The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-05-04
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OTTAWA, H.. May 4, 1889
Current Events.

orally ar more deliberately celebrated thfi
was the centennial of Washiugtons lnaU
ruration as President of the United STATE
on Tuesday last. From Maine to Caliior
MIA. and from the Lakes To the Gun, every
where, the day was observed Ia churci
nnblic hall ana school In nearly every
cjty town and village In the land,-ln the
great cities with magnificent Farades, hJod'
of patriotic oratory and the flare OF lre'
works. In tue lesser ones with banquet'
and speeches; In the schools with patriotic
songs and recitatiOns; In the churches Will
thanksgiving ana praise. Even the ceIe
bration of the centennial of July An Wa
less universal and less hearty. Ga July
4th our fathers announced their intention
of becoming a free people thirteen year
later, April Both, that purpose was consu
mated and the celebration Of Tuesday, ~
Geo. VIM. Curtis, in the New York HerIi'
saws, "fitly manifests the eXuting pride o
a great people In a government deslgne,
70 torn more perfect union, 10 establish
Justice. 10 insure domestic tranquility anl
10 secure the blessings Of liberty, and upon
whose success, as shown In the general
prosperity, Intelligence and happiness OF
tbe neople. after the severest foreign and
domestic trials, and with all that yet re-
mains 10 achieve, the century which ended
Tuesday has set It's seal
The celebration par ercelteRce was, OF
of course, In New York City, where Wash
ington was inaugurated. Beginning on
Monday with naval display, and the
Journey of Pre- sident Harrison over the
route through New Jersew, which Wash
ington travelled on his way 10 New York,
the celebration extended over Tuesday ana
Wednesday, Tuesday being devoted TO the
military and Wednesday TO the civic pa.
rades,-all pageants that have never been
equalled In this continent, the details OF
which would fill volumes.
No session of the legislature was held
this week until Wednesday.
In the house on Thursday the telephone
lobby scored dismal victory by securing
the reference of the bill 70 regulate tele-
phone charges to the committee on corpo-
rations The motion had majority o.
one only.
On the same day the resolution to pro.
vide for constitutional convention was
defeated In the house, receiving only G2 u
the necessary l03 votes.
The house has amended the militia bill,
cutting the appropriation from 100000 TO
10000. Adj. Gen. Vance says this will
make It impossible to hold the summer en-
campment Oftener than once In two years.
In cons Iteration of these facts the Chicago
men are "upish" and bin will be offered
TO sell the Springfield grounds and wind up
the camp business for the present.
The penitentiary commissioners are still
considering the subject of establishing
binder Irvine plant at the prison at Joliet,
frightiul wreck took place on the
Grand Trunk railway of Canada, near
Hamilton, Ontario on Sunday night last
in which two persons were killed outright,
10 more buried in the wreck, and dozen
more injured. The train, which consisted
of two baggage cars, one smoker, three
passenger coaches, aud four Pullman
sleepers was just approaching trestle
over gully over one hundred feat deep,
when rounding sharp curve the lOcOmO.
tive left the track, followed by the remain
der Of the cars except the two sleepeTs at
the rear of the train. The front baggage
car jumped clear over the locomotive, aud
remained on the treck about thirty feet |
from the wreck. The smoker and the |
passenger coach following IL we're jumbled |
together In shapeless mass, while the |
the other cars were scattered along the |
track and were completely demolished. |
Immediately after the accident the fire
from the locomotive spread to the smoker, |
and before long the wreck was a blaze. |
There Is not little complaint made by |
spectators and friends of the injured Of |
the In iiCient character of the as
sistance sent to the scene by the railway |
company, and their general Carelessness In |
handling the dead, especially the burned |
who could be recognized only by articles
Of jew elry and such like, which was In |
many cases separated from the bodies, So |
that no identification of remains Is in sew. |
eral cases possible There were ll3 pass
engers on the train.
On last Friday night meeting of tariff |
ref0rmers was held at the Palmer house, !
At which Pros IL l.. BoltwoOd presided
A constitution for the club then formed 10
be- called the Illinois Tariff Reform League
was adopted and Franklin Nc Neagh was
elect president. The meeting then re.
solved Itself into a Committee Of the
whole on tariff reform, and number Of
excellent addresses were made. one of the
speakers was the venerable Dr. Nathan y.
Davis. called the Nestor of the
American medical profession, who said,
'the time to convince people and to set
them thinking is In periods whea there is |
no elections going on. Have at least one
man, and If possible three, in each school
disttict-men who are sound on tariff re-
form. Let that he the nucleus" This is |
the key note OF the whole busint IS and, as
il Is understood, the formation of such a |
nucleus In every school districts will be at |
Mr.. Forrest who will be re-,
membered as one Of the ablest speakers
heard in Ottawa the last campaign touched |
upon the farmer question aud made the