1925 BROCKWAY FIRETRUCK--CNY LIVING HISTORY CENTER, CORTLAND, N. Y.

 

RETURN OF LT. ROBERT PEARY, EDUCATION FOR POOR BOYS AND GIRLS, SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE, SECURED ANOTHER OPERA HOUSE, AND SOLON BULL

 

Robert Peary, self-portrait.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, September 19, 1902.

FROM FROZEN NORTH.

Return of Lieutenant Peary From Four Years' Trip.

DID NOT REACH NORTH POLE.

Most Northerly Point Reached Was 84 Degrees 17 Minutes—Is Confident that Pole Can Be Reached—Many Arctic Relics and Live Animals—Reception at Sydney.

   North Sydney, C. B., Sept. 19.—Lieutenant Robert E. Peary arrived here yesterday on the steamer Windward from the frozen north. He did not discover the North Pole, during his trip of four years, but he says that in his last dash with that object in view he made important discoveries.

   He says he feels certain that the pole can be reached and furthermore that if he were a man of independent means he would persevere until he succeeded.

   The most northerly point reached, 84 degrees, 17 minutes, is northwest of Cape Hecla. Lieutenant Peary says that the pole can be reached from Franz Josef Land and from Grant Land in latitude 83 degrees, if the winter quarters are established as far north as possible. He says that he would just as soon winter at Cape Hecla as at Sabine or Etah.

   On board the Windward also was Mrs. Peary, who is just recovering from a fortnight's illness and who is glad in reaching land once more. She is expected to recuperate quickly on proceeding to more congenial clime. Little Marie Peary and others of the party are in good health.

   Lieutenant Peary is recovering from an accident to one of his legs from which he suffered last winter. He is slightly lame, although this is not especially noticeable.

   Neither Peary nor Dr. Dedrich would make a statement pertaining to their reported quarrel some time ago. Members of the Windward's crew say that the two men have had no intercourse whatever since the doctor was taken on board at Cape York, where he spent the winter. Dr. Dedrich leaves today for New York.

   The Windward's cargo includes many cases of relics from the north and a few live animals for Central park, New York city.

   The citizens of Sydney gave Lieutenant Peary a public reception in Alexandria hall last evening. Mayor Crow presided and presented to Lieutenant Peary an address commendatory of his work, to which the explorer made a brief response. "God Save the King" and "America" were sung by the audience, after which many of those present were presented to Lieutenant Peary.

   Lieutenant Peary has received an invitation from the Scottish Geographical Society to visit Edinburgh and receive a gold medal, its highest honor. He also has been elected an honorary Fellow of the National Geographic society, whose headquarters are at Washington.

Colonel Tappan Struck by an Auto.

   New York, Sept. 19.—Colonel F. S. Tappan of Washington was badly injured in an accident at Tarrytown. He was on his way to Dobbs Ferry to call on friends. An automobile owned by G. G. Tyson of Riverside, Conn., struck Colonel Tappan, throwing him to the street. He was picked up unconscious and taken to a hospital. The doctors say he is badly injured internally. The automobile driver said that in going down a hill he lost control of his machine. The police released him.

 

Bluejackets Guard Trains.

   Colon, Colombia, Sept. 19.—United States bluejackets with a small quick firing gun from the cruiser Cincinnati continue to accompany each passenger and freight train across the isthmus, notwithstanding the protests against such measures which the Colombian government has lodged with Oscar Malmros, United States consul here. There is no definite news of the whereabouts of the insurgent General Herrera, nor signs that insurgent forces are approaching the isthmus.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Education For Poor Boys.

   Going the rounds of the press is a story illustrating the educational opportunities open to boys and girls who are long of energy and determination and short of cash. A short time ago, so the story goes, the mother of a poor boy died in the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania. She had been a widow for five years and for several months had been an invalid, supported by the small earnings of her little son. She had heard in a vague way of a university in Chicago, and on her deathbed she gave her boy $20 and advised him to go there and secure an education. After his mother was buried the boy started for Chicago and arrived at the university with 25 cents in his pockets. He had no definite idea of conditions at the university, and the mother who imposed upon him the obligation to get an education, had no more than a dreamer's idea of what she was asking her boy to do. The boy, however, reached the university, told his story and thus opened the way to employment and to the preliminary education that will fit him for a university course.

   The story is interesting and in some respects striking, but there is nothing extraordinary about the circumstance of the boy's success, It could be duplicated at almost any of the leading institutions of the country. In all of these there are employment committees which look after the interests of those students who desire to pay their board by work. Tuition is covered by scholarships awarded for the sole reason that the student is working his way. Incidentals can be largely eliminated and the rest provided for in many different ways.

