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Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, February 4, 1901.
CLOSING SCENE TODAY.
Queen's Body Will Be Placed In Mausoleum at Frogmore
BESIDE HER HUSBAND'S REMAINS.
King, Emperor William, Royal Family and Royal Servants Will Walk Behind the Coffin to Its Last Resting Place—Services Will Be Public.
LONDON, Feb. 4.—According to the official program of today's ceremony the coffin, preceded by the bishop of Winchester and the dean of Winchester, will be borne by non-commissioned officers of the Guards from the Albert Memorial chapel and placed on the gun carriage. A guard of honor of the Queen's company of the Grenadier Guards, with the band of the regiment, will be drawn up facing the chapel and will present arms. The procession will move off in the following order:
The Queen's company with arms reversed.
The governor and constable of Windsor castle, the Duke of Argyll.
Highlanders and pipers.
Royal servants.
Band of the Grenadier Guards.
The bishop of Winchester and the dean of Windsor.
The lord chamberlain and the lord steward.
The gun carriage, supported by the late queen's equerries and household and flanked by the same officers as appeared in Saturday's ceremony in London.
Following the coffin will walk King Edward, the King of the Belgians, Prince Henry of Prussia and all the royal personages, including Queen Alexandra and the princesses with the exception of a few who left England yesterday. These will be accompanied by their suites.
The route will be through the Norman gateway, across the Quadrangle, through the George IV archway, down Long Walk, through the lodge and then from Long Walk to the mausoleum. The entire route from the George IV archway to the gates of the mausoleum will be lined with troops under the command of Colonel Napier Miles of the First Life Guards. The queens' pipers will play from the gates to the mausoleum itself. On arriving there, the Queen's company will open outward, and form in double rank on the steps of the mausoleum.
The choir will meet the funeral cortege on the steps. The Highlanders, pipers and servants on their arrival will go straight into the mausoleum and take up the positions allotted to them.
Then the coffin will be carried into the mausoleum, preceded by the choir and clergy. The members of the royal family on entering will take places on each side of the sarcophagus, the royal household standing in the transept on each side.
The whole of the castle will be kept clear. From the George IV archway to the Long Walk gates will be under the control of the lord steward and the office of the works, which will issue tickets of the admission. The portion of Long Walk over which the procession will move will be under the direction of the mayor of Windsor.
All concerned, including the mourners, will walk. A large force of London police has been requisitioned to keep order, and the spectacle will be very impressive, bands playing marches until the mausoleum is reached.
After that the ceremony will be private, as there is only room for the mourners and the clergy. The choir will sing Sir Arthur Sullivan's anthem, "Yes, Though I Walk," the hymn "Sleep Thy Last Sleep," and Tennyson's "The Face of Death is Turned Towards the Sun of Light," set to music by Sir Walter Parratt.
The Duke of Aosta, the Crown Prince of Sweden and Norway, Duke Robert of Wurtemburg, the Prince of Hohenzollern, the Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenbourg, Prince Ardulf of Bavaria, Prince John of Saxon and other dignitaries left for their homes yesterday.
Lord Salisbury has gone to Windsor to remain until after the interment.
Memorial services, pulpit references and touching scenes occurred again yesterday throughout the United Kingdom, while from all quarters of the globe have come innumerable telegrams describing how Saturday was kept. Wherever a few British were together their ordinary labors were abandoned for religious services, and the thoughts were turned toward the bier of Victoria. Throughout India the natives have given unmistakable proofs of their veneration for the queen and their sorrow in her death.
Emperor Francis Joseph and the members of the imperial family attended the memorial service in Vienna and the Japanese diet adopted a resolution of condolence.
The morning papers are filled with records of these tributes and are wholly given up to elaborate pictorial and literary descriptions of Saturday's scenes.
It is understood that Emperor William will remain for the reading of Queen Victoria's will, which is in her own handwriting, and is a most voluminous document, including every detail of the funeral pageantry as she seems to have anticipated that she would die at Osborne House.
The kaiser will then go direct to Cromberg to give his mother, Dowager Empress Frederick, a full account of the ceremonies.
Invitations to Electrocution.
NEW YORK, Feb. 4.—Warden Johnson of Sing Sing prison yesterday sent out invitations to those whose presence is desired at the electrocution of Lorenzo Priori, convicted of murdering Vincenzo Garagni in New York on Dec. 11, 1898. Among those invited are a number of physicians. Execution will take place in the death chamber in the state prison here at 6 o'clock Wednesday morning.
