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| Andrew Carnegie. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, March 14, 1901.
FORTUNE TO EMPLOYES.
Andrew Carnegie Donates $5,000,000 For Their Benefit.
FOB DISABLED AND AGED MEN.
Largest Benefaction of the Many Created by Mr. Carnegie and One That Is Scarcely Without a Parallel In the World—Retires From Business.
PITTSBURG, March 14.—Two communications from Andrew Carnegie, which were officially made public last night, tell of the steel king's retirement from active business life and of his donation of $5,000,000 for the endowment of a fund for superannuated and disabled employes [sic] of the Carnegie company.
This benefaction is by far the largest of the many created by Mr. Carnegie and is probably without a parallel anywhere in the world. This fund will in no wise interfere with the continuance of the saving fund established by the company 15 years ago for the benefit of its employes. In this latter fund nearly $2,000,000 of the employes savings are on deposit, on which the company by contract pays 6 per cent and loans money to the workmen to build their own homes.
In a letter to the president and managers of the Carnegie company Mr. Carnegie announces that Mr. Franks, his cashier, will hand over to them upon their acceptance of the trust, $5,000,000 of the Carnegie company bonds in trust for the following purposes:
The income of $1,000,000 to be spent in maintaining the libraries built by him in Braddock, Homestead and Duquesne. The income of the other $4,000,000 is to be applied:
First—To provide for employes of the Carnegie company in all its works, mines, railways, shops, etc., injured in its service, and for those dependent upon such employes as are killed.
Second—To provide small pensions to such employes, after long and creditable service, who through exceptional circumstances, need such help in their old age and who make a good use of it. Should these uses not require all of the revenue and a surplus of $200,000 be left after 10 years' operation, then for all over this workmen in mills other than the Carnegie company in Alleghany county shall become eligible for participation in the fund, the mills nearest the works of the Carnegie Steel company being first embraced.
Mr. Carnegie says:
"This fund is not intended to be used as a substitute for what the company has been in the habit of doing, in such cases—far from it. It is intended to go still further and give to the injured or their families or to employes who are needy in old age, through no fault of their own, some provision against want as long as needed, or until young children can become self-supporting."
CARNEGIE SAILS.
He Says He Has Only Just Began to Give Away Money.
NEW YORK, March 14.—Andrew Carnegie, accompanied by Mrs. Carnegie and their daughter, sailed for Southampton yesterday on the St. Louis. Mr. Carnegie expects to return to this country in October. He will spend most of the time while abroad at Skibo castle in Scotland.
When questioned, Mr. Carnegie said:
"There is nothing that I can say as to the present situation of things in this country, for the reason that I have already given—I am out of business. I expect to spend the most pleasant seven months of my life."
Mr. Carnegie was asked how much money he had given away for libraries.
"Well," he replied, "I cannot tell. You see I have just begun to give away money, but if you were to ask me the same question 10 years from now I might be able to answer the question."
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| Benjamin Harrison. |
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
President McKinley's Proclamation Concerning His Distinguished Predecessor.
WASHINGTON, March 14.—The president this morning issued the following proclamation: By the President of the United States—
A PROCLAMATION:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, March 14, 1901.
To the People of the United States:
Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States from 1889 to 1893, died yesterday at 4:45 P. M. at his home in Indianapolis. In his death the country has been deprived of one of its greatest citizens. A brilliant soldier in his young manhood, he gained fame and rapid advancement by his energy and valor. As a lawyer he rose to be a leader of the bar. In the senate he took at once and retained high rank as a orator and legislator; and in the high office of president he displayed extraordinary gifts as administrator and statesman. In public and in private life he set a shining example for his countrymen. In testimony of respect in which his memory is held by the people of the United States I do hereby direct that the flags on the Executive Mansion and the several departmental buildings be displayed at half-staff for a period of thirty days; and that suitable military and naval honors, under the orders of the secretaries of war and of the navy, be rendered on the day of the funeral.
