WATERS ARE RECEDING, SITUATION IN KANSAS CITY, DISASTER AT ELMIRA, RUSSIA, MORE AUTOMOBILES, BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND NEGLECTED D. A. R. PLOT

 

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, June 2, 1903.

WATERS ARE RECEDING.

Situation Not Likely to Get Any Worse at Topeka.

THIRTY-FOUR KNOWN TO BE DEAD.

Waters Extend From Bluff to Bluff and Business of All Kinds Is Demoralized—Flood Wave Moving Down the River Below Kansas City—Warnings of Danger.

   Topeka, Kan., June 2.—The water in the Kansas river has gone down 14 inches and is falling at the rate of half an inch an hour. From Manhattan up the river comes the report that the water there is slowly falling. At Wamego the same condition prevails and it is now reasonably certain that the waters here will steadily recede.

   At this time there are 34 known dead. Twelve of these are: Henry Jordan, colored; — Ward, old soldier; — Garrett, five-year-old son of Fireman G. H. Garrett; Forest Kutz, teacher; Mrs. Forest Kutz; Louise Seahaven; — Story, infant son of General M. Story; Mrs. James Jackson, widow, caught in her home by flood; John L. Adams, left on roof when his family was rescued from their home, gone when rescuers came back; Mrs. Ida Montgomery, who lived back of Citizens' bank on Kansas avenue, drowned in her rooms; Andrew Pretzel, a market gardener living east of Oakland; Henry Ludington, who lived in Oakland, last seen hanging to the branches of a tree in North Topeka Saturday morning.

   The remainder of the 34 reported dead are those of unknown people seen to fall into the water by rescuers who were unable to reach them in time to take them from the roofs of houses and from trees, and bodies seen floating down the stream.

   At 6 P. M. the water was stationary, 34.9 feet, with light rain still falling. Conditions could not become worse even though the waters were to rise a few feet higher. They now extend from bluff to bluff and business of every description is practically demoralized. There is neither electric light, water, nor street cars and little or no railroad service.

   The fiend-wave is moving steadily down the river below Kansas City, and general warnings have been issued for dangerous stages for several days to come.

   The Mississippi from Keokuk to the mouth of the Missouri is also above the danger line generally and some damage has resulted. The stages, however, will not be excessive.

Possibility of Contagion.

   One of the most distressing features now is the possibility that there will be a spread of contagious diseases. People of all classes are huddled together in houses not large enough for them, and on all sides they are surrounded by water. Already diphtheria, scarlet fever and measles have broken out.

   An emergency board of health has been appointed by the mayor to cooperate with the city physician.

   It is charged that certain kinds of merchants have formed a combination for the purpose of controlling the prices on provisions.

   A Rock Island relief train has reached North Topeka. It brought sixty boats and two steam launches. The boatmen are doing splendid work in taking flood victims to places of safety.

   A long train of Rock Island passenger coaches were also brought, and in these the people will be taken to places further up the track.

   Dr. Hakerth, accompanied by A. M. Baird, former foreman of the Santa Fe boiler shops, went over to the north side to attend some sick people. Their boat was swamped and the word comes that they are now in a tree. Efforts will be made to rescue them.

   The people of Topeka have responded loyally to calls for supplies and shelter for the needy. Up to the present time the relief committee has had no trouble to supply what clothes are necessary and to feed all the hungry.

 

SITUATION IN KANSAS CITY.

No Gas or Electric Lights and Waterworks Shut Down.

   Kansas City, June 2.—With gas and electric lights extinguished, the waterworks shut down and the city practically at the mercy of the first fire that shall break out; with railroad transportation feeble and uncertain, Kansas City may, if the waters do not recede within the next two or three days, be compelled to fight for her life, and today the skies are dark and threatening, the rain is falling heavily, more stormy weather is sweeping up from the west and the insatiable river is holding its own.

   It is practically stationary now, but what the flood has it keeps, and there is no certain promise of when it will recede. The stage is 34.9 inches. Chief Connor of the weather bureau says that while the outlook is for continued rains, it would necessitate a very heavy fall if the present high water is to continue.

   The first authentic information from Kansas City, Kan., was received last night. In that district 20,000 people are homeless, many have been drowned and the number cannot be really estimated. The property loss has been heavy. The situation there is a parallel to the situation here—apparently no better and no worse.

