WOMEN WHO WOULD NOT VOTE

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, October 7, 1895.

WOMEN WHO WOULD NOT VOTE.

Address to Voters by the Anti-Woman Suffrage Society.

   ALBANY, Oct. 7.—The special state committee of anti-woman suffragists, headed by Mrs. John V. L. Pruyn of this city, has issued the following address to the electors of the state of New York:

   "The committee of women organized in the state of New York to oppose the amendment to the constitution striking out the word 'male' in the qualification of voters, address this appeal to the electors of the state. The members of the committee are perfectly aware that it is unconstitutional and wrong to ask of any person seeking nomination or election to the legislature any pledge as to his discharge of the responsibility of his position. They are anxious, therefore, to urge upon the voters of the state that they should take pains to secure the nomination and election to the legislature of men opposed to the imposition upon women of the unwelcome and unsuitable responsibility of the ballot. It is not thought wise or necessary to enter into any argument in this appeal against so radical and fundamental a revolution in the system of elections."

Ladies of the Wheel.

WHEEL NOTES ABOUT WOMEN.

   Two ladles on a tandem was a Baltimore institution as long ago as 1888.

   A woman's toilet case for cyclists is the latest thing imported from Paris.

   How bloomer balls can be popular with women is a mystery, when love of dress is taken into consideration.

   The new woman is participating in races—tandem affairs at that—in Leeds and elsewhere in the tight little island.

   Mrs. Mary Gibbs, 75 years old of Oneonta, N. Y., challenges any lady of her age in the state to a bicycle race of one mile.

   Mrs. R. J. Macredy, the pioneer woman cyclist in Ireland, and wife of the editor of The Irish Cyclist, is riding in rational costume.

   Some women in Cincinnati have organized a woman cycle club to encourage cycling among the fair sex. The club name is Avolante.

   The bicycle has been a great factor in making a new woman of the one who has all along insisted upon wearing her husband's pants, says Turf, Field and Farm.

   The fair Parisian revels in a costume that resembles nothing so nearly as it does the outfit of the decorous page who, in sack coat and tights, trumpets the approach of tinsel royalty on the stage.

ARMENIAN TROUBLES.

Foreign Ambassadors Urge the Sultan to Release the Prisoners.

   CONSTANTINOPLE. Oct. 7.—On Saturday, Sir Phillip Currie, the British ambassador, had an interview with Kiamel Pasha, the grand vizier, in which he made strong representations and forcibly urged upon him to cease making arrests of Armenians.

   Kiamel Pasha in reply expressed his anxiety to improve the situation. It is expected that he will advise the sultan to grant amnesty to all the Armenians who have been arrested in connection with the riots [in Constantinople] since Monday.

   The ambassadors of the powers held a conference and drew up a collective note which will be presented to the porte today. Afterwards they went to the porte personally and made verbal representations on the subject of Armenia.

   The foreign men-of-war which are acting as guard ships have been ordered to moor in the harbor for the winter in order to protect foreigners in case of need.

   Sir Phillip Currie has asked leave of the government to visit the Armenians now in prison in order to draw up a report. Up to Friday 80 bodies had been registered as victims of the disorders, all of which had been terribly wounded. Some of them contained over 20 gashes beside bullet wounds, and others had been battered with bludgeons so as to be unrecognizable.

   All accounts concur that the number of victims thrown into the sea was only three. The gendarmes killed a few of the wounded.

   Said Pasha has been reappointed minister of foreign affairs to succeed Turkhan Pasha, who was appointed to that office to succeed Said Pasha when the latter was made grand vizier.

USS MONOCACY.

Our Warships in China.

   WASHINGTON, Oct. 7—Among the naval movements reported to the navy department were the arrival of the Monocacy at Shanghai and the departure of the Machias from Hannow for Shanghai and the treaty ports. While no reason is assigned by the commanding officers of these vessels for the movements, it is assumed to be a desire of the admiral commanding the Asiatic station to have them in southern China where they may be readily available in the event of trouble.

Register in Person.

   Every voter in the village of Cortland must register in person. The first and second days in Cortland are October 11th and 12th; the third and fourth days, October 18th and 19th. Remember, if you wish to vote the inspectors cannot, as formerly, register your name, but you must personally appear at your polling place.

New Cigar Store.

   Messrs. Fred B. Lampman and W. G. Lanning have rented the south store in the new Graham building on Main-st., and, under the firm name of Lampman & Lanning, will to-morrow open a cigar and tobacco store with a full line of goods. A little later they expect to put in nuts and confectionery. They are enterprising young men and will no doubt receive their share of patronage.

Homer Trolley Party.

   The Cortland & Homer Traction Co. has decided to give a trolley party on Wednesday afternoon of this week, if the day be fair, if not on

Thursday, for the benefit of the Old Ladies' Home in Homer, instead of giving the proceeds of certain cars on the Homer line, as was first proposed. A car and trailer will be placed at the disposal of the committee, and will leave Homer at 2:15 P. M., and will take a trip to McGrawville and to the park, and in fact over the whole line of the road. Tickets can be obtained of Mrs. W. H. Crane. Further particulars later.

Commissioners Appointed.

