Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, July 29, 1902.
CAPTAIN WILD CENSURED.
Failed to Meet Request of Civil Authorities to Guard Property.
Washington, July 29.—The action of General Chaffee in reprimanding Captain Frederick S. Wild, Thirteenth infantry, upon the sentence of a court martial, has been received at the war department. Captain Wild was in command at Lingayan, [Philippines], where a cockpit was burned, two soldiers of the command having been previously stabbed in the cockpit, it was generally understood that the cockpit was burned by the soldiers in revenge.
It was brought out in the trial that Captain Wild had been requested by the civil authorities to place a guard over the property after the first attack and failed to do so, and a second attempt at burning resulted in its destruction.
General Chaffee says: "The necessity for this trial is based on the intention to accentuate to the accused that the existing order to give complete and unqualified support to all branches of the civil government in these islands must be complied with and to show by example that nothing short of such support will be accepted from officers on duty in this division. Captain Wild's conduct is destructive to the very foundations of discipline and when considered in connection with the importance of the duty which devolved upon him is in the highest degree reprehensible."
TEACHERS WERE WARNED.
Police Inspector Told Them It Would Not Be Safe to Go Into Interior.
Washington, July 29.—A copy of a Manila paper has been received at the war department giving information concerning the trip of the teachers who were murdered in the island of Cebu some time ago. According to a report made by Inspector Ross of Cebu to the chief constabulary, the four teachers were warned by him not to go into the interior but they insisted that it was safe and took the risk.
The article continues:
"They talked with the inspector about their expedition and he advised them if they went too far in a certain direction they would be likely to run across an hombre called Adoy, a member of the notorious Cabal family, much feared by the natives. A member of this family had been killed a week or two prior to this and any white person falling into Adoy's power was certain to fare ill, but the teachers gave no heed to this warning and were murdered."
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Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. |
GOVERNMENT FOOD TESTS.
Scientists to Study Effect of Preservatives on Human Subjects.
When Dr. W. H. Wiley, chief of the bureau of animal industry, gets back to the United States from Europe, whither he sailed the other day, the United States government will establish a free table for people who are willing to have their stomachs experimented with.
The purpose is to conduct experiments to determine whether the foreign substances added to food products are detrimental to the health of man. While Dr. Wiley is in Europe the civil service commission will hold examinations and prepare an eligible list of expert physiological chemists to aid him in the work. Congress appropriated $10,000 for it. After that healthy young men who are willing to eat free food that may or may not have deleterious ingredients will be in demand.
If Dr. Wiley can get permission to experiment on college students, they will be his preference. He wants to get some college to let him set up a "training table." Each student who eats at this table is to give his word of honor not to eat anything except what he gets at the government restaurant. The first ten days or so will then be devoted to feeding the subjects a good healthful quantity of the ordinary foods with no object in view but to get them in a perfectly normal condition,
Then the effect of a certain chemical—borax for instance—will be tried. After the effect of this has been noted, another preservative chemical in common use will be taken up; then a coloring substance, etc., until the gamut of color and preservative has been run and the bureau has obtained data enough on which to base correct conclusions.
A system similar to this is to be tried in the United States army, when new rations will be tested.
FAMILY MADE ILL.
Quite a Question as to What Caused the Difficulty.
The family of Mrs. E. Jennie Ireland of 66 Clinton-ave., Cortland, was ill yesterday afternoon and it seemed apparent that the cause was something which had been eaten. The thought at once turned toward some prepared beef which had been a part of the dinner. This had been purchased Saturday night and had been kept in a refrigerator in the cellar, though there had not been any ice there. Mrs. Ireland ate a little of this Sunday and was not affected in the least by it, but yesterday she was ill, and her two daughters likewise.
Inquiry among other purchasers of meat from the same preparation at the same place developed the fact that three families had eaten the meat and not been affected. In a fourth family, C. E. Keeler of 54 Grant-st., Mr. Keeler ate some of it for dinner yesterday and was not affected. Last night Mr. and Mrs. Keeler ate some for supper and both were ill. The opinion arrived at by the attending physicians and others is that the meat was all right when purchased, and when first used, but that later it had become affected by atmospheric conditions and by being kept too long without ice. It is not considered a case of ptomaine poisoning and all the patients are now doing well.
DYNAMITE, BEWARE.
Forty Pounds are in the Debris of the Creek.
WASHED AWAY IN THE FLOOD.
Was in the McGraw Corset Company's Oil House and has Departed for Regions Unknown—Warning for all Who are Clearing up the Debris.
All who may undertake to clear up the debris in the course of the flood that washed through the village of McGraw on Sunday are warned to proceed carefully, as there were forty pounds of dynamite stored in the McGraw Corset company's oil house. This was washed away with all its contents. Where the dynamite is now located is unknown. It may have gone clear down stream, or it may have lodged in the debris near at hand. It would be wise to be watchful in turning up the gravel or in clearing up the wreckage not to land any heavy blows on the dynamite sticks or the explosion might be found very suddenly.
The explanation is in order that this dynamite was the remnant of some obtained for blasting at the time the foundations were laid for the new Presbyterian church in that town. Mr. McGraw had this small quantity left and didn't know what to do with it. He finally put it away in the oil house to which scarcely any one had access and the ones who went there knew of its presence and knew enough to be careful about it. No thought occurred to any one that the whole building might suddenly take a notion to depart. But it did go Sunday, dynamite and all. The building washed to pieces in its trip down stream and the dynamite disappeared.
