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| Major General Wesley Merritt. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, October 4, 1898.
OUR DEMANDS MADE KNOWN.
Highly Important Session of the Peace Commissioners.
AN ADJOURNMENT TAKEN.
First Consultation With the Government at Madrid.
PARIS, Oct. 4.—The peace commissioners have adjourned to meet at 2 o'clock next Friday afternoon, such interval being desirable and necessary to allow separate consideration by each commission of matters requiring such course before being presented to the joint commission. The interval will thus be filled with work by each commission, the ultimate results so being facilitated.
The secretary of the Spanish commission has arrived and the interval will also be employed by the secretaries jointly in maturing plans for the work and procedure.
While it is the general impression that the last meeting was again devoted to preliminaries and that the adjournment to Friday was taken only to enable the secretaries to draw up a schedule of work, it has been learned that the session was highly important, and that the Americans have made a demand of such character that the Spaniards found it necessary to ask for an adjournment in order to enable them to consult with the government at Madrid.
It is believed that the question concerns the Philippines, and it is known that the Americans are highly pleased at having so soon reached what they consider a very important phase of the negotiations, and consider the two sessions thus far held as very satisfactory to America.
While the American commissioners were at luncheon General Merritt called at their hotel, but he did not wait to see them. He will call again to meet the members of the commission.
The Spanish and American commissioners will be received by President Faure. General Merritt will accompany the Americans to this function which will be held at the Palais de Elysee.
The opinion is now held that the work of the commissioners may be finished within a month from the present time. The fact that a member of the commission expressed the belief that the work would be completed within a month indicates a happy frame of mind.
In the Spanish camp great hopes are built on what they believe General Merritt will advise: namely, that the Philippines are incapable of self-government and that the whole situation does not warrant America in taking the responsibility for the entire Philippines. The Spaniards are quite ready to give whatever America asks in the way of coaling stations; but will resist more to the verge of a renewal of hostilities.
Spain Will Resist Our Demands.
MADRID, Oct. 4.—The reported intention of the United States government to retain the whole of the Philippine islands has created almost a state of stupefaction here, and, it is semi-officially announced that the Spanish government has resolved vigorously to combat any such action which, it is claimed, the terms of the peace protocol preclude.
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| William McKinley. |
M'KINLEY GRATIFIED.
The War Has Effaced the Last Vestige of Sectional Feelings.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4—To a number of interested callers President McKinley had occasion to reiterate his determination to have no more troops mustered out for the present. The president also testified to his appreciation of the soldiers from the South. To a delegation he said one of the results of the war which particularly gratified him was that the war seemed to have effaced the last vestige of sectional feeling as between the North and South. He referred to the hearty responses from the South when the war broke out, and also spoke of the evident contentment of the Southern troops to remain in service so long as they were needed.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Roosevelt's Residence.
The statement submitted to the Saratoga convention by Hon. Elihu Root, shows that the effort inaugurated by Tammany Hall to force Colonel Roosevelt off the gubernatorial course has no legal foundation to rest on. It disproves also the charge of tax dodging, as by his own letters Colonel Roosevelt is shown to have been solicitous that his proper efforts to secure justice to himself should not be pushed if they were likely to endanger his right to vote.
He had lost his vote once by removing from one county to another on a date too near to election day to gain a voting foothold in the county to which he removed. He did not want a repetition of that loss; and it will be noticed that his concern in the matter was shown at a time—March, 1898—when the probability of his being a candidate for office before the people of New York was too remote for consideration. He was then thinking of his duties in the navy department, with mind resolved to retire from civil office and go to the front in the war then a strong probability, "I don't want to lose my vote this fall, and therefore I will just pay the penalty, and pay those taxes in New York [City]." "Penalty," of the desire to exercise the right of a citizen of New York to vote [sic]. For that privilege, the privilege of performing the duty of a sovereign citizen, he was ready to pay personal taxes on the same property twice. Such "tax dodgers" are not found in large numbers in any commonwealth.
We print in full to-day Mr. Root's statement of the case. It covers the law and the facts. It should be read attentively by every citizen who entertains a doubt that Theodore Roosevelt is a resident of the state in which he was born and has lived continuously when not on temporary duty elsewhere. The difference between a permanent residence, a domicile constituting a man's home and voting place, and a residence held elsewhere for business purposes or pleasure, is shown by Mr. Root, by citations of decisions of courts and illustration of cases with which many are familiar.
