ITALIANS--STILL THEY COME

Immigrants arriving at Castle Garden (the Battery) in New York City. Ellis Island opened in January, 1892.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, June 19, 1891.

Still They Come.

(Binghamton Democrat.)

   Within the past six weeks twenty thousand Italians have passed Gibraltar on their way to this country. Thirty thousand will be along shortly. They are among the most ignorant and undesirable of the lowest and most wretched of the population of Italy. Every week they are adding a lawless element; hard to assimilate, alien in race; savage in temper, ignorant almost of the forms of freedom, to say nothing of its use and meaning.

   Their exodus is depopulating whole districts in Italy and they are likely to depopulate whole districts in the United States of a better class of citizens.

   The same number of Chinese could not be more undesirable, more demoralizing and debauching to the population and the franchise. For the Chinese are at least restrained from governing the country, while many of these immigrants will be voting in less than six years and then whining for the protection of their government when caught and punished for indulging in their ugly habits of assassination and violence.

   The people of this country look hopelessly on, as this foul and contaminating stream of beggars, thieves, organ grinders, and illiterate stream pours in upon them: praying like a fatalistic Turk that Providence will somehow avert the evil, but doing nothing to quarantine the pestilence or control it after it has spread over the land.

PAGE FOUR/EDITORIALS.

   The Buffalo Courier publishes the statement of the Secretary of one of Buffalo's largest and most successful savings institutions, concerning the effect the McKinley bill has had on the wage workers of that city:

   "Money is very scarce in the pockets of the poor. The increase in shareholding is not up to the standard. Our increase in shares from January to July is generally very large. The poor are drawing out the little that they have been enabled to save up, to meet present wants. You may believe that they do this reluctantly, and that they are pinched pretty hard. The explanation is the greatly increased cost of the necessaries of life, imposed by the McKinley tariff, and the fact that laborers' and mechanics' wages have not advanced at all. The community is suffering very perceptibly now, and matters must grow worse as time passes. Next winter will certainly be the toughest one for the laboring classes in many years. The savings and the loan associations can feel the changes in the pulse of the poor man's finances earlier than any other money institution. The banks cannot begin to tell as soon when anything is going wrong. The law imposing prohibitory duties on articles that the poor must have is one of the most iniquitous things American Congressmen have been guilty of. I had a talk with the managing clerk of a big dry goods house a short time ago, and asked him if table linens wouldn't go out of sight when the new duties were added. He said: "The kind of linen you buy won't cost much more, but all the poorer grades will cost a great deal more." So it is all around. The poor are being punished most, and dollars are being wrung from their sweat and toil every week."

Francis Hendricks.

Rufus T. Peck.

   Senator Francis Hendricks has gone to Europe on a combined pleasure and business trip and will be absent about three months, returning sometime in August. Though he stated some time ago that he would not be a candidate for re-election to the Senate, he has been, so it is rumored, persuaded to change his mind, and will, on his return from Europe enter the political arena with renewed energy. If this is the case, Cortland county might just as well hang her harp on a willow tree. Assemblyman Peck, of Cortland, is working hard for the nomination, but the bosses at Syracuse will shut him up like a jack-knife when the proper time comes.—Tully Times.

   A Democratic governor in New York, two years ago, saved the State $1,800,000 by his votes. A Democratic legislature in New York this year has reduced direct taxation $3,500,000. A Republican congress has voted away $1,000,000,000 and a Republican city treasurer has robbed Pennsylvania and Philadelphia of $2,476,000. The Prince of Wales may lead a "fast set," but "he is not in it" with the Republican party in making the money fly.—Albany Argus.

   Father Mollinger of Pittsburg is creating great excitement by healing the sick with the bones of St. Anthony. Hundreds of people from far and near visit him and many are said to be cured of longstanding ailments. Father Mollinger read medicine in his younger days and is said to be learned in the healing art. He thinks, however, that a blessing helps the cures.

Fairgrounds, racetrack and grandstand shown on 1894 map section..

HERE AND THERE.

