THANKSGIVING APPEAL

Armenian victims at Erzurum.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, November 25, 1895.

THANKSGIVING APPEAL.

Aid Asked For the Starving Victims of Turkish Rapacity.

   NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—The following Thanksgiving day appeal has been sent out by the Armenian Relief association:

   To the People of the United States:

   The song of gratitude rises from this happy land for the continued prosperity and the thousands of blessings vouchsafed to our homes through the liberty God has given us to enjoy.

   The houses of Armenia are desolate and the land is drenched with blood; and they that remain are not only in great terror in daily expectation of being slaughtered, but are facing sure destruction under the snows of winter now almost upon them.

   A quarter of a million souls are destitute and helpless through the fanatical fury of the Mohammedans and the soldiers of the sultan, whose constant desire is for the blood of Christian men, women and children.

   We ask the people of the United States to remember Armenia out of the gratitude and compassion of their hearts on the glad day of their Thanksgiving, and to send such aid as they are able which shall save thousands from death, and also defend the cause of justice and humanity.

   All contributions may be sent to the treasurer of the Armenian Relief association, G. H. Stout, National Bank of the Republic.

   Yours in the cause of the kingdom of peace,

   J. CLEECKER MILLER, Chairman.

   HEREANT M. KIRETCHJIAN, General Secretary.

American Missionaries Imperilled.

   CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 25.—No news was received from the interior on Saturday, except from Marsovan, where all was quiet, though apprehension was felt for the safety of the American missionaries located there, and the houses were carefully protected.

   The sultan sent a message to Minister Terrell to the effect that no disturbances had been reported from the Anatolia peninsula on Friday or Saturday.

   A report recently became current that the governor of Hadjim had threatened to burn the convent of that town and the barley fields surrounding. Minister Terrell thereupon informed the sublime porte that if any of the three American lady missionaries resident in Hadjim were injured in any way he would demand and obtain the governor's head. The lady missionaries were safe up to noon yesterday.

SLAUGHTER OF SEALS.

Startling News Brought by the Revenue Cutter Bear.

   WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.—Information reached here that the revenue cutter Bear, the last government vessel to leave Bering sea, has just brought down some startling evidence of the effect of pelagic sealing upon the Alaskan seal herd which frequents the Pribiloff or Seal islands.

   In accordance with the findings of the Paris arbitration schooners are now permitted to hunt seals in Bering sea with spears in a zone 60 miles around the islands from Aug. 1. This gives them about five weeks of good sealing.

   It was thought that confining sealing schooners to spears and reducing the season to practically five or six weeks would stop the slaughter in Bering sea and allow the herd to recuperate.

   This year not less than 60 schooners began hunting in Bering sea Aug. 1 and captured nearly 40,000 pelts, about 80 per cent of which were from females.

   This does not show the full extent of the injury done. The seal pups are dependent on their mothers' milk for the first four or five months of their existence, and without it must suffer starvation.

   Acting under instructions of their respective superiors, both resident treasury officers and agents of the North American Commercial company made a careful count of the dead pups found at the close of the season when the sealing schooners had left the sea. The census was just completed when the Bear left and reached 27,000, and does not include those in the last stages of starvation.

   The same conditions prevailed last year, but the count was made with less exactness on account of snow.

   It is said that the actual pecuniary loss to the United States and the commercial world by this needless waste of animals will reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Sultan Abdul Hamid II of Turkey.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

The New Crusade.

   The war which the Crusaders began against the Turks in 1095 seems to have reached the beginning of its end in 1895, exactly 800 years later. In the spring of 1096 it is said that not less than 6,000,000 Crusaders were on their way to redeem Jerusalem and Palestine from the Saracen. Then the armies of Europe set forth to attack the Turk for his oppression and cruelty toward his Christian subjects, exactly as they seem about to do today.

   But in the crusade which began in 1095 there were less political ambition and rivalry and more religion and philanthropy back of the great uprising. Today the powers of Europe are so blinded by jealousy that they are confused and do not know how to take the initial movement. Then every leader who could raise a following marched to the east on his own private [hook] to whip the barbarian. Today one great power cannot move without the others agreeing.

   The end, however, is certain to be the partition of Turkey. Turkey in Asia will be the first to be taken, because it is in Asiatic Turkey that the most horrible outrages and butcheries have occurred and are occurring still. The Turk being despoiled of that, it will not be possible for him to maintain himself in Europe. For a hundred years the Turkish empire has been tottering. Only the jealousy of one another on the part of the great powers has held it together thus long. It looks now as if the prophecies of cranks and statesmen for a century were about to be fulfilled and Turkey were about to fall. Who will get this or that part of the empire is matter of mere conjecture. All that is positively certain is that whoever does or does not have a slice, Russia will not get left.

