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| Lord Herbert Kitchener. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, January 4, 1901.
ALARM AT CAPE TOWN.
Prisoners Moved and Citizens Organize Town Guard.
BOERS MAKING CLEAN SWEEP.
Farmers Report Them Traveling In Parallel Columns With Numerous Flanking Parties Plundering Royalists and Carrying Off Everything That Is Eatable.
CAPE TOWN, Jan. 4.—The military authorities are preparing for all contingencies. It has been decided to transfer the Boer prisoners from the camps to transports.
Farmers coming into Carnarvon describe the Boers as traveling in parallel columns, with numerous flanking parties sweeping the country of horses, plundering loyalists and carrying off everything eatable. It appears that they are accompanied by strings of pack horses lightly loaded.
Colesberg telegraphs that Kritsinger's commando is crossing the Middleberg district, but is getting few, if any, recruits.
Here in Cape Town such business men as are unable to leave are organizing a town guard composed of the leading citizens. The commercial companies have asked the mayor to call a mass meeting to urge the government to suppress disloyal newspapers and to proclaim martial law.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Canadian premier, replying to Sir John Gordon Spriggs' thanks to the Canadian contingent, cables the Cape Colony premier as follows:
"Canada will be repaid for the little she has done if her example helps to bring peace, harmony and confidence among all her majesty's subjects in South Africa."
The British battleship Monarch yesterday landed men and guns to relieve the troops for service northward. It is believed that the guns will be sent up the country.
Five hundred citizens enlisted yesterday, the enrollment being very active. It is hoped that the first batch of mounted men will leave within three days for Worcester. They are to hold the passes of the Hex river mountains and to protect the railway tunnel. The organization is rough and ready, and not troubled with much drill or special uniform. Horses are scarce.
Six thousand five hundred South African irregulars been recruited during the last eight weeks.
The Boers in the Transvaal have been exceedingly active for the last week or so, daily attacking trains, convoys and isolated posts.. In most instances they have been repulsed and the railways are now working more regularly.
A commando is supposed to be in the mountains dividing Middleburg and Graaf Reinet, but can not be exactly located. The invaders in the west, who were expected at Fraserburg yesterday, have altered their course and are now moving in the direction of Williston, to the northwest. The British have occupied Fraserburg.
The Boers in Bechuanaland have been again joined by the inhabitants who once before rebelled.
Commandoes are reported to be at Blikfontein, Boetsap and Daniel's Kiul. Their objective is believed to be Griquatown, which is occupied by the British.
Mine Owners Must Take Chances.
LONDON, Jan. 4.—According to The Daily Express Lord Kitchener has warned the mine owners that they must not count upon military protection.
CONCERNING SMALLPOX.
State Board of Health Has Certain Recommendations to Make.
ALBANY, Jan. 4. (Special)—Considerable concern is shown by the state board of health over the continued prevalence of smallpox throughout the state. Accompanying its monthly bulletin, just issued, is the following statement urging its utmost care in the treatment of the disease and suggesting certain common sense precautions in guarding against it:
As long as smallpox prevails in the surrounding states, in not a few of which near and remote it has existed extensively for a long time, the state of New York will be exposed to the disease. During the last three years we have had considerable experience with it, commencing with an importation, in 1898, by a traveling theatrical troupe among whose members the disease existed undiscovered until twenty localities in the western part of the state had been visited with public parades and performances, and as a result smallpox was distributed in fourteen counties, not less than 320 persons took the disease, and a year passed before it ceased to exist.
During this current year smallpox has been brought to seventeen places from outside, from near or remote western or southern states by direct importation to the single locality instead of by peripatetic individuals, and having been in every case recognized promptly has not been permitted to spread; in thirteen places only the single imported case occurred, in two there were three or four cases, and in one there were fifteen cases all among Negro brick yard laborers who brought it from the South and to whom it was limited without spread to the general community.
Now toward the close of November, prior to which time the state has been free for three months from this disease, a repetition of the experience of 1898 on a smaller scale is threatened, in the appearance of another traveling troupe of colored minstrels from the South in whose personnel smallpox has been discovered after having exhibited at eight places in the eastern part of the state, In three of which, Albany, Schenectady and Gloversville, an outbreak has followed, a single case in Albany and several in the other two places and their vicinity. There has also been a considerable outbreak in a locality of New York City which this troupe touched in passing, though the health authorities trace the origin instead to a more remote unrecognized case. The disease has near the end of December branched from these places of original implantation, and appeared in two others—at Big Flats, in Chemung county, where it was probably taken direct from New York, and at Glens Falls, which is apparently indebted to Schenectady for its outbreak.
Past experience has shown that smallpox often gets a secure hold in a locality, by the failure of physicians to recognize it. Comparatively few become familiar with it at the present day in civilized communities, and besides cases now seen are often so mild that they are mistaken for chickenpox. This should be a rigid rule: allow no adult subject, believed to have chickenpox, at large until it is fully established that what he has is not smallpox.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
The Romance of Cotton.
