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| Jacob G. Schurman. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, June 21, 1902.
PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT BILL.
Speeches For and Against—Isthmian Canal Bill Sent to Conference.
Washington, June 21.—Debatę on the Philippine civil government bill continued in the house from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. and at a session held last night. The speakers were given close attention, each side enthusiastically applauding its representative orators.
Mr. Jones of Virginia, the ranking minority member of the insular affairs committee, concluded his speech begun Thursday. He quoted Professor Schurman, president of the first commission, to the effect that the Filipino people desired independence, were entitled to it, and capable of governing themselves.
Mr. Jones took up the charges made against General Smith and Major Waller of cruelty in Samar.
''Why is it," he asked, addressing the other side of the chamber, "that you criticize and court martial Schley but you will not touch a hair of the head of those who have confessed to participating in these diabolical outrages? Why criticize an officer of the navy and refuse to listen to criticism of an officer of the army?"
Mr. Hamilton, also a member of the insular committee, followed with a set speech in support of the bill. He concluded as follows:
"We are trying to do what no other nation ever tried to do before. We are trying to give to a detached and undeveloped people local self-government under the tutelage and protection of a great world power. We are giving them more than a formal protectorate. We are trying to protect them from themselves within and from invasion without, that they may grow in peace and prosperity."
The other speakers were Mr. Kahn for the bill and Mr. Patterson against it.
Mr. Kahn's speech was largely an interesting personal narrative of his experiences in the Philippines last summer.
The isthmian canal bill was sent to conference after the senate amendment had been non-concurred in.
The house reiterated the position it had taken on the army appropriation bill by ignoring the action of the senate and sending the bill back to the senate after voting to adhere to its disagreements to the objectionable army post amendments.
In the Senate.
Washington, June 21.—No business of importance was transacted by the senate in open session except to agree to a conference report finally disposing of the military academy appropriation bill.
The senate receded from its amendment increasing by $1,000,000 the cost of new buildings at West Point, leaving the figures as placed by the house at $5,500,000.
A partial conference report on the sundry civil bill was presented by Mr. Allison and agreed to. The senate insisted upon its amendments still in disagreement and Messrs. Allison, Hale and Cockrell were named as conferees.
TESTIMONY OF GENERAL MALVAR.
Implicated All the Native Civil Officials in Tayabas in Assisting Insurrection.
Manila, June 21.—Malvar, the former insurgent general, continued his evidence before the board which is investigating the charges of cruelty, etc., brought by Major Cornelius Gardener, governor of Tayabas province, Island of Luzon, against American officers and soldiers. Malvar implicated all the native civil officials of Tayabas in assisting in prolonging the insurrection.
The general said that his commissioner visited the Federal party in Manila, who did not advise Malvar to surrender. Malvar refused to give the names of the principals who assisted him on account of the fact that they were liable to be cited to appear before the sedition court. The board sustained the witness.
Malvar further remarked that Bilar Bien was the term applied to those who gave help to the revolutionists while the Americans believed them to be "good Americanistas." During 1902 Małvar received reports that the whole province of Tayabas was well organized under the revolutionary forces.
ADIRONDACK PROTECTION.
Association Incorporated for that Purpose—Its Directors.
Albany, June 21, (Special).—The association for the protection of the Adirondacks, with headquarters in New York City, has just been incorporated with the secretary of state. It is intended to aid, by all proper means, in the preservation of the Adirondack forests, waters, game and fish, and to maintain healthful conditions in the Adirondack region. The directors of the organization for the first year are as follows: John G. Aga, Edwin A. McAlpin, William G. DeWitt, Henry S. Harper, Warren Higley, Henry E. Howland, A. M. Huntington, Edwin S. Marston, Edward H. Litchfield, Abraham G. Mills, J. Pierpont Morgan, William A. Read, Henry C. Potter, Whitelaw Reid, William G. Rockefeller, Charles A. Tatum, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, William G. Ver Planck, W. Seward Webb, Alfred L. White, William C. Whitney, of New York City; Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff of Brooklyn, Robert C. Pruyn and Dr. Samuel B. Ward of Albany, Thomas S. Walker of Long Lake, William Barbour of Paterson, Titus Sheard of Little Falls, James MacNaughton of Tahawus, Henry Phipps of Pittsburg and Charles Christy of Stamford, Ct.
