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| Andrew Dickson White. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, May 27, 1899.
PEACE CONFERENCE.
Its Outcome as Forecasted by Andrew D. White.
COMMITTEES ARE HARD AT WORK.
Firearms and Explosives Discussed by the Committee on Disarmament—An Interesting Session Held by Arbitration Committee—Subcommittees Appointed.
THE HAGUE. May 27.—It can now be stated, with some degree of confidence, that the delegates to the peace conference are gradually arriving at the belief that its outcome will be very much what Mr. Andrew D. White, United States ambassador at Berlin and head of the American delegation here, forecasted in the interview cabled to the United States last Monday.
So far as armaments are concerned the utmost that it is expected to accomplish is some slight recommendations to the governments participating.
The various committees have now settled to work, and the delegates have begun a formal exchange of views.
It was decided to appoint committees to receive all suggestions, proposals and petitions emanating from outsiders; but so far as is yet ascertainable these will be pigeon holed without consideration unless they come within the purview of the questions enumerated in the circular of Count Muravieff, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, in outlining the subjects for consideration.
The disarmament committee met and M. Barnaert, chief of the Belgian delegation, who presides, set forth the points submitted for consideration. The two sections immediately divided and proceeded to a discussion of the question of firearms and explosives, which continued till the hour for adjournment.
The arbitration committee met under the presidency of the chief of the French delegation, M. Leon Bourgeois, who was flanked by the honorary presidents of the committee, Sir Julian Pauncefote, chief of the British delegation and Count Nigra, chief of the Italian delegation. M. Bourgeois presented the questions of mediation and arbitration and suggested a program the committee might follow, urging recourse to all pacific means to settle international questions before a recourse to war. He submitted a long list of possible subjects of dispute which might arise between nations and yet find solution in arbitration closing with the more difficult problems. He then presented a scheme already introduced to the full conference by a Russian delegate, a scheme consisting of 40 articles. The statement of M. Bourgeoise was clear and concise, commanding the closest attention.
Sir Julian Pauncefote proposed that the committee should immediately proceed before all else to consider the question of a permanent tribunal of arbitration. He did not, however, submit any plan and eventually withdrew his motion in view of the suggestions offered by Count Nigra and others who urged the wisdom of following the program of the president, in which the question of a permanent tribunal follows the general subject of arbitration.
M. Bourgeois observed that the committee by not opposing it gave adhesion to the principle favoring a peaceful solution of international questions before a recourse to arms.
Recognizing that the committee was too large to consider the Russian proposals, M. Bourgeois appointed the following sub-committee: Chevalier Descamps-David of the Belgian delegation, Professor Asser, privy councilor of the Netherlands delegation; Baron Estournelles de Constant of the French delegation; Frederick Hollis, secretary of the United States delegation; M. Lammasch of the Austro-Hungarian delegation; Professor Maartons of the Russian delegation; M. Eodier of the Swiss delegation and Dr. Zorn of the university of Kenigsberg, representing the German delegation.
Sir Julian Pauncefote and Count Nigra were appointed honorary presidents of the sub-committee while M. Bourgeois and M. De Staal were empowered to attend its meetings.
This arrangement gives a representation to all the great powers, as well as to Holland, Belgium and Switzerland. Chevalier Deseamps-David was appointed chairman of the sub-committee.
Bubonic Plague Increasing.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, May 27.—Four more cases of the plague have been reported here.
Automobile Trip Ended.
NEW YORK. May 27.—The automobile, which left Cleveland at 7 o'clock Monday morning to establish an automobile record between Cleveland and New York, made 707.4 miles in 40 hours and 4 minutes of actual running. This is an average of 17.6 miles an hour. The trip was accomplished with only one accident of a serious nature, that being the breaking of an axle.
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| Admiral George Dewey. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
The Coming Hero.
