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| King Edward VII. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, June 24, 1902.
CORONATION POSTPONED.
The King is Today Undergoing a Surgical Operation.
HE IS SUFFERING FROM PERITYPHLITIS.
Official Announcement is made that the Coronation is Postponed—London Staggered by the Suddeness of it all—Operation Performed at Buckingham Palace at Noon—All Celebrations in London will be Postponed—King's Condition is Serious but Everything is going on as well as possible.
London, June24.—It is officially announced that King Edward is today undergoing a surgical operation. He is suffering from perityphlitis. Perityphlitis is the inflammation of the tissues surrounding the caseumor blind pouch situated between the large and small intestines.
The announcement of his majesty's illness was contained in an official message signed by his physicians. After stating the nature of the king's disease the message read:
"The King's condition on Saturday was so satisfactory that it was hoped with care his majesty would be able to go through the coronation ceremonies. On Monday evening, a recrudescence became manifest, rendering a surgical operation necessary today.
(Signed) "Doctors Lister, Smith, Laking, Barlow and Treves."
The News Confirmed.
The news that something was wrong with the king spread at first as a rumor on the Stock Exchange about noon. It then went like wild-fire through the city.
The Effect in London.
In the streets consternation is depicted in every face. Strangers and Londoners alike are grouped, excitedly discussing the bad news. Papers are selling at any price, the newsboys being almost mobbed. The following official announcement was issued later:
"The earl marshal has received the king's commands to express his majesty's deep sorrow that owing to his serious illness the coronation ceremony must be postponed. All celebrations in London will in consequence be likewise postponed, but it is the king's earnest hope that the celebrations in the country be held as already arranged."
The king has expressed the desire that the lord mayor see that the coronation dinner to London's poor is not postponed on account of his majesty's illness.
The Operation Successful.
The operation on King Edward is over. It was successful. The king regained consciousness and is now asleep.
In the house of commons this afternoon government leader Arthur Balfour said the operation had been performed. He added: "Everything is going on with the king as well as possible, but his condition is undoubtedly serious and grave. I do not intend to increase the public alarm by adjourning the house."
Announcement in Westminster.
The sad news was announced in Westminster Abbey to the 400 members of the coronation choir as they were about to rehearse for the service of Thursday. The bishop of London, after making the announcement this morning, dismissed the choir.
The bishop of London requested the choir to join in the litany out of the coronation service and pray for the recovery of the king. The litany was then chanted by the Bishop of Bath and Wells and the full choir. After the chanting of the litany the hymn "God Our Help in Ages Past" was sung.
No date for the carrying out of the ceremonies has been indicated. It is feared that weeks will elapse before the king will be in fit condition to undergo the strain even now when it is known that the operation was successful.
Business Practically Suspended.
Business throughout the city is practically suspended. The home secretary has regretfully notified the lord mayor of the "indefinite postponement" of the coronation.
It was nearly 1 o'clock when the news reached the huge crowd which had gathered outside of Buckingham palace to watch the arrival of the foreign envoys for their reception by the king.
It was quickly noticed that the envoys stayed for a few moments only, and ugly rumors were started. When this was followed by an official announcement that his majesty was undergoing an operation the crowd seemed paralyzed. When they recovered themselves they discussed the news with bated breath. It was a remarkable scene of anxiety and consternation.
News Caused a Sensation.
The sensation caused by the announcement cannot be exaggerated. It was like spraying water upon burning embers. About Westminster Abbey the streets are massed from curb to curb by people, many of them white faced in their anxiety.
Considerable hard feeling is manifest against owners of seats for the procession who sold out their last seats this morning before the news became known. The buyers are disgusted as they have tried in vain to get their money back.
Half an hour later confirmation came in the form of an official bulletin which the king's private secretary Sir Frances Knollys issued from Buckingham palace.
The Lord Chamberlain personally broke the message to the Lord Mayor.
Official announcement is made that the coronation is postponed.
Great crowds struggled about the bulletin and read the news with heads uncovered.
London is staggered by the suddenness of it all, particularly as an absolute denial that his majesty was seriously ill was issued on Saturday by Sir Francis Knollys.
Official Bulletin.
The following official bulletin was issued from Buckingham palace at 8 p. m.:
"The operation was successfully performed. A large abscess was evacuated. The king bore the operation well and is in a satisfactory condition. (Signed) Treves, Smith, Laking and Barlow."
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| Charles E. Courtney, Cornell rowing coach. |
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| Cornell boat crew at Poughkeepsie in 1901. |
REJOICING AT ITHACA, N. Y.
Victorious Crews Received an Ovation on Their Return.
Ithaca, June 24.—For the first time since 1876 citizens of Ithaca welcomed yesterday three winning Cornell crews at one time. As the train bearing the victorious oarsmen pulled into the station, cannon boomed a welcome and the cracking of small arms in hundreds of hands added to the din. Every factory whistle in the city was tied down for half an hour as the cavalcade marched through the principal streets.