The letters of Colonel Roosevelt, all of a private nature, written without thought of their ever going before the public, are irrefutable evidence that his thought was always of maintaining his state residence instead of trying to change or cloud its title. Their declarations and the law in such cases, as cited by Mr. Root, effectually dispose of the only assault on the Republican candidate in which his desperate Democratic foes had hope.
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| Major General William R. Shafter. |
ECHOES OF THE WAR.
Military Notes and Items About the Recent Conflict.
The Second cavalry, numbering 588 men, left Camp Wikoff on the Long Island railroad for Huntsville, Ala. There are now at the camp only the Sixth and Tenth regiments. Colonel McClernand is in charge to see the closing of the camp.
On account of the threatening state of affairs in China the Baltimore and Petrol from Admiral Dewey's fleet [have] been ordered to a point as near the Chinese capital as possible for warships to approach.
Colonel Charles W. Williams, in charge of the depot of army supplies at Jeffersonville, Ind., has been appointed chief quartermaster for Havana and other provinces of Cuba.
The Forty-seventh New York regiment which has been doing garrison duty at Fort Adams, Newport, R. I., since it was mustered in, has been ordered to Porto Rico.
Major General Merritt has reached Paris and will give the United States peace commissioners the benefits of his observations in the Philippine Islands.
Captain William Astor Chanler, assistant adjutant general, United States volunteers, has been honorably discharged by direction of the president.
Major General Joseph Wheeler is in Washington to testify before the war investigation commission which has summoned him as a witness.
Savannah has been selected as the point of embarkation of all troops which may hereafter be sent to Cuba or Porto Rico.
General Shafter has taken command of the department of the East with headquarters at Governor's island.
The Eighth United States volunteers (immunes) now at Fort Thomas, Ky., will proceed at once to Porto Rico.
Asphalt Paving Fraud.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4.—Mayor Van Wyck made a statement to the effect that the commissioners of accounts had discovered gigantic frauds in the asphalt paving contracts. The mayor turned over the papers in the case to District Attorney Gardiner, who will prosecute the men charged with participating in the frauds.
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| Main Street, Cortland, N. Y., circa 1899. |
ASPHALT PLANT ARRIVED.
Spreading of the Surface Material Will Begin Next Week.
The asphalt manufacturing plant of the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving company arrived [in Cortland, N. Y.] last night and is now located on a siding on the north side of the Lehigh Valley tracks between Seager's coal office and the cold storage building of Brown & Dye. The plant is transported on two flatcars owned by the company, and remains on these cars on the siding. Of course the cars are fastened so that everything is solid. The plant consists of huge iron receptacles in which the ingredients of the asphalt mixture are heated and mixed. The mixture itself is then to be drawn to the street in iron carts at a temperature not less than 250 degrees, nor more than 310 degrees Fahr. It will be spread with hot iron rakes and then compressed by a hand roller and later by a 5-ton steam roller until the roller makes no impression. This part of the work will without doubt be begun next week. The other parts of the work are to-day being pushed as rapidly as usual.
CURB IS NOT ACCEPTED.
ENGINEER ALLEN WAS REFUSED CERTAIN INFORMATION.
Thinks He is Entitled to Evidence That the Patent Right is Extinguished—Paving People Do Not See it That Way—Proceedings of the Village Trustees.
The most important and far reaching matter of business done by the [Cortland] board of village trustees in session last night was the refusal to pay the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving company the estimated amount due them on the Parkhurst combined curb and gutter which has already been laid. This action was taken owing to the refusal of Engineer Allen to accept the curb.
According to the paving contract the engineer is required at the first of each month to furnish an estimate of the expense of work done, and the paving company is to be paid monthly according to this estimate. Engineer Allen last night presented the following estimate of work done to Oct. 1:
5,740 Cu. yards excavation, $1,894.20
9,240 square yds. concrete for asphalt pavement, 5,644.00
3,000 square yds. concrete for brick pavement 3,750.00
6,975 lineal feet Parkhurst curb and gutter, 4,185.00
245 lineal feet protection curb and headers, 110.25
[Subtotal] $15,483 45
Deduct 25 per cent retained as per contract 3,870.85
[Subtotal] $11,612.60
Deduct previous payment, estimate No. 1, 519.75
[Total] $11,092.85
Mr. Allen stated that all the work had been done according to contract and specifications "except in the matter of curbing of concrete, which the contractor has completed except to furnish evidence that he has extinguished the patent right."
