Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, June 29, 1901.
TROUBLE WITH INDIANS.
Canadian Government Annoyed by Actions of St. Regis Redskins.
OTTAWA, June 29.—The department of Indian affairs has had more or less trouble with the St. Regis Indians for some time past. Two years ago the dominion commissioner of police shot and killed an Indian in self-defense while putting down a disturbance among them. The department has been dealing generally with them all along, and now the Indians are beginning to think that they can do as they please. In fact, they are imposing upon the good nature of the officers of the department.
The latest move that the Indians have made is to take the law into their own hands and attack leaseholders who have held their Islands for 100 or 150 years. The leases of these parties were held good by the British government before confederation. Subsequently the same class of leases were referred to a commission and confirmed by the commission.
One of the Indians has moved onto an island known as Colquhoun island and determined to live there. But the Indians in council and issued notices are still going further. The chiefs met in council and issued notices which have been served on these leaseholders directing them to appear before the council. Generally these Indians have been acting in an illegal and highhanded manner. The secretary of the department of Indian affairs has been sent by the minster to see that steps are taken to make the Indians comply with the law. It is the intention of the department to see that the Indians will do this in future.
RUN DOWN BY BATTLESHIP
Fishing Schooner Reports Having Been In Collision With the Massachusetts.
GLOUCESTER. Mass., June 29.—The Portland fishing schooner Ella M. Doughty came into this port yesterday considerably damaged, and reported that she had been run down by the battleship Massachusetts off the south shoal lightship last night.
Her captain does not blame the battleship, but instead praises the officers and crew for the prompt assistance which they gave him after the collision.
The accident occurred in a dense fog and in spite of the fact that both vessels were sounding frequent warnings.
MANY KILLED BY HEAT.
Deaths and Prostrations Reported From Several Places.
NEW YORK, June 29.—New Yorkers experienced the hottest weather of the year yesterday, the official thermometer registering 92 degrees at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, while street thermometers ran up as high as 100 with the humidity 64 per cent. In Greater New York eight deaths and 50 prostrations from the heat were reported up to midnight.
Toward night a gentle breeze off the ocean cooled the atmosphere somewhat and cooler weather with slight showers is predicted by the local government forecaster.
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| Fast mail train at Cincinnatus depot. |
THE RIDE TO CINCINNATUS, N. Y.
No Dust, No Cinders No Rain—Everything Added to the Enjoyment of All.
Three hundred people thoroughly enjoyed the moonlight trip to Cincinnatus and return [to Cortland] over the E. & C. N. Y. railway last evening in the observation cars. The trip was made without a single draw back, and the cool breeze after the heat of the day was most refreshing. There was no rain this time, although nearly every person on the train took an umbrella.
The observation cars were pushed each way by the engine behind them and there were neither cinders nor smoke to bother the excursionists. To guard against the possibility of a rain the train brought two closed cars back from Cincinnatus in which the passengers might ride. The Homer band accompanied the pleasure seekers and made music all along the route. Many more would have taken the ride last night, but the company held strictly to its limit of 300 people.
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| Cortland Normal School. |
ALUMNI BANQUET
Held in Normal School Gymnasium Friday Afternoon and Well Attended.
The annual banquet of the alumni of the Normal school and their friends was held in the Normal gymnasium at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The excessive heat of the afternoon kept many away, but those people were evidently not acquainted with the characteristics of the gymnasium on a hot day. A more ideal spot it would be difficult to find. It had been shut up since early morning and the mercury was not above 65 degrees. In fact, as the people first went down there from the torrid temperature above it seemed almost chilly, but after a few moments it was perfectly delightful. Not a fan was needed and not a word was said about hot weather.
