The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-04
IN HONOR toF JOHN MARSHALL
ceremonies to Take Place This Morn
Ing Mt the Capitol.

At 10 o'clock this morning in the hall
of the House OF Representatives Chief
Justice Fuller will open the ceremonies
in honor of the one hundredth anniversary
of the induction into office of John Mar
shall, the great Chief Justice of the
United States. On the floor will be seated
large number of Senators and Repre-
sentatives and invited guests, Including
many prominent lawyers from various
parts of the country. The President has
accepted the invitation to attend.
The exercises at the Capitol will be the
most impressive of any of a large ntm-
Der of celebrations. which will be heid IN
various parts OF the United States. Espe-
cially elaborate services will be held in
Richmond and Philadelphia. These Two
cities, together with Washington. are the
three in the United States most interested
in the celebration OF John Marshalis in
duction into office. Richmond was MS
home Washington was the place wheTe
for more than three decades he sat as
the Chief Justice of the United States. ana
Philadelphia was the city where he 1ied.
After Chief Justice Fuller has called
the assemblage to order the divine bless
ing will be invoked by the Rev. DR.. Will
liam Strother Jones, pastor OF St
Michael's Church, of Trenton. n. j. Dr.
Jones is a great grandson of the Illus
trious Chief Justice. Then will follow a
brief address by Chief Justice Fuller,
after which the Grafton of the day with
John Marshall as the theme will be de-
livered by the Hon. Wayne MacNeaSh Oh
Pennsylvania
The days programme will conclude with
a banquet under the auspices of the Dis
trict Bar Association at the Arlington
Hotel this evening Covers will be lald
for one hundred and twenty-five guests.
Chaplin Brown, the President of the Dis
trict Bar Association, will preside. and
will introduce Hon. William Writ Howe,
Of Louisiana, who will act as the toast
master of the evening.
At the request of the Bar Association OF
the District of Columbia the Board of
Education has authorized and the Super
intendent of Schools arranged for ap-
propriate celebration of the day in the
public schools at Washington. Programmes
have been prepared by the teachers
in the seventh and eighth grades. Special
addresses will be delivered in the various
high schools by the following speakers
selected by the Bar Association:
Central-Mr. William H. Singleton.
Business-Mr Walter c. Clephane.
Eastern-Mr. Orrin b. Hallam.
q Western-Mr. Greed NJ. Fulton.
Colored High-Mr. E. NJ. Hewlett.
The exercises in the high schools VIII oe
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon.
The joint committee OF Congress con-
sists of Senators Hoar and Lindsay and
Representatives Dalzell, Grosyenor, and
Richardson.
The committee of the local bar associa-
tion appointed to serve in connection with
the celebration comprises Chaplin Brown.
Chairman; Henry E. Davis. Walter D.
Davidge. Augustus 5. Worthington, Joseph
]. Darlington, J. Holdsworth Gordon. Will
liam F. Mattingly, Nathaniel Wilson. Ed
ward S. McCalmont. R. Ross Perry, Will
liam A. Maury, William II. Singleton, CAL
deron Carlisle, Frederic d. McKenny, AL
dis B. Browne. George E. Hamilton. James
G. Payne, Andrew B. Duvall, Simon Wolf,
Arthur A. Birney, Frank w. Hackett.
Joseph K. McCammon. jeremiah NJ. Will
son, Thomas H. Anderson, Samuel Mad
dox, and John ]. HemphiIl