PURCHASED THE KREMLIN, AND THE SAUTELLE CIRCUS OPENS IN SEASON

 

Albert Allen.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, April 28, 1899.

PURCHASED THE KREMLIN.

Albert Allen to Take Possession of the Hotel Next Monday.

   Mr. Albert Allen, formerly general superintendent of the E . C. & N. R. R., completed an arrangement this morning with the Wickwire Brothers, owners of the Kremlin hotel by which be purchases the hotel and its furnishings and fixtures complete and entire, turning in as part payment for the same his handsome new house and lot on Tompkins-st.

   Since the old E., C & N. R. R. passed into the hands of the Lehigh Valley R. R., Mr. Allen has been retained in the employ of the heirs of the Austin Corbin estate. For several years he has been the manager of their great plantation Sunnyside at Sunnyside, Ark., and last year acted for them as general purchasing agent of all supplies used at their two magnificent hotels at Manhattan Beach, The Manhattan and The Oriental. He has been retained in that same capacity for the coming season and has already entered upon his preparations for the summer. But he will be able to carry on the hotel here just the same.

   He takes possession of The Kremlin next Monday, the present proprietor, Mr. I. D. Dibble, surrendering his lease at once. Though, because of his connection with the Manhattan Beach hotels, Mr. Allen himself cannot yet be present in person much of the time, still in his absence he will leave the hotel in excellent hands. Mr. George E. Ashby, the present clerk, who has had years of experience in hotel life will be the acting manager, and that he will be efficient and watchful for the comfort of his guests goes without saying. Mr. Edward Allen, son of the new owner, who has for some time been with the Remington people at Ilion is expected here Saturday night and will be Mr. Ashby's assistant. Mrs. Allen is known by all her friends as a model housekeeper of the highest type in her own private house and her watchful oversight over the internal workings of the hostelry will be invaluable. In all this she will have an able assistant in her daughter, Miss Harriet.

   Mr. Allen is himself well known to all in this vicinity as a man of vast executive ability and of the best of business judgment. He made a first-class superintendent of the railroad, and he has been successful in everything which he has undertaken. He is a valued citizen of Cortland, and without exception all will be gratified that he has been able to make business arrangements that will continue his residence here. He will undoubtedly make The Kremlin even more popular than it has ever been before.

 

Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis.

Gen. Antonio Luna.

PEACE AT HAND.

Filipinos Conferring With Gen. Otis About Ending the War.

   MANILA, April 28, 4:25 P. M.—The Filipinos will seek peace. Colonel Manuel Arguelesee and Lieut. Jose Bernal, chief of General Luna's staff, entered General MacArthur's line bearing a flag of truce. They are en route for Manila by train to confer with General Otis regarding terms of surrender.

 

   MANILA, April 28. 3:25 P. M.—The Filipino advances for peace were fruitless, Colonel Manuel Argueleses and Lieut. Jose Bernal, who came into General MacArthur's lines under a flag of truce told General Otis that they were representatives of General Luna, who has been requested by Aguinaldo to ask General Otis for a cessation of hostilities in order to allow time for the summoning of the Filipino congress which body would decide whether the people wanted peace. General Otis replied that he did not recognize the existence of a Filipino government. There will be another conference to-morrow.

 

   WASHINGTON, April 28.—General Otis telegraphs the war department this morning that the commanding general of the insurgents has received from the insurgent government directions to suspend hostilities pending negotiations for the termination of the war and that insurgent staff officers are now on the way to Manila for that purpose.

 

   NEW YORK, April 28.—A Manila dispatch to The Evening Journal says that General Luna, with a large force of insurgents and arms, has surrendered. Luna is the Filipino field commander.

 

Now Telegraph and Telephone Line.

   ALBANY, April 28.—The Webb Telephone and Telegraph company was incorporated. Its object is to operate from Utica to Malone, to Fulton, to Fourth Lake, Racquette Lake, Blue Mountain Lake, Long Lake, Beaver, Lowville, Big Moose Station, Big Moose Lake, Remsen, Boonville, Herkimer and other places in Herkimer, Oneida, Lewis and Hamilton counties; capital $10,000; directors, Dennis Moynehan of Clearwater, Frank E. Stephens of Utica, Daniel F. Stroebel of Cold Brook, Bartlett Manion of Herkimer, M. H. Butlock of Beaver, F. E. Schenck of Old Forge and C. H. Van Aken of Fulton Chain.

