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| Maj. Gen. Robert P. Hughes. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, December 19, 1900.
VOLUNTEERS TO RETURN.
Homeward Movement Will Be Begun on New Year's Day.
MANILA, Dec 19.—The volunteer regiments will proceed to the United States to be mustered out, in practicably the same order as they arrived in the Philippine islands. They will be replaced by regulars provided by the army bill. The Thirty-seventh volunteer regiment, which is to begin the homeward movement by embarking on New Year's day, will be brought from the Laguna de Bay district and will sail on the transport Sheridan. The women and sick soldiers who were to sail on the Sheridan will leave on the Warren Saturday.
The Eleventh cavalry, which is to follow the Thirty-seventh volunteer regiment, will be transferred here from Camarines province and will sail Jan. 15 on the Meade.
The Thirty-sixth regiment, which began service the earliest, in July, 1899, is now in the province of Ilocos, but will be transported here soon.
The officers of the regular army holding commissions in volunteer regiments will be retained in the Philippines and volunteer officers on special duty will be relieved only on the authority of headquarters. Arms, ammunition, equipment, stores and animals will be transferred to division headquarters, excepting 100 rifles, 100 cartridge belts and 5,000 rounds of ammunition per regiment. The men will retain their haversacks and utensils.
Volunteers desiring to leave the service and remain in the Philippines will be allowed to do so. Enlisted natives will be discharged.
It is believed that the temporary depletion of many posts and the checking of operations will result in renewed insurgent activity.
The announcement yesterday afternoon of the early commencement of the transportation home of the volunteers caused surprise. General Hughes reports that 21,000 persons in the island of Panay have sworn allegiance to the United States.
REPORT ON ISTHMIAN CANAL.
Senate Committee Submits Partial Report on the Question.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.—Senator Morgan, chairman of the senate committee on inter-oceanic canals, to which was referred the preliminary report of the isthmian canal commission, yesterday submitted a partial report thereon in connection with the protocols of agreements with Costa Rica and Nicaragua, relative to the proposed canal, which were submitted recently to the senate. In course of the report, it is said that the statement of the Walker commission and the protocols referred to have a direct bearing upon what is known as the Hepburn bill, now in the senate calendar.
"That bill," says the report, "is a declaration of the policy of the United States for a canal under control of this government. It is the law of necessity rather than the expectation of profit or advantage to the United States that compels us to construct, own and control a ship canal through Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and the geographical relation of those states to our country and the prestige of the United States among American governments, point to us as the power which must incur the expenditure and be invested with the authority to control the canal as a marine highway for ships of all nations. The assured profits of this enterprise in money, calculated on a basis that is even much larger than is indicated in any report that has estimated the cost are a sufficient justification of the expenditure that is necessary to acquire the right of way and construct the canal."
Proceeding, the report says the passage of the Hepburn bill by an almost unanimous vote in the house must have called for a protest from Great Britain if that government considers that any right of hers is in conflict with that measure. If the passage of that measure through the senate calls forth such a protest, then will be the appropriate time for its consideration and for taking measures to answer it. Until then we can never know the grounds of the objection that Great Britain may choose to make.
PEACE NOT IN SIGHT.
Belief That the Chinese Question Will Make Trouble for Europe.
LONDON, Dec. 19.—The Pekin correspondent of The Morning Post says that an experienced general with whom he had a conversation on the situation stated that he considered that a settlement of the Chinese question by spring was improbable. He said he foresaw also that there was some danger of the complications at Pekin affecting the peace of Europe.
Another foreigner, who is well versed on public questions, said that the ministers are vying with each other in their endeavors to make peace quickly with or without honor. Trade is suffering seriously and other interests must yield to the demands of the commerce and consequently the powers are backing down.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Century's End Approaching.
So far as any concerted celebration is concerned, the world will pass over the threshold of the new century very tranquilly. If it attaches any particular importance to an event that has powerfully stirred the imagination of previous ages as yet it has given no sign. The century will go out, as the year goes out, with the ringing of bells, and the blowing of horns, with good wishes for the living and masses for the dead, and healths will be drunk and calls exchanged on the first day of the new century scarcely more briskly than is the wont on the first day of the new year.
It would have been well if Christendom could have agreed on some single act of celebration to be performed at the same moment all over the world. The spectacle of countless millions of persons pausing in their merriment or their devotions and at the midnight hour lifting up their voices in the great strains of "Old Hundred" in every city and hamlet and farmstead that follows the Gregorian reckoning, would be an event to quicken every heart with a feeling of the brotherhood of man and sober every mind with a sense of the august flight of time.
