MOTHER JONES' ARMY, CONVICTS CAPTURED, POT OF GOLD, GEN. CASSIUS CLAY, ITHACA BAND, MARATHON LIBRARY, AND HORSE BROKE LEG

 

"Mother Jones" (Mary G. Harris.)

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, July 24, 1903.

MOTHER JONES' ARMY.

Marched Through New York Streets Last Evening.

SPEAKING FROM END OF TRUCK.

Mayor Low Granted Permit to Hold Meeting and Commissioner Ebstein Withdrew His Prohibition of the Parade—Leader Said Army is Marching Toward President's Home.

   New York, July 24.—"Mother" Jones' army abandoned its march in view of Acting Police Commissioner Ebstein's refusal earlier in the day to permit a parade. Later Mayor Low granted a parade permit and last evening the army marched to Madison avenue and 27th street, where the meeting was held.

   During the parade "Mother" Jones answered questions put to her by spectators.

   The speaking at the meeting took place from the end of a truck. "Mother" Jones said her army was marching towards the president's home. "I believe he can do something for these children," she declared, referring to her "army."

   "Congress last year passed a bill giving $45.000 to fill the stomach of an old prince, and he endorsed that, and if he could do that, he surely could tell congress to pass a bill that would take the children out of the God-accursed mills and put them in the schools."

   Then she promised to discuss "child slavery in prosperous America" at a later time.

   Benjamin Hanford, Social Democratic candidate for governor of New York last year, in his speech abused the police, including Ebstein, who was present and to whom he referred as a coward and scoundrel, Mayor Low, J. P. Morgan, J. D. Rockefeller, President Roosevelt and others, and among other things thus advised his hearers:

   "Next election vote so that you will carry the revolver instead of the police.  Not that we Socialists believe in bloodshed, but if bloodshed there is to be, I want to see a battlefield where the capitalists lie stark, and where the Socialists are planting the banner."

 

Clinton Prison, Dannemora, N. Y.

CONVICTS CAPTURED.

All Four of the Escaped Clinton Prisoners Caught.

TAKEN 16 MILES FROM PRISON.

Four Men Kept Together and Had Been In the Woods Without Shelter Since They Escaped—Two of Them Had on the Clothes Stolen From Purdy's Store.

   Plattsburg, N. Y., July 24.—After searching five days and nights, most of the time in a drenching rain, Warden Deyo and his officers, assisted by deputies, policemen and civilians, captured John Elliott and Edward Kennedy, two of the four escaped Clinton convicts, in the woods near Barnaby's Corners.

   Peter James and John Collins, the other two, were taken last night about a quarter of a mile from the Rutland Railroad station at Altona and less than a mile from where Elliott and Kennedy were taken. They were hungry and almost exhausted. When Keeper Severance got the drop on them with his rifle, they quickly threw up their hands. They were taken to Dannemora.

   Keeper John North and a civilian named LaFountain discovered Elliott and Kennedy early yesterday. They opened fire with their rifles and Elliott was shot in the leg. LaFountain summoned help and the men were captured some hours later. Superintendent of Prisons Collins took the men to prison leaving Warden Deyo to round up the other two.

   Kennedy and Elliott each had on clothes taken from Purdy's store. In their pockets was found $13.97, the exact amount stolen from Purdy. They will be tried for burglary.

   Elliott and Kennedy told Superintendent Collins that all four men kept together and have been in the woods without shelter ever since they escaped. Elliott and Kennedy said James and Collins worked a year on the tunnel through which they escaped.

 

DUG UP A POT OF GOLD.

Farmer Rockwell Unearths a Jar Containing 32 Gold and 37 Silver Pieces.

   Cooperstown, N. Y., July 24.—A jar containing gold and silver coins 140 years old was found by John Rockwell, a farmer who lives in the Butternut Valley, this county. While digging in a field he unearthed a veritable pot of gold. It contained thirty-two gold pieces, each having a coin value of about $6; thirty-seven silver pieces about the size of a half dollar, and eight coppers. The gold pieces bear the image of George III and the silver pieces that of George II. The dates on the coins run from 1761 to 1769.

