SUNDAY FILLER: EAST ST. LOUIS MASSACRE, JULY, 1917

 

TROUBLE ON ISTHMUS, DANVILLE RACE RIOT, MERGING OF JEW AND GENTILE, BURGLARS AT WORK, BASEBALL, AND SEA LION IS DEAD

 

Arthur M. Beaupre.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, July 27, 1903.

TROUBLE ON ISTHMUS.

Liberal Newspaper Office Seized and Edition Destroyed.

ATTEMPT TO ARREST GOVERNOR.

He Escaped and Spent the Night at the British Consulate—Secretary of the Governor, Chief of Police and a Judge Under Arrest—Consul Cannot Communicate.

   Panama, Colombia, July 27.—Not since the days of the last revolution when an attack upon the city by the Liberals was feared, has there been such a panic in Panama as occurred Saturday night.

   Shortly after 9 o'clock the office of El Lapiz, the organ of the Liberal party on the isthmus, was visited by some officers of the general staff of the army, who destroyed Saturday's edition of the paper. One of the directors was slightly wounded, but managed to escape.

   As the office of the newspaper is situated in a very populous district, the news spread rapidly. In the Santa Anas neighborhood, where most of the Liberals reside, sentiment rose to a high pitch, but no action was taken.

   The next event came like a bomb shell. A company of soldiers, apparently under the orders of General Vasquez Cobo, commander of the national forces, surrounded the residence of Governor Mutis, but the governor and his wife, who is an American lady, having been warned a few minutes before the arrival of the troops, succeeded in escaping.

   General Huertas, commander of the battalion of Colombia, when he learned of the El Lapiz incident, repaired to headquarters, where he found General Cobo, and according to current reports the latter ordered General Huertas to remain in quarters.

   Exactly what has taken place is unknown, but it is said that Dr. Aristides Arjona, secretary of the government, Ferrando Arango, chief of police, and Etfraim Navia, a member of the departmental superior tribunal of Justice, are under arrest, the latter for trying to argue with General Cobo as to the legality of his action.

   An attempt is also said to have been made to arrest Senor Guerra, secretary of finance, but he refused to accompany an officer who went to his house to arrest him and when the officer returned with soldiers Guerra had departed.

   Governor Mutis spent the night at the British consulate.

   United States Consul Gudger made several unsuccessful attempts Sunday to secure an audience with General Cobo, who is a brother of the minister of war. It is reported that General Cobo offered the governorship to different Conservatives, who refused to accept and that he himself will assume civil command. 

   It is said that Consul Gudger attempted to send a cablegram to Arthur M. Beaupre, the United States minister at Bogota, but that the agent refused to accept the message, claiming that the lines were interrupted, in spite of the fact that it is known that the press messages were accepted.

   It is thought that perhaps orders to refuse messages to Bogota have been issued to the cable company by the military authorities.

   As the dispatch is being sent it is learned that Dr. Ariona and Judge Navia have been set at liberty, but that the chief of police remains under arrest.

 

RESULT OF RACE RIOT.

Two Men Killed, 22 Wounded and a Police Station Wrecked.

   Danville, Ill., July 27.—Two killed and 22 wounded, the police station wrecked, the county jail with few of its windows left unshattered, the city in the hands of the state troops and a feeling of uneasiness and dread prevailing everywhere, is the situation left by the race riots of Saturday and early Sunday. The list of dead:

   John D. Metcalf, negro, lynched and burned.

   Henry Catterman, killed by Metcalf.

   The injured include 12 men suffering from buckshot wounds, four negroes beaten into insensibility and several others less severely hurt among them a woman, name unknown. Many of the injured are at the hospital.

   After daylight Sunday there were restless crowds on the streets, miners being prominent. From Westville, a mining community, came reports of the threatening attitude of the residents. Wilson, the negro assailant of Mr. Burgess, was taken from the county jail, but later was returned.

   Four companies of militia arrived from Springfield, and camped opposite the jail. Threats were heard, but no attempt at an outbreak was made. Last night 100 sentinels patrolled the streets in the immediate vicinity of the jail, each soldier carrying 40 rounds of ammunition.

 

Percy Field at Cornell University in 1905.

CORNELL'S NEW FIELD

Will Occupy Fifty-Five Acres and Cost About $70,000.

