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| Cecil Rhodes. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, June 18, 1901.
RHOADES FOR FEDERATION.
Some Think His Speech Was a Bid For Premiership of Cape Colony.
CAPE TOWN. June 18.—Cecil Rhodes in his speech at Buluwayo, Rhodesia, Saturday, when he predicted that a federation of the South African states would come in three or four years, made what is regarded in some quarters as a bid for the premiership of Cape Colony.
After eulogizing the action of the Rhodesians and Natalians, he said the only state he pitied was the mother state, Cape Colony, whose political and religious leaders had incited rebellion. When federation came none of the other states would have anything to do with her and he was afraid the people of his old state, who were running about like sheep without a shepherd, were coming out worst. Mr. Rhodes was glad of the opportunity of saying a few words which he hoped would be to their good.
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| Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. |
ODELL WILL BE PRESIDENT.
Senator Platt Says He Will Be Re-Elected Governor and Then—
NEW YORK, June 18.—The Journal and Advertiser says: "It seems to me that Governor Odell will be re-elected and that he will later be president."
This was Senator Thomas C. Platt's reply to a question put to him yesterday by a Journal and Advertiser reporter as to whether Governor Odell is likely to succeed him in the senate two years hence. "It has been reported that you may resign from the senate ere your term expires?''
''I have no such intention. The only fact is that I propose to retire when my term ends in 1903. The reports that I am in ill-health are unfounded."
Albanians Rebel and Cause Terror.
BELGRADE, June 18.—A serious rising is reported to have occurred in the Turkish town of Novi-Bazar. A thousand Albanians rebelled at the appointment of an unpopular lieutenant governor and compelled him to flee. The rioters then turned their attention to the Serbian population. All the shops of Novi-Bazar were closed and the houses were barricaded when the above advices were forwarded here.
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| Czar Nicolas II. |
BOY WAS WANTED
But the Royal House of Russia has Another Girl.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 18.—The czarina gave birth to a daughter today.
This the fourth time the hopes Russia's royal couple, as well as those of the entire nation, for a male heir to the throne have been raised to the highest pitch only to be dashed.
The czar's anxiety as to the sex of the child which was born today has surpassed that on any previous occasion. He has consulted many eminent doctors as to the best means of governing the sex of a child, but the efforts exerted have been futile.
The children of the czar and czarina are as follows: Grand Duchess Olga, born in 1895; Grand Duchess Tatiana, born in 1897; Grand Duchess Marie, born June, 1899; and the daughter who was born today.
ODD FELLOWS' DAY
Graves of Departed Members Decorated With Appropriate Ceremonies.
The Odd Fellows of both lodges of the city united in memorial services at the Cortland Rural cemetery last Sunday afternoon. The march was made from Vesta lodge rooms at 3 o'clock to the cemetery, where Rev. U. S. Milburn read the declaration issued by Grand Sire Cable, and Rev. W. J. Howell delivered a short and glowing address upon the brotherhood of man. Both of these clergymen are members of the order.
The graves of the departed Odd Fellows were marked by three links markers and decorated by committees with many and beautiful flowers. The Odd Fellows' quartet, consisting of Messrs. G. W. Long, J. B. Hunt, C. R. Doollitle and A. W. McNett furnished excellent and appropriate music for the occasion. The company marched back to the Vesta rooms where it was dismissed.
The graves of the following were decorated: George Wright, Charles Shaft, Daniel Nye, Wallace Gardiner, L. S. Williams, John Fredericks, Oliver Hitchcock, H. P. Randall, David Hubbard, Lucius Dexter, Charles Gilbert, Norman Harmon, Francis Seabrook, D. H. Fralick, Frank Harrington, Scott Robinson, Harrison Crandall, Hiram Ingalls, Wilber Malthy, C. F. Birdlebough, A. J. Newton, Arthur Delevan, Isaac Miller, William Gray, John S. Barber, Wesley Benjamin, W. G. Johnson, H. T. Hollister, Orson Kinney, Isaac Seaman and H. G. Stone.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Sustains Slavery.
Eleven planters and their employees were arraigned in Anderson county, S. C., on Friday in the famous slavery cases. All but one pleaded guilty of assault and were fined $50 each. The one who insisted on a trial was acquitted by the jury. These were the cases of the men who had hired negroes on contracts, kept them locked in convict pens and flogged them for attempting to run away.
The acquittal of the one man who was tried has the effect of establishing the practical legality of the new slave system in South Carolina. The constitution of the United States forbids involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime, just as it forbids disfranchisement on account of race or color. South Carolina and other states have shown that the disfranchisement clause may be made non-effective, and now it seems to be demonstrated that the anti-slavery clause can also be overcome. It may be still forbidden in the constitution to hold men as slaves under real or fictitious contracts, but so long as local juries will not punish the offense and the United States government will not interfere, what avail is the constitution?
