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| Czar Nicholas II of Russia. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 5, 1899.
CZAR TO ABDICATE.
Emperor Nicholas Disappointed and Tired of the Throne.
CRISIS IS PENDING IN RUSSIA.
The Death of the Czarowitch and the Failure of the Conference at the Hague Lead Him to Decide to Abdicate on the Occasion of His Darmstadt Visit.
LONDON, Aug. 5.—M. de Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of The Times, gives an extraordinary explanation of M. Delcasse's present mission to Russia. He asserts that it was decided upon quite suddenly, for "a reason which admitted of no delay," and then gives the story, which he says he has from "a source to which I am bound to attach importance." This is the explanation:
"Emperor Nicholas is disappointed and tired of the throne. The absence of an heir excites his superstitious feelings, and he connects himself with a Russian legend according to which an heirless czar is to be succeeded by a Czar Michael, predestined to occupy Constantinople.
"The death of the czarowitch, and the failure of the conference at The Hague led him to decide to abdicate on the occasion of his coming visit to Darmstadt. On this becoming known in Paris M. Delcasse was sent in hot haste to dissuade him from carrying out this intention."
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| Maj. Gen. Henry Ware Lawton. |
LAWTON TO COMMAND.
He Will Lead the Mounted Troops When the War Is Renewed.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Major General Lawton is to have command of all the cavalry troops in the Philippines when the active campaign opens in the fall. The plan of campaign decided on by Major General Otis contemplates a larger use of cavalry than in the last campaign. He already has in the Philippines the entire Fourth cavalry.
He has been authorized to organize one of the provisional regiments in the Philippines as cavalry, and eight companies of the Third cavalry are under orders for Manila. It is probable that other regiments will be sent out so as to give General Lawton a strong cavalry force.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Lawmaking Power and Wages.
How far the lawmaking power can or should go in the regulation of wages and labor conditions is a question upon which there is a wide diversity of opinion. Public interest is a large factor in the problem, particularly in the matter of transportation. It would seem that the lawmaking power, which is an arm of the public service, might with propriety be invoked in regulating the wages and hours of work in the case of street railroads and similar enterprises which employ public agencies and directly affect the public safety and comfort. A street railway is as much a part of the ordinary equipment of every city as its gas and water supply, and the public is vitally concerned in the quality and continuance of its service. A strike of any considerable magnitude in any department of industry is always more or less a public inconvenience, while a strike or lockout, which even partially ties up street railways, is a positive public detriment, and the public would seem to have a moral right to intervene through the lawmaking power to adjust the relations between the employers and the employed upon such a basis as to prevent interruption of traffic.
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| Garret Hobart. |
Vice-President at Plattsburg.
PLATTSBURG, Aug. 5.—Vice-President Hobart and family arrived here to-day from Long Branch. President McKinley met the vice-president at the station with a carriage. Mr. Hobart stood the trip well, but he is weak and pale and has not recovered from the severe attack of grip which he suffered last winter. The races of the Lake Champlain Yacht club are to be held here next Monday. The fleet is expected to arrive from Burlington, Vt., to-day.
Postmaster General and Mrs. Smith will leave here to-day for Philadelphia.
Dewey at Naples.
NAPLES, Aug. 5.—Admiral Dewey, who arrived here this morning from Trieste on board the Olympia, was visited to-day by Mr. Lewis Morris Iddings, secretary of the United States embassy at Rome; Mr. Richard C. Parsons, second secretary of the embassy; Mr. Hector De Castro, United States consul general here, and the vice consul Mr. Charles M. Wood. The Olympia will probably remain in this port for a month.
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| Former Chief M. L. Cleary. |
CONVENTION ECHOES.
Notes in the Ithaca Journal About the Fireman.
The special prizes offered by Ithacans in connection with the parade yesterday were awarded as follows:
Umbrella rack to fireman with biggest nose, E. Leffer, Groton.
Derby hat to homeliest fireman in line, W. Morenus, Marathon.
One gallon of whiskey to largest visiting company, Emerald Hose company, Cortland.
Asbestos globe fuel lighter to youngest fireman, Water Witch Steamer and Hose company, Cortland.