   Ithaca, N. Y., July 27.—That work on Cornell's new athletic field will be begun this fall is just announced. At a meeting of the committee having charge of this work, Graduate Manager John Senior announced that on Sept. 15 the alumni would be prepared to hand the building committee their first payment of $10,000. The new field will cost in the neighborhood of $70,000. It will cover fifty-five acres.

 

PAGE FOUR—GUEST EDITORIAL.

MERGING OF JEW AND GENTILE.

Is the Distinctively Jewish Face Disappearing?

   Dr. Maurice Fishberg of New York, a well-known anthropologist, contends that in the United States the Jewish face is disappearing and that within a few generations, the American Hebrew will be undistinguishable in physiognomy from his gentile neighbor. As the medical examiner of the United Hebrew Charities, Dr. Fishberg has had exceptional opportunities for conducting a physiognomic investigation. Some of his conclusions are certainly remarkable. For instance, his examination of over 3,000 Jews in New York City has convinced him that there is no foundation for the notion that every Jew possesses a long hooked nose. As a matter of fact, he has found only 6 per cent of hooked noses among the Hebrews. Straight noses constitute 68 per cent, broad noses 12 per cent, and what is even more remarkable, retrousse noses 14 per cent. He does not deny that Jewish immigrants are easily pointed out, but be insists that they cannot be identified through any peculiarity of facial structure. A foreign look is popularly mistaken for a Jewish look.

   Then again the Jewish immigrants have what may be appropriately described as the Ghetto face. The Ghetto face, or rather the Ghetto eye, expresses a ceaseless fear and anxiety, or at least suspicion, of every thing around it. The same eye is observed among other peoples that have been subjected to age long persecution, as for example, the Christian Armenians in Turkey, and the Kopts, or native Christians in Egypt. The Jews who have lived for several generations outside of the Ghetto do not exhibit this facial phenomenon. There is no reason why the Ghetto eye should not tend quickly to disappear among the descendants of Jewish immigrants in the United States. It is true, as Dr. Fishberg says, that there is as much physiognomic difference between the Russian immigrants on the east side of Manhattan borough and the American Hebrew who is conspicuous in commercial, professional and public life as there is between the Irishman and the German. Yet, beyond a doubt, the ancestors of the advanced Hebrew of today bore a striking resemblance to the Russian Jews who are newcomers in this country.

   As regards intermarriages between Jews and gentiles, there is no doubt that they must have frequently taken place in the past, so far at least as the marriage of Jewish men to Christian women is concerned. This is evident when we compare Spanish Jews with German Jews in respect to the color of the eyes and hair.—Harper's Weekly.

 

BURGLARS AT WORK.

House of Rev. Robert Clements Thoroughly Ransacked.

THE FAMILY IS NOW IN EUROPE.

Every Drawer and Cupboard Emptied and Contents Dumped Upon the Floor—Valuables Put in a Safe Place Before the Family Left—Belief that Little Was Taken—No Clue to the Burglars.

   The house of Rev. Robert Clements, pastor of the Presbyterian church, at the corner of Port Watson and Church-sts., was entered by burglars some time last week, probably the latter part of the week and thoroughly ransacked. Mr. and Mrs. Clements are in Europe and until their return it will be impossible to know what or how much the thieves took. When they went away Mr. Clements placed all the silverware and most of the valuables in a bank, so the thieves were unable to make much of a haul. When they left town the key was left at E. H. Brewer's, the next neighbor, with the request that the family keep an eye on the house. Miss Margaret Stack, who had been employed by Mr. and Mrs. Clements, however, was close at hand and volunteered to do this and has been at the house every few days.

   When she was there about a week ago everything was in the usual condition and, as the week was for the most part wet and rainy, she did not visit tbe house again until about 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Greatly to her surprise she found the rooms in disorder. Contents of drawers were dumped on the floor and everything had the appearance of having been thoroughly ransacked. Without stopping for a close examination she notified Mr. and Mrs. Brewer and they both went straight over to the house. Later A. J. Murray, another neighbor and the owner of the house was called in.

   They found that entrance had been affected by means of a back window. Every room had apparently been visited, the appearance giving the impression that the house breaker had been after money or valuables which fortunately had been placed in safe deposit.

