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| Admiral George Dewey. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, July 18, 1899.
RECEPTION TO DEWEY.
Newspaper Men Will Not Be Entertained By the Reception Committee.
NEW YORK, July 18.—A great number of suggestions as to methods of making the reception to Admiral Dewey a success have been received by General Butterfield and other members of the executive committee. One that has appealed very much to General Butterfield is that the celebration shall be continued three instead of two days, the third day to be a civilian day, the second a land parade day, and the first a naval parade. The letter making the suggestion says that the civic parade reviewed by Admiral Dewey would please many thousands of persons who could not participate in a military or naval parade.
The decision of the press committee to invite the newspaper men of the United States to visit New York for the celebration and be entertained at the expense of the city is to be vetoed when presented to the plan and scope committee. General Butterfield is against it as impracticable. Several communications about it have been received by the secretary. One man writes to say that there are about 24,000 papers in the United States and that if one-third of the editors accepted the invitation and the city entertained them for two and a half days at $2 a day hotels the total cost would be $40,000.
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| Fulton Fish Market, New York City. |
PROTECTING FISH.
The Protective League of Salt Water Fishermen Incorporated.
ALBANY, July 18.—The "Protective League of Salt Water Fishermen" was incorporated with the secretary of state. Its particular objects are for the social intercourse among the amateur fishermen of New York and vicinity, and for obtaining by lawful means the passage and enforcement of laws for the protection of salt water fish from destruction by nets and traps and preventing the pollution of the bays, harbors and rivers in and about New York city, with chemicals.
The directors include: Alfred Rogers, Frederick Etz, James F. Milliken, Charles S. Crane, William Roeber, Rudolph Hoffman, Theo. Biedinger, Eugene Eliedner, Thomas Reilly, Albert Baywood of New York, Frank Howens of Brooklyn.
Barbed Wire Telephones.
Telephone monopoly is not feared where barbed wire fencing may be used as a medium for telephonic communication. Such use of the fencing has been made in several places in the west, and a typical illustration is the "system" in use in Mason county, Ills. It started with a line I 1/2 miles long, instituted by an amateur electrician to connect his father's farmhouse with the post-office, and this worked so well that seven other lines were established, 21 miles in length and operating 38 telephones. The cost of the wire need not be considered, of course, and the telephones cost only $8 each. The use of the telephones is free to all. Their practical utility is evident, and in addition they are a means of social entertainment much appreciated on the farms.—Exchange.
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| Brooklyn Street Car Strike 1895. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
The Brooklyn Strike.
The strike on the Brooklyn trolley roads recall the one which occurred in January, 1895. At that time nearly 7,000 men went out. At first there were no breaches of the peace, but on the fourth day there was trouble, several cars being stoned. The police appeared to be powerless to deal with the situation. Rioting became general, the lawless element outside of the ranks of the strikers assisting materially in spreading disorder. On Jan. 19 two brigades of the national guard were called out. The mob defied the troops and was fired on, two men being killed. There were also several bayonet charges which resulted in bloodshed. Subsequently there was more savage fighting in the streets. The troops remained on guard until Jan. 31. After order had been restored and traffic was resumed without hindrance, some of the strikers were taken back by the Brooklyn Heights company. Most of them, however, went over to the Nassau company, which lately was absorbed by the Brooklyn Heights, now known as the Brooklyn Rapid Transit. It is among these men that the present trouble is said to have originated.
The old Nassau men claim that they have been treated unfairly by their new employers, and intimate that the latter have been trying to get even with them for their participation in the strike of 1895. They complain that not only have their wages been reduced, but that the company has violated all of its contracts with them. They insist that they be paid 20 cents an hour.
A few days ago President Rossiter of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit company declared that there was no ground for a strike, and that the talk of such a strike and the efforts to provoke one were put forth by persons not employed by the company, nor identified with the labor organizations, for political effect or for stock jobbing purposes. Subsequently General Master Workman Parsons of the Knights of Labor is said to have declared himself ready to make some startling and convincing revelations on the subject. This charge that unscrupulous speculators are at the bottom of the strike is really the one ugly feature of the situation.
