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| Herbert Lord Kitchener. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, May 23, 1902.
PEACE PRACTICALLY ASSURED.
Boers Seeking Permission to Retain Their Horses.
London, May 23.—The Daily Chronicle this morning claims authority to say that peace in South Africa is practically assured. This is also the general impression which prevails with the other newspapers and public, although the former do not go so far as the assertion published by the Chronicle. At a late hour last night, however, the government department declined to give any information on the matter.
It is understood that important dispatches were received yesterday from Lord Milner, the British high commissioner in South Africa, and from Lord Kitchener, but nothing can be ascertained as to the nature of the contents of these messages.
The fact that the cabinet was summoned so quickly after the arrival of the delegates at Pretoria is regarded as a good augury, as the discussions at Pretoria could only have commenced Monday.
The cabinet will meet late this afternoon in order to enable the ministers who are at a distance to reach London in time for the meeting.
A dispatch to the Daily Telegraph from Pretoria says that the Boers are seeking permission to retain their horses.
Cabinet Council Called.
London, May 23.—While the government departments are discreetly silent, it is generally accepted that the summoning of the cabinet is directly connected with the South Africa peace conference. Most of the ministers are out of town for the Whitsuntide recess, though they left rather expecting to have their holiday broken up by just such a summons.
MANY POOR JEWS COMING.
Condition of Jews in Roumania is Becoming Unbearable.
Vienna, May 23.—A large party of Roumanian Jews, principally women, girls and young children, stopped on their way to the United States.
A majority of the emigrants intend to join relatives in Philadelphia and Milwaukee. All are pinched with hunger and are evidently wretchedly poor. They are enthusiastically confident, however, that in the United States their condition will be bettered.
This party is only the beginning of what promises to be an exodus of Roumanian Jews during the next three months owing, it is said, to oppressive legislation.
Dr. Theodore Herzel, the founder of the Zionist movement, says that the condition of the Jews in Roumania is fast becoming untenable. The new industrial law which excludes Jews from every department of industry will become effective next September, said Dr. Herzel, and it is already impossible for Jews to find employment.
BLUE LAW IS DEAD.
Druggists and Others May Sell on Sunday in Massachusetts.
Boston, May 23.—The Blue law is dead. The bill permitting the sale of goods by druggists and licensed victuallers on the Lord's day, was signed by Governor Crane late yesterday afternoon.
College Race on Onondaga.
Syracuse, May 23.—The laureate crew of Troy and Cascadilla school eight of Ithaca, who are to row against varsity and freshmen respectively on Onondaga lake Saturday, have arrived here and began practice on the lake.
SANITARY REGULATIONS
Of the Board of Health of the City of Cortland.
ADOPTED ON MARCH 4, 1901.
Still in Force and of Interest to Every One—Commended to the Careful Reading of All, as the Provisions Will be Strictly Enforced.
Nuisances Defined.
Sec. 1. Whatever is dangerous to human life or health; whatever building, or part, or cellar thereof, is overcrowded or not provided with adequate means of ingress and egress, or is not sufficiently supported, ventilated, sewered, drained, lighted or cleaned; and whatever renders soil, air, water or food impure or unwholesome, are declared to be nuisances and to be illegal; and every person having aided in creating or contributing to the same, or who may support, continue or retain any of them, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of this ordinance, and shall also be liable for the expense of the abatement or remedy required.
Privies, Cesspools, etc.
Sec. 2. No privy, cesspool or reservoir into which any privy-pit, water closet, stable, sink or other receptacle of refuse or sewage is drained, shall be constructed or maintained in any situation or in any manner whereby, through leakage or overflow of its contents, it may cause pollution of the soil near or about habitations, or of any well, spring or other source of water used for drinking or culinary purposes; nor shall the overflow from any such reservoir or receptacle be permitted to discharge into any public place or in any wise whereby danger to health may be caused. And every such pit, reservoir, or receptacle shall be cleaned and the contents thereof removed at such times and under such precautions as the board of health may prescribe. Violations of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of $10 for each day's continuance of the nuisance after due notice to abate it from an authorized officer.
Sewers, Drains, etc.
Sec. 3. All house sewers or drains for the conveyance of deleterious or offensive matters shall be water-tight, and the plans and methods of their construction shall be subject to the approval of the board of health. In streets or avenues where public sewers are or shall be constructed, the board of health may order house connections to be made therewith.
House Refuse, Garbage, etc.