Two thousand persons joined the line of march and on almost every house Cornell's colors were displayed, as were new brooms to symbolize the clean sweep made by the oarsmen last Saturday. Business generally was suspended. After spending several hours marching around the town the procession halted at the Ithaca hotel, where an elaborate banquet was tendered the athletes. President J. G. Schurman of the university offered the oarsmen hearty congratulations on their victories while the populace accorded a magnificent ovation to Coach Charles E. Courtney, the "old man" of Cornell's navy.
Just before the train bearing the crews reached the city the members of the varsity eight-oared crew elected John P. Frenzel of Indianapolis, Ind., as captain for 1903. Frenzel has a long rowing record. He was a member of his freshmen eight and rowed in 1900, 1901 and 1902 second varsity crews. He stroked the four oared boat in 1901 and also the second varsity this year on Cayuga lake in the race with Harvard and Syracuse. He is in the arts course and a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
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| John Mitchell. |
"CLEVERLY WRITTEN."
So Say the Operators of Mr. Mitchell's Address.
MISLEADING AND UNRELIABLE.
Mr. Olyphant Says There Will Be No Arbitration—Thinks He Will Operate the Mines with the Men Now on Strike—Speculation on National Convention.
New York, June 24.—President H. M. Olyphant of the Delaware and Hudson company made the following comment on the statement of President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America issued in reply to that of the operators, in which the correspondence leading up to the strike was made public:
''Mitchell's statement is misleading and unreliable as to facts and figures. If Mitchell proposes to call out the bituminous miners and paralyze the entire industries of the country he will find that he has taken upon his shoulders a job bigger than he is able to cope with.
"There will be no arbitration that is certain. We will operate our mines again with the men that are on strike now. They will only be too glad to come back and no strike leader will be able to keep them out."
Mr. Olyphant declined to enter into any detailed denial of the assertions made by President Mitchell.
Thomas P. Fowler of the New York, Ontario & Western, said: "I have had no time to read Mitchell's statement. Therefore, of course, I have no comment to offer. When I have read it I may have something to say."
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Hairpins.
The New York Sun is always likely to see the funny side of almost anything. Now it discusses the comprehensive merits of hairpins basing its special value in surgery upon the assertions of a writer in American Medicine. It seems that a surgeon can do almost anything with a hairpin. He can wire bones with it, probe and close wounds, pin bandages, compress blood vessels, use it "to remove foreign bodies from any natural passage," and "as a curette for scraping away soft material.'' And no doubt the women doctors can do a great deal more with that most gifted and versatile of human implements. Anthropologists have never done justice to the hairpin. It keeps civilization together. In the hands of girls entirely great it is much mightier than the sword or, for that matter, the plough. What is the plough but a development of the forked stick, and what is the forked stick but a modification of the hairpin? If there was any necessity, a woman could scratch the ground successfully with a hairpin now. In fact, there is no work or play in which something may not be accomplished by means of it.
Dullards will tell that women aren't so inventive as men, don't take out so many patents. They don't have to. With the hairpin all that is doable can be done. With a hairpin a woman can pick a lock, pull a cork, peel an apple, draw out a nail, beat an egg, see if a joint of meat is done, do up a baby, sharpen a pencil, dig out a sliver, fasten a door, hang up a plate or a picture, open a can, take up a carpet, repair a baby carriage, clean a lamp chimney, put up a curtain, rake a grate fire, cut a pie, make a fork, a fishhook, an awl, a gimlet or a chisel, a papercutter, a clothespin, regulate a range, tinker a sewing machine, stop a leak in the roof, turn over a flapjack, caulk a hole in a pair of trousers, stir batter, whip cream, reduce the pressure in the gas meter, keep bills and receipts on file, spread butter, cut patterns, tighten windows, clean a watch, untie a knot, varnish floors, do practical plumbing, reduce the asthma of tobacco pipes, pry shirt studs into button holes too small for them, fix a horse's harness, restore damaged mechanical toys, wrestle with refractory beer stoppers, improvise suspenders, shovel bonbons, inspect gas burners, saw cake, jab tramps, produce artificial buttons, hooks and eyes, sew, knit and darn, button gloves and shoes, put up awnings, doctor an automobile. In short, she can do what she wants to; she needs no other instrument.
If a woman went into the Robinson Crusoe line, she could build a hut and make her a coat of the skin of a goat by means of the hairpin. She will revolutionize surgery with it in time. Meanwhile the male chirurgeons are doing the best they can; but it is not to be believed that they have mastered the full mystery of the hairpin.
NINTH GRADE EXERCISES.
Diplomas Awarded—An Interesting Program.