   There is no great probability that there will be further loss of life, if the river does not rise very suddenly. All through the wholesale districts and in the east and west bottoms there are people still in the houses, many of them anxious to be taken away, a goodly number of them content to remain where they are with all the chances of flood. The police have done wonders in rescuing people, and have probably brought 250 of them safe to the high ground since sunrise.

   In the east or west bottoms a number of obstinate people are still clinging to their homes. Although the police have run boats beneath their windows and offered to save them, they refuse to leave and will take their chances for another night at least.

   It is utterly impossible to form any estimate of the number of dead in Kansas City. There have been manifold stories of how boats laden with people have been seen to sink—there have been reports without end of bodies seen floating by on wreckage, of men who have tried to drive wagons laden with their household effects against certain death in the swift current and gone down in the flood. The majority of these stories lack proof, however, and even if true, the proof may never be had.

   It is likely that the number of fatalities in Kansas City, Mo., will approximate 50.

   Down in the wholesale district people at dusk were waving white cloths to attract attention. The condition of some of these people is pitiable. They have been held prisoners for two days, threatened with death by drowning, and at one time by fire. For the most part they were without food and for 24 hours without drinking water. Every effort is being made, and they will all be saved today unless the water rises more.

    The financial damage is about as great now as it is likely to be, unless the water rises much higher. The great danger is that the foundations of buildings may be undermined. However, the buildings that have withstood the flood all day have an excellent chance of holding out for some time.

   There has been no suffering in the city beyond that sustained by the people driven from their homes. Excellent work has been done by the local relief committees and those in control of this work are confident that the city will be able to care for its own without calling upon other cities of the state.

   Last night the city was in absolute darkness, save in buildings which have their own electric light plants. Power of the three street car lines that have resumed operation is furnished by water, piped from a small stream in one of the valleys.

   The newspapers have been compelled to discontinue the use of their typesetting machines because of lack of power, and are setting type by hand.

 

DISASTER AT ELMIRA.

Three Men Killed and Several Seriously Injured.

SIX NEW BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

Disaster at Elmira—Hundreds of Windows Broken for a Radius of Two Miles—Two Bodies of the Dead Thrown 300 Feet Away From the Plant.

   Elmira, N. Y., June 2.—About 1,500 pounds of jovite, a powerful high explosive, caused the death of three men and serious injury of several other by exploding in the screening room of the Explosives Manufacturing company's plant just south of this city yesterday afternoon at 5:10 o'clock.

   Hundreds of windows were broken for a radius of two miles. The entire plant, consisting of six new buildings, was destroyed. The loss is $25,000.

   The dead are: Lee Fuller, Earl Davis, Roy Rutan.

   Two of the bodies were thrown 300 feet away from the plant and rendered limb from limb.

   The injured are: Lewis Diven, acting manager, terribly cut about head and neck by flying glass, will recover; W. H. Manley, badly cut about head; Lawrence Frost, terribly bruised about body, will recover; Frank Rice, arm lacerated.

 

Czar Nicolas II.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Russia, the Machiavelli of Nations.

   Caesar once dreamed of an empire consisting of the entire world, with Rome—his Rome, as he then regarded it—as the capital. But Brutus and Cassius lived at that time, and Caesar's dream ended in his assassination.

   The present czar of Russia is the worthy if somewhat anemic young man who suggested the conference the result of which was The Hague peace tribunal. The czar would not be guilty of stepping on a worm, we are told, and yet he is willing to stand as sponsor for one of the most elaborate and most iniquitous schemes of aggrandizement the world has ever known. Beside the Russian scheme Caesar's dream pales into insignificance, for while it does not contemplate the grabbing of the entire known surface of the earth the number of persons involved in it greatly exceeds the number who would have been brought under the yoke of Rome had Caesar's light not been opportunely snuffed out by his erstwhile friends, who wanted to do the land grabbing themselves.

   For many years Russia has been trying so to shape things in Europe that she might have the right to go in or out of the Black sea via the Dardanelles as she might see fit. She has sent vessels through, but it has always been with the "permission" of the sultan. Compulsion would long since have taken the place of "requests" were it not for that intangible "balance of power" which is but another way of saying "international jealousy." This fetish has kept Russia and everybody else out of Turkey, but Russia is still hopeful, and close observers agree that it is but a question of time when Russia will either get what she wants there or, at any rate, try to get it by force of arms.

