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| William McKinley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, March 1, 1901.
INAUGURATION PLANS.
Washington Expects Greatest Pageant In Its History.
G. A. R. VETERANS OBDURATE.
Refused an Invitation to Send 20 Men from Each Post to Act as Guard of Honor to the President. Outline of Detailed Plans.
WASHINGTON, March 1.—The preparations for the inauguration of President McKinley next Monday are nearing completion and unless all signs fail there will be a larger crowd of strangers present to witness the ceremonies than Washington has seen in many years. The spectacular features of the celebration as well as the general arrangements made for the occasion will be on an exceptionally fine scale. Although Pennsylvania avenue will be illuminated during the three nights of the 4th, 5th and 6th of March as rarely before, a special feature will be made on that part extending from Fifteenth to Seventeenth street on the north front of the White House grounds. This section has been designated the "Court of Honor" and many special features of illumination will be introduced.
Officers having the government buildings in charge are putting in place special decorations in honor of the occasion.
Representatives of the various veteran organizations who on Wednesday through General Daniel Sickles, declined to participate in the inaugural ceremonies because they were dissatisfied with the place assigned them in the parade, yesterday declined an offer of Grand Marshal General Francis V. Greene to send a guard of honor of 20 men from each local post to act as an escort to the president. The veterans declined to have any part in the ceremonies unless these invitations were extended to all members of the veteran organizations, both local and visiting from other cities.
The inaugural committee has completed every detail of the program. The events to mark President McKinley's second induction to office have been outlined as follows:
Monday, March 4.
11 a. m.—Gathering of high government officials, diplomats and especially invited guests in the United States senate chamber.
11:50 a. m.—Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt of New York as vice president of the United States. Ceremonies in the senate attended by the president and a distinguished company.
12 o'clock, noon—President McKinley takes the oath of office in the presence of the assembled multitude. Delivers inaugural address.
1:30 p. m.—Inaugural parade moves from the Capitol up Pennsylvania avenue.
7:30 p. m.—Illumination of the court of honor in front of the White House.
7:45 p. m.—Display of' aerial fireworks from Washington monument grounds.
8 p. m.—Doors of pension office open for reception of guests of the inaugural ball.
9 p. m.—Inaugural ball opened by President McKinley.
Tuesday, March 5.
10:30 a. m.—Dedicatory concert, pension office, in honor of the United States army. Marine band.
2 p m.—Dedicatory concert, pension office, in honor of the United States navy. Marine band.
8 p. m.—Dedicatory concert, pension office, in honor of the states of the Union. Marine band.
Wednesday, March 6.
2 p. m.—Dedicatory concert, pension office, in honor of the congress of the United States. Marine band.
8 p. m.—Dedicatory concert, pension office, in honor of the vice-president and speaker of the house of representatives. Marine band and grand chorus of 500 voices.
The inaugural ceremonies proper, for the first time will be conducted by a joint committee of the senate and house, the custom heretofore having been to leave the conduct of the inauguration entirely in the hands of the upper body of congress.
At 11 o'clock Mr. Roosevelt will take the oath of office of the vice presidency in the senate chamber in the presence of President McKinley and a distinguished company. After the delivery of his inaugural address, Vice President Roosevelt will administer the oath of office to the senate-elect.
At noon the oath of office will be administered to President McKinley by Chief Justice Fuller, in front of the main entrance to the Capitol, where a stand for this purpose has been constructed. The president then will deliver his inaugural address. He will take his lunch at the Capitol before heading the brilliant inaugural parade up Pennsylvania avenue to the executive mansion.
General Francis V. Greene will head the parade as grand marshal. President McKinley will follow, escorted by Troop A of Ohio.
The body of the parade is divided into two grand divisions, military and civic, and will be a notable pageant in many respects. A company of volunteer troops from Porto Rico will form a part of the first brigade and be an attractive feature of the parade, as will a large detachment of soldiers and marines.
The grand inaugural ball which will be held in the great court of the pension building, will be the social feature of the occasion. Large amounts of money are being expended in floral and other decorations and the committee having this part of the program in charge have no doubt that this great room will eclipse in point of beauty and brilliancy anything Washington has seen.
President McKinley has decided to request the resignation of all of the members of the cabinet to take effect on March 4. On Tuesday he will renominate them all with the exception of Attorney General Griggs, who has thus far resisted the president's importunities to remain at the head of the department of justice for another four years. It is known that Mr. Griggs has finally decided that his business interests are such that he cannot afford to remain and has so informed the president. He will remain in office, however, until about April 1.
