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| Theodore Roosevelt. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, August 5, 1902.
PRESIDENT'S VISITORS.
Talked With Chief of Bureau of Forestry.
WORKED TOGETHER WITH AXES.
Archbishop Ryan Talked With the President About the Indian Commission and the Philippine Friars—Prelate Agreed With the President and Governor Taft on the Question.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 5.—Gifford Pinchat of Washington, chief of the bureau of forestry of the agricultural department, arrived early in the afternoon and was a guest of the president at luncheon. During the afternoon he discussed with the president some departmental matters, including questions that have arisen concerning the national forest reserves.
Archbishop Ryan talked briefly with the president about the work being done among the Indians by the commission to which he was appointed a few months ago as successor to Bishop Whipple. They discussed also the Philippine friars question, the president speaking freely and frankly of his attitude in the matter.
Mr. Roosevelt is satisfied thoroughly that the Philippine friars have not the confidence of the natives. It is his wish, therefore, to have withdrawn from the archipelago the friars now there to whom the people will pay no heed and to replace them with good men, as many from America as possible, to whom the natives will listen and in whom they will have confidence.
During the afternoon the president and Mr. Pinchat went down into the woods below the Roosevelt home with axes and cleared a space around a venerable beech tree to make practical demonstration of Mr. Pinchat's forestry theories.
Archbishop Ryan, after his visit to Sagamore Hill said that he agreed with the president and Governor Taft on the stand they are taking toward the friars in the Philippines. He believes that the present flurry among Catholics will subside and the church as a whole will realize that the president is acting tor the best interests of all concerned.
HER FATHER'S OWN DAUGHTER
Leading a Strenuous Life at Newport in the Social Swim.
Newport, R. I., Aug. 5.—Miss Alice Roosevelt is finding the social whirl a little more strenuous than she likes. Yesterday she visited the beach and Casino, a tennis match, rode her wheel and had an automobile drive. She is tired out already and finds it impossible to accept many invitations. The president will visit his daughter here Aug, 24, and on that day will attend the christening of Winthrop Chanler's child in the capacity of godfather.
Harry Tracy.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Tracy the Outlaw.
It is astonishing to read of the excitement prevailing in the state of Washington over the proceedings of Tracy, the outlaw. And the fact that he has succeeded in eluding the pursuing officers so long and may still do so for months shows what a man can do who bolds his life as of no value. Of course Tracy understands full well that if captured his execution would follow at an early day, if not at an early minute, as he has a long list of murders now recorded to his credit, and there is a price on his head, dead or alive. He is determined not to be taken alive and with that thought he is willing to take chances that none of the pursuers who consider their lives worth something are willing to take in getting within the range of his rifle or revolvers.
Mr. A. G. Bosworth of this city who has just returned from Spokane verifies the impressions gained from dispatches that many of the people who are in the vicinity of the outlaw have got into a state of mind bordering upon hysterics, not knowing where he is likely to appear next or what he is likely to do. The streets in front of the bulletin boards before the newspaper offices in Spokane are crowded with people from morning till night anxious to catch the first word of the latest development.
The numerous dispatches from agitated people affirming his presence here and there and everywhere in the locality, where he might possibly be, has led others at a safe distance from the outlaw's guns to make light of the affair and some very curious statements are made which would seem to give Tracy an almost omnipresent existence, as well as quite a varied occupation. For instance, the Boston Globe on the morning of July 26 published the following alleged special dispatches to that paper which were read with mingled feelings of awe or amusement according to the individual:
Salem, Ore., July 25.—Outlaw Tracy dropped into the penitentiary unexpectedly this evening. He compelled the guards to fire a salute in his honor, and ate dinner with the warden. He slept in his old cell, and left word that he was on no account to be called to breakfast before 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. Tracy was genial and pleasant in his treatment of the prison force, and it is evident that he harbors no ill feeling because of previous discourtesies.
Portland, Me., July 25.—Outlaw Tracy addressed a large audience here this afternoon. His subject was, "Wild Posses That I Have Met."