   Mr. Murray at once telephoned for Chief of Police Barnes, who was soon at the house, but was unable to discover any clew to aid in identification of the thief. It did not appear that any damage had been done except that in the endeavor to force open a drawer with a chisel or some like tool some wood was splintered off. It seemed as though the party, or parties, had simply gone through everything in the hopes of finding some valuables.

   An inmate of Mr. Brewer's family remembered noticing that a window was open one day toward the end of last week, but she thought nothing of this, supposing that Miss Stack was in the house and had the window open for the purpose of changing the air. This is the only clue as to the time of the robbery.

   It is probable that nothing outside of little trinkets and jewelry such as pins, etc., was taken, but it is impossible to determine this until the return of Mr. and Mrs. Clements.

   The police are at work on the matter.

 

BASEBALL WEDNESDAY.

All-Cortland and DeRuyter Teams to Try It Again.

   The All-Cortland baseball team will play the DeRuyter team at Athletic field Wednesday afternoon, the game being called at 3:30 o'clock. The two teams have played some close and interesting games this summer and this one will be no exception to the rule.

 

TWO FINE GAMES

Played in the City Championship Series on Saturday.

   Two baseball games were played in the City championship series Saturday afternoon, the Implement Co. winning from Wickwires by the score of 9 to 3 and the Forging shops defeating the Y. M. C. A. by the close score of 9 to 8.

   The first game was interesting until the fifth inning when the Wickwire team went into the air allowing five men to cross the plate, after which the game was never in doubt. Stafford pitched a fine game for the Implement Co., allowing but five hits.

   In the Forging shop—Y. M. C. A. game, the former took the lead in the first inning by making three runs and kept the lead throughout. The Y. M. C. A. team played a fine uphill game, making a determined effort to win out in the last inning. They went to bat with the other team four runs to the good and succeeded in getting three men across the plate and the bases full by timely hitting, a three bagger by Fisher being a feature. Only one was out and it looked as though the Y. M. C. A. would win out as a hit meant runs, but Robson struck Sullivan out and A. Hinman was touched out in an effort to cross the plate.

   Robson pitched a splendid game, allowing but three hits to the sixth inning but was touched up for some safe ones in the last two innings. Out of four times at bat he made three hits, one of them being a two-bagger.

   The score by innings:

 

 

Has a Fine Bull.

   Irving Johnson, proprietor of the Riverside stock farm of Marathon, N. Y., is the owner of a fine four-year-old short horned Durham bull weighing 2,200 pounds. This animal girths 8 ft. 4 in., behind the forward shoulders. Mr. Johnson claims that he is the finest animal of the kind in the southern tier if not in the entire county. He is so docile and kind that Mr. Johnson's 13-year-old daughter can lead him around the ring at the prize cattle show at the coming county fair. Mr. Johnson also informed The Standard man that he is already perfecting plans to exhibit two car loads of choice blooded stock at the fair next month.

 

SEA LION IS DEAD.

Clubbed by Elmira Men Who Were Trying to Capture Him.

   The sea lion which escaped from the [Cortland] Trout park some time ago is dead. He was killed in Elmira Saturday by some men who were trying to capture him. The lion seem to have turned back from his trip down the Susquehanna. He was seen a day or two before in the Chemung river, and a host of people tried to capture him. John Appleton and his son succeeded in getting him tangled up in nets and into shallow water. They thought they had about secured him when he charged on the father with mouth wide open. The son struck him on the head with a club. He still showed fight and the dubbing was continued till life was extinct. He was then taken to the city of Elmira and is now on exhibition there. When measured the lion was 5 ft. 1 in. long and 11 inches wide in the broadest part of the body. He weighed about 150 pounds.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The Loyal Circle of King's Daughters will hold a special meeting with Mrs. S. J. Parmiter, 27 Maple-ave., tomorrow at 3 o'clock.

   —The regular monthly meeting of the Brotherhood of St. Paul of the Homer-st. church will be held this evening at 7:45, at which time the election of officers will occur.

   —A regular meeting of Victor Hayloft, 357 1/2, will be held this evening and the installation of officers will occur. The degree will be conferred upon several tramps. Large attendance is desired. Refreshments will be served,

   —The new display advertisements today are—The Peck Furniture House, Clearance sale of furniture, page 6; S. Simmons, Clothing, page 5; Perkins & Quick, Pocketbooks, etc., page 5; First National Bank, Bank accounts, page 6.