   If the boy or girl has determination and zeal, the opportunities for study can be found and a college education acquired with little or no money. It takes hard work, persistent effort and some self sacrifice, but it can be done, and thousands of young men and women are doing it yearly.

 

COMMITTED SUICIDE.

Mrs. Flavilla Carpenter Bulman of Homer Takes Her Own Life.

   This morning at about 10 o'clock the lifeless body of Mrs. Flavilla Carpenter Bulman was found at the rear of her home on South Main-st. in Homer, N. Y. She has been in poor health for some time, but nothing unusual was noticed about her actions. She was missed from her room for some time and a search was made for her. At the rear of her home there is a small building used for a woodshed. It is about 10 feet long, 3 feet wide and not high enough for a person to stand upright.  It never was thought that she could be in this building, but as she was not found elsewhere this place was inspected and there the body was found lying upon the earthen floor in a pool of blood.

   Coroner F. H. Green was summoned who viewed the remains, and after ascertaining the facts decided that an inquest was unnecessary. An examination was made and it was found that the artery on the right side of the neck had been severed and the cut had been made by a butcher knife which lay by the side of the body upon the ground.

   Mrs. Bulman was 76 years of age. No relatives are living except a daughter who arrived here yesterday from Sanford, Ind., and was to have taken her mother back home with her tomorrow. It is not known whether she objected to going or not as she did not make this feeling known to her daughter, but it is thought that such must have been the case by the deed which she committed.

 

Nathan Lewis Miller.

ON TO SARATOGA, N. Y.

To be Present at the Nomination of Nathan L. Miller.

A SPECIAL CAR TO RUN THROUGH.

Leave at 6:11 a. m. Monday and Return at 11:48 Wednesday Evening—Fare is $4.47—Large Number of Republicans Expecting to go.

   Much enthusiasm is being manifested among the Cortland county friends of Comptroller Nathan L. Miller in the proposed trip to Saratoga next Monday to be present at the state convention where that gentleman will be nominated to succeed himself. About sixty names have already been handed to County Clerk O. D. Patrick who is the chairman of the Republican county committee and is in charge of this trip of those who have promised to go. Not since the days of Hon. Horatio Ballard who was elected in 1861 has Cortland county had a name upon the Republican state ticket and now upon this occasion Republicans from all over the county are planning to manifest their appreciation of the recognition by being present in person.

   A long and commodious vestibule Lackawanna coach has been secured to carry the party through from Cortland to Saratoga without change. It will leave the Lackawanna station in this city at 6:11 Monday morning and will arrive in Saratoga at 1 p. m., Monday, the day before the convention, and will leave on the return trip at 3:45 o'clock Wednesday, arriving in Cortland at 11:48. The fare for the round trip has been placed at the surprisingly low rate of $4.47, and it is urged by the county committee, who find it impossible to give special invitation to every one in the county who might wish to go, that an extra effort be put forth to attend this convention.

   Rooms at Saratoga will be reserved for all parties who wish them if application is made at once to G. J. Maycumber, secretary of the county committee.

   The Lehigh Valley R. R. makes the same rate for the round trip, tickets good on any regular train.

 

Attorney Edwin Duffey.

THE DRESS GOODS MILL.

Arrangements Being Made For Canvassing for Subscriptions.

   The committee in charge of the arrangements for canvassing for subscriptions for the sale of bonds for the new dress goods mill for Cortland are pushing matters as rapidly as possible. Attorney Duffey is drawing the heading for the subscription paper in the manner requested by the meeting.

   A prominent citizen of Cortland has received a letter from a friend in another city where there is such a mill as the one proposed for Cortland in which the writer congratulates Cortland upon the prospects of securing the mill. He is himself personally acquainted with the management of the mill in that city and says that this has been the largest season, by 25 per cent, the mill in his city ever had. He refers to the matter of water in Cortland for washing purposes and thinks the mill cannot succeed unless there is plenty of it. Mr. A., who was in Cortland in the interest of the new company, said that the water supply of Cortland was sufficient if the quality of the water is right and that is to be determined by chemical analysis.

 

Funeral of Mr. Davis.

   The funeral of Mr. Warren Davis, who died yesterday afternoon, will be held from the home of his daughter, Mrs. O. F. Allen, 31 Union-st., tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial will be made at South Cortland.

   Aside from Mrs. Allen he is survived by two sons and a daughter who live in the West, and by a sister, Mrs. Charles Davis, 7 Union-st., Cortland.

 

Secured Another Opera House.