   The movement in favor of pure city government has awakened some members of at least one body of city fathers—those of Philadelphia—to a sense of their sins. The way they went about repenting, however, was unique. One of the number who seems to be under conviction introduced into the common council a resolution to hire some preacher for so much a prayer to invoke the blessing of heaven on their deliberations. But the resolution met with strenuous opposition from another member, who proposed that the council should pray very hard, each man for himself, and save the money. Then, unfortunately, cold water was thrown on this whole attempt of the city fathers to become spiritual minded by a reference of the resolution to the finance committee. It seems that a thought of money must mingle even with a councilman's desire to be prayed for.

   The thirst of New York city is for some reason very much greater than that of Philadelphia. With a population of 1,600,000, New York has 7,300 beer saloons. Philadelphia, which is two-thirds as large as New York, has only 1,354. Philadelphia is one of the most distinctively American cities in the Union. New York, on the other hand, is distinctively foreign.

   Eastern colleges have done a good thing in following the western idea of intercollegiate debates. It cannot be denied that western and southern men are more attractive speakers than eastern men, and it is partly owing to the debating society which has always flourished in the west particularly. What the east can do in the way of intercollegiate debating will be tested Feb. 21, when the University of Pennsylvania meets the Cornell boys at Ithaca. There is a very wide field of interesting topics just now for the youths to debate. The young people all over the country ought to be discussing at their literary and debating societies the big national and international questions now before the world. It was in the country debating society that Lincoln's matchless powers of oratory and logic were developed.

THE COW JUMPED.

FATHER AND SON RECEIVE SIMILAR INJURIES.

George H. Hyde and Fred Tangled in the Rope—One Finger Gone, Others Badly Split.

   Mr. George H. Hyde of South Cortland and his little son Fred, a boy of about a dozen years, were Sunday afternoon the victims of a most singular accident in which at the same time both sustained similar injuries and each without the knowledge of the other. Mr. Hyde is a prosperous farmer and dairyman and a prominent member of the county grangers.

   One of his cows had some difficulty with one her eyes, and Sunday afternoon about at 4 o'clock he attempted to treat the eye. The animal was tied up with a rope, but she was uneasy and apprehensive and wouldn't stand still. Assisted by Fred, he was trying to get a slipping noose over her nose when she suddenly sprang backward with a mighty lunge. The forefinger of Mr. Hyde's right hand was in some way caught in the twist of the rope and the cow gave the finger the benefit of the whole force of the jump.

   The finger was cut off clean, almost as by a knife, between the first and second joints, only the tough flexor tendon on the inside of the finger remaining, but the bone was completely severed. Mr. Hyde stepped back and began to examine the extent of his injuries. Just then Fred began to cry at the top of his voice. His father, supposing that he had seen the blood running from his own hand and was crying in sympathy, told him not to cry as he could stand it. But Fred increased the violence of his cries and then it appeared that he too bad been caught in the kinks of the rope and that the third and fourth fingers of his right hand were both split open from a point midway between the first and second joints clear to the end.

   Father and son started with all speed for Dr. Reese's office where the injuries were attended to. Mr. Hyde's finger had to be amputated at the second joint, and the flesh is so badly mangled above that there is a possibility that it may have to be taken off again still higher up. Dr. Reese sewed Fred's fingers up and hopes to save them, but they may both have to come off.

POLICE COURT.

Sentence Suspended—One Case Adjourned, Another Settled.

   Three cases were on the docket in police court this morning. James Meehan pleaded guilty to the charge of selling liquor without a license. Sentence in his case was suspended. He promised to go out of the business entirely and to sell no drinks of any kind, either hard or soft.

   The case of The People against W. T. Nix charged with violating the excise laws was adjourned to Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock on account of defendant's attorney being out of town.

   The case of The People against Giles Rood who was charged with passing counterfeit money, was settled out of court [Mrs. Rood made the payment for her husband’s bad joke—CC editor].

DENIED THE APPEAL.

An Unsuccessful Effort Made to Liberate Frank Bates.

   This morning Attorney W. C. Crombie appeared before County Judge Eggleston and made application for an appeal in behalf of Frank Bates who was convicted in police court of selling liquor without a license, was sentenced to sixty days in the Onondaga county penitentiary Nov. 15 and was taken there Nov. 16. The application was opposed by Attorney I. H. Palmer. After listening to arguments from both attorneys Judge Eggleston denied the appeal.

NEITHER SIDE SCORED.

After the Game the Centrals Entertained the Groton Team.