Admiral Dewey will return to the United States by the way of the Suez canal and arrive first in New York. That much has been settled. How to honor him when he gets home is still on the carpet, and the air is full of generous projects. The American people are to give him a house, and one consummate donkey has proposed to give him a dinner which shall cost $100 a plate, at which, of course, the bloated politicians would have an exclusive time of their own. That scheme may be whistled down the wind. It gives the American people indigestion to think of it, and Admiral Dewey would put his heel on it. The New York Times suggests a national testimonial collected by the 2,119 daily papers of the United States. This is inspiring and quite American. It would give everybody an opportunity to contribute a mite, and it would make the result a truly national affair. But whatever is done Admiral Dewey will be the hero of the hour. Aside from all rewards, the gratitude and admiration of a nation will be heaped upon him.
IN SECOND PLACE TO-DAY.
CORTLANDS DEFEATED THE LEADERS YESTERDAY.
It Was a Hot Game front Start to Finish—Binghamton Victorious Over Utica, Auburn Won a Game and Schenectady Lost Again.
Well, Mr. Ramsey, your string of players is all right. Your Mr. Mike Mullin is all right; so are you. You trimmed the Roman noses off from those Romans yesterday in truly heroic style. All the bad things that have been said about any of you, and they are few, will be forgotten—for the present at least.
The game was a contest for gore [sic] and it was a very pretty one. It was interestingly uncertain from start to finish. Mullin pitched a rail fence ball that escaped the sticks of the Romans with seven safe exceptions, all but one of which were dinky little singles. Cortland opened at the bat and did not begin to score runs until the second inning when Lawlor got first on an error by Maguire, went to second on Daley's single, third on Neville's sacrifice and scored on an out. Two more were added in the second on a couple of bad errors by Maguire in handling Conroy's fly, a double by Bill Gannon and a single by Honest Jack Lawlor. Two doubles by Conroy and Ketchum in the fifth, and an out, brought in two more, and the last run was made for Cortland in the ninth on Gannon's double, followed by a double by Lawlor. The ten hits of the Cortland [team] netted fifteen bases, and with the exception of Neville's errors the fielding was beautiful. Nelson put up a magnificent game behind the plate, and Ketchum made an elegant running catch in the ninth of a high and difficult fly from Shea's bat.
Mullin had the visitors at his mercy, and only in the third inning did they find his curves with any degree of effect. All their runs were made in this inning. Tull walked on four wide ones. Hallowell batted a grounder to Neville who let it slip through his fingers and Tull took second. Hallowell was caught asleep at first and Nelson was the man who caught him at it, and so he nailed him. Rudderham singled into right field sending Tull to third, and then Pleiss cracked out a double which scored both runs. Chase reached first and Pleiss reached home on Neville's inaccurate fielding of the former's grounder. O'Brien singled, sending Chase to third, and then Chase scored on a passed ball. The next two men up batted flies which were caught, and ever thereafter Rome was not in the game.
The third inning was the only one in which a visitor got beyond first base, and outside of that inning only six Romans got as far as first. The Cortland half of the ninth inning was the prettiest seen in a long time. Maguire had succeeded in getting a single, and the fans held their breath for there was a bare chance for Rome to break the spell. Shea connected in good shape and sent a long fly sailing away over centerfield, but there was a fielder who was up to the game. Ketchum after a hard run pulled it down and the crowd took a short breath. Tull batted a little popup to Neville who gathered it in. A little longer breath. Hallowell came up and Mickey Mullin buckled down to business. His head came down to his shoulders, his teeth became set with determination, he fairly hypnotized the batsman and by fine pitching struck him out, making a dramatic finish of an intensely dramatic game and one which it is the delight of every fan to see.
The score:
BRIEF POINTS.
What's the matter with Cortland's outfield? Lawlor, Ketchum and Gannon made seven of the ten hits yesterday and those seven hits netted ten of the fifteen bases secured.
Bill Gannon says that a ball is never batted into his field when there is no sun, but when the sun shines he gets nearly all of them.
Neville was not in his form yesterday, something unusual for him.
