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| United States President Theodore Roosevelt. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, July 5, 1902.
PRESIDENT'S FOURTH.
Welcomed by Half a Million People at Pittsburg.
FIRST VISIT TO THAT SECTION.
Accompanied by Attorney General Knox—Escorted to Schenley Park by Military—Flags and Bunting Everywhere—Speaks of Nation's Tasks and Responsibilities.
Pittsburg, Pa., July 5.—Half a million persons greeted President Roosevelt in Pittsburg yesterday. They came not only from Pittsburg and Allegheny but from scores of small towns within 100 miles of the city. It was the president's first visit to Pittsburg, and his welcome was enthusiastic.
The sun shone brightly and the temperature was not too high.
President Roosevelt reached the Wilkinsburg station of the Pennsylvania railroad at 8:30 o'clock. At that point a local reception committee, headed by George T. Oliver, boarded the train. The run into union station consumed 20 minutes, during which time the members of the committee were introduced to the Presidential party, Attorney General Knox, who is a Pittsburger, making the party acquainted. As the train passed Shadyside station a railroad signal communicated the fact to Hampton Battery B, of the Pennsylvania National Guard, stationed at Bedford avenue basin overlooking the union station. The guns of the battery immediately commenced to boom forth the president's salute of 21 guns. The last gun of the salute was fired as the president stepped from his car at the union station.
He was escorted to his carriage and almost immediately started for Schenley park, accompanied by a military escort of 3,000 men, representing the Eighteenth regiment, the Fourteenth regiment, the Tenth regiment, Sheridan cavalry troop of Tyrone, the boys' brigades and independent military organizations.
Ovation on Fifth Avenue.
Flags and bunting fluttered everywhere along the course of the parade. The greatest ovation came as the line passed up Fifth avenue to the top of Grant's hill. Tall buildings on either side of the street offered fine vantage points for spectators. Every window in the immense buildings was filled with enthusiastic people. When the head of the military escort reached a position opposite the speaker's stand it halted and stood, company front with arms at present. As the president and those in carriages passed in review the music was fairly drowned by the cheering of the multitude of 200,000 people in the stand and occupying vantage points on the amphitheater-like hillside which rises in front.
Following the bands, the United German societies of Allegheny, standing at one aide of the stand and made up of 600 voices, broke into singing the "Star Spangled Banner." At the close of the song the invocation was pronounced by the Rev. John H. Prugh. The Declaration of Independence was read by Directing General William J. Hulings, and then followed the oration of the day by the president.
Shortly after the president had left the park a heavy rain storm came up, completely drenching the immense crowd, causing much inconvenience but otherwise doing no damage.
The exercises continued just one hour. The president immediately afterward re-entered his carriage, and surrounded by the Sheridan troop was driven to the residence of H. C. Frick on Homewood avenue, where he was tendered a luncheon and reception. As the president left the park Battery B fired the national salute of 40 guns from a tall hill top.
The President's Speech.
The president spoke in part as follows:
"Mr. Mayor and you, my fellow citizens, my fellow Americans, men and women of western Pennsylvania:
"You have just listened to the reading of the great document which signalized our entry into the field of nations 120 years ago. That entry was but the promise which had to be made good by the performance of those men and their children and their children's children.
"Words are good if they are backed up by deeds, and only so. (Applause.)
"The declaration continues to be read with pride by us year after year, and stands as a symbol of hope for the people of all the world, because its promise was made good, because its words were supplemented by deeds, because after the men who signed it and upheld it and did their work, the men who come again after them, generation by generation, did their work in turn. (Applause.) The declaration of independence had to be supplemented in the first place by that great instrument of constructive and administrative statesmanship—the constitution under which we now live. The document promulgated in 1780 under which Washington became our first President supplemented, necessarily supplemented, the declaration of 1776. We showed in the revolution that we had a right to be free; we showed when we constructed the more perfect union of the old confederacy that we knew how to use that right as it needed to be used. (Applause.)
"And then seventy years and more passed and there came again upon the nation the day a of iron need. There came again the days that demanded all that was best in the life itself of the bravest and truest of the nation's sons. And with Sumter's guns awakened, our people and America, until then the incarnate genius of peace sprang to her feet, with sword and with shield, a helmeted queen among nations; when the thunder of the guns called the nation's children they sprang forward to do the mighty deeds which if left undone would have meant that the words to which we have listened today would have rung as meaningless platitudes. (Loud applause.)
