MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, RUSSIAN FLEET WITHDRAWN, MACEDONIAN INSURRECTION, CORTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THREE FAMILY REUNIONS

 

Lord Edward Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, August 24, 1903.

THE DEAD STATESMAN.

King Edward's Tribute to the Late Marquis of Salisbury.

MANY MESSAGES OF CONDOLENCE.

Touching References in Nearly All the Churches of the United Kingdom—Many Visitors to Hatfield. Funeral Provisionally Fixed For End of This Week—Son in Egypt.

   London, Aug. 24.—King Edward's tribute to the deceased Marquis of Salisbury is given in the court circular last night, dated Marienbad, Sunday. It runs as follows:

   "The king has received with profound regret the news of the death of the Marquis of Salisbury and his majesty deeply deplores the loss of so great a statesman, whose invaluable services to Queen Victoria, to the king and his country in the highest offices of state which he held for so many years, will ever dwell in the memory of his fellow countrymen."

   Messages of condolence are pouring in at Hatfield House. The senders include King Edward and Queen Alexandra, the Queen of Portugal and President Loubet.

   Touching references were made to the dead statesman in the pulpits of almost all the churches in the United Kingdom.

   There were many visitors to the village of Hatfield. The parish church was crowded in the morning, the worshippers including Premier Balfour, the Earl and Countess Selborne, the marquis's sons and members of his family and household.

   The funeral has been provisionally fixed for the end of this week to enable Lord Edward Cecil, who is on his way home from Egypt, to assist.

   The newspapers this morning in their editorials pay warm tributes and express deep admiration for the dead man, recognizing that with him there passes away the last of the great English statesmen of the Victorian era, as well as the last of the brilliant group of European statesmen, which included Bismarck, Gortchakoff and Andrassy.

   It is held that his work in the domain of foreign policy that will best be remembered with gratitude was his constant endeavor to preserve peace. He is hailed as the true representative type of the unambitious, conservative and aristocratic class.

 

FLEET IS WITHDRAWN.

Porte Orders Compliance With All Russia's Demands.

CONSUL'S MURDERERS EXECUTED.

Appointment to the Gendarmerie of Several Foreign Officers—Twenty-Four Officials Relieved of Their Posts and Handed Over to Justice. Inspector General Reprimanded.

   St. Petersburg, Aug. 24.—The Russian Black sea squadron, which was ordered to Turkish waters and which arrived at Igneada, Eastern European Turkey, Aug. 19, in order to support Russia's demands on the sultan growing out of the assassination of M. Rostkowski, Russian consul at Monastir, has been recalled to Sebastopol, the squadron's point of departure.

   The recall of the Russian squadron followed on a notification from the porte that the sultan had ordered all the Russian demands to be complied with.

   The dispatch received from M. Zinovieff, Russian ambassador at Constantinople, announcing that the sultan had yielded completely to Russia's demands was as follows:

   "The porte has taken the following measures to fulfill the demands of the Russian government: in addition to the condemnation and execution of M. Rostkowski's murderers and the punishment of their accomplices, those officers who made disrespectful allusions to M. Rostkowski are dismissed from the service. A careful search is being made for the persons who fired at the consul's carriage. All the officials, 24 in number, whose names were handed to the porte as objects of unfavorable comment by the Russian ambassador are relieved of their posts and handed over to justice. All private persons mentioned in the same list as guilty of various offenses will likewise be tried.

   "Ismail Haki Pasha, the chief of police at Palanka, province of Uskub, is restored to his post. The persons under arrest for accusing Mussulmans of outrage and abuse are liberated.

   "Hussein Hilmi, instructor general of Macedonia, is reprimanded. The chiefs of gendarmerie and police at Salonika are replaced.

   "The porte has ordered the appointment to the gendarmerie of several foreign officers whose names will be announced later and finally all the military, civil and judicial authorities have received the strictest orders to take measures to secure order and tranquility."

   The news has reached St. Petersburg from Brussels that the porte has requested Belgium to nominate four officers for the Turkish gendarmerie.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

The Macedonian Insurrection.

   While the perennial insurrection in Macedonia is not expected to result this season in a general European war or in foreign intervention, for which the Bulgarians of Macedonia are said to be hoping, there is no doubt that it presents a serious problem to the governments of the various powers. It has already given the sultan more than a bad quarter of an hour, and with his troops in arrears of pay and almost at the point of mutiny, with the insurgents daily growing bolder and with Russian and Italian war ships lingering ominously in Turkish waters the Commander of the Faithful is not in an enviable situation.

   Bulgaria wants only one word from Russia to pour her soldiers over the border into the disturbed province and, while Russia insists that she is going to make Bulgaria keep her hands off, the murder of the Russian consul at Monastir by a Turkish gendarme and the czar's demands for reparation give the excited subjects of Prince Ferdinand some reason to think that the leash which restrains them from flying at the Turk may soon be loosened.

   Self interest has for a century kept the powers from lopping from the sultan's dominions his possessions in Europe, but the crisis may come when intervention will be inevitable and when the mutual jealousy of Russia, Austria, Italy and England over the division of the spoils will be turned into an amicable understanding. Then Allah help Abdul!

   Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria would like very well to reign over Macedonia and Bulgaria joined into one municipality. Some of the Macedonian Bulgarians seek an independent principality, and some of them seek only to flay the Turks in revenge for the atrocities from which they have suffered. It is conceivable that the sultan would be glad to get rid of such a hornets' nest as Macedonia has always been, peopled as it is by the three warring races of Bulgarian Christians, Mohammedans and Greeks.

   It is even asserted in some quarters that the sultan is conspiring with Russia to deliver up Macedonia after enough show of force has been made to "save his face" with his Asiatic subjects, for he is forbidden by law and by his oath to cede any territory voluntarily. The next few weeks may bring the whole question near to a solution, but in the meantime massacres, burnings and rapine may be looked for from both the Turks and the insurgents, for the latter have had a bad example before them so long that their methods are far from humanitarian.

 

CORTLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Fine Time at The Park Saturday After Annual Review.

   Immediately after the parade and inspection of the Cortland fire department Saturday, an account of which was given in Saturday's Standard, the firemen and their guests which included Mayor Charles F. Brown, Judge Joseph E. Eggleston, Comptroller Nathan L. Miller, Irving H. Palmer, newspaper men and others, boarded special [trolley] cars for the Cortland park for a short outing. The firemen were out in goodly numbers and four cars were needed to convey them to and from the park.

   On arriving at the park the company proceeded to the open space above the pavilion. A short program had been quietly arranged for the occasion and Mayor Charles F. Brown was named as chairman of the assembly and Chief Engineer Sherwood made his report. The chief said that the hose carts, hose, nozzles, etc., were in good serviceable condition as in fact they always are. The steamer has been overhauled and tested and is in excellent condition and ready for severe work at any minute. He said he understood that it had been reported that the steamer was no good, that there was no one to run it and that it ought to be sold. On the contrary the steamer is in first class condition, they have men capable of running it and that if there was no one else to fire the engine, he would fire it himself.

   He also said it was his opinion that it would be folly to think of disposing of the engine for in case a fire should breakout at any time when the water happened to be shut off from one or more mains, the steamer would more than pay for itself within a few minutes. By laying tandem lines they could play on a fire at any part of the city. It is true that we have an excellent gravity system, but there is always the possibility that the water may have to be shut off for a few hours and that a fire may occur at that time. Mr. Sherwood then referred to a case of that kind in Schenectady, the water was shut off for about twenty-four hours, a fire broke out and as they had no steamer they had no way of fighting the flames. Six houses were destroyed when the progress of the fire was stopped. It was stopped, however, only by blowing up a house and removing the debris. The city had to stand the loss, the insurance companies being responsible only for the first house. He thought this object lesson to be enough in itself to convince those who were of the opinion that the steamer is useless of their error of opinion. Chief Sherwood also reported the wagon belonging to Hitchcock Hose company is in bad condition.

   Mayor Brown, Judge Eggleston, Irving H. Palmer and Comptroller Miller all spoke interestingly. Excellent refreshments were served and the afternoon proved very enjoyable as well as profitable. It was the first time an attempt has been made to entertain the firemen in this way but it will probably not be the last. An interesting fact is that there were thirteen ex-chiefs of the department present.

 

JENNISON REUNION

Held Wednesday, Aug. 19, With Mr. and Mrs. Jennings.

   The third annual reunion of the Jennison family was held Wednesday, Aug. 19, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Smith B. Jennison in Lapeer.

   This gathering was largely composed of the descendants of Levi and Lucy Jennison, who came to Lapeer in 1835 from Massachusetts. Mr. Levi Jennison died April 4, 1863. Mrs. Jennison is still living and was able to be present at the reunion although 92 years of age.

   Those in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. Smith B. Jennison, Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Jennison and son Ogilvie, Mr. and Mrs. Bert M. Jennison, daughter Hazel and son Robert Larkin of Lapeer, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy J. Watrous of Hunts Corners, Mr. and Mrs. Lyman B. Watrous and son Lamont, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alvord and daughter Ruth, Mrs. Alston Allen of Marathon, Rev. and Mrs. Levi Jennison and daughter Camilla of Union Center, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Jennison and daughter Lena, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Jennison and daughter Gertrude, Mr. and Mrs. S. Adelbert Jennison and daughters Florence and Helen of Cortland.

   Of the descendants of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Jennison who were unable to be present were six grandsons: Robert L. Jennison of Union Center, Prof. Lynn E. Jennison, instructor in Asbury Park High school, Corporal Willis E. Jennison, Co. K., Twenty-second regiment, Fort Crook, Neb., Jesse Jennison of Cortland, who was in Washington, Harry A. Jennison, Cortland, Henry H. Watrous, wife and son William of Omaha, Neb. Among the guests were Miss Lucy Jennison of Norwich, Rev. and Mrs. Torrey of Marathon, Rev. Mr. Brown of Harford, Rev. Mr. Moxcey and daughter Helen of Virgil and a goodly company of neighbors and lifelong friends of the family.

   The early part of the day was spent socially and between 12 and 1 o'clock a bountiful dinner was served. The dinner proved that the art of cooking was not a lost art in the Jennison family.