   Afghanistan is another country upon which Russia long since cast envious glances. It would be useful as a means of checking England's growth in the East Indies. If Russia could arrive at an ''understanding" with the ameer of Afghanistan she would have a powerful weapon to wield whenever England might object to her designs in Asia. Besides, it would also afford her the opportunity to reach tide water on the southern coast of Asia, something for which she has long wished.

   Russia's selfish conduct in Manchuria is too well known to require repetition here. Going into Manchuria for the ostensible purpose of restoring order and protecting the interests of foreigners, she has stuck like a leech and is still promising as regularly as ever that she will soon get out. But she doesn't get out and, indeed, apparently has no intention of doing so unless the other powers shall eventually force her to do so.

   There are those who declare that if she did not fear the vengeance of all Europe, with the single exception of France, Russia would speedily find an excuse to make war upon the kingdom of Norway and Sweden and then upon poor little Denmark, despite the fact that the czar's mother is a daughter of the aged monarch of that little country. This would provide a safe passage of the Skager Rack and the Cattegat into the Baltic sea. But there is no likelihood that Russia will obtain so strong a strategic position without actual war with Europe combined, and that she is not hankering after.

   But, after all, when one reflects how Russia stepped in after Japan had whipped China and, depriving the brave little island empire of the fruits of her victory, actually turned it to her own advantage, it will be seen that in Russia's Machiavellian scheme of politics she has her future goal, no matter how distant, ever before her and steadily moves toward it.

 

1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout.

MORE AUTOMOBILES.

The City Cycle Co. Sells two New Machines in Cortland.

   E. B. Richardson of the City Cycle Co. has just completed the sale of two new Oldsmobiles to Cortland parties and negotiations were closed last week for the sale of two more machines to parties in New York City. The Cortland purchasers are Sherwood & Parsons and F. W. Melvin, all of whom are experienced automobilists and all have had previous experience with the Olds machine.

   Sherwood & Parsons, who have been running an Oldsmobile since last fall, had an opportunity to dispose of their first machine last week and immediately purchased another of the same pattern with all of this year's improvements.

   Mr. Melvin started last season with an Olds which he later sold and purchased a more powerful machine. This spring he sold the latter and has since been operating a Winton. Last week be sold the Winton to parties in Binghamton and has again ordered an Olds. Mr. Richardson is negotiating with other prospective purchasers and expects soon to affect the sale of several other machines.

 

S. S. Knox.

CORTLAND BOARD PUBLIC WORKS

Make Plans for Macadamizing of Port Watson-st.

WATER, SEWER AND GAS MAINS.

Gas Company Objects to Extending to the Bridge—Sewer Connections Desired, but Sewers are Below Water Level—New Side Walks Ordered—Bills Audited.

   The regular meeting of the board of public works was held in the office of the city clerk last evening. Those present were, Chairman S. S. Knox,  F. H. Cobb, C. F. Wickwire, C. W. Collins, Superintendent of Public Works E. L. Becker, and City Attorney Fred Hatch.

   The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved.

   The following bills were audited and ordered paid:

   Cortland Standard Printing Co., $24.50

   Democrat Printery, $25.00

   Michael Garrity, $6.00

   Charles T. Saul, $24.00

   S. P. Hull, $16.00

   Wickwire Bros., $2.00

   P. H. Whitney, $5.80

   Allen & Farrington, $115.50

   Hollister Hardware Co., $5.50

   E. M. Yager, $3.00

   Pay roll for May, $565.08

   Cortland Water Works Co., $65.01

   The following side walks [sic] were condemned and owners ordered to lay new ones:

   E. H. Bates, East Main-st., north side, new.

   F. J. Peck, Railroad-st., south side, new.

   Minnie Turner, Clinton-ave., north side, new.

   Mrs. W. E. Wilkins, James-st., south side, new.

   The matter of allowing rebate for cement walks constructed on unaccepted streets then came up. After some discussion the matter of issuing permits for such walks was left to the discretion of the superintendent of public works.

   The next business before the board was the matter of plans and diagrams for the macadam on Port Watson-st. Allen & Farrington of Syracuse have offered to do the work including plans, necessary engineering, and inspecting, for 6 per cent of the contract price for building the road. Some members of the board thought this to be rather high figure. It was stated that the work of inspection, etc., is greater when paving with macadam than with brick or asphalt. Engineer Farrington was expected to be in Cortland today and the board decided to meet at 2 o'clock, today and have Engineer Farrington confer with them at that time.

