Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, November 28, 1898.
REV. MR. CHAPMAN RESIGNS
The Pastorate of the First Baptist Church—Going South for the Winter.
Rev. Adelbert Chapman preached a very earnest, comforting and deeply spiritual sermon Sunday morning at the First Baptist church from the text John xiv:27—"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you; not as the world giveth; give I unto you."
At the close of the sermon he took his congregation entirely by surprise by presenting his resignation as pastor of the church to take effect Dec. 31, 1898. Mr. Chapman came to Cortland Aug. 15, 1895, and has been here about three years and a half. As the outset he undertook to do a great deal of pastoral work in addition to making his pulpit strong. The society is a large one and the work was arduous and made a great draft upon his vital powers. Especially since the death of Mrs. Chapman, which was a great shock to him, his health has been impaired, and he now feels the need of a prolonged rest. He has been a faithful, conscientious and efficient preacher of the word and pastor among the people, and his resignation will cause genuine sorrow, not only among the entire congregation of that church, but among the townspeople as a whole, as well. His letter of resignation follows:
To the First Baptist Church of Cortland, N. Y.:
MY DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS—A familiar Scripture says, "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths." This, I think, applies to the work of the ministry, as well as to other experiences of life. The same kind Providence that opens the door and bids us enter, may also close the door and bid us pass on. The messengers are still in the "right hand" of him who walks in the midst of the churches.
When I accepted your call to become your pastor, I thought in responding to the voice of the people, I was obeying the call of God. And though I came to you "in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling," I hope my ministry has not been merely with "enticing words of man's wisdom," but to some degree at least in "demonstration of the spirit and of power." As I review the years that have gone, I count it an honor, and a privilege, to have been permitted to be the leader of such a noble people. And if I have been instrumental by my life and ministry in doing anything to advance the cause which lies so near my heart; to help any one to a better life, or to give a truer conception of what it means to belong to Christ, I am grateful. They have been years, you will allow me to say, of hard and unremitting toil. And I can truly say I have ever sought to be a good minister of Christ among you.
But these years have also brought with them great changes—changes that have left their scar upon my heart and life. The great sorrow that came to me in the death of my beloved wife, has changed the whole world to me. Like Naomi, who buried her family in the land of her sojourn, and said on her return: "I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty," so I came to you with the dearest treasure a man ever had, and I must go out alone. I bow submissively to God's holy will, and know that "He doeth all things well." My prayer is that it all may be so sanctified to my good, that I may ever be a more Christ-like man.
I have tried since then, with courage and faith, to take up the work and carry it on. But not always, I am afraid, with that degree of satisfaction I could wish. The cost of the endeavor has, however, been very great. And the burden of sorrow, and the burden of work have grown heavier and heavier with the passing days. I have for some months been carefully watching the conditions, to see if providential indications confirmed the growing convictions of my own mind. And as far as I can see, I think the time has now come, when I may ask to be released from the duties I assumed when I accepted your call. I, therefore, now resign the pastorate of this church, to take effect at the close of the year, Dec. 31, 1898.
It is not my purpose to accept another pastorate at present, but to take a season of much needed rest and change. My present plan is to spend the winter in the South. I shall, however, hold myself subject to orders, and ready to respond to whatever may appear to be the Master's will.
As to my work among you, I have nothing to say, it may speak for itself. I must confess that I have come far short of my ideal, and I have been ever grateful for the consideration and forbearance of my people.
I want to thank you all for your kindness to me and mine, for your sympathy and loving service in the dark hour of sorrow, and for your prayers and co-operation in the work.
My prayer is that "great grace" may abide upon you, that many sheaves may be gathered from past and future sowing, and that God will guide you in the choice of my successor, and give you another pastor whose ministry will be far richer and better than mine.
Your servant and brother in the bonds of the Gospel,
ADELBERT CHAPMAN, Cortland, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1898.
Death of Mrs. McCarthy.
Mrs. Mary McCarthy, formerly of Messengerville but for the last ten years of Cortland, died yesterday at 11 o'clock of Bright's disease at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. C. Ryan, 25 Park-st., after an illness of five or six years. She is survived by six daughters and three sons, her husband having passed away some twenty years ago; Mrs. Alice Oaks of Virgil, John McCarthy, James McCarthy and M. McCarthy of Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Mary Winslow of Cobleskill, Mrs. Harry Swan and Mrs. M. C. Ryan of Cortland, Mrs. Anna Robinson of Blodgett Mills, and Miss Maggie McCarthy of Cortland.
