EDUCATED SUFFRAGE, PRIMARY LAW, BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE, AND REMAINS BROUGHT TO CORTLAND

 

Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, Feb. 13, 1902.

EDUCATED SUFFRAGE.

Mrs. Stanton Demands Educational Qualification For Voters.

   Washington, Feb. 13.—The first international woman suffrage conference and the 34th annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage association was begun here with an unusually large number of delegates in attendance. The convention was presided over by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, its president. The delegates were welcomed to the city by Henry D. F. MacFarland, president of the board of District commissioners.

   A strong plea for educated suffrage was made in an address prepared by Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and owing to her inability to present it, it was read by Rev. Olympia Brown of Wisconsin. Mrs. Stanton is the only living woman who signed the call for the first woman's rights convention ever held in the world. This convention was held at Seneca Falls, N. Y., July 18 and 19, 1848. She and Miss Susan B. Anthony have battled together for woman's rights for the past 50 years. Mrs. Brown, who read the address, has been for many years president of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage association and was the first woman in the United States to be ordained by a regularly constituted ecclesiastical body. Mrs. Stanton said:

   "While we should not allow our country to be a dumping ground for the refuse population of the old world, we should welcome all hardy, common sense laborers here. The one demand I would make for this class is that they should not become a part of our ruling power until they can read and write the English language intelligently and understand the principles of Republican government. This is the only restrictive legislation we need to protect ourselves against foreign domination.

   "With free schools and compulsory education no one has an excuse for not understanding the language of the country. As women are governed by a 'male aristocracy' we are doubly interested in having our rulers able at least to read and write.

   "The great political parties fear to propose this measure lest it should ensure their defeat.

   "Some say that the ignorant classes need the ballot for their protection more than the rich. Well, they have had it and exercised it and what have they done to protect their own interests? Absolutely nothing, because they did not know in what direction their interests lay or by what system of legislation they could be lifted out of poverty, vice and ignorance into liberty, justice and equality.

   "A republic based on the theory of universal suffrage in which a large class of educated women, representing the virtue, intelligence and wealth of the nation, are disfranchised is an anomaly in government, especially when all the men, foreign and native, ignorant and educated, black and white, vicious and virtuous, by their votes decide the rights and duties of this superior class.

   "As women have no voice in the laws under which they live they surely have the right to demand that their rulers, foreign and native, shall be able to read and write the English language.

   "The popular objection to woman suffrage is that it would 'double the ignorant vote.' The patent answer to this is, abolish the ignorant vote. Our legislators have this power in their own hands. There have been various restrictions in the past for men. We are willing to abide by the same for woman provided the insurmountable qualification of sex be forever removed. Some of the opponents talk as if educated suffrage would be against the best interests of the laboring masses, whereas, it would be most beneficial in its ultimate influence."

   The foreign delegates, who were seated on the platform and who took great interest in the proceedings, listened to words of greeting from May Wright Sewell, Clara Barton, Susan B. Anthony and Rev. Anna H. Shaw.

   Madame Sofka Levona Friedland of Russia fittingly responded, saying in part that Russia had been the friend of America during the civil war and that close ties of friendship exist between the two countries. America, she said, had more than once displayed friendship toward Russia and had sent her ships there to protect her people from American cruel enemy—hunger.

 

RUN OVER AND KILLED.

Death Caused By An Automobile in New York.

WAS ARRESTED FOR HOMICIDE.

Seven-Year-Old Boy Was Struck by Motor Carriage Occupied by Edward R. Thomas and Three Friends. Machine Was Known as "White Flyer."

   New York, Feb. 13.—Henry Thies, a 7-year-old boy, was struck and killed by an automobile occupied by Edward R. Thomas, son of General Samuel Thomas, and three friends.

   Thomas was arrested, charged with homicide and was released on bail. The automobile, which struck the boy, is known as the "White Flyer," because of its great speed. It formerly belonged to W. K. Vanderbit, Jr.

   Edward R. Thomas was elected president of the Seventh National bank of this city at the time of the Marquand failure last June, but he served only one day, the comptroller of the currency having ordered the bank's suspension.

 

NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.

Amendments to Primary Law—Canal Improvement.

