FORTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, REFUSED VACCINATION, PEOPLE'S PARTY, LYNCHING, CITY BAND'S CONCERT, HOPKINS' LAUNCH, AND WILLIAM HUBBARD

 

Dr. Adolf Lorenz.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, July 29, 1903.

$40,000 FEE FOR DR. LORENZ.

Report that He Will Get that for Operating on Brewer Busch's Son.

   St. Louis, Mo., July 29.—Carl Busch, the 19-year-old son of Adolphus Busch, the St. Louis brewer, is now at Saranac lake, N. Y., waiting for members of tbe Busch family to arrive and authorize an operation by Dr. Lorenz for congenital hip dislocation. The original plan was to take young Busch to Vienna this summer, but this long trip is avoided owing to the fact that Dr. Lorenz was forced to return to America to remove the plaster casts from Lolita Armour.

   It is reported that a $40,000 fee will be paid to Dr. Lorenz if he cures the Busch youth, who never has been able to walk.

 

Refused to Be Vaccinated.

   Montreal, July 29.—A report has been made to the city by the medical health officer showing that during the present term of school nearly 3,000 scholars, mostly French-Canadian children, have been expelled from the public schools because of their failure to submit to vaccination against smallpox at required by law.

 

PEOPLE'S PARTY.

Amalgamation Effected and Outline of Principles Announced.

   Denver, Col., July 29.—Amalgamation into one party was effected by the two factions of the People's party in national conference.

   An address was adopted declaring for a unification of reform forces in the country and opposition to affiliation with either Democratic or Republican parties.

   The address declares for money issued exclusively by the government whether gold, silver or paper, public ownership of a system of transportation and the transmission of intelligence, land for use rather than for speculation, and abolition of alien ownership of land, and American ships for American foreign commerce, without a cent of subsidy.

 

Hawaiians Want Home Rule.

   Honolulu, July 29.—At the session of the Home Rule convention ex-Delegate Wilcox urged that congress be memorialized to grant Hawaiian independence and the establishment of a government similar to that of Cuba. His remarks were received enthusiastically. It is probable that a petition embodying Wilcox's views will be prepared.

 

Maggie L. Walker.

NEGRO WOMAN BANK PRESIDENT.

Will Head a Penny Savings Bank to be Opened in Richmond, Va.

   Richmond, Va., July 29.—A negro woman, Maggie L. Walker, has the distinction of being the first woman, white or colored, ever elected president of a bank in this region. She was chosen yesterday head of the St. Luke's Penny Savings bank under the auspices of the order of St. Luke. The institution will open for business on Sept 1, with $75,000 in deposits.

   President Walker is widely known, and for several years was a teacher in the public schools here. She has the respect of both races.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

The Lynching Record.

   A table showing the lynchings in this country by years for the past ten years, and the lynchings of whites and negroes respectively, during the seven months thus far of the present year, appeared in a recent issue of the New York World.

   The figures show, probably much to the surprise of many readers, that there has been a steady decrease of these crimes during the period named. The table for the past ten years is as follows:

   1893, 200

   1894, 194

   1895, 191

   1896, 131

   1897, 166

   1898, 127

   1899, 107

   1900, 115

   1901, 115

   1902, 96

   1903, (seven months), 52

   It will be seen from the above that last year, and so far this year, there have been less than one-half the number of persons lynched that were unlawfully executed during a corresponding period ten years ago.

   Of the fifty-two persons lynched during the past seven months forty-six were colored and six white; and forty-three of the crimes took place in the South and nine in the North.

   At the best this record is disgraceful to our republic and our civilization; but there is some satisfaction in learning that the evil appears to be diminishing. The emphatic expression of public sentiment evoked by the horrors of the Wilmington case has, perhaps, had an effect upon the minds of public officials, and hereafter, it is to be hoped, officers of the law will have the decency and the courage to resist with arms and to the death, if necessary, the bloody operations of lynching mobs.

   The full record shows that during the past ten years 1,514 persons have been unlawfully put to death by mobs in this country; and a considerable number of these persons were innocent of the offenses for which they were slain.

 

Cortland City Band.

CITY BAND'S CONCERT

In Connection With the First M. E. Ice Cream Social.

   The Cortland City band gave a fine concert for the benefit of the First M. E. church on the church lawn last evening. Most of the numbers were roundly applauded and several received encores. Grenville Bowker's vocal solo, the piccolo solo by Fred I. Graham, and the number in which Mr. Maas took the principal part were especially well received. The last number on the program, "March—Cortland Commandery," was composed by Mr. Murphy, the leader of the band. It was the first time the selection had been played in public and it received an enthusiastic encore. It is understood that the Ithaca band will play the piece at the park this week.

