Cortland
Evening Standard, Thursday, January 7, 1897.
OCCUPATION FOR CONVICTS.
Superintendent
Lathrop Rapidly Assigning Industries to State Prisons.
ALBANY, Jan. 7.—General Austin Lathrop,
superintendent of state prisons, transmitted to the state prison commission an
important letter bearing on the prison labor problem.
He says: "Replying to yours of the 4th
ult., assigning industries to the state prison, I have to say that this
department if ready to receive requisitions and promptly execute them, for the
following articles: Men's clothing, women's clothing, underwear, hosiery,
boots, shoes and slippers, hats and caps, gloves and mittens, shirts. collars
and cuffs, baskets, brooms and whisks, brushes, dusters, pieced tinware,
furniture, towels and napkins.
"I have ordered a sample hand loom and
expect to start building a sufficient number of hand looms to manufacture all
the cloth to supply the several institutions. I shall also build at once looms
of sufficient capacity to weave blankets. I have made provision at Auburn
prison for the manufacture of iron hollow ware.
"I have already started, both at Auburn
and Sing Sing prisons, the breaking of stone for road building.
"I have already formed a class in
carving and in free hand drawing at Auburn prison."
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| 1893 map of Cuba. |
WEYLER'S PEN AT WORK.
Fresh
Edict Issued by the Captain General.
STRICT
ORDERS TO PROVINCIALS.
Extensive
and Complicated System of Passports For the Identification
of All
Residents of the Rural Districts—Other News of Cuba.
HAVANA, Jan. 7.—Captain General Weyler has
issued another edict, giving orders that within a period of eight days all
owners of estates, managers and tenants in the provinces of Pinar del Rio,
Havana and Matanzas shall appear before the mayors of the nearest fortified
towns and present a police passport and document proving their ownership and
the payment of their last taxes. They must show the number of hands employed by
them with police documents to prove each.
These
papers being found in order they will be allowed to return on showing their
certificates and documents to the troops which they pass on the way. Those who
do not comply with the above requirements must concentrate in the towns.
At the expiration of the term of eight days
the troops will pass through the farms and will conduct to the towns those not
presenting the above required certificates, and they will be proceeded against
according to instructions received.
Foreigners engaged in cultivation or
pursuing any industry under the conditions above required must prove their
nationality as well as show the number of employees under their control and
must guarantee all information as to their origin and must show their police
documents under the same terms as above required.
An owner of live stock must present
documents proving his ownership and the location of the stock.
These formalities having been complied with,
the mayors will deliver certificates to applicants. These certificates must be
exhibited on demand to troops passing after the expiration of the term of eight
days. The troops will capture all stray cattle unclaimed and they will be
brought to the towns.
There was a numerously attended meeting at
the Spanish Casino, the gathering being largely made up of merchants, planters,
etc. There was considerable excitement developed over a proposal to send a long
dispatch to the Madrid government giving assurances of support and expressing
regret at the attacks made on Captain General Weyler by the Madrid press and
asking the government to let General Weyler remain here, as his presence is
necessary for the pacification of the island.
The discussion over this proposition was hot
and it was only after considerable opposition that it was adopted.
Town
Attacked by Cubans.
HAVANA, Jan. 7.—A detachment of insurgents
under Major Enrique Penalver attacked Arroyo Naranjo near this city, supported
by numerous forces. The attack was met by the local garrison and the enemy was
unable to burn or plunder any buildings. They left dead inside the town the
body of Penalver, a brother of the major and a deserter from the Spanish
volunteers, as well as the bodies of three privates and 17 wounded men.
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| Copied from Grip's Historical Souvenir of Cortland. |
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TWO—EDITORIALS.
The
Prison Question.
(From
the Syracuse Herald, Jan. 6.)
In The Herald of Monday last State Prison
Commissioner William J. Mantanye severely criticized State Superintendent
Lathrop because of the latter's alleged attitude toward the constitutional
amendment prohibiting the employment of convicts in competition with free
labor. Commissioner Mantanye did not mince his language in discussing
Superintendent Lathrop's complaint that only about one-half of the convicts in
the state prisons can be kept profitably employed under the amendment. He
stated in so many words his belief that the superintendent is in alliance with
the men who benefited chiefly by the old time contract system of labor in the
prisons and is not honest in his expressed belief that the amendment must prove
injurious to the morale of the prisons through the idleness which he assumes it
will enforce. Said Commissioner Mantanye in his interview with a representative
of The Herald:
Only half of the convicts in the prisons have
been heretofore employed on the industries or contract work, the others being
at work in various capacities about the prisons and grounds. There is too much
work for the convicts to do to make it profitable for any such child's play as
trying to discredit the law and constitution, particularly on the part of those
who are sworn officers of the state.