Sec. 4. No house refuse, offal, garbage, dead animals, decaying vegetable matter, or organic waste substance of any kind, shall be thrown upon any street, road or public place, and no putrid or decaying animal or vegetable matter shall be kept in any house, cellar or adjoining outbuilding for more than twenty-four hours. Violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of $10.
Filled in or Made Land.
Sec. 5. No sunken places shall be filled, nor made land constructed, with any materials containing an admixture of putrescible animal or vegetable matter, under a penalty of $10 for each cartload, or part thereof, of such materials deposited.
Noxious Trades.
Sec. 6. No person or company shall erect or maintain any manufactory or place of business dangerous to life or detrimental to health, or where unwholesome, offensive or deleterious odors, gas, smoke, deposit or exhalations are generated, without the permit of the board of health, and all such establishments shall be kept clean and wholesome so as not to be offensive or prejudicial to public health; nor shall any offensive or deleterious waste-substance, gas-tar, sludge, refuse or injurious matter be allowed to accumulate upon the premises or be thrown or allowed to run into any public waters, stream, watercourse, street or public place. And every person or company conducting such manufacture or business shall use the best approved and all reasonable means to prevent the escape of smoke, gases and odors, and to protect the health and safety of all operatives employed therein. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $25 for each offense.
Unwholesome Food.
Sec. 7. No meat, fish, bird, fruit, or vegetables, milk, or anything for human food or drink, not being then fresh or properly preserved, sound, wholesome and safe for such use; nor any flesh of any animal which died by disease, or which was at the time of its death in a sickly or unwholesome condition; nor the carcass or meat of any calf which was at the date of its death less than four weeks old, or of any lamb which was at the date of its death, less than eight weeks old, or of any pig which was at the date of its death less than five weeks old shall be brought within the limits of this municipality, nor offered or held for sale as food therein. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than $10 and by the seizure and destruction of such unsound, unwholesome, immature food substances.
Slaughter-houses, Markets, etc.
Sec. 8. No person, or persons, without the consent of the board of health, shall build or use any slaughterhouse within the limits of this municipality and the keeping and slaughtering of all cattle, sheep and swine, and the preparation and keeping of all meat, fish, birds, or other animal food, shall be in the manner best adapted to secure and continue their wholesomeness as food; and every butcher or other person owning, leasing or occupying any place, room or building wherein any cattle, sheep or swine have been killed or are killed or dressed, and every person being the owner, lessee or occupant of any room or stable wherein any animals are kept, or any market, public or private, shall cause such place, room, building, stable or market, and their yards and appurtenances, to be thoroughly cleansed and purified, and all offal, blood, fat, garbage, refuse and unwholesome and offensive matter to be removed therefrom at least once in every twenty-four hours after the use thereof for any of the purposes herein referred to, and shall also at all times keep all wood-work, save floors and counters, in any building, place or premises aforesaid thoroughly painted or whitewashed; and the floors of such building, place or premises shall be so constructed as to prevent blood or foul liquids or washings from settling in the earth beneath. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of $10 for each day's continuance or repetition of the offense.
Notification of Infectious Disease.
Sec. 9. Every householder or head of family in a house wherein any case of infectious disease may occur shall report the same to the board of health or to the health officer within twelve hours from the time of his or her first knowledge of the nature of such disease; and until instructions are received from the said board or the health officer, shall not permit any clothing or other article which may have been exposed to infection to be removed from the house; nor shall any occupant change his residence elsewhere without the consent of the said board or health officer.
Every physician who may be called to attend a case of infectious disease shall, as soon as he discovers the nature thereof, make a written report specifying the name and residence of the patient, the nature of the disease, and any other facts relating thereto which he may deem important to the public health, and affix the date and sign his name thereto, and he shall transmit the same to the board of health within twelve hours as above provided. The diseases to be thus promptly reported are; Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus and typhoid fevers, smallpox, scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria and membranous croup. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of $10.
Importation of Infected Persons or Things.
Sec. 10. No person or article liable to propagate a dangerous disease shall be brought within the limits of this municipality unless by the special permit and direction of the board of health; and any one having knowledge that such person or article has been brought within such limits shall immediately notify the said board thereof. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $25.
Exposure of Infected Persons or Things.
Sec. 11. No person shall, within the limits of this municipality, unless by permit of the board of health, carry or remove from one building to another any patient affected with any contagious or infectious disease. Nor shall any person, by any exposure of any individual so affected, or of the body of such individual, or of any article capable of conveying contagion or infection, or by any negligent act connected with the care or custody thereof, or by a needless exposure of himself or herself, cause or contribute to the spread of disease from any such individual or dead body. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than $10 or more than $25.
