HOLMES' STEREOPTICON

 

 

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SENATE RECONVENES, IRELAND'S PEACEFUL REVOLUTION, TWO TYPHOID PATIENTS, HOST OF CLUBS, CLOYES WON, AND THE LATEST THING

 

Henry M. Teller.

Joe Cannon.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, March 6, 1903.

SENATE RE-CONVENES.

Vigorous Replies to Mr. Cannon's Speech.

TILLMAN GOT AN APPROPRIATION.

Gave a History of South Carolina's Claim—Mr. Hale, One of the Senate Conferees, Said the Claim Was Considered Just and There Was No Hold-Up as Charged.

   Washington, March 6.—In obedience to the president's proclamation the senate of the Fifty-eighth congress convened in extraordinary session at noon yesterday. An immense crowd witnessed the ceremony. President pro tem Frye called the body to order and soon after the senators who were rejected and those who were to take their seats for the first time, except Mr. Gorman of Maryland who had already seen long service in the senate, were sworn in. Friends and admirers of the senators loaded down their desks with floral tributes. Mr. Gorman was much applauded.

   Mr. Cannon's speech in the house of representatives early Wednesday in presenting the conference report on the general deficiency bill, in which he declared that the senate conferees resorted to legislative "blackmail," and in which also he attacked the rules of the senate, was the subject of some fervid remarks by Mr. Tillman, and by the senate conferees, Messrs. Hale, Allison and Teller.

   There were two issues, Mr. Tillman said, involved in that speech, one affecting the dignity of the senate and the other affecting his own official integrity, responsibility and personal character.

   The speech, he said, was "wholly in defensible, indecent and an outrage.'' He read from Jefferson's manual regarding the comity that must obtain between two branches of a legislature and asked whether it had not been grossly violated in this case. "Power,'' he said, "had made some of these men drunk."

South Carolina's Claim.

   He then gave a history of South Carolina's claim. Answering Mr. Cannon's criticism with respect to legislation by unanimous consent, Mr. Tillman said that nothing in the house of representatives seemed to prevail except by unanimous consent of a few leaders.

   "The unanimous consent of the members," he said, "had fallen into innocuous desuetude and the unanimous consent he speaks of so strenuously here is the unanimous consent of those in control."

   Mr. Tillman quoted the law authorizing the payment of interest on South Carolina's claim and said that it was that which led the committee on appropriations to act, simply because it meant doing a long delayed act of justice to South Carolina and undoing the wrong which had been done.

   Mr. Tillman then said that he had great respect for Mr. Cannon, who as "the watchdog of the treasury," had saved the country millions of dollars. Mr. Cannon objected to the matter, said Mr. Tillman, simply because he called it legislation on an appropriation bill.

   Mr. Tillman then spoke of the determination arrived at by him. "I simply shut my jaws down on the proposition," said he, "that I would have that money or have an extra session and I was in a position, under the rules of the senate to force it."

   Mr. Hale said he would let the matter pass into oblivion, disagreeable as it was, but it affected him because he had charge of the deficiency bill. He said there had been no "legislative blackmail" and that there was no necessity for that conference to be brought into the speech of Mr. Cannon

Did Not Visit Conference Room.

   Mr. Hale, to set Mr. Tillman right, declared that he had never visited the conference room and that he did not obtrude himself on the committee. The appropriations committee, he said, had acted on the claim as a matter of fair and even-handed justice.

   Mr. Cannon's use of the words "legislative blackmail," Mr. Hale declared, were unfortunate, improper and a breach of the privileges which, if they are not in the written law, practically stand in the judgment of all good men as the comity between the two houses.

   "The speech will be forgotten," said he. "It will pass to the oblivion to which it should be consigned. Speech is not everything," said Mr. Hale, "not by any means. Intemperate speech is the least of all."

   He was followed by Mr. Allison, also a member of the conference committee, who said he commended and approved every word Mr. Hale had said, "respecting the remarkable speeches made in the other house at the close of the last session." Neither house, he said, is to be lectured by the other as to what its rules are or should be. Utterances of that character were not in accordance with the comity between the two houses.

