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| Frank Conger. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, March 8, 1902.
FRANK CONGER
DIED OF PNEUMONIA IN DETROIT TODAY.
One of the Main Stays of Groton's Prosperity—Connected With all Large Industries—Belonged to a Family That Had Long Been Identified with the Town.
Frank Conger of Groton died of pneumonia in Detroit, Mich., at 8 o'clock this morning. News of his death was received in Groton early this forenoon and came as a sudden shock to the community where he was so well known and with whose business interests he was so closely identified,
Mr. Conger had been in the West for about ten days on a business trip and his illness extended over a period of only three days. His brother, Hon. Ben Conger left Groton yesterday morning and reached his bedside about two hours before his death.
Frank Conger was fifty-five years of age and was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Conger of Groton, N. Y. He was for a long period connected with the mercantile firm of C. W. Conger & Co. of Groton, of which his father was the founder and did much toward building up the immense business conducted by that firm. He was president of the Groton Bridge Co. until that concern was absorbed by American Bridge Co. and for two or three years he was a director and one of the vice-presidents of that organization. He was the president of the First National bank of Groton, and president and founder of the Mechanics' bank. He was also the president of the Groton Carriage works, the Conger Manufacturing Co. and the Crandall Machine Co. of Groton. The Groton Carriage works are just completing a large addition to their plant and the Conger Manufacturing Co. has several large buildings in process of construction.
Until he became interested in the American Bridge Co. Mr. Conger always made his home in Groton, and even since then most of his time has been spent there, though he has recently purchased an elegant residence in Brooklyn.
He leaves a wife and an adopted daughter. His mother Mrs. C. W. Conger, and two brothers, Mr. Jay Conger and Hon. Benn Conger, also survive him. He was prominent, in Masonic circles and was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. The remains will be brought to Groton tomorrow morning. Funeral arrangements have not yet been completed.
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| Jacob G. Schurman. |
DEBATE AT ITHACA.
Cornell Wins in the Third Annual Debate Between That College and Columbia.
Ithaca, March 8.—The third annual debate between Cornell and Columbia universities was held at the Lyceum theater here last night and was won by Cornell. The subject under discussion was "Resolved, That the United States should resist, by force if need be, the colonization of South America by any European power."
Cornell had the negative side of the question. F. F. Carlisle, Watertown, William Wyvell, Wellsville, and G. P. Winters, Melbourne, Fla., spoke for Cornell, and H. S. Harrington, L. N. Wood and C. H. Tuttle for Columbia,
The judges of the contest were Professor W. H. Mace of Syracuse university, Professor W. C. Morey of Rochester university and Professor Walter Wyckoff of Princeton.
President J. G. Schurman presided at the exercises, which were attended by an audience of 1,200.
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| Guglielmo Marconi. |
Wireless Station at Cape Breton.
New York, March 8,—Mr. Marconi will leave for Canada to supervise the arrangements for a permanent wireless station at Cape Breton. The inventor will confer with officials of the Canadian government to obtain final assurances of their co-operation and that the recent action of the English postmaster general will not affect his rights to use the system on Canadian soil. Mr. Marconi will not remain in the Dominion more than a fortnight, thence returning to New York on his way to England. As soon as the apparatus is installed at Cape Breton he will come back from England to conduct experiments.
PAGE FOUR—BRIEF EDITORIALS.
◘ The principal of a school in Manchester, Ct., is said to have achieved a world's record in spanking forty-nine children in thirty-seven minutes. The children failed to return to school on time after recess, because a procession of burnt cork artists with bands was passing the school at the time. The parents are said to be up in arms over the punishment and the school board has been appealed to.
◘ It must have been a little embarrassing for that New Jersey city official when a woman picked him out of a line of men as the polite burglar who had ransacked her home. Still, with many city officials embarrassment is a rather unusual emotion.
◘ Frank James has applied to the Kansas City courts for an injunction order to prevent the production of a melodrama called "The James Boys in Missouri." Mr. James has had experience in stopping the stage, but in the old days he did not resort to an injunction.
◘ Some recent conflagrations would seem to give warrant for the belief that the Washington monument, the Eiffel tower and the pyramids of Egypt are the only "fireproof" buildings that are really fireproof.
