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Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, August 12, 1902.
SUCCEEDS JUDGE GRAY.
Oliver Wendell Holmes Appointed to Supreme Court.
JUSTICE GRAY HAS RESIGNED.
Was Appointed by President Arthur In 1881—Served Longer Than Any of His Colleagues Except Justice Harlan—New Appointee Is Promoted From Massachusetts Bench.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 12.—President Roosevelt has announced that he has appointed Hon. Oliver Wendell Holmes, chief justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts, to be an associate justice of the United States supreme court, vice Mr. Justice Gray, resigned.
The resignation of Justice Gray was due to ill health. Several months ago he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, which some time later was followed by another. He has not appeared on the bench since he was stricken the first time. His advanced age, 74 years, told against his recovery with serious force.
Realizing that he probably never would be able to assume the place which he had so long filled with distinguished ability and honor, he decided a short time ago to tender his resignation to the president.
With the exception of Mr. Justice Harlan, he served on the bench of the United States supreme court longer than any of his present colleagues. He was appointed an associate justice by President Arthur on December 19, 1881, his service extending, therefore, through a period of nearly 21 years.
Judge Holmes, whom the president has selected as Mr. Justice Gray's successor, is one of the most distinguished lawyers and jurists of Massachusetts. His career on the bench, particularly as chief Justice of the Massachusetts supreme court, has attracted wide attention. Like Justice Gray he is a native of Massachusetts. He is the son and namesake of the late Dr. Holmes, poet and essayist.
SOLDIERS GIVE FOOD.
Daily Feeding Several Hundred Women and Children.
FARMERS TELL OF FORAGERS.
Widow Said Several Men Dug Up Her Potatoes—Another Party Lost Corn—Officials of the Mine Workers' Union Deny That There is Any Actual Want.
Shenandoah, Aug. 12.—Complaint was made to brigade headquarters that strikers are foraging in the rich agricultural district of the Catawissa Valley, which spreads its broad and fertile length along the other side of the mountains north of this city.
The life of one farmer has been threatened because he attempted to protect his property and the raids have reached such serious proportions that the farmers are preparing to take some concerted action to stop further depredations.
The complaints reached headquarters Monday afternoon and it is not unlikely that cavalry will be sent into the district today for the purpose of stopping the raids.
Lucien Munbeck, a farmer, reported that for some time past raids have been made on his place by parties of men. Early Monday morning he caught a man tearing out whole stacks of corn. He ordered the man off the place and as he was leaving he fired two shots at the farmer. The latter was armed but did not shoot.
A widow who owns a farm reported that several men came on her premises and started to dig potatoes. She ordered them off the patch but they paid no attention to her and did not leave until they had taken all they needed.
One farmer has several men patrolling his farm, day and night. The foragers do not confine themselves to stealing crops but also take poultry.
The soldiers in camp are daily feeding several hundred women and children. They come there saying they are hungry and as there is more than enough food in the camp to supply the wants of the men, the officers permit the soldiers to give something to the needy applicants. The number that came last week was small but it is increasing every day. Many of them bring baskets to carry the food home. It is a common sight to see some of the women and children take scraps from the leavings of the soldiers.
Colonel Hoffman of the Eighth regiment was asked if all these persons were foreigners and he replied that a great many of them belonged to English-speaking classes.
The officials of the Mine Workers' union deny there is any actual want. They maintain the local unions are well able at this time to take care of all cases of distress.
Liang Cheng.
THE HOPE OF CHINA
Is in the Education of Her Man in America.
New York, Aug. 12.—Sir Liang Chen Tung, who will succeed Mr. Wu as Chinese minister to the United States, means that his seven children shall have an American education. Sir Liang himself was educated at Andover, Mass. He said:
"As yet my children have had only the Chinese education, but I mean that they, every one of them, shall go to New England and get a good American education. The hope of my country is in the education of her young men in your country."
Speaking of China, he said: "The poor boy in China has the same chance in China that he has here if he studies. Poverty is no bar to progress. If that poor boy studies and is worthy, he may become a mandarin. He may become a prime minister just as you say here every boy may be president."
Sir Liang is 38 years old and a widower.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Canada's Alternatives.