   After all had feasted, the company gathered on the lawn under the trees and listened to an impromptu program under the direction of Rev. Levi Jennison, president of the day. The program consisted of recitations, readings and songs, and showed much dramatic and musical ability. Rev. Mr. Brown, a former pastor, gave many reminiscences of his early acquaintance with the family forty years ago. Rev. Mr. Moxcey delivered an address on "The American Home," and Rev. Mr. Torrey, an aged pastor of the family, offered a tender prayer.

   At the close, a business meeting was held at which officers were elected for the ensuing year:

   President—Lyman Watrous, Marathon.

   Vice-President—Florence Jennison, Cortland.

   A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. and Mrs. Smith Jennison for their kind hospitality and an invitation from Mr. and Mrs. Henry Alvord of Marathon to meet with them the third Wednesday of August, 1904, was accepted.

 

GREENE FAMILY REUNION

Held Last Thursday at A. C. Greene's in Willet, N. Y.

   The Greene family held their annual reunion Thursday, Aug. 20, in A. C. Greene's grove at Willet. The unpropitious weather in the morning detained many but about noon members of the family began to assemble and by 2 o'clock between sixty and seventy had arrived and sat down to a bountiful repast.

   After dinner the election of officers took place which resulted as follows:

   President—Adelbert Greene of Willet.

   Vice-President—Maurice Greene of Marathon.

   Secretary—Marett Morey of Willett.

   After the appointment of committees Mrs. Myron Wooster, the historian, read an interesting article concerning the history of the Greene family.

   The time appointed for the next reunion is the second Tuesday in August, 1904, at A. P. Greene's in Marathon. Those present from out of town were: Dr. and Mrs. Clark Greene of Binghamton, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Greene, Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Greene, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Greene and son of Marathon, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Richards and son of Killawog, Mrs. Myron Wooster of Homer, Mrs. John Fish and son of McGraw, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gardiner and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Luman Gardiner of Blodgett Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Vroman of Triangle.

 

KEECH-PURVIS REUNION.

Held Thursday at Richford, N. Y., at the Home of William Finn.

   There was a very pleasant gathering at the home of Wm. Finn, Richford, Thursday, Aug. 20, it being the eighth annual reunion and picnic of the Keech-Purvis families. The attendance numbered forty-five. Tables were spread on the lawn, and after doing ample justice to all the good things, the party assembled in the parlors where the president Charles Keech called to order.

   Report from the secretary showed no marriages or deaths and two births during the year.

   A committee appointed to choose officers for the coming year made the following report which was adopted:

   President—Charles Keech, Harford.

   Vice-President—L. F. Gee, McGraw.

   Treasurer—Minnie Stowe, Harford.

   Secretary—Cora Gee, McGraw.

   Historian—Lewis Bouton, Cortland.

   A program of music, dialogues, recitations and games made the hours pass all too soon.

   The reunion next year will be held at the home of Chas. Keech in Harford the third Wednesday in August.

 

BARBERS' UNION.

Organization Effected—Officers Elected—Meeting this Evening.

   The journeymen barbers of Cortland held a meeting in P. W. Tuttle's shop in the Beaudry building Friday evening and formed a local branch of the Journeyman Barbers' union. James Patterson of Binghamton, a general organizer for the Journeyman Barber's Union of America, was present and perfected the organization.

   The local was organized with about fifteen journeymen and it is expected that several new names will be proposed for membership before the first of next month as they have held their charter open until that time.

   The following officers were elected and installed to act for the following year:

   President—F. W. Goldsmith.

   Vice-President—W. F. Hoar.

   Secretary—Wm. Richmond.

   Recorder—Wm. Dillon.

   Treasurer—Ed Glassford.

   Guard—K. Meacham.

   Guide—G. M. Sanders.

   Trustees—Earnest Richmond, Wm. Dillon and Fred Phillips.

   A meeting is called for this evening to be held in W. F. Hoar's shop in the Standard building.

 

BREVITIES.

   —A party of gypsies are encamped just across the river on Port Watson-st.

   —The Knights of Columbus will hold a meeting tomorrow evening in their lodge rooms. First degree.

    —The remains of Miss Bessie Osgood, who died at her home on Owego-st. Friday, were taken to Trumansburg for burial today.

   —There has been a steam thresher at work on the Randall Flats today. They were on Courthouse hill Saturday.

   —The Republican caucuses for the election of delegates to the Republican county convention will be held in the various election districts throughout the county this evening,

 

WAR REMINISCENCES CHAPTER 32

 

Captain William Saxton, Comany C, 157th Regiment, New York Volunteers.

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 22, 1903.

WAR REMINISCENCES.

By Captain Saxton of the I57th Regiment, N. Y. Vols.

THE CONFEDERATES MOVE NORTH.

The Invasion of Pennsylvania Begun—Desperate Dash of the Union Army to Head off Lee—Hot Marching in the Summer Days—Ten Thousand Men in Swimming—"Pediculus Vestimenti" Introduces Himself—Pennsylvanians Called Out to Defend the State—Cannonading Heard.

CHAPTER 32.

   To the Editor of The Standard:

   Sir—June 1, 1863.—The Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia had both been reorganized. The former was commanded by Gen. Joseph Hooker and the latter by Gen. R. E. Lee. The Army of the Potomac had seven infantry Corps and one cavalry Corps beside several artillery brigades. The First Corps was commanded by Gen. Reynolds, the Second by Gen. Hancock, the Third by Gen. Sickłes, the Fifth by Gen Mead, the Sixth by Gen. Sedgwick, the Eleventh by Gen. Howard, the Twelfth by Gen. Slocum, the cavalry Corps by Gen. Pleasanton, and the reserve artillery by Gen. Hunt.