Frame and picture to fireman with handsomest wife, J. B. Losey, Citizen H. & L. company, Groton.
Silk umbrella to biggest dude in parade, Frank Burns, Cortland.
One box cigars for company carrying the handsomest banner in the parade, Pioneer hose, Groton.
Pair of $3 shoes to the firemen having largest foot, N. A. Collings, Groton.
Rocker for the oldest firemen in service in line, ex-chief Cleary, Cortland.
Mouth organ to the fireman who can blow the hardest on a testing machine, Thomas Knobel, Homer.
Pipe to the shortest fireman, Merle Nye, Groton.
A $6 silk umbrella to tallest fireman in the line, Chief Miller, Dryden.
Fifty-pound sack of flour to fireman with largest family, ex-Chief Cleary, Cortland.
Box of cigars to the fireman who sleeps least, B. S. Townsend, Moravia.
Dresden china punch bowl and glasses with silver ladle to hook and ladder company making finest appearance in parade, Excelsior H. & L. company, Cortland.
Three subscriptions for the Fireman's Herald were contributed by the publishers. They were awarded to Excelsior Engine company of Trumansburg, Spencer Chemical fire company of Spencer and Buchanan Hose company of McGraw.
The Cortland delegation of firemen and onlookers was a large one and gave full play to its joy over the prizes its band and firemen and baseball team won during the two days and a night in Ithaca.
A fireman from Homer dropped his cap out of the car window just as the last train was starting to Cortland last night. He went out to get it, but he did not find it until the train had pulled out and left him. He returned to the city hall and sat in a chair until morning. He said he had no money and his ticket would not be good to-day. He did not see a man he knew, but expected to this morning. Another man, from Elmira, had gone up at 11 o'clock to the East Hill depot to take the train for home and learned his mistake when too late. He too returned to the city hall and kept his Homer friend company until morning.
Cortland "got there" yesterday in great shape.
The crowds along the sidewalks and on the street from Aurora to Tioga on State-st., were highly amused to see several colored women and their escorts from Cortland dance to the rag time music of the Cortland band about 11 o'clock last evening. They had a long sweep of street and gave a first class prize cake dance.
TENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
Of the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty.
The tenth annual convention of the Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty in the state of New York will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 4 and 5, 1899, and by vote of the executive committee this convention will be held in the city of Buffalo.
Delegates from all anti-Cruelty societies are earnestly requested to attend this convention, and for this purpose it is suggested that the societies appoint delegates at an early day, so that arrangements may be made for the successful holding of the convention.
Matters in relation to cruelty to children will be considered during the earlier part of the session, while matters relating to cruelty to animals will probably be considered at the latter part. Miscellaneous matters and the election of officers will take place on Thursday.
EXCISE ARRESTS IN HOMER.
Serious Charges Preferred by Homer Law Detectives.
Constable G. Frank Jones of Homer made five arrests this morning of as many Homer people upon the charge of violating the state excise law, it being alleged that they have sold liquor without a license. Homer voted for no license last spring. The men arrested were Abner Sheffield, George I. Crane, J. C. Hullar, John Andrews and Fred Donahue. The arrests were made upon evidence furnished by detectives under the state excise department who have recently visited Homer. The men were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Edward W. Hyatt at 11 o'clock, District Attorney Edwin Duffey of Cortland appearing in behalf of the prosecution.
The defendants desired time in which to procure counsel, and the matter was adjourned until 3:30 o'clock this afternoon. At that time each waived examination and gave bail in the sum of $1,000 for appearance before the next grand jury.
From the Klondike.
Richard Shay, one of the Binghamton party that went to the Klondike a year ago last spring, returned last week, poorer than he started. He says that not one of his party found an ounce of gold. He wintered at a place about 700 miles up the Yukon and there were over 500 people there, not one of whom had found any gold. On their way back to the coast they met many large parties making their way out of the country and all had met the same luck. They were intending to go to Cape Nome, where big gold strikes have been reported, but they met a party coming away from there and changed their minds, as this company said they went there with forty men, left eleven dead there, and were coming out without finding any gold. Thousands are now on the Alaskan coast destitute, looking for some way to get out of the country, but having no means to pay passage. A representative is now in Washington trying to get the government to send revenue cutters to bring these people to the states.