   ALBANY, Feb. 13, (Special).—There is reason to believe that the primary law amendments introduced early in the session by Assemblyman Weekes, will receive the approval of both branches of the legislature. Their aim briefly is to prevent frauds at primaries, and to ensure the choice of the leaders and delegates of districts by the voters rather than by outsiders, as is often the case under existing circumstances. The amendments are favored generally by both parties. When first offered, the measure applied to New York and Erie counties. At the request of the Republican representatives of the latter county, the bill was amended so as to exempt Erie, and in that form it has just been reported to the assembly, being restored to its place on third reading. Its passage within a week by the house appears to be assured.

   The usual annual struggle over an employers' liability bill is being witnessed this winter in the legislature. Several measures on the subject have been introduced, but it is a question whether any legislation will result from their appearance. Another hearing was held yesterday afternoon before the senate judiciary committee on the employers' liability bill of Senator Slater.

   Advocates of canal improvement express disappointment that the senate canals committee felt it worthwhile to keep the general improvement bill in committee another week for the purpose, as announced, of letting Albanians set forth their reasons for opposing the measure in its present shape. If it is proposed to kill this bill, as many friends of the improvement project now begin to apprehend, the program is apparently to pass it through the senate, but to delay doing so until so late in the session as to make it practically impossible to get it through the assembly. In this way the Republican leaders hope to escape being charged with having deliberately refused to pass the bill.

 

BRAND NEW AUTOMOBILE.

SOME OF THE ALLEGED EXPERIENCES OF THE NEW DRIVER.

N. H. Gillette at the Brooklyn Chautauqua Banquet in New York Heard Many Things in a Poem Which Highly Edified His Friends—Old Molly Would Return the Machine to the City, but it Suddenly Got up Motion and Gave Her a Great Chase.

   On Thursday evening, Feb. 6, the excursion committee of the Brooklyn Chautauqua union held its annual banquet at the Herald Square hotel in New York City. Mr. N. H. Gillette of Cortland has for several years conducted the annual excursion in the summer to some popular resort and on the occasion of the reunion of the committee he was chosen to preside at the banquet. Notwithstanding the fact that he had arranged the program there were some things on the program as presented that he knew very little about in advance. One of them was worked in under the very harmless title of "poem."

   It appears that its writer was aware of the fact that Mr. Gillette had last fall purchased a new automobile and had brought it to Cortland to use next spring. But Mr. Gillette has kept very quiet about his machine since getting it in town and so far as the public was concerned no one knew of any little episodes that he might have in learning to operate lt.

   But the writer of the poem seemed to have some "inside information,'' and no one was more surprised than Mr. Gillette at this banquet to know that the cat was out of the bag. At the conclusion of tire reading Mr. Gillette asked for a copy of the poem, but the writer said that he must wait till he could give him a "clean copy," and so the gentleman has been waiting ever since. But it would be hard to keep him waiting longer, and so The STANDARD, through the courtesy of one of its friends, is enabled to present to Mr. Gillette herewith that "clean copy" which he has been heretofore expecting through the mail from New York. The poem as read we reprint as follows, and we have no doubt that Mr. Gillette's Cortland friends will enjoy it as much now as his New York friends did a week ago and we hope Mr. Gillette will himself enjoy reading it as much now as he did hearing it on the former occasion.

   We might add that it is reported that on the first trip of that same automobile the water supply gave out and a bucket brigade had to be formed to replenish the supply tank, while at the same time the steam gauge showed a pressure of 200 pounds, but we will give away no more secrets and simply publish the poem, as follows:

THE WILD RIDE OF AN AUTOMOBILE.

 

ANNUAL MEET1NG

Of Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Presbyterian Church.

   The Woman's Foreign Missionary society of the Presbyterian church will meet with Mrs. A. W. Edgcomb, 22 Court-st., on Friday afternoon, Feb. 14, at 3:30 o'clock. The subject will be "Famous Missionaries of India." This will be the annual meeting when reports of the year's work will be given. It is earnestly desired that all membership fees may be in the hands of the treasurer at this time. A cordial invitation is extended to all the women of the church to be present at this meeting.

 

Ladies' Literary Club.

   The Ladies' Literary club met yesterday with Mrs. F. D. Reece, 16 Tompkins-st., and the following interesting program was given:

   Paper—The Outlook in Porto Rico, Mrs. Johnson.