Eighty-four people sat down to the table. This was quite as many as were expected to be present considering the day and considering also the great reunion of the previous year. But all had a fine time. The dinner was served by C. W. Barney of the Candy Kitchen and was excellent and the serving was also satisfactory. The menu was as follows:
After full justice had been done to this [meal] the retiring president of the Alumni association, Mrs. Mary L. Eastman, announced the following committee to arrange for the mid-winter banquet to be held in New York during the coming year: W. S. S. Newton '88, Edgar L. Hopper '91, W. D. Kerr '76, E. G. Lantman '81, Mrs. R. S. Keyser '80, Miss Ella Batcher '84, Miss Harriet Bushnell '98 and Miss Chloe Fuller '95.
Mrs. Eastman then introduced as the toastmaster, Prof. D. L. Bardwell of Binghamton, who for a number of years was a member of the faculty. She said: "Those who know him not, no words can paint; those who know him, all words are faint."
After a brief introduction happily put, Prof. Bardwell suggested the following toasts which were responded to in a pleasant vein by all.
Mrs. Smith made a very earnest plea for the common schools saying: "The country school is not so bad as some might like to make it. But whether good or whether bad, depends on how you take it."
She said that the children of the country schools are more eager than the children of the city schools to take in the new things brought to them; they have a greater appreciation of the work of the teacher. No place is better, more pleasant or more satisfying for a teacher than a place in a good country school.
Miss Robinson claimed that the class of 1901 was the first and largest class of the twentieth century. She made a very pleasant reference to the motto of the class and a pretty play upon the appellation given to it in the toast list, "The naughty ones," asking for a new trial if they were judged naughty.
Mr. DeCondres bristled with good stories and they came so fast and were so new that the company hardly finished laughing over one story till it burst into renewed merriment over another. "0ne thing brings up another, as the old lady said when she took an emetic," he quoted. The speaker suggested that the present class in selecting its motto, "No Steps Backward," had but translated the motto of the old Normal Debating Club, "Nulla Vestigia Retrorsum" and made a little hit upon this. He closed with this sentiment. "May you all be hung, drawn and quartered—hung high above the reach of adversity, drawn in the car of prosperity, and quartered in the arms of those you love."
Mr. Holleran who has been teaching in New York gave a very pleasant little resume of the routine life of the teachers in Greater New York, and suggested that perhaps some of them liked their situations there quite as well as they might in the country schools.
Mrs. Tillinghast's response was of a different character from the others and formed a fitting close to the formal toasts of the afternoon. It was thought provoking, suggestive, inspiring and helpful, especially so to the young teachers who were present. She claimed that there was as wide a difference between school standards and world standards as between the aims and the results in a school. The aim of the world is too much a seeking for power, for luxury, for social position. A school or a college ought to repress extravagance and snobbishness. If a school or a college includes in its faculty one who is a drunkard, who is dishonest, who is insincere, that institution is false to itself and to its teachings. The function of a school or college is to lay the foundations of character. It should have no aristocracy of wealth or of intellect, but it should have an aristocracy of character.
A young man goes out from this school and he says "I can't afford to marry." We at once ask ourselves the question, have we taught him that it is better to live in a plain house and to be surrounded with plain things, but to have plenty of love and of happiness. Or have we taught him to live all his life in a boarding house, to live for himself alone but to wear the latest fashion of a frock coat. Have we taught a young lady not to marry unless she can marry a rich man or have we taught her that one of the best uses for her intellect is in the line of housekeeping, in the direction of her children, or is she any more dignified by assisting at afternoon teas or by presiding over woman's clubs. The school standard ought to make one broad minded, ought to teach what is really essential that we should live up to our ideals that future generations may not strive after those things which are neither desirable nor valuable.
The toastmaster then called upon some others informally and they responded briefly but happily. The ones thus drafted for impromptu responses were Prof. A. B. Knox of Binghamton, Rev. Robert Clements, Mr. C. H. White, Dr. F. J. Cheney, Mr. Wm. H. Clark and Miss Frances A. Miller.
It was after 5 o'clock when the speaking was at an end and the company rose from the tables and went out into the heat of the outside air, having had a very pleasant afternoon.
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| Kremlin Hotel, center building between Courthouse and Hatch Library on Court St., Cortland, N. Y. |
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| Miss Mary F. Hendrick, English and Elocution, Normal School, Cortland. |
SCIENCE CLUB BANQUET.
