EMBANKMENTS BROKE, AID DECLINED, SPELLING, DANCE AT CORTLAND PARK, BUSINESS TRIP, MISS RATHBUN'S CLASS, AND A LIVELY CHASE

 

Mississippi river flooding in 1903. Steamboats moored. 

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, June 11, 1903.

EMBANKMENTS BROKE.

Two-Thirds of East St. Louis Is Under Water.

EFFORTS TO KEEP BACK FLOOD.

Five Thousand Men Working Day and Night to Strengthen Levees With Sand Bags—Rescuing People From Flooded Houses—Looters Reported Shot—Eleven Persons Drowned.

   St. Louis, June 11.—Almost two-thirds of the territory of East St. Louis is under from two to ten feet of water. Between sunset last night and dawn 11 lives were lost and damage which no one attempted to estimate has been done to property.

   When the Mississippi began to threaten the city last Thursday morning, Mayor Cook ordered men to work to construct sand bag levees at once. Since that time 5,000 men under the leadership of the mayor, without sleep, with little rest, and food snatched at intervals, have toiled unceasingly to strengthen levees. Not a wheel of industry is turning in East St. Louis and the vast railroad yards are outlined by hundreds of half-submerged cars.

   To the south, beyond the railway yards, are thousands of homes submerged to the eaves. In northern East St. Louis the description is repeated, but not on so large a scale.

   The business portion of the city and the district containing the better residences is still intact.

   More than ten feet of water is pressing against Broadway from the south and in some places is sweeping through in streams as thick as a man's body.

   Along the river front to the west a levee of sand bags from two to six feet high and two miles long keeps the river out.

   Word was received that the Illinois Central [railroad] embankment skirting the river along the southern boundary of the city was threatening to give away. Couriers were sent to shout warnings and carloads of sand bags were rushed to the place. High and higher crept the water until a thin stream began pouring over the embankment and suddenly it broke.

   It is known that numbers of people fled to the Central hotel and to the Washington and Franklin high schools. But none of these buildings today contained more than 250 persons, and although the rescue boats found many people in second stories and on house tops there are rows upon rows of cottages that did not show a sign of life. From the most reliable sources it is believed that 11 persons were drowned.

   It was currently reported that seven negroes caught in the act of looting houses were shot to death.

   While this was not confirmed it is known that there was heavy firing on the north side where these negroes are said to have been killed.

   The deaths of a Polish carpenter and his three children were caused by trying to save three kegs of beer.

   As fast as scows could be secured they were launched and volunteers started on' rescue missions.

   When boats were rowed alongside homes where the occupants were marooned in second stories and on roofs, in the great majority of cases the occupants could not be induced to leave. They said that to leave meant that their belongings would be left to the mercy of the river thieves. Strangely the women were the most unwilling to be rescued. After being assured that thieves would be shot on sight the unwilling householders were persuaded to go to land.

 

MANY LIVES LOST.

Lower Part of East St. Louis Suddenly Submerged.

   St. Louis, June 11.—The water which has submerged the lower half of East St. Louis is rapidly filling the depressions between Broadway and Missouri avenue, the next street north. It was pouring through the Broadway embankment between Eighth and Ninth streets, and all along from Seventh to Eighteenth streets.

   All the dwellings between Broadway and Missouri avenue were being vacated as fast a s possible.

   A break occurred in the Baltimore and Ohio [railroad] levee, which protects the city on the north and water was flowing into the low ground to the north and northeast of the city. The water got behind the levee below the viaduct along Cahokia creek and a cross levee was thrown up under the viaduct to check it.

   The levee directly in front of the business section from the viaduct past the Relay depot to Cohn station held.

   There is good reason for believing that many lives were lost when the water rushed upon the lower part of the city early this morning.

   The greatest number of fatalities probably occurred in the district around Denverside. There was nobody to give warning there, it is thought, and the water rushed over that part of the city quickly.

   United States District Attorney Dyer called upon the steamboat inspectors to confiscate all lifeboats on the steamers in the St. Louis harbor and send them to East St. Louis for use in the relief work.

