BULGARIA OUTRAGE, ANOTHER CONSUL KILLED, FUTURE OF IRELAND, PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY, AMELIA WILCOX SCHUTT, AND SENECA HOWARD

 

Sultan Abdul Hamid II.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, August 17, 1903.  

CATEGORY OF OUTRAGE.

Bulgarian Government's Memorandum to the Powers.

TURKEY'S PROMISED REFORMS.

Story of Murder, Torture, Incendiarism and Pillage by Turkish Soldiers and Officials In Macedonia—Bulgarian Government Guarantees the Truth of Every Statement.

   Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 17.—The Bulgarian government has presented a memorandum to the powers setting out at great length the condition of affairs in Macedonia during the past three months, since the Turkish government undertook to inaugurate the promised reforms. The most precise details, dates, places and names of persons are given in the memorandum, the whole constituting a terrible category of murder, torture, incendiarism, pillage and general oppression committed by the Ottoman soldiers and officials.

   These particulars were obtained entirely from official sources such as the representations of the Bulgarian consuls and agents of the Bulgarian government, and in many instances the reports made by Turkish authorities. The Bulgarian government guarantees the absolute truth of every statement and challenges the porte to disprove a single charge made in the memorandum.

   The memorandum begins by stating that during the past three months the Ottoman government has taken a series of measures with the alleged intention of inaugurating the era of promised reform and of assuring peace and tranquility to the Bulgarian population of European Turkey, but which have had the contrary effect of further exasperating this population and reviving the revolutionary movement instead of proceeding solely against persons guilty of breaches of the public order, the military and civil authorities have sought every possible pretext to persecute, terrorize and ruin the Bulgarian inhabitants.

Destruction of Villages.

   Wholesale massacres, individual murders, the destruction of villages, the pillaging of and setting fire to houses, arrests, ill-treatment, tortures, arbitrary imprisonment and banishment, the closing and disorganizing of churches and schools, the ruining of merchants, the collection of taxes for many years in advance; such, proceeds the memorandum, are among the acts of the Ottoman administration of the vilayets of Salonika, Monastir, Uskuo and Adrianople.

   The memorandum says that in the town of Salonika itself the Bulgarian professors of the university, the students and shopkeepers, in fact all intelligent Bulgarians in the city have been cast into prison.

   One hundred and twenty soldiers entered the village of Gorna-Ribnitza, May 19, and tortured to death five men and two women.

   During the first three weeks of July 25 villages in the district of Tikvesch were subjected to the depredations of the Turkish soldiers and Bashi Bazouks. The villagers were beaten and tortured, the women violated and the houses plundered, while the administrative authorities looked on.

   In the vilayet of Monastir artillery bombarded and razed the flourishing town of Smerdesch.

   At the beginning of July two Greek bands, with the connivance of the authorities, pillaged Bulgarian villages and murdered many of their inhabitants.

   In the vilayet of Uskub the entire Bulgarian population has been systematically persecuted since last May. The director of the normal school at Uskub was imprisoned because his library contained the "revolutionary" works of "Othello" and Les Miserables."

   In the districts of Palanka, Koschani, Koumanovo and Gostigar the prisons are filled with Bulgarian priests, schoolmasters and merchants.

   During June the soldiers and Bashi Bazouks terrorized the inhabitants of the Schtif district, torturing the people with red hot irons. Similar atrocities perpetrated in the vilayet of Adrianople are cited.

Carnage, Pillage and Incendiarism.

   Altogether, the memorandum gives particulars of no less than 131 individual and general cases of excesses and outrages committed by the Turkish authorities. In summarizing the specific details of the outrages mentioned, the memorandum declares that wholesale massacres were perpetrated by regulars and Bashi Bazouks in the town of Salonika and in seven villages while the scenes of carnage, pillage and incendiarism were everywhere terrible.

   At Smerdesch over 200 Bulgarians were shot, killed with swords or burned to death. Over 260 houses and the churches and schools were set on fire and pillaged, the property taken being sold by the soldiers and Bashi Bazouks in the neighboring places. Similar scenes occurred in four other villages. The villagers fled to the mountains. 

   Over 3,000 men, women and children fled from the Sanjak of Seres and even more from the Sanjak of Kirkklisze.