The company yesterday had three-fourths of its rolling stock in operation on lines other than those comprising the old Nassau system, but policemen were on most of the cars. As yet there have not been any very serious disturbances, and with the large police force of greater New York to draw on, anything like a general riot is likely to be prevented. The leaders of the strikers claim that accessions to their ranks are constant, and that the elevated road employees are being brought into the union. They predict a general tie-up eventually, if the demands of the strike are not granted. To-day there is a claim made that the employees of the Metropolitan roads in New York will also be called out and that all of Manhattan will be tied up too.
CONFLICTING REPORTS.
Company and Men All Claim to Have Made Gains.
NEW YORK, July 18.—Fewer cars were running on the Brooklyn trolley lines today than yesterday. During the night rails had been pried from the roadbeds of some branches and wires cut. The company affirms that the strike never amounted to much and that it is less inconvenient to the corporation to-day than yesterday.
Mr. Parsons, the master workman of the Knights, avers that the strike has held its own and is gaining.
Chief of Police Devery considers that the strike is lost. The Brooklyn company is hiring men in Pittsburg and in Philadelphia.
The Metropolitan employees in the borough of Manhattan are working as usual and there are no fresh indications of a strike.
LESS CARS RUNNING.
Strikers Won Over Non-Union Men During the Night.
NEW YORK, July 18.—The strikers have evidently won over a number of non-union men to their ranks during the night. The Putnam-ave. line over which the cars were running on schedule time for the last few days is crippled to-day. Certainly one third of the cars on this line are off. On the Fulton-st. line, which was running on nearly schedule time yesterday, the number of cars on it this morning was reduced about one-third. No cars were running on the Nostrand-ave. and the Tompkins-ave. lines.
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| Main Street, Cortland, N. Y., circa 1899. |
VILLAGE SOLONS.
Bicycle Ordinance Passed and Paving Contracts Finally signed.
The board of village trustees at its meeting last night did three things—finally executed the paving contracts, enacted a bicycle ordinance and refused S. S. Horton and Ezra Truman permission to build a blacksmith shop on Orchard-st.
The contracts for the paving of Tompkins-st. and Lincoln-ave. which have been on the road between Cortland and New York much of the last two weeks, had been returned yesterday morning properly signed by the Warren-Scharf Asphalt Paving Co. and two bondsmen, the American Surety Co. and W. S. McKellar of New York. The contracts were signed by the president and clerk and each of the four trustees. The work will begin in a day or two on Lincoln-ave. Boards on which concrete is to be mixed are now scattered along the street.
S. S. Horton, who with Ezra Truman had applied for a permit to build a blacksmith shop on the south side of Orchard-st., came before the board for his ultimatum. The matter had been referred to Trustees Thompson and White, who reported that the location was within the fire limit of 300 feet from Main-st. and the residents of the street objected to the building going up. Mr. Horton was given to understand that for these reasons he would not be granted permission to put up a wooden building there. Mr. Horton was very much disappointed at this, and said it would work a great injury to himself and Mr. Truman who had purchased the lot recently for that purpose, and had also purchased the old Knights of Labor shop between Cortland and Homer and intended moving it thereon.
Item of business number three—bicycle ordinances. The board adopted bicycle ordinances in conformity with the state law, which by publication will be operative Aug. 2. They appear in another column in full. The principal features are forbidding bicycle riding in the streets at a "dangerous" rate of speed; compelling riders to pass pedestrians, go over crosswalks and around street corners at a rate not exceeding four miles an hour; and forbidding entirely the use of sidewalks on paved streets or where the adjacent road surface is in a rideable condition. Sidewalk riding is limited to six miles an hour.
A representative of the Oastler company of Paterson, N. J., talked to the board about road rollers and offered to sell a ten-ton roller for $3,000, providing the village would guarantee to pay $750 for the use of a machine from now until corporation election in case the village should not then vote an appropriation for its purchase. The board offered to guarantee payment of freight each way if a machine would be sent to Cortland and the village did not buy it in the spring. No answer was given by the road roller talker.
Take Notice.