 

MANCHURIAN QUESTION, JAPAN'S ATTITUDE, TRADE, PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS, KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT, AND HOME FROM THE PHILIPPINES

 

Gen. Alexey N. Kouropstkin.

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, July 25, 1903.

MANCHURIAN QUESTION.

A Reason Given For Russia's Change of Attitude.

A DOMESTIC CRISIS IN JAPAN.

Conference at Port Arthur Said to Have Decided to Withdraw Extra Demands on China, But Reported Trouble in Japanese Cabinet Caused a Change of Sentiment.

   Tokio, July 11, via Victoria, B. C., July 25.—The domestic crisis in Japan has complicated matters abroad. A conference between General Kouropstkin, Russian minister of war; Russian ministers Lessar and Pavlow the manager of the Russo-Chinese bank, and Generals Alexieff and Wogack at Port Arthur on July 3rd., was said to have decided in favor of Russia fulfilling her treaty and withdrawing all extra demands on China. But when the rumors of a mysterious crisis in Japan arrived, it is reported the sentiment changed to a resolve to hold fast and trust to the policy of aggression, as before.

   So far nothing is known, but it is certain that the Chinese diplomats seized the rumor of cabinet diversion to question the Japanese representative at Pekin as to Japan's "intentions." They were informed firmly by Mr. Uchida, that whatever might be the minor domestic questions in the Japanese cabinet, Japan's newly adopted "strong policy" in regard to the Manchurian question remained the same and would not be changed. Prince Ching was again warned that if he ceded any special privileges in China to any nation, grave consequences would result.

   The Pekin correspondent of the Nichi Nichi wires that the Chinese government has been informed by the Chinese minister at St. Petersburg that direct negotiations of a strange nature have been made to Russia by Japan and the Russian government is divided in two opinions on the matter.

   Officials of the foreign office at Pekin are holding conferences in this regard at the imperial summer palace and are much confused. These direct negotiations are believed to be a fact in Tokio. It is said there that the statement is found on direct inquiries instituted on Russia as to her intentions in regard to Manchuria and Korea, and that these inquiries are the result of the "strong policy" recently adopted.

   Advices from Korea state that the Russian operations to control the mouth of the Yalu continue. An important new development of the situation is a counter-move by the Anglo-Japanese alliance in Korea. Both through their Seoul representatives have demanded from Korea the opening of Wiju for foreign trade. This is opposed by Russia, but the Japanese minister is said to have taken a firm stand and is insisting on this concession.

   There are indications that the "Russianization" of China is to be counteracted by the "Japanning" of Korea through the same pacific means of railroad and commercial conquest.

 

JAPAN'S WARLIKE ATTITUDE.

Russia Said to Be Strengthening Her Naval and Military Position in the Orient.

   London, July 25.—A dispatch to Reuter's Telegram company from St. Petersburg dated July 20 says:

   "The attitude of Japan and the warlike tone of the majority of the Japanese press have attracted much attention in official circles here. It is declared by the best informed people that there is no likelihood of war, certainly not upon Russia's initiative. It is stated that Russia has every motive for desiring peace, chiefly for financial reasons, with which are bound up its desires for extensive domestic reforms which the government considers the most efficacious manner of disarming internal discontent and nipping the revolutionary propaganda in the bud.

   "It is believed to be impossible from the Russian viewpoint for Japan to embark in a contest with Russia singlehanded and it is not thought she will secure the material support of Great Britain or the United States.

   "Nevertheless, Russia is taking every precaution to strengthen her military and naval position in the Orient, believing this to be the surest means of discouraging Japanese aggressions.

   "M. Lessar's Port Arthur conference is said to have dealt chiefly with these measures, though they are declared to be entirely precautionary, war being the furthest thing from the wishes of the Russian government."

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Trade With China and Japan.

   Recent developments with reference to additional facilities for trade with China lend interest to some figures showing the growth of our commerce with that country, presented by the department of commerce and labor, through its bureau of statistics. Exports to China in the fiscal year 1903, aggregate about nineteen million dollars, against less than four millions in 1893. This figure does not by any means show, however, the total of our exports to that country, as a large proportion of our exports to Hong Kong, (English possession), also enter China. Exports to Hong Kong in the fiscal year just ended aggregate over $8,000,000, making our total exports to China and Hong Kong about $27,000,000.