Forty-seven Were Present—Fine Spread—Excellent Responses—Good Times.
The Cortland Science club celebrated the close of a very successful and profitable year's work by a banquet at The Kremlin [Hotel] last evening which was open to members of the club and to a limited number of invited guests.
In the earlier part of the evening the regular business session of the club was held in The Kremlin parlors. Officers were elected for the ensuing year, and other matters of business in connection with closing up the year's work were transacted.
Mr. H. L. Smith gave a review of the paper presented at the previous meeting.
The treasurer's report showed a balance of cash on hand of $21.87.
Twenty-one meetings have been held during the year, exclusive of the meeting of last night, and the topics discussed at these meetings have covered a wide range of subjects. The membership of the club is limited to twenty and an amendment was passed last night making membership solely by invitation of the membership committee and vote of the society.
The election of officers resulted as follows:
President—Rev. U. S. Milburn.
Vice-President— Aaron Sager.
Secretary—F. E. Whitmore.
Assistant Secretary—J. W. Orr.
Treasurer—Lester Cooper.
While the membership of the club is limited to men, and ladies are not admitted to the regular sessions they were welcome guests at the banquet last evening.
At the close of the business meeting the members of the club and their guests, spent an enjoyable half hour in the parlors and upon the veranda before the banquet was announced. Forty-seven guests sat down to the tables. The spread was all that could be desired, in fact, it was above criticism. It proved that the scientific gentlemen who compose the membership of the club recognize the importance of good cookery and are familiar with the scientific principles which enter into the preparation of a first class dinner. The following is the menu:
At the close of this part of the evening's program, Dr. F. W. Higgins, the retiring president, called upon the secretary, Mr. A. J. Murray, to read letters which had been received from some who were unable to be present. These were from Mr. H. C. Higgins of Cincinnatus, Mr. W. C. Pearce of Troy, Dr. H. C. Hendrick of McGraw, the only active member of the club who was not present at last night's meeting, and from Prof. W. A. Cornish of Cortland.
Dr. Higgins then introduced as toast master of the evening, Rev. U. S. Milburn, the newly elected president of the club. Mr. Milburn made a capital toastmaster. His introductions of the various speakers were bright, pointed and witty. He told some capital stories and told them well. He had an opportunity to relate some good jokes on various members of the club and he related them. He even came near disclosing some of the secrets of the scientific organization but refrained. The toast list follows:
Scientific Eating, Prof. E. R. Parker.
The Science Club as an Aid to the Physician, Dr. F. D. Reese.
The Phonograph, Mightier Than the Sword, Wm. H Clark.
The Science Club as an Educator, Prof. W. M. Booth.
The Ladies, Rev. Robert Yost.
The members of the club and their guests who were present at the banquet were: Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. A. J, Murray, Dr. and Mrs. F. D. Reese, Rev. and Mrs. U. S. Milburn, Prof, and Mrs. F. R. Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Clark, Mrs. A. D. Marks of Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Smith, Mrs. Whitman, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Clements, Miss Winnett of Toronto, Prof. and Mrs. W. M. Booth, Rev. and Mrs. Robert Yost, Miss Yost, Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cooper, Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sager, Mr. and Mrs, F. E. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Doubleday, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Orr, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. McGraw, Rev. Mr. Noble, Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Gillette, Prof. L. H. Tuthlll, Dr. Francis J. Cheney, Mr. F. E. Whitmore, Mr. Paul Higgins, Miss Rathbun, Miss Clara E. Booth, Miss M. F. Hendrick, Charles H. White.
TELEPHONE COMPANY WINS.
Decision of Judge Forbes Reversed—Injunction Set Aside.
A decision was yesterday handed down by the appellate division of the third department in the case of William R. Huntington and others against the Cortland Home Telephone Co. which reverses a previous decision of Judge Forbes and gives the victory to the Telephone Co.
