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| Arthur Pue Gorman. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, Aug. 2, 1901.
TO EXCLUDE NEGROES.
Democrats of Maryland Want Them Out of Politics.
CHIEF PLANK IN THE PLATFORM.
They Will Make It the Paramount Issue of the State Campaign—Arthur Pue Gorman Probable Candidate For United States Senator.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 2.—The Democratic state convention which met here yesterday declared that the purpose of the party, if successful in the coming election, is to eliminate the negro from politics in Maryland if such a thing be possible under the constitution of the state. Upon this, the paramount issue of the campaign will stand the candidates nominated for state offices and those chosen in the various county and district conventions as candidates for places in the legislature of 1902, which body will elect a United States senator to succeed George W. Wellington. That his successor in the event of Democratic victory will be Arthur Pue Gorman is thought to be probable, although no formal announcement of his candidacy has as yet been made.
The real business of the convention was the formulation and adoption of a platform upon which the Democrats could go before the people of the state with a reasonable show of winning. The combined sagacity of all the Democratic leaders in the state was called into requisition for this purpose and under the advice and guidance of Mr. Gorman the following declaration upon the chief point in issue was evolved:
"The Democratic party represents more than 40,000 majority of the white people of Maryland. They, in common with their brethren of other states in which large masses of colored voters have been injected into the body politic, recognize that the peace, good order, personal safety and proper development of our material interests depend upon the control of the commonwealth by its intelligent white residents. Without the aid of the 60,000 colored voters the Republican party in Maryland would be a hopeless minority.
"We, therefore, without hesitation, proclaim that the success of the Democratic party will mean that while we shall deal with perfect fairness in securing all the benefits of good government and full and free opportunities for education to all classes, such action must be taken as to prevent the control of the state, government from passing into the hands of those who have neither the ability nor the interest to manage public affairs wisely and well."
The other planks in the platform reaffirm the devotion of the local party to the principles enunciated by Thomas Jefferson, assert that Democratic control is necessary to the welfare of the state; commend the administration of John Walter Smith as governor; pledge the party to amend the oyster and school laws in such manner as may seem proper; declare the course of the governor in calling a special session of the legislature and the action of that body in passing laws to limit the exercise of the right of franchise to those who are able to read and write to be patriotic in the extreme; denounce the federal authorities for frauds and irregularities in the late federal census; commend the state authorities for the manner in which a recount of the people was made, and pledge the party to the adoption of such laws as will make the primary elections as fair as those held under the general elections.
The platform went through without a dissenting voice or vote.
MOB LYNCHED THREE.
Mother, Son and Daughter Strung Up In Mississippi.
MORE MAY MEET SAME FATE.
Girl Implicated Others In Double Murder—Mob Resisted Pleadings of Prominent Men and After Hanging Victims Riddled Them With Bullets.
CARROLTON, Miss., Aug. 2.—The murder of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro culminated last night in the lynching of Betsy McCray, her son Belfield McCray, and daughter Ida McCray, all colored.
The mob was composed of about 500 white citizens of Carroll county, who marched to the jail in order, demanded the keys from Jailer Duke, proceeded to the cells of the unfortunate negroes, bound them by the necks and hands and carried them to the corporate limits of the town, where they hung them to a tree by the public roadside and riddled their bodies with bullets.
The mob resisted the earnest appeals of Judge Stenvena and Hon. W. S. Hill, who stood on the steps of the jail and followed the mob to the ceil doors with their arms around the necks of the leaders, pleading to let the law take its course but with no effect.
Ida McCray confessed to the knowledge of the murder and stated that her mother, Betsy, and brother, Belfield, helped commit the murder. She further implicated others who will probably meet a like fate. Betsy McCray refused to make any statement.
Governor A. H. Longino arrived on the scene by special train from Jackson just a few minutes after the hanging.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
British Losses in South Africa.
The monthly list of casualties in the South African war for June has just come to hand and indicates something of the cost to Great Britain of Lord Kitchener's process of "wearing down" the Boers by sheer force of numbers. According to this statement, the war cost the British 8,919 soldiers during that month. Of this number 174 were officers and 3,745 enlisted men. As has been the case during the entire campaign, an enormously large proportion of this aggregate is made up of the victims of disease. Of the total loss for June only 167 were killed in action, 66 died of wounds, and no less than 370 died of disease, while 31 deaths were accidental. This brings the actual death roll for the month up to 634, to which must be added 141 officers and 3,066 men sent home as invalids in order that the whole story of what the June campaign cost the British in South Africa may be told.