"Shall Canada become annexed to the United States or form a closer commercial union with the United Kingdom?" is the question discussed by Frank W. Hathaway in the current issue of the British Contemporary Review.
One or the other of these alternatives would, from Mr. Hathaway's review of the trade conditions of the Dominion, appear to be inevitable, though there yet appears to be no imminent prospect of either.
Mr. Hathaway cites statistics showing that in 1866 the United States bought of Canada to the amount of $44,000,000; in 1901, $72,000.000, an increase of 64 per cent. This includes Yukon gold and goods in transit. In 1866 Canada bought of the United States to the amount of $28,500,000; in 1901, $119,000,000, an increase of 318 per cent. Canada, he says, buys nearly three times more in value from the United States than she does from the United Kingdom.
Mr. Hathaway asserts that Canada's low tariff and too large free list are daily making Canadian farmers yearn for the markets of the United States. He says the Canadians "are deprived of the United States market, and yet at the same time the United States farmers are assisted by the present tariff in beating the Canadian farmers." "The flag follows trade"—that is the way he puts it—and he adds, "Our longing to pay for that $119,000,000 worth of United States products in the like value of farm, forest and sea products will incline our hearts to forget the law of blood and follow the baser born twentieth century law of trade."
While Mr. Hathaway does not admit that there is yet in the Dominion any considerable sentiment in favor of political union with this republic, he says that in the opinion of many the desire for such a relation with the United States will grow among Canadians unless commercial conditions and currents change. The remedy suggested by Mr. Hathaway is a higher tariff against the United States and preferential trade throughout the British empire, and he declares that "the present unsympathetic attitude of British statesmen toward Canada, shown more particularly in the failure to readjust their tariff and reciprocate our preferential rebate, is unworthy of their supposed sagacity and foresight."
From late reports of the meeting of the conference of the colonial premiers with the officials of the London colonial office touching a British commercial union there appears to be little prospect of securing the relief which Mr. Hathaway suggests. Seemingly, therefore, Canada's only hope is in the other alternative—annexation to the United States.
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Theodore Wickwire.
CORTLAND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Decides to Pave Elm-st. to the Lehigh Valley Tracks.
PUBLIC HEARING TO BE ON SEPT. 1.
Traction Company May Remove its Tracks from the Street—The Church-st. Sidewalk Matter—Practically Decided Against Moving the Sidewalk—Life Saving Station Asked For.
The board of public works was prepared to do business at the adjourned meeting last night. The Elm-st. paving matter and the proposed change of the sidewalk line on the west side of Church-st. were the principal topics under discussion.
It was decided that Elm-st. should be paved from Church-st. to the Lehigh Valley Railroad company's tracks, and a public meeting at which to hear arguments for and against the pavement was set down for Monday evening, Sept. 1, at Fireman's hall, at 7:30 o'clock.
The matter of placing the sidewalks on the west side of Church-st. farther east and nearer the center of the street was practically decided. The board announced that it could not rightfully order walks placed where the city could not maintain them. The delegates from the street asked that more time be given before decided action was taken in order that they might make sure that all the property owners' deeds did not include land to the center of the street. If all the deeds did so specify then the board might change the location of the walks, as the walks would still be on the property of the land owners and the city would still have power to maintain them. The members of the board claim that they know without further search that some of the property deeds on that side of Church-st. and between Court and Port Watson-sts. do not include land only to the street line.
The Elm Street Paving.
Attorney D. W. Van Hoesen presented the petition for paving Elm-st. He said that it contained the consent of property owners of the street, who represented a total frontage of 3,451 feet. The total frontage on both sides of the street, according to the measurements of the superintendent of public works is 5,846 feet, street intersections not included. The number of feet necessary for a majority would be 2,924. Therefore they had 527 feet more than was necessary for a majority.
He said, too, that as near as could be calculated there are eighty-two property owners on the street and that fifty-two of these had signed the petition to pave. This gives a majority both of feet frontage and of owners.
Mr. Van Hoesen said that Elm-st. is the manufacturing street of the city and that there were more factories on this street than on any other in Cortland. He said that there is much more trucking on Elm-st. than on Clinton-ave., and that those who used Elm-st. are our own people, and those who pay for the improvement. He also cited the fact that there had never been any pavement laid below the Lackawanna tracks, and he thought that the people in the eastern section are entitled to the consideration they ask.
