PROSECUTION OF FIGHTERS AND DEATH OF LORENZO SMITH

Bob Fitzsimmons.

James Corbett.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, October 10, 1895.

PROSECUTION OF FIGHTERS.

Object Seems to Be Merely to Scare Them Away.

   AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 10.—The grand jury concluded with the Corbett training party. They all returned to San Antonio.

   Delaney was seen after the examination and stated that he knew no more about the matter now than he did before, but from the questions asked it is very evident the grand jury would attempt to indict Corbett and Fitzsimmons and probably some members of the Florida Athletic club for arranging a fight on Texas soil in violation of common law.

   There is a wide diversity of opinion among lawyers here as to whether the grand jury has any right to take action in such matters, some claiming there is no legal authority or precedence for the action.

   The attorney general has all along held that when he played his trump card it would be found that it was the biggest trump of the deck. The state officials doubtless do not care to prosecute Corbett and Fitzsimmons if by getting out indictments against them they can scare them out of the state and hold the indictments over their heads to keep them out. It will relieve the state from any further contention in courts on rebutting argument as to the unconstitutionality of the present laws in prize fighting, which the fight management are now threatening to proceed with to annoy the state.

   It is said that District Attorney Burleson summoned the Corbett party before the grand jury on his own hook. It is intimated that the best of feeling does not exist between the grand jury and the district attorney in regard to this matter and that the district attorney has been "called down" by the grand jury.

CHANGE OF BASE MADE.

Pugilists Decide to Fight at Hot Springs.

THE ORIGINAL DATE TO STAND.

Promoters of the Big Mill Repair to Arkansas to Erect a Big Amphitheater—Governor Clarke Expresses No Hostility. Other Sports.

   DALLAS, Tex., Oct. 10.—The Florida Athletic club has moved its headquarters to Hot Springs, Ark., where it will hold its pugilistic carnival of three days, commencing Oct. 31, the date originally selected and already given out.

   All the parties to the contest have fully agreed and the matter is settled.

   HOT SPRINGS, Ark., Oct. 10.—A telegram announcing that the Florida Athletic club had decided to pull off the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight here caused general rejoicing. The mill will take place Oct. 31, as originally intended. Stuart and his associates will arrive here today to arrange the details and work will be commenced at once on a big amphitheater.

   LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Oct. 10.—Governor Clark, when shown the Dallas telegram about a change of the Florida Athletic club to Hot Springs, said he had nothing to say at this time. He would wait and see if the change was made and would then take such steps as the law authorized.

No More Fighting in Louisville.

   LOUISVILLE, Oct. 10.—Prize fighting in Louisville received a knockout blow in the shape of an order issued by the board of public safety to General Taylor, chief of police. The order is a sweeping one and will have the effect of stopping all glove contests in the theaters, athletic clubs and elsewhere within the city limits, if enforced, which the board says it will be to the letter.

No Indictment Found.

   POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Oct. 10.—The grand jury in session here has failed to find an indictment against Miss Amelia E. Haswell of Troy, who was accused of aiding Oliver Curtis Perry, the train robber, to escape from the insane asylum at Matteawan.

SCHOOL FLAGS.

They Must be Displayed Upon Schools in School Hours.

   Superintendent of Public Instruction Charles R. Skinner has issued the following circular letter to all school officers which applies to every school district in the state:

STATE OF NEW YORK,

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,

SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE.

ALBANY, Oct. 3, 1895.

   The attention of school district officers is called to the provisions of the following act passed by the last legislature, and which received the approval of the executive, April 3, 1895.

   "An act to provide for the purchase and display of the United States flags in connection with the public schools of the state."

   The people of the state of New York, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

   Sec. 1. The school authorities of every public school in the several cities and school districts of this state shall purchase a United States flag, flagstaff and the necessary appliances therefore, and shall display such flag upon or near the public school building during school hours, and at such other times as the school authorities may direct. The necessary funds to defray the expense incurred by this act shall be assessed and collected in the same manner as moneys for public school purposes are now raised by law.

   Sec. 2. This act shall take effect immediately. The foregoing law is mandatory in its terms, and there is no discretion vested with the school authorities as to compliance therewith.

   It is the duty of all school district officers and boards of education to purchase a flag and its necessary appliances at once, and a failure to do so is sufficient cause for the removal of any officer so refusing.

   The attention of school district officers is also called to the provisions of Section 51, title 7, of the consolidated school law, which authorizes school district trustees, whenever authorized by law to incur any expense for a school district, to raise the amount necessary to defray the same by a tax in the same manner as if the definite sum to be raised had been voted by a district meeting.