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Judge S. S. Knox. |
CORTLAND BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Elm-st., Paving Petition Coming Next Monday—Other Business.
The petition for paving Elm-st. was not presented at the adjourned meeting of the board of public works last evening. Theodore Stevenson, who has had charge of circulating the petition, is authority for the statement that the petition will be presented to the board at its regular meeting next Monday night.
President S. S. Knox asked the committee on sidewalks what had been done in regard to the relocating of the walks on the west side of Church-st. Mr. Cobb of the committee said that the city engineer had been asked to make a drawing of the place in order that the board might see what the change would be and how it would look after the change was made. This drawing had not as yet been received. Mr. Wickwire said that the residents of the west side of the street north of Railroad-st. did not seem to favor the plan of changing the walk.
A. Hoffman, who has land on the west side of Court House hill, came before the board and complained of the fact that Prospect-st. had been closed up near the pump station and he could not get to his land to do work. He said that the west end of Prospect-st., which was accepted as a street by the board of public works on Aug. 12, 1901, was accepted without his permission, although he owned land that the street goes through for a distance of 20 rods or more.
He was informed by the president that the street had been gouged out by water running down it, and had, therefore, been closed up, as it was considered dangerous. Mr. Hoffman was of the opinion that the board should take steps to repair the street or rescind the vote that made it a street. He did not object, he said, to the idea of having a street in that locality, but he did object to railing it up. He thought the city ought to make a road of Prospect-st. or get out and leave the territory as it was.
The matter was left in the hands of the city attorney to investigate it and report.
CASCADE HOTEL.
A. N. Green, Jr., Formerly of Cortland, the New Proprietor.
Mr. A. N. Green, Jr., formerly of Cortland and who will be remembered by many in this city, has assumed proprietorship of the summer hotel at Cascade and this popular resort on Owasco lake is now open to the public. The hotel has been completely refitted and refurnished and Mr. Green is putting forth every effort for the pleasure and comfort of his guests.
THE EFFECT IS BAD.
Fertile Land Covered With Stones, Gravel and Debris.
Words fail to describe the effect produced by the flood at McGraw and on the way over there. Fertile fields with growing crops are covered feet deep with stone, gravel, logs, sticks and debris of every kind. It will be years before some of this land can be reclaimed if ever. It is fully worth a trip on the electric car as far toward McGraw as the car can run. One would hardly believe that what he will see can be true. The Traction company has an enormous task before it to get that creek into shape and into some known and definite place and get the grade in order again. The rails now dip almost down to the water where the grade and the piles and the trestle have been swept away from beneath.
The bridge with its one solitary car upon it stands in bold relief with a section of perfectly dry land beneath it. No water has flowed there since December.
SOLON DELUGED.
Nothing Before Experienced Like Sunday's Cloud Burst.
ROADS AND BRIDGES WASHED AWAY.
The Hathaway Flats an Angry Lake With High Waves—Driftwood Everywhere—Buildings Undermined—Some NarrowEscapes—Farmers' Great Loss.
Solon, N. Y., July 28.—Although floods are a weekly occurrence throughout this section, nothing like that of Sunday afternoon has yet been experienced here. During the first severe shower about 3 p. m., there was a cloudburst on the hill east of here and made streams come tearing down the hillsides, taking everything in their way. The second shower was supposed to have been a cloudburst on north hill and the streams commenced to overflow their banks at Stephen Thornton's, and when all had emptied into the stream that passes through town, it assumed alarming proportions and spread over the entire village, sweeping bridges, trees and all sorts of driftwood in its course. Nearly all the gardens and lawns on the west, north and south of Main-st. are destroyed.
The meadow south of the village on the Hatheway estate looked like an angry lake. Farmers estimate their loss from one to $500. George Burlingham's barn and house were both undermined and the wall and nice wood pile, which never seemed to grow less, were entirely washed away.
W. J. Corcoran and J. W. Barrett were on north hill, and experienced considerable difficulty in reaching home. The bridge at Lucian Maybury's is said to have gone down in less than one minute after Mr. Corcoran had crossed it. Fayette Stevens and family were spending the day at Ernest Edwards', where Mrs. Stevens received a partial stroke from lightning and was not able to be taken home. Wadsworth Bros. report a pile of stone in the highway near their place nearly 5 feet high, some of which two men could hardly lift. Carl Silvernail and wife of Lisle, who had started for C. D. Stevens' to attend the funeral of their mother next day, took refuge at Hotel Warren as did several other travelers. Mrs. Della Livingston of Cortland, who had driven to her brother's here to spend the day, could not return home.
It is thought that a couple of days' work will repair the damage to the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. in this town.
Mrs. Frank Storing is attending summer school in Cortland.
Albert Holmes of Cardiff is visiting friends in town.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements today are—F. E. Brogden, Bicycle free, page 4: A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; M. A. Case, Clearing sale, page 6.
—Dr. Charles Kendall Adams, the second president of Cornell university (1885-1892), died at Redlands, Cal., last Saturday night, whither he had gone to improve his health.
—The third degree will be conferred on four candidates tonight by Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M. A lunch will then be served and the Welsh singers will entertain for an hour or more.