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| Thomas Edison. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Edison's Triumph.
It is no new thing for Thomas A. Edison to score a triumph; there are so many already to his credit that the list is bewildering. But the latest announced success, an indestructible, cheap, light storage battery is one that will attract wide attention. The Utica Observer says that not only does it go far toward making the electric automobile the ideal motor vehicle, but makes it possible to so reduce the cost of the machines as to bring them within the reach of people of moderate means. Edison is not a man given to boastfulness. When he says he has accomplished a desired result he is usually ready to demonstrate what he claims. Two tests on Monday demonstrated the correctness of most of Mr. Edison's claims for his new battery. The principal feature of the battery is that it is practically indestructible, allowing it to be charged and recharged without perceptible change in the materials. It is an iron-nickel cell: the positive element is iron and the negative element nickel. The solution used is potassium hydrate. The only attention the battery needs beyond the regular recharging is the occasional addition of a little water to replace that lost by evaporation. As compared to the old lead plate storage battery Edison's battery weighs only about one-third. It was about a year ago that Edison invented this new battery and he has since been engaged in perfecting it. Now Mr. Edison is confident that he has a battery that will enable an automobile to run a hundred miles without recharging. Speaking of some tests made with his new battery Mr. Edison said:
"I sent my two men, Bee and Fleiss, out on the road and told them to run the machine over some rough roads and tackle a few bad hills. Well, they did it. They ran 62 miles, took seventy-five hills, with grades ranging from 2 to 12 per cent, went through some big holes and came back with 83 per cent of the speed they went with and the voltage had only dropped seven volts from the original twenty-nine.
That was fairly good, but it didn't satisfy me. I told 'em to go out again and they started on Monday, when the roads were heavy from the rain. My instructions were to run the blamed machine until she stopped and they did 85 miles before she slowed down.
The battery can be charged in forty minutes for a 25-mile run. The runabout used in the tests was equipped with one of the batteries with a net weight of 332 pounds. The battery is very compact, being in a steel case 12 inches high, 6 inches long and 4 inches wide. One difficulty experienced with other storage batteries had been the tendency of the plates to "buckle" under short circuit or sudden heavy load. The Edison battery has been tested for this and is found to resist severe usage most successfully.
This announcement of Mr. Edison's success will be read with pleasure by automobilists everywhere. Undoubtedly the ideal power for a motor vehicle is electricity, but the many imperfections and inconveniences of the old lead plate storage battery formed an insuperable obstacle to its general use. It needed frequent renewal, had to be recharged frequently and could not be discharged to zero without damage to the plates. All these defects are remedied in Mr. Edison's battery. In addition the new battery is much cheaper than the old, and this will enable manufacturers to put the machines on the market at a much lower price. The electric automobile is the ideal for ladies' use. There is no complicated machinery to get out of order, no steam gauge to watch, no gasoline supply to be renewed, no danger of fire or explosion. This battery should do more than anything else in the way of perfecting the automobile for a general use and popularity.
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| Mahan music store on Court St., Cortland, N. Y. |
MAHAN OF CORTLAND.
Active Dealer Since 1868 and Prime Mover in Musical Events.
Music Trades, a trade paper of the music dealers, in its issue of June 14 publishes a portrait of Mr. Alexander Mahan of Cortland and says:
Alexander Mahan entered the piano and general music trade at Cortland in 1868. Since that time he has done more or less business with a great many of the makers of pianos and organs, who have been prominent in this country, and has always been regarded as one of the most active and successful dealers in this section of the state. He had at one time branches and agencies in Auburn, Elmira, Ithaca and Binghamton, as well as in smaller towns.
During the past few years he has become a convert to the one price system and a wareroom trade; his extensive acquaintance, reputation for fair dealing and judicious advertising resulting in a goodly share of the best trade from a considerable territory, in addition to the city of Cortland.
Mr. Mahan has always been conspicuous for handling thoroughly reliable grades of pianos, organs and other musical goods. His present line includes Behr Bros. & Co., Packard, Needham, Peaso, Sterling and other pianos.