For all the lack of visible preparation, it is not true, however, that the century will die an unregarded death. "Of all sounds of all bells," says Lamb, "most solemn and touching is the peal which rings out the old year." Much more is this true when the knell of the century is sounded; the last day of this December fills a larger space in the unconscious thought of men than they realize. With none of the superstitious expectation of portent or judgment with which the world approached the dawn of the tenth century and with none of the flippant "after-us-the-deluge" cynicism with which it approached the dawn of the nineteenth, it approaches the dawn of the twentieth century. An added jollity, an added reverence, a more general celebration will set the occasion in the procession of the years so that the old men of two generations after our time will say, "That was a day."—Mail and Express.
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| Robert Bruce Smith. |
A GOLDEN WEDDING.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Smith Married Fifty Years.
On Dec. 17, 1850, Mr. Robert Bruce Smith and Miss Polly Keator were married at Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y. When the fiftieth anniversary came around on Monday of this week and found both Mr. and Mrs. Smith in good health they determined to celebrate the event very quietly at their pleasant home on Main-st., and the result was a dinner party at which their two sons and the wife and son of the older were the guests.
Last evening while Mr. and Mrs. Smith were making a call upon their friends and neighbors Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Cole, they were called home to find their house in the possession of their numerous relatives in Cortland and Homer who for some unaccountable reason had made a mistake in the date and were one day late. The error afforded Mr. and Mrs. Smith considerable amusement, and the guests though somewhat chagrined were also inclined to make merry at their own expense. A delightful evening was passed, during the course of which Mr. Smith was presented with a very handsome gold-headed cane and Mrs. Smith with an elegant solid silver soup ladle and a gravy ladle, both enclosed in a handsome case.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have been residents of Cortland since January, 1863, and their host of friends in this city and vicinity will offer to them their best wishes for many more years of good health together.
DECISION HANDED DOWN.
J. R. Schermerhorn Stands up for the Interests of the City.
The decision of Mills G. Frisbie, superintendent of the poor, in a matter of controversy tried before him on Dec. 10, 1900, between the city of Cortland, represented by James R. Schermerhorn, commissioner of charities, and the town of Homer, represented by L. E. Porter, overseer of the poor, was handed down yesterday. The matter in content was over the legal settlement of an indigent family now living in the city of Cortland, but whose legal settlement the commissioner of charities denied and whose support he affirmed was chargeable to the town of Homer. The decision rendered sustains the contention of the commissioner of charities and orders the support of the family to be charged to the town of Homer together with the costs of the action.
The city of Cortland and its predecessor the village of Cortland has never had a more conscientious officer in a similar position than Mr. Schermerhorn. Since his appointment he has devoted his time almost exclusively to the duties of this office. His large heart and sympathetic nature have led him to respond quickly to any call for aid, but he has investigated every application with extraordinary care and minuteness and has been at great pains to satisfy himself of the worthiness and genuine necessity of each demand. Where there was necessity for the help he has given it with good judgment, |but where there was no merit in the case he has stood like a watch dog over the city's treasury even to the point of carrying a case to trial as in the above instance where aid was demanded, and the result has shown that he has fully informed himself as to the law and as to the rightful position for the city's officer to take. He has intended to look after the needs of the city's poor, but has not been inclined to look after people who are properly charges upon the various towns of the county and are not wards of the city.
Mr. Purvis' Condition.
MR. ROBERT PURVIS is gradually growing weaker. This morning it was thought that he could not live the day out, but he rallied somewhat during the course of the day.
The Empire State Telephone
And Telegraph Co., will furnish local service in business places for $15 per year from Jan. 1, 1901. [Paid ad.]
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| Samuel N. Holden. |
COMMON COUNCIL.
ALL PRESENT. WHEELS OF MACHINE RUN WITHOUT CREAKING.
Claim for Damages Brought Against City for Injuries from Defective Sidewalk—Pay Roll of Policemen Which Was Formerly Held Up Audited—Other Bills Ordered Paid.
A regular meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland was held at the office of the clerk of said city on the 18th day of December, 1900, at 7:30 o'clock P. M. Present: Samuel N. Holden, mayor; E. M. Yager, C. F. Thompson, A. E. Buck, E. D. Wood, Wm. G. McKinney and Vern Skeele, aldermen.
Mr. D. W. Van Hoesen, of the law firm of Kellogg & Van Hoesen, was in attendance and presented the bill of the village of Cortland and the city of Cortland for the past two years at $1,000 per year. The bill was made out in Mr. O. U. Kellogg's name.
On motion, duly seconded and carried:
Resolved, That the bill of O. U. Kellogg for legal services be audited at $2,000.
Moved by Mr. Buck that the bills presented on Dec. 4, 1900, by Chas. W. Townsend for $55, Frank E. Fellows for $55 and Maurice Sweeney for $55 be allowed and ordered paid. Seconded by Mr. McKinney. Mr. Wood called for the ayes and nays, Mr. Yager voted no, Mr. Thompson voted no, Mr. Buck voted yes, Mr. Wood voted yes, Mr. McKinney voted yes, Mr. Skeele voted no. Declared a tie, whereupon Mayor Holden voted yes and same was declared carried.