From the commencement of the campaign the war has cost on the British side 69,921 men, and of these 20,418 are an absolute loss. The deaths in South Africa have amounted to 769 officers and 15,578 men. The missing and prisoners include 10 officers and 608 men. Five officers and 365 men sent home as invalids have died, while 3,083 men have left the service as unfit for further duty. Of the number of men and officers thus lost only 4,355 were killed in action, 1,470 died of wounds, 97 died in captivity, while 9,937 died of disease.
Considering the terrible cost in both men and money and the slight advance the British have made in the last three months it is not surprising that England is getting tired of South Africa.
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| Paul Kruger. |
Sympathy For Kruger.
The sympathies of the world go out to Paul Kruger upon the recent death of his wife at Pretoria. Mr. Kruger is an old man. His peculiar wisdom and stolid persistence have been a great sustaining force in the brave struggle his people have made and, as he is also a very domestic man and by all accounts greatly attached to his wife, he may well be somewhat broken by the loss. Mrs. Kruger was well known to be the very pattern of a faithful South African spouse. The simplest stories of the wedded life of this pair—the pictures of their economies and humble ways in the little house at Pretoria, the very photographs of them on their stoop, looking thoroughly the Dutch peasant pair that essentially they were—have made them interesting to everybody. What, if any, effect the death of President Kruger's faithful companion and helpmeet [sic] will have upon the struggling Boers, who are very much like one great family, can only be inferred, but it must be a crushing blow to the aged exile who finds asylum among his kindred in Holland, far from his beloved Transvaal.
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| Draper's Thermograph. |
THE WEATHER REPORTS.
THE STANDARD'S RECORDS OF VARIATIONS OF TEMPERATURE.
How the Daily Reports are Obtained, and the Instruments from Which They Are Made Up.
The STANDARD'S reports of variations and extremes of temperature have this year been specially interesting, owing to the phenomenally hot weather which Cortland has experienced, along with all the rest of the country. It is generally understood that these reports are obtained by reading the instruments in the shelter on the Normal school grounds, just back of the Soldiers' monument, but a description of these instruments and of their operation has not been published in six years, and the copy of it which was pasted up in the shelter has become absolutely illegible. A republication this description ought, therefore, to have a fresh and seasonable interest for all our weatherwise readers. We give it below, and suggest that all who may care to refer to it hereafter would do well to cut it out and preserve it:
EXPLANATION OP INSTRUMENTS.
The instruments included in this equipment, together with the Rain Gauge on the roof of the Standard building were furnished in the year 1895 by the State Meteorological bureau located at Cornell university, and daily reports of the readings are published in the Cortland Evening STANDARD.
THE THERMOMETERS.
The Upright Thermometer—with white, graduated scale—at the extreme left of the interior of the shelter, is an absolutely accurate Fahrenheit thermometer—the Fahrenheit is the style of thermometer in ordinary use—and shows the exact present temperature of the atmosphere.
The two thermometers next it, with aluminum scales, placed one above the other, and slightly inclined from a horizontal position, are what are known as "Self Registering Maximum and Minimum Thermometers."
The Lower Instrument, which is the Maximum Thermometer, is made on the same principle with thermometers used by physicians in taking the temperature of their patients. It has, just above the bulb, a slight constriction, or contraction of the bore—or hollow in the center of the tube, in which the mercury rises and falls—so that when the mercury is forced upward by a rise in temperature, the top of the mercurial column remains at the highest point reached, any subsequent fall in temperature simply contracting the mercury in the tube or bulb below the constriction, so that the point at which the top of the mercury stands in the tube indicates the highest temperature which the atmosphere has reached since the thermometer was last read and set, which is 8 o'clock P. M. each day. For example, if a person looking at this maximum thermometer at 2 o'clock this afternoon finds the top of the mercurial column standing at 85 degrees, this shows that 85 degrees is the highest temperature which has been reached since 3 o'clock P. M. yesterday.