No games are scheduled for Monday in the State league. All teams will play two games on Memorial day. Binghamton at Cortland in the morning and Cortland at Binghamton in the afternoon.
The Rome Sentinel's man speaks of them as "the champions" now, but without the quotation marks. These latter may be convenient to-day or later on.—Utica Herald.
Up to yesterday there were no "knockers" in Rome, but last night the din of the hammers in the eternal city could be heard as far west as Cortland.—Utica Herald.
The cattle sheds were shipped from Rome last night, and if they reach Cortland in time to-day, the "champions" are expected to win. It was an oversight on O'Brien's part that they were not taken with the team yesterday. Romans will not forgive him soon.—Utica Herald.
"Cortland has about the strongest team in the league, outside of Rome, and if they keep up their present fast gait, will probably be our strongest competitors for the pennant." The foregoing is from the Rome Sentinel. Just let poor Binghamton in on this, too, won't you? They need the encouragement down there, and Cortland is willing they should be recognized.
The prettiest catch seen on the home grounds this season was made by Pleiss yesterday when with his left hand he gathered in Daley's long fly in the ninth inning.
SIDEPATH NOTES.
Plans for Continuing the Path North from Little York.
Chairman Santee of the [bicycle] sidepath commission went north from Little York to the county line yesterday to make plans for extending the sidepath. Both the east and west roads were looked over, and it was decided to build the path on the west road from Little York through Preble and on north. It will cross to the east road at Tully lake park, and the Onondaga county commission will build a path south from Syracuse to meet it.
Nearly all the farmers along the line of the projected path were enthusiastic and offered to assist in its building by furnishing assistance of men and teams. E. C. Ercanbrack of the Preble hotel headed a subscription paper with $20 and promises to circulate it in Preble and vicinity. Horace Hiscock gave very valuable aid in donating all the gravel from his gravel bank that will be needed in that vicinity. Work will be begun very soon.
Chairman Santee this morning secured from the highway commissioner of the town of Preble a permit to build the path through that town, and it is now on file in the town clerk's office.
A prominent wheelman from out of town who yesterday rode over the Little York path made the remark that that path was now in the best condition of any path that he knew of in the state of New York.
A warrant was this afternoon sworn out before Justice of the Peace H. J. Harrington on complaint of the sidepath commission for the apprehension of Dr. George D. Bradford of Homer for riding on the sidepath between Cortland and Homer without a license in violation of the new law.
LETTER FROM MRS. GATES.
Former Resident of Homer, Now of Meadville, Pa.
The following letter from Mrs. E. M. Gates, who was for some years a resident of Homer, but now of Meadville, Pa., will doubtless be read with interest by many friends in both Homer and Cortland:
MEADVILLE, May 9, 1899.
To the Editor of The STANDARD:
SIR— During a few days sojourn in your county a short time since I was asked so many questions about Meadville and had so little time to see the many friends who read your paper that I concluded to send you a few of my impressions of the place, thinking they might be of interest to some.
My stay here has been of ten months' duration. Have found it a very pleasant place to live in. The city is laid out in a very liberal way, giving one the impression that there is plenty of room and also giving it a country aspect. Every block is intersected both ways by alleys which at first were intended as mere means of access to the back of the lots, but as the population has increased, cheaper tenements have been built upon them, so that they are considerably inhabited, but are not comfortable as streets, being too narrow for sidewalks of any width.
This is the county sent of Crawford county and therefore well supplied with lawyers. To Chautauquans the country over the name of Dr. F. L. Flood, Meadville, Pa., is familiar on account of his editing and publishing The Chautauquan here for so long a time. The fame of Alleghany college, also located here, is far reaching, while the Theological school is known far and wide. There are also schools of music, and a good system of town schools. Here is located the home for orphans, called Odd Fellows Home. There is a City hospital and a hospital under the auspices of the Sisters of Charity.
The community is well governed, the laws being well enforced. There are very good sanitary laws, and the place is very healthful. The fuel used is mostly natural gas, at least it was natural, but has been "watered." It does very nicely in warm and moderate weather, but is not to be trusted in such extreme cold weather as prevailed a portion of last winter. However, coal and wood may be had at what would seem to Cortland people very low rates.
