A WORD FROM THE SOURKROUT EDITOR

Cortland Standard Editor William H. Clark.

Cortland Democrat Editor Benton B. Jones.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, November 19, 1894.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

A Word from the Sourkrout.

   The "sourkrout editor of the Cortland STANDARD" presents his compliments to the Cortland Democrat and begs to inform that paper that he has never been in the business of importing cabbages from Germany. That business is one of purely Democratic creation, and one which The STANDARD wants nothing to do with, save to condemn it. The STANDARD believes in importing into this country not a single article of agriculture or manufactures which we can produce ourselves. We believe in keeping the American market for Americans alone, and paying wages to our own people, instead of to the monarchy-ridden millions of England and European countries. When we eat sourkrout we want it made of American cabbage, grown on American soil, by American labor, and are willing to pay American prices for it, We believe in the American eagle and everything else that's American. "If any man attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot"—whether the flag floats in Hawaii or over a pile of American cabbages grown in Homer or Cortlandville.

How Business Men Look At It.

   Mr. George J. Mager has handed us the number for Nov. 10 of "The Dry Goods Chronicle," the trade paper of the dry goods trade, which has no concern with politics, except so far as it influences business and economic conditions, and which contains the following significant comments on the recent elections and their effect on business:

   The significance, in a business sense, of the week's astonishing political revolution is indicated by the immediate advance in stocks, which shows that investors have confidence that business conditions will not be disturbed by political complications for a long time to come. For nearly two years the business world has been unsettled by political issues that have rendered values unstable, and therefore impeded exchanges of all classes of property, and caused to be hoarded the surplus capital needed for normal business movement. Whether the issues fought over between the two great political parties involved economic heresies or economic truths, is immaterial. They involved radical changes in prevailing conditions and in standards of values; and while the issues were undecided business languished because values were unstable, and the recent threats of Democratic leaders that they would continue the fight on some of these issues, left the future with no guarantees of the stable conditions without which business cannot prosper.

   Tuesday's election has removed all clouds from the immediate future. It is as certain as anything can be that there will be no further tinkering with the tariff for a long time to come. The tariff reformers have received a deadly blow. Their leaders have been repudiated by their own constituents and retired from congress, and the party that advocates protection to American industries has been returned to power by a revolution so complete that it is bewildering. The silver question has lost its vitality, for the leading friends of silver have met political death. Bland, its prophet, has lost his seat in congress, and in all the pronounced silver states Populism and free silver have gone down together.

   "Let us have peace!" is the cry of the suffering business world, and Tuesday's election ensures peace and the maintenance of the present status.

◘ After the panic in 1873 it was six years before the country fully recovered from its effects. Causes which have been accumulating 20 years cannot work out their necessary results in one or two years. It is useless to look for a return of good times for several years yet. Most people were of the opinion that they did not have such very good times previous to 1893, but now when they look back they see they were rolling in affluence. Good times are comparative. Wages have been reduced in nearly all the trades except those connected with housebuilding. In these the mechanics in many places are working only part of the time. It is not likely there will be so many hundred thousands out of employment this winter as there were last but those at work will be getting lower wages very generally. If they get enough pay to provide them with a mere living till prosperity smiles on our country again, let them thank the Lord and take courage.

◘ The New York constitutional convention tried to steer a middle course on the vexed question of home rule for cities. It provided that the legislature should indeed make laws for the large cities. The laws must then be sent, however, to the municipal government of a city and by it be approved. If not returned thus approved, it cannot become law until the legislature passes it a second time.

◘ It is a sign of advancing civilization that the Princeton students themselves have decided that hazing must go, and that they will henceforth not tolerate it in their midst. It would be interesting to find out of what phase of our barbaric prehistoric stage this college hazing is a survival. Why is it that children are mercilessly cruel to animals and other children weaker than themselves? It is this survival of the barbaric childhood of the race that produced college hazing?