The Upper Horizontal Thermometer is the Minimum Thermometer. This shows the lowest temperature which has been reached since 3 o'clock P. M. of the day previous. The liquid in this thermometer is alcohol, instead of mercury. Suspended in the column of alcohol will be seen a black float, about an inch in length, apparently no thicker than a horse hair, with a little ball or bulk at each end. As the alcohol contracts with a fall in temperature, the float follows it down, but when the alcohol expands with a rise in temperature, the float does not move up with it, but remains stationary, the alcohol passing by it and rising in the tube. The point where the upper ball on this float stands on the graduated scale of degrees marks the lowest temperature reached since 3 o'clock, P. M., of the previous day.
HOW THERMOMETERS ARE ADJUSTED.
The Maximum Thermometer is set or adjusted for each twenty-four hours by pulling out the brass pin which supports the lower end of the aluminum scale, and then whirling the thermometer around on the pivot by which it is suspended. This, by the operation of centrifugal force, drives the mercury down in the tube towards the bulb, and from the point where it stops it rises with the rise of temperature, remaining at the highest point reached during the twenty-four hours.
The Minimum Thermometer is set or adjusted for each twenty-four hours by raising it from the bracket or support on which the lower end rests, until the instrument reaches a vertical or upright position, holding it there for a few seconds and then replacing it in position on the bracket. The float, by this operation, first sinks towards the lower end of the tube—which is the upper end when the instrument is restored to position—and when the thermometer is replaced in position the float follows the alcohol, as it falls towards the bulb, till it comes to a rest, and then falls still further with any subsequent fall in temperature, remaining at the lowest point reached during the twenty-four hours. Both the Maximum and Minimum Thermometers immediately after adjustment stand at the temperature of the atmosphere at that time, as shown by the Fahrenheit thermometer.
THE THERMOGRAPH.
The large instrument at the right of the interior of the shelter, with a dial marked by a line in red ink, is a "Draper Thermograph" or Heat Record. This dial is moved by clock work, and shows by the course of the red line the variations in temperature for each day and hour from Saturday noon of one week to Saturday noon of the next. The days of the week and hours of the day are marked on the circumference of the dial. The circles on the dial mark off the degrees of temperature on the red line. The Thermograph is not absolutely accurate as to extremes of temperature, as it does not respond immediately and fully to atmospheric changes, but as a record of the variations of temperature during the hours of each day it is interesting and valuable. The paper dial on the thermograph is changed every Saturday noon, and the clockwork wound up at that time.
CORTLAND STANDARD PRINTING CO.
THE BOSWORTH FAMILY
Held Its Annual Reunion at Home of W. S. Stevens of East Homer.
A very pleasant day was spent by nearly fifty of the members of the Bosworth family at the pleasant home of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Stevens of East Homer yesterday, the occasion being the annual picnic of the family. It was an all day gathering and very much enjoyed by the large number that were present. Dinner was served on the spacious lawn, and games of baseball, croquet, etc., were indulged in afterward by the young people, while social visiting occupied the attention of the others. The Cortland people who attended made the trip in a large carryall.
Those present at the picnic were Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Nelson, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Call and Miss Frances Call, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Bosworth, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Call, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bosworth and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Bosworth and Master Eddie Bosworth of Cortland, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bosworth, Mrs. Dora Radway, Mr. Chas. Radway, Miss Edith Radway, Mrs. Ella Devoe. Misses Lillie, Susie and Kittie Devoe, Mr. Clyde Devoe and Mr. R. S. Bosworth of Homer, Mr. and Mrs. Judson J. Bosworth, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Bosworth, Mrs. Chas. Bosworth, Misses Florence and Louise Bosworth, Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Kinney and Miss Fannie Kinney of Truxton, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Burnham of East Homer and Mrs. Mina Dalzell of Maquoketa, Ia.
CORONER'S INQUEST
To Investigate the Cause of Mr. John E. Bond's Death.
The coroner's inquest In the matter of the death of Mr. John E. Bond, who died on Tuesday by falling from the roof of Fireman's hall after coming in contact with an electric light wire was begun at 9 o'clock this morning before Coroner E. M. Santee.