The ninth grade graduating exercises for the eastern part of the town of Cortlandville were held at Blodgett Mills on Friday evening, June 20. Diplomas were awarded to Bessie Blincoe, Arletta Raymond and Cornelia Rowe from Mr. Vann H. Smith and Miss Ella M. Holloran's school, Blodgett Mills; and to Claude Miller from Miss Rachel E. McEvoy's school at Loring Station. The exercises were opened with prayer by the Rev. Mr. Barnes and after a selection by the orchestra each graduate took part in the program. Miss Flora Northrup also gave a declamation in a very satisfactory manner.
The completion of the ninth grade work and the excellent speaking by the graduates reflect great credit upon the work of the teachers. The address to the class by Mr. John T. Smith, ex-school commissioner of Chemung county, was a timely and scholarly effort. He spoke with much feeling of the opportunities for young persons and emphasized the value of a thorough elementary education as a requisite foundation for any pursuit in life. He cited cases to illustrate his thoughts, thus making his words doubly clear and impressive.
In presenting the diplomas Commissioner McEvoy congratulated the candidates and said that the pupil who had properly completed the ninth grade work is entitled to more than a passing notice, and that it was the duty of school teachers and officers to make this accomplishment a pleasant experience and a laudable ambition.
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| F. E. Smith. |
ENTERTAINED GRADUATING CLASS.
Supt. and Mrs. F. E. Smith Give a Reception.
Last evening Superintendent and Mrs. F. E. Smith gave a very delightful reception at their home, 15 Lincoln-ave., Cortland, to the nineteen graduates of the Central school, to the teachers of the city schools and to the board of education. About seventy in all were present.
Superintendent and Mrs. Smith were assisted in receiving by Miss Florence Keator Brown, president of the class of 1902. Miss Mead, Mrs. George, Miss Turner and Mrs. Benedict of the faculty assisted in entertaining. Misses Gentry Oakley, Adelaide Lowerre, Iva Barnes and Catherine Townsend of the class of 1903 assisted in serving refreshments. Darby's orchestra furnished excellent music for the occasion.
The following program was given:
Oration, President of Class.
Poem, Sarah E. Sherwood.
History, A. Marlea Wells.
Prophecy, Earl E. Maas.
Will, Arthur J. Twentyman
Italian Orchestra.
An Italian orchestra will give a concert at Brogden's drug store this evening.
Arrested in Virgil.
Acting [Cortland] Chief of Police Day Baker, accompanied by Sheriff A. R. Overton, went to Virgil this morning and arrested S. C. Palmer on a warrant issued by City Judge R. L. Davis. The warrant was issued on complaint of M. Dillon of this city, charging Palmer with stealing a violin.
Palmer claims that he bought the instrument and agreed to pay $8 for the same. He will be given a hearing in city court this afternoon.
Death of Mrs. R. C. Tillinghast.
Mrs. Augusta Edgerley Tillinghast, wife of Mr. R. C. Tillinghast, formerly of Cortland, died at her home in Syracuse at midnight last night. Funeral will be held at the home at 7:30 o'clock Wednesday evening and the remains will be brought to Cortland on the 1:03 p. m. train Thursday for burial. Brief services will be held at the grave.
A BUSINESS CHANGE.
S. J. Parmiter Sells Half Interest to L B. Southworth of Homer, New York.
Mr. S. J. Parmiter, who has conducted a general repair shop at 22 Railroad-st. for many years past, has sold a half interest in his business to Mr. L. B. Southworth, formerly of Homer. The business formerly conducted by Mr. Parmiter and consisting of stencil cutting and general repairing will be continued by the new firm, and a full line of electrical supplies will be added. Mr. Charles DeRemer, an expert electrician, has been engaged to take charge of this work. The firm will be well prepared to do all kinds of electrical work.
BREVITIES.
—Today is the last day of the school year that classes pass at the Normal school.
— A regular meeting of the Royal Arcanum council will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at G. A. R. hall.
—In addition to the variety of weather conditions experienced in this city yesterday a hail storm is reported from Blodgett Mills.
—Two trolley cars filled with pupils and teachers of the Schermerhorn-st. school enjoyed a trip to Homer, McGraw and the park yesterday afternoon.
—The M. W. A. of McGraw will meet Wednesday evening, June 25. There are several candidates to initiate. Dist. Deputy Burchell will visit the tent.
—Nelson Gay of Blodgett Mills, who was operated upon at the hospital last Thursday by Dr. S. J. Sornberger, assisted by Dr. F. S. Jennings, for strangulated hernia is rapidly recovering and is reported to be out of danger.
—Cortland chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., will confer the Royal Arch degree in full form at their regular convocation Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock; after the work light refreshments and a smoker will be enjoyed.
—New display advertisements today are—J. W. Cudworth, Optical Talks, page 7; Gas Light Co., Gas ranges, page 7; M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6; Sager & Jennings, Paints, page 7; Corner Grocery, Butter, page 4; F. E. Brogden, Valentines' orchestra this evening, page 4.
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