Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 1901.
SOLDIERS' HOME AT BATH, N. Y.
Institution Is Crowded, Many Veterans Sleeping In Cellars.
BATH, Dec. 31.—Health Officer Dr. George C. McNett of Bath yesterday made thorough inspection of the sanitary conditions at the New York State Soldiers and Sailors Home here, at the request of State Health commissioner Daniel Lewis of Albany. Complaints that veterans were compelled to sleep in the cellar and that hospital patients were placed in the hospital cellar were lodged with Commissioner Lewis. Dr. McNett sent his report to Albany tonight.
It was learned that 153 men were sleeping in the cellars of the various barracks and 15 patients slept in the hospital cellar. The barracks cellars occupied by veterans during the day lack proper ventilation. The capacity of the home is between 15 and 16 hundred. Today's morning reports show the membership at present to be 1796.
It is understood the incoming [state] legislature will be asked to appropriate money for a convalescent barracks and also for additional barracks to accommodate the fast growing population of the home.
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| Geronimo. |
Geronimo May Re Released.
GUTHRIE, Ok., Dec. 31.—General Frank Armstrong, as agent of the war department, is at Fort Sill, Ok., [is] making arrangements for the release of Chief Geronimo and the 298 Arizona Apache Indians who are held by the government as prisoners of war.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Germany and the Poles.
Prince Radziwill, in whose veins runs the blood of the ancient kings of Poland, lately made in the German Reichstag a strong and significant appeal in behalf of the Poles in the German empire. He recited the wrongs endured by his people in Germany and in particular the recent incidents at Wreschen, Prussia, where some Polish children had been cruelly and unjustly flogged, and when their parents protested the latter were imprisoned. During the course of his speech Prince Radziwill said:
''The Poles are moved to the elemental depths of their nature by the altogether unnecessary action of the Prussian school authorities. They could not believe that the German people intended to treat the Poles cruelly or unjustly. Nevertheless, prizes are offered to those German teachers who obtain the swiftest results in teaching Polish children the German language. Teachers earning these cash bonuses have used the scourge and have had recourse to brutalities which I believe the imperial government should not approve."
After Prince Radziwill's speech a large number of Polish nobles organized a demonstration at a Paderewski concert in Berlin. The pianist and composer was presented with many bouquets tied with the Polish colors, red and white, while the proceeds of the concert will go to the families of those persons imprisoned as an outcome of the Wreschen school scandal.
The incident indicates that there are more troubles in the kaiser's realm than the agrarian war on grain imports which threatens bread riots.
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| Nathan Lewis Miller. |
IT IS COMPTROLLER MILLER.
He Has Now Taken the Oath of Office at Albany.
ALBANY, Dec. 31.—Nathan L. Miller of Cortland was today sworn in as state comptroller by Secretary of State McDonough.
CORTLAND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Special Meeting Called for Jan. 6 to Consider Preble's Appeal.
Clerk E. C. Alger has issued a call for a meeting of the supervisors to be held in the supervisors' rooms next Monday, Jan. 6 at 1 o'clock P. M. At this meeting the board will discuss the Preble, N. Y., appeal and prepare to defend the action of the board in fixing the [tax-related] percentages of the different towns.
DEATH OF THOMAS ALLPORT.
Heart Disease the Cause—Found Fully Dressed in His Room.
Another of Cortland's old and highly respected citizens, Mr. Thomas Allport, 9 1/2 Miller St., dropped dead early this morning at his home. Mr. Allport had been in poor health for the past three years aud for two or three weeks he had suffered from grip. This morning at about 6:45 o'clock he was found dead in his room. He had risen and was dressed, but death to all appearances came instantaneously and was due to heart disease. His age was 74 years and 6 months.
Mr. Allport was born in Worcestershire, England, and came to this country about fifty years ago. He first went to Utica, where he married Miss Martha Archer, who died thirty-five years ago. He and his wife came to Cortland forty-three years ago, and when he first came to this place, he was interested in a clothing business, but this he closed out after a few years and resumed work at his trade, which was that of a carpenter.
Mr. Allport was the father of six children, George Allport, deceased, Charles Allport of Rochester, William Allport of Whitney's Point, Mrs. Emma Bloomer and Miss Martha Allport of Cortland and Mrs. Ada Leins of Chicago. Mr. Albert H. Allport, 18 Squires-st., is a nephew.
Funeral Friday at 2 o'clock and burial in Cortland.
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| Brewer House Museum, Winter Park, Fl. |
E. H. Brewer's
Fancy Palm Brand Florida Oranges at H. B. Hubbard's.
We have just received and placed on sale today a large shipment of Palm brand oranges direct from Winter Park, Fla. These oranges are selected fruit from Mr. E. H. Brewer's orange grove. They are ripe and sweet, and we invite customers who want good oranges to try them. H. B. HUBBARD. [Paid ad.]
BARBERING UP-TO-DATE.