   Our total exports to Japan in 1903, aggregate about $21,000,000 against $3,000,000 in 1893, the increase to Japan having been slightly greater than that to China.

   The growth in our exports to Asia has been more rapid than to any other section of the world except Africa, and the growth in the exports to China has been a very important factor in the growth of shipments to Asia.

 

Pope Leo XIII.

Rt. Rev. P. A. Ludden.

PONTIFICAL HIGH MASS

For Pope Leo XIII to be Celebrated at a Future Date.

   The following letter from Rt. Rev. P. A. Ludden, bishop of the diocese of Syracuse, has been sent to every Catholic church in the diocese:

   Rev. Dear Sir:—On Monday next there will be a pontifical high mass of requiem in the cathedral for the repose of the soul of our holy father, Leo XIII, who departed this life on Monday, the 20th instant. All the clergy of the city are invited to be present at this service. The office of the dead will commence at 9:30 a. m. The rectors of all the churches in the diocese will appoint a convenient day and hour for the requiem in their respective churches and invite the faithful to be present thereat to offer up their prayers and supplications for the repose of our great pontiff, whose long life and labors were devoted to the glory of God, peace among nations and peoples, and the welfare of human society.

   "While praying for the repose of the soul of our Holy Father Leo, we should also pray that the Holy Ghost may direct the Cardinals in the election of his successor.

   "In all masses, therefore, in which rubrics permit it, the prayer Pro Eligendo Summo Pontifice will be said in this diocese until the close of the conclave.

   "Yours faithfully,

   "P. A. Ludden,

   "Bishop of Syracuse, Syracuse, July 22, 1903."

   It will be noticed that while the Pontifical High Mass will the celebrated at the cathedral in Syracuse on Monday it is left for each priest to appoint a convenient day for its celebration in his own church.

   An inquiry was made at the parochial residence in this city today to see if the day had already been appointed for Cortland; but it appeared that it had not been. Rev. J. J. McLoghlin, the pastor of St. Mary 's church, has been away for a week past in the hope of benefiting his health which has not been the best of late owing to overwork in the discharge of his pastoral duties. A priest is expected from Syracuse tonight to conduct the services at the church tomorrow and doubtless an announcement of the memorial services will be made at that time. A prominent member of St. Mary's church said this morning that he believed Father John would himself desire to be present to conduct these services if his health would permit, and perhaps for this reason the services might be delayed a little, though he wished it to be understood that this remark was wholly unofficial and was without authority. An exact announcement can probably be printed after the service tomorrow.

 

In Honor of Cousins.

   Miss Helen Winters of 7 Stevenson-st. very pleasantly entertained a number of her young friends in honor of her cousins Isabel and Mildred Barnes of Marathon, yesterday afternoon. Those present were Isabel and Mildred Barnes of Marathon, Hazel Gay of Homer, Elsie Peters, Anita Langham, Martha Drexler, Blanche Lowe and Winona Barker. A program of games had been arranged for the enjoyment of the little people, refreshments were served and all enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon.

 

"KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT."

But One of the Party Didn't—He Told a Reporter About It.

   A party of men arrived in Cortland this morning en route from Syracuse to New Albany, Pa., in automobiles which they purchased yesterday in Syracuse. They purchased three Century tourist cars and started for home at noon yesterday. When coming up Tully hill, one of the men who was new at the business of driving an automobile, lost control of his machine and ran it into a gully. The machine turned two or three summersaults and landed at the bottom of the gully, the two men having jumped. The party obtained a block and tackle and a gang of twenty men and after working some time succeeded in getting the remains of their machine back into the road. They remained in Tully over night and proceeded on their way this morning. When Cortland was reached two of the men took the 8:40 train over the Lehigh for home, after bidding the others farewell and promising to obey the mandate "Keep your mouths shut."

   The party looked a Rambler car over quite closely while here and remarked that they wished they had examined one of them before making their purchase.

   It is understood that they are intending to open an automobile depot in their own town.

 

A BAD RUNAWAY.