   The church conducted an ice cream sale in connection with the concert and the tables were well patronized.

   Next Tuesday evening the band will give a concert for the benefit of the Congregational church.

   The following program was rendered last evening:

 

 

The Ithaca Band, and Leader Patrick Conway 

THE ITHACA BAND

Continuing its Engagement for Open Air Concerts at the Park.

   The Ithaca band this afternoon resumed its engagement for open-air concerts at the park. Two concerts will be given each day through the rest of the week, at 3 and 8:15 p. m. The programs for tonight and tomorrow afternoon are as follows:

WEDNESDAY EVENING.

  

L. N. HOPKINS' LAUNCH.

Will Afford Pleasure to Owner and Friends on Cruise.

   L. N. Hopkins is busily preparing his gasoline launch for the summer cruise. The launch was constructed entirely by Mr. Hopkins and is the third one he has built; in fact this is the third one, remodeled. The launch is 35 feet long and is equipped with a 20-horse-power Kennedy gasoline engine. It is furnished with a large cabin, toilet room, refrigerator, gas stove and all the modern conveniences. The apparatus for starting, stopping and steering the launch is in the bow of the boat.

   The launch is capable of carrying thirty-five people. It will be shipped to Ithaca by rail, probably tomorrow or Thursday. Mr. Hopkins with several invited guests will spend a short time on Cayuga lake. Later he will visit several of New York's interior lakes and also make a cruise on the Erie canal, either to Albany and down the Hudson, or to Buffalo. Different friends will accompany them on the various cruises, from six to ten at each trip. The party will live and sleep on the launch.

   The engine was tested this morning and found to be in perfect working order. The gasoline tank has a capacity of 90 gallons.

   The launch is finely finished in every detail and the owner may well be proud of it and hopes to pass many pleasant days in it.

 

C. N. Y. FIREMEN.

Homer Making Great Preparations to Entertain Them.

THE FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST.

The Great Parade to Include Thirty-seven Companies and Eleven Bands—Partial List of the Special Prizes Offered by Homer Business Men.

   Homer, N. Y., July 29.— The coming convention of the C. N. Y. V. F. A. promises to be a decided success. Homer, without the added natural attractions of lake or falls, has set about to entertain the visiting firemen right royally. And the response to their invitations has been all that could be desired. The companies and bands that will be in attendance are included in the order of parade given below. Something will be doing every 'moment of the last day, and the delegates will be well entertained throughout. A large arch is being constructed across Main-st., under the direction of Thomas Knobel. The parade will occur the last day of the convention, following being the formation:

   In all there will be thirty-seven companies in line, together with eleven bands.

   Many of the companies will bring apparatus with them, adding greatly to the spectacular effect of the parade.

Special Prizes.

   Following is a partial list of special prizes:

   Thos. Knobel, box of cigars to the company having best banner in line.

   Stevens & Danes, fountain pen to the shiftiest fireman.

   C. R. Merrill, umbrella to best jig dancer.

   E. J. Bockes, Paris green sprinkler to the lousiest fireman.

   Wakefield Bros., six bars soap to dirtiest fireman.

   Johnson Bros., stick of bologna to hungriest fireman.

   C. J. Radway, bicycle pump to windiest fireman.

   N. M. Wiegand, bottle Hoods Sarsaparilla to laziest fireman.

   W. C. Collins, $1 worth of stamps to man who can spit most.

   W. H. Allport, pound box of candy to sourest fireman.

   Benjamin Starr, pair No. 12 shoes to fireman with largest foot.

   J. O. Reid, a bottle "Old Overbolt" to fireman with largest family.

   John Andrews, box cigars to fireman who is biggest eater.

   American Steam laundry, half dozen collars to man with most rubber in his neck.

   J. B. Latimer, hat to foreman of largest company in line.

   Dan Donahue, bottle club cocktails 17 years old, to smallest fireman.

   F. D. Carpenter, loaf of bread to fireman of largest family.

   J. J. Reider, watch fob to handsomest fireman.

   Fred Eldrege, package of assorted seeds to seediest fireman.

   Yager & Crandall, set silver spoons to the spooniest fireman, and a box of fly paper to the fleetest fireman.

   This it is not complete but is all that are at present available.

 

WILBER REUNION

Held in Homer Last Saturday—Plans for Future.

   The reunion of the descendants of Isaac and Eliza Wilber was held at the home of Chas. E. Wilber, 73 North Main-st., Homer, N. Y., on July 25. There were thirty-two of the descendants present, consisting of representatives from Little York, Homer, Cortland, Lisle and Oswego. The day was beautiful and every one present seemed in the happiest mood. A bountiful repast was prepared for dinner, followed by ice cream, cake, etc., after which all adjourned to the front lawn, where L. E. Burnham, a Cortland photographer, was in readiness to make pictures of the merry group, consisting of three generations. Then followed music and singing and conversation interspersed with family reminiscences till the clock reminded them that they must prepare to return to their different homes.

