Sunday, June 30, 2019

OUTWITTED THE TURKS AND BOSS BARBERS ORGANIZE

USS Minneapolis.


Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, November 11, 1896.

OUTWITTED THE TURKS.
Armenian Refugees Rescued From Assassins.
PROTECTION FROM AMERICANS.
Victims Took Refuge on a British Ship, and Admiral Selfridge Saw Her Safely Out of the Harbor In Defiance of Turkey.
   NEW YORK, NOV. 11.—The World today publishes the following:
   The steamship Boyne of the Mercantile Steamship company of London arrived in port on Friday last from Gibraltar and Mediterranean ports. Captain Fischer has told a remarkable story to Collector of the Port Kilbreth, Law Officer Phelps and Special Deputy Naval Officer Gourley of the customs department as to why he had entered port without a manifest.
   The British steamship Boyne lay at anchor off Smyrna, Turkey, in Asia, on Oct. 10. There had been several riots in Smyrna for three or four days before.
   The din of another conflict reached the ears of the Boyne's captain about 7 o'clock in the evening, and the cries of the victims of the assassins came over the waters. An hour afterwards a small boat came up the side of the British steamship, and an aged man begged permission to go aboard. With him were six others, three of them women, all Armenian refugees.
   Captain Fischer assented. He fed them, cared for them and gave them the protection of his flag.
   Fischer said he was bound for America and in order to be on the safe side the refugees were registered as passengers.
   Not long afterwards a boat load of Turks, under an officer, rowed up alongside and the forces came aboard.
   Captain Fischer admitted that he had refugees on his ship, but refused to deliver them over. He drew up his crew of brawny men and the Turkish officer said he would give the Britisher until the morning to turn over the Armenians.
   After the Turks had left his vessel Captain Fisher manned a boat and moved stealthily from the ship to secure assistance. He visited an Italian man-of-war, but the commander denied his right to interfere.
   When dawn came the Minneapolis appeared. Captain Fischer told his story, and Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., the commander, said:
   "We'll give you all the assistance you want. You'll take these refugees safely out of this port if I've got to bombard the town."
   And the admiral ordered off the barge with a detail of marine and blue jackets over to the British ship with orders to hold her safe from attack.
   Then the American consul was sent for, and it was agreed that the Boyne should sail at once under the escort of the Minneapolis.
   The Armenians have just been landed on Ellis island.

Canal Contracts Awarded.
   ALBANY, Nov. 11.—Superintendent of Public Works G. W. Aldridge has awarded another batch of contracts for the improvement of canals, under the $9,000,000 canal improvement act. The contracts are 15 in number and call for an expenditure of $961,309. This makes about $3,400,000 worth of contracts let within a month.

Richard L. Garner.
PROFESSOR GARNER DENOUNCED.
His Monkey Language Pronounced a Fraud by London Truth.
   LONDON, Nov. 11.—Truth has an article covering a page and a half headed "The Munchhausen of Monkeyland," dealing with Professor Garner, who claims to have distinguished words in a monkey language, and his book, repeating the old charges made by Truth of imposture and declaring that the whole story of Professor Garner's adventures among the gorillas is an impudent humbug.
   The article suggests that the French missionaries at Fernanvez, to whom it alleges Professor Garner gave a promissory note for 500 francs for board and lodging, should sign a judgment in England on the unpaid bill and should attach the proceeds of his book.
   Truth concludes that this would set at rest forever the question of where Professor Garner really spent those hundred days and nights.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Social Discontent.
   A writer in the Boston Globe gives it as his judgment that social discontent rather than actual want is the controlling cause of much of the prevailing dissatisfaction among the rural inhabitants of the country.
   If this is true, the writer in the Boston Globe could not have paid the rural population of the United States a higher compliment. The upward process of civilization is like this—first dissatisfaction, then aspiration, then attainment. The most contented people on the globe today are savages that bask in the sun naked and knock breadfruit off the trees when they are hungry.
   It is to be hoped that most of the farmers and working people of the United States have food and shelter today, such as the food and shelter are. But, when they see among the families of the rich a luxury, a daintiness and refinement, a leisure for travel, enjoyment and intellectual and artistic culture that are denied to them, are they to blame because, like cattle, they do not lie down and chew the cud of contentment when they have merely full stomachs? It is not a peevish dissatisfaction they feel, but a worthy aspiration.
   No; the people whose toil produces the bread and meat, the cloth, the newspapers, the furniture, the luxuries, for the rest of the world are entitled to their share, if their work is faithful, of all that is best, richest and most beautiful in this life. When the conditions of civilization are peaceably and equitably adjusted, as they can be and will be some day, the farmer, and the mechanic, and their families, will likewise have their beautiful and artistic homes, their elegant clothing, their trips of travel and changing scene, their hours of abundant rest and leisure.
   And the surest proof that this time is bound to come is the fact of the noble discontent with present unequal conditions.

