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| Canada Building at Pan-American Exposition. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, June 28, 1901.
CANADA AT PAN-AMERICAN.
Canadian Building Will Be Ceremoniously Dedicated Dominion Day.
BUFFALO, June 28.—Preparations are being made for the celebration of Dominion day at the Pan-American exposition on July 1, on an elaborate scale. A dispatch received by Special Canadian Commissioner Cameron from Hon. F. W. Borden, minister of militia and defense of the dominion of Canada, states that there will be an imposing military display in connection with the dedication of the Canada building at the exposition. The presence of officers of the crack military organizations from the provinces of Ontario and Quebec will greatly add to the interest in the observance of the day and will help to impress visitors at the exposition from the states of the United States and the countries to the south of that country with the greatness of the dominion of Canada.
Minister Borden and his staff, and Colonel Penault, deputy minister of militia, are expected to arrive in Buffalo Sunday, June 30. With them will come Lieutenant Colonel Hodgins of the Governor General's Foot Guards, Ottawa, Lieutenant Colonel B. Vanturel of the Ninth Rifles, Quebec, and their staffs. The full regiment of the Forty-eighth Highlanders, Toronto, Colonel N. G. McDonald commanding, has been chosen to accompany Minister Borden and the other dignitaries, and act as guard of honor at the dedication of the Canada building on Dominion day. This organization is the most picturesque of the regiments near the American frontier, and it is expected that there will be a fine turnout of the regiment.
Minister Borden will represent the government of Canada at the dedication and the presence of a Canadian regiment will emphasize the importance of the ceremony.
The Canada building, which has been erected under the supervision of J. Hutchison, Esq., Canadian commissioner, is now complete and contains some most interesting exhibits. It is handsomely furnished and is in many respects the most attractive building representing a foreign country upon the exposition grounds. In various parts of the exposition there are also exhibits representing Canada and its various provinces.
The Ontario government is making four exhibits. The fruit, live stock and agricultural products are being superintended by C. James, Esq., deputy minister of agriculture, and Ontario commissioner for the Pan-American exposition. The mineral exhibits have been collected and arranged by T. W. Gibson, Esq., director of the bureau of mines for Ontario. The forestry exhibit has been prepared by Thomas Southworth, Esq., director of forestry for Ontario, and the archaeological exhibit has been arranged by David Boyle, Esq., curator of the archaeological department.
There is also a fine exhibit from Manitoba, in charge of Robert Nelson of Elgin, Manitoba, assisted by Oscar McBean of Winnipeg and J. Humphrey of Miami, which is prominently displayed in the Agricultural building.
Lion Escaped In Pan-American Stadium.
BUFFALO, June 28.—Fifteen thousand persons were panic-stricken in the stadium at the Pan-American exposition last night. It was the occasion of the grand chorus of the Sangerfest and an entertainment had been provided for them. Frank C. Bostock had contributed a trained lion exhibition, and at its conclusion when the lions were being boxed up to be taken to Bostock's animal show one of the lions escaped and, dashed around the arena. The people seated in the stadium were panic-stricken, but there was no stampede as they were 15 feet above the arena and out of the animal's way. The animal was finally captured, a Mexican Rurale, whose name was not ascertained, figuring prominently in the capture.
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| Elihu Root. |
SMALL COLLEGES BEST.
Secretary Root Says American Boy Has Better Chance There.
CLINTON, N. Y., June 28.—Hon. Elihu Root, '64, secretary of war, spoke just before the alumni dinner yesterday in connection with the commencement exercises of Hamilton college. He was received with great applause and said in part:
"It has seemed to me within the past few years that one would readily perceive that in the march of development of the greater universities it was evident that with what they gained they were also losing something and that the greater universities are leaving a place for the smaller college which, in their greatness, they become more and more incapable of filling. I am glad that Hamilton, in its development, is following the lines of the old scholastic training, developing the college and not attempting to become a university, furnishing you an opportunity to live in an atmosphere of learning and literature; to acquire discipline, training, culture and character rather than seeking to imitate the assembling of all the talents in the great universities.
