Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, January 6, 1903.
DEFEATED THE REBELS.
Government Forces Won a Victory Last Sunday.
REVOLUTIONISTS LEFT FIELD
After Four Hours' Fighting—Lost 57 Killed and Wounded—Leaders of the Matos Movement Treating With the Government—Financial Panic in Caracas Has Been Arrested.
Caracas, Jan. 6.—Fourteen hundred revolutionists under Generals Ramos and Penalosa attacked 800 government troops under the command of General Acosta Sunday morning at a point near Guatiere.
After four hours fighting the revolutionists abandoned the field and the town of Guatiere. They had 57 men killed and many wounded. One of their guns was taken.
A prisoner captured by the government forces is authority for the statement that the revolutionists still lack ammunition.
It is reported here that the leaders of the Matos movement are treating with the government.
The answers from the powers to President Castro's counter proposition in the matter of referring the Venezuelan issues to The Hague tribunal have not yet been received here. They are awaited with considerable anxiety.
The financial panic here has been momentarily arrested by an agreement by the leading traders of Caracas, La Guayra, Valencia and Puerto Cabello and the Bank of Venezuela. The traders have agreed to accept the bank's notes in payment of all accounts. The run on the bank has ceased.
About 1,500 revolutionists are reported to be marching on Caracas.
THE FRANCHISE MATTER.
Report of the Adverse Decision is Quite Decidedly Adverse.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 6.—The appellate division of the supreme court 's third department today resumed its sessions for the January term and will hand down decisions tomorrow. It was reported today that the court has not as yet considered the appeal in the franchise tax cases, except in an informal manner and that little likelihood exists that a decision will be reached before the March term.
It is believed that a difference of opinion exists among the judges of the court as to what extent it should consider the decision of the late Judge Earl upon which the appeal was taken and which declared the special franchise tax law constitutional in every particular.
Should the decision not uphold the law it will mean a severe loss to the various cities of the state which already have used this money.
Under the provision of the law an action to contest the payment of the tax does not act as a stay. The law provides that any person or corporation against whom the tax is levied shall pay the tax when it falls due: then, if the action to contest the payment is successful, the tax must be paid back by the city, town or village which has received it.
As a result of this provision of the law all of the cities of the state have used the revenue from this special franchise tax. In certain cases where the companies taxed have failed to make payments the cities have borrowed money in anticipation and have reduced the amount of the annual tax levy by just that amount. Consequently if the law is declared invalid all of this money amounting in the aggregate to over $12,000.000, will have to be paid back by the cities and will leave just so much more to be raised by direct local tax to make good the loss.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
The post office department continues to be a marvel of honesty, as compared with institutions of finance or industry in private business life. During the last two years the money order department handled $602,596,930, and the total loss on account of dishonesty or carelessness amounted to only $251. The money order business, moreover, was done by 34,127 different offices, and it represented nearly 79,000,000 different transactions. So far as honesty is concerned, or the safety of the money handled, no private business management could surpass that record of a business which is wholly directed by the government.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Plans Proposed for the Extension of Railway-ave.
TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY.
Lehigh Valley Railroad to Execute a Deed to the City Upon Certain Conditions—Improvements Must be Made—Sewers Needed There—Illness on the Street—Other Business.
At the meeting of the [Cortland] board of public works last night Alderman George T. Richards of the Third ward presented a blue print of the proposed extension of Railway-ave., and a form of deed from the Lehigh Valley Railroad company by the general superintendent H. D. Titus. The papers were received and placed on file, but as only three members of the board were present no action was taken.
The proposed deed of the company includes land from the present terminus of Railway-ave., near the west end of the Lehigh Valley freight station platform, through to Main-st., upon the land that has been used as the approach to the street. This strip of land is about 322 feet in length, and at the west end, where it joins Railway-ave. proper it is 49.7 feet wide, containing in all .319 of an acre. At the east end, where it joins Main-st., it is only 22 feet wide, and here the blue print outline shows that the street is expected to be kept at the same width by including a portion of Mrs. Julia E. Hyatt's lot.
The blank form of the deed presented has embodied in it conditions that must be met by the city if the same is executed. In the first place the city must construct and maintain a cement walk on one side of the new street. It must macadamize the street and maintain this. It must construct and maintain a culvert in place of the "ditch" that now crosses the proposed street. It must also put up and maintain suitable electric lights, and all without cost or expense to the railroad company.
In presenting the papers from the company Mr. Richards, who is master mechanic in the company's shops in this city, said that the street was entirely without sewers and that it had been impossible to construct sewers along the street, as these had to run into the Main-st. sewers, and the fact that the street had never been accepted all the way through to Main-st. had held up the improvement. He said that at present there are six cases of fever on the street, which were in all probability due to lack of drainage.
Mr. Richards also spoke of the fine cement walks that had been built on the west end of the street and of the possibility of extending these through to Main-st. if the street was accepted.
F. A. Phelps presented a petition of several residents of the eastern portion of the city asking that the walks along the premises of Stoppard & Hatch on the south side of Railroad-st. be kept free of ice and snow. Mr. Phelps pointed out that for several years the walk in front of the row of tenement houses had not been properly cleaned, but gave as his opinion that the condition had been better this year than formerly.
