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| Emilio Aguinaldo. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, July 7, 1902.
HIS GUARD WITHDRAWN.
Aguinaldo Afraid to Venture Among His Countrymen.
GOING TO VISIT HIS FRIENDS.
Has No Complaint to Make of American Harshness—Asked General Chaffee to Prevent the Courts From Requiring Him to Testify in Civic Suits.
Manila, July 7.—As a result of the proclamation of amnesty July 4, the guard of American soldiers has been withdrawn from the house where Aguinaldo lived in Manila and Lieutenant Johnson, Aguinaldo's custodian, brought the Filipino Sunday to see General Chaffee. It was the first meeting between the American general and the leader of the Filipino revolution. Lieutenant W. B. McKinley of the Ninth cavalry acted as interpreter.
Aguinaldo was told that he was free to go anywhere he pleased, and General Chaffee asked him if he had any complaint to make of American discourtesy or harshness. Aguinaldo replied that he had no such complaint to make. He told General Chaffee that he was going to visit friends at his home in Cavite Viejo and inquired what protection the American authorities would afford him. He seemed to be afraid to venture out. General Chaffee replied that Aguinaldo would get the same protection as any other citizen.
The former Filipino leader then asked General Chaffee to prevent the courts from requiring him to testify in civil suits. General Chaffee replied that he had no authority to grant this request. He advised Aguinaldo to make a social call upon Acting Civil Governor Wright. This Aguinaldo said he would do, but that he would go at night, as he was timid about appearing on the streets in day light.
The release of the former Filipino leader has renewed speculation as to possible vengeance upon him by friends of Luna and his other enemies. Luna was a Filipino leader whom Aguinaldo caused to be killed in 1899.
Insulting Letter From Sultan.
Manila, July 7.—The sultan of Bacolor, Mindanao, has sent an insultingly worded letter to the commander of the American expedition to Lake Lanao in Mindanao, in which he threatens to begin offensive operations in August. The sultan of Bacolor is at present strengthening his position.
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| President Theodore Roosevelt. |
CONTROL OF TRUSTS.
President Has In View Introduction of a New Law.
Oyster Bay, L. I., July 7.—It has been ascertained that the president's speech at Pittsburg Friday in reference to the trust question was merely the forerunner of determined efforts by him to have congress take up that subject and enact definite legislation at its next session for the control and supervision of trusts.
Recently the president and Attorney General Knox held a conference with Representative Littlefield of Maine, whose knowledge of constitutional law is admitted, at which Mr. Littlefield was invited to prepare a bill for the regulation and control of the trusts that will go before congress with the endorsement and influence of the president back of it.
The bill will be submitted at the beginning of the next session, but before this is done the president, Attorney General Knox and Mr. Littlefield will have frequent conferences as to the details.
In addition to this proposed action the president is going to talk upon the trust question a good deal on the several trips to be made by him in the fall. He has announced to friends that the question is a vital one and that he proposes to push it vigorously until there is some action by congress.
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| Bishop Patrick Anthony Ludden. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Bishop Ludden on the Bar.
Bishop P. A. Ludden of Syracuse of the Roman Catholic church is always known to be on the right side of every great moral question. He is never on the fence and having once taken a position is strong in upholding it. Along with his high personal character which has won for him the respect of all who know him or who know of him he is possessed of genuine common sense. Perhaps in all his public utterances he never spoke more sensibly or more to the point than when on July 4 in Syracuse he expressed himself in vigorous terms concerning lawyers who defend persons known to be criminals. He said:
"What are we to think of the bar when we find men of years and assumed moral dignity going into a court of justice and in the name of the law defending professional vagabondism, as was seen in court yesterday. The vile traffic that the creatures are engaged in is overlooked, and the moral miasma that emanates from the purlieu is not considered. Syracuse is a very immoral city. But what can we expect when we find that the immorality is defended by professional men? These fellows place themselves upon high moral pedestals today and tomorrow they make pathetic pleas for the demimonde and the thug."
TEACHERS ELECT OFFICERS.
The State Association to Meet at Ithaca Next Year.