   Wallace & Gilmore, managers of the Cortland Opera House, are getting control of a large number of theatres through central New York so that they can practically control a circuit of their own. The latest addition to the list is the Wilson opera house of Owego, N. Y., which they have secured for five years.

 

A SOLON BULL

Made it Hot for Another Sportsman—Suit Was Ruined.

   While hunting in the vicinity of Solon, N. Y., yesterday F. M. Quick was pursued and driven over a barbed wire fence by a mad bull. It is said that he made a surprising spurt ahead of the tossing horns of the monarch of the field, and that the fence still holds remnants of a once elegant hunting suit.

   It is recalled that another party on a fishing trip had an experience with a Solon bull a few years ago, and the query is whether this is the same bull or whether all Solon bulls are vicious or least have a special animosity for bunters and fishermen. If the former, it might be well for all sportsmen to know how long that bull expects to remain upon earth.

 

BREVITIES.

   —A fully developed and ripened strawberry was picked in the garden of Martin Edgcomb, 36 Grant-st., yesterday.

   —New display advertisements today are—Scotch Woolen Sale, Opening of new store, page 8; New York Store, Dry goods, millinery, etc., page 7; M. A. Case, Chatelaines, pocketbooks, page 6; W. W. Walters, Opening sale of shoes, page 7; G. H. Wiltsie, Dry goods specials for Saturday, page 6; S. Simmons, Clothing, specials for Saturday, page 6.

 

APPEAL FOR THE JEWS, JAMES J. HILL, DRESS GOODS MILL, AND DEATH OF EMMA WRIGHT BENEDICT

 

John Hay.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, September 18, 1902.

APPEAL FOR THE JEWS.

Secretary Hay Addresses Signatory Powers.

INJUSTICE IN BAŁKAN STATES.

Jews of Roumania Reduced to Misery by Restrictive Laws—Evil Results to This Country by Their Large Immigration—Asks Europe to Intervene With Roumania.

   Washington, Sept. 18.—With the double purpose of protecting the long suffering Jews of the Balkan States and of averting the present peril of the immigration into the United States of a horde of paupers, Secretary Hay has adopted the unusual course of appealing to the powers of Europe to force their children to observe the obligations of humanity in case of the Jews.

   The appeal takes the form of a state paper, which has been dispatched in identical form to every ambassador and minister of the United States residing in those of the countries of Europe which were parties to the famous treaty at Berlin in 1878, namely, Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Austria and Turkey, marking the termination of the Turko-Russian war and the creation by the direct act of the powers of the independent Balkan States.

   The secretary of state has directed the note to the powers in the hope that they will bring this government to a sense of its duties towards civilization at large as well as to cause it to ameliorate the frightful condition of the Roumanian Jews. In a measure this action by the department of state may be traced to numerous petitions from Jewish societies and humanitarians generally, as well as to the warnings of publicists respecting the growing dangers of immigration of degenerates. The document ends as follows:

   In the course of an instruction recently sent to the minister accredited to the government of Roumania in regard to the bases of a negotiation begun with that government looking to a convention of naturalization between the United States and Roumania, certain considerations were set forth for the ministers guidance concerning the character of the immigration from that country, the causes which constrain it, and the consequences so far as they adversely affect the United States:

   Putting together the facts now painfully brought home to this government during the past few years, that many of the inhabitants of Roumania are being forced by artificially adverse discriminations to quit their native country; that the hospitable asylum offered by this country is almost the only refuge left to them; that they come hither unfitted by the conditions of their exile to take part in the new life of this land under circumstances either profitable to themselves or beneficial to the community; and that they are objects of charity from the outset and for a long time—the right of remonstrance against the acts of the Roumanian government is clearly established in favor of this government.

   This government cannot be a tacit party to such an international wrong. It is constrained to protest against the treatment to which the Jews of Roumania are subjected, not alone because it has unimpeachable ground to remonstrate against the resultant in jury to itself, but in the name of humanity.

   You will take an early occasion to read this instruction to the minister for foreign affairs.

 

COAL STRIKE SITUATION.

Contradictory Statements —Lehigh Valley Company Opened Another Mine.

   Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Sept. 18.—Inactivity at President Mitchell's headquarters and apparent activity in coal operators' circles covers the situation in this section of the strike region.

   President Mitchell still insists that his followers are remaining firm and that there will be no break in the ranks of the miners. He discredits all reports about an increase in output of coal mines and washeries, claiming that there will be no coal mined and sent to market of any account until the strike is ended.

   At the offices of the local coal companies, on the other hand, it is said that they are adding to their working force every day and that the output of coal is gradually increasing but no figures are furnished.

   The Exeter mine of the Lehigh Valley Coal company was opened yesterday.

 

Woman Student of Engineering.

   Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 18.—It was announced at Cornell university that this academic year for the first time in the history of the university a woman student would enter the engineering department. The woman is Miss Nora Stanton Blatch of London, Eng., a granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Miss Blatch last year was a freshman in the art course of Cornell.

 

James J. Hill.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

James J. Hill on Transportation.

   An unusually significant interview was that recently given out by James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern railroad, touching the opportunities and needs of American trade in Asia. As we have to send our products across but one ocean, whereas England and Germany must needs cross two in order to reach Asiatic ports, Mr. Hill predicts that the lion's share of Pacific ocean commerce will come to us, first, because of our natural advantages and second, by reason of our Yankee acuteness and enterprise. The population of the orient with which we might trade constitutes, he declares, about half of the population of the entire earth. Now, says he, "the shortest and cheapest route from our cotton fields to the orient ls by the way of Puget sound." In this Mr. Hill does not speak altogether as a philanthropist. He is naturally influenced to advertise the advantages of his transcontinental railways with their western terminal on Puget sound, where the great steamers of his Pacific line receive their cargoes.

   Again, as Mr. Hill's personal interests would not seem to be furthered by the building of au isthmian canal, it is not surprising to learn that, while he would not oppose the canal's construction even at the cost of half a billion dollars, in his opinion, as reported, the sum of $40,000,000 spent in deepening the Mississippi river between New Orleans and St. Louis would yield better ultimate results. It must be borne in mind that the vast system of railways which he now controls has St. Louis as its southernmost terminal.

   Making due allowance for Mr. Hill's personal interests, it must be admitted that there is much of pertinence in his utterances. Even with the present inadequate transportation facilities the oriental markets alone are absorbing every year $10,000,000 worth of our cotton goods. These markets have counted for much in the increase from a six million bale crop twenty years ago to the present ten million bale crop. We may reasonably expect at least an equal increase in the decades to come, and unquestionably we shall need greater water and railway transportation facilities than are now possessed or even contemplated. While the isthmian canal is of vital present importance, a comprehensive scheme of Mississippi river improvement will ultimately become a necessity.

 

THE DRESS GOODS MILL.

The Projectors are well pleased with Cortland as a Possible Site

AND WOULD MUCH LIKE TO COME HERE.

Conference of Business Men to Canvass the Situations—Effort to be made to raise the Necessary Money—Promises to be a good Financial Investment and a great thing for Cortland—Over $600,000 would be Invested here in plant and appurtenances—Weekly Pay Roll of $10,000—Over a thousand Employees—The Business Men Enthusiastic for the Enterprise.

   About thirty representative business men of Cortland assembled last night by appointment at the "parlors of the Messenger House to hear the report of the committee appointed at the public meeting last Friday night and to have a quiet conference in regard to the proposition to locate a new dress goods mill in this city. Mayor Charles F. Brown presided. Great interest was manifested by all present, and as the scheme unfolded itself and as the possibilities of this plan were discussed the enthusiasm increased in a marked degree. At the end the meeting adjourned with the firm resolve in the mind of every man to do his best to secure this new enterprise for Cortland.

The Projectors Visit Cortland.

   As a result of the public meeting at Fireman's hall last Friday night the committee communicated with the projectors of the mill and two of them visited Cortland on Tuesday and Wednesday and looked over the situation very thoroughly.

   It is the intention at this time not to make public the names of these men or the people whom they represent. The account of the meeting of last Friday night appeared in the papers on Saturday and the names were then withheld for the same reason, but those papers were read far and wide, and immediately Mayor Brown, Hon. L. J. Fitzgerald, who then explained the project, and B. L. Webb who presided at the meeting were almost overwhelmed with inquiries from all over this state and from some other states as to who the parties are so that the inquirers might get in touch with them and submit propositions from the places which they represented to secure them for their home cities and towns. One man guaranteed that he could raise the needful $100,000 in less than ten hours.

Sympathy, Not Money Alone.

   But it is apparent that the simple question of the money is not all that is required to locate these mills. As a matter of fact, the money is all raised now in three different places. but there are objections of one kind and another to going to any one of these three places. In one of the three cited the case was supposed to be practically decided. The papers were all drawn, and the one in charge of the project with his attorney went to that place to sign them. There he found that a factional quarrel had arisen between the two ends of the town as to the site for the mill, both wanting it, and one end in desperation to checkmate the other had set on foot an undertaking which promised to react against the mill owners themselves. The projector promptly bade both ends good bye and did not stay in the town two hours after hearing of this, and the place lost the enterprise. As this gentleman stated, they were starting in upon a big undertaking and they couldn't afford to make any mistake at the outset.

