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| John Mitchell. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, October 17, 1902.
WORK OF THE COMMISSION.
Two of the Members and the Recorder Live In Washington.
Washington, Oct. 17.—There was received at the White House last night quite a long telegram from Mr. Mitchell of the Mine Workers' Union in reply to a message the president had wired him giving the final result of the strike agreement with certain suggestions from the president that had been accomplished.
It was the president's wish to have a speedy resumption of mining. Mr. Mitchell's response gave what had been done in Wilkes-Barre yesterday declaring the strike off. It was received at the White House too late to be laid before the president last night but will be given attention this morning and probably be made public later.
Acceptances of places on the commission have been made by Mr. Parker and some members of the commission.
It will be noticed that the names of the members as announced in the official statement given out at the White House follows to some extent the classification suggested in the proposition of the coal operators. It was thought all along if the miners should agree to the proposition of the operators as made to the president Monday night that the selection from the classification of a distinguished engineering officer of the army "or" navy would be restricted to the army and General Wilson's name was the first suggested in that connection.
The only names seriously mentioned in connected with the proposition of the operators that an expert mining engineer be one of the members were Dr. David T. Day, chief of the division of the mineral resources of the geological survey, and Mr. Parker, one of his assistants, and perhaps the best authority on coal in the United States. It was known, however, that Dr. Day would not care to take the office and was urging Mr. Parker's selection.
It was generally expected that Colonel Wright would be connected with the commission on account of his long identification with labor matters and the complete confidence the president and his advisers, as well as both miners and operators, have in him. Two of the six members, viz., General Wilson and Mr. Parker, and the recorder, Mr. Wright, live in this city and they are ready to begin their labors at any time.
The others, it is expected, will be able to come here without delay and promptly begin the labors of the commission. Mr. Parker is in New Haven, Conn., attending the convention of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. He probably will return to Washington at once.
The work of the commission will be exhaustive and will take considerable time. It is the presidents desire that the inquiry be very thorough and that the commission performs the labors set before it so completely as to secure not only a final adjustment of the present troubles but that they may be averted in the future. Its first step will be to organize and select a chairman. Who this will be, of course, is not settled, but depends on the individual members of the body. General Wilson, formerly chief of the engineer corps of the army, heads the list of members and may be chosen as chairman of the commission.
Woodrow Wilson.
WILSON INAUGURATION.
President Roosevelt Will Attend Possible—Ex-President Cleveland to Speak.
Princeton, N. J., Oct. 17.—The official program of the inauguration of President Woodrow Wilson, October 25, has been issued. Governor Murphy of New Jersey will preside at the public exercises. Rev. Dr. Henry Van Dyke will make the invocation. The administration of the oath of office and the presentation of the charter to the president of the university will be done by Chancellor W. J. Magie. Rev. Dr. Francis L. Patton, the retiring president, will deliver an address and the address for the board of trustees will be delivered by ex-President Grover Cleveland.
The inaugural address by President Wilson will follow. The benediction by Right Rev. William Satterlee, bishop of Washington.
Nearly all of the colleges and universities in the United States will be represented by delegates.
Among those who will be guests of the university are President Roosevelt if his illness does not prevent his coming, ex-Speaker Reed, J. P. Morgan, ex-Secretary of War Robert T. Lincoln, Samuel L. Clemens, Wayne MacVeagh, H. C. Frick, W. D. Howells, and Albert Shaw.
The announcement was made here that President Roosevelt will be entertained at the home of ex-President Cleveland if his health will allow him to attend the inauguration of President Wilson October 25.
Dr. Adolf Lorenz.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Bloodless Surgery.
That was a notable exhibition which Dr. Adolf Lorenz of Vienna gave in Chicago the other day in the presence of hundreds of physicians and surgeons, says the New York Tribune. He showed how to adjust a child's thigh bone which had been distorted ever since birth, a not uncommon infirmity. The Austrian specialist's method was a new one to the profession. Hitherto it has been customary to employ the knife extensively before resetting the femur. Dr. Lorenz so manipulated the leg after each of his patients had been rendered insensible with ether as to accomplish the desired object without making a wound or drawing a drop of blood. The operation had been previously performed in private on a child of the Armour family. Dr. Lorenz repeated it in public for the purpose of demonstrating to his fellow craftsmen in Chicago exactly how he had proceeded.
One of the most striking things about this performance was the spirit of courtesy which prompted it. Having accomplished the mission for which the Vienna specialist had been summoned to this country, he certainly was at liberty, to return home without divulging the details of his system. He had built the latter up by study, experiment and practice, and it was his stock in trade. To share this with others was a particularly graceful and a rather uncommon act. Even if it be granted that imitation will prove by no means easy, it will still remain true that he has done his best to initiate his professional brethren into the mysteries of his art. Other specialists often give a certain degree of publicity to their methods, but few of them do so on the same scale.