   Food is imperatively needed in East St Louis. Secretary Thomas L. Fekets of the relief committee said:  "We have 10,000 people to feed and there is little or nothing for them to eat."

 

OFFERS OF AID DECLINED.

Foreign Representations Regarding Kishineff Displeasing to Russia.

   Washington, June 11.—Numerous offers have reached the Russian government from American sources to help the families of sufferers in the recent Kishineff incident. All such offers have been declined for the reason that Russia is entirely capable of extending relief and under the circumstances cannot accept outside aid.

   The Russian position in the matter, in brief, is as follows:

   Russia has not been unappreciative of the generous offers which have come to her from America since the affair at Kishineff nor of the humanitarian motive which may have prompted these offers. In view of the fact that the emperor has the means at hand to relieve suffering wherever it appears in his empire, outside aid is unnecessary and all offers of such must be declined.

   Nor will it be possible for Russia to receive any representations regarding the Kishineff incident from a foreign power. The Russian government takes the same position as that long held by the American government namely, that it refrains from interference in the internal affairs of another power and must insist on similar treatment for itself.

   Should any foreign power take steps to restrict immigration of Russian Jews on the ground that they are undesirable, Russia will not protest. She admits the right of every nation to say who shall come through its gates and who shall not. Should any country, as a result of the Kishineff incident, adopt measures restricting immigration of Russian Jews, Russia will regard such a step only as a defensive measure on the part of the power taking it and not in the light of a reflection on the Russian government.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Spelling in School.

   The board of education of the city of Utica is agitating the subject of more careful training in matter of spelling. The complaint is made that this important branch of education is being most lamentably neglected, and there is promise of a reform. The move is a wise one. The bad speller is an unfortunate being. He is subject to mortification all his life. His blunders stand in his way as he goes on. They come up at important times. He writes a letter of application for a place, and if the desired position has anything to do with clerical work a misspelled word in the letter is likely to be fatal to his aspirations. Correct spelling, correct capitalization and correct punctuation, together with a plain and legible hand writing, are essentials, and should be conscientiously and persistently cultivated. The measure of many a man or woman is taken by these and on these features often depend the question of whether a would be employer cares to know more of an applicant. Spelling, capitalization and punctuation have been passed over too lightly in many schools in recent years, and it is a glad day now that a reaction has set in.

   The Utica Observer commenting on the situation in that city says: The subject of spelling in our public schools is never up without calling to mind an incident in The Observer office several years ago. We think we have told it before, but not recently. A young man came into the office to be a reporter. He could write good matter on occasions; but he couldn't spell. One day he handed up an item in which occurred the word "income." His attention was called to the word, which he had misspelled "incum." "Oh, yes," he said, brightly,—"I left off the 'b', didn't I?"

 

Dance at Park June 19.

   Dillon Brothers will give a party to the married and young people at the Cortland park on Friday evening, June 19. They have engaged the Cortland orchestra to furnish music for their parties at the park during the summer and for their dancing classes and all receptions for the season of 1903 and 1904. [Street] cars will make their usual trips for the evening of 19th.

 

Business and Pleasure Trip.

   Stephen E. Dillon left Tuesday night on the late train for New York and will this week join the National Dancing School association, whose convention is being held at Asbury park. He will familiarize himself with all the up-to-date and improved methods of popular dances for the coming season. This convention will not only bring the best instructors in the United States and Canada, but from Europe as well, and the meeting is to be the most important ever held. Dillon Bros. are also members of the Normal school association. Mr. Dillon was accompanied by his mother and they will later be the guests of John and Harry Dillon at their summer home at Centerport, L. I.

 

MISS RATHBUN'S CLASS

Takes an Outing at Little York Lake Yesterday.

   The members of Miss Amie Rathbun's class of young men in the First M. E. Sundayschool [sic] enjoyed their fifth annual picnic at Little York lake yesterday afternoon.