◘ Frederic Harrison, the English essayist, now visiting this country, is not likely to increase his popularity at home by the recent outspoken opinion in which he indulged. He declares that Great Britain's inability to subjugate the Boers is "not only ruining, humiliating and making us odious as a nation, but is making us the laughing stock of the world." He calls the ministry's assurance that the "war is over" a "grotesque fooling for party ends which is rapidly transforming us into a race of blackguards."
RAILROAD-ST. PAVING
TO BE REPAIRED BY THE CITY BY LETTING CONTRACT.
City Engineer to Propose Specifications for Procuring of Bids—Property Holders on Port Watson-st. and Groton-ave. to Lay Sidewalks to Grade.
The board of public works held a special meeting last night at the office of the city clerk for the purpose of taking action on the Railroad-st. pavement. It was decided to make the repairs on the street, in default of the company in not making them in accordance with the contract, and the following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That whereas the Jamestown Construction company has made default in the proper repair and restoration of the [brick] pavement constructed by said company on Railroad-st. in the city of Cortland, N. Y., in accordance with the terms of its contract on due notice given to and served on said company, therefore,
Resolved, That the city of Cortland by and through its board of public works proceed on said default of said company to procure and effect the proper repairs, and restoration of said pavement, and that the same be done by letting the same to the lowest bidder, therefore, in accordance with a notice to be duly published in all things as provided by the charter of the city of Cortland, N. Y., and that the city engineer, Henry C. Allen, be requested and directed to prepare and submit to this board a formal notice to contractors for doing all the work thereof and furnishing all materials therefore.
The board voted, at the expense of the city, a telephone for the residence of the superintendent of public works.
On motion, duly seconded and carried, Mr. J. M. Samson was directed to raise the side walk opposite his block and premises on the south side of Groton-ave., to conform to the grade fixed by the city engineer and adopted by the board.
The following property owners on the north side of Port Watson-st. were directed by a resolution of the board to place the sidewalks opposite their respective premises to the grade within thirty days from the service of a copy of the resolution: J. A. Graham, Samuel Keator and Harrison Wells, heirs of Bernard Dowd, deceased, and E. H. Brewer.
THAT STRANGE HEART.
It Forms a Good Basis for its Possessor to Win Wagers.
Edward Lewis, the man with the musical heart, left Cortland last night for Richfield Springs, where he will attend a medical meeting. Lewis is 37 years old and is perfectly healthy. The doctors of Cortland for the most part listened to his heart yesterday and they are satisfied that it is the strangest thing they ever heard of.
Not only has Lewis a strangely sounding heart, due to a wound, as stated in The STANDARD yesterday, but the organ is also peculiar for its abnormal size, it being 11 inches in its vertical measurement and 9 inches in its measurement across the chest. Mr. Lewis states that the medicine men of this country have used X-Ray instruments on him 276 times.
Lewis frequently surprises the doctors who examine him and who think that with his heart in the condition it is he would be unequal to endure much physical exercise, and he states that he frequently makes wagers that he can walk a certain distance in a certain time. He made a wager with some Ithaca physicians when he started for Cortland and walked 6 1/2 miles to Etna in less than two hours and won $25.
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| Judge Alton B. Parker. |
Because He Was a Good Judge.
Talk of Democratic candidates for the presidency is a bit premature, and it is a harmless diversion. Just now at Albany, Judge Alton B. Parker, chief judge of the court of appeals, is gently boomed as the one Democrat who had won a triumph in the state since 1892, having been elected judge in 1897 by a large majority. This is a mild case of Democratic stupidity, since it is plain that non-partisan elements entered into his election. He was voted for as a good judge, and not as a Democrat.—Springfield Republican.
New Teachers Elected.
At a meeting of the board of education last evening the following teachers were elected to positions in the city schools: Miss Grace H. Hare, Normal '98, now teaching at Fishkill-on-the-Hudson, and Miss Helen L. Mulligan, Normal '97, now teaching in Horseheads, N. Y. Miss Mae A. Fuller was promoted to the academic department.
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| M. F. Cleary in fireman's uniform. |
Beautiful Rhododendrons.
The rhododendron blossoms on the north side of the Randall gardens on Main-St. are attracting much attention and arousing great admiration. Mr. M. F. Cleary, who has charge of the grounds, states that the shrub is hardy in this clime and that he pays no special attention to it, except to cover it over in late fall with hemlock branches to protect it from the sun in February and March. There are several shades of the blossoms, ranging from a pinkish white to a deep red. The large single intensely scarlet oriental poppies that are now in bloom are also very beautiful. The grounds this year bid fair to present their usually attractive appearance.