   The Groton Academy football team came to Cortland Saturday afternoon and played a return game with the Central school team, which resulted in a tie, both sides failing to score. The game was played in two halves of twenty and fifteen minutes each and was closely contested by both teams. The Central boys say that the Groton team are good players, but that they are too anxious to procure at the same time the whole earth in one lump. The game was umpired by H. Givens of Cortland and refereed by Principal Baskerville of Groton,

   In the evening both teams were royally entertained in the Central school building by the young ladies of the academic department. Tables were set in the upper hall and an elaborate supper was served by the ladies. During the serving of the refreshments music was furnished on the piano by different ones. The yells of the two teams were a frequent occurrence during the evening. The rooms were handsomely decorated with bunting and flags.

   After the banquet the Central school callisthenic march was given, singing was indulged in and the evening very pleasantly passed in a social way. Before the Groton boys took their departure Principal Baskerville proposed three cheers each for Miss Miller, principal of the Central school, for the football team and for the ladies. The salute was returned with a will by the Centrals. Principal Baskerville and his men expressed themselves as highly appreciative of their entertainment in Cortland and at a late hour started for home.

Some Old Papers.

   Mr. W. Copeland has shown us a copy of the Cortland Democrat published March 22, 1849 by James S. Leach. The paper has a very ancient appearance and contains the names of many of the old residents who were prominent at that time. The subject of the Syracuse R. R [from] Binghamton was being agitated then and it appears from this paper that $70,000 of stock was sold for the building of the road. Cortland county took $47,000 of it at once and Syracuse after a delay had just taken the balance. An effort was then being made to get a railroad from Binghamton through Cortland to Auburn.

   Mr. Copeland also showed us a copy of the McGrawville Express, published Sept. 14, 1848, by Benedict & Boynton.  This paper was about the size of the Democrat.

NOTABLE IMPROVEMENTS

At the Cortland Harness and Carriage Goods Company.

   The Cortland Harness and Carriage Goods company have just been putting in a new two-hundred-horse-power Corliss engine in the new engine room 60 by 35 feet in size recently built. The engine will be used to run the entire machinery of the concern including the new and larger electric plant which is being put in for lighting and for forging. The company have also set up four new drop hammers of eight hundred pounds each in the new forging room 50 by 80 feet in size, The drop forging capacity of the works thus doubled. These new additions and improvements, it is expected, will be completed and in running order in about a week when about twenty additional hands making nearly one hundred in all will be employed.

"Uncle Tom's Cabin."

   Stetson's double monster Uncle Tom's Cabin Co. will present their popular and unrivaled version of the ever welcome "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at the Opera House Friday evening, Nov. 29. The Wilmington Star says:

   Stetson's company, under the management of Mr. L. W. Washburn, presented "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to a large and appreciative audience at the Grand Opera house last evening. The cast is a strong one. In the third act the landing of the boat, "R. E. Lee," and the happy darkies working on the levee and the child Eva's fearful precipitation into the river and her rescue by Tom was a life picture. Between the acts Stetson's uniformed band, which is mostly composed of colored men, enlivened the audience by discoursing southern pastimes. Previous to the performance the company gave a street parade.

Funny, Very Very Funny.

   The opera of the "Mikado" is probably the most laugh provoking musical piece ever presented to the public. There is not a dull moment in it. It is one big laugh from beginning to end and all the others that have followed it are but faint imitations of its brilliant wit.

   Entirely new curtains will be used and special scenery as well, and the stage will be one mass of pretty color, the equal of which will not be seen in the Opera House this season.

   Don't get an idea that because it is opera it must not be funny, for that is wrong; it is funny and, as we have said before, very, very funny.

   The part of Ko-Ko, the lord high executioner, to be played by Mr. Carpenter, is in good hands and his amusing antics will be the talk of the town after the first performance of the opera.

   Get your preliminary tickets now so to have first choice of seats.

BREVITIES.

   —Harrison Wells on Saturday took in 8,526 pounds of Thanksgiving poultry.

   —Work on the new Haberle building on Port Watson-st. which was suspended a few days last week was resumed again this morning.

   —On Tuesday night at 8 o'clock there will be a meeting of the members of the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium class to organize a basketball team.

   —The Central school football team has received a challenge to play a return game with the Dryden team some day this week in Cortland which will be acted upon at a meeting of the team tonight.

   —The Ithaca Choral club is preparing to give the opera "Pinafore" at an early date. It is being prepared under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Dixie, who have charge of the presentation of "Mikado" in Cortland. They are dividing their time between the two places.

   —Cortland friends of Mr. and Mrs. Howard J. Harrington will be deeply interested in an item that appears to-day in our column of vital statistics. Mr. Harrington is receiving a double portion of congratulations and passing double the number of cigars.