In view of the possibility that the foreigner's departure might be delayed for a few weeks, the Illinois state board of health has required him to take out a license. To those who are unfamiliar with medical etiquette such a course may seem a trifle unappreciative. Such, however, is probably not the case, and it is not likely that Dr. Lorenz himself will so regard it. The rule which dictates that policy is one of the most important safeguards which society has against quacks, and it doubtless obtains in Austria as well as in America.
As for the operation itself, one hardly knows which to admire the more, the physical dexterity involved in the manipulation or the humanity which dictated the improvement upon the old mode of treatment. Not simply in cases of congenitally dislocated hips, but with many other disorders in which surgical interposition is necessary, it is possible that the knife is used too freely. Some surgeons are said to employ it on the slightest provocation. If there he any foundation for this charge perhaps the example of Dr. Lorenz will inspire them to exercise mercy as well as skill in caring for their patients. Not a bad combination!
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| Main Street, Cortland, N. Y., circa 1900. |
A MORNING CALL.
The Burglar Visits Residents of Maple-ave.
ENTERS THE HOME OF E. C. MOTT.
Takes a Watch Belonging to a Boarder and Goes Through Mr. Mott's Pockets—Frightened Away by Young Ladies When He Flashed a Light in Their Faces.
The early morning burglar visited the home of E. C. Mott, 15 Maple-ave., Cortland, at about 2 o'clock this morning and made away with a silver watch that was owned by a boarder named Oliver, who works at Wickwire's factory. He was seen by three young ladies of the house upon whom he flashed a light. He went through the pockets of Mr. Mott, but he had taken the precaution to remove his money to another place.
The burglar entered a side door, which might have been left unlocked the night before. The occupants of the place had all been out to watch the eclipse of the moon, and no one remembers of having locked the door after seeing this spectacle. The key to the door was found upon the floor after the disturbance.
Upon entering the house the intruder went up the front stairs to the room of Oliver, but was not heard by the tenant. Failing to find a passage way between the front rooms and the rear rooms, he went back down stairs and then up the back stairs to the other sleeping rooms. Here he first entered the room where Mr. Mott was sleeping and went through that gentleman's pockets. He then went to the room where Miss Jessie Dennis, Miss Mary Bond of the Normal school and Miss Cecil Mott were sleeping. They were awakened by a light flashing in their faces. Upon an outcry from the young ladies the burglar darted down stairs, covering a half dozen of the steps at one stride. He rushed out of the door and slammed it behind him.
Floyd and Milton Mott and Theron Bond were sleeping in the front part of the house. They were awakened by the slamming of the door and went at once to see what the trouble might be. No trace of the departing looter could be found.
Mrs. William Van Vost, who lives in the other part of the house, heard some one enter the house and go up the front stairs and then the back ones, but she thought it was some one who boarded at Mr. Mott's, so paid no attention to the disturbance. An attempt was made to get into the Van Vost side of the house, but the windows and doors were all securely fastened and the unwelcome visitors were frightened away before attempting to force an entrance.
An attempt was also made to enter the home of Dr. R. A. Karker, 87 Maple-ave., last night. The would-be burglars were frightened away.
FRANK JOHNSON ARRESTED.
Officer Day Baker Will be Entitled to the Reward of $25.
Frank Johnson, who was wanted in Marathon to answer to the charge of grand larceny in the second degree, was arrested by Officer Day Baker last night at the corner of Main and Railroad-sts. Deputy Sheriff R. J. Rounds of Marathon came to Cortland this morning and took the prisoner to Marathon.
It is alleged that Johnson stole a horse from a man by the name of Davern, who lives south of Marathon, and that the horse was found hitched in front of Johnson's house. Johnson, it is said, skipped out, and a reward of $25 was offered for his arrest, which will go to Night Captain Baker, if the police board sees fit to allow him to accept the same.
WULFF-TANNER.
Lincoln-ave. the Scene of a Brilliant Home Wedding.
It is seldom that one sees a more perfect wedding, so far as beauty and completeness of appointments is concerned than that of Miss K. Louise Tanner, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Tanner of Lincoln-ave. to Mr. Eberhardt J. Wulff of Tarrytown, which was celebrated at 8 o'clock last evening at the home of the bride's parents.
One hundred and fifty guests witnessed the ceremony which was performed by Rev. W. Jasper Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city. Quantities of ferns, festoons of smilax and clusters of long-stemmed white chrysanthemums formed a bower in the parlor beneath the canopy of which the bridal party stood while the ceremony was being performed and where the happy couple received congratulations.
