
which they were invested, their exclu-
siyeness and the gathering of distin-
guished men made ii an occasion of
peculiar interest.
There were gathered all that is con-
sidered great in a republic. There were
the representatives of the highest leg
islative bodies in the world. the SEN
ate and House of Representa- tives of
the United States; there was the high
est tribunal in the world, the Supreme
Court of the United States; there were
men who would hold the highest cleo
tive Offices in the world, the President
and Vice President of the United
States of America.
In addition there were the represen-
tstives Of every civilized government
Oh the face of the earth gathered to do
honor to the administration of the
United States. There We're also gath
cred wealth beauty and brains of the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Goes to Prison to kin Murderer.

John Wilhelm of South Bend, Ind, who
was sent to the Michigan City prissn to
serve sentence for stealing, confided to
comrade that he wished to go to the Michi
gan City prison to avenge the death of his
wife by killing her slayer who is serving
life sentence there. Mrs. Wilhelm several
years ago was murdered near Indianapo-
lis by Bill Mallady of Indianapolis, who
was sent to prison for life. Wilhelm says
he stole in the hope that he would get near
enough to Mallady in prison to strangle
him
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Going to Mount Calvary.

A dispatch from London says: General
Booth Of the Salvation Army, started on
his first visit to Jerusalem, where he will
hold an open air meeting on Mount Cal
vary. Thence the general will 60 to Aus
tralia and New Zealand on farewell visit
Hundreds Of Salvationists gathered at
Victoria Railroad station and bid the gen.
eral an enthusiastic goodbye.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
THE PRESIDENTS OATH.

The Obligation Which Mr.. Roosevelt
Took Saturday.
The oath of office taken by the in
coming President of the United States
Is the shortest and the simplest required
of any ruler on earth. 1t is prescribed
by the Constitution, and is as follows:
81 do solemnly swear Tor affirm that
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Offers 81, 900 for BIN rhief.

The lower house Of tie Missouri Leg
islature has unanimously adopted a reso-
luton offering $1,000 reward for the ar
rest Of the person or persons who stole
the original Of the amended bill passed
by the House repeating the breeders law
and prohibiting pool selling on horse
races.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Cook Gets Life Sentence.

The jury in the case of the Sandersor
murder. at Bluffton, Ind, returned yer.
dict finding the defendant, William Cook
guilty. His punishment was fixed at i'm.
prisonment for life. The Jury was Oui
twelve hours.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Big Steamer Burns.

Advices from Lake Providence, La
state that the steamer Delta, owned by the
Arkansas River Packet Company, burned
at Hayward Island. All passengers were
rescued. The boat was valued at $4,000
1t is not known what cargo was carried
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Boy Is Boiled in Creo.ote,

In rush to get to lunch, Walter Net
tleton of Grand Marais, Mich, aged
16, fell into a vat Of boiling logs in
creosote. With weather below zero and
his body literally cooked from the waist
down, he ran home one mile and died.
He refused to be carried to save his
father the shock
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
FEATURES OF INTEREST
CONCERNING PEOPLE, PLACES
AND DOINGS OF THE WORLD. ::
Courts and Grimes, Accidents and
Fires, Labor and Capital, Grain,
Stock and Money Markets.

Died on Ga1Iows to Save Brother.
Crying and beating his head against the
walls of his cell, Adolph j. Bloch, for
merly of Philadelphia, is in the county Jail
at Washington, Pa, charged with the same
murder for which his brother was hanged
in Allentown several days ago. Bloch,
who for the past three months has worked
as boss shearman in a mill at CanOnS-
burg under the name of John White, has
confessed that he was murderer, and
asked that the sheriff be called to take him
in charge. He was given a preliminary
hearing before Justice Magill and COM
mitted to the county Jail to await orders
from Allentown. Eugene B. Bloch was
hanged February 2S for the brutal murder
of Mrs. Falsezinger at Allentown August
6, 1908. He died protesting his innocence,
claiming that man whom he did not
know had cut the throat of the woman and
that he had tried to save her and was found
beside the corpse by the police. 1t is said
Eugene knew his brother was the murderer
but died rather than incriminate him. Re-
Gently while in mill fellow workman
of Block was reading a paper aloud and
came to the story of the hanging. White,
as Bloch had been known, cried out that
he had killed the woman and collapsed,
SAYING that he had not known that his
brother had ever been arrested for the
crime, much less convicted and hanged.
Terrible Wreck on the Pennsylvania.
Seven persons were killed and probably
fifty injured in terrific rear-end collision
on the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad at Clifton Station, eight miles
from Pittsburg, Pa. One special ccntain-
ing battalion of the Ohio National
Guard with ladies and officers stopped on
account of hot box. Before flagman
could be sent back a special following,
containing the members of the TippecanOe
Club, their wives, sisters and sweethearts,
crashed into the first train. The second
train was running about fifty miles an
hour and the impact was terrific. The To-
comotive ploughed through the rear Pull
man and into the forward cars, leaving
death and terrible injury in its wake.
While the cries Of the injured and dying
rent the air the wreck took fire and three
of the cars of the first train and two of the
second were consumed.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Munroe Suffers a Big Fire Loss.