BARTENDERS ARRESTED.
THREE CHARGED WITH SELLING LIQUOR ON SUNDAY.
Chief of Police Barnes the Complainant in Each Case—Depositions Made by Several Parties—Defendants Admitted to Jail and Time of Examination Fixed.
Three bartenders were arraigned in [Cortland] city court this morning, charged with alleged violations of the liquor tax law in relation to Sunday selling. Chief of Police Barnes was the complainant in each case. The depositions of several other parties in each case were given.
The violations are alleged to have occurred last Sunday, March 2 , and the defendants are Charles Griffiths, bartender at the Brunswick hotel; John Comerfort, bartender at The Elk cafe; and James McKay, bartender at the Arlington hotel. Each one pleaded not guilty and bail was fixed in each case at $200. The examination of James McKay was set down for March 13, while Charles Griffith and John Comerfort are to appear for examination March 24. Bail was furnished for each of the defendants by the proprietor of the hotel or cafe wherein he was employed.
Griffith was arrested on complaint of Chief of Police Barnes and on the depositions of Philip Hickey, James Sloan, Richard Brady, John Sweeney and George Allen. With the exception of Hickey, the deponents swear that at about noon of Sunday, March 2, they drank what they believe to be lager beer at the Brunswick hotel and were served by Griffith. Hickey states that he drank cider.
The deponents in the case of The People vs. John Comerfort are James Sloan and Richard Brady, who claim to have gone to the Elk cafe at 1 o'clock A. M. last Sunday, and to have called for lager beer, and were served with what they believe to have been lager beer. Sloan and Brady were also the deponents in the case against James McKay. They claim to have gone to the Arlington hotel at 2 P. M. last Sunday, and that they were served with several glasses of lager beer while there by McKay.
Attorney James Dougherty appeared for Griffith and Comerfort, and Attorney C. M. Flint appeared for McKay. District Attorney Thomas H. Dowd appeared for The People.
USED POSTAL CARD TWICE.
N. L. COGSWELL ARRESTED BY UNITED STATES MARSHAL.
Taken Before United States Commissioner in Syracuse and is on Bail Awaiting Trial—Received a Postal Card, Wrote Answer on Same Card and Sent it Back to the Original Writer.
N. L. Cogswell of 92 Elm-st., Cortland, is in a peck of trouble because he sent a postal card a second time through the mails. Last fall he had some correspondence with The Maher-Bosch Cutlery Co. of Toledo, O., and about the 1st of December received a postal card communication from the company. The communication was short and occupied only about half of the writing side of the card, but something about it roused his ire, and he immediately wrote a reply upon the remaining space on the card, erased his own name and address from the face of the card and addressed it anew to the original writer and posted it.
The stamp had been canceled in the first place by a patent canceling machine in Toledo and did not make a very black mark on the card. It was not noticed by the mailing clerk at the Cortland postoffice and it went through to Toledo. The reply of Mr. Cogswell did not exactly please the parties to whom it was addressed and in their wrath they enclosed the card in an envelope and sent it back to Postmaster Brown at Cortland with the query, if it was not illegal to use a postal card twice. Postmaster Brown, in accordance with the rules for such a case, forwarded card and inquiry to the postoffice department at Washington for them to look after.
On Feb. 18 Inspector Coats appeared at the Cortland office to follow up the complaint. Accompanied by Deputy Postmaster G. H. Kennedy he called on Mr. Cogswell and exhibited the postal card in question. Mr. Cogswell admitted that the writing was his and that he had sent the card a second time through the mails. He said that he did not know that this was an illegal act and added that he had intended to put a stamp on the card, but had forgotten to do so.
Inspector Coats went away and made his report and on Feb. 25, Deputy U. S. Marshal J. C. Spaulding of Syracuse came to Cortland and arrested Mr. Cogswell and took him back to Syracuse. On Feb. 26 at 10 A. M., he appeared before the United States commissioner, Judge A. J. Northrup, by whom he was examined. Judge Northrup admitted him to bail in the sum of $300 and directed him to appear before the United States court in Syracuse on April 1.
The penalty for the offence is a fine of from $1 to $300 or from six months to one year in prison or both.