   Mr. Cannon's speech had been applauded. Mr. Allison said. "Why? Because the senate had been held up on the gibbet of public opinion as respecting its rules compared with the rules of the house, so saintly in their nature and character." The house conferees had sought to put the blame on the senate rules, which had existed for 100 years, and when any changes are made in those rules, added Mr. Allison, it will be by the senate and "not by any outside body."

   Mr. Teller, the Democratic member of the conference committee, said that Mr. Cannon's remarks were inappropriate and out of place.

   The message from the president giving this reason for calling the senate in extra session was read.

   On motion of Mr. Cullom, the senate went into executive session and presently adjourned until Monday.

 

Guest editorials.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Ireland's Peaceful Revolution.

   Late dispatches from London and Dublin give hopeful indication of the amicable settlement of the Irish land question. Both Lord Dunraven and John Redmond are quoted as saying that if the Dublin agreement is carried out it will be "one of the most extraordinary peaceful resolutions ever affected."

   The Dublin conference consisted of four chosen representatives of the landlords and an equal number of the tenantry, who after long consultations formulated a plan for the sale to the latter of the farms now cultivated by them, under a state guarantee of the payments to be made to the former. The agreement of the conferees was signed some weeks ago, and it is now announced that a bill to carry it into effect will be brought before parliament is a government measure in the near future.

   It is sought to pacify Ireland by making her tenant farmers the owners of the land they cultivate. To this end inducements must be offered to the landlords to sell, and it is believed that those embodied in the Dublin conference plan will be sufficient. The price, if paid in cash, is to be a capital sum which will yield the present income from the land at 3 per cent. If the payments are deferred, they are to be on the basis of 3 1/4 per cent. The land must pay for itself in the long run, but the state may be required to meet certain charges which are estimated not to exceed $3,000,000 per year during the next few years.

   The lending of government credit for the possible purchase and sale of 15,000,000 acres of farm land is an experiment attended with great risk, but is justified by the expectation that it will avert the greater risks of social upheaval and possible civil war. If it shall give to Ireland that peace and tranquility from the lack of which the unhappy island has so long suffered the investment will be a profitable one for both the British government and the Irish people.

 

Condition of Two Typhoid Patients.

   The condition of Mr. Frank E. Reynolds, who is ill with typhoid fever at his home, 28 Owego-st., Cortland, remains about the same. He is very weak, but it is expected that he will recover. He has not, however, reached the turning point in the disease. Mrs. Reynolds is recovering from the same disease. Both Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds contracted typhoid fever at Ithaca.

 

A HOST OF CLUBS

Organized for Athletic Purposes Under Auspices of the Y. M. C. A.

   Physical Director Kimble of the Y. M. C. A., is organizing an amateur city basket ball league to play off a series of games for a pennant. The league will probably be made up of teams representing the [Cortland] Normal and Central schools, the city banks and a Y. M. C. A. team.

   A tramping club has been organized among the Y. M. C. A. juniors. It is to be known as the Jolly Trampers club. The intermediate also have such a club, and this is known as the Walking Hobos club.

   Mr. Kimble is also planning to form a city baseball league for next season, made up of teams from the various factories.

 

W. D. CLOYES WON

In the Fly-Casting Contest After Being Tied Three Times.

   Mr. W. D. Cloyes of Cortland was yesterday afternoon tied for three times for first place in the fly-casting contest in Madison Square Garden, New York City. Twice they made 80 feet, 6 inches and the third time 79 feet. In the evening Mr. Cloyes tried again to decide the tie and won, his distance being 86 feet 6 inches. His opponent that time fell back to 80 feet.

 

M. A. CASE TO ENLARGE.

Basement Being Fitted up for a Certain Line of Goods.

   M. A. Case is planning to materially enlarge the floor space of his dry goods store by fitting up the basement for his stock of curtains, draperies and domestic goods. The room has already been newly carpeted, painted and papered, and placed in every way in an attractive and tasty manner.

