Cortland
Evening Standard, Saturday, July 24, 1897.
THE BUTTERINE WAR.
Kansas, the old fighting ground between
slavery and anti-slavery, has had a war of one kind or another on her hands
almost ever since the days of John Brown. There is just now a fight before her
that threatens to be the hottest since the closing of the political campaign.
It is the contest for and against butterine.
Imitation butter has been practically ruled
out of most of the populist states of the Union except Indiana and Kansas. Its
manufacture and sale forced down the price of real butter till farmers and
creamery men declared they could no longer make a fair living. The "hog
butter" product however, did one good thing. It compelled the farmers and
creamery men to put upon the market better genuine butter than they had ever
made before, and for that we, the consumers, are grateful.
The greatest imitation butter factories in
the world were at Chicago and were owned by Armour & Co. The Illinois
legislature at its last session enacted a law that butterine should not any
longer be colored in imitation of butter. It might be tinted London purple or
rose color or Paris green or azure blue, but butter color, no.
This law ruined the butterine trade in
Illinois. It was only because it looked like real butter that it could be sold
at all. In its natural state the article resembles in appearance mutton tallow.
No human creature would put such stuff upon his bread, no matter how wholesome
it was. The great butterine makers of Illinois closed down their factories.
It is now announced that they will start up
in Kansas. A desperate fight will be made against them by the farmers, dairymen
and creamery men of the state. They are exceedingly well organized and will
work through the machinery of the National Dairy union, of which ex-Governor
Hoard of Wisconsin is president. He is largely to be credited with bringing
about the compact fighting trim of the Dairy union.
The battle for and against the imitation
butter is to be made in the Kansas legislature, which will be asked to pass
laws against the imitation butter similar to those of other states, The
butterine manufacturers might have more hope of success only for one thing:
they are the men who belong to the great beef buying and slaughtering trust.
Under their fine manipulation Kansas farmers have witnessed the curious
phenomenon of beef cattle going down, down in price, while dressed beef went at
the same time up and up. Because of this the farmers of Kansas, whose live
stock interests are very important, have no love for the butterine men and
these need expect little mercy at their hands.
The following appeared in the Cortland Democrat
of yesterday:
BUSINESS GALORE.
HOTEL
KREMLIN IS SOON TO BE GREATLY ENLARGED.
Proprietor
Carns Has Been Unable to Accommodate His Guests and Forty Rooms
Will Soon be Added—May Embrace Day's Hotel on Railroad-st.
Since the Hotel Kremlin was opened last
fall, business has steadily increased and it has been apparent for some time that
larger quarters are needed. Guests are frequently compelled to take rooms outside
the hotel. The owners of the building, Messrs. Wickwire Bros., are fully
determined to add forty new rooms which Mr. Carns wants and the matter has been
placed in the hands of an architect who will submit plans this week. Another
floor may be added and a modern elevator put in, or connection may be made through
to Railroad-st. with what was formerly Day's hotel. Should this be done a
handsome entrance will be arranged on this street and the lower floor rooms
would be converted into samplerooms, while the others would be as handsomely
finished and furnished as the others in The Kremlin. Whatever changes are
decided upon, the work will soon be commenced.
We crave the most humble pardon of the
Cortland STANDARD for publishing this bit of news before first seeing it in their
columns, as we understand, by their own assertions, that they always publish all news first. We have been aware of the
facts for about a month, but it seemed useless to wait longer for them to
publish it, so here it is and there can be little harm in our using it now, for
they will probably hear of the proposed changes soon, at least, when work is
begun.
The "pardon" which The Democrat craves
from The STANDARD is most cheerfully and cordially granted. In fact it will
never be necessary for The Democrat even to ask our pardon for publishing such
"news" as the above before it appears in The STANDARD. The pardon may
be considered granted before it is asked, for The STANDARD never means to publish
"news" of this character, either before or after or at the same time
with any enterprising contemporary.
The so-called "news" is simply a
fake. A rumor of this kind reached us a month or more ago and our
representative at once called on Mr. Theodore H. Wickwire to ask him for
particulars. Mr. Wickwire declared that there was nothing in the rumor and that
he and his brother had put all the money in The Kremlin for the present that
they proposed to. When The Democrat's item appeared, a STANDARD reporter again called
on Mr. Wickwire, and received substantially the same answer as before. Mr.
