TORNADO AT PATERSON, CHINA REFUSES TO OPEN PORTS, THE WRITERS, INDIAN WARDS, SIDEPATH COMMISSION, AND NOW HE GOES TO JAIL

 

House damaged by tornado at Paterson, N. J.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, July 23, 1903.

TORNADO AT PATERSON.

Two Persons Killed and Sixty Injured.

MANY BUILDINGS BLOWN DOWN.

Joseph Van Dam, at Work on a Building on Main Street, Was Killed. A Boy Was Struck by a Piece of Shafting and His Head Severed From His Body.

   Paterson, N. J., July 23.—A terrific tornado visited this city. During the blow, which lasted about three minutes, one man was killed and at least three score injured.

   Many houses were blown down, more than a score of buildings were unroofed and havoc was done to trees, fences, signs and awnings.

   At St. Joseph's hospital the patients were thrown into a panic. Big trees in the grounds around the hospital were blown down, the windows were smashed and awnings carried off.

   Joseph Van Dam, who was killed, was at work with four other men jacking up a Main street building when it was blown over. Van Dam's companions were badly injured and two other men were hurt in another part of the city.

   Thomas Hancock, 8 year old, was struck by a piece of shafting, blown from a wrecked laundry building, which completely severed his head from his body.

   The monetary loss by the storm is estimated at between $150,000 and $200,000. The loss was greatly added to last night by a heavy rainstorm which lasted for two hours and which beat into the unroofed buildings and into houses where the windows were broken during the storm and where the damage could not be repaired in time.

   As nearly as can be estimated 57 houses have been blown down or so torn by the wind as to be beyond repair. About double that number are badly damaged and several times that number of buildings slightly damaged.

   Within three years Paterson has been stricken with many disasters.  Yet it is one of the most prosperous communities in the country and called "The Lyons of America" because of its 90 or more silk mills which represent a capital of $16,000,000.

   Paterson's greatest disaster was the fire which occurred on Feb. 9, 1902 when flames destroyed property valued at $10,000,000 and wiped out 26 of the most important and valuable blocks in the city.

   On March 2, 1902, the city was visited by a disastrous flood, the swollen Passaic river overflowing its banks and driving hundreds of families from their homes. The damage done to property amounted to millions. There was destitution among the homeless, buildings and bridges were swept away while fire added to public peril.

   On April 21, 1902, 4,000 dyers' helpers went on strike and three strikers and several other men were shot in the serious rioting which followed.

   In June of the same year Paterson became an armed camp and the vigilance committee was organized to rid the city of anarchists. On June 18 there was a pitched battle in the streets between the police and 5,000 strikers.

 

Prince Qing.

Refuses to Open Ports.

   Pekin, July 23.—Prince Ching, the president of the foreign office, has written to United States Minister Conger refusing to open towns in Manchuria. In his letter he dwells upon the impossibility of China opening to foreigners towns which are not in her possession but which are held by Russian troops and points out the complications which would be likely to follow. It is believed here, however, that a compromise may be reached by including one town, Ta Tung Kao, in the new commercial treaty.

 

Rudyard Kipling.

THE WRITERS.

   Kipling's new volume of poems, to be issued in the fall, will contain twenty-five compositions which have never been published,

   Alfred Henry Lewis, the author of "Peggy O'Neal," says that a daughter of ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio posed for the picture of his heroine.

   Ibsen has given up reading newspapers or books. He writes no letters and does no literary work. He seldom sees any one except his servant and masseur. He never leaves the house at Copenhagen.

   Tolstoi's son remarked on a recent visit at Helsingfors that his father was giving much time to the study of the labor question and was also writing a novel, "Hadshi Murad," depicting life in the Caucasus in the time of Nicholas I, and not to be printed till after his death.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Uncle Sam's Indian Wards.

   An interesting social and economic transformation has begun in Indian Territory, as a result of which in a few years the "wards" of the government will be transformed from tribes to units and placed on their own individual responsibility. Under an agreement with the "five nations" the work of segregating the lands owned by two of the "civilized" tribes, the Choctaws and the Chickasaws, is under way. The 23,500 Choctaws and 6,500 Chickasaws own 11,610,605 acres. Of these each Indian is entitled to the equivalent of the value of a farm of 310 acres of average land. The former slaves of these Indiana are to receive each 521acres of hill land or 20 acres of rich valley land. There are to be sold at public competition 445 acres of mineral land, containing coal and asphalt, and from the public sale of a smaller area for town sites it is calculated that the proceeds will be $20,000,000.