Epochs in Nation's History.
''Those were the two great epochs in the nation's history, the epoch of the founding of the Union and the epoch of its preservation; the epoch of Washington and the epoch of Abraham Lincoln. (Loud applause and cheers.) Those two generations had the greatest tasks to do, but each generation has its tasks, and woe to the generation which regards the deeds of the mighty men of the past as an excuse for failing to do in turn its work.
"We have had our tasks to do in the last four years, or rather we have had, as every generation must have, many tasks to do, tasks affecting us abroad and one of those tasks being done as it has been, has signaled our entry to a larger world. (Applause.) And it is most appropriate that on this Fourth of July, this anniversary of the birth of the nation, it should be our good fortune to have promulgated the declaration establishing peace in the Philippines and the acknowledgment to the army of the praise so richly due our fellow Americans who wear the uniform of the United States for all that they have done in tropic islands during the past four years. (Continued applause and cheers.)
"We said Cuba should become a free republic and we have kept our word. (Loud applause.) To have turned Cuba over to the hands of its own people immediately after the withdrawal of the Spanish flag would have meant ruin and chaos. We established a government in the islands; we established peace and order; we began to provide for the Cuban troops who had fought against the misrule of their oppressors; we instituted a public school system, modeled upon that which has been so potent a factor in our own national progress. (Applause.) We cleaned the cities in Cuba for the first time in their history. (Applause.) We changed them from being the most unhealthy to being among the healthiest cities of the civilized world. We introduced a system of orderly justice to succeed one of irresponsible and arbitrary despotism, so that any man, rich or poor, weak or strong, could appeal to courts and know that he would receive his rights.
Duty to Cuba Not Finished.
"But there is one thing our policy toward Cuba has not yet met with its entire fruition. It will meet with it. (Applause.) The course of the last few years has made more evident than ever before that this nation must in time to come have pecuniary interests on the isthmus connecting the two Americas and in the waters and among the islands adjacent thereto. (Applause.) Nationally we cannot occupy the position toward these regions that we did toward others where our interests are far less, and this is doubly true now that congress with great wisdom has provided for the building of an inter-ocean canal. (Applause.)
"I regret that a measure of [tariff] reciprocity with Cuba is not already embodied in statute or in treaty, but it will be just as sure as fate. (Loud applause.)
And now a word as to the Philippines, there are yet troubles in the Moro country, the country of the Mohammedan tribes, but in the Philippines, among the Filipinos, among the people who have been in insurrection, peace now reigns. (Applause.)
"It may be, I think unlikely, but it is possible, that here and there some seeming dead coal of insurrection may for the moment be fanned into a live piece of ember and burst into a fitful flame. If so, that flame will be stamped out. (Loud applause.) But speaking broadly and generally, peace has come. (Applause.)
"Today the proclamation of peace and amnesty has been promulgated, and at the same time our generals have been notified that the civil government is supreme in the Islands. (Applause.)
"I spoke of the task which has confronted those in Cuba and the Philippines as being one of the tasks which this generation had to face. It is only one. We have great problems at home to face. I am speaking in one of the great industrial centers, not merely of America, but of the world, (Applause.) A million people stand grouped in a small radius around the spot where we now are. The growth of your cities within this radius has been one of the most striking phenomenons of this day, and here, therefore, you are brought face to face with those problems which affect our entire civilization at the opening of this new century. The tremendous rush of our industrial development which has brought in its train so much that is good and also of necessity brought somewhat of evil, the very intensity of the progress that has been made, has meant that new and infinitely difficult problems have arisen which we must strive to solve as best we may."
After a day of eventful experiences President Roosevelt departed at 3 o'clock this morning, well pleased with his sojourn in the Smoky City.
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| Fred Adler Hine. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL PAGE.
A Modern Nero Who Slays Children.
FOURTH IN CORTLAND, N. Y.
No General Celebration but Many Private Ones.
SEVERAL SLIGHT ACCIDENTS.
Gasoline Exploded—Blank Cartridge Went Off—Face Full of Powder—Finger Badly Torn by Powder—Careless Boy Held Firecracker too Near Little Girl's Face.
