JAPAN'S SCHEME

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, June 25, 1897.

JAPAN'S SCHEME.

Wants to Secure Possession of the Hawaiian Islands.

   WASHINGTON, June 25.—Hawaiians in Washington insist that the reason for the protest of Japan against annexation [by the United States] is that Japan really desires to secure the islands herself.

   The main point of contention between Japan and Hawaii over the treaty between them, it is learned, is as to the wording of the treaty which Hawaii seeks to abrogate. This treaty has a provision that it may be terminated at any time by mutual consent. This is construed by the Japanese government to mean that the treaty cannot be terminated without the consent of both governments, and as long as Japan insists upon keeping it in force it cannot be abrogated.

   The Hawaiian contention is that the words have no such meaning, and that any contract or agreement can be dissolved by mutual consent as a matter of course; that if the claim of Japan was valid the treaty would be in effect permanently.

   It is understood that Japan insists that her present claims must be acknowledged and accepted by the United States in case of annexation, although protesting against annexation.

Accused of Bad Faith.

   LONDON, June 25.—A dispatch to The Times from Kobe, Japan, says that the Japanese newspapers accuse the United States of bad faith with regard to Hawaii, but that their tone is generally moderate.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

   The sultan has become so puffed up by his victory over the unfortunate

Greeks that he may be ere long a troublesome customer for the powers to dispose of. He is by no means willing to yield gracefully to the demands of Europe that he shall let the Greeks down easy. He made trouble over accepting the minister the great American nation sent to him, though that minister was one of the most distinguished scholars and all round accomplished men of the republic. Abdul Hamid's latest order raising the number of the Turkish army to 700,000 shows that he contemplates being on his own account as big a man as the emperor of Germany or any of them.

Pension Exemption.

   So many questions have been raised of late in regard to the effect of the pension exemption amendments of 1897 that [New York State] Attorney General Hancock has prepared a statement and opinion concerning them. The following closing paragraph of the opinion gives a summary of the whole thing and is as follows:

   The right to exemption and the duty of assessors pertaining to assessment of property purchased with pension money seem to be very plain under the amendment of 1897.

   Real property purchased with pension money is not exempt from taxation until the application under oath has been made to the assessors and allowed as provided by law. It is therefore incumbent upon the person claiming exemption to establish before the assessors, under oath, facts sufficient to justify the exemption, and after the exemption has been allowed by the assessors and entered upon the assessment roll as provided in Chapter 347, no further application for such exemption will be necessary.

   In claiming exemption the claimant should show the amount of his or her pension money invested in the real estate sought to be exempted, or if it be the wife or widow of the pensioner the amount of her husband's pension paid in, and also in each case that the real estate is owned and occupied by such claimant.

   Under the former law pension exemption was considered personal with the pensioner, and was only allowed when the property was owned by the pensioner. Now it inures to the benefit of the pensioner's wife or widow as well, when owned and occupied by her, but in any event, such property is taxable for school and highway purposes.

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.

Twenty-third Annual Public Exercises in Normal Hall.

   The exercises in Normal hall last evening under the auspices of the Alumni association were among the finest and most successful ever given by the association. The program was published in full in Wednesday's STANDARD. Every person whose name appeared was present and the program was carried out to the letter. The musical part of the program which was in charge of Miss Alger was exceptionally fine and added not a little to the pleasure of the evening.

   The president's address by Mr. Carlos J. Coleman set forth briefly the objects of these annual gatherings of the alumni and contained valuable suggestions for teachers along professional lines.

   "Robert Burns, the Poet of Humanity" was the subject of a carefully prepared, thoughtfully written, and admirably presented essay by Miss Jennie S. Wratten.

   The oration by Mr. Arland D. Weeks on "The Higher Evolution" showed that the article was the result of much careful thought and painstaking research, that the writer was keeping fully abreast with the advancement of modern thought along these particular lines.

   Mrs. Margaret Townsend Kinney, in her selection, "The Fairies of Pesth" by Eugene Field simply carried the audience with her in her excellent rendering of this charming selection.

   The address by Mr. Arthur D. Call upon "Character Growth" was an article purely professional. It dealt with the potential actualities and the actual potentialities of life along educational lines and set forth high ideals, noble aims, lofty aspirations and fidelity to duty as the highest aims of life.

Funeral of Mr. Eggleston.