Both as to Prices and Sanitary Arrangements.
From and after Jan. 1, 1902, the undersigned will do hair cutting in the best style for 15 cents. Shampooing, same price. Special terms will also be given steady customers for shaving and hair cutting.
We observe all sanitary rules. A clean towel for every customer, and everything done to insure comfort, health and satisfaction.
We invite the public to call and see for themselves. Room No. 5, Standard building, over postoffice. HOAR & RITTER. [Paid ad.]
NEW YEAR'S AT THE Y. M. C. A.
Open House to be Held—Athletic Sports in the Gymnasium.
New Year's day at the Y. M. C. A. will be observed by holding an open house reception in the afternoon and evening. The reception in the afternoon will begin at 2 o'clock. Music for the entertainment of guests will be furnished by the Y. M. C. A. orchestra. Athletic exhibitions will be given in the gymnasium. The Women's Auxiliary will furnish refreshments for both afternoon and evening. At 8 o'clock the Y. M. C. A. basket ball team [sic] will play the opening game of the season in the gymnasium with the Auburn Y. M. C. A. team. An admission fee of 15 cents to all will be charged to this feature of the day. The rest is entirely free.
WRIGHT-BULL.
Brilliant Wedding at Grace Episcopal Church at High Noon.
Grace church was at noon today the scene of a very elaborate and exceedingly pretty wedding, when Miss Cora Bull of Cortland was united in marriage with Mr. Charles S. Wright of Woodmere, L. I. Appropriate decorations of evergreen, smilax and cut flowers adorned the church and added to the effectiveness of the surroundings.
Before the ceremony and while the guests were assembling in the church the following musical program was effectively rendered by Miss Jennie Guild, who presided at the organ and played the wedding marches:
Norwegian Wedding March, Soderman
Gavotte in B Flat, Handel
Bridal Song from Jensen Wedding March, Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2, Chopin
The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. W. Way, rector of Grace church. Promptly at 12 o'clock the bridal party entered the church while the organist played the Wedding March from Lohengrin. The ushers were Messrs. Arthur P. Robinson of Princeton university, E. C. Wixom of Cornell university, Walter Seymour Bull and Charles B. White of Cortland. Following them came the bridesmaid, Miss Mabel Janette Wood of Ithaca, and then the bride leaning upon the arm of her uncle, Mr. J. Seaman Bull, by whom she was given away. At the altar they were met by the groom and his best man, his brother, Mr. William W. Wright, Jr., of Preble. The bride looked exceptionally handsome and it was the general expression that a more beautiful bride had not approached the altar in many a day. She wore a very becoming wedding gown of rock crepe de chene, cut entrain, and trimmed with silk applique, and a veil and also carried a large bouquet of white bridal roses. The bridesmaid was gowned in pink French dimity with ecru lace trimmings and carried a bouquet of pink roses.
During the impressive Episcopal ceremony the organ was softly played and at its close the bridal party left the church to the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March.
After the ceremony at the church an elaborate wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's uncle, Mr. J. Seaman Bull, Prospect-st., to which only the near relatives and most intimate friends were invited.
The bride was most generously remembered in the way of wedding gifts, which were costly and appropriate, including a quantity of solid silver, cut glass, pictures and a generous sum of money.
To the best man and each of the ushers the groom presented a gold scarf pin set with an opal.
Mr. Wright is the son of Mr. William W. Wright of Preble, N. Y., a graduate of the Cortland Normal school in the class of '95 and is now principal of the high school at Woodmere, L. I. The bride is one of Cortland's most charming young ladies and a prime favorite among her wide circle of friends. Mr. and Mrs. Wright left on the 2:38 train for New York and will go at once to Woodmere, where they have a new home already furnished.
Among the guests from out of town who were present at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. William W. Wright, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. George Wright and Mr. William W. Wright, Jr., of Preble; Mr. Earl Wright and Miss Eleanor Wright of Little York; Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Barrows of Cato; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Olmstead, Mm. Percy Wood and Miss Mabel Janette Wood of Ithaca; Mr. Arthur P. Robinson of Princeton; Mr. E. C. Wixom of Cornell; Miss Elizabeth Hatheway of Solon; Miss Bertha Bardwell of Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Porter of Rochester and Mr. and Mrs. William DcCoudres of McLean.
Woodruff-Fox.
Mr. William Woodruff of Cortland and Miss Clara F. Fox of Lestershire were married last night at the First, M. E. parsonage by Rev. Dr. David Keppel. Mr. Woodruff is an employee of the Cortland Carriage Goods Co. of Cortland, and they will make their home in this city.
CORTLAND SCIENCE CLUB.
Mr. F. E. Whitmore Gives a Talk on Different Kinds of Seeds.