   The Chickasaw and Choctaw Indiana are the richest people on earth, inasmuch as the poorest of them has a citizenship worth at least $10,000. Any Chickasaw or Choctaw who can get the consent of the authorities may go into the open market and sell for the sum mentioned what he is entitled to receive when he comes into full possession of his property.

   Whether they will retain their wealth after the government has withdrawn its parental care and the tribal fortunes are decided remains to be seen. The Indians in question will certainly have a good start. The two tribes will get $20,000,000 for their property, and they have money in the national treasury already, paying them a good interest, and when his is divided each will have much more than a competency with which to begin the battle of life. But each man will have to fight his own way, and it will depend with the Indians, as with the whites, upon the caliber of the man whether he wins or loses. It is, however, apparently the only practical way of settling the Indian problem.

 

SIDEPATH COMMISSION

Makes Arrangements for State Convention in September.

   The Cortland county sidepath commission met in the office of Dr. E. M. Santee last evening to make arrangements for the state sidepath convention which will be held in Cortland September 1 and 2, and for the transaction of such other business as might come before the commission.

   Officers reported the arrest of a man for driving cattle on Scott path. The case will be tried before Justice Griffin of Homer at 2 p. m. Monday, Aug 3. Davis & Lusk will prosecute for the sidepath commission.

   The sidepath convention was discussed at some length and the program practically decided upon which will doubtless be as follows:

   Sept. 1, 10 a. m.—Address of Welcome, Judge Joseph E. Eggleston.

   Response—Pres. H. H. Preston.

   Report of the work of the year by counties.

   Report of standing committees at 2 o'clock p. m.

   Selection of place for next meeting.

   Election of officers.

   Address by retiring president.

   Question box.

   At 7:30 p. m. special cars will leave for the park, where the members of the local sidepath commissioners will serve a corn roast, clambake, and roast pig supper to the visiting delegates.

    Sept. 2. 10 a. m.—Appointment of the standing committees for ensuing year.

   Address—The Present and Future of Sidepath Building by Chas. T. Raymond of Lockport, ''the Father of Sidepaths." This will be followed by a discussion.

   2 p. m.—Reports on the legislative committee and discussion of proposed amendments to sidepath laws.

   Question box.

   4 p. m.—Cycle run to Little York, where the visiting delegates will be served with one of Mrs. Raymond's famous chicken dinners.

   The Cortland county commission is composed of the following: Ellis M. Santee, president; H. L. deClercq, secretary; F. V. Bennett, C. H. Danes and H. L. Beebe.

   H. H. Preston of Shelter Island Heights is president, and Charles H. Danes of Homer, secretary of the state commission.

 

AN ANNIYERSARY EDITION.

The Marathon Independent Celebrates its 33rd Birthday.

   The Marathon Independent celebrates its 33rd birthday this week by getting out an anniversary edition and putting a new heading upon the first page of the paper. The four page supplement issued this week is devoted to a review of the past third of a century, quite particularly in reference to the paper itself and more generally as a historical glance at the town of Marathon. Some of the principal buildings and prominent people of the village are shown in half tone cuts. The edition is a very creditable one. Success to the paper and to its genial editor, Ed L. Adams.

 

A Communication.

   To the Editor of The Standard:

   Sir—In your issue of July 22 you refer to the Solon dairies. I wish to correct the item in one or two respects. Only eight dairies were cut out from the milk station in the first place, four of which have been taken back leaving four out yet, representing135 to 140 cows, instead of eleven dairies representing 215 cows. It has been demonstrated that one or two   dairies at Solon did not fix the price of milk at New York or close the milk station at Solon.

   Jas. W. Barrett, Mgr.

 

Now He Goes to Jail.

   Theodore Underwood, the Peruville wife beater who was recently tarred and feathered by his neighbors and who afterward proclaimed an entire change of heart and promised to behave himself, got drunk in Ithaca Monday and made so much trouble that he has now begun to work off a sentence of 100 days in the Tompkins county jail.

 

BREVITIES.

   —There will be an Assembly party at the park tomorrow night.

   —Grace church choir will meet for rehearsal at 7:30 o'clock this evening.

   —A fire started in Ithaca yesterday from spontaneous combustion was extinguished by a pail of milk, no water being quickly at hand.

   —A large iron dropping from above struck E. M. Moore upon the head yesterday, cutting a deep gash and injuring him quite severely.

    —Cortland Commandery, No. 50, Knights Templar, will confer the order of Red Cross at its regular conclave Friday evening at 8 o'clock.

