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| John Watson Foster. |
Cortland
Evening Standard, Thursday, December 16, 1897.
J. W. FOSTER
ON HAWAII.
Negotiator of the First Treaty Expresses His Views.
IS OUR
RIGHTFUL POSSESSION.
Unless
This Country Acts Quickly Some Other Nation Will Secure the Prize.
Island Autonomy
Is Nearly at an End—England or Japan.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Ex-Secretary of State
John W. Foster who, while a member of the Harrison cabinet, negotiated the
first treaty annexing Hawaii to the United States, and who has since visited
the islands and taken much interest in their acquisition, when asked as to the
status of the annexation question, said:
The opponents in congress of Hawaiian
annexation will not have disposed of the question by voting against and
defeating this measure. They must decide what shall be the policy and conduct
of the United States towards the islands for the future. Having refused the
application of the island government for incorporation into our Union, such an
act necessarily carries with it the right of the former to determine its own
political destiny, uninfluenced by considerations affecting the United States.
It is plain the islands cannot long maintain
their autonomy. The most threatening present danger is from Japan. That country
may be perfectly sincere in its declaration that it does not seek the
annexation of the islands, but the current of events, if not choked, will lead
inevitably to that result.
The operation of the existing immigration treaty,
as interpreted by Japan, will soon bring about the supremacy of the Japanese in
the islands. The authorities of the republic and the empire are now at issue as
to this treaty. It requires no prophet to foresee which construction of it will
prevail, if the islands are not annexed to the United States or some other power
does not interfere. But I do not think the islands will pass under the dominion
of Japan.
If the people of American origin now in control
of the government are rejected by congress they will, in my opinion, turn to their
kinsmen, the English and Canadians. They have learned from the colonial history
of Great Britain that wherever the British flag goes there follows equal
taxation, just and impartial administration of the laws, and honest and orderly
government.
While I have no information as to the purpose
of the present Hawaiian rulers, l feel sure that when it is finally determined that
they are not to be annexed to the united States, will lose no time in opening
negotiations with Great Britain, and the result of these negotiations will be neither
slow or uncertain.
NATIONAL
GUARD.
Steps
Will Be Taken For Its Reorganization—Commission Appointed.
ALBANY. Dec 16.—For several years there has
been talk of reorganizing the National Guard so that its form organization
would be more nearly like that of the United States army. Two successful National
Guard conventions have urged putting the guard on a more permanent basis by
having a major general to command the guard and make [one] division of the guard.
Adjutant general C. Whitney Tillinghas,
after a year of thought upon the subject and after 20 years of active service
in the guard, decided with the approval of the government to recommend the reorganization
upon the lines suggested, and has appointed a commission to meet in this city
Monday afternoon next to receive the suggestions and embody them in a bill to be
approved by the governor, and then submitted to the legislature.
The commission is a representative one and
consists of Colonel Frederick Phisterer, assistant adjutant general; Colonel
Samuel M. Welch of the Sixty-fifth regiment, Buffalo; Colonel Daniel Appleton of
the Seventh regiment, New York; Colonel W. W. Ladd, Jr., of Brooklyn, assistant
judge advocate general; Colonel McCoskry Butt of the Twelfth regiment, New
York; Captain Jacob W. Miller of the Naval militia; Lieutenant Colonel Ezra
DeForest of the Twenty-third regiment, Brooklyn; Major C. F. Roe of Squadron A,
New York, and Captain E. Goodjer of the Forty-fourth separate company, Utica.
The adjutant general will submit a proposed
form of reorganization which the commission will consider.
PAGE
TWO—EDITORIALS.
Leprosy.
Modern up-to-date physicians believe that
one of the mistakes of Moses was his diagnosis of the disease leprosy. They say
that other skin diseases were classed by the Hebrew lawgiver under the head of
leprosy, and that this ailment is really neither contagious nor incurable.
Medical science in our time is able to cope with the dread Biblical scourge.
The first elements of the cure are absolute cleanliness, plenty of bathing and
healthful and hygienic surroundings. Then the patient must have something to
occupy his mind agreeably. He must be given at once to understand that he can
be cured and that the future has hope for him, as for any other person. Leprosy
is a disease of vice and filth and unhygienic surroundings. Remove these all
and fill the patient's mind with moral purity and his body with physical
purity, and the cure is begun.
