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| William McKinley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, December 12, 1900.
RECIPROCITY TREATIES.
President Submits to the Senate Number of International Agreements.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The president has sent to the senate a number of treaties with Great Britain extending for a year the time for the ratification of the reciprocity treaties affecting the British West Indian possessions which were sent to the senate last session, but failed of ratification.
He has also forwarded reciprocity treaties with Nicaragua, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic and the government of Denmark, the last named affecting the island of St. Croix only.
The reciprocity treaty with Nicaragua was signed Oct. 20, 1899, but for some reason was not transmitted to the senate until the 5th of the present month.
The president also has forwarded the treaty with Spain providing for the cession for the consideration of $100,000 of the four or five small islands in the Philippine archipelago which were not included in the cession made in the Paris peace treaty, and also extradition treaties with Chili and Bolivia.
The Chilian treaty was signed April 10, 1900, and the Bolivian treaty was signed April 21, 1900. Their provisions are identical throughout.
Oldtime Abolitionist Dead.
ROCHESTER, Dec. 12.—George Thayer, aged 93, one of the best-known and oldest residents of this city, died late Monday night at the home of his daughter Mrs. William W. Beadle, 645 Main street. Mr. Thayer was born in Buckland, Mass., and came to Ontario county when a mere boy. During the war he was a zealous abolitionist and at his home in Livonia fugitive slaves sent North by the "underground railway" were sheltered. He was associated with the "Old Guards" of the abolitionists.
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| Paul Kruger. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Europe and the Boer Republics.
If it was the purpose of President Kruger's errand to Europe to enlist the active support of the continental powers in behalf of the South African republics, it is apparent that the mission has failed. When the aged Boer exile visited France, he was received with all the fervor and enthusiasm that could have been extended to the chief representative of an allied state where there existed bonds of race, religion and close political interests. Neither of these elements, however, figured in the reception. While Mr. Kruger is Teutonic, Protestant, Puritan—alien to the French in blood, religion, language and tradition—the warmth of the welcome was such as to give the old Boer chief good ground for hope that his mission, at least in so far as France was concerned, would be highly successful. It may be said that the pro-Boer demonstrations were only expressions of the prevailing anti-British sentiment, but we cannot fairly impugn the motives of a nation which freely gave her sons to aid in the establishment of republican institutions in America, which took up arms in Austria in behalf of Italy and which was almost persuaded to fight for the reestablishment of Poland.
Cheered and encouraged by his reception in France, the old patriot turned expectantly toward his cousins and coreligionists on the Rhine. Here he met such a rebuff as to almost completely destroy his hope of European aid, either moral or active. While no doubt there is much sympathy for Mr. Kruger and his cause among the German people, the German emperor rather curtly refused him audience. Francis Joseph of Austria has followed Kaiser William's lead, and without doubt Victor Emmanuel of Italy should occasion arise would take similar action, thus arraying the triple alliance against the possibility of intervention in South Africa. Nothing of course could be expected from Russia, as she has no interests to serve in that quarter of the globe and no sympathy to waste on republics, though upon occasion she has been very kindly disposed toward the United States, and France could ill afford single handed to undertake the task, even if she were inclined so to do, of rehabilitating the distressed Dutch republics.
Naturally Mr. Kruger is warmly welcomed at The Hague, where he was received a few days ago with demonstrations of regard and approval no less enthusiastic than those which greeted him in France. Much as the sovereign and people of the Netherlands may sympathize with their kindred in South Africa, manifestly Holland has neither the power nor prestige to render them material aid. President Kruger and his heroic people have, therefore, little to hope for in Europe.
The picture of the simple-hearted, devout old patriot in exile, hoping against hope, as he watches from afar the passing in the poignant struggle of a death throe of his beloved Transvaal and her sister the Orange Free State, is not a pleasant one, yet the aged exile may find some grains of comfort in the recollection of the high esteem of the strange people who made him welcome on the banks of the Seine and the marks of affection shown by his kindred on the Zuyder Zee.
THE TRUCK TRIAL
ITEMIZED ACCOUNT OF ITS COST TO CORTLAND COUNTY.
Submitted in a Report of a Committee to the Board of Supervisors—Aggregates $12,629.10 up-to Date, "Yet There's More to Follow"—Proposition for Good Roads for Truxton—Other Business Before the Supervisors.
The board of supervisors had another busy day yesterday in clearing up business for final adjournment. Every member was at his desk at 10:30 when Chairman Hammond called the board to order.
Mr. Hunt, chairman of the special committee to attend the Good Roads convention in February, 1900, submitted a report of the same which was read by the clerk and, on motion of Mr. Kinyon, the same was received and placed on file. The report of the committee upon the Albany convention was to the effect that neighboring states were far in advance of New York state in the matter of good roads, and the report also stated that the committee also believed that neighboring counties are doing much more for good roads than is Cortland county.