No one of our great staples has had such a marvelous and interesting a history as cotton during the past century or more. The story of the rise and reign of King Cotton reads like a romance, with here and there touches of tragedy.
Little more than 100 years ago cotton fabrics were an oriental luxury. Then a Yankee schoolmaster had an idea and changed the history of the world. Whitney's cotton gin established great industries in Europe and America and made cotton the cheapest of clothing materials. It made slave labor profitable in the south, stimulated the search for new cotton fields, indirectly caused the Mexican war, the discovery of gold in California and our civil war.
Cotton has been and still is one of the greatest sources of the nation's wealth. In our exports of raw materials and of goods manufactured therefrom cotton leads any other commodity by a wide margin. For instance, in the month of October last the foreign shipments of cotton aggregated 1,211,234 bales, or 618,287,501 pounds, valued at $60,391,107, an increase of 420,379 bales, or 211,058,596 pounds in weight, and of $32,042,689 in value upon the exhibit made in any previous month. Aside from this there were immense shipments of cotton goods to all parts of the world. The year's exports in cotton and cotton goods have been enormous.
The fiber and the fabric do not by any means tell the whole story of King Cotton. The seed, which some years ago was regarded as worthless even for fuel, is now the source of great wealth. Something over 100,000 tons of cottonseed oil are now produced annually in the United States, used for food, soap making and various other purposes. Some of it is said to come back from Italy in decorated bottles labeled "Best Lucca Olive Oil."
But the record does not end here. Now paper is to be made from cottonseed hulls, and according to a recent Atlanta dispatch, $5,000,000 is to be at once invested in this enterprise in various southern states with every prospect of success. Thus the romance of cotton continues.
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| Ida Husted Harper. |
◘ Ida Husted Harper bids us have no fear that the enfranchised woman will monopolize all the offices and calls attention to the fact that while there were a number of women delegates in attendance at all of the political conventions in the states where female suffrage is in vogue only three were aspirants for office, these being candidates for the legislature. One in Utah was defeated with the rest of the Democratic ticket, and one in Colorado shared the same defeat on the Republican ticket. Mrs. Evangeline Heartz was elected Democratic representative in that state, the tenth woman to be a member of that body in seven years.
FUNERAL OF MR. A. L. COLE.
Fitting Tribute Paid by His Pastor Rev. Dr. Houghton.
The funeral of Mr. A. Leroy Cole was held at his late home, 146 Main-st., Cortland, yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The house, which is a very spacious one, was filled with the numerous friends who had come to show the respect which they felt for their departed friend. The casket was covered with roses and carnations, while wreaths of autumn leaves and of flowers rested upon tables at the head and foot. One large bunch of carnations came from the children of the Owego-st. school, with whom as with all children he was a special favorite. All the children in his neighborhood loved him and their faces would brighten whenever he appeared, and he was equally fond of them.
The services were conducted by Rev. O. A. Houghton, D. D., pastor of the First M. E. church, assisted by the former pastor Rev. L. H. Pearce, D. D., now presiding elder of the Geneva district of the Central New York conference. Dr. Houghton began by reading one of Mr. Cole's favorite hymns, "Sweet Hour of Prayer," and offered a brief prayer. Dr. Pearce read one of his favorite Psalms, the Ninetieth. Dr. Houghton followed by reading from I Cor. xv: 40-58. He then made some most excellent remarks, paying a very true and a very fitting tribute to the memory of the deceased. The remarks in full are given below, [remarks not copied—CC ed.]. Dr. Pearce offered a tender and fervent prayer, and Dr. Houghton closed the services by reading another of Mr. Cole's favorite hymns, "How Firm a Foundation."
The friends then left the house, the burial being at the pleasure of the family and occurring later. The bearers were Messrs. R. Bruce Smith, Frederick Conable, Isaac Edgcomb, F. M. McFall, H. M. Kellogg and Homer Mariner. The remains were placed in the receiving vault of the Cortland Rural cemetery.
Ladies' Literary Club.
The Ladies' Literary club met on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. J. L. Watrous, 26 Clinton-ave. The subject was "Thou Italy of the Orient, Glorious, Gory Mexico." The program was as follows:
Paper—The Storming of Monterey, written by Miss Ella Gale, read by Miss C. Adams.
Poem—Monterey, Miss Marguerite Force.
Flora, Fauna, Mrs. E. M. H. Johnson.
Literature in Modern Mexico, Mrs. Helen J. Apgar.
Railways, Postal Service, Mrs. J. L. Watrous.
Mexican Telegraph Service, Mrs. C. P. Walrad.
The next meeting will be held with Mrs. Eben Mudge at the Universalist church on Wednesday evening, Jan. 16, at 8 o'clock P. M.
Died in Sayre.