   Longest period of daylight for 1891 has arrived.

   D. E. Kinney's [trotter] "Nickle Plate" won second money at the races in Elmira, last Thursday.

   Set your house in order and get ready to attend the races to be held on the fair grounds, July 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th.

   During the storm of Tuesday afternoon, lightning struck and killed a fine cow on the farm of Wm R. Randall, south of this village.

   The Cortland track is admitted by all to be the fastest half-mile track in the country. Fast time will be made and no one can afford to miss the event.

   The races to be held on the fair grounds, July 1-4 inclusive, promise to be better even than those held on the grounds last season, and they were very satisfactory.

   The new grand stand on the fair grounds is a fine structure, and will seat 1200 persons, every one of whom can see the entire course. It will prove to be a great comfort to all patrons of the races.

   J. G. Limberger, proprietor of the hotel in Scott, will give a Fourth of July party at his house on Friday evening, July 3d. Good music will be furnished.

   Next regular meeting of the King's Daughters will be held at the residence of Mrs. Jerome Squires, 44 Groton avenue, at 3 P. M., Saturday of the present week.

   The Ithaca Democrat is authority for the statement that "Cortland talks of paving to the tune of about $100,000." It is a little strange that no one here has heard anything about it.

   Bridenbecker, proprietor of the city bakery, has an advertisement in another column. His reputation for palatable bakestuffs has become well established. Readers of the DEMOCRAT will do well to give him a call.

   The Cortland Sportsman's club was represented at the State shoot held in Rome, last Tuesday, by Messrs. A. M. Schermerhorn, E. C. Rindge and A. D. Wallace, of this place, and E. A. Williams, W. L. Clarke and B. E. Miller, of Homer.

   The Women's Christian Temperance Union has accepted the invitation of Rev. Dr. Taylor to attend his church Sunday evening, June 21st, to listen to an address upon "Women's Work." Members will meet in the Sunday school room at 7 o'clock.

   Friday evening, July 3d, a social party will be given in Wells' hall, Cortland, by the "U-Go-I-Go Club," which promises to be largely attended. The music will be furnished by Prof. F. Osborne's mammoth orchestra. Tickets will be 75 cents for the dance.

   Reports from all parts of the United States confirm the statement that June 15, 1891, was the hottest day recorded in the past twenty-five years. While the variation was from 90 to 98 degrees in the shade, Cortland enjoyed universal popularity as the mercury registered 96 at 3 P. M.

   Last Sunday night, as the 11:20 train made the crossing of the Horse car tracks [under the Route 11 bridge between Homer and Cortland—CC editor], north of this place, one of the rails on the latter curled up and the end was forced through the floor of one of the sleepers. The rail went with the car to the second bridge, when it fell into the river. No one was injured.

   Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, sister of Gen. Grant, and Associate National Superintendent of the department of the Army and Navy, will speak under the auspices of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in the First Methodist church of Cortland, Monday evening, June 22d. Subject, "Things you ought to know.''

   Prof. C. Victor Coon, formerly of Homer, but for the past six years principal of the Academy at Rhinecliff, on the Hudson, has been elected principal of Marathon Union School and Academy. He is a brother of School Commissioner W. A. Coon, and possesses all the elements for a competent school official. He is a first-class man for the place.

   The examination of George Brown for picking up and taking coal from the track of the S. B. & N. Y. railroad was held before Justice Hulbert and a jury on Wednesday last, and the jury decided that he was guilty and he was sentenced to pay a fine of $10, or 30 days in jail. He refused to pay his fine and was accordingly sent up.—Marathon Independent.

   Prof. L. L. Jackson, principal of the school at New Woodstock, has been engaged as teacher of the preparatory Academic department in Homer Academy for the coming school year. Miss Fannie Thompson, of this place, will teach the first intermediate department, and Miss Mary Flagg, of Homer, and Miss Mary Adams, of Marathon, will have charge of the primary department.

   A social hop is to be given at the Half-Way House hall, on Wednesday evening next. Music by Happy Bill Daniels' orchestra. Tickets, 50 cents.

