Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, June 30, 1899.
ROOSEVELT INTERVIEWED.
Be Talks Polities and Tells of His Journey Through the West.
ALBANY, June 30.—Governor Roosevelt, who stopped off at this city for a few moments on his way to New York city from the West, declared that he is not a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 1900 and that he is in favor of the renomination of President McKinley. In an interview at the depot he said:
"I have had an exceedingly good time and have thoroughly enjoyed myself. I have been as much touched as surprised. I have been delighted with the West.
"Everybody in the West is for McKinley's renomination and I am most emphatically for his renomination of course. I feel that both the extreme rapidity with which the country has gone up the path of prosperity under President McKinley's administration and the conduct of the war in the Philippines makes it the duty of every man to stand with it and render President McKinley's renomination a necessity. We must smash out this insurrection there by force of arms and then we can consider terms of peace."
Governor Roosevelt was joined at the train by Mr. Youngs, his private secretary; Assemblyman Fellows of New York city; Assemblyman Murphy, who is a member of the special legislative committee on taxation, and Austin G. Fox, one of the special attorneys who are employed in examining the testimony taken in the canal improvement inquiry.
Declined to Talk in New York.
NEW YORK, June 30.—Governor Roosevelt, accompanied by his secretary and several friends, arrived at the Grand Central depot shortly after 6:30 o'clock from his western trip. When asked about his western trip the governor said: "I had a most delightful time and enjoyed my trip thoroughly. I was met at Albany by a number of newspaper men to whom I made a brief statement, which embodies everything which I wish to say at present, so you will excuse me if I decline to talk further."
The governor dined at the Metropolitan club as the guest of Generals Leonard Wood and Francis W. Greene, after which he took a late train for his home at Oyster Bay, L. I.
DISLIKED THE NEGROES.
Prominent Men Indicted In Connection With a Race Riot.
PARKERSBURG, W. Va., June 30.—It is reported that the federal special grand jury, empanelled a week ago to investigate the alleged mobbing of Edwards' restaurant at St. Mary's, because Edwards broke an unwritten law by employing negro help and brought to town the only colored men who had been there for 40 years, had found indictments against a large number of persons, including a number of prominent county and town officials. The names of those indicted cannot be obtained.
The indictments were drawn under the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution and the laws relating thereto, commonly known as the civil rights act, and were the first of the nature ever drawn by a United States district attorney or presented to a district United States court. A curious feature of the case is that there is no law which covers the specific charges made against the indicted persons and that their prosecution will be entirely under the constitutional amendment.
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| Elizabeth Cady Stanton. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Paris, having ordained a new eelskin skirt, or habit, which is to fit so tight to the female form as to leave no detail of beauty undiscovered, has awakened the protests of conservative women who never think of disregarding the fashion, however disagreeable. The venerable Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has come into this discussion with her usual venerableness of particularity, and points out that the eelskin skirt will retard the advancement of woman because it does away with the pockets and constricts the lap. Now, the lap is much more characteristic of the female animal than the pocket. A woman without a lap is almost unthinkable, and if this skirt is to curtail or diminish that important factor of femininity no one can wonder at the protest. Try and picture to yourself a woman reduced to the beastly masculine extremity of having no lap in which to put her lorgnette, her programme, her reticule, her bouquet, her fan and her smelling bottle. Fancy to yourself, if you can, a woman who has lost the divine privilege of jumping up suddenly and dumping all these things under the next seat for you to gallantly dive after on your stomach. Is it any wonder that women instinctively abandon the divided skirt at matinees and look with loathing on the eelskin habit?
A LEGAL DECISION.
Mrs. Henry Holds Her Farm in Cayuga County.
Judge Dwight has handed down his decision in the action tried before him in supreme court at Auburn on the 20th day of April last, in which F. Eugene Williams and others of Homer were plaintiffs, against Ann E. Henry and her husband, Nathan J. Henry, defendants.
The plaintiffs were judgment creditors of Nathan J. Henry. Before their judgments were procured, Mr. Henry transferred his farm to Mrs. Henry in consideration of moneys which he had borrowed from her several years before the transfer. Mr. and Mrs. Henry were until recently residents of Homer, when they moved into Cayuga county, where the farm is located, which was the subject of controversy. The plaintiffs claimed that the transfer was without consideration, and made for the purpose of defrauding the creditors of the husband. Much interest was felt on both sides by the parties and their friends. The trial was before the court without a jury, and was conducted by Attorneys E. W. Hyatt of Homer and Nathan L. Miller of Cortland for the plaintiffs and by B. A. Benedict for the defendants. The decision of the court finds the deed to Mrs. Henry valid and dismisses the complaint.