   —The new display advertisements today are—G. H. Wiltsie, Carpets, curtains, etc., page 6; J. H. Gunn, Fine coffees, page 6; Perfection Bakery, Fresh baked goods, page 6; Gardener's 5 &10 cent store, Ribbon, page 6.

   —Three college fraternities at Cornell university are this summer completing new society houses—Alpha Delta Phi, Kappa Sigma, and Phi Sigma Kappa. The Chi Phi house which was partly burned a few weeks ago, is also being rebuilt.

   —Rev. Wallace B. Lucas, D. D., of Meridian will have charge of the prayer meeting tonight at the Presbyterian church and will speak upon "The Mission Work among the Mountain Whites of the South." An interesting and profitable talk is assured. 

CIUDAD BOLIVAR TAKEN, LEASES, LEO XIII, COMMON COUNCIL, RECTOR AND BRIDE, AND GEORGE MAGER GRANTED A VACATION

 

Gen. Alandro Ibarra Rivas.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, July 22, 1903.

CIUDAD BOLIVAR TAKEN.

Success of Venezuelan Troops After Desperate Fighting.

ZAMORA CAPTURED BY STORM.

Ninety-Four Dead Rebels Found Inside, Among Them General Azanza, Whose Head Was Blown Off by a Shell—Custom House Taken After a 10 Hours' Fight.

   Caracas, Venezuela, July 22.—A messenger who has arrived here by steamer and train from Ciudad Bolivar reports that the city was captured by the government troops at eight o'clock this morning.

   Soledad, Venezuela, Monday, July20.—7 p. m.—The fight between government forces and revolutionists from one o'clock this afternoon has been horrible and at this hour the only places which still resist the onset of the government troops are the jail and the Capitol.

   Early in the afternoon the government troops, numbering 5,200 men, were ordered to make a general attack upon all positions still held by the rebels. At five o'clock this afternoon the "Zamora," called the Sebastopol of Ciudad Bolivar, was stormed and captured.

   Ninety-four dead rebels were found inside, among them being General Azanza, one of the revolutionary leaders, whose head had been blown off by a shell. It is impossible to give an idea of the carnage which occurred at this point.

   At the same time General Rivas, General Gomez's chief lieutenant, with 2,300 men succeeded in destroying a barricade erected around the Miranda plaza, the key to the Capitol, where all the survivors of the revolution were concentrated.

   All the roads and streets running into the Capitol are guarded by government troops and the escape of the revolutionists after the capture of the Capitol, which is inevitable, seems impossible. They must either surrender or die. At seven o'clock tonight the custom house was taken after a ten-hour fight.

   The press representative counted 60 killed as a result of this fight. The Dalton block, where the American consulate and most of the foreign business houses are located, was captured at five o'clock. The revolutionists are without provisions and water, the supply pipe having been cut yesterday. Their situation is considered desperate and hopeless. The shops are being pillaged.

 

SHOOTING IN A SCHOOL.

Two Men Fatally Shot and a Boy Injured.

DISPUTE OVER A POKER GAME.

Pistol Fight In Breathitt County, Ky., Between Four Men—Civil Authorities Declined to Act and Soldiers From Jackson Made Arrests—A Mulatto's Record of Shooting.

   Jackson, Ky., July 22.—In a pistol fight at Cave Run schoolhouse, three miles east of Jackson, between James and William Barrett on one side and Mack Howard and his 14-year-old son on the other, James Barrett was shot in the head, Mack Howards elbow was shattered by a bullet and James Vires, aged 12, who was in the schoolhouse, was shot in the abdomen.

   The boy may recover but the two men are thought to be fatally hurt. The fight followed a dispute over a poker game.

   The civil authorities declined to take action and two details of soldiers from here were sent into the country and arrested the Howards and Barretts.

   Barrett is a light colored mulatto. He admits having shot 13 persons fatally and wounding nine.

 

Leases to Lehigh Valley Railway.

   Albany, July 22.—Leases of the Seneca County railway, the Waverly and State Line Railway company, the Rochester Southern Railroad company, the Middlesex Valley Railroad company, the Canal Railroad company and the Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railroad company to the Lehigh Valley Railway company were filed with the secretary of state. The leases were executed on June 30, 1903, and are for a term of 999 years.

 

Japan Wants More Ports Opened.

   London, July 22.—It is learned that Japan is not satisfied with the assurances Russia has given the United States in regard to Manchuria and has been actively urging Great Britain to join her in a more energetic attitude towards Russia. Japan is persistent in urging that additional ports be opened. Japan has informed the foreign office here that Russia has not ceased to present for Chinese acceptance the conditions which she presented some time ago and which Russia denied submitting. If the ports are opened in compliance with the Japanese proposal Manchuria will be honeycombed with trade routes.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

LEO XIII.