The New York State Teachers' association in session at Saratoga has elected the following officers for next year: President, Thomas R. Kneil of Saratoga Springs; vice-presidents, John F. Townley of New York City, C. R. Drum of Syracuse, Miss Caroline B. Lerow of Brooklyn and Miss Isabella Ryan of Buffalo; secretary, Richard A. Searing of Rochester; assistant secretary, B. J. Reilly of Brooklyn; treasurer, W. H. Benedict of Elmira; assistant treasurer, John C. Chase of Saratoga Springs; transportation agent, James H. McInness of Brooklyn; superintendent of exhibits, P. D. Boynton of Ithaca; executive committee, Thomas R. Kneil of Saratoga Springs, Henry P. Emerson of Buffalo and Abram Fischlowitz of New York City.
The meeting next year will be at Ithaca, N. Y.
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| James J. Belden. |
SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
Gift of Hon. J. J. Belden to the Village of Fabius, N. Y.
UNVEILED ON FOURTH OF JULY.
Stands on Site of Mr. Belden's Birthplace on Plot Originally Conveyed by the Government to His Grandfather for Revolutionary Service—A Great Day in Fabius—Design Patterned After Cortland County's Monument.
Hon. James J. Belden of Syracuse has presented the village of Fabius, Onondaga Co., with a beautiful corner lot on Main-st. in that village, on which his boyhood's home stood, and where he was born enclosing it with a substantial stone wall on two sides and on the street sides with cut stone coping. This property was originally conveyed to his grandfather by the state for services in the Revolutionary war. The buildings were removed and the lot filled and graded with a gradual rise to the center, on which Mr. Belden has erected one of the most beautiful soldiers' monuments in Central New York. The bases and dies are of Westerly granite, surmounted by a granite statue of an infantry soldier on guard, at rest.
Friday, July 4, in the presence of thousands of old veterans and citizens Mr. Belden after a brief but touching speech presented the entire property to the village of Fabius. Cannon and balls had been placed upon the plot and a fine flag staff erected from which proudly floated Old Glory. As Mr. Belden handed over to the president of the village the title deeds to this beautiful property, dedicated to the memory of the gallant sons of Fabius who went forth in the sixties to defend the flag and preserve the Union, amidst the booming of cannon, the flags which veiled the monument from sight fell off and the statue stood forth in all its beauty. Comrade H. M. Kellogg who was present, and who in 1876 was one of a committee of three appointed to select a design and let the contract for the Cortland monument, recognized the statue immediately as an exact reproduction of our statue and chiseled after the same model which was made for our committee from which our soldier (which has been so universally admired) was cast.
The day was fine. A special train was run from Syracuse at Mr. Belden's expense to convey the old veterans and sons of veterans from the city and ample transportation by wagon from Apulia station, 5 miles distant was furnished. Tables were set in the churches and a bountiful dinner furnished the soldiers free.
Speeches by Hon. J. J. Belden, Hon. H. J. Cogeshall, Hon. Abram Gruber and others, with music, marching, and fireworks filled up and rounded out the program of the most memorable Fourth of July in the history of Fabius.
Comrades O. P. Miner, H. M. Kellogg, J. R. Birdlebough, M. E. Corwin and Charles Pitts of Grover Post, Mrs. Charles Pitts of Grover Corps and Attorney Enos E. Mellon of Cortland were present and returned on the night express.
THE A. O. H. EXCURSION
To the Thousand Islands on Saturday, July 19—Transportation Facilities.
The A. O. H. has just put out a very attractive folder advertising the great excursion to the Thousand Islands, Saturday, July 19. Five thousand of these were struck off for use in Cortland and other nearby towns. They contain a vast amount of valuable information and should be preserved for reference.
The order has been assured by the Lackawanna railroad officials that the finest lot of coaches will be afforded for this excursion that were ever drawn out of Cortland on an excursion.
Died In Marathon, N. Y.
Mr. William Finch of Cortland died Sunday at the home of his son Adelbert Finch in Marathon. His age was 82 years, 8 months and 13 days. The funeral will be held at the home of his son in Marathon Wednesday at 10 a. m. Burial in Cortland Rural cemetery.
JULIUS A. GRAHAM.
Long Time Resident of Cortland Passes Away After Long Illness.
