CORNELL FORESTRY SCHOOL, RESTITUTION TO CHINA, GEN. JOHN B. GORDON, AND CATHOLIC SODALITY SUPPER

 

Bernhard Fernow.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, Jan. 24, 1902.

ADIRONDACK FOREST.

Cornell Forestry School Cutting Too Much Wood.

HAS EXCEEDED ITS AUTHORITY.

Application Made to Have Sale of 40,000 Acres of Land in Franklin County Set Aside—Views of Lieutenant Governor Woodruff—Briefs to Be Submitted.

   Albany, Jan. 24.—The state forest, fish and game commission gave a hearing on an application to have the purchase of 30,000 acres of land in Franklin county, near Upper Saranac and Tupper lakes, declared void.

   This application was made by Eric P. Swenson, representing the association of residents on Upper Saranac

   The applicants include former Governor Levi P. Morton, Jules S. Bache, Sidney M. Colgate, Charles Peabody, Isaac N. Seligman, F. S. Bangs, Alfred L. White and others of New York city. The association was represented by David Wilcox and John G. Agar of New York city and James F. Tracy of Albany.

   Cornell university was represented by President J. G. Schurman, Dr. B. E. Fernow, director of the school of forestry and State Civil Service Commissioner Cuthbert Pound.

   The association charges that the purchase of the 30,000 acres of land is unconstitutional and that the college of forestry has exceeded its authority, even though the act was constitutional, by cutting down and selling timber product of the land.

   It is charged that the university entered into a contract for a period of 15 years with the Brooklyn Cooperage company for the annual sale of 10,000 cords of retort and fuel wood: that a stave factory and a wood alcohol manufacturing plant have been established near the school for the consumption of the wood cut and that a railroad has been constructed through the preserve.

   The hearing developed that there has been a misunderstanding between the authorities of Cornell university to the establishment of the school, as to the manner in which it should be conducted.

   Dr. Fernow, the director, stated that his conduct of the school has been to demonstrate that the forests can be reproduced with a view to future earnings. This scheme, he said, would give the state revenue from the sale of the surplus products. He admitted that a contract has been entered into with the Brooklyn Cooperage company for a period of 15 or 20 years to utilize the timber cut from the land.

   The timber has been cut with a view of affording opportunity for scientific reproduction and that where about 300 acres have been cut 225 acres have been replanted. It was necessary, he said, to cut down crooked, old, decayed and decrepit trees and to the untrained eye, to practically denude parts of the tract, but it was the intention of the school authorities to replant and to reproduce the trees cut down.

   Lieutenant Governor Woodruff, who is chairman of the forest, fish and game commission and who was chairman of the forestry preserve board which in 1898 purchased the land for the school, said that Dr. Fernow had evidently labored under a misapprehension as to what was intended when the school was authorized. Governor Black and the legislature had no intention of permitting the establishment of any plan which would in the slightest degree denude any part of the forest. It was then believed that a school of this character would demonstrate what could be done to improve the forests by weeding out dead wood and weeds and bringing about a regrowth of spruce, pine and other soft woods which have rapidly disappeared in the Adirondacks.

   Attorney Agar for the petitioners said that his clients had been compelled to resort to this proceeding to preserve their own property which is situated near the Cornell school.

   At the close of the hearing it was decided that both sides would be given an opportunity to submit briefs.

 

John Hay.

Restitution to China.

   Washington, Jan. 24.—Secretary Hay handed to Minister Wu a draft on the United States treasury for $376,600, being the value of the silver bullion captured by the American marines at Tien Tsin. Inasmuch as Minister Wu is charged with the payment of salaries of the Chinese consuls in the United States and with defraying the expenses of the Chinese legation in Washington, in Lima and in Madrid, it is believed this money will be applied to such purposes.

 

TREATY IS SIGNED

Which will Transfer the Danish Islands to the United States.

   WASHINGTON, Jan. 24,—Tbe treaty between Denmark and the United States for the transfer of the Danish West Indies to this country was signed at 10:30 o'clock this morning by Secretary of State Hay, and Constantin Brun, minister from Denmark, in the reception room of the state department.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

Mayor Brown's Report.

   The report of Mayor Brown to the [Cortland] common council upon the affairs of the city which was submitted to that body Tuesday night and was published in full in these columns on Wednesday has brought out much favorable comment from all sides. As a report it was clear and explicit. It told exactly the particulars which every one interested in the city wanted to know—where the money had gone to, what the different departments had done and are now doing, what the expenses of each department have been and what the total indebtedness of the city is. Such a full and detailed report as this has never been given before. But it ought to be submitted every year, and it is a worthy precedent for Mayor Brown to establish, and it is to be hoped that it will be followed each year in the future.