The Fourth of July was well begun on the night of the third. The streets were filled with people, and for hours a continual round of bombardment was kept up. Although Cortland did not celebrate in the general sense of the term, yet there were many things doing to engage the attention of the citizens of the place.
The usual amount of experience was gained by the younger generation in handling the "crackers." Trouble of all kinds, from crackers that went off before they were expected to do so, the more serious disturbances caused by explosions of pistols, was met with, and many a bandage is still on today, but no lives were lost as a result of "celebrating" in Cortland this year.
Gasoline Exploded.
Louis McAleer, 199 Tompkins-st., was very badly burned while igniting a bonfire at the corner of Church and Court-sts., on Thursday night. A pile of boxes and barrels for the occasion had been drenched with gasoline. Young McAleer then proceeded to touch off the heap with a match. He states that while doing this some one threw a firecracker against the pile, with the result that an awful explosion occurred. The lad was thrown back several feet and badly burned. He went at once to Dr. C. D. Ver Nooy's office and was treated. His hands, face and neck were badly burned, and his hair below his hat was singed. The accident occurred at 1 a. m.
Burned by Blank Cartridge.
Scarcely had the doctor finished patching up McAleer's injuries than he was called upon by Mr. Jerome Shultz of McGraw, whose boy had been burned on the knee by a blank cartridge. His injuries were slight.
Face Filled With Powder.
Yesterday afternoon a young man by the name of Donahue of Homer had his face filled with powder by having a pistol loaded with a blank cartridge shot off in his face. Dr. Ver Nooy picked the powder out of his flesh.
Finger Badly Torn.
William Garbarini of Pearne-ave found out that it is not a safe thing to load a toy pistol with powder and try to shoot it off. The first finger of his left hand was badly damaged in trying this experiment. Dr. P. T. Carpenter dressed the lad's badly torn finger.
Little Girl's Face Burned.
Leon Woolsey's little 3-year-old daughter had her face very badly burned by a cracker held dangerously close to her face by a young lad. A preponderance of burn over that of powder was found by Dr. Carpenter. They live on Greenbush-st.
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| Cortland Park at the base of Salisbury Hill. |
AT THE PARK.
Great Crowds Helped to Celebrate the Fourth.
ALL WERE TRANSPORTED SAFELY.
Extra Precautions Against Accidents—Band Concerts—Dancing—Splendid Fireworks.
Yesterday was a great day at the Cortland park. The weather was auspicious and after the long and rainy season of the past month every one was ready to turn out and enjoy the sunshine. The management of the park had made preparations for a great crowd, but the number of people who went celebrating exceeded all their anticipations. The total number of fares rung up was 9,851, and all were carried without an accident. But the management took extraordinary precautions to look out for the safety of all. A signal man was stationed both at the top and the bottom of the hill with a flag by day and a lantern by night to see that the cars observed the proper distance from each other and that they did not try to go in opposite directions on the same track at the same time. On the cars while on the hill, there was a man at every brake.
The only annoying feature of the day was caused by one of the long Third-ave. trailers getting off the track. Two of these trailers were secured from New York near the close of last season to use on rush occasions because they would carry so many people. There is always a little extra width of the rails at every curve to permit the cars to get around. These two cars were not exactly adjusted to the curve at the foot of the park hill, and one of them got off the track at about 2:45 yesterday afternoon during the rush season, and this delayed matters for twenty minutes. Both cars were then sent to the barn. Before another crowded day they will have been fixed so that the incident will not be repeated. This is the first time they had been tried here on these curves.
The City band gave fine concerts in the afternoon and evening and there was dancing in the pavilion all day long. The ice cream and soft drinks counter did a rushing business.
In the evening there was a great display of fireworks in the open space between the track and the river south of the grove.
It was an ideal place and an ideal night for them. The hillside was covered with people. By the time the last of the fireworks were set off the crowd began to turn their faces homeward. It was a big crowd to handle, but with the new short line it was possible to give a ten minute service and the cars soon thinned out the crowd, though it was 12:30 before the last car reached Main-st. But best of all there was no rain, and everybody had a fine time.
There will be a dance at the park tonight.
FOURTH AT MARATHON, N. Y.
Tom Howard Has a Big Eye for a Crowd and a Good Reason.