   Paper—The City of Havana, Mrs. Higgins.

   Conversation—The Porto Rican at Home, led by Mrs. Jayne and participated in by all the ladies.

   Miscellany—The Isthmian Canal, the Nicaragua Route, Mrs. Jayne.

   The Panama Route, Mrs. Reese.

   The next meeting will be held with Mrs. C. P. Walrad, Feb. 26.

 

Seymour-Caverly.

   The announcements of the marriage of Miss Lotta Louise Caverly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Caverly of Washington, D. C. and Mr. Arthur E. Seymour formerly of McGraw and now a clerk in the census bureau at Washington, on Feb. 11, have been received by Cortland friends of the groom. The newly married couple will be at home the second and fourth Wednesdays of March at 1316 W-st., Washington.

 

REMAINS BROUGHT TO CORTLAND.

Funeral of Mrs. Margaret Cleary Beerbower at 9:30 Tomorrow.

   The remains of Mrs. Margaret Cleary Beerbower, who died in Rochester early yesterday morning, were brought to Cortland on the 1:03 Lackawanna train today, and were taken to the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Cleary, 145 Main-st. As previously announced, the funeral will be held from St. Mary's church at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning.

   The remains were accompanied from Rochester to Cortland by the grief stricken husband, Mrs. M. F. Cleary, Mrs. Charles Abbott. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Benson, Mrs. Robert Ennis, Mrs. James Porter, Mrs. Dr. Phillips and Messrs. Armstrong and William Boyd.

   Mr. Cleary, Mrs. S. P. Bloomfield, Mrs. John F. Byrnes and Miss Susie Cleary returned from Rochester yesterday.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Friday is St. Valentine's Day.

   —Thomas O'Neil paid a fine of $3 in city court. He was charged with public intoxication.

   —Wayne county is the first county in the state to be completely covered by rural mail delivery routes.

   —The Italian residents of Syracuse are to have a postoffice sub-station of their own, with one of their number in charge.

   —Dryden is to have rural free delivery. One route is practically established and a petition is being circulated for a second route.

   —Two E. & C. N. Y. cars were derailed at the junction with the Lackawanna last evening and stopped traffic on both lines for about twenty minutes.

   —Real paper stockings worth 3 cents a pair are coming into use in England. The paper is made into twine and knitted into stockings like wool. Perhaps darning may be a forgotten art some day.

   —The Dryden woolen mill has shut down for three weeks to make some changes. The proprietors contemplate making cloth on part of the looms and have already made their samples. They have four men on the road and the prospects are very good for a profitable year.

   —New display advertisements today are—W. J. Perkins, Hot water bottles, page 7; E. M. Mansur, Maple sugar, etc., page 4; Haight & Freese Co., Stocks, bonds, grains, etc, page 5; S. P. Smith, Meats, page 5; C. F. Brown, Parks cough syrup, page 7; Glann & Clark, Shoes, page 7.

 

BURNED CITY, HIGH SCHOOLS, PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, RAILROAD ELECTION, MARGARET CLEARY, AND ELECTA DEMING HOWELL

 

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 1902.

THE BURNED CITY.

Paterson to Be Placed Under Military Control.

   Paterson, N. J., Feb. 12.—Mayor Hinchcliffe, Sheriff Sturr and Major Ross, commanding the militia, had a conference at which it was agreed that the municipal and county authorities should give over to the militia the control of the burned district beginning Wednesday morning and lasting for the ensuing 18 hours.

   The reason for this is that today being a holiday it is expected that every means of transportation into the city will be overcrowded and that several hundred thousand people will visit Paterson. These crowds it is expected will be hard to handle at the best and the establishment of full military control with a plainly marked dead line was considered the best plan to avoid trouble.

 

Increased Number of High Schools.

   Albany, Feb. 12.—The annual report of the high school department of the state board of regents shows that at the commencement of the current fiscal year there were 741 institutions of secondary education in the state, an increase during the year of 36.

   High schools expended $3,596,677, and academies $2.105,043. The average expenditure in each secondary school was $68.05 for each student compared with $76 in 1900, a decrease of $7.95. The number of graduates holding four years or higher credentials is 6,403, an increase of 1,203. The whole number of academic diplomas issued during the past year was 4,134 which is 32 per cent of the number of preliminary certificates issued in 1897. This indicates that one-third of all the students who entered the high schools of the state in 1897 completed a four years' course and graduated in 1901.