The principal employment for the laboring man is found in the Erie shops located here, but they are unable to give employment to all who need it, and the citizens of the place have just aroused themselves to make some effort to bring in some manufactories. A chamber of commerce has been formed and by them steps have been taken in this direction.
Meadville is a very homelike place and now that we are soon to leave it, we can see more to praise than blame. The Salvation Army has found a warm welcome, and the officers now leaving have many friends, and we have abundant reason to believe they will continue their friendship and support for the incoming officers. Capt. Heift and family go to Dundas, Canada, for a month's visit and then expect to come to Erie, Pa.
I may be pardoned a few personal words. In September, 1897, I went to Capt. and Mrs. Heift in Hornellsville, N. Y. Their next appointment was Elmira, N. Y., where we went in February, 1898, and remained until July of the same year, when we came to Meadville. Have enjoyed my work very much. Expect to remain with them indefinitely, as there are two little girls who are my especial charge, and there is much else that I can do to be of use. E. M. GATES.
DR. SHOWERMAN DEAD.
For Years He Visited Cortland Every Few Weeks.
Dr. James M. Showerman, a well-known physician of Batavia, died Thursday night at his home in Batavia of diabetes, aged 60 years. He had been in poor health for a number of weeks.
Dr. Showerman was one of the best known physicians of the state. For many years before his health failed he traveled through the central part of the state and was identified as an expert on nervous and chronic diseases. He used to visit Cortland every few weeks, and his calls were looked forward to with much pleasure by those who were not patients of his, for he was of a very genial disposition. He had traveled largely and his social conversation was of a very delightful character. His headquarters was at Rome, N. Y. Deceased was also well known in Masonic circles of the state. He belonged to Batavia lodge, Western Star chapter and the Batavia commandery.
He is survived by a widow, one son, Dr. Benjamin W. Showerman, and three daughters, Mrs. Ralph W. Gillette, Mrs. Gertrude Cavanaugh and Miss Jennie Showerman all of Batavia, also one sister, Mrs. Harry Harmon of Battle Creek, Mich., and one brother, Henry Showerman of Parma, N. Y.
BREVITIES.
—The West End Brownies were defeated by the East Siders this morning at the fair grounds at baseball by the score of 15 to 10.
—At the University Center Monday night Rev. W. H. Pound will speak upon Abraham Lincoln. This is bound to be an interesting meeting.
—The athletes from the Normal [School] who are to participate in the Inter-scholastic meet at Syracuse this afternoon went to Syracuse this morning.
—The phonograph entertainment at C. A. A. hall last night was declared off on account of the lack of sufficient crowd to warrant its being given.
—The fire department steamer was tested on Elm-st. near the Ellis Omnibus & Cab Co.'s plant last night and everything was found satisfactory.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Stowell, Big sale at little prices, page 7; E. F. Draper, Adv. Agency, Seven Sutherland Sisters, hair grower, etc, page 5; H. B. Hubbard, Fine table groceries, page 5; W. W. Bennett, Bicycles, page 8.
—The annual Memorial day services for Grover post, G. A. R., Grover Relief corps, and Kellogg camp, S. O. V., will be held at the First M. E. church to-morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock. The address will be delivered by the pastor of that church, Rev. O. A. Houghton, D. D.
—The handsome bay mare of R. Bruce Smith's which was so seriously injured on a barbed wire fence on Wednesday, May 17, was thought to be getting along well till last night when lockjaw set in and all hopes vanished. To-day Mr. Smith had her put out of her misery in a merciful manner.
—The thirty or more boarders at Mrs. Anderson's boarding house are casting around now to see where they can go after the house is closed on May 31. The majority of them have engaged board at the Candy Kitchen and at A. H. Bennett's, both on Railroad-st. Some of the boarders have been with Mrs. Anderson for eleven years.
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