Mr. Julius A. Graham, who for fifty-three years has been a resident of Cortland, died at his home, 3 North Main-st., last night at 10:30 o'clock from neuralgia and heart difficulty, aged 75 years. The funeral will be held from the house at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Interment will be made in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
Mr. Graham was born in Newark, N. Y. In 1849 he came to Cortland and engaged in mercantile business with Mr. Edward Webb in a store that stood on the site of the present Garrison block. He continued here for about three years. Some time after this he purchased and was proprietor of the Cortland House for several years.
In 1864 Mr. Graham married Miss Mary L. Ives, daughter of Frederick Ives, of the firm of Ives & Schermerhorn, who at that time conducted a produce business where the Beard block stands. For two or three years thereafter Mr. Graham was in the oil regions of Pennsylvania for a portion of his time, looking after his interests there. He returned to Cortland and clerked for the firm of Ives & Schermerhorn, and shortly after the death of Mr. Ives he took up the business with Mr. Schermerhorn under the firm name of Schermerhorn & Graham.
When he returned from the oil fields, he and Mrs. Graham went to housekeeping on the present site of the Graham block, where their son, Mr. Fred I. Graham, now conducts a drug business. Here they resided for twenty-eight years and until seven years ago, when they moved to the present residence at the corner of North Main-st. and Clinton-ave. Mr. Graham was connected with the produce business for sixteen years, and since giving up that business he had not been actively engaged in business.
Aside from his other enterprises Mr. Graham was interested in farming and owned some fine farms in the vicinity of Cortland. For the past four years he has been ill and unable to do much work. His malady was neuralgia and heart trouble, and he suffered much from these.
Mr. Graham was very fond of music and in earlier days was for a long time a member of the Presbyterian church choir. He was also a skilled performer upon the double bass viol and used to play in various orchestras in this place.
The deceased is survived by his wife and one son, Fred I. Graham, and by one sister, Mrs. W. W. Gale of this city, and by one brother, L. D. Graham of Rochester.
GLEN HAVEN SIDE PATH
To be Built at Once—Will Go Down the Gulf Road.
Chairman Santee and Superintendent Kirk of the [bicycle] side path commission were over the proposed new Glen Haven path last Saturday and laid out the work of building it. They met with encouragement from the farmers along the line and had gravel donated at every place it was asked with only one exception. The work on the path will begin today.
The path will meet the Homer path on Clinton-st. in that village and extend up the Scott road to the white schoolhouse near grange hall. Here the left fork will be taken, going down through the gulf, and so on to Glen Haven. The path will extend 10 miles from Homer. It is only 9 1/2 miles, however, to the county line, and Mr. John H. Mourin of the Glen Haven hotel has agreed to build the last half mile.
The requisite consent of the highway commissioner of the town of Homer has been secured and filed at the county clerk's office, and the path will be crowded to completion. The path will undoubtedly be a very popular one.
The commission reports that hereafter the fines in all cases where riders with rented wheels that are not tagged are arrested for being upon the paths will be enforced.
BREVITIES.
—A parish meeting will be held at the Universalist church tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
—The old water tank that stood just south of the old Lackawanna station was torn down today..
—Mr. Warren Nye of South Cortland died suddenly at noon today at his home. The funeral will be held Thursday at 10 a. m. Mr. Nye was 76 years old.
—The Baptist people who went on the excursion to Cayuga lake park on Saturday report that the rain all skipped them and they only had a slight sprinkle. They report a fine time.
—Wednesday of this week will be a busy day at the park. The Sunday schools of the M. E. church of Homer and of the Congregational East Side Mission chapel of Cortland, and the Fortnightly club are all to picnic there.
—Word has been received in Cortland of the marriage of Judge Laurence Mills of Washington, formerly of Cortland. The date of the marriage is understood to have been June 20, but the name of the bride and further particulars have not yet been heard here.
—New display advertisements today are—J. B. Kellogg, Special sale, page 8; M. W. Giles, Special July sale, page 7; Baker &. Angell, Shoes, page 4; Warren, Tanner & Co., Remnant sale, page 4; Glann & Clark, Oxfords, page 4; S. Simmons, Great clearance sale, page 6: Madam Eloise, Palmistry, page 6.
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