The village of Munroe, located five miles
south Of Decatur, Ind, on the Grand Rap
ids and Indiana Railroad, was practically
destroyed by fire which made such rapid
headway that it was impossible to check
1t with the inadequate fire equipment that
was obtainable. Losses are estimated at
from $4,000 to $4,000.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
New Revolution in Sam Domiuxo.

An attempt has been made to assas-
sinate President Morales of San Do
mingo. Washington regards the news as
indicating the outbreak of a new revolu-
ton, and American marines may be
la1dod
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Avalanche Fatal tn Six.

A dispatch from Innsbruck, Austria,
states that six children were killed by ar
avalanche which overwhelmed the house
of peasant near Ausser VilIgraten.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Kaieer Give. to Harvard.

Prof. Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard
university has announced that the Ger.
man emperor had presented to Harvard
that part of the German exhibit at the
st. Louis exposition which represents
the social ethics of Germany.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
Children Killed Playing With Powder
Safe Blowers Escape.

Safe crackers entered the general store
and postoffice of Hiram Jeioffe, at Nauga-
tuck, near Westport, Conn.,, blew open the
safe and secured large sum of money.
The cracksmen escaped on train.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09
To Stop Sports in California.

Sacramento (Cal.) special: The assem-
bly,, by vote of 43 to 20, has passed the
Espy bill prohibiting pool selling or wag-
ering On horse race and providing fine
The Ralston anti-prize fight bill has been
passed by the senate, on reconsideration.
by vote of 25 to IL. The measure now
goes to the assembly,
Children Killed Playing With Powder
Three children of Mrs. L. H. Bechnel
living in Plaque Mine Parish, just below
New Orleans, La, were killed while play
ing with a keg of powder and lighted
candle in their home. The children, Ar
thur, aged IA, Sidney, aged II, and Oliver.
aged 8, were literally blown to pieces. The
house was wrecked.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-03-09

Health and cheerfulness make beau
ty@Cervantes.
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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-11-17

ton, to the disregard and neglect OF
the vastly more important problem OF
building men at home, and creating q
citizenship which win be an enduring
national foundation forever, and en-
larging our home markets, which will
be unaffected by any foreign complica-
tons or trade disturbances.
The attention of our people of late
has been so much absorbed by the
problems of our export trade, that we
overlook the fact that the United
States today manufactures annually a
product aggregating in total value the
combined manufactured product of
the three other greatest manufacture
ing nations of the world England,
France and Germany, and we con-
sumo ninety-two per cent of our entire
annually manufactured products at
home.
Create Farm Homes.
And if every farm In the United
States were cut In two, and a new
home created on ii 80 that the number
of farm homes, and the capital In
vested in, and labor devoted to agri-
culture throughout the entire United
States, were thus doubled. the result
would be an enlargement of our popu-
lation, our home market for manu-
features, and our power as Il nation,
almost beyond the power of the imag-
nation to picture to the mind.
1t is to the development of its vast
agricultural resources and the creation
Of a closely settled population of far
merS and gardeners, who will Guilt
vate the soil by the most intensive
methods, that the Middle West must
look II II is to achieve its full destiny
Ia wealth, power and population.
The resources Of the great territory
extending westward from the crest of
the Allegheny Mountains to the one
hundredth merchandise edge Of the
arid region--and from the sources Of
the Mississippi River on the north to
its outlet to the Gulf on the south. are
so largely agricultural that 1t offers
the ideal section OF the earth for the
development of a nation along the
lines Of Japanese development, with
a preponderating rural population.
There is 10 other section or the
worlds surface where latent agricul-
tural resources OF such inexhaustibla
richness and extant lie practically un-
developed.
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nor military equipment. nor manu-
featuring skill. Western nations will
fail fully TO grasp the secret of the
dynamic intensity of Japan today, and
will dangerously underestimate the
formidable possibilities of the Greater
Japan-the Dai Nippon-of tomorrow,
until they begin to study seriously the
agricultural triumphs of that empire.
For japan, more scientifically than
any other nation, past or present, has
perfected the art Of sending the roots
Of its civilization snduringly into the
SOIL
Progressive experts Of high author
ity throughout the Occident now adj
NIT that in all the annals of agri-
culture there is nothing that ever APP
preached the scientific skill OF Sunrise
husbandry. Patient diligence, with
knowledge Of the chemistry of soil and
the physiology of plants, have yielded
results that have astounded the most
advanced agrlculturists IN Western
nations"
The Safe Foundation.
The creation of the conditions above
described under which the people Of a
nation are rooted to the soil I'm homes
VI AAAIAA wv II VII AAAE AtlAlAtg ~ AaVA WHY
good craftsmanship and the highest
patriotism, but it is the only safe foun-
dation for an enduring national
structure.
To ignore and neglect this founda-
ton while we build battleships, equip
armies and annex Islands and dig
Isthmian canals, is as fatal a mistake
as it would be to build a twenty-story
skyscraper in Chicago without any
foundation but the mud of Lake
Michigan.
We need not muster out our armies,
nor dismantle our battleships nor
eyacuate the Philippines, nor stop
work on the Isthmian Canal, but the
fact remains, as clear as the sun from
an unclouded sky at monday, that the
attention Of our people as nation il
riyeted on our ma yal and military af-
fairs and sch mes. of foreign exploita-
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The olive IN .America.