   A business meeting was called and it was decided that the next meeting be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Theron Gutches near Little York.

   When they left the place each one felt that it had been a happy day long to be remembered.

   One Who was There.

 

WILLIAM B. HUBBARD.

Death of a Long Time Resident of the Vicinity of McLean, N. Y.

   William B. Hubbard died yesterday afternoon in McLean after an illness of a year and a half from a complication of difficulties. All of his life had been spent in the towns of McLean, Cortlandville and Dryden, and a very peculiar circumstance was the fact that the house where he died was the house of his birth. In early childhood be moved with his parents to the farm just over the line in Cortlandville which was afterward long in the possession of the Hubbard family. After his marriage be occupied several farms in the vicinity, but later purchased the fine farm on the Dryden road which was his home for thirty-three years prior to moving back to the village of McLean last year.

   He was born Oct. 14, 1831, and on March 3, 1853, was married to Miss Sarah A. Mineah of Cortlandville, who survives him. Six children were born to them, all of whom are living: Mrs. Alice LaMont and Mrs. Anna Mesepel of Groton, Mrs. Lillie Cotanch of Freevillle, Mrs. Ella Sutfin of Dryden, William P. Hubbard of Galt, Kan., and Rev. Henry E. Hubbard of Greene. Mr. Hubbard's death also marks the first break in the circle of his own family, and two brothers survive, Henry B. Hubbard and Samuel E. Hubbard of Cortland. Mr. Hubbard had a large circle of friends and was highly respected by all. He was a communicant of Zion Episcopal church of McLean and had long been one of its wardens.

   The funeral will be held at the Episcopal church at McLean on Friday at 2 o'clock. Burial will occur in the Cortland Rural cemetery.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The Auburn Steam Laundry company has been incorporated with a capital stock of $40,000.

   —The contract has been signed for the erection of a new Y. M. C. A. building in Oswego for $30,000.

   —Harold H. Gillette and Leslie A. Gillette went to Ithaca Monday in their automobile in one hour and six minutes.

   —The municipal authorities of Oswego have started a movement looking toward the putting of all wires underground.

   —The new display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess Clothing, page 8; M. A. Case, Winding up of summer sale, page 6; Garment Cutting offer, page 8; Gardner's 5 and 10 cent store, White duck belts, page 5.

 

THE CONCLAVE, COLONIZING MANCHURIA, WHITE MOUNTAINS, USS KEARSARGE, NO ORDINARY SEAL, AND NATIONAL PROTECTIVE LEGION

 

Cardinal Angelo Di Pietro.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, July 28, 1903.

THE COMING CONCLAVE.

Probably Only Two of the Cardinals Will Be Absent.

CARDINAL GIBBONS' RECEPTION.

He and Cardinal Logue of Armagh Only Representatives of English Speaking Countries—Cardinal Di Pietro a Possible Compromise Candidate.

   Rome, July 28.—Nearly all the cardinals of the conclave have now arrived. Their time today was mainly occupied with a lengthy meeting of the congregation. After the meeting the cardinals received numerous visitors at their various residences.

   In well-informed circles  Cardinal Angelo DiPietro, prodatary of the late pope,is being talked of as a compromise candidate in the event that Cardinal Oreglia, Gotti, Rampolla or Serafino Vannutelli is unable to secure the necessary votes.

   Should Di Pietro be elected pope, he would, it is said, be the representative of the Rampolla-Gotti faction, and yet would be fairly acceptable to all.

   Cardinal Michael Logue, archbishop of Armagh, who with the exception of Cardinal Gibbons, will be the only English speaking cardinal in the conclave, arrived from Ireland.

   Speaking of Cardinal Gibbons, the Irish cardinal paid him a glowing tribute, though, like all the prelates here he held out no hope that the American cardinal had the remotest chance of election.

   "Indeed," said Cardinal Logue, "I think Cardinal Gibbons would be a subject of commiseration if the selection should devolve upon him, for no American would care to spend the rest of his life confined within the precincts of the Vatican."

   At a meeting of the congregation 52 cardinals were present and all noticed the exceptionally cordial reception accorded Cardinal Gibbons, who was visibly touched by it. He thanked all his colleagues and embraced Cardinal Satolli.

   The American cardinal has given no intimation of his predilection in regard to the new pope and has refused to see journalists.