 

Count Tolstoi Dying.

   St. Petersburg, Feb. 12.—Count Leo Tolstoi has suffered a relapse and is dying.

 

Abraham Lincoln.

Lincoln's Birthday

   CHICAGO, Feb. 12 —Throughout Illinois, the state where he laid the foundation of his fame, the observance of Lincoln's birthday is general today. In Chicago closing of public offices, board of trade, stock exchange and school exercises, religious services and banquets will mark the appreciation of the present generation for the martyred president.  Speaker Sherman of the Illinois house of representatives, will be the chief orator at the Grand Army exercises in Memorial hall this afternoon. Tonight the Marquette club will hear panegyrics of Lincoln from such distinguished men as Charles Emory Smith of Philadelphia, Senator John J. McLaurin and others, while the Lincoln club will listen to Gov. Yates, Senator Thurston and Congressman Foss.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

For a Constitutional Convention.

   The Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post notes the fact that six states have already notified congress through their legislatures that they desire an amendment to the constitution providing for the popular election of United States senators, and four of them specifically ask for the call of such a convention as is authorized by the constitution in article 5.

   It is asserted that thirty states have at some time in the past given their adhesion to the plan for the popular election of senators. It is therefore argued by cautious observers that a constitutional convention, which congress would be compelled to call upon the request of two-thirds of the states, may be impending.

   It is further suggested that since twenty-five amendments to the constitution have already been proposed since the meeting of congress a union of interests represented by them might give broader scope to the movement and greater strength than even the taking issue of popular election of senators. Some of the other amendments which would doubtless come before such a convention are those relating to the income tax, woman suffrage, the life tenure of the judiciary, the hours of labor, uniform divorce, prohibition of polygamy, the suppression of trusts and the control by the general government of irrigation and waterways.

   Senator Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, who is the most persistent and outspoken advocate in either house of congress of the proposition to elect senators by popular vote, thinks there is hope of inducing congress to submit to the people an amendment for the change in the method of electing senators. The only hope of success, he says, lies in action by the states, and he for one is willing to take the risk of a national convention if that is necessary to accomplish the desired end. If congress will not listen to their appeals, the Michigan senator holds that the states will be entirely justified in demanding that a constitutional convention be held. There is at present a strong sentiment in congress in opposition to the holding of such a convention; but under the constitution a convention must be called if, for whatever purpose, two-thirds of the states demand it, and this they seem quite likely to do.

 

E. & C. N. Y. R. R. ELECTION.

All the Directors and Officers of Last Year Re-elected.

   The stockholders of the Erie & Central New York Railway company met at the company's general office in this city [Cortland] this afternoon and re-elected the following directors for the ensuing year: I. H. Palmer, H. M. Kellogg. W. D. Tisdale, C. W. Stoker, H. P. Davis. L. N. Frederick, Charles O. Scull, F. M. Hall, G. F. McKeough, H. C. Harden, J. S. Rosenthal and R. D. Lang.

   At a subsequent meeting of the stockholders, the directors met and re-elected these officers for the coming year:

   President—Chas. O. Scull.

   Vice-President—Lawrence N. Frederick.

   Secretary—H. M. Kellogg.

   Treasurer—W. D. Tisdale.

   Attorney—Irving H. Palmer.

   Executive Committee—Chas. O. Scull, F. M. Hall, R. D. Lang, J. S. Rosenthal and L. N. Frederick.

 

THE TRUCK CASE.

District Attorney T. H. Dowd Goes to Albany Tonight.

   District Attorney Thos. H. Dowd expects to start this evening for Albany to oppose the appeal from the decision of Judge Sewell denying a new trial for John Truck and also the appeal from the verdict of conviction by the jury and sentence of death pronounced by the presiding justice at the trial. The appeals are made by Attorney John H. McCrahon of Syracuse.

 

Purchased a Fine Piano.

   Mr. and Mrs. Jay S. Johnson and daughter of Marathon spent the day in Cortland in shopping, and among other purchases made while here was a fine Needham cabinet grand upright piano, bought of A. Mahan.