Done at the city of Washington, this 14th day of March, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and one, and of the independence of the United States of America, the one hundred and twenty-fifth.
WILLIAM McKINLEY.
By the President, JOHN HAY, Secretary of State.
NEGRO BURNED AT STAKE.
Citizens of Corsicana, Tex., Suspended Business to See Him Die.
CORSICANA, Tex., March 14.—John Henderson, colored, who brutally assaulted and murdered Mrs. Younger, a farmer's wife living just outside this city several days ago, was burned to death in the courthouse square here at noon yesterday.
A written confession of the crime attested by Justice Roberts was secured from the prisoner.
Five thousand people witnessed the burning, business practically being suspended for a time.
Henderson was captured Tuesday after a long chase. He was trailed by bloodhounds from the Younger homestead many miles back and forth across the country, and was finally captured near Hillsboro. The officers took him to the latter place and were impelled, through fear of mobs, to start for Fort Worth. When the train reached Itasca a party of Younger's friends overpowered the guards and hustled Henderson from the train. He was conveyed across the prairie a distance of 45 miles to Corsicana, where he was placed in jail to prevent infuriated citizens from tearing him to pieces.
A committee was appointed to see him and pass on his guilt or innocence. Finally he made a written confession that he had murdered an "unknown white lady three miles north of Corsicana March 6." There was no one present, he said, but himself and the woman's two little children. He said he did not know why he had done it.
When it became public that Henderson had confessed people swarmed around the jail. It was decided to burn the prisoner at the stake at 2 p. m., but news was received that troops had been started from Dallas and the execution was hurried.
A railroad rail was driven into the ground in the corner of the courthouse square. Boxes and dry timber were piled around it and saturated with oil. Just before noon about 40 men rushed from the jail across the square to the place where the rail had been planted. In their midst was Henderson, handcuffed.
The men formed a circle, holding to a chain which surrounded the prisoner to prevent the crowd from tearing him away. The negro was fastened to the rail with wire and chains.
Cans of oil were emptied over his clothing and dozens of lighted matches touched the inflammable material. The fire alarms were rung and the stores of the city were deserted as their occupants rushed to the square to witness the burning.
Just as the pile was fired Conway Younger, husband of the murdered woman, jumped at Henderson and slashed him across the face with a knife. Henderson gave no indication of pain or suffering. He rolled his eyes to get a glimpse of the angry faces which surrounded him and there was a slight movement of the hands.
In 10 minutes Henderson was dead. He made no outcry other than an occasional groan.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
The Positivist Cult.
A decidedly novel ceremony held recently in the Auditorium in Chicago, that of "presenting to humanity" a 8-year-old infant, brings again to mind the peculiar cult founded upon the writings of Compte, the eminent French philosopher, and known as Positivism. The rite was performed by Frederic Harrison of London, the noted English essayist and philosophical writer, now visiting this country. It is called by the Positivists "the first sacrament" and corresponds to baptism in the Christian churches.
Positivism is generally known as the "religion of humanity" and exists chiefly in England and France. In this country it has never gained much footing, there being only a few societies of the sect in the United States. George Eliot and John Morley, together with Mr. Harrison, have been the best known English Positivists. They reject the supernatural and accept only the "positive." They are quasi-religious. While their main aim is to insure a fixed and uniform standard of social action and inculcate high ethical principles, to attain this end they admit that merely scientific means are not sufficient, and there must be a religious impulse. As Comte himself was unable to imagine a religion without some god the Positivists have erected a new deity in what they call "collective humanity." Their plan was at first to make Paris the holy city of Positivists, establishing there the seat of the "high priest of humanity." Besides this, an attempt was made to institute a new calendar, beginning with the French revolution of 1789, and the birth dates of eminent poets, inventors, philosophers, legislators and other useful men were to be celebrated as holy days.
EARLY DAYS IN CUYLER.
Settlers Went up the Tioughnioga River by Boat.
A resident of Cuyler and a subscriber of The STANDARD has read with interest the item in these columns last week entitled "Early Days in Cuyler," and he contributes some facts concerning events in the town which have long since passed into history.
