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| John D. Rockefeller. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday,
November 11, 1895.
ROCKEFELLER AN ANARCHIST.
Chicago
Social Labor Party Speaker So Denominates Him.
CHICAGO, Nov. 11.—John D. Rockefeller was
denominated a practical anarchist at the meeting of the Chicago Socialistic
Labor party, and the Chicago university was named the Chicago Standard Oil
university.
The application was made by Jesse Cox, a
local attorney, in a speech during the progress of a meeting held on West
Twelfth street in commemoration of the execution of Spies, Parsons and their comrades.
Mr. Cox said there were two kinds of
anarchists in this country. One was the kind that looked forward to the time
when there would be no government and when men would live together as brothers.
The other was the kind that never counseled throttling the law, but which took
the law by the throat and choked it whenever the occasion demanded.
There was only standing room in the hall and
Mr. Cox was applauded to the echo. On the right of the speaker's desk a
handsome silk American flag was gracefully folded, and on the left a red flag
belonging to one of the German societies was displayed. The meeting was
presided over by Oscar Neebe, one of the anarchists whose sentence to life
imprisonment was commuted by Governor Altgeld. Mr. Neebe, just previous to the
adjournment of the meeting, pronounced a eulogy on each of the men who were
executed. He said that they had stood for all that was noble and that their
deaths had been a calamity to the working people.
NO LACK
OF CONFIDENCE.
Cuban
Sympathizers Say Spain's Concessions Would Not Be Accepted.
NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—Among the passengers who
arrived on the steamer Veendam from Rotterdam and Boulogne were W. H. Van Den
Toorn, New York agent of the Netherlands-American steamship line, C. G. Velez
and A. L. Gihon.
Mr. Velez is a Cuban and returns from Spain,
where he went in the interests of the insurgent cause. He said that he expects
to lead an expedition to Cuba in the near future, but he did not wish to give
any particulars of his future movements. His father, he said, is in Paris,
where he is doing good work in the cause of Cuban independence.
Mr. Velez gave it as his opinion that it it
is now too late for the Spanish government to offer concessions to the
struggling Cubans, as the insurgents are in good shape and expect soon the
consummation of their hopes in a Cuban republic.
BOARDED
BY SPANIARDS.
American
Trading Brig Searched For Arms, But None Found.
NEW YORK, NOV. 11.—The American brig Harriet
G. arrived at quarantine from Neuvitas, Cuba. The Harriet G. is owned by Mosle
Bros. of this city and trades regularly between New York and Neuvitas.
She sailed from this port on Aug. 29 last
and reached Neuvitas on Sept. 19, where she discharged her cargo. On Oct. 3 a
Spanish officer with several soldiers boarded the brig and made a thorough
search for a large quantity of arms which the Spanish officials had been
informed were on board the vessel.
The brig was ransacked from stem to stern,
but no arms were found. The Spanish
officer went so far as to demand that Captain Miller remove from below all his
anchor chains. This the captain refused to do and the officers were reluctantly
forced to leave the vessel. The United States consul was on board at the time,
but could do nothing.
Captain Miller will report the facts in the
case to the proper authorities at Washington.
There was on board the Harriet G. a young
Cuban passenger named Gustava Toree, who claimed that he was so persecuted by
the Spanish authorities that he was compelled to leave the island and come to
the United States.
AMERICA'S NEW NAVY.
Chief
Hichborn Discusses It In His Report.
PRESSING
NEEDS POINTED OUT.
The
Urgent Necessity of New Drydocks, as Shown by the Inability to Dock the
Battleship Indiana, Called to the Attention of Congress.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 11.—Commodore Philip
Hichborn, chief of the bureau of construction and repair of the navy
department, has completed his report for the year. The report includes estimates
for appropriations for next year, the most important of which is $5,895,679 to
be expended on vessels authorized by congress for the increase of the navy. He
also asks for $1,500,000 for the general repairs of vessels and the purchase of
stores and machinery; $528,000 for continuance of work already authorized on
the Hartford, the Chicago and other vessels, and $500,000 for two composite
sailing vessels.
He dwells especially upon the necessity of
adequate money for the repair of vessels' covering: "Modern steel ships
with their extreme subdivision and elaborate systems of ventilation, drainage
and mechanical auxiliaries of all kinds, require much greater care, both when
in commission and in ordinary, than was formerly the case with the old wooden
ships [sic].
"It is now more than nine years since
the first vessel in the new navy was put in commission and the necessity for
general repairs and renewals of equipments is becoming more pressing.
"The policy of extreme economy has
about reached its limit and unless more ample appropriations are made for the
care and preservation of ships and the general maintenance of the yard plants,
the efficiency of the fleet will be diminished and given property will suffer
serious deterioration."
Commodore Hichborn notes the completion and
acceptance during the year of the Marblehead, Columbia, Olympia and Minneapolis,
gives the status of other vessels which are almost completed and also states
the facts in connection with contracts recently let and specifications made
under the authority of the last naval appropriation bill.