   It is therefore not necessary to submit the question of purchasing a flag to the inhabitants of the school at a school district meeting; and trustees have the authority to purchase the same and levy tax upon the district for the expense thereof.

   CHARLES R. SKINNER,

   State Superintendent.

VILLAGE FATHERS

Transact a Large Variety of Business Last Night.

   The board of village trustees held an adjourned session last night at which the full board was present. The complaint of Lyman C. Jones of an obstruction in the construction of sewers on Main-st. opposite his premises was read and placed on file.

   On motion, each member of the board of health was paid $17.50 as six months' salary.

   Bills were ordered paid as follows:

   I. H. Palmer, fees, $150.00

   Board of Engineers, C. F. D., 160.00

   Water Witch Steamer and Hose Co.,100.00

   Orris Hose Co., 100.00

   Emerald Hose Co., 100.00

   Hitchcock Hose Co., 100.00

   Protective Police [C. F. D.], 100.00

   Excelsior Hook & Ladder Co., 100.00

   Cortland & Homer Traction Co., 393.39

   B. H. Wheeler was, on motion, ordered to build a sidewalk on the west side of Main-st. across Wheeler-ave.

   A snowplow was ordered from parties at Lexington, Mass., on trial.

   Messrs. H. M. Kellogg and J. S. Squires, railroad commissioners of the town of Cortlandville, came before the board on the subject of the granting of the additional franchise as requested by the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. and opposed the granting of the franchise.

   It was resolved that Sylvanus G. Brower and James A. Smith be regularly appointed policemen of the village of Cortland during the remainder of the fiscal year.

   Moved and carried that the president be a committee of one to procure uniforms for the new policemen.

   The meeting was then adjourned to Oct. 11.

LORENZO FISH.

A Teacher of Many Years Experience Passes Away.

   The death of Mr. Lorenzo Fish occurred at his residence, 112 Groton-ave., at midnight last night. Mr. Fish was seventy years of age, having been born at Mystic, Ct. His early life was spent at Salem, Ct., and in 1857 he graduated from Madison university (now Colgate academy), Hamilton, N. Y. and immediately entered the profession of teaching. He occupied the chair of languages in the old Cortlandville academy for two years and then went to Skaneateles where for two years he conducted a select school for boys. From there he went to Norwich, N. Y., and for two years taught the classics under Principal Dunlap. After leaving Norwich he was elected to the principalship of Pompey academy and after three years removed to Vineland, N. J., where he remained until nine years ago when he removed to Cortland, where he has lived in retirement ever since.

   Besides a wife Mr. Fish leaves one daughter, Mrs. F. E. Trapp of McLean, two sons, Fred of Salem, Ct., and George of Cortland. He also leaves one brother, Mr. Frederick Fish of Adrian, Mich.

   Funeral services will be held at 11 o'clock Saturday morning and will be conducted by Rev. Geo. H. Brigham. Burial at Groton.

MRS. JAMES M. SMITH.

Her Death Occurred at a Quarter Past 4 This Morning.

   Mrs. James M. Smith died at her residence, 9 Argyle Place, at 4:15 o'clock this morning after an illness of over five years. She was afflicted with the grip five years ago and never recovered from its effects, although she had not been confined to her bed all the time. She was taken worse last Saturday and kept growing weaker until her death occurred this morning.

   She was born in Dryden August 28, 1827, and was married to Mr. Smith Jan. 29, 1851. They lived in Groton ten years before removing to Cortland which has since been her home.

   Her husband and one child survive her, Mrs. Mary C. Kingman of Cortland. Two children are dead, a son, D. J., who died at 11 years of age, and a daughter Jennie who died when 3 years of age. One sister and two brothers are also living, Mrs. A. M. Francis and Thomas Fisher of McLean and George Fisher of St. Louis, Mo.

   The funeral will be held Sunday at 2 o'clock P. M. and will be conducted by Rev. W. H. Pound of the Congregational church. Burial in the family lot in Cortland Rural cemetery.

Palmer & Co. ad is so clever that we will repeat it when we find a clearer copy--CC editor.

BREVITIES.

   —The Wesson-Nivison Mfg. Co. are connected with the telephone exchange.

   —The Y. M. C. A. penmanship class meets Friday night at 8 o'clock. All members of the class are requested to be present.

   —A reception for Dr. Pearce will be given by the members of his church in the parlors of the First M. E. church tomorrow evening.

   —William Sherwood, an old gentleman of Marathon, was found dead in the potato field yesterday where he had been assisting his son to dig potatoes. No cause for the death is known.

