The Olean Democrat from Olean, New York • Page 1

M.V VOL. XV. CLEAN CATTARAUCUS CO. NEW YORK. TUESDAY, MAY 8.

1894 NUMB 45 GAS CONSUMERS MEET ARE NOT SATISFIED WlTH THE GAS COMPANY'S ANSWER To the Petition Lower Bates Presented Some Time Ago--a. Lively Meeting iu the Council Chamber Saturday Evening. Speeches Meeting Wednesday Evening. Saturday evening's Times contained call for a meeting of dissatisfied gas -consumers at the council chamber that to consider the answer of the iKeystone Gas company to the petition lower gas rates. The meeting was not sufficiently advertised, and only aUmt a hunJjL-ed people attended, felt was quite a lively and interesting meeting, nevertheless, and indicated more interest in the movement for lower gas rates than has before been apparent, If the meeting had been properly advertised a few days before hand doubtless a large majority of tbe gas consumers would have been present.

The meeting was called to order about 8:30 o'clock'by Idr. John Messer of 4A Wayne street, who was one of the prime movers in starting the agitation. Alderman John Sloane was chosen chairman, and A. J. Burdick the west State grocer was elected secretary.

Chairman Sloane stated the object of the meeting and asked if any gentleman bad anything to offer. Mr. of 65 Washington street was the first speaker. He regarded the Keystone company's answer to the petition as very unsatisfactory. The petitioners had asked for a reduction of the rates on cooking stoves to $1.50 per month in the summer and in the winter months.

The company had met tbe petitioners half way on the first part of the proposition, reducing the summer rate to $3 per Luonth, but had said nothing about the winter rate. Mr. Kerr thought the petitioners should penetrate the matter at once and force the company to give a full tnd definite answer to the petition, Mr. W. B.

Pierce of 129 Barry street thought the matter a pretty difficult one to handle. As he understood it the Keystone Gas company has to pay National Transit company 80 per cent, for tbe gas. Unless the Keystone company could get a reduction from the Transit company it could not afford to reduce tSie rs.tes much. The National Transit company would be a hard one to fight as it controls nearly all the gas territory and could pipe the gas to Buffalo more profitably than it could supply Olean if the rates are reduced much. Mr.

Pierce suggested that a committee be appointed to investigate as to the possibility of organizing an independent gas company and procuring gas from some field not controlled by the Standard Oil company Mr. Pierce's remarks did not seem to make a very favorable impression. Mr. Charles Cotton of 19 Eleventh street thought that if the National Transit company could pipe gas to Buffalo more profitably than to Olean it would have done so years ago. But he could not see what the Olean gas consumers had to do with the National Transit company.

They were dealing with the Keystone Gas company and it was no business of theirs where the company got its gas or how much it had to pay for it. If it could not get gas at reasonable rates from the Transit company let it get it somewhere else. That was the Keystone company's lookout and nothing to concern the consumers. Mr. A.

R. Curtis of 98 Sullivan street said all this talk was all well enough but it would not prevail with the Keystone Gas company. The only thing to do was for the consumers to get together and stand firmly by their demands, ordering the gas shut off if the rates were not lowered to the desired figures. If the consumers would do this there would be no doubt of their winning. It should be a question of low gas or no gas.

Mr. Augustus H. Holmes of 20 Jay street seggested that a committee be appointed to confer with thecouncil and ascertain if it would grant a franchise to a new company on its guaranteeing to supply the city with ges at the desired rates for five years. Mr. Burdick, the it was a question of low pas or no gas with him.

He had ordered his gas shut off at tbe first of the month as he- agreed to do when he signed the petition, and it would not go into his place again until tbe desired reduction was made. He considered the Keystone company's answer to the petition an insult to the petitioners. He thought if the consumers would stand firmly together they could bring the company to terms. Mr. Curtis said the gas company thinks the petitioners are only rnafcin? a larled doing business in Olean the rates were lower than now.

The next winter the rates were raised and he had bhut )fl everything but bis cook btove. He had burned coal in the other htoves and kept careful sccount of what it cost him. In the first three winters he saved whicn would have gone to Pittsburgh if he had paid it to the Keystone gas company, tie wanted the gas consumers to understand that they need for no sympathy or benevolence in the Keystone 3as company. It would do nothing it was not compelled to do. If the consumers expected to get anything like justice from the company they must make their demands boldly and stand by them, Some of the consumers seemed possessed of a foolish fear tbat they would freeze or starve death without gas.