 

Margaret Cleary Beerbower.

   Mrs. Margaret Cleary Beerbower, wife of Mr. Arthur Brinton Beerbower of Rochester, died at 4:30 o'clock this morning at her home in Rochester. The  remains are expected to arrive in Cortland at 1:03 o'clock tomorrow. The funeral will be held from St. Mary's church Friday morning at 9:30 o'clock.

   Mrs. Beerbower was one of twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Cleary of this city and her death marks the first break in the family circle. She was born in Cortland in the year 1868, and was 34 years of age. Aside from the husband and a babe of 10 days of age and her parents, she is survived by seven sisters, all of whom were at her death bed, and four brothers, as follows: Mrs. Charles Abbott and Mrs. Albert Benson of Rochester and Mrs. James Porter, Mrs. John Byrnes, Mrs. Robert Ennis and Miss Susie Cleary of Cortland, Messrs. George Cleary, Charles Cleary of Syracuse, Joseph Cleary of Rochester and Emmet Cleary of Cortland.

   The little girl was given by the mother and father to Mrs. Benson of Rochester.

   Mr. and Mrs. Beerbower were married in Rochester Feb. 14, 1899, and the day set for the funeral marks the third anniversary of their wedding day.

 

CELEBRATED HER 86TH BIRTHDAY.

Mr. and Mrs. Mager Entertain in Home of Mrs. Howell.

   A very pleasant and unique social function occurred yesterday afternoon and evening at the residence of Mr. G. J. Mager, it being the celebration of the 86th birthday of Mrs. Electa Deming Howell, the venerable mother-in-law of Mr. Mager. Fourteen of her neighbors and lady friends were invited by Mrs. Mager, all of whom were present and a most enjoyable time was the result. The afternoon was passed in social converse and the recounting of doings and happenings of many years ago, after which all sat down to an elaborate five-course supper. Mrs. Howell occupied the head of the table and manipulated the tea and coffee urns, while Mr. and Mrs. Mager assisted in the serving. In front of Mrs. Howell upon the white linen were the figures "86" artistically arranged with bonbons. In the center of the table stood a large fruit dish filled with tropical fruits crowned by a crystal vase of flowers, the gift of some of the guests. Mrs. Howell was also the recipient of a number of dainty and substantial tokens of friendship and showers of warm and hearty congratulations. She is a remarkably well preserved woman for her age. She reads and does all kinds of needle work without artificial means. The general wish of all present was that she may live to see the figures "86" transposed and reversed so as to read "98'' or even more.

 

BREVITIES.

   —New display advertisements today are—A. S. Bargess, Clothing, page 8.

   —There will be a regular meeting of the L. O. T. M., tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock,

   —Rehearsal of the "Rose Maiden" chorus will take place this evening at the Y. M. C. A. rooms at 8 o'clock.

   —A special members' meeting will be held at the Y. M. C. A. parlors this evening at 8 o'clock for the purpose of laying plans for thoroughly equipping the gymnasium with new apparatus.

   —It is reported that there is less than 2 inches of snow in Ithaca, though there is a plenty on the hillsides surrounding that city. Cortland could spare Ithaca a few inches more, enough to make sleighing.

 

TAFT TESTIMONY, STOCKING SOCIAL AT TRUXTON, ERIE & CENTRAL N. Y. R. R. SALE, BALMY IN FLORIDA, AND FATHER OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN

 

William Howard Taft.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1902.

TESTIMONY BEFORE COMMITTEE.

Governor Taft Says Commission is Opposed to Admitting Chinese.

   Washington, Feb, 11.—Governor Taft said that the members of the commission and their families had been transported free to the islands and that it had been President McKinley's especial wish that the families should be taken because of the effect on the Filipinos themselves.

   Senator Carmack reverted to some of Governor Taft's former testimony to the effect that the Filipinos are not industrious and asked whether this condition would render necessary the importation of Chinese. Governor Taft said that it was to be profoundly hoped that this would not prove to be the case.

   "Has the commission ever recommended the admission of the Chinese?" asked Senator Lodge. The reply was an emphatic negative.

   Senator Carmack asked what would be the effect of expressions of utter contempt for the Filipinos by Republican orators and referred to a speech, which he said had been made by a United States senator, placing the native Filipinos on a level intellectually with Caribou bulls.

