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| Second inauguration of William McKinley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, March 4, 1901.
GRANDEST INAUGURAL IN HISTORY.
Washington a Moving Panorama of Color and Enthusiasm.
MILITARY DISPLAY EXCELS.
McKinley and Roosevelt Take the Oath of Office Before Immense Concourses of People.
Largest Crowd That Ever Attended the Inauguration Ceremony Is In Attendance and the City Is Profusely Decorated— Order of Marching of the Parade Shows That Nearly Every State Is Represented by Either Military or Civic Delegates—Inauguration of McKinley an Impressive and Sublime Spectacle While Roosevelt's, Less Public, Was Not Lacking In Awe-inspiring Ceremonials—All Arrangements Have Been Made to Make the Inaugural Ball the Grandest That Has Ever Been Held. How the Multitude of Sightseers Spent the Sabbath In the Capital City—Conceded by All to Be Grandest Inauguration Day Washington Has Ever Seen.
WASHINGTON, March 4.—On an immense stand erected before the east front of the Capitol President William McKinley of Ohio was today inaugurated for his second term as president of the United States.
Gathered around him and filling the stand behind him was assembled the greatest collection of notables, native and foreign, that has ever lent its presence to an inauguration proceeding. Members of the senate and house inauguration committees, members of both political parties, foreign ambassadors, members of the diplomatic corps, representatives of the army and navy and prominent men from all parts of the United States looked on at the impressive ceremony.
The oath was administered by Chief Justice Fuller of the United States supreme court.
Before and all about the stand, filling the Capitol grounds until there was scarcely an inch of space for another to stand upon, was gathered the greatest crowd that ever witnessed the inauguration ceremony. It was a spectacle never to be forgotten. The sea of eager, curious, upturned faces covering a vast expanse was truly a wonderful sight. Color was everywhere. The modest decorations of the stand upon which the swearing-in took place were not to be seen. The crowd surged, as close as it could. Flags were waved above the heads of the multitude, seemingly in unison and in perfect time. Rosettes, buttons and ribbons were on each man's coat lapel. The fair ones outdid their brothers of the sterner sex in the matter of showing the national colors. But everyone wore some kind of ribbon.
The hubbub of voices was like the roar of an approaching express train, never ceasing. But when Chief Justice Fuller began reading the words of the oath the voices were stilled as if by magic. The silence was imposing. . All eyes were trained to catch a glimpse of the ceremony. All ears were strained to hear the words of the man, who had been chosen for the second time to watch over and guide the destinies of 70,000,000 people. Every nerve in each body was at high tension.
President McKinley himself was least affected by the sublime, the awe-inspiring ceremony in which he was the central figure; or, at least, he preserved the calmest exterior. The form of oath administered to Mr. McKinley four years ago and to the presidents preceding him, was adhered to. Chief Justice Fuller put the questions in a moderate tone. The president's responses were clear, distinct and audible at some distance from the stand.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the crowd gave vent to its enthusiasm. Their high-tensioned nerves were relaxed and a roar of cheers went up that seemed to shake the very walls of the Capitol.
It was some time before quiet could be restored and the crowd waited in respectful and eager silence for the president's inaugural address.
Theodore Roosevelt.
ROOSEVELT INAUGURATED.
Oath Administered In the Senate Chamber by Senator Frye.
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt of New York was sworn in in the senate chamber. Before the desk of the president of the senate were gathered the numbers of the cabinet, members of the foreign diplomatic corps, representatives of the army and navy and members of the committees on inauguration for vice president. Senator Frye, who has been president of the senate since the death of Vice President Hobart, administered the oath of office.
The senate chamber was packed. The galleries were crowded with people, many of whom had been waiting for admittance since dawn. The crush outside was terrible.
A solemn silence reigned within. The ceremony was scarcely less impressive than the inauguration of President McKinley.
The same coolness for which "Teddy," as the people of the nation have grown to call the new vice president, has been noted, was exhibited by him. He realized the solemnity of the ceremony and gravely heard and responded to the form of oath. Senator Frye was deeply affected, remembering the mark of respect and honor that had been conferred upon him by his fellow senators only two days before. He was the first to clasp the new vice president's hand after the oath had been administered. Then Roosevelt, his military presence commanding the attention and notice of all in the chamber, began his inaugural address.