   Cardinal Cirisco Maria Sancha y Hervas presented the condolences of the royal family of Spain. Cardinal Oreglia thanked the Spanish cardinal in the name of the sacred college.

   The representative of the press was permitted to visit the cell which Cardinal Gibbons will occupy during the conclave. When the lots for apartments were drawn the American cardinal drew No. 5, the modest apartment of Commendator Puccinelli, the master of the house.

   It is a few steps front the ground floor on the left of the noble staircase entering from the court of San Damaso. The bedroom of the cardinal measures 14 by 11 feet and is very plainly furnished with a small iron bed, a writing desk, armchair, iron clothes stand and mirror.

   It is now practically certain that all the cardinals will be present at the conclave except Cardinal Moran, archbishop of Sydney, who will not reach Rome in time, and Cardinal Celesia, archbishop of Palermo, who is too ill to attend.

   A proclamation was posted in the streets of Rome inviting citizens to attend the annual commemoration of the death of King Humbert, July 29. The ecclesiastics view the approaching ceremony with some alarm, believing that the anti-clericals may take advantage of the opportunity to make a counter demonstration against the sympathy exhibited all over Italy in connection with the death of the pope.

 

COLONIZING MANCHURIA.

Russian Administration of New Chwang Stops Exportation of Wheat.

   Pekin, July 28.—The Russian administration of New Chwang has stopped the exportation of wheat to Japan. The export of grain from Chinese ports is illegal, but the Russians heretofore have ignored the law. During the past week the Japanese obtained many ship loads from New Chwang, apparently preparing for war contingencies.

   The prohibitory order was issued by the Russian officials last Thursday.

   General Kondradovitch has been placed in charge of six armored commercial boats and the navigation of the Liao river, which is construed here as another sign of Russia's intent to retain New Chwang and the command of the river.

   Great numbers of Russian civilians and soldiers' families, it is reported, are being brought to Manchuria, it is believed in pursuance of a comprehensive plan to rapidly colonize the province. At the present rate there will be almost 100,000 Russian civilians in Manchuria, including Port Arthur and Dalny, before the date fixed for the final evacuation next fall.

 

MOUNTAINS ARE WHITE.

Snow on Mt. Washington and Mercury Down to 18 Degrees F.

   Littleton, N. H., July 28.—A cold wave struck the northern part of the state yesterday and continues in force. Many of the mountain tops are covered with snow and three inches of snow has fallen on Mount Washington. Telegraph wires are greatly damaged by the high wind which has prevailed. The mercury registered as low as 18 F. above zero. Many guests are leaving the mountain hotels because of the intense cold. All late crops are damaged.

 

A POWERFUL WEAPON.

New Springfield Rifle Shoots Five Miles With Marvelous Power.

   Springfield, Mass., July 28.—The new model Springfield army rifle, which is to replace the Krag-Jorgensen army rifle now in use in the United States army, has a range of five miles and the Krag is a mere toy in comparison. The demonstrated advantages of the new rifle as compared with the Krag-Jorgensen are decreased weight, greater velocity, greater penetration and improved sight.

 

USS KEARSARGE (BB-5).

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

Fast Trip of the Kearsarge.

   The United States battleship Kearsarge, Captain Hemphill, which was to race across the ocean against time purely as an experiment finished her trip at Bar  Harbor, Me., Sunday afternoon at 5:42 o'clock. The ship left the Needles at 10:15 p. m., Friday, July 17, and covered 2,900 miles in nine days, 4 1/2 hours, an average speed of 13.16 miles per hour. The highest speed attained was a little over 15 knots per hour, and the lowest 10 knots. When she left Portsmouth she had on board 1,640 tons of coal. When she arrived she had 410 tons left. Her average daily consumption was 135 tons. When the ship arrived she was in perfect order in every way, ready to start out upon a return trip if necessary as soon as more coal could be taken on board. The trip of the Kearsarge has demonstrated that a ship of her class can maintain an average speed of over 13 knots on a long voyage without injury to her machinery; that her coal carrying capacity is adequate for a trip of 4,000 miles under full speed; that in time of war, ships of her class can cross the ocean and engage an enemy at once; that the Kearsarge is one of the most perfect ships in the world and fully equal to any emergency.

   ◘ The time has elapsed within which the treaty with Denmark for the acquisition by the United States of the islands owned by the former in the West Indies can be ratified. The islands therefore will indefinitely remain under Danish sovereignty. This is not an outcome which will cause any special grief to our country. The disappointment will be keenest on the part of the residents of the islands in question, who are face to face with a tough problem—how to make a living. Our government was entirely willing though not at all anxious to take over the islands, but at the last moment opposition in Denmark developed and the treaty was held up. The situation will undoubtedly remain as it is until conditions become so bad for the islanders that both they and the mother country will see that the only way out is annexation to the United States. This country is the natural market for every outlying region, and sooner or later all the West Indies are destined to come into the fold.

