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| William Avery Rockefeller, Jr. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, May 22, 1903.
FORESTS BEING DESTROYED.
Engines Sent From Plattsburg and Malone to Save Rockefeller's Preserve.
Plattsburg, N. Y., May 22.—In response to an appeal from William Rockefeller's representative at Loon Lake for help in fighting forest fires, a fire engine and several hundred feet of hose were sent from here to Rockefeller's park near Loon Lake.
An enormous quantity of valuable timber and pulp wood is cut and piled along the railroad track which runs through Rockefeller's preserve and with the help of the fire engine it is hoped to save some of it. An appeal for help has also been sent to Malone.
An official of the Chateaugay branch of the Delaware & Hudson railroad, who made a trip over the line from Lake Placid to this city, says that at no time since May 1 have the forest fires been so active as they are at present. Although they have burned away from the villages, hotels and lumber camps, so that very few buildings are threatened, the forests are being destroyed at a rapid rate.
Foliage is coming out very slowly on account of the unprecedented drought, so there is practically nothing to check the spread of the flames.
Fires of Incendiary Origin.
Glens Falls, N. Y, May 22.—There is little doubt that many of the fires which in the past few weeks have devastated the great north woods have been of incendiary origin. It has been difficult to detect the criminals, but fire fighters who had been sent from North creek to fight a fierce fire on the western slope of Gore mountain near Second Pond, which lies in the counties of Warren and Hamilton, discovered four fires which were of recent origin. A further search was made and a man was seen who was recognized by the firemen and who fled at their approach.
Fanned by a wind that was almost a gale, the fire swept the woods in the vicinity of the Chatiemac Club house, burning over hundreds of acres of valuable timber land. This club owns the lake and has a preserve about it. Its membership is composed of residents of New York, Philadelphia and Glens Falls.
Conservative estimates place the damage to timber and to business during the past five weeks at $2,000,000.
Continued Drought in Chemung County.
Elmira, N. Y., May 22.—Continued drought has caused great damage to crops in this section. The hay crop is practically ruined. The ground is so hard that the farmers require a three-horse team to plow. A heavy rain on Monday was succeeded by hot, dry weather.
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| Benjamin B. Odell, Jr. |
GOODSELL-BEDELL BILL
Relating to Hospitals For Consumptives
IS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR ODELL.
Prevents the Location of Such Hospitals by Municipalities or Corporations Without Consent of Supervisors of County and Town Board. Does Not Apply to the State.
Albany, N. Y., May 22.—Governor Odell has signed the Goodsell-Bedell bill prohibiting the establishment of any hospital or camp for consumptives in any town without the formal consent of the supervisors of the county and town board of the town. With the bill the governor filed a memorandum in which he says:
"This is a bill to regulate the establishment of tuberculosis hospitals in the various counties of the state by municipalities, corporations, associations or individuals. It seeks to prevent the erection of such hospitals without the consent of the board of supervisors of the county or the town board of the town In which the hospital is to be erected.
"It does not apply to the state and therefore in no way interferes with the tuberculosis sanitariums which are now under way and which are to be continued as the future policy of the state for the treatment of this disease.
"Under existing law municipalities of the first class are not permitted to establish such hospitals outside of their own limits in cities or incorporated villages, or in towns without the consent of the local board of health and the approval of the state commissioner of health. This bill substitutes for the state commissioner of health the local board of supervisors of the county and for the local board of health the town board, thus making secure to the localities the same home rule principles which are guaranteed to cities of all classes.
"Under these conditions it does not prevent the location within the state of hospitals for the treatment of tuberculosis, and but slightly broadens the protection of town and property interests. In thus making provisions for safeguarding these interests there has been no material change from the existing law and unnecessary burdens have not been placed upon municipalities or those who desire to establish such hospitals.
"The same legislature which passed this bill also authorized liberal expenditures by the state for the establishment of a tuberculosis hospital upon its own ground in the Adirondack region, and proposes to make provision for the care of all patients that may be sent there by the various municipalities.
"There is no interference with the rights of those who do not desire to take advantage of charitable treatment and who are able to provide from their own means for their care and treatment. I cannot see that any great injury will result to the work which the state and individuals have undertaken. On the contrary I can see very urgent reasons why the property interests and rights of individuals which are safeguarded in this act should receive the thoughtful consideration of the legislature and the executive.
"After viewing the bill from all standpoints and consulting with those who are interested in this work, as a matter of equity and justice I have concluded to approve the bill."
JAPAN COLONIZING.
Sending Subjects by Every Steamer to Settle in Korea.
Berlin, May 22.—The Frankfurter Zeitung announces that Japan has responded to Russia's move against her in Korea by announcing her intention of sending 150 male and seventy-five female Japanese colonists to Korea by every mail steamer. Forty steamers a month ply between Japan and Korea. Such action by the Mikado's government would accordingly mean the sending of 10,000 subjects to Korea every month.
Russia's move, mentioned in the above dispatch, was announced in a dispatch to Berlin on Wednesday last. According to dispatch, the Russian government had forced the Korean officials to command Korean children to attend Russian schools, threatening death to all parents who permitted their children to attend the Japanese institution. Other regulations equally as glaringly anti-Japanese in tenor were reported as having been issued.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Self-Governed a Year.