   The proverbial three score and ten years is far beyond the average man's lifetime, and yet Providence has spared not a few towering figures of this world's history beyond even that ripe age, as if their services to humanity were indispensable. As one of this number, Leo the Thirteenth was a priest for more than half a century and the head of the Roman Catholic church for a quarter of a century. In the last twenty-five years, says the Troy Times, he has been one of the most influential men of a progressive age and commanded the attention and respect of the civilized world. There is universal sorrow at his death, while in the church which he ruled there is a hush of worshipful veneration, which few even of his predecessors have shared.

   That the dead Pontiff was more than a churchman, more than a sectarian raised to eminence as a reward for his zeal, certain notable traits in his character prove to a certainty. No ordinary ability raised him to the highest rank. He was a world figure largely because he had the personality, the intellect, the qualities of generalship conspicuous in great warriors and statesmen. When a boy he was a hard, successful student with a taste for literature. In his young manhood he threw himself courageously into the work of rescuing cholera patients in Italian hospitals. When scarcely 30 Leo was appointed governor of a small Italian principality and there be first displayed the tact and diplomacy which later made the Papal rule a period of unity and peace within the Roman church. Leo's conduct as a provincial governor can hardly be over-emphasized, for it strikes the keynote of his later policy. Ruling a province is a thorough test of any man's ability. How many great names have been illuminated and how many reputations have been marred by success or failure in such a task? Following his experience in Benevento, promotion came rapidly to Leo through the degrees of Papal Ambassador and the proud dignity of a Cardinal until, upon the death of Pius the Ninth, the spare, nervous, brilliant and devoted leader of the church militant was solemnly chosen for the headship of the Catholic faith.

   The conditions and problems of society since Leo's succession have been unusually trying for a Pope. During this time the heated battles of religious independence versus ecclesiasticism have been waged against the bulwarks of ecclesiastical authority in temporal affairs. Where there has been one Cardinal Newman to raise his voice in behalf of established institutions there have been a hundred iconoclasts to tear down the old and not always to set up the new. Though deprived of political authority even in his native Italy, and though beset by formidable opposition practically and theoretically, Leo had been a politician from first to last. He had studied current events. He had thrown the influence of his church into sympathy with republican government. Everywhere His Holiness had tried to strengthen his following even at the expense of cherished official traditions. His heart and soul were consecrated naturally to the Roman Catholic cause.

   A living novelist is responsible for a thrilling description of a festival scene in Rome wherein the Pope is the central figure. The pomp and splendor of a service in St. Peter's would inspire awe in any breast but the strained attention, the oppressive silence, the unquestioned reverence of a vast audience in the church of Angelo's pride surpasses all description. When Leo, bowed and trembling with age and dressed in his pontifical robes, made his way painfully to the altar amid the utmost obeisance, and, turning to the throng of worshipers, raised his hands in prayer, travelers have said there was something unearthly in the spectacle. A similar devotion to duty and a similar influence over men the Papacy may never display again.

   To summarize briefly, the great Italian Pontiff was first a zealous churchman. After that he was a diplomat, a politician and a scholar. With scrupulous regard for his own church, he never violated the rights of others, and even extended sympathy to sufferers of different beliefs. A keen observer and a peace-loving prelate, he has set a wholesome example to his successor.

 

THE COMMON COUNCIL

Transacts a Grist of Business Along Various Lines.

   The regular meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland was held in the office of the city clerk last evening, those present being Mayor Brown, and Aldermen E. M. Yager, Geo. P. Richards, C. E. Ingalls, R. S. Pettigrew and Verne W. Skeele.

   The meeting was called to order by Mayor Brown and the minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.

   Alderman Richards, as committee to investigate the necessity of placing an electric lamp at the corner of Port Watson and Hyatt-sts., reported that he thought it is very necessary that a lamp should be placed there.

   On motion of Alderman Ingalls seconded by Mr. Pettigrew, it was decided to place an arc lamp there.

   A petition, with twenty signers, was presented for a light on Willow-st. Alderman Ingalls was appointed as a committee to investigate.

   A communication from the Lackawanna railroad was read stating that they had instructed their engineers to observe the speed limits and not to whistle more than is necessary.

