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| Thomas Brackett Reed. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday. December 8, 1902.
THOMAS B. REED DEAD.
Ex-Speaker Died at Washington Sunday Morning.
WAS SICK ONLY FIVE DAYS.
Remains Started Sunday Afternoon For Portland, Where the Interment Will Take Place Tuesday—Sympathetic Callers at the Arlington Hotel. No Ceremony at Washington.
Washington, Dec. 8.—Thomas Brackett Reed, former speaker of the house of representatives, and for many years prominent in public life, died here at 12:10 o'clock Sunday morning in his apartments in the Arlington hotel. The immediate cause of death was uraemia.
The remains of Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed, left Sunday afternoon for Portland, Me., his former home, where the interment will take place Tuesday afternoon. They were placed aboard a special train leaving Washington at 4:50 o'clock and running as the second section of the Federal express.
Accompanying the body were Mrs. Reed, the widow; Miss Catherine Reed, the former speaker's daughter; Hon. Amos L. Allen, Mr. Reed's successor in the house of representatives; Asher C. Hinds, Mr. Reed's parliamentary clerk while speaker, and Augustus G. Payne of New York, a lifelong friend.
At Mrs. Reed's request there were no ceremonies of any kind here and at Portland they will be of a simple character.
During the entire day there was a stream of sympathetic callers at the Arlington hotel, where the body of Mr. Reed lay awaiting removal to the railroad station. They included President and Mrs. Roosevelt, members of the cabinet, the senate and house and diplomatic corps. Many persons in private life also called.
Neither Mrs. Reed nor her daughter saw any of the visitors, who simply left cards. It was not generally known that the body of the deceased would be taken from the city so soon and President Roosevelt had invited Mrs. Reed and her daughter to be his guests at the White House pending its removal, which invitation under the circumstances they were compelled to decline.
The body was enclosed in a casket with heavy oxidized extension handles and on the top was a solid silver plate on which had been engraved the following simple inscription:
"Thomas Brackett Reed,
"Oct. 18, 1839—Dec. 7, 1902."
The casket remained at the hotel until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, when it was brought down stairs and lifted into the hearse, the undertaker's assistants and the employes [sic] of the hotel acting as body bearers. Then without ceremony or display of any kind it was removed to the railroad station. On the casket rested two floral offerings, one of them from the widow and the other from Mrs. Roosevelt.
Soon after the body left the hotel, Mrs. Reed and her daughter, Mr. Payne, Mr. Allen and Mr. Hinds, who accompanied the body to Portland, were driven to the special train in waiting,
Among those at the railroad station when the train departed were Senator and Mrs. Lodge, Justice McKenna of the supreme court, General Draper of Massachusetts and Representatives Hitt and Littlefield.
The special train carrying the funeral party was made up of the composite car Brutus, the sleeper Harvard and a day coach.
Mr. Littlefield expects to go to Portland to attend the funeral and Representative Burleigh, who is there already, also is expected to be present. As far as tentatively arranged here the funeral will take place some time Tuesday afternoon from the First Parish Unitarian church.
STATEHOOD BILL.
Senate Will Take It Up Wednesday. House Adjourned on Account of Mr. Reed's Death.
Washington, Dec. 8.—In accordance with the unanimous agreement of last session, the senate will take up the statehood bill next Wednesday and it is expected to remain the unfinished business for some time thereafter.
The bill undoubtedly will provoke considerable debate and it is generally believed that it will continue to receive the attention until the adjournment for the Christmas holidays at least.
Senator Beveridge, as chairman ol the committee on territories, will call the bill up Wednesday, and probably will make a speech in support of the report in favor of the substitute bill presented by the committee. Other members of the committee who agree with him will follow. All of them will give careful attention to the testimony taken by the sub-committee which recently visited the territories.
The committee's written report has not yet been submitted to the senate and this will probably be put in on Wednesday. The report will analyze the testimony, dealing with the questions of soil, mines, agricultural possibilities, educational facilities and general fitness of the population of the various territories for statehood.
It is generally understood that a strong position will be taken in opposition to the claims of New Mexico and Arizona, considerable stress being laid on the fact that a large percentage of the people of those territories do not use the English language and that interpreters are necessary in the conduct of the business of many of the courts.
It is expected that the immigration bill will continue to receive desultory action on Monday or Tuesday, but the proceeding with reference to this bill will consist largely in the reading of the bill and the consideration of amendments.
There will be more or less of executive business during the week and in all probability another adjournment from Thursday until the following Monday.