   It had about 90,000 men with about fifty pieces of artillery, about 200 [artillery] with the infantry, fifty with the cavalry and 100 in reserve.

   The army of Northern Virginia was divided into three Corps—The first commanded by Gen. Longstreet—The second by Gen. Ewell—The third by Gen. A. P. Hill. The cavalry was commanded by Gen. Stuart. It had about 75,000 men and 256 pieces of artillery.

   The army of the Potomac was on the north side of the Rappahannock, within a radius of fifteen miles around Falmouth.

   The army of Northern Virginia was on the south side of the Rappahannock within a radius of fifteen miles around Fredericksburg.

   Gen. Lee was aware that the Army of the Potomac had been depleted by at least 20,000 men who had been mustered out on account of expiration of term of enlistment.

   Gen. Grant was meeting with success in Mississippi and would soon be thundering at the doors of Vicksburg.

Confederate Counter Move.

   The Confederacy was about to be bisected, by the opening of the Mississippi by the Union forces, and so Gen. Lee planned a counter move that would transfer the battle ground from the sacred soil of Virginia to the Northern territory, and maneuver Hooker from a position that constantly threatened Richmond.

   To this end be commenced to concentrate his army around Culpeper and Stuart's cavalry and Longstreet's and Ewell's Corps were started in that direction on June 3, leaving A. P. Hill's Corps in the works around Fredericksburg.

   This move was soon known to Hooker and on June 5 he threw across the river below Fredericksburg a part of Sedgwick's Sixth Corps to ascertain if any considerable portion of Lee's army had left. Gen. A. P. Hill opposed this move so stubbornly that Hooker was led to believe that most of the Confederate army was still there.

   Hooker concentrated his cavalry at Warrenton Junction.

   My diary says: Friday, June 5, near night rapid cannonading was heard in the direction of Fredericksburg.

   It is wonderful how mysterious and rapidly news is communicated among the soldiers of an army. It is a sort of wireless telegraphy. I find in my diary recorded next morning June 6: ''We hear that one Corps has crossed the Rappahannock below Fredericksburg, which was the cause of the firing last night." Tuesday June 9—"There was a fight at Beverly Ford; we heard the cannonading."

   Hooker had ordered Pleasanton to cross the river with his cavalry supported by two brigades of infantry and reconnoiter in the directions of Culpepper. Pleasanton did so, crossing at Kelly's and Beverly's fords and ran right into Stuart's cavalry supported by Longstreet's and Ewell's Corps of infantry. A short cavalry fight ensued, in which Pleasanton, of course, was eventually compelled to recross the river.

   This was the first cavalry fight in which the participants were about equally divided, so far as the cavalry was concerned, and until the Confederate infantry was brought up, their cavalry was getting the worst of it.

   Our boys gained something in this fight at Brady Station and Beverly ford, that was worth more to them than victory, and that was prestige. Hereafter Hooker need not repeat his offer of a reward for a dead cavalry man, and in the subsequent conflicts between the Union and Confederate cavalry, victory generally perched on the guidon of the boys in blue.

Lee's Northern Invasion.

   This reconnaissance demonstrated that Gen. Lee was on the move for another invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and corresponding action was taken by Gen. Hooker.

   June 10—Ewell's Corps left Culpepper Court House, moved north, crossed the Shenandoah river at Fort Royal.

   June 11—I was sent with the pickets of our regiment about three miles southwest and relieved the Third Corps pickets.

   June 12—About 9 a. m. had orders to call in pickets and take them to camp for the army was about to move. When we arrived at camp we found our beautiful summer camp dismantled and the regiment in line, counting off, and the regiment immediately marched away, leaving the pickets to catch up as soon as possible.

   Rations had been issued, and my bunkie had put mine in my knapsack. We had some difficulty in finding our things, but within an hour we set out to overtake the regiment.

   It was very warm, we had been up all night, had hurried from the picket line to camp to find the regiment moving away and our belongings strewn around. We hurriedly gathered them together, and started on to find the road blocked with other troops.

Effort to Overtake Regiment.

   None but an old soldier can understand the difficulties of overtaking his regiment, after it has an hour [head] start. He has no place in the marching column. He is crowded to the sides of the road and has to take the uneven places. He suffers the gibes and taunts of everyone be passes. He is constantly being hailed by mounted officers and asked where he belongs, and why he is away from his command.

   It was very warm and we suffered for water to drink, having neglected to fill our canteens when we started. My feet got sore and soon became blistered, I halted and sat down, took off my shoes and turned my socks inside out and soaped them well which is a good remedy. We did not overtake our regiment till nearly night. We camped near Hartwood church. The First Corps had marched to Deep Run, the Third to Bealton station, the Eleventh to Hartwood church, the cavalry to Warrenton Junction.

   Ewell's Corps had crossed the Blue Ridge through Chester Gap and arrived at Cedarville. Some cavalry joined it here. Longstreet's Corps was still at Culpepper and Hill's at Fredericksburg.

The Forced March North.