◘ A German paper, the Frankfurter Zeitung, which does not mean sausage, but newspaper, claims to have discovered that when Japan conquers China she intends to divide it into three kingdoms. These will be ruled by native Chinese princes, and Li Hung Chang will be one of them.

Illustration of massacre at Sasun.

The Armenian Massacre.

   LONDON, Nov. 19.—A dispatch to The Times from Vienna says that a letter has been received there from Smyrna reporting that Zeki Pasha, a Turkish marshal, with a detachment of Nizams and a field battery massacred 2,000 Armenians at Sassun. The bodies of the dead were left unburied and their presence has caused an outbreak of cholera.

   Many Christians are reported to have fled by secret paths across the Russian frontier.

   So far there has been no official confirmation of this news, but if it is true it is time the powers share in the responsibility by their failure to enforce article 61 of the Berlin treaty which imposes on them the duty of seeing that the porte takes measures to protect Armenians.

   The letter declares that they hope for nothing from Europe, but that they still have confidence in Great Britain. Numerous appeals have been made by the Armenians to the British foreign office.

   The last appeal received says that the Armenians do not wish to see more of their territory annexed by Russia, but if Great Britain is unable to help them they would be better off than under the yoke of Turkey.

   A dispatch from Constantinople says that in response to protest made by Sir Philip Currie, British ambassador to Turkey, the porte has unreservedly withdrawn the charge against Mr. Hallward, British consul at Van, of inciting the Armenians at Sassun and elsewhere to revolt.

   The charge grew out of the investigation made by Mr. Hallward into the Armenian massacres and his report to the British ambassador.

   The governor of Bitlis, who is seriously involved in the outrage, made the charge, it is said, for the purpose of revenge.

   The sultan has decided to send a commission composed of three members of his military household and one civilian to Sassun for the purpose of making an impartial inquiry into the outrages on the Armenians.

   The latest news is to the effect that many of the Armenians who were supposed to have been killed fled from the soldiery and are now returning.

Thorwoldsen's Statue Dedicated.

   NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—The statue of the great Danish sculptor, Thorwoldsen, which has been erected at the entrance to Central park at Fifty-ninth street and Sixth avenue, was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. The statue is the gift of the various Scandinavian societies in the city and is a counterpart of the statue in Rome. The presentation to the city was made by George Kirkegoer, chairman of the committee, and was accepted on behalf of the municipality by ex-Judge Toppen, chairman of the department of public works, in the absence of Mayor Gilroy.

A Splendid Entertainment.

   The entertainment course at the Normal school under the auspices of the Corlonor and Trifolium societies and the Normal Athletic association was opened last Saturday night by the John Thomas Concert Co. A splendid entertainment was given. This company consists of four people and is one of the strongest organizations for one of its size that has ever come to Cortland. It consists of Mr. John Thomas, reader, impersonator and humorist, Miss Saloma Thomas, soprano soloist, Miss Annie Webster, violin, and Mr. Albert Hopkins, piano and cornet. Every member is a star, and all performed their parts well. Mr. Thomas is irresistibly funny. He is a singer as well as a reader and part of his humorous selections were sung. His rendering of the Cork Leg and the sermon upon Old Mother Hubbard were among the best. At every appearance he was called back to respond to a double encore.

   Miss Annie Webster, the violinist, proved to be an old friend to many in the audience. She was formerly a resident of Cortland and was a member of the famous musical Webster family. As a little girl her playing was much admired. As a young lady it has greatly improved and was all that could be desired. After the concert Miss Webster met many of her former friends and received their congratulations.

HOMER DEPARTMENT.

Gleanings of News From Our Twin Village.

   The World's Fair lecture in the First Baptist church next Friday evening, Nov. 23, will be a very instructive and entertaining description of the wonders of the White City. Rev. J. A. Hungate, the lecturer, has met with flattering success wherever the entertainment has been presented. Remember the time and date.

