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| King Edward VII. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, July 30, 1902.
CORONATION AUGUST
9.
Indications That Doctors Were Safe in Fixing Date.
DIET RESTRICTIONS WITHDRAWN.
With Aid of a Stick the King Does Some Walking—Proclamation Fixing Date—Will Leave Cowes Aug. 6 or 8—After Return to Yacht Second Naval Review Will Take Place.
London, July 30.—The latest and most reliable information indicates that King Edward's doctors were not mistaken in fixing Aug. 9 as the date upon which his majesty could be crowned. The sinister rumors which have pervaded all classes for the last few days now appear to have lost that semblance of probability which made even the members of the cabinet nervous lest another postponement of the coronation might be necessitated.
The apprehension that King Edward would be unable to stand the strain of the coronation ceremony has been greatly lessened by the announcement that his majesty is now permitted to use his feet and, with the aid of a stick, has done a little walking. Another late telegram from Cowes, Isle of Wight, saying that nearly all the restrictions upon the king's diet have been withdrawn, has been welcomed as evidence that the recent ominous deductions were drawn without due allowance for the doctors' extreme cautiousness.
While the king was testing his ability to walk two stalwart jackies stood at his side. After this experiment, which boded well for his fulfilling the necessary coronation functions at Westminster Abbey, King Edward sat smoking on the deck of the royal yacht and watched the races of the small yachts off Cowes.
Those who drew inferences from the fact that the invitations to Westminster Abbey were not dated have had their fears dissipated by the proclamation published in the Gazette last night fixing Aug. 9 as the date for the coronation, which postdates and is altogether more important, than anything which might or might not have appeared upon the cards of invitation.
According to the present arrangements King Edward and Queen Alexandra will leave Cowes either Aug. 6 or Aug. 8 for Buckingham palace and will return to the royal yacht Aug. 18, when the entire fleet will pass before King Edward and salute him, thus making a second naval review.
After his return to the yacht the king is expected to take an extended cruise to the northward and subsequently to spend some weeks at Balmoral, where preparations for the arrival of their majesties have already been commenced.
Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale, the lord mayor of London, expects King Edward to visit the city of London the week ending Oct. 11, when a great luncheon will be held in the Guildhall which is to be followed by a royal procession through the south of London.
All these plans may not be carried out to the letter but their arrangement, combined with emphatic optimism of the king's physicians, is generally taken as insuring, so far as human foresight can be relied upon, the king's coronation for Aug. 9.
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| Theodore Roosevelt. |
AT OYSTER BAY.
President Has Offered a Prize to Be Contested For by Gun Crews.
Oyster Bay, July 30.—President Roosevelt has offered a prize of $25 in gold to be contested for by the gun crews on the war yacht Mayflower, the event to be held in Gardiner's Bay, which practice he will attend. He expects to leave Oyster Bay Thursday morning on a special train for Greenport. L. I., At that point he will go to the Mayflower in a launch, witness the gun practice and return to Oyster Bay in the evening by the special train.
It is announced that President Roosevelt has no present intention of visiting either Newport, R. I., or Richfield Springs, as has been reported.
During the day there were no official callers at Sagamore Hill but in the evening Civil Service Commissioner James R. Garfield of Washington and James R. Sheffield, a former fire commissioner of New York city, were dinner guests.
Unprecedented Rainfall.
Ithaca, N. Y., July 30.—Director A. G. Allen of the Cornell branch of the United States weather bureau announces the rainfall here thus far in the present month has reached the remarkable figure of 6.07 inches, an increase of 60 per cent over the average for June which was 3.76 inches. As a result of the heavy and continuous rains which have filled all streams and gorges in this region, Cayuga lake is now higher than it has been for 10 years. A part of Renwick park is submerged and all fertile garden lands below Fall creek will be unavailable for any crops this season.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Mrs. Henry Parsons, an inspector in the public schools of New York City, has started a play ground school in one of the city parks that promises excellent results. A part of the park has been laid out in what several hundred enthusiastic youngsters call their "farms." Each boy, who is properly enrolled, has been allotted a long plowed row all for himself. In this he is allowed to plant butter beans, string beans, lettuce, peas, corn, turnips or radishes, as he saw fit, and under the personal supervision of Mrs. Parsons or friends she has enlisted in the plan, they have been also weeded, hoed, pruned and reset, as the occasion demanded. At the head of each row is a stake on which is written the name of the owner or his number in the club rolls. In the center of the farm is a flower bed and immediately surrounding it is a plot over which an expert gardener has supervision. By watching him the boys and girls too, in this instance, are expected to learn to care for flowers in their own plots.
FELL INTO THE CREEK.
Rescued from Under the Bridge by a Nine Year Old Girl.
Roy Stevens, the 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Stevens of Townley-ave., Cortland, was playing in the water at Otter creek shortly after noon today when his foot slipped on a stone and he was carried under the bridge. The water is high since the recent rains and the bridge at Townley-ave. is not very much above the surface of the water. The little fellow was caught under the bridge and would certainly have been drowned but for the prompt action of Louise Gray, aged 9 years, who went under the bridge and rescued him. He seems to be no worse for his impromptu bath.