   Saturday, June 13.—We were aroused at 3 a. m. and as soon as we got breakfast marched on. It was very warm and the dust was almost suffocating. We suffered much for lack of water to drink. We were on a sort of tableland and water was very scarce. Toward night we crossed a small stream but could not stop to fill our canteens, but dipped up a cup full of water as we passed over. We camped near Catlett's station in the woods.

   The First Corps had marched to Bealton station, the Fifth to Morrisville, the Sixth to Potomac creek, the Eleventh to Catlett's Station, the Twelfth to Dumfries, part of the Eighth Corps to Winchester. Part of Ewell's Corps arrived at Winchester and a fight ensued.

A Legion in Swimming.

   Sunday, June 14—Reveille at daylight. Had a sweet sleep among the leaves. Marched up the railroad to Manassas Junction, stopped at noon on the banks of Broad river, and within five minutes after breaking ranks, 10,000 nude soldiers were swimming, splashing, diving, shouting, rollicking in its limpid waters.

Pediculus Vestimenti.

   Here is where I first made the acquaintance of the "Pediculus Vestimenti." I had heard the boys tell of seeing a wonderful sight down in the woods back of camp where a soldier's old shirt was seen moving without any visible means of locomotion. I had also noticed certain comrades silently edge up to a tree and rub their back against it, as a horse does in the spring of the year. I had noticed at different times comrades out in the woods sitting half disrobed, all absorbed in examining with minute care the seams of their shirt and trousers, but I had never seen a "Pediculus Vestimenti" until I saw him today on myself as he walked up to shake hands without an introduction. I can testify that he was a friend that stuck closer than a brother throughout the rest of my soldier days.

   We took up our entire nooning [sic] in that river, and I don't think I ever enjoyed a bath so much before.

   We marched on at 1 o'clock, arriving at Bull Run at sundown, rested half an hour, and then marched on to Centerville, where we arrived at 9 p. m. and lay right down without any supper, we were so tired.

   The First and Second Corps had marched to Manassas Junction, the Fifth to Catlett’s Station, the Sixth to Stafford Court House, the Eleventh to Centerville, part of the Eighth fell back to Maryland Heights.

   Hill's Corps left Fredericksburg, and arrived at Chancellorsville. Ewell's Corps moved on from Martinsburg to Winchester and attacked the Union forces here and dispersed Milroy's command.

   President Lincoln wrote Gen. Hooker: "if the head of Lee's army is at Martinsburg and the tail of it on the Plank road between Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, the animal must be very slim somewhere. Could you not break him?"

Pennsylvania Citizens Called Out.

   Governor Curtain of Pennsylvania had issued a proclamation on the 12th     calling on all able bodied citizens to enlist and defend the state from the threatened invasion. Gen. Couch, having assumed command of the department of the Susquehanna, had issued a similar proclamation.

   Monday, June 15—Had orders to march at 4 a. m. Three days rations were dealt out. We started at sunrise, marched through Centerville, turned toward [Thoroughfare] Gap, marched a mile and halted for further orders.

Met the Seventy-Sixth.

   We lay here all day. I visited our old camp ground and found an earthwork or fort had been thrown up on the old site. Found the Seventy-sixth N. Y. near there and saw many of our friends. They belonged to the Second brigade, First division of the First Corps.

   Everything was quiet when I got back to camp.

   Gen. Hooker moved his headquarters to Fairfax station; the Second Corps to Acquia creek; the Fifth to Manassas Junction; the Sixth to Humfries; the Twelfth to Fairfax Court House, the cavalry to Bristoe station, the artillery reserve to Fairfax Court House; the Eleventh Corps to Centerville. Part of the Eighth fell back from Winchester.

   Part of Ewell's Corps crossed the Potomac at Williamsport, Md., Longstreet's Corps left Culpeper. Hill's Corps marched toward Culpeper.

   Tuesday, June 16—Laid in camp all day. Cavalry have been passing through Centerville. Heard the rebels had gotten into Pennsylvania. Had orders to march at 3 in the morning.

   The Second Corps moved to Woolf Run Shoals on the Occoquan, the Sixth to Fairfax Station, the cavalry to Bull Run. One brigade of rebel cavalry advanced to Chambersburg, Pa.

Marching in the Heat.

   Wednesday, June 17—Reveille at 2 a. m. Started at daylight, marched very hard. It was very warm and we suffered a great deal. As I was plodding along I noticed something on the ground, and stopped and picked up an Indian arrowhead, made out of white quartz or flint, which I still have.

   The heat and dust was almost unbearable. Passed Mt. Hope church, and at night bivouacked on the banks of Goose creek near Edwards Ferry on the Potomac.

   The First Corps marched to Herndon Station, the second to Sangster's Station, the Third to Centerville, the Fifth to Gum Springs, the Eleventh to Goose Creek, the Twelfth to Dranesville, the cavalry to Aldie, where the battle of Aldie was fought, and in which my former chum and school-mate John Ford of the Tenth N. Y. cavalry was mortally wounded, and died in a hospital in Washington some time later.

   Thursday, June 18—At noon moved back from the river a half mile. It was very hot, some of the boys being prostrated by the heat. There was cavalry fighting at Middleburg, Va.

   Part of Ewell's Corps reached Sharpsburg, Md. Some of the rebel cavalry were at Warrenton.

