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| John Peter Altgeld. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, May 25, 1899.
DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
Leaders of the Party in Conference at St. Louis.
BATTLE CRY FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
It Looks as If It Will Be "Anti-Trust" and "Anti-Imperialism"—The Old Cry of "10 to 1" Will Probably Not Be Heard—A Local Fight From Illinois.
ST. LOUIS, May 25.—Whether the Democratic battle cry in the coming presidential campaign is to be "Anti-trusts" and "Anti-imperialism," or the old slogan of "16 to 1," will in all probability be largely determined at the conference of the national committee now in session at the Planters' hotel. It is definitely stated by all the committeemen that the meeting is not a regular gathering of the national committee, and has no power other than to announce the opinions of those who attend it. The entire affair is apparently however assuming an anti-trust aspect. The subject of silver is omitted from the lists of the toasts at the dinner—which is pronounced an "Antitrust" affair.
The fight between the Altgeld and Harrison factions of Illinois is the uppermost thing. The Harrison men will make an effort to have Altgeld put out of the advisory committee of the national committee.
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| Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur. |
PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS.
Major General MacArthur's Report to the War Department Made Public.
WASHINGTON, May 25.—The secretary of war made public a report from Major General Arthur MacArthur, being one of the reports enclosed by General Otis in his own report of the operations in the Philippines which was in part submitted to the cabinet. General MacArthur covers a period of time from the evening of Feb. 4, when the insurgent outbreak began, to Feb. 28. He gives a vivid picture of the conditions prevailing in Manila and its suburbs during the exciting times that followed the initiation of the insurgent attack.
An important feature of his report is the demonstration of the responsibility of the insurgents for the outbreak. He also speaks in terms of the highest praise of the splendid qualities of American officers and enlisted men.
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| "Rough Rider" Theodore Roosevelt. |
STATE CAMP PROGRAM.
Roosevelt Will Ride to Peekskill at the Head of His Troops.
ALBANY, May 25.—Governor Roosevelt will ride to the state camp at Peekskill at the head of three troops of Squadron A and Troop C of New York city, who will open camp about the forenoon of Sunday, June 4, for the season of 1899.
The governor will be accompanied by Colonel Treadwell, Adjutant General Andrews, Colonel Lee of the English army, who was assigned by his government to take observations of the manoeuvres of the American army during the Spanish war; Captain Wentworth, military storekeeper of New York city, and Major General Roe and his staff.
The troop will leave the armory at 4 o'clock sharp and will camp Friday night at Van Cortlandt park at the upper end of New York city. Saturday night camp will be pitched somewhere in the vicinity of Sing Sing.
Major Bridgman expects to reach camp with his command about Sunday forenoon, when the camp will be formally opened for the season.
On Monday the governor will visit West Point in company with Major General Roe, Adjutant General Andrews and the members of their respective staffs.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
◘ Mr. Howells' rash assertion that war has never produced any literature has subjected him to a biting storm of criticism from all points of the compass. The weight of opinion appears to be that war, rightly waged, has often been the most powerful stimulus of man's thoughts and imagination, to say nothing of heroism and self sacrifice. Most men who have arrived at broad conclusions come to believe that life itself is a fight and not a Sunday school lecture or a Quaker meeting. The meaning of the word virtue is an overcoming, not an enjoyment. It is true that there is very high warrant for overcoming evil with good, but nobody in his senses would undertake to overcome a midnight assassin with the sermon on the mount or turn his other cheek also to a Pawnee's tomahawk if he could get hold of a rifle. All the virtue and duty would be on the side of the savage's destruction if you had a home and children, and it is unfortunately true that savagery still exists in the world organized and rampant, and very often, when the world does not desire to be pushed backward, it has to take down its musket and go forward. Wherever a man has done that in defense of freedom and conscience and home, literature has put on her beautiful garments and followed in the train. It was a very remarkable assertion of Mr. Howells that war produced no literature, when all the magazines to which he has been to long an illustrious contributor are breaking their backs to exclude everything from their pages but war itself.