◘
It will be satisfactory at
length to learn the actual truth concerning the Armenian
massacres when the letters of Rev. Dr. George H. Hepworth to the New York
Herald begin to arrive. On the one hand correspondents have been writing for
several years of the savage massacres and unprovoked of Armenians by Turks. On
the other hand there have not been lacking those who said Armenians were not
behind the Turks in cruelty, killing Moslems and hatching plots for their
extermination. Dr. Hepworth can have no object in representing facts otherwise
than exactly as they are, and we shall now probably learn the truth.
◘
There are 50,000 Indians,
counting half breeds and all, in Indian Territory. Fully 200,000 white people have
settled there in spite of the best efforts of the United States government to
keep them out. The Indians gave them permission to live there, the red men
having been hitherto allowed jurisdiction over their own territory. It must be
said that many of these whites are no better than they ought to be and set
anything but a good Sunday school example to the Indians. Confusion reigns in
regard to government, social order and property ownership. The time has arrived
when the country ought to be regularly organized into a territory of the United
States, with a government under control of the national authority. The Indians
will have to become civilized men. No other future is possible to them.
Wants Santa Claus
to Find Him.
Mrs. Glenn A. Tisdale and daughter arrived
in Cortland to-day from Providence R. I., to spend the Holidays at the home of
Hon. and Mrs. W. D. Tisdale. Mr. Tisdale and son Glenn are expected Christmas
morning.
Glenn sent word to his grandmother that he
had been thinking it over and had concluded that he should be on the train
Christmas eve, and he didn't see how Santa Claus was going to find him, and he
was afraid he would be misled altogether unless his grandmother hang up a
stocking for him here in Cortland and tell Santa that he will be here in the
morning to find it. His grandmother has sent back word to the little fellow
that she will attend to hanging up the stocking and will get word to Santa
about his expected arrival, so that there will be no mistake.
The Lamp Exploded.
A large lamp in one of the windows of T. M.
Marks' bakery exploded Tuesday evening as he was trying to extinguish it
preparatory to closing the bakery for the night. The report was as loud as of a
gun. A quantity of finished laundry work lay on the window ledge below it
awaiting delivery, this being an uptown agency of the Palace Star laundry. Mr.
Marks rescued that unharmed, and in the meantime one of his curtains burned up.
Aside from the destruction of the curtain little damage was done.
CORTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ANNUAL ELECTION OF
OFFICERS HELD WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
All the Officers of Last Year Unanimously
Re-elected—Annual Report of Secretary Lane and Treasurer
Phelps—Team for Hook & Ladder Truck Needed.
The annual
election of officers of the Cortland fire department occurred last evening in
Fireman's hall and was entirely harmonious, all the officers of last year being
re-elected by a unanimous vote. The meeting was called to order by Chief A. J. Barber at 8 o'clock, and Secretary M. V.
Lane read his annual report, which appears below. Chief Barber gave a verbal
report recommending the overhauling of the fire alarm system, and also the
purchase of a team for use on the hook and ladder truck.
Treasurer
John H. Phelps gave his annual report, which showed that the receipts of the
year amounted to $567.50, and the disbursements $555.90, leaving a balance on
hand of $11.70.
The
department then proceeded to the election of officers and E. M. Eastman, L. J.
Dudley, T. N. Leach, J. D. Kiley and C. D. Seamans were chosen tellers. On
motion of A. M. Williamson, a single ballot was cast for the re-election of the
officers of last year as follows:
Chief—A. J.
Barber.
First
Assistant—George B. French.
Second
Assistant—H. P. Davis.
Secretary—M. V. Lane.
Treasurer—J. H. Phelps.
THE SECRETARY'S REPORT.
CORTLAND,
N. Y., Dec. 15, 1897.
To the
Officers and Members of C. F. D.:
GENTLEMEN—As your secretary for the year 1897, I would beg to submit for
your consideration the following report:
We can
again congratulate ourselves upon the prosperity of our department and the
substantial conditions of all things pertaining to the good and welfare and the
harmony among its members in contending with the one great enemy, fire. I
further congratulate you, gentlemen, upon the interest you take in your
department and you may rest assured that while such interest is manifested it
takes no prophet to foretell that our department is bound to succeed.
As a
soldier in years of service…as to love and esteem as a brother the comrades
with whom he touched elbows and shared dangers, so the same feeling must exist
in this department among those who handle the different apparatus for
extinguishing fires, if you would succeed in the noble work of the volunteer
firemen and add the true cause of fraternity, which should dwell among us.
