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| William McKinley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, November 5, 1900.
RESTING FOR THE FRAY.
Both Sides Claim Victory Is Already Won.
POLICE ISSUE PUBLIC NOTICES.
Candidates and Campaign Managers Spent Sunday In Quiet Manner—Bryan Reaches Lincoln and Starts Nebraska Tour—National Chairmen Confident.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.—The Republican national committee gives out the following final official statement:
"On the eve of election the Republican national committee's forecast of the result, based on absolutely authentic and unimpeachable figures and facts, differs from its previous forecasts only increasing the magnitude of the triumph which Tuesday will bring to the cause of national honor and prosperity. All the sources of the committee's information— including many that are very unwilling witnesses—concur in indicating the conclusion that Tuesday's election will prove a veritable landslide for McKinley and seal the doom of Bryan and Bryanism forever.
"The prime cause of this irresistible and overwhelming popular revolt against the Bryan Populist ticket is perfectly obvious. It consists in the desire of the people to maintain the prosperity which they have enjoyed and now enjoy under the policies of the McKinley administration, and in their well-grounded fear of public calamity in case Bryan were to be elected.
"The laboring man, his wife and children remember the poverty, misery and despair which shrouded their lives in the black years previous to McKinley's inauguration, and they remember with gratitude the relief which has come to them since then, with abundant employment and largely increased wages.
"They listen now to Bryan's invitation to throw away their advantage, but they respectfully decline them.
"The business men of the United States remember what happened to them in those dark years and they know what the practical result of the election of 1896 has been in reference to the rehabilitation and prosperity of all lines of commercial enterprise during the past four years. They correctly regard the proposition to endorse Bryan and his free silver and free trade theories as nothing short of insanity.
"The farmers are not likely to forget the evil days when they were reduced to bankruptcy and almost to beggary and now, with mortgages lifted, their farm products bringing greatly increased prices, and their homes filled with comfort and joy, they do not propose to change their conditions at the behest of the false prophet of 1896 and the anarchical agitation of 1900.
"All who have remunerative work to do, all who have wages paid them and who have a business to protect and develop, all who have money deposited in saving banks or invested in homes of their own, have been confronted with a threat to reduce the value of their prosperity by one-half and have been asked to ratify this suicidal proposition by their votes.
"As they constitute the great mass of the American people and as they are sane, sensible and honorable men, the overwhelming majority for McKinley and against Bryan which Tuesday will record is thus accounted for.
"The people know that the country has prospered under McKinley; that wages have risen to a higher rate than ever before; that employment is abundant for all; that the savings of labor have increased half a million dollars, that commercial prosperity has been universal and commercial honor safeguarded against the advocates of repudiation—and so they naturally have decided to re-elect him and continue the present conditions of prosperity and safety.
"The committee's final forecast claims at least the following states for McKinley: California, 9; Connecticut, 6; Delaware, 3; Illinois, 24; Indiana, 15; Iowa, 16; Kansas, 10; Kentucky, 13; Maine, 6; Maryland, 8; Massachusetts, 15; Michigan, 14; Minnesota, 9; New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 10; New York, 36; North Dakota, 3; Ohio, 23; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 32; Rhode Island, 4; South Dakota, 4; Vermont, 4; Washington, 4; West Virginia, 6; Wisconsin, 12; Wyoming, 3. Total, 294.
"CORNELIUS N. BLISS, JOSEPH N. MANLEY, NATHAN R. SCOTT, FREDERICK S. GIBBS, FRANKLIN MURPHY."
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| William J. Bryan. |
DEMOCRATIC PREDICTION.
Stone Says Bryan Will Win With Either New York, Ohio or Illinois.
NEW YORK, Nov. 5.—Ex-Governor Stone gave out his final prediction of the situation and the outcome last night.
"The final predictions," said he, "based on the latest and the most accurate reports and information received are that we will carry of the so-called doubtful states, Indiana, Kentucky, Kansas and Nebraska. We have a good chance of carrying New Jersey and Delaware.
"The battle is on in New York, Illinois and Ohio. If we carry one of those three states Bryan's election is assured. I am positive we shall not fail to get one of the three. In all three states we have a much better chance than Mr. McKinley. I feel certain tonight that we shall carry New York and Illinois. Of Bryan's election I am tonight absolutely certain without a shadow of a doubt."