City Attorney Fred Hatch, who was present at the meeting, said that he was a part owner of the property referred to, and as such had never had a complaint made to him in regard to the walks. He said that as he resided in the western portion of the city and was not near the premises he had for several years arranged with the superintendent of public works for him to keep the walks clean. This year he had neglected to speak to the superintendent about the walks, and then the city attorney facetiously added that this neglect might account for the condition of the walks being improved.
Superintendent Becker said that he had had the walks run over each year by the horse shovel, and had at times put men at work to peck the ice from off the walks. He said that he had taken charge of the walks this year as before, and had the ice taken off only a few days since.
After the city attorney had succeeded in throwing the responsibility of keeping the walks clean upon the superintendent, and he in turn had shown that he had labored so to do, the board gave Mr. Phelps assurance that the matter would be taken care of to the satisfaction of the petitioners.
The following bills were audited:
Pay Roll, $260.48
Allen & Farrington, grades, .15
M. C. Bean, surveying, .05
J. D. F. Woolston, surveying, 1.88
F. W. Bates, rent, .25
Jennie Lament, rent, .10
Eugene Graham, gravel, 3.20
Sidewalk rebates were allowed Fred Ryan in the sum of $9.09, and Richard White in the sum of $10.14.
FAREWELL RECEPTION
Given by Pecos Tribe of Red Men to Mr. George H. Gleason.
Pecos Tribe, No. 357, Improved Order of Red Men, gave a reception last evening in honor of Mr. Geo. H. Gleason, district deputy Great Sachem of Cortland county, who is about to leave for Watertown to accept a fine position with a large plumbing establishment. Through the courtesy of the Emerald Hose Co. of which Mr. Gleason was formerly an active member, the reception was held in their parlors and the affair was a most enjoyable one for all who participated. The reception was a surprise to Mr. Gleason, who had been kept in ignorance of the plans of his brother Red Men. Exceptionally fine music was rendered by the Cortland orchestra, and a number of vocal solos added to the evening's enjoyment.
During the evening Mr. M. E. Sarvay on behalf of the members of Pecos tribe presented Mr. Gleason with a fine combination writing desk and bookcase.
New Teachers Elected.
Six new teachers were last night elected to the Binghamton schools. Two were graduates of the Oneonta Normal while of the other four one is a graduate of the Cortland Normal and three more will be graduated in the February class. All receive salaries of $360 each. The four Cortland graduates are Miss Mary M. Hand, Miss Mabel L. Dickinson, Miss Katherine E. Humphrey, and Miss Grace.
Teacher in Central School.
Miss Annie M. Snider of 22 Greenbush-st. has been appointed a teacher in the academic department of the Central school to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Miss Martha J. Briggs, now Mrs. Charles M. Smith. Miss Snider is a graduate of the Normal school in the class of 1899, and has had one year in Syracuse university. She has taught two years at Lisle and is known as a strong teacher.
FORMERLY FROM SOLON.
And Had Voted for "Jimmy" for Supervisor—The First Case.
At last the spell is broken in city court, and as a very fitting beginning of the administration of City Judge James Dougherty, the first victim that came before him claimed that he had formerly lived in Solon, the birthplace of the new city judge, and that he had voted for "Jimmy" years ago for supervisor from that town.
Thomas O'Brien was the citizen charged before the judge, and he pleaded guilty to public intoxication. He said that his real home was in Norwich, and that he had come to Cortland to find work. He was told that if he would get out of the city immediately he might have his freedom.
After O'Brien was outside the police station he said that he did not say anything to the judge about voting for him because it would not have been proper. He said, though, that he was sure that "Jimmy" recognized him, and that he had fared well on this account.
Bell Company's Plans.
The Bell Telephone company is making preparations to install new and-down-to-date systems in the cities of Geneva, Cortland and Auburn. The new building in the latter place is about completed. These three new plants will be constructed after the plan of the company's present plant in this city. The company is also planning to enlarge the rural service in this vicinity. Several of the nearby towns have exchanges with local and long distance connections. Now the company is preparing to establish exchanges at Newfield and Danby.—Ithaca Journal.
BREVITIES.
—The Fortnightly club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. Orson A. Kinney, 42 East Court-st.
—The new $22,000 high school at Union was occupied and used for the first time on Monday of this week. Prof. J. L. Lusk, Cortland Normal '74, is the principal of the school.
—The new display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, January Clearance sale of clothing, page 7; Corner Grocery, Big bargains in groceries, page 6; New York store, Notion sale, page 6; Bingham & Miller, C. A. S. & Co. clothing, page 8; Hollister Hardware and Plumbing Co., Hardware supplies, page 5; Perkins & Quick, Drugs and medicines, page 5; Warren, Tanner & Co., Ladies' muslin underwear, page 5; Buck & Lane, Gas fixtures, page 5; Geo. H. Wiltsie, Clearance sale of millinery, page 8; C. C. Keefe "Uncle Ben" cigars, page 8.
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