Edwin Duffey was called upon to speak in behalf of the Traction company, whose tracks run the whole length of this street. The company, therefore, is obliged to pay for all the paving between and 2 feet each side of its tracks if the street is paved. Mr. Duffey stated that his company, according to the paving laws, had nothing to say in the matter. They were merely creatures of circumstances. He said that the company had serious losses to sustain on account of water damages near McGraw, It would take about $4,500 to put the line in shape at Trout creek, and the pavement of Elm-st. would cost the company about $10,000. The company, he said, is maintaining the tracks east of Main-st. at a loss and the subject of abandoning these tracks is now being discussed by his company. He said that he did not wish to make such a statement and have it appear as a threat. He could not answer for the position the company would take, but he did wish to say it so that it might be said that the board was enlightened in the matter before it took action.
Chairman Knox asked Mr. Van Hoesen if he thought the position of the company would make any difference with the petitioners in regard to paving. Mr. Van Hoesen thought it would not, as the people of the street had asked for a pavement irrespective of the Traction company. He said that the people of Elm-st. would dislike to be thought the instruments that drove the company off the street. He was of the opinion that if the company cared to keep its tracks on the street they would not be driven out by the extra expense of paving.
The board then decided that the street should be paved, and the following resolution, introduced by Mr. Collins and seconded by Mr. Wickwire, was carried:
Resolved, That the board of public works of the city of Cortland, N. Y., does of its motion decide and does hereby declare that Elm-st. in said city of Cortland, extending from its intersection with Church-st. on the west to the crossing and tracks of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. on the east, ought to be paved.
On motion of Mr. Wickwire, seconded and carried:
Resolved, That whereas this board has decided that Elm-st. in the city of Cortland, N. Y., extending from its intersection with Church-st. on the west to the crossing and tracks of the Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. on the east, ought to be paved, and whereas the owners of more than one-half of the total feet front of the property abutting upon the street upon which the improvement is asked and petitioned for, and is to be made have given consent thereto in writing, a petition for which has been presented to and filed with the board, therefore:
Resolved, That this board publish for at least two weeks a notice in the official newspapers of the city of Cortland, N. Y., that on the first day of September, 1902, at 7:30 o'clock p. m., at Fireman's hall in said city, that it will meet to make a final determination thereof; such notice to contain a brief description of the character, location and extent of such foresaid improvement.
Mr. W. D. Riley asked that either the sluiceway at the corner of Court and Church-sts. be enlarged, or a lifesaving station be inaugurated at that place. The matter was referred to the superintendent of public works.
Mr. E. H. Medes was granted permission to move a barn from the corner of Charles-st. and Clinton-ave. to Rickard-st., a bond of $10,000 having been furnished.
A FALSE ALARM.
Firemen Had a Run Over James-st. Hill.
A defective fire alarm box in the north part of the city was being tested at about 9 o'clock this morning and in some way the box 132 at James and Prospect-sts. appeared to turn up the indicator at Fireman's hall though the bell struck only a few times and then at irregular intervals. The fire department turned out and some of the companies hastened down Tompkins-st. to James-st. By that time all had become convinced that it was a mistake except Water Witch which was in the lead and this went over James-st. hill to the box which was undisturbed. Having marched up the hill, it proceeded to march down again then, accompanied as from the outset by a whole army of wheelmen.
MONEY IN ODD PLACES.
Some of it, However, in the Cortland Savings Bank.
An Associated Press dispatch says that George Carner, who lived 4 miles west of Earlville, was found dead in a chair at his home Sunday night. He had lived on the same farm alone for forty years. Cash and securities to the value of $3,700 were secreted about the place, $990 in a flour sack filled with hops; a certificate of deposit for $1,000 and $100 in bills and $100 in silver in an old rubber boot; several hundred dollars in tin cans, and banks books showing deposits in Utica, Cortland and Syracuse savings banks.
BREVITIES.
—The Modern Woodmen of America will meet Wednesday evening, Aug. 13.
—New display advertisements today are—C. F. Brown, Talcum powders, page 6; J. B. Kellogg, Shirt waist sale, page 8; New York store, Drygoods, etc., page 7; M. A. Case, Ladies' wrappers, page 6.
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