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| General Sickles, center, at Gettysburg reunion in 1886. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, May 23, 1900.
SICKLES ENTERTAINS.
Third Army Corps Listens to Reminiscences of Gettysburg.
GETTYSBURG, Pa., May 23.—General Daniel E. Sickles of New York entertained the visiting veterans of the Third army corps with interesting reminiscences of Gettysburg at the campfire held in the courthouse. General Sickles said:
"I have often heard criticisms of my work during the second day of the battle of Gettysburg, but I have always held that if I had that day's work to do over again I would do it in the same way and would use the same tactics. I am sure that the time will come when historians will agree with me in this."
This declaration was endorsed by many veterans of the corps who were present when General Sickles made the famous move which has been so much criticized.
Major Robbins of Statesville, N. C., the Confederate member of the National park commission, also entertained the veterans with pleasant reminiscences of the days when he was in the Confederate service.
General Sickles playfully alluded to Major Robbins as "the man who shot off my leg."
The major said: "We in the South got over the war a great deal sooner than you Northerners can understand. We were thoroughly rescued long ago. It took the Spanish-American war to show you that we were truly back in the Union again."
The veterans went over the battlefield in carriages, many of them visiting the scenes of the Third corps' famous move. Considerable favorable comment was made on the work of the park commission in beautifying the battlefield and the opinion was expressed that it will be made the most beautiful one in the world.
SLIGHT BRITISH LOSS
In the Final Relief of Mafeking—Word from Baden-Powell.
LONDON, May 23, 11:50 A. M.—The war office issues a dispatch from Lord Roberts, under date of Honings Spruitt, May 22, announcing the receipt by him of the following message from Major General Baden-Powell:
MAFEKING, May 17.—I am happy to inform you that Mafeking was successfully relieved to-day. The northern and southerly columns joined hands on May 15 and attacked the enemy yesterday and, after a small engagement, entirely defeated them with loss. The British casualties were three killed and twenty-two wounded. The relieving force marched into Mafeking at 9 this morning.
ROSS M. LOVELL
One of the Directors of Elmira's Million Dollar Company.
ALBANY, May 28.—With a million dollars capital the Elmira Water Light company of Elmira was incorporated to-day with the secretary of state. The company will furnish light, heat or power for Elmira and for the towns of Elmira and Horseheads, and other towns in Chemung county. The directors are Charles F. Ueblacker, Ross M. Lovell, E. Watson Personius.
THE MILK PRODUCERS
To Make a Great Effort to do Away With the Middlemen.
NEW YORK, May 23.—If the plans of the Five States association discussed and approved in a recent conference go through, milk will be sold on the streets of New York at from 2 to 3 cents less than its present price, says a Binghamton special. This will be the result of the failure of the farmers to meet the price demanded from the New York middlemen, which caused the recent trouble.
The producers say the middlemen are making a profit of from 5 to 6 cents a quart on milk and they will be willing to take much less. They declare it is possible to establish a milk exchange in the metropolis and milk routes selling the product of the dairy direct to the consumer without the aid of the middlemen, thus increasing the price the producer receives for the milk and lessening that charged the consumer.
POTTER HILL, N. Y.
POTTER HILL, May 21—M. D. Alls has returned home from Cortland where he has been attending court.
Quite a number from off the hill took in the big [Sautelle] circus at Cincinnatus.
Delos Monroe from Apulia was on the hill Sunday and called on his daughter Minnie who is staying at Philander Potter's.
Miss Laura Potter and Mrs. Ira Peak was calling on friends at West Hill Cincinnatus, last Saturday and Sunday.
W. H. Peak had the misfortune to cut his foot while cutting wood last Saturday night.
Mrs. W. H. Peak and Mr. and Mrs. Philander Potter went to Taylor Center and heard Rev. A. S. Anderson of Freetown who occupied the pulpit at 2 o'clock P. M. last Sunday.
Lewis Tayer, wife and daughter of North Pitcher were calling on his father, Russell Baker, one day last week.
Herbert Fuller from Union Valley was on the hill Saturday planting potatoes on his father in-law's farm on shares.
The Peak Brothers are working the plowed ground on the Philander Potter's farm.
Ira Peak was at West Hill, Cincinnatus, plowing for his mother, Mrs. Wm. Peak, last week Wednesday.
Garrett Rockwell from Taylor was over the hill buying calves last Sunday.
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| Edwin Duffey. |
DELAYED PROCEEDINGS.
TELEPHONE FRANCHISE MATTER COMES TO A SUDDEN HALT.
Three Companies Ask Common Council for Privileges to Conduct Telephone Service—Common Council Will Advise With Their Attorneys on Legal Rights—What the Companies Propose to Do.
An adjourned meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland, N. Y., was held at the office of the city clerk last evening, all members being present.
Three separate sealed proposals for telephone franchise and telephone service were presented by the Empire State Telephone Co., the Rawson Electric Co., of Elyria, O., and C. D. Ver Nooy, W. H. Jones and others. These proposals were read by the clerk.
The Empire State Co. proposed to give service all the way from $40 down to $12 per phone, varying according to the number of phones on a line. They offered nothing for franchise privileges.
The Rawson Co. would give six phones for city use; let phones at $36 and $18 where but one was on a line, and in case that three were on a line together, the service would be given for $15. The company would pay the city $1,000 for the right to conduct the business or 5 per cent of the net proceeds of the business.