 

NO ORDINARY SEAL

Killed in Elmira—Trainer Tells of His Early History.

   The Elmira Gazette speaks as follows of the seal killed in the Chemung river Saturday after its escape from Floral Trout park in this city:

   "Bob," the seal killed in the Chemung river Saturday morning by John Appleton and his son Charles Buckholtz, has a sincere mourner at his bier today.

   Hugh Sharpe, "Bob's" faithful trainer, who raised him from infancy and who cared for him up until the time he shook civilization and took to the waters of freedom, arrived in the city this morning and identified the body now in the window of Berner's cafe on East Water-st. as that of the seal which escaped from Trout park, Cortland.

   "I could not feel worse if some one pointed a gun at my heart and knew that they would pull the trigger," he said this afternoon. "People will think that foolish but that is the way I feel about it. It is the same affection I have for 'Bob' that a man has for his faithful dog who has been with him from a puppy.

   "'Bob' was no ordinary seal.

   He was an intelligent seal [in earlier posts the Cortland Standard had reported it was a sea lion—CC ed.] and he had traveled from one end of this country to the other with me and had also twice crossed ocean and been exhibited in foreign countries. 'Bob' was nothing to me so far as ownership was concerned because he had been sold to 'Jack Boone,' the Syracuse theatrical man, but I raised him and he has been bread and butter to me for many years.

   "I had made my living through him and so I was fond of him. It was a shame that 'Bob' was killed. It was all a mistake and yet so long as the statement had been published that a reward of $50 would he paid for his dead body you cannot blame the men who killed him."

   Trainer Sharpe says: "Bob" was 3 1/2 years old. He was born in the zoological gardens in Philadelphia, Pa., and his father and mother were California seals. When a young seal Sharpe began to train him with five others and those Elmirans who witnessed the performance of Ringling Brothers' circus in this city last summer saw "Bob" perform. He was the clown of the performing seals which played base drums, fired guns, etc.

   "I have been following him for the past six weeks," said Sharpe "since he escaped from the Cortland park. I have slept out of doors in the rain and all over. I have been within 50 feet of 'Bob.' I had his mate 'Fanny' with me. He would swim up and look at us and answer Fanny's cries, but we could not catch him. We were all over the Susquehanna river."

 

KING'S DAUGHTERS

To Hold the Annual Convention in Cortland in October.

   The next annual state convention of the order of the King's Daughters and King's Sons wil1 be held in Cortland Oct. 13, 14, and 15. It is expected that about one hundred delegates will be in attendance. Members of the Central council, as well the various state officers will be present and address the meetings which promise to be full of interest, not only to members of the order, but to all in sympathy with every effort for the promotion of the spiritual, moral or physical well-being of humanity. To have this convention brought to our doors is a great privilege, the prospect of which should stimulate every circle in this vicinity to renewed activity.

   A more extended notice will be given later. Julia E. Hyatt, Cor. Secretary.

 

NATIONAL PROTECTIYE LEGION.

Three Lodges Hold a Joint Picnic at the Park.

   Cortland, Homer and McGrawville lodges joined in a basket picnic at Cortland park on Saturday, at which time a bountiful repast was served by the ladies of the several legions. This was enjoyed by all. After satisfying the inner-man the company repaired to the large hall, where a program was carried out.

   The meeting was called to order by Brother Dillenbeck of Homer lodge.

   Officers for the ensuing year were then elected. Vice-President Ed E. Smith of Cortland lodge was made president. Brother Story of Homer lodge, vice-president; Sister Greene of McGraw lodge, secretary; Brother Chapin, treasurer; Brothers Townsend, Goodall and Kelly as committee on arrangement; Sisters Wadsworth, Hyatt and Birchard committee on program. This closed the business part.

   The first number on the program was a duet by Mrs. Norton and Miss Stout, which was very well rendered. A selection followed by Miss Welch; a selection by Mr. Madison; a solo by Miss Stout; a selection by Miss Rogers; a selection by Miss Crysler; a duet by Mrs. Norton and Miss Stout. The singing by Mrs. Norton and Miss Stout was especially fine. The day was all that could be desired. The ride to the park by trolley was enjoyed by all.

   We inadvertently chose the 25^th as a day to hold a picnic and afterward learned that it was the date of a concert by the famous Ithaca band so we had the pleasure of a fine entertainment which was a rare treat to all present. Lodge Reporter.

 

FROST LAST NIGHT.

McGraw Was Cold and Some Parts of Groton-ave.