   This picnic, which has become one of the regular features of the class, becomes of more interest from year to year. The membership of the class is large and is composed of many of the most popular young men of the city and of the Normal school.

   The class accompanied by an equal number of young ladies left yesterday afternoon in single rigs, and carryalls. They had chartered the boats at the lake and supper was served at the Raymond House. It goes without saying that all enjoyed the usual good time.

   The toast list was as follows:

   Toastmaster, R. Guy Leonard.

   Our Teacher, Carey C. D. Briggs.

   The Class, Miss Rathbun.

   The Meeting Place, Ernest Conrad.

   The Ladies, H, L. Bostwick.

   Reminiscences of Former Gatherings, Miss Wright.

   The Sundayschool, Elmer McCarthy.

   Faces Old and New, R. Paul Higgins.

   Among the members of the class are: Carey C. Briggs, Stuart Dye, R. Guy Leonard, Lynn Brown, Ralph Ames, Charles Hammond, Albert Brown, Ford White, Charles Sanders, Ernest Conine, Harry Huling, Eugene McAllister, H. L. Bostwick, Ernest Mudge, Merton Pearce, Seward Harris, Elmer McCarthy, Glenn Persons, Willis Greenfield, LeRoy Finn, Vernon Peck, R. Paul Higgins, Dr. Joseph E. Burchall, Edward McCullough, Earl Phelps, Truman Thompson, Collins Holcomb, Earl Conrad, Ernest Conrad, Floyd Relyea, Smith Van Marter and Edward Vincent.

 

Farewell Party.

   The students of the Cortland Business Institute will give their friends a farewell party at the Cortland park, Friday evening, June 12. Those attending may take any regular car which will run one half hour schedule on that night. Dancing and light refreshments. Music by the Cortland orchestra. Admission by ticket. Present your invitations at the door.

 

Free! Free! Free!

   Friday and Saturday, a handsome china salad dish with 50 cents worth of tea, coffee, spices, baking powder or extracts. Great A. & P. Tea Co., 10 Main-st., John P. Mack, Mgr. [Paid ad.]

 

The Ithaca Epidemic.

   Careful statistics are being compiled of the number of people in Ithaca who were ill with typhoid fever during the recent epidemic. It appears that the number will slightly exceed 1,300. Dr. Soper, the representative of the state board of health, is compiling the statistics.

 

NEW NORMAL TEACHERS.

One Vacancy Filled—Two Additional Teachers Appointed.

   At a meeting of the local board of the Cortland Normal school held yesterday afternoon, Prof. Chas. B. Robertson, instructor in science in the Pennsylvania Normal school at Indiana, Pa., was chosen to succeed Prof. W. M. Booth, resigned; Miss Mary M. Conway, now training class instructor in the Springville, N. Y., High school, was chosen as an additional critic in the Intermediate department, and Miss Ella M. Van Hoesen, now a primary teacher in the Central school in this city, was chosen an additional critic in the Primary department. Both the ladies are graduates of the Cortland Normal in the classical course, Miss Conway in '95 and Miss Van Hoesen in '89.

 

Photo credit Cortland County Historical Society.

A LIVELY CHASE

Revolver Fired Before Prisoner Would Halt—Officers Busy.

   Four officers and a citizen had a lively time last night in securing the arrest of fleet-footed James Fairchild. On April 27 be was sentenced to six months in Onondaga penitentiary for public intoxication and between police court and the jail he gave the slip to Officer James Edwards, who is no sprinter, and disappeared across the Normal school grounds going at a 2:40 [horse racing] gait while the best speed the officer could put in the pursuit would not exceed a three minute clip. All trace of him was lost, but several times since he is known to have been at his home in the east side of the city.

   Last night word came that he was there and Night Captain Baker, Patrolmen Bowker and Townsend, Deputy Sheriff Jas. E. Edwards and B. O. Van Buren, a citizen, went down to get him. The house was surrounded and Officer Edwards was sent inside to get the man. Fairchild rushed up stairs and came out on a piazza roof, not knowing that the others were in the yard. When he saw them he remained on the roof. He was told to come down but refused. Officer Bowker was then sent in and up to the roof to make the arrest. He went out through one window and at the same moment Fairchild went in through another window and locked both windows on the inside leaving the officer standing on the outside. He finally broke a glass and unlocked the window.