   Friday, June 19—Some of the boys went to a house and got some meal and milk. I had a cup of mush and milk for supper. Orderly Sergeant John H. Roe of Co. G was reduced to the ranks on account of a difficulty with Lieut. Gates. I have always thought it a shame and an unjust penalty. Another cavalry fight at Middleburg. Part of Ewell's Corps moved to Hagerstown, Md.

   Saturday, June 20—Had general inspection. It rained in the afternoon.

Cannonading in the Distance.

   Sunday, June 21—Had regular Sunday morning inspection. Ordered to be ready to march at a moment's notice. Heard cannonading in the direction of Snickers Gap. There was a cavalry fight at Uppersville.

   Monday, June 22—Płeasant and cool. Slicked up camp. Ewell's Corps moved to Chambersburg, Pa. Stuart's cavalry concentrated at Upperville, Va.

   Tuesday, June 23—Co. C. went on picket. Part of Ewell's Corps were at Greencastle, Pa.

   Wednesday, June 24—Struek tents and moved near the junction of Goose creek and the Potomac.

   Ewell's Corps was at McConnellsburg, Chambersburg and Greenburg, Pa. Part of Longstreet's Corps at Hagerstown and part at Boonesborough, Md.

   Thursday, June 25—Reveille at 2 p. m. with orders to march; at 4 we crossed Goose creek and the Potomac into Maryland on pontoon bridges. There were twenty pontoon boats in Goose creek and sixty-eight in the Potomac. The pontoon bridges are in charge of engineer regiments enlisted and drilled for this special purpose.

   Pontoon boats are anchored at each end up and down stream; then joists or stringers are laid from bank to bank to the first boat and from this to the next, and so on across the stream. Planks ten or twelve feet long are laid close together crosswise on these stringers and the bridge is made. The bridge teeters and rocks some in crossing but not much. The engineers can lay and take up a bridge very rapidly, as each plank and piece is numbered and they know exactly where they belong. The pontoon boats and timbers are transported on wagons especially prepared for this purpose. W. S.

 

REVOLUTION SPREADS, CARROLL E. SMITH, ZIONIST CONGRESS, PROFANITY IN PUBLIC, AND MAGNIFICENT FIREWORKS

 

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 22, 1903.

REVOLUTION SPREADS.

Turkish Town Officials Brought to Bulgarian Frontier.

INSURGENTS BURNING VILLAGES.

Turkish and Christian Inhabitants of Kumanovo Fraternize—Sofia Paper Says All Districts of Macedonia Will Be in Revolt by Aug. 28—Mobilization of Turkish Troops.

   Sofia, Aug. 22.—All the dispatches received here indicate that the revolution in Macedonia is spreading. The most alarming news relates to an outbreak covering a considerable area in the eastern part of the Adrianople vilayet, where the insurgents have captured the town of Vasiliko.

    They took the chief Turkish officials prisoners and brought them to the Bulgarian frontier, where they liberated them.

   The Turkish officials, fearing to return to Vasiliko, sought refuge of the Bulgarian authorities who sent them to a hotel in Burgas, where they are at liberty to remain or depart.

   The insurgents completely burned Vasiliko and also 12 villages in the neighborhood. The Bulgarian officials arrested the insurgents who brought the Turkish officials at Vasiliko to the Bulgarian frontier.

   Severe fighting is reported to be proceeding near Gehgele with heavy losses on both sides.

   The Sofia Dnevjnjk declares that all the Turkish vilayets in Macedonia will be in full revolt August 28 and that the revolution is spreading from Salonika into the districts towards Seres. Several new bands have appeared in the district of Voden, southeast from Monastir.

   A general panic prevails in the vilayet of Uskub, where the inhabitants are hiding their property.

   The Turkish and Christian inhabitants at Kumanovo have agreed to mutually support each other in the event of an attack either by insurgent bands or Turkish soldiers. At Kratovo half of the Turkish garrison has deserted, the men saying that they had enough to do at home.

   The Turkish authorities have mobilized their whole forces in Macedonia, numbering 18,000 men. A large body of Asiatic troops is ready to move. Twenty-four regiments are only awaiting marching orders.

 

DEATH OF CARROLL E. SMITH.

One of the Most Widely Known Editors in Central New York.

   Syracuse, Aug. 22.—Carroll E. Smith, LL. D., a regent of the University of the State of New York and one of the most widely known newspaper editors in Central New York, died at 8:25 last evening at his residence in this city.

   He was born in this city Christmas day, 1832. He early learned the printer's trade and at 19 entered upon the career of a journalist, being connected with the Syracuse Journal. He assumed editorial charge in 1860 and with different partners owned the paper until it was taken by a stock company of which he was president, serving as editor.

   Six years ago he severed his connection with that paper and joined the staff of the Syracuse Herald, with which he was connected at the time of his death. He was frequently chosen delegate to state conventions of the Republican party, was member of assembly two terms, county clerk, postmaster of Syracuse under President Harrison, state regent, president of the Onondaga Historical association and six years president, of the New York Associated Press and for 22 years one of the board of managers.

 

THE ZIONIST CONGRESS.

Sixth International Gathering at Basel, Switzerland.

SCHEME ON GOOD CASH BASIS.