   The funeral of Mr. Asahel G. Eggleston, father of Judge Joseph E. Eggleston, was held at the family residence, 144 Clinton-ave., at 2 o'clock this afternoon and was largely attended by friends and neighbors. The members of the Cortland Bar association attended in a body, having met at the office of Smith & Dickinson at 1:40 o'clock. The floral tributes were very pretty and consisted largely of roses of different varieties and of calla lilies.

   The services were conducted by Rev. John T. Stone, pastor of the Presbyterian church, who read appropriate passages of scripture, offered prayer and made brief remarks in which he referred to the fact that a prominent lesson of long life is that all things in nature, human life included, yield to divine laws; that it is a great thing to [spend] a long life with God and [then] be identified with him, as the deceased had been in all his life. A quartet consisting of Mrs. Elizabeth M. Greenman, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Graham and Mr. A. D. Blodgett sang "Passing Away" and "There is a Safe and Secret Place." The bearers were Messrs. James Jenman, John Robbins, A. D. Blodgett, H. F. Benton, Hector Cowan and F. H. Cobb. The burial was in the family lot in the Cortland Rural cemetery.

Died at McGrawville.

   Just before we go to press the news is received of the death at 12:30 o'clock today of Mr. Charles D. Greenman of McGrawville, at the age of 63 years. Mr. Greenman was senior member of the firm of C. D. Greenman & Co. of McGrawville. He was a brother of Mrs. Almira Wickwire of Cortland, and father of DeWitt C. Greenman or Cortland, and of Herbert Greenman of McGrawville. The funeral arrangements have not yet been made.

COLORED CAMP-MEETING

To be Held at the Trout Park by the African M. E. Church.

   Plans are being perfected for a colored camp-meeting under the auspices of the Zion Methodist Episcopal church to be held at the Trout park, July 11 and continuing for eight days. Rev. J. H. Washington, the boy preacher, is expected to be present and those having the matter in charge have been assured that the Tennessee Jubilee singers and noted speakers from abroad will be in attendance. Every one interested in the work of the mission is cordially invited to attend at least some or all of these services.

FOR A BOARD OF TRADE.

Preliminary Meeting— Committee Appointed to Prepare Plans.

   About twenty representative business men of Cortland met in the grand jury room at the court house Wednesday night and took preliminary steps towards the permanent organization of a board of trade. Samuel N. Holden was chosen chairman of the meeting and H . M. Kellogg secretary. The following committee was appointed to formulate a plan of organization and as soon as their arrangements are completed to call a public meeting of citizens to perfect the organization: Grove T. Maxson, Frank H. Cobb, Adam Hilsinger, D. G. Corwin, E. C. Palmer, D. F. Wallace. J. R. Schermerhorn, L. M. Loope and L. S. Hayes.

Steamer Frontenac on Cayuga Lake.

BREVITIES.

   —The next term at the Normal [School] opens on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

   —One drunk and one tramp were discharged from police court this morning.

   —The New York division encampment of Sons of Veterans in 1898 will be held at Peekskill in the month of June.

   —The twelve-ton roller with six horses attached was in use this morning on Church-st. preparing it for traffic. The street is now in fine condition.

   —Hon. John M. Diven of Elmira was yesterday afternoon elected commander of the New York state division, Sons of Veterans, at the encampment at Auburn.

   —The alumni reunion and banquet of the Normal school will be held at The Kremlin to-night at 8 o'clock. Dr. David Eugene Smith of Ypsilanti, Mich., will be toastmaster.

   —Mall Carrier Sheely appeared on the street this morning with his mail wagon repainted in red and blue and presenting a very fine appearance. The work was done by E. A. McGraw & Son.

   —The delegates to the division encampment of Sons of Veterans, just closed at Auburn, will give interesting reports of the encampment at the regular meeting of James H. Kellogg camp, No. 48, to-night.

   —The Wagner sleeping car with the Ithaca party on board bound for the

[college boat] races at Poughkeepsie passed through Cortland on the 6:25 train on the Lehigh Valley last night. It was gaily decorated with the Cornell colors.

   —This morning the Ellis Omnibus & Cab company shipped an elegant omnibus to Ilion to be used on the Jackson & Gouch transfer line. A handsome wagonette goes to the Canfield sanitarium, Bristol, R. I., on Monday.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Bacon, Chappell & Co., wash fabrics, page 6; McCarthy & Co., wash goods, prices cut in half, page 6; Simmons & Grant, sensational bargains, page 6; F. Daehler, white bicycle hats, page 4.