   Sealer of Weights and Measures C. D. Wadhams made his report. He has visited seventy places of business where scales are used, tested 160 scales and 81 measures. More merchants were cheating themselves than giving short weight to the public, but nearly all scales were practically correct. Those that were at all incorrect were gladly made correct.

   The dog catcher's bill was presented for payment. He has caught upward of forty tagless dogs.

   The matter of riding bicycles on the walks was brought up and it was the unanimous opinion of the council that the state law prohibiting riding on the walks should not be enforced on unpaved streets, when the streets are muddy and therefore impassable for wheels. The riders will be made to ride at a moderate rate of speed. Further details in regard to this appear in another column.

   On motion, the council adjourned.

 

WHEELS AND SIDEWALKS.

Bicyclists May Use Walks on Unpaved Streets When Roads are Muddy.

   There has been a rumor around town for the past two or three days to the effect that all bicycle riding on the walks was to be prohibited. At the request of the city officials The Standard is authorized to deny this. There is a state law, recently enacted, which makes bicycle riding on any walk in any city, unincorporated town or village, a misdemeanor punishable by law. This could be enforced to the letter. Inasmuch as many of Cortland's working men and women ride to and from their work and these would be forced to eat cold dinners much of the time if the law should be enforced since many of the streets are impassable for wheels when muddy, the new law will not be enforced.

   There is a city ordinance passed in 1899 which regulates the speed of bicyclists within the city limits, and this will be followed.

   It is said that people riding on the walks at a moderate rate of speed will not be molested provided the roads are in an unfavorable condition, but those who persist in rapid riding and do not use due precaution to avoid accidents and make trouble for pedestrians will be apprehended at once. Mayor Brown says that the pedestrians have their rights and that they will be protected, and that wheelmen knowing of violations of the law will not only confer a favor upon the authorities by swearing out a warrant against the guilty party or parties, but will benefit themselves by so doing. But any person entering a complaint in regard to side walk riding is expected to make the complaint explicit against the particular offender in question, swearing out a warrant against him and then appearing in police court to offer testimony in the examination or trial.

 

RECTOR AND BRIDE

Tendered a Reception by Grace Episcopal Church Last Night.

   A reception was tendered Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Way by Mrs. L. K. Shankland and the ladies of Grace Episcopal church at the pleasant home of Mrs. Shankland, corner of Tompkins and Prospect-sts., last evening.

   The guests were received by Mrs. Shankland, Rev. and Mrs. Way, Miss Mary Hubbard and Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bull, the ushers being Miss Elizabeth Turner and Mrs. A. M. Jewett.

   The diningroom was in charge of Mrs. H. C. Johnson and was prettily decorated in pink and white, sweet peas predominating.

   Mrs. J. W. Angell, Mrs. Ezra Corwin, Miss Edith Turner, and Miss Ireland acted as waitresses. Mrs. Edward Keator and Miss Harriet Allen escorted the guests to the diningroom. The punch bowl was presided over by Mrs. Edward Allen and Mrs. C. H. V. Elliott.

   The vestrymen and their wives assisted in entertaining the many guests who were present to congratulate Rev. and Mrs. Way and wish them a happy journey through life. The occasion was one of enjoyment to all concerned.

 

MUST KEEP THE PEACE.

Now in County Jail Because No One Will Sign His Bond.

   Miles Stafford, residing between Blodgett Mills and Messengerville was arrested Thursday, July 9, for threatening to kill his wife, Job Stafford and others, and to burn their buildings, etc. He was arraigned July 13, before Justice P. M. Francis of Messengerville and pleaded not guilty. He was given until July 21 to secure witnesses. Yesterday he was again taken to Messengerville and the case tried. He was held under bonds of $500 to keep the peace, in default of which he was committed to the county jail. H. A. Dickinson appeared for the prosecution and J. H. Miller of Marathon for the defense.

 

A Surprise Party.

   A subscriber sends in the following account of a surprise party which is rather old to print, since it occurred two weeks ago, but to which we gave space.

   Miss Lula M. Woodin was pleasantly surprised at her home 3 miles south of Cortland on Wednesday afternoon, July 8, the occasion being her 14th birthday. The time was enjoyably spent in playing games until 5 o'clock when a delicious supper was served under the trees by Mrs. Woodin. Many tokens of friendship and love were left as reminders of the event.

   Those present were Misses Lulu M. Woodin, Margery Woodin, Bessie Reynolds, Elsie Burt, Frances Stoddard, Florence Park, Bessie Blincoe, Mae Burt, Mabel Robinson, Lulu Robinson, Edna Hilsinger, Winifred Smith, Helen Bliss, Florence L. Jennison.

