Cortland
Evening Standard, Wednesday, October 20, 1897.
HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION.
Senator
Morgan Enthusiastic Over the Scheme.
RETURNS
FROM THE ISLANDS.
Only a
Question of Time Before They Become a Part of the United
States
and the Sooner the Better—Favored by the Natives.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.—Senator Morgan and
his daughters, and F. H. Hatch, the new minister from Hawaii, were among the
passengers who arrived from Honolulu on the steamship Belgic.
Senator Morgan expressed himself as well
pleased with what he saw and the manner in which he was entertained while on
the islands. He is more than ever enthusiastic on the subject of annexation and
intimated that Hawaii may become a part of this country before the close of this
coming year.
He says: "Hawaii is certainly going to
be a state, but whether it will be at the time of its annexation or later
remains to be seen.
"Should it be annexed as a territory, the
Hawaiian commissioners will recommend that the islands be admitted to statehood
and a special act of congress would undoubtedly follow.
"I have favored annexation from the beginning,
but I was surprised upon investigating the matter to find that the arguments in
favor of the movement had been underestimated. In my opinion Hawaii is
absolutely indispensable to the United States and we must have those islands.
"The only opposition found was that of
a few royalists who have no weight over there, and for the most part are
royalists for revenue only."
Senator and Misses Morgan will leave here
for their home at Selma, Ala., in a few days.
ADMIRAL
WORDEN'S FUNERAL.
Honorary
Pall Bearers Were Men of Prominence—Flag's at Half-Mast.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The funeral of the late
Rear Admiral John L. Worden occurred at St. John's Episcopal church. The
honorary pall bearers were Secretary of the Navy John D. Long, General Nelson
A. Miles, Justice Horace Gray, Judge J. C. Bancroft-Davis, Admiral Franklin,
General J. G. Parke, Judge John Davis and Colonel Archibald Hopkins.
President McKinley and the cabinet attended
the services.
The remains were taken to Pawlings, N. Y.,
for burial.
Secretary Long issued an order making known
to the navy the death of Rear Admiral Worden. The order recites the naval
services of the officer, and as a mark of respect to his memory directs that
the flag be displayed at half-mast at all navy yards and stations and on board
all ships in commission on the day after the receipt of the order and that 13
minute guns be fired at noon.
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| Charity Hospital, New Orleans. |
INCREASE
IN THE FEVER.
Largest
Day's Report of New Patients, Four Deaths.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20.—Fifty-six new cases of
yellow fever and four deaths were reported.
Those who hoped the fever was on the wane
are disappointed.
Cases are being reported from all sections
of the city. It is possible that some cases are being hidden.
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| Walter Wyman, M. D. |
Fever
Bulletin.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Reports to Surgeon
General Wyman show yellow fever cases as follows:
Edwards, Miss., four cases.
Clinton, Miss., four cases.
Scranton, Miss., seven cases.
Pascagoula, one case.
Montgomery, Ala., four known cases and
probably more.
Yellow
Fever Guards.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The continued spread of
yellow fever necessitates many additional employes in the Marine hospital
service. The treasury has appropriated money for 34 assistant surgeons and 58
guards to do duty in the yellow fever section and on the borders of the states
where the disease may spread.
Floatation
Depopulated.
MOBILE, Oct. 20.—The sixth week of the fever
begins with five new cases, no deaths and 11 recoveries.
The temperature is steadily falling and the
weather is chilly.
The little town of Flomation is depopulated.
There were about 200 inhabitants.
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| Pink line shows E. & C. N. Y. R. R. between Cortland and Cincinnatus, N. Y. Solon is midway. |
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| Historic Hathaway House, Solon, N. Y. |
THE
SOLON EXCURSION.
Large
Crowd Takes a Ride on the First Train to That Place.
The E. & C. N. Y. R. R. was yesterday opened
to Solon and this fact was made the occasion of a grand excursion from Cortland
and McGrawville. The distance is eight miles—just half way to the mouth of Gee
brook, which will this fall be the terminus of the road.
Three trains were run, leaving Cortland at
12:30, 2:30 and 4:30 P. M. and altogether 645 passengers enjoyed the ride. The
day was perfect in all particulars. The road bed is in far better condition
than would have been imagined for a road so new. The train moved along at a
rapid rate. Conductor Benson was on hand resplendent in his new uniform, presented
by Contractor Bundy.
There was to have been speechmaking under
the leadership of Hon. James Dougherty,
but George Stevens' clams were so good that everybody went at once to the
tables and the other matters got forgotten.
Miss Elizabeth Hathaway very kindly opened
her beautiful home to about a hundred of her friends, and the courtesy was
highly appreciated, affording to many as it did for the first time the opportunity
of seeing her rare gallery of celebrated paintings and choice collection of
curios gathered from the remotest corners of the world.
Taken altogether the day was a great success
from the railroad's point of view.
CONFERENCE
APPOINTMENTS.
Dr.
Houghton Returns, but Rev. J. C. B. Moyer Comes to the Homer-ave. Church.
The central New York conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church adjourned last night to meet next year at the State-st. church
in Ithaca. One of the last matters reached in the session was the announcement
of the appointments by Bishop Walden. The appointments of the Cazenovia
district are as follows:
Presiding Elder—M. P. Blakeslee.
Bennett's Corners and Oneida Indian Mission
(supply)—J. C. Crowther.
Canastota—J. E. Rhodes.
Cazenovia—T. R. Green.
Chittenango— A. J. Saxe.
