IMMIGRATION, COMPULSORY VOTING, ANOTHER MUSIC FESTIVAL, AND TEACHERS' INSTITUTE IN PROGRESS

 

Ellis Island in New York harbor.

Immigrants at Ellis Island.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, April 11, 1900.

IMMIGRATION.

Traffic on Railroads Out of New York Increased.

   NEW YORK, April 11.—The increase in the immigration to this country has had the natural result of greatly increasing this class of travel over the railroads out of New York. The increase has been particularly noticeable in the past month, when the number of immigrants ticketed through to Western points has assumed large proportions. The traffic, however, has not, as has been stated, reached the highest figures of previous years. The immigrant business at this period in 1890, 1891 and 1892 was larger than it has been so far this year.

   On one day last week, when several steamers arrived, the total number of immigrant arrivals was 3,700. Of this number, however, only 1,700 went to Western points over the railroads.

   In view of the evidences of a considerable immigration into the far Northwestern states from states along the Missouri river, it is interesting to remark the destination of these immigrants. Of the total number 1,700 going West on the day mentioned, 900 went no further than Buffalo and Pittsburg points; about 450 had tickets for points between those places and Chicago, leaving only 350 whose journeys extended to stations beyond Chicago.

 

Admiral George Dewey.

DEWEY CLAIMS.

Appeal Made to Supreme Court on Question of War Bounty.

   WASHINGTON, April 11.—Argument was begun in the United States supreme court yesterday in the case of Admiral Dewey and his men.

   The case grows out of their claim for bounty for the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Manila and comes to the supreme court on appeal from the decision of the court of claims.

   The court awarded the men $100 each and the admiral $9,570. They claim double that amount in all cases on the ground that the enemy's force was superior to the American fleet.

   Messrs. William B. King and Benjamin Micou and former Secretary Herbert represent the claimants and Assistant Attorney General Pradt the government.

 

BIG DAMAGE VERDICT.

Plaintiff in Case of Lee vs. D., L. & W. Gets $11,000.

   ITHACA, N. Y., April 11.—In the case of John Lee against the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad company, which has been on trial before Judge Forbes in the supreme court of Tompkins county, the jury rendered a verdict of $11,000 for the plaintiff. This is the largest ever awarded in the county.

   The plaintiff was injured two years ago in crossing a bridge constructed by the railroad company over the highway, near Groton. He was in charge of a traction engine and the bridge gave way under its weight.

 

Ethnologist Cushing Dead.

   WASHINGTON, April 11.—Frank H. Cushing, for years connected with the bureau of ethnology, died here of hemorrhage. Mr. Cushing, who devoted his life to scientific research was identified in the mind of the public with his work among the Zuni Indians. He had charge of the Smithsonian ethnological exhibit at the Centennial exposition in 1876 and later accompanied an expedition to New Mexico and lived there six years, being adopted as a member of the Zuni tribe. He was born in 1857 and was a graduate of Cornell.

 

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

Illinois Seeks Compulsory Voting,

   It is often said that there are enough good men in every town, city and state to secure the election of the best candidates and hence the enactment of the best laws, provided only that all entitled to a vote would go to the polling places on Election day and cast their ballots. It usually happens that those who have the most to say by way of criticizing public men and public misdeeds are those who take the least interest in politics and who rather pride themselves upon the distance they keep away from primaries and polling places.

   The Illinois legislature is considering a bill which provides for imposing a fine of $2 upon every man in the state who has the right to vote and fails at any election to present himself at the polling place and deposit his ballot. It is estimated that this will increase the number of votes east by a very large percentage. The fine of $2 is not heavy, but even wealthy men will go out of their way to save that sum.

   The Utica Press, commenting on this matter says: "The spirit of that statute is all right. It is one of the first duties of good citizenship to vote. No man can escape responsibility, and none should be permitted to shirk it. A government of the people, by the people and for the people must be administered by those whom a majority of all the people have chosen. It is positively unpatriotic to assume an attitude of careless indifference. There are more men who do not go to the polls than most people think, Mark the difference in our own state, for instance, between the vote cast in a presidential year and that in a so-called off year. In presidential years there is greater interest, and the managers of both parties see to it that every elector who possibly can be, is brought to his proper polling place and his support secured. There is reason to believe that good would result from making voting compulsory. If Illinois passes this bill and puts the law into practical operation, its working will be watched with interest. If it proves as successful as is anticipated, other states will be prompt to follow the example."

   ◘ The Washington Post announces that surplus public documents are to be sent to insane asylums for the use of inmates. This is a new application of the doctrine of "similia similibus curantur."

 

Secured a Judgment.

   Justice Harrington [of Cortland] has handed down his decision in the case of Enos E. Mellon vs. Orson A. House which was tried before him last week. The plaintiff sued to recover for legal services performed some time previously in defending Myrtie and Lillian Hudson, sisters, charged with keeping a disorderly house. Plaintiff claimed that he was retained for that purpose by Mr. House. Justice Harrington renders a judgment for plaintiff of $127 and costs amounting to $5.62 more.

 

Cortland Opera House.