   —The regular meeting of the Union Veteran legion occurs to-night in G. A. R. hall. Captain M. M. Whitney of Washington, D. C., is expected to be present. A full attendance is requested.

   —Mr. W. H. Silcox of Cortland has purchased the photograph business of Mr. F. D. Wood of Dryden and takes possession next week. Mr. Silcox is a graduate from the studio of Hyatt & Tooke, and comes well recommended.—Dryden Herald.

   —The foliage is now at the height of its autumnal glory. A trip into the country in any direction is most delightful, but there is scarcely a prettier view of hills covered with many tinted forest trees to be obtained anywhere than on a street car ride to McGrawville.

   —Classes will be held in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium as follows: Senior class, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 o'clock P. M. Junior classes, Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoon at 3:30 P. M. Apparatus work every night except Thursday.

   —The Homer-ave. prayer-meeting this evening will be led by Mr. H. E. Andrews. The new pastor, Rev. M. J. Wells will occupy the pulpit at both services next Sunday. Missionary exercises will be given in the Sunday-school.

   —Lemons have gone up to $10.50 a box in New York, the highest price in twenty years. The warm weather created a heavy demand. Owing to the cold snap in Florida last spring, the only sources of supply now are Italy and Spain, and the crop was light in the former country.

   —At the regular meeting of the McGrawville Chautauqua circle Tuesday evening the subjects read and talked over were the commencement of American history, points of interests and sketches of Wm. Dean Howell's, Sidney Lanier and others. Class will meet Tuesday, Oct. 22, with Miss J. Eastman.

   —Mr. Bergholtz left here at 8:15 yesterday afternoon for Syracuse where he was joined by Mr. Fitzgerald of Cortland. They took the evening limited Chicago express for a visit to Sioux City and an inspection of the electric roads of that city. They expect to reach home on Sunday or Monday next.—Ithaca Journal.

   —The STANDARD is in receipt of a copy of the report and manual of the board of education of North Tonawanda, N. Y., for the year 1895-96. It contains a number of fine half tone cuts of the city schools in addition to the report. The Superintendent of schools there is Prof. Clinton S. Marsh, formerly of Cortland, who has attained a large degree of success in his work. Among the corps of teachers is Miss Lena L. Smith, formerly of Cortland and a graduate of the Normal.

 

THE IRISH REPUBLIC

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, October 9, 1895.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

The Irish Republic.

   There is rich satire in the cable dispatch which was sent from London to that convention in Chicago, exhorting the Irish of America to stand unitedly for the freedom of the country. If the Irishmen of Ireland had stood united, even those of them in the British parliament, home rule for Ireland would now be very near if not an accomplished fact. It might not have been actual independence and an Irish republic, such as many of Erin's patrons in America are clamoring for at the safe distance of 3,000 miles, but it would be such independence as a state of the American Union enjoys, which is enough for anybody. Only for the disastrous splits and sub-splits of the Irish members of parliament the Conservatives would never have returned such a majority in the present parliament. Under the circumstances it looks well, does it not, for Irishmen in London to cable to the delegates to the convention of Irish Nationalists in Chicago to "stand united?"

   If Irish independence could have been achieved in America, the thing would have been done long ago. Money and eloquence have poured from this country across to the Emerald Isle in a steady stream.

   ◘ Remarkable is that statement made by a medical man who has attended the leading prizefighters of the time that Corbett, the champion, is a coward in the grain of him, and that he is scared into a blue funk every time there is any prospect of his meeting a man of his size. The doctor believes Fitzsimmons will whip Corbett because Fitz has confidence in himself. Corbett ought to be whipped. Then somebody stronger than Fitzsimmons ought to arise and whip him, and the process should continue till the whole brutal, gambling, debauching business of prizefighting is abolished, likewise White Capism and the aristocracy of money. They all alike are relics of barbarism.

   ◘ When politics is comparatively quiet in a given state, it may be taken for granted that its people are prosperous and so busy making money that they have no time to waste elsewhere.

   ◘ New Jersey has probably the best country roads of any state in the Union. Over them the farmer finds he can haul nearly twice as heavy a load with the same horses as he was able to do under the old system of rut and mudhole. Under the excellent plan of roadmaking and repairing now in use, farm property has increased in value, the farmer is able to save both time and expense in going to and from market, and the whole state within an area of a hundred miles of New York is becoming apparently a suburb of the big city and a market garden for it. Besides that, hundreds of families are attracted as residents to New Jersey. The drives are delightful and trolleys are cheap and abundant. The era of prosperity was inaugurated with the movement for good roads. The expenses of road building in New Jersey are apportioned as follows: The state pays 33 per cent of the cost, the county through which the road passes 57 per cent and the property owners along the route of the new road 10 per cent, which makes the tax come light upon them.