He suggests the importance of appropriations
sufficient to push the navy yard plants at Portsmouth, N. H.; Boston, New York,
League Island, Norfolk, Va. and Mare Island, Cal., in a condition to meet the
demands of the immediate future. He thinks $125,000 necessary at Norfolk,
$75,000 at New York and $70,000 at Mare Island.
He also renews the recommendation of last
year for the appropriation of $75,000 for each of the two new stations at Port
Royal and Puget Sound. This money is, he says, necessary to equip the stations
with tools so as to enable them to cover the ordinary repair work.
Probably the most important part of the
report is that devoted to the necessity of increased drydock facilities. Mr.
Hichborn notes the fact that there was no dock, government or private, in the
country sufficiently large to dock the Indiana, preliminary to her trial trip.
"If," he says, "such a
condition confronts the department in time of peace, it is easily realized how
serious a defect it would prove in time of war, when the casualties of battle
and necessity for keeping the bottoms of vessels in such conditions that they
might develop their highest speed would largely increase the demands on our
docking facilities."
The chief constructor indorses the
recommendation of the constructor at Boston for a dock there sufficient in size
to take the largest vessel, as he does also similar recommendations from the
constructors at Norfolk and Mare Island.
Mr. Hichborn also recommends:
"That in order that the plants at our
naval stations may always be kept in a high state of efficiency for the
performance of the general work of repairing and fitting out, it is earnestly
recommended that in future appropriations provision be made for having at least
one vessel in course of construction at each of the three principal navy
yards."
Explaining the reason for this suggestion,
he says that the completion of the vessels
building at the New York and Norfolk navy yards has necessitated the discharge
of a large proportion of the skilled force hitherto employed at those stations,
and it will be exceedingly difficult to maintain the efficiency of the
construction and repair plants at those yards unless early measures are taken
to give regular employment to a small force of skilled mechanics in each of the
principal yards.
The report renews the recommendation
previously made of an experimental tank in which carefully conducted
experiments could be made with models in such a way as to anticipate the
performance of the completed vessel, these results not being capable of
attainment in any other way.
Several foreign governments have already
preceded us in this direction and have constructed elaborate experimental
stations, the British taking the lead. One hundred thousand dollars is asked
for this purpose, and it is believed that with such a station, properly
equipped and officered, the department will be in a condition to make original
research and act on independent lines, instead of being compelled, in a great
measure, to rely upon the experiments and deductions of others, which must of
necessity be accepted at their full value, as there is no means in this country
of testing their accuracy.
COUNTY SUPERVISORS
ENTER
UPON THEIR ANNUAL SESSION IN CORTLAND.
Last
Years' Organization Continued—W. H. Crane Chairman, John C. Barry Clerk.
The board of supervisors of Cortland county
met at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon at their rooms on the third floor of the
clerk's office. Under the new law supervisors are elected for two years and the
present board is now meeting for its second year. The board is composed as
follows:
Cincinnatus—Benjamin B. Kinyon.
Cortlandville—R. Bruce Smith.
Cuyler—Wells G. Cardner.
Freetown—Oscar N. Gardner.
Harford—Josiah H. Brown.
Homer—William H. Crane.
Lapeer—Frank M. Surdam.
Marathon—Walter A. Brink.
Preble—Albert H. Van Hoesen.
Scott—Mills G. Frisbie.
Solon—Johnson G. Bingham.
Taylor—William H. DeLong.
Truxton—John O'Donnell.
Virgil—William A. Holton.
Willet—Jefferson Greene.
Republicans in Roman, Democrats in Italic.
The old organization held over, so that W.
H. Crane of Homer is chairman and John C. Barry clerk.
The board was called to order by Chairman
Crane and the roll was called by Clerk Barry. Every supervisor answered to his
name.
An informal discussion of various matters of
importance followed and up to the time that The STANDARD went to press no
special business had been done.
FOX & JARVIS.
Two
Cortland Men Engage in Business in Auburn.
Messrs. William L. Fox and Joseph G. Jarvis,
two Cortland young men, have bought of E. P. Senter of 5 and 7 Clark-st.,
Auburn, his business, which is much along the line of that conducted by the
Fair store in Cortland. The firm will be known as Fox & Jarvis. They will carry a full line of crockery,
glassware, tinware, lamps, toys and holiday goods. They have a large double
store with basement on a prominent street in Auburn and are soon to have the
second floor as well. They expect to enlarge the business to a considerable degree.
Both the young men are well and favorably
known here in Cortland. Both have lived here just eight years. During this time
Mr. Fox was two years clerk for Mager &
Co., and was then with the Cortland Wagon Co. for six years where he
was promoted from time to time until he held the place of cashier and head
bookkeeper and was in charge of the collections. He was also head bookkeeper
for the Hitchcock Mfg. Co. for a few weeks. Mr. Jarvis has for eight years been
a very efficient and highly popular clerk and salesman for the well known firm
of Tanner Brothers.