Colonial Trust Has Working Capital of $2,000,000 For Operation—What Has Been Accomplished at Previous Congresses.

   Leon Zolotkoff, a delegate to the sixth international Zionist congress at Basel, Switzerland, writing to the Chicago Tribune says:

   The sixth, Zionist congress, like the sixth day of the week of creation, will complete a cycle of organization. Out of the chaos of hopelessness, of confusion of ideas and of a vague and undefined yearning a powerful organization, well regulated and full of purpose, sprang forth, as if by magic. There was no model to pattern after, no precedent to consult. New conditions had to be created. The achievements prove how well the plans have been laid. The sixth congress will proclaim the consummation of the tremendous experiment, for it will record the completion of the worldwide organization in all its branches.

   The Zionist movement, established on the sound basis of a worldwide cooperative effort among the Jews, discovered that it needed a financial instrument of the same character. A bank plan was mooted at the first congress held in 1897, the embryonic parliament of a Jewish nation. In May, 1898, the scheme was put to a practical test. A small committee was formed with headquarters at Cologne and provisional promises of subscriptions were invited.

   So enthusiastic and so widespread was the response that within a year the Jewish colonial trust was established, with a capital stock of $10,000,000 divided into five dollar shares. The joint stock concern proposed by George Eliot, as a writer, and by Sir Laurence Oliphant, as a political writer, in aid of the reintegration of a homeless Jewish people on their ancestral soil has thus become a reality.

   The trust speedily became the largest joint stock concern in the world. Its certificates are held from the Caucasus to Klondike, from Perth in western Australia to Aberdeen in Scotland. The shareholders number 130,000, who together hold 400,000 shares.

   An undertaking of that kind, though not intended for gain, must have the advantage of commercial profits, and already a dividend was announced on the $2,000,000, for the first working year, which ended May, 1903.

   The trust aims directly not at the purchase of Palestine, but at the obtaining and financing of such concessions shall, beyond commercial advantages, give the right of legal settlement in Palestine to those Jews who are in need of a home, and shall, moreover, give security of tenure for land and all forms of estate.

   For the purchase of land in Palestine and Syria another resource was created—the Jewish national fund. This fund is being raised by means of the sale of stamps which Zionists use to adorn their private correspondence and stationery. A stamp represents the respective coin of the smallest denomination of every country. The administration of the fund remains with the congress. The business control is vested in the Jewish colonial trust. Over $500,000 has been raised in that way,

   An as indispensable link in the chain of these institutions, the Anglo-Palestine company, was founded with a capital of $250,000 for the purpose of developing Palestine Industries and to assist Jewish colonists in finding markets for their products. This company recently opened its offices in Yafa and is doing well.

   The machinery of the organization having thus been completed, the main problem which will occupy the attention of the sixth Zionist congress will be how to put the wonderful mechanism to proper and immediate use at this critical moment.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Profanity In Public.

   It is to be hoped that the recent incident at Oyster Bay, in which a bicyclist was taken to task for using profanity because his way was momentarily blocked by the carriage of President Roosevelt on the way to church, will have the effect of lessening the prevalence of the disgusting and utterly useless habit of using profane and vulgar language in public places. In ordering the removal of the offender against common decency the presidents action was no more than it should have been. It would have been gratifying had the time and the circumstances permitted an immediate drastic punishment of the boor by primitive methods. Doubtless had the offending bicyclist known of the proximity of the president's carriage he would have been more discreet, but that made no difference in the degree of his misconduct. There is nothing to indicate that his rights were invaded, and even had they been his behavior would have remained wholly indefensible.

   The habit of swearing in public, or indeed anywhere, is offensive and is  usually condemned by the laws and police regulations, though it has become so common u to be almost a national evil. The street corner talk of loungers is often unfit for the ears of decent people. Men indulge in the grossest forms of expression without thought for the sensibilities of passers, and seldom do creatures of this ilk think to lower their voices in the presence of women and children. It would be well if an occasional prosecution served the excellent purpose of emphasizing the fact that society holds to certain conventions as to speech which cannot be lightly disregarded.

 

MAGNIFICENT FIREWORKS.

Of Fireworks, a Feature of the Cortland County Fair.

ON THURSDAY EVENING, AUG. 27.

Unsurpassed in Splendor and Extent and Brilliancy—An Unusually Attractive Program Arranged—Rockets, Set Pieces and Special Devices—No One Should Miss the Display—Make Entries Early.

   Magnificent fireworks on Thursday evening, the third day of the Cortland county fair, is an attraction which bids fair to eclipse anything in this line ever before attempted in Cortland. The following program has been arranged and if the weather permits will be well worth coming miles to witness:

Magnificent Fireworks.

   The following is the proposed program of Pain's Manhattan Beach fireworks to be shown at the fair grounds on Thursday evening:

   Salute of three 9-inch aerial maroons, fired from steel mortars, making terrific reports.

   Grand illumination of the park with twenty-five Pain's powerful colored lights, changing color five times.

   Ascent of three mammoth meteoric balloons, ascending with dazzling brilliancy, changing as they rise to a spiral formation, leaving in their wake beautiful coruscations which fall to the earth.

   The polychromatic canopy produced by the discharge of twenty-five rockets, containing Pain's latest tints and electric effects enveloping the entire sky with brilliant colors artistically blended.

