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Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, Jan. 3, 1902.
ADDRESS BY DR. KNOPF.
Says Tuberculosis Is Not Contagious.
STAMPED WITH UNJUST STIGMA.
Takes Issue With the United States Government—Recommends a Commission Be Appointed to Inquire Into the Disease and Find a Specific if Possible.
New York, Jan. 3.—Dr. S. A. Knopf, the well-known authority on tuberculosis, addressed the Academy of Medicine. He said that contrary to the opinion of the United States government tuberculosis was not contagious. A man with well defined tuberculosis could do his daily work if the proper precautions were taken and the sputum removed and destroyed. The government, he said, had stamped all of those afflicted with the dread disease with a stigma that was not proper.
Dr. Knopf declared that the exclusion of immigrants because of alleged tuberculosis symptoms and tendencies was wrong. They were in the major portion of cases well provided not only to care for themselves, but their families as well.
He took up the recent action of the city officials of Liberty, N. Y., who classed tuberculosis as a dangerous disease and put it on the same basis with smallpox and diseases of that character. The doctor said that if the officials referred to the boarding houses where tuberculosis patients were taken without proper medical inspection and attention, then it was dangerous, but to place the properly conducted sanitariums in that class was an injustice.
Dr. Knopf in conclusion recommended that a commission be appointed by the government to inquire into the disease and find if possible not only a specific but the best and most approved ways of treatment. The medical profession, said he, would welcome such a commission.
TREES IN BOSTON COMMON.
Unless Better Protected Most of Them Will Be Lost.
Boston, Jan. 3.—To the millions of Americans who have visited this city to see its landmarks in history, Boston common has been pointed out as the most charming spot. Its natural beauty has been in the wealth of trees, chiefly its elms. When, periodically these trees have suffered from heat, cold or insect life, a great cry has gone up that the city take greater measures to protect and nurture them. Recently the matter of an inspection of the trees was ordered and yesterday the report was submitted by Samuel Parsons, Jr., superintendent of parks in New York city. He says that all the trees, young and old, are very generally in bad health. The soil bas been neglected and the pruning, he says, has been poorly done. The report closes as follows: "There may be a few, a very few trees on Boston common, which are beyond the hope of restoration by methods familiar in the cultivation of trees; but there are many that might be kept in beauty for many years."
CALLED ON THE PRESIDENT.
Dr. Horace N. Allan, Minister to Corea, and Rev. I. Garland Penn of Atlanta.
Washington, Jan. 3.—Dr. Horace N. Allen, United States minister to Corea, who is in this country on leave of absence, called on President Roosevelt yesterday. Dr. Allen will return shortly to his post, travelling via St. Petersburg to Port Arthur. Dr. Allen expects to be the first American official to make the trip over the railroad.
Rev. I. Garland Penn of Atlanta, who had charge of the negro exhibit at the Atlanta exposition, yesterday called on President Roosevelt and arranged for the reception Saturday, Jan. 18, of a delegation who are to invite him to attend a young negroes' Christian congress in Atlanta next August. President Roosevelt told Dr. Penn that he looked upon the movement to be promoted by the Atlanta congress with favor.
Rainfall at Cortland.
The readings of the rain-gauge given below are for each 24 hours during which there was rainfall.
The days of the month given are those on which these 24-hour periods end, the periods extending from 3 o'clock P. M. of one day to 3 o'clock P. M. of next.
1899.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Marconi's Latest Achievement.
The attempt of the Anglo-American Telegraph directors, who claim an exclusive monopoly of all telegraphic rights in Newfoundland, to enjoin Signor Marconi from receiving wireless messages or signals in that country is a frank admission that the transatlantic cable company regards the Italian invention as a dangerous competitor, that it is afraid of his invention and this the syndicate of capitalists which secures control of it will drive existing cable companies from the field or compel them to reduce their rates and improve their service. While the action is shortsighted and futile, it is the highest recognition of the importance of Marconi's achievement and its ultimate success and practicability. Such an injunction as the Anglo-American company sought, even if granted by a court of competent jurisdiction, could not long restrain the development of Marconi's discovery. The elemental powers of nature are not supposed to be patentable or subject to exclusive grant, and it would be impossible for an injunction to prevent the sending of wireless signals from one continent to another. There is no apparent reason why Marconi's signals should not operate with even more success between the summits of Mount Snowdon in Wales and Mount Washington in New Hampshire than between the coast points he has chosen, Cornwall in England and St. John's in Newfoundland.
It is not claimed even by Marconi himself that wireless telegraphy has yet advanced beyond the experimental stage, though it is apparent that his latest experiment has demonstrated the extreme probability of its ultimate successful consummation. While the net result of Marconi's experiments to date has been the transmission across the Atlantic of one of the simplest forms of telegraphic signals—three ticks at an agreed hour mechanically recorded—it apparently establishes the foundation upon which may be built the transmission of intelligent messages. The letter "S" thrown into the air, as it were, in Cornwall and picked up on the very instant in St. John's may represent a new and marvelous method of communication between the hemispheres. So far as the success of the experiment is concerned it does not matter how faint or simple the signal was, since it was really sent and received. That establishes the principle, and future experiments must demonstrate its practical application to the uses of mankind. If this shall be done, Marconi's name will stand through the ages among the very first of the world's great inventors. The accomplishment of wireless telegraphy appeals powerfully to the imagination. The vastness of its effect upon the social life, the business and political relations of the peoples of the earth would be almost beyond present comprehension.
Cortland City Band in 1898.
CITY BAND FAIR
TO BE HELD IN TAYLOR HALL WEEK OF FEB. 3.