He says, on Jan. 16, 1792, David Morse, a Revolutionary soldier, drew from the state of New York as bounty lot No. 87 of the town of Fabius, later of Truxton and now of Cuyler. Early in April, 1792, David Morse and James Lockwood went up the Tioughnioga river in a canoe with their dogs and guns and located on lot 87, where the village of Cuyler now stands. David Morse gave to James Lockwood 100 acres of lot 87 if he would come and settle with him, and that 100 acres comprises the farm now owned by Supervisor L. S. Barber. As soon as they arrived they commenced to clear the land where Cuyler village now stands. During the summer of 1792 each of them built a log house—Morse in the southwest part of the village and Lockwood in the northeast part. They cleared the land and planted corn enough for their winter use and in the fall brought their families to the place. David Morse built the first frame house in the town in 1806 on almost the present site of the house now owned by John McAllister. David Morse, Jr., in 1820 built and conducted the first hotel. Hon. B. F. Lee now owns the house that was built in that year and used as a hotel. W. A. Morse now owns part of lot 87. A part of this has never been sold. He has the deed of lot 87 given to David Morse by the state of New York, dated Jan. 16, 1792 and signed by George Clinton, governor of the state of New York.
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
Men Whose Business It is to Hear People Swear.
A list of the notaries public appointed by the governor in and for the county of Cortland for the term of two years has been recorded at the county clerk's office as follows:
Cincinnatus—Arthur Fowlston, M. L. Halbert, Geo. A. Haskins, John H. Murray.
Cortland—Frederick Hatch, Geo. B. Jones, Edward Alley, B. L. Webb, J. D. F. Woolston. B. T. Wright, N. L. Miller, Arthur Jay Norcott, Fay C. Parsons, D. W. Van Hoesen, E. W. Bates, H. T. Bushnell, Riley Champlin, Geo. V. Clark, E. O. Dean, T. H. Dowd.
Cortlandville—Albert P. McGraw, Chas. P. Warren, John H. Kelley.
Freetown—Sidney S. Hammond.
Harford—Jonathan C. Edmonds.
Homer—William H. Foster.
Lapeer—Wm. K. Hunt.
Marathon—Edwin H. Barnes.
Solon—Wm. J. Corcoran.
Truxton—Amos L. Kenney, Peter D. Muller.
Virgil—George P. Overton, Wm. A. Holton.
A Very Sudden Halt.
Dr. J. C. Stevens was last night summoned to Virgil to prescribe for a sick horse. The messenger who came for him drove a big pair of gray horses on heavy bob sleds. Dr. Stevens mounted his saddle horse and set out to follow his guide to Virgil. In front of the STANDARD office the man in the sleigh suddenly thought of something and quickly pulled up his horse without warning.
The doctor was too near to the sleigh to stop quick enough and his horse immediately found himself on his knees in the back of the sleigh. The rider was not dismounted, though he got off quickly to help his horse to his feet. The knees of the kneeling animal were quite badly barked.
"You do that about once more, and you will go to Virgil alone,'' remarked the veterinarian. The other man apologized, saying that he did not suppose the horseman was so near him.
And then they moved off into the darkness and the Virgil drifts, but meanwhile quite a crowd had gathered to rally the rider upon his sudden stop. It, however, takes more than such a stop to involuntarily dismount "Jimmie."
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
Goes Through its Program and Elects Officers for Next Year.
The Fortnightly club met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. W. M. Booth, 191 Tompkins-st. The following program was given:
Later German Artists, Miss Carrie Day Halbert.
Literary Coincidences, Miss Edith Turner.
The Season's Drama, Miss Martha McGraw.
Quartet—Die Lorelei, Mrs. James Walsh, Miss Halbert, Misses Edith and Elizabeth Turner.
Officers for the coming year were then elected as follows:
President—Miss Mary H. White.
Vice President—Miss Celia Hinman.