   It is a sufficiently well authenticated fact that Melquizo's soldiers in Cuba shot and killed four women, if not more, in the later engagements. The women would not reveal to them where Maceo was, and in revenge were slain. With them was a little child that was either left by the soldiers to perish in the woods or killed. This is Spanish warfare, the butchery of women and children, yet neither the United States nor any other civilized nation interferes to stop it.
   Nothing could be better than the selection of Washington as a center for educational institutions. Such rich treasures of science, industry and art as students will have the advantage of are to be found nowhere else. Among the places which will give object lessons to the young minds are the Smithsonian, the Botanic gardens, the Zoological park, the arsenal and the offices of the surveys, while congress—well, yes, congress will afford an object lesson too.
   The story of Rambusch, the defaulting banker and suicide of Juneau, Wis., is a singular illustration of the fact that common rogues and swindlers never die worth any money. Sometimes bank robbers and forgers have stolen money to the amount of almost $1,000,000, yet they end their lives in the penitentiary or poorhouse at last. The ability to steal is not accompanied by the talent necessary to keep the stealings, except in the case of very high up and respectable financiers, who operate in a different way from the common thief. Rambusch had been altering checks and making fictitious mortgages for 20 years. It is known that he stole at least $250,000, yet all his assets amount only to $25,000. He could have amassed four times that by simple, plain, honest dealing in the 20 years in which he was a banker and real estate agent.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Third Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11.
   The board was called to order at 9 o'clock by Chairman Crane. At roll call a quorum were present. The journal of the previous day was read and approved.
   The clerk read a communication from the state prison commission containing a report of the visit on August 28, to the Cortland county jail of Prison Commissioner Mantanye in which certain improvements were recommended. The full report of Commissioner Mantanye was published in these columns at the time that it was submitted to the commission. The communication was referred to the committee on courthouse and jail.
   The clerk read a communication from the grand jury of Cortland county which recommended similar improvements upon the jail to those suggested by the prison commissioners. This communication was also referred to the committee on courthouse and jail.
   The clerk read a communication from the grand jury of Cortland county in which the request was made that a room at the courthouse should be provided in which the stenographer employed by the grand jury and the witnesses in attendance could wait while awaiting the action of the grand jury. The communication was referred to Messrs. Crane and Smith.
   Several communications asking for corrections in the assessment rolls of the respective towns were read and referred to the committee on erroneous assessments.
   On motion of Mr. Hammond:
   Resolved, That the order of business of last year's session be the order for this year.
   On motion of Mr. O'Donnell:
   Resolved, That the chairman of committee having accounts against the county for audit in favor of parties from the several towns shall confer with the supervisors from said towns before their accounts are audited at a less amount than claimed, and when the parties are non-residents of the county they shall be notified before their accounts are audited at a less amount than claimed in their bills.
   The clerk read a communication from the state comptroller from which it appeared that the total valuation of property in Cortland county is $10,106,000, upon which a state tax of $27,185.14 must be levied for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1, 1896, at the rate of 2.69 mills on the dollar. These taxes are divided as follows: For schools, $9,398.58; for state care of insane, $10,106; for general purposes and for canals, $7,680.56. Cortland county is also required to raise by tax the sum of $392.32, its share of the compensation of the stenographers of the supreme court in the Sixth judicial district.
   The clerk also read a communication from Onondaga penitentiary which included a bill of $398.43 for the board and care of twenty-one prisoners sentenced from Cortland county. Referred to the committee on appropriations.
   The clerk read a communication from Craig colony, Sonyea, N, Y., enclosing a bill of $15.89 for clothing for an inmate confined there from Cortland county. Referred to the committee on appropriations.
   The clerk read a communication from the Syracuse State Institution for Feeble Minded Children enclosing a bill of $40 for the care of two Cortland county children for one year. Referred to the committee on appropriations.
   The clerk read a communication from LeCouteuir St. Mary's institution for the improved instruction of deaf mutes, Buffalo, enclosing a bill of $275 for the care of one patient from Cortland county for one year. Referred to the committee on appropriations.
   The clerk read a communication from the Matteawan State hospital at Fishkill Landing, N. Y., enclosing a bill of $195 for the care of one patient from Cortland county for a year. Referred to the committee on appropriations.
   On motion of Mr. Lee, the chairman and clerk of the board were made a committee to execute a proper contract with the superintendent of the Onondaga penitentiary for the ensuing year.
   On motion of Mr. Childs, the board adjourned till 1 P. M. for the purpose of reconvening at once in the county clerk's office to complete their duties as a hoard of county canvassers.
   The board met at 1 o'clock in the afternoon when a few items were on motion added to the abstracts of the towns of Cuyler, Virgil, Willet, Truxton, Harford and Lapeer.
   On motion of Mr. Bingham:
   Resolved, That the chair appoint a committee of two to investigate the probable cost of placing at such location in the supervisors' rooms as the board shall direct, a water closet for the use of the board, and report at their earliest convenience.
   The chair appointed Messrs. Bingham and O'Donnell.
   The board then engaged in committee work.

