YIELDS TO PRESIDENT'S WISH, LEGAL STATUS OF JEWS, PAPER PLANT BURNED, BROOKLYN BRIDGE, PROFESSOR BOOTH RESIGNS, AND NORMAL SCHOOL HONORS

 

Senator Mark Hanna.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, May 27, 1903.

YIELDS TO PRESIDENT'S WISH.

Senator Hanna Will Not Oppose Endorsement of Latter's Candidacy.

   Cleveland, May 27.—Senator Hanna has decided to offer no further opposition to a proposed resolution in the coming Republican state convention indorsing the candidacy of President Roosevelt for another term.

   When asked if he had heard from President Roosevelt with reference to the discussion concerning his attitude in connection with the resolution Senator Hanna made the following statement:

   "I am in receipt of a telegram from President Roosevelt which indicates to me his desire to have the endorsement of the Ohio Republican state convention of his administration and candidacy. In view of this I shall not oppose such action by the convention, and I have telegraphed the president to that effect."

   Senator Hanna positively declined to further discuss the subject, insisting that the brief statement above quoted fully covered the situation.

   It is the general belief, however, among those close to the senator that he still doubts the advisability of the adoption of a resolution indorsing President Roosevelt's candidacy by this year's convention. But it is pointed out that in deferring to the presidents judgment and expressed wishes Mr. Hanna demonstrates that his original position in the matter was at no time prompted by personal antagonism to President Roosevelt.

 

AUTOMOBILE VICTIMS.

Funerals of Three of the Killed Took Place at Angouleme.

   Paris, May 27.—The funerals of Normann, M. Tourand's machinist; Dupuy, the soldier, and Caillon, the cyclist, who were killed at Angouleme during the automobile race, occurred yesterday. The prefect, the mayor and a company of soldiers took part in the ceremonies.

   Premier Combes, replying in the chamber of deputies to an interpellation on the automobile race, said permission to race had been granted owing to solicitations in behalf of the interests of French industry.

   The accidents were not due to lack of precaution. The government was not disposed to grant further permissions. If automobilists want more speed trials they must make a private track. The chamber should seek to conciliate public security with the interests of a deserving industry. M. Combes finally accepted a simple order of the day, which was voted.

 

Legal Status of Russian Jews.

   St. Petersburg, May 27.—The chief of police of Kieff [Kiev] has ordered the police commissaries within his jurisdiction to institute a fresh inquiry into the legal status of the Jews and to forcefully expel those who have no  legal right of residence and who refuse to leave.

 

Big Paper Plant Burned.

   Malone, N. Y., May 27.—The Malone Paper company's mammoth plant in this city was destroyed by fire last night, entailing a loss of $100,000 and throwing over 400 men out of employment. It is expected that the company will immediately rebuild. The fire was caused by a hot box on a calender machine [wet press]. Assemblyman J. A. Outterson is the principal stockholder and president of the company.

 

Sig, Sautelle.

A CIRCUS RUNAWAY.

Sautelle's Chief Cook Hurt—Driver and Dog Jump.

   Fishkill Landing, N. Y. May 27.—A heavy wagon of Sautelle's circus last night got away while going down a steep hill here, and the horses ran half a mile. They finally stopped at a railroad crossing. The animals were injured and the wagon demolished. The driver, John Flynn, jumped and a trained dog jumped with him. Andrew Quinn, the chief cook of the circus, was seriously injured, and he was taken to the hospital at Matteawan.

 

Brooklyn Bridge, officer on promenade.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

The Brooklyn Bridge.