   And the mere money of itself is not an essential for its own sake because they can float their bonds in New York without difficulty at 5 per cent, and yet they desire to sell the bonds here in Cortland and will guarantee 6 per cent. Their object is to have Cortland itself interested in their mill and in the industry itself, and the more people who subscribe for those bonds the better, rather than to have two or three take them all in large blocks, because in this way the sympathy of the place will be with them rather than to have the town arrayed against them as an outside affair as might be possible. This is the reason why they insist that if they come to Cortland at least $100,000 of the bonds must be taken here.

It is a Dress Goods Mill.

   It was learned during the visit of these gentlemen to Cortland that the name, a woolen mill, which had been unthinkingly applied to this enterprise is rather misleading. It is a woolen mill in the sense that no cotton goods are manufactured. But it is rather a dress goods mill, technically speaking, than a woolen mill in the ordinary acceptance of the latter term. The product of the mill is dress goods, and very few cheap goods are turned out. Almost the entire output is of the character that retails at the stores at from $1.25 to $4 per yard.

What the Plan is.

   One of the men who came to Cortland upon this trip set forth the plans of his people in detail. We may speak of this man who was the spokesman, as Mr. A., both for convenience and also because that is not his name. As a result of the conference of the committee of last Friday night with these gentlemen the plans were slightly changed from the scheme as outlined there and as previously published. The company would incorporate at $500,000 as previously proposed. Instead of issuing $100,000 of preferred stock at 7 per cent for the benefit of Cortland stockholders, at the suggestion of the committee Mr. A. agreed that they would issue bonds for $100,000 at 6 per cent which should act as a first mortgage upon the plant and all property of every description belonging to the company. The committee thought this preferable.

Concerning a Site.

   A site of at least five acres will be required. This can be paid for in the 6 per cent bonds of the company. The buildings will cover nearly five acres. All except one of the buildings will probably be but a single story high. The weaving building will be higher. They must be slightly removed from each other to avoid possibilities of fire. Pure water will be required in large quantities, though it does not necessarily follow that the mills must be built upon the river bank, but they should not be further away than 500 yards. This will enable the water to be pumped from the river through pipes and the waste water can be sewered back again into the river. The buildings will cost upwards of $100,000, the machinery about as much more, and the balance of the paid in capital will be used to operate with.

Practical Man at Head.

   Mr. A. is a practical weaver and learned the trade from his father who was also a weaver. He knows the business from one end to the other. It would be his plan to come to Cortland and make this his home and superintend everything. The company would bring the heads of about 150 families to Cortland. These men would all be skilled employees and would act as instructors and afterwards as heads of departments. Inside of one year the company would be employing 500 people and inside of two years 1,000 people, and the company would bind itself to continue to employ as many as that number.

The Weekly Pay Roll.

   All except the skilled employees brought from away would be unskilled people who could be taught. The company would pay its men from $15 to $25 per week and its women from $5 to $10 per week. Its weekly pay roll at the outset would be about $5,000 and at the end of the second year at least $10,000.

Build Their Own Houses.

   It is the plan of the company to purchase land and to build houses for their own employees, permitting them to pay for them upon the weekly plan. This Mr. A. says has always been their custom. It makes their employees more contented to own their own homes and it also makes them more permanent, which is indeed a great consideration in a mill of this kind.

   By the time their mill is erected and equipped and the homes are built for such employees as would care to be provided for in the way indicated Mr. A. says they would have over $600,000 invested in Cortland. This would mean a great deal for Cortland city and for Cortland county. Every line of business would be affected. For the farmers it would mean a market for a great increase of vegetable products; for grocers, dry goods men, shoe dealers greater sales. Everybody would be affected.

   Mr. A. took a bottle of water from the east branch of tbe Tioughnioga. one from the west branch, and one from the river below the point of confluence back with him for chemical analysis. The quality and character of the water will have much to do with the choice of a site. Water containing alkali will spot their goods and the softer the water the better it is.

This is No Experiment.

   Some might think the building of these mills an experiment. It is not. The house of which Mr. A. is the head has an established reputation in New York. It is rated high in Bradstreet and Dunn. It has done a large importing business for over twenty years. Warren, Tanner & Co., and M. A. Case have handled their goods for years. Perhaps other Cortland merchants have done so too but these two firms have expressed themselves as knowing the goods thoroughly. N. H. Gillette is using them now. G. J. Mąger says he handled them when a merchant. Mr. Case is personally acquainted with Mr. A.

