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| Lord Herbert Kitchener. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, January 26, 1901.
KITCHENER ESCAPED.
Train on Which He Was Riding Blown Up by Boers.
HOT FIRE WAS THEN EXCHANGED.
Attacking Burghers Were Ultimately Driven Off, Without Having Inflicted Any Casualties on the British—Well Laid Scheme Evidently Failed.
PRETORIA, Jan. 28.—Wednesday a train with Lord Kitchener and a body of troops proceeded toward Middelburg, an armored pilot engine proceeding. It was derailed by dynamite near Balmoral.
The Boers, who were in force, opened fire and the British replied heavily. Ultimately the Boers were driven off. The British sustained no casualties.
William McKinley.
Philippine Report Sent to Senate.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—The president yesterday transmitted to the senate a report of the secretary of war enclosing the report of the Taft Philippine commission. In his message the president says the report includes not only the reports of the commission, but its act of legislation "and other important information relating to the conditions and immediate wants of the Philippine islands."
Concluding the president says: "I earnestly recommend legislation under which the government of the islands may have authority to assist in their peaceful industrial development in the directions indicated by the secretary of war.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
◘ There has been no more interesting feature of the recent military operations in South Africa than the sudden activity of the Boers in the neighborhood of Kimberley. According to late dispatches the burghers have been conducting raiding operations within seven miles of that city, causing at least some apprehension as to its safety. That at this stage of the proceedings, when the British claim that the war is practically over, the Boers should be a source of menace in the very city which they besieged at the beginning of hostilities must be peculiarly discouraging to the British public. At the same time come reports of extensive operations along the line of railway communication between Pretoria and the east of the Transvaal at points far remote from Kimberley. If the Boer force is limited, there would seem to be enough of it left to admit of carrying on considerable operations at widely distant places, a fact which may account for Lord Kitchener's inability to do anything decisive. While a decisive victory can hardly be expected in either of these localities, the very fact that the burghers are at this time able to operate quite freely in these neighborhoods is significant that the war is by no means over.
◘ According to trade reports there is a decline in the cigarette habit, which is gratifying. In four years the annual output in the United States is said to have fallen off nearly one-fourth. It is probable that other elements enter into this decreased manufacture besides a diminished consumption. For example, many confirmed smokers roll their own cigarettes. Nevertheless the general statement accords with observation. The cigarette is not so conspicuous an offense as it was a few years ago. This is a healthy sign. Certain diseases pass over the community from time to time, certain vices, habits, fashions, or whatever they may be called, that do a great deal of moral and physical harm. The epidemic will rage for a few years and then abate. The vice is not eradicated, but it ceases to be threatening.
Main Street, Cortland, N. Y.
THE CITY CHARTER.
A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.
The Paving Provisions All Rewritten—Changes in the Police and Fire Commissions—Additional Powers to Chamberlain Regarding Unpaid Taxes—Several Doubtful Matters Made Clear.
Copies of the amendments to the Cortland city charter are introduced by Hon. H. A. Dickinson in the assembly on Jan. 22, read once and referred to the committee on affairs of cities, have been received in Cortland.
The first amendment noted is a change in Section 10, which enumerates the officers of the city. The amendment includes among the officers one elective assessor and two appointive assessors. Instead of "four fire and police commissioners" the amended charter provides for three fire commissioners and three police commissioners.
The second amendment provides that three fire commissioners and three police commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor subject to the confirmation of the common council; that the chief of police and the four patrolmen of the city shall by appointed by the board of police commissioners instead of by the mayor. This amendment also provides that such other appointive officers as may be authorized and required by general laws shall be appointed by the mayor subject to the confirmation of the common council, unless otherwise provided by such general laws.
The next amendment extends the term of office of the commissioner of charities from one to two years. Under the old charter the term of office of each commissioner of public works was left indefinite except by inference. It is now fixed at five years. The term of office of each police commissioner is fixed at two years and of each fire commissioner at three years. The term of office of each member of the board of health is extended from two to three years. The terms of the appointive assessors are fixed at one year each.
The next amendment is made to Section 52 and has reference to the time at which ordinances and resolutions take effect. The whole of the original section is stricken out and the amendment which becomes a substitute reads:
Every city ordinance before it shall take effect must be published at least once after its final passage as provided in Section 51 of this act, in the official newspapers of the city. Every such ordinance may specify at what time after such publication It shall take effect, and if no time be specified it shall take effect immediately upon such publication. Resolutions may specify at what time after their final passage as aforesaid they shall take effect, and if no each time be specified they shall take effect immediately.
The next amendment is to subdivision twenty-five of Section 59 which has reference to the voting upon any extraordinary expenditure at a special election. Under the original charter only taxpayers could vote upon this, and non-taxpayers could be challenged. The amendment removes this limit to the voting power of residents by omitting the following from the section referring to it:
Every taxpayer, who shall have been assessed and taxed upon the last assessment roll of the city before said special election, and no other person, shall be entitled to vote at such election.