   Slight frosts were reported from McGraw this morning, and carpenters working on a house on the upper part of Groton-ave. said that boards were covered with hoar frost. Even in sheltered places the thermometer dropped to 40 degrees F. and below.

 

Druggist Charles F. Brown, who commercialized history, was also mayor of Cortland at the time this ad was published.

BREVITIES.

   — Skaneateles has voted for sewers by the decisive voice of 158 to 11.

   —A regular meeting of the K. O. T. M. will be held tonight in their lodge room.

   —There will be a private dance at the park tonight. Music by the Ithaca band. Cars every twenty minutes.

   —The cost of running the Binghamton public schools last year was $139,693.89. The registration of pupils was 7,162. [$19.50/student—CC ed.]

   —The ladies of the Presbyterian church are requested to meet in the chapel for sewing tomorrow, Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

   —The new display advertisements today are—M. W. Giłes, Special prices, page 8; Bingham & Miller, Midseason sale of clothing, etc., page 8; Warren, Tanner & Co., Drygoods, page 4; C. F. Brown, The history of a tooth brush, page 6; A. & P. Tea Co., Lard, page 5.

 

SUNDAY FILLER: EAST ST. LOUIS MASSACRE, JULY, 1917

 

TROUBLE ON ISTHMUS, DANVILLE RACE RIOT, MERGING OF JEW AND GENTILE, BURGLARS AT WORK, BASEBALL, AND SEA LION IS DEAD

 

Arthur M. Beaupre.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, July 27, 1903.

TROUBLE ON ISTHMUS.

Liberal Newspaper Office Seized and Edition Destroyed.

ATTEMPT TO ARREST GOVERNOR.

He Escaped and Spent the Night at the British Consulate—Secretary of the Governor, Chief of Police and a Judge Under Arrest—Consul Cannot Communicate.

   Panama, Colombia, July 27.—Not since the days of the last revolution when an attack upon the city by the Liberals was feared, has there been such a panic in Panama as occurred Saturday night.

   Shortly after 9 o'clock the office of El Lapiz, the organ of the Liberal party on the isthmus, was visited by some officers of the general staff of the army, who destroyed Saturday's edition of the paper. One of the directors was slightly wounded, but managed to escape.

   As the office of the newspaper is situated in a very populous district, the news spread rapidly. In the Santa Anas neighborhood, where most of the Liberals reside, sentiment rose to a high pitch, but no action was taken.

   The next event came like a bomb shell. A company of soldiers, apparently under the orders of General Vasquez Cobo, commander of the national forces, surrounded the residence of Governor Mutis, but the governor and his wife, who is an American lady, having been warned a few minutes before the arrival of the troops, succeeded in escaping.

   General Huertas, commander of the battalion of Colombia, when he learned of the El Lapiz incident, repaired to headquarters, where he found General Cobo, and according to current reports the latter ordered General Huertas to remain in quarters.

   Exactly what has taken place is unknown, but it is said that Dr. Aristides Arjona, secretary of the government, Ferrando Arango, chief of police, and Etfraim Navia, a member of the departmental superior tribunal of Justice, are under arrest, the latter for trying to argue with General Cobo as to the legality of his action.

   An attempt is also said to have been made to arrest Senor Guerra, secretary of finance, but he refused to accompany an officer who went to his house to arrest him and when the officer returned with soldiers Guerra had departed.

   Governor Mutis spent the night at the British consulate.

   United States Consul Gudger made several unsuccessful attempts Sunday to secure an audience with General Cobo, who is a brother of the minister of war. It is reported that General Cobo offered the governorship to different Conservatives, who refused to accept and that he himself will assume civil command. 

   It is said that Consul Gudger attempted to send a cablegram to Arthur M. Beaupre, the United States minister at Bogota, but that the agent refused to accept the message, claiming that the lines were interrupted, in spite of the fact that it is known that the press messages were accepted.

   It is thought that perhaps orders to refuse messages to Bogota have been issued to the cable company by the military authorities.

   As the dispatch is being sent it is learned that Dr. Ariona and Judge Navia have been set at liberty, but that the chief of police remains under arrest.

 

RESULT OF RACE RIOT.

Two Men Killed, 22 Wounded and a Police Station Wrecked.

   Danville, Ill., July 27.—Two killed and 22 wounded, the police station wrecked, the county jail with few of its windows left unshattered, the city in the hands of the state troops and a feeling of uneasiness and dread prevailing everywhere, is the situation left by the race riots of Saturday and early Sunday. The list of dead:

   John D. Metcalf, negro, lynched and burned.

   Henry Catterman, killed by Metcalf.