Portland, Ore., July 25.—Outlaw Tracy passed through here this afternoon, headed north. He says he is going to discover the North pole. He was armed with a Krupp gun and a guillotine, and kept a large posse of deputies at bay.
City of Mexico, Mexico, July 25.—Senor Outlaw Tracy, the eminent American, is here today as the guest of the government. Senor Tracy will address the department of punishment tomorrow on the needed reforms in prison methods.
Butte, Mont., July 25.—Outlaw Tracy is here this evening, reading the proof sheets of Mary MacLane's new book. Mr. Tracy says he will go east and enter one of the big colleges. He thinks his record as a sprinter will secure him entrance to any of them.
New York, July 25.—Outlaw Tracy spent the afternoon in consultation with the management of the Bluff Magazine, arranging for the publication of the story of his life.
Chicago, July 25.—The manager of the Florodora company announces that he has Outlaw Tracy's signature to an agreement to assume his duties as a member of the famous sextet at this evening's performance.—Josh Wink in Baltimore American.
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| Judge S. S. Knox. |
BOARD PUBLIC WORKS.
No Action Taken Because Two Members Were Absent.
SEVERAL MATTERS DISCUSSED.
Big Petition for Elm-st. Paving—Great Majority of Foot Frontage and of Property Owners—The Church-st. Sidewalk—Other Sidewalks—Railroad-st. Culvert—Bills Ordered Paid.
No business was transacted by the [Cortland] board of public works at its regular meeting last night. Only three members were present, and these, President Knox, and Messrs. Wickwire and Collins, were of the opinion that no action upon the several matters that are now up to the board should be taken until at least four of the five members of the board are present. The board heard complaints and entertained a large delegation from Elm-st., who came to present the petition to pave that street. Mr. W. W. Kelsey was also heard in reference to the proposed change of walks on the west side of Church-st.
Theodore Stevenson stated to the board that the enterprising people of Elm-st. had "Met the enemy" and that "They are ours.'' He said that 3,635 feet of frontage had been signed, whereas only 2,850 feet was necessary, giving a leeway of 785 feet. He said that fifty-two property owners of the street had signed the petition, and that there were only twenty-one who had not. He stated that he was ready to file the petition, but when he was assured that no action would be taken upon it at the meeting, he decided not to place it on file.
Attorney D. W. Van Hoesen asked that some action be taken upon the petition in order that the people of the street might know the attitude of the board in reference to it. This the board would not do, but the president promised that an adjourned meeting would be held next Monday night to consider the matter.
W. W. Kelsey appeared before the board and showed a map of Church-st., made by Engineer Allen. This had marked upon it the walk on the west side of the street in its present location and gave the location of the walk as the petitioners desired it outside of the row of trees and between them and the curb. It also had upon it the location of the walk as recommended by the engineer if a change is to be made.
The line of the walk to conform with the desires of the petitioners is not a uniform distance from the curb line. By this line the walk at Port Watson-st. would be moved to the east and toward the curb a distance of 10 ft. and 8 in. At Mrs. Elmira Wickwire's it would be crowded out 11 feet and 11 in.; at Mr. Kelsey's, 12 ft. and 10 in.; at Court-st., 13 ft. and 2 in.; at Mrs. Susan Cloye's, 14 ft. and 9 in.; at Mrs. Julia J. Twiss', 15 ft. and 8 in.; at George P. Hollenbeck's, 16 ft. and 3 in.; and at Elm-st., 17 ft. and 6 in. This would bring the walk nearly seven feet nearer the curb at Elm-st. than at Port Watson-st. The line given by the engineer for the walk is parallel with the curb and 13 feet from the curb to the east line of the walk.
Mr. Kelsey said that about two-thirds of the property owners on the west side of the entire street had signed the petition to change the walk. Mr. Collins thought that a majority of the residents living on that side of the street and north of Railroad-st. were not favorable to the change. It was argued that if any property owner of that side of the street, whose property deed includes land to the street line and not to the center of the street, objects to setting his walk out, that he could not be forced so to do.