The three systems of road improvement were discussed in the convention: The old, unsatisfactory system, known as the "Labor System;" the system provided for by the Higbee-Armstrong law; and the money system, the one which is the most highly commended of any so far tried. The report concludes as follows:
So far as is known no town that has once adopted this system has returned to the antiquated "Labor System," and very few towns have failed to adopt it where it has been submitted to a vote.
"While the adoption of this measure by each town might be a great improvement on the present system, as proven by towns which are using it, yet believing as your committee does that road improvement by state aid is of more importance to the inhabitants of the rural districts than any other one thing, we would recommend that this county have a full representation at the next road convention, as it is asking too much of one man that he gather and bring home with him all the facts and important suggestions that are presented upon the subject in such a convention."
H. D. HUNT, F. M. SURDAM, JOHN O'DONNELL, Committee.
On motion of Mr. Kingsley:
Resolved, That this board pursuant to law certify to the common council of the city of Cortland that the following amounts should be raised by said city for the following purposes:
At 10 A. M., on motion of Mr. O'Donnell, the rules were suspended for the balance of the day.
The state engineer and surveyor having submitted to the board plans and specifications for the improvement of 146 rods of highway leading through the village of Truxton, in the town of Truxton, such improvement to be made and such macadam road to be constructed under the Higbee-Armstrong law of 1898 at an estimated maximum cost of $3,810, and Mr. H. C. Allen, a representative of the state engineer and surveyor, being present, Mr. Allen was introduced and addressed the board explaining such plans and specifications and the law relating thereto.
Mr. Allen explained that the stone used was estimated as per cost of Perryville stone; that the road was to be built twenty-six feet wide, sixteen feet of which was to be of macadam. The state, under the law, would bear half the expense, or $1,905, the county 35 per cent of the whole cost, or $1,333.50 and the town of Truxton 15 per cent of the whole amount, or $571.50.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mr. Patrick, chairman of the special committee to ascertain the expense of the Truck murder trial, submitted the following report, which was, on motion of Mr. O'Donnell, received and placed on file:
And yet "There's more to follow."
Respectfully submitted, Dec. 11, 1900.
J. W. PATRICK, N. F. WEBB. Com.
The bond of Otis D. Patrick, county clerk-elect with Frank L. Hilton and A. Risley Miller as sureties, was presented, read by the clerk and, on motion of Mr. Patrick, duly approved by the board. The remainder of the afternoon was spent by the members in making their annual report, etc., and at 4:30 P. M. the board adjourned for the day.
YOUNG PEOPLE'S RALLY.
EMINENT SPEAKERS AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
Able Discussion of Timely Topics for all Young People, Particularly Baptist Young People—Systematic Bible Study Urged—Systematic Benevolences Commended—Large and Appreciative Audiences.
A young people's rally was held in the First Baptist church yesterday afternoon and evening under the direction of Rev. Frank M. Goodchild of New York City, state president of the Baptist Young People's union.
The afternoon session opened with reading of Scripture from 1 Thes., v, followed by prayer by Rev. W. Jasper Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church. He then introduced the first speaker of the afternoon, Rev. W. H. Main of Syracuse who said in part: "My subject is 'The Twentieth Century School of Character,' which means an institution of systematic instruction to build up character and make it a power for all that is good. Such a school of character is to be the young people's movement. We are living in a marvelous century, and we are also living in a marvelous country and one that had seen many great changes, but great as they have been, they are but the flickering of the coming of the sun that is to dawn, and it is necessary that we have the proper training. Character is what we are in God's sight; reputation is what people say we are. We must improve the opportunity that is given us. It is the law of God that we use the powers that he has given us. 'Unto him that hath shall be given.' Shakespeare said, 'Ignorance is the curse of God.' Education is the cleansing, developing power. Better than money a thousand fold to send our children out in the twentieth century to know themselves. What kind of training are we giving our boys and girls who are to be the power of the twentieth century? The highest kind of knowledge is Christian education. Paul, said, 'I know whom I have believed.' Have you ever asked this question, 'What has Christian education done for the world?' In the beginning of this century we had slavery, but we heard the thundering in the distance and it became louder and louder, and people said it was wrong and it had to go. What did it? Christian education.
There is one peculiarity in regard to this school of ours. We have only one text book, and that the Bible. Other schools have thousands of text books, but we have one, and that is the book of books. Learn to know the Bible and believe it. I believe the Bible. I do not care anything about who wrote the books. One thing I do know, men wrote as they were moved by the spirit of God, and that makes me my book. It is my father's message to me.
I would like to have taken you through three rooms in this school of ours, had time permitted. The children's, the juniors' and the seniors', and when you had graduated your diplomas would have been likeness to Jesus Christ. No greater ambition or desire than to be like him. May we not be satisfied until we awake in his likeness.