Funerals After Infectious Diseases.
Sec. 12. There shall not be a public or church funeral of any person who has died of Asiatic cholera, smallpox, typhus fever, diphtheria, membranous croup, scarlet fever or measles, without the permit of the board of health therefor; and the family of the deceased shall in all such cases limit the attendance to as few as possible, and take all precautions possible to prevent the exposure of other persons to contagion or infection. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than $10 or more than $25.
Infectious Diseases of Animals.
Sec. 13. No animal affected with an infectious or contagious disease shall be brought or kept within the limits of this municipality, except by the permission of the board of health; and the bodies of animals dead of such disease or killed on account thereof, shall not be buried within 500 feet of any residence, nor disposed of otherwise than as the said board or its health officer shall direct, Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than $10 or more than $25.
Reports of Marriages and Births.
Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the groom in every marriage, or the clergyman or magistrate performing the ceremony, and of the parents or custodian of every child born, to make sure that the prescribed report of such marriage or birth is presented to the board of health or its registering officer within thirty days, under a penalty of $10 for failure to do so; and for each ten days of continued neglect to present such report, after the expiration of the first thirty days, an additional penalty of $5 shall be incurred.
Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of the physician or midwife in attendance at every birth to write out and sign, upon the form prescribed by the state board of health, the certificate of such birth, and make sure that said certificate is returned to the local board of health, or person designated by it to receive it, within thirty days of such birth. Any violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of $10.
Certificates of Death and Burial Permits.
Sec. 16. Every undertaker or other person who may have charge of the funeral of any dead person, shall procure a properly filled out certificate of the death and its probable cause, in accordance with the form prescribed by the state board of health, and shall present the same to the designated officer or member of the board of health, and obtain a burial or transit permit thereupon, at least twenty-four hours before the time appointed for such funeral; and he shall not remove any dead body until such burial or transit permit shall have been procured. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than $10.
Sec. 17. It shall be the duty of the physician last in attendance upon any person who may die within the limits of the jurisdiction of this board of health, to write out and sign without delay, upon the form prescribed by the state board of health, the professional certificate of the death and send it to or leave it with the family of the deceased, or hand or send it to the undertaker in charge of the remains. In case an inquest has been required by law, the coroner shall fill out the said certificate, and if no inquest has been required by law and no physician has been in attendance, the certificate shall be filled out, setting forth, the probable or believed cause of death, by some reputable person known to the officer issuing the burial or transit permit, and the said person shall also make affidavit to the facts set forth in the certificate, which affidavit must be attached to said certificate. Any violations of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of $10.
Sextons, Cemetery Keepers, etc.
Sec. 18. Every person who acts as a sexton, or undertaker, or cemetery keeper, within the limits of this municipality, or has the charge or care of any tomb, vault, burying ground or other place for the reception of the dead, or where the bodies of any human beings are deposited, shall so conduct his business and so care for any such place above named, as to avoid detriment or danger to public health; and every person undertaking preparation for the burial of a body dead from contagious or infectious diseases, as herein before enumerated, shall adopt such precautions as the board of health may prescribe to prevent the spread of such disease. Any violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall subject the offending party to a penalty of not less than $10.
Duties and Powers of Health Officer.
Sec. 19. The health officer is directed and empowered to execute and enforce all sanitary regulations of general obligation now or hereafter to be published by this board; also to enter upon or within any premises where conditions dangerous to the public health are known or believed to exist, and to examine into the nature of complaints made by any of the inhabitants concerning sources of danger or injury to health; and he shall preserve accurate records of his official actions and report the same to the board of health at its next meeting. And whenever in his judgment danger to public health shall arise requiring special regulation not of general application, he shall forthwith notify the president of the board of health, who shall thereupon convene the board to take such action as may be necessary and people.
Penalties.
Sec. 20. Every person who willfully violates or refuses to comply with, or who resists any ordinance, order, regulation or resolution of the board of health of this municipality will be liable to the arrest action, penalty, fine and punishment provided and declared in the public health law, chapter 25 of the general laws, 1893, of which notice must be taken.
By order of Board of Health, City of Cortland, N. Y.
BARBERING UP-TO-DATE.
Both as to Prices and Sanitary Arrangements.