Horse Kicked and Threw Three People Out of the Wagon.

   Charles Morgan of 13 North Franklin-st., with his two nieces, Miss Luella Fritchley of Cortland and Miss Carrie Morgan of Lanesboro, Pa., had an experience last night which they do not care to repeat. They left the city about 7 o'clock to drive to Como to visit relatives. After spending a short time with their friends they started back to Cortland. At they started down the hill this side [south] of Como the horse began to kick at a terrific rate, letting both hind feet fly at the same time. One foot must have struck Mr. Morgan in the face as he was thrown out and the horse began to run. The road was rough and Miss Morgan soon followed her uncle, falling between the wheels but fortunately escaping serious injury. She immediately went back to Mr. Morgan finding him lying on his face in the middle of the road in an unconscious condition. She turned him over and found that his face was badly cut and bruised.

   The horse meanwhile kept on down the hill, and reaching the foot of the hill the wagon struck the side of a culvert throwing Miss Fritchley out. She struck on her left side and was uninjured save for a badly sprained ankle. She managed to get back up the bill to the assistance of her cousin and together with a neighbor, Clyde DeVoe, they took Mr. Morgan to DeVoe's house, where he returned to consciousness after a time. After striking the culvert the horse broke from the wagon and fell into the ditch and was unable to extricate himself.

   Mr. DeVoe went down and got the horse and put him in the stable and later hitched up his own team and brought the party home.

   Although badly bruised and very lame, both Miss Morgan and Miss Fritchley were none the worse for their experience this morning. Mr. Morgan is as comfortable as can be expected and it is not thought that he is suffering from internal injuries. Miss Morgan arrived on the 4:32 train from Lanesboro, Pa., yesterday. She will make Cortland her home for a time and intends to enter the Normal [school] in September.

 

HOME FROM PHILIPPINES.

Served an Enlistment of Three Years in Cavalry.

   Clarence E. Wilber of Homer, recently a member of L troop, Fifth U. S. cavalry, arrived in Cortland yesterday afternoon. Mr. Wilber has just completed an enlistment of three years in the Fifth cavalry, which has been stationed in the Philippines.

   Mr. Wilber said that, while he enjoyed the three years' stay there in many ways, one enlistment was enough for him. The first two years he was there he enjoyed the best of health, but the past year he has not been so well and the last six weeks of his stay were spent in the hospital. He escaped all serious diseases, although he went through the cholera plague. His bunkmate died of the disease and he, himself, with about 125 others, was quarantined for five months in barracks surrounded by a stone wall ten feet high. It was only by taking every precaution and keeping a rigid quarantine that the authorities were able to stamp out the plague.

   Mr. Wilber was through several engagements and many minor skirmishes in which his troop was engaged. He was stationed on the island of Luzon much of the time near Manila. When he was first there the rations did not reach them very regularly and considerable grumbling was the result. The quality of the rations and regularity with which they were received, constantly improved, however, and for some time there has been no complaint at all, it being possible to have fresh meat, ice, etc., much of the time, especially near Manila.

   Mr. Wilber does not have much confidence in the natives. He says that they are ignorant and very treacherous. He left Manila June 5 on the transport Thomas, the passage lasting thirty-five days.

 

Don't Monkey With the Monkeys.

   Cortland children who visit the park and are interested in inspecting the monkeys may well profit by the experience of a Binghamton boy at Ross park yesterday. He thought to pet a monkey through the bars and the monkey bit off the end of one of his fingers. Don't monkey with the monkeys.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The new display advertisements today are—W. W. Bennett, Asphalt roofing, page 4; E. E. Bates, Scientific optician, page 5; A. D. Wallace, Brunswick restaurant, page 5.

 

MOTHER JONES' ARMY, CONVICTS CAPTURED, POT OF GOLD, GEN. CASSIUS CLAY, ITHACA BAND, MARATHON LIBRARY, AND HORSE BROKE LEG

 

"Mother Jones" (Mary G. Harris.)

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, July 24, 1903.

MOTHER JONES' ARMY.

Marched Through New York Streets Last Evening.

SPEAKING FROM END OF TRUCK.

Mayor Low Granted Permit to Hold Meeting and Commissioner Ebstein Withdrew His Prohibition of the Parade—Leader Said Army is Marching Toward President's Home.