Rev. M. J. Winchester of Elbridge, district secretary, was the second speaker and his subject was "How to Study the Bible." In the first place the Bible is eternal. Our Savior said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my word shall not pass away." Three days later he went to his crucifixion and still his word lives on. It is the revelation of God, therefore the study of Scripture is important. It is said of one of our congressmen, not long ago that he was asked if these Filipinos were the same ones that Paul wrote to in his epistle to the Philippians, and he replied, "I'll be hanged if I know, but I think they are." This ignorance is found among people who ought to know better. One way we can account for it is carelessness in studying it methodically. Have a method. Study historical and poetical books which were written in conjunction. Take your concordance and a topical text and find what the Scriptures teach you. Remember it was written in a period covering 1,200 years. It was written to different people by different men, and to people with different needs.
Also study it devotionally. Remember when you approach it, that you are studying the will of God. Come to it reverently and devoutly and take a moment to ask God's blessing. Make it the guide of your life and you will find it the guide that will light you to heaven.
Rev. Geo. H. Brigham of Cortland was the next speaker. His subject was "Baptist Young People and Their Pocketbooks." He said this subject was of interest to him, for all of his life he had had that problem to deal with. If this work is to go on there must be the consecration of the people, and those who are young people now, must begin to bear this great work, and this brings us back to the idea of culture. It is the duty of parents to make their children custodians of a small amount of money, and to provide their own pennies for the contribution. And those who are not training their children in this direction are doing them a wrong and an injury. Systematic giving is of more importance than people believe.
Rev. C. W. Negus of Homer followed with the subject: "Giving." He said the depression among our churches is due to the fact that we are not giving God his share. He told of a Presbyterian church in Brooklyn that had sprung from a small mission church. They make it the plan to take a collection every month for missions consequently giving six months to home and six to foreign missions. They average about thirteen and a half dollars per member for missions and about seven and a half dollars for current expenses. This plan has been followed thirty-seven years and it is the result of Christian education. Give willingly, and give systematically. Lay by a certain portion for God's work. For myself, I believe in giving one-tenth. But above all, let us give something. Let us teach our young people to give.
Rev. A. Bergen Browe of McGraw was the next speaker, and his subject: "Young People and Baptist History." He said in part: We have a history, and while age is no particular thing to boast of, yet we have a history going back farther than any other denomination. A great many people think that all that distinguishes us from other denominations is much or little water, or subjects fit the Lord's Supper. It is well for us to know the origin of other baptism and why we differ. He then spoke of Baptist heroes, such as Carey, Milton and Roger Williams, and urged young people to study Baptist history that they might know who the great men of the Baptist denomination were.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session opened at 7:30 with Rev. M. J. Winchester of Elbridge, the district secretary, presiding. Scripture lesson was read from John xiv: 1-7, by Rev. A. Bergen Browe, followed by prayer. The speaker of the evening was Rev. Frank M. Goodchild, pastor of the Central Baptist church of New York City, and state president of the Baptist Young People's union. His subject was "Thoroughgoing Baptists." He said: "There was a time when the church did not know what to do with its young people. All sorts of methods were tried. Older people busied themselves with watching young people and finding fault with them, and at last bringing them before the church and expelling them. The church to-day has different means. You can keep young people in the church and away from things they ought not to go to, if you give them something else to think about. You can make them go the way they should go, if you have the power of God to give them a new idea.
My advice then to you would be in two words. "Be thoroughgoing." You hear people say, ''Pretty good" so often. Pretty good man or woman or pretty good Christian. You might as well say pretty good egg. Unless it is thoroughly good you don't want it. There is no such thing as pretty good Christian. A person is either a thorough Christian or no Christian at all. First, believe God's word. People are wrong who say it makes no difference what a man believes so long as he lives right. It does make a difference. A man cannot live right unless he believes right.
Learn to love your denomination. Don't love every denomination as well as your own. Love that is thin enough to be spread all over is of no consequence anywhere. Don't misunderstand me. I believe in broad Christian fellowship, but I believe in loyalty to your own. Be proud that you are a Baptist and never offer an apology for being one. If I did not believe it to be nearest to the New Testament teaching, though it is the church of my father and mother, I would leave it to-morrow and go into the one that is. Thorough-goingness is not bigotry. Bigotry is to hold to what you believe, and to crowd the one who does not believe as you do.
Work while you are young. John said, "I write to you, young men, because you are strong." Youth is the time for action, some of the best work has been done by youth. And I say it in all reverence, our redemption was sealed by the shedding of blood on Calvary, and he was a young man, only 32 years of age.
Not only work now, but where you are. Don't complain of your mean opportunities. It does not matter where you work. It is how you work that counts for God and man.
