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| Charles Rufus Skinner. |
Cortland Standard Semi-Weekly Edition, Tuesday,
June 11, 1895.
RESOLUTIONS—W. C. T. U.
At the
recent county convention of the W. C. T. U. held at Virgil, N. Y., the
following resolutions were adopted and ordered published:
First, inasmuch as Cortland county teachers, in institute assembled, endorsed the
protest of Supt. Skinner against the passage of the “Ainsworth bill” now in the
hands of the governor, awaiting his signature, we, the Woman’s Christian Temperance
union of Cortland county, in convention assembled, do feel it our duty to
protest against such action on the part of the teachers of our children, and would
call attention to a few points in this protest of our state superintendent:
1st. The
imputations that this “bill” represents book publishers, and that its advocacy
comes chiefly from “outside the state” have not, in view of the following facts,
a shadow of truth for a foundation: The Christian churches of New York state are
the authors of the bill and petitioners for its passage. The New York Central committee
secured Mrs. Mary H. Hunt to represent them in the work of urging the passage
of this bill through the legislature.
2d. The
point that the bill is “not needed because the law is so well obeyed” loses all its force in view of the fact that
if this be true, the new bill cannot affect the teachers, as penalties never
hurt the law keeper but only the law breakers.
3rd. The
bill does not require the study to be taught in any grade after pupils have passed
the tests for that grade, so the “nauseating” effect of too long continued
study is merely a fiction.
4th. The
bill leaves the making of these tests and the selecting of text books to the
same school authorities who make the tests and select books for other branches.
It only provides that there shall be enough matter on the subject of alcoholic
drinks and narcotics to intelligently cover these topics.
5th. The
bill does not require the use of text books by little children unable to use
them. The language used is like that in similar statutes in other states, and
has never been interpreted to require text books before about the fourth year
of school life.
6th. Superintendent Skinner’s estimate
of the cost of books required by this bill is another exaggeration,
7th.
Superintendent Skinner asks, “Why should penalties be put upon this subject more
than upon others?” This is easy to answer. If the lack of a knowledge of geography
led to habits that fill our insane asylums, our poorhouses and prisons at the
rate that alcoholic habits are doing, everybody would admit that good morals would
require a penalty put upon a failure to teach geography. In view of the fact that
scarcely five per cent of our children ever reach the high school, the
petitioners for the passage of this bill want this study carefully provided for
in the lower grades.
BATES NOT GUILTY.
The Jury So Decides After Very Short
Deliberation.
The case
of The People vs. Frank H. Bates occupied all of Thursday and Friday in police
court. The defendant was charged with violation of the excise law. It required
all of Thursday to secure a jury. The prosecution called as a witness George
Hoag of Summerhill, who swore that on May 16 he bought of the defendant two
glasses of ale and paid for them five cents per glass. He knew what ale was
and he had ale.
The
defendant called Frank Coats, Charles M. Clark, Aason Marble, Albert White,
Lewis Sager, John Collier and Clarendon Lick, all present or part residents of
Summerhill who swore that
they knew George Hoag and knew that his reputation there was bad, They swore
with more or less positiveness, according to the individual witness, that his
word would be unworthy of belief. The defendant also took the stand and swore
that Hoag called for ale and he told him he did not keep it, but he could have
some ginger ale. Hoag took ginger ale, two glasses and paid five cents per
glass for it.
Miss
Belle Branch was another witness for the defence. She was present when Hoag got
his drinks and corroborated defendant’s story.
The prosecution
produced Albert Mosier and Smith Wood of Summerhill who said that though Hoag’s
reputation might not be the best, his word would be worthy of belief.
The jury
brought in a verdict of not guilty and the defendant was discharged.
THE
CORTLANDS WIN.
Pastimes of
Syracuse Defeated by a Score of 14 to 13.
The ball game at the fair grounds Saturday
was the very best game seen in Cortland in many years. The Pastimes came down
from Syracuse evidently expecting a walk-away, but in the first inning they
found that Cortland had some crack ball players.
Cortland went to bat first and pounded out
four runs while the visitors failed to score. Neither side scored in the second,
but in the third the Pastimes scored the first run. In the fourth, Cortland
sent one man around the diamond and the Pastimes three. In this inning Place
hurt a finger which reduced his speed, and in the fifth Ketchum was put in the
box, Place going to center field. Ketehum’s speed was slow at first and the
visitors made four runs off him, while Cortland scored only twice, thus making
the score for each team seven. In this inning a fine double play was made from
Corcoran to Welch and the visitors did some heavy batting,
It looked very much as though Cortland would
be defeated, for the visitors held the lead up to the ninth inning when Place
again went into the box and did some very effective work. The home team did
very heavy work at the bat in this inning, Dowd making a three base hit and
Ketchum making a home run. The work of the Cortland team was first-class in
every respect. The battery, Place and McCarthy, proving themselves the invincibles.
Baseball is taking a boom in Cortland and
this is due to the fact that we have one of the best teams in Central New York.
Following is the summary of the game:
OPERATIONS
IN CUBA.
Captain
General Campos Conducting a Vigorous and Tireless Campaign.
HAVANA, June 10.—The steamer Julia has
arrived at Gibara, bringing a large number of troops. The Julia at once returned
to Porto Rico after additional troops. Other steamers will also bring reinforcements
for Marshal de Campos.