AFFAIRS AT THE MINES.
Remarkable Conditions Disclosed by the Evidence.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 8.—The remarkable condition of affairs at the mines of G. B. Markle and company testified to by witnesses at the session of the anthracite commission on Saturday is causing much apprehension among the large railroad operators. They make no secret of the fact that they don't propose to be blamed for Markle's alleged sins and today finds the operators more on the defensive than at any time since the hearings commenced. Counsel Darrow for the miners was busy all day examining witnesses who will be called to tell of their work and treatment at the Markle mines. John Markle is known as a hard fighter throughout the region and his appearance before the commission is expected at any time. Justice Gray when the hearing commenced this morning, said that the operators had been given much time for the submission of data on earnings and hours of employees and the number of men employed and the commission desired that such statements should be presented at once. The commission, said Judge Gray, wished to examine this data and thereby ascertain what future testimony might be heard. Some of the railroad companies' counsel said that such statements completed would be submitted.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Thomas B. Reed.
The announcement of the death of Thomas Brackett Reed, former speaker of the house of representatives, at 12:30 a. m. Sunday, coming close on the heels of favorable bulletins as to his condition, added the shock of suddenness to an event which, at any time and no matter how clearly and long foreseen, would have saddened the entire nation. He was a great, versatile, patriotic statesman, and a genial, whole-souled, lovable man. With all his various gifts and achievements, however, be will be known to history chiefly as the speaker of the lower house of congress who made it possible for the majority of that body to transact public business without being obstructed and set at defiance by the minority. No congressman, under the Reed rules, can sit in his seat, refuse to answer to his name and thus aid in preventing a quorum.
Those who knew him intimately as friend and companion, as well as in the capacity of politician, orator and statesman, and in the discharge of his high duties as a public official, are best fitted to speak of him in the fullness of his personality, and from the tributes of such as these we select the following. The first is from the New York Sun, the second from the Buffalo Express.
Tom Reed of Maine is dead and we are sorry for it. There are few men in public life that the country could less afford to spare. Tom Reed was a great man and a good man. A quarter of a century of warm friendship taught us to know him in that close and personal aspect that is commonly destructive of the abstract and public apprehension of a man. Did it detract from his figure? Not a bit of it. He grew bigger and broader and greater and more lovable with each succeeding year; and now that he is gone we know our loss to be irreparable. Never, never again, shall we look upon the like of Tom Reed,
He was a splendid character and there was nothing in all the length and breadth of our land that was more American than he. What a privilege, what an honor, to have Tom Reed for a friend. He was a politician, but we always thought he was a poor politician. He never drew a dishonest breath. The man was the soul of honesty. He was a statesman in spite of himself.
Big in body, big in soul, grand in every quality that should denote or adore a man, Tom Reed leaves a great and deplorable emptiness where he stood. It is a grievous thing that he was not suffered to stay here yet a little while, for his possibilities of good to his country and of service to mankind were at their greatest.
Farewell, true friend, brave heart. Peace to thy ashes and to thy name undying honor!
TOOK CARBOLIC ACID.
Ray Dickinson is in a Critical Condition.
THOUGHT IT WAS PEPPERMINT
And Took it by Mistake—Prompt Action by the Physicians May be the Means of Saving Boy's Life—Chances for Recovery About Even.
Ray Dickinson, aged 14 years, son of Mrs. Helen Dickinson, 41 North Main-st., Cortland, is in a very critical condition, due to a dose of carbolic acid that be took by mistake last night. It is thought today by Dr. J. H. Benson, who attends him, that his chances for recovery are about even.
When the boy got ready for bed last night he was taken with severe pains in his stomach, caused by eating too freely of candy. He was sent down stairs by his mother to get the peppermint bottle. He did not take a lamp with him. When he returned she detected the odor of carbolic acid and asked him what he had been using carbolic ointment for. Upon being told by the lad that he had not used the ointment, Mrs. Dickinson repeated her assertion that she smelled carbolic acid. The boy then said that it must be that he had taken carbolic acid for peppermint.
The mother, nearly frantic from fear, got the boy down stairs where he collapsed upon the floor. Clad in her nightdress, and with bare feet she rushed out of doors, waded through snow banks, and reached the back door of the residence of Dr. Julia H. Spaulding, who lives next door, and succeeded in rousing the family and making her wants known.