President Knox stated that there were certain questions connected with the matter that the board would have to consult the city attorney concerning, and so this matter was also left over.
A delegation of four residents from James-st. appeared and protested against a walk abutting the Tillinghast property on the James-st. side. E. H. Stockwell termed the walk a cinder path and produced a sample of the material of which it was made. J. W. Orr also brought a collection of materials that he had picked up from the path. It contained, he said, nearly everything from cut nails to steel billets. He said the material that the walk was built of was furnace slag. They asked that a good walk be built as far as the hill. When the assent was reached a gravel walk would be all right. No disposition of the matter was made.
Martin McNiff, who lives just below the Lehigh Valley tracks on Railroad-st., complained that the culvert under those tracks did not extend far enough to carry the water past the houses east of the tracks. Mr. Wickwire thought he should not complain until the job at that point was completed.
W. W. Winters, 55 Lincoln-ave., asked that he be not required to make a change in his walks and curbs to conform with the new grades. He was asked if he had been ordered to make any changes, and said that he had not been ordered to make any change. It was suggested that he should not complain until he had something to complain about.
The following bills were allowed and ordered paid:
CLOSED BY THE SHERIFF.
Purity Candy Co. in Financial Trouble—Sale is Aug. 11.
The Purity Candy Company's store in the Collins' block was closed up this morning by Sheriff Aaron R. Overton. All the goods and fixtures belonging to the company were seized, and an inventory is being made under the supervision of F. E. Price.
The place was closed up and the goods seized to satisfy a judgment for $728.41 in favor of Nelson R. Bennett of Hornellsville, who is said to be a relative of Harry A. Bennett of the Purity Candy company, against whom the judgment was rendered. The judgment was issued by Judge John F. Parkhurst of the supreme court at Bath, N Y. The date of the sale of the goods has been fixed for Aug. 11.
H. A. Bennett came to Cortland from Susquehanna, Pa., last January and began business Feb. 1 in the Collins' block.
EXCURSION TO LAKESIDE PARK
By Wickwire Employees' Aid Association on Aug. 9.
The Wickwire Employees' Aid association will run an excursion to Lakeside park on Onondaga lake and Syracuse next Saturday. Some of the attractions at the park will be a game of ball between the married men and single men of the factory. Cy Townsend will umpire the game. A 100-yard dash for the championship of the wire mill will also be put on. In the afternoon there will be a league game of baseball between Syracuse and Binghamton.
The train will leave Cortland at 8:15 and returning will leave Lakeside at 7:30 o'clock p. m. and Syracuse at 8 o'clock. Round-trip fare $1. Children under 12 years old, 50 cents. All are invited to go on the excursion.
Died in Illinois.
Mr. S. N. Gooding received today a telegram from Mr. W. H. Fosmer, La Grange, Ill., telling of the death there of his father-in-law Mr. Joseph Burt. Mr. Fosmer is a brother of Mrs. Gooding. The body will be sent to Cortland for burial, arriving here some time next Thursday.
BREVITIES.
—There will be a regular meeting of the N. P. L. at Lincoln lodge rooms tonight at 8 o'clock sharp. Three will be several initiations, and a good attendance is desired.
—New display advertisements today are—Glann & Clark, Shoe sale, page 8; A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; New York store, Drygoods, etc., page 6; Cortland park, Ithaca band, page 5.
—The late train on the Lackawanna railroad will stop at Little York tomorrow night to bring back the Cortland board of health and others who are to be guests of Dr. E. M. Santee at his cottage tomorrow evening.
—The Montpelier, (O.,) Enterprise of July 31 contains a lengthy obituary notice of Hiram Wadsworth Ford who was born near the Dryden line in Cortland county in 1818, and who died at Walkerville, Mich., July 18, 1902, at the home of his son. Mr. Ford moved west many years ago.
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