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| James K. McGuire. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, September 18, 1899.
MUNICIPALITIES MEET.
Third Annual Convention of the American League at Syracuse.
SYRACUSE, Sept. 18.—The delegates to the third annual convention of the League of American Municipalities, to be held Tuesday to Friday inclusive, are beginning to arrive. It is expected that 800 delegates representing 124 cities of 34 states will attend. A large number of cities that are not members of the league will also send delegates. The mayor will in almost every case head the delegation from his city.
The convention will be opened at 10 a. m. Tuesday by Samuel L. Black of Columbus, O., president of the league. Mayor James K. McGuire of Syracuse will welcome the delegates, and give them the freedom of the city. The first address of the convention will be delivered by Samuel N. Jones, mayor of Toledo, whose topic will be "The New Patriotism or a Golden Rule government."
A public reception will be held Tuesday evening at the Yates hotel, the official headquarters of the league, by the mayor, city officials and committee of one hundred citizens. Mayor McGuire has named a committee of fifty women to look after the entertainment of the wives of delegates.
Civil Service Employes and Politics.
ALBANY, Sept. 18.—Leaders of the opposition to the Republican organization in this city sent several telegrams to Governor Roosevelt, asking him to enforce the White civil service law and compel employes [sic] of the public buildings department to desist from taking an active part in the primaries. The claim is made that Superintendent Bender is allowing the men to take part in the fight. Mr. Bender said that every man employed was doing his full complement of work and that politics were not interfering.
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| Capt. Alfred Dreyfus. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Dreyfus to be Pardoned.
It is expected that a pardon will be granted Alfred Dreyfus to-morrow by President Loubet. Pending an appeal to the military court of revision from the verdict of the Rennes court martial the president could not properly take any action in the case. During the legal proceedings to secure a revision of sentence Dreyfus would have to remain in prison probably for some time. He is in such poor health that he could not survive imprisonment much longer. His family has therefore consented to a withdrawal of the appeal to the military court, and the way is now open for President Loubet to exercise a clemency which really belongs to Dreyfus as a right.
By one of those strange revulsions of feeling common to French, the public accepts this sequel to the Rennes trial not only without protest, but with positive approval. The anti-Dreyfus party imagines that the granting of a pardon by Loubet will end the whole affair, stop foreign criticism and assure the success of the [Paris] exposition next year. The members of Dreyfus' family, however, declare that they will never rest until the rehabilitation of the deeply wronged man is complete.
Under all the circumstances the pardoning of Dreyfus will amount to an acquittal, as it will be a rebuff to the army and a condemnation of the verdict at Rennes. It will also vindicate the civil power from the reproach of truckling to the military power. Later Dreyfus can go before the court of cassation with the necessary facts for demonstrating his innocence and have the wrong done him by military courts so unequivocally righted as to completely rehabilitate him.
DREYFUS DEMONSTRATION.
Meetings Held in London Were Orderly and Very Quiet Affairs.
LONDON, Sept. 18.—Although the weather was beautiful, the much-talked of demonstration in Hyde Park, London, against the verdict of the Rennes court martial in condemning Captain Dreyfus on charge of treason, proved a spiritless affair. A few thousands collected around the seven platforms, but they were mainly boys, servant girls and idlers. Very few Jews or foreigners were in evidence. The large force of police in attendance had nothing to do as a demonstration could not possibly be more orderly.
The speakers were in no way influential. Most of the interest centered around the platform where Mr. Hatsefield, a relative of Dreyfus, delivered an address.
The speakers deprecated boycotting a whole nation "for the sake of five judges and a scoundrel." At the various platforms resolutions were adopted expressing sympathy with Madame Dreyfus and congratulations to M. Zola, Lieutenant Colonel Picquart, M. Labori, M. Demange and others, appealing to France to release and rehabilitate Dreyfus before it should be too late. These were carried with the greatest enthusiasm.
Various flags were displayed, including the stars and stripes and the tricolor of France. A French lady was removed for continually crying "Vive l'armee," and a man was ejected for shouting "Vive Mercier."
AUTUMN AT GLEN HAVEN.