Police Court.
   Two tramps were brought before Police Justice Mellon this morning. A description of them was taken and they were allowed to proceed on their way. They gave their names as James Ranney of Chicago and Frank McGraw of Tiflin, O.
   George Lindsley pleaded guilty to the charge of public intoxication and paid a fine of $3.

Barbers Organize.
   A meeting of the boss barbers of Cortland was held last evening at the shop of Thomas P. Button. F. H. Bitter was chosen chairman and D. J. Chadwick secretary. The meeting was called for the purpose of organizing a barbers' protective association, the object of which is to secure legislation against incompetent barbers and so-called barbers' colleges, o that no barber can manage or be proprietor of a shop without first passing an examination before a competent board of examiners.
   F. H. Ritter was elected delegate to the state convention to be held at Syracuse Nov. 17, and T. P. Button alternate. The meeting adjourned to Nov. 19 at 8:30 P. M. at Mr. Button's shop.


BREVITIES.
   —There will be a special meeting of the directors of the Tioughnioga club this evening at 8 o'clock.
   —Prof. Welland Hendrick will conduct a teachers' institute at Churchville, Monroe county, Nov. 16 to 20.
   —New advertisements to-day are—C. F. Brown, Baby Fixings, page 6; Kellogg & Curtis, Great Special Sale, page 6.
   —Rev. D. H. Edwards has authorized Samuel Bolden to collect money due for the use of Collins hall for church purposes.
   —The Retail Clerks' association will meet to-morrow night at 8:30 o'clock in the hall in the Martin building for the purpose of further organization.
   —The last brick on the Railroad-st. pavement was laid yesterday and to-day the last of the cement was put on. The street will be opened up for travel in a few days.
   —Mr. Charles Munson, while working in the woods Monday accidentally cut his right foot with an ax. The wound was dressed by Dr. Higgins. It will probably lay him up for several days.
   —Eugene Harrington, an employee at the Howe Ventilating stove works, received injuries on both of his hands on the palms Wednesday by a flying piece of wire which will cause them to be quite sore for a time.
   —Charles Kelly, the young man whose left arm was removed at the hospital Friday as the result of being caught in the shafting at the Wickwire mills last Wednesday, is slowly gaining strength and his recovery is looked for.
   —Mrs. F. S. Todd was surprised by a number of her friends at her home, 38 Railway-ave., on Tuesday evening in honor of her birthday. A very pleasant evening was spent and a handsome water set was left as a token of remembrance.
   —Mr. Herman Cooper of 30 1/2 Railway-ave. was surprised last night by a visit of about twenty-five of his friends, members of the S. O. V. and others. A very pleasant social evening was passed, refreshments were served and there was music by Swan Brothers' orchestra.
   —Mr. Charles H. Drake informs as that the report that he is to organize a record company in Oneonta similar to the one with which he was connected in Cortland is a mistake. He may go on the road for an Oneonta party, but he does not now anticipate moving his residence from Cortland.
   —At about 6 o'clock last night while the chicken pie supper at the Congregational church was in progress, some children at play overturned a lamp in a room at the rear of the auditorium, but the lamp was hurled out of a window before any damage was done beyond burning two small holes in the carpet.
   —A special meeting of the C. M. B. A. will be held to-night at 7:30 o'clock for the purpose of arranging to attend the funeral of Frank Johnson of Homer, a member of the organization, who died last evening and whose funeral will be held from St, Mary's church at 10 o'clock to-morrow morning.
   —Michael Nix of the East Cortland House reported to the police this morning the loss yesterday of $200 while he and Mrs. Nix were away during the afternoon. Entrance was gained through a window and the money taken from a tin box. The police are working on the case to find some clue and bring the perpetrator to justice.
   —A reporter for the Ithaca News was present Monday night at the final rehearsal of the Ithaca band before the grand concert which was given last night, and he says: "Mr. Fred I. Graham of Cortland was there and played his saxophone solo to the delight and surprise of the trained musicians who accompanied him. It was as Conway said, 'Great! Out of sight.'"

Saturday, June 29, 2019

OLD LANDMARK GONE



Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, November 10, 1896.

OLD LANDMARK GONE.
COLLEGE BOARDING HALL IN MCGRAWVILLE BURNED.
A Relic of the Days of the Old Central New York College —Corset City Fire Department Do Good Work, but Water Fails Them—Deeds of Daring.
   The new fire bell and the new chief engineer, Fred D. Graves, both saw service this morning for the first time in their official capacities, and both acquitted themselves with credit. At about 2:30 o'clock the shrill notes of the factory whistles mingled with clang of the fire bell informed the people of this village that they were not even to be exempt from fire in this world, but that a fire in the Corset City was not only possible but an actual fact.
   The fire department made quick time and found the old boarding hall opposite the academy in flames. This old relic of the dark ages was a building three stories with a basement and was arranged to accommodate about ten families, but at the time of the fire was occupied by only two families—that of Mrs. Minnie Hopper and three children and that of Mrs. Fish who also has three children, all of whom easily escaped. It is, however, currently believed that many lives were lost, but that they were of a species of inhabitants not included in the census.
   Mrs. Hopper, who lived in the center suite on the first floor, not feeling well, arose about 2 o'clock and saw a light from the window. She at first thought it came from an adjacent street lamp, but finally investigated to find that flames were leaping in the air from the northwest chimney, there being four massive chimneys in the building. She also discovered that the roof was on fire and after rousing Mrs. Fish who lived in the front of the same floor, she went outside and gave the alarm, but it was some minutes before a general alarm was sounded. Chief F. D. Graves was bound to make a record and ran against tune, but found F. G. Isaacs ahead of him.
   Nearly all the furniture of Mrs. Fish and Mrs. Hopper was saved but a few articles of furniture belonging to Harry Pratt which were stored on the third floor were destroyed. Mrs. James A. Brooks and Miss Claudine Tripp took charge of the homeless children. There being no snow and the new fire well on that street not being quite ready for use, the firemen were obliged to put on all the hose and fall back upon the fine private reservoir which William Lord recently built upon his lot. By that time the building was doomed and the only thing to do was to prevent the fire spreading, which was easily done, as but little breeze was stirring and the building burned slowly from the top downwards.
   Of course there were deeds of heroism, the chief of which was the rushing of Reno G. Hoag of the STANDARD office into the burning building amid a grand display of fireworks to rescue the purse of Miss Stella Hopper, who offered him a reward which was, of course, in true hero style indignantly refused. Exhilarated by the applause, he appeared again clasping in his arms what he claimed was an infant rescued from the flames, but which proved to be a doll stuffed with sawdust. Two of the Hose company made a similar mistake in the dark only to find that the article deposited upon the pile of furniture was one of their number in the person of M. W. Loomis. Messrs. Charles Hurd, Charles Cummings and Charles Donohue rescued a horse from the burning building, which proved to be such as is used by coopers.
   The building destroyed was the boarding hall of the old New York Central college which was erected by the Baptists in 1847-8 and many residents have seen its tables surrounded by the students of ebony hue, for all races were received here on an equal footing. One of the most learned of the faculty was himself a negro. When the small pox epidemic and other causes wound up its career as a college and the college building was sold to the village, the boarding hall and farmhouse passed into private hands and the latter is now the only one of the college buildings left standing. The burned building was for years owned by Judge N. H. Osborne and later by his estate until about a year ago it was sold to O. A. Kinney and A. B. Gardner. There was an insurance of $700 on the building and barn in the agency of Theo. Stevenson which will cover the loss.
   Mr. Henry Ayres won a vote of thanks from the fire companies by serving them with hot coffee. The fire department proved that they were not for ornament only, but they cannot be expected to reach the highest efficiency unless they have water.
  