INSURGENT REACTION.
Past Week Was Notable For Filipino Inactivity.
MUSIC USED TO LURE AMERICANS.
Native Orchestra Engaged Their Attention While Rebels Attacked Their Rear, Killing Two—Betting in Manila on Result of the Election.
MANILA, Nov. 5.—Last week was devoted to active scouting. The insurgents, having failed to crush a single garrison, are now experiencing a reaction. Lieutenants Wilson and Dority of the Forty-fifth volunteer infantry destroyed large stores of rice, four granaries and barracks near Bate.
Capt. Atkinson with 34 men of the Thirty-seventh volunteer infantry attacked 190 insurgents under Colonel Valencia recovering two American prisoners and capturing a considerable quantity of ammunition and supplies.
A native orchestra lured the United States troops from their quarters near Dagupan while the insurgents attacked the rear, killing two Americans and wounding three.
Senor Buencamino, representing the principal ex-insurgents in Manila, has requested Judge Taft to forward to Washington, a signed expression of their loyalty. There is considerable excitement over the approaching election with a good deal of betting on the result.
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| Dr. Carlos Finley. |
YELLOW FEVER'S ORIGIN.
It Is Ascribed to the Bite of Mosquitoes.
PROOF OFFERED BY TESTS IN CUBA.
Special Army Board Reports That "It Is Highly Probable That the Disease Is Only Propagated" by That Insect—One Investigator Died and Another Developed a Pronounced Case.
The Philadelphia Medical Journal has just published an article prepared by Dr. Walter Reed, surgeon of the United States army, who was aided by Dr. James Carroll, Dr. A. Agramonte and Dr. Jesse W. Lazear, assistant surgeons of the army, showing that mosquitoes propagate yellow fever. They conducted investigations in Quemados and Havana, Cuba, upon the direction of the surgeon general of the army.
From their study of the disease they report that they drew this conclusion: "The mosquito serves as the intermediate host for the parasite of yellow fever, and it is highly probable that the disease is only propagated through the bite of this insect." This conclusion is regarded as of high importance in the medical profession, particularly as the army surgeons had an excellent opportunity to study the disease last summer during the fever epidemic at Quemados and among the patients in Las Animas hospital, Havana. The discovery of Dr. Reed and his assistants will be of great help in fighting the disease.
The army surgeons say that they were influenced to give their attention to the theory of the propagation of yellow fever by means of the mosquito—"a theory first advanced and ingeniously discussed by Dr. Carlos J. Finley of Havana in 1881, by reason of the well known facts connected with the epidemiology of this disease and, of course, by the brilliant work of Ross and the Italian observers in connection with the theory of the propagation of malaria by the mosquito."
A feature of the report of the medical officers is that Dr. Jesse W. Lazear, one of their number, developed a fatal attack of yellow fever from a mosquito bite and that Dr. James Carroll, another member of the special board, was stricken with the fever through the medium of the insect, but recovered. In Dr. Lazear's case he had been bitten on Aug. 16 by a contaminated mosquito of the Culex fasciatus variety, but no appreciable disturbance of health followed the inoculation. On Sept. 13, while Dr. Lazear was collecting blood from yellow fever patients for study in Las Animas hospital, he was bitten by a culex mosquito whose variety has been undetermined.
As Dr. Lazear had been previously bitten by a contaminated insect without effect, he deliberately allowed this particular mosquito to remain until it had satisfied its hunger. Five days after the bite Dr. Lazear was taken ill with progressive and fatal yellow fever and died on Sept 25. The board's comment in this case is: "As Dr. Lazear was bitten by a mosquito while present in the wards of a yellow fever hospital, one must at least admit the possibility of this insect's contamination by a previous bite of a yellow fever patient."
Dr. Carroll was bitten by a mosquito, Culex fasciatus, on Aug. 27. This particular mosquito had bitten two severe and two mild cases of yellow fever before attacking Dr. Carroll. Five days after being bitten Dr. Carroll was down with severe yellow fever, from which he recovered. Dr. Carroll's movements before he was taken ill were traced to show that it was the mosquito which transmitted the disease to him. It was admitted that Dr. Carroll during the period of incubation had been in the epidemic zone twice, but the facts of his case led the board of officers to believe that the mosquito gave him yellow fever. X. Y., an American resident of Columbia barracks, at Quemados, was bitten by four contaminated mosquitoes. He developed a well pronounced case of yellow fever, but recovered.