Vice President Roosevelt said:
"The history of the free government is in large part the history of those representative legislative bodies, in which, from the earliest times, free government has found its loftiest expression. They must ever hold a peculiar and exalted position in the record which tells how the great nations of the world have endeavored to achieve and preserve orderly freedom. No man can render to his fellows greater service than is rendered by him, who, with fearlessness and honesty, with sanity and disinterestedness, does his life work as a member of such a body. Specially is this the case when the legislature in which the service is rendered, is a vital part in the governmental machinery of one of those, world-powers to whose hands, in the course of the ages, is entrusted a leading part in shaping the destinies of mankind.
"For weal or for woe, for good or for evil, this is true of our own mighty nation. Great privileges and great powers are ours, and heavy are the responsibilities that go with these privileges and these powers. Accordingly as we do well or ill, so shall mankind in the future be raised or cast down.
"We belong to a young nation, already of giant strength, yet whose present strength is but a forecast of the power that is to come. We stand supreme in a continent, in a hemisphere. East and West we look across the two great oceans toward the larger world-life in which, whether we will or not, we must take an ever-increasing share. And as, keen-eyed, we gaze into the moving years, duties, new and old, rise thick and fast to confront us from within and from without. There is every reason why we should face these duties with a sober appreciation alike of their importance and of their difficulty but there is also every reason for facing them with high-hearted resolution and eager and confident faith in our capacity to do them aright.
"A great work lies ready to the hand of this generation; it should count itself happy indeed that to it is given the privilege of doing such a work. A leading part therein must be taken by this, the august and powerful legislative body over which I have been called to preside. Most deeply I appreciate the privilege of my position; for high indeed is the honor of presiding over the American senate at the outset of the Twentieth Century."
BOXERS IN MANCHURIA.
Attacked and Looted Incherg—Triple Tragedy in Pekin.
VICTORIA, B. C., March 4.—From Corea news was received by the steamer Olympia yesterday that 3,000 Boxers had crossed from Manchuria and attacked and looted Incherg. A thousand Corean troops have been sent against them from Seoul and 500 from Ping Yang. The Russians, meanwhile, have driven the Boxers south from Kirinald, where they occupied several Corean villages. Much alarm was felt at both northern mines and the American camp at Wun Sun, which has been supplied with Maxims and small arms to resist any attacks.
From Pekin news comes of the murder of Mrs. Lindberg and the mortally wounding of Lieutenant Denning of the Bombay cavalry by Lieutenant Lindberg, a Danish officer. Mrs. Lindberg, his wife, had run away and gone to Pekin with Denning. On finding them together Lindberg killed his wife immediately, mortally wounded Denning and committed suicide.
An explosion at Shan Kwan is responsible for the deaths of about 50 Japanese and British officers and troops who were destroying powder left by the Chinese.
The steamer Queen City, which returned yesterday from the west coast, reports another gold-bearing black sand bar discovery near Kyuguot. No wreckage was reported.
John P. Morgan.
NOW FOR COAL.
Morgan is Planning to Unite It Into One Great Trust.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4.—The North American says to-day that J. P. Morgan is planning to do with the anthracite coal fields what he has just accomplished among the steel industries of the country. It is proposed, says the paper, to eliminate all smaller dealers in the state and eventually throughout the country and to establish in each city one central coal station from which all consumers will be supplied.
BITTEN BY A DOG.
Without Provocation He Attacked Little Son of E. B. Richardson.
Robert Richardson, the 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Richardson of 230 Port Watson-at., Cortland, was attacked and bitten by a bull dog while on his way home from school at noon to-day. The little fellow was going quietly along on the north side of the street, when a bull dog crossed from the opposite side, knocked him down and embedded his teeth in the fleshy part of the boy's right forearm. A man who happened to be driving along the street at the time saw the fracas and beat off the dog. The boy was taken to his home and Dr. E. M. Santee was called to dress the wound. The dog's teeth had penetrated clear to the bone, but it is not thought that the bone is crushed. The animal does not belong on Port-Watson-st , but has been seen prowling around in that vicinity for two or three days.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
The latest craze that has fastened itself upon womankind is the gold tooth fad. Women who used to have their hair bleached are now having their teeth either filled or coated with gold, and the woman who can display the most yellow metal in her mouth when she smiles regards herself as entitled to the greatest distinction. Speaking of this new feminine fad, a New York dentist recently said in an interview: "Many a woman will come to me and ask me to cap and cover a perfectly sound tooth with gold. She admires gold teeth, she says, and anyhow they're all the rage—her friends are all having theirs done. The rage for making oneself conspicuous is primarily responsible for the fashion, aided and abetted by unscrupulous practitioners who persuade their patients to have their teeth so treated, whether the teeth need it or not. From my own experience I can certify that more than three-fourths of the gold teeth you see on every hand are altogether unnecessary, while the remaining fourth might have been dealt with in some other less glaring way."