The local workingmen expect a general influx of workingmen from the states and will establish a bureau of information at the corner of New Jersey avenue and C street, for the purpose of advising them where meals and lodgings may be had at reasonable rates; also as to any other points on which information may be desired.
John Raines.
NEW BILLS INTRODUCED.
Liquor on Election Day—May Not Cultivate Crops in the Highways.
ALBANY, March1. (Special.)— A bill has been introduced by Senator Raines, amending the election law so as to provide that it shall be unlawful to sell or give away liquor on Election day within one-quarter mile of any polling place, while the polls are open.
A bill introduced by Assemblyman Marson lengthens the close season for woodcock and grouse by one month by making it extend from Nov. 16 to Sept. 15 both inclusive.
A bill put in by Assemblyman Morgan prohibits the sale of property of Protestant Episcopal churches which have been consecrated or used for religious services, without the consent of the bishop.
Assemblyman Doughty stands sponsor for a bill permitting village authorities to make contracts for fire protection with adjoining villages.
A bill of Assemblyman Ellis makes it unlawful to cultivate crops on or to dig or plow any part of a highway.
A bill of Assemblyman Prince provides that a label shall be placed on all goods made or altered in tenement houses.
Lt. Richmond Hobson.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Justice at Last.
Justice, or an approach to it, at last has been done to the officers engaged in the naval operations which aided in the destruction of [Admiral] Cervera's squadron. The senate has confirmed the president's nominations for advancement and promotions, excepting those of the two rear admirals. Capt. Clark of the Oregon fame is taken out of the position which was a reproach to the nation of being worse off than he was before the war opened. His advance of six numbers recovers the two he lost by the advance of Dewey's captains, and puts him actually ahead of his old place in the registry four numbers. He is now only eight removed from a rear admiralty. Brave Hobson gets reward in honors, though little advance in salary. He is the youngest full-fledged naval constructor in the service. The list of sixty or more subordinates advanced on the list may not include all who deserved recognition, and may include some who did little out of the ordinary, but it represents the best judgment of an impartial board and stands for a right purpose. Rear Admirals Schley and Sampson remain in the relative position they held prior to the war, and in the highest rank open to United States naval commanders. There was small prospect of the revival of the grade of vice admiral prior to the publication of Sampson's remarkable letter. There is none now.
Pretty Pair Pay.
Some of the brokers in Wall-st., have recently been figuring what J. P. Morgan will make out of the big steel deal. From little hints that have come out the following has been evolved: Morgan's underwriting syndicate will receive in the stock of the United States Steel company $25,000,000 common stock and $25,000,000 preferred stock. Of this amount Mr. Morgan will get $6,250,000 common stock and $6,250,000 preferred stock. These securities are worth in cash now $7,458,125. Mr. Morgan has been at work on the plan for forty days, which makes his earnings per day $186,828. John D. Rockefeller's income per day is $57,600 or $40 a minute—the greatest continuous performance on earth. Though Mr. Morgan has surpassed him for forty days, it must be remembered that billion dollar companies are not formed very often.
Cortland Normal School viewed from Greenbush Street.
KIDNAPPED A STUDENT
SO THAT HE MIGHT NOT ATTEND A BANQUET.
Carried Him off to McLean, N. Y., but he Was Rescued and Was on Hand to do Honor to the Gathering of His Class and Attend the Dido Celebration.
Tall James Beha, the president of the Normal graduating class, was carried away bodily yesterday afternoon by fellow students on the eve of his departing with other members of the sixth Latin class to Higginsville for the semi-annual celebration of the death of Queen Dido.
The plan of the students in taking one of the participants away was to break up the meeting in Higginsville or at least to cripple the class in its jubilee. This plan might have worked had not Liveryman L. B. Hopkins, when he agreed to carry all the members to the town referred to, intended to fulfill his contract to the letter. When, in the afternoon, he had loaded into his big carryall all the members but one, be felt in duty bound to get the missing member in accordance with the terms of his contract.
Mr. Beha bad been captured at the Normal building after school hours yesterday afternoon, and was forcibly taken from one of the rooms. He struggled violently but he was only one against four. He was the one especially coveted as he had made all the arrangements for the Dido banquet at Higginsville and had directed the proprietor not to serve the supper to any company unless by his written order or unless he was present in person to head the procession to the diningroom. It never occurred to him that he might himself be absent.
The unwilling man was put into a sleigh and under guard of Albert Gross, Clarence Robb, E. Bingham and Daniel Grant, was hustled off to McLean, though struggling all the time.