Charles Stewart Parnell.

Timothy M. Healy.

A THIRD IRISH PARTY.

Healy's Fight With McCarthy May Cause an Anti-Parnellite Split.

   Timothy Michael Healy, the famous Irish M. P. who materially aided in driving Charles Steward Parnell into retirement and an early grave, after Parnell's social shortcomings had been exploited in the divorce courts, is now endeavoring to force Justin Huntley McCarthy, the present leader of the Anti-Parnellite faction, from his place. Healy is also at odds with John Dillon, M. P., McCarthy's chief lieutenant in the conduct of the party's affairs. Healy hates McCarthy and Dillon as heartily as he hated Parnell after the great Irish leader refused to surrender the scepter, and there seems excellent reason for believing that if Healy does not succeed in driving McCarthy from the chairmanship of the Anti-Parnellites he will cause a split in the most powerful faction battling for Irish home rule. In this event there will be three Irish parties in parliament engaged in a Kilkenny cat sort of strife that will effectually kill whatever little chance Ireland may at present have of securing home rule.

   Healy was born May 17, 1855, at Bantry, in the county of Cork. From boyhood he displayed great interest in Ireland's political struggles, and at the age of 25 was arrested for delivering an incendiary speech at Bantry. He escaped conviction, and soon thereafter was elected to parliament from Wexford. Once in the commons he speedily established a reputation, owing to his zeal for Ireland and his marked talent as an orator. In November, 1881, he and T. P. O'Connor attended the Land League convention held in Chicago, and his wealth of Irish wit, his fiery oratory, his pathos and his pugnacity won for him many admirers. The Land League voted $250,000 to assist the Irish movement, and the American tour was a glorious success.

   In 1883 Healy served four months in prison for seditious speech, and the following year was called to the Irish bar. In 1890, when Parnell was driven from the party leadership, Healy abused him with a virulence that shocked even the other enemies of Parnell. Since then Healy has been very conspicuous in Irish matters, and he will doubtless have a party of his own before long.

BATTLEFIELDS ON CYCLES.

A Very Interesting Tour Taken by Officers of the Army.

   A special dispatch from Fortress Monroe to the Baltimore American says:

   "As an instance of the professional work done by the energetic student officers of Fortress Monroe, the recent bicycle tour of the battlefields of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania, made by Lieuts. W. O. Davis, (of McGrawville, N. Y.,) Fifth artillery, and A. W. Chase, Second artillery, was a unique method of familiarizing those officers with many of the famous battlefields of the late war. They made a twenty six days' tour by way of Petersburg, Lynchburg, Lexington, New Market, Front Royal, Winchester, Antietam, Gettysburg, Manassas, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness and the successive fields of Grant's advance on Richmond. Riding heavy wheels and carrying baggage, as in heavy service marching, they made the entire trip on their bicycles, traveling the roads used by the two armies in the strategic marches of the late war, and critically examining the principal battlefields. They carried a camera, and took over three hundred views enroute, showing the terrain of the fields of combat and the principal features of the country traversed. It is said that they are now at work on an official report of the trip, embodying a carefully kept 'roadbook,' giving military character of the roads and the present condition as to preservation of the mere prominent battlefields."

A VERY CRAZY MAN

Ran Into the Arms of Chief Linderman this Morning.

   This morning when Chief Linderman made his regular trip to the E., C. & N. station he found there a man dressed in blue overalls and frock and without a hat running up and down the railroad yard, climbing over freight cars. A decided impression was made upon the minds of the residents of that section of the town that he was either a wild man or an escaped lunatic. The chief promptly placed him under arrest and on the way to the cooler the prisoner expressed a desire to be hung and shot. He said his name was John, but would give no further clue to his identity.

   It was afterward found that he escaped from the county house last night and that he was picked up in Solon and brought there yesterday. Keeper Kingsbury was notified and came down after the man this morning, but who he is or where he came from is not known by the authorities.

Old Central Depot Burned.

   The old New York Central depot in Syracuse which was abandoned for the new Station Sunday and which had been partly torn down on Monday and Tuesday was destroyed by fire last night between 8 and 9 o'clock. It is not known how the fire started. Through trains east and west had to be switched around the city on the freight route from East Syracuse to Geddes and local trains from the vicinity of the station were made up to carry passengers east and west to meet the through trains at the freight junctions. Armies of rats filled the streets having been driven out by the flames from under the old station.

Y. M. C. A. WORK

Outlined at a Conference at Mr. C. F. Wickwire's Last Night.

   Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wickwire's home last evening opened in honor of a meeting of the different committees of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. The plans of association work were presented by the secretary, Mr. Osterhout. Miss M. H. Taylor, state secretary of the Y. M. C. A., who was present, briefly outlined the line of work to be brought before the people of Cortland at the secretaries' conference, in this place, Oct. 30. College secretary Miss N. J. Allen's remarks concerning the work of the Y. W. C. A. among colleges and educational institutions were listened to with much interest.

   After light refreshments were served the time was passed in a social informal way and Mrs. Wickwire's reputation as hostess was fully sustained by the hospitality shown last evening.

JURY DISAGREE

In the Case of McCarthy vs. The Town. Fitts Case Called.

   The case of Mary McCarthy vs. The Town of Cortlandville which was on trial Monday and Tuesday went to the jury last night. The jury failed to agree and was discharged.

   The case of William C. Keating vs. George Fitts was called. This is an action for damages for false imprisonment, the amount claimed being $25,000. Fitts was buncoed out of a considerable sum of money in the spring of 1892. Keating was arrested on the charge of being one of the parties and was kept in jail here in Cortland for some time. He was finally discharged, there being no proof against him, and now claims damages from Fitts. The plaintiff is represented by Harry S. Pattern, O. U. Kellogg and John Courtney, Jr.; the defendant by G. M. Stoddard and Samuel Haliday. Four witnesses have been sworn.

BREVITIES.

   —The hospital is in want of its winter supply of potatoes. Donations will be very acceptable.

   —Rev. B. B. W. Turner, the new M. E. minister for Freetown, will preach on Sunday at both Freetown and East Freetown.

   —Regular convocation of Cortland chapter No. 194, R. A. M., to-night. The Mark degree will be worked on two candidates. All chapter masons are requested to be present.

   —Friday, Oct. 18, will be observed in the public schools as Hospital day. The interest shown by the parents through their children in previous years has been very gratifying. More definite instructions will be received later.

   —The box factory of McGraw & Son at McGrawville is doing a thriving business. Paper boxes are made of all sizes and are shipped all over the country. An order for 14,000 boxes received Saturday is but a sample of what almost every mail brings.

   —Owing to the unpleasant weather, the ladies' of Homer will not hold their trolley party for the benefit of the Old Ladies Home to-day, but have postponed it till to-morrow. If the weather is still unpleasant, the party will be postponed till the first pleasant day.

   —A traveler going through the city this morning on a Lehigh Valley train carried two large satchels, which was not at all unusual, but the fact that one contained two half-grown wildcats and the other an alligator made it appear like a small menagerie.—Ithaca Journal

   —A number of the members of the Cortland county bar have received invitations to a reception to be given by the Century club of Syracuse to the members of the Onondaga county bar in honor of the justices of the general term of the supreme court which is now in session in Syracuse. The invitation was signed by P. B. McLennan, president.

   —Hon. P. H. McGraw is fully convinced that when the Erie & Central

New York railroad is built from Cortland to Cincinnatus, and then on further east a very paying investment would be an electric road from Cincinnatus up to the bustling little town of Otselic. There would be a great deal of way freight as well [as] passenger traffic through the fertile Otselic valley.

   —The regular meeting of the Sons of Veterans Friday night should draw out a large attendance. The members of the McGrawville camp with their ladies are expected and the members of the local camp are requested to bring lady friends. The ladies of Grover Relief Corps are also especially invited. The camp will meet promptly at 7:30 for the business session.

   —It is a fact that when the sun is visible a watch may take the place of a compass. This information will be of value to anglers and other sportsmen in emergency. Point the hour hand of a watch to the sun and south is exactly half way between the hour and figure 12 on the watch. For example, if it be 4 o'clock point the hand indicating 4 to the sun, and the 2 on the watch will indicate due south. If it be 8 o'clock in the morning point the hand indicating 8 to the sun and the figure 10 on the watch is due south. If the hour hand be at 3 due south will be exactly half way between 1 and 2, and so on.

 

LO, THE POOR PUGILISTS

 

Corbett-Fitzsimmons delayed fight in 1897, YouTube.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, October 8, 1895.

LO, THE POOR PUGILISTS.

Not Even as Indians May They Do Battle.

THE GREAT FATHER HAS SPOKEN.

Any Effort to Pull Off the Big Mill in the Chickasaw Nation Will

Be Promptly Checkmated by the Federal Authorities.

   WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—The following is a letter of instructions which Indian Commissioner Browning has addressed to Agent D. M. Wisdom at Muscogee, I. T.:

   "It is stated in the press dispatches of yesterday and this morning that arrangements are being made or have been completed by parties interested to have a prize fight between Corbett and Fitzsimmons to come off in the Chickasaw nation, the plan being to pay into the treasury of the Chickasaw nation the sum of $5,000, in consideration for which the two fighters are to be adopted into the nation with a view to defeating the authority of this department to prevent such fighting.

   "It would be, in the opinion of this office, a great detriment to the peace and welfare of the Indians in the Indian Territory to permit a prize fight to take place within that territory, and you are therefore instructed to use every precaution necessary to prevent anyone from entering the Chickasaw nation or any other nation in the Indian Territory and under your charge for the purpose of having said fight come off in that territory.

   "You will advise the governors of the various nations in the Indian Territory that this office will not permit a prize fight to take place within your jurisdiction, and you will call upon the United States marshal, and if necessary report to this office and troops will be furnished you to prevent the fight.

   "Section 2,149 of the revised statutes authorizes and requires me, with the approval of the secretary of the interior, to remove from the limits of any Indian reservation any person found therein without authority of law or whose presence there would be, in my opinion, detrimental to the peace and welfare of the Indians.

   "In the United States vs. Crook, it was held that the commissioner of Indian affairs had authority, under the section above cited, to remove an Indian from the reservation as well as a white man.

   "As I have said, it would be, in my opinion, decidedly detrimental to the peace and welfare of the Indians to permit anyone to enter the Chickasaw reservation, whether he be adopted a citizen of that nation or not, for the purpose of carrying on a prize fight, and the whole force of this government that can be brought to bear will be exerted to prevent the same; and you are instructed to keep this office constantly advised in order that proper steps may be taken in time to prevent the fight in case an effort should be made to pull it off in the Indian Territory.

   "You will make these instructions public, so that the people interested in the fight may be advised as to what the government intends to do in the premises if called upon to act."

Another Daily Dies.

   The Rome, N. Y., Evening Citizen, which began publication last June, announces that it will be discontinued because receipts do not equal expenses. Rome is a city of 15,000 inhabitants and had only one daily, (Democratic), before the Daily Citizen was started. The Citizen has been publishing the only Republican semi-weekly in the place, and was the leading Republican paper. Its proprietors, with this well established and prosperous semi-weekly back of them, thought they saw money in a daily also—and so they started it. They have been looking ever since for what they thought they saw, and have failed to find it.

   But they have found that however much glory there may be in running a new daily in a place of the size of Rome there is no profit, and have been wise enough, having learned this lesson in the school of experience, to stop short without waiting to have the lesson pounded in still further. They have had all the experience they care for and are willing that some other fellow shall monkey with the buzz saw if he wants to.

   If any men could make a second daily live in Rome the publishers of The Citizen were the ones, and their chances were better than ninety-nine out of a hundred who start new enterprises of this kind. As a general rule only lunatics on their own account or the catspaws of politicians who want chestnuts pulled out of the fire plunge into the daily newspaper business on small places.

  

BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

Hearing on Granting of a New Franchise Held Last Night.

   Last evening occurred the hearing by the village trustees in regard to the granting of an additional franchise to the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. to build and operate a street railway on Elm-st. from its intersection with Church-st. to Pendleton-st. The Traction company was represented by Messrs. D. F. Van Vleet of Ithaca and H. L. Bronson and R. E. Dunston of Cortland, who argued that the new line would straighten the route to McGrawville, thus being more convenient for the public, especially those wishing to catch a train at the E., C. & N,, as cars are often delayed a long time at the D., L. & W. station on the present route by the stopping of so many trains. Mr. Hugh Duffey also favored the granting of the franchise.

   The petition was opposed by I. H. Palmer, C. T. Peck, Riley Champlin, L. W. Peck and others, property owners on the street in question who objected to the new line on the grounds that there were already sufficient street car accommodations in that section of the town, that such a line would depreciate the value of property on that street, that the noise of passing cars was very annoying at night, and that the street should not be converted into a switchyard for the accommodation of the D., L. & W. and E., C. & N. railroads. No action was taken upon the matter by the trustees.

   It was moved and carried that James R. Schermerhorn, A. M. Schermerhorn, Susie M. Milne, Burnett E. Miller and A. L. Cole be required to raise the walk opposite their premises on the east side of Main-st. at the end adjoining the walk of The National Bank to a level with the grade of said walk, also on the north side of Court-st. at the end adjoining the walk of The National Bank to a level with the grade of that walk.