   History records that at the time of the Cherry Valley massacre the Indians raided Butternut Valley and carried the early settlers into captivity. Among these pioneers were the Lulls, the Garratts and the Johnsons. At that time these families secreted their valuables. For instance, one family of Garratts hid their silverware under the trough of the pig pen and seven years after they returned and found it there intact.

 

Gen. Cassius M. Clay.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Gen. Cassius M. Clay.

   General Cassius M. Clay died at Richmond, Ky., Wednesday night, in his 93d year. He was born in Madison county, Ky., Oct. 19, 1810, and was graduated from Yale in 1832. For many years he was the leader of the Kentucky abolitionists, and was prominent as an editor, agitator, and orator. He served in the Mexican war, was a major-general of volunteers for a short time in the civil war, and served for several years as minister to Russia. His course in politics was very erratic. He was originally a Whig, then deserted the party and ran for governor of Kentucky as an independent; he was an early member of of the Republican party but supported Greeley in 1872 and Tilden in 1876. He was for Blaine in 1884 and bolted McKinley in 1896. On Nov. 13, 1894, at the age of 84, be married Dora Richardson, an ignorant girl of 16. The old man was soon deserted by her, had trouble with his grown-up children, was in almost constant difficulty with the authorities and defended himself with an arsenal composed of rifles, revolvers, shotguns, bowie knives, and cannon. His whole life was one of violence; be fought two or three duels, was a participant in many bloody rough and tumble fights, and killed several men. He was said to be the handiest man in the South with a bowie knife and always carried his favorite weapon. Clay's services in behalf of abolition have never been recognized as they deserved.

   ◘ The death of Leo XIII has called attention to the fact that there is no one mausoleum for the Popes. The four of the nineteenth century and their predecessor Pius VI, who died in exile at Valence on the Rhone, all rest at St. Peter's. Several of the medieval Popes were buried at Avignon, and the wicked John XXIII at Florence. The only English Pope, Nicholas Breakspear, was buried in an old red granite sarcophagus which is still to be seen in the crypt of the Vatican.

 

Leader Patrick Conway and the Ithca Band.

THE ITHACA BAND

To Begin its Week's Engagement at the Park Saturday.

   The Ithaca band will arrive in Cortland Saturday morning on the Lehigh and march from the depot to the York hotel, where it will put up during its stay in Cortland.

   The afternoon concert will begin at 3 p. m. and the evening concert at 8:15. The regular Saturday night dance will be held as usual in the pavilion. Below is the program for the Saturday concerts:

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 3 O'CLOCK.

   

For Marathon Library.

   Col. J. Stewart Wells of Binghamton, N. Y., gave $1,000 toward books for the Peck Memorial library of Marathon, N. Y., after the completion of the building by its donor. Next year he sent his check for $125 for more books and the next year the same, and this became a fixed habit with him. He has just sent his eighth annual check for that sum.

   Sixty-five years ago Col. Wells, who was born in Marathon, left that town for Binghamton which has since been his home.  He is now 81 years of age.

 

ANGELL'S BAKERY.

Walter H. Angell Succeeds H. P. Hollister & Son.

   Walter H. Angell, who recently purchased the old established bakery of H. P. Hollister & Son at 7 North Main-st., Cortland, has been making improvements in the appearance of the same by a fresh coat of paint and new wallpaper.

   Mr. Angell has been in possession of the bakery since July 6 and has already proved to his customers that the high standard of excellence set by his predecessors is to be maintained by him. The same force of bakers and assistants has been engaged to remain with Mr. Angell and baked goods of the best quality will be produced.

   A special feature will be made of the lunch room in connection with the bakery, where lunches will be served at all hours of the day and evening.

 

HORSE BROKE A LEG.

Slipped and Fell While Running Away—Had to be Killed.