   During the week mechanical vibrating fans have been placed in the office and bar of the Globe hotel, Railroad street. Proprietor Goddard also has a handsome fern window in the office. Hotel Burns is also to the front with vibrating fans. A miniature water motor furnishes the power.

   The funeral of Mr. Edward F. Rood, who died Wednesday morning at the residence of his mother, Mrs. Walter Rood, 38 Lincoln avenue, will be held from the family residence at 2 o'clock, Saturday afternoon. Deceased was by trade a carriage trimmer, but for many months has been confined to the house with consumption.

   Officer John Miller went to Rondout, Ulster county, last Monday, and arrested Lincoln B. Haskins, a teacher. The prisoner was lodged in Cortland jail, Tuesday evening. The charge is betrayal under promise of marriage. Miss Emma Southworth, of Homer, being the complainant. He was to have had an examination before Justice Pratt, of Little York, yesterday afternoon.

Hospital Donations for May.

   The following is a list of donations to the Hospital for May, 1891:

   Watkins Brothers, 3 counterpanes; Mrs. L. P. Bennett, 1 pair sheets; Maxson & Starin, 1 ton coal; Mrs. H. O. Yates, 1 cord kindling wood; Mrs. S. M. Ballard, 1 pair sheets, 1 bedquilt; Mrs. A. B. Springer, 1 towel, 1 napkin; Mrs. H. C. Beebe, 1 bottle indelible ink; Mrs. E. Mudge, 1 pillow, painted panel; Mrs. Uri Clark, illustrated papers; Mrs. F. D. Smith, Youth's Companion; Mrs. L. J. Fitzgerald, 1 lamp; Mrs. Thomas Street, 2 tablecloths, 12 napkins; Miss Grace Spaulding, 1 glass pitcher, 12 tumblers; Mrs. Dr. Spaulding, 3 napkins, 6 dinner plates, 6 tea plates, 6 sauce dishes, 6 butter plates; Miss Amelia Smith, 3 soup plates, 2 vegetable dishes, 5 cups and saucers; Mrs. B. F. Tillinghast, 1 dining table, 2 chairs, 1 couch, table crockery, 6 knives and forks; Mrs. Clark Tillinghast, 1 bedstead, 1 washstand; Mrs. James Maxson, 1 chair, 1 bedstead, 1 comfortable; Mrs. F. O. Hyatt, hall carpet, 1 cup of June flowers; Mrs. J. A. Robinson, 1 carpet, 6 window shades; Mrs. L. B. Earle, bed-springs, 3 counterpanes; Miss Louise Hunter, oil stove; Mrs. Ernest M. Hulbert, bedroom crockery; Mrs. L. C. Homer, 1 pair pillows; Mrs. A. Mahan, bedstead springs, bureau washstand; Mrs. Charles Butler, spring mattress, 1 stand, 2 foot stools; Mrs. Charles Willett, 1 cup of jelly, 1 can of blackberries; Miss Mary Hubbard, 1 cup marmalade: Mrs. Dorr C. Smith, 1 cup jam; Mrs. H. C. Johnson, 3 lbs. butter; Mr. George Severance, milk tickets, $1; Mr. H. C. Beebe, meat, 40 cts.; Mr. R. G. Lewis. 1 sack flour; Ladies' Auxiliary of Y. M. C. A., sugar, bread, 2 loaves of cake; Mrs. J. F. Miller, 1 loaf of bread; Mr. R. J. Shirley, bakery tickets, $1; Mr. Frank Corwin, milk tickets, $1.

   Flowers have been received from Mr. John McGraw, Mrs. S. D. Roberts, of Glen Haven, Mrs. L. D. C. Hopkins, Miss Anna Lawrence, Miss Bessie Wales, Miss Iva Culp, Miss Anna Thompson, [and] Mr. Mason Ingall.

 

TROUBLE IN A NORMAL SCHOOL

Cortland Normal School.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, June 19, 1891.