Both young men are possessed of excellent
business habits, of the strictest integrity, are full of push and energy and are
well liked. They will make a very strong combination as a business firm. They
have hosts of friends here who will regret their departure from town, but who
will wish them the best of success in their new home. Cortland's loss is Auburn's
gain.
BREVITIES.
—The case of The People against John B.
Howard was called in police court at 10 o'clock this morning. Mr. Howard
appeared with his attorney, James Dougherty. No one appearing against him the
defendant was discharged. Those interested in the prosecution claim that the
witness upon whom they relied has suddenly disappeared, under suspicious
circumstances.
—One hundred young men accepted the
hospitality of Prof. Blodgett's Bible class of the First Presbyterian church
last night. A social hour was spent, after which refreshments were served by
the young men. A musical program was effectively rendered by the male quartet.
The general expression was that the evening had been delightfully passed, and a
repetition of this interchange of social feeling is promised.—Oneonta Star,
Saturday.
—The Lehigh Valley has issued a new style of
mileage books; each book contains 1,000 miles and is in one continuous strip
about two inches wide; lines are drawn across the strip above one-eighth of an
inch apart designating miles, which are all numbered and the conductor tears
off according to the miles traveled. They are good for entire families and
employees.—Ithaca Journal. The Lehigh Valley is just right in making the books
good for families and employees. It will doubtless increase the passenger
traffic of the road. The D. & H.
is also a road which never withdrew its mileage books and in which they are
good for bearer and it finds that this liberality pays.
FOOTBALL
SATURDAY.
Normals
Beat Binghamtons 32 to 0—Normal
Juniors Lose to Ithaca 0 to 6.
Saturday was not an ideal day for athletics
of any kind. But in spite of rain and mud the Normals succeeded in defeating the
Binghamton High school team in two halves of 25 min. and 20 min., 32 to 0. The
teams were evenly matched as to weight, but the preponderance of skill seemed
to be with the home team. Except in a very few instances, the line was impregnable
and the backs went through the Binghamton's line almost at will except in a few
instances, Brown, Welch and Wilcox specially distinguishing themselves. Lanpher
at quarter was at times slow in giving signals and passing, but accuracy and
the readiness of the backs made up for this.
Binghamton won the toss and chose the west
goal, having a slight advantage of wind. Wilcox punted to Binghamton's fifteen-yard line, who rushed the ball back fifteen yards where a fumble gave it to
Cortland. Brown gained fifteen yards through the center and Welch followed with
five more through the same hole, Brown again takes the ball and skirts French's
end for the first touch down in 3 1/2 min. after play began. Wilcox kicks goal.
On the lineup Binghamton kicks to Cortland's fifteen-yard line. Givens gets the
ball and gains ten yards before being downed. The center was tried with no
gain. Then followed a play which, if it had been made in a collegiate game,
would have added a new star to the football firmament. The ball was passed to
Brown, who skirted French's end behind good interferences, ran eighty-five yards
and scored the second touch down five minutes after play began. Wilcox failed
to kick goal.
Binghamton kicked to Cortland's twenty-yard
line. Brown caught but the Binghamton
forwards downed [him] without gain. On the lineup, however, Brown broke through
Delaney for ten yards, Welch hit the line for twelve more and Brown adds eight.
Binghamtons here braced up and secured the ball on downs. Clifford punts to
Wilcox on Cortland's twenty-five yard line. He returned to Binghamton's
forty-yard line, but Robinson was down the field ahead of the ball and grabbing
it makes the third touchdown. Wilcox failed to kick goal. Rogers punts to
Wilcox who gains eighteen yards before being downed. Welch pounds the line for
thirteen, fifteen and five yard gains in as many downs, and Wilcox pushed
through the center for five more. Brown fails to break through right tackle and
Welch adds twenty-five around right end. Each gain five more at same point, and
Brown is forced over for the fourth touchdown. Lanpher kicks goal.
The half ended with the ball on Cortland's twenty-eight
yard line. Score: Cortland 20, Binghamton, 0.
In the second half Welch and Wilson each
made a touch down, and Wilson kicked goal each time. The visitors were unable
to hold the Cortland line until within eight minutes of time. With the ball on
their forty-yard line, they forced Cortland back twelve yards and secured the
ball on downs. Rogers fumbled and lost six yards. Clifford punted to Cortland's
forty-yard line. Cortland failed to gain in three downs and was forced to punt.
Binghamton now assumed the aggressive and pounded Cortland's line for gains of two
and three yards. Hickey then took the ball and skirted right end for twenty yards.
Here they were held and the game ended with the ball in the center of the field.
Score: Cortland 32, Binghamton 0.
The line-up was as follows:
Car Off
the Track.
A freight car on the E., C. & N. jumped
the track a few miles west of here this morning and the assistance of the
wrecking crew from Cortland was required to get it back on again.
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