   It is difficult, says the memorandum, to obtain the exact number of Bulgarians who were imprisoned, mostly on the flimsiest pretexts, as when they were released others were immediately arrested. The estimates obtainable give for the yilayet of Salonika 900 prisoners, for Uskub 500, for Monastir 850 and for Adrianople 550, a grand total of 2,800. As information is lacking from many districts in these vilayets it is thought that without exaggeration the number of prisoners may be placed at even three times this total.

   Dealing with other acts of oppression, the memorandum states that the Bulgarian merchants and artisans living in Constantinople and Salonika were ordered to return to their native villages and were not allowed any time or opportunity to dispose of the business or property. Some of these Bulgarians who with their families had been established for 20 years or more were utterly ruined.

   As the order applied equally to professors and schoolmasters the Bulgarian schools were closed before the end of the school year. The authorities rigorously enforced the same order against the Bulgarian priests.

   Encouraged by the Ottoman authorities the Greek bishops and archimandrites forced their way into the Bulgarian churches, burned the prayer books and employed menaces to compel the people to acknowledge the Greek patriarch. The archimandrite of Salonika declared in a recent sermon that the sultan did not want Bulgarian exarches in his empire; if they remained they would be exterminated.

   In addition to the decree banishing the Bulgarian tradesmen from Constantinople and Salonika, the porte adopted measures to ruin the traders elsewhere. Every possible means was used to install Mussulmans in Bulgarian villages.

   On the lightest pretext the Bulgarians were forced to sell their lands to the Turks at any price the latter chose to pay. Burdened with taxes, liable to perform statute labor for the Turkish landowners, the population is reduced to a state of serfdom. This is one of the principal causes of discontent and when is added the exactions of the tax gatherers it is not difficult to understand why the wretched people should revolt from such a despotic government and servitude.

   In conclusion the memorandum asserts that the foregoing exposure once more condemns Ottoman administrative government in Europe. It says:

   "Not only has the Porte failed to observe a single one of these promises but it has enacted sterner measures of repression.

   "What must be the result of all this? Tired of waiting the fulfillment of promises of better conditions and driven to despair, the Bulgarian population have thrown themselves into a revolution which is now spreading in an Ottoman province, 150 miles from the Bulgarian frontier.

   "The causes of this revolution are today known. The responsibility is fixed and the Porte can no longer accuse the Bulgarian principality.''

 

ANOTHER CONSUL KILLED.

The One to Succeed Another Who Had Been Killed.

   Belgrade, Aug. 17.—A message from Uskub reports that Russian Vice Consul Mandelstram has been shot near Monastir. No official confirmation of the report is obtainable.

   Belgrade, Aug. 17.—Dr. Mandelstram, who was originally acting consul at Uskub, was recently appointed to succeed M. Rostkowski, the Russian consul at Monastir, who was murdered. Considerable anxiety has been felt regarding Dr. Mandelstram's safety. The governor of Monastir refused to give him an escort to his new post, but later he consented to do so. Dr. Mandelstram then started across the country from Uskub. Nothing further has been heard of the newly appointed consul since that time.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

The Future of Ireland.

   The little island of Ireland, for 90 many years oppressed by English landlords, seems to have entered upon a brighter and more prosperous era. The island is naturally fertile and productive, but no one has had the interest in it to develop it to its capacity. The Irish tenants would not do so because it meant nothing to them. If the land produced more the surplus would all go to the English landholders, and the latter would not develop it because they were already satisfied with the enormous revenues they derived under present conditions. The new Irish land bill passed under the reign of King Edward will permit the Irish people to govern themselves and to acquire land and own it themselves, and now whatever they do to improve their property will be for their own advantage and profit.

William Bourke Cockran.

   W. Bourke Cockran, the silver-tongued Irish orator of New York City, has just returned from a trip through Ireland in the course of which he has taken occasion to study the country, the people and the conditions, and he takes an exceedingly optimistic view of the situation. He is able to speak with a large degree of authority, and his words will carry joy to the heart of every American who is descended from Irish parentage, as well as of every one who approves of fairness and justice and an equal opportunity for prosperity for all. Speaking of the passage of the Irish land bill Mr. Cockran says:

   "The passage of the Irish land act insures the settlement of the Irish question, which has disturbed millions of people for scores of years. It removes all reason for refusing to let the native people settle the conditions of their own government, and this means that Ireland will forge rapidly to the front as a nation, even as her people have come forward through their own inherent qualities.