   In years past they have imported these goods, but the tariff upon them is so high they have tried making them in this country. They have been buying of various mills in the United States under contract. Now they have it in mind to manufacture their own goods. And yet the output of this mill if it employed 1,000 hands would not be half what their present sales amount to, so that there would be no danger of the company being in financial trouble from being overstocked.

   In the past while manufacturing abroad not a spindle has turned till the season's output was all sold. In other words, and Cortland merchants verify this statement, the sales are always six months ahead of the mills. The traveling men go out and take orders from the jobbers and after the orders are well coming in the manufacturing begins. Mr. Case said at the conference that while he is selling fall goods the mills are manufacturing spring goods already sold to the jobbers or to retail men, and while he is selling spring goods the mills are manufacturing fall goods. The mills are always sold up. It would be impossible for him now to buy a single article of fall dress goods at the mills. He might get them at a jobbers', but the mills are by this time sold up to their capacity. Consequently there is no taking of chances of failure of sales. The sales are made in advance.

Committee Appointed.

   Every one seemed satisfied that the project is all right and that it is worthy of acceptance. It was voted that the cashiers of the three National banks of Cortland, F. J. Peck, Edward Alley and H. L. Smith, be a committee to investigate to the fullest capacity the financial standing of these people.

   It was voted that Attorney Edwin Duffey be asked to prepare a subscription paper for the sale of bonds. The heading of this subscription is to recite the statements concerning the project as understood, and the subscription to be conditioned upon the fact that all the statements prove to be true. If they are true as stated, the subscription of stock is binding. If they do not prove to be as stated no subscription is binding.

   It was voted that the original committee appointed at the public meeting last Friday night be authorized to appoint a canvassing committee, of which they should be a part, and that the committee should be as numerous as in their judgment seemed wise, and that this enlarged committee should make a thorough canvass of Cortland to endeavor to secure subscriptions for the $100,000 of bonds.

   Mr. H. F. Benton seemed to express the sentiment of all present in regard to the sales of bonds when he said, "This is no gift to these people to induce them to come there. It really is an investment, and if on further investigation it proves to be all that it is represented, it is a good one, for it yields 6 per cent interest, when savings banks pay but 3 1/2 per cent. It is just such an investment as every one is looking for."

Subscriptions Coming In.

   Before the meeting last night altogether unsolicited two people who were convinced of the value of this matter as an investment and as a benefit to Cortland came to the committee and asked the privilege of making subscriptions. One offered to take $5,000 of bonds and the other offered to contribute two acres of land toward the site, the land to be paid for in bonds.

   The committee will now get out among the people and in the course of the next two or three days hopes to make a thorough canvass of the city for subscriptions for bonds—all, as above stated, to be conditioned upon the fact that matters prove on further investigation to be exactly as represented.

 

Death of Mrs. Benedict.

   Word has been received in Cortland of the death yesterday morning after several months' illness of Mrs. Emma Wright Benedict, wife of Prof. A. G. Benedict, the principal of Houghton seminary. Mrs. Benedict was the only daughter of Prof. N. F. Wright, the first teacher of Latin and Greek in the Cortland Normal school, and will be well remembered here by many of the older residents. She was about 60 years of age. She is survived by her husband, two daughters, Florence and Pauline, one son Howard W., and three brothers, Arthur W. Wright of Albany, Frank F. Wright of Binghamton and Walter Wright of the United States army. The funeral will be Friday at 2:30 o'clock.

 

BREVITIES.

   —There will be a meeting of the Elks tonight at 8 o'clock.

   —The Home Telephone company yesterday completed is long distance connection with Ithaca and Dryden and the line is now ready for use.

   —There will be a special meeting of the L. O. T. M. in the Sir Knights clubrooms tomorrow evening at 7:30 sharp. By order of the commander.

   —An Ithaca minister has been called before the court and notified by Judge Lyon that he must be more careful how he marries people who are too young to be married.

   —The postponed trip of the Tioughnioga chapter, D. A. R., to Solon will be taken on Saturday, Sept. 20, unless the weather is very stormy. Daughters to meet at the residence of Mrs. Arthur Stilson, Church-st., at 12:45.

   —September travel with both the Lehigh and Lackawanna railroads is proving a record breaker. Never before in the history of the great transportation companies has there been such a rush of people traveling in all directions as has been the case during the past week.—Ithaca Journal.

   —New display advertisements today are—Opera House, "Way Down East," page 5; Warren, Tanner & Co., September bargains, page 6; Perkins & Quick, Spices, page 6; C. F. Brown, Tooth brushes, page 6; Haight & Freese Co., Stocks, bonds, etc., page 7; H. P. Smith, Fresh meats, page 6; E. M. Mansur, Grocery bargains, page 6.