Cincinnatus—P. D. Perkins.
Clockville (supply)—G. C. Hillman.
Cortland, First church—O. A. Houghton; Homer-ave.—J.
C. B. Moyer.
Cuyler and Keeney's Settlement—W. G. Reed.
DeRuyter—George W. Rosenberry.
Dryden and McLean—C. W. Walker.
East Homer (supply)—Paul Allen.
Eaton—S. S. Pratt.
Fayetteville—W. H. Yard.
Fabius and Delphi—V. S. Britten.
Freetown (supply)—L. F. Rayfield.
Freeville and West Dryden—J. B. Rogers.
Georgetown—J. N. Eberly.
Groton and Peruville—E. S. Annable.
Kirkville (supply )—E. Acker.
Locke (supply )—D. S. Anderson.
Maulius—M. J. Wells.
McGrawville—W. P. Garrett.
Moravia—H. L. Rixon and L. C. Queal.
Morrisville— E. D. Face.
Nelson
and Erieville—A. W. Batty.
New Woodstock—J. F. Pearse.
North Pitcher (supply )—G. E. Robbins
Oneida—W. G. Giles.
Perryville—T. F. Harris.
Peterboro and Pratts—J. E. Showers.
Preble—A. C. Smith.
Scott— Louis Heinmiller.
Stockbridge—W. S. Lyon.
Summit Station— H. F. Hill.
Taylor and Union Valley—E. E. Benson.
Truxton—E. J. Lavis.
Tully—Eli Pittman.
Varna— F. H. Dickerson.
Virgil—B. Franklin.
West Eaton—E. A. Peck.
C. C. Wilbor, president of Cazenovia seminary,
member Cazenovia quarterly conference.
Rev. Edmund B. Gearhart, who has for the
past year been the pastor of the
Homer-ave.
M. E. church, leaves the ministry to go into another field of activity. This
announcement was received with surprise and regret by the members of that
church and congregation, who had expected his return for another year. He was
even at the parsonage this morning, when he said he did not care to discuss the
matter further than to say that circumstances rendered it necessary for him to
avail himself of an offer of a lucrative position with a life insurance
company, and he will be located at Syracuse, to which city he will remove his
family at once.
During his residence in Cortland, he has
made many friends among all classes of people. Among his own church people he
was universally loved and respected both in and out of the pulpit, and all were
confidently expecting his return. The official board at its last meeting,
recognizing his worth and ability, unanimously adopted resolutions asking for his
return another year.
Rev. J. C. B. Moyer, who is appointed to the
pastorate of the Homer-ave. church comes from Wolcott, where he has served for
four years and where he has greatly endeared himself to the people of his
church and earned the regard of all the inhabitants of the place. He is a man
in the prime of life and is said to be an eloquent and earnest preacher.
Rev. C. E. Hamilton, a former pastor of the
Homer-ave. M. E. church, in writing to Maj. A. Sager, says of the newly appointed
pastor: "I have known Brother Moyer intimately for seventeen years. I
could not be better pleased
for you. I can truly say that you will find all any church has a right to
expect in him. He is in every way a man of fine abilities and will lead you to
certain victory. All approve the appointment."
It will be a source of much gratification, not
only to the members and attendants of the First M. E. church, but to the
community at large that Dr. Houghton is returned to the pastorate of that
church. During his residence in Cortland he has won the regard and approval of
all. His scholarly attainments, his forcible and convincing preaching, his
earnest Christian character, his genial and kindly nature and disposition have
all contributed to make him almost a model pastor.
Among the appointments in other places in
which Cortland people will feel a special interest are the following:
Rev. Liston H. Pearce, D. D., is continued as
presiding elder of the Geneva district.
Rev. E. J. Brooker, formerly of McGrawville,
returns to Horseheads, N. Y.
Rev. M. S. Wells, formerly of the Homer-ave.
church in Cortland, last year at Manlius, goes to Savannah.
Rev. D. D. Campbell, D. D., formerly of
Cortland, is returned to Canandaigua.
Rev. E. A. Huntington, last year of Truxton,
goes to Potter and Yatesville.
Committed
to Binghamton [State Hospital].
County Judge J. E. Eggleston to-day made an
order committing Peter Dowd, an aged farmer residing about three miles west of
Cortland, and Robert Oliver, a 13-year-old boy of McGrawville, to the Binghamton
State hospital. Each was declared insane upon examination, the former by Drs.
E. A. Didama and H. T. Dana, and the latter by Drs. M. R. Smith and P. M. Neary.
They will be taken to Binghamton the latter part of the week.
BREVITIES.
—A regular meeting of Grover post, No. 98,
G. A. R., will be held to-night at 7:30
o'clock.
—New display advertisements to-day are—H. J.
Howe, Christmas is Coming, page 6; Kellogg & Curtis, Great Ten Days' Sale, page 6.
—The new iron fence that is to surmount the
coping that surrounds the soldiers' monument has arrived and is being put in
place. It presents a very neat appearance.
—Mr. Thomas Reagan bought the first ticket
sold from Cortland to Solon over the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. He made arrangements to keep the ticket and is going
to have it framed and hang it up among a collection of souvenirs which he has.
—Edward Green of Stratford, cousin of H. H.
Robbins and Ed Robbins of
Cortland,
about a week ago shot a deer at the place in the Adirondacks where the Cortland
party spent a couple of weeks hunting this summer. Next morning Mr. Green shot
two bears in succession at the same place.
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