   C. W. Collins who together with Superintendent Becker and representatives of the gas and water companies was to make an inspection of Port Watson-st., to determine the location of and frequency with which water and sewer connections should be made, next made his report. He said that the number of connections or laterals from the pavement to the bridge was 102. Twelve of these are already connected, leaving 90 to be made. This provided a connection for every lot having a house built upon it and one in every 50 feet on vacant and unoccupied lots. Moved and carried that the connections be made as recommended and that the sewer and water connection pipes be laid in same ditch or channel.

   The matter of extending the gas main below the Lehigh tracks was next discussed. Jerome Hathway was present and asked that the main be extended to Port Watson-st. bridge. Mr. Barker of the gas company protested on the grounds that the company could not afford to lay out $2,000 or $2,500 to lay a main where there would be but one or two consumers.

   Mr. Collins suggested that if the gas company did not wish to lay their main the whole length of the street that they relinquish their right to the street. Mr. Barker said that before doing this he wished to confer with the officers of the company. He will do this and report to the board at its meeting this afternoon.

   Mr. Hathway said he would like to make four sewer connections, but that the water level is above the sewer.

   Arthur J. Keefe's bond for fulfilling the contract of laying sewers on Lincoln-ave. and Maple-ave., was then accepted. On motion of Mr. Cobb, seconded by Mr. Wickwire, the board adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon.

 

To Improve a Neglected Plot.

   Members of the D. A. R. are making plans to beautify the triangular plot of ground on Clinton-ave. opposite the Congregational church. Although this plot is claimed by one or two individuals or societies it is neglected and is an eyesore to the city. The D. A. R., while not contemplating any great improvements, will have the open space graded and seeded. Later flower beds will be built and the letters "D. A. R." made from foliage plants, etc.

   Mayor Brown has promised the ladies that he would find some dirt for the grading and all will be glad to know that this piece of ground is to be improved.

 

W. C. T. U. PARLOR MEETING

Held at the Home of Mrs. L. M. Loope on Saturday. May 23.

   The W. C. T. U. held a parlor meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Loope on Saturday, May 23. The subject of the evening was ''The Temperance Temple of Chicago." The meeting was opened by prayer by Mrs. H. B. Greenman and a solo by Mr. Mead. Mrs. Frank Watson gave a recitation "The Temple," which showed its object. She also referred to Willard hall and said it was the only place in the United States where gospel temperance meetings were held every day in the year.

   The temple superintendent stated that every office in this building is now rented, making an annual income of $175,000. It was urged that people put in $100 each and thus securing the placing of their names upon the New York state tablets in Willard hall.

   Mrs. Newell read an article upon the temple and Mrs. Grace E. Hubbard had a recitation in harmony with the theme.

   Little Doris Barnes told of the bands of white ribbon which stretched around the world.

   Rev. U. S. Milburn presented the name for the tablet of Mrs. Julia A. Johnson, the faithful superintendent of this department for many years. The placing of this name on the tablet was secured by the payment of $100 for Mrs. Johnson, and was done as a recognition of her splendid work in the past. She has been the means of putting four other names on the tablet. Mrs. Johnson not being present, the gift was accepted for her by the president.

   Mr. Milburn in his words made the hearts of the workers glad and proud. What he said carried all the more weight as he had been in the temple and had viewed it from turret to foundation, and regards it as a sermon of appeal to all lookers-on, not as a dead statue, but as a living one of truth, courage, temperance and faith.

   The singing at this meeting by Mrs. Bentley, Miss Stout, Miss Cramer, Mr. Mead and a gentleman from Syracuse gave added pleasure.

   Ice cream and cake were served.

   Press Reporter.

 

Columbia Garden Opened.

   Crowded to the limit, at the opening of the gardens on Court-st. last evening, the tent was packed to the doors and a program of metropolitan specialties was rendered to the full appreciation of the large audience.

   Mr. O'Neil in his wonderful feat of acrobatic waltz clog dancing was the feature of the evening, and his assistant, Mr. Gaffney, was in line with farcical Irish comedy.

   Mr. W. J. McQuinn, an eminent comedian baritone, rendered several pathetic ballads in a most successful manner and succeeded in touching his audience in a way that will make him a favorite.

   Messrs. Brooks & Reisch closed the show with a very realistic sketch of country life entitled "A Bit of Real Life," which was laughable in the extreme.

   Ice cream and ice cream sodas and soft drinks of all kinds were served and of a quality that will make the garden a favorite resort in the coming hot season.

   Many ladies were in attendance.