Trouble in a Normal School.

(From the Kingston Argus June 17.)

   Francis J. Cheney, late principal of Kingston Academy, and for the past year inspector of academies, etc., under the Board of Regents at Albany, has been selected by the Local Board of the Cortland Normal School to succeed Dr. J. H. Hoose, for twenty years the eminently successful principal of that school, whose resignation has been requested by a majority of the Local Board, and, with abundant reason on the part of Dr. Hoose, refused. The change demanded is the outcome wholly of personal motives originating years ago in matters outside the school and merging into a quasi-political quarrel mainly between two factions of the Republican party in Cortland.

   The State Superintendent will do a most unwise and unjust act to yield to the demand of a bare majority of the Local Board inspired by such motives, and in the absence of any possible charges affecting the management of the school, which under Dr. Hoose's control has stood among the foremost of the Normal Schools of the State, and was never so prosperous and popular as now.

   Dr. Hoose is a man of great executive force; and, in that regard, probably has no superior among the educators of the State. This local faction tried to drive him out in 1880, but after a long struggle in the Courts were beaten; the school in the meantime greatly declining in numbers and standing. The restoration of Dr. Hoose to his place very soon brought back its prosperity which has continued in a progressive ratio up to the present time. As the Cortland Democrat says: "Cheney may be a good man, but he is not Hoose." Dr. Cheney is a capable educator, but he certainly is not the equal of Dr. Hoose in all the qualifications which go to make the Cortland Normal School what it now is.

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(Northern Christian Advocate, June 18,1891.)

   The administration of each of the Normal Schools in this State is not merely a matter of local interest. The head of these institutions is a State officer, and every citizen of the State is interested to know what principals [sic] shall be applied in their administration. We are not, therefore, going beyond our province when we take notice of the contention over the affairs of the Normal School at Cortland.

   Several years ago an issue was made in that school involving the retention of Principal Hoose, which was decided finally in his favor by the Court of Appeals. Since that time the school has prospered, as indeed it had before, under Dr. Hoose, whose ability and experience have gained for him recognition as one of the most successful Normal School instructors and principals in this country, and, so far as the general public is concerned, nothing has been heard of the old contention or of any dissatisfaction with his management of the institution under his supervision.

   But in the meantime the personnel of the local board has changed, and the majority now surprise the community with the request that Dr. Hoose resign. As he refuses to do this, they apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for his summary removal. The only reason assigned for this procedure is "strained relations.'' That indeed is a convenient phrase, often used to explain an unpleasant situation by concealing the truth. "Strained!" It gives to the public no information, and justifies no inference except this, that the dissatisfied members of the board find themselves uncomfortable in the position which they have accepted. It does not seem to have occurred to them that they could relieve themselves by resigning.

   Perhaps that would not be agreeable, and it may be impertinent to suggest such a remedy. Seriously, however, we protest in behalf of our Normal Schools against interference with their administration and the removal of their principals on the ground of "strained relations."

A Bit of Hypocrisy.

   Dr. David E. Smith, professor of mathematics in the Normal school, last week sent his formal resignation to the Local Board to take effect at the close of the present term. Dr. Smith will take the chair of mathematics at the Michigan State Normal School at the opening of the fall term, at a salary of $2,000—an increase of $500 on what he has been receiving at Cortland—and with much lighter duties.  During his connection with the Cortland Normal he has gained an enviable reputation as an instructor of the very first rank, and the work of his department has not been surpassed, if it has been equaled, by any school in the State. His unvarying courtesy and dignified and gentlemanly bearing have also made him personally popular both with students and faculty. It is to be regretted that the opposition to our Normal schools should keep down annual appropriations to a point where salaries equal to those offered in other states cannot be paid, and that the schools should therefore be constantly losing some of their best instructors. Such parsimony is not economy. So long as our Normal schools are sustained at all it should be in a way to make them easily the best in the country.—Cortland Standard.