   A valuable horse belonging to John C. Jones, who runs a grocery store and meat market at 44 Owego-st., Cortland, fell and broke a leg this morning. The horse was hitched to the delivery wagon and the deliveryman was out taking orders. He left the horse hitched on Homer-ave., when he went into a house to take an order. The horse managed to slip the headstall and started to run. In trying to make the turn at the corner of Lincoln and Homer-aves., he slipped and fell, breaking a front leg close to the shoulder. It was at once evident that the horse was ruined and he was taken to the lot back of E. M. Yager's livery stables and put out of misery. The horse was valued at $150.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Mrs. C. F. Weiler entertained her Sundayschool class of boys from the First M. E. [Church] Sundayschool [sic] at the park this afternoon.

   —The new display advertisements today are—S. Simmons, Specials for Saturday, page 4; R.W. Mitchell, Meats for Sunday, page 5; Perkins & Quick, Pocketbooks, etc., page 6.

   —If there are residents of this city who would like to furnish board or rooms for Normal students during the next term of school either in whole or in part return for work, if they will notify Dr. Cheney, the principal, he will be able to put them in communication with some students, both ladies and gentlemen, who would like to pay for their board in work.

 

TORNADO AT PATERSON, CHINA REFUSES TO OPEN PORTS, THE WRITERS, INDIAN WARDS, SIDEPATH COMMISSION, AND NOW HE GOES TO JAIL

 

House damaged by tornado at Paterson, N. J.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, July 23, 1903.

TORNADO AT PATERSON.

Two Persons Killed and Sixty Injured.

MANY BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN.

Joseph Van Dam, at Work on a Building on Main Street, Was Killed. A Boy Was Struck by a Piece of Shafting and His Head Severed From His Body.

   Paterson, N. J., July 23.—A terrific tornado visited this city. During the blow, which lasted about three minutes, one man was killed and at least three score injured.

   Many houses were blown down, more than a score of buildings were unroofed and havoc was done to trees, fences, signs and awnings.

   At St. Joseph's hospital the patients were thrown into a panic. Big trees in the grounds around the hospital were blown down, the windows were smashed and awnings carried off.

   Joseph Van Dam, who was killed, was at work with four other men jacking up a Main street building when it was blown over. Van Dam's companions were badly injured and two other men were hurt in another part of the city.

   Thomas Hancock, 8 year old, was struck by a piece of shafting, blown from a wrecked laundry building, which completely severed his head from his body.

   The monetary loss by the storm is estimated at between $150,000 and $200,000. The loss was greatly added to last night by a heavy rainstorm which lasted for two hours and which beat into the unroofed buildings and into houses where the windows were broken during the storm and where the damage could not be repaired in time.

   As nearly as can be estimated 57 houses have been blown down or so torn by the wind as to be beyond repair. About double that number are badly damaged and several times that number of buildings slightly damaged.

   Within three years Paterson has been stricken with many disasters.  Yet it is one of the most prosperous communities in the country and called "The Lyons of America" because of its 90 or more silk mills which represent a capital of $16,000,000.

   Paterson's greatest disaster was the fire which occurred on Feb. 9, 1902 when flames destroyed property valued at $10,000,000 and wiped out 26 of the most important and valuable blocks in the city.

   On March 2, 1902, the city was visited by a disastrous flood, the swollen Passaic river overflowing its banks and driving hundreds of families from their homes. The damage done to property amounted to millions. There was destitution among the homeless, buildings and bridges were swept away while fire added to public peril.

   On April 21, 1902, 4,000 dyers' helpers went on strike and three strikers and several other men were shot in the serious rioting which followed.

   In June of the same year Paterson became an armed camp and the vigilance committee was organized to rid the city of anarchists. On June 18 there was a pitched battle in the streets between the police and 5,000 strikers.

 

Prince Qing.

Refuses to Open Ports.

   Pekin, July 23.—Prince Ching, the president of the foreign office, has written to United States Minister Conger refusing to open towns in Manchuria. In his letter he dwells upon the impossibility of China opening to foreigners towns which are not in her possession but which are held by Russian troops and points out the complications which would be likely to follow. It is believed here, however, that a compromise may be reached by including one town, Ta Tung Kao, in the new commercial treaty.

 

Rudyard Kipling.

THE WRITERS.

   Kipling's new volume of poems, to be issued in the fall, will contain twenty-five compositions which have never been published,

   Alfred Henry Lewis, the author of "Peggy O'Neal," says that a daughter of ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio posed for the picture of his heroine.