DEATH FROM CHLOROFORM.
Mrs. Charlotte R. Hunt the Sufferer through Weakness.
   Mrs. Charlotte H. Hunt, aged 24 years, died this morning at her home, 45 Park-st., at about 6 o'clock from the effects of an overdose of chloroform. With her husband she moved to Cortland from Binghamton last July. Mr. Hunt is a wood carver at the Hayes chair factory, and has been a most devoted husband. Mrs. Hunt has been unwell for several months and very despondent and for the past three months has been confined to the bed. During this time her husband out of working hours has been her constant attendant and nurse. For two mouths he has slept very little during the nights.
   Last night he came down to consult Dr. H. P. Johnson, who has been their physician, saying that his wife along with other things had caught a little cold. He took home with him a prescription put up by the doctor and asked him to come up and see Mrs. Hunt this morning. It was 1 o'clock when Mr. Hunt sat down in a big chair near the bed to watch the night out with his wife, as has been his custom. He dropped asleep and did not wake until 8 o'clock this morning. When he did rouse up he saw his wife lying on her side. He stepped over to speak to her and noticed that she did not move. In one hand was a napkin and lying in the bed by her side was an empty bottle that last night had stood upon the bureau about two feet from the bed and which had then been about half full of chloroform. Mr. Hunt was frightened and turned his wife partly over. She gasped a few times and ceased to breath. Mr. Hunt called a neighbor and sent him at once for Dr. Johnson, but Mrs. Hunt was dead when he arrived.
   Coroner Moore was summoned and made an investigation of the facts in the case, but decided that no inquest was necessary. It seemed to be a plain case of death by chloroform.
   The question which rose at once was whether or not it was intentional, and the physicians are strongly inclined to think that it was not. The family had always kept chloroform in the house to use in proper quantities in relieving pain. In her nervousness in recent weeks Mrs. Hunt had occasionally taken a few whiffs of it to put her to sleep that she might get a little rest. Mr. Hunt did not intend to get to sleep when he sat down last night in the chair, but was so tired and worn out by nights of wakefulness that he must have done so. It is the opinion that Mrs. Hunt reached over from the bed and got the bottle with the intention of taking a few breaths of it. In her weak state the indications are that the few breaths so overcame her that she dropped the bottle into the bed spilling the contents, for the sheets were soaked with it. The fumes then probably rose so strongly as to cause her death and Mr. Hunt is inclined to believe that he too was affected or he would never have slept as he did until 6 o'clock this morning. The thought of suicide does not seem to be justified by any of the facts of the case, and it appears to have been purely accidental.
   The funeral will be held from the home on Thursday morning at 9 o'clock and will be private. The remains will be taken to Binghamton on the 10:17 train for burial.