Dr. Hyde's Book.
Friends of Dr. Miles G. Hyde who are interested in his book "The One-Time Wooden Spoon," a notice of which was a short time ago published in The STANDARD, will be glad to know that it can be obtained of the publishers, A. S. Barnes & Co. 156 Fifth-ave., New York City, or doubtless the local booksellers will secure it for purchasers. Bound in Yale blue, gilt lettered and with stiff covers it costs 50 cents.
SURPRISED.
Mr. and Mrs. Joiner Visited by Their Pupils Wednesday Evening.
About twenty-five pupils of Joiners' Business school gave Mr. and Mrs. Joiner a surprise at their rooms in the Democrat block Wednesday evening. The evening was pleasantly spent with games and music, and refreshments were served at Bennett's cafe. The year's work of the school closes to-day and with the close of the term Mr. and Mrs. Joiners' connection with the school ceases. Mr. A W. Dakin of Syracuse, the new proprietor, is in Cortland to-day and will continue the work of the school at the beginning of the next term.
CORLEW-STOKER.
Brilliant Wedding at First Baptist Church—Reception at Home of Bride.
An ideal day, a clear blue sky overhead, the earth refreshed and beautiful with the showers of the previous night, the air fragrant with the perfume of roses and all nature in her most charming mood—such was the wedding day. of Miss Mabel Grace Stoker, only daughter of Mr. Charles W. Stoker of Cortland, and Mr. Rufus E. Corlew of Cochituate, Mass. The wedding, which took place at the First Baptist church yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, was one of the most brilliant and elaborate as well as one of the most pleasant affairs of the kind ever held in Cortland. The decorations, both at the church and at the house where the reception was held, were in excellent taste and were arranged with fine effect under the skillful direction of Miss K. Louise Tanner. A profusion of palms and ferns almost completely hid the pulpit and at the centre and end of each of the aisles leading up to the altar were beautiful arches of evergreen. In the windows were large bunches of ferns and in front of the altar a bank of roses.
The music for the occasion was under the direction of Mr. B. L. Bentley and Mr. George Oscar Bowen and was exceptionally fine. The following is the complete program:
During the ceremony Mr. Bentley played the Intermezzo by Mascagni and at the close the Mendelssohn Wedding March.
About four hundred invitations had been issued and nearly that number of guests were present at the church.
The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. Jasper Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church. The bridal party entered the church in the following order: the ushers, Messrs. Halsey M. Collins, Floyd W. Stoker, brother of the bride, and Hiram Rogers of Rochester and John W. Lumbard of Greene; Dr. L. A. Squires of Ovid and Allen B. Freeman, Jr., of Blodgett Mills. Next came the flower girl, little Miss Margaret Stoker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Stoker of Syracuse, a cousin of the bride, the maid of honor, Miss Elizabeth Cooper of Auburn, and the bride leaning upon the arm of her father. The groom with his best man, Mr. R. H. Miller of Cortland was awaiting the party at the altar.
Miss Stoker wore a handsome brides gown of white corded silk…train and trimmed with lace. She wore a veil fastened with orange blossoms and carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. She also wore a pearl crescent, the gift of the groom. Her traveling dress was a plain tailor-made gown of gray.
Miss Cooper's dress was of white mousseline de soi over blue, trimmed with lace and she carried a bouquet of white carnations. The flower girl carried a basket of carnations and roses.
Following the ceremony at the church, a most delightful reception was held at the home of the bride, 13 Church-st. The guests, about eighty in number, were received by Mr. Stoker and Mrs. M. J. Stoker, grandmother of the bride, by the bride and groom, and by the best man and maid of honor.
The Susan Tompkins harp orchestra furnished delightful music during the reception and the elaborate wedding supper which followed. The supper was served upon the lawn which was entirely enclosed and made an ideal place for the repast in the open air. The bridal party occupied a table profusely decorated with flowers at the center of the lawn and the guests were seated at small tables in a large circle about them.
After they had risen from the tables all joined in dancing the Virginia reel on the lawn, the orchestra furnishing the music.
Many beautiful and costly as well as useful wedding presents were received, including choice articles of cut glass and solid silver.
The bride's present to the maid of honor was a ring of pearls. To each of the ushers and the best man the groom gave a pearl scarf pin and the flower girl received a little ring set with pearls.