   An alarm of fire was sounded at about 3:30 this morning but owing to the irregular way in which the strokes of the bell broke the stillness of the night, the firemen did not turn out en masse. It is evident that the firemen are tiring of being called out so often and it will require a more vigorous pulling of the bell than was witnessed this morning to produce a full attendance of the members of the department The fire this morning was located in the vacant house on Grove st. belonging to Mrs. Allen, which was partially damaged by fire about a month ago. Hose company number 4 and the Prestonville company were the only ones in attendance. The fire was quickly extinguished and caused but slight damage.

   The flag which was carried by our townsman, Mr. L. P. Norton, in the battle of Gettysburg during the late war, is now on exhibition in the window of D. E. Shepard's dry goods store.

   A live bird shoot will be held at Hotel Windsor all day November 28 under a tent in the rear of the house. This is an opportunity for lovers of the gun, as king birds and screen traps will be used. A number of crack shots from Syracuse are expected to be present.

FORTUNATE DISCOVERY.

The Central House Barn Has a Narrow Escape.

   A few minutes after 8 o'clock last evening as Officer Monroe, Master Willie Bates and others were walking on Railroad-st. the latter discovered a light in the upper window of the Central House barn, and smoke issuing from the roof. Officer Monroe rushed to the corner of Railroad and Church-sts. and pulled box 484. The boys who were with him had taken the Emerald hose cart from the building and were laboriously endeavoring to extricate it from the mud, where it had stuck.

   The department responded promptly, the Emeralds getting first water. At about the same time that the fire was discovered from Railroad-st., Mr. Thomas Sweeney had occasion to enter the barn. He saw a light in one of the stalls in the rear and upon investigation found quite a fire in one of the stalls and an unknown man endeavoring to break the ceiling with a stick so that the fire would burn to the second floor. Mr. Sweeney threw the man to one side very unceremoniously and then began trying to extinguish the flames. He succeeded with the help of others, who had arrived on the scene and formed a bucket brigade, in keeping the flames under control till the fire department arrived and deluged that part of the building. The unknown man escaped in the crowd.

   Had the fire succeeded in getting two or three minutes more start it is difficult to tell where it would have ended, as it was located in a very bad place to get at. If it had once got started the fire could have been reached only from Railroad and Court-sts. It was certainly a very lucky fire.

   Many of those stopping at the Central House had their trunks packed ready to move out.

BREVITIES.

   —The original Fiske Jubilee Singers are booked to appear at the Cortland Opera House, Wednesday evening, Dec. 5, 1894.

   —The Woman's Relief Corps will serve samp and milk at G. A. R. hall Monday evening from 5 to 8 o'clock. The public are cordially invited.

   —In connection with the ten-cent supper at the Homer-ave. church tonight, the Hamlin family will sing a few of their best selections.

   —A Buffalo Democrat who wagered that if Stern were not elected mayor he would roll a peanut a mile with a toothpick in the first snowstorm, paid his bet last week.

   —The Walton Reporter says, "L. E. Hoyt & Co., the Walton founders and machinists, on Thursday of this week shipped to the Fleming Manufacturing company of Fort Wayne, Ind., one of their new road workers. The machine was given a trial at their shops Thursday morning. Its workings were most satisfactory, and for simplicity, durability and cheapness it has no equal. It will crush a ton of stone in five minutes and can be made to do it in four. The machine is an invention of Mr. M. J. Stanton's. It will no doubt meet with a large sale. Mr. Stanton was formerly a resident of Cortland.

Gus Williams.

   Gus Williams and his merry company in his latest success "April Fool" are announced as the attraction at the Cortland Opera House on Saturday evening, Nov. 25. Mr. Williams has not visited Cortland in some years and on his last appearance here will be remembered as having to appear on the stage on crutches. His many friends will be glad to know that he recovered completely and is as well to-day as a man possibly can be. The company this season is said to be the strongest he ever carried and one of the best organizations of refined comedy and specialty artists on the road.