Meanwhile Mr. Hopkins started his sleighload to Higginsville, and then taking Joseph Call along with him he started in another sleigh to trace the lost one. Just how they got track of him is not yet made public, but there is no doubt of the fact that they found him. He was in a farmhouse near McLean securely guarded when the two entered the house to take their man. A lively scrimmage followed in which the prisoner took part and sided with the two deliverers, and these three were too many for the four. While the two stood off the four, the prisoner, hatless, coatless and well nigh exhausted, rushed out to the sleigh. He was quickly joined by the others who wrapped him in blankets and started at a John Gilpin pace for Higginsville, where about 9 o'clock he joined the company, gave an account of his trip and took his part in the program.
At Higginsville the party was entertained and banqueted by Watts S. Freer, and the company is loud in its praise of the treatment given. After the banquet, the following toast list was presented:
Toastmaster, Prof. F. R. Parker.
Joys (?) of Latin, James A. Beha.
Dido as a Model for Girls of To-day, Mrs. L. S. Hawkins.
Journey to Olympus, George Van Tuyl.
Ode, Gertrude Wager.
Fickle Aeneas, Mr. Robinson.
Dido's Last Testament, Miss Abbert.
Our Successes, Augustus Dillon.
The following participated: Prof. and Mrs. F. R. Parker, Mrs. L. S. Hawkins, Misses Albert, Bellinger, Davis, Collins, Edgcomb, Huntley, Hines, Wager, Stadlish, Robinson, Strowbridge and Wade, Messrs. Beha, Dean, Dillon, Manchester, Phelps, Milks, Van Tuyl and Wheeler.
The four football players who took Mr. Beha to McLean last night and then lost him, thus permitting him to return to the banquet, felt much chagrined this morning. Before chapel exercises were begun, the masculine part of the sixth Latin class marched into Normal hall with the hero of the occasion perched high on their shoulders and were followed by the feminine part of the class. When the aggregation had reached the center of the room, Mr. Beha was let down and the class gave the yell:
Beha, Beha, Beha,
They carried him away!
We got a hack,
And brought him back.
And now he's here to stay.
After chapel Dr. Cheney referred to the episode of last night in a way that only increased the merriment of the school as a whole at the expense of the four who didn't keep their man. He said the effort to break up the banquet was wrong in its inception, almost brutal in its execution and a failure in its completion.
The school takes the result as a huge joke, but there is no doubt that an impression has gone out, and probably with reason, that it might not prove so much of a joke were there a repetition of the affair. As this is the first attempt of such a kind in this school and as it turned out to be such a dismal failure the authorities will probably let the perpetrators take their medicine in the form of the guying [sic] they are constantly getting at the hands of their associates at the fact that they could successfully carry off a man and not be able to keep him, but were the offense to be repeated it is generally understood that the affair might not terminate in the same way.
CHARGES NON-SUPPORT.
Mrs. Springer Trying to Earn Money to Support Them All.
Mrs. Emma Springer of Arthur-ave. has made a formal complaint of her husband, Herbert E. Springer, charging him with non-support. The complaint is an outcome of an appeal made by Mrs. Springer to Commissioner of Charities Frank E. Price for aid in the support of her three children. Mr. Price, while willing to aid in the relief of the immediate wants of the family, was unwilling that the family should become a city charge as long as there is an able bodied man at the head of it, or at least who ought to be at the head of it. After a careful investigation of the facts of the case, Stringer was arrested this morning by Chief of Police Jas. A. Smith on the complaint of Mrs. Springer, and brought before City Judge Davis, who gave him till 8 o'clock this afternoon to look up a job and thereby set to work to provide support for his family.
In her complaint Mrs. Springer asserts that her husband has failed to provide for his wife and children and that they are in danger of becoming a burden upon the public. She also states in the complaint that she has been, for the past month, working at the Homer Republican office in the village of Homer, and earned $1 per day, and that she has been walking back and forth during this cold weather every day, in order to save her wages for the support of her family. She further states that her husband claims to be working at various places in the city of Cortland, and earning wages, but that he does not supply any money for the support of his family, but spends it for liquor as she believes. She claims that her husband is a painter and that he is able to work. She also charges him with imperiling herself and her three children, ranging in age between 2 and 7 years, with being set out in the street, by his neglect to pay their landlord $8 for rent that she gave her husband for this purpose. She has now no employment, and without the aid of her husband they are in danger of becoming a charge upon the public.
FUNERAL OF REV. J. B. FRENCH
Largely Attended by Many Odd Fellows of the State.
The Syracuse Post-Standard says:
The funeral of Rev. J. Barton French, deputy grand master of the I. O. O. F., was held at the Central Baptist church yesterday afternoon and at the Odd Fellows' chapel at Oakwood cemetery. Over 500 members of the order attended the church services and marched in a body to the grave.