   The matter of the injunction of  W. R. Randall and others vs. the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. came up before Judge Walter Lloyd Smith at Elmira Saturday. The injunction was further modified to permit the railroad company to spike and line up the track. J. E. Eggleston, A. A. Carley and A. H. Van Hoesen were appointed commissioners to appraise damages and the first hearing was set down for October 16 at the office of Judge Eggleston. John Courtney, Jr., of Cortland and Fred Collin appeared for the plaintiff and I. H. Palmer for the defendant.

FRANCHISE HEARING.

Shall the Traction Company Build a Short Cut on Elm-st.?

   The hearing occurs to-night at the office of Clerk Hatch on the application of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. for a franchise to build a line of the road from Church st. through Elm-st. to Pendleton-st. It would not seem that any opposition should be made to granting this franchise. It is but a short bit of Street, but it cuts off three sides of a square.

   The Traction company has found that the cars are so hindered by trains at certain times at the D., L. & W. station when trying to cross the tracks upon Railroad-st. that there is no possibility of arranging a time schedule which can be rigidly adhered to and there is no certainty of getting McGrawville passengers to the E., C. & N. station to connect with trains. Elm-st. is rarely blockaded with trains more than a couple of minutes or so at a time and this difficulty will be obviated by crossing at this point. The Traction company can handle the heavy park traffic with ease if the cars can run straight through.

BREVITIES.

   —The Prohibition county convention held its session this afternoon in Collins' hall. A full account of it will be given to-morrow.

   —A special communication of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. and A. M., will be held this evening. The E. A. degree will be worked.

   —The funeral of Mrs. Eleanor Hammond, who died Thursday, aged 54 years, was held from her late residence, on Homer-ave., yesterday afternoon. Burial in Cortland Rural cemetery.

   —This morning Charles Altmark, a cigarmaker, appeared before Justice Bull and swore out a warrant for the arrest of one Huguenin, a cigarmaker, on the charge of assault in the third degree.

   —A train on the Lackawanna made a new record on Saturday. The run from Buffalo to Binghamton a distance of 199 miles, was made in 175 minutes, or a fraction over 52 seconds per mile.—Binghamton Republican.

   —Invitations are out for the wedding of Mr. Maurice Saunders of Buffalo, formerly of Cortland and son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Saunders, and Miss Jessie H. Batchelor of Buffalo, which will occur in that city on Tuesday evening, Oct. 22 at 7 o'clock.

   —The boys are now condoling with the young man who attended a dance in a neighboring town last Friday night and found when he went after his horse that some one had borrowed the animal. His young lady had to go home with another gentleman and he made use of a road cart.

   —The guessing contest that was held in Joiners' booth at Dryden fair has been awarded to John Knapp of Etna, his guess was 3,840; the correct number being 3,675. The smallest number guessed was 1,450 by F. E. Thomas, Dryden; the largest, 53,493, by N. W. Wakefield, Homer,

   —At the M. E. conference at Newark Saturday, Rev. H. C. Moyer, chairman of the select committee of fifteen appointed to investigate the charges of prevarication against Rev. P. J. Reeves of Virgil, reported that the committee found that all of the charges were sustained. Mr. Reeves was expelled from the church.

   —An effort is being made by the congregation of the First Methodist church to secure for their pulpit Dr. Pierce of Cortland. Dr. Pierce is a very able preacher and would like to come to Ithaca, as he has two sons in the university. The Cortland people are loth to part with his valued services.—Ithaca Journal.

   —One of the most beautiful of souvenir numbers has just been issued by the Auburn Daily Advertiser in honor of its 50th anniversary. Cuts, typography, presswork, paper and makeup are beyond criticism, and it is a credit to Auburn as well as The Advertiser. The illustrations and descriptive matter give the city one of the best advertisements it has ever enjoyed.

   —A union session of the dentists of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth districts will be held in Binghamton Oct. 29, 30 and 31. The Sixth district comprises the counties of Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Delaware, Otsego, Schuyler, Tompkins, Tioga, Chenango and Madison. The delegates from the Seventh and Eighth districts will be the guests of the Sixth district.

CAPTURED A MAN EATER.

E. S. Dalton Had a Tussel with a Shark in Pensacola Bay.

   The Pensacola, (Fla.,) daily Times of Oct. 2, says: "Last evening about 9 o'clock Messrs. E. S. Dalton of Cortland, N. Y., F. W. Smartt of Nashville, Tenn., J. C. Rhodes of Oakford, Ind., and W. C. Walker of Pensacola had a rare old time at the foot of Palafox-st. wharf with a 12 foot, 8-inch leopard shark—a regular man eater. It required the united efforts of the four gentlemen named above and reinforcements, to the number of ten men—making fourteen in all—to manage this monster, which weighed 625 pounds and whose capacious jaws measured 18 inches.

   The hook which 'did the business' was made to order yesterday for these gentlemen by a cunning iron worker of this city, T. D. Brooks, and was of half-inch steel, and had two feet of heavy chain attached to it. The line used was of manilla, half an inch in diameter and two hundred feet long, and the bait which fooled his fishship was two large red fish heads, and the boys do say that it was altogether the biggest fight they ever had a hand in.

   The editor of The Times has been promised the backbone of this fellow and if he ever gets it, and if any of you skeptics doubt the entire accuracy of this 'fish story,' just walk around to the office, bring a tape line with you and…."