 

George Jean Mager.

GRANTED A VACATION.

Mr. and Mrs. Mager to Taka a Two Months Trip to Europe.

   The directors of the Second National bank have granted President G. J. Mager a leave of absence of two months which he and Mrs. Mager will spend abroad. They have engaged passage to Liverpool on the White Star steamer Teutonic and expect to sail from New York City on Aug. 5 at 12 o'clock noon. Their prospective tour will include England, Scotland, Holland, Germany, Switzerland and France. This is the first vacation Mr. Mager has had in over forty years, and it is indeed a very graceful and generous act on the part of the directors of the bank in granting it. We wish Mr. and Mrs. Mager bon voyage and safe return.

 

BREVITIES.

   — Meeting of Order of Golden Seal at Good Templars' hall tonight at 8 o'clock.

   —The L. O. T. M. will hold a regular meeting tomorrow evening at 7:30 o'clock.

   —The Home Telephone Co. has put a telephone in the office of Hotel Chautauqua at Chautauqua park, Tully lake.

   —The new display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; M. A. Case, Shirt waists.etc., page 6; M. W. Giles, Dishes to rent, page 4; F. Daehler, Clothing, page 4; Great A. & P. Tea Co., Lard, etc., page 6.

 

NINE DAYS MOURNING, PROF. LANGLEY'S AIRSHIP, WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY, BIDS REJECTED, ITHACA BAND, AND SIG. SAUTELLE'S SWORD SWALLOWER

 

Pope Leo XIII.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, July 21, 1903

NINE DAYS' MOURNING.

Special Prayer Prepared for Use in all the Churches.

   New York, July 21. The nine days of mourning for His Holiness, Pope Leo XIII, began throughout the archdiocese of New York today by direction of Archbishop Farley. The archbishop has written a special prayer which will be recited daily in all the churches under his jurisdiction until the election of the new pontiff. Until that event the great bell of St. Patrick's cathedral will be tolled 94 times at 4 o'clock each afternoon.

   During the nine days of mourning a requiem mass will be celebrated every morning in every church. On the day of interment Archbishop Farley will officiate at solemn pontifical mass of requiem in St. Patrick's cathedral, assisted by the bishops of the diocese and the diocesan clergy. The orator, who will deliver the eulogy of Leo XIII has not yet been selected. This service will officially terminate the period of mourning, but on August 21, a month's mind mass for the deceased pontiff will be said in all the diocesan churches.

   All of the Roman Catholic churches in New York have been draped in mourning which will remain during the official mourning period.

 

Professor Langley's Airship.

   Wide Water, Va., July 21.—Work on Professor Langley's airship, which was suspended Saturday, was resumed with vigor today by Smithsonian experts and mechanics and they have nearly completed the launching car, which is to dash across a track 70 feet and cast the airship into space. The car will be sprung from its fastening by 12 heavy steel springs 40 feet long. It will be discharged from two brass piston boxes and a high velocity will be attained at the other end. Having launched the airship, the car will be held on the rails.

 

Parachute Did Not Work.

   Montreal, July 21.—M. B. Trussle, an aeronaut, is in the general hospital,  this city, suffering from a broken collar bone and concussion of the brain, as the result of an accident at Riverside park Sunday. Trussle ascended with Professor Wolcott, and when about 4,000 feet in the air Trussle pulled his parachute loose. The parachute did not work and down went the aeronaut like an arrow. He kept his nerve and succeeded in getting the parachute working. He was, however, dashed to the ground and badly injured. It is thought he will recover.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Wireless Telegraphy Development.

   Wireless telegraphy has not been attracting much public attention recently, but the inventors and promoters in this interesting field of electrical development have not been idle. Two new statements of much interest regarding it have just been given to the public.

   One of these, according to the Chicago Tribune, is to the effect that the wireless experiments which have been conducted by the United States Navy department during the past year or more have shown that the Slaby-Arco system is the best for the navy, and will be adopted. This is a German system, the joint production of two scientists, Herr Slaby and Count Arco. It was tested in competition with a number of other foreign inventions, French, German and English; but the Marconi system was not among them, as the department had been unable to make satisfactory terms with Marconi under which his system, if satisfactory, could be adopted.

   Having decided in favor of the Slaby-Arco wireless telegraph, the training ship Topeka bas been ordered to New York to get twenty sets of instruments which have arrived there from Germany. These are to be distributed among eight of our war ships which will use them in the prospective war games and fleet maneuvers. The vessels designated, each to receive a set of instruments, are the battleships Kearsarge, Illinois, Maine and Texas, the cruisers Olympia and Baltimore and the training ships Topeka and Prairie. Shore stations are also to be established, and communications between them and the ships will be kept up during the maneuvers.