They Enjoyed the Show.

   There was a very large and enthusiastic audience at the Opera House last night to see "Way Down East," and everybody was well pleased. All the good things that had been said of the play and the company in advance were fully verified. There was a quaintness about the play that was very restful and at the same time there was plenty of fun. The company was an excellent one and only good words are said of the whole entertainment.

 

A Locomotive Disabled.

   Local D., L. & W. freight engine No. 223, while trying to run coal cars up the trestle leading to Maxson & Starin's coalsheds this morning blew off its dome and was sidetracked on a nearby switch. The engine presented a somewhat dilapidated appearance, and it is not to be wondered that the report of a wreck rapidly spread.

 

ANOTHER MUSIC FESTIVAL.

Possible that Mr. Mahan Will Conduct One in June.

   Mr. A. Mahan is again considering the subject of a music festival, and while he has not yet arrived at a definite conclusion it now seems altogether probable that a festival will be held the second week in June. If it is held there will be some radical changes in the plans, some special features introduced, and an unusually large array of talented artists. A definite conclusion will be reached soon and a positive announcement made. It is certainly to be hoped that Mr. Mahan will decide in the affirmative, and that these festivals which have added so much to the musical interest of Cortland, as well as to the cultivation of the talent and ability of local musicians, may not be permitted to lapse.

 

Cortland Normal School.

TEACHERS' INSTITUTE.

Profitable Day Sessions in All Grades and Interesting Lectures.

   After the opening exercises and rollcall Tuesday afternoon at the teachers' institute Conductor Smith introduced the instructor of the first period, Miss Van Rensselaer, her subject "Bad Physical Habits and Their Cure" was handled in a skillful manner. She made her exercise a supplement to her work on physical training. During the last period Dr. Albro discussed "The Art of Recollection." He is a pleasing speaker and holds the closest attention of his audience.

TUESDAY EVENING.

   Promptly at 8 o'clock Conductor Irving B. Smith was introduced by Commissioner Luke J. McEvoy. The subject of his illustrated lecture was "The Philippines." He showed the different stages of territorial development through which the United States has passed. We have in the Philippines a great mass of humanity that need to be uplifted. The different slides exhibited marked a strong contrast in the different grades of civilization there. The methods employed for locomotion, the dwellings, public buildings and public works, and the chief productions were discussed. The lecture was pleasing and instructive. The speaker received the close attention of his hearers throughout.

WEDNESDAY MORNING.

   At 9 o'clock the institute was reopened. The opening exercises were conducted by Dr. Cheney. During the first period the primary division was instructed by Prof. Wells. His subject was "Penmanship." In the intermediate portion Dr. Albro spoke on "The How and the Why." Mrs. Hallock, in the advanced division, took for her topic "Physiology and Hygiene." The second hour in the primary department was devoted to "Lessons on the Human Body" by Mrs. Hallock. Prof. Wells discussed "Penmanship" before the intermediate teachers. In the advanced division Dr. Albro spoke on "The Power of Attention." During the last hour the primary teachers were instructed by Miss Gale of the Normal faculty. Her subject was "Geography." In her work man is made the central figure. Everything is studied as being subservient to his interests. The intermediate teachers enjoyed Mrs. Hallock's exercise in "Physiology and Hygiene." In the advanced division Conductor Smith discussed the subject of "Promotions."

   To-night at 8 o'clock at Normal hall Prof. Philip M. Hull gives an illustrated lecture on "Cuba and Puerto Rico." Tomorrow night, Hon. Charles E. Fitch will lecture on "Anglo-Saxon Superiority."

   The following are the teachers registered at the institute at the Normal building this week:

   Apulia Station—Mytle Brooks,.

   Berwyn—Mary A. McGuire.

   Blodgett Mills—Helen Louise Burt, Alphia K. Potter, Flora A. Reynolds.

   Cheningo—Cora A. Heath.

   Cincinnatus—Marguerite Morse.

   Cortland—Rosamond Robinson, Mabel E. Tennant, Mary A. Dowd, L. Pearl Smith, Mollie E. C. Curtin, Carrie M. Earsley, Mary E. Gillette, Lillian E. Lang, Charlotte Hollister, Frances M. Nash, Marie F. Carberry, Nora B. Phelps, Dena Crysler, Earl S. Price, Margaret Sheridan, Stella Jean Sears, Jessie L. Barnes, Jennie L. Ryan, Katharine A. Rocke, Edith Eleanor Colledge, Mabel Sadie Howes, Marie Emma Davern, Ida G, Ellsworth, Jennie L. Dalton, Mary Beatrice Dalton, Gertrude E. Winter, Geo. H. Munson.

   Cuyler—J. Lee Burdick, Mrs. Rose M. Burdick, Harry G. Snell.

   Delphi—Edith E. King.

   DeRuyter—A. E. Fairbank, Pearl Babcock, M. Zella Gardner, Nettie Pool.

   Dryden—Cora Henrietta Kennedy.

   Fabius—Mrs. Walter Crozier, John Shea, Anna Bell Hills.

   Freetown—Daniel Byron Grant.