It wouldn't ruin us if we lost the gas entirely. We had quite a town here before the Keystone Gas company came. We should tell them that we propose to live without them if we cannot live with them on decent terms. This is a matter that concerns the poor man more than it does the rich man. He cannot afford to pay for gas two or three times what wood or coal would cost him, but if he can get gae at reasonable rates he should burn it and save bis hardworking wife tbe extra labor and trouble that comes with burning coal or wood.

Mr. Curtis said there was another matter to be considered, and that was the frequency of breaks in the gas company's supply mains in the winter, causing a failure of the supply and the consequent trouble and extra expense of procuring other fuel to keep from freezing. He estimated that he had burned from $5 to worth of coal and wood each winter from this cause, and of late years he had felt compelled to keep a supple on hand because of the frequency of the breaks in the gas mains. Chairman Sloane said he bad long felt that if there was a grinding monopoly in Olean it was ihe Keystone Gas company. They seemed to recognize no authority and no rights other than their own.

They have dug up tbe streets and torn up the pavements when and where they chose regardless of any orders or protests. A year or more ago an explosion of gas occurred in the cellar of the Olean House. The board of health made an investigation and found that many of the gas pipes were in rotten land leaky condition and that other explosions were likely to occur by the gas getting into the sewers and cellars. The gas company was notified to place its pipes in proper am; safe condition immediately, but what attention has it ever paid to the order? In Mr. Sloane's opinion the sooner the gas company was sat down on the better.

After some further discussion Messrs. Sloane, Burdick, Curtis. Smith, Messer, Mallery and Alderman Johnson of the sixth ward were appointed a committee to confer with the gaa company and possible get a definite and full answer to the petition presented, and report at another meeting to be held in the council chamber next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The meeting then adjourned. CONSriil'TlON THE REVISION CONVENTION MEETS IN ALBANY.

The Kepub i i Choose Joseph 11. (JUoate Prei-itleut en-l t-x-Lleuti iiaiit Governor Alvorcl (or Vice-PresidtiU---A Distinguished Body of Men--Eminent Lt gul Talent Present Afternoon Dispatches by Associated Press. 8--It was nearly noon today before the Constitutional convention was called to order by John Palmer, secretary of state. He swore in the members in groups of ten to save time. An hour before the democratic members of the convention met in the assembly parlor and selected Roswell Parmenter as chairman of the caucus.

A resolution offered by William M. Speer to the effect that the delegates would not be bound by caucus action but would act, on all matters according to individual judgment was adopted. The caucus adjourned without making nominations, though it was suggested that the delegates vote for John M. Biglow as vice-president. The partisan action of the republicans in nominating candidates for every office in the power of the convection to grant was criticised.

REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES. John H. Caospn to Preti le at the Convention. ALBAKT, May striking looking body of men gathered in the assembly chamber where the Republican members of the constitutional convention assembled in caucus to nominate officers of the convention. They were a dignified body of men and took up the of the caucus with all the formality and decorum of a suit al law.

The scene in the chamber was in marked contrast -with the animation and excite- HERE IS A SURPRISE. Words bluff. He be appointed and olnciall desired r- dale frorn the r. K' rr tbat a committee i upon the company notify it that unless the made hr a The Bradford Erx Man Has Good for Considering the friendly rivalry that has always existed between Olean and Bradford the following from the editorial columns of this morning's Era is somewhat surprising: "If Bradford does not look out Olean is going to be the coming town of te state line country. Olean has in tiie past year put down several miles of paved streets, built a fine electric railroad, erected a number of excellent buildings that would be a credit to any place three times the size, and is substantially advancing.

IE is one the prosperous and pleasant towns in New York or Pennsylvania. The secret of the steady growth and prosperity of our neighbor city is very largely the agricultural country that surrounds the place. It is a pleasure to be able to note the advancement of the town over the hill: but it would be infinitely more pleasing were there less of a difference between the gait that Olean bas struck and the one we find ourselves in. Olean runs by electricity. Beb-tail horse car appears to satisfy Bradford." These are indeed pleasant words, and coming as they do from a rival they may be taken as no empty compliment.

They prove the truth of the old saying that nothing succeeds like success. Olean people will be glad indeed to learn that 1 this city's success gives the Era man pleasure, and will that Bradford mav soon strike as lively a gait as OleanV. JOSEPH H. CHOATE. meet of the assembly opening caucus.

There were few spectators in the chamber. The members as they entered took the most convenient seats and chatted. The few remarks that were made when the various officers were put in nomination showed that the members were fully alive to the dignity of their position, and the great responsibility devolving upon them. The best legal talent in the state is represented in the convention, which include" men of eminent authority in constitu tional law, eloquent pleaders and skilliu attorneys. The two striking figures of the caucc were Joseph H.