   The Valentine Bros., who have had the music in charge have been reengaged for the balance of the week and will give an open-air concert each night from 7:30 to 8 p. m, at the entrance of the garden.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The Kindergarten association will meet in the Normal kindergarten Thursday at 3:30 o'clock. This will be the last meeting of the year.

   —President's day for the Ladies' Literary club will be observed tomorrow at 4 o'clock at the home of the retiring president, Mrs. J. A. Jayne, 12 Madison-st.

   —The new display advertisements today are—M. W. Giles, Make room sale, page 3; M. A. Case, Brilliantines sale, page, 6; Haight & Freese Co., Stocks, etc., page 7; F. E. Brogden, Ice cream soda, page 4; Hollister Hardware Co., Refrigerators, etc., page 5; Gas Co., Gas ranges, page 7; First National Bank, Banking, page 5.

 

FLOOD AT KANSAS CITY, DESERVES WORLWIDE CONDEMNATION, MEMORIAL DAY, CORTLAND SPECIALTY CO., AND MRS. HARRISON ALBRIGHT

 

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, June 1, 1903.

FLOOD AT KANSAS CITY.

Heavy Losses to Packing Houses—Several Small Fires.

   Kansas City, Mo., June 1.—Eight distinct fires are burning in the flooded district between three blocks west of the Union depot and Toad-a-Loup, the latter a settlement near Armourdale. It is impossible to reach any of the fires, as communication is cut off. The fires were viewed through a field glass from the top of a high building on the bluff.

   All the fires appear to be isolated except one at 11th and Bluff streets which started in a lime warehouse and spread to a fruit warehouse. Close to the fruit house, which is still burning, is a shed containing oil.

   At Toad-a-Loup, three blocks of small buildings appear to be burning, while at another point a string of box cars is on fire.

   In the valley of the Kaw or Kansas river between this city and Kansas City, Kansas, a number of lives have been lost.

   Twelve bodies were counted as they floated past during the day. In nearly every instance they were lying across pieces of wreckage. On the roof of a cabin that came swirling down could be seen the body of a woman and her child.

   The heaviest financial loss is at Armourdale where the losses to the packing industry and others are placed at $2,500,000. Argentine, another suburb, has suffered losses estimated at $500,000. When all the returns are in the total will be increased materially.

   Armourdale, with a population of 16,000 people is deserted and its site marked only by the tops of buildings and a number of fires.

   The refugees from Armourdale for the most part are huddled together in the immense auditorium of the Convention hall, although several hundred found refuge with friends in more fortunate parts of the city. All bridges over the Kaw river are down and the only communication with Armourdale is by boat.

   Kansas City is without a water supply, the flood having disabled the pumping station and the utmost care is being taken that no fires shall break out. Even a small fire it is feared would start a conflagration. Only one street car line in the city is running owing to the disabling of the power plants by the floods. The railroad yards are blockaded with trains unable to get out.

   Two-thirds of Argentine, a railroad and manufacturing town of the south bank of the Kansas river, six miles from Kansas City, is inundated by 10 to 20 feet of water and probably $500,000 of damages has been done. Forty-five hundred of the 6,500 inhabitants are homeless, and nearly 3,000 are destitute. Five bridges have been swept away, all the railroad tracks and factories are under water.

 

FLOOD RECEDING.

Ground for Hope That the Worst of the Situation Has Passed.

   Topeka, Kan., June 1.—There is ground for hope that the worst of the flood situation has passed. The treacherous Kansas river is slowly receding and the five-mile wide stream is settling back into its rightful channel. The official gauge was fluctuated up and down all Sunday. City Engineer McCable has issued a bulletin giving out the cheering intelligence that the waters had subsided to the extent of 7 1/2 inches. It may become hours before another drop is noticed.

   With 175 to 200 lives lost; millions of dollars of property destroyed; with hundreds of pistol shots as signals of distress, blended with the agonizing cries of unwilling inhabitants of tree tops and roofs of houses and the waters creeping upward and then slowly subsiding, and alternately changing hope to despair, the capital city passed the most memorable Sabbath day of its existence. Through all this discomforting condition of affairs was added the presence of a cold, dismal rain.

   The arduous work of the heroic rescuers was not abandoned in the least by the conditions which confronted them. For long, dreary hours, knee deep in water and some times up to their necks, they worked with might and main. They can point to 300 or more rescued persons who otherwise might have been swept away in the current.