After their bridal trip Mr. and Mrs. Corlew will at once begin keeping house at a new borne which is now in readiness for them at Cochituate, Mass. The best wishes of a host of friends in Cortland and elsewhere will go with them to their new home. The bride is an accomplished and charming young lady, a general favorite among her associates in Cortland and was a member of the class which this week graduated from the Cortland Normal school. The groom is also an alumnus of the Cortland Normal and of Brown university and holds a responsible position as superintendent of schools at Cochituate, Mass.
Among the guests from out of town who were present at the wedding were: Mrs. M. J. Stoker of Winona, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. George Stoker, and little son and daughter of Syracuse, William E. Cooper of Auburn, Prof. Williams of Cornell university, Prof. E. B. Lovell of Columbia college, New York, Mr. Elbert Wixom of Ithaca and Mr. Walter B. Stockwell of Syracuse.
Mr. and Mrs. Corlew left on the 8:02 train on the Lehigh Valley last night for parts unknown.
PRANKS OF THE BOYS.
How They All Endeavored to Help Along the Corlew Wedding.
It was hardly to be expected that one who had been so great a joker in Cortland as Rufus E. Corlew could be married here among all his old associates and get out of town without having more or less pranks played upon him. No one knew this better than Rufus himself and he acknowledged that he was decidedly apprehensive of results. But be displayed his wisdom in selecting for his best man R. H. Miller, who is really the king bee of all local jokers and thus to a certain extent securing his allegiance in shaking off the rest of the fellows. It was the greatest temptation that Ran ever had, but he struggled manfully against it and stood by his friend right loyally at the end.
Still he couldn't forbear terrifying him somewhat beforehand, so for nearly three weeks in advance he sent him almost daily letters as to how he was doing his level best to head off the jokes aimed at the prospective bridegroom. He told him confidentially of the plans of this one and that one, but it must be confessed that many of these schemes had their origin in Ran's own fertile brain. But they all had their effect, and by the time Rufus was ready to arrive in Cortland it was suspected that he was almost scared stiff and thoroughly wished it was all over and that he and his bride had gotten safely out of town.
But when Wednesday came there was one prank perpetrated by the boys that found the best man with his eyes closed and his face turned in other direction. He simply couldn't help it. A brand new wash tub of prodigious size, tied with white ribbons, painted a fiery red with large white letters upon its outer circumference, "Corlew's finish" and "Rufus' and Grace's Tub" was elevated to the top of a barrel and this was the only object on Tubby Garrity's truck as it was driven all about town and was finally deposited at the home of the bride after having been seen by everybody. A washboard and a dozen cakes of Babbitt's soap were in the tub.
But the best man pulled himself together and helped his friend get the baggage out of town on Wednesday night without a mark of adornment and he absolutely held his tongue on Thursday, or rather he kept it so constantly in motion that it could not find time to tell the crowd when or where the newly married couple were going. But every five minutes be had to call Rufus aside and inform him of the latest scheme for his happiness and to give him advice how to get around it. The result was that though the best man, in the consciousness of his own loyalty, had peace of mind, the bridegroom had little except in his joy that in any case none of the fellows could deprive him of his bride.
Then came one of the ushers from a distance, and he had a switch padlock of gigantic measure. It was said to belong to a railroad that has no connections in this part of the state and no one could unlock it except a switchman of that railroad. There was no switchman and no key to be found in less than a hundred miles of Cortland. The padlock had a long steel shank upon it and on this was inscribed in white letters "We are one." In an unsuspecting moment when the best man and the bridegroom had their faces turned away this was snapped upon the handles of the groom's dress suit case, and he had to go away last night carrying the padlock and the inscribed tag. No key could be found and it would be a two hours' job to file it off. So that was deferred to a more convenient season.
But nothing could be learned from Ran as to the time of departure. In fact, he rather gave it to be understood that there was to be no departure at all and he took the whole crowd of ushers and friends off on a trip to Little York, and while they were gone Mr. and Mrs. Corlew took the 8:02 train west on the Lehigh Valley. There is a good connection for Syracuse by way of Auburn and at 10:40 they were supposed to have arrived at the Salt City. Ran mourns that he couldn't have had more fun and played horse longer, but says he was really tied up by his position.