If the right to vote of any person offering to vote at such special election be challenged by any other person entitled to vote thereat, an inspector of the election shall administer to him the following oath: "You do swear that you are a taxpayer of the city of Cortland, and that you have not voted at this election?" After he shall take such oath and if he or his wife shall be assessed upon the assessment-roll aforesaid, his vote shall be received.
The rest of the section is unchanged except that in one place the word "decree" is changed to "deem."
The next amendment reduces the quorum of the board of public works from four to three.
The whole of Section 77, which relates to "Paving, repaving and macadamizing," has been eliminated, and rewritten. The amended section reads as follows:
If the board of public works shall, of
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FUNERAL OF HUBERT R. MAINE.
Masons and Others Accompany Remains to DeRuyter for Burial.
The funeral of Mr. Hubert R. Maine, bookkeeper of the Second National bank, who died at the hospital on Tuesday afternoon after an illness of seven weeks from typhoid fever followed by tuberculosis of the peritoneum, was held at his late home, 36 North Church-st., at 12 o'clock noon yesterday. The house is a large one and it was filled to its utmost capacity with the many friends of the young man. Delegations from Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. and A. M., Cortland Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., and Cortland Commandery, No. 50, K. T., of all of which the deceased was a member, attended in a body and in full uniform and regalia.
The coffin was covered and surrounded with choice and beautiful flowers. The Masonic lodge sent an emblematic square and compass in pink and white carnations with a "G" in the center of violets. Cortland commandery sent a cross of crimson carnations, and a crown of yellow roses and white hyacinths. The directors of the Second National bank sent a large wreath of oak leaves and violets. Mr. G. J. Mager, Mr. H. L. Smith and Mr. E. C. Richards, Mr. Maine's associates in the bank, sent a large cluster of pink roses tied with a pink ribbon. A party of his young men friends sent a floral blanket of palm leaves tied with knots of violets and roses. His aunt and uncle from Rochester, Mr. and Mrs. James Beebe, sent a handsome Maltese cross of lilies of the valley, white hyacinths and ferns. A wreath of pink roses was sent by Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Call and Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Norris. There was a casket bouquet of white hyacinths and roses from Miss DeGroat of Sayille, L. I., and a casket bouquet of pink roses tied with pink ribbon from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bushby and Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Kennedy. In addition, there was a great profusion of loose flowers, including violets, carnations and roses in white, yellow, pink and crimson.
Rev. Robert Clements, pastor of the Presbyterian church, with which the deceased was connected, began the services by reading Psalm cxxi and offered a short prayer. The Masonic brethren then recited the Lord's Prayer in concert, and the Masonic funeral house service was read by the master, Mr. Charles F. Brown, assisted by the senior warden, Mr. R. J. Lucas, and the Junior warden, Dr. C. H. Jones. A quartet consisting of Messrs. George Oscar Bowen, F. Daehler, C. F. Brown and T. N. Hollister sang with fine effect "Come Unto Me When Shadows Darkly Gather." The service was concluded by prayer offered by Rev. W. J. Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church, who is the chaplain of the Masonic lodge in Cortland.
The remains were then borne from the house by six of the most intimate friends of Mr. Maine: Messrs. William H. McGraw, Henry L. Peckham, Charles W. Barker, Burt L. Nourse, T. C. Brogden and Thomas P. Bristol. With the lodge members and commandery acting as escort the course was directed to the Lehigh Valley station where a special train of three cars was in waiting. About fifty of the members of the lodge, encampment and commandery with upwards of twenty-five relatives and other friends took the train for DeRuyter, leaving Cortland at 1:20 P. M. Fifteen joined the train at Truxton, the majority of these being Masons residing in that town.
When DeRuyter was reached at 2 o'clock the procession, to which a delegation from the DeRuyter lodge had been added, moved at once to the Congregational church which was already well filled with friends of the deceased and of his family who are residents of that town. This was Mr. Maine's birthplace, and there he lived till twelve years ago, and almost all the people knew him well.
The services were opened by prayer by Rev. D. W. Bull, pastor of the church. The quartet sung "Abide With Me," and then Rev. Mr. Clements read selected passages of Scripture appropriate to the occasion, and spoke briefly of the deceased. He referred to the wonderful peace that had come into the life of Mr. Maine during his last days and of the willingness which he felt to go to the home which was awaiting him. This was caused by the perfect faith and trust which he had come to feel in his Savior, and this should and must be one of the secrets of consolation to the sorrowing ones that the separation is but temporary and that a time of reunion is surely coming.
Mr. Bowen sang with much feeling "One Sweetly Solemn Thought," Mr. A. B. Kingsley at the organ acting as accompanist.
After an earnest prayer by Mr. Clements the quartet sang again, "Come Unto Me," and the services at the church were concluded. An opportunity was then given for the DeRuyter people to take a last look at the face of their friend.