Dr. Reed and his assistants give a detailed account of the experiments with contaminated mosquitoes of the Culex fasciatus variety on nine other non-immune individuals, who did not develop yellow fever principally because the mosquitoes had bitten only mild cases of the disease. The medical officers add: "We now invite attention to the fact that from Aug. 17 to Oct 13, a period of 57 days, only three cases of yellow fever have occurred among this population of 1,400 non-immune Americans (Columbia barracks, which was outside of the epidemic zone at Quemados), and we consider it important to note that two of these had been bitten within five days of the commencement of their attacks by contaminated mosquitoes." Dr. Reed and his assistants obtained the contaminated mosquitoes with which they conducted the experiments from Dr. Carlos J. Finley of Havana, for whose courtesy they express gratitude.
The medical officers say in concluding their report: "For ourselves we have been profoundly impressed with the mode of infection and with the results that followed the bite of the mosquito in these three cases. Our results would appear to throw new light on Carter's observations in Mississippi as to the period required between the introduction of the first (infecting) case and the occurrence of secondary cases of yellow fever. Since we here, for the first time, record a case in which a typical attack of yellow fever has followed the bite of an infected mosquito within the usual period of incubation of the disease and in which other sources of infection can be excluded, we feel confident that the publication of these observations must excite renewed interest in the mosquito theory of the propagation of yellow fever as first proposed by Finley.
"From the first part of our study of yellow fever we draw the following conclusions:
"First.—The blood taken during life from the general venous circulation on various days of the disease in 18 cases of yellow fever, successively studied, has given negative results as regards the presence of bacillus icteroides.
"Second.—Cultures taken from the blood and organs of 11 yellow fever cadavers have also proved negative as regards the presence of this bacillus.
"Third.—Bacillus icteroides (Sanarelli) stand in no causative relation to yellow fever, but when present should be considered as a secondary invader in this disease.
"From the second part of our study of yellow fever we draw the following conclusion:
"The mosquito serves as the intermediate host for the parasite of yellow fever, and it is highly probable that the disease is only propagated through the bite of this insect."
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| S. C. Telephone Switchboard. |
Putting in the New Switchboard.
Mr. P. J. Shepard representing the Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing company or Chicago is in the city installing the new central energy telephone system for the Cortland Home Telephone company. The switchboard is now being erected on the third floor of the Wickwire building in Main-st. It will be equipped at present with 400 lines, though its full capacity is for 1,000 lines. A large number of phones have already arrived and are ready for connection. The Home company is in daily expectation of the cable and the extra long poles for Main-st. and as soon as they arrive the wires will be strung and connections made.
Bicycle Riders Collide.
Last Saturday afternoon at about 5 o'clock David Godfrey was riding his wheel south on Main-st. where in front of the residence of Judge Knox he met a young lady, a Normal student, riding north. He was on the right side of the street for one going south and she on the right side for one going north. Her eyes were fixed upon a spirited horse that was coming toward her at a rapid rate and on the wrong side of the street, the left side. The horse shied and plunged and she turned quickly to the left to avoid the animal. She did not discover Mr. Godfrey in time and struck his forward wheel broadside, smashing it entirely. The rim was broken into bits and the spokes bent beyond hope of repairs. Both riders were thrown to the ground but neither was injured. The lady got up and with an apology rode on. The man shouldered his wheel and amid the guying of his friends from the Wickwire mills who were then coming out in crowds he started for a repair shop to get a new forward wheel.
The whole trouble was caused by the driver being on the wrong side of the
Street.
ENGAGING IN POLITICS.
Escorted to Station in Washington by Band and Many Friends.
An associate of Mr. Wm. H. Livermore of Washington, D. C. sends us the following communication which will be read with interest by the many friends of that gentleman in his old home in Cortland:
Mr. Win. H. Livermore of the government printing office has left Washington to aid the local Republican campaign committee of Cortland. He was escorted to the depot by the thousand members of the Colombia Typographical union and part of the United States Marine band. Mr. Livermore made a few remarks at the station, in which he said that McKinley would receive at least one hundred thousand majority in the state of New York. Mr. Livermore is a veteran of the civil war and a member of the New York Republican club of Washington. His speeches before this organization aroused great enthusiasm and for this reason his services were desired by the Republican committee. Mr. Livermore's debut in politics does not surprise any of his many friends who will watch his future career with great interest.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
A Last Word.