   Ibsen has given up reading newspapers or books. He writes no letters and does no literary work. He seldom sees any one except his servant and masseur. He never leaves the house at Copenhagen.

   Tolstoi's son remarked on a recent visit at Helsingfors that his father was giving much time to the study of the labor question and was also writing a novel, "Hadshi Murad," depicting life in the Caucasus in the time of Nicholas I, and not to be printed till after his death.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Uncle Sam's Indian Wards.

   An interesting social and economic transformation has begun in Indian Territory, as a result of which in a few years the "wards" of the government will be transformed from tribes to units and placed on their own individual responsibility. Under an agreement with the "five nations" the work of segregating the lands owned by two of the "civilized" tribes, the Choctaws and the Chickasaws, is under way. The 23,500 Choctaws and 6,500 Chickasaws own 11,610,605 acres. Of these each Indian is entitled to the equivalent of the value of a farm of 310 acres of average land. The former slaves of these Indiana are to receive each 521acres of hill land or 20 acres of rich valley land. There are to be sold at public competition 445 acres of mineral land, containing coal and asphalt, and from the public sale of a smaller area for town sites it is calculated that the proceeds will be $20,000,000.

   The Chickasaw and Choctaw Indiana are the richest people on earth, inasmuch as the poorest of them has a citizenship worth at least $10,000. Any Chickasaw or Choctaw who can get the consent of the authorities may go into the open market and sell for the sum mentioned what he is entitled to receive when he comes into full possession of his property.

   Whether they will retain their wealth after the government has withdrawn its parental care and the tribal fortunes are decided remains to be seen. The Indians in question will certainly have a good start. The two tribes will get $20,000,000 for their property, and they have money in the national treasury already, paying them a good interest, and when his is divided each will have much more than a competency with which to begin the battle of life. But each man will have to fight his own way, and it will depend with the Indians, as with the whites, upon the caliber of the man whether he wins or loses. It is, however, apparently the only practical way of settling the Indian problem.

 

SIDEPATH COMMISSION

Makes Arrangements for State Convention in September.

   The Cortland county sidepath commission met in the office of Dr. E. M. Santee last evening to make arrangements for the state sidepath convention which will be held in Cortland September 1 and 2, and for the transaction of such other business as might come before the commission.

   Officers reported the arrest of a man for driving cattle on Scott path. The case will be tried before Justice Griffin of Homer at 2 p. m. Monday, Aug 3. Davis & Lusk will prosecute for the sidepath commission.

   The sidepath convention was discussed at some length and the program practically decided upon which will doubtless be as follows:

   Sept. 1, 10 a. m.—Address of Welcome, Judge Joseph E. Eggleston.

   Response—Pres. H. H. Preston.

   Report of the work of the year by counties.

   Report of standing committees at 2 o'clock p. m.

   Selection of place for next meeting.

   Election of officers.

   Address by retiring president.

   Question box.

   At 7:30 p. m. special cars will leave for the park, where the members of the local sidepath commissioners will serve a corn roast, clambake, and roast pig supper to the visiting delegates.

    Sept. 2. 10 a. m.—Appointment of the standing committees for ensuing year.

   Address—The Present and Future of Sidepath Building by Chas. T. Raymond of Lockport, ''the Father of Sidepaths." This will be followed by a discussion.

   2 p. m.—Reports on the legislative committee and discussion of proposed amendments to sidepath laws.

   Question box.

   4 p. m.—Cycle run to Little York, where the visiting delegates will be served with one of Mrs. Raymond's famous chicken dinners.

   The Cortland county commission is composed of the following: Ellis M. Santee, president; H. L. deClercq, secretary; F. V. Bennett, C. H. Danes and H. L. Beebe.

   H. H. Preston of Shelter Island Heights is president, and Charles H. Danes of Homer, secretary of the state commission.

 

AN ANNIYERSARY EDITION.

The Marathon Independent Celebrates its 33rd Birthday.