Wickwire said he had been called on by a Democrat reporter a few days previous,
and had told him that he knew nothing about the matter, and then jokingly said
to him that he had better see the architect and carpenter, as they might be
able to give more information than he could. No architect or carpenter has been
employed, so Mr. Wickwire assured our representative, and no changes are in
contemplation.
It's an unwise hen that cackles before the
egg is laid, and an unwise reporter who follows such an unwise hen's example.
No, The Democrat need not crave The STANDARD'S pardon—but it might perhaps be
well to ask the pardon of the public for working off fake news on it.
WIND AND LIGHTNING.
New York
Sees a Vivid Display of Electricity.
MANY
BUILDINGS WERE STRUCK.
Telegraph
and Telephone Wires Blown Down and Communication Closed Off
—Flagstaffs Were a Mark. Many Walls Blown Down.
NEW YORK, July 24.—A deluge of rain, accompanied
by a hurricane of wind and a vivid display of lightning, fell in this city. The
storm lasted for about an hour, doing considerable damage to property. Shade
trees along the avenues and side streets were blown down, and in some instances
travel was delayed by the obstructions.
Telegraph and telephone wires were blown down
in many places and for a time communications with other cities were seriously
interrupted.
Thirty feet of the east wall of the new building
on West One Hundred and Twenty-third street was blown down and 15 workmen in
the place narrowly escaped being buried under the falling brick.
One of the granite blocks forming part of
the pedestal under the figures of the apex of the tower of the New York Life building
on lower Broadway was cracked by a bolt of
lightning.
As the storm was abating there came a vivid
flash of lightning, instantly followed by a loud detonation. One of the forks
from the coppery flame struck the flag pole which surmounts the Manhattan Trust
building at Wall and Nassau streets. The bolt was observed by a number of
people in the adjoining buildings.
The flash shattered the metal ball, followed
the pole to the roof and then seemed to go off into space. The occupants of the
building were pretty well frightened. The course of the lightning was marked by
a spiral groove which was made in the immense flag pole.
The second flag pole on the top of the Bank
of Commerce building, corner Nassau and Cedar streets, were shattered by another
shaft of lightning.
TANK ON
ROOF BURST.
Water
Crushed Skylight and Several Employes [sic] Were Injured.
NEW YORK, July 24.—A water tank with a
capacity of about 3,000 gallons on the roof of Horton's ice cream factory at
115 Park row, burst, letting down a perfect flood of water on the glass
skylight at the first floor. A dozen men were at work in the cellar below when
the weight of the water crushed the skylight.
The broken glass, with a heavy wire netting,
placed over it for protection, fell on the men before they could get out of the
way.
Patrick Clark received numerous cuts on the
head, face, arms, hands and neck.
Antonio Daly had his scalp cut open by a
large piece of glass and contusions about the arms and head.
Antonio Profundo was also badly cut.
The injured men were taken to Hudson street
house of relief in one of the delivery wagons. After Dr. Catherwood had dressed
and sewed up their wounds they were taken home by friends.
BOLTS OF
LIGHTNING.
A House
on Main Street and a Patrol Box Containing a Patrolman Struck.
BUFFALO, July 24.—Lightning struck the 2 1/2-story
frame building, 3285 Main street, owned and occupied by George Wolf. The entire
attic of the house was burned, and considerable damage was done to the building
by water.
Lightning struck patrol box 57, corner of
Hampshire and Grant streets.
Patrolman Cofield of the Fifth precinct was
in the box at the time and received a slight shock. The glass in the box was broken
and the telephone fixtures were slightly damaged.
The current went to the ground and crossed
the street to the house, 345 Hampshire street, occupied by William Pottinger, and
tore shingles from the roof and clapboards from the side of the building. A
large piece of plaster was also torn off the house.
Rain Fell
In Sheets.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., July 24.—An electrical
storm of almost unprecedented fury swept over this city. Rain fell in sheets
for 30 minutes, accompanied by hailstones, some of which measured seven-eighths
of an inch in diameter. Considerable damage by lightning is reported throughout
the city.
Lightning
Struck New Armory.
TONAWANDA, N. Y., July 24.—The big tower on
the Twenty-fifth Separate company's new armory was struck by lightning. A
portion of the stone work on the peak of the tower was demolished and three
rows of brick torn off. A large ball of fire was seen to descend and explode on
the ground at the base of the tower.
Damaged
by Lightning.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., July 24.—During the
prevailance [sic] of a heavy rain and thunderstorm the powder magazine at the
Empire, operated by the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal company, was struck by
lightning.