   Briefly stated the present condition of the flood is this: 170 to 200 people drowned; 8,000 people without homes; $4,000,000 loss of property.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Deserves Worldwide Condemnation.

   The government of Russia is before the bar of the civilized world under popular indictment for permitting, if not aiding and abetting, a wholesale slaughter of Jews in Bessarabia which would have shamed the dark ages. When the first information of the massacre at Kishineff was made public the story was given but scant credence. It seemed incredible that, even in autocratic and reactionary Russia, such an atrocity could take place in the twentieth century. When the American ambassador called the attention of the Russian minister of foreign affairs to the report of the outrages it was denied that such outrages had occurred. Later and authentic details, however, not only gave the lie to Russia's denials but clearly proved that the outrages were even more ruthless and extensive than the first information indicated.

   It is now beyond dispute that on the days following Easter Sunday the Jewish residents of the populous and thriving city of Kishineff were attacked in the streets and in their houses by a partly organized mob, that some two hundred or more of them were killed or mortally wounded, that large numbers were brutally beaten, that atrocities of inconceivable cruelty and savagery—beyond the tolerance of actual savages—were committed, that the police either failed to check or directly incited the mob, that soldiers took part in the slaughter and outrages and that violence was accompanied by extensive robbery and destruction of property and by desecration of the synagogues. Everything that civilized government exists to protect was loosed to the passions of the rioters, and the forces that should have controlled the rioters aided or upheld them.

   The nation which permits or condones such a flagrant offense against civilization cannot be called civilized or ask the respect or consideration of any decent government. It is true under ordinary conditions that one nation has not the right to suggest or dictate to another nation how it shall conduct its internal affairs when only its subjects are concerned, but the circumstances are not ordinary, and they justify unusual treatment. They fully warrant the civilized powers of the world expressing to Russia in formal and explicit terms their deep detestation of the Bessarabian brutality and demanding the prompt and condign punishment of the perpetrators of the outrages and the officials who permitted and apparently abetted them. Only by such punishment can Russia purge itself of the national disgrace. Failing of this, the civilized powers would be justified in regarding Russia as outside the pale of civilization and acting accordingly.

   That Russia realizes its culpability in this matter is evinced by the fact that the governor of Bessarabia and the chief of police of Kishineff have been withdrawn from their posts. But something more drastic and effective than this must be done before Russia is rehabilitated in the esteem of the world.

   There can be but little doubt that the real responsibility for the Kishineff massacre, like the responsibility for those of 1881 and 1891, rests on the government of Russia rather than on the populace, who apparently acted upon a hint from the authorities. Indeed, the responsibility comes very near to the Russian throne. Nicholas II, as the responsible head of a professedly civilized nation, has much to answer for before the bar of enlightened public sentiment.

 

Cortland Opera House.

MEMORIAL DAY.

Impressive Program by Grover Post and Relief Corps.

FINE ADDRESS BY B. T. WRIGHT.

Exercises at the Opera House, the Soldiers' Monument and the Cemetery—Singing by the School Children—Graves Decorated in the Forenoon.

   Between seventy-five and 100 members of the G. A. R. and W. R. C assembled on Memorial Day in honor of the soldier dead.

   The day was bright and clear, while the air was cool and invigorating, an ideal Memorial Day. The men who carried this country safely through its greatest crisis are now all past middle age and marching through dust is very enervating, so that this day was very favorable to them.

   All the exercises of the day were well attended. At the Opera House every seat was occupied and many were standing. At the soldiers' monument a large number of citizens were awaiting the arrival of the procession, and another large crowd greeted them at the cemetery.

   The line of march formed on Main-st. in front of G. A. R. hall at 1:30 o'clock and headed by the Cortland City band preceded at once to the Opera House, where the principal exercises of the day were conducted.

   After a selection by the band there was a salute to the flag by the school children, after which a song, "Hail, Starry Banner," was sung by seventy-five children from the Normal [school] under the direction of Miss Minnie M. Alger. Lincoln's Gettysburg address was read by Past Commander G. W. Edgecomb, after which prayer was offered by Rev. D. D. King. "The Blue and the Gray," was sung by the school children in a very pleasing manner. A selection, "The Mustering of Company G," was recited by Winifred Higgins, and was especially well received. Grenville Bowker sung "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight," in an approvea1 manner, after which the address of the day was made by Past Commander B. T. Wright. His address was a masterly effort and was received with marked attention. After the singing of "America" by the whole congregation, the benediction was pronounced by Rev. J. C. Auringer.