   The second statement of much public interest regarding wireless telegraphy is that Mr. Marconi has discovered a principle and invented an instrument whereby he is able to dispense entirely with the high towers and poles for transmitting the electric impulses of his system. It is said that the inventor has been testing this latest invention for some time, and has been able to transmit messages across the Atlantic from the level of the earth where his sending instruments are located. The result of this will be the dismantling or abandoning of the transatlantic sending apparatus so far as the towers or masts are concerned, and messages will be sent by instruments placed on tables in the rooms of the company without any intervening masts.

   If Marconi's latest device is as complete and successful as represented, it marks a long step in the progress of wireless telegraphy.

 

S. S. Knox.

ALL BIDS REJECTED.

Only Two Submitted and they Were Both too High.

EXCEEDED ENGINEERS ESTIMATE.

Contained the Maintenance Clause—May Advertise Again for Bids Without this Clause—Sewer Connections Going Slowly on Account of Water—Paving May Have to be Deferred Till Next Year.

   A regular meeting of the board of public works was held in the office of the city clerk last evening, those present being, Chairman S. S. Knox, C. W. Collins, F. H. Cobb, and C. F. Wickwire. City Attorney Fred Hatch, Superintendent of Public works E. L. Becker, Engineer Farrington, R. W. Hanson, contractor of Geneva, J. S. Bull, contractor of Cortland, and W. G. Hastings, representing the Mack Paving Brick Manufacturing Co. of Philadelphia, were also present. The meeting was, for the most part, held behind closed doors.

   The board was called to order by Chairman Knox and the minutes of the preceding meeting read and approved.

   Bids for macadamizing Port Watson-st. were then opened. But two bids were presented, one by J. S. Bull of Cortland and C. T. Hookway of Syracuse for $28,734.33, and another by James M. Homer of Olean for $28,691.50. These were with trap rock and four inch curbing according to the specifications. They gave different figures for five inch curbing, blue stone, etc. Their bids included the five year guaranty fund. The engineer's estimate for the same was $23,240, not, however, including the five year maintenance fund.

   After the bids had been opened the board went into executive session, and after a lengthy discussion the statement was given out that both bids had been rejected on the ground that they were too high. It is said that the reason for the bids being so much in excess of the engineer's estimate was on account of the five years' maintenance clause.

   Superintendent Becker said that it was rather slow work making the sewer connections on account of the amount of water in the ground, but that only a few remained to be made west of the Lehigh tracks. By keeping two pumps at work they can keep the water down enough to enable them to continue work.

   Whether or not the paving will be done this year depends to quite an extent on the length of time it will take to make all connections. Engineer Farrington stated to The Standard reporter that he thought there would be no trouble in paving it as far as the Lehigh tracks, at least.

   It is probable that bids will be advertised for again at the next meeting of the board, at which time the maintenance clause may be stricken out.

   The semi-monthly pay roll was audited.

   The following sidewalks were condemned and new ones ordered: H. J. Messenger, Orchard-st., south aide; H. Willis Gazlay, Hamlin-st., west side.

 

WICKWIRES' EXCURSION

To be Run to Sylvan Beach on Saturday, Aug. 1.

   The second annual excursion of the Wickwire Employees Aid association will be held Saturday, Aug 1, when a special train will be run to Sylvan Beach, leaving here at 7:45 a. m. Returning, the train will leave the Beach at 6:30. Various sports have been arranged. There will be a 100-yard dash open to Cortland county. Prizes of six, three, two and one dollars have been offered in this event. The Cortland band will accompany the excursion, and it goes without saying that it will be an enjoyable outing. Fare, adults $1, children 50 cents.

 

Ithaca Band with Leader Patrick Conway, center forefront.

THE ITHACA BAND.

Two Concerts Daily at Cortland Park July 25 and 26 and From July 29 to August 2.

   The famous Ithaca band under the direction of Patrick Conway will commence its annual engagement at Cortland park on Saturday, July 25. Two concerts will be given Saturday at 3 and 8:15 p. m. and one sacred concert Sunday afternoon at 3:30.

   The band will not be in Cortland Monday or Tuesday following, but will resume its concerts at the park the Wednesday following and continue with two concerts daily until Sunday when only the afternoon concert will be given.