Mr. Allen stated further to the board that he had addressed a letter to the paving company asking for evidence that the patent right had been extinguished, and this information had been refused him. He thought that he was entitled to have this information to enable him to estimate more accurately the expense of the work. The paving company seemed to think differently, hence he could not accept the curb, though the work itself had been done and he considered it a good practical job.
In view of this statement of the engineer, Trustee Nodecker moved that the paving company be paid for all the work to date except the curb, and the motion prevailed. No curb had been laid when estimate number one was made, Sept. 1.
Mr. Allen said last night that he thought the question raised by him in reference to the curb might involve some legal points and he would not feel justified in accepting the work. This action also forms a safeguard for the village in case of possible further complications in the matter, because by refusing to pay for the curb, the village refuses to accept it, at present at least.
Engineer Allen presented a communication relative to the petition presented last week by residents of Main-st. south of the Messenger House asking for a change of grade. He believed that the grade established was the best one for all concerned because if at the Messenger House corner the grade should be lowered more than intended, it would be a detriment to the business blocks at that corner, and the grade at the Lehigh Valley tracks could not well be changed, and it would be unpracticable [sic] to have anything but a straight line between these two points. The total fall is 4.6 feet, or 2 3/4 inches per 100 feet. The communication was accepted and placed on file.
The night cafe license of B. H. Bosworth was continued for another year at $48.
Emmett Keeler was appointed special officer at the Opera House without pay at the request of Manager Wallace.
A large number of defective sidewalks were reported by Street Commissioner Stearns, and repairs were ordered.
The following bills were ordered paid:
Telephone bill, $8.15
W. C. Crombie, salary, 33.33
A. J. Barber, salary 25.00
Jas. F. Costello, salary, 10.00
Street commissioner's payroll, 174.50
Police force payroll, 124.00
Jennie Lamont, barn rent, 10.00
Second National bank, interest on overdraft, 183.23
Cortland STANDARD Printing Co., 63.75
Electric Light bill, 417.50
Henry C. Allen, 358.28
E. A. Didama, health officer, 34.00
FOOTBALL AT ITHACA.
Carlisle Indians vs. Cornell on Saturday—80 Cents for Round Trip Tickets.
The Carlisle Indians play football with Cornell university at Ithaca on Saturday, Oct. 8. The Lehigh Valley R. R. will sell round trip tickets at reduced rates from all points in this vicinity, tickets good going on Oct. 8, and returning to and including Oct. 9. Round trip fare from Cortland 80 cents.
JOINERS' BUSINESS SCHOOL.
Now Authorized and Approved by the State Board of Regents.
Joiners' Business school is just about entering upon what promises to be the most successful year in its history. It has now become one of the established institutions, not only of Cortland, but of Cortland county and of central New York as well. Each year since its opening the proprietors have been adding to its equipment and advancing the standard of its scholarship. The result has been steady growth in the attendance, in the popularity of the school and in the quality and efficiency of its graduates. Many students from other towns who in former days would have been likely to have gone to larger cities now come to Cortland because they can receive just as good instruction here as anywhere, because they can receive the personal attention and instruction which would be impossible in the larger school, and because also the cost of living in Cortland is less than in the cities, while they go forth upon graduation quite as well prepared for their duties as from any school in the land.
The methods of instruction are entirely up-to-date and are in every way kept up to the latest ideas. Mr. J. E. Joiner is personally in charge of the business department in which the Sadler system of bookkeeping is used. The business department occupies the entire eastern half of the upper floor and is admirably equipped, having a complete banking house among its other appointments.
The shorthand department occupies a large, lightroom and is in charge of Mrs. Joiner. Here the Graham Standard phonography is taught and various makes of typewriters are in use, including the Smith Premier and Remington.
Mr. and Mrs. Joiner are ably assisted in their work by Mr. Albert R. Klotten, whose ability is well known. This corps of teachers have been so successful as educators that graduates of the school are in constant demand and very many of them are now occupying positions of trust and at excellent salaries. This is giving the school an excellent reputation and is the proof of work well done.
UNDER THE REGENTS.