   It is also a source of gratification to know that the affairs of the city have been administered in such an economical and satisfactory manner. It is pleasing to know that we are paying up our debts and that we have cleared up about half of the longstanding deficit in a single year. If we do as well another year we shall be able to present a clean slate, so far as old accounts are concerned.

   Taken altogether it is a record to be proud of. Mayor Brown has already had a number of requests for copies of it from cities and from would-be cities, and he has no occasion to blush in sending out such a year's record for the young city or such a definite and lucid statement from its mayor.

   ◘ Havana was as free from yellow fever during the months of December as in the preceding months of October and November. The regular season for the pest has now passed and the health authorities of the city feel justified in summing up the results accomplished, which in a word are the bringing down of the number of deaths from an average of 440 to only five. The assertion that this has been due to t he war waged against the mosquito is reiterated in the monthly report of Major W. C. Gorgas, the chief sanitary officer, and this explanation can no longer be doubted.

   ◘ John D. Rockefeller has given $100,000 to the endowment fund of Syracuse university. When the fund reaches $400,000 John D. Archbold will duplicate it. It looks as if the Standard oil crowd were trying to make it necessary for Mr. Archbold to give up about half a million dollars of his hard earned savings.—Binghamton Republican

 

General John B. Gordon.

GEN. JOHN B. GORDON.

"The Last Days of the Confederacy" at Normal Hall, Feb. 3.

  The fourth entertainment in the Normal [School] course will be given in Normal hall on Monday evening, Feb. 8, and will be a lecture by Gen. John B. Gordon upon "The Last Days of the Confederacy." This lecture became famous at its first delivery in the Tabernacle of Brooklyn, New York, before an audience of five thousand people. Its broad patriotism, its exquisite humor, its faithful portrayal of great leaders of both armies, its pathetic delineation of thrilling incidents, and the magical eloquence of the description of the closing scene at Appomattox and of Grant and Lee as they stood together in the little brick house in that last act of the great drama, and the mingling together of the soldiers of the hitherto hostile armies, combine to make this lecture one of great historical and patriotic interest to the young and old of both sections.

   General Gordon, with one exception, is now the sole survivor who held high rank in either army and prominently participated at the close of the great struggle at Appomattox who is capable of giving to the people a vivid picture of these thrilling events. An orator, of the highest order, a soldier without previous training, whose rapid rise from the rank of captain to the command of one wing of Lee's army reads like a romance, who was designated in official reports as the "Chevalier Bayard" of the army, and who has devoted his time and talents to the reconciliation of the sections, General Gordon must necessarily accomplish great good by his lecture tour, as well as furnish to the young men of the country the only opportunity perhaps that will ever occur of learning of these great events from a living, capable and faithful witness.

 

REPAIRS IN COURTHOUSE

In Accordance with the Recent Orders of Judge Lyon.

   The repairs at the courthouse, which were ordered by Judge Lyon on Jan. 10, were begun this morning. The repairs are for the purpose of securing better ventilation for the grand jury room and to cut a door through into the district attorney's room, in order that witnesses might not have to be taken through the grand jury room when going to the district attorney's room.

 

THE SODALITY SUPPER.

About Four Hundred Present—Musical and Literary Program Follows.

   About four hundred suppers were served by the Young Ladies Sodality of St. Mary's church at Empire hall last night and a very pleasant evening was spent by all concerned. The supper itself was an excellent one. Kane's orchestra played most acceptably white it was being served, and afterward there were a number of selections sung by the Apollo quartet which was encored again and again. Miss Anna Lyons recited in a very effective manner "How St. Michael's Was Saved" and Mr. Augustus Dillon delighted every one by his character sketches. A very substantial sum was netted for the Sodality treasury.

 

BREVITIES.

   —New display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6; Glann & Clark, Shoes, page 4.

   —The school census of the village of Dryden is just completed and the place claims a population of 776, a gain of seventy-seven over the census of 1900.

   —The Tompkins County Agricultural society has decided to hold its county fair the first week in September, the week after the State fair, and two weeks before the Dryden fair.

   —The Bible reading at the Presbyterian chapel last night by Rev. Dr. Parsons was well attended and was remarkably interesting and profitable. A second reading will be held tonight at the same hour, 7:30, to which all are cordially invited.