In Sayre, Pa., after a brief illness, Mr. Charles Ellis Jenney died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Edward Rice, Dec. 26, 1900, aged 44 years, 3 months. Mr. Jenney is survived by a wife and two sons Harlan and Elmer of Cortland, N. Y., his father, mother, three brothers and one sister, all of Smithfield, Pa., one brother of Auburn, N. Y., and Mrs. Edward Rice of Sayre. Funeral services were held at the home of Mr. Edward Rice, Sunday, Dec. 30. Burial at Smithfield, Pa.
Died in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Melvin A. Rice died at her home in Brooklyn yesterday. The remains will arrive in Cortland at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning and be taken to the home of her daughter Mrs. Jas. D. Sherwood, 30 North Church-st. The funeral arrangements will be announced later. No further particulars can be learned as Mrs. Sherwood is now in New York.
BIG FIRE IN ITHACA.
The Alhambra, a Students' Resort Burned—No Lives Lost.
At about 2:30 o'clock this morning The Alhambra, the noted students' resort on State-st. in Ithaca, opposite the postoffice, in the central portion of the city was discovered by the police to be on fire. The flames had made considerable headway when discovered and the entire fire department was soon working to subdue the conflagration.
The buildings adjoining on both sides of The Alhambra, one of which is Rascover's clothing store, also caught fire. The building in which the fire started was a total loss. The amount of the loss is estimated at about $10,000, which is partially covered by insurance.
The inmates of the building were all able to make their escape, but in scanty attire. All personal property was lost.
At 3:30 o'clock the fire was under control.
BIG FIRE IN SCOTT.
Mills G. Frisbie's Barns and Crops Destroyed Thursday Afternoon.
At about 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon smoke was discovered issuing from the rear of the barns of Mills O. Frisbie, former superintendent of the poor, about two miles south of Scott village. Mr. Frisbie and son and two hired men were at work upon the premises and hastened to the barns. It was seen that they were on fire and there being no means for fighting the flames at hand [and] they were doomed. All efforts were then turned to the rescuing of the stock and portable property. All of the fine herd of cows was gotten out except three calves which were burned, but one of the cows, a very choice Jersey, was so badly burned that she had to be killed and it is possible that still others will also have to be released from their suffering. A fine breeding sow was also burned to death. The horses were saved together with harnesses, wagons and some other farming implements that could be quickly gotten out. The barns were large and in a fine state of repair. The big barn was 30 by 50 feet in size with a wing 80 by 40 feet extending from the main part at right angles. The carriage house was 20 by 30 feet in size. One small barn that stood a little apart from the others was saved. The house which stood seventy feet away was saved, the wind blowing the flames away from it.
In the barns there were thirty tons of hay, about two hundred bushels of oats, a quantity or grain, seventy tons of cabbage, besides considerable straw and all of this was destroyed. The silo was burned with all of the ensilage—a quantity sufficient to keep the stock all winter.
Mr. Frisbie had an insurance of $1,400 on the buildings and of $800 on the contents, but he estimates that his loss will exceed the full amount of the insurance by at least $1,000. He is wholly at a loss to account for the origin of the fire. He had just rented his farm to Clarence Patchen of Homer who was to take possession on March 1, while Mr. Frisbie was to go to Cuyler to take possession of the milling property which he had just bought from Whitmarsh Bros. He has not yet formed any plans for the future.
His neighbors, D. K. Cutler and W. J. Cottrell and others, last night made room for his stock in their barns where they will be cared for till other arrangements can be made.
The loss is a heavy one and the sympathy of many friends all over the county will go out to Mr. Frisbie.
NEW YEAR'S GIFTS.
The Hospital Grateful for Favors—Fifteen Patients Turned Away.
The executors of the estate of the late Mrs. Thankful Price on Dec. 31 paid over to a representative of the Cortland hospital the sum of $1,029.50 as part of her legacy to that institution. It was a most welcome New Year's gift.
Another New Year's gift, a corporative seal, came from B. T. Wright, Esq.
Perhaps there should also be included in the list of Holiday gifts, a notice from the Home Telephone Co. of its wish to donate to the hospital one of its telephones and it will be put in as soon as the condition of the patients in the hospital will permit.
The glass operating table and cabinet sent by Mr. W. G. Hibbard of Chicago have arrived safely and have already been christened. They are two very beautiful pieces of operating room furniture and are greatly admired and appreciated by the managers and physicians.
Information has been received of a bequest of $400 from the late Robert Purvis.
There are now, as there have been for some time past, seventeen patients in the hospital. Beds have been put in the laundry dry room for some of the nurses and their rooms are being used for patients. Even then it has been impossible to provide room for all who have applied for admission and not less than nineteen have had to be refused.
If those having articles which they wish to contribute for the rummage sale to be opened Jan. 14 will kindly notify any of the ladies of the board, they will, if desired be called for. Surely it must be possible for nearly everyone to assist in a sale of this nature and all gifts will be very acceptable.
BREVITIES.
—The county clerk's office has been connected with the Empire State Telephone exchange.
—Only one case was called in city court this morning, and that a tramp who was sent on [his way].
—New display advertisements to-day are—Warren, Tanner & Co., Drygoods, page 7; M. A. Case, Clearing sale, page 6.
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