   —Street Commissioner Stearns is doing an excellent piece of work to-day in raising the crosswalk on Main-st. at Railroad-st., and also the two inside rails of the double street car track, where water has been inclined to stand after each rain.

   —A number of residents of Church-st. are much annoyed by losing plants from their plazas. In one case a handsome jardinniere was carried off. Some of them are preparing to give the sneak thieves a warm reception if they call again.

   —Mr. N. J. Parsons has found a queer fungus growing upon the leaves of his appletrees which seems to cause the leaves to wither and turn brown and finally drop off. He is told that spraying will remove this and is preparing to try the effect, but fears that his apple crop is already ruined for this season.

   —The steamboat service on Cayuga lake will be doubled on and after Monday next—the Ithaca beginning her regular trips at that time. Persons wishing a short lake ride can take the Ithaca at 2:30 P. M., and return in the early evening on the Frontenac, transferring at Sheldrake, or at some station this side.

   —The pupils of Miss Mary S. Blackmer's room at the Schermerhorn-st. school were all invited by their teacher to test the qualities of the soda water at Brown's pharmacy this afternoon at about 3 o'clock and it is needless to say that they all accepted and it is equally needless to say that they found it first class in every respect.

McGRAWVILLE.

Crisp Local Happenings at the Corset City.

   Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Cowles, Mrs. P. Luce and F. D. Oliver were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hamilton of Cortland Thursday.

   Harvey Torrey and daughter Anna of Cincinnatus are visiting at F. G. Isaacs.

   Miss May Hall or Dryden is a guest at Dr. F. H. Forsbee's.

   Harry Taylor of Bridgeport, Conn., is at his grandfather's, Harry Hammond, for his summer vacation.

   The firebell sounded a false alarm Thursday. The fire companies promptly responded, the hose company going around the square and reaching the well in front of Dr. Hendrick's house in 2 minutes 7 seconds, and it took about three seconds to pump the well dry after the mud was removed.

CUYLER.

   CUYLER, June 24.—A barn on the Bronson farm just above the village and occupied by DeWitt Craft burned last night together with three tons of hay, twenty-five bushels of oats, wagons, harnesses and other things. Cause of fire unknown. It is reported that there was an insurance of $200 on the barn. The loss will be very bad for Mr. Craft as he had no insurance on his tools and grain.

   James Lake and wife of Union Valley visited at Hon. B. F. Lee's last week.

Also friends from Genoa spent a couple of days there.

   A large number of people from out of town were in town last Monday to visit the Northern Pacific car which was here on that day with specimens of the products of some of the western states.

   Mr. and Mrs. Turtle of Pitcher visited at George Angell's recently.

  The assessors are making their annual visit through town.

   Postmaster Coye and wife of Lincklaen called upon their daughter, Mrs. O. R. Barber, one day this week.

   Ed. Wright of Cortland was in town Wednesday.

   B. J. Keeney, son of H. W. Keeney, is home from Cazenovia for a short time.

   Henry Arnstein of New York was in town the first of the week.

   Miss Satie Crandall and Miss Lettie Wilber of East River visited friends in town a few days ago.

   Business called Ex-Supervisor Howes to Cortland last Friday.

   Constable George Bogardus was in Norwich last week as a witness of The People against Cook.

   W. H. Albro is moving and repairing his barn. H. B. Allen is doing the work.

   Rev. Mr. Mosier and wife entertained company from out of town last week.

   Malina, wife of Warren H. Morse, died at her home after a long and painful illness last Wednesday evening at the age of 65 years. All that kind and loving friends could do to prolong her life was done, but death had marked her for his own. A kind and loving husband, a large number of friends and relatives are left t o mourn her loss. She will be greatly missed by all her acquaintances and friends. The funeral was held at the house on Saturday last conducted by the Rev. W. Mosier in the presence of a large number of neighbors and friends. The bearers were Hon. H. P. Andrews, Hon. B. F. Lee, Postmaster Holmes and L. S. Barber. Undertaker Woodward of Truxton had charge of the remains. Burial in the village cemetery. The entire community extend their heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved husband and relatives in their great loss.