 

ISTHMUS NEUTRALITY, PROMINENT YOUNG CUBANS AT CORNELL, WHO IS VICE PRESIDENT NOW, WOOLEN MILLS, AND GRAND ENCAMPMENT OF G. A. R.

 

Admiral William P. Potter, USN.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, September 17, 1902.

NEUTRALITY OF ISTHMUS.

Protest Against Stopping of Train on Panama Railroad.

   Panama, Colombia, Sept. 17.—Commander Potter and Commander McLean of the United States cruisers Ranger and Cincinnati respectively and the acting United States consul  here, Mr. Ehrmann, have had a conference with General Salazar, commander of the government forces of the isthmus.

   The matter of the interpretation of article 35 of the treaty of 1846 by which the United States in view of certain concessions made by Colombia guarantees the neutrality of the isthmus, and that traffic across it shall not be interrupted, was taken up.

   In this connection it was related that in November, 1891, the revolutionary General Patino and his men boarded a railroad train running from Panama to Colon and by this means succeeded in surprising the government garrison at the later place and in capturing the city.

   In order to prevent a repetition of such an occurrence, General Salazar has ordered that all trains be stopped before entering Panama or Colon and briefly inspected by government soldiers.

   In the carrying out of this plan of inspection the government has had placed an obstacle across the railroad track a little beyond the point where the train halted and which has been at once removed as soon as it became known that no revolutionists were in the cars.

   Commander McLean complained of this measure to General Salazar. The general replied that the superintendent of the Panama railroad, H. G Prescott, has made the same complaint, and that out of consideration for the railroad company and in view of the fact that the company had agreed not to run empty cars, he would attend to the matter.

   General Salazar added that these obstructions did not authorize American intervention because they were only a measure of policing that did not interrupt traffic, and which the government could adopt because of its sovereignty rights, which rights the United States government was obliged to guarantee.

   It is said that General Salazar brought up other important questions for discussion with the American officers but that no other decisions were reached. The conference ended most cordially with the expression of hopes that everything would be settled amicably. Commander McLean in a toast proposed peace and the progress of Colombia.

   No news has been received here of the movements of the revolutionary general Herrera. The revolutionary fleet has been reported off Punta Mała.

 

Prominent Young Cubans at Cornell.

   Ithaca, N. Y., Sept. 17.—Thomas Estrada Palma, J., son of President Palma of the Cuban Republic, has entered the Ithaca high school and will prepare to enter Cornell university. He will take the course in engineering. Antonio Maceo, son of the Cuban general, will also enter Cornell this fall, and take the engineering course.

 

Samuel Gompers.

END BY AGREEMENT

President Gompers is Confident, But Can't Tell Exactly Why.

   Wilkesbarre, Pa., Sept.17.—President Gompers of the federation of labor gave out the following statement this morning previous to his departure for Washington:

   "At this time it is impossible to say exactly when the strike will end, but after a careful inquiry into the situation I am convinced that the struggle will end by agreement. The wage earners and general public are contributing to the aid of the miners. It is essential that this aid be continued if the manhood of the union is to be maintained; they must, at least, have bread for their wives and children, if not for themselves. The declared attitude of the presidents of the anthracite carrying railroads has not apparently changed.  Despite this fact, I am fully convinced that the strike will end through agreement, with improved conditions for the miners and the union maintained.''

 

President Theodore Roosevelt.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

No Vice President Now.

   "Who is vice-president of the United States?" is a question that is often asked at present. The answer is that the United States has had no vice-president since the death of President McKinley and the accession of Vice-President Roosevelt to the presidency. Some confusion of thought on this subject has probably arisen from the fact that the vice-president is by law the presiding officer of the senate, and that the senate also has a president pro tem elected by the members. Senator Frye is now president pro tem of the senate, but he is not vice-president. His official status was not changed by the death of McKinley, and he would not become president in the event of Roosevelt's death or disability. The secretary of state is first in the line of succession, and after him come the secretary the treasury, the secretary of war, the attorney-general, the secretary of the interior. This succession is fixed by a law passed by congress in 1886.

 

Cortland Mayor Charles F. Brown.

THE WOOLEN MILLS.

Representatives of the Company Looking at Sites.

SEVERAL SEEM SATISFACTORY.

Conferences Being Held Between Proprietors and Citizens—Likelihood that the Terms Can be Complied With—Other Places Trying to Get in Communication With the Company.

   A member of the firm that operates large woolen mills in England and that is desirous of establishing a factory in this country was in Cortland yesterday and today in company with the advancing agent of the Lackawanna railroad, looking over the grounds with the view of locating the factory in Cortland. At present the prospects for securing the factory seem very good.