   Sunday, May 24, was the twentieth anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn bridge. It appears from an article in The Evening Post from the pen of Gustavus Myers, that the success of the project was largely owing to the forceful methods of William M. Tweed, who accepted Engineer Roebling's plans and urged the work forward against the protest and lack of faith of most citizens of New York and Brooklyn. It is assumed that Tweed intended to loot both cities by means of the bridge project, but this assumption has no substantial foundation. At all events, the power of Tweed was overthrown in 1871, two years after the plan had been approved by the action of congress and one year after the first caisson was put in position. When the project was completed, in 1883, it was considered one of the greatest engineering triumphs in the world's history. It was really greater than was supposed at the time, as the bridge has carried more traffic than anticipated and with little appreciable deterioration during twenty years of use.

   The bridge carries annually 100,000,000 people. It solved one of the problems of the time. And it must be said of Tweed that, while he had some mean and low views of public duty, he had some large views. He was not petty, as the support given to the Brooklyn bridge shows. The new East river bridge will have four times the capacity of the Brooklyn bridge and will be insufficient for the demands of the time. And when the Blackwell's island bridge is completed there will still be need of better facilities for communication.

 

STRUCK BY TRAIN.

Leg Broken—Brought to Cortland—Taken to Hospital.

   The 1:03 p. m. express train south today struck Peter Delsoso, an Italian who lives at Blodgett Mills, N. Y., and is one of the Lackawanna R. R. section hands. He was working at the time at the crossing below the farm of O. U. Kellogg and did not get back far enough or quick enough when the train came along.

   He was loaded upon a hand car and brought up to Port Watson-st. where Beard's ambulance which had been telephoned for met the car and took the injured man to the hospital. Drs. Sornberger and Dana were called and found that the injuries consisted of a compound fracture of the left leg and some bruises. It is believed that the man will recover.

 

FELL ON THE PAVEMENT

And Broke the Shafts of the Mail Wagon in Struggles.

   The bay horse of W. F. Maher attached to the mail wagon which distributes the mail through the outskirts of the city slipped on the asphalt pavement in front of the York hotel at 7:30 o'clock this morning and in its struggles to regain its feet broke both the shafts of the wagon besides bruising itself to quite an extent. A number of men rushed out to hold down the animal's head till the traces could be unhooked, but before they could accomplish this, the horse had risen partly to its feet and had fallen back again several times. In the course of its struggles it worked itself upon the rougher brick pavement between the [streetcar] rails so that when finally it was released and the wagon had been pulled back it was able to get up without much trouble.

   Mr. Maher then surrendered the animal to Special Messenger Youmans of the postoffice [sic] force to take it to a stable while he mounted a bicycle to deliver his mail.

   Much criticism has been offered, and very justly, with the way water is poured upon the pavements of this city by the water cart. It cannot be said that the streets are sprinkled, they are deluged, and the water always stands in puddles for some time thereafter in the hollows of the pavement.

   Scarcely a day passes without one or more horses getting a fall when the asphalt is slippery with water.

 

William M. Booth.

RESIGNATION OF PROFESSOR BOOTH

To Devote His Entire Time Hereafter to Chemical and Sanitary Engineering and Analysis.

   At the time of meeting of the local board of the Cortland Normal school last week, Prof. W. M. Booth, of the science department, intimated that he should resign before the close of the present term, in order to devote his entire time to chemical and sanitary engineering and analysis for parties desiring his services. During the past year, by work of this character done outside of school duties and without in any way interfering therewith, the professor has enjoyed a very handsome income, and as the demands upon him for the work are growing and he has prepared himself specially for it, he has become convinced that it is best for him to devote his attention exclusively to it. He asked, as a favor, that nothing be said in reference to his proposed resignation for a time at least. The board, in the hope of retaining him, voted a liberal increase in his salary, but even this bas not served to make the place which he has been filling as attractive to him as general chemical and sanitary work, and be has now handed to the secretary of the board his formal resignation to take effect at the close of the present term.

   Prof. Booth will open a laboratory in Syracuse as soon after the close of school as possible. He will not change his residence from Cortland, however, till October next. The business at Syracuse will be conducted under the title of "The Technical Investigation and Construction Co.," a corporation which Prof. Booth in company with his brother Herman W. Booth, a lawyer of 302 Broadway, New York City, formed some months since.