   Ireland is bound to be one of the most potent factors in the world's government. It has taken years to get to the position Ireland will now hold, but after all, the years of waiting may not, have been in vain.

   "Home rule was and is necessary to Ireland. The only force active in preventing self rule by the Irish people was the landlord class. They believed that their property would be endangered. That force will now be eliminated. The landlords will be equitably recompensed for their holdings and the people will be free to advance.

   "I predict a wonderful future for Ireland. It will become a nation of farms and gardens, instead of bogs and poverty. Immigration to America will be stopped.

   "As an earning proposition, the Irish are unequalled. As a working class they are away above any other nationality. Four Irishmen can do the work of eight Italians or of five or six Yankees. Working, earning and profiting for themselves, why shall they not be among the leaders? They will be, mark my words.

   "The people there have for centuries paid even more than their earnings to the landlords. That left the people always in debt. It was impossible for them to lay aside a penny, or even pay their bills, in Ireland. So is it any wonder that the hordes invaded the United States, where they are free agents, to strive and profit for themselves?

   "I do not believe the new bill will cause any exodus from this country back to Ireland, except perhaps in a few instances. Those who emigrated here are satisfied."

   Continuing in his optimistic review, Mr. Cockran added: "The future of Ireland is in her own hands, Politics here have eventuated to a singleness of purpose—the freedom of the country—and I see no reason why such should not come to pass. The politicians, united under the able leadership of John Redmond, have the one aim and irresistible power, all toward freedom. Ireland will be free."

 

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

Annual Excursion Will be Run to Onondaga Lake, Aug. 21.

   The annual excursion of the Patrons of Husbandry of Cortland county will occur on Friday, Aug 21, and the objective point will be Lakeside Park, Onondaga lake. N. F. Webb, the master of the Pomona grange, has arranged for the following train service over the Lackawanna railroad:

   Two trains will be run, the first one starting at Cortland and the second one at Whitney's Point.

   The first train will leave Cortland at 8 a. m., stopping at Homer at 8:07; Little York at 8:14; Preble at 8:19; Tully at 8:29 and Apulia at 8:35, a. m., arriving at Lakeside park at 9:25 a. m.

   The second train will leave Whitney's Point at 7:45 a. m., stopping at Lisle at 7:50, Killawog at 7:57, Marathon at 8:04, Messengerville at 8:12, Blodgett Mills at 8:23, Ithaca Junction at 8:30, and Cortland at 8:32, arriving at Lakeside park at 10 a. m.

   Round trip fare: stations from Whitney's Point to Marathon, inclusive $1; Messengerville and Blodgett Mills 85 cents; all stations from Ithaca Junction to Preble inclusive, 75 cents; Tully and Apulia 50 cents.

   Returning, the first train will leave Lakeside park at 4:30 p. m. and will make no stops between Syracuse and Cortland.

   This train will carry all passengers for points south of Cortland and for stations on the Lehigh Valley and E. & C. N. Y. railroads who must take the regular trains from Cortland on these roads.

   The second train will leave Lakeside at 5:30 p. m. and will stop at all stations as far south as Cortland, but goes no further south than Cortland.

   Both trains will stop at Syracuse on the return trip, but neither train stops there going up in the morning.

   It is probable that there will be a speaker from the state grange at the park and a ball game has been arranged between the teams of the Cortland Implement Co., which heads the city league at present and the Y. M. C. A.

 

Low Rates and Quick Service.

   Suit the people and have made the Lackawanna company excursions popular. Take the Scranton excursion, Aug. 30, and enjoy the beautiful ride through the picturesque mountain range to the heart of the anthracite coal region. [Paid ad.]

 

Took Supper at Raymond's.

   The employees of the Cortland steam laundry were treated to a ride to Little York Saturday afternoon by the proprietor, A. L. Gladding. They enjoyed one of Mr. Raymond's chicken suppers and all reported having an elegant time. Yager's new wagon drawn by four horses carried the party of twenty-four.