By implication Mr. Mantanye condemns his
colleagues of the state prison commission who proposed to turn over to
Superintendent Lathrop the duty of rearranging the schedules of employment in
the different prisons. He holds that the commissioners should do this work
themselves; for one reason because it is properly a part of the commission's duty,
and for another because, as he believes and as organized labor generally
believes, the superintendent cannot be relied upon to do his best in the
matter. In other words, he thinks Superintendent Lathrop will try to bring
about such a state of affairs as to form a basis for an attempt to modify the
constitution. Coming from a commissioner and a citizen of Mr. Mantanye's
standing and proved devotion to the public interests, his utterance is
important.
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The not unpleasant image of a
real red Indian state of this Union begins to take shape. The commencement of
it is the contract recently made by the United States government with the
Choctaw tribe of Indian Territory. These intelligent people have yielded to the
persuasions of the Dawes commission and agreed to take farms in severalty, like
white men. The coalfields in their lands have been reserved, as also have town
sites, precisely as would have been done if they were white people settling
newly opened public lands. The most important clause of the new treaty,
however, is that within eight years the Choctaws will give up their tribal
relation. Then they will be blended completely with other citizens of the United
States. By that time they will have learned to govern themselves like citizens
of an ordinary territory. The Dawes commission will now direct its efforts to
bringing the Creeks and Chickasaws to accept separate farms for each family.
The Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Cherokees and Seminoles are classed as
civilized Indians, and after these have agreed to accept farms in severalty and
to give up their tribal relations there will remain no obstacle to organizing
the Indian Territory into a regular United States territorial government.
A FITTING NOMINATION.
Mrs. Jones to Fill Out Her Husband's Term as Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, Jan.
7.—President Cleveland has this afternoon sent to the senate the
nomination of Mrs. Virginia C. Jones, widow of Benton B. Jones, to fill out her
husband's unexpired term as postmaster of Cortland.
Nomination of Mrs. Benton B. Jones.
The announcement
that President Cleveland has nominated Mrs. Benton B. Jones to fill out the
unexpired term of her late husband as postmaster of this village, will meet
with general approval. Mr. Jones had earned his appointment by years of service
and liberal contributions to his party, and had he lived and the party
succeeded at the last election he would not only have filled out his term, but
have been reappointed. The nomination of Mrs. Jones, who has the respect and
confidence of every one, is both a wise and graceful act on the part of the
president. The nomination should be confirmed by the senate without delay.
REAL ESTATE CHANGE.
Wm. H. Newton Has Bought the Miles G. Hyde Property.
Mr. William H.
Newton, who recently sold his house and lot on Port Watson-st., has completed
arrangements for the purchase of the fine property on Tompkins-st., owned by
Dr. Miles O. Hyde and also ten feet adjoining from the property of Mrs. Elvira
Hyde, to increase the size of the lot. Mr. Newton contemplates some quite material
changes in the house in the way of improvements and enlargement. The house now
stands back some distance from the street and a new front will be built and the
designs of the whole structure will be colonial. An architect will submit plans
and the work will begin in the spring. Mr. Newton and family expect to board
next summer and do not anticipate getting settled in their new home before autumn.
This lot is one of
the finest upon the street and has great possibilities. Mr. Newton is to be
congratulated upon his purchase.
Chadwick & Potter.
Mr. D. J. Chadwick,
proprietor of Chadwick's shaving parlor in the Burgess block, yesterday sold to
W. F. Potter one-half interest in the business. The new firm will be known as
Chadwick & Potter. Mr. Potter has been in the employ of Mr. Chadwick for
the past year and a half and is too well known to the patrons of the
establishment to need further introduction. Chadwick's shaving parlor has
established and maintained a high reputation in the past and the new firm will
be more a change of name than of management. The shop has recently been fitted
up in fine style with new floor, new windows, handsome steel ceiling, steam
heat, hot and cold water, bathroom and all necessary appliances and is in every
way neat and attractive.
City Band Election.
The Cortland City
band has elected the following officers for this year:
President—J. D.
Clark.
Vice-President—F.
Lanigan.
Secretary and Treasurer—J.
F. Brynes.
Leader and Manager—
Frank Goddard.
Trustees—Charles
Maas, J. E. Ferry, Lew Holdridge.