The decorations throughout were of green and white except in the diningroom [sic] where red was the prevailing color. Delightful music throughout the evening was furnished by Carpenter's orchestra. The bridal chorus from Lohengrin, rendered by Miss Carrrie Day Halbert at the piano with violin accompaniment by Robert I. Carpenter heralded the entrance of the wedding party. During the ceremony Miss Halbert and Mr. Carpenter played the "Evening Star" from Tannhauser, following with the "Mendelssohn Wedding March" as the ceremony was concluded. The bride entered the parlor leaning upon the arm of her father by whom she was given away in marriage. Her gown was a very handsome costume of rich cream crepe de chine over cream silk, cut entrain in princess style, with costly medallion trimming. The flowing tulle veil was caught to the coiffure with ornaments of pearl and she carried a shower bouquet of bride roses and lilies of the valley. The bride was attended by Miss Mary E. Atkinson, as maid of honor, who wore a gown of blue crepe de chine over blue silk and carried white chrysanthemums.
The ribbon bearers were the little Misses Harriet Waters and Gertrude Sliter. Mr. Charles D. Millard of Tarrytown was best man and the ushers were Messrs. Nelson H. Waters of Cortland, Allen B. Freeman, Jr., of Blodgett Mills and Walter K. Stockwell, of Cornell university
The impressive Episcopal form of marriage ceremony with two rings was used. Cordial congratulations were showered upon the newly wedded couple and later a sumptuous and elaborate wedding supper was served under the direction of Caterer Mrs. N. G. Markley. The diningroom, where the bridal party were seated about the table which was laid for twelve and beautified with a resplendent centerpiece lighted by white candles under shades of red, the prevailing color of the decorations, formed an attractive picture.
The presents which were displayed in an upper room in charge of Misses Winifred Maynard and Frances Sliter were elegant, costly and beautiful. Many gifts from friends in the vicinity had been sent directly to Tarrytown where they now await the coming of the bride. Among the wedding presents were several which were valued and especially prized as heirlooms. A piece of silver dating back sixty-five years, a china cup and saucer which had belonged to the bride's great grandmother, and a china tea set of antique pattern which had come into the possession of her grandmother fifty years ago. This had also been forwarded to Tarrytown.
The groom's present to the bride was an elegant diamond ring, and the best man and ushers received favors in the shape of stick pins set with pearls. The maid of honor was graciously remembered by the bride with generous gifts.
The house decorations for the occasion were under the supervision of Mr. and Mrs. N. H. Waters, Mrs. W. A. Smith, and the Misses Atkinson.
Deluged with showers of rice, Mr. and Mrs. Wulff left for their wedding trip. Their destination was not announced but they went through Cortland on the north bound Lackawanna train this morning and will visit Pittsburg, Buffalo and other points. They expect to be absent ten days or two weeks and will be at home in Tarrytown after Nov. 1, where the groom has a new home already furnished.
The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Tanner of this city and has always lived in Cortland. For the past three years she has been at the head of the department of drawing in the Tarrytown schools. Hosts of Cortland friends unite in good wishes for her future happiness.
The groom is a civil engineer and holds the position of city engineer of Tarrytown and is consulting engineer for a number of important concerns.
Among the guests from out of town who were present at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. A, M. Kinney of Utica, Mrs. Joseph Spor of Groton, Miss Sarah Barnes and Mrs. Anna Rogers of Kings Ferry, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Tanner and Harry Tanner of Blodgett Mills, Mr. Clifford J. Tanner of New York, Mrs. George Mortimer of Shelton, Neb., Mrs. Harriet Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Copeland and Charles Mortimer of Homer, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. H. Tripp and Miss Anna Niles of Marathon, N. Y.
BREVITIES.
—Next Tuesday the state tax commissioners will hold the final hearing in regard to the Preble, N. Y., tax appeal.
—The Birdsall, Waite & Perry Co., of Whitney's Point has begun the manufacture of automobiles. Five or six machines are now in process of construction.
—Coroner E. M. Santee will tomorrow hold an inquest in the matter of the death of Adam Kiehl, who died suddenly Oct. 20 at his home near Preble. The inquest will be held in Preble.
—Dr. Glenn Bowker of Groton, who was injured by driving into a washout near Peruville on the night of Aug. 1, has presented a claim against the town of Groton for $10,000 damages.
—President Underwood of the Erie [railroad] has issued an order doing away with the pay car system and substituting therefor monthly payment of Erie employees with checks, as is done on other roads.
—The Newark Valley Canning Co., has commenced operations on putting up pumpkin and apples. They have already put up about ten tons of pumpkin and will put up at least twenty tons more.
—Binghamton will have a curfew law as soon as the ordinance can be signed by the mayor and published for two weeks. The labor unions of the Parlor city were strongly opposed to the ordinance.
—The coal famine in Schenectady has reached such a stage that a large chunk of coal used for many years as the advertizing sign of a coal firm was stolen one night recently. No trace of the thief could be found.
—New display advertisements today are—Scotch Woolen Co., Suits and overcoats, page 8; New York Store, Dry goods, etc., page 8; M. A. Case, Monte Carlo coats, page 6; G. H. Wiltsie, Dry goods, etc., page 6; W. W. Walters, 20 Shoe shines free, page 7; Opera House, "Monte Cristo," page 5.
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