Choate, who has been lected to preside over the convention, ai ex-Lieutenant Governor Thomas Gr. A Tord. Mr. Choate sat in the seat the froi row recently occupied by Mr. Burtis Kings, and the venerable ex-lieutenan.

governor sat in the seat occupied by Mr. Sulzer, the Democratic leader in the last assembly. The venerable looking ei-neutenant governor of the state, Thomas G. Alvord, arose and stated that he had been requested to call the caucus to order and I took great pleasure in nominating as chairman of tbe caucus, Milo M. Acker.

Henry R- Durfee and Mr. McKinstry were named as secretaries. The roll of delegates was then called. Eiihiu Root was recognized by the chair. Mr.

Root said the great work of the constitutional convention was for the benefit of all the people of the state, for the benefit of the present generation and of the generation to come. The duty of perfect lairness and nonpartisanship rested upon the august body. The people of tbe state bad placed Tipon the Republican party the responsibility of organizing the convention, ats'l KS nominee of the lit publicans office of presHrnt be took crtat noiijJnalinz 1 i H. Cho it -u-' ll hi- I 5 cit Mr-. M.

rri' 17 A a a notified i uonc-r-. rn not to r-1. 1 way to kul i 1 10 nv wniM -tairl to not fail to Mice ted. Cotton n'l th" company has i i i the 'P" i couM h--en Gas Alt' c.i Henry GaHctt, of th i while olaMnt; the home 3 e-terday and of hf-r right wri-t. "jn a '-'l a Dr.

Bi -T reduced the fracture. more monf-v ont innitution that He roulrt not to support tin-, D. Li Smith that than am into the city. intelligent i re- i "1 Fulton street X'ckel Pliite roai cars and the the a the Nickel.Plate road to company first he of 'lithe 1 Or. i ion TTi5 in "I Mr.

Go vord fir 1 Th'- a by sattd Cr.ar1c=; 1 I' pr r.onil- Hcrbtrt A. unted for stc VT. Bei.net Dated i a i E'707 for -c On motion of Mr. Ve cancus comrn.ttt-e xr" Becker, I.i ar.d JonTJton. The a i a THE MEYER One of the rroHi'outiuiiV Iteuvy Witnesses VI oil Out of tin- Jsi-V "OKK.

May i week in tbe of Ur. Henry C. F. charged with the poisoning of Gust.ave Ijraudt, opened with the pi obecution's lawyer still weaving the web around the defendant. Dr.

Meyer said before court opened that he felt confident of acquittal. He anxiously asked his counsel, Mr. Brooke, whether tbe attorneys had found Frank Burke of Chicago, the witness whom the prosecution considered the best piece in its heavy artillery. He brightened considerably when told that Burke was oul of reach. Burke had been brought here from Chicago by the prosecution.

Three days ago he disappeared. Assistant District Attorney Mclutyre received a letter from Burke. He bad been Meyer's partner at one time, he said, and had been his fellow worker in wrongdoing, but he had decided not to say anything against him. Anj search made for him by the district attorney's office would, he said, be useless. Dr.

Simon B. Minden told how Dr. Meyer called on him and introduced himself as a physician from Denver who thought of locating in this city. "Witness described how he was called in to attend Baum and found him suffering from diarrhoea and prescribed accordingly. He visited Baum 21 times.

On his first visit the sick man introduced Mrs. Meyer as his wife. Mrs. Baum. The patient, witness said, did not respond to the treatment.

His thirst became excessive and his temperature rose. His pulse was He then described his treatment of the patient. The witness identified Carl Mueller as August Wimmers, who called on him Aug. 30, 1892, and for a death certificate, saying Mr. Baum was dead.

It has leaked out that Mrs. Meyer recently wrote to Daniel G. Gilette, stating that she was innocent and asking him to use his influence to have her set at liberty. Coroner's Physician O'Hare, who was at the autopsy on Brandt's body, was on the stand when the court adjourned. A MUCH MARRIED MAN.

William Reynolds Alleged to Have No Less Than Eight Wives. BUFFALO, May Reynolds, a elim, rather good looking young man, dark hair and eyes, was locked up in. No. 1 police station last night, charged with bigamy. It is alleged that Reynolds has married no less than eight women.

Three of his alleged victims are respectable young women who live in Salamanca and that town is greatly upset at what has happened. Other victims are said to live in Scranton. Angola and Grape Valley. The warrant for the youthful bigamist's arrest, was sworn out in Salamanca. Mrs.