   Fairchild then ran into the cellar and the three men on the ground tried to guard four sides of the house. Officer Bowker followed into the cellar and Fairchild escaped through an outside hatchway on the east side of the house. Officer Townsend had just stepped to the other side of the house to guard a window. Van Buren saw him go and shouted "There he goes." Officer Townsend at once gave chase and the race was a hot one toward Port Watson bridge. The officer was simply holding his own. He called to him to stop, but he ran the faster. The officer then fired one shot past him from his revolver. This had no effect and a second ball followed the first one. This kicked up a dust pretty close to the fugitive's heels and he halted for a moment, but as he saw the officer approaching dashed on again. Just at the approach to the bridge, however, his wind gave out and the officer got him by the collar.

   He was soon behind barred doors.

   This morning in police court he was resentenced to Onondaga for six months. Officer Edwards was detailed to take him up tomorrow and he says if the prisoner gets away from him this time no one will ever see him in Cortland again.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The new display advertisements today are—Mrs. Everts, Fashionable millinery, page 6; J. B. Kellogg, Half price special sale of ladies' tailored suits, page 8.

 

CANAL ENLARGEMENT, FLOODS AT ST. LOUIS, RECORD BREAKING SPEED, TEACHERS' BUREAU, CITY BALL LEAGUE, AND MOUNTAIN LAKE RESORT

 

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, June 10, 1903.

CANAL ENLARGEMENT.

Advocates of 1,000 Ton Barge Canal Issue Statement.

REPLY TO OPPOSING SENATORS.

Conclusions of Commissions of Governor Black and Roosevelt Coincide With Those of the National Interstate Commerce Committee and Are In Line With All Experience.

   New York, June 10.—The following reply by canal improvement advocates of this state to the recent anti-canal statement given out by a number of state senators who oppose the proposed 1000-ton barge canal, was made public here today:

   For a period of nearly 20 years past the business interests of the state have been patiently and persistently working for a proper improvement of the state's waterways.

   This agitation was begun and continued for the reason that year after year the port of New York has been steadily losing its proper share of export and import traffic of the country, and the growth in manufacturing and industrial enterprises in the state has not kept pace with sister states in proportion to our natural advantages.

   In order that the best plan of improvement might be secured, having in view the present needs of the state and with careful consideration of the future, most competent commissions were appointed by Governors Black and Roosevelt to carefully investigate this proposition. In addition, most careful surveys and estimates were made, and information was collected by the state authorities through the office of the state engineer.

   As a result of the conclusion reached by these various eminent authorities, the business interests of the state have decided that the commercial, manufacturing, industrial and agricultural supremacy of the state will best be preserved and maintained through the construction of the one thousand ton barge canal.

Phases of Opposition Considered.

   These 20 years of agitation have served to bring forth certain phases of opposition to the proposition, and it is proper that the various arguments against canal improvement should be carefully considered.

   One of the most common statements made by the enemies of the canals is that the demand for the improvement of the canals can be traced to certain terminal, dock and elevator interests in the cities of New York and Buffalo. The facts are that while perhaps not the sole owners, the railroads centering at Buffalo and New York practically control the terminal, elevator, dock and lighterage interests of those ports, and certainly they would not be likely to be clamoring for canal improvement.

   The opposition leave out of sight the fact that there is not a single commercial organization in the cities of New York and Buffalo that does not demand the enlargement and improvement of the Erie canal as provided for under the one thousand ton barge canal plan, and the further fact that the preponderating business interests of both cities emphatically agree in urging the adoption of the proposed plan for the improvement of the waterways of the state.