   That portion of the above article commending Dr. Smith as an instructor, we can heartily subscribe to, but when the editor [William H. Clark] of the Standard undertakes to put the blame for the loss of Dr. Smith on the amount of salary paid here, he may possibly succeed in deceiving himself, but he deceives no one else. No one knows better than the President of the Local Board, that the size of the salary was not taken into account when Dr. Smith decided to go to Michigan. He had not found fault with his salary here and that was not the consideration that induced him to leave. If his position in the school here had been assured, the increase of salary would have had no temptations for him, but with Clark in the Local Board he knew that the tenure of office of every member of the faculty would hang by a very slender thread. He undoubtedly thought it was better to get inside before the inevitable storm caught him unawares, and in so doing he proved that he possessed sound judgment.

   Judging from the present outlook, if there is any opposition to the Normal schools in these parts, the president of the Local Board [William H. Clark] is at its head.

Normal Commencement.

   Tuesday of next week will begin the customary examinations and other exercises attending the forty-third commencement forty-fifth term) at the State Normal and Training school, Cortland. Below is printed the general programme for the week which will be interesting to the numerous readers of the DEMOCRAT in common with the friends of the school and participants:

   Final examinations will begin at 1:15 P. M. Tuesday, June 23, continuing until 4:15 P. M. of the following Friday.

   Return of Text Books and payment of return fare to Normal students occurs at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning, 27th inst. At 8 P. M. of same day will occur the first reception by the clubs of the Alumni of the school. The reception to be at the Normal parlors.

   Monday morning 29th inst., the standing will be read at 9 o'clock. At 2 P. M. will be held the class day exercises. In the Opera House at 8 P. M. the seventeenth public exercises of the Alumni association will be listened to.

   Tuesday at 10 A. M. will occur the commencement, the exercises being held at the Opera House. A business meeting of the Alumni association will take place in room 85 of the Normal at 3 P. M. The annual reunion will open in the Normal parlors at 8 o'clock in the evening, with a banquet served in the chapel.

   There are forty-eight ladies and thirteen gentlemen in the class of 1891, twenty-one being residents of Cortland county, while the remaining forty are residents of twelve other counties of the state:

GENTLEMEN.

George Day Bailey, Etna, Tompkins Co.

Calvin Guiteau Babcock, Newport, Herkimer Co.

Sanfond Jay Ellsworth, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Fred Hulse, Monroe, Orange Co.

Lambert Lincoln Jackson, Choconut Centre, Broome Co.

Ira Warner Livermore, Whitney's Point, Broome Co.

Arthur Ralph Mason, McLean, Tompkins Co.

Orra Ellsworth Northrop, Etna, Tompkins Co.

John Probes, Caton, Steuben Co.

George Arthur Rundlet, Alexandria Bay, Jeff. Co.

Harry James Stannard, Newark Valley, Tioga Co.

Hermon C . Woodworth, Trumansburg, Tomp. Co.

Delmer S. Zimmer, Newark Valley, Tioga Co.

LADIES.

Mary Bigler Adams, Marathon, Cortland Co.

Anna Elizabeth Alexander, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Anna Augusta Allen, Asbury, Tompkins Co.

Mary Edith Adbit, Jamesville, Onondaga Co.

Mary Elizabeth Beeman, Tully, Onondaga Co.

Ellen Beach, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Candace Maria Beach, Delphi, Onondaga Co.

Minnie Harriet Brownell, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Anna Winona Chidsey, Candor, Tioga Co.

Irene May Clough, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Kathryne Tracy Cahaley, Elmira, Chemung Co.

Irene Crandell, Breesport, Chemung Co.

Marv Agnes Carty, Ithaca, Tompkins Co.

Elizabeth May Davern, Marathon, Cortland Co.

Grace Katherine Duffey, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Frances Anna Ferguson, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Pauline Mary Freer, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Anna Louise Gethins, Horseheads, Chemung Co.

Harriet Churchill Hawley, Broadalbin, Fulton Co.

Ina Helen Hurlbut, Homer, Cortland Co.

Marian Alice Hinds, DeRuyter, Madison Co.