The annual output Of olive oil in
California is about 10000 gallons: OF
pickles 100000 gallons. The imports
to the country Of oil amount to about
l,26O,O0O gallons per year and OF
pickles to 2,116 gallons. The olive was
introduced into California 1856 years
ago, which is bad showing for use
Of native olive oil, especially when
it is acknowledged to be the superior
of all foreign oils.
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ton from Japan has not yet been
learned, and when President Roose-
welt fails to see it,and demands only
more battle ships, as the lesson of the
great sea fight which has Just been
fought, he unfortunately diverts the
minds of the people of this couRtry
from facts of supreme and overshad-
owing Importance, which should be
burned into the public mind as by u
stroke Of lightning from every victory
won by the japanese.
That lesson IS the profoundly Inn
portant fact that the Japanese man,
the unit Of her national strength, is
the product Of a mode of life and an
environment which combines the
physical atrength which comes only
from the rural life-from living next
to nature-with the mental activity
and keenness which come from con-
stH1t contact with his fellowmen-the
community life.
a Nation Of Gardeners.
The japanese are not a nation of
farmers, as we understand the word.
They are a nation Of gardeners.
There Is neither isolation nor conges-
tion in their life. They dwell, the
great majority of them. not In great
cities but in closely settled rural CONE
munities The ranch and the tene-
ment are alike foreign to the life of
the Japanese
The greatprinclple that mustcontrol
our own national development hence
forth is that the land shall be subdi.
vided into the smallest tracts from
which one mans labor will sustain
family in comfort, and that every
child, boy or girl, in the public schools
should be so trained in those schools
that 1t will know how to till such a
tract Of land for livelihood.
In other words. let us reproduce in
this country the conditions SO well
described in an article from the Book
lovers Magazine for August, 1904.
from which we quote the following
While japan is cannonadingi its way
to rank with Christian powers as
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| fifty million figure; 1t has stacked III
| gold in its treasury, has created Q
great merchant marine, has captureda
growing share OF European commerce
has already outmarshaled commercial
America on the Pacific, has crowded
| it's cities with roaring factories, and
has given costly and triumphant equip
ment to its aggressive fleets and regi.
ments. And it has accomplished all
this out of the profit Of harvests
CLEANED from farm area scarcely
large enough to afford storage room
for the agricultural machinery in use
in the United States"
Could there be a more striking proof
of the oft-quoted words of David Starr
Jordan, that;
stability of national character goes
with firmness OF foot-hold on the
soil"
Comparison Of Areas.
Now compare Japan and its devel-
opment with the possibilities of deyRl-
opment in the Middle West.
The area of all the islands compr1s-
ing the Empire of Japan is la, $50
square miles; of this only 10000
square miles is available for agrlcult-
ure, for every available acre In that
country is cultivated.
The total combined area of Wiscon-
sin, Illinois and Indiana is 146,360
square miles, and 1t is safe to say chat
considerably more than half of this
area--probably more than two thirds
Is capable Of as close q cultivation.
and Of sustaining as dense a popula-
ton per square mile as the cultivated
area Of Japan.
The water with which to irrigate 1t
now runs TO waste. The water which
Chicago turns into her drainage canal,
instead of producing agricultural
wealth by Irrigating the lands Of Illi-
nois, produces law suits with ST Louis
because II runs to waste past that
city to the Gulf Of Mexico
The time will come when irrigated
agriculture In the Middle West viii
absorb every drop OF water falling
within that territory.
And when the irrigation canals and
the irrigated farms OF the Middle
West win dry up the Ohio and the
Mississippi rivers, Just as irrigation
IN the West has dried up Tulare Lake
IN California, and is rapidly drying up
the Great Salt Lake in Utah. the