 

POWER OF THE COMMISSION.

The Law Says It Has Control Over All Present or Future Paths.

   Some members of the old [bicycle] Sidepath association which built the Little York and South Cortland paths are questioning the right and authority of the newly appointed sidspath commission of Cortland county to assume control over the sidepaths that had previously been built in the county by private subscription. In answer to that objection we would simply call attention to the two following sections from the sidepath law which was enacted by the legislature this year:

   Section IX—The sidepaths heretofore constructed and hereafter to be constructed in said state are hereby placed under the control and direction of the boards of sidepath commissioners of the various counties in which they are located.

   Section XIII—This act shall take effect immediately.

   In further explanation not as a question of law, for that is positive, but as a matter of expediency it may be said, that the paths heretofore constructed were built by private subscription under the direction of an unincorporated body. The badges issued were for one year, and the by-laws of the old association provided that the members should pay 50 cents annual dues. Under the old regime all those who rode on the Little York or the South Cortland sidepaths were expected to pay 50 cents a year for the privilege of using these two paths. The 50 cents now paid to the sidepath commission permits the holder to ride on any sidepath in the state. Consequently for the same money each year the privilege is extended from two paths to all paths in all parts of New York state. Thus it is not only compulsory to pay the license fee to the commission to secure the tags as the law provides if one would use any sidepaths but it is also the part of expediency to make the same amount of money cover all the state instead of two paths. And furthermore this money is extended for the benefit of the wheelmen in extending the paths.

   The sidepath to Homer will be completed to-day ready for rolling, but it cannot be rolled to good advantage till after a rain comes.

   The sidepath to McGraw will be begun on Monday. From the Port Watson Bridge it will follow the left side of the road till the turn comes toward McGraw off the Blodgett Mills road at the foot of Greenwood hill. There it crosses to the right side of the road, but turns back to the left side at the next forks of the road where the other Blodgett Mills road comes in.

   G. F. Beaudry last night paid $2 for badge number 2.

   The first 100 badges arrived last night and 400 more are expected to-day.

   The question has been asked whether a person who has bought a tag and paid for it is liable to arrest if riding a sidepath on an unlicensed wheel. The chairman of the commission says he is and that it is the wheel and not the individual that is licensed. Consequently any one who has not bought a tag is all right if riding a tagged wheel on a sidepath.

 

Death of Mr. Card.

   Mr. John W. Card of East River died at his home in that place at 12:55 o'clock yesterday morning. For a number of months he had been failing and his recovery was hardly looked for, and yet it had not been anticipated that the end would come as suddenly as it did. Like many another of the old veterans of the civil war, in later years he felt the effects of the exposure and hardships at the front, and his death was directly due to those causes.

   He enlisted from Truxton, his birthplace, in Co. H., One Hundred Fifty-seventh regiment under Lieutenant Leonard W. Buck in August, 1862, and served with the regiment until wounded in the leg in the battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863. He never recovered entirely from the effects of that wound. In recent years it had the effect of robbing his blood of its good qualities and diminishing its quantity, till the cause of his death was really at the last lack of blood. He was in nearly his usual condition of health Wednesday till at about 5 o'clock when he lost consciousness and slept quietly with breath growing shorter and shorter till 12:55 that night when he died.

   For the last thirteen years he has lived at East River. His age was 66 years. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, Miss Ida A. Card. The funeral will be held at the late home Saturday at 2 o'clock, and the burial will be at East Homer.

 

A Shock of Paralysis.

   Mrs. Thankful A. Price yesterday afternoon suffered a shock of paralysis which has caused her friends considerable uneasiness, though to-day she is resting quite comfortably. She is attended by Dr. E. B. Nash. Her daughter-in- law, Mrs. Estella Price Tower, of Brooklyn arrived in Cortland this morning.

 

Main Street, Cortland, N. Y. circa 1899.

PAVING PETITIONS.

Indications Point to the Improvement on Three More Streets.