Among those present were some of the highest officers of the order in the state and besides the local lodges delegations were present from Cortland, Fulton, Trumansburg, Fayetteville, Skaneateles and other surrounding places. The Rebekahs also attended in a body. There was not an empty seat in the church long before the services commenced.
Rev. William H. Main officiated. Seated with him were Rev. John McLellan and Rev. J. S. Niles of Trumansburg, Rev. Dr. A. Coit, Rev. G. P. Sewall, Rev. R. E. Burton and Rev. Paul Hayne. G. E. Pabst presided at the organ and the University quartet sang.
The remains lay in state from 12 o'clock and during that time were viewed by hundreds. The floral offerings were placed upon the altar and upon the coffin. They consisted of several large pieces, among them a "Gates Ajar" of white and pink tea roses from Alphadelphia lodge, a broken column of white carnations from Cortland and a broken column of white roses and carnations from Elbridge lodge.
A passage of Scripture was read by Rev. Paul Hayne, followed by singing, and prayer by Rev. R. E. Burton and Rev. J. S. Niles. Eulogies were offered by Rev. G. P. Sewall, Rev. Dr. Coit and Willard J. Minor, who represented the Grand lodge in place of Grand Master A. V. Freeh, who was unable to attend owing to sickness. Rev. C. A. Fulton pronounced the benediction.
The rites of the order over the remains were continued at the chapel at the cemetery.
The grand officers present were: Past Grand Masters H. M. Olmstead and G. J. Gardner of this city and George Chapman of Canastota, Grand Warden Leon Lewis of New York, Grand Secretary John G. Duebert of New York, Grand Treasurer John J. Bullencamp of Brooklyn and Grand Councilor Joseph Ackroyd of Utica. The officers of the Grand Encampment present were: Edson J. Stearns, grand patriarch; W. E. Slocum of Brooklyn, high priest; Willard J. Minor of Saratoga, grand senior warden; E. C. Schafer of Buffalo, deputy commander of Patriarchs Militant; W. C. Lee of Troy, past grand patriarch.
The active bearers were: Charles G. Van Dusen, P. G.; C. G. Worden, P. G; H. C. Fancher; James Hunter, P. G.; W. A. Overton and James Nokes, P. G. The members of the grand lodge and R. G. Gordon, John Van Dusen, Mr. Smith, H. M. Kling and George J. Gardner were the honorary bearers.
"RIP VAN WINKLE" TO-NIGHT.
The Carner Stock Company Scored a Success Last Night.
The Carner Stock company was greeted by a full house last night and every one seemed highly pleased with its representation of "Knobs O' Tennessee." The parts were well taken and the interest of the large audience was held throughout the entire evening. The specialties between the acts were very attractive. In all the company gave excellent satisfaction and all who were present last night will be desirous of attending again.
The play to-night will be "Rip Van Winkle."
Mr. Carner has been a familiar figure on the stage in the role of Rip Van Winkle, having played it fully 4,000 times. Mr. Carner was seen in Binghamton during the year of 1865 with the Academy Stock company. He has made the character of Rip a life study, and his delineation possesses peculiar excellence in its way. The perfect ease and abandon of Carner in his part of the play, and his quaint and inimitable reproduction of the genuine Holland, or Low Dutch accent, as it slides from his tongue, gives him a great advantage. It is the language of of his mother-tongue, and in this respect he is unequalled. His farewell to his home, when driven forth by his termagant wife, was full of pathos, and produced a visible effect even upon those who were most familiar with the scene.
BREVITIES.
—The Vesta lodge hard times dance will be held in the lodgerooms this evening.
—A regular meeting of the hospital board will be held at the hospital on Monday next, March 4, at 3 P. M.
—At the prayer-meeting last evening of the First Baptist church Messrs. Linus W. Peck and James Tanner were elected deacons for the term of six years.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Burgess, Clothing, page 6; Palmer & Co., Groceries, page 4; Mitch's market, Meats, etc., page 8; Opera House, "A Black Sheep," page 5; C. F. Brown, Perfumes, page 2; M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6.
—Mrs. Mary Barber Weller died at the home of her daughter Mrs. John Schnatter, four miles from Cortland on the Truxton road, at 1:30 o'clock this morning, aged 67 years. The funeral will be held from the house at 2 o'clock, Sunday, March 3, burial in Homer.
—Chicago has a new scheme of buying postage stamps and having them canceled at the postoffice before being delivered. They are then attached to circulars and packages and can be mailed at once. It is proving a great time saver for the postoffice people, as they can cancel them in sheets so much faster than individually on the letters.
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