Benito, after widening his operations in the direction of
Concepcion, left Cienfuegos for Guantanamo. From there it is expected that he
will travel with a company of horsemen to Camaguey,
Marshal de Campos has consulted with Senor Castellanos,
minister of the colonies, for the purpose of exempting Cuba from certain
unfavorable terms of the general tariff revision.
Lieutenant Censo and Colonel Vasalla sustained
a severe fire in the Escandell mountains. T he rebels, who occupied strongly
fortified positions, were driven from their strongholds. They lost all
their ammunition, their banner and three dead and several wounded. Three of the
[Spanish] troops were wounded.
Autonomist [sic] leaders attach no importance to
the uprising headed by Marquis of Santa Lucia. He is 72 years of age and he
numbered among his followers only a few young men and boys when he left Peurto
Principe. Marshal de Campos is tireless in his movements, and under his
leadership the activity of the government forces is being greatly increased. He
has just ordered five merchant steamers transferred into cruisers and will use
them for the purpose of guarding the coast.
Filibusterers
Land In Cuba.
TAMPA, Fla., June 10.—Passengers arriving
from Key West state that an expedition composed of 300 men left there on Wednesday
night.
Late Saturday a carrier pigeon reached Key
West, bearing a message, saying the filibusterers landed at 2:45 that morning. The
expedition, it is said, must have landed on the north coast, within 150 miles
of Key West. Cubans here believe it landed near Lagua. Generals Sanchez and
Roloff head the expedition.
Two thousand Cubans attended an enthusiastic
meeting at West Tampa. Quesada, Cespedes and other prominent leaders spoke.
A telegram from Benjamin Guerra was read,
announcing the presence of General Maximo Gomez with a large party in Camaguey.
The message stated also that an uprising in that province is now assured.
To Shut
Off Cuban Expeditions.
MADRID,
June 10.—The commander of the naval forces at Havana has been authorized to
purchase merchant vessels and utilize them as cruisers for the purpose of
preventing filibusterers and all partisans of the insurgents from landing on the
shores of Cuba.
Secretary
Herbert Remains Silent.
WASHINGTON, June 10.—Secretary Herbert
maintained a diplomatic silence when asked about the truth of the report that
the navy department would send one of its vessels to Key West with instructions
to keep a sharp lookout for filibustering expeditions leaving that and other
places in Florida in aid of the Cuban insurgents. He would neither affirm or
deny the statements made.
BREVITIES.
—Sixty men and twelve teams were at work [for the Traction Co.] on
the grading in the Tioughnioga park Saturday.
—There will be a special meeting of the
hospital board at the hospital Wednesday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
—Highway Commissioner E. C. Rindge has a
large force of men grading the new street recently laid out
around the foot of McGrawville hill.
—A bystander Friday estimated that not less
than three hundred wheels gathered near the D., L, & W. station and on Railroad-st.
that day at the time of the fire.
—Children’s day will be observed at nearly
all the churches to-morrow. In the morning sermons will be preached particularly
appropriate to the occasion and exercises by the Sunday-schools will be held in
the evening,
—The criminal action against R. Burns Linderman
for violation of the excise laws came up in police court Monday morning. A jury
was demanded, a panel of jury was drawn, and the case was set down for trial
June 19, at 9 A. M.
—Miss Margaret O’Donnell died at the hospital
Saturday afternoon of consumption, aged 22 years, The funeral will be held from
the residence of her brother-in-law, Martin McMahon, 27 Hubbard-st., Tuesday at
2 o’clock P. M. Burial at Homer.
—Miss M. Carey Thomas, president of Bryn
Mawr college, has been nominated for one of the alumni trustees of Cornell, to be
elected in June. This is believed to be the first time in the history of any of
the leading universities in this country that a woman has been named for
trustee.
—Leman Calkins of Crain’s Mills was in
Cortland Monday morning and reported that he had already prepared for delivery on
one day’s notice, 150 piles for the bridge over the Tioughnioga river for the Erie
and Central New York railroad. It is expected that there will be a call for
them within a week.
—Fire Saturday night at about 11 o’clock
burned Coacher Courtney’s steam launch belonging to the Cornell navy with the
boat house in the inlet at Ithaca. The fire is thought to have started from
fire left in the fire box. The launch cost $6,000 and was presented by friends
of the navy. It was insured for only $3,500 and the house in which it was
stored was insured for $500. It was a beautiful boat and was used to follow and
train the crews.
—The
case of The People of Cortland vs. M. and A. J. McSweeney was called at police
court at 9 o’clock Saturday morning. The action is brought to recover a fine of
$100 for violation of a village ordinance against selling liquor. The defendant
had demanded a trial before a jury. A panel of jury was summoned, but so many presented
legitimate excuses that it was necessary to summon more jurymen and an adjournment
was taken until Friday, June 21.
—The Ithaca Journal says a young lawyer of
that city picks up all the toads he can find, which he takes home and places in
his yard, The lawyer is represented as saying: “Our premises are overrun with
ants. These little pests heave up my lawn in fortifications, and invaded the
house from cellar to garret. My toads are getting fat, and ants and house flies
are becoming a novelty in my neighborhood. Children have an early aversion for
the ugly looking little toads, but they are the most harmless pets on earth,
and any one who would kill or torture a toad is cruel and destined to a bad
end. The toad’s eyes are beautiful, their performances amusing, and it is a silly
lie that they cause warts.”
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