The band is now
rehearsing new music weekly and is making plans to be in the best possible
condition for work next summer. It is open to engagements, and the address of
the manager, Mr. Goddard, is 31 Railroad-st.
BREVITIES.
—The Conservatory
of Music opened this morning after the Holiday vacation with an increased
attendance.
—The Loyal circle
of King's Daughters will meet at Mrs. S. Rindge's, 57 N. Main-st., Friday, Jan.
8, at 2 P. M.
—New advertisements
to-day are—Warren, Tanner & Co., Jackets and Cloaks at Half Price, page 8;
W. J. Perkins, Prof. Gold Eagle, page 8.
—The Rajah company,
which has been playing three nights at Marathon, was in town to-day enroute to
Moravia, where they play to-night.
—The funeral of
Mrs. Rose M. Candee, who died in Rochester Tuesday night, will be held from the
residence of her sister, Mrs. F. J. Doubleday, to-morrow afternoon at 2
o'clock. The remains are expected to arrive to-night.
—"A Railroad
Ticket" company arrived at 10:17 this morning after playing three nights to
crowded houses in Syracuse. The company is in charge of
Mr. J. M. Blanchard, a former Cortland boy, and appears at
the Opera House to-night.
—The directors of
the Cortland County Fire Relief association, the insurance organization connected
with the granges of the county, met at the Cortland House yesterday afternoon to settle up the
business of the year. The association is reported as being in a flourishing condition.
—W. C. Allington of
Elmira and D. G. Corwin of Cortland have been appointed appraisers to adjust
the damage to the Schermerhorn building by the fire on Monday evening. The
inventory of the stock of dry goods belonging to G. J. Mager & Co. is now
being taken for the purpose of adjustment next Wednesday.
—The issue of the
Cortland Democrat last week, under the management of Mr. Parsons, son-in-law of the late Editor Jones, was a very
creditable number, demonstrating his ability to keep the paper up to its
already high standard.—Marathon Independent. The Independent calls attention to
what was a subject of general remark wherever The Democrat was seen and read.
—A number of the
general officers of the Lehigh Valley railroad made a trip over the E., C.
& N. branch last week in President Wilbur's private car. Engineer Joseph H.
Ready of this village wan assigned to haul the car over the branch. The way he swung them around some of the curves for which
the E., C. & N. is famous, made their heads dizzy and they sent word
forward to run slower.—Canastota Journal.
SCOTT.
SCOTT, Jan. 4.—Mr.
and Mrs. Elbert Barber of Homer were in town a few days recently.
Mr. Francis Maxson
has been drawing potatoes to Homer at twenty cents per bushel.
Mr. Ira J. Barber
sold to the Cortland Beef company last week two hundred turkies [sic] that
averaged fifteen pounds live weight at ten cents per pound.
Christmas and New
Year's passed off pleasantly. There were many family gatherings to recount the
past, and make resolutions in reference to the future, also to discuss the
merits of the turkey, the chicken pie, the oyster and other dainties with which
the tables were loaded. Several from out of town came to spend the day with friends,
and many townspeople went out to spend the day, so as it was about an even
change, the matter of provision was not materially changed.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Clark and. Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Knapp spent New Year's with Mrs. H. L. Burdick and daughter; Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Stoker spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Lucien Barber; Mr. and Mrs. William
Hazard spent New Year's with their daughter, Mrs. Ernest Clark.
On Wednesday evening
of last week, Dec. 30, while Mr. and Mrs. John Stoker were out calling upon a neighbor,
about seventy of their relatives and friends took possession of their house and
were enjoying the pleasures of a social chat when Mr. and Mrs. Stoker returned.
They were much surprised to find their house invaded by such a company, but accepting
the situation they made themselves at home when they found that the company had
come to congratulate them upon its being the twenty-seventh anniversary of
their marriage. A bountiful supper was served, $10 in money was left, and the
invaders left for home after the large hours had passed.
Quite a sensation
was caused in our neighborhood when the news came that Mrs. Willis Fisk had died very suddenly on Tuesday morning
of last week of heart trouble. Mrs. Fisk was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Barber, was born in Scott and this town had always been her home until a few
years after her marriage to Mr. Fisk, when they removed to Homer. Mrs. Fisk was
33 years of age and she leaves besides her husband and two daughters, a father and
mother, two sisters and two brothers and a large circle of relatives to mourn
her departure. Funeral services were held at her late residence in Homer and
the burial was in the Union cemetery in Scott.
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