   —The Lehigh Valley is having a hotel suite fitted out of three of their passenger coaches at Sayre. The hotel will be used for employees and patrons in case of a wreck, a washout or the like. It is said that such an arrangement has long been demanded.

   —Mrs. Ernest M. Hulbert yesterday afternoon gave the second in a series of very delightful progressive whist parties. Nearly a hundred ladies were invited. A profusion of roses and carnations added to the attractiveness of the beautiful parlors. The refreshments were elaborate and elegant. This evening Mr. and Mrs. Hulbert entertain both ladies and gentlemen.

 

CHANCELLOR VON BUELOW, BIG FOUR, FIFTY-HOUR-GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE, AND PROF. AND MRS. PARKER ENTERTAIN

 

Bernhard Von Buelow.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, Jan. 23, 1902.

VON BUELOW FRIENDLY.

Imperial Chancellor Says Tariff Makes No Difference.

CITES PRINCE HENRY'S VISIT.

Dr. Barth Speaks of the United States as a Great and Economically Effective Community, Also Distinguished for Civilization and Culture—Continued Good Relations.

   Berlin, Jan. 23.—During the debate on the estimates of the chancellor's department in the reichstag the imperial chancellor, Count Von Buelow, referred to the pleasant relations between Germany and the United States and to the approaching visit of Prince Henry of Prussia.

   The chancellor found his opportunity in the remarks of Dr. Barth, leader of the freissinige party, who in discussing the budget said:

   "I want to touch upon the political relations between Germany and the United States, which are traditionally friendly in character. One hindrance to the promotion of this friendship is the protectionism now prevailing in Germany. It is pleasant, on the other hand, to see that the projected visit of a German prince to the United States has disclosed the existence of a large fund of good will and cordiality among the American people for Germany. We recognize in the union not merely a great and economically effective community, but we know the achievements of the United States in other fields, such as civilization and culture, are very important. The cultivation of the friendship of the two countries is a thing to be grateful for."

   Replying to Dr. Barth, Count Von Buelow said: "I express my thanks to Dr. Barth for the words and manner in which he has spoken of our relations with the United States. I still must ask him not to overestimate the difficulties from the way in which we formulate our tariff policy.

   "I can only repeat what I said three years ago in the reichstag, and I believe the views I then set forth in detail will today meet with the concurrence of the house, namely, that we are filled with an earnest desire to maintain on the basis of perfect reciprocity and mutual appreciation the traditional good relations which have always existed between ourselves and the United States. The voyage of Prince Henry to America is an expression of the good relations, and I am convinced his reception will be in accord with the friendly feelings the two great nations have for each other."

   The chancellor's statement was greeted with prolonged cheers from all parts of the house.

 

New York Central Empire Express.

TO ABSORB THE BIG FOUR.

The New York Central Secures Another Western Connection.

   NEW YORK, Jan. 23.—It is reliably stated today that the New York Central railroad company will soon acquire the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis railroad, (Big Four); that the proceeds of the proposed $35,000,000 of new stock will be used to pay for the acquisition and that the Big Four stock will be turned into the New York Central's treasury at about $96 a share.

   The Big Four road is controlled by the Vanderbilts and it is proposed to make it a dependent of the New York Central, just as are the Lake Shore and the Michigan Central.

  The company has, among other assets, a large block of Chesapeake & Ohio stock.

   The acquirement of Big Four stock by the Vanderbilts has been going on for a long time. The lowest price in the common stock in recent years was 19 1/2 in 1896. By 1899 the stock had risen above 50. Since then, with occasional reactions, its tendency has been steadily upward. In November of last year the top price of 101 was touched. Yesterday the stock closed at 96 1/4.

 

Charles M. Schwab.

AUSTRIA IN A FRENZY

Because Americans Would Buy Up its Principal Industry.

   VIENNA, Jan. 23.—Charles M. Schwab, the president of the United States Steel company, is causing considerable stir here. Today Mr. Schwab conferred with a director of the Alpine Mining Co., a director of the Prague company, and other Austrian steel magnates.

   The Volksblatt, commenting on the conference, says: "We believe that Mr. Schwab is negotiating to annex the entire Austrian iron trade, and that one of our principal industries will be handed over in a lump to the grasping Americans.''

   Schwab is astonishing the natives by his imperial mode of traveling, ordering special trains for the smallest journeys.

 

PAGE FOUR—BRIEF EDITORIALS.