   The column then reformed and marched to the monument. After a selection by the band, prayer was offered by Rev. James Rain. An address was made by Commander O. P. Miner, which was frequently interrupted by applause. After the address there was a floral offering in memory of the absent dead.

   The line of march was again taken up to the cemetery, where the special services of the order were conducted at the Grover Post burial plot. The services there were among the most interesting of the day. There was a selection by the band, and prayer was offered by Chaplain H. M. Kellogg. Short addresses were made by the officer of the day, G. W. Edgcomb, Commander O. P. Miner and Chaplain Kellogg. A salute to the dead was fired by the gun squad and "Taps" was sounded by the bugler, after which the benediction was pronounced by Rey. W. H. Davis and the Memorial exercises of another year were concluded.

B. T. Wright's Address.

   Did space permit it would be well to publish in full the able and forcible speech of Comrade B. T. Wright, but as it is we are able to give only extracts from it. Mr. Wright said in part:

   During the entire period covered by authentic history, profane and sacred, memorials and monuments have been honored and esteemed among men and sanctioned by the Almighty.

   The deliverance of Israel from Egyptian bondage was instituted by the celebration of the Passover which they were commanded to keep as a memorial forever; a memorial day not only for deliverance from bondage, but for the birth of a nation as well. When the Jordan parted its waters and stood upon an heap and permitted this new nation to pass over dry shod, Joshua, by divine direction, commanded twelve men, one from each tribe, to take up a stone upon his shoulder from the midst of Jordan and these twelve stones were piled up at the first camping ground as a memorial monument forever, that it might be a sign among them, that when the children should ask their fathers, "What mean ye by these stones?" the fathers might tell to the children the great history of their nation and the providence of God towards it.

   Mighty events vitally affecting the human race, crises in the life of a nation, the sacrifices and unselfish devotion of the great heroes are well perpetuated in the memory of mankind by memorial days and monuments. The events call for one, the heroes deserve the other.

   Some one has properly and patriotically said, "If the men who fought at Gettysburg do not deserve them the world has no use for monuments or other memorials." I heartily concur in this sentiment, but I would extend the application of it to every man living or dead who fought for the preservation of the union at any time in any battle on land or sea. If these do not deserve them, the world has no use for monuments or other memorials. The heart of this reunited, rejuvenated nation beats in unison with this thought and our land is dotted with monuments commemorating the heroism of its defenders and this day is set apart as a memorial to the nation's dead. Eloquent words of Webster at the laying the corner stone of the monument at Bunker Hill, addressed to a remnant of the participants of that battle and other soldiers of the war of independence could well apply to you, my comrades: "Venerable men! you have come down to us from a former generation. Heaven has bounteously lengthened your lives that you might behold this day. Veterans, you are the remnant of many a well-fought field. You bring with you marks of honor.'' Then in graphic language he pictured to them the national progress, prosperity and glory all made possible by their patriotic devotion and courage.

   But, comrades, suppose this immortal orator could be here today before you, the survivors of the greatest war of modern times, the preservers of that nation which the others founded, and witness the wonderful advance made by this people in everything that goes to make a great nation, what might his gigantic brain conceive and his eloquent tongue express concerning the prosperity, power, influence and destiny of this republic What great eulogies he could pronounce on the "boys in blue," who by their love of liberty, their loyalty to country, and fidelity to the trust transmitted to them by the fathers made all this possible. The republic of his day was as a lusty child. The republic of today is as a hale and stalwart youth just stepping into the arena and appointed, under the providence of God, to achieve mightier things for humanity than has hitherto been vouchsafed unto man.

   We should be extremely grateful to the Giver of All Good that we, in His Providence, have been permitted to live to see this day; the war ended, the nation reunited—her sons, the  sons of the blue and the sons of the gray, submitting to one constitution, recognizing one government, marching together under the Stars and Stripes, and vying one with the other in zeal and courage to advance and defend it. Peace and prosperity within our borders, honored and respected by the world, the arbiter of nations, the first to espouse the cause of the oppressed and uphold the standard of civilization; what may we not accomplish for the world and humanity with the wealth, power and influence of this united, mighty people to command respect for our desires in this behalf?

   For this unity and resulting wealth, power and influence this nation, by permission of a kind Providence, is indebted to our comrades living and dead. To them belongs the honor. Without their bravery, loyalty and fidelity our nation today would be but a group of warring states, shorn of a strength and the name of our great Republic a byword.