"I believe that the American boy has better chances for education, for training, for making a true success of his life in a college of not more than 300 students, removed from the great centers of population, where the students are brought into intimate association with their instructors; where the air is full of college spirit; where he is breathing a scholastic atmosphere year by year and where the college is the all-in-all of college life. I see no reason to doubt the future of Hamilton. She is demonstrating her right to continue advancement and success."
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Growth of Rural Free Delivery.
The rapid extension of the rural free mail delivery system, says the Elmira Advertiser, is shown in a striking way in the Year Book of the department of agriculture for 1900 which has just been published. It was on Oct. 1, 1896, that the first rural free delivery route ever established in the United States was opened for service near Charleston, W. Va. The experiment has proved so satisfactory by the end of the fiscal year that forty-three other routes were in operation by fall of the next year. In 1898 these forty-three routes had increased to 128, and by Nov. 1, 1899, to 634, serving 452,765 persons.
On Nov. 1, 1900, there were 2,551 routes for 1,801,524 persons, while 2,158 applications for new routes had been received and not acted upon.
The Year Book further shows that on March 1, 1901, 3,391 routes were in operation and applications for 4,517 others had been received. Illinois has the largest number of routes in operation, having 337, and applications for 509 others. Indiana is second with 319 routes established and 316 applications. New York state is fifth in the list as to the number of routes in operation. She has 219 such routes and applications for as many more.
Outside of New York and Pennsylvania the states having the largest number of routes in operation are those in the middle-west. The southern and western states have been slower about adopting the system, and even at the present time few applications are registered from those states.
◘ This has been a week of commencements. Harvard graduated a class of 536 and conferred 1,039 degrees including both the degrees in course and out of course. Yale's class numbered 576. Dartmouth graduated 119, Amherst eighty-three, Williams seventy, Wesleyan sixty-seven, Hamilton thirty-one, and Trinity thirty. Harvard has received a gift of $1,000,000 from J. P. Morgan for new buildings for the Medical college. Yale has announced the completion of the raising of the $2,000,000 bi-centennial fund.
◘ The recent donation of $100,000 to Columbia university for the purpose of establishing a chair in Chinese recalls an experiment of this kind that was tried at Harvard about 20 years ago with poor success, due to the fact that at that time the students could not be sufficiently interested in Chinese to induce them to take the course. In the light of recent events, however, China and Chinese questions in general are likely to occupy in the future the attention of this country to a largely increased extent, and the contiguity of our new possessions in the orient gives an added reason for interest. The donor suggests that the discussion of questions tending to elucidate Chinese religious beliefs would add in a large measure to the usefulness of those seeking the necessary equipment to treat successfully with the Chinese people.
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| Glen Haven Hotel. |
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| Steamer Glen Haven at passenger dock. |
SEASON AT GLEN HAVEN
STARTS OUT AUSPICIOUSLY WITH PLENTY OF GUESTS.
Optimist Tells of the Daily Happenings—Daily Stage and Daily Steamboat Begin Regular Trips—Masonic Fraternity of Central New York Pay a Visit—Some of Cortland's Callers.
GLEN HAVEN-ON-SKANEATELES, June 27.—With June bestowing her rarest of days, life at Skaneateles lake has been a most ideal one; and May, by turning her unlamented eyes in this direction, will be enabled to get a fair idea of what she should have been—when she had the opportunity of course. The merry laugh of the summer girl will soon be heard, along with the song of the southern birds. Before another fortnight the dramatic personnel for the season of light society comedy will have gathered, ready for playing their parts, not a few of whom, like Martha, will be "careful and troubled about many things." Your correspondent's advice to the great company is to keep cool and good natured and not let any melo-dramatic element creep in. Also try to make a rule to be amiable and say only good things of your neighbor, even if she does wear smarter clothes than you do and has more alluring charms. If the season can thus be kept free from scandal and heart burnings, everybody will have had a happier time, a more contented spirit, and have lived a summer worth while [sic].