Storm and sunshine, and danger beget fellowship for each other, and with each
other, that can be understood by few outside the ranks of the volunteer
firemen. History can be filled with the deeds of their sacrifices and then not
all would be told of the good and noble work of the volunteer firemen, heroes
who silently, single-handed and alone fight great battles on the plains of
human existence, whose only glory is in the consciousness of duty performed,
and the monuments of affection reared within the sacred precincts of "Home
Sweet Home."
We love to
read of the bravery upon the battlefield, and the undaunted hearts that know no
fear, but we should not forget that heroism of which many know but little, a
heroism where martial pride nor patriotism, where the swelling notes of music
nor comrades' praise and a nation's love, nor the example of devotion, nor
eulogy, nor monuments are present or anticipated, to [serve] the heroes of the
volunteer firemen. Let us think of the brave and true men who through storm and
through sunshine, through darkness and through light, with naught to cheer or thrill
them but the clang of the bell and the jar of wheels along rough pavements,
through fog and blinding storms, with piercing glance and cool and calculating
brain, with stout brave hearts and steady nerve, guide to fires their
apparatus.
The board of
engineers has held during the past year eleven regular and six special meetings
with an average attendance of 9.2.
Shortly
after our last election the board received and accepted with regret the
resignation of Chief Arnold, and after giving the matter due consideration,
elected your present chief, Mr. Barber, to fill vacancy, and I am proud to say
that he has discharged the several
duties pertaining to that office in a manner that reflects credit both upon
himself and upon the organization.
Within the
past year there has been organized what is known as a fire patrol made up of an
equal representation from each of the several companies together with the board
of engineers, to take the place of Protective Police, No. 5, which was
disbanded by the city fathers on Feb. 8.
The board
has stood as a unit on all questions pertaining to the good and welfare of the
department and especially in promoting that harmony which has played so
prominent a part for the past year.
The board attended the state convention
held at Schenectady in August and all seemed well pleased with the entertainment
received while on the trip. The department was ably represented at this convention
by Chief A. J. Barber and at the Central New York convention by First Assistant
J. B. French.
The annual
parade and inspection of the department was held Aug. 21, each of the companies
being represented by nearly full membership which presented a good appearance.
The numeral
strength of the department at this date is as follows:
Water Witch
Steamer & Hose, No. 1, 33.
Orris Hose
Co., No. 2, 30.
Excelsior
Hook & Ladder Co.,
No. 3, 38.
Emerald
Hose Co., No. 4, 30.
Hitchcock
Hose Co., No. 6, 30.
Making a
total of 161.
This shows
a loss of forty-eight members which may be attributed to the disbandment of the
Protective Police. The following alarms have been responded to since our last
annual meeting:
Jan. 4,
1:40 A. M., Box 333, fire in basement of dry goods store occupied by G. J. Mager & Co. in
Schermerhorn block. The department responded promptly and did valiant work
considering the great disadvantage they had in locating the fire, great clouds
of smoke confronting the firemen which made it almost impossible to enter the
building. Your secretary was unable to find the cause of the fire, but it was
supposed to have originated in a pile of boxes near the furnace.
Besides the
damage to the Shermerhorn block which amounted in round numbers to $2,000,
other tenants in the block suffered as follows:
G. J. Mager
& Co., Dry Goods, $15,000.
Bingham
Bros. & Miller, Clothing, $1,800.
E. E.
Mellon, Law Library, $400.
Edwin
Duffey, Law Library, $300.
John L.
Lewis Lodgerooms, Furnishings, $600.
Edgcomb
& Maritt, Goods, $40.
Hyatt &
Tooks, Goods, $25.
Damage to
block, $2,000.
Covered by
insurance, $20,265.
Jan. 14,
3:40 P. M., Box 333, fire in parsonage of First Methodist church occupied by
the pastor, Rev. O. A. Houghton, D. D. The department was quickly on the scene,
but their services were not needed, the fire being extinguished by a few pails
of water. The fire was caused by emptying charcoal ashes in a wooden box, not
noticing any fire in them. The damage to building amounted to $50, covered by
insurance.
May 8, 2:45
P. M., Box 232, corner Main-st. and Maple-ave. was rung in, fire in barn
belonging to parochial residence. The department responded promptly and did
good work in keeping the flames from spreading to adjoining property. Chief
Barber was one of the first on the scene and rescued a valuable horse from the
burning building which a moment before seemed doomed to death. Building and
part of contents destroyed. Loss about $300. Covered by insurance.