   The statement is sometimes made that there is no condition or emergency in the development of the great commercial centers of New York and Buffalo which would justify the incurring by the state of an indebtedness for the construction of the one thousand ton barge canal; practically saying that the rate of increase in the population and wealth of the cities of New York and Buffalo justifies the conclusion that the cities of New York and Buffalo have sufficiently prospered and do not require any further aid through the improvement of the waterways of the state.

   Admitting that the cities of New York and Buffalo have developed and prospered under the construction and operation of the Erie canal, which was a most efficient transportation route until within the last 30 years, the fact yet remains that the former commerce of the City of New York has not only shown a relative decrease as compared with competing cities of this country during the last 20 years, but has actually fallen off in export as well as in import trade in the last few years. Proofs as to the correctness of this assertion can be found by consulting the reports of the chamber of commerce of New York, the reports of the commerce commission appointed by Governor Black to examine into the commerce of New York, the cause of its decline and the means for its revival, and the report of the committee on canals of New York state appointed by Governor Roosevelt, and we do not believe that the concurrent testimony of these bodies, consisting of most competent, men who have given very careful attention to the subject, can be lightly disregarded.

Commerce Under Railroad Control.

   This testimony goes to show conclusively that the commerce of the state of New York is now at the mercy and under the control of the railroad combinations which, through discrimination, divert traffic to other ports and to other states as may best suit their convenience or their business interest; that the Erie canal is at the present time in a nearly useless condition, in which it cannot furnish the service required to compete with the railroads and exercise its former vocation of a regulator of transportation rates, whereas the roads have steadily and enormously increased their efficiency.

   The conclusion arrived at by the committees of the state of New York is  in a line with the views announced by the committee of interstate commerce of the United States senate in 1885, as follows:

   "The evidence before the committee accords with the experience of all nations in recognizing water routes as the most efficient cheapeners and regulators of railroad charges. Their influence is not confined within the limits of territory immediately accessible to water transportation, but extends further, and controls railroad rates at such remote interior points as have competing lines reaching means of transportation by water.

   "Competition between railroads sooner or later leads to combination or consolidation, but neither can prevail to force unreasonable rates in the face of direct competition with free natural or artificial routes. The conclusion of the committee is, therefore, that natural or artificial channels of communication by wafer, when favorably located, adequately improved and properly maintained, afford the cheapest methods of long distance transportation now known, and that they must continue to exercise in the future, as they have invariably exercised in the past, an absolutely controlling and beneficially regulating influence upon the charges made upon any and all means of transit."

   The Erie canal today, in its neglected condition, carries a larger quantity of local freight, i. e., between points within the state, than foreign goods, and the same proportion will obtain in the improved canal, besides which the possibilities of industrial development along the line of the canal through the saving in water transportation of coal, iron ore and other raw materials are unlimited. Andrew Carnegie writes on this subject as follows:

   "With an enlarged canal, barges could go to any part of New England without transshipment of cargo and, on the other hand, we should have the empty barges in which we could bring from New York City to our works on the lake the ores which must be imported from South Africa and the Caucasus. The saving over rail transportation to Philadelphia and Baltimore would be so great that the western part of New York on the lakes would inevitably become one of the principal seats of manufacture. Nothing can prevent this if a suitable waterway between Buffalo and the ocean be kept open. We intended to manufacture pig iron on Lake Erie to supply Rochester, Utica, Syracuse, Troy and, of course, New York and eastern parts, so that the foundries of these cities would have cheaper pig iron than ever before."

   Certainly this possible development of the industries of the interior of the state justifies the assertion that the proposed development of the Erie canal is expected to and will redound to the benefit of not only New York and Buffalo, but practically the entire state from the lakes to the sea.

   Signed by George Clinton, Henry B. Hebert, E. L. Boas, Gustav H. Schwab, Frank Brainard, J. W. Fisher, R. R. Hefford, F. S. Witherbee, Frederick O. Clark, canal improvement state committee.

 

Automobile Certificates.