   The injured include 12 men suffering from buckshot wounds, four negroes beaten into insensibility and several others less severely hurt among them a woman, name unknown. Many of the injured are at the hospital.

   After daylight Sunday there were restless crowds on the streets, miners being prominent. From Westville, a mining community, came reports of the threatening attitude of the residents. Wilson, the negro assailant of Mr. Burgess, was taken from the county jail, but later was returned.

   Four companies of militia arrived from Springfield, and camped opposite the jail. Threats were heard, but no attempt at an outbreak was made. Last night 100 sentinels patrolled the streets in the immediate vicinity of the jail, each soldier carrying 40 rounds of ammunition.

 

Percy Field at Cornell University in 1905.

CORNELL'S NEW FIELD

Will Occupy Fifty-Five Acres and Cost About $70,000.

   Ithaca, N. Y., July 27.—That work on Cornell's new athletic field will be begun this fall is just announced. At a meeting of the committee having charge of this work, Graduate Manager John Senior announced that on Sept. 15 the alumni would be prepared to hand the building committee their first payment of $10,000. The new field will cost in the neighborhood of $70,000. It will cover fifty-five acres.

 

PAGE FOUR—GUEST EDITORIAL.

MERGING OF JEW AND GENTILE.

Is the Distinctively Jewish Face Disappearing?

   Dr. Maurice Fishberg of New York, a well-known anthropologist, contends that in the United States the Jewish face is disappearing and that within a few generations, the American Hebrew will be undistinguishable in physiognomy from his gentile neighbor. As the medical examiner of the United Hebrew Charities, Dr. Fishberg has had exceptional opportunities for conducting a physiognomic investigation. Some of his conclusions are certainly remarkable. For instance, his examination of over 3,000 Jews in New York City has convinced him that there is no foundation for the notion that every Jew possesses a long hooked nose. As a matter of fact, he has found only 6 per cent of hooked noses among the Hebrews. Straight noses constitute 68 per cent, broad noses 12 per cent, and what is even more remarkable, retrousse noses 14 per cent. He does not deny that Jewish immigrants are easily pointed out, but be insists that they cannot be identified through any peculiarity of facial structure. A foreign look is popularly mistaken for a Jewish look.

   Then again the Jewish immigrants have what may be appropriately described as the Ghetto face. The Ghetto face, or rather the Ghetto eye, expresses a ceaseless fear and anxiety, or at least suspicion, of every thing around it. The same eye is observed among other peoples that have been subjected to age long persecution, as for example, the Christian Armenians in Turkey, and the Kopts, or native Christians in Egypt. The Jews who have lived for several generations outside of the Ghetto do not exhibit this facial phenomenon. There is no reason why the Ghetto eye should not tend quickly to disappear among the descendants of Jewish immigrants in the United States. It is true, as Dr. Fishberg says, that there is as much physiognomic difference between the Russian immigrants on the east side of Manhattan borough and the American Hebrew who is conspicuous in commercial, professional and public life as there is between the Irishman and the German. Yet, beyond a doubt, the ancestors of the advanced Hebrew of today bore a striking resemblance to the Russian Jews who are newcomers in this country.

   As regards intermarriages between Jews and gentiles, there is no doubt that they must have frequently taken place in the past, so far at least as the marriage of Jewish men to Christian women is concerned. This is evident when we compare Spanish Jews with German Jews in respect to the color of the eyes and hair.—Harper's Weekly.

 

BURGLARS AT WORK.

House of Rev. Robert Clements Thoroughly Ransacked.

THE FAMILY IS NOW IN EUROPE.

Every Drawer and Cupboard Emptied and Contents Dumped Upon the Floor—Valuables Put in a Safe Place Before the Family Left—Belief that Little Was Taken—No Clue to the Burglars.

   The house of Rev. Robert Clements, pastor of the Presbyterian church, at the corner of Port Watson and Church-sts., was entered by burglars some time last week, probably the latter part of the week and thoroughly ransacked. Mr. and Mrs. Clements are in Europe and until their return it will be impossible to know what or how much the thieves took. When they went away Mr. Clements placed all the silverware and most of the valuables in a bank, so the thieves were unable to make much of a haul. When they left town the key was left at E. H. Brewer's, the next neighbor, with the request that the family keep an eye on the house. Miss Margaret Stack, who had been employed by Mr. and Mrs. Clements, however, was close at hand and volunteered to do this and has been at the house every few days.

   When she was there about a week ago everything was in the usual condition and, as the week was for the most part wet and rainy, she did not visit tbe house again until about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Greatly to her surprise she found the rooms in disorder. Contents of drawers were dumped on the floor and everything had the appearance of having been thoroughly ransacked. Without stopping for a close examination she notified Mr. and Mrs. Brewer and they both went straight over to the house. Later A. J. Murray, another neighbor and the owner of the house was called in.