Before another issue of this paper reaches its readers, the voting at the coming election will be over and the popular verdicts on national, state and local issues will have been recorded. We believe that the Republican party is to win victories which will surprise even the most sanguine, and that in state and nation there is to be a political landslide towards honest money, prosperity, expansion, and an upright and economical administration of state affairs, as represented by McKinley and Roosevelt and by Odell and Woodruff. This is a conviction which we believe we share with intelligent and candid voters of all parties. The shadows which coming events are casting before them are too clear to be mistaken. The heavings of the political ground swell are too perceptible to be ignored.
But while the signs of victory are so manifest and cheering, they should not suggest the idea to any Republican that his efforts and vote are not needed. All the more, on account of these very indications, should he be anxious to contribute his part to the general result, and entitle himself to his share in Republican success.
Aside from this, our local Republican tickets are among the best ever put in the field, and in view of the special efforts which have been directed against two or three of the local nominees since Democratic success in state and nation has come to be hopeless, there is additional reason why Republicans who desire to see the party succeed in local, as well as larger contests, should not let the certainty of the general result keep them away from the polls, Their votes may be needed, and urgently needed, if the local tickets are to go through completely successful. It still remains, therefore, for every Republican voter to do his duty and his whole duty at the polls on Tuesday next. Let all see to it that this is done, lest losses occur, as much, or more, through the apathy of Republicans as through the activity of the enemy.
BURNED TO DEATH.
TWO LADIES PERISH IN A HOUSE IN GROTON, N. Y.
Home of Wm. H. Burnham Near Groton Destroyed—Cause of Fire Unknown—Charred Remains of the Unfortunates Found in the Ruins Together With a Lamp—Mrs. Burnham an Invalid with Palsy—Her Mother was Visiting Her—Mr. Burnham at a Political Meeting at Groton.
GROTON, Nov. 4.—Saturday night the residence of Wm. H. Burnham, one mile north of this village, was burned to the ground and Mrs. Burnham and her mother, Mrs. Brown, perished in the flames. Mrs. Brown was visiting her daughter for the week.
Mr. Burnham was attending the Republican rally in town at the time and several who came from the rally before its close and passed the house did not see anything to excite their suspicions, but at about 10:30 neighbors saw flames breaking from the rear kitchen. The house was entered by the first comers and the room where Mrs. Burnham slept was searched, but before it could be definitely ascertained whether she was there, the smoke and flames drove them from the house.
People were going home from the rally at the time and soon flocked there, Mr. Burnham being among the first. He went to a rear window where there was a book desk and secured a book, a report of the overseer of the poor, but it was then too late to enter the house, the flames having spread so rapidly and that was the only article saved. Water was carried to keep the flames from spreading to the barn and at about 2 o'clock, the timbers having burned, search was made for the bodies. Only a few bones were found in the kitchen part and near it a lamp. These it is thought form the remains of Mrs. Burnham. In the cellar underneath where Mrs. Brown slept, the charred remains were found.
How the house first caught fire is an entire mystery, several theories being advanced.
Mrs. Brown was 86 years of age, and Mrs. Burnham about 60, but for years had been an invalid with palsy and whether she met with some accident with the lamp will never be known.
The shock to Mr. Burnham was very great and he lies in a critical condition at the home of his brother-in-law S. C. Gooding.
Mrs. Wm. Stephenson of Binghamton, an only child, is expected to-day. Great sympathy is expressed for the sorrowing friends. A small insurance was held on house and contents.
POLLS OPEN AT 6 A. M.
Instructions for Inspectors, Poll Clerks and Ballot Clerks.
The poles on Election day open at 6 A. M, and close at 5 P. M. All inspectors of election, poll clerks and ballot clerks are required by law to be at their respective polling places at 5:30 A. M. As a matter of convenience, however, they should be there as early as 5 o'clock to receive the official ballots and election supplies which are required to be delivered in the city in six different places early enough so that all polling places may receive the ballots and have the polls open at 6 o'clock sharp.