The murder was the result of a quarrel over a game of cards. Priori was to have been put to death three weeks ago, but a reprieve was granted by Governor Odell.
THE WATER TESTS.
Reports Received by Mayor Brown from State Board of Health.
Mayor Charles F. Brown to-day received from the state board of health the report on the samples of water recently sent to the board for analysis. The following is a summary of the report:
Specimen No. 1, from Garfield-st., was marked "fair quality;" specimen No. 2, from 73 Homer-ave., "satisfactory quality;" specimen No. 3, from Frost's house, Tompkins-st., "satisfactory quality;" specimen No. 4, from Benton's lumber yard, "satisfactory quality;" specimen No. 5, city water, "excellent quality."
The report concluded as follows: Water marked No. 2, Homer-ave., No. 5, City water, and No. 1, Garfield-st. must all be considered first class water bacteriologically speaking. Water marked "No. 3 Frost's" shows too large a number of bacteria to the cubic centimetre to be considered a first class water, but can hardly be condemned on this account as there is no evidence of fecal contamination, and the bacteria present are harmless saprophytes.
ACCIDENTAL POISONING.
Little Girl Took Strychnine Pills Intended for Her Mother.
Lucy Higgins, the 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Higgins, 25 Hamlin-st,, died Saturday morning at about 7 o'clock from eating sugar-coated strychnine pills for candy the afternoon before. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the house, burial in McGraw.
The pills which she accidentally ate were left for Mrs. Higgins who had been ill with grip. The box, which was on a shelf, contained more than a dozen one-fortieth grain strychnine pills. When the discovery was made that she had been eating these, only one was left in it. This was about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Dr. F. W. Higgins was called, but before he reached the house the little girl was in convulsions. The first one lasted three hours. Dr. Reese was called in consultation, but nothing availed, for as soon as one convulsion passed she went immediately into another, till about 7 o'clock Saturday morning when she died.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
According to The Medical Record the grip, or influenza, as it was formerly called, is, all things considered, "the most insidious and dangerous disease which attacks civilized races." No specific for the malady is known, according to this authority, and its onslaughts are not to be effectually guarded against. The disease takes so many forms that it cannot be treated on any general principles, but each case has to be made a special study. Herein lies the extreme peril of attempts at self medication, and there is reason for believing that many patients suffer more from the effects of drugs unwisely chosen by themselves or other amateurs in the healing art than they do from the influenza. The best preventive measures are to strengthen and brace up the system by living an active, healthy life and especially by avoiding the badly ventilated and overheated rooms which are characteristic of American homes and public and semi-public buildings. On the first suspicion of an attack the sufferer should consult a physician and be guided by reason and clinical experience. These teach rest in bed, the avoidance of drastic agents and above all the curbing of the desire to leave the sickroom until after the seeds of the disease are entirely eliminated from the system. As in the case of all contagious maladies, thorough ventilation is a prime desideratum. "While influenza," adds The Medical Record, "is a self limited disease and mild and uncomplicated cases may safely be left to the resources of nature, it is unfortunately true that the disease has to a greater extent than any other the faculty of attacking some weak spot in a person's armor; hence complications are numerous and in virtue of the complications and sequelae often prove disastrous. The most common complications and sequelae, it is superfluous to remark, are respiratory affections of which pneumonia is the most fatal."
◘ Several governors in their messages have recommended laws against the sale of cigarettes. They are likely, however, to run into the old difficulty which intervenes between the enactment of a law and its enforcement.
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MR. WILLIAM R. RANDALL.
Death of One of Cortland's Oldest and Best Known Residents.
Mr. William Randolph Randall passed away at his home on Main-st. last night at about 5 o'clock. He had been failing in health for a number of months, his naturally strong and robust constitution gradually giving away with advancing years. But during the last few weeks there had been an aggravation of an old trouble and this doubtless hastened the end.
The Randall family traces its ancestry back to the period of the Norman conquest of England in 1066. It first appears in the celebrated "Dome's Day Book" of William the Conqueror in the assignment of lands to individuals. The first member of the family to come to this country was William Randall who settled in Scituate, Mass., in April, 1635.