Mr. Mahan has always taken much interest in musical culture, and has done a great deal for its advancement in Cortland and a large portion of this state. He inaugurated a series of music festivals in 1875, which he has continued for twenty-six years with marked success, engaging the best conductors and noted soloists and orchestras from New York, Boston and other musical centres, and the festival choir each year would number from three to five hundred of the best voices from a very large section of this state and other states. No other city of its size has enjoyed the privilege of listening to so many really great musical events as has Cortland.
Mr. Mahan established at Cortland, in conjunction with two young men of fine musical abilities, a Conservatory of Music in 1896, which is still conducted successfully by Mr. Mahan's former partners in that business, from which he retired in 1898.
Mr. Mahan erected the building at 9 and 11 Court-st. in 1874, and has since occupied a large portion of the lower floors for his business. He has always been an enterprising citizen of Cortland, and ever ready to assist in every enterprise for its benefit. He was for three terms trustee, and one term president of the former village of Cortland.
STOP ALL FIREWORKS
On the Street—Police Will Arrest All Offenders.
An ordinance of this city reads as follows:
"All firing of guns, pistols, anvils, squibs or crackers in any of the streets or alleys of Cortland except on the Fourth of July or at military parades is hereby prohibited under a penalty of $1 for every offense."
Complaints have been made of violations of this ordinance and horses have been frightened. The police force has been instructed to enforce this ordinance rigidly. All offenders will be arrested and fined. Take notice.
Board of Police Commissioners. [Paid ad.]
OLD LACKAWANNA STATION
On its Way to its New Location as a Factory.
At about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the old Lackawanna station was started on its trip to the site of the Corundum Wheel Co., a few rods below the tracks on Railroad-st. Watts Haight, the veteran building mover, has the work in charge. The old building is a heavy one, but after snapping in two several large chains and rods, it was drawn from its foundation and across the tracks. The 7:09 passenger train going south was held about ten minutes for the track to be cleared.
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| Rev. W. Jasper Howell, First Baptist Church. |
CENTRAL SCHOOL.
Graduating Exercises at Opera House on Tuesday Night.
The graduating exercises of the Central school occur at the Opera House on Tuesday evening, June 24, at 8 o'clock. The following will be the program:
Orchestra.
Invocation, Rev. W. Jasper Howell.
Violin Solo, Addie Whitfield Rynders.
Oration—German-American Alliance, Mary A. Fennell.
*Oration—Choosing a Profession, Daniel H. Sanders.
Oration—Chinese Immigration, Edward M. Stevens.
Oration—Oratory Sarah E. Sherwood.
Orchestra.
Oration—Cecil Rhodes, John S. Sheerar.
*Oration—College Settlement, Cora B. Edgcomb.
Oration—American Music, Addie Whitfield Rynders.
Oration—Anarchy, Earl R. Maas.
Orchestra.
Oration—Future of Cortland, A. Marlea Wells.
*Oration—Historical Development of the Soldier, Frank H. Leech.
Oration—Our Duty to the Philippine Islands, Harold C. Crombie.
Oration—World's Debt to Other Sideness, Nettie M. Kelley.
Orchestra.
Presentation of Diplomas.
Benediction.
*Excused.
The list of graduates is as follows: Cola May Alling, Florence Keator Brown, Marjorie Mary Collier, Cora Ballard Edgcomb, Mary Anna Fennell, Nettie Mae Kelley, Addie Whitfield Rynders, Sarah Emily Sherwood, Bessie Cameron Watson, A. Marlea Wells, Harold Chevalier Crombie, Frank Higgins Leech, Frank John Mullen, Earl Robert Maas, Harold White Nichols, Daniel Henry Sanders, John Seager Sheear, Edward Almerian Stevens, Arthur J. Twentyman.
MEDICAL SOCIETY
Of Cortland County Holds its Annual Meeting.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
Paper by Dr. Beach—President's Address by Dr. Higgins—Address by Dr. Joseph Collins of New York on "A Plea for Greater Simplicity in the Treatment of Nervous Diseases."
The ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Cortland County Medical society convened at the supervisors' rooms in Cortland Thursday afternoon, June 19, at 1:30 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by the president, Dr. Higgins, and the minutes of the last meeting and the annual reports of the secretary and treasurer were read, and approved. The secretary's report showed that two new members had been added during the year and one had moved away. The present membership is thirty.
Following the reading of the reports the secretary read a paper by Dr. I. A. Beach of Cortland, but who is now visiting in Minnesota and was unable to be present. The title of the paper was "Looking Two Ways," and was mainly reminiscent, the occasion of the paper being the fiftieth anniversary of the doctor's commencement of the practice of medicine. After some remarks on the paper Dr. Dana moved that a vote of thanks be given to Dr. Beach for his very interesting resume and that the secretary communicate such expression to him. Motion carried.
Dr. Higgins then gave the presidents annual address. In beginning he said he wished it to be considered more as a paper than an address. The paper was entitled "The Prevention of Diseases of the Eye," and showed how true the old saying is that an ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure. The paper was a very interesting and practical one throughout.
Annual Election of Officers.
At this point the society proceeded to the election of officers for the coming year with this result:
President—Dr. P. M. Neary
Vice-President—Dr. H. T. Dana.
Secretary and Treasurer—Dr. F. H. Green.
Board of Censors—Drs. Dana, Higgins, Reese, Hendrick and Whitney.
Delegate to the State Medical Society—Dr. H. S. Braman.
The choice of the delegates to the Central New York Medical association and one each to the neighboring county societies was, on motion, left to the president to fill by appointment.
The application of Dr. S. Halsey Stevens of Truxton for membership in the society was received and, on motion, was referred to the board of censors. The censors retired and soon after returned and reported favorably on Dr. Stevens' application. Moved that the report be accepted and that Dr. Stevens be declared a member of the society. Carried.
Dr. Higgins spoke briefly on what was being done towards uniting the state society and the state association and said that plans were now under consideration looking toward that end. Moved by Dr. Hendrick and carried, that it was the sentiment of the society that such union might be affected and that the secretary write to the secretary of the state society that such expression had been taken.
Address by Dr. Collins.
This completed the business of the society and the members then had the pleasure of listening to a paper by Dr. Joseph Collins, the celebrated neurologist of New York City on "A Plea for Greater Simplicity in the Treatment of Nervous Diseases." The paper was listened to with the greatest interest and, coming from one standing so high in this special branch of medicine, the ideas advanced were somewhat of a revelation as well as a revolution to many of the doctor's hearers.
A discussion of the paper followed which was closed by Dr. Collins, his remarks in closing being even more interesting, if possible, than the paper itself.
Moved by Dr. Dana and carried that a vote of thanks be given to Dr. Collins for his very able and interesting paper and for his kindness in coming so far to meet with the society. On motion the meeting then adjourned.
Members present during the meeting were: Drs. Carpenter, Dana, Higgins, Neary, Jennings and VerNooy of Cortland; Braman, Whitney and Green of Homer; Hendrick and Smith of McGraw; Powers of Blodgett Mills, Emory of Virgil, Leonard of Harford Mills, Halbert of Cincinnatus, Stevens and Van Hoesen of Truxton.
F. H. Green, Secretary.
Homer, N. Y., June 20, 1902.
BREVITIES.
—The graduating class at the Buffalo Normal school this year numbers eighty-five.
—Today the sun reaches its northern most point and begins its course toward the south, and the days will soon begin to grow shorter and the nights longer.
—New display advertisements today are—-Gas Light Co., Gas ranges, page 6; Opera House, "Railroad Jack," page 5; Opera House, Hospital Grand Benefit concert by City Band, page 5.
—Pecos tribe of Red Men has placed four electric fans in its hall in the Well's block to make the air cooler at times of regular meeting as well as for dances.
—Mrs. Elizabeth Goodelle, who lived about 2 miles from Cortland on the Virgil road, died yesterday morning, aged 20 years. The funeral will be held from the house Sunday at 1 o'clock p. m., burial in Virgil.
—The annual sermon before the graduating class of the Normal school, the faculty and the local board will be preached tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock in the First M. E. church by Rev. H. A. Cordo, D. D., of Lambertville, N. J.
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