The line was then reformed, and the march was then made to the cemetery. The grave is located upon one of the highest points in the cemetery, overlooking the entire valley, but on this day the wind was blowing furiously at the time that the procession reached the grave. It had been the plan to have the entire Masonic burial service conducted here, but because of the storm it was materially shortened. As the coffin was placed in the outer burial case Mr. Maine's Knight Templar's chapeau, belt and sword and his white lambskin apron of the blue lodge, were removed from the coffin where they had previously rested amid the flowers, and then Judge S. S. Knox, District Deputy Grand Master of the state of New York, led in the burial service in a shortened form, and Rev. W. J. Howell, the chaplain, pronounced the benediction.
The procession then returned to the station and at 4:20 left for Cortland arriving shortly before 5 o'clock.
Among the relatives and friends of the deceased from out of town who were present in Cortland at the funeral and went to DeRuyter for the burial were Mrs. Sarah Mitchell, his grandmother; Mr. Henry Mitchell, an uncle, and Mrs. Mitchell; Miss Joie Mitchell, a cousin, and Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Tallett, all of DeRuyter; Mrs. Addie Mitchell, an aunt, and Miss Anna Bass of Cazenovia; Mr. Thomas Rushmore of Roslyn, L. I., a cousin; Mr. Henry Maine, a cousin, and Mrs. Maine of Rochester; Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Gooding, Mr. Wm. H. Burnham and Miss Ashley of Groton; Mr. William Brown of Tully; Mrs. P. S. Knapp of Syracuse, Miss Martha De Groat of Sayville, L. I., and Mrs. Clarence Brown of Binghamton.
A Home Wedding.
On Thursday, Jan. 23, 1901, at exactly 3 o'clock P. M. occurred a pretty home wedding at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hamlin, 28 Lincoln-ave., when their daughter Clara was united in marriage to John S. Lockey of Groton, N. Y. Only a few of the immediate relatives and friends were present. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. H. L. Rixon, pastor of the Homer-ave. church, of which the bride is a member. Immediately following the ceremony a repast of ice cream and cake was enjoyed by all present, after which amidst a shower of rice and old shoes they left on the D., L. & W. for a visit with relatives and friends in Syracuse. They will be at home to their friends at their home on Church-st., Groton, N. Y., after April 1.
Missionary Meeting.
The Home Mission circle of the First Baptist church, met in the church parlors on Friday afternoon, at which time the following program was given upon the subject, "Heathenism in America."
Heathenism in America, Mrs. Cleaves.
Chinese in America, Mrs. Reese.
Chinese in New York, Mrs. Clark.
One of his Jewels, Mrs. Simonson.
Poem—Haste the Day, Miss Walker.
Died of Typhoid Fever.
Mrs. James Hollenbeck, 86 Arthur-ave., died at 10 o'clock this morning of typhoid fever. The arrangements for the funeral have not been made.
BREVITIES.
—Mr. W. E. Chamberlain will sing a solo at each service at the Presbyterian church to-morrow.
—Four couples from Cortland attended a dancing class reception in Marathon last night and report a very pleasant evening.
—The funeral of John A. Goffe will be held at his home in the town of Homer, Monday at 2 P. M. Burial In East Homer,
—Hon. George F. Lyon of Binghamton will preside at the term of supreme court in Cortland on Monday instead of Judge Albert H. Sewell.
—New display advertisements to-day are—E. M. Mansur, groceries, page 2; J. W. Cudworth, "Optical talks," page 7; Mitch's market, Meats, page 5; Opera House, "Rag Time Reception," page 5.
—Over $20,000 of the city taxes was collected during the first week that they were payable at the chamberlain's office. The whole amount, including paving assessments, is over $109,000.
—The closing exercises of the sixty-fourth term of school at the Normal begin next Monday night, when the Delphic fraternity, formerly the Young Men's Debating club, will give its nineteenth annual public exercises.
—The Sayre Times says it is rumored that a change in fare will take place on the Lehigh Valley in a few days. Nothing definite has been given out as to what it will be, but it is thought a two-cent rate will prevail.—Ithaca Journal.
—Two drunks were arrested last night, one of which gave Officer Townsend a lively chase on Main and Court-sts. "Cy" took after the fellow in something the same way that he used to take after a foul ball on Athletic field and finally overtook his man.
—The Cortland Science club will meet to-night at 8 o'clock at the Hatch library. The speaker will be Dr. H. C. Hendrick, and his subject will be "Nature by the Wayside." The review of the paper of two weeks ago will be made by Dr. F. W. Higgins.
—Rev. H. R. Bender, D. D., of Syracuse will preach at the First M. E. church to-morrow morning and evening. The evening sermon will be preceded by a musical program by the chorus choir and orchestra led by Prof. Geo. Oscar Bowen, choir master.
—James Kane, son of John Kane, who lives 1 mile west of Groton City, died yesterday afternoon about 3 o'clock of typhoid fever, aged 19 years. The funeral will be held Monday at the house at 8 o'clock and 10 o'clock at St. Anthony's church at Groton. Burial at Groton.
—If any one has a second-hand stove that he would like to contribute to a party who is very needy and who has not a stove to provide warmth, he can learn of a place where he can place it to good advantage by addressing "Charity" at this office. We may add that "Charity" is not an applicant for the stove but the person who knows where it would be welcomed. Further particulars can be learned here.
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