BREVITIES.
—Republican caucuses this evening from 7 to 9 o'clock.
—Chacona sold over eighty gallons of ice cream yesterday.—Ithaca News Aug. 4.
—A regular meeting of the hospital board will be held at the hospital Monday afternoon next, Aug. 7, at 3 o'clock.
—Earl Smith, aged 14 years and his grandmother, aged 60 years, are in jail at Owego charged with poisoning a well.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Chas.. F. Brown, Pure soaps, page 6; Stowells, White Mountain refrigerators, page 7.
—The farmers of Cortland county should keep an accurate account of all crops raised this year, because the census enumerator of next year will want to know.
—Dr. H. S. Loyd of Colgate university will preach in the First Baptist church to-morrow morning and at the union service in the Congregational church in the evening.
—Rev. George B. T. Stevenson of Lansingburg, N. Y., will preach in the Memorial Baptist church, to-morrow both morning and evening. Mr. Stevenson is a graduate of Hamilton college.
—The special train on the Lehigh for the spiritualist camp-meeting at Freeville will leave Cortland at 9:35 A. M. Sunday, Aug. 6, and Sunday, Aug. 13. Returning the train will leave Freeville at 6 P. M.
CORTLAND 3, OSWEGO 2.
RAMSEY'S MEN WON NINTH STRAIGHT GAME.
Did It by Good Hitting in the First Inning—Bingo Beat Troy, Rome Beat Schenectady, and Albany Won at Utica—State League Meeting.
An Oswego dispatch says of yesterday's game: "Oswego lost an exciting game to Cortland to-day. Cortland clinched the game in the first inning with three runs on two singles, a double, a base on balls and Johnston's wild throw to second. In the ninth with three men on bases and two runs made for Oswego, Lawlor pulled down a short hit to left field made by Roth who batted for Barber. The score would have been tied but for Lawlor's wonderful work. The pitching of Mullin and Johnston was of the first order. Oswego might have won had the runners not blundered on bases.
Score:
STATE LEAGUE MEETING.
A special meeting of the New York State langue was held in the assembly room of the Vanderbilt House, Syracuse, last night. The most important business of the meeting was the transfer of the Auburn home dates to Troy. Those present were President J. H. Farrell, representing Troy; J. H. Haas of Albany, Lew Whistler of Schenectady, W. P. Rayland, G. W. Billings and Tom O'Brien of Rome, J. H. Sayer of Oswego, J. L. Bacon of Binghamton and H. D. Ramsey of Cortland. The Utica club was not represented.
The transfer of the Auburn club to Troy was ratified. The transfer of the Oswego and Schenectady clubs to new companies was also ratified. The protested game between Utica and Rome, played June 10 at Rome, was awarded to the Rome club. The game that Utica played with Auburn July 28, and which Utica refused to continue on account of a technical decision by the umpire, and which the umpire awarded to Auburn, 9 to 0, was protested by Utica. The protest of Utica was not allowed, the decision of the umpire being upheld by the league.
Mr. Haas of Albany moved that the Utica club be fined $50 for leaving the field. The fine was imposed unanimously.
The game between Cortland and Rome played at Ithaca Aug. 2, in which ten innings were played was discussed. Rome claimed the game at the end of nine innings and when another inning was played Cortland won. The president was directed to write to the umpire of the game and get information in regard to it. He was given power to award the game as he sees fit. Umpires hereafter will receive $6 a day, rain or shine. When two games are scheduled and it rains the umpire shall receive no pay. The tie game at Rome July 4 between Rome and Utica was ordered played over.
A motion was made and unanimously carried that a vote of thanks be tendered to President Farrell for his good work in keeping the league in such excellent shape. The following changes in the schedule were made: Aug. 9, 10, Cortland at Binghamton; Aug. 10, 17, Binghamton at Cortland; Aug. 23, Albany at Troy; Aug. 24, Troy at Albany, Schenectady at Oswego; Aug. 26, Rome at Troy; Aug. 27, Rome at Albany; Sept. 5, Troy at Albany. The Auburn home dates were transferred to Troy.
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