   A very pleasing feature has been arranged this year in that a public dance will be given in the pavilion at which the full band will furnish the music and the small admission of 25 cents will be charged. This is without doubt the finest opportunity for the lovers of dancing ever offered in Cortland and those who attended the private dance last year, at which the band furnished the music, will remember its excellence. To attend a dance with music furnished by so excellent a band of full forty pieces will be indeed an occasion long to be remembered.

   The Ithaca band as an organization needs no introduction to the people of Cortland where the leader, Mr. Conway, is so well known and appreciated. Suffice to say that this famous band is this year better than ever and will come to Cortland with forty men, every one of whom is an artist in his line.

   The program will undergo an entire change in each concert and in the latter days of the engagements requests from patrons will be received for repetitions of favorite selections and these will be repeated from such requests.

   The regular Wednesday and Saturday dances will be held as usual. No admission will be charged to the park for these concerts and ample, quick [street] car service will be instituted.

 

TEAM GOT AWAY.

Frightened by Car—Took to Walk—Caught—Little Damage.

   As Irving Price and his young son Charles were coming down South Main-st., Cortland, this morning with a load of baled straw, the team took fright at an electric [trolley] car and swerved shortly to the left and into the curb, in spite of the efforts of the driver to stop them. As the wheel struck the curbing the heavy jolt threw Mr. Price off the front end of the load. In falling he struck on the whiffletrees and rolled from there to the ground immediately in front of one of the wheels. He managed to get out of the way of the wheel, but to the spectators it seemed as though the wheel passed over his body.

   The team ran onto the walk, tearing down the awnings in front of Woolland's bicycle shop and the York shaving parlors and was stopped by W. W. Staub, who ran out of the barber shop and seized the horses by the heads.

   Charlie Price fell off the wagon together with several bales of hay, in front of the bicycle shop but was uninjured. Mr. Price was somewhat shaken up and his leg pained him quite a little. The team was uninjured. It was a fortunate accident all the way round. The street was full of people at the time and had the team, with the heavy load kept on down the street instead of turning to the curb, several might have been injured.

 

McEVOY SUMMER SCHOOL

Starts off Most Auspiciously with Increased Enrollment.

   The McEvoy summer school is in session today at the Central school building with the largest attendance for the opening day, in the history of the school, about sixty-seven being registered. There are more advanced pupils than in previous years, many being present simply for review, not having to take examinations. Classes will be passed and lessons assigned this afternoon, the regular work beginning tomorrow.

 

LEHIGH VALLEY'S HOSE CART

Just Arrived—Plenty of Hose, Water and Power—Ready to Fight Fire.

   The Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. has increased the efficiency of its already excellent fire fighting apparatus in the local car shops, by the addition of a first class up-to-date hose cart. This was purchased of the Seagrave company of Columbus, O., and possesses all the modern improvements. It is equipped with a tool box, hand bar, ax, etc. There is a ratchet which regulates the amount of rope to be used in handling the cart and is modern to the last detail.

   The company has over 1,000 feet of hose and its own water supply, with force enough to send a stream of water several feet above the top of the highest chimney in the yards. The employees form a volunteer fire company and it is said that every man would respond to the alarm at the shops day or night.

   One hundred feet of hose is attached to the hydrant in each shop every night and in case of fire it would only be necessary to turn on the water.

   The hose cart is kept in a convenient place and by simply sliding a door to one side it is ready for business.

   The Lehigh shops are surrounded by small shops, factories, and frame buildings causing great danger from fire, and as they are somewhat scattered and not especially easy of access to the regular department, this new addition is especially valuable

   Cortland Alderman George F. Richards, who is the master mechanic of the railroad for this division, has been working long to advance the interests of the railroad company by securing this additional means of fighting fire in the car shops, and is heartily to be congratulated upon the success that has crowned his efforts. All the residents of the vicinity who may also be benefited in case of fire are likewise grateful to him.

 

Sautelle's Sword Swallower.

   Bill Griffin, the sword swallower with Sautelle's circus, died Sunday at Bridgewater, Me. On Saturday while performing his feat his foot slipped, and the long knife used pierced his windpipe, causing death the following day.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The new display advertisements today are—G. H. Wiltsie, Dry goods, page 6: Cronin, the Plumber, Full line of plumbing goods, page 5.

   —Anthracite coal has been discovered upon several farms in the vicinity of Waterloo, N. Y., and there is a belief that it is there in paying quantities. The town is getting excited over the find.

   —A move is on foot, among the alumni of Cornell university to raise $130,000 to enlarge and improve the athletic field, to build a fine club house upon the premises and to provide the grounds and buildings with every facility for producing better athletic work.