McFadden, the mother of the younsr woman, vrho is said to be Mrs. Reynolds No. 8, is the complainant, and others who have helped in making the complaint are a Miss JTorton and Miss Laura Button, both of Salamanca. Reynolds is said to be a railroad man. He married an who was not pretty and young.

Managers of the Veterans' ALBANY, May Flower has Appointed as managers of the Xew York state home for the aged dependent veteran and his wife, veterans' mothew, widows and army nurses, residents of Xew York, pursuant to chapter 46S of laws ol 1894, the following named persons: Mrs. Ellen N. Putnam of Buffalo, Mrs. Sarah C. Mink of Watertown.

Edward J. Mitchell of Yonkers, Mrs. Kate E. Jones of Jllion, Mrs. Annie Cleary of Rochester, Hon.

Richard Curran of Rochester, Mrs. Sarab Gr York, Mrs. Ada G. of Brooklyn and Major George H. Treadwell of Albany.

Where Girls Are In his lecture on "Fifteen Months "With the Cannibals on the Upper Congo" Professor Westmark says: "A young and pretty slave girl can be bought for four empty bottles of a total value of four English farthings. When a rich man dies, his servants and wives mast also die, as the rich man takes everything with him--or thinks he does. His slaves are also killed, and the youngest and tenderest are eaten by sorrowing relatives and friends. The ears of-a young girl broiled in oil are considered a great delicacy by the survivors of a fu- neraL" Textile Workers In Sesiloa. PHILADELPHIA, May fifth annual convention of the National Textile workers convened in this city.

In addition to favorinc the limiting of the hours of labor to S5 per week, which will doubtless be adopted, the present convention will-also take into the transfer cf a portion of the power of the union to which is being agitated by McGuy of Providence. fLIQUOU DISPENSAKIES. FORTY- 1 IX HAVE SECURED NEW LICLNSES Of wliich Three uro 1 irtst Hotelc, i i i Second C'a-s Hotels, Twenty- two uro Liquor Saloour, a Ale and Rear Salo iis and One Uruc Store. More will Probably be lined Thursday Evening. The excise commissioners met yesterday afternoon and granted forty-six licenses for the ensuing year, of wbicb three wero firpt class hotel, fifteen second class hotel, twenty-two saloon liquor, five ale and beer and one drug store, the rates of wbich are respectively $125, $125, and $50.

The total receipts were $4,675, Other applications were not acted upon and tbe holders of some licenses did not have applications in for renewal. The old licenses do not expire until May 10. when the commission rs will meet again and take final action on the remaining Some of the places which heretofore lielo. second class hotel licenses have been obliged this year to take out saloon liquor licenses, for wbich the rate is $125. The licenses granted were as follows: FIRST CLASS H.

S. Sartwell, Olean House. G. P. Babcock, Xew Palmer, House.

Doran, Grand Central. SECOND CLASS James Farley, 50 Stat? street. Wiiliam Butcbings, 10 Railroad avenue. J. Consedine, 20 Railroad avenue.

John Carroll, 78 Wayne street. Adolph Englebacb, 82 Wayne street, Jobn Fink, 163 State street. Mary Milliken, 70 Wayne street, Jacob Wind, 122 State street. T. Moran.

22 Railroad avenue. Henry Wiley, 30 Railroad avenue. J. W. Ball, Option House.

John Hagan, 352 Union street. W. P. Peterson, 541 State street. Henry Paulman, corner State Eleventh streets.

P. J. Toobey, 289 Union street. SALOON E. R.

Dorsey, 190 Union street. J. H. McCofmick, 18 Railroad avenue. Henry Dieterman, corner State and Second streets.

F. L. Vanderhoof, 62 State street. Derringer Briscoll.227 Union street. Peterson Bros.

5 163 Union street. Joseph Smith, 08 State street, Wilham Waldeck, 230 state street. Ryan Collopy, 206 Union street- Andrew Schelin, 165 State street. Cbas. Edel, 217 State street.

Sam Binney, 97 Unien street. W. A. McDowell, 26 Railroad avenue. Ambrose Chesner, 84 State street.

J. L. Union street. P. J.

Savage, corner State and First streets. Geo. W. Doane, 221 Union street. James O'Connell, 62 and 64 State streets.

Redmond O'Connor, 235 Union street. L. O'Meara, 261 Union street. P. C.

Welch, 271 Union street. Michael Kepnan, 132 Union street. SALOON, ALE AXD Andrew Barber, 279 Union street. M. F.

Brown. Buffalo street. Anton Wager, 100 State street. John Powers, 113 Buffalo street. John Shaffer, 130 State street.