 

Death of Mrs. Schutt

   Mrs. Amelia Wilcox Schutt, wife of Jeremiah Schutt, died of heart disease at 7 o'clock last evening at her home, 122 Clinton-ave. Mrs. Schutt was 64 years of age and nearly all her life had lived in the house where she died and where for years she took the sole care of her aged parents. The funeral will be held at the house tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

 

SENECA HOWARD

Died in a fit in Seaman's barber shop this morning.

   Seneca Howard died suddenly in John C. Seaman's barber shop between 11 and 12 o'clock this morning. He was accustomed to spend part of his time in the shop, Mr. Seaman paying him for doing various odd jobs. He came in this morning soon after 8 o'clock and after a time began to complain of not feeling well. As he seemed to grow worse, Mr. Seaman went for a physician. He found Dr. Edson who promised to come up as soon as he could. When he came he said that the man was suffering from a fit from which he might come out, and he might not. Mr. Seaman then went for charity commissioner H. T. Bushnell, who on his arrival saw that the man was seriously ill, and summoned Dr. Bennett. The man was dead, however, when that physician arrived. He was subject to heart disease and this doubtless caused his death.

   In the absence of Coroner Santee, Coroner Smith of McGraw was summoned, and ordered the body removed to Beard's undertaking rooms.

   The deceased was about 59 years old and was a son of Thomas Howard, He is also survived by one brother, William Howard of this city.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The South Cortland Sunday school picnic will be held at Elysium park tomorrow.

   —New display advertisements today are—C. F. Brown, Ground mustard, page 7; Warren, Tanner & Co., Deep cut in prices, page 6.

   —Through a change of plan Miss Lucy I. March will not sing at the open air concerts to be given at the park Friday afternoon and evening of this week by the Ithaca band of fifty pieces, as announced last Saturday.

 

WAR REMINISCENCES CHAPTER 31

 

Capt. William Saxton, Company C, 157th Regiment, New York Volunteers.

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 15, 1903.

WAR REMINISCENCES.

By Captain Saxton of the 157th Regiment, N. Y. Vols.

CHARACTERS OF THE COMPANY.

Difficulties of the Commissary Department—Scarcity Of Vegetables—Substitutes for Fresh Meat—"Consecrated" Potatoes—Lack of Reading Matter—Letters—The Company Postmaster.

CHAPTER 31.

   To the Editor of The Standard:

   Sir—Thomas Reagan was the oldest man in Company C. On the muster rolls his name is recorded as forty-three at the time of enlisting. At a reunion of the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh New York regimental association in 1890 be told Capt. George L. Warren, the secretary of the association, that he was then 87 years old and that when he enlisted he was 60. He came to this country from Ireland when he was 32. He was one of those short, thick-set, jolly Irishmen who could deceive the very elect in regard to age.

   Thomas Reagan had a good berth, being almost always in the regimental quartermaster's department, and a more faithful man could not have been found. St Patrick's day in the morning was never forgotten by him, and on that day the quartermaster was blind so far as seeing what "Uncle Tommy" did.

   "Company C fall in for fresh salt," was a familiar cry of his, as he would come on the company street, and every member of the regiment came to know "Uncle Tommy." He died a few years ago, an old man and full of years.

"The Bull Breaker."

   Christian Chevalier was another character of Company C, who will never be forgotten. He was a large, heavy-set man with black hair and eyes and enrolled as 37 years old. He was a regular backwoods man, and had put in all his days clearing and working a little land with a yoke of oxen. He liked whiskey as well as a duck does water. I can see "Old Chris" now about two-thirds full, strut up to the colonel and with his brawny fist beat his chest like a bass drum and say: "Col. Carmichael, this is Christopher Columbus Chevalier, the champion bull breaker of Cortland county." I never knew the colonel to take offense at this liberty; but would generally brush "Old Chris" aside and try to find where he got his liquor. When not drinking, Chevalier was a good soldier, but the drink habit grew on him and be developed a mania for finding whiskey, seemingly at all times and places.

   The hardships of the service and the poor whiskey were too much for poor Chris, and not many years after he came home, during one of his sprees he hanged himself with a log-chain.

The Three Smiths.