May 8.
Hardly had the companies returned to their quarters when an alarm from this
same box was turned in. A spark from the burning building had blown and ignited
the roof of John Garrity's
house, which was soon extinguished by a few pails of water. Loss $5 covered
by insurance.
May 18,
7:19 P. M., Box 332, D., L. & W. R. R. station. Trial Alarm. The chief had
arranged a barrel of straw in the street to represent a fire and the time of
the different companies was as follows:
Emerald
hose, 2.30.
Hitchcock
hose. 2.45.
Orris hose,
3.00.
Water
Witch. 3.30.
Hook &
Ladder, 6.00.
The Hook
& Ladder, not being provided with a team, caused a delay of at least four
minutes.
June 14,
ll:45 A. M., Box 333 was turned in, fire was discovered in driveway in rear of
Stowell's store, caused by a lighted match being thrown in a pile of straw. A
single stream of water quickly subdued the flames, no damage done.
Aug. 20.
8:30 A. M., Box 233 was rung in for a fire on Floral-ave. in a barn belonging to
Joseph Hubbard. The location was beyond the reach of the waterworks, thereby
handicapping the department. A bucket brigade, however, succeeded in saving the adjoining property. Barn a total loss,
valued at $125 with no insurance.
Aug. 22,
5:20 A. M., Box 124, fire in dwelling house, 100 Tompkins-st. owned and occupied
by M. H. Bosworth. The department was quickly on the scene, but the fire had
made good headway before their arrival. They, however, succeeded in saving the
building and some of the goods from total loss. The origin of the fire is not
known, but supposed to have caught from the kitchen stove. Loss $2,400, covered
by insurance.
Oct. 11, 7
P. M., Box 333 being pulled to respond to a call for assistance in McLean.
Companies 1 and 2 with the steamer were ordered to the L. V. station, when a
special [train] was made up that covered the distance in seven minutes. The
work done was fully appreciated by the McLean people.
Oct. 25, [2
P. M.], Box 124, corner Union and Owego-sta., fire in a pile of rubbish in rear
of Mrs. Linn's house on Railway-ave., which someone saw and thinking it to be
serious turned in an alarm. No damage done.
Dec. 10.,
[9:20 P. M.], Box 213, corner Homer and Groton-aves., fire in dry room of
domestic laundry owned and operated by John S. Stuart. The department was
quickly on hand and soon extinguished the flames. The cause of the fire is a
mystery, as Mr. Stuart claimed that no fire had been used in the building for
forty-eight hours previous. Loss about $50. Covered by insurance.
Dec. 11,
4:20 P. M., Box 232 rung in for a fire in dwelling house, 53 North Main-st. owned and occupied by B. A. Benedict. The
department responded, but found it to be only a chimney burning out.
This ends
our fire record for the year. Total alarms, 12; trial alarms, 1. Alarms where
the services of the department were not needed 3, making but eight actual fires
that the department has had to fight during the year. Total loss by fire for
year, $22,895; loss above insurance, $125.
As I go
through the fire record of 1897 I find that the Hook & Ladder
company have been continually handicapped in not having a [horse] team always
in readiness to haul that very important piece of apparatus to the fire, and
would suggest that the next board of engineers prevail upon the trustees of the
village to make some arrangements whereby a team can be kept in the enginehouse
[sic] that will at all times be ready to respond in a moment's notice to the
call of fire. With this suggestion carried to a successful issue it is safe to
say that we have a department that stands second to none of any city of its
size in the state.
In
conclusion, I desire to say that my relations with the members of the board and
of the different companies have at all times been most pleasant. The desire to
co-operate for the good and welfare of the department has at all times been
manifest, and for the kind and courteous treatment received from all with whom
I have had duties to perform, I am sincerely thankful. With the best wishes for
the success and harmony of the department, I am,
Fraternally
yours,
M. V. LANE,
Secretary,
C. F. D., 1897.
BREVITIES.
—The police
blotter was blank this morning.
—The final
rhetoricals of the term occur at Normal hall on Friday afternoon.
—Palmer
& Co.'s department store has been connected with the telephone exchange.
—The Loyal
circle of King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. Coburn, 50 Union-st., Friday,
Dec. 16, at 2:30 P. M.
—Twenty-five
couples attended the party given by the St. Vitus club last evening. The next party
occurs on New Year's eve.