   The Marathon Independent celebrates its 33rd birthday this week by getting out an anniversary edition and putting a new heading upon the first page of the paper. The four page supplement issued this week is devoted to a review of the past third of a century, quite particularly in reference to the paper itself and more generally as a historical glance at the town of Marathon. Some of the principal buildings and prominent people of the village are shown in half tone cuts. The edition is a very creditable one. Success to the paper and to its genial editor, Ed L. Adams.

 

A Communication.

   To the Editor of The Standard:

   Sir—In your issue of July 22 you refer to the Solon dairies. I wish to correct the item in one or two respects. Only eight dairies were cut out from the milk station in the first place, four of which have been taken back leaving four out yet, representing135 to 140 cows, instead of eleven dairies representing 215 cows. It has been demonstrated that one or two   dairies at Solon did not fix the price of milk at New York or close the milk station at Solon.

   Jas. W. Barrett, Mgr.

 

Now He Goes to Jail.

   Theodore Underwood, the Peruville wife beater who was recently tarred and feathered by his neighbors and who afterward proclaimed an entire change of heart and promised to behave himself, got drunk in Ithaca Monday and made so much trouble that he has now begun to work off a sentence of 100 days in the Tompkins county jail.

 

BREVITIES.

   —There will be an Assembly party at the park tomorrow night.

   —Grace church choir will meet for rehearsal at 7:30 o'clock this evening.

   —A fire started in Ithaca yesterday from spontaneous combustion was extinguished by a pail of milk, no water being quickly at hand.

   —A large iron dropping from above struck E. M. Moore upon the head yesterday, cutting a deep gash and injuring him quite severely.

    —Cortland Commandery, No. 50, Knights Templar, will confer the order of Red Cross at its regular conclave Friday evening at 8 o'clock.

   —The new display advertisements today are—G. H. Wiltsie, Carpets, curtains, etc., page 6; J. H. Gunn, Fine coffees, page 6; Perfection Bakery, Fresh baked goods, page 6; Gardener's 5 &10 cent store, Ribbon, page 6.

   —Three college fraternities at Cornell university are this summer completing new society houses—Alpha Delta Phi, Kappa Sigma, and Phi Sigma Kappa. The Chi Phi house which was partly burned a few weeks ago, is also being rebuilt.

   —Rev. Wallace B. Lucas, D. D., of Meridian will have charge of the prayer meeting tonight at the Presbyterian church and will speak upon "The Mission Work among the Mountain Whites of the South." An interesting and profitable talk is assured. 

CIUDAD BOLIVAR TAKEN, LEASES, LEO XIII, COMMON COUNCIL, RECTOR AND BRIDE, AND GEORGE MAGER GRANTED A VACATION

 

Gen. Alandro Ibarra Rivas.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, July 22, 1903.

CIUDAD BOLIVAR TAKEN.

Success of Venezuelan Troops After Desperate Fighting.

ZAMORA CAPTURED BY STORM.

Ninety-Four Dead Rebels Found Inside, Among Them General Azanza, Whose Head Was Blown Off by a Shell—Custom House Taken After a 10 Hours' Fight.

   Caracas, Venezuela, July 22.—A messenger who has arrived here by steamer and train from Ciudad Bolivar reports that the city was captured by the government troops at eight o'clock this morning.

   Soledad, Venezuela, Monday, July20.—7 p. m.—The fight between government forces and revolutionists from one o'clock this afternoon has been horrible and at this hour the only places which still resist the onset of the government troops are the jail and the Capitol.

   Early in the afternoon the government troops, numbering 5,200 men, were ordered to make a general attack upon all positions still held by the rebels. At five o'clock this afternoon the "Zamora," called the Sebastopol of Ciudad Bolivar, was stormed and captured.

   Ninety-four dead rebels were found inside, among them being General Azanza, one of the revolutionary leaders, whose head had been blown off by a shell. It is impossible to give an idea of the carnage which occurred at this point.

   At the same time General Rivas, General Gomez's chief lieutenant, with 2,300 men succeeded in destroying a barricade erected around the Miranda plaza, the key to the Capitol, where all the survivors of the revolution were concentrated.