On Sept. 18, 1900, the Home Telephone company was served with an injunction restraining it from setting its poles or stringing its wires on the land abutting upon the Randall property on South Main, Port Watson or Pendleton-sts. The poles had already been set upon Port Watson and Pendleton-sts., and there they have since stood, but no wires were strung.
At about the same time the Telephone company started proceedings for the condemnation of the land along those streets and fixing the value of the use of it for the poles and wires.
Both cases came up before Judge Forbes of Binghamton at the same time and he granted an order making the injunction against the company permanent and denying the motion of the Telephone company for the condemnation proceedings. The Telephone company appealed from both of these orders. The argument occurred on May 8 before the appellate division at Albany, R. L. Davis appearing for the Telephone company and T. E. Courtney for Mr. Huntington.
On May 27 a decision was handed down and notice of it was published in these columns that day, reversing the decision of Judge Forbes denying the motion for condemnation proceedings and permitting the company to proceed to have the land condemned.
The decision yesterday reverses the decision of Judge Forbes making the injunction permanent and virtually quashes the whole injunction proceedings.
The Telephone company is thus successful in both cases and may now proceed to complete the setting of its poles and stringing its wires.
BOARD OF HEALTH
Takes Steps for the Further Cleaning up of the City.
All the members of the health board met last night at the city clerk's office to consider the sanitary condition of the city. John Dowd and Mr. Hopkins appeared before the board and complained of unsanitary premises on Groton-ave.
The following were notified by resolutions of the board to appear before the board July 5 at 7:30 o'clock P. M., and to show why their respective premises should not be condemned as public nuisances and menaces to public health: Mrs. C. E. Bennett, 130 Clinton-ave., open and uncovered privy vault; Addie Hitchcock, 9 Greenbush-st., uncleaned and unhealthy cesspool.
The health officer was directed by resolution of the board to serve notice on L. M. Loope, ordering the premises at the corner of Groton-ave., and Monroe Heights to be cleaned up, on the ground that it is claimed to be a public nuisance and a menace to public health. An uncleaned and unsanitary privy vault and garbage box were named as the source of the nuisance.
A public telephone was ordered placed in the office of the city health officer, Dr. Paul T. Carpenter, at the city's expense.
The following bills were audited and certified to the common council:
H. J. Barnum, $2.50
Daniel Hurlehy, $18.00
Paul T. Carpenter, $11.80
Steamer on Cayuga Lake.
The steamer Mohawk of Syracuse arrived at Renwick yesterday. The Mohawk is a new boat and has a seating capacity of 400. Starting Monday she will make regular daily trips, leaving Cayuga at 9 A. M. and arriving at Renwick at 1:30 P. M. On the return trip, she leaves Renwick at 4 P. M. and arrives at Cayuga at 8:30 P. M. On both trips the Mohawk will connect with the Frontenac at Sheldrake.—Ithaca Journal.
BREVITIES.
—Local on third page,
—Today is the last day for revenue stamps.
—The benevolent envelopes are due at the Congregational church tomorrow morning.
—New display advertisements today are— Glann & Clark, Shoes, page 6; A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8.
—A regular meeting of the hospital board will be held at the hospital on Monday next, July 1, at 3 P. M.
—Rev. John Greene, Ph. D., of Colgate university will preach at the Baptist church tomorrow both morning, and evening.
—The greater part of the Normal school students left Cortland on the trains yesterday afternoon and this morning.
—Mrs. H. M. Whiting very pleasantly entertained a number of lady friends at whist yesterday afternoon at her home on Port Watson-st.
—Irene Edgcomb celebrated her 10th birthday yesterday by entertaining at tea ten of her little girl friends. All had a very pleasant time.
—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 Normal school is now closed for the summer vacation. The next term, which will be the sixty-sixth in the history of the school, will begin on Wednesday, Sept. 11.
—The men's meeting at 8:15 at the Y. M. C. A. will be omitted till Sept. 1, also the Men's Bible class at 4:30 P. M. The boys' gospel army service will be continued, but will be at 3 P. M. instead of at 2:15 P. M.
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