GOLD STANDARD, AND NO THANKSGIVING RECESS FOR CORTLAND SUPERVISORS

 

$10 eagle gold coin.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, November 29, 1899.

FOR GOLD STANDARD.

Republican Caucus Committee's Financial Measure.

STANDARD OF VALUE FIXED.

Report Favors the Maintenance of Parity of All Forms of Money That Is Issued or Coined By the Government of the United States.

   WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.—The financial bill prepared by the Republican caucus committee which met at Atlantic City last spring was yesterday made public by the committee. The bill defines and fixes a standard of value to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States and for other purposes.

   Section 1—The standard unit of value shall, as now, be the dollar and shall consist of 25 and eight-tenths grains of gold, nine-tenths fine, of 23 and twenty-two-one hundredths grains of pure gold, being the one-tenth part of the eagle.

   Section 2—That all interest-bearing obligations of the United States for the payment of money, now existing or hereafter to be entered into and all United States notes and treasury notes issued under the law of July 14, 1890, shall be deemed and held to be payable in the gold coin of the United States as defined in Section 1 of this act and all other obligations, public and private, for the payment of money shall be performed in conformity with the standard established in said section. Nothing herein contained shall be construed or held to affect the present legal tender quality of the silver dollar or of the subsidiary or minor coins or of the paper currency of the United States, or the laws making national bank notes receivable and payable for certain public debts and dues and obligations between national banks.

   Section 3—That there be established in the treasury department as a part of the office of the treasurer of the United States a division to be designated and known as the division of issue and redemption, to which shall be assigned, under such regulations as the secretary of the treasury may approve, all records and accounts relating to the issue, redemption and exchange, as hereinafter provided of the several kinds of United States money. There shall be transferred from the general fund in the treasury of the United States and taken upon the books of said division as a redemption fund, the amount of gold coin and bullion held against outstanding gold certificates, the amount of silver dollars held against outstanding silver certificates, the amount in silver dollars and silver bullion held against outstanding treasury notes issued under the action of July 14, 1890, and an amount of gold coin and bullion to constitute a reserve fund equal to 25 per cent of the amount, both of United States notes and treasury notes issued under the act of July 14, 1890, outstanding. The gold and silver coins and bullion transferred from the general fund in the treasury as herein provided shall be increased or diminished as the case may be in accordance with the provisions of this act and in no other way.

 

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

   A Louisville physician has been pondering on the question, "Does it pay?" and in an article contributed to the Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic declares it doesn't. The "it" which he pondered was his profession. "Taking everything into consideration," he says in conclusion, "I think l am perfectly safe in saying that it does not pay financially to be n physician." This is surprising to those whose knowledge of medicine has been acquired from settling doctors' bills.

 

NO THANKSGIVING RECESS.

Board of Supervisors Decides to Continue to Do Business.

FOURTEENTH DAY, WEDNESDAY, NOV. 29.

   After the reading of the minutes of yesterday's session, the board this morning listened to the following introduced by Mr. Mynard of Freetown:

   Resolved, That the amount to be expended by the superintendent of the poor at his discretion for the ensuing year be hereby fixed at $3,000 and thus all expenditures in excess of that sum be made only with the written approval of a committee of this board to consist of A. H. Bennett, Benjamin Kinyon and J. Wesley Patrick.

   On motion of Mr. Bennett, the resolution was laid on the table until after the superintendent's report is disposed of.

   Mr. Phelps introduced the following:

   Resolved, That when this board adjourns for the day it adjourn to Friday, Dec. 1, at 10:30 A. M.

   The resolution was declared lost by the following vote.

   Ayes—Alley, Mynard, Bennett, Bingham, Phelps, Webb—6.

   Nays—Kinyon, Patrick, Wavle, Surdam, Crosley, O'Donnell, Ingersoll, Hammond—8.

   Absent—Hunt.

   The board devoted the remainder of the forenoon to committee work.

   At the afternoon session, the special order, the consideration of the reports of the committee on settling with the superintendent of the poor was taken up. Superintendent Frisbie was present in person with his annual report, which he submitted. An hour and a half was consumed in a conference between the superintendent and the board relative to the management of affairs connected with his office.

   The superintendent's report was received and filed.

   On motion of Mr. Kinyon a resolution was adopted, recommending and suggesting to the superintendent that all necessary supplies be brought under control at special rates, and recommending that a maximum sum be fixed by the board for expenditure for supplies and that any excess expenditures be [applied] only with the written approval of the chairman of the board or of a committee of not to exceed three members.

 

Cortland Hospital, North Main Street, Cortland, N. Y.

SLIGHT FIRE AT HOSPITAL

Child Patient Responsible for It—Quickly Extinguished by Nurses.

   There was a slight fire at the hospital at 5 o'clock Monday night. Bertha Stowell, 5 years old, daughter of George Stowell who died early in October, has been for some weeks a patient there, being ill with typhoid fever. She was almost well enough to be discharged and in her convalescence was so uneasy and inclined to make noise that she had to be removed from the women's ward, where there were other patients too ill to be disturbed, to one of the nurses' rooms in the rear of the building.

   One of the nurses was with her nearly all the time after her removal to a separate room, but Friday afternoon was called away for a few minutes. Suddenly smoke was discovered in the hallway and the bed which the little girl had occupied was found to be on fire. Under the direction of Mrs. Waters, the matron, the nurses quickly brought water and extinguished the flames, though the bed was pretty badly demoralized. The little girl herself was nowhere to be seen, but was finally fished out from under the bed, into which place of concealment she had crawled when she saw what was resulting.