The party that went to Little York and which enjoyed the dancing till long after midnight included the following: Mrs. Nash-Head, Misses Marion Goodhue, Annie O. Collins, Maud Kinney, Elizabeth Cooper, Carrie Kellogg, Persis K. Miller, Frances Miller, Cora Wells, Louise Tanner, Anna L. Place, Messrs. R. H. Miller, H. M. Collins, J. W. Lumbard, Allen Freeman, Hiram Rogers, Lloyd Ingalls, Maurice Farrell, Elbert Wixom, F. W. Stoker, L. A. Squires.
BALLOON ASCENSIONS
On Three Evenings from the Store of G. F. Beaudry.
On three evenings—to-night, to-morrow night and Monday night—at 8 o'clock there will be sent up from the store of G. F. Beaudry a number of balloons. Attached to two of these balloons each evening will be a coupon or check which will on presentation at Beaudry's entitle the holder to 50 cents worth of fire works, also a ticket of admission to the Y. M. C. A. field day sports at the fairgrounds July 4. Here is a chance for the small boy and his older brother to get something for nothing, and all should be on hand promptly at 8 o'clock each evening.
AT CAMP HERBERT.
Fine Art Photography by Chester D. Moses of Cortland.
Mr. Chester D. Moses is again this summer at Prof. E. C. Cleaves' cottage at Mirror lake in the Adirondacks, which they have called Camp Herbert and is this year doing on a much larger scale the high art photography which he began a few years ago solely as an amateur and for his own personal pleasure. He has now taken photographs of all the principal places and the most beautiful views on Mirror lake and Lake Placid and of the mountains. He has also arranged to do color work for his patrons, and is prepared to a limited extent to do developing for amateurs.
There is to be a very pleasant party of them at Camp Herbert for the summer: Prof. and Mrs. Cleaves, Messrs. Chester D. Moses and Willis H. McGraw, Mr. Eddy, Miss Westcott, and Misses Lucy Moses, Maude Hamilton and Mary Steele.
Mr. Bennett's Eye.
Dr. Brown of Syracuse, the oculist, was down yesterday in consultation with Dr. Higgins in regard to the eye of Mr. Lester P. Bennett which was injured by the cannon cracker Monday night. They decided not to remove the eye at present and hope that it may not be necessary to do so at all, but in any case its use as an organ of sight is practically ended, as he will never be able to do more with it than faintly to distinguish light from darkness, though if it can be saved its appearance to the beholder will not be materially changed.
Typhoid Fever in the Country.
Dr. M. R. Smith of McGraw now numbers among his patients seven people suffering from typhoid fever. All of them live out in various directions in the country. The doctor says it is quite unusual to find so much typhoid fever in the summer, as it is rather considered an autumnal disease, and he has directly traced the cause of most of these cases to bad water. People cannot be too careful about their drainage, as nothing will cause illness much quicker or more surely than impure water.
BREVITIES.
—There will be a vaudeville show at the park pavilion every evening and two matinees upon the week beginning July 10.
—It is expected that the opera, "The Merry Milkmaids," will be repeated at Marathon Tuesday night for the benefit of the Marathon band.
—"In this weather I always wear my stockings wrong side out," said the fan-eared idiot. "You know it cools the feet so to turn the hose on them."—Ithaca Journal.
—The Congregational Sunday-school of Homer to-day ran an excursion to Pleasant Beach on Onondaga lake, and about forty people from Cortland went up to Homer to join the party.
—Two tacks yesterday is the record of a Cortland wheelman on the McGraw sidepath between here and the Corset City, but another wheelman raises on his to-day, for he got five in his tires on a round trip.
—The committee on the picnic and excursion of the Young People's Christian union of Cortland which yesterday visited Oswego and Oswego Falls has to-day gone over to some points on Cayuga lake. A selection and a report will doubtless come soon.
—The insurance on the high school building at Hamilton has been adjusted and paid. The total amount received was $1,870.65. The Hamilton Republican is now agitating the subject of a new school building instead of trying to repair and rebuild the old one.
—Rev. John T. Stone preaches this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the schoolhouse at East Scott. On next Sunday evening when the first of the union services is to be held in the First Baptist church with sermon by Mr. Pound, Mr. Stone preaches and holds a communion service at the Presbyterian church at Texas Valley.
—Editor W. W. Ames of the DeRuyter Gleaner has announced himself as a candidate for the assembly nomination from Chenango county. His announcement, recently printed in The Gleaner, is typically modest. It makes no boasts, and is in substance the simple expression of the hope for the hearty support of his friends everywhere. Mr. Ames has been a Republican supervisor a number of years and has made for himself a good record.
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