   As soon as the new glass cases arrive to take the place of a portion of the counters in the ground floor room, the counters will be taken down stairs and the new department will be opened. The front portion of the new room is lighted by windows, and all will be made as light as day by the use of the best of artificial lights.

   Mr. Case's constantly increased business makes more room for his goods an imperative necessity and this arrangement will greatly add to the facility be bas for showing goods.

 

NEW CIGAR FIRM

To Manufacture Liberty Belle" and "Emerald" Cigars.

   Messrs. Norton Adams and Emmet Kane have formed a partnership under the name of Adams & Kane for the purpose of manufacturing cigars. They have rented rooms in the Graham block [in Cortland] and have already started in to roll cigars. They are making two brands, "The Liberty Belle" and "The Emerald." "The Liberty Belle" is so named from Mr. Adams' sister, who is a member of the ''The Liberty Belle" company. On the inside of the cover is an excellent likeness of Miss Adams.

 

The Science Club.

   Mr. Lester Cooper will give a talk upon the subject of "Petroleum" at the meeting of the Cortland Science club on Saturday evening, March 7. It will give additional interest to this talk to know that Mr. Cooper worked in the oil region drilling wells, boating and so forth some years ago.

 

SCUDDER-BALDWIN.

An Afternoon Wedding at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Baldwin.

   Mr. Frank C. Scudder and Miss Jessie M. Baldwin were married at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Baldwin, 20 Prospect-st., Cortland.  The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. David Keppell, pastor of the First M. E. church, as the bridal party stood under an arch and bell of evergreens. The bride wore a becoming gown of white, and the bridesmaid Miss Jessie Bennett, also wore white. The best man was Mr. Willard Nye of South Cortland. The presents were numerous and beautiful.

   About forty guests were present including the following from out of town: Mrs. Nellie Gray Wilson and Miss Amelia Thayer of Ithaca, Mrs. Sarah J. Scudder of Elmira, Mrs. Nye and Mr. Willard Nye of South Cortland, Miss Myra McLaughlin of New Hope.

   Mr. and Mrs. Scudder left on the 6:40 train south for a short wedding trip.

 

HER BIRTHDAY PARTY

Celebrated With Other Little Friends on James-st. Hill.

   Mrs. J. J. Ogden of 15 James-st., Cortland, yesterday afternoon, gave a party from 3 to 5 o'clock for fifteen of the little friends of her daughter Blanche Viola, who was then 4 years old. A fine supper was served and a pleasant afternoon enjoyed. Numerous gifts were left as reminders of the occasion for the little hostess. The following were present: Anita Langham, Olive Somers, Ruth Miller, Dorothy Orr, Claribel Snyder, Ethel Erway, Dorothy Erway, Edith Fisher, Robert Lane, Dorothy Lane, Cassie, Elizabeth and Walter Coleman, Donald Oaks and Isla Klotten.

 

THE LATEST THING.

Compressed Air and Sprayer to be Used by P. J. Peckham.

   P. J. Peckham, who two weeks ago bought the Banks' barber shop in the Burgess building [Cortland], has been making some marked improvements in his  place of business Among them he has put in a compressed air sprayer made by the Bishop Babcock Co. of Cleveland, O., This is the latest thing in the tonsorial art, both as a sanitary measure and a means of comfort. It is an expensive piece of apparatus and is found in no other shop in this vicinity and has only just been introduced in the large cities. It does away with the use of hot water cloths upon the face after shaving. By the pressure of compressed air the short hairs are blown out of one's head after a haircut; spray is thrown upon the face after a shave; the moisture is dried by the air. By its use nothing ever comes in contact with the face of any patron which has touched the face of his predecessor in the chair, and for this reason the system is highly endorsed for its sanitary effect. The whole apparatus is quite complicated and may be devoted to a variety of uses. It should be seen and used to be appreciated.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Dillon Bros. will give a reception at Red Men's hall this evening.

   —The "Liberty Belles" company left this morning for Auburn to play an engagement this evening.

