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| John T. Morgan. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, January 21, 1901.
CONGRESSIONAL FORECAST.
Senate Will Act Immediately on the Appropriation Bills.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 21.—The senate took up the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation today as soon as possible after convening. There is little in the bill that ordinarily would create debate, but it does not seem improbable that several days may be required to act on it because of the desire on the part of some senators to postpone consideration of the ship subsidy bill as long as possible. The shipping bill will be made the unfinished business whenever, in the opinion of the friends of that measure, it is wise to give it that place; but in view of the fact that it will be displaced by appropriation bills whenever senators in charge of those measures desire to take them up it is probable that the motion to give the bill the place of vantage will be postponed until after the disposition of the legislative bill.
Senator Aldrich, chairman of the finance committee, probably will report the war revenue reduction bill Tuesday, and he will ask immediate consideration for that measure. The rules of the senate give preference to revenue bills as they do to appropriation bills, and no order of the senate will be necessary to make a place for that bill. It is not probable that any effort will be made to displace appropriation bills with that measure, but all senators seem united in the opinion that it necessarily must become a law during the session, and if there should be an occasion when it would be necessary to decide between it and some bill other than an appropriation bill, the preference almost certainly would be given to the revenue bill. The present impression, however, is that this bill will be soon disposed of.
Democratic senators probably will make an effort to secure additional reductions but, failing in this, will vote for the bill.
The pension and military academy appropriation bills are also on the calendar and will receive early attention. The Indian appropriation bill will be reported early in the week, but will not be pressed.
Senator Morgan has not indicated his purpose with reference to the Nicaragua canal bill, but his friends say that he will delay a reasonable time and that if England does not act upon the amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty he then will move consideration of the canal bill.
Renewed effort will be made in executive session to secure the confirmation of J. S. Harlan as attorney general for Porto Rico, and also to secure ratification of the treaty with Spain for the cession of the remaining island in the Philippine group.
Work Before the House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—The house of representatives will devote most of its attention during this week to appropriation bills, a series of them—District of Columbia, fortifications, naval, postoffice and agriculture—being ready for consideration. At the outset, however, there will be a day or two given to other measures having right of way. The army reorganization bill will be reported back promptly from the committee on military affairs, and sent to conference with a general disagreement to all senate amendments. It may be reported back during the latter part of the week and a sharp contest is promised, Mr. Richardson, the minority leader, having intimated that there will be a discussion of each paragraph. The bulky codification bill also is before the house as a continuing order and will require much of the time not given to appropriation bills. Efforts are making to have the bill to promote the efficiency of the revenue cutter service made a special order for Tuesday. The appropriation bills above referred to will consume the time during the rest of the week, except Friday, which is private pension day, and Saturday, when eulogies to the memory of the late Senator Gear will be pronounced.
QUEEN IS DYING.
CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ARE ASSEMBLED.
Duke of York Cannot go to Cowes for Constitutional Reasons—At 3 o'clock She Rallied Somewhat, but It Cannot be Permanent—Stimulants Used to Prolong Life.
COWES, Jan. 21, 9 A. M.—The queen is being kept alive by the use of drugs and stimulants. There is absolutely no hope, though owing to her great vitality the queen may live unexpectedly for hours. The members of the royal family are waiting in an anti-room for the last call
COWES, Jan. 21, 10:35 A. M.—The queen is growing weaker. The rector of Whippingham church has been summoned to Osborne House.
COWES, Jan. 21.—Lights shone all night from the windows of Osborne House. At 10 o'clock the queen sank into a coma from which there was no rousing her and it was thought the end had come. The members of the royal family were summoned into a room adjoining the sick room. There they remained all night though the ladies retired for a few hours to lie down. No one took his clothes off and all were prepared to answer the final call at an instant's notice.
The only persons present in the queen's chamber were her two faithful waiting women and her physicians. When the queen began to sink there was the greatest alarm lest she should expire in the absence of the Prince of Wales. He had gone up to London in the afternoon to meet Emperor William. An urgent message was sent telling him to return at once, but the prince was too worn out to go back to Osborne last night. He replied that he would come down early this morning. He left London with Emperor William at 8 A.M. and their special train arrived at Portsmouth at 9:57. The formalities which would ordinarily be observed on the appearance of the Kaiser were waived and no salutes [were] fired at Portsmouth. It was feared that the reverberations would disturb the Queen.