The local company proposed to place phones at $12 and $24 and furnish four free of charge for the city's use. They would also give the city $50 per year after 300 phones had been placed.
The board went into executive session as soon as the proposals were read. At about 10 o'clock an adjournment was taken to May 24, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. in order that the board might consult with the city attorneys in regard to some technicalities as to the right to grant franchises.
Before the franchises were taken up Mr. H. B. Hubbard came before the board and presented the certificate of village assessors N. P. Meager and F. W. Kingsbury, of the erroneous assessment of the Episcopal parsonage in Cortland, N. Y., for the year 1899. On motion of Mr. Buck, seconded by Mr. Skeele and declared carried.
Resolved, That such assessment be stricken from the assessment roll for the year 1899 by the chamberlain of the city of Cortland. All voted aye.
Moved by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. McKinney, and declared carried.
Resolved, That the clerk order three (3) copies of the new Cortland city directory for city use.
Mr. Edwin Duffey, representing the Cortland & Homer Electric Co., came before the board and presented a proposed supplemental lighting contract for lighting the streets of the city of Cortland until May 1, 1904.
At the Telephone.
Excited lady (at the telephone)—"I want my husband, please, at once."
Voice (from the exchange)—"Number please?"
Excited lady (snappishly)—"Only the fourth, you impudent thing!"—Tid Bits.
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| J. Pierpont Morgan. |
LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD
Said to Have Passed into the Control of the Pennsylvania R. R.
The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph published the following railroad news yesterday:
Announcement is made that the Pennsylvania railroad has secured practical control of the Lehigh Valley railroad by the purchase of 66,600 shares of stock, through outside parties, in the same manner that a controlling interest was obtained in the Baltimore & Ohio, the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Norfolk & Western. The figure given on the stock purchased is $32.50 a share. It was stated the first week in April that the New York Central and the Pennsylvania were close partners in an important railroad transfer movement and that the division of the hard and soft coal territory in this state and West Virginia was the object in point.
To secure the Lehigh Valley has been the aim of the New York Central and the Pennsylvania railroads and it is acknowledged that the Pennsylvania has obtained practical control through the agents of W. K. Vanderbilt and J. Pierpont Morgan.
The New York Central is said to be the real power back of the movement which ended in the purchase of 66,000 shares of Lehigh Valley railroad stock, as under the constitution of the state of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania railroad cannot absorb a competing or parallel road. Through the Pennsylvania, Schuylkill Valley and Northern Central, the Sunbury and Hazleton branches and the Nanticoke branch, the Pennsylvania competes in Lehigh Valley territory on direct terms.
As in the Long Island deal, the Chemical National bank of New York is the direct agent, and the figure given at $32.50 per share is declared to be correct.
John P. Greene, first vice-president of the Pennsylvania railroad, said he had heard of the statement, but would not confirm it. President Cassatt could not be seen.
BREVITIES.
—Eclipse of the sun next Monday.
—F. E. Brogden's drug store has been connected with the telephone exchange.
—Cortland chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., will confer the royal arch degree this evening.
—The Presbyterian church of McGraw is considering the question of building a new church edifice on a new site.
—Commencement festivities at Syracuse university this year occur from June 7 to June 13 inclusive, June 13 being commencement day.
—Professor Adolph Dahm-Petersen is contemplating giving Wagner's opera of ''Tannhauser" at Cortland by local talent in the near future.—Ithaca Journal.
—Nearly 200 children in the Oswego public schools are out sick with measles and it is found that the schools will have to be closed to stop the epidemic.
—About twenty members of the Five States Milk Producers' association started for Binghamton this morning to attend a meeting of the association called in that city to-day.
—Cortland Commandery, No. 50, K. T., will assemble at the asylum at 7:30 Thursday evening in full templar uniform for the purpose of attending divine service at the First M. E. church.
—An "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company made a street parade at noon to-day and shows to-night in a tent on the vacant lot owned by the Cortland Wagon Co. at the corner of Pendleton and Railroad-sts.
—Master Arthur Stevens, the 18-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Stevens, 9 Townley-st., had the middle finger of his right hand crushed yesterday while playing about a clothes wringer.
—A cablegram has been received in Cortland saying that Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ballard, who sailed from New York last week Wednesday on the Oceania, arrived in Europe yesterday after a very safe and pleasant voyage.
—New display advertisements to-day are—The Model Clothing Co., Men's Clothing, page 4; F. D. Smith, Hammocks, page 6; C. W. Cudworth, Optical talk's, page 7; Mitchell & Strowbridge, Fish, page 5.
—An Italian picture postal card, showing Mt. Vesuvius in its present state of eruption, was recently received by Mr. H. M. Kellogg from his sister, Mrs. F. C. Watson of Pittsburg, who is traveling in Europe. The card has on it also a cut of the cable car as it is making its way to the summit of the crater.
—Cars begin running to the park each morning now at 11:20 o'clock and every forty minutes thereafter during the day. On special occasions they will run every twenty minutes. There will be a dance in the pavilion next Saturday night with music by Daniels' orchestra, also all the afternoon and evening of Decoration day. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock there will be an open air concert by the Cortland City band.
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