Dr. F. W. Higgins, first witness called. He said he was called on the 30th day of July to attend John E. Bond. I found him lying on his right shoulder, in the alley back of Fireman's hall, blood flowing from the right ear very freely. Breathing became superficial and he lived about ten minutes. At post mortem I found burns on arm and shoulder upon the inside of right arm found four burns. The deepest and largest was about half way from wrist to elbow. On back of right shoulder another large burn running lengthwise from the arm. The immediate cause of death was fracture of the skull. Witness stated that a shock received, sufficient to cause death, does not leave marks upon the body sufficient to determine that death was caused from the shock, and a post mortem examination would not help to determine it.
David Hammond, a resident of Homer, was in the employ of W. W. Bennett upon the 30th day of July. He was engaged in painting the roof of Fireman's hall in company with John E. Bond. Accidentally they touched the wire upon the upper roof and received no shock. Upon going upon the lower roof he remarked that they had better be careful and not touch the wires as they knew nothing of them. There was not room to paint the building by reaching under the wires, so it was necessary to reach between. My attention was called to the accident by a humming noise, and I looked, and found him across the wires. I started toward him to take him off and had only touched him when I received a shock which threw me back against the ventilator. As soon as possible I made another effort to assist him and before I had gone 40 feet, I saw him fall to the ground. There were a good many wires upon the upright roof, perhaps eight. It was impossible to have worked there and not come in contact with some of them. The last time I saw Bond he was on his knees, his body upon the roof and his right hand was used in painting. When my attention was called to the accident he was lying across the wires. Also saw a blue flame and smoke.
Dr. F. D. Reese was then called. He was called on Tuesday last to attend some one who had fallen from a roof. Dr. Higgins had arrived first and was holding his head. Blood was flowing from the left ear and mouth. He was beyond help and consequently did not administer medicine. He died in a short time, died from hemorrhage caused from fracture at the base of the brain.
Hugh Buegler, a resident of Cortland and an electrician in the employ of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. said he traced out the wires from the place of the accident. The whole block is lighted from one transformer into which the wires run. They come from the east side of the street into Fireman's hall. At the point of accident wire carries 2,080 volts. The wires have been up ever since I have been in the employ of the company; the wire is insulated and would protect when come in contact with. A wire well insulated will remain in good condition exposed to the elements from three to seven years.
Upon cross examination witness said: If I had noticed the wires before the accident, it would not have occurred to me that a man painting the roof would come in contract with them. Such a thing is possible, but not probable.
Henry H. Nourse, assistant professor of engineering in Cornell university and a resident of Ithaca, was examined next. He said: "I came at the request of Dr. Santee to make examination of the wires. Found them located as previously stated by witnesses. The insulation I consider practically useless. It is more deceptive than an uninsulated wire. I should say that the wire is very old. In regard to their being safe, I do not consider any wires safe, either from a fire standpoint or an accident standpoint that do not comply with the insurance code.
At this point the examination was adjourned until Monday 10 A. M.
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| Cortland Park at base of Salisbury Hill, Elm Street Ext. |
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| Band Leader Patsy Conway and the Ithaca Band. |
THE ITHACA BAND
GAVE TWO SUPERB CONCERTS TO ENTHUSIASTIC THOUSANDS.
Greatest Day the Traction Company Ever Had—Over 16,000 Fares Registered—Fully 7,000 People at the Park—Weather Was Perfect—Crowds Were Delighted—Splendid Work by the Traction Company.
Yesterday was without exception the greatest day the Cortland County Traction company, or its predecessor, the Cortland & Homer Traction Co., ever had. The registers last night showed 16,039 fares rung up during the day. This is far ahead of any of the days of the county fair when with a short haul cars could be run at full speed having the old Homer and Groton-ave. line as a double track.
The famous Ithaca band, made additionally effective by several superb soloists from New York City, forty-one men in all, gave two magnificent concerts at the park. These concerts were absolutely free and the public was cordially invited to attend. The public promptly accepted the invitation to the number of from 7,000 to 8,000. The Traction company turned all its cars into service and did its best to handle the crowds, and the loads the cars carried is almost beyond comprehension. One car calculated to seat fifty people comfortably had 155 fares rung up on it returning from the park. This was the high water mark, though it was approximated many times. The cars were run in trains of one motor car and trailer. The motor always carried over 125 in the crowded period and the trailer at least seventy-five making 200 passengers to a train. There were four of these trains besides one other single car. They must have taken over 1,700 passengers at a time for a single trip of the trains. Ten minute service was the rule and it was a good service too. The management handled the crowd admirably. The closed car No. 16, of the McGraw line, which ordinarily carries about thirty-five passengers came up once with 105 people in it. They were riding on the top and hanging by their finger tips and toes. The freight car was pressed into the service with planks laid upon nail kegs for seats and this would carry fifty or more. Everything was in motion.