DRUG Dr. J. V. D. Coon, Union street.

and ANOTHER TANNERY STRIKE. Fierce's Men Now Oat--Price Xist Not Signed. Another tannery strik is on. The em- ployes of the big Pierce tannery in West Olean, numbering something over a hundred men, did not report for duty this morning and the plant is closed down in all departments. Tbe trouble is over the yearly price list, which the men claim should have been signed April 14 but which has not yet been signed.

Tbe men say the price list was submitted to the firm April 16, since which time its promulgation has beer- deferred on one pretext or another, until it has become apparent that the firm does not desire to sign it for some reason. The men have tried to avoid trouble and bavj tried to reach a settle- meet of the difficulty. They are nearly all members of tbe tanners and curriers" vnion which conducted the strike at Buswell Hubbard's tannery last week. A committee from the union waited upon the local managers of the Pierce tannery yesterday but could pet no Hence the strike. Mr.

W. P. Pierce, the resident min- as th" tannery, was by a T' porter but refused to t.il'c. THE CITY VS. Reverses en-) of a loeal Jury.

County Judge Vreelaud has rendered a decibion in the case of the city against William Carter, reversing the judgment of the local jury in the case brought by the board of health against Carter for burying a body in Oak Lawn cemetery after the cemetery was condemned by the board and further burials therein forbidden. In his decision tbe Judge says: To uphold the verdict defendant contends among other things, that the city- Board of Health was not lawfully constituted, tbat the ordinance alleged to have been violated, ws not lawfully or properly enacted, and, finally, that plaintiff was not entitled to recover without making proof, in addition to the enactment and promulgation of the ordinance, that the cemetery was in fact dangerous to public health and a nuisance. Upon the question of the legality of Board of Health the proof was, that under authority of the village of Olean, to which corporation the plaintiff succeeded by Chap. 478 of the laws of 1893. certain persons were created into a Board of Health, that at a meeting of this village board resolutions were adopted, declaring further interments in the cemetery detrimental to public health, and forbidding the same, and prescribing a penalty of $25 for a violation of the rule adopted.

After the village of Olean became the city of Olean, the mayrr appointed certain persons as a Board of Health, and tbe common council confirmed his action. The persons named took and subscribed "the oath of office and. so far as I can understand, became a lawful body. Tbe objection, tbat all of the aldermen, who composed tbe common council, were not present, when the persons composing the city Board of Health were nominated and confirmed, is not tenable, for the reason that such action was taken at a regular meeting of the common council, as provided by section 78 of the city charter, acd no notice of a regular meeting was required to be given, "Vol. 2 page actions and defenses.

After the city Board of Health had been appointed, and had organized, it proceeded, as I understand the record, to adopt the same rules and regulations for tbe had been in force under the village. It would, doubtless, have been a better plan, if the city Board had spread upon its records the rules it did adopt, instead of referring to them, as those formerly in force under the village, but it seems clearly to have been their intention to adopt the former rules, aud, since they proceeded to publish to seek to 1 enforce them, it does not appear to me tbat the alleged irregularity connected wuh their adoption was such, or of such importance, as to render them Tbe principal contention in the case arises, the effect tbat is to be given to the rule adopted, ing burials in this particular cemetery the defendent that proof merely of toe ordinance and its violation was not sufficient, without proving in addition the facts which the village Board of Health acted in condemning this cemetery, while plaintiff's claim is that proof of the adoption of the ordinance and its violation, raised a presumption in favor, of its correctness, at least until assailed by the defendent, and entitled the city to recover. Upon this question, as I read the decision cited, a presumption exists in support of the validity of all rules made and published by a board of health, and, although any person affected thereby is not concluded from testing the decision of such a board, when once their decision, declaring any given situation or state facts to be a nuisance, is embodied in a rule, and proper publicity given to the same, in a suit to recover a penalty for its violation, the burden shifts to the person affected to show, tbat the alleged nuisance which the rule intended to abate, was not in fact nuisance In Copcutt vs. Yonkers 5-5 State R419, Judge Earl said in speaking of boards of health, "their acts declaring nuisances may be presumptively valid until questioned or In the same opinion be quotes from Cooley's Constitutional Limitations as to the power of boards of health: "they are vested with quasi judidiai powers to decide upon what constitutes a nuisance and ali presumptions favor their act ions." And, local declaration that a is not conclusive, nnd ihe party concerned may con- ih' in the courts." Colonial OTTA-- of the In Y' -T-, Coprutt 55 State "the lO to In thit 1. tL ti, A i ocly ll R.

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