In the meantime the cries of the woman had attracted the attention of W. C. Bouck, who lives nearby, and Attorney E. C. Alger and Charles Corcoran, who were passing along on the street. The three each started in different directions for a doctor, but only one, Dr. Benson, was found at home. He arrived within a few minutes from the time the dose was taken, and Dr. Spaulding was soon afterwards at the boy's side.
When Dr. Benson arrived he found no heart action, and he hastily administered a hypodermic injection. He then literally crammed whites of eggs and lard down the boy's throat to counteract the influence of the powerful dose.
The boy rallied somewhat at this and his cries of pain were most pitiful. It is thought that he took one swallow of the burning liquid.
Last night soon after the accident the temperature of the lad was subnormal. Today he has a temperature of 103 1/2 degrees and Dr. Benson is apprehensive that either inflammation of the stomach, pneumonia or kidney trouble may set in.
In regard to the effect of carbolic acid when taken into the stomach, Dr. Benson says that it is much the same as would be produced by running a red hot iron down the throat. There is no need of pumping for the acid for as soon as it comes in contact with the tissues its strength is spent.
Mrs. Dickinson said today that the peppermint bottle had been removed from the shelf where it formerly stood to a table, and she thought the boy knew of the change. The bottle that held the carbolic acid is about the same size as is the one in which the peppermint is kept. The boy took the liquid direct from the bottle. Why he should attempt to take medicine as he did is not known.
LOCAL PERSONALS.
Mr. C. G. Maybury of Winona, Minn., arrived in Marathon Friday and will spend a month with relatives in Cortland and vicinity. Mr. Maybury has not been in Cortland before in thirty years.
PATRONS OF INDUSTRY.
Annual Meeting and Election of Officers.
The Patrons of Industry held their regular annual meeting for the election of officers last Saturday at Good Templars' hall. The forenoon session was taken up in a discussion of legislative matters, and the action of the association will be forwarded to Senator Green of this senatorial district and to Assemblyman Dickinson.
After the usual routine of business in the afternoon the following officers were elected:
President—H. B. Stevens, Tula.
Vice-President—A. J. Sears, Cortland.
Secretary— E. R. Babcock, Cuyler.
Treasurer—H. J. Reed, Cortland.
Business Agents—A. J. Sears, Jerome Holl.
Trustee for Three Years—J. L. Kinney.
Trustee for One Year—William Short.
H. J. Reed, G. A. Bliss and John Snell were appointed a committee to confer with the business agent in regard to purchasing fertilizer. E. R. Babcock was elected as delegate to the state convention.
The Normal News.
The Normal News for November, which has just been distributed, is one of the brightest and best edited numbers of The News that has been put out of late. It contains a professional article by Miss Mary A. Woodbury, Normal '97, two rostrum articles, poetry, exchanges, personals, editorials, locals, athletics articles, convocation articles, and club notes. The issue reflects great credit upon Editor-in-Chief Ray L. Butterfield and his able corps of assistants.
COUNTY COURT.
Opened at the Court House This Morning.
There is not much doing at the session of county court which opened at the courthouse this morning. It is thought that the session will be completed by Wednesday afternoon.
The case of The People vs. John H. House, Orton A. House and John C. House, indicted for manslaughter, has not yet been called but it is understood that it will be put over the term on account of the necessary absence of Comptroller N. L. Miller, who is one of the attorneys for the defendants.
The case of The People vs. Mark Jacobs, indicted for burglary in the third degree, was put over the term on account of sickness.
Frank S. Bennett, indicted for grand larceny in the second degree, was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. The case was put over the term on account of illness in his family from scarlet fever and a consequent quarantine of his premises. He was represented by his attorney C. V. Coon.
The matter of the person and estate of Mary A. Barnes is now on trial before a jury. The action is for the purpose of getting a committee appointed to take charge of her property. The case is being conducted by Attorney Fred Hatch.
Micolangelo Cauestraro, an Italian, Nocenzo Mastropaolo, an Italian, and Wallace W. Raymond, an Englishman, gave proofs and became citizens of the United States.
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BREVITIES.
—The Lodge of Perfection meets at 7:30 o'clock tonight.
—The Primary and Junior union will meet tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock at the First Baptist church. All primary and junior teachers are invited.
—The new display advertisements today are--M. W. Giles, Christmas goods, page 7; F. H. Maricle, Auction of harness, robes, etc., page 7; C. F. Thompson, grapes, etc., page 5.
—Mrs. Mary B. Wood of Ithaca will speak at the Prohibition Alliance meeting this evening at G. A. R. hall on the subject of the National W. C. T. U. convention recently held at Portland, Me. All are invited.
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