But besides the thousands who rode hundreds at least walked. It was too much trouble to get upon the ears. They came from the park in perfect streams. And many drove up there. The fences along the road behind the park were thick with hitched teams. The E. & C. N. Y. R. R. brought an excursion with 470 people on it.
And above all it was an orderly crowd. There was nothing intoxicating to drink at the park and not a drunken man was to be seen. Everybody was happy but properly so. There was no roughness, no loud talking, nothing disagreeable except the necessity of crowding so to get on the cars.
The weather was as nearly perfect as it could be. The air was cool with no signs of rain. The evening was superb, the great yellow moon looking down through the foliage of the giant forest trees and making dim even the brilliant incandescent lights. It would have been chilly out in the open last night, but under the trees it was very comfortable. It was an ideal night with ideal surroundings.
And the attraction was the splendid Ithaca band. It was a proud day for Bandmaster Conway as he came back to his old home at the head of that aggregation of almost unsurpassed musicians. There is reason why the Ithaca band should be famous. There is in Ithaca a wealthy citizen, E. M. Treman by name, whose fad is band music. The Ithaca band is his pet. If a celebrated musician is heard of who could add anything to the effectiveness of that band he speedily finds it an object to him to make Ithaca his home. A place of employment is found for him in his own particular line of work or business with the understanding that nothing is to stand in the way of his meeting all band engagements. If money is needed to make up deficits a check is at hand. If the band is to play on some special occasion and particular soloists are needed a telegram signed "P. Conway" goes to the desired artist requesting his presence and he comes as surely as night follows the day. Bandmaster Conway is known among all the musicians of the east and the Ithaca band is known and an invitation to play with it is an honor indeed.
And so it comes about that the band is constantly at work, constantly learning new music, constantly improving the execution of old music, till it plays with a finish that is well nigh perfect. But many a band can play ragtime music and that exclusively. There is no one behind it with the taste to make the proper selections. Not so the Ithaca band. The character of the music played by this organization shows the discriminating taste of the leader. Note the programs rendered yesterday: selections from Il Trovatore, the William Tell Overture, the Gems from Lohengrin, and others of a kindred character—classical music all of it, and rendered as though by an orchestra rather than a band. No wonder the thousands sat and stood spellbound about the bandstand for hours both afternoon and evening. The concerts were magnificent and the hearers were appreciative and enthusiastic. Twice by request the inspiring hymns "Onward Christian Soldiers" and the "Portuguese Hymn" were played with a grandeur that was impressive.
Too much cannot be said of these concerts and of the soloists, Mr. Zimmerman, Mr. Wilder and Mr. Stengler, all added to the producing of one harmonious whole. Cortland is to be congratulated on securing this band as now constituted before it has even played in Ithaca. Tonight the band is the guest of Mr. Treman on a moonlight steamboat ride to Sheldrake. Tomorrow night and Sunday night it gives concerts in Ithaca and Monday goes to Buffalo for a week's engagement at the Pan-American.
BREVITIES.
—Daniels' orchestra will give a concert at the picnic of the Patrons of Industry at the park Wednesday, Aug. 7.
—New display advertisements today are—Mitch's market, Meats, etc., page 5; M. A. Case, Jackets, etc., page 6.
—A meeting of the Physicians' Protective league will be held at the Y. M. C. A. parlors this evening at 9 o'clock.
—The union preaching service on Sunday evening will be held in the First Baptist church. The sermon will be by Rev. B. W. Hamilton, D. D., of the Homer M. E. church.
—Some repairs are being made to the slating of the spire of the First Baptist church and a staging is erected about it. The work is being done by W. H. McElheny.
—There will be but one service upon each of the Sundays of August at Grace Episcopal church, and that will be at 10:30 A. M., morning prayer and sermon by Rev. Edwin Lee Tanner of Homer.
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