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| Cortland Steam Laundry. |
CITY POLLING PLACES
Will be Open at 6 A. M. To-morrow and Close at 5 P. M.
The following is the list of polling places in the city of Cortland for to-morrow's election:
1st District, (Ward No. 1)—At the barn of E. M. Yager, north side of Maple-ave.
2nd District, (Ward No. 2)—At Fireman's hall.
3rd District, (Ward No. 3)—At the barber shop of Fred Ritter, Squires block.
4th District, (Ward No. 4)—At Cortland Steam laundry, north side of Clinton-ave.
5th District, (Ward No. 5) —At the office and store of Harrison Wells, south side of Clinton-ave.
6th District, (Ward No. 6)—At Emerald Hose company's rooms, 1st floor)—At corner of Railroad and Church-sts.
The polling places will be open from 6 A. M. to 5 P. M.
Putting Down a New Floor.
Dillon Bros. will hold a dancing party next Wednesday night in Red Men's lodgerooms. A new floor is being put down in these rooms and will be completed to-morrow. This floor is up to date in every particular and will be one of the best of its kind in Cortland. Dillon Bros.' own orchestra of eight pieces with E. Kane as director will furnish music.
The Armenian Family.
Mrs. Boyajian and her sister Miss Bedakian, the Armenian women who came to Homer [refugees from Turkey] nearly four years ago, desire to thank their many friends who have been so kind to them and rendered them such valuable assistance in their time of trouble and of need. They have gone to California, taking the five children with them, the youngest one having been kept by Myron Wooster's family nearly a year and a half.
When they came to Homer they united with the Congregational church. Deacon Ranney at once became interested in them and give Mr. Boyajian employment on his farm. Two years ago they moved into Homer on Copeland-ave., and soon after that he became insane and had to be taken to Binghamton asylum, from which he escaped and is now in the hospital at Middletown, where he is improving and it is probable that in a little time he may join his family.
Deacon Ranney has continued his interest and care for the family and too much cannot be said of his kindness to them. They wish to especially thank him and Mr. Porter for their kindness, also Mrs. Nixon and Mrs. Wooster, the King's Daughters and all their friends in both Homer and Cortland for what they have done for them.
BREVITIES.
—Election returns will be received at The Kremlin [Hotel] to-morrow night.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Mitchell & Strowbridge, Special sale, page 5.
—A regular meeting of Grover Post will be held at the G. A. R. rooms this evening at 7:30 o'clock.
—The meeting of the Church Protective union which was to have been held to-night is postponed till two weeks from to-night.
—The Normal [School] football team was defeated by the St. John's Military academy team Saturday in Manlius by a score of 29 and 0.
—Every member of the Pinafore chorus and cast is requested to be present at rehearsal at the Conservatory of Music to-night at 8 o'clock.
—Orris Hose Co. is making its plans for a fair to be held in the near future. The exact date and the exact place have not yet been decided upon.
—The W. C. T. U. will serve free lunches to all voters to-morrow beginning at 11:30 A. M. and continuing until the polls are closed, at 101 Martin block, Main-st.
—Vesta lodge will open its rooms to members and their friends to-morrow evening and receive the election returns while enjoying a smoker. Luncheon will also be served.
—A regular meeting of Grover Relief Corps will be held at G. A. R. hall, Nov. 6, at 2 o'clock. Assistant Inspector Kate B. Jones of Chismore Corps will be present to inspect Grover Corps.
—To-morrow is Election day. Vote early and be sure that no superfluous marks are put upon a ballot which will render it defective and void. No one, no matter what his politics, wants to be disfranchised.
—John L. Lewis lodge, I. O. O. F., No. 587, will work the initiatory degree Tuesday evening, and at the close of the regular meeting will receive election returns. Refreshments will be served and all Odd Fellows are invited.
—The Republicans will receive election returns to-morrow night at Taylor hall; the Democrats at Democratic headquarters on Railroad-st., and probably at one other place to he decided upon at a meeting to-night; the Prohibitionists will have no specified place. Besides these, returns will be received at a half dozen or more places in the city where societies or clubs or neighborhood parties have arranged for the returns.
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