   We had three men by the name of Smith belonging to our company, Henry A. Smith, John P. Smith and John Smith. The orderly sergeant, in calling the roll would say: Smith one, Smith two, Smith three. John P. and John were both over six feet tall. The boys designated them as John P. and Long John.

   Long John always marched at the head of the company, and I do not know of a better man to fill his place. He was 23 years old, about 6ft. 2in. [sic] in his stockings, light complexion, light hair and blue eyes, a little inclined to stoop at the shoulders. Always jolly and good natured, and many a time when the boys were marching, weary, worn and cross, Long John would strike up a favorite song of his beginning: "Well do I remember, when but a little boy." Soon the discordant elements in the company would cease and all would march along cheerful and refreshed.

   Long John was always cheerful. He took a common sense view of things and made the best of unpleasant circumstances. He was always loyal to his officers and company and one of the best men I ever knew to assist the company commander in keeping the boys cheerful and help smooth the rough places.

   Poor John at Gettysburg was severely wounded, and was sent to a hospital in Philadelphia, but one night he became delirious, arose from his cot unknown to attendants, tore off the bandages from his wounds and bled to death.

   The government had other things of great importance to look after besides the Confederate army. One of the most essential things was the health of its troops.

The Commissary Department.

   The utter impossibility of transporting vegetables, such as potatoes, cabbages, onions, etc., in bulk in their season, as well as their perishable nature, prevented, to any great extent, the use of these necessary anti-scorbutic articles of food among our vast army.

   One who has never seen the almost innumerable number of wagons and teams that it takes to supply the daily needs of such a vast host, can hardly form an idea of the number of miles of roads that these immense trains must necessarily cover, Stop and think for a moment the requirements of one company of 100 men for a single day, then multiply that by ten for a regiment, then multiply that by two hundred and fifty for 250,000 men, then multiply that by thirty for thirty days. Then think of the ammunition of the camp and garrison equipage, the extra clothing, and the almost innumerable paraphernalia of a great army and you will begin to have a faint idea of the vastness of the requirements of the transportation department of such an army as the Army of the Potomac.

   You can readily see that vegetables in bulk of necessity must be almost entirely eliminated from the soldier's ration in the field.

Experiments With Pack Mules.

   The government tried an experiment in transportation in the Chancellorsville campaign by employing pack mules to convey the reserve ammunition. It was thought that this would an enormous train of wagons to take across the river, and the mules could be brought up almost to the firing line, whether in woods or on ground inaccessible to wagons, it would be far more convenient; but I think the stampede of those mules at Hazel  Grove on Saturday, May 2, demonstrated that under some circumstances the pack mule was a good thing, but a large number of them thoroughly stampeded, possessed a power that might demoralize an army, and neutralize the efficiency of a large number of troops.

   The constant use of salt meats and hard bread, with scarcely any vegetables had a great tendency to produce scurvy or at least its symptoms.

   I remembered how we craved something sour to eat. The vinegar that was issued to us was a chemically prepared article and one would almost need his stomach lined with glass if he took any quantity of it for it seemed as though it would eat a hole clear through.

   I remembered one time of seeing a small can of pineapples in the sutler's tent, probably a pound can, and when pay day came I planked down a good dollar for it, sat down and ate the whole of it without stopping. It seemed as though it was just the thing I craved and I never felt any bad effects from eating the contents of that can. It was better than doctor's medicine and may have prevented a spell of sickness.

"Consecrated" Potatoes.

   The government tried several experiments to overcome this tendency to scurvy; one was issuing desiccated potatoes and desiccated mixed vegetables. After once trying to eat this vile compound the boys forever after called it "Consecrated Potatoes" and ''Consecrated Mixed Vegetables.'' I suppose every old soldier will at once close the paper and refuse to read further at the mere mention of desiccated mixed vegetables. The old feeling of nausea will come back to him so forcibly that be will be compelled to read this (if he does so) a sentence at a time, with an interval of seeking fresh air.

   Webster says desiccate is to make dry, Desiccated mixed vegetables appeared to be cabbage leaves, pumpkin rinds, turnip tops, onions, tops and all, potatoes, carrots, red peppers, parsnips, cucumbers, all coarsely chopped and mixed and then thrown into a silo, allowed to ferment, then placed under enormous pressure and the liquid all pressed out of it (this was the appearance). This was issued to us in solid cakes.