   All the roads and streets running into the Capitol are guarded by government troops and the escape of the revolutionists after the capture of the Capitol, which is inevitable, seems impossible. They must either surrender or die. At seven o'clock tonight the custom house was taken after a ten-hour fight.

   The press representative counted 60 killed as a result of this fight. The Dalton block, where the American consulate and most of the foreign business houses are located, was captured at five o'clock. The revolutionists are without provisions and water, the supply pipe having been cut yesterday. Their situation is considered desperate and hopeless. The shops are being pillaged.

 

SHOOTING IN A SCHOOL.

Two Men Fatally Shot and a Boy Injured.

DISPUTE OVER A POKER GAME.

Pistol Fight In Breathitt County, Ky., Between Four Men—Civil Authorities Declined to Act and Soldiers From Jackson Made Arrests—A Mulatto's Record of Shooting.

   Jackson, Ky., July 22.—In a pistol fight at Cave Run schoolhouse, three miles east of Jackson, between James and William Barrett on one side and Mack Howard and his 14-year-old son on the other, James Barrett was shot in the head, Mack Howards elbow was shattered by a bullet and James Vires, aged 12, who was in the schoolhouse, was shot in the abdomen.

   The boy may recover but the two men are thought to be fatally hurt. The fight followed a dispute over a poker game.

   The civil authorities declined to take action and two details of soldiers from here were sent into the country and arrested the Howards and Barretts.

   Barrett is a light colored mulatto. He admits having shot 13 persons fatally and wounding nine.

 

Leases to Lehigh Valley Railway.

   Albany, July 22.—Leases of the Seneca County railway, the Waverly and State Line Railway company, the Rochester Southern Railroad company, the Middlesex Valley Railroad company, the Canal Railroad company and the Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad company to the Lehigh Valley Railway company were filed with the secretary of state. The leases were executed on June 30, 1903, and are for a term of 999 years.

 

Japan Wants More Ports Opened.

   London, July 22.—It is learned that Japan is not satisfied with the assurances Russia has given the United States in regard to Manchuria and has been actively urging Great Britain to join her in a more energetic attitude towards Russia. Japan is persistent in urging that additional ports be opened. Japan has informed the foreign office here that Russia has not ceased to present for Chinese acceptance the conditions which she presented some time ago and which Russia denied submitting. If the ports are opened in compliance with the Japanese proposal Manchuria will be honeycombed with trade routes.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

LEO XIII.

   The proverbial three score and ten years is far beyond the average man's lifetime, and yet Providence has spared not a few towering figures of this world's history beyond even that ripe age, as if their services to humanity were indispensable. As one of this number, Leo the Thirteenth was a priest for more than half a century and the head of the Roman Catholic church for a quarter of a century. In the last twenty-five years, says the Troy Times, he has been one of the most influential men of a progressive age and commanded the attention and respect of the civilized world. There is universal sorrow at his death, while in the church which he ruled there is a hush of worshipful veneration, which few even of his predecessors have shared.

   That the dead Pontiff was more than a churchman, more than a sectarian raised to eminence as a reward for his zeal, certain notable traits in his character prove to a certainty. No ordinary ability raised him to the highest rank. He was a world figure largely because he had the personality, the intellect, the qualities of generalship conspicuous in great warriors and statesmen. When a boy he was a hard, successful student with a taste for literature. In his young manhood he threw himself courageously into the work of rescuing cholera patients in Italian hospitals. When scarcely 30 Leo was appointed governor of a small Italian principality and there be first displayed the tact and diplomacy which later made the Papal rule a period of unity and peace within the Roman church. Leo's conduct as a provincial governor can hardly be over-emphasized, for it strikes the keynote of his later policy. Ruling a province is a thorough test of any man's ability. How many great names have been illuminated and how many reputations have been marred by success or failure in such a task? Following his experience in Benevento, promotion came rapidly to Leo through the degrees of Papal Ambassador and the proud dignity of a Cardinal until, upon the death of Pius the Ninth, the spare, nervous, brilliant and devoted leader of the church militant was solemnly chosen for the headship of the Catholic faith.