   This morning at 10 o'clock a conference was held at the parlors of the Messenger House, and the proposition was talked over between the representatives and a number of Cortland business men and capitalists. The results of this meeting were kept secret, but it was said by those who attended that there is a great deal of encouragement in the belief that the terms of the company can be met and that the factory will be built here.

   The representatives have looked at several building sites along and near the river, but no one of these has been spoken of in particular. It is said that the representative of the firm is of the opinion that no difficulty will be met in getting a site that is suitable for the work that his company does.

   Both Mayor Brown and Hon. L. J. Fitzgerald report that a large number of places in the state have written here to get information concerning the new company, since it was announced on last Thursday that Cortland was endeavoring to secure the new factory. One place in the western part of the state that has a population of only 1,500, reports that it has secured three new industries this summer and is desirous of adding another to its list. Another town in the northern part of the state is ready to offer the company the inducements that have been asked.

   The matter has been left in the hands of the committee that was formerly selected to take charge of it, and it will be pushed along by them until it is decided if a sufficient sum can be raised here to secure the industry.

 

THE GRAND ENCAMPMENT.

H. M. Kellogg Appointed as Aide on Staff of Commander.

   Mr. H. M. Kellogg of Cortland has been appointed an aide in the staff of Department Commander Allan C. Bakewell of New York City in preparation for the thirty-sixth national encampment of the G. A. R. at Washington, D. C., Oct. 6 to 11. He has received the following communication from Captain Nathan Bickford who was his comrade and personal friend and with whom he marched shoulder to shoulder through Georgia. Both married Savannah girls whom they met upon that eventful march and both settled in Savannah in business after the war had closed. They have not met in thirty-one years, but expect to renew old friendships. Captain Bickford is the chairman of the Twentieth corps committee and sent out this invitation to all veterans to join in making the encampment a memorable one:

   Washington, D. C., Sept, 11, 1902.

   Comrades of the Twentieth Corps, 1864-5:

   "Rally once again," Oct. 6-11, 1902, at the capitol of the nation. Rally again at Washington, a city world-famed for its attractions and beauty.

   You have been invited by the representatives of its Grand Army Posts, its people and government. Congress and the executive have granted everything asked for your accommodation and entertainment. You will be welcomed by the president and the chief officers of the government; by many of the officers of the army and navy, active and retired; by citizens of all classes and by those resident here with whom you touched elbows while steadily forging forward until Atlanta was "ours and fairly won," and while later on the whole world wondered where you were and what was befalling you.

   Time was when it was said "All roads lead to Rome." Now all roads led to Washington. Come, and our reunion committee will help you to meet those whom you most desire to see again, and other committees will help to make your visit enjoyable and successful; something you will long remember with pleasure.

   Fraternally yours,

   Nathan Bickford, Chairman.

 

IN POLICE COURT.

Suspended Sentence Hanging Over Hovey Whitmore.

   Hovey Whitmore, who was arrested several days ago on the charge of public intoxication, was sentenced to six months in the Onondaga county penitentiary in [Cortland] police court this morning. The sentence, however, is to be suspended, provided his wife removes him to some place in which he can be properly cared for. Until such arrangements are perfected he will be lodged in the county jail.

   The case of Dwight Rackmyer was adjourned until tomorrow morning.

   Sanford Gibson of River-st. was arrested last night by Officer Baker on complaint of members of his family for making a disturbance. He received a sentence of $5 or five days.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Dillon Bros.' reception for their dancing classes will be held at Red Men's hall this evening.

   —The Y. M. C. A. business men's class in gymnastics will open Tuesday, Sept. 10. The senior class will start Monday, Sept. 9.

   —Repairs to the amount of $25,000 are to be laid out upon the Cayuga Lake House at Sheldrake before next season. This has been quite a popular resort at times for Cortland people.

   —New display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, Men's and boys' clothing, etc., page 8; W. W. Walters, Opening sale of shoes, page 8; G. H. Wiltsie, Silks, etc., page 6; McGraw & Elliott, Goldfish, etc., page 6.

   —The social and semi-annual election of the Howell Bible class that was to have been held this evening at the home of G. V. Clark, 13 North Church-st., has been postponed until Friday evening of this week at the same place.

   —Plans are now forming for equipping the newly proposed trolley road between Ithaca and Auburn so that both electricity and steam may be used. The passenger traffic is expected to pay the operating expenses of the road, and the freight, it is claimed, will be profit.

   —Two forty-five foot telephone poles lying by the roadside, ready to be raised were stolen last Saturday night and the telephone company can't get any track of them. A telephone pole is a dainty little thing for some one to get away with and would be very useful to almost anybody.