   There is an old saying that "all signs fail in dry weather," but there are indications now that even if the weather is comparatively dry just at present, there will be more paving of streets in Cortland within another year. As previously referred to in The STANDARD, petitions have been in circulation on each of three streets, Lincoln-ave., Groton-ave. and Tompkins-st. The Lincoln-ave. petition now has sufficient signatures for paving as far as Homer-ave. The Groton ave. petition asks for paving as far west as Townley-st., and those who are interested in its circulation are confident that a majority of the feet frontage will be represented in a short time. Tompkins-st can be paved to Owego-st.

   There is a probability that the Lincoln-ave. petition may be presented to the board of village trustees next Monday night, and it is probable also that a petition for paving Tompkins-st. as far west as the west line of the cemetery wall be presented, as it is understood that nearly enough signatures have been procured to the petition for this purpose, and that enough others are in sight to insure the sufficiency of the petition.

 

Sautelle Circus parade.

THE SAUTELLE CIRCUS.

Notes About the Show Having Headquarters at DeRuyter.

   The big menagerie and circus of Sig. Sautelle, which has been located at DeRuyter since last fall on property recently purchased by Mr. Sautelle, will open the season May 12 at DeRuyter, and goes to Cazenovia the next day and then down the Hudson river for a tour of the New England states. The circus this year is entirely new with new uniforms and tents, freshly painted and decorated wagons and cages and a large variety of entertainment. The show carries 140 horses, ponies and mules, forty wagons, 100 men as helpers, twenty-five musicians, twenty-five performers and numerous other assistants. There is an advance man with eight assistants, a second agent with four assistants, a press agent, a lithographer and bill posters. This is claimed to be the largest and best one-ringed circus in the world. The dally feed of this army of employers is no small matter, consisting as it does of hundreds of pounds of meat, 250 loaves of bread, twelve bushels of potatoes, twenty pounds of tea and coffee, fifty pounds of sugar and the usual amount of groceries. The season will close in October when the show will return to DeRuyter for the winter.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Two tramps were lodged at the police station last night.

   —The Binghamton Republican tells its wheelmen of Cortland's new bicycle ordinance and warns them not to offend when on a trip up here.

   —A meeting of the male members of the Homer-ave. M. E. church will be held this evening at 8 o'clock to discuss the institution of a chapter of the Brotherhood of St. Paul.

   —Harry Wells was last night elected captain of the Y. M. C. A. baseball team, and a game was this afternoon at 4 o'clock to be played at the fair grounds between the Y. M. C. A. and the Normals.

   —Wm. Grant, a son of James Grant of Homer-ave., accidentally discharged a revolver one night recently while loading it. The ball passed through one foot and lodged in the sole of the shoe, doing no very serious injury.

   —Mrs. E. E. Ellis, while sitting in a buggy on Main-st. yesterday afternoon about 5 o'clock, had one of the rear wheels of her carriage badly smashed by being ran into by one of the large loaded wagons engaged in picking up dirt cleaned up from the pavement,

   —The handsome team purchased by the village was secured in Chicago especially for Cortland by Robert Murray of Syracuse. They were accepted for the village by Chief Barber of the fire department. All who have seen them seem to be well pleased with the purchase.

   —On Thursday evening, May 4, at 8:30 o'clock a lecture will be delivered in Normal hall by Miss Lucy Wheelock of Boston. Miss Wheelock is a teacher of kindergarten teachers and her address will be on a subject that will especially appeal to all interested in that work.

   —The thirty-first annual meeting of the Sixth District Dental society of the state of New York to which Cortland county belongs will be held next Wednesday and Thursday at Hotel Crandall in the city of Binghamton. A number of local dentists are planning to attend.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Baker & Angell, Jenness Miller shoes, page 7; E. O. Dean, Cut prices in groceries, page 4; L. N. Hopkins, Tested seeds, page 8; C. F. Thompson, Pickups, page 4; W. J. Perkins, Paint, page 7; Buck & Lane, Lawn mowers, page 6; Mrs. J. T. Davern & Co., Millinery, page 6.

   —As a result of the consolidation of management of the Central and West Shore railroads, the union passenger station at Canastota is being remodeled, so that one operator will hereafter be able to do most of the telegraphing. The freight houses are also to be consolidated, and one or two employees will therefore lose their jobs.