   They found that entrance had been affected by means of a back window. Every room had apparently been visited, the appearance giving the impression that the house breaker had been after money or valuables which fortunately had been placed in safe deposit.

   Mr. Murray at once telephoned for Chief of Police Barnes, who was soon at the house, but was unable to discover any clew to aid in identification of the thief. It did not appear that any damage had been done except that in the endeavor to force open a drawer with a chisel or some like tool some wood was splintered off. It seemed as though the party, or parties, had simply gone through everything in the hopes of finding some valuables.

   An inmate of Mr. Brewer's family remembered noticing that a window was open one day toward the end of last week, but she thought nothing of this, supposing that Miss Stack was in the house and had the window open for the purpose of changing the air. This is the only clue as to the time of the robbery.

   It is probable that nothing outside of little trinkets and jewelry such as pins, etc., was taken, but it is impossible to determine this until the return of Mr. and Mrs. Clements.

   The police are at work on the matter.

 

BASEBALL WEDNESDAY.

All-Cortland and DeRuyter Teams to Try It Again.

   The All-Cortland baseball team will play the DeRuyter team at Athletic field Wednesday afternoon, the game being called at 3:30 o'clock. The two teams have played some close and interesting games this summer and this one will be no exception to the rule.

 

TWO FINE GAMES

Played in the City Championship Series on Saturday.

   Two baseball games were played in the City championship series Saturday afternoon, the Implement Co. winning from Wickwires by the score of 9 to 3 and the Forging shops defeating the Y. M. C. A. by the close score of 9 to 8.

   The first game was interesting until the fifth inning when the Wickwire team went into the air allowing five men to cross the plate, after which the game was never in doubt. Stafford pitched a fine game for the Implement Co., allowing but five hits.

   In the Forging shop—Y. M. C. A. game, the former took the lead in the first inning by making three runs and kept the lead throughout. The Y. M. C. A. team played a fine uphill game, making a determined effort to win out in the last inning. They went to bat with the other team four runs to the good and succeeded in getting three men across the plate and the bases full by timely hitting, a three bagger by Fisher being a feature. Only one was out and it looked as though the Y. M. C. A. would win out as a hit meant runs, but Robson struck Sullivan out and A. Hinman was touched out in an effort to cross the plate.

   Robson pitched a splendid game, allowing but three hits to the sixth inning but was touched up for some safe ones in the last two innings. Out of four times at bat he made three hits, one of them being a two-bagger.

   The score by innings:

 

 

Has a Fine Bull.

   Irving Johnson, proprietor of the Riverside stock farm of Marathon, N. Y., is the owner of a fine four-year-old short horned Durham bull weighing 2,200 pounds. This animal girths 8 ft. 4 in., behind the forward shoulders. Mr. Johnson claims that he is the finest animal of the kind in the southern tier if not in the entire county. He is so docile and kind that Mr. Johnson's 13-year-old daughter can lead him around the ring at the prize cattle show at the coming county fair. Mr. Johnson also informed The Standard man that he is already perfecting plans to exhibit two car loads of choice blooded stock at the fair next month.

 

SEA LION IS DEAD.

Clubbed by Elmira Men Who Were Trying to Capture Him.

   The sea lion which escaped from the [Cortland] Trout park some time ago is dead. He was killed in Elmira Saturday by some men who were trying to capture him. The lion seem to have turned back from his trip down the Susquehanna. He was seen a day or two before in the Chemung river, and a host of people tried to capture him. John Appleton and his son succeeded in getting him tangled up in nets and into shallow water. They thought they had about secured him when he charged on the father with mouth wide open. The son struck him on the head with a club. He still showed fight and the dubbing was continued till life was extinct. He was then taken to the city of Elmira and is now on exhibition there. When measured the lion was 5 ft. 1 in. long and 11 inches wide in the broadest part of the body. He weighed about 150 pounds.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The Loyal Circle of King's Daughters will hold a special meeting with Mrs. S. J. Parmiter, 27 Maple-ave., tomorrow at 3 o'clock.

   —The regular monthly meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Paul of the Homer-st. church will be held this evening at 7:45, at which time the election of officers will occur.

   —A regular meeting of Victor Hayloft, 357 1/2, will be held this evening and the installation of officers will occur. The degree will be conferred upon several tramps. Large attendance is desired. Refreshments will be served,

   —The new display advertisements today are—The Peck Furniture House, Clearance sale of furniture, page 6; S. Simmons, Clothing, page 5; Perkins & Quick, Pocketbooks, etc., page 5; First National Bank, Bank accounts, page 6.