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| Count Arthur Cassini. |
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| John Hay. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, June 5, 1903.
UNITED AND RUSSIA.
Protests Against Kishineff Disorders Excite Russian Newspapers.
St. Petersburg, June 5.—The relations between the United States and Russia are much discussed here. The Novoe Vremya prints a signed leading article, headed "Russia and America," which says:
"The United States, from time to time, enters the arena of the anti-Russian propaganda, which finds favorable soil in its politically unripe population, without governmental traditions and carried away by the successes of its new imperialistic policy.
"The Siberian prisons, the Manchurian open door, the Kishineff disorders, all of these serve as a pretext for the anti-Russian meetings, so advantageous to Russia's enemies. While Secretary Hay's stubborn Anglophilism lends governmental importance to the claims of the various groups of American traders and missionaries in the Far East, our diplomatic agents' activity in America must take a different course from the diplomacy of Europe.
"We must create a party and explain our designs and position, not only to Mr. Hay, but to the people also, which is always the same. They must act through the American press which, notwithstanding its defects, seems to be not only the mirror but the lever of American public opinion."
The editor of the Syromiatnikoff says:
"Thrice in America have been found hearty Russian sympathies; but Russia remains dumb while the American papers are filled with all possible accusation against Russia from English, German and Jewish sources. Count Cassini excellently defends our political interests; but he cannot undertake a newspaper controversy, so the accusations remain unanswered."
The article concludes by advising Russia to publish in English the relations between America and Russia since the time of Catharine.
Fighting fire near Tupper Lake in 1903.
FIRES UNDER CONTROL
Though Many Will Continue to Burn Till Rain Falls.
Glens Falls, N. Y., June 5.—Better conditions prevail in the eastern and southern sections of the Adirondacks although the fires will continue to burn until a heavy rain falls. The wind has gone down and the fire fighters have succeeded, by liberal back-firing and ploughing in making a clearing around the several timber tracts which contain the summer homes and camps of well known millionaires.
Quite a few fires are burning along the line of the Delaware & Hudson railroad in this vicinity. The fires extend from Whitehall and Glens Falls to Saratoga. Fort Ann mountain, in the town of Whitehall, is ablaze. A large swamp north of Fort Edward which extends nearly to Fort Ann village is burning and several buildings are in danger. A fierce fire is also burning near Castleton, Vt.
Robert C. Pruyn of Albany, who owns a big preserve on Newcomb lake, is fighting a fire which threatens his property. Pruyn brought fifty men by special train from Albany to Newcomb. The International Paper company has sent a force of fire fighters to the woods and they will try to limit the flames to the poor tracts.
Fires Broke Out Afresh.
Gloversville, June 5.—A dense smoke has filled the air, completely obscuring the sun. Forest fires which have been smoldering north of this city for two weeks have broken out afresh, and as there is no water at hand there is no way of fighting the flames, which are doing much damage to timber land.
PRAYERS FOR RAIN
To be Offered in New York Churches—Vegetables Advance in Price.
New York, June 5.—Beginning today prayers for relief will be offered in all the Catholic and Episcopal churches in Greater New York. Because of the absence of rain prices of vegetables of all kinds have been advanced and a scarcity is reported by dealers.
Manhattan Life Insurance Building in New York City.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
No Rainstorms this Season.
Forecaster Fmery, who presides over the Weather Bureau in the eyrie at the top of the Manhattan Life building in New York, has been pointing his telescope, figuratively of course, to all points of the compass for the past three or four weeks in the vain attempt to discover a rainstorm bound for the drought stricken territory that reaches from Maine to Virginia. He gives it as his opinion that there will be no hard rainstorms this season. The atmospheric pressure that has prevailed over the Eastern States has been so high that no such storms could get in and the result has been that they have emptied themselves over the Mississippi valley. Thunder storms may result from a combination of high temperature, low atmospheric pressure and a cold wave from the West, but there is good reason for believing that the worst spring drought on record will be followed by an unusually dry summer.
In the meantime the crops of a dozen states are burning up, the forests are ablaze and the water supply is becoming a matter for anxiety in some places. Already the loss from the drought has been greater than that from the floods in the West. These are days of deep despair for the farmers of the East. Their fields are so dry that seed planted in them does not germinate, and they are in a frame of mind to welcome even a deluge.