Cemetery Association Election.
   At the annual meeting of the trustees of the Cortland Rural Cemetery association last night the officers were re-elected as follows:
   President—S. E. Welch.
   Vice-President—W. S. Copeland.
   Secretary—E. A. Fish.
   Treasurer—C. P. Walrad.

Village Trustees.
   The board of village trustees met at the office of the village clerk last night in regular session. The full board was present.  After the reading of the minutes the board went into executive session.
   New walks were ordered opposite the premises of A. H. Watkins on the north side of Fitz-ave. at No. 60, also opposite the premises of Charles G. Stone, 62 Fitz-ave. Representatives of the fire department came before the board and requested that an allowance be made to the Hitchcock and Orris Hose companies on account of fuel.
   The board then adjourned to Wednesday night at 7:30 when will be given in the village clerk's office a public hearing on the application of the Cortland & Homer Traction company for a franchise on Elm-st. between Church and Pendleton-sts.

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Proceedings of Cortland County's Lawmakers and Financiers. Second Day, Tuesday, Nov. 10.
   Pursuant to adjournment the board met at 9 o'clock, and was called to order by Chairman Crane. All the members were present. The journal of Monday was read and approved.
   On motion of Mr. Lee:
   Resolved, That the rules of the assembly of the state of New York be adopted by this board, so far as applicable to the same.
   On motion of Mr. Childs:
   Resolved, That the session of this board shall commence at 9 A. M. and continue till 12 M. and from 1 P. M. to 4 P. M.
   The chairman announced the following standing committees:
   On Footing Assessment Rolls—Messrs. Bingham, Hunt, Childs, Corning, Surdam, Tuttle, O'Donnell.
   On Court House and Jail—Messrs. Surdam, Greene, Tuttle.
   On Erroneous Assessments—Messrs. Brown, Lee, Surdam.
   On Settling with County Treasurer—Messrs. Corning, Greene, Hammond.
   On Settling with County Clerk and Sheriff—Messrs. Lee, Holton, Childs.
   On Settling with School and Loan Commissioners—Messrs. Hammond, DeLong, Greene.
   On Settling with County Judge and Justices—Messrs. Tuttle, Hunt, Brown.
   On Constables' Bills—Messrs. DeLong, Corning, Hunt.
   On Miscellaneous Bills—Messrs. Smith, Lee, Greene.
   On Printing—Messrs. Brown, DeLong, Holton.
   On Settling with Superintendent of the Poor—Messrs. Greene, Hammond, Bingham.
   On Coroners' Bills—Messrs. Hunt, Surdam, DeLong.
   On Settling with District Attorney—Messrs. O'Donnell, Childs, Lee.
   On Equalization—Messrs. Childs, Smith, Holton. Brown, Bingham, O'Donnell, Hammond.
   On Jurisprudence—Messrs. O'Donnell, Childs, Corning.
   On Appropriation—Messrs. Holton, Smith, Bingham.
   On Settling with Supervisors and Clerks—Messrs. Tuttle, Hunt, Surdam.
   On motion of Mr. Lee, the standing committees as announced were declared the standing committees of the board for the term.
   On motion of Mr. Hammond, the board adjourned until Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock for the purpose of organizing as a board of county canvassers.