   The conditions and problems of society since Leo's succession have been unusually trying for a Pope. During this time the heated battles of religious independence versus ecclesiasticism have been waged against the bulwarks of ecclesiastical authority in temporal affairs. Where there has been one Cardinal Newman to raise his voice in behalf of established institutions there have been a hundred iconoclasts to tear down the old and not always to set up the new. Though deprived of political authority even in his native Italy, and though beset by formidable opposition practically and theoretically, Leo had been a politician from first to last. He had studied current events. He had thrown the influence of his church into sympathy with republican government. Everywhere His Holiness had tried to strengthen his following even at the expense of cherished official traditions. His heart and soul were consecrated naturally to the Roman Catholic cause.

   A living novelist is responsible for a thrilling description of a festival scene in Rome wherein the Pope is the central figure. The pomp and splendor of a service in St. Peter's would inspire awe in any breast but the strained attention, the oppressive silence, the unquestioned reverence of a vast audience in the church of Angelo's pride surpasses all description. When Leo, bowed and trembling with age and dressed in his pontifical robes, made his way painfully to the altar amid the utmost obeisance, and, turning to the throng of worshipers, raised his hands in prayer, travelers have said there was something unearthly in the spectacle. A similar devotion to duty and a similar influence over men the Papacy may never display again.

   To summarize briefly, the great Italian Pontiff was first a zealous churchman. After that he was a diplomat, a politician and a scholar. With scrupulous regard for his own church, he never violated the rights of others, and even extended sympathy to sufferers of different beliefs. A keen observer and a peace-loving prelate, he has set a wholesome example to his successor.

 

THE COMMON COUNCIL

Transacts a Grist of Business Along Various Lines.

   The regular meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland was held in the office of the city clerk last evening, those present being Mayor Brown, and Aldermen E. M. Yager, Geo. P. Richards, C. E. Ingalls, R. S. Pettigrew and Verne W. Skeele.

   The meeting was called to order by Mayor Brown and the minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.

   Alderman Richards, as committee to investigate the necessity of placing an electric lamp at the corner of Port Watson and Hyatt-sts., reported that he thought it is very necessary that a lamp should be placed there.

   On motion of Alderman Ingalls seconded by Mr. Pettigrew, it was decided to place an arc lamp there.

   A petition, with twenty signers, was presented for a light on Willow-st. Alderman Ingalls was appointed as a committee to investigate.

   A communication from the Lackawanna railroad was read stating that they had instructed their engineers to observe the speed limits and not to whistle more than is necessary.

   Sealer of Weights and Measures C. D. Wadhams made his report. He has visited seventy places of business where scales are used, tested 160 scales and 81 measures. More merchants were cheating themselves than giving short weight to the public, but nearly all scales were practically correct. Those that were at all incorrect were gladly made correct.

   The dog catcher's bill was presented for payment. He has caught upward of forty tagless dogs.

   The matter of riding bicycles on the walks was brought up and it was the unanimous opinion of the council that the state law prohibiting riding on the walks should not be enforced on unpaved streets, when the streets are muddy and therefore impassable for wheels. The riders will be made to ride at a moderate rate of speed. Further details in regard to this appear in another column.

   On motion, the council adjourned.

 

WHEELS AND SIDEWALKS.

Bicyclists May Use Walks on Unpaved Streets When Roads are Muddy.

   There has been a rumor around town for the past two or three days to the effect that all bicycle riding on the walks was to be prohibited. At the request of the city officials The Standard is authorized to deny this. There is a state law, recently enacted, which makes bicycle riding on any walk in any city, unincorporated town or village, a misdemeanor punishable by law. This could be enforced to the letter. Inasmuch as many of Cortland's working men and women ride to and from their work and these would be forced to eat cold dinners much of the time if the law should be enforced since many of the streets are impassable for wheels when muddy, the new law will not be enforced.

   There is a city ordinance passed in 1899 which regulates the speed of bicyclists within the city limits, and this will be followed.