   Governor Taft said that any article which would have the effect of arousing the Filipinos usually finds its way to the Philippine islands and he illustrated this remark by saying that the recent utterances of a member of congress derogatory to the character of the Philippine people already found their way to the archipelago and had aroused considerable discussion in the  native press. "The Filipinos are a sensitive people," he said, "and resent any impeachment of their intelligence."

   In this connection Senator Lodge asked the effect of the utterances calculated to encourage the Filipinos to resist the authority of the United States to which the reply was, "such utterances are a great obstacle to the success of our efforts."

   To this inquiry several senators at the Republican end of the table made vigorous protest, and Governor Taft begged to be excused from replying.

   There was more or less discussion as to the presence of American troops in the islands and Senator Lodge drew from Governor Taft the explanation that the military force of the United States had been reduced from 71,000 to 41,000 troops. The governor added that he had been informed by the secretary of war that it was the intention to reduce the force in the immediate future to 30,000.

   "Has the withdrawal of the troops produced trouble?" asked Mr. Lodge.

   "On the contrary," replied Governor Taft, "in the pacified provinces the effect has been to increase tranquility." The committee at this point adjourned until next Friday.

 

Will Use Tunnel.

   New York, Feb. 11.—The Press says: In order to compete with the trolleys for suburban traffic, all the railroads now having terminals on the Jersey side of the Hudson will be brought into Manhattan through the great tunnel of the Pennsylvania system. This announcement explains the meeting of great railroad magnates at a dinner given by P. A. B. Widener in Philadelphia where J. Pierpont Morgan had a long conference with A. J. Cassat, the president of the Pennsylvania railroad.

 

STOCKING SOCIAL AT TRUXTON, N. Y.

The Town Again in the Grasp of a Blizzard—Other News.

   TRUXTON, Feb. 10.—Another blizzard equally as bad as the one of last week visited this place Saturday night and Sunday. Nearly all the roads are again drifted full of snow and travel is suspended. Yesterday only two teams went through on the Cheningo road. Only a few farmers were able to deliver their milk to the station. The Lehigh Valley railroad is blocked and no teams are running. Surely this is a record breaker for blizzards.

   Those of the music loving public who enjoy jubilee singing missed one of the best entertainments of the season at Woodward hall Wednesday evening if they failed to hear the Western Star Jubilee singers. The hall was packed to the doors with an appreciative audience. The program was fine and was well rendered, every number being heartily encored. If they return here they will be greeted with a full house. The receipts were about $35.

   No one should fail to remember the stocking social to be given at Woodward hall Wednesday evening by the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor of the Methodist church. The idea of a stocking social is a novel one and has met with decided success in places where they have been held. Small stockings made of yellow and white cloth (the society colors) have been made. These stockings enclosed in an envelope, together with a card bearing the following inscription: "This is the request of a tiny stocking. Fill me with pennies, and let them agree with the size of your hose you purchased when shopping, then return to the giver who called upon thee," have been widely distributed. Over 500 of the stockings have been made. Already stockings have been returned filled with pennies from Cortland, Syracuse and many other places where they were sent. A fine musical and literary program has been arranged for Wednesday evening and it is expected that there will be a large attendance. Supper will be served. Every one is invited.

   Mr. Josiah J. Meldrim spent several days in Cincinnatus last week.

   A large force of men are employed in filling the large ice house of Sam Levy. The ice is shipped over the Lehigh Valley R. R. About thirty carloads were received Thursday.

   Mr. Daniel McAuliffe, who has been so seriously ill at his home in Crain’s Mills, is improving slowly.

   Mr. and Mrs. William M. Crandall attended a reception at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Hathaway in Little York Friday.

   Miss Elizabeth Crandall is the pleasant guest of her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Beattle.

   Mr. Fred Youngs, who is so seriously ill at his home near the town line, remains about the same.

   The last of the cheese of the Dairymen's union factory has been sold and the patrons have received their dividends. The net ratio for the month of September was $.8843 per 100 pounds; for October it was $.872.

   Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Thompson were in McGraw Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Thompson’s sister Mrs. James Healy.

   Miss Anna Robbins has gone to Rose Hill where she has a position with F. B. Mills.