   Albany, N. Y., June 10.—Considerabłe of last month's increased earnings in the secretary of state's office were due to the issuance of automobile certificates under the Bailey law passed by the last legislature. Since this law went into effect on May 15 the secretary of state has issued in the neighborhood of 2,000 automobile certificates at $1 each, this number including about 350 operator's certificates. These certificates are being issued at the rate of about 100 daily. The law makes a charge to the owners of the autos of $1 for every machine owned. Tourists from other states are obliged to secure licenses before passing through this state.

 

FLOODS IN ST. LOUIS.

Ten Thousand People Homeless and at Mercy of Waters.

   St. Louis, Mo., June 10.—One-half of East St. Louis is buried in flood. Ten thousand persons are homeless and at the mercy of the raging waters.

   Families are penned up prisoners in the garrets of their homes on their roofs. They are without food and are crying for help.

   Two thousand people, who sought refuge in the Washington school, the Franklin school, St. Mary's church and the plant of the St. Louis Syrup Refining company, all on high ground, are prisoners, and are suffering greatly. The city has appealed to St. Louis for small boats.

   The break in the Illinois Central dyke came at thirty minutes after midnight. In five minutes a mighty maddened torrent was tearing through the large residence section in the eastern part of the city.

   The people, thousands of whom were sleeping, feeling certain that the city was safe, were warned by the blowing of the sand train whistles, by the firing of the riot guns and the cries of fleeing citizens who had been working on the embankment in an effort to save it.

   The property losses cannot be estimated. Many great industries are flooded. Many citizens [are already] made homeless, losing all of their worldly possessions, but they are thrown into idleness. This city is in dire need. After its noble struggle against the encroaching waters a fight which seemed won for a time, it is paralyzed by the awful devastation.

   The water stands from 3 to 30 feet deep all over the eastern half of the city. The flood came down upon the city from the southeast, this being a great sea of black water which had been piled up against the city. This morning the flood had swept clear through to the river and the city lies under the unbroken stretch of rising, swirling torrents. The flood is cutting its way under East Broadway and threatening the northern half of the city.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Record Breaking Railway Speed.

   Shakespeare makes King John say, "The spirit of the times shall teach me speed." The spirit of modern times has for some years been teaching us speed, particularly in railway travel, and the public is never unprepared for new achievements in "annihilating distance." Although this is an era of record breaking performances in ocean and land transportation and locomotion must be very rapid indeed to attract even passing comment, the run made by a fast train on the Lake Shore road the other day may be regarded as somewhat phenomenal.

   On this run between Toledo, O., and Elkhart, Ind., a distance of 133 miles, an average speed of 70.6 miles per hour was attained. The entire run was made in a little less than 114 minutes, thereby smashing all previous long distance runs in this country. While short spurts of eighty and ninety miles per hour were made, they were not continuous. The fastest clip of which any record was made was that between Kendallville, Ind., and Elkhart, a distance of forty miles, which was covered in thirty-three minutes, showing a speed of a little over seventy-six miles an hour.

   It is claimed that the only run on record which approximates this feat was made on the Pennsylvania between Camden, N. J., and Atlantic City, a distance of fifty-eight miles, which was made at a rate of a trifle over seventy-six miles per hour.

   While the record of the Lake Shore is the best for a continuous run of over 100 miles, the run of a Burlington flier between Eckley and Wray, in Colorado, of last year was an unprecedented performance, the distance of 14.8 miles being covered in nine minutes, showing a speed of 98.7 miles per hour. On a one mile run a New York Central train has reached a speed of 112.5 miles an hour, while a flier on the Plant system made the five mile run from Fleming, Ga., to Jacksonville, Fla., in 1901 at the rate of 120 miles per hour.

 

Charles Rufus Skinner.

A TEACHERS' BUREAU

Opened by the State Department of Public Instruction.

   Hon. Charles R. Skinner, superintendent of public instruction of the state of New York has issued the following circular letter to teachers which will be of general interest:

   State of New York,

   Department of Public Instruction,

   Albany, N. Y.