Secretary—Mrs. W. M. Booth.
Treasurer—Mrs. Edward Stilson.
The next meeting will be held on March 27 with Mrs. T. P. Bristol, 27 Lincoln-ave.
Cortland County Immigrants.
The first annual banquet of the New York Society of Immigrants from Cortland county will be held at the Hotel Manhattan in New York City on Tuesday evening, April 9, at 7 o'clock. The tickets will be $3 per plate. Each male member of the association will be permitted to bring two ladies as guests. The society has perfected the following organization:
President—J. Maus Schermerhorn.
Vice-President—Edward B. Thomas, Daniel S. Lamont.
Secretary—Melvin A. Rice.
Treasurer—Charles O. Dewey.
Ladies' Literary Club.
The Ladies' Literary club held the second entertainment of the year at the home of Mrs. F. W. Higgins last evening. The program was in charge of Mrs. Jayne and, Mrs. Higgins, and consisted of music and reading. It was called a "reversible evening" and the costumes of some of the ladies caused much merriment.
The next regular meeting of the club will be held at the home of Mrs. Sornberger, March 27.
Rood Was Arrested.
Linus Rood, who was concerned in the unpleasantness at the Rood abode yesterday morning, was arrested last night by Deputy Sheriff Albert Goldsmith on a warrant issued by Justice of the Peace John H. Kelley on complaint of Mott Rood [younger brother of Linus Rood—CC ed.], the other participant in the fight. Linus was taken before Judge Kelley last night and lodged in jail to await action, which will be taken March 20.
BREVITIES.
—There seems to be no change in the condition of Mr. C. F. Thompson to-day.
—It the sun comes out warm Cortland streets will be flooded. The snow is settling pretty rapidly as it is.
—Mrs. A. C. Shumway has rented of Mrs. J. Ball her house at 18 Tompkins-st., and with her son and her mother Mrs. T. C. Pomeroy, will move there and take possession April 1.
—A Syracuse firm has been awarded a contract for manufacturing all the official souvenir spoons to be sold at the Pan-American exposition. It is expected they will number over a million.
—Dr. J. D. Phelps, formerly principal of Cazenovia seminary, will preach next Sunday morning at the First M. E. church and Dr. Theron Cooper, the presiding elder, will preach in the evening.
—Friends of Mr. Arthur D. Call, formerly of Cortland, now superintendent of schools in Holliston, Middlesex Co., Mass., will be interested in an item which appears to-day in our columns of vital statistics.
—Patrick Cashin, who has been arrested for defrauding a boarding house keeper, will be given a jury trial in city court at 9 o'clock Monday morning, Mrs. Libbie Heaney is the complainant in the action.
—Mr. W. R, Halstead is moving with his family from Camden to Cortland and\ has rented the house at 10 Union-st. Contracts for acreage for the canning factory [Squires St.] are coming in rapidly, but Mr. Halstead expects soon to get out to see the farmers to get more contracts closed.
—Agent E. D. Phillips and Baggageman Fred Oaks of the local Lehigh Valley station were this morning measuring with tape line the distance from the railroad station to the postoffice door [Standard block—CC ed.], as a preliminary to the renewal of mail contracts by the railroad. The distance was found to be 2,400 feet.
—Patrick McMahon, aged 31 years, died in Chicago on Sunday morning from lockjaw caused from the effects of vaccination. The deceased formerly lived in Cortland. The remains arrived in the city on the 1:08 train this afternoon. The funeral will be held at 70 East Court-st. to-morrow morning at 8:30 o'clock and at St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock.
—The first robins have arrived and the telephones bring in the news. J. O. Osgood and James Corwin listened to one singing on Tompkins-st. Clyde Pierce saw one on Owego-st.; Mrs. A. C. Walrad discovered one just outside of her door on Madison-st.; Lee Bartholomew met one on Homer-ave.; and C. H. White, who has sometimes seemed to be in special communication with the robins as to the exact date of their arrival, welcomed one on Groton-ave.
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