The prince and his nephew crossed to Cowes on the Royal at 10:14. They were driven at once to the Osborne House. Silent and respectful crowds witnessed their debarkation. There was no cheering, for the people knew that the prince had come to his mother's deathbed and that when they saw him again in all probability be would be king or England.
When the queen's physicians learned that the prince could not be expected until this morning they bent all their energies to prolonging the sovereign's life until her son could reach her bedside. Stimulants were freely used. Oxygen was administered several times and the queen was roused long enough to sip some champagne. Under this treatment the queen rallied slightly toward morning and was able to take a little nourishment for the first time in forty-eight hours.
The queen's objection to other physicians besides Drs. Reed and Powell was quietly disregarded yesterday and Dr. Thos. Barlow, physician to her majesty's household, was summoned. He arrived early to-day and went into consultation with the queen's doctors.
At 11 o'clock this morning another official bulletin was posted recording the slight improvement in the queen's condition due to the heroic efforts to keep her alive until the prince should arrive. No one doubts for a moment, however, that the end is at hand and it is only a question of hours.
The queen's death will be flashed to all parts of the United Kingdom and will be announced by the tolling of bells.
The little town of Cowes is filled with gloom. Few people are at their work. A crowd remains in front of the bulletin boards reading the latest official news over and over again as if they expected to exact some further information from them.
LONDON, Jan. 21.—The Duke of York has not left London. The reason for his presence here is said to be a constitutional one, it being forbidden for two persons in direct succession to the throne to be at the same place. The Duke of York is the eldest son of the Prince of Wales.
FIRE ON CRAWFORD-ST.
Residence of John Hartnett—Thawing Out Water Pipes.
The water pipes at the home of John Hartnett, 15 Crawford-st., froze up yesterday morning and an attempt was made to thaw them out with burning waste attached to a stick down cellar. The fire caught in the floor and ran up into the partition between the kitchen and woodshed. An alarm was turned in from box 142, corner of Main and Union-sts. The fire department responded, but threw no water. A bucket brigade had nearly extinguished the flames before the firemen arrived, and a chemical extinguisher in the hands of a fireman completed the job. The damage was comparatively slight and was abundantly covered by insurance.
FRANK C. MELVIN.
Well Known Business Man of Cortland Dies from Typhoid Fever.
Mr. Frank C. Melvin, manager of the local branch of the Standard Oil Co., died at his home, 118 North Main-st. at 12 o'clock last night after an illness of two weeks with typhoid fever, aged 39 years. Mr. Melvin's case had not been considered critical until Saturday morning, when he was taken with hemorrhages and continued to grow worse until the end came. A trained nurse under the direction of Dr. Sornberger has been constantly in attendance and when Mr. Melvin's condition became such as to cause apprehension a second nurse was called and all that medical skill and careful nursing could do was done.
Mr. Melvin was born in Cortland, March 15, 1861, and was the older son of Mr. and Mrs. Myron J. Melvin of 67 Fitz-ave. His whole life has been spent in Cortland where his strict integrity, genial disposition and careful and conscientious attention to the details of his business have won him the esteem of all who knew him and all who have been brought into contact with him in business relations.
At the age of 12 years he became a member of the First Baptist church of Cortland and always has been active and efficient in church and Sunday-school work. He has been president of the Howell Bible class of the First Baptist church and has held several important offices in the First Baptist Sunday-school.
On Oct. 10, 1882, he was married to Miss Lillian Cobb of Homer, who with three children, survive him. He also leaves one brother, Mr. Fred W. Melvin of Cortland.
Mr. Melvin was for fourteen years an employee of the Cortland Wagon Co. where he learned the trimmer's trade. Seven years ago he was appointed manager of the local station of the Standard Oil Co. and under his management the business has been largely extended.