The undersigned will do hair cutting in the best style for 15 cents. Shampooing, same price. Special terms will also be given steady customers for shaving and hair cutting. We observe all sanitary rules. A clean towel for every customer, and everything done to insure comfort, health and satisfaction. We invite the public to call and see for themselves. Room No. 5, Standard building, over postoffice.
W. F. Hoar. [paid ad.]
PAPER ON COTTON
Read by A. P. McGraw Before Science Club Saturday Evening.
The members of the Cortland Science club met last Saturday evening to listen to a paper upon "Cotton" by Mr. A. P. McGraw. The familiar statement was first made that ''cotton is king" and then, step by step this premise was logically proved, concluded at the close of the paper by the statement that our exports of cotton and cotton goods exceed $1,000,000 per day.
Mr. McGraw termed cotton the most widely manufactured of the textiles, hence the value of a thorough knowledge of its growth and use. The plant itself has been cultivated for ages and is closely related to the mallow and hollyhock. It is largely cultivated in India, Egypt, China and the United States. A climate favorable to the olive will produce cotton. The variety of cotton plant grown in the United States is about 3 feet in height with a central tap root and fibrous foliage. A new plant may grow from seeds sown in rows by man or self sown by a plant the previous year. In from four to fourteen days from the time the sowing takes place the plant appears. For its early development it needs water, sunshine and moist air with little wind. Negroes keep the ground between the plants scrupulously clean. After the bush-like plant has arrived at maturity climatic conditions favorable to the development of the seed are desired, the soil must now be dry and the air free from moisture.
A little more than a month from the time of planting the bud appears, followed by the flower which is first yellowish white and later pink or red. The fine petals drop in two or three days and the ball remains, a seed case as large as a small egg. In from fifty to sixty days this case bursts and exposes the white fibres, surrounding closely the many seeds. The picking is done by hand and is hard work as the plant is relatively low.
Mr. McGraw now gave a detailed description of the fibre itself: of its composition and properties.
Of the world's cotton crop of 1896-1897 the United States produced more than one-half. Total 11,950,000 bales—500 pounds each—United States, 6,700,000 bales, 500 pounds each. The grades of cotton were next defined followed by comparative tables of costs and profits.
The modern business methods applied to this industry have saved millions of dollars, prominent among these are the methods of baling and transportation. Formerly to speak of cotton was to speak of the fibre and its use. We now have in addition, oil, feed and fertilizer with many allied industries.
Throughout this paper the listener was impressed with the technical yet comprehensive views given by the speaker. Specimens and charts made the subject tangible. Full grown plants directly from the fields of the South, showing the cotton ready for picking were of particular interest.
The club was entertained and instructed and a great industry was described. W. M. B.
MRS. LUCINA KINNEY.
One of the Long-time Residents of this County Passes Away.
One of Cortland county's oldest residents, Mrs. Lucina Kinney, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. L. Watrous, 26 Clinton-ave., yesterday afternoon at about 4 o'clock, aged 83 years, 7 months and 7 days. The funeral will be held from the house at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon; burial in Cortland Rural cemetery.
Mrs. Kinney was born in Springfield, Mass., and when a young lady came to this county for her health. She met and married George W. Samson, then of Syracuse, but who came to Cortland county at that time to reside. Two children resulted from the union, Mrs. J. L. Watrous of this city and Mrs. N. R. Wickwire of Hamilton, N. Y.
When she was 26 years of age her husband died, and in 1848 she was again married to Samuel N. Kinney of McGraw, who died in 1877. Two children were born to them, Mrs. J. M. McCormick of Buffalo and Edith Kinney, who died when a girl. She also leaves a step-son, S. Gould Kinney of Chicago. She had only one grandchild, Mrs. J . G. Jarvis of this city and a great grandchild, Robert Watrous Jarvis, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis.
Mrs. Kinney was for many years a member of the Presbyterian church, and in her younger days when she lived in McGraw she was known to be one of the most active workers of the church. Since she has lived in Cortland she has been a member of the Presbyterian church of this city.
BREVITIES.
—Cortlandville grange will meet in G. A. R. hall this evening and initiate eight new members.
—The All-Cortland ball team, formerly the Terriers, will cross bats with the DeRuyter team tomorrow.
—New display advertisements today are—New York store, Specials for Saturday, page 8; Corner grocery, peanut butter, etc, page 6; M. A. Case, Bargains for tomorrow, page 6; C. F. Thompson, Spring lamb, page 6; Gas Light Co., Gas ranges, page 6.