   The following bills were audited:

   Street commissioner's pay roll, $298.55

   H. F. Benton, supplies, 37.24

   Thos. Donnelly, labor, 2.60

   Hitchcock Manufacturing Co., supplies, 20.25

   F. A. Bickford, Salary, 85.00

   W. H. Morgan, supplies, 12.40

   Police force, 182.00

   Glann & Clark, 9.45

   W. T. Linderman, supplies, 1.40

   C. S. Bull, salary, 250.00

   Fred Hatch, salary, 25.00

   A. M. Jewett, police badges, 3.00

   W.J. Moore, health officer, 27.75

   Empire State Telephone Co., 18.00

   Burdell Meades, refunded taxes, 6.34

   W. B. Landreth, services, 15.50

PROHIBITION CONVENTION.

T. Blackman for Member of Assembly, Dr. Nash for Coroner.

   The Prohibition county convention was called to order in Collins' hall at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and was organized by the election of P. Knight of Homer as chairman and C. F. Cobb of Scott as secretary. Rev. B. F. Rogers of Scott offered prayer and, upon motion of Lewis S. Hayes of Cortland, the new county committee was named as follows:

   Cincinnatus—Oliver Cooper.

   Cortlandville—E. M. Van Hoesen, C. W. Collins, Walter B. Stevenson, Adolph Frost, Jr.

   Cuyler—John McAllister.

   Freetown—William Bates.

   Harford—I. C. Estes.

   Homer—T. Blackman, Charles Fairbanks, L. L. Clark.

   Lapeer—[name missing.]

   Marathon—W. F. Brown.

   Preble—Henry Manchester.

   Scott—C. F. Cobb.

   Solon—Mr. Byron.

   Taylor—J. S. Cass.

   Truxton—[name missing.]

   Virgil—L. Southworth.

   On motion, the convention proceeded to ballot for candidate for member of assembly which resulted as follows:

   Whole number of votes cast, 18.

   Necessary for choice, 10.

   T. Blackman received 8.

   L. S. Hayes " 6.

   R. J. Lucas " 3.

   L. L. Clark " 1.

   On motion, Mr. T. Blackman of Homer was unanimously nominated for member of assembly.

   Dr. E. B. Nash was nominated for coroner.

   No nomination was made for county judge.

   Resolutions were adopted as follows:

   Resolved, That the attitude of government towards the liquor traffic should, within the limit of law, everywhere be relentless hostility.

Vital Statistics.

   Following is the report of Health Officer W. J, Moore for the month of

September: Total deaths 15—males 7, females 8; nativity—United States 15; social condition—single 8, married 3, widowed 4; ages—under five years 7, between 30 and 40, 2; between 50 and 60, 1; between 60 and 70, 1; between 70 and 80, 2; between 80 and 90, 2; causes of death—cholera infantum 4, convulsions 1, marasums 3, apoplexy 2, consumption 1, typhoid fever 1, paralysis 2, old age 1; births 24—male 13, female 11; marriages 1.

Sewers Nearly Completed.

   Superintendent Peter Scott has two gangs of men at work on the sewers on North Main and Madison-sts. and it is thought that only a week will be required for their completion. North Main-st. is finished nearly to the bridge which is as far as the sewer is to extend, and work on Madison-st. has nearly reached Homer-ave.

   Mr. Scott states that he is ready to put in connections at any time at the same rate as heretofore, and application can be made to him where he is at work on one or the other of the above streets.

Trolley on Main Street, McGrawville, N. Y.

Trolley at A. P. McGraw Corset factory in McGrawville.

THE ELECTRIC ROAD

Will Soon Be Completed at the McGrawville End.

   Work is rapidly being completed at the east end of the electric road at McGrawville. The cars now run to the corset factory. The track has been laid from Elm-st. through South-st. to Main-st. and east through that to the feed store of Oliver Perry which is as far as it will go now. The only thing lacking is the bridge over Trout creek on South-st.  This is to be built beside the carriage bridge and on the west side of it. The abutments are ready and the timber is expected at any day now. It has been decided to build a temporary bridge of wood at once as an iron bridge could not be obtained under sixty days.

   A STANDARD reporter went to McGrawville yesterday and took a look at the work. Mr. Thomas McCarthy, the genial and efficient foreman who has pushed the road building so vigorously and successfully this season, left his work to walk over the line of the new road with the reporter and point out changes and improvements past and future.

   As far as is possible without materially interfering with the proper grade for the track it has been the intention to adjust it to the wishes of the property owners before whose premises it passed. For instance before the livery stable of Charles Wavle on South-st. the track was lowered three inches to accommodate Mr. Wavle and not interfere with easy passage to and from the stable. This makes the grade a little steeper between the stable and Main-st. but the difficulty is not serious. Before the Rogers House the track is exactly on a level with the street and it will trouble Mr. Rogers very little. The bridge over North brook on Main-st. was widened and the railroad track takes the north side.