He was a member of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., and was a past master of the lodge. He was also a member of Cortland Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M. The Masonic fraternity will attend the funeral in a body and will have charge of the services at the grave.
The funeral will be held at his late home, 118 North Main-st., Wednesday, Jan. 28, at 2:30 P. M.
Death of Mrs. Klink.
Mrs. Samantha Bouton Klink died at 3 o'clock this morning at the home of her brother, Mr. Lewis Bouton, 51 Union-st., after an illness of less than a week from grip followed by pneumonia. Her age was 72 years, 2 months and 1 day.
Mrs. Klink was a daughter of Nathan Bouton and was born in Virgil. She began teaching a district school when 14 years old and probably taught more terms in the common schools than any one else in this vicinity. She was educated in the Cortland and Homer academies. She held a state teacher's certificate in New York and in California. In the spring of 1865 she went to California to live, one of her brothers being a resident of that state. In September, 1870, she was married to S. V. R. Klink of Sonoma county, Cal., and their home was soon after moved to Santa Barbara. Mr. Klink died in 1885, but Mrs. Klink continued to live in Los Alamos till October, 1899, when she came East to live with her brother in Cortland. She was a member of the Presbyterian church here, having brought her letter from California.
Mrs. Klink is survived by one sister and four brothers: Mrs. Charles J. Drew, wife of the mayor of Topeka, Kan.; Eli F. Bouton of Sabetha, Kan.; Edmund Bouton of Wichita, Kan.; James Bouton of Steuben county, N. Y., and Lewis Bouton of Cortland.
The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 o'clock at the home of Mr. Bouton, 51 Union-st.
Democracy of the Grip.
President McKinley has the grip, the Central girl croaks at you with an influenza fuzz on her voice, the motorman confides to you on the front platform that he is about off watch with a cold. Your best enemy and your worst friend snuffle dismally. You go about looking for the man who is without extra handkerchiefs, bleared eyes and a cough. Doctors, lawyers, merchants, thieves, all with the grip or something closely imitating the grip; great men of the nation and boozy bums sneezing on the floor of the police station through the night, all with the grip. Which goes to demonstrate the principle on which the nation stands, that men are born free and equally entitled to grip.—Sioux City Tribune.
Sleigh Ride to Little York.
The Delphic fraternity of the Normal [School] with the Corlonor fraternity and Prof. and Mrs. W. M. Booth as guests enjoyed a sleigh ride to Little York Saturday night. The party numbered about seventy, and they went in four large sleighs, starting away at about 6 o'clock. The evening was spent at the Raymond House, where one of Mr. Raymond's best suppers was served. Games and sociability made the time spent there seem very short, and an early start was made for home so as to arrive in good season.
Santanelli To-night.
Santanelli, the famous hypnotist, begins a week's engagement at the Opera House to-night. Cortland became quite stirred up a year ago over the power of the famous Flint, but Santanelli is said to possess greater power than Flint. His methods are much more rapid than Flint's. He first puts his subject to sleep and a state of slumber returns to the subject after each manifestation. There will no doubt be a large house present at the opening performance to-night. Popular prices prevail.
BREVITIES.
—The town meetings of Cortland county occur on Tuesday, Feb. 19, this year.
—The regular meeting for the election of officers of Lincoln lodge, I. O. O. T., will occur Friday evening, Jan. 25.
—A regular meeting of the Royal Arcanum will be held Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, at G. A. R. Hall at 7:30 o'clock. Officers for the new year will be installed.
—The Y. M. C. A. basket ball team administered a crushing defeat to the newly organized Normal [School] team Saturday night. The score was: Y. M. C. A., 37; Normal, 6.
—Lincoln lodge, I. O. G. T., will hold a social Tuesday evening, Jan. 22, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. McLeod, 190 Main-st. A cordial invitation is extended to all to be present.
—New display advertisements to-day are—E. M. Mansur, Groceries, page 2; City Cycle Co., Bicycles, page 6; M. W. Giles, Groceries, page 8; C. F. Brown, January winds, page 6.
—The social of the Howell class of the First Baptist church which was planned for Wednesday evening of this week is postponed on account of the death of Mr. Frank C. Melvin, who was one of its members.
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