DEATH OF MR. J. H. KENNEDY.
Well Known Resident of Cortland Succumbs to Typhoid Fever.
Mr. John Hubbard Kennedy, who has been ill with typhoid fever the past three, weeks, died at his home, 31 Charles-st., Saturday afternoon. Although many knew of his serious condition still the news of his death was a shock to his many friends, as he failed rapidly the last few days. Mr. Kennedy was born in the town of Homer, May 18, 1839, and resided there until fifteen years ago when the family moved to Cortland. On his 26th birthday May 18, 1865, he married Miss Anna Eliza Alvord of Homer who survives him. Three children were born to them, Mrs. L. N. Hopkins, Mr. Thomas J. Kennedy and Mr. J. Robert Kennedy all of whom reside in Cortland. One brother, Mr. Thos. H. Kennedy of Homer, and a sister, Mrs. Almira Stoker of Scott, also survive. Mr. Kennedy joined the Congregational church in Homer over thirty years ago and on his removal to Cortland became a member of the Congregational church here. He was a man universally esteemed and respected. In his death his family are called to suffer the loss of a kind, devoted husband and father, and the community at large a man who was sure to be found on the right side of any question involving moral principle. His daily life was a living example of those sterling qualities which mould the character of a true man.
Mr. Kennedy's funeral will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at his home, 31 Charles-st.
Y. M. C. A. GAMOTE.
"From Liberty or Death to Liberty and Law"—Lecture by Mr. A. J. Murray.
On Friday evening Mr. A. J. Murray lectured, by invitation, before the Y. M. C. A. Gemote, upon the theme "From Liberty or Death to Liberty and Law." Before beginning the lecture proper Mr. Murray spoke to the young men present very pleasantly concerning the purposes of the Gemote and the helpfulness of such organizations to their members. He dwelt especially upon the value of the reading habit in helping one to make the most of life, and of the desirableness of private libraries, and he urged the young men to begin acquiring for themselves good books.
Mr. Murray had procured, in order to illustrate his lecture, a dozen or more fine portraits of the heroes of the Continental Congress and of the Constitutional convention, and these he arranged in two groups, the one of those who had to do with the Declaration of Independence, the other of those who had most to do with the framing of the constitution. It was easy, while looking at the fearless, serious, resolute faces of Samuel Adams, Jefferson and others of the one group, to realize what the lecturer clearly developed, that the Declaration of Independence and the struggle for independence grew naturally and inevitably out of the character of men who knew and dared maintain their rights, men who, when those rights were persistently trampled upon, deliberately made up their minds that for them it must be "Liberty or Death."
The lecturer then showed how, after liberty had been won, the confusion and irritation that cropped out everywhere because of the lack of a central government with any real powers, brought the country into the presence of the greatest danger it has ever had to face. And so attention was transferred to the other group in which were Washington, Madison, Hamilton, Marshall, and their coworkers, men of wisdom and foresight, men who were determined that the liberty won should not be lost or made valueless through disunion, and who had the rare skill that enabled them to succeed in their effort. The peculiar services of each of the fathers of the constitution, from Franklin down to Marshall, which he only could possibly have performed, were clearly sketched.
The hearers, about thirty-five young men, listened with the closest attention and interest throughout. All felt that the evening's talk had been exceptionally profitable in helping them to realize the importance and interest of the problems of the first decades of the country's history and in bringing them into the presence of the makers of history.
Basket Ball To-morrow Night.
The doughty St. John's Military school basket ball team, which plays the Cortland Y. M. C. A. team to-morrow night in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium, succeeded in defeating Syracuse university at Syracuse last Saturday night. The Syracuse team recently downed Cornell university, and now it is for the Cortland boys to show how it is possible to rake them all in at one sweep.
A CHILDREN'S PARTY.
Miss Martha Howland the Hostess—Very Delightful Affair.
Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Howland entertained the Saturday afternoon dancing class and friends at their pleasant home, 128 Port Watson-st., Saturday afternoon from 4 to 8 o'clock in honor of their only daughter little Miss Martha. The rooms were handsomely decorated with smilax and carnations. Miss Martha was the recipient of many beautiful tokens of esteem. Master Ralph Doubleday acted as a gallant usher and the children were arranged in couples by Miss Helen Dillon who presented them to little Miss Martha and Miss Agnes McGraw of McGraw, who received in the front parlor the little guests with blue and white and pink and white satin ribbons, and as they greeted each couple the ribbons were thrown across a table graced by smilax and which served as a desk on which the little children were asked to write their names before being introduced by Miss Margarette Dillon to the little guest who preceded them in the parlors.
Many attractive and unique games were played, after which at several small tables the little guests were served an elaborate lunch in courses and which presided over by Mrs. Howland, assisted by the Misses Helen and Margarette Dillon and Miss Frances Nash of New York. Among those present were:
Masters—Edwin Henry Darby, Webb Turner, Richard Sager, Thurston Milk, Ralph Doubleday, Stilwell Waters, George Innes, Robert Innes, Joseph Porter, Laurence Palmer, Thomas Keator, Porter Keator, Harold Knapp, Harry Van Denburg, Leon Stanford, George McKean, Felix Simmons, Errol Ellis, Frank Smith, Earl Bucklin, Emert Bucklin and Louie Goddard of Cortland and Julian Fowler, Charles Brown, William Brockway and Russell Brockway of Homer.
The Misses—Agnes McGraw, Florence Wallace, Helen Titchener, Cecil Wiley, Helen Clark, Florence Sprague, Leah Sprague, Grace Corwin, Grace Landreth, Dorthea Lucy, Grace Dowd, Hazel Peck, Gladys Spencer, Bessie Ainslie, Florence Baker, Sylvesta Milk, Marie Palmer, Marion Bull, Mary B. Schermerborn, Ida Beaudry, Anna Thompson, Georgia Hoag, Dorothy Gillette, Winifred Higgins, Helen Wolf of Homer, Pauline Eddy, Jessie Meade and Emily Meade.
Regrets were received from Marlea Bliss of Oneida, Helen and Anna Webb of New Britain, Ct., Julia and Ethel Thompson of Brooklyn, Martha, Eleanor and John Genung of Amherst, Mass., and from Florence Lumbard, David Goddard and Harriet Waters of Cortland.
Little Martha's instructors including Prof. Darby, Misses Dillon and Miss Frances Nash conducted the affair.
Fancy pencils and ribbons attached to cards were given to the little ones as they left the tables on which to write the names of Mother Goose pictures that were hidden in the several rooms. Later, dancing was indulged in to the sweet strains of a selected orchestra, consisting of Prof. Darby as leader, Lawrence and Augustus Dillon and Miss Godfrey. The old Varsouvianna [polka] was executed by two couples, Thomas Keator and Martha Howland and Porter Keator and Dorothy Gillette in a most skillful manner. Stationed in the hall was a large table presided at by little Miss Martha, who gave to each guest as they were leaving and congratulating her upon the success of the affair, a souvenir of the occasion. Miss Martha made a charming hostess.
BREVITIES.
—The horse that fell into the railroad bridge is still unclaimed at Dr. Kingman's.
—One drunk was sentenced to three days in the county jail by City Judge R. L. Davis this morning.
—The southeast wind which visited Cortland yesterday afternoon and early last evening was a terrible one.
—Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., will confer the second degree at their regular communication Tuesday evening.
—An arc lamp on South Main-at. Near the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks was blown down last night by the high wind.
—There will be a meeting of the board of health of the city of Cortland at the city clerk's office this evening. The sanitary rules will be reported.
—The regular teacher's meeting of the Presbyterian Sunday-school will be postponed from the regular time this evening till Thursday evening after the prayer-meeting.
—L. W. Simpson while cutting corn fodder this morning for Irving F. Rice cut off the tip of the index finger of his right band. Dr. Santee dressed the wound.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Glann & Clark, Shoes, page 3; Hudson Crockery Co., Lamps, etc., page 6; Bingham & Miller, Clothing, page 8; Home Telephone Co., Telephones, page 5.
—To-morrow evening John L. Lewis lodge, No. 587, will work the initiatory degree before several candidates. After this refreshments will be served. All John L. Lewis men are urged to be present.
—Hubert Wellington Elster, aged 1 year, 4 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Elster, died at their home two miles west of Cortland on the McLean road at 12:30 o'clock this morning. The funeral will be held from the house at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Burial in Cortland.
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