   Mr. Caleb Robbins is to move onto his farm on the north road April 1.

   W. D. McDonald has leased the Warren farm recently occupied by Ellis Wilson and takes possession March 1.

   All those having items for the Truxton letter of The STANDARD will confer a favor upon the correspondent by sending to post office box 131.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Steel Famine Threatened.

   One of the results of the country's unparalleled prosperity is a scarcity of structural steel that threatens to cause serious inconvenience and loss. Already the United States Steel Corporation has been forced to refuse offers of foreign contracts and it is expected that large imports of steel from Germany will be necessary.

   The home demand has been greater than the supply for several months and prices have advanced considerably.  While the United States Steel Corporation is still selling structural material at $31 per ton, a few days ago the concerns outside the combination found no difficulty in placing their prices at $35 per ton. Another jump in rates is not unlikely before the end of the present month. As a result of the enormous demand the foreign trade in steel which has sprung up within the last few years is dead. Not a ton of steel is now being exported, excepting that which has already been contracted for. Soon these contracts will be filled, and then all the structural steel rolling mills throughout the country will be engaged solely in supplying the home market. Germany will be called on to make good the deficiency expected in the late spring and early summer, England being left out of the consideration of outside supply, owing to the extraordinary activity of mills in that country, in satisfying a demand almost as pressing as that now felt in the United States.

   It is several years since any structural steel has been imported. German iron makers turn out structural steel very close to our standard of excellence, although trouble is experienced in using it from the fact that the Germans measure in meters while we measure in inches. This results in a trifling difference in the lengths of the respective pieces of steel, small in itself, but important when taken into consideration on an entire structure.

 

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE.

E. & C. N. Y. R. R. TO BE SOLD ON SATURDAY, MARCH 29.

John R. Bland as Trustee and Successor to the Hamilton Trust Co. is the Plaintiff and the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. the Defendant—No Bid of Less Than $50,000 to be Received—Whole Franchise of Proposed Road from Syracuse to Deposit to be Sold.

   As a result of a decree of foreclosure and sale made and entered by the circuit court of the United States for the northern district of New York, which decree is dated Feb. 5, 1902, the Erie & Central New York railway, its property of every description and its franchise will be sold at mortgage foreclosure on Saturday, March, 29 at 12 o'clock noon at the door of the passenger station used by the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. in Cortland.

   This sale is the result of an action brought by John R. Bland as trustee and successor to the Hamilton Trust Co. of Brooklyn as plaintiff against the Erie & Central New York railway, defendant. The foreclosure sale is brought about to secure the $300,000 in bonds and the accrued interest. No bid will be accepted for the property for less than $50,000, and every bidder who desires to bid must previously deposit with George A. Kernan, the special master of the sale, a certified check for $1,000 before his bid will be received, and in case the successful bidder fails to make good his bid or comply with his bid in respect to future payments the check is to be forfeited. Otherwise this check of the successful bidder will be applied upon the purchase price.

   The franchise which is to be sold includes all the railroad now constructed and that to be constructed between Syracuse and Deposit in the counties of Onondaga, Cortland, Chenango and Broome. The rolling stock includes three locomotives, three passenger cars and five flat cars. There is also included all the other property of the road of every description.

   The outcome of this sale will be awaited with interest by every one in this vicinity. It is known that both the Erie and the D. & H. R. R. would like to buy this road with the idea of extending it as permitted by the franchise to join with their own roads at Deposit or at Ninevah, respectively. In this way they might get a line into Cortland and perhaps ultimately to Syracuse. It might be for the interest of either the Lackawanna or the Lehigh Valley R. R. to purchase it to insure the fact that it is not extended to the east and so that it might not cross either of those other railroads and thus secure all the traffic to and from the fertile and productive Otselic valley. On the other hand there is a strong probability of parties entirely outside of any of those roads buying it and reorganizing the old company on a paying basis, as would easily be possible if the fixed charges in the shape of the great interest account were to be cut off. Whatever may be the result Cortland county is interested and will look with eagerness to behold the outcome.

 

SHOVELING OUT THE DRIFTS.