The Fourth of July was celebrated in an old fashioned manner in Marathon yesterday and a goodly number from this city participated therein. Mr. Thomas Howard, who is especially deputized to look after all matters in regard to public safety at the fairs held in Summerhill, Cincinnatus, Dryden and Whitney's Point and all Fourth of July celebrations of the county, was in Marathon and reports that a crowd of 12,000 people made merry there. He also states that the crowd was the easiest one he has had to handle in a long time, as there wasn't lager enough to go around but once.
DEATH OF JOHN GARRITY.
For Fifty Years He Had Been Doing Business in Cortland.
Mr. John Garrity, one of the oldest business men of Cortland, died from dropsy Thursday afternoon at about half past 5 o'clock, at his home, 32 North Main-st., aged 69 years and 21 days. The funeral will be held from St. Mary's church next Monday morning at 9:30 o'clock. Burial will be made in St. Mary's Catholic cemetery.
Mr. Garrity was born in County Galway, Ireland, June 12, 1833. When 16 years old he came to this country and to Cortland. At that time there was a stage line running from Norwich to Cortland and from Cortland to Ithaca. This was owned by W. P. Randall, and Mr. Garrity engaged to drive for him on these trips. In three years he had saved up money enough to buy the stage line, and from that time until his death, covering a period of fifty years, he had the contract for carrying the mail that has come into Cortland.
Forty years ago Mr. Garrity married Miss Ella Ahearn of Cortland. A few months previous to their marriage, he had purchased the house and lot at 32 North Main-st- and fitted it up for their home, and for the past forty years they have lived in this one place. Four children born to them: Misses Mary T. and Julia F. Garrity of New York, Miss Ella C. and Mr. Edward T. Garrity of Cortland.
Mr. Garrity had been ill since last November, and in that time he had not been able to lie down. He endured much pain, and his nights were particularly tedious, owing to the fact that he could not get natural rest. The nights were spent in sitting in his easy chair or walking about the house or his door yard.
Mr. Garrity was well known and highly respected. He had been in business here longer perhaps than any other Cortland man now living.
NOAH'S ARK FOUND.
Is Petrified and is High on the Mountains of Alaska.
W. A. Reid, secretary of the Skagway Young Men's Christian association, has returned to Tacoma, Wash., from the interior of Alaska, where he talked with the Indians, whose earnest statements confirm various reports, that the Indians of the lower Yukon have discovered an immense petrified ship on Porcupine river, near the Arctic circle and north of Rampart, Alaska. When asked regarding its size, the Indians traced its dimensions on the ground, indicating a length of 1,200 feet. Such Indians as are familiar with the Bible are convinced that the ship is none other than Noah's ark. Reid intends to return to the interior of Alaska this summer, when he will take some Indians and request army officers to detail soldiers to accompany him. The ship lies on a high hill, thousands of feet above the sea level.
BREVITIES.
— Barn struck by lightning, flames extinguished by mud. For particulars see McGraw column today.
-—The Spanish war veterans of New York state will hold a convention in Binghamton on Aug. 25 and 26.
—Mr. R. W. Wheeler did not participate in yesterday's meet at the fair grounds. He was called away from the city at that time.
—The New York State Teachers' association in session at Saratoga has voted to hold its next annual convention in 1903 at Ithaca.
—The Ithaca band which is to play at the park in the near future has received an invitation to play for eleven days in September at the Pittsburg exposition.
—There will be a special meeting of Tioughnioga chapter of the D. A. R. Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at Mrs. Geo. P. Hollenbeck's, 10 Church-st.
-—Hon. James J. Belden of Syracuse has just promised to build a $15,000 greenhouse for Oakwood cemetery in that city. Work will be begun next spring.
—The service at Grace Episcopal church tomorrow evening will be at 5:30 o'clock instead of at 7:30 and will include an address by Rev, Andrews Gregore, an Armenian.
—Rev. Geo. E. T. Stevenson of the Memorial Baptist church will exchange pulpits Sunday evening with Rev. E. J. Noble of the Presbyterian church at McGraw.
—At the service tomorrow morning at the Presbyterian church Mr. W. R. George of the George Junior republic, Freeville, will speak for a few minutes upon the work of that organization.
—New display advertisements today are—Perkins & Quick, Tooth powder free, page 6; C. F. Brown, Chocolate soda, page 6; C. P. Thompson, Everything for Sunday dinner, page 5.
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