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| Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, Oct. 12, 1901.
CAPT. CHADWICK TESTIFIES.
Commander of Admiral Sampson's Flagship Tells of Dispatches Sent Schley.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—Captain F. E. Chadwick, who was in command of Admiral Sampson's flagship, the New York, and who also was chief of the admiral's staff during the war with Spain, testified before the Schley naval court for a short time yesterday. He was the last witness called and when the court adjourned was still under cross-examination by Mr. Rayner, who stated that he had more questions to ask him. There was considerable interest in Captain Chadwick's appearance because of his close relationship to the commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic squadron.
Captain Chadwick's testimony related very largely to dispatches sent by Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley while the latter lay off Cienfuegos in May, 1898, and to the code of signals agreed upon between Captain McCalla of the Marblehead and the Cuban forces operating near Cienfuegos. He said this code had not been sent to Commodore Schley by dispatches because Captain McCalla had expected to join the commodore immediately and communicate the code to him. He also told of being present at an interview between Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley in which the latter had expressed his intention to be loyal to the commander-in-chief. He related in detail the change of opinion concerning the whereabouts of Cervera's fleet by Admiral Sampson on May 21, between the sending of the two dispatches of that date by Admiral Sampson to Commodore Schley, one of which was dated at Key West and the other at Havana. Captain Chadwick said he had not approved Admiral Sampson's dispatch of May 28, congratulating Commodore Schley on his accomplishments to that date.
Five other new witnesses were heard during the day, two of them being officers of the New York. One of these was Lieutenant C. C. Marsh, the flag secretary of Admiral Sampson, who testified concerning dispatches to Commodore Schley, and the other was the ship's flag lieutenant, Lieutenant Bennett. Lieutenant T. G. Dewey, a nephew of Admiral Dewey, who served on the Massachusetts; Lieutenant Adelbert Althouse, also of the Massachusetts and Lieutenant Francis Boughter who served on the Marblehead, were the other new witnesses of the day.
LOW STATE TAX RATE.
Probable That Rate For Next Fiscal Year Will Be Less Than Half a Mill.
ALBANY, Oct. 12.—It is probable that the next state tax rate will be less than one-half of a mill. It will be fixed by the next legislature for the fiscal year commencing Oct. 1, 1902. The tax rate for the fiscal year, which began Oct. 1, is 1.20 mills and it is estimated that it will bring into the state treasury about $6,500,000 of the $23,000,000 needed for the expenses of the state government. The difference will be from indirect taxation.
Last winter when the legislature fixed the tax rate it was estimated that the corporation tax law would bring $2,500,000 and the transfer tax law $2,000,000 into the state treasury, whereas the former statute raised $4,500,000 and the latter act $4,400,000.
This, with the additional revenues from the savings bank and trust company tax acts, created a surplus of $9,000,000 on Oct. 1. The insurance tax act is yet to go into operation. It is estimated that it will bring $800,000 to the state.
Number of State Poor.
ALBANY, Oct. 12.—The superintendent of state and alien poor reports the number of state poor supported during the last quarter, including 15 children in asylums or homes to have been 414. The changes during the quarter were as follows: discharged 155, absconded 19, removed from the state 130, transferred 3, otherwise provided for 16, died 1. The number of alien poor removed to their homes during the quarter was 27, as follows: to England 3, Germany 12, Sweden 7, Ireland 5. The number of Indian poor relieved during the quarter was 16.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Pacific Submarine Cable.
The government at Washington is considering the proposition of a New York syndicate to lay a submarine cable between San Francisco and the Philippines via Hawaii and Guam, a charter for which purpose was recently granted under the laws of the state of New York. The company is headed by John W. and Clarence H. Mackay and includes a number of well known capitalists who will have no difficulty in raising the money with which to execute the work. It is a task of no ordinary dimensions, for along the route in which it will be laid the cable will measure 8,500 miles. It is not that distance in a straight line, but the bed of the Pacific has in it mountains and valleys, one valley not far from Guam being between five and six miles deep.
It is proposed that the cable shall be first laid from San Francisco to Hawaii, and the Mackays claim that they could complete that section by next July. It is their plan also, after they have laid the cable to its termination in the northeast of the island of Luzon, to make connections with the present cable between the Philippines and Japan and the Philippines and China, an arrangement which will give uninterrupted communication to the United States with Japan and China without the transmission of messages via Europe.
The urgent need of a Pacific cable is admitted on all sides, though there is a widely prevailing sentiment that it should be constructed, operated and controlled by the government of the United States rather than by a private corporation.
MILITARY WHIST PARTY.
Pleasant Gathering in Honor of Miss Elizabeth Warner of New York.
Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Gillette last night gave a military whist party in honor of their cousin, Miss Elizabeth Warner of Irvington who is in Cortland as a guest of her friend in Vassar college, Miss Jane Humes.
There were six tables of players. Very pretty and significant favors were used, and elegant refreshments of a military order were served. The guests were Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Garrison, Miss Elizabeth Warner of Irvington, Miss Myrtle Sweeney of Pittsburg, Miss Alice Wadsworth of Binghamton, Miss Alice Van Iderstine of Brooklyn, the Misses Edith Winchell, Jane Humes, Bessie Benedict, Mabel Brewer, Jane Newkirk, Hester Frederick and Grace Walrad, and Messrs. Halsey M. Collins, Judah P. Gray, C. W. Barker, Charles C. Wickwire, L. R. Hulbert, R. H. Miller, L. P. Bennett, C. P. Dunbar, L. S. Ingalls, W. H. McGraw and Arthur McGraw.