   New York, July 24.—"Mother" Jones' army abandoned its march in view of Acting Police Commissioner Ebstein's refusal earlier in the day to permit a parade. Later Mayor Low granted a parade permit and last evening the army marched to Madison avenue and 27th street, where the meeting was held.

   During the parade "Mother" Jones answered questions put to her by spectators.

   The speaking at the meeting took place from the end of a truck. "Mother" Jones said her army was marching towards the president's home. "I believe he can do something for these children," she declared, referring to her "army."

   "Congress last year passed a bill giving $45.000 to fill the stomach of an old prince, and he endorsed that, and if he could do that, he surely could tell congress to pass a bill that would take the children out of the God-accursed mills and put them in the schools."

   Then she promised to discuss "child slavery in prosperous America" at a later time.

   Benjamin Hanford, Social Democratic candidate for governor of New York last year, in his speech abused the police, including Ebstein, who was present and to whom he referred as a coward and scoundrel, Mayor Low, J. P. Morgan, J. D. Rockefeller, President Roosevelt and others, and among other things thus advised his hearers:

   "Next election vote so that you will carry the revolver instead of the police.  Not that we Socialists believe in bloodshed, but if bloodshed there is to be, I want to see a battlefield where the capitalists lie stark, and where the Socialists are planting the banner."

 

Clinton Prison, Dannemora, N. Y.

CONVICTS CAPTURED.

All Four of the Escaped Clinton Prisoners Caught.

TAKEN 16 MILES FROM PRISON.

Four Men Kept Together and Had Been In the Woods Without Shelter Since They Escaped—Two of Them Had on the Clothes Stolen From Purdy's Store.

   Plattsburg, N. Y., July 24.—After searching five days and nights, most of the time in a drenching rain, Warden Deyo and his officers, assisted by deputies, policemen and civilians, captured John Elliott and Edward Kennedy, two of the four escaped Clinton convicts, in the woods near Barnaby's Corners.

   Peter James and John Collins, the other two, were taken last night about a quarter of a mile from the Rutland Railroad station at Altona and less than a mile from where Elliott and Kennedy were taken. They were hungry and almost exhausted. When Keeper Severance got the drop on them with his rifle, they quickly threw up their hands. They were taken to Dannemora.

   Keeper John North and a civilian named LaFountain discovered Elliott and Kennedy early yesterday. They opened fire with their rifles and Elliott was shot in the leg. LaFountain summoned help and the men were captured some hours later. Superintendent of Prisons Collins took the men to prison leaving Warden Deyo to round up the other two.

   Kennedy and Elliott each had on clothes taken from Purdy's store. In their pockets was found $13.97, the exact amount stolen from Purdy. They will be tried for burglary.

   Elliott and Kennedy told Superintendent Collins that all four men kept together and have been in the woods without shelter ever since they escaped. Elliott and Kennedy said James and Collins worked a year on the tunnel through which they escaped.

 

DUG UP A POT OF GOLD.

Farmer Rockwell Unearths a Jar Containing 32 Gold and 37 Silver Pieces.

   Cooperstown, N. Y., July 24.—A jar containing gold and silver coins 140 years old was found by John Rockwell, a farmer who lives in the Butternut Valley, this county. While digging in a field he unearthed a veritable pot of gold. It contained thirty-two gold pieces, each having a coin value of about $6; thirty-seven silver pieces about the size of a half dollar, and eight coppers. The gold pieces bear the image of George III and the silver pieces that of George II. The dates on the coins run from 1761 to 1769.

   History records that at the time of the Cherry Valley massacre the Indians raided Butternut Valley and carried the early settlers into captivity. Among these pioneers were the Lulls, the Garratts and the Johnsons. At that time these families secreted their valuables. For instance, one family of Garratts hid their silverware under the trough of the pig pen and seven years after they returned and found it there intact.

 

Gen. Cassius M. Clay.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Gen. Cassius M. Clay.