The following bills were allowed and ordered paid:
A bill and claim of Margaret Dillon for injuries on alleged defective sidewalk for the sum of $5,000 was presented and on motion was laid on the table. The claim set forth was that on March 24, 1900, the plaintiff received personal injuries which resulted in the loss of time to her and the expense of procuring necessary care, medical aid and assistance. The injuries were occasioned, she states, by the defective and dangerous condition of the sidewalk on the west side of Hubbard-st. along a vacant lot between No.'s 12 and 10; that said injuries were the fault of the city, and not due to any neglect on her part. The nature of the injuries was a fracture of the left arm, a nervous shock, followed by great pain, insomnia, and general disability and other serious bodily harm.
Mayor Holden presented and filed with the clerk of the city of Cortland a certificate fixing the compensation of the civil service commissioners at $3 per day, and clerk of civil service board at $100 per year.
On motion duly seconded and declared carried:
Resolved, That the clerk of this board have authority and direction to draw orders for the divided abstract of the town of Cortlandville prior to March 16, 1900, in the aggregate amount of $2,622.08 in favor of the several amounts and the several persons specified therein, and on file in the city clerk's office—the same to be charged to the general city fund, and to be payable on Feb. 20, 1901.
The official bond of Rowland L. Davis, city judge, in the penal sum of $5,000, with F. H. Cobb and B. F. Taylor as sureties was presented, and on motion the same was accepted and approved and placed on file.
Moved by Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Wood, and declared carried:
Resolved, That the city attorney have authority and direction to require and compel the S. B. & N. Y. R. R. Co. to comply with the prior order and resolution of this board to maintain a flagman at the Grant-st., crossing in this city.
On motion, meeting adjourned to Dec. 28, 1900, at 7:30 o'clock P. M., at the office of the clerk of said city.
Approved Dec. 18, 1900, S. N. HOLDEN, Mayor.
FIRE IN A SHOW WINDOW.
Flames at J. B. Kellogg's Drygoods Store Last Night Put Out with Chemicals.
At about 5:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon fire broke out in the show window of J. B. Kellogg's drygoods store and when discovered it had a good start in the light and combustible materials used in the decorations. Two chemical extinguishers were hastily brought to the scene with the result that in a surprisingly short time the flames were entirely extinguished by them without damage to any goods that had not been in the flames, thus demonstrating again the value of these fire extinguishers where a blaze has just started, and particularly in a place like a drygoods store where water would have done untold damage.
The fire started from one of the gas jets in the window. It is thought that a current of air from the door blew a piece of drapery over the light and it was thus ignited. Mr. Kellogg was first to notice the flame from his office where he was engaged in conversation with an agent. When his eye first caught the light he thought it came from a fire across the street, but soon discovered that it was in his own store. The clerks were at once notified and heroic effort was made to stop the flames by tearing down the draperies. This, however, was of little avail, as it seemed only to increase them. One of the lady clerks then started for the engine house nearby, where some of the firemen were already getting out a hose cart. She told them that it was her opinion that a chemical extinguisher would be better, and two of these were immediately taken to the store with the result stated.
Mr. Kellogg is unable to estimate the loss at present, but states that it is small indeed to what it would have been had a hose been used on the flames. He is well protected by insurance. The heat of the flames checked [cracked?] the large plate glass window and scorched the paint and woodwork in that part of the store, otherwise the building was uninjured.
"Jack and the Beanstalk."
"Jack and the Beanstalk," that famous extravaganza which comes to the Cortland Opera House to-morrow evening is repeating the triumphs of the past three seasons and has thus far played to an unbroken series of immense audiences. The attraction which this production has for the theatre going public is not difficult of explanation. In the first place it offers a cleanly and wholesome entertainment, based on the stories and legends that have been dear to every one in childhood and this entertainment is allied to as brilliant, chaste and magnificent pictorial equipment as has been seen in recent years. This season Jack rejoices in a notable combination of scenic and costume adornment. The cast is said to be the best, also, that the piece has ever had [sic].
BREVITIES.
—The Sans Souci dancing club, will hold a Christmas party at Wells hall to-morrow night.
—The residence of Mr. E. C. McEvoy has been connected with the Empire State Telephone exchange.
—The annual election of officers for the Cortland fire department will be held at Fireman's hall at 7:30 o'clock to-night.
—A Christmas tree and exhibition will be given Saturday evening at the Brick schoolhouse, west of Cortland on Groton-ave.
—The opening session of the poultry institute will he held this evening at the courthouse at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. James E. Rice is the conductor.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Glann & Clark, Shoes, page 7; Buck & Lane, Holiday goods, page 6; Hudson, Gray & Co., Christmas silverware, page 6; City Cycle Co., Toys, games, etc., page 4; Opera House, Fordham Stock Co., page 5; C. W. Stoker & Co., Fine groceries, page 7; McKinney & Doubleday, Book sale, page 2.
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