The lecture by Mr. F. E. Whitmore at the Science club last Saturday evening was really a continuation and conclusion of the two given by him previously. In his introduction he traced briefly the arrangements provided in plant life for pollenization, giving the parts of the flower that lead up to the fruit. Then followed the consideration of the object of it all—the seed, for the perpetuation of the species.
Some lower forms of plant life, such as ferns, have fruit but no real seeds. Some plants, as potatoes and bulbs, are propagated largely by other means. But the formation and distribution of seeds is the great means of covering the surface of the earth with its varied vegetation.
Seeds grow within an ovary, one or many of which are upon or within a receptacle. These receptacles vary from the broad flat ones of the sunflower to the pointed ones of the raspberry. They become edible in the strawberry which bears little seeds upon the outside, and in the fig which is hollow with the flower and seeds within.
Many varieties of ovaries were shown from the dry achenia of wild asters to the succulent orchard product which sells at $5 a barrel. Seeds themselves are of all shapes and sizes. The cocoanut was the largest shown, while the birch tree develops from a seed that a breath will blow away. Much of this difference in the size of seeds is due to the reserve material stored up in some seeds for assisting in the early growth of the future plant. Beans and maple seeds were split open to show the miniature plant already provided with a stem and a pair of leaves.
All sorts of strange attachments and outgrowths upon seeds are seen. Thorns and prickles are to protect the growing seed against browsing animals. Many succulent seeds are bitter to protect them from being devoured. Others take great precautions to protect themselves against the rain as the pine cones which close tightly while there is wet weather.
It is in the provisions for the dispersion of the species that the greatest ingenuity is shown by the seeds. Each plant seems to have worked out the problem for itself, and the solution has been reached in many ways. A crane bill pod is furnished with a spring which files open when the contents are fully ripe and thus casts the seed a few inches away. Or some well protected fruit may float upon the Gulf stream to a foreign land and there develop. The parachute is a very popular thing with the seeds. Lettuce, aster, cat-tail and dandelion all have them to perfection. Burdocks have taken another way to get about which has not raised them in common estimation. Beggar's lice have no wings at all, but they get there just the same. In some cases the whole top of the plant breaks off and rolls up into a ball for the wind to drive away. Jays, squirrels and robins are ever active agents in the distribution of seeds. When we see a berry bush or mountain ash springing from a rock ledge we may be sure some of these agencies are to be credited.
After the lecture the club sampled many varieties of seeds provided by the reader. The apples and nuts moved Dr. Cheney to bring out some stories from his repertoire so that the members left for home in very good nature.
BREVITIES.
—Tomorrow will be New Year's day. Wish you a Happy New Year.
—New display advertisements today are—C. F. Brown, Chest Protectors, page 6.
—Mrs. Eliza Schutt of Cortland has been granted a mothers' pension of $12 per month. Mrs. Maggie Glover acted as the pension agent.
—There will be a meeting of the Women's Auxiliary at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the Y. M. C. A. rooms. The reception will be held at 2:30 P. M.
—Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., will hold its annual communication this evening at 7:30 at which time officers will be chosen for the ensuing year.
—Mrs. Thomas Lynch of Elmira, formerly of Cortland, underwent an operation Sunday at the Arnot-Ogden hospital of Elmira. She is doing well.
—The blizzard and cold wave promised a few days ago by the New York Sun for New Year's day seems to be getting along on schedule time all right.
—From Syracuse to Oswego by trolley is the latest scheme which is forecasted for the coming summer. Already the trolley line runs nearly half of that distance, from Syracuse to Baldwinsville.
—A most delightful time is reported by the large party that went to Truxton last evening to attend the club dance. The special Lehigh Valley train started out at 7 o'clock and returned to Cortland shortly before 3 o'clock this morning.
—Some of the inmates of the jail gathered about an open window last night and sang for an hour or more, and the effect was very good indeed at times. Some of the boys have excellent voices. All sorts of music was in evidence, ragtime, patriotic airs and hymns.
—Eighty-five acres upon lot 85 in the town of Solon were sold this morning at the courthouse by Sheriff Overton at mortgage foreclosure sale. The farm was bid off by George F. Davis of Solon for $450. This was the only bid. B. A. Benedict was the attorney for the plaintiff in the case.
—The First Congregational church of Binghamton held its first pew rental last night, the system of free seats which has previously been in use having proved to be a failure so far as that church was concerned. The contributions for church support were not sufficient to meet current expenses.
—Owing to the pressure of work in The STANDARD'S jobrooms [sic] we have been compelled, in completing work for others, to delay our own work to some extent. Consequently the calendars which are issued annually from this office are not yet all ready for distribution. It is the intention that every regular subscriber, however, shall have a calendar. Those subscribers who receive their papers from the carrier boys will get their calendars tomorrow, but the binder has not been able to get the others ready for tomorrow. The semi-weekly STANDARD subscribers will get their calendars with the Friday's issue, and those daily subscribers who get their papers through the mail will receive theirs on Saturday. Let every one have patience and the calendars will come.
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