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.