   There batteries of jeweled mines displaying beautiful tints as they rise into the air.

   Display of eight 15-inch shells, primroses and violets, pansies, laburnum blossoms, passion flower, and heliotrope, etc.

  Device, "flying pigeon" or "fiery phoenix" crossing and recrossing the grounds causing roars of laughter.

   Three large batteries of colored saucissons [sic], filling the air with gyrating wonders.

   Discharge of four national bombs, red, white and blue.

   Display of Pain's electric rockets.

   Pain's serial wonder, "The Southern cross." An artistic aerial novelty. Fired from heavy rockets.

   Device. Fire picture (heads) of a prize bull, horse and hog.

   Display Plain's dedication bombs, the sensation of the great St. Louis displays.

   Flight of colored aerolites, and continuous discharge of electric comets.

   Three St. Louisan rockets, forming pillars of fire as given at the dedication of the World's Fair, 1903.

   Display of two Pain's new combination shells, mauve, magenta, canary, vermilion, terra cotta, Nile green and azure blue. Each bomb having from three to five separate and distinct effects.

   Shower of pearls, making gentle, wavy light.

   Field of the cloth of gold. Produced by the discharge of an immense shell, exhibiting golden stars, emitting glittering spangles.

   Flight of four 2 lb. rockets, containing triple parachutes; bright as stars sparkling in the sky.

   Ascent of ten mammoth prismatic whirlwinds, forming umbrellas of fire in ascent and descent.

   Two electric shower mines, with diamond dust effects.

   Three Louisiana Purchase exposition batteries, giving in proper sequence the colors of the Americas.

   Display of thirty Pain's triple star candles, emitting cosmetic stars, 1,000 feet high, which, breaking into three parts, display red, green and amber globules.

   Display of Pain's electric sunbursts. The twentieth century novelty.

   Revolving bombs. (1903 novelty.)

   Two Pain's triple chrysanthemum bombs, covering the heavens with gigantic Japanese blossoms, each break a different tint.

   Peacock plume bombs, with rich trailing colors.

   Device, "The Wheat sheaf," being an exact reproduction in designing and color.

   Display of six Pain's 24-inch Manhattan Beach bombs containing northern lights, silver coruscations, turquoise, rubies sapphires, old gold and other combinations and effects.

   Eruption of Sinbad's jeweled cave. Grand deluge of liquid gems.

   Flight of three 4-lb rockets, discharging Pain's hanging chains of ever changing colors.

   Three Devil-among-the-tailors, causing roars of laughter.

   Two 15-inch Italian bombettes, opening with silver streamers, changing to golden rain, again changing to purple and amber.

   Display of Pain's aerial novelties, forming showers of dazzling magnesium meteors, in three mutations, followed by loud detonations.

   Three eagle scream rockets. The national bird's screech realistically reproduced.

   Six aerial sleigh bells. (So named by Mark Twain.)

   Five floating festoons of ever changing lights, forming necklaces of gems.

   Five national streamers, the national colors in mid-air.

   Flight of six floral bombshells. "Poppies in the cornfield."

   Discharge of two golden shower batteries. Cosmetic and golden rain effect.

   Salvo of three Pain's large bombs, with great combination and color effects, including whirligigs, prismatic torrents, aerial jugglery, fiery octopus, etc.

   Device. "Mammoth silver fire wheel" with intersecting centers, cutting a silver spray 100 feet in circumference.

   Volleys of six shells. Electric blue and sea shell pink.

   Device, "Success to our fair." In large block letters in choice colors.

   Our empire. This unique novelty is produced by a mammoth combination shell, which at 1,000 feet releases a large bomb with red, green, blue and white stars, representing the United States, followed by a gold shell representing Cuba, followed by a silver shell for Porto Rico, and finishing with a number of smaller shells for the Philippines. Explosion of two Manhattan Beach batteries. Glowing sparks of phosphorescent light.

   Magical illumination of the park, with Pain's pyrotechnic compound.

   Great silver clouds, introducing Pain's marvelous electric fire. One mass of shimmering, dazzling splendor.

   The pyrotechnic cuttlefish, with long radiating fiery tentacles.

   Final device, consisting of colossal fire portrait of a well known celebrity badge—motto or facade of building—correctly and elaborately produced. Four hundred square feet.

   Grand bouquet of (100) large colored rockets.

   "Good night," and "Feu De Joie.''

 

BREVITIES.

   —The body of the 9-month old son of John Dugan of Syracuse, formerly of Cortland, was brought to Cortland this morning for interment.

   —The death of Miss Ressie Osgood, aged 41 years, occurred at her home, 9 Owego-st., yesterday. The funeral will be held from the house at 4 o'clock tomorrow and the body will be taken on the 9:40 train over the Lehigh Monday morning to Trumansburg for burial.

   —Where The Standard is sent by mail, the month and year to which subscription is paid always appear on the address label at head of first page of paper. Subscribers have only to look at this label to know just how their account stands.

   —Major R. R. Riddell of Hamilton has received an invitation from his old comrade, Lieut. General Miles, to be his guest on a special car from Chicago to San Francisco and return to attend the meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic. Major Riddell is an uncle of Dr. F. D. Reese of this city.