New Uniforms and Instruments are Needed—This Method Taken to Raise Money—Fine Program in Preparation—Some of the Attractions—Officers and Committees.
The Cortland City band has made its plans for a grand fair and series of entertainments to be held in Taylor hall the week beginning Feb 3. It is now nearly ten years since the band has made any call for money to aid in its maintenance. Everything wears out and gets out of date with age. New instruments are needed and new uniforms. The band numbers among its members some excellent musicians, but they are handicapped if they have not good instruments. Some of the instruments will answer pretty well, others are nearly useless und all have seen their best days. And the uniforms are badly faded to say nothing of being almost ragged. There is the material in this band for a first-class organization, and Cortland may be well represented when it goes forth, but it is hardly in condition now to make any one as proud of it as he might be under other circumstances.
A band in a very marked degree represents the musical sentiment of a place. Cortland is decidedly a musical town, and it goes without saying that Cortland ought to have a first-class band—first-class musicians, equipped with first-class instruments and wearing a first-class uniform.
Now is the time to help the boys. A little from every one will tend to swell a grand total and provide the necessary funds. But this fair as proposed is not to be a begging concern. In the first place one of its features will be the total absence of all contest books and of everything which looks like begging. The band is planning to give a first-class series of entertainments. It invites the public to attend and to purchase tickets, but it proposes to give to every one in return the absolute value of his money. He may go to these entertainments the same as to others and go away feeling that he has not bestowed any charity on any one but has paid his money and received his fun.
Officers of the fair have been elected and committees appointed as follows:
President—Fred I. Graham.
Secretary and Treasurer—J. F. Byrnes.
Soliciting Committee—J. C. Seamans, F. W. Barney, J. Kernan, C. B. Maas.
Entertainment and Music—F. W. Lanigan, George C. Murphy, J. McDermott, J. F. Byrnes.
Hall, Booths and Decorations—W. Harvey, J. Murphy, J. D. Clark, E. Maas, W. Quinn.
Printing—F. W. Barney, W. Harvey, S. Dillon, J. F. Byrnes.
The entertainments will include a concert each evening and dancing. On one evening there will be a minstrel first part and a vaudeville entertainment. Cortland is fortunate just now in having a good deal of professional talent at home and much of this has been secured to assist. The week will be an event in Cortland. Fuller details later.
KELLEY-FALKEY.
Married Under an Arch of Wishbones at Phelps New Year's Day.
Mr. Wilfred Kelley, foreman of the office of the Cortland Democrat and one of the most highly respected of the young men of this city, was married on New Year's day to Miss Wilhelmina H. Falkey at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Falkey, at Phelps, N. Y. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. F. Blakeslee, pastor of the M. E. church of that place, in the presence of a small company of the immediate relatives and friends of both families.
A unique feature of the decorations was an arch of cedar adorned with wishbones, beneath which the bridal couple stood during the ceremony, and thereby hangs a tale. Several years ago at a chicken pie supper at the parlors of the Homer-ave, M. E. church some of Mr. Kelley's friends began joking him about his bachelor state and inquired of him when he expected to be married, if ever. In that same spirit Mr. Kelley replied that when he had saved a hundred wishbones he would begin to consider the matter. At once his friends set out to save wishbones for him and soon he began to receive them by the dozen and the score, by hand and by mail. When they believed he must have at least a hundred the inquiries were redoubled and continued—perhaps with reason, for the present bride was to a certain extent a Cortland young lady, being a student of the Normal school, from which institution she was graduated in the February class of 1901. And so it came about that the wishbones in great numbers were present at the wedding, and many of those who have saved them will be glad to welcome Mrs. Kelley back to Cortland, whither they will return after a short wedding trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelley will be at home at 14 Harrington-ave. after Jan. 19, and a host of friends will be glad to extend to them their best wishes for a long, happy, prosperous and useful life.
The Ithaca News' Greeting.
The Ithaca News' carriers greeting is unique. It is in the form of a dainty booklet with folder and has the appearance of being tied with a lavender ribbon. Within is a chronological history of leading events in Ithaca during the past year, together with half-tone views in and near Ithaca, including a look down the lake, several fires in progress, a Lehigh Valley wreck with train in the lake and a number of views of the recent flood. The home of The News is also pictured. Upon the last page is a portrait of the late President McKinley and on the last page of the [greeting] cover are the names of the carrier boys. The whole effect is very tasteful as the printing and press work is first class.
BREVETIES.
—Rumors say that the Lackawanna [railroad] is soon to pass under the control of the Wabash.—Ithaca Democrat.
—New display advertisements today are—Bosworth & Stillman, "More Little Talks," page 8; Glann & Clark, Shoes, page 6.
—Union services will be held in several of the churches during the week of prayer instead of in the churches individually and separately.
—George Nelson of Chenango Forks was given three days in county jail by City Judge R. L. Davis this morning. The charge was public intoxication.
—Rev. J. J. Keyes has resigned the pastorate of the Baptist church at Cazenovia, having been there since Sept. 1, 1893. The resignation will take effect on the last Sunday in March.
—The net receipts of the Charity ball in Syracuse on Christmas night were about $2,000. Nine hundred people attended the ball. The proceeds go to the Women's and Children's hospital.
—Invitations have been received in Cortland for the wedding of Mr. Charles Lewis Viele of New York, formerly of Cortland, and Miss Mabel Carolyn Burton of Brooklyn, which will take place at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. William Lewis Burton, 192 Schermerhorn-st., Brooklyn, at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday evening, Jan. 15, 1902.
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