◘ Bishop Seymour of the diocese of Springfield, Ills., has made a liberal announcement on the relation of amusement to religion. He says that it is not wrong to dance or play cards or attend the theater when one's conscience does not protest against them. Dancing and card playing and theater going may each be made a wrong and a peril, and the intelligent Christian must judge these things by the standards of right and wrong which he has within himself. When a play has an evil influence, it should be discountenanced and avoided. If it has a good influence, it should be encouraged and enjoyed with moderation. How beneficent and sensible this is when compared with the outbursts and denunciations that proceed occasionally from the pulpit against everything which has the claim of an amusement.
THE TRUCK CASE.
Attorney Hyatt Moves to Secure the Grand Jury Minutes.
In supreme court this morning Attorney E. W. Hyatt, who is to defend John Truck against the charge of murder in the first degree in causing the death of Frank W. Miller on the night of March 14, made a motion to have furnished to him a copy of the minutes of the grand jury which indicted Truck. The motion was opposed by District Attorney Duffey, and the matter is to be argued at the chambers of Judge Lyon upon a date to be agreed upon hereafter.
In the meantime the three days allowed for the interposition of the demurrer in Truck's behalf have expired and the prisoner's plea of not guilty will now stand.
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| Supreme Court Justice George Lyon. |
COURT PROCEEDINGS.
More Cases Put Over the Term—Some Are Settled.
In supreme court to-day in the case of Mary McNeill vs. Frank M. Wickwire judgment for the plaintiff was taken by default for $97.65, the defendant not appearing. E. W. Hyatt for plaintiff. E. L. Stone for defendant.
In the case of Edgar N. Burden vs. George Hollenbeck judgment for the plaintiff was taken by default for $92.14, the defendant not appearing. E. W. Hyatt for plaintiff. E. L. Stone for defendant.
SETTLED.
Mary A. Talmadge and Mary J. Carson vs. Nelson P. Hinkley. B. T. Wright for plaintiff. Dickinson & Duffey for defendant.
Cortland Carriage Goods company vs. Carl F. Baker and Albert H. Frinke. Kellogg & Van Hoesen for plaintiff. Curtis, Malbett, Prevost & Colt for defendant.
OVER.
Wardell O. Smith vs. Addie S. Gray. E. E. Mellon for plaintiff. Dickinson & Duffey for defendant.
Orville Pickert vs. Dudley B. Smith. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. Irving H. Palmer for defendant.
Albert Courtney vs. Winslow J. Maynard. A. M. Matthewson for plaintiff. John H. Murray for defendant.
Frank C. Stanton vs. the Lehigh Valley Railroad company. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. Diven & Diven for defendant.
J. Price Rounds vs. George H. Hart. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. George E. Monroe for defendant.
L. A. Gardner vs. George H. Hart. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. George E. Monroe for defendant.
Chester R. Doolittle vs. John G. Marshall. Kellogg & Van Hoesen for plaintiff. Geo. H. Leonard for defendant.
Richard B. Tyler vs. George H. Hart. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. George E. Monroe for defendant.
The jury in the case of Almeda Courtney against Winslow J. Maynard at 3:15 o'clock this afternoon rendered a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $75.
The case of William Golden against the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. is on trial. This is an action to recover the sum of $2,000 for injuries claimed to have been received Aug. 1, 1898, while coupling cars at Cazenovia. The claim is made that the cars were fitted with improper couplings. Bronson & Davis for plaintiff. Diven & Diven for defendant.
In Police Court.
Ralph Bigelow Taylor and Ernest Luce were arrested by Policeman S. N. Gooding last evening at the Messenger House barn in the midst of what they termed "sort of a friendly scrap." They were brought before Justice Davis, charged with public intoxication. Taylor admitted that he had been drinking some but claimed that he was not intoxicated; that he and Luce were not fighting and that not a blow had been struck by either party. He was discharged. Luce's condition was so evident to even the most casual observer that Justice Davis committed him to the care of an officer until 9 o'clock this morning, when a fine of $3 was imposed.
MILK PRODUCERS
HOLD A MEETING IN CORTLAND AND CONFER.
Reports Given from All the Milk Stations In This Vicinity, Most of Them of an Encouraging Nature—Urged to Stand Firm and Stand Together—Resolutions Adopted.