   Glen Haven—Mary E. Edwards.

   Groton—Sylvia R. Smith, Alice Backus.

   Groton City—Alta Mina Clark.

   Harford—Frances Davern, Mrs. P. L. Barnes.

   Harford Mills—Marietta Davis, Cora M. Johnson, Harriet E. Pollard, Myra C. Wells.

   Homer—J. Ortho Lansing, Jennie M. Wood, Mary Flagg, Fannie M. Clark, Cora Carpenter, Maud M. Whitney, Hattie Pearl Stout, Leva Jeannette Butler, Marguerite Lansing, Nina M. Coon, Alice E. Haynes, Maude M. Alvord, Florence M. Johnson, Mary A. Gilbert, Bertha L. Butler.

   Killawog—Maude Dwight.

   Lincklaen—Charles Pierce, Lottie Webber Angell, H. Mabel Holl.

   Lisle—Iva M. Lewis.

   Little York—Ora Theressa Greene.

   Manlius—Dorothy L. Maloy.

   Marathon—Helen L. Page, Julia F. Potts, Bessie A. Barry, Elizabeth M. Flavin, Margaret Cecilia Killela, Minnie Mae Jones, W. A. Coon, Earl O. Conrad, Ernest A. Conrad, Margaret A. Flavin, Ella M. Holloran, Mary L. Burns, Clara A. Earley.

   McGraw—Martin E. Chapin, Calvin F. Place, Harriet E. Davis, Claribel Warren, Louis A. Bean, Ada J. Perry, Mrs. A. Tanghe, Mrs. C. F. Place.

   McLean—Edna Baldwin, S. LaVilla Powers, Mrs. Florence Weeks.

   Messengerville—Mary E. Kirby.

   Moravia—Ella C. Sweeney.

   Otisco—Lottie Riehlman.

   Pitcher—Inez S. Babcock, Edith B. Harvey.

   North Pitcher—Ralph C. Baldwin, Estella F. Ufford.

   Preble—Lester D. Fox, Harry M. Barrows, Grace Currie, Lena R. Wright, David W. Currie, M. E. Murphy, Blanch Van Patten, Daisy Wilber.

   Scott—M. Genevieve Babcock, Dora M. Greene, Hattie Louisa Butts.

   Solon—Mary Kerrigan, Gertrude E. Kelly, Mary A. Kelly.

   Spafford—-Hattie A. Landphier.

   South Spafford—Pearl E. Bacon.

   South Cortland—Clayton R. Sanders.

   Summerhill—A. Elizabeth Goode.

   Suncook, N. H.—Harry Fass Lake.

   Taylor—Minnie D. Birdlebough.

   Texas Valley—J. Allan Leach, Elma D. Maricle, Carrie M. Briggs. Mrs. S. M. Briggs.

   Truxton—Fred A. Woodward, Gertrude MacDiarmid, Agnes B. Connell, Katharine Hansen, A. Marie Wicks, Elizabeth G. Hannen, Mary E. Cooney, Mary E. McAuliffe, Mary H. Wallace, Eudorus C. Kenney, Margaret L. Connell, Arthur W. Kiely.

   Tula—May Sara Crosley, Edith Churchill.

   Tully—Lillian V. Mason, Mabel J. Fuller, Sara E. Cummings, Nettie Currie, Julia R. Cummings, May Tracy, Jennie D. Wells, Clara E. Cummings, Alma Grace Willis, Jennie Currie.

   Union Valley—Emmet B. Kibbe.

   Virgil—Edith Lowe Spencer.

   Whitney Point—Hermon D. Smith, Iona May Butts.

   Willet—Edith D. Tennant.

   Total—163.

 

Samuel N. Holden.

Scales Designated.

   Mayor S. N. Holden to-day designated the scales at Ryan's grocery store and warehouse and those at Frazier's Central market as public scales for the reweighing on either of coal [sic], at the expense of the purchaser at the rate of 15 cents for each weighing.

 

Removed a Tumor.

   Dr. Sornberger, assisted by Dr. Ver Nooy, yesterday removed a tumor from the left shoulder of Jerry A'Hearn of 20 Railway-ave. The operation was successful and the patient will probably be confined to the house for ten days or so.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The "Way Down East" company left for Auburn at 8:31 this morning.

   —There will be a meeting of the O. U. A. M. in the lodgerooms to-night at 8 o'clock.

   —The Woman's Home Missionary society of the First M. E. church will meet with Miss Mary Oday, 76 Railroad-st., on Friday at 2:30 o'clock.

   —Two very handsome new circular corner signs of polished brass bearing the words "Merchant tailor," have just been put up at the entrance to the store of F. Daehler.

   —No trace has yet been found of Charles Ingersoll, the defaulting treasurer of Tompkins county, who has run away now for the second time and whose bail bond has been estreated.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Stowell, Special sale, page 8; Burgess, Fine trousers, page 8: W. J. Perkins, Paints, page 8; Mitchell & Strowbridge, Fish, page 5; Model Clothing Co., Spring clothing, page 4; J. W. Cudworth, Optical talks, page 4.