   —J. J. Gillette has sold A. F. Sager his house and lot at 26 Charles-st. Consideration $3,650. Possession will be given the middle of this month.

   —The new display advertisements today are—Smith & Beaudry, Wallpaper, page 6, M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6; E. Daehler, Spring opening of woolens, page 7.

 

 

CONGRESS ADJOURNED, SOCIALISTS IN BAY STATE, PROHIBITION, FORTNIGHTLY CLUB, MILK PRODUCERS, AND SAUTELLE'S ANIMALS

 

David B. Henderson.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, March 5, 1903.

CONGRESS ADJOURNED.

Speaker Henderson Retired as Presiding Officer and Member.

   Washington, March 5.—The Fifty-seventh congress expired at noon yesterday by limitation. In many respects the closing scenes were similar to those at the end of every congress, but there has not been in many years such a demonstration in the house as occurred owing to the fact that Speaker Henderson was retiring not only as presiding officer but from the house as a member.

   Bitter partisan feeling that has sprung up in the house of representatives during the past week reached a pitch which prevented the speaker from receiving the unanimous approval of the house when the usual resolution of thanks and courtesy was offered. More than this, the resolution had to come from the Republican side, and while this has occurred before, it is not the usual custom.

   The usual resolution of thanks to President pro tempore Frye was unanimously adopted in the senate.

    Two years ago when the Fifty-sixth congress expired it was remarkable not only for the second inauguration of William McKinley but also for the fact that Senator Carter of Montana talked the river and harbor bill to death, which occupied the time of the senate up to within a few minutes of the end.

   Yesterday Senator Mason, whose term expired at noon, also talked an unimportant bill to death, but in his valedictory he lectured the senate for its unlimited debate which allows bills to be killed in that manner, and also made a final plea for the freedom of the Filipinos.

   As all of the important supply bills had passed before the two houses took a recess no legislation was necessary, and none was attempted. The bills which had passed and reached the stage of enrollment were all signed by President Roosevelt, who with members of his cabinet occupied the president's room in the senate wing of the Capitol.

 

State Board of Health Inspection.

   Ithaca, N. Y., March 5.—Dr. George H. Soper of New York city came here yesterday at the instance of the state board of health to thoroughly investigate the typhoid fever conditions. Miss Edna Wensley of Albany, Cornell '04, was taken to the Cornell infirmary annex with symptoms of typhoid. The situation in the city is improved and no deaths occurred yesterday. The committee of one hundred located two test artesian wells, and work will begin today.

 

SOCIALISTS IN THE BAY STATE

Show Material Gains in all the Town Elections.

   Boston, March 5.—This week for the first the Socialists as a party have participated in the town elections of Massachusetts and the results show gains for the new movement in every town where the party nominations were made.

   Not only is the tremendous increase shown at the recent state election maintained, but in every instance the vote for local candidates exceeds that for the party's candidate for governor in November. In the towns contiguous to Brockton the most activity on the part of the Socialists was manifested although the biggest victory was gained in Amesbury where almost a complete sweep was made.

   In Stoughton there occurred the biggest surprise of the campaign. The Socialists had been organized as a club hardly more than three weeks and yet of the 17 offices which they contested they secured seven, tied for two and lost one by only nine votes.

 

Guest editorials.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Prohibition That Doesn't Prohibit.

   While Maine has a prohibitory liquor law, it does not seem to be enforced in some of the larger cities. Instead a peculiar method of collecting license fees is followed. Bangor has a plan by which, it is said, all dealers are fined once a year and are then allowed to go free from molestation for the rest of the year provided they conduct orderly places. There are said to be over 200 liquor saloons in that city. Recently complaints were made of about fifty dealers, nearly all of whom appeared voluntarily in court and paid fines, the minimum rate being $210, and $10,522 was collected in that way.

   The men who pay the money proceed with their saloon business, feeling that they are safe for another year if they keep orderly places. If public sentiment sustains such a practice, it is probably useless to try to enforce the prohibitory law.