Mr. William Randall, father of Mr. William R. Randall, was a native of Stonington, Ct., where he was born May 3, 1782. In 1793 with his family he moved to Brookfield, Madison Co., N. Y., where he first engaged in business with his younger brother Roswell. In 1812 the two brothers moved to Cortland and established a store, carrying on a large and constantly increasing business. Here Mr. Randall laid the foundation of his fortune, investing somewhat largely in land. When the partnership between himself and his brother was dissolved they both continued the business separately. William erected the large brick store which was afterward used as the office of the Randall bank and later of the Cortland Savings bank, and Roswell built the "Eagle" store from which, by remodeling, the present Squires building was constructed. Mr. William Randall in 1820 built the house on Main-st. now owned by Mr. Clayton E. Rowley. He afterward sold it to his brother Roswell, and in 1828 began the erection of the house at the corner of Main and West Court-sts., which has so long been the family residence.
In 1815 Mr. Randall married Betsey Bassett, daughter of Joshua and Lydia (Lawrence) Bassett of Cortland. Three children were born to them: William Randolph on Aug. 14, 1816; Antoinette, afterward Mrs. Edward Huntington, and Miss Wilhelmina Randall. The death of Mr. Randall yesterday was the first break among this family of three children.
Mr. Wm. R. Randall was born in a house that stood on the corner of Main and West Court-sts. before the erection of the present residence, and which was afterward moved away to form part of the present Kremlin hotel. His education was begun at the Homer academy. From there he went to the Pompey academy and prepared for college. In 1833 he entered Hobart college and finished his freshman year there. The next year he entered the sophomore class of Yale college and was graduated with the famous class of 1837. Among his classmates were William M. Evarts, Morrison R. Waite, Samuel J. Tilden, Benjamin Sillman, Edwards Pierrepont, and others who became eminent in their special callings. Bayard Taylor was either his classmate or in a nearby class and was Mr. Randall's guest when he lectured in Cortland. Mr. Randall was graduated on his 21st birthday and held a high rank in his class.
After the death of his father, which occurred Dec. 23, 1850, Mr. Randall founded the Randall bank, which he successfully conducted till about 1870, when he wound up its affairs. He was one of the incorporators of the Cortland Savings bank on April 13, 1866. This was opened Sept. 25, 1866, and Mr. Randall was its first president, continuing in office till July 13, 1874, when he resigned and then retired from active business life.
Mr. Randall is survived by the two sisters above referred to, and by four nieces and one nephew: Mrs. Alfred Pell of New York, Mrs. Wm. H. Bright of Rome, Mrs. Franklin A. Ethridge of Rome, Mrs. Leslie W. Brown of Utica and Mr. William Randall Huntington of Rome.
Mr. Randall was a man of fine personal appearance, and the remarkable vigor of mind and body which he possessed are evidenced by his nearly eighty-five years of life and his perfect possession of all his faculties till the end. To the culture of his earlier years he added by his long experience as a man of business and by the deep interest which he took in current events. There was probably in all Cortland no one who kept himself better informed on the progress of the world in its various lines of thought and effort. He was a clear and discriminating thinker, extremely conservative in his tendencies and positive in his convictions, a keen observer, possessed of a large fund of knowledge on a wide range of subjects, and when in congenial company was an unusually intelligent and interesting conversationalist. He had little taste for general society and few intimate friends, and for many years had taken no part either in business or in public affairs, but there were few who watched more closely or with more pleasure than he the growth of our city, or observed the various phases of national affairs and policy with a more earnest desire that the principles in which he believed should receive the popular endorsement and control in the management of the government. He was kind and just to those associated with him in the relations of employed to employer, and his business integrity was as unquestioned as his ability.
Between himself and his two sisters there existed a warm affection, and in the family of his married sister he took a special interest and pride. His respect and reverence for the memory of his parents was one of the noticeable points in his character, and he took great pleasure in keeping everything about the stately old family home just as his father left it.
He was one of the few remaining of his generation, and one of the last of the fast-disappearing links which bind the city of Cortland of to-day to the little Cortland Village of years ago.
The funeral will be held at the house on Wednesday at 2 o'clock P. M.
FOR FIRE DRILLS.
One Drill Each Month if the Bill is Passed by Legislature.
ALBANY, Feb. 4, (Special.)—Following are the provisions of Senator Eisberg's bill requiring fire drills in the schools of the state:
Sec. 1. It shall be the duty of the principal or other person in charge of every public or private school or educational institution within the state, having more than one hundred pupils, to instruct and train the pupils by means of drills, so that they may in a sudden emergency be able to leave the school building in the shortest possible time and without confusion or panic. Such drills or rapid dismissals shall be held at least once in each month.