   ◘ A recent investigation of the supply of milk furnished to consumers in New York City during a certain period showed that the great bulk was unwholesome and even dangerous. At least 330 outbreaks of typhoid fever, scarlet fever and diphtheria are said to have been carried from unclean farms to be spread through the metropolis by the vendors of milk. According to the New York Sunday Herald, 6,055 infants in New York City died in 1900 from the effects of impure milk. The Rockefeller Institute, which has been investigating the milk supply in the metropolis, strongly recommends that a more careful inspection of the fluid be made and that a guarantee of purity be established.

   ◘ The Northwestern Christian Advocate condemns "the modern Bible craze," the present demand in certain ecclesiastical quarters for an up to date rendering of the Scriptures. There are already at least half a dozen so called modern English Bibles, written in what the editors call "the language of the people." Each of these in many vital respects differs from the others. "None," The Northwestern Advocate holds, "is equal in sublimity and power to the language of the old version, which has been simple enough to enable all to grasp its meaning. The Bible," The Advocate adds, "should be interpreted into the language of the people, so that they may understand it, but if it is to be written to conform to the ever changing language of the people for many it must needs be filled with slang, which is more nearly than any other the language of vast numbers." The good old Bible of our good old fathers is good enough.

 

Taylor Hall building.

FIFTY-HOUR-GO-AS-YOU-PLEASE

To be Started Tonight in Taylor Hall at 8 o'clock—The Entries.

   Everything is in readiness for the great fifty-hour-go-as-you-please race, which will be started in Taylor hall, Cortland, at 8 o'clock this evening. A good track has been made and a bridge baa been built from the stage over to the center of the room in order that those who attend may go in or out at any time. The teams are all here, seven in number, and already to go at the crack of the pistol. The teams come from all over the state, and Cortland, too, has several representatives. Diabo and Bishop, the pork and beans winners of the Watertown race are here, as are also Billy Long, 6 ft., 4 in., and Dickey Short, 5 ft., 1 in., from Syracuse and Utica, respectively. Powers and Williams also from Syracuse are here. Gleason and Down of the Normal football team will be in the race. A team from Homer, N. Y., is also entered. Martin and Hoban of Rochester will also enter.

   Hogan, the world champion heel and toe walker is here to referee the race and to give exhibitions. An exciting race is expected. Single admission 25 cents, day tickets 50 cents.

 

PROF. AND MRS. PARKER ENTERTAIN

In Honor of Their Guest, Miss Creasor of Owen Sound, Ontario.

   Prof. and Mrs. F. R. Parker delightfully entertained a company of young people at their home, 132 Tompkins-st., Cortland, last evening in honor of their guest Miss Maud Creasor of Owen Sound, Ontario. Whist was a prominent feature of the evening. Five tables were played. Refreshments were served, after which there was excellent music by members of the party.

   The guests were Miss Creasor, Miss Maude Fitzgerald, Miss Mabel Fitzgerald, Miss Edith Winchell, Miss Mary H. White, Miss Cornelia A. White, Mrs. Vose, Miss Elizabeth Benedict, Miss Minnie Wells, Miss Cora E. Wells and Miss Grace Walrad, and Messrs. Edwin Duffey, Burt L. Nourse, Charles P. Dunbar, William H. McGraw, Arthur G. McGraw, C. C. Wickwire, Earle W. Newton, L. P. Bennett and J. P. Gray.

 

A Bee Line for Ithaca.

   John Reid, who was arrested by Night Captain Day Baker last night, pleaded guilty to the charge of public intoxication in police court this morning. He said that he was a barber and that he came over from Ithaca to Cortland to find a job. These did not seem to be very thick, and John gave up and got drunk. He was given the choice of taking six months in the Onondaga county penitentiary or of getting out of the city. He chose the latter, and by the way he started out of police headquarters he must have been well on his way to Ithaca by the time the half hour was up.

 

Party at East Homer, N. Y.

   There will be a party at the East Homer hotel on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28. The floor committee will consist of S. Cortwright and J. Haynes of Preble, R. Quinlan and P. Kiley of East Homer and J. Hartnett and M. Comerfort of Truxton. McDermott's orchestra furnishes the music. Full bill $1.25. D. HARTNETT, Proprietor. [Paid ad.]

 

BREVITIES.

   —There will be an Assembly party dance at Red Men's hall tonight.

   —Regular meeting of Canton Cortland, No. 27, this evening with installation of officers by Major R. E. Caldwell.

   —The Loyal Circle of King's Daughters will meet Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Boice, 4 Venette-st.

   —The next game of basket ball to be played in Cortland will be between the locals and the strong team from Watertown next Wednesday evening.

