The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-03
THE MARSHALL CELEBRATION
Exercises to He HELD at the Capitol
and schools.

Appropriate ceremonies In celebration
Of the Tooth anniversary OF the induction
into office of John Marshall, the first Chief
Justice of the United States, will take
place tomorrow afternoon in the hall of
the House of Representatives at the Capt.
tol. While the observance OF the day will
not be confined to Washington alone, still
the exercises at the Capitol will be the
most elaborate of any held in the United
States on this day. In addition TO the
programme which will be carried out in
the House the Board of Education has
made arrangements whereby the occasion
will be celebrated in the public schools of
Washington.
The programme has been arranged by
joint committee of both houses of Con-
gress, together with the Hon. William
Writ Howe, OF Louisiana the representa-
tive of the American Bar Association, and
committee consisting of twenty-five
members of the District of Columbia Bar
Association. With the latter organiZa-
ton. of which Chaplin Brown is president,
lies the credit of bringing about the OBJ
servnnce of the day in the National Capt.
tai. The celebration of the day will con-
will take place at the Arlington Hotel,
under the auspices of the District Bar
Association
The exercises in the House of Repre-
scn'atives will begin at 10 o'clock tomor-
row morning Chief Justice Fuller. of the
United States Supreme Court will preside
and will call the assemblege to order at
that hour. A large number of invited
guests, consisting OF Senators. Represent
ant tfIy from, oil ar-fc
of the country, and others win be
present. The divine blessing will be
invoked upon the occasion by the
Rev. DR.. William Strother Jones'
pastor of ST. Michaels Church, Tren-
ton, \. j.. who is a great grandson of
John Marshall Chief Justice Fuller will
then make a brief address. after which
the principal address of the day will be
delivered by the Hon. Wayne MacVeagh,
whose subject will be John Marshall"
The closing feature of the days cele-
hration will be the banquet given by the
District Bar Association at the Arlington
Hotel in the evening. One hundred and
twenty-five guests will be seated In the
banquet room. MIR. Chaplin Brown, the
President of the Bar Association, who will
preside will introduce as the toastmaster
the Hon. william Writ Howe, of Lou
isiana
At the request OF the Bar Association
Of the District, the Superintendent OF
Schools has arranged for suitable exer-
cises in the schools on Monday. Inter
esting programmes have been provided by
the teachers in the seventh and eighth
grades, and special addresses will be Ce
livered in the high schools by speakers
selected by a committee of the Bar As
ISOLATION, as follows:
Central-Mr. William H. Singleton.
Business-Mr. Walter C. Clephane.
Eastern-Mr. Orin B. Hallam-
Western-Mr. Greed N. Fulton.
Colored High-Mr. e. NJ. Hewlett.
The exercises inzthe high schools to be
at / o'clock in the afternoon.
The joint COMMITTEES of Congress con-
slsts OF Senators Hoar and Lindsay and
Representatives Dalzeil, Grosvenor, and
Richardson.
The committee of the local bar associa-
ton appointed to serve in connection with
the celebration comprises Chaplin Brown,
Chairman; Henry E. Davis. Walter d.
Davidge. Augustus S. Worthington Joseph
J. Darlington, j. Heldsworth Gordon VIII
liam F. Mattingiy, Nathaniel Wilson. Ed
ward s. NcCalmonf. r. Ross Perry VIII
liam A. Maury William H. Singleton, Cal
deron Carlisle, Frederic d. Mckenny, AL
dis b. Browne, George-E. Hamilton. James
G. Payne, Andrew Duxali Simon Wolf,
Arthur A BirRey, FrankU.W. Hackett,
Joseph K. Mooammon, jeremiah NJ VIII
son. Thomas H. Anderson, Samuel Mad
dox and John J. Hemphill.