Sec. 2. Neglect by any principal or other person in charge of any public or private school or educational institution to comply with the provisions of this act shall be a misdemeanor punishable at the discretion of the court by fine not exceeding $50. Such flue to be paid to the pension fund of the local fire department where there is such a fund.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the board of education or school board or other body having control of the schools in any town or city to cause a copy of this act to be printed in the manual or handbook prepared for the guidance of teachers, where such manual or handbook is in use or may hereafter come into use.
Sec. 4. The provisions of this act shall not apply to colleges or universities.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect June 1, 1901.
FOUR INDICTMENTS
Found by the Grand Jury—Some Other Cases Considered and Discussed.
The grand jury made its report this morning after being in session at the courthouse since last Monday. There were six indictments found, of which two are sealed. The other four were as follows:
In the case of the People vs. John H. Corcoran and Sidney N. Gooding, indicted for assault in second degree upon Fred P. Coffin, Jan. 9, 1901, an order was made fixing their bail at $500 each. Through their attorney, T. E. Courtney, they entered a plea of not guilty, with privilege of changing plea in twenty days. Messrs. C. Fred Thompson and B. F. Taylor signed the bail bonds of Corcoran and Gooding respectively.
In the case of the People vs. Norman D. Haskell, indicted for assault in the second degree, committed upon Arthur J. Clark, Nov. 10, 1900, while Clark was out with others celebrating after election. Haskell pleaded not guilty to the charge. His bail was fixed at $500. Attorney N. L. Miller appeared for Haskell in the absence of his attorney, Fred Hatch.
The third indictment was against Henry Brown for assault in the second degree upon Lavina C. Hill at Cuyler, on or about June 1, 1900. As defendant had no counsel, Henry E. Wilson of Marathon was appointed by the court to represent defendant. He pleaded not guilty. Bail was fixed at $600.
The fourth indictment was against Cory G. Eaton for violation of the liquor tax law at Willet. The indictment was upon two counts, one for selling Nov. 6, 1900, the other for selling Nov. 29, 1900, these days being Election day and Thanksgiving day respectively. He entered a plea of not guilty. Attorney N. L. Miller appeared for the defendant.
An order was made by the court sending the six cases to the county court.
Several other cases, some of them of local interest, were presented to the grand jury, but no indictments were found.
A LARGE DAIRY
Owned by John McMillan of Dresserville—Fancy Butter.
One of the largest and best dairies in this section of the country is that owned and conducted by Mr. John McMillan of Dresserville, brother of Robert McMillan of this city. It is located nearly on the line between the counties of Cayuga and Cortland. Mr. McMillan informed a STANDARD man that his herd consisted of forty-two choice dairy cows, Holstein's and Jersies, from which he manufactures butter everyday in the year. The large separator and churn in the milkroom are propelled by a three-horse power water motor. The water is supplied from a living spring on the rising ground near by, and this also furnishes a supply of drinking water which is warmed in the troughs by patent heaters in cold weather before the cows are permitted to drink. Mr. McMillan personally oversees the making of the butter, and all the details connected with the dairy, the product of which finds a ready sale among the produce dealers of Cortland, Moravia, New York and Newark, N. J.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Burgess, Clothing, page 8; E. M. Mansur, Groceries, page 2.
—The regular meeting of Grover Relief Corps, No. 96, will be held Tuesday, Feb. 5, at 2:30 o'clock in G. A. R. ball.
—The Cortland County Sportsmens club will meet at the office of B. T. Wright, 98 Main-st. at 7:30 o'clock this evening.
—Vesta lodge, No. 255, I. O. O. F., will work the initiatory degree to-night. Several candidates will be present and take the work.
—The city water fountain at the corner of Main and Court-sts., is badly demoralized as the result of a drunken row on Saturday night,
—Take note of the list of nominations made in the several towns for town meeting as they appear in the county correspondence in other columns.
—W. D. Tuttle, as attorney for the owner of a mortgage, sold a house and lot on Squires-st. at auction at the courthouse this morning in foreclosure proceeding, I. Dan Lester was the purchaser.
—An invitation to the inaugural ball, given by Gov. and Mrs. Odell last Wednesday night, was received by Sheriff and Mrs. A. R. Overton about the time the ball was taking place. The delay was caused by the invitation going to Virgil instead of Cortland.
—Miss Lula M. Tickner of Syracuse will assist Miss Maude P. Cody of the Conservatory of Music in her recital to-morrow night at the First Baptist church. Miss Tickner has a fine soprano voice and will no doubt be heard with interest and pleasure by all who are present.
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