   When closely questioned by Mrs. Waters the child acknowledged that when left alone she had slipped across the hall into another room and secured some matches from a match safe. She had then put a waste basket, in which were some papers, upon her bed and set fire to it just to have a bonfire. She didn't suppose it would do any harm, she said. She had never been told that she mustn't play with matches.

   Mrs. Waters impressed it upon the nurses at the outset that their work must be done silently, and the result was that scarcely a patient in the hospital knew that there was any unusual occurrence in the building. There were at the time eleven patients in the hospital, six of whom were critically ill, one of these being in the next room to the fire. It would have been a serious matter for them had it been necessary to remove them from the house. Fortunately no harm was done to any one. The damage which at most will be slight was amply covered by insurance. The little girl was yesterday so far recovered as to be removed to her home. Mrs. Waters clearly showed in this instance her ability and fitness in an emergency and she and all the nurses are to be commended for not losing their heads.

 

Kremlin Hotel is the yellow building between red brick Hatch Library and Courthouse at corner.

THANKSGIVING AT KREMLIN.

Appetizing Repast to be Prepared at This Popular Hotel.

   The following is the menu for the Thanksgiving dinner to be served at the Kremlin:

 

 

Death of Mrs. Hunt.

   Mrs. Sarah Hunt, widow of John Hunt of DeRuyter who died on Sept. 5, was in Cortland last week visiting her nephew and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Howard of 12 Argyle Place. She expected to return home on Saturday, but was that day taken seriously ill with pneumonia, continued to grow rapidly worse and died last night at 10 o'clock. Her age was 63 years. Her maiden name was Sarah Howard, and she was one of a family of twelve children. Her first husband was Milo Harrington of Harford Mills, but since her marriage with Mr. Hunt more than thirty years ago she has lived in DeRuyter.

   She is survived by her step-daughter, Mrs. Frank Connell of DeRuyter with whom she has lived since the death of Mr. Hunt, and by five brothers and one sister: Thomas Howard of Cortland, Richard Howard of Dryden, Henry Howard of Kalamazoo, Mich., Alfred Howard of North Greece, Monroe Co., N. Y., William Howard of McLean and Mrs. Mary Wilcox of Harford Mills.

   The remains will be taken to Harford Mills on the 8:35 Lehigh Valley train Friday morning, where the funeral will be held at the Christian church at Harford Mills. She will be buried beside the remains of her first husband at Harford Mills, as Mr. Hunt was buried beside his first wife in DeRuyter.

 

POLICE COURT RECORD.

A Tramp With a Boiled Shirt and High Standing Collar.

   An unusual array of traveling people was up before Justice Davis this morning, all charged with being tramps.

   The first was Joseph Murphy claiming Oneida as his native place. He was a middle aged fellow "looking for work."

   John Smith, Paterson, N. J., was the name and address given by tramp No. 2. He was a German by birth, also "looking for work."

   The third was a young man with his hair parted in the middle, wearing a boiled shirt and a high standing collar and flashing necktie. He said he was James Reed, but this was his first experience at hoboing. His home had been in Scranton, but he had "worked" in other places.

   Number four was a lad of 17 years claiming to have come from Oneida to Syracuse a year ago. In Syracuse he had served as bellboy in the hotels, but had become tired of Syracuse and wanted a change.

   All were given thirty minutes in which to get out of town.

   A couple of tramps yesterday morning were given the same opportunity, but an hour afterwards when the justice saw them on the street, he ordered Chief Parker to gather them in, and he sentenced them to six months in Onondaga penitentiary.

   H. Parmelee was fined $3 for public intoxication, and C. Johnson went to jail for ten days for the same offense.

 

Cortland Evening Standard, Page 8, Wednesday, November 29, 1899.

BREVITIES.

   —To-morrow is Thanksgiving day and a legal holiday. No paper will be issued from the STANDARD office.

   —By request the whole number of Gallia will be sung at Sage college next Sunday. Miss Lucy Marah will be the soloist.—Ithaca News.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Baker & Angell, Shoes, page 4; Model Clothing Co., Clothing, page 4; Opera House, "The Highwayman," page 5.

   —A. H. Gluck, proprietor of the new Ithaca hotel at Ithaca, died of Bright's disease in that city Tuesday night. He was born at Niagara Falls forty-nine years ago.

   —Mrs. Munson Cook, aged 70 years, died at Theresa, N. Y., on Saturday. In a dust covered bandbox in her house was found $15,000 which had been there for thirty years.

   —Thanksgiving services will be held to-morrow morning at Grace Episcopal church at 10 o'clock, and at the Presbyterian church and the Memorial Baptist church at 11 o'clock.

   —The boiler of a hay-pressing machine blew up yesterday at Hamilton, killed one man, fatally injured another, slightly injured others and set fire to three barns which were totally destroyed with their contents.

   —Members of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. and A. M. are requested to meet in the lodge rooms Friday afternoon at 12:30 to attend the funeral of Mr. C. E. Wills of Homer at 2 o'clock. A special car will leave Cortland at 1:07 P. M.

   —To-morrow being Thanksgiving day the office will be open only from 7 to 10 A. M. and from 6 to 7 P. M. There will be but one complete delivery by carriers, and the money order department will be closed all day. The last mail closes at 7 P. M.