Building a New Line.
The Home Telephone Co. has completed its line to Glen Haven all except connecting the instruments and today began building a new line to DeRuyter. The poles are already set as far as the county house.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
Subscribe for a Telephone Before the Classified List Appears.
The Cortland Home Telephone Co. desires to announce that about July 1 it will issue its first regular classified list of subscribers. Every one who expects to subscribe for a telephone within the next few months should send in his order to the company at once so that his name may be properly entered and classified, as no further list will be issued for some time. Telephones ordered now will be connected as soon as possible, but the rental will not begin until July 1.
Persons going away for the summer may order their telephones now to be installed at a later date as they may desire. Their names can be placed in this classified list.
Do not delay, but send in your order at once.
CORTLAND HOME TELEPHONE CO.,
Wickwire Building, Main-st., Cortland, N. Y. [Paid ad.]
HOMER, N. Y.
Gleanings of News from our Twin City.
HOMER, June 18.—The work on the interior of the Methodist church which has been in progress for the past two weeks is completed and now the appearance of it is very beautiful. The work was done by Messrs. Northrup & Shattuck. The side walls of the auditorium and the vestibules have been tinted in water colors, the tint being between crushed strawberry and terra cotta. The ceiling has been covered with paper of a green and gilt design to match the new and handsome green Lowell ingrain carpet. All the wood work has been repainted and the seats newly varnished and the pipe organ finished over. While the body of the church was to undergo this change the pastor, Dr. B. W. Hamilton, thought it a wise plan to also change the appearance of the church parlors and accordingly had the work done at his own expense and donated it to the church. Now the whole edifice presents a neat appearance. During the past year the church has been cleared from all debt and is at present in a good condition, both financially and spiritually.
Work has begun on the excavation of the cellar for the new village library.
The village green at present is a spot of beauty and an object of admiration. The single strand wire fence which has been up so long has been removed and signs placed at intervals by order of the village solons making it a fine to trespass upon the grass. Our citizens feel so much pride and take the interest in the green that they will no doubt see that this law is enforced. We learn that a fountain is soon to be donated to the village and placed in this park.
There has been so much talk of late as to whom was the fastest bicycle rider in town that a race from here to Little York is being planned for Saturday evening. This is the only sure way of finding out.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Tice, who have been spending several days with friends in Cortland and Homer, return to their home in Cincinnatus today.
Mrs. Tallett of DeRnyter was the guest of Mrs. J. W. Fassett over Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist church will meet at the church parlors on Wednesday afternoon. Supper served at 6 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Crofoot and son of Wilson, Kan., are visiting their sister, Mrs. Marshall Briggs.
Messrs. Briggs Bros, have sold three horses to Dann & Banks of Norwalk, Conn., and they will be shipped today.
BREVITIES.
—The Knights of Columbus will hold a regular meeting in their rooms in the Beaudry block at 8 o'clock this evening.
—Sixty-seven gallons of ice cream were used at the Palace confectionery last Friday, the day Buffalo Bill was in Cortland.
—New display advertisements today are—C. F. Brown, Cameras, page 7; A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6.
—The Warren-Scharf asphalt plant near the Lehigh Valley station is being taken down and will be moved. It is thought by the workmen engaged there that the plant is going to Cohoes.
—The case of I. H. Palmer vs. J. S. Bull is being tried in city court today before Judge Davis and a jury. The action is brought to recover for services, etc. N. L. Miller for plaintiff and Edwin Duffey for defendant.
—The Cortland City band had planned for au open air concert tonight, but it is postponed because four of the members, F. Lowr, A. E. Darby, R. I. Carpenter and Fred Hollenbeck, have been sent for to play with the Lyceum orchestra of twenty-five pieces tonight at the senior ball at Cornell university.
—The Men's club of Grace Episcopal church will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the residence of Mr. J. S. Bull, 44 Graham-ave. Rev. Mr. Way will deliver a paper upon church history and Mr. Robert W. Turner of Tuskegee, Alabama, will be present and speak upon the work of the Tuskegee Normal Institute.
—An effort was made to secure a special train to Moravia tomorrow to the Mead-Greenfield wedding which occurs at noon, but so many have planned to drive over and so many have gone over in advance that it had to be given up. About fifty people from Cortland will be present at the wedding.
—Members of the Cortland Science club will meet this evening at 7:20 o'clock at the office of the Traction Co. to go to McGraw to attend the regular meeting of the club which will be held with Mr. and Mm. A. P. McGraw. Mr. McGraw will speak upon "Personal Observation of the Geology and Geography of Palestine." The ladies are specially invited.
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