—New
display advertisements to-day are—Dey Bros. & Co., Christmas Goods, page 7; Geo. P. Rowell &
Co., Good Man Wanted, page 6; F. R. Brogden, Cough Cordial, page 8.
—The
funeral of Mrs. Catharine L. Jagger will be held from her late residence, 17
Reynolds-ave., Friday at 11:30 A. M.
and the remains will be taken on the 1:40 P. M. train to Dryden for burial.
—The
rehearsal of the Choral society last night was a most excellent one and promises
well for the concert to be given by that organization at the Opera House to-morrow
night for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A.
—In police
court this morning the cases of the two boys, Edward Crosier and Glenn Bowker,
charged with breaking into Pierce's candy store and of Cora Phillips, charged
with larceny, were adjourned to Saturday.
—The
members of the family of B. W. Gridley, 158 Port Watson-st., were suddenly
taken ill during Tuesday night, and in the morning were hardly able to rise. It
is supposed that the illness was caused from escaping coal gas.
—The Choral
society was very much disappointed last evening at their last rehearsal to
learn that Mrs. G. H. Smith, their accompanist, had suffered an acute attack of
bronchitis and in all probability would not be able to play at the concert Friday
evening.
—On
Saturday afternoon, Dec. 18, at 3 o'clock there will be a meeting at the hospital
of the advisory board and the board of managers of the Hospital association. Important
matters will be under consideration and it is hoped there will be a full
attendance of the members of both boards.
—George A.
Brockway of Homer has made a proposition to the Homer board of trustees to
furnish electric lights for that village at the same price as paid at present,
30 cents per light. He asks a twenty-five year franchise and a five-year
contract. He has power enough at the Brockway carriage works to furnish the lights.
—The STANDARD
is indebted to Comrade L. P. Norton of Homer for a copy of the proceedings of
the thirty-sixth annual reunion of the Tenth New York Cavalry which was held at
Buffalo Aug. 23, 24 and 25. At this meeting Mark Brownell of Cortland was
elected colonel, and L. P. Norton of Homer adjutant for the coming year.
—The
lecture by Mr. Charles H. Fraser in the Normal course at the Opera House, the
Ladles' night entertainment at the Tioughnioga club, the final rehearsal of the
Choral society of over 100 voices, the large and enjoyable party of the St.
Vitus club at Taylor hall, and the evangelistic meetings at the First M. E.
church were some of the attractions of last night, which made the evening a
particularly full one.
—Mr.
Charles H. Fraser, who lectured at the Opera House in the Normal course last
night, is the next neighbor at Lake Geneva. Wis., of Mrs. L. D. Hughitt, formerly
of Cortland, and the two families are very intimate. Mr. Fraser said that his
first intimation that the lecture bureau had booked him for Cortland was when
Mrs. Hughitt came to his house and showed him her copy of the Cortland STANDARD
with the advance notice of the full course.
—There will
be a full meeting of the entire Y. M. C. A. comprising all members of the men's
department who are 16 years of age and over, and also of the Woman's Auxiliary
at the Y. M. C. A. rooms Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. The junior department
comprising members under 16 years will come from 3 to 5 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. The purpose of the meeting is to make preparations for the coming
membership contest, and after the business meeting there will be a molasses candy
pull in the gymnasium. A competent candymaker will be in charge.
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| Fast mail train at Cincinnatus, N. Y. |
REACHED EAST FREETOWN.
The Erie & Central New York
R. R. Pushing Toward Cincinnatus.
The Erie
& Central New York R. R. is being pushed on hard toward Cincinnatus, N. Y. Yesterday
East Freetown was reached and passed. When the last rail was laid which brought
the track up to the railroad station at that place Postmaster Philander D.
Grant, whom Contractor Coffin has always called Mayor Grant, was on hand and
fired a salute with a 22-calibre
revolver. Last night Superintendent of Construction Shannahan sent the
following telegram:
J. W.
Coffin, New Brighton. Staten Island:
East
Freetown to-night. Mayor Grant fired a salute. He sends congratulations.
SHANNAHAN.
The ties are
scattered along far beyond East Freetown and tracklaying is being pushed as
rapidly as the weather will permit. As soon as a switch can be put in at East
Freetown, which will be in the course of a few days, regular trains will run to
that place instead of stopping at Solon. Already there is a considerable amount
of freight at both ends of the line waiting to be transferred to and from East
Freetown.
Now it is
"On to Cincinnatus."
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