New Dock to be Built—Rumors of Enlargement—The Visitors.
GLEN HAVEN, Sept. 18, 1899.—Last Thursday was one of the greatest days that the Glen has ever known. The members of the New England Water Works association, who have been in convention at Syracuse this week, made an excursion to the Glen accompanied by quite a numerous escort of Syracusans. The party numbered 225 in all, and came to the Glen in the morning by steamer, remaining until 2:30 in the afternoon and taking dinner at the Glen hotel. Manager Mourin had had timely notice of their coming, and had made every preparation to receive them. They were entertained in the very best style of which the place is capable, and expressed themselves as highly pleased with the trip and the entertainment given them.
The day was a beautiful and exhilarating one, the lake looked its loveliest, and the banks just beginning to take on their fall colors presented a picture of natural beauty which excited the admiration and comment of the visitors, and which will remain with them as a pleasant memory. They were all thoroughly agreed on one point, and that is that no city on the face of the earth has a more ample source [Skaneateles Lake] of water supply or better water in it than the city of Syracuse.
The Glen has a number of patrons who always make it a point to visit the place in the early fall, and these persons have been adding their names to the registry at the hotel for several days past. They think they are the wisest visitors to the place, and have substantial reasons to give why they prefer the fall months to the summer. Some of their arguments are hard to answer. The September and October days at the head of Skaneateles lake certainly contain far more enjoyment and health for those who wish rest and recuperation than any other days in the year. At no time is the setting of hills and woods in which the lake rests so varied, picturesque and charming. The prevailing winds along the lake are north and south, and in fact these are about the only winds which get an opportunity to blow over the waters of Skaneateles. They bring with them, in the early fall, days which are typical and almost peculiar to the place. When the wind blows directly from the north, breaking the surface of the lake into white caps, there is an amount of ozone, exhilaration and stimulus in the air which is felt even by the most insensible. The south wind, on the contrary, brings dreamy, hazy days, with the air filled with the dim half-smoky effect characteristic of the circumstances, place and season.
The recent extended spell of pleasant weather has furnished alternations of these Glen Haven days which have been keenly enjoyed by the different visitors at the hotel. No two days are precisely alike, the surface of the lake never seems to present twice in succession the same appearance, and there is constantly the enjoyment of variation as well as of beauty.
It seems to be substantially settled that at the beginning of another season a new dock is to be built about a quarter of a mile, or a little more, below the Glen hotel. The water has never been as low in the lake within the memory of the oldest inhabitants as it is at present. This is due probably more to the dryness of the season than to any excessive draft upon the waters of the lake. Springs in the vicinity which have never been known to dry up are now destitute of water, and wells with an equally good record have nothing at the bottom but mud. The steamer has had considerable difficulty in landing at the dock for some time past, and a temporary landing place has been made in the vicinity of where the new dock is expected to be built by fastening together two scows extending out into the lake. The bottom at the head of the lake is substantially a flat under shallow water for some distance down the lake, and it has been necessary to select the place for the new dock beyond this flat and where the banks slope off rapidly into deep water.
The season just closing has been one of the most successful in the history of Glen Haven. In fact, so successful has it been that one influential Syracusan has been advising Landlord Mourin to build on a 100 foot addition to the hotel, and has offered to guarantee to fill it if it was built. There appears to be no immediate prospect, however, that the gentleman's offer will be accepted. Many of the guests who visit the place year after year have expressed the hope that the offer would not be accepted, believing that to attempt to turn the place into a big fashionable resort would destroy the peculiar charm which it now has for many who take delight in its attractions. Sooner or later, however, if prosperous times continue, enlargement is almost certain to come.
The following party arrived at the Glen in a four-horse tally ho Saturday afternoon: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Muller, Mr. and Mrs. Alvah Muller, Misses Kittle Muller and Louise Curtis, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Westcott, Mr. Amos L. Kenney, all of Truxton; Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Call and Mr. Louis Samson of Cortland; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carley and Mr. H. J. Barber of Homer. The party drove to Skaneateles yesterday and back to the Glen at night, and left at 2:30 o'clock to-day for home, going by way of Cortland.