The undersigned assessors of the village of Cortland, county of Cortland, N. Y., have completed their assessment roll for the present year and have left a copy thereof with one of their number, to wit, F. W. Kingsbury, office of E. W. Bates, Democrat building, in the village of Cortland, N. Y., where it may be seen and examined by any person until the 7th day of August and that on such last named day the assessors will meet at Fireman's hall in the village of Cortland, N. Y., at 10 o'clock in the forenoon to hear and determine all complaints in relation to such assessment and to review the same.
Funeral of Mrs. Dana.
The funeral of Mrs. H. T. Dana, whose sudden death occurred Friday evening, was held at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon from her late home on North Main-st., and the deep admiration in which she was held by almost innumerable friends, was shown by the large number who attended the services, and also by the great profusion of floral offerings sent by individuals. The medical profession was represented by a large number of physicians who sat in a body. The services were in charge of Rev. John T. Stone, pastor of the Presbyterian church of which the deceased was a member, who spoke appropriately and with feeling of the high character of Mrs. Dana, and her many noble attributes. Rev. J. L. Robertson, D. D., made the closing prayer. The hymns were sung by a quartet composed of Misses Ruth McNett and Jessamine Ellsworth and Messrs. J. B. Hunt and T. N. Hollister. The bearers were Messrs. Delos Bauder, L. J. Fitzgerald, G. J. Mager, George L. Warren, C. F. Wickwire and A. A. Carley, and the interment was in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
The Doctor is Alive.
Village Trustee Luther T. White spent Sunday at Slaterville Springs, and while he was gone some one started the story that he had suddenly died there. The story gained considerable circulation, and many people believed it, but it was all a hoax. The doctor returned Sunday night, was in his office yesterday, and occupied his chair at the meeting of the village trustees last night. He is very much alive and says he never felt better in his life.
HUDSON GIRL CONVICTED.
Sent to House of Refuge at Albion—Other Case On.
The case of The People against Myrtie Hudson, charged with keeping a disorderly house at 151 Homer-ave. went to the jury at 6 o'clock last night who after a few minutes returned a verdict of guilty. This morning she was sentenced to the Western House of Refuge at Albion for three years.
The case against her sister, Lillian Hudson, charged with a similar offense, was begun at once and a jury was not secured until 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, it being necessary to summon fourteen talesmen in addition to the original panel of twelve jurors. The jury is composed of Messrs. S. A. Jennison, F. M. Quick, Monroe Bailey, W. F. Clark, Z. Lowe, and Gideon Wright. T. H. Dowd appears for The People and E. E. Mellon for defendant.
BREVITIES.
—The D., L. & W. R. R. is said to have contracted for forty-six new locomotives at on expense of $250,000.
— Rumor has it that the D., L. & W. R. R is now trying to lease the Nickel Plate R. R. to get a through connection to Chicago.
—The Cortland City band will come out for a parade between 7 and 8 o'clock to-night to remind the public of the Glenwood excursion to-morrow.
—A regular communication of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., will be held at the lodgerooms this evening at 7:30 o'clock. The third degree will be conferred.
—A committee from Orris Hose fire company of Cortland was in the city yesterday looking the ground over for their visit and contest during convention week.—Ithaca Journal.
—Invitations have been issued for the wedding of Mr. F. Albert Bates of Cortland and Miss Anna Wright of Homer, which will take place at the home of the bride's parents on Albany-st., in Homer at 8 o'clock P. M., July 27.
—The Buffalo Bill Wild West shows which exhibited in Syracuse yesterday, passed through Cortland in two train sections this morning at about 4 o'clock, enroute to Binghamton, where the shows exhibited to-day. The trains stopped in Cortland for water.
—New display advertisements to-day are—M. A. Case, Waists, skirts, etc., page 6; F. Daehler, Clothing, page 6; Palace Confectionery Co., Candies and ice cream, page 5; Samson's Compound, page 5; D. McCarthy & Sons, Summer goods, page 8.
—Another baby fawn, making the third one this summer, came to Renwick Park zoo yesterday. They are in first class condition and as playful as young animals generally are.—Ithaca Journal. The excursionists who will to-morrow spend a little time at Renwick [today's Stewart Park--CC ed.] will doubtless be interested in taking a look at this latest arrival.
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