   —The donation of Pearson Brothers to the City Band fair will be a parlor suit instead of a chamber suit as noted yesterday in the list of donations for the fair.

 

UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, MAYOR BROWN'S APPOINTMENTS, CITY OF CORTLAND ANNUAL REPORT, AND COMMON COUNCIL

 

Whitelaw Reid.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1902.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK.

Regents Consider Estimates for Fiscal Year.

   Albany, Jan. 22.—The executive committee of the regents met yesterday to consider among other matters their estimates for maintenance of the departments of the university for the next fiscal year. There were present Regents Whitelaw Reid, St. Clair McKelway, Rt. Rev. W. C. Doane, William Watson and Albert Vanderveer.

   The amended Horton law called for an increase of $36,270 over the amount appropriated last year for grants to secondary schools. This the regents were able to reduce to $30,727 through an accumulated balance in this account. In 1901 the corresponding increase of $33,363 was met from an accumulated balance in academic fund.

   In the original estimates submitted by the regents in December last the total increase, including maintenance and grants to schools and libraries, was $957 less than the increase demanded by the Horton law alone. The grand total of their estimates for 1902-03 called for $652,577 as compared with $686,435 in 1900, a decrease of $33,857. The increase over 1901 is $37,507, but in 1901 the increase for grants to secondary schools ($33,363) was met from an accumulated balance.

   The ways and means committee in the assembly had reduced still further these conservative estimates. The regents, after careful consideration, concluded that they had already done as much as could be done wisely in the public interests to co-operate with this administration in its policy of reducing unnecessary expenses.

 

Heavy Snow in Chautauqua.

   Dunkirk, N. Y., Jan. 22.—A terrific snowstorm is raging in Chautauqua county. Since 5 o'clock 15 inches of snow have fallen. It is damp and heavy and does not drift. Railroad lines are getting trains through about an hour late.

 

Dinner by Mayor Low.

   New York, Jan. 22.—Mayor Low last night announced that on the day of the launching of Emperor William's yacht he will give a dinner to President Roosevelt and Prince Henry at the Metropolitan Club. This will be followed by a gala performance of opera, to be conducted through the Co-operation of Mr. Grau, under the auspices of a committee which Mr. Low has appointed. The dinner will be given by the mayor personally, and the guests will be, in the main, those whom the official proprieties of the occasion indicate.

 

Guglielmo Marconi.

SAILED FOR EUROPE.

Inventor Will Drown His Disappointment in Hard Work.

   NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—Signor Marconi, inventor of wireless telegraphy, sailed for Europe on the steamship Philadelphia today to continue his experiments. He hopes by continuous hard work to forget his disappointment in his love affair. The breaking of his engagement to Miss Josephine B. Holman of Indiana seems to have depressed the inventor very much.

   Mrs. Holman and her daughter, it is learned, sailed for Europe on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse yesterday leaving to friends the announcement of the rupture.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Mr. Brown's Appointments.

   Mayor Charles F. Brown last night made six more appointments for his administration in the city of Cortland for this year, and all of them are thoroughly to be commended. All were immediately and unanimously ratified by the common council.

   For members of the board of education for three years he appointed E. H. Stockwell, W. J. Greenman and Charles R. Allen. Mr. Greenman, who was reappointed, has been on the board for a number of years and has abundantly manifested his worth in the past as being one of its most valued members,

   Mr. Stockwell and Mr. Allen are both new members of the board, and it may be said right here that the failure of the mayor to reappoint their predecessors was in no respect a reflection upon them as men and citizens or upon their value as members of the board. There had been a desire on the part of many to have a greater representation upon this board of the mechanics of the city and of some others than the business and professional men, and as this seemed eminently wise and fitting the mayor made the selections accordingly. Upon such a basis he probably could not have made a better choice.

   Mr. Stockwell belongs to the class known as the representatives of skilled labor. He is a fine wire drawer at Wickwires' and has been in the employ of that concern since the fine wire drawing plant was installed. Mr. Allen is an employee of the Cortland Forging Co. He began at the forge and learned his trade and business thoroughly. He is now employed part of the year in the office and the remainder of the time is out on the road for his company. He is away now and does not yet know of his appointment or that his name was even being considered. Both are representative citizens of the city, men respected and honored and upon whom no criticism could be passed.

   The other three appointees—Mr. Ellis as fire commissioner and Mr. W. A. Stockwell and Dr. E. M. Santee as members of the board of health—were all reappointed. All are well known, all are good citizens, all have done excellent service in their positions the past year and all will do well in the remainder of their terms. Every appointment was an excellent one.