It is said to be a question whether the placing of a stamp upon a postal card that had been used once would have made it mailable and that the attorney-general must pass upon this as no such question has ever arisen before.
MEDICAL SOCIETY
Of Cortland County Discusses Colles' Fracture—X-Ray Photographs.
The regular monthly meeting of the Cortland County Medical association was held yesterday afternoon at Dr. Didama's office. In the absence of Dr. Reese, Vice-President Hendrick presided.
Dr. Didama opened an interesting discussion on the differential diagnosis of the eruptive fevers.
Dr. Henrick discussed Colles' Fracture. This subject which is always interesting was made doubly so in this case by the fact that the doctor had within ten days sustained a Colles' fracture of the right wrist, and the talk given by him had the spice of a clinic in which patient and doctor were one. The doctor had a very good X -ray shadow of the bones involved in the fracture which had been reduced by Dr. Reese. The X-ray work was done by Dr. Higgins and showed very distinctly that the bones were reduced to their proper places and a good result is hoped for. There were also other X-ray shadows of other Colles' fractures exhibited. While Dr. Colles, the celebrated Dublin surgeon who accurately described this fracture nearly a century ago, and from whom it receives the name, was handicapped by the fact that he had no X-ray machine to throw light upon the fractured and displaced bones, still his descriptions are classical. The X-ray has been of great value in this field.
P. M. NEARY, Secy.
PATRONS OF INDUSTRY.
Officers Installed At the Quarterly Meeting Held Today.
At a meeting of the Cortland association, Patrons of Industry, held in Good Templars' hall today, the following officers for the year were installed by Mrs. Doctor Beardsley:
President—H. B. Stevens, East Scott.
Vice-President—A. J. Sears, Cortland.
Secretary—E. R. Babcock, Cuyler.
Treasurer—Howard J. Reed, Cortland.
Trustee for Three Yeara—S. D. Deyoe, Virgil.
Business Agent—A. J. Sears, Cortland.
GEORGE BENNETT
DIED AT THE HOSPITAL AT 3:15 THIS AFTERNOON.
Leg Amputated This Morning—No Hopes of Saving His Life Without Amputation—Result of the Rifle Bullet Shot Through His Leg at the Home of J. C. House Last Monday Night.
George Bennett died at the Cortland hospital at 3:15 this afternoon, as the result of a gunshot wound received at the home of J. C. House in the town of Lapeer last Monday night, while he was trying to enter the house. He was brought to the hospital Tuesday morning. Since the shooting it has been impossible to secure any circulation of blood below the wound. The ball passed through the bone and badly shattered the bone and lacerated the flesh. The splinters of bone were taken out but the blood vessels were so contused that blood could not get through. This morning the leg was amputated just below the middle of the thigh bone and it was thought the patient would get along well, but he did not rally from the shock. He was 48 years old and is survived by a wife and one child.
BREVITIES.
—Lola Jayne is celebrating her tenth birthday today. She and the Cortland Daily STANDARD are the same age.
—The Tompkins County Agricultural Society estimates the damage to its fair grounds and buildings at Ithaca as a result of the recent flood at $5,000.
—The semi-annual entertainment of the Ladies' Literary club will be held at the home of Mrs. N. H. Gillette, 20 West Court-st., on Tuesday evening, March 11.
—Rev. W. W. Way, rector of Grace Episcopal church, will tomorrow morning exchange with Rev. Edwin L. Tanner of Calvary Episcopal church of Homer.
—Miss Mary Van Reneselaer has purchased of Mrs. Henry Seymour the house and lot at 68 Railroad-st., and will take possession of the same on or before April 1.
—This is the time of the year when many people are moving and are requesting that the addresses of their papers be changed. Requests are frequently sent to a publisher by mail to change the address of a paper to a certain place, but the writer fails to tell where the paper is then going, forgetting that without the present address it is a tedious task to find a name on a long subscription list. Always state three things distinctly in making such a request: the name of the subscriber, the place where the paper is changed from and the place to which it is to be changed. If a paper is on a free delivery route or is to be changed to a free delivery route, always say so. The following sample request would tell the whole story: "Please change the address of John Doe's semi-weekly STANDARD from East Homer to Cortland Rural Free delivery route No. 1."
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