   Just north of Trout brook on South-st. was a culvert and bridge, the canal below having been prepared to conduct water from the brook above the dam to the box factory. An eighteen-inch sewer pipe has been laid for this purpose and the bridge is to be removed and the whole thing filled in.

   A retaining wall of stone is to be built along the north side of Trout brook from South-st. nearly as far west as the box factory. A half dozen teams and a score of men are busy in filling all that low ground along the bank of the creek and leveling it up. The new waitingroom is to be built here for the benefit of passengers.

   Switches are being put in at the various factories, so that the freight which it is expected will soon be hauled over the road can be unloaded at the very doors. A switch will go to the corset factory on the east side of South-st., another to the brick factory across the street at the corner of Elm and South-sts. Just north of the site of the proposed waitingroom on South-st. a switch will turn west to the box factory. On its way out there it will run over the top of a trestle, sixty feet long and raised high enough to be used as a coal dump.

Oliver Perry also contemplates putting a switch in at his mill and feed store.

   Mr. McCarthy says that the bridge over Trout brook can be put up in a week and in less than ten days he expects to have the road connected and all work completed in McGrawville. Mr. A. P. McGraw has made application to the postal authorities at Washington for the contract for carrying the mail to McGrawville to be transferred from the stage to the electric cars. In this way the morning mail, which is always the heaviest of the day, can reach McGrawville five hours earlier than at present.

Cortland Steam Laundry on Clinton Avenue.

A NEW FIRM.

The Cortland Steam Laundry Purchased by Gladding & Card.

   Mr. R. E. Gladding has sold the Cortland Steam laundry to Messrs. A. L. Gladding and B. I. Card of Norwich who took possession yesterday. Mr. Gladding has had twelve years' experience in the laundry business and understands it thoroughly. The new firm will be known as Gladding & Card and they are giving the establishment a thorough renovation and are also putting in new machinery.

   The carpet cleaning department will be in charge of Mr. E. E. Frisbee of Norwich who understands the business well. Both members of the firm are bright hustling young men and will no doubt sustain the already high reputation of the Cortland Steam laundry.

BREVITIES.

   —The law office of J. &T. E. Courtney has just been connected with the telephone.

   —Whiteson, the clothier, gave away 967 souvenirs on his fall opening day last Saturday.

   —The trial of Edward Huguenin, who was arrested yesterday on the charge of assault in the third degree, has been set down for Oct. 18.

   —The Wick wire roller mills on Clinton-ave. are receiving a new coat of paint. The new color will be a dark brown with white trimmings.

   —The young people's society of Grace church will serve an oyster supper this evening from 5:30 to 7:30 o'clock, at Mr. A. M. Jewett's, 15 Monroe Heights.

   —The Loyal Circle of King's Daughters have added the name of the circle to the list of those who will pay $5 a year for five years to the Cortland hospital. This makes 28 out of the desired 50 names.

   —The boiler in the washroom of the Lehigh Valley car shops exploded yesterday afternoon probably fatally injuring one man and cutting another seriously about the arm and wrist. Cold water was carelessly let into the hot tank.—Ithaca Journal.

   —Invitations are out for the wedding of Mr. H. Arthur Bennett of Cortland and Miss Harriett Marie Montfort which will be held at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Montfort, at Peruville on Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 4:30 o'clock.

   —Every young man who intends to take up bookkeeping this winter should be at the Y. M. C. A. rooms to-night at 8 o'clock. The class will begin work tonight and all those who have given their names for this class as well as those who intend to join are requested to be present.

   —The many Cortland friends of Mr. John Brown, Jr., of Hamilton, N. Y., will be saddened to hear of his death which has just occurred at his home in that place. The funeral services were held yesterday morning in St. Mary's church in Hamilton and were largely attended.

   —About November 1, a new train is to be added on the Lehigh Valley route called the New York and Buffalo express which will cover the distance between these two places in nine hours. The officials are certain of their ability to do this and if so it will be the fastest run made on any road in the country.—Ithaca Journal.

   —That the population of Cortland is increasing at a great rate will be evident by a glance at our record of vital statistics for September in another column. The total births for the month were 24, which is from ten to twelve above the average. It is doubtful if the record ever went so high for this village before in a single month.

   —B. L. Webb has bought the interest and stock of J. L. McKee in the McKee & Webb Manufacturing Co. Mr. Webb will not leave the bank, but the business will be conducted under the sole management of Mr. Arthur Webb, whose name appears in the title of the firm. A general line of foundry and machine business will be conducted as formerly.