The funeral will be held to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ryan, 25 Park-st., and at 10:30 o'clock at St. Mary's Catholic church. Burial in Cortland.
Ingalls' Genealogy.
The history of this family is being prepared and will shortly be published. Edmund Ingalls come from Lincolnshire, England, to Lynn, Mass., in 1620, and has left a large posterity scattered over nearly every state in the Union. All persons by the name or connected in any way should send their family records at once to the compiler, Charles Burleigh, M. D., Malden, Mass.
BREVITIES.
—The Normal school reopened this afternoon after its Thanksgiving recess. The morning trains were loaded with students returning from their homes.
—Rev. J. H. Durkee of Batavia will deliver a temperance address to-morrow (Tuesday) evening at 7:30 in the Memorial Baptist church. All are invited.
—The parade of the "Darkest America" minstrel troupe at noon to-day was quite an imposing one and drew much attention. A fine band proved the leading attraction.
—Sleighs were quite numerous on Main and Railroad-sts. yesterday and the sleighing on these two well paved streets appeared to be fine. It was pretty bad elsewhere though.
—The new time schedule of the Cortland and Homer division of the electric road appears on the fourth page. Cut it out and preserve it as it may not be published again in this extended form.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Peck, Cheap groceries, page 6; James Corwin, There is cash in the bank for you, page 5; Model Clothing House, Bargains, page 8; C. I. Hood, Hood's calendar for 1899, page 8.
—Ezra S. Lane, aged 74 years, died at 6:15 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his home, 24 Van Hoesen-ave. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 o'clock P. M., and burial will be made Wednesday at Genoa, Mr. Lane's former home.
—Manager Wallace has been very fortunate in booking Russ Wythal for the Opera House on Thursday evening, Dec. 8. This is one of the high class entertainments. Evans and Ward in vaudeville will be the attraction on Friday and Saturday, Dec, 2 and 3.
—At the recent grand council at Jamaica of the Clionian fraternity which has chapters in nearly all of the New York State Normal schools, Miss Anna O. Collins of Cortland, now a student at Smith college, was elected grand president for the coming year.
—Leon Ballard, the young son of Dwight Ballard of 50 Groton-ave.. who was missing from home last week after starting for school Monday morning has been found and returned home. He went up to Homer and from there to a farmer's two or three miles west of Homer.
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| Signing of Treat of Paris 1898. |
SPAIN YIELDS.
TERMS OF THE AMERICANS ARE ACCEPTED.
The United States Will Take All of the Philippines and the Sulu Islands and Will Pay $20,000,000—May Also Purchase the Carolines—Question of Cuban Debt Still Unsettled.
PARIS, NOV. 28 —The Spanish commissioners to-day announced that being authorized by their government to reply that the American propositions are inadmissible on legal principles, and are not a proper compromise in legal principles. On the Spanish part all diplomatic resources are exhausted and the Spanish commission is now asked to accept or reject the propositions. Spain, inspired by reasons of patriotism and humanity to avoid further horrors of war, resigns herself to the power of the victor. She accepts the offered conditions in order to conclude a treaty of peace.
The Spanish acceptance was made verbally. The written acceptance will be presented later.
The American demands include the acquisition of the whole of the Philippine and the Sulu groups for $20,000,000 and it is also understood that the United States will purchase the entire Caroline group. The question of the debt of Cuba was left unsettled. The next meeting of the commissioners takes place Wednesday.
BLIZZARD IN NOVEMBER.
It Swept Over the Greater Portion of New England.
SEVERAL LIVES LOST AT SEA.
Telephonic and Telegraphic Communication Greatly Interrupted and Many Places Entirely Cut Off—A Snowfall of From Eight to Twenty-Four Inches.
BOSTON, Nov. 28.—A record breaking November blizzard swept over the greater portion of New England completely demoralizing traffic of every description and well nigh paralyzing telegraphic and telephonic communication while the northeast gale coming on a high course of tides, drove the sea far beyond its normal limits and made a mark along shore only exceeded by the memorable hurricane of 1851.
The heaviest part of the storm was in the southeastern part of New England, that section experiencing a snowfall of from 8 to 24 inches.
Fortunately the storm was heralded sufficiently in advance by the weather bureau to detain most of the coastwise shipping in safe harbors, but the warning was entirely ignored by those on shore with the result that nearly every one, especially the railroads and electric companies, were caught napping and suffered accordingly. There was not a railroad in New England that was not more or less tied up by the storm.
Trains from north, east, south and west were nearly all stalled somewhere along the lines. In cities and towns dependent upon the electric car service it was even worse for the damp snow packed hard on the rails and held up even the heavy snow plows.