The Syracuse & Binghamton division of the D., L. & W. route union of the Five States Milk Producers' association held a meeting for conference in Taylor hall yesterday morning and afternoon. This section includes the line of the D., L. & W. from Jamesville to Chenango Forks, also the line of the Lehigh Valley R. R. from Cortland to New Woodstock, and the whole length of the Erie & Central New York R. R. About 125 milk producers were in attendance. The sessions were not open to the public, only genuine milk producers being allowed in the room after the business began. All reporters were excluded. The following account of the proceedings of the meeting was given out for publication by President J. D. F. Woolston of the D., L. & W. Route union who presided.
The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. W. H. Pound, pastor of the Congregational church. President Woolston stated that the object of the meeting was a conference and also to decide upon a future policy. He then called upon the delegates from the several stations to report upon the condition of affairs each at his own station. With but one or two exceptions the reports showed that the members were not satisfied with the present prices of milk. Meetings of the local sections had been held and the members were united and determined to stand by any action taken by the executive committee of the whole association.
Only at Tully and at McGraw had milk been withheld. At Tully they would not comply with the demands of Seller Brothers, and every member had withdrawn his milk and they had bought a building and equipments to manufacture butter and cheese. It would all be in running order in the near future. At McGraw they had also declined to comply with the demands of Seller Brothers and every member had withdrawn his milk and was taking it to the cheese factory.
The president appointed the following committee on resolutions: H. T. Coon, Little York; C. J. Cummings, Tully; L. J. Fitzgerald [owner of the Cortland Wagon Co. and former New York State Treasurer--CC ed.], Cortland; G. P. Squires, Marathon; W. L. Bean, McGraw; J. L. Elmore, New Woodstock.
A recess was then taken till 1:30 P. M.
At the afternoon session the reports from the stations were given:
G. P. Squires reported that Marathon was considering the purchase of a site and erection of a cheese factory, not being satisfied with the present price. At a meeting of the producers the previous evening it had been unanimously voted to demand a fixed price and to withhold the milk if the demand was refused.
Killowog reported that it had fixed the price and the dealer had closed the door in their faces, but finally had made satisfactory terms.
Truxton reported that they had a creamery and had to take the exchange price. They were not satisfied, but were making no trouble.
Cuyler reported a membership of thirty. They had one factory and a shipping station.
Shed Corners had no union, but the producers had just joined the New Woodstock union.
New Woodstock reported a membership of ninety-four. They withdrew their milk in the spring and are delivering it at a factory. They have 200 cans of milk per day.
W. L. Bean spoke for the McGraw producers who numbered fifty-three. Seller Brothers run the station. A unanimous vote had been taken not to deliver any milk at the station. It is made up at a cheese factory. Mr. Bean read the proposed contract as posted and commented upon it.
Solon has thirty members and all are dissatisfied with the price which is 54 cents per can.
Mr. Tarbell spoke for Freetown. They are dissatisfied with the price, 54 cents. A unanimous vote was taken at a recent meeting to abide by the action of the Cortland meeting.
Cincinnatus reported no cut in price from 76 cents per hundred.
Hon. Daniel Sherwood of Greene, chairman of the executive committee of the D., L. & W. route urged all to stand firm and stand together.
The committee on resolutions then reported as follows, and the resolutions were unanimously adopted as follows:
WHEREAS, It has come to be a fact that certain dealers who are also members of the New York Milk Exchange are putting out catch contracts, and
WHEREAS, It becomes apparent that these same dealers are doing this to disrupt the F. S. M. P. A., and to fortify themselves, therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the milk producers of the S. & B. division of the D., L. & W. Route union, condemn all such treacherous methods.
Resolved, That we will not sign or consent to any contract which does not grant us perfect liberty to act in unison with other members of the F. S. M. P. A.
Resolved, That we deprecate any strike against or strife with the dealers, but put ourselves upon record as willing to furnish all the milk necessary for general use, only demanding that we be paid a fair and living price for the same, and if the milk is shut out from the market it will not be our fault but because of the refusal of the dealers to receive our milk as heretofore or pay a just price for it.
Resolved, That as members of the F. S. M. P. A. we do heartily endorse the work of our executive committee, and be it further
Resolved, That we as members of the F. S. M. P. A. do propose to stand solidly as a unit by the association.
Resolved, That in the judgment of this convention each local section should for the present act upon the question presented to them by the dealers in a manner to secure the greatest unity among their members and for their own local interest, in all cases, however, preserving their independent and perfect freedom to co-operate in any general movement of the association that may hereafter be ordered or made by the sales or executive committee.