   General Cassius M. Clay died at Richmond, Ky., Wednesday night, in his 93d year. He was born in Madison county, Ky., Oct. 19, 1810, and was graduated from Yale in 1832. For many years he was the leader of the Kentucky abolitionists, and was prominent as an editor, agitator, and orator. He served in the Mexican war, was a major-general of volunteers for a short time in the civil war, and served for several years as minister to Russia. His course in politics was very erratic. He was originally a Whig, then deserted the party and ran for governor of Kentucky as an independent; he was an early member of of the Republican party but supported Greeley in 1872 and Tilden in 1876. He was for Blaine in 1884 and bolted McKinley in 1896. On Nov. 13, 1894, at the age of 84, be married Dora Richardson, an ignorant girl of 16. The old man was soon deserted by her, had trouble with his grown-up children, was in almost constant difficulty with the authorities and defended himself with an arsenal composed of rifles, revolvers, shotguns, bowie knives, and cannon. His whole life was one of violence; be fought two or three duels, was a participant in many bloody rough and tumble fights, and killed several men. He was said to be the handiest man in the South with a bowie knife and always carried his favorite weapon. Clay's services in behalf of abolition have never been recognized as they deserved.

   ◘ The death of Leo XIII has called attention to the fact that there is no one mausoleum for the Popes. The four of the nineteenth century and their predecessor Pius VI, who died in exile at Valence on the Rhone, all rest at St. Peter's. Several of the medieval Popes were buried at Avignon, and the wicked John XXIII at Florence. The only English Pope, Nicholas Breakspear, was buried in an old red granite sarcophagus which is still to be seen in the crypt of the Vatican.

 

Leader Patrick Conway and the Ithca Band.

THE ITHACA BAND

To Begin its Week's Engagement at the Park Saturday.

   The Ithaca band will arrive in Cortland Saturday morning on the Lehigh and march from the depot to the York hotel, where it will put up during its stay in Cortland.

   The afternoon concert will begin at 3 p. m. and the evening concert at 8:15. The regular Saturday night dance will be held as usual in the pavilion. Below is the program for the Saturday concerts:

SATURDAY AFTERNOON, 3 O'CLOCK.

   

For Marathon Library.

   Col. J. Stewart Wells of Binghamton, N. Y., gave $1,000 toward books for the Peck Memorial library of Marathon, N. Y., after the completion of the building by its donor. Next year he sent his check for $125 for more books and the next year the same, and this became a fixed habit with him. He has just sent his eighth annual check for that sum.

   Sixty-five years ago Col. Wells, who was born in Marathon, left that town for Binghamton which has since been his home.  He is now 81 years of age.

 

ANGELL'S BAKERY.

Walter H. Angell Succeeds H. P. Hollister & Son.

   Walter H. Angell, who recently purchased the old established bakery of H. P. Hollister & Son at 7 North Main-st., Cortland, has been making improvements in the appearance of the same by a fresh coat of paint and new wallpaper.

   Mr. Angell has been in possession of the bakery since July 6 and has already proved to his customers that the high standard of excellence set by his predecessors is to be maintained by him. The same force of bakers and assistants has been engaged to remain with Mr. Angell and baked goods of the best quality will be produced.

   A special feature will be made of the lunch room in connection with the bakery, where lunches will be served at all hours of the day and evening.

 

HORSE BROKE A LEG.

Slipped and Fell While Running Away—Had to be Killed.

   A valuable horse belonging to John C. Jones, who runs a grocery store and meat market at 44 Owego-st., Cortland, fell and broke a leg this morning. The horse was hitched to the delivery wagon and the deliveryman was out taking orders. He left the horse hitched on Homer-ave., when he went into a house to take an order. The horse managed to slip the headstall and started to run. In trying to make the turn at the corner of Lincoln and Homer-aves., he slipped and fell, breaking a front leg close to the shoulder. It was at once evident that the horse was ruined and he was taken to the lot back of E. M. Yager's livery stables and put out of misery. The horse was valued at $150.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Mrs. C. F. Weiler entertained her Sundayschool class of boys from the First M. E. [Church] Sundayschool [sic] at the park this afternoon.

   —The new display advertisements today are—S. Simmons, Specials for Saturday, page 4; R.W. Mitchell, Meats for Sunday, page 5; Perkins & Quick, Pocketbooks, etc., page 6.

   —If there are residents of this city who would like to furnish board or rooms for Normal students during the next term of school either in whole or in part return for work, if they will notify Dr. Cheney, the principal, he will be able to put them in communication with some students, both ladies and gentlemen, who would like to pay for their board in work.