The Glen Haven hotel coach, picked out in black and pale yellow, with the most comfortable of seats upholstered in gray and every appointment perfect regarding both the horses and the coach, made its initial trip on last Monday with Mr. Maurice Sweeney, an experienced and careful driver, as whip.
A coaching trip is one of the most delightful of all summer diversions, and nothing more beautiful could be thought of than the drive from the Messenger House to Skaneateles lake. Every inch of the road after leaving Cortland is greenness, freshness and beauty, and one arrives all too soon at the picturesque old time hotel where an admirable dinner always awaits their arrival.
Mrs. Andrew Crawford and her three children, who have been spending the early summer here, left on last Monday for the seashore where they will spend most of the summer and where Mr. Crawford will join them later in the season.
Mr. R. B. Tuttle and his charming wife of Syracuse spent a portion of last week at the Glen and were enthusiastic in their praise of its beauties. They will register later for a long stay.
Some of the Cortlandites noticed in and about the hotel corridors during the past week were Rev. and Mrs. Robert Yost, Miss Eva Yost, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Winchell, Mr. James A. Farrell, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Richardson, Mr. Willard B. Nye, Mr. Archie P. Roe, Miss Frances Collins. Mr. William H. McGraw, Mr. Arthur McGraw, Miss Jane R. Newkirk, Miss Bessie Benedict.
Miss Dell Marcy, Mrs. E. M. Apgar, Miss Edna Farmer of Syracuse were here over Sunday.
The steamer Glen Haven made its first regular trip of the season last Monday. The boat leaves the Glen at 5:45 A. M and 1:45 P. M.; returning at 11:05 A. M and 6:50 P. M. Sunday excursion boats leave at 7 A. M. and 3:45 P. M., returning at 12 noon and 7:50 P. M.
The new Home telephone has been placed in the hotel and is giving excellent satisfaction.
The event of the past week was the meeting of the Masonic Veterans' association of central New York, who gathered in large numbers to celebrate St. John the Baptist's Day, a day well known to the Masonic fraternity. They came by special chartered steamer, reaching the Glen at 1:30 P. M. At the closet of the banquet, for which 125 covers were laid, toasts were responded to by Rev. Alfred S. Durston, chaplain; Mr. Lewis T. Robinson, president; Mr. Erwin R. Hammond, second vice-president, and Mrs. R. Robotham of the Eastern Star chapter.
Judging by the chatter that was being indulged in by the feminine portion of Masonic veteran contingent they evidently take no stock in the saying that silence is golden. After conclusion of the feast a vote of thanks was tendered "our host" Mr. John H. Mourin, for the excellent repast furnished, and courteous treatment extended the association.
The following poem written by Levi W. Dodge for the occasion was offered as a tribute to Glen Haven on Skaneateles:
BEATS THE BOYS
Frank Dennison, 52 Years Old, Won Fifteen Mile Road Race.
The first of the series of Y. M. C. A. road races over the Little York course of fifteen miles was made last night and was won by Frank Dennison of Homer, who works at the Wickwire factory. There were seven starters, Dennison, Seaman and Hoagan with a handicap of 6 min. and 30 sec.; Way and Moore, 4 minute handicap, and Brooks and Hammond, scratch.
At 7:21 o'clock the first three men were sent out from the Cortland House, where the starts were made instead of the Messenger House, as advertised, owing to the inability to keep the streets cleared. Two minutes and a half later Way and Moore were given the signal and four minutes after that Brooks and Hammond, the scratch men, were sent up North Main-st. at a hot pace. Dennison was the first man to return and he made the trip in 50 min. and 27 sec. Seaman was next, making the trip in 51 min. and 57 sec., Hoagan returned third in 52 min. and 4 sec.; Brooks, fourth in 46 min. and 13 sec.; Hammond, fifth in 47 min. 20 sec.; and Way, sixth in 55 min. and 9 sec.; Moore did not finish.