Above all, work unitedly. Unity means much and you can have the Pentecostal power among you if you work in unity, and blessings will surely follow.
Miss Jessamine Ellsworth sang a solo in closing very acceptably.
Benediction was then pronounced by Mr. Goodchild.
Cortland people have been permitted to hear some of the best speakers of the state, through the untiring efforts of Rev. W. J. Howell. And those who failed to attend yesterday's convention missed a rare treat.
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| Cortland Normal School. |
VISITED THE NORMAL.
County Legislators Guests of the Teachers This Morning.
Eighteen members of the board of supervisors of Cortland county marched into Normal hall this morning upon invitation of Dr. Cheney to be present at chapel exercises and afterward to inspect the various departments of the institution. This is an annual occurrence and one that is thoroughly enjoyed by students and faculty, as well as by the sedate board of county solons, who admit that it is a refreshing sight indeed to see the five hundred or more young people that congregate at that time.
The supervisors were given chairs on the rostrum, and Dr. Cheney conducted chapel exercises. "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" was joined in heartily by the visitors, along with students and teachers. Dr. Cheney stated to the school that, as they were aware, the supervisors of the county always had duties that called them to the city at about this time of the year, and that the board had always been very kind in accepting the invitation to visit the Normal during the session. This he thought perhaps might be attributed to the fact that a large part of the students were young ladies. At any rate the students would be glad to welcome so good looking a body of men as the present board is made up of. The visits of the board in former years were productive of pleasure and profit both to the school and also to the boards, and he thought that this visit would equal all other visits in these respects.
The doctor then said that the board had shown itself wise in selecting a speaker to represent it who had had experiences in the school like those which each student is now experiencing. He then introduced Mr. Edmond C. Alger, clerk of the board as an alumnus of the school in the class of 1890.
Mr. Alger spoke for about fifteen minutes of the duties of the board of supervisors and its relation to the educational interests of the county. He said that the present board had been confronted with new problems, on account of the recent birth of the city of Cortland, and in determining the relation that it should bear to the county and to the several towns of the county.
Another question that the board had considered was that of how best to deal with the prisoners of the county. This had been viewed from four sides, First, the moral effect of working prisoners; second, the lessening of petty crimes; third, the possible utilization of work to the benefit of the county; fourth, the possibility of remedying the roads of the county by prison labor.
Mr. Alger stated that the board was merely a cog in the great machinery of the state in making laws. The state readily recognized the importance of education in giving stability of government and in elevating the morals of the people. This explained why great appropriations had been made for schools, and why the county lawmakers were glad to visit the institutions of learning to note the progress made as an outcome of the generous sum that had been expended.
Mr. Alger's talk was full of good things and was heartily enjoyed by the student body.
After classes had passed, the supervisors spent some time visiting several classes that were in session and looking over the building.
Jennings-Peet.
The wedding of Mr. E. F. Jennings and Mrs. Lottie M. Peet [sic], both of Cortland, was solemnized last evening at 7:45 o'clock, at the home of the bride, 9 Church-st., Rev. W. Jasper Howell officiating. Only immediate relatives of the contracting parties were present. After the ceremony the couple was driven to Homer and took the late train for New York where they will remain about a week with Mrs. Jennings' sister, Mrs. E. B. Lovell.
Mr. and Mrs. Jennings were the recipients of many beautiful presents among which a handsome golden maple library table from the bride's brothers Linus W. and Miles J. Peck. Dr. Butterfield, an uncle of Mr. Jennings, sent a handsome remembrance. Mrs. C. J. Coleman of Madison, N. Y., a sister of Mrs. Jennings, is in Cortland for a few days to attend the wedding and visit friends.
BREVITIES.
—Dillon Brothers' dancing school meet to-night at Empire hall.
—The Cortland Kindergarten association will meet in the Normal Kindergarten room Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
—John Barnes of McGraw dropped dead in a hotel barn in that place at 1 o'clock to-day. Particulars are given in the McGraw letter to-day.
—New display advertisements to-day are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; Palmer & Co., Special prices, page 7; McKinney & Doubleday, Jardinieres, etc, page 6; Hudson, Gray & Co., Crockery, page 2; M. W. Giles, Christmas Presents, page 7.
—The W. C. T. U. county convention occurs at the Baptist church in Homer to-morrow beginning at 10:30 A. M. and continuing through the afternoon and evening. Mrs. Ella A. Boole, the state president, makes an address in the evening. Everybody invited.
—Mrs. N. H. Gillette has issued invitations to the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a few other friends to be present at her home Monday evening, Dec. 17, to observe the anniversary of the throwing overboard of the tea in Boston harbor. The anniversary would be Dec. 16, but inasmuch as that is Sunday the gathering occurs on Monday night.
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