The service in this city was probably the best of any of the surrounding communities, yet even here there was no attempt made to run more than a dozen cars on Washington street and one or two others of the main thoroughfares.
The storm, while not so severe and far reaching in its effects as the fearful blizzard of last February, was nevertheless the heaviest experienced in November in this part of the country for a long series of years.
Only the barest reports have been received of the effects of the storm on the coast, but even those gave rise to the gravest fears for the safety of what little shipping may have been off Cape Cod. It will probably be two or three days before a complete list of the disasters can be made.
The storm was a combination of two disturbances, one which came over the lakes and the other formed off the Florida coast. The two united off the Jersey coast and moving northeast the disturbance became central somewhere near Nantucket.
All points south of this city and east of Providence were isolated, New Bedford being lost to the outside world, while Newport and Fall River also disappeared. Farther to the west at Providence and in other parts of Rhode Island communication was intermittent and subject to great delay.
IN NEW YORK CITY.
The Wind Reached a Velocity of Sixty Miles an Hour.
NEW YORK, Nov. 28.—This city was visited by the greatest blizzard since the memorable one of March, 1888. The lowest temperature reported here was 25, but the wind reached a velocity of 60 miles an hour, drifting the snow, of which nearly a foot had fallen into drifts four and five feet high.
The peculiarity of the storm was the encrusting of nearly every window, the sides of buildings and the trees, and when the storm cleared away the great city was transformed into a spectacle of glistening white.
The terrific blow did much damage to the small shipping in New York harbor. A number of schooners were damaged.
The 2-master William Blakely of Tompkins Cove, N. Y., brick-laden, was driven into a scow and a hole stove in her bow. She sank. The 2-masted schooner Ellen T. King, with 26,000 bricks aboard, was also sunk, her crew of three having a narrow escape from drowning.
Several lighters, one belonging to the Pennsylvania Railroad company, were so badly damaged by the force of the waves that they went to the bottom.
A 40-foot yacht, name unknown, drifted into a cove in the North river near One Hundred and Thirty-fourth street, bottom up.
It is reported that several tugboats belonging to the Kingston Towing company, together with a large number of canal boats, were sunk up the river by the force of the gale. The shores of the Hudson are littered with wreckage.
An order was sent out from police headquarters to the various precinct commanders to have arrested all persons found alone in a condition of intoxication. As a result the police courts were crowded with eminently respectable looking persons who were let go with a small fine and an admonition to get in out of the snow. Notwithstanding this precaution on the part of the police there were a number of casualties including several deaths from exposure.
A man was found in the park at Tenth street and Avenue B and taken to Bellevue hospital. Both his legs and hands were badly frozen. He had lain down on a bench. After he revived sufficiently it was learned he was a former Insurance solicitor, John Martin by name, 55 years of age. He had had nothing to eat for several days, was without money and had failed to get either work or shelter. He was very much emaciated and is believed to be sober and industrious. He is now in a very serious condition.
John Bohan while on a street car became benumbed by the cold and fell from the platform of the car. He lay in the snow for considerable time but was finally discovered by a passer by [sic] and sent to Bellevue in an ambulance.
An unknown woman was found unconscious in a snow drift at Seventy-eight street and Avenue A. She was removed to the Presbyterian hospital where her condition was said to be serious.
An aged German who gave his name as Frank Schneider and address Dutch Kills, Long Island City, was found at Seventieth street and Second avenue. He was lying on a snow bank almost unconscious and was transferred to Bellevue.
An unknown man was discovered in the basement at 41 Bowery unconscious. He was removed to Hudson street hospital and died there from "alcoholism and exposure."
A policeman rescued Dennis Quinn, a letter carrier attached to Station G, at Broadway and West Fifty-first street, who had fallen helpless in the snow. The man was quite badly frozen.
Under a shed at the foot of Fiftieth street an aged and hopeless man was picked up suffering from frozen hands and feet and taken to Bellevue hospital.
In Jersey City the body of Rosanna Cunningham, 42 years of age, was found on the sidewalk in Van Vreest street. Her skull was fractured in front. The body was also covered with snow. It is believed she received her injuries from a fall.
A policeman found Charles Shopp unconscious in the snow at Bramhall and Jackson avenues, Jersey City. Before he could be carried into a house Shopp died. He started for a butcher shop in Ocean avenue where he was employed, and his death is attributed to exposure and exhaustion from his struggle through the blinding storm.
George Beck. 42 years old, and William Allen were also found in Jersey City by the police badly frozen. The former had been drinking and was unconscious and is likely to die.
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