The interest of the evening centered on the two scratch men, Brooks and Hammond. These two kept close together, with Brooks as pace setter till they had reached Homer on the return, when Brooks drew away from Hammond and crossed the line 1 min. and 7 sec. in the lead. The time of the two was not as good as that made last year, but a train across the road at Little York stopped them for some little time.
When Dennison won the race last night he received a hearty round of applause from the large crowd that congregated to see the finish. The veteran rider is nearly 52 years old. He rides back and forth on his wheel from his home in Homer to the factory, a distance of 3 miles, morning, noon and night. He is a hardy plugger and is prepared to give the boys a bad racket almost any time. Hoagan ran his chain off at the hospital corner when starting out and was hindered in this way.
Red Men's Election.
The following officers were elected at a regular council for Pecos tribe, No. 357, Improved Order of Red Men, at the wigwam in the Wells block last night:
Sachem—Frank J. Donegan.
Senior Sagamore—Chauncey West.
Junior Sagamore— Edward Hartnett.
Prophet—Cornelius Hayes.
Representative to Great Council—Geo. H. Gleason.
Alternate—Cornelius Hayes.
Chief of Records—Edward Kane.
Trustee—Thomas Kane.
NORMAL COMMENCEMENT.
Class of 113 Graduated—Address by Sherman Williams.
Commencement at the Normal school occurred at the Cortland Opera House at 10 o'clock this morning and a class of 113 whose names were published in these columns a few days ago was graduated. The day was one of the hottest of the season, but notwithstanding this fact the Opera House was crowded as usual. The graduating class occupied seats in the body of the house between the two aisles and required all the seats back to K to accommodate it. Upon the stage, as usual, were the members of the faculty and representatives of the local board. The program was an excellent one, the articles being timely and upon themes along professional lines and of especial interest to teachers. The subjects were well discussed and the delivery was up to the uniform high standard of the school.
One feature of interest was the presence of Dr. Sherman Williams of the [state] department of public instruction who addressed the class giving to them some thoughts that must prove suggestive to them upon this graduating day and helpful all through their future lives. A short abstract of the address will be published tomorrow.
The entire program was as follows:
BREVITIES.
—The alumni banquet was this afternoon served in the gymnasium of the Normal school.
—Cortland Commandery. No. 50, K. T., will confer the order of Red Cross at their regular conclave this evening.
—New display advertisements today are—M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6; F. E. Brogden, Soda specialties, page 6.
—At the Champion Milk Cooler factory yesterday the mercury stood at 94 degrees. Today it was at Just 100 degrees in the same place.
—Thirty-two of the grocers and meatmen have agreed to close their stores at 6:30 o'clock during the months of July and August. A full list will be given later.
—The 6:55 southbound train on the Lackawanna last night was an hour and a half late due to two coal cars being off the track north of Syracuse and in front of the passenger train.
—Twenty-five horses in Syracuse were yesterday so seriously overcome with heat as to require the services of veterinaries. It is not known how many more were afflicted without calling a veterinary.
—Bert Pickert and Charles Fuller were arrested in Freetown yesterday by Officer McMahon and lodged in the county jail last night on the charge of public intoxication. They were taken back today for trial before Justice Landphere.
—The sale of tickets for the 40-mlle trip over the E. & C. N. Y. this evening will be limited to 300. The indications are that a much larger number than this will be at the station to take the trip. The Homer band will be on the train and furnish music. No matter what the condition of the weather may be when you start, do not neglect to take your umbrella along.
Fourth At Cincinnatus, N. Y.
The most brilliant fireworks display will be given at Cincinnatus on the night of July 4. The Erie & Central New York railway has obtained from the manufacturers a greater variety than ever exhibited in the county and competent men to handle the display successfully have been employed. Fare $.50 cents round trip. Trains leave Lehigh station at 6:35 P. M. and 7:30 P. M.
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