Among Cortland and Homer people recently registered at the Glen are the following: Misses Louise Tanner, Mary Atkinson, Hattie Stockwell, Messrs. Maurice L. Farrrll, T. E. Courtney, W. E. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Haskell, A. W. Curtis, Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Stone, W. H. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Stillman, Miss Maude Stillman Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Stilson, Mr. and Mrs. G. J. Maycumber, Mr. and Mrs. E. Alley, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Seager, Richard W. Sager, Miss Katherine R. Colvin, Rowland L. Davis, H. S. Bliss, John Courtney Jr., Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Collins, Mrs. Lucy N. Collins, Misses Anna and Katherine Collins, Halsey M. Collins, all of Cortland; Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Fred V. Bennett, Lester P. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Foster, all of Homer.
FATALITY AT BERKSHIRE.
Two Men Killed at a Railroad Crossing and Another Badly Injured.
A fatal railroad accident occurred at Berkshire, Tioga county, at 4:50 o'clock Saturday afternoon by which John Shepard, aged 44 years, and Bert Robinson, aged 16 years, lost their lives and Frank Robinson, the father of Bert, was seriously if not fatally injured. The three men were on a load of lumber crossing what is known as the Mill crossing in Berkshire village, when a freight train approached from the north unknown to the men and struck their wagon at the rear wheels. The wagon was demolished, one horse was killed outright and the other escaped serious injury.
Mr. Shepard was hurled nearly 30 feet down an embankment and Bert Robinson was hurled 100 feet. Both were killed instantly and the bodies were a mangled bleeding mass when picked up. Frank Robinson had a shoulder blade and several ribs broken and it is feared suffered internal injuries from which he cannot recover. It is claimed that no signal was given by the engineer and the train was running 30 miles an hour. The bodies of the dead men were taken to the undertaking rooms of Witter Bros. and a coroner from Owego summoned, but he decided that an inquest was unnecessary.
The funeral of Mr. Shepard was held at 3 o'clock this afternoon and the funeral of Mr. Robinson at 11 o'clock this morning. Mr. Shepard was a brother-in-law of G. F. Hulslander, driver of the Dryden stage, and also of E. P. Hulslander of Cortland.
DEER PARK IN CORTLAND.
C. L. Kinney Secured a Young Fawn in Kansas.
Mr. Curtis L. Kinney has arranged a fine farm of pleasure and entertainment for his little son Wesley at the rear of his handsome residence on Port Watson-st.
While Mr. and Mrs. Kinney were at Pittsburg, Kan., in August visiting Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Barker they were fortunate in getting possession of a young fawn which they brought home with them. The fawn is now about six months of age, and his antics are something which please not only the little people, but the older ones as well. The fawn is kept in a little park arranged for the purpose, and is something of a rarity in these parts. It was obtained in the Cherokee reservation of Indian Territory.
BREVITIES.
—Grover post, No. 98, G. A. R., will meet this (Monday) evening.
—Cortland commandery, No. 50. K.T., meets this evening for drill.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Buck & Lane, Hardware, page 6; Chas. F. Brown, Photo Supplies, page 6; F. D. Smith, Stoves & Ranges, page 6.
—The regular meeting of Grover Relief corps, No. 96, will, occur to-morrow, Sept, 10, at 3 o'clock P. M. It is expected there will be a large attendance at this meeting.
—Mrs. J. Etta Woolland has obtained a judgment of absolute divorce from William H. Woolland and the same was filed at the county clerk's office Sept. 15. Both reside in this village.
—The annual reunion of the One Hundred Fifty-seventh regiment will occur to-morrow at Syracuse. Headquarters will be at the St. Cloud hotel. A large number from Cortland county will attend and expect to go up on the 9:20 train.
—The enterprise of the village board of trustees in getting Cortland's sidewalks, especially on main thoroughfares, in such excellent condition throughout is the subject of no little favorable comment from visitors. Never before were the walks and corners on Main-st. in so fine a condition. Let the good go on and spread to all parts of the town. The property-owners themselves are taking commendable pride in the matter.
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