   ◘ Speaker Henderson will now quit Iowa and become a corporation lawyer in New York. Superintendent Merriam of the United States census is to resign, it is reported from his home in Minnesota, and become attached to a financial institution in New York. He is disappointed in not having been made secretary of the new department of commerce. The drift New Yorkward of ex-statesmen is becoming as strong as the drift thereto of western millionaires and managers of trust monopolies.

 

Attorney Edwin Duffey.

THE FORTNIGHTLY CLUB

And Guests Enjoy a Stereopticon Talk by Edwin Duffey.

   One of the most enjoyable entertainments among the long series given at stated intervals by the Fortnightly club in the course of each year of its study was the stereopticon talk at the [Cortland] Central school building last night by Mr. Edwin Duffey upon "Monasteries and Abbeys of England and Scotland." The members of the Ladies' Literary club were the special guests of the Fortnightly and, in addition, each member of the hostess club was privileged to invite a single additional guest. As a result one of the class rooms of the school building was completely filled by the audience.

   In the absence of Miss Celia Hinmam, the president of the club, the speaker was gracefully introduced by Miss Elizabeth Turner. Mr. Duffey prefaced his remarks by saying that what was to follow could not be dignified by the term of a lecture, but that he should show about fifty views of prominent monasteries and abbeys which he had visited and in an informal way should describe them to some extent and mention some features of note concerning them.

   By way of introduction Mr. Duffey spoke for a few minutes upon monasticism and the growth of monastic institutions, calling attention to the occasion for them and how in the years gone by they were scattered at intervals throughout the whole of England and Scotland. Then came the change in the national religion and the decree for their destruction. About 700 of them were first stripped of all that was of value and then they were burned. Built as they were of stone, the walls remain. Nearly all are in consequence now in ruins, but every one regrets the destroying of them, and the united effort is now as strong to preserve all the ruins as it was 300 years ago to lay them waste.

   With this preface the room was darkened and the pictures began to be thrown upon the screen, the lantern being operated by Mr. J. R. Brown. Mr. Duffey had made an admirable selection of views, beginning with some of less prominence and minor interest and concluding with Westminster Abbey itself. During the past year the Fortnightly club has been making a special study of architecture, and the speaker called particular attention to the architectural effects shown in the different monasteries, their age and place in history being plainly marked by the style of the architecture employed. The distinguishing features of the early English gothic or perpendicular gothic, the decorated gothic in its various styles and the Norman architecture were pointed out. The pictures included both exteriors and interiors and detail work in architecture. Mr. Duffey was full of his subject. Historical incidents in connection with the pictures shown were noted, descriptive quotations from Byron, Wordsworth, Scott and others were frequent. The audience seemed to accompany the speaker in a trip to the places which he had visited and with which he was so well acquainted, and appeared in a marked degree to catch his enthusiasm. The views were remarkably fine, a number of them being colored and the lantern gave very clear effects. From every point of view the evening was a very enjoyable one.

 

THE MILK PRODUCERS.

The Five States Association Meets in Binghamton.

ALSO CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERIES.

Two Organizations to Work in Harmony—Resolutions Adopted—Price of Milk Increased—Pledge Best Efforts to Secure Unadulterated Milk and to Enforce Pure Food Law.

   The Binghamton Republican of this morning says:

   A joint meeting of the members of the Five States Milk Producers' association and the Independent Co-operative creameries of New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey was held at the courthouse yesterday for the purpose of forming a closer relationship between the two organizations.

   At 11 a. m. a meeting of the Co-operative Creameries' association was held in the supervisors' room at the courthouse, with President Markham presiding. A report was read by B. A. Capon, secretary of the association, which showed that thirty creameries had joined the association.

   President Markham also appointed the following committee on resolutions: J. C. Latimer of Tioga Center, C. H. Clark of Slaterville, Howard Myers of Kingston, Charles Schermerhorn of Grand Lodge, Maryland; O. P. Gallup of Little York.

   At the meeting in the afternoon of the Co-operative Creameries' association, the committee on resolutions which was appointed in the morning, presented the following resolutions, which were adopted:

   We congratulate the milk producers on the success already gained by organized effort:

   1—In increased price of milk.