 

THE CITY OF CORTLAND.

Annual Report to the Common Council of Mayor Charles F. Brown. Finances of the City Discussed in Detail—More than Half of the Deficit Year Ago Wiped Out—Strict Economy and Good Business Management in all Departments—Inventory of Assets of the City—Total Bonded Indebtedness to be Raised by General Taxation is now $142,514.16.

   To the Honorable, the Common Council of the City of Cortland:

   GENTLEMEN—I am unable to find in our city charter anything that demands an annual report from the mayor to the common council, or to the citizens and taxpayers, of the work done by the several municipal boards during the year, but I believe it is a duty we owe to the taxpayers of this city to show them what has been accomplished with their money, and how much has been used, together with whatever may be of interest to the citizens regarding the government of the city.

   We entered upon our duties with the idea that the affairs of the city of Cortland should be administered as nearly as possible upon the same lines as those by which a good business man manages his private affairs.

   I therefore present a brief review, as is usually done in all well managed corporations, for your consideration, of business done by the city of Cortland in the year 1901:

   [See page 5 below—CC editor.]

 

COMMON COUNCIL.

SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE MAYOR

And Ratified by the Common Council—Three Members of the Board of Education, Two Members of the Board of Health, One Fire Commissioner—Appointment of Clerk Delayed.

   A regular meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland was held at the office of the clerk of said city on the 21st day of January, 1902, at 7:30 P. M. There were present Mayor Chas. F. Brown and Aldermen E. M. Yager, E. R. Wright, Geo. F. Richards, T. C. Scudder, R. S. Pettigrew and Vern W. Skeele.

   An annual report to the common council by Mayor Chas. F. Brown was presented, read and filed. This report is of interest to every citizen of Cortland and is given in full in another column.

   Alderman Skeele stated that the people of his ward objected to the use of Port Watson-st., as a lumber yard in the manner in which it was being used near the Main-st. corner. The authorities will take immediate steps to have the large pile of lumber removed. Mr. Skeele did not know to whom the lumber belonged.

   The mayor duly nominated and appointed as members of the board of education of the city of Cortland for full term of three years, commencing Feb. 1, 1902, Edsel H. Stockwell, W. J. Greenman and Chas. R. Allen.

   On motion of Mr. Richards, seconded by Mr. Wright and declared carried:

   Resolved, That the same be confirmed.

   Mr. Skeele called for the ayes and nays. All voted aye. Declared carried.

   The mayor duly nominated and appointed as health commissioners of the city of Cortland tor a full term commencing Feb. 1, 1902:

   First Ward—W. A. Stockwell.

   Second Ward—Dr. E. M. Santee.

   On motion of Mr. Yager seconded by Mr. Scudder:

   Resolved, That said appointment be confirmed by the board.

   Mr. Wright called for the ayes and nays. All voted aye. Declared carried.

   The mayor duly nominated and appointed as fire commissioner of the city of Cortland for a full term commencing Feb. 1, 1902, Mr. E. E. Ellis.

   On motion of Mr. Skeele, seconded by Mr. Yager:

   Resolved, That said appointment be confirmed by the board.

   Mr. Pettigrew called for the yeas and nays. All voted aye. Declared carried.

   The minutes of the present meeting were read and approved.

   The major stated that he was not yet ready to name a city clerk, and asked for an adjournment until next Monday night for this purpose.

   On motion, meeting adjourned to Jan. 27, 1902, at 8 o'clock at the office of the clerk of the city.

   Approved Jan. 21, 1902, CHAS. F. BROWN, Mayor.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The price of milk has again fallen to 5 cents per quart in this city.

   —New display advertisements today are— Warren, Tanner & Co., Drygoods, page 6.

   —There will be a meeting of the L. O. T. M. tomorrow night at 7:30 o'clock. A full attendance is desired.

   —The trustees of Syracuse university have decided to build a new dormitory on the campus. It will cost about $20,000. This is the first move toward the dormitory system at Syracuse.

   —The STANDARD is indebted to Senator George E. Green for a copy of the proceedings of senate and assembly of the State of New York on the life, character and public services of the late Senator Cornelius R. Parsons.

   —The course of Bible readings at the Presbyterian church to be conducted by Rev. Henry M. Parsons, D. D., of Toronto will begin tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Subject for tonight, "The Divine Personality of the Holy Spirit." Everybody cordially invited.