   It is a matter of congratulation that this day is set apart to honor all of our soldier dead without distinction. Today we shall reverently lay our floral offerings on the last resting places of all who fell in our country's defense.

   Our forefathers for eight long years fought for the inalienable rights with which they believed they had been endowed by their Creator, among which was life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and to found this nation on these principles they patiently marched and triumphantly fought from Lexington and Bunker Bill to Saratoga and Yorktown.

   The soldiers in the civil war, for four long years, fought to preserve this inheritance, and to maintain this they marched without ceasing and fought valiantly from Philippi, and Bull Run to Appomattox and Raleigh; fought till victory perched on their banners, the Union was saved and 4,000,000 slaves were set at liberty.

   "The children of Israel in their journey from bondage to freedom passed through the Red Sea. So the slaves of America passed from their servitude to liberty through a red sea—red with the blood of our brothers; and as that dusky host stepped to that crimson stream—the nation's sacrifice of blood—the manacles fell from their lacerated limbs as fell the scales from the blind man's eyes in the pool of Siloam.

   Mr. Wright then spoke of the great sacrifice in life, suffering and cost of the great conflict, of the wearysomeness and discouragements of it, and paid a glowing tribute to the loyal women and men of the North who held up the hands of our great President Lincoln, when they were heavy, and likened these to Aaron and Hur who stayed up the hands of Moses when Amalek fought against Israel [at] Rephidim.

   He also spoke in warm commendation "of the boys of 1898" and of their courage and victories in the Spanish-American war, and of the patriotism shown by them in it, and spoke feelingly of the evidences of unity now existing throughout the entire nation, and depicted the great possibilities before us as a united people. He eulogized the flag and called attention to what it represented and closed with an earnest protest in behalf of the Grand Army and his comrades, living and dead against the desecration of the day which has been especially set aside as a memorial to the heroes who have defended the nation in all its wars from the Revolution to the present.

 

CORTLAND SPECIALTY CO.

Buys Property on Railroad-st. West of Lehigh Valley Tracks.

   The Cortland Specialty Co. this afternoon bought and paid for the large storehouse on Railroad-st next to the Lehigh Valley tracks, which was built by the Cortland Howe Ventilating Stove Co. and the lot adjoining the same on the west. The storehouse is 60 x 168 feet in size. The lot west is 50 x 169 feet.

   The company has just been reorganized with the following officers and directors:

   President—W. W. Hout.

   Vice-President—Dr. F. S. Jennings.

   Secretary—C. J. Hout.

   Treasurer—C. M. Jennings.

   Directors—W. W. Hout, C. J. Hout, Dr. F. S. Jennings and C. M. Jennings, all of this city.

   The company will begin manufacturing as soon as possible, but will not be able to turn out their full line of goods till about Sept. 1. They will manufacture some of the specialties made by the company heretofore, besides a number recently patented by W. W. Hout.

 

Mrs. Harrison Albright.

   The death of Mrs. Harrison Albright occurred at her home, 122 Tompkins-st., at 2 o'clock Saturday morning as a result of consumption. Mrs. Albright, whose maiden name was Esther Pamela Holden, was born in Harford July 20, 1837. She lived in Harford until Jan. 15, 1859, at which time she was married to Harrison Albright of Dryden. They made their home at McLean until seven years ago, at which time they moved to Cortland where they have since resided. Their union was blessed by one child, a daughter, Louise, who died May 15, 1894.

   Mrs. Albright is survived by one brother, S. N. Holden of Cortland, and one sister, Mrs. George Stilson of Dundee, as well as by her husband.

   The funeral will be held from her late residence, 122 Tompkins-st., Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made at Cortland.

 

BREVITIES.

   —A regular meeting of the W. R. C. will be held Tuesday at 3 p. m.

   —The executive committee of the First Baptist Sunday school will meet this evening at Dr. Sornberger's, North Church-st. at 8 o'clock.

   —The regular meeting of the Church Protective union which was to have been held tomorrow evening has been postponed until July 7.

   —Cortlandville Lodge, No. 470, F. A. M., will confer the third degree in full form at its regular communication Tuesday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

   —The new display advertisements today are—G. H. Wiltsie, Tailored suits, etc., page 5; Buck & Lane, Ice cream freezers, page 5; Warren, Tanner & Co., Muslin underwear sale, page 5; C. F. Brown, Paints, page 5.