E. & C. N. R. R. R. Have Only Another Mile of Snow Remaining.

   The Erie & Central New York railway is being cleared of the big snow drifts that were piled up along the line, and it is thought that a train will be pushed through from Cincinnatus to Cortland this evening. At noon today the tracks were clear from Cortland to Solon and from Cincinnatus to East Freetown. Between Solon and East Freetown is a mile of continuous drifts that are now being shoveled out. When these are cleared out the E. &. C. N. Y. will have clear sailing.

 

BALMY IN FLORIDA.

Twenty-two Cortland County People Now at Winter Park.

   We are permitted to make a few notes from a personal letter to a Cortland friend from Mrs. L. D. Garrison who with Mr. Garrison is spending the winter at Winter Park, Fla. Mrs. Garrison says that they are keeping very close watch on happenings in Cortland through the columns of The STANDARD and as they read of our blizzards and blockaded railroads they can hardly realize it, for they are sitting upon plazas with the thermometer up to from 75 to 80 degrees. There were twenty-two Cortland county people then in Winter Park (and since that letter was written a number of others have gone to join the colony.) Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Newton are at the Seminole hotel, half a block from the Garrisons. Mr. E. H. Brewer's family are across Lake Osceola from them, fifteen minutes walk around, and Mrs. John Murray's cottage is in sight. They are all enjoying the winter there very much indeed, though it seems anything but like winter.

 

Sleighride to Little York, N. Y.

   The Cortland Merrymakers will hold their first annual sleighrlde party at the

Raymond House, Little York, next Saturday evening. The party will start from the Cortland House at 6:30 P. M. The whole trip, including the ride, dancing and supper, costs only 50 cents. A. Hartnett of 8 Rickard-st. is getting up the party.

 

Blizzard a Year Ago.

   A year ago now there was a great blizzard raging in Cortland. It was a year ago tomorrow that Engineer Joe Reddy on the Lehigh Valley R. R., was swept from his cab by the rush of snow going through a drift and it was a year ago next Saturday that the Lehigh Valley trying to open its road to the east of Cortland had the wreck near East River when one engine tipped over into the river.

 

M. F. Cleary in volunteers fireman's uniform.

Hope All Gone.

   A telegram this morning from Mr. M. F. Cleary, who is in Rochester at the sick bed of his daughter, Mrs. Brenton Bierbon, states that all hopes of recovery are gone. Mrs. Robert Ennis, Mrs. James Porter, Mrs. S. P. Bloomfield, Mrs. John F . Byrnes and Miss Susie Cleary, sisters of Mrs. Bierbon, went to Rochester last night.

 

Father of Thirteen Children.

   Walter Delevan, who died at the home of his sister in Herkimer on Saturday, Feb. 8, aged 86 years, was born in Freetown, Cortland county, in 1816, and was the father of thirteen children, eight of whom survive. He is also survived by a sister, Mrs. Ira Waters of Cortland.—Binghamton Republican.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Vesta lodge will give a dancing party in their rooms Saturday evening.

   —Binghamton is to have five new rural delivery routes established in the near future.

   —The Ladies' Literary club will meet tomorrow at 8:30 at the home of Mrs. F. D. Reese, 16 Tompkins-st.

   —An elevator fell in the Osborne factory at Auburn yesterday and killed one man and seriously injured three more.

   —The Wide Awake Literary club will meet at the home of Mrs. H. J. Lewis, 10 Harrison-st., this evening at 7:30 o'clock.

   —Cortland Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., will confer the P. and M. E. degrees at their regular convocation Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.

   —At Grace Episcopal church tomorrow morning at 10:30 o'clock there will be morning prayer, litany, penitential office and holy communion, and at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow night evening prayer and sermon.

   —Six two-horse sleighs loaded with milk cans from up Truxton way came to Cortland in a single line today, bringing the milk down for shipment, as the Lehigh Valley railroad is snowed up in that vicinity.

   —High mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning, Ash Wednesday, at St. Mary's Catholic church. On each Friday evening during Lent at 7:30 o'clock there will be services including the Stations of the Cross.

   —New display advertisements today are—C. F. Thompson, Molasses sale, page 5; F. Daehler, Spring hats, page 6; R. W. Mitchell, Meats, page 6; The Corner Grocery, Fire and brimstone, page 4; M. A. Case, New silk waists, page 4; J. B. Kellogg, Great special sale, page 6.