   2—In gaining recognition as an element in the milk problem sufficiently to be consulted.

   3—In organizing co-operative creameries controlled by milk producers capable of making butter and cheese sufficient to use up all the surplus milk.

   We declare that the purpose of this organization is to bring in close touch all co-operative creameries in order that by united effort we may hasten the accomplishment of the work undertaken by the Five States Milk Producers' association to secure uniform and remunerative prices of milk.

   We ask the good will- and co-operation of all producers of milk, whether they belong to the Co-operative Creameries' association or not.

  We pledge to the public our best, efforts to secure unadulterated milk and we ask the aid of consumers, dealers, and the public generally to aid us in enforcing the pure food law.

   A resolution was also adopted protesting against the sale of skimmed milk at improper prices, and authorizing the advisory committee to take action toward securing proper legislation against the practice.

 

PICKED UP BY HAND CAR

Just as He Stepped from a Lehigh Valley Passenger Train.

   Mr. Henry Howes of Cuyler was unceremoniously loaded upon a hand-car at the Lehigh Valley station in this city yesterday as he stepped off the train from Cuyler. He was somewhat bruised by the sudden pick-up that was given him by "Finnigan's special" and his back and neck were badly wrenched. It was several hours before he could navigate, but this morning he is apparently none the worse for his encounter.

   When Mr. Howes got off the train at the rear end of the last car, steam was escaping from a pipe under the platform and be did not see a hand-car that was being pushed along on the tracks between the train and the station. He stepped over upon the tracks just in time to be picked up by the car, which struck his legs and tipped him over on its flat-top.

 

Sig. Sautelle.

SIG. SAUTELLE'S ANIMALS.

New Installment Purchased for Next Season at a Cost of $15,000.

   Dr. Dick H. Fitzgerald, the general representative of the Carl C. Hagenback Wild Animal Co. of Hamburg, Germany, is spending a few days at the [former Kremlin] Commercial hotel in this city. His particular errand at this time is to sell to Sig. Sautelle, the owner of that hotel, $15,000 worth of trained and untrained wild animals for his circus. The Hagenback company furnishes all the large circuses and "zoos" with animals, and Dr. Fitzgerald is himself a trainer of repute. Sig. Sautelle's latest purchase includes a mixed group of performing seals and sea lions, trained and untrained elephants. Dr. Fitzgerald ventnres the assertion that in five years Sig. Sautelle will have one of the largest shows in the country.

   In conversation with Dr. Fitzgerald a citizen of Cortland was heard to offer the criticism that he understood that the animals of Sautelle's circus were kept in a cold building, and this expert trainer was quick to catch this up with the declaration that he had that very day taken Sig. to task for keeping the animals too warm and feeding them too much beef. All of these animals are used to out of doors weather. They require shelter and they are abundantly sheltered, but they do not want much artificial heat, nor do they want too hearty a diet of beef while in winter quarters and not getting the exercise of traveling about.

   Dr. Fitzgerald came to Cortland from the winter quarters of the great circus of Ringling Brothers and he declared that Sig. Sautelle's animals are fully as well cared for in every respect as those of the larger circus and in some respects are much better off. He is confident of making another sale of animals to Sig. next year and expects to every year as the circus grows in size.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The police board held its regular meeting at the office of the city clerk. The bills for the month were audited.

   —Cortland encampment, No. 127, I. O. O. F., will confer the Golden Rule degree this evening at the regular meeting in the John L. Lewis lodge rooms.

   —The annual meeting of the Foreign Missionary society of the First Baptist church will be held in church parlor Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Officers are to be elected for the coming year. A large attendance is desired.

   —The new display advertisements today are—G. H. Wiltsie, Special values for Friday and Saturday, page 6; Perkins & Quick, Medicines, page 6; R. H. Beard, Funeral director, page 8; J. W. Cudworth, Optical Talks, page 5; F. E. Brogden, Fresh Candies, page 5.