BREVITIES.
   —New advertisements to-day are—Warner Rood, "Tornado," page 5.
   —One tramp occupied a cell at the police station last night and was this morning released.
   —A telephone has been put into the supervisors' rooms for use during their present session.
   —The office of the United States Express company and the D., L. &. W. R.
R. city ticket office are now located at 15 Railroad-st. in commodious and convenient quarters.
   —All ladies interested in the Ladles' Catholic Benevolent association are requested to meet at Empire hall to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock. A supreme trustee of Syracuse will be present to address the meeting.
   —Hector Cowan, National Democratic candidate for county treasurer, has filed a statement at the county clerk's office that he paid five dollars to I. H. Palmer to pay the expenses of distributing sound-money literature.
   —Mr. P. C. Rogers of McLean informs us that the street lamps just purchased for that village were fifty-two in number and cost $1 apiece instead of $40 for the lot as previously reported. The lamps were purchased at Groton when that village put in electric lights.
   —Much satisfaction is expressed on all sides here in Cortland at the item in yesterday's Homer column that the entire factory of the Brockway Wagon Co., Homer, had started up with full force running full time. That was expected to occur if McKinley was elected, but the anticipation being consummated brings home to our own doors the promise of better times.
   —The board of supervisors after adjourning this morning re-assembled in the county clerk's office and organized us a board of county canvassers by the election of Jefferson Greene of Willet as chairman. County Clerk Palmer is ex-officio the clerk of the board. The work of canvassing the vote is a slow process under the new style of returns and there is a likelihood that two days will be required for the task.
   —The many friends of Mrs. Mary Angel, widow of the late Dr. Jerome
Angel, will be pained to learn that her mind has become so affected through grief over the sudden death of her husband that it has been decided best by her friends to remove her to a private sanitarium at Easton, Pa., where she can have the very best of medical treatment, and where, removed from the scene of her trouble, it is confidently hoped that she will soon be restored to health. The deepest sympathy on the part of all go out to the afflicted family.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
A New Bridge.
   The whole country will be interested to know that if all goes well by 1900 the slow and ponderous city of New York will have a new bridge across the East river to Brooklyn. In Chicago or London or Paris or even Cincinnati this bridge and three or four more would undoubtedly have been constructed long ago.
   We have, however, the assurance that when done the work of building the bridge which connects the principal parts of Greater New York will be well done. There has been need of such a structure for the past half dozen years.
It has long been dangerous to life and limb to attempt to reach Brooklyn bridge on the New York side in the crowded hours.
   The new bridge will be constructed by the two cities of New York and Brooklyn. It will be 1 1/2 miles above the present one. It will be a magnificent structure, an improvement in many ways over the present bridge. It will be a suspension bridge, its tremendous single span carrying six railway tracks, two wagon roadways and two foot passenger ways. In order to get secure foundations for the pillars the workmen will go down to solid rock. On the Brooklyn side this means working down and sinking caissons a distance of 100 feet in the case of one tower and 86 feet with the other. On the New York side the foundations will be 65 feet deep. The towers will be 335 feet above the river.
   Steel wire cables have been improved since Brooklyn bridge was built. Each of the four that holds up the floor of the new bridge will measure a little over three feet in circumference and will contain 6,800 smaller wires. The floors will be laid upon steel beams.

   President Cleveland has certainly done all that he consistently could to favor Spain in her attempt to reduce the Cuban rebellion. He has had naval vessels watching to stop the departure of Cuban filibusters. He has had those who violated the neutrality laws arrested and dealt with, and he has issued a proclamation warning American citizens of the consequences of assisting a rebellion against Spain, a nation with which the United States had a treaty of peace and friendship. Many of the president's own fellow countrymen believe he has even been too severe and strict in his interpretation of neutrality laws, to the extent of favoring Spain; that, too, although American sentiment is unanimous for the independence of Cuba. And now as a reward for thus doing all that the treaty laws demand, and even more than that, the American government is charged by one of Spain's leading newspapers, The Imparcial, with continually conniving at filibustering. The same organ declares that neutrality in the United States toward Spain is an "odious fiction." It will be strange if the patience of the American government does not wear out after a little while longer, especially as Spain is now even further from conquering the rebellion than she was in January, 1895, when it began.