   To teachers:

   A bureau has been opened at the department of public instruction in which teachers may register for employment in the schools of this state. It must be distinctly understood, however, that the department does not guarantee employment to any teacher but will, when called upon to do so, furnish the names and addresses of such teachers as are registered in this bureau of trustees and boards of education making inquiry therefore. In no case will the department recommend the quality of work done by any teacher, but teachers will be requested to furnish a duplicate of this blank to trustees that they may look up the teacher's work and satisfy themselves regarding his qualifications. For that purpose one of these application blanks will be sent each teacher registering with the department when he is recommended to a trustee, and he will be requested to furnish the trustee with a duplicate of the information furnished the department. If, after registering, a teacher secures a position, he should immediately notify the department, that his name may be removed from the eligible list.

   Respectfully,

   Charles R. Skinner, State Superintendent.

 

JUST KEROSENE.

The Bottom Falls from the McGraw Oil Boom.

   The sample of oil from the McGraw "oil well" submitted to Dr. Cheney and Prof. Booth of the Normal school was pronounced by them at first sight as kerosene oil pure and simple and not crude oil. No further examination was made by them, as Dr. Cheney said "If it is petroleum it is a very peculiar kind."

 

Rev. W. J. Howell.

HOWELL BIBLE' CLASS

Passed a Pleasant Evening—Elected Officers for Six Months.

   The Howell Bible class of the First Baptist church held its regular monthly sociable and semi-annual election of officers at the church parlors last evening. There was a large attendance and a pleasant evening was passed. Mr. Howell, the pastor of the church and the teacher of the class, had a numerous collection of pictures at hand, many of which had reference to his recent trip to the Holy Land, and these were viewed with great interest.

   Officers for the coming six months were elected as follows:

   President—Herman W. Carver.

   Vice President—George V. Clark.

   Secretary—Edwin Woodbury.

   Treasurer—J. B. Hunt.

   Chairman of Attendance Committee—G. S. Olds.

   Chairman of Visiting Committee—W. P. Owen.

   Chairman of Social Committee—Fred Phillips.

 

CITY BALL LEAGUE

To be Disbanded and Reorganized—New Articles of Agreement.

   The board of managers of the Cortland City baseball league has found that certain matters were not covered when the original articles of agreement were framed for the governing of the league and has decided that it would be advisable to incorporate these in the articles. This will avoid misunderstanding and will add to the good spirit of the teams, especially if a strong rivalry should spring up as the games progress and as the end of the season draws near. Consequently it has been decided to disband the league and to reorganize.

   At the last meeting of the managers a committee consisting of C.H. Kimble, Ira Dexter and M. T. Roche was appointed to revise the rules. This committee has performed its work and will meet with the managers tonight. The team of every manager who signs the rules will be admitted to the league and no team will be admitted unless the rules be signed. The championship series will then be begun all over again. This will mean a few more games for the public and every one will of course be pleased.

 

Mountain Lake near Gloversville, N. Y.

A POPULAR RESORT

And Former Residents of Cortland are Conducting it.

   Charles H. Warren, formerly of the Dexter House, Cortland, who was manager of the Mountain Lake summer resort, a few miles north of Gloversville, last season, is again in charge and from reports in the papers of that city he is doing a very satisfactory business. Several cottages have been erected and more are building. Electric lights will soon encircle the lake, as well as illuminate the grounds. A floating bandstand is anchored a short distance from the hotel; pathways and drives through the woods and along the lake shore are being laid out; and among other attractions for the comfort and pleasure of the guests are a ball ground, conveniences for picnickers, and a merry-go-round.

   On Decoration Day over 3,000 persons went to the Mountain House and a thousand more would have gone could the trolley line have carried them. The A. O. U. W. of Gloversville held a picnic, a ball game was played and a fine orchestra afforded music for dancing in the pavilion afternoon and evening. Not an unpleasant incident occurred to mar the pleasure of the excursionists which, of course, was very gratifying to all concerned. It will not be the fault of Mr. and Mrs. Warren if the popularity of this charming resort does not steadily increase.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Cortland Chapter, No., 194, R. A. M. will hold a regular convocation this evening at 8 o'clock.