A terrific explosion followed. The building
was shattered and the force of the explosion was so great that it shook the
foundation of nearly every dwelling in Wilkes-Barre.
There were about 20 tons of powder stored in
the building.
No one was in the place at the time, but
John Higgins, who was driving by just as the explosion occurred, was instantly killed
by flying debris.
Two
Thousand Miners Strike.
ALTOONA, July 24.—All the coal mines but one
in the Northern Cambria region, which includes the openings along the Susquehanna
extension of the Cresson and Clearfield railroad, have closed down, the men,
about 2,000 in number, going out on strike.
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| Samuel Gompers. |
Gompers'
Assistance Asked.
FAIRMOUNT, W. Va., July 24.—M. D. Ratchford,
president of the United Workers of America, telegraphed an urgent request to
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, to come to West
Virginia and help get the miners out. Peaceable assemblage had been forbidden,
he said, and free speech suppressed.
"A crisis," wired he, "is
upon us which must be met if we would escape total slavery. The great mining
strike now extends over five states; 150,000 miners and their families, almost
1,000,000 souls, are involved."
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| Grip's Historical Souvenir, page 163. |
Six
O'clock Tea.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Purvis very pleasantly
entertained about thirty of their friends at an elaborate 6 o'clock tea at
their home, 19 Union-st., last evening. The arrangements were in charge of Mrs.
Purvis herself, assisted by Caterer E. E. Price. The tables presented a very
tasty and tempting appearance, the decorations consisting of poppies, pink and white
carnations and sweet peas. During the evening the guess were favored with
selections of both vocal and instrumental music by Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Beckwith
of Sag Harbor and Mrs. George H. Smith of Cortland.
Those present included: Dr. and Mrs. E. B.
Nash, Dr. and Mrs. Houghton, Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
McFall, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Carley, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Dye, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Bouton, Mr. Archibald L. Bouton, Dr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
Cole, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Lucas, Miss Jagger, Mrs. Sarah T. Tanner, Mrs. Julia
E. Hyatt, Mr. Louis McKellar and Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Beckwith of Sag Harbor.
BREVITIES.
—Ice
cream and cake will be served at the W. C. T. U. rooms this evening.
—The [bicycle] cinder path is entirely
completed from Homer to Little York and is now ready for use.
—Rev. Adelbert Chapman will preach at the
union service at the Congregational church to-morrow evening.
—The annual meeting of the Cortland County
Veterans' association is to be held at McGrawville on Aug. 5.
—Mr. E. L. Phelps had the misfortune to have one of his horses badly injured on a
wire fence one day last week.
—Owing to the absence of the pastor, Rev.
Amos Watkins, there will be no
services
at Grace church to-morrow.
—Rev. Henry E. Hubbard has resigned as
pastor of St. John's church at Chenango Forks. It is thought that he may be called
to Greene.—Whitney Point Reporter.
—Mrs. L. T. White, while driving on Homer-ave.
last evening, was thrown from her carriage by reason of the horse shying at a
passing car. No injuries were sustained.
—Several Cortland people attended an ice cream
social given in the schoolhouse in the Kinney district last evening. The amount
realized was $10, which will be used in the purchase of library books.
—Rev. Dr. Curtis of Binghamton will preach
in the Universalist church to-morrow morning and evening in exchange with the
pastor. The Y. P. C. U. meeting at 6:30 P.M. will be a rally meeting and a
large attendance is desired.
—Every dollar of gold in the world has coat
over $2, and of every 50,000 gold mines in the world only two have paid. These
are statistics which ought to stagger even a person who is getting ready to go
to Alaska.—Baltimore American.
—The Groton Bridge Co. have just closed a
contract for a large iron bridge at Watertown. The bridge has a span of 166 feet
with a roadway 26 feet wide. Nine
companies were represented and the bids ranged from $8,175 to $10,242. The
contract was closed at $9,839.
Twenty-one fresh air children from the St.
Vincent de Paul Society of New
York
arrived in Cortland at 6 o'clock this morning and were assigned to Catholic families
in the village. There are twelve girls and nine boys, ranging from 6 to 12
years of age, and they will remain about two weeks.
—Rev. Oscar Blakeslee Hitchcock of Danby, N.
Y., who died a few weeks ago, bequeathed to the trustees of Cornell university real
and personal property valued at about $35,000. The residue of the estate is
bequeathed to Union college, Schenectady, N. Y. He was a graduate of Union
college class of '52.
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