WARNING ABOUT FIRES.
Everyone Exhorted to be Careful and Not Let One Start.
Chief of the [Cortland Volunteer] Fire Department E. N. Sherwood exhorts every one to exercise the most extreme caution in regard to fire since during this drought everything is as dry as tinder and ready to burn at the first spark. People who are using oil stoves are particularly urged to be careful and to see that the stoves are properly cleaned and in perfect order. Those who have city water and garden hose would do well to wet down their roofs each night, if the roofs are of shingles, as in their present condition a spark from a fire in the neighborhood would at once start a blaze. Every one should also know where the keys to the nearest fire alarm box can be obtained so that if a fire should start no time need be lost in searching for a key.
The chief also states that he has everything connected with the fire department in the most perfect condition and every fireman is on the alert ready at a moments warning to respond and if a fire does start every effort will be made to prevent its spread, but an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure.
PREPARING FOR BUSINESS
More Orders in Sight Than Can be Filled in Two Years.
The J. E. Davis Manufacturing Co. is rapidly installing its machinery and steam apparatus and will be ready to begin work in about ten days.
Mr. Davis returned from New York Wednesday and reports more orders in sight than they can fill in two years.
M. A. Masten, a member of the company, with his family arrived in Cortland Saturday. They are at present the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lundy, 7 James-st. Mr. Masten has been ill since coming to Cortland, but is improving and will soon be able to be at work.
At present the company is putting in steam and drainage pipes and covering them with asphalt covered asbestos to retain the heat in the steam pipes, and to keep the drainage pipes from freezing up in winter. Thirteen dry kilns in all are to be installed, six of them are already in operation, the steam having been turned on several days ago. The kilns are filled with the wood to be seasoned and the temperature then raised as high as possible by means of a coil of steam pipes in the bottom of the kiln. A separate engine operates a fan which expels the damp air from the kilns, drys it, and forces it back into the kilns, dry and purified. The system is one that the company has itself devised and one that gives excellent satisfaction. Thirteen men are employed on construction work at present and the number will soon be increased.
PUT ON THE NAMES
And so Enable the Remittance to be Properly Credited.
Standard subscribers upon the rural free delivery routes and others who send subscription remittances to this office in the coin cards provided for the purpose should always be sure to put their names and addresses on the cards, so that the subscription clerk may know to whom to credit the money. Without the name there is no possibility of giving proper credit. Two cards came this morning without a name. The remitters will doubtless read this notice and they will confer a favor by informing us as to their identity and stating the amount forwarded and describing the kind of cash sent in. It will not be difficult to identify the money in these cards and the ones sending it will understand why. But let every subscriber be careful always to send his name and address with his money.
Grant Street Market.
S. P. Smith of the Grant-st. market wishes to announce that he is ready for business in the old stand, as the fire did not damage the building to an extent which interferes with business.
RUMORS OF FIRES
But the Smoke all Comes from a Distance Away.
Today has been even more smoky than yesterday. The sun looks like a read ball of fire through the thick atmosphere. All day there have been rumors of fires in the vicinity—at Mt. Toppin, at Cincinnatus and at Freeville, but The Standard has investigated all the reports and found fortunately that none of them were true.
BREVITIES.
—The Ithaca canton of Odd Fellows will make a strong effort to secure the state convention of cantons for next year. The convention this year will be held in Amsterdam, N. Y.
—The new display advertisements today are—M. W. Giles, Make room sale, page 7; Opera House, "When Knighthood was in Flower," page 5; M. A. Case, Muslin underwear sale, page 6.
— It is probable that the repairing of the city and county cycling paths will be abandoned for this season. No tags are being purchased and the association has no money to work with.—Ithaca Journal.
—It appears that there is more than one George Peek in Cortland at present, and to avoid any misapprehension it may be stated that the George Peek who was the victim of an assault on Main-st. last Monday night at the hands of Lee Saltsman is not the George Peek who last year lived in Homer and now resides at 8 Miller-st., Cortland.
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