The Washington times., 1901-07-05
DISTRICT PIONEERS MEET.
The Association of Oldest tnhabi-
tants Holds Its Reunion.

Every Member Has Lived Here Thir-
! ty-fve Years or More-John Mar
bury Jr., Reelected President
! EN-JudEe Cole Makes an Address.
The annual meeting of the Association
! of the Oldest Inhabitants of the District
was held yesterday at Carroll Institute
Hall. On the Fourth of July, according
! to long standing custom, the veteran
! citizens meet to celebrate Independence
! Day by special exercises prepared for the
/ occasion and by the election of officers.
a pleasant feature of these gatherings is
a banquet, at which interesting reminis-
cences are given by way of after-dinner
| speeches.
Notwithstanding the intense heat of the
! day considerable number of the mem
bers participated in the meeting. The
association numbers at the present time
! l24. and each must be upward of fifty
years of age, and must have resided in
the District for thirty-five years.
The business meeting of the association
/ convened at 10 o'clock. John Marbury, jr.,
president of the association, presided.
| Several reports were submitted and the
annual address of the president was list
| ened to with interest. He stated that the
weather was too warm for long speech,
/ DuJ lnal ne COulu not refrain from giving
expression of his thanks to God that he
was permitted once more to be present
and greet his old friends of the associa-
I ton.
Mr.. Marbury referred to the fact that
only one member of the association had
died during the last month, and said he
( hoped that all present would be spared
to come together many times more.
After the short address of the presi-
dent several new members were intro !
duced, and business of a routine char
acter was transacted. William Beron an |
nounced that yesterday was the twenty !
fifth anniversary of the raising of the fiIst |
flag over one of the public schools of the |
city by the society. Mr.. Beron stated that |
he raised the flag with his own hands |
over the Walach School, July A. 1876.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: John Marbury, jr., pres
ident; John W. Clark, Jacob Viehmeyer,
William Beron, Noble d. Larner, S.
Thomas Brown, Joseph Prather, B. C.
Wright c. II. Langley, p. NJ. Dubant,
A H. Ragan, Frederick l.. Moore and
Rudolph Eichhorn, vice presidents; ].
Richard Riggles, treasurer; Benjamin w.
Russ, recording secretary; DR.. ]. T. How
ard, corresponding secretary; j. A. Vein
berger, marshal, and James Croggan,
chronicler.
The public exercises took place in the
Carroll Institute Hall. The following pro-
gramme was rendered:
Overture, by Imperial Mandolin Club,
A. Grupe. jr, director, f. Reed, w. Cali
her, C. Galiher, E. Hardstali, and E.
Wittstatt; recitation. ''Star-Spangled Ban
ner," by David c. Bangs Chorus by the
audience); Declaration of Independence, |
read by Allison Nailor, jr.; America
sung by the audience; Grafton, c. c. Cole;
overture, piano and violin, Profs. Oates
and Hoskins; soprano solo, selected, Miss
Cecilia l.. Sullivan, accompanied by Mrs.
Isaac Birch; recitation, "Old Glory"
A. r. Israel; song, James H. Cathen;
tenor solo, While the Band Is Playing
Dixie. I'm HumIning Home, Sweet
Home" Thomas j. Quigly. accompa-
MED by C. F. McErnaney; soprano
solo, selected, Mrs. Mary Miller-Scott;
comic song, selected, w. a. Morsell,
accompanist, Edwin S. Gee; Aud
Lang Syne," by the audience.
Judge Cole, in his address, referred
briefly 20 some of the prominent events in
the political history of the country. draw
Ing therefrom certain suggestions, which |
he thought should be recalled by the "Old
Guard fast passing from the stage OF
action. Judge Cole spoke of the progress
in mechanical in&ention as the most
strikii & Indication OF the country deVel- |
opment He spoke with pride of the
steam railroad, the telegraph, and the
ocean cable as peculiarly American liz
Ventions.
The speaker referred to the recent de-
cisicn of the Supreme Court, remarking
that while the Constitution may not fol-
low the flag it does defend the flag. He
reviewed the growth of the domain Of
the United States, by acquisition and pur-
chase and was glad American that
his country had become world power
Judge Cole expressed the belief that the
nation should go on ip her career to be
respected, and feared by all
nations.
AT the close of his address Judge Cole
recited with good effect The Ship of
State" a. embodying his own views Of
our national destiny
Among those present were James T.
Beiseau, Sebastian Bauer, S. Thomas
Brown--J Madison Cults, William D.
Crumpsey. J. w Clark, II. V. Cotton.
James Croggan, r. NJ A. Fenwick, An
thony Gaegler, Daniel Genau, William J.
Green. Albert Grupe, DR.. Joseph T. How
ard Andrew jackson. j. Edward Krause
Robert V. Locke John Marbury. jr.,
James Malloy, Lewis Mundheim, T1mo-
thy W Murphy, Allison Nalor. jr., T. V
Norman Thomas Oliver, Joseph Prather,
A H Ragan. Smith Thompson. BrysOn |
Tilley, Jacob Viehmeyer. William III. VIII
liams James A. Weinberger, and Thomas
Geary.