Fannie May Hoffman, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Fanny Laura Hughes, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Lula Alberta Legg, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Florence Irene Lewis, Kattleville, Broome Co.

Florence Lizabeth Littaye, Constableville, Lewis Co.

Nellie Janette Littaye, Constablevllle, Lewis Co.

Katherine Lucy McGinnis, Syracuse, Onondaga Co.

Helen Veronica Matthews, Cazenovia, Madison Co.

Cora Belle Niver, Dryden, Tompkins Co.

Maud Louise Olmstead, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Gertrude Louise Peckham, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Frederike Bonhuer Rounds, Vestal, Broome Co.

Elizabeth Ellen Roberts, Morrisville, Madison Co.

Margaret Sheridan, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Lena May Spence, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Mattie E. Smith, North Chemung, Chemung Co.

Emma Louise Stickles, Groton, Tompkins Co.

Lena L. Smith, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Fannie Ellen Thompson, Cazenovia, Madison Co.

Cara S. Van Camp, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Lillian Priscilla Wheeler, Whitney's P't, Broome Co.

Jennie Dane Wells, Tully, Onondaga Co.

Celona Cummings Wells, Tully, Onondaga Co.

Etta May West, Binghamton, Broome Co.

Sara Julia Weeks, Marcellus, Onondaga Co.

Minnie Cordelia Wilber, Morrisville, Madison Co.

Leila Maria Warren, Cortland, Cortland Co.

Floral Trout Park can be viewed in the upper right side of this 1894 map segment, just west of East Avenue. A small double-arch bridge separated two ponds and there was a pavilion on the west side of the ponds. Today the park site is a junk location near the city D. P. W. building on South Franklin Street.

Hitchcock Hose Outing.

   The sterling pluck of the several companies which form the fire department of Cortland was fully demonstrated on the occasion of Hitchcock Hose outing at the Floral Trout Park last Saturday. Following close in the wake of Orris Hose successful picnic, many entertained the fear of failure. Fortunately such a word is omitted from the department record. The day being fine the attendance was most liberal and satisfaction universal. Hose racing, dancing and music filled in the time until a seasonable hour at the close of the day. A grand parade of the department was a pleasant feature of the evening.

   Arriving at the park excitement ran high over the friendly hose race between Orris and Hitchcock companies for a $50 purse. Orris ran first, making the requirements in 38 1/2 seconds, while Hitchcock time was given at 33 1/2, thus giving each team one race—the Orris having won at the previous contest on the preceding Wednesday. Other companies will be heard from during the season.

Epworth League Election.

   After an address by the Rev. C. E. Hamilton, pastor of Homer Avenue M. E. church, upon the "necessity of organization for Christian work," Wednesday evening, the Epworth League of that church elected the following officers for the ensuing semi-annual term:

   President.—Miss May Cotton.

   Vice Presidents.—Thomas Crozier, Mrs. C. E. Hamilton, Miss Helena Myers and Miss Hattie Kelley.

   Secretary.—Charles Fenner.

   Treasurer.—Clifton Wolcott.

   "Dead While Called Living" will be the topic at the 6 P. M., meeting next Sunday, Mr. S. D. Ballard conductor.

His Fingers Amputated.

   Last Friday, Fred Cowlan, aged 23 years and an employe [sic] in the Hitchcock Manufacturing Company's shops, had the fingers and thumb of his left hand badly lacerated by coming in contact with a buzz saw. He was taken to Dr. Bennett's office and the doctor assisted by Dr. Dana amputated the fingers and thumb.

Items.

   Hitchcock Manufacturing Co. band are engaged to play in Owego, July 4th.

   The result of the examination for Cornell scholarships was as follows: Milo McDiarmid, Homer, 307 points out of a possible 350; Ray Baum, Marathon, 284; J. W. Jones, Willett, 269; A. L. Bouton, Cortland, 250.

   Mr. A. Mahan has been chosen a director of the Franklin Hatch Library Association in place of the late Hon. R. Holland Duell.