Wednesday marked the close of Cuba's first year as an independent government. May 20, 1902, Thomas Estrada Palma was inaugurated president of the new republic. The Cubans had come to the trial of self-government through years of hardship, suffering and bloodshed. They had that for which they had contended, independence. What would they do with it?
They started well, putting their best foot forward in calling to the presidency a man of large natural capabilities, whose years of residence in the United States and study of its forms of government particularly fitted him to guide the affairs of Cuba. The people, too, had had the advantage of a two to three years' object lesson in good government, in the temporary administration of affairs by officials appointed by the authorities at Washington. They had seen order restored, industries revived and sanitation applied to the plague-breeding spots of the island to the eradication of fevers and great reduction of the death rate. Taking the reins of government from hands that had proved fit to handle them President Palma and those associated with him have adhered closely to the models set. In the matter of public health they close the first year of their administration with a death rate for the past twelve months of 21.19 per thousand, a fraction below that of the city of Washington, against an average per year of 41.95 for the thirty years ending with 1900. In the very important matter of conserving the public health Cuba is fully entitled to the commendation, well done, at the end of its first year of self-government.
It was freely predicted the essay at self-government in the island would prove a failure. The people were said to be incapable of it. There was a strong party favoring annexation to the United States. There were Spanish dissidents. Indolence was said to be the people's characteristic. Confronted by the devastation of revolution, and encouraged by interests that counted on profit from annexation, an early application to come under the government of the United States was predicted by many and desired by more. Instead, the year has quieted annexation sentiment. The republic of Cuba has taken root and thrived. Despite the failure of the United States to keep its pledges industry and commerce have prospered the people. The great crops of the island, sugar and tobacco, are almost restored to record proportions. Other markets have taken at profit what the United States declined, or repelled by refusing the virtually promised tariff reduction. The present sugar crop is estimated at 900,000 tons; the largest in the history of the island was that of 1894, 951,000 tons. If the tobacco falls short in any respect it will be due to weather conditions. The planters and workers have done their part.
The government has been well administered. But for the labor trouble in Havana good order bas prevailed. Life is safe. Property is respected. The habit of industry is growing. The national treasury has paid all obligations and reported at the opening of the present month a balance to the credit of the government of $2,699,000. A year, as the Elmira Advertiser truly says, in practically of little account in the life of a nation, as a test of government, a trial of a people's ability to take care of themselves, but it is this to Cuba's credit, that whatever it does show is altogether to the credit of the young republic.
CORTLAND HOSPITAL.
Graduating Exercises to be Held May 27—Eight Graduates.
The graduating exercises of the nurses of the class of 1903 at the Cortland hospital will occur at the hospital on the evening of Wednesday, May 27, at 8 o'clock. There are to be eight graduates: Marie Reville, Emma Briggs, Pearl Fish, Ester Young, Minnie M. Palmer, Nellie Scott Bryam, Gladys A. Jenkins, Grace G. Young, Mabel Eighmey Miller and Ellen Webb Hayes.
MEMORIAŁ DAY.
Excursion Rates from all Stations to Cortland on E. & C. N. Y. R. R.
For the opening of the Trout Park at the Cortland Junction on Decoration Day the Erie & Central New York R. R. will sell round trip tickets to Cortland at one-way fare. An opportunity is thus afforded to attend the Memorial services at Cortland cemetery.
To Rent.
The middle store in the Standard building, including half of a story above, formerly occupied by C. F. Baldwin's grocery store. Store is 90 feet deep, with high, dry cellar, good elevator, furnace, shelving, counters, etc., Rent reasonable. Apply at Standard office.
MEMORIAŁ BAPTIST CHURCH
Outgrowing its Accommodations—Plans to Build Larger.
The Memorial Baptist church is rapidly outgrowing the size of its edifice and that organization has arrived at the conclusion that some improvements are necessary to keep pace with the rapidly increasing membership and attendance. Since the pastorate of Rev. J. C. Auringer began last December, the church has been crowded, especially at the evening service. Several times the house has been so full that people have been turned away. The Sunday school is crowded for room, especially in the primary department. The attendance in this department has increased from fifteen or twenty to about fifty, while the attendance in the senior department averages upward of 115 each Sunday.
A meeting was called for last Wednesday evening to discuss the situation and its remedy—more room. It was unanimously decided that the welfare of the church and its growing condition demands more room, and that, too, immediately.
The following committees were appointed:
Building committee: Rev. J. C. Auringer, chairman, J. V. Chatterton, W. J. Moss, Thomas Harkness, Jr., John B. Smith, J. H. Ullshoefer and George T. Lester.
Finance committee: Rev. J. C. Auringer, chairman, John S. Miller, I. Dan Lester, Albert H. Allport, Chas. B. Thompson.
A meeting of the building committee will be held Monday evening, at which time the extent of improvements and plans will be discussed.
BREVITIES.
—The H. C. Hall circle, No. 439, P. H. C., will meet this evening in John L. Lewis lodge rooms.
—Cortland Commandery, No. 50, Knights Templar, will hold its annual conclave and election of officers this evening at 8 o'clock.
—Syracuse university will next fall start a daily paper to be called The Orange. It will be devoted to the interests of the university and be a record of daily occurrences.
—The new display advertisements today are—The New York Store, Dry goods, etc., page 6; Opera House, "Moving Pictures," page 5; Warren Tanner & Co., New shirt waists, page 8; Bingham & Miller, Straw hats, etc., page 8.
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