The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-06-19
TAFTS LOADED
WITH PRESENTS
Many Come FrOm Foreign
Countries.
STACKED Iii RED rOOM

oliver Wedding Anniversary celcbre.
tlen Tonight viii &c Unique In
Anrals Of captal--Whlsa Housp
ard croundo Laviahly Decorated
For Occasion - Five thousand
Guests viii Drink Punch While
Marine Band Dsoouroes Music.
Washington, June l9.-Fclks in
Washington are awakening to the
fact that the Taft Wedding reception
at tho White House tonight is going
to be unique in the annals of the ma
tional capital. Thousands Of tho
curious stood along the high iron
fence enclosing the grounds of the
executive mansion. while dozens of
workmen strung miles of wire around
the lawns and gardens and sCckctod
tie thousands OF olc7tric lights that
VIII shed their radiance on the 5000
sues,3 expected to attend the furc-
tion.
"a man has one silver wod,ling an
niversary," said tho president in
chatting with a friend. It is with this
in his mind that Mr.. Taft has given
orders that everything possible he
done to add to the pleasure of the
thousands Of guests who will greet
him tonight and that has caused him
TO exercise personal supervision over
many details OF the arrangements for
the occasion
Outlined In Fire.
The illumination of the White
House and grounds will be the most
elaborate ever attempted Tho his.
turic structure itself will he outlined
in streaks Of fire, thousands OF incan.
desccni lamps will glow in tho oaks
and Gins, strung about the executive
mqnsion. flooding the lawns with
light. and searchlights on the roof
OF the state. war and navy buildings
will throw colored beams of light on
the playing fountain directly n front
Of the great portccocherc OF the
White House.
Practically all the prelminaries
have been completed. TIE lawns
have been newly clinred the trees
and shrubbery trimmed. the stand for
the Marine. band completed and the
covered canopy under which pro5i-
cent and Mrs Taft will stand TO re-
ceive their guests hns been erected.
Dozens Of tables scattered 1amnng the
trees viii boar Howls Of punch and
light refreshments. On the lnwR the
Marine band will play. In tho east
room the EnGineers hand will serve
the dancers, II viii he a long rcmcm-
bered outdoor fcte II the fckla wealth.
er CT Washington holds kinl and
trrc.
The presents Of silver will com
prise the finest Gisplav that Washing.
tor has ever seen. Thoy arc banked
in the red room Of the White House
and the pile grows higher and higher
every hour Some OF these gifts have
come from foreign countries, but tho
gcft majority Ct thom were ciycn by
frio'Gs in WASHINGTON.
First Of Their Kind.
Those presents which were sent by
organizations are particularly hand
some The set presented by the
United States senate the three dozen
silver plates from the house and the
silver service from the United States
suprere court arc tlo first gifts ever
made by tiese hndies to an inIlvid.
ual, be he rrosijolt or private citi-
zen.
From Cincinnati. the home Of the
Tafts. have como numerous gifts.
The Commercial club Of that city.
which is on hand in a body to attend
the celebration, has sent a gorgeous
collection Of silver The people of
Maryland have presented silver
punch bowl. tray and ladle. while
many organizations have remember
od the distinguished couple with
gifts. The members of the cabinet
sent individual presents, as have
many others in Washington ntlmato-
~ associated with the Taft admins
tra,ion.
The Washington correspondents
sent solid silver fruit dish and the
Gridiron club q solid silvor pitcher
and waiter Tho army officers Of
Washington who served in the Phil.
ippines sent a unique silver piece.
The celebration began at noon,
when the president was entertained
at Cheyychase by tse Commercial
club Of Cincinnati This party reach
cd the city this morning on special
lrain.
The invitation list is interesting.
II includes in all nearly 5000 reople,
some Of them from the Pacific coast.
First Of all the president invited all
the surviving members of tho fami-
lies Of i""mor presidents Of the Unit
cd States beginning with Rahert T.
Lincoln, son of President Lincoln.
Then MIR, and Mrs Taft iayited the
class Of Yale '7s, of which the presl,
dent Is member, and the members
Of the Skull and Bones society OF
Yale.
ouarrelsd over Dime.
East Liverpool, o. June 10. - Guy
Alexander, 30. of GEORGETOWN, Pa, Is
dying in the city hospital hore with
a bullet imbeddod in his rigft sldc,
and John w Porter, 40 married Is
in the Beaver county jail, having