Hon. J. C. Latimer of Tioga Center, chairman of the sales committee, explained the present situation.
Ira Snell of Kenwood spoke on the price of milk and told what had been done by the sales committee in New York in the matter of disposing of the milk.
H. T. Coon of Little York urged every one to go home, put on the harness and work for success. If all stand firm and stand together he was sure that success would come.
A. B. Gillett of Milford, Pa., a vice-president of the D., L. & W. Route union, reported that the dealers were trying to force members to make a contract, but that in the main they are standing the test well, only an occasional one falling by the wayside.
Rev. Timothy Willis of Tully advocated the necessity of a united membership. Mr. Sherwood recommended the holding of more of such meetings as this.
The meeting then adjourned.
ENGINEER ALLEN ENGAGED
To Superintend the Paving of Tompkins-st. and Lincoln-ave.
The board of village trustees held a meeting last evening and met Engineer Henry C. Allen of Syracuse, and agreed upon satisfactory terms by which Mr. Allen was engaged as engineer on the paving of Lincoln-ave. and Tompkins-st. this summer. He was instructed to make surveys and maps of the streets, and to make out the specifications on which the bids will be invited. The new streets are to be similar to the Main-st. pavement with its base of concrete, and its "binder course," and its asphalt surface with a ten year guarantee. Bids will be invited from all companies laying asphalt, and also for both stone and cement curbing. It is not expected that the specifications will be completed before Monday, June 5, when they can be authorized by the village board, and bids advertised for.
BREVITIES.
—The Loyal circle of King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. C. N. Butterfield, 73 Groton-ave., Friday, May 26, at 8 P. M.
—Rev. Dr. George B. Stewart of Harrisburg, Pa., has announced his acceptance of the presidency of the Auburn Theological Seminary of Auburn, N. Y.
—The regular meeting of W. C. T. U. which would naturally occur on Tuesday, May 30, is postponed until Thursday, June 1. All members please note change of time.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Dey Bros. & Co., Upholstering, page 8; The Model, Clothing, page 4; Warren, Tanner & Co., Drygoods, page 6; McGraw & Osgood, Walking Shoes, page 5.
—George Reeves is placing in the show windows of G. H. Ames' shoe store handsome window enclosures in which will be placed French plate glass mirrors. This will very materially aid in making a very attractive display of goods.
—According to the sun spot theory, the weather will be cool until June 17, the temperature on a few warm days not going higher than 80 degrees. But the sun may change its spots in time for plenty of business at the summer resorts.
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| Baseball. |
PRIZE FOR A HIT.
Ball in the Circle Means a Suit Case from Bingham & Miller.
Attendants upon baseball games [Cortland’s Athletic Field near Peck Bros. on South Main Street] will notice a peculiar sign on the fence almost directly behind the center fielder. There is a white circle about 8 feet in diameter, which is the height of the fence. Along side of it are the words "Bingham & Miller, suit case, prize." The query is what does it mean.
It is an offer of one of Bingham & Miller's best sole leather suit cases to the member of the local baseball team who shall bat a ball that shall strike anywhere within the circumference of that circle on the fence without having touched the ground on its way from the bat to the fence. The hit must be made by the local player in a league game, and the offer of this firm is not confined to a single hit, but a suit case will be given as often during the season as the conditions shall be complied with. The offer is open to every member of the team and a single man can earn as many suit cases as the times that he dots the ball in the circle. If the team goes at this with fire in their several eyes and hits hard and true, Bingham & Miller may have occasion to give away a good many cases. But an eight foot circle nearly 400 feet away is not a very large target to aim at. Still the prize is a valuable one and is worth trying for.
A CINCH.
CORTLAND HAD AN EASY TIME WITH THE ELECTRICS.
Won from Brady's Men With Hands Down—Binghamton Won a Smart Game from Albany—Oswego Keeps on Losing and Rome Can't Stop Winning.
The Cortland team is now again back in third place in the State league race as the result or the victory over Schenectady yesterday, and the downfall of Oswego at Utica. Rome seems as yet unable to lose, yesterday's game being a slugging, match. A Schenectady dispatch says: Cortland struck a cinch with Schenectady this afternoon and won as they pleased. The features of the game were the phenomenal catching of Nelson and Zinser's beautiful catch of Daley's high foul in the fifth. The attendance was about 1,000.
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