For the past year the board of regents of the state of New York have been formulating a plan whereby the reputable business schools of the state might come under their direct supervision. After a careful examination of the work and methods of the different schools by the examiner of the board, Mr. I. O. Crissy, Joiners' Business school was registered by the University of the State of New York to fit students for the state business diploma and the state stenographer's diploma. The state business diploma ranks as the highest state business credential obtainable by any student. No candidates are admitted to the examinations for this diploma except those who have the required preliminary education, and have taken the prescribed course of technical instruction in a registered business school.
This credential certified by the seal of the university will be the highest recommendation for those seeking employment either in New York state or elsewhere; for the professional standards of the university are recognized and respected throughout the world, and its seal is a sufficient guaranty for all that it certifies. This diploma therefore is the prize for which every young man or woman seeking to enter business life should strive.
COURSE OF STUDY FOR STATE BUSINESS DIPLOMA.
The subjects covered by the examinations for the business diploma and offered by this school are:
1. Bookkeeping: Complete instruction, both in theory and practice, fitting the student to keep any kind of accounts, from those of a retail grocery store to the more complicated business of a bank or a railway corporation, and in the details of preparing all business papers.
2. Commercial Arithmetic: Complete instruction in every branch of countinghouse mathematics.
3. Commercial law, commercial geography and history of commerce: Instruction in
(a) Those matters of the law that have constant application in business life, and such as every well equipped man of business should be familiar with, including the drawing up in legal form of contract, articles of incorporation and all business documents.
(b) A general knowledge of the geography of the world and of its chief countries, cities, products, routes of travel and transportation, in their relations to commerce, with more detailed attention to our own country.
(c) A general survey of the origin and growth of commerce, of its influence on the world's civilization and of the public works, inventions and legislative enactments by which commerce has been affected.
4. Business and office methods. Instruction in the manner and methods of conducting all kinds of business, on change in the bank, the office and wherever business is done, office methods in detail—in short, a complete course in business practice, including business ethics to the extent of inculcating absolute promptness and undeviating probity.
5. English. Instruction enabling students to speak and write the language fluently and correctly including abundant practice in letter writing, making reports and abstracts, and proper wording of business documents. In this subject high school graduates will probably need little except the more technical instruction.
Preliminary requirements for the state business diploma course are graduation from a high school (or equivalent education) and regents passcards in United States history, civics and economics.
The requirement for entrance on the course for the state stenographer's diploma is high school graduation or its equivalent. The candidate must pass an examination in the 125 word test in shorthand, in English, as prescribed for the state business diploma, and in typewriting and office methods.
This does not mean that a student must be a graduate from the high school in order to enter a business school and pursue the course of instruction as described above. State business and stenographer's certificates will be awarded to those not holding a high school diploma on passing the required examinations for the state business diploma. The proprietors also issue their own certificates to all worthy pupils whether competing for state credentials or not.
The night schools four evenings each week have begun their sessions for the winter. The same subjects are taught as in the day school and with the same painstaking care. Those desiring particulars as to the course of instruction in day or night school or other particulars will be cheerfully answered by the principal J. E. Joiner and circulars are sent free upon application.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—D. McCarthy & Sons, new silks, page 4; M. A. Case, ladies' underskirts, page 6; Palmer & Co., sweet potatoes, page 4.
—Attention is called to the statement of Hon. Elihu Root upon the residence of Theodore Roosevelt which appears upon the second page of to-day's issue. No one should fail to read it as it settles the question beyond the shadow of a doubt.
—Mr. H. C. Kinney has shown to us copies of the Cortland County Whig, published by Rufus A. Reid in 1844, 1847 and 1848. They are pretty ancient looking specimens of the printer's art, but contain many references to names old in the history of the county and items which would greatly interest the older residents.
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| Engine with cowcatcher. |
Mr. Millspaugh's Story.
The Ithaca journal says: District Passenger
Agent Millspaugh of the Lehigh
tells the following story, and as a guarantee of good faith allows himself to
be quoted. His friends, however, still regard the story with well grounded suspicion,
and say he ought to go fishing. He says: "I was riding on the engine of
train No. 1 from Manchester to Rochester. As we left the yard at Manchester a
tramp lodged himself on the cowcatcher of the engine, and the efforts of the
fireman to dislodge him by hurling pieces of coal at him proved futile. Passing
through a small village, the engine struck a two hundred pound hog and the
tramp grabbed the hog and held on to it until Rochester was reached, where he
succeeded in selling the hog for enough money to buy a suit of clothes and
purchase a ticket to Buffalo."
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