   It is said that people riding on the walks at a moderate rate of speed will not be molested provided the roads are in an unfavorable condition, but those who persist in rapid riding and do not use due precaution to avoid accidents and make trouble for pedestrians will be apprehended at once. Mayor Brown says that the pedestrians have their rights and that they will be protected, and that wheelmen knowing of violations of the law will not only confer a favor upon the authorities by swearing out a warrant against the guilty party or parties, but will benefit themselves by so doing. But any person entering a complaint in regard to side walk riding is expected to make the complaint explicit against the particular offender in question, swearing out a warrant against him and then appearing in police court to offer testimony in the examination or trial.

 

RECTOR AND BRIDE

Tendered a Reception by Grace Episcopal Church Last Night.

   A reception was tendered Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Way by Mrs. L. K. Shankland and the ladies of Grace Episcopal church at the pleasant home of Mrs. Shankland, corner of Tompkins and Prospect-sts., last evening.

   The guests were received by Mrs. Shankland, Rev. and Mrs. Way, Miss Mary Hubbard and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bull, the ushers being Miss Elizabeth Turner and Mrs. A. M. Jewett.

   The diningroom was in charge of Mrs. H. C. Johnson and was prettily decorated in pink and white, sweet peas predominating.

   Mrs. J. W. Angell, Mrs. Ezra Corwin, Miss Edith Turner, and Miss Ireland acted as waitresses. Mrs. Edward Keator and Miss Harriet Allen escorted the guests to the diningroom. The punch bowl was presided over by Mrs. Edward Allen and Mrs. C. H. V. Elliott.

   The vestrymen and their wives assisted in entertaining the many guests who were present to congratulate Rev. and Mrs. Way and wish them a happy journey through life. The occasion was one of enjoyment to all concerned.

 

MUST KEEP THE PEACE.

Now in County Jail Because No One Will Sign His Bond.

   Miles Stafford, residing between Blodgett Mills and Messengerville was arrested Thursday, July 9, for threatening to kill his wife, Job Stafford and others, and to burn their buildings, etc. He was arraigned July 13, before Justice P. M. Francis of Messengerville and pleaded not guilty. He was given until July 21 to secure witnesses. Yesterday he was again taken to Messengerville and the case tried. He was held under bonds of $500 to keep the peace, in default of which he was committed to the county jail. H. A. Dickinson appeared for the prosecution and J. H. Miller of Marathon for the defense.

 

A Surprise Party.

   A subscriber sends in the following account of a surprise party which is rather old to print, since it occurred two weeks ago, but to which we gave space.

   Miss Lula M. Woodin was pleasantly surprised at her home 3 miles south of Cortland on Wednesday afternoon, July 8, the occasion being her 14th birthday. The time was enjoyably spent in playing games until 5 o'clock when a delicious supper was served under the trees by Mrs. Woodin. Many tokens of friendship and love were left as reminders of the event.

   Those present were Misses Lulu M. Woodin, Margery Woodin, Bessie Reynolds, Elsie Burt, Frances Stoddard, Florence Park, Bessie Blincoe, Mae Burt, Mabel Robinson, Lulu Robinson, Edna Hilsinger, Winifred Smith, Helen Bliss, Florence L. Jennison.

 

George Jean Mager.

GRANTED A VACATION.

Mr. and Mrs. Mager to Taka a Two Months Trip to Europe.

   The directors of the Second National bank have granted President G. J. Mager a leave of absence of two months which he and Mrs. Mager will spend abroad. They have engaged passage to Liverpool on the White Star steamer Teutonic and expect to sail from New York City on Aug. 5 at 12 o'clock noon. Their prospective tour will include England, Scotland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France. This is the first vacation Mr. Mager has had in over forty years, and it is indeed a very graceful and generous act on the part of the directors of the bank in granting it. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Mager bon voyage and safe return.

 

BREVITIES.

   — Meeting of Order of Golden Seal at Good Templars' hall tonight at 8 o'clock.

   —The L. O. T. M. will hold a regular meeting tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.

   —The Home Telephone Co. has put a telephone in the office of Hotel Chautauqua at Chautauqua park, Tully lake.

   —The new display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; M. A. Case, Shirt waists.etc., page 6; M. W. Giles, Dishes to rent, page 4; F. Daehler, Clothing, page 4; Great A. & P. Tea Co., Lard, etc., page 6.