   Prof. Booth's resignation will deprive the Normal faculty of one of its strongest, most capable, valued and popular members. He is not only a thorough master of the work of his department, but a man of great energy and determination, an indefatigable student and a high-toned Christian gentleman. His influence has been felt by the students as beneficially in many ways outside the mere scholastic work of his department as in it, and his character and example have been a constant stimulus and a powerful force for good. He will carry with him the highest esteem and cordial good wishes of faculty, students and board, to all of whom his resignation will be a cause for more than ordinary regret.

  

NORMAL HONORS

Announced by the Principal—Ten Will Speak.

   The names of those in the present graduating class at the Normal who receive honors were announced by Dr. Cheney at the close of chapel exercises this morning.

   The rostrum and seats occupied by the members of the class were tastefully decorated with the class colors, green and white. On the desk were magnificent bouquets of white and pink roses. The members of the class wore their class colors and white roses. Members of the faculty and of the orchestra also wore white roses. After the morning bell had rung for chapel, and all had become quiet, the orchestra struck up a lively march and the class, headed by the president, B. H. Woodward, carrying a banner with 1903 inscribed upon it, marched into the hall and took the seats reserved for them, giving their class yell as soon as all were at their seats.

   Before announcing the honors Dr. Cheney said that this manner of awarding honors is a custom peculiar to the Cortland Normal as far as he can find out, and prevailing at no other Normal school. He believes that those to receive honors, and especially those to appear at commencement, should know it before commencement day.

   The honors are awarded on a basis of six counts, three for professional work, two for scholarship, and one for literary ability. Over 60 per cent of the class, including in this those graduating from the Kindergarten department, are classical graduates, a higher average than has before been known.

   The highest honor to be awarded is the principal's appointment made by the principal alone. This is given not for high scholarship alone, but for the actual value of the student of what worth he has been to the school, how he has endeavored to find out and conform to the aim and spirit of the institution and what it has in mind, the difficulties overcome, etc. The appointment was then awarded to Mrs. Mary Hayworth Scott. The other honors were then awarded in the order given: Maude H. Olmsted, Myron Babcock Rocks, Mary F. Morris, Katherine E. Collins, Helen Louise Burt, Edna May Richards, Edith Helen Belden, Mazie Lampher Abbert, Olive Ballard Edgecomb,  Kittie Luella Davidson, Brainard Hardy Woodward, Ona E. Reed, Ethel McFarlane, Lena K. George, Joseph Earl Griffith, May Butler, Ada Amanda Reed, Eleanor Mabel Westcott, Robert Ira Carpenter, Sarah Cornelia Knapp, Lillian May Watson, Emily McGregor Cheney, Edith Chatterton, Laura Adine Shields.

   Six of the above are from the February class.

   Of those mentioned above upon whom honors were conferred the first ten, including the principal's appointment, will speak at commencement. The others will have their names upon the program, but will be excused from speaking.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The Odd Fellows of Ithaca are planning to build a temple.

   —A regular meeting of the L. C. B. A. will be held his evening at 8 o'clock.

   —A regular meeting of the L. O. T. M. will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock.

   —Quarterly meeting will be held at the Elm Stump church May 30 and 31. Rev. William Wellington of Otisco will officiate.

   —The Lehigh Valley station at Groton was broken into at an early hour on Monday and about $9 in cash was stolen.

   —A fire in a dwelling house in Ithaca on Monday morning started in a storeroom. It is thought that mice gnawed matches.

   —The new display advertisements today are—M. A. Case, Chataline bags, page 6; M. W. Giles, Special prices, page 8; W. W. Bennett, Ice cream freezers, page 5; Opera House "Hibernian Concert Co.," page 5.

   —The Cortland City band gave a fine concert last night at the corner of Main and W. Court-sts., and a large audience expressed their appreciation of the music by the enthusiastic applause.