N.Y. Central Engine Draws 108 Loaded Cars.
A new tandem locomotive recently completed for the New York Central railroad by the Schenectady works drew 108 loaded freight cars from DeWitt, near Syracuse, to Albany last week in eleven hours. This is the heaviest tonnage ever hauled by a single locomotive. The 108 cars contained about 9,000,000 pounds of freight. On a previous occasion the same locomotive hauled 100 loaded cars between the two points named nearly in an hour less time.
A Free Scholarship.
Any young man or woman who is a bona fide patron of this paper may secure free instruction in music or elocution. The Ithaca Conservatory of Music, with the desire to stimulate the study of these arts, offers one free and one partial scholarship in each congressional district in New York state. Each scholarship is valued at $100 and is good for the term of twenty weeks beginning with the opening of the school year, Sept. 11, 1902, in any of the following departments: voice, violin, piano, organ and elocution. These scholarships are awarded upon competition which is open to any one desiring a musical or literary education. Any one wishing to enter the competition or desiring information should write to Mr. George C. Williams, the general manager of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music, Ithaca, N. Y., before Sept. 1, 1902.
Funeral of Mrs. Butler.
The funeral of Mrs. Richard Butler, who died last Saturday, was held from the residence, 24 Park-st., Cortland, at 6:45 o'clock this morning and from St. Mary's church at 7:30 o'clock. The funeral was largely attended. A large delegation from Pecos tribe, No. 357, Improved Order of Red Men, of which order Mr. Butler is a member, acted as an escort. The body was taken to Aurora by the 8:31 Lehigh Valley train for burial.
Mrs. John Lennon.
Mrs. John Lennon of Arbutus, Broome Co., died at 6 o'clock last night after a long illness. She was a daughter of the late Peter Wiles of Freetown and lived in that town till her marriage. Her husband died about a year ago, but she is survived by two sons, a sister, Mrs. W. D. Tuttle of Cortland, and a brother, Mr. C. W. Wiles of Delaware, O. Mrs. Tuttle has been at her home for several months caring for her. Mr. Tuttle and daughter, Miss Elizabeth E. Tuttle, left this morning for Arbutus to attend the funeral which will be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
Death of Mr. Williams.
Edward W. Williams died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Smith L. Job, 12 Grace-st., Cortland, at 9 o'clock last night, aged 77 years. The body will be taken on the 7:09 train tonight to Cleveland, O., where the funeral will be held.
Mr. Williams was born in South Wales and came to the United States about forty years ago. He came to Cortland two years ago from Cleveland, O., and had since lived with his daughter.
"King Dodo" Coming.
One of the most important of the early autumn attractions at the [Cortland] Opera House will be the engagement of "King Dodo" which is to visit this city before the month of September is over. "King Dodo" is beyond all question as successful a comic opera production as the stage has seen in many years. During the latter part of the past season the production came into Daly's theatre, New York City, and for eight weeks played to the capacity of that theater and when the run came to an end it was only because Henry W. Savage, who is directing the fortunes of the merry opera, had promised his people a vacation and the only way to give it to them was to close as successful a run as Broadway has seen in a long time.
"King Dodo" is to be presented with the complete production from Daly's theater and a company of sixty people carrying a special orchestra.
Mail Changes.
The stage from Cortland to Nubia, Groton City and Summerhill will cease its trips tomorrow and mail for those places will be sent by way of the rural delivery routes which begin their service on Friday, Aug. 1, from Locke, Groton and Moravia. The rural delivery routes from Cortland are expected to begin service Sept. 1.
Mynard Reunion.
The third annual reunion of the Mynard family will be held at the Cortland park, Thursday, Aug. 14, 1902. All relatives of the late Benager and Lydia (Purple) Mynard are invited to come and help make it a grand and successful gathering.
Secretary.
BREVITIES.
—The new McKinley postal cards are now on sale at the local postoffice. They are very neat.
—The Welsh singers from Pennsylvania sang a number of selections at the Tioughnioga club rooms last night and later at the Masonic lodge rooms.
—New display advertisements today are—Chas. F. Brown, Orange punch, page 6; Bingham & Miller, Clothing, page 8; Cortland Fish & Oyster Co., Fresh fish, page 6; C. F. Thompson, Groceries, etc., page 5.
—The Memorial Baptist Sunday school picnic is being held at Little York lake today. A large number started from the church in carryalls at about 9 o'clock, while others went in private carriages, on bicycles and by train.
—Mrs. T. H. Wickwire entertained a company of eighteen young people at dinner last night in honor of Miss Elizabeth Benedict and Mr. William H. McGraw whose wedding occurs this evening. A very pleasant evening was spent.
— Frank Kenyon and Joseph Bunney have each a young rose bush of the Dorothy Perkins variety set out in May and the former already has twenty buds and the latter forty-two buds upon it. This has been good weather for such plants if it has not been for harvesting farm products.
—Will any people of this city who would be willing to take into their homes worthy students of the Normal school desiring to pay for their board in whole or in part by work communicate at once with Dr. F. J. Cheney, the principal, by letter addressed to him here at Cortland, as he has the names of several such students, both ladies and gentlemen, who wish to enter the Normal this fall and work for their board?
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