SHE TOOK AMMONIA
And Meant to Take a Dose of Bromide of Potassium.
Just as The STANDARD was about to lock its last form yesterday afternoon a message was telephoned in that Mrs. John Conrad who lives nearly a mile from this office at 168 Port Watson-st. had taken a dose of ammonia by mistake and was seriously ill. It was too late then to send to the house to learn, the particulars, and the facts as reported were published. It appears, however, upon investigation that it was not Mrs. Conrad but Mrs. Conrad's mother, Mrs. Orrilla Hoag, 95 years old, who lives with her daughter who made the mistake. She intended to take bromide of potassium and got ammonia instead. She was for a time in terrible distress till Dr. F. P. Howland, who had been summoned, relieved her by remedies promptly administered.
Slight Fire at Newton's.
A small quantity of gasoline in the japan room [lacquer room] of the factory of W. H. Newton & Son exploded at 4:45 yesterday afternoon. An alarm of fire was sent in, but before the department arrived the flames had been extinguished by a chemical fire extinguisher at the factory and by the Newton private outfit kept at the factory and operated by employees. The japan room is in a building by itself in the middle of the yard and some distance from any other building. Eri Truman was in the building when the explosion occurred and gave an immediate alarm. Mr. Newton characterizes the loss as trifling and said the damage would not amount to $25.
RETURNING TO CORTLAND
To Have Charge of Dress Goods Department at Warren, Tanner & Co.'s
Mr. Earl Fowler of Homer has relinquished his position in Mr. P. C. Kingsbury's store in that village, and on Monday next expects to enter upon a clerkship with Messrs. Warren, Tanner & Co., of this city. Mr. Fowler has an extensive acquaintance in Homer and Cortland, having formerly been in the employ of F. H. Smith and G. J. Mager & Co. for several years. Mr. Fowler commenced his clerkship in Waterloo, N. Y., in 1872 and with his long experience as general salesman, has acquired a knowledge of the mercantile business that few clerks possess. In his new position he will have charge of the dress goods department for which place he is eminently well qualified. He has many friends and acquaintances not only in Homer and Cortland but throughout the entire county, to whom he extends a cordial invitation to call, and whom he will be pleased to meet and wait upon in his usual affable and painstaking manner.
Foreign Missionary Meeting,
The Woman's Foreign Mission circle of the First Baptist church met at the home of Miss Walker Friday afternoon. Devotional exercises were conducted by Mrs. Beard. The following program was presented, the subject being "India."
Its Horrors, Mrs. Chapin.
Description of the Sepoy Rebellion, Miss Grace Pearson.
Solo, Miss Florence Hubbard.
Current Events, Mrs. F. D. Reese.
Poem—Jewels of India, Mrs. Geo. C. Hubbard.
BREVITIES.
—Choir rehearsal at Grace church tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
—The Dryden band will hold a the Dryden opera house Nov. 26, 27 and 28.
—A regular bimonthly meeting of the Cortland Lodge of Perfection will be held at Masonic hall next Monday evening.
—New display advertisements today are—Cortland Opera House, "Quo Vadis," page 5; M. A. Giles, Garbage pails, page 7.
—The Tioughnioga chapter of the D. A. R. will meet with Mrs. James D. Sherwood, 30 North Church-st., Monday, Oct. 14, at 3:30 P. M.
—The Binghamton football team arrived in Cortland at 9:48 this morning and will engage the attention of the Normal team on Athletic field [located off South Main Street behind Peck’s Farm Store—CC ed.] this afternoon.
—Yesterday was a record breaking day for [voter] registration in both New York City and Cortland—for the former because it was so large, for the latter because it was so small.
—Mr. H. B. Pomeroy of the Gillette Skirt Co. has moved his family from Syracuse to Cortland and has rented the residence of the late Judge A. P. Smith on West Court-st.
—Lackawanna milk train No. 44 leaving Cortland at 11:20 A. M. southward will hereafter make all the stops from Cortland to Binghamton except Chenango Forks on flag and will carry passengers.
—Mr. F. D. Sturgis, who was ill last week and could not speak at the Y. M. C. A. men's meeting Sunday afternoon, will tomorrow speak upon the same subject announced for last week, "Two and Two Make Four."
—Norwich is planning for a big day next Wednesday. The annual inspection and field day of the fire department occurs then and Governor Odell has accepted an invitation to be present as the guest of the village and make an address.
—On Friday C. B. Peck was appointed by Surrogate Almy, the guardian of Grover C. Hart, D. W. Hart and Mildred Hart of Dryden, and to act in their interest in the division of the estate of the children's deceased father.—Dryden Herald.
—The thirty-fifth anniversary of the founding of Lincoln lodge No. 119, I. O. G. T., will be held Oct. 24. Elaborate plans for a large demonstration are being perfected, and the members of the local organization will make it a time for general rejoicing.
—The Lafayette football team passed through Cortland last evening at 6:34 enroute for Syracuse, where today it meets the Syracuse university team. During the stop in Cortland, the college boys got off the train, collected on the platform and gave their yells.
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