   Now take one of those camp kettles, in which coffee, salt pork, "Sow Belly" beans and what had not been boiled, put in a chunk of this stuff, fill the kettle with water and put it on to boil.

   I suppose if our good wives had some of this compound they might possibly by some magic art, with plenty of flour, butter and seasoning, convert this into something that might be eaten; but the company cook, supplied with the old "general utility" camp kettle, combined with his best culinary skill was able to produce a concoction that would turn the stomach of a hog. I never met an old soldier yet, after once tasting this "mess of pottage," who was not perfectly willing for the rest of his mortal life to set this vile compound apart as a "consecrated" ration.

   There was another experiment tried on us in the way of rations which also proved a failure, and that was "split peas." I have yet to meet the old soldier that ever took his second cup full. The company cook with his old camp kettle absolutely could not produce split peas that the boys would eat, and that is saying a good deal.

Nature Assists.

   What a blessed thing it is that nature always comes to the rescue. She did in this case. She helped the government solve the scurvy question. Hard crackers were about the size of soda crackers and were packed in light wooden boxes. These had to be accumulated in enormous quantities at the depot of supplies. These were stacked out doors [sic] in a pile that would surprise the ordinary citizen.

   There was a reddish yellow worm that would have been a good object lesson to some of our generals, if they had heeded it, in the way of being enterprising. This fellow, from a half to an inch long, was the most enterprising little fellow I have ever met. What mattered though the stack of cracker boxes was as high as the pyramids of Egypt? What though the base of that pile was as broad as the base of the Washington monument? He was there just the same, in every individual box and in every individual cracker. Was it he that branded those crackers "B. C."? The boys used to boast that there was no government on earth so generous as ours, who furnished their beloved soldiers with sandwiches each meal, (Fresh meat was an antidote for scurvy and that is where nature comes in).

   There was another inhabitant of those crackers that should not be overlooked even if he was small and that was a tiny reddish brown bug, and there were hundreds of him. Did you ever have an old soldier sit down to your table and when crackers were served take one and unthoughtedly [sic] rap it a few times on the edge of his plate? Be charitable to the old soldier. This is a clinging habit of his, born in the sixties; which he without thinking automatically performs.

Dearth of Reading Matter.

   When in camp the soldiers felt the lack of good reading matter. Had our friends in the North realized this our camp would have been flooded. The fact of our not knowing at what moment we might be ordered to move prevented books to any considerable extent being furnished.

   I remember by speaking quite a ways in advance of getting hold of Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables" in pamphlet form, and I could hardly lay it down till read through, even for drill or camp duty.

   Some vicious fellow surreptitiously would smuggle in bad books and pictures. It is wonderful how ingenious the devil is in promulgating and disseminating any thing that is of evil.

   Most soldiers wrote a great many letters to friends and acquaintances for the sake of, not only writing to them, but for the replies that would come. One can hardly imagine how eagerly the boys received a letter.

   When time permitted besides writing to our friends we would write to acquaintances, especially lady friends. I had a good many such correspondents and took great pleasure in writing and receiving replies. These letters did the soldiers a wonderful amount of good. All of them (mine at least) were full of encouragement, patriotism and remembrances. No doubt we did our duty more cheerfully and endured the hardships more patiently by these cherished letters.

   One of my most faithful correspondents was my sister Nancy. I think she wrote me once a week, and some times several times a week. It was a nice custom of some of our correspondents to enclose a blank sheet of paper and envelope for a reply, as paper was sometimes difficult to obtain.

   I carried a flat sided rubber inkstand, the top screwing on and off. Leroy Cole carved my name, company and regiment nicely on the side of it. I carried it all through [the war] with me.

   When in Syracuse, New York, Aug. 1, 1865, while being paid off and disbanding, Lieutenant Hubbard Suits borrowed this little ink stand of me for the use of his men in signing the papers and forgot to return it. Had I it now I should prize it as highly as any of my little relies of the war.

The Company Postmaster.

   There was a man in our regiment detailed to have charge of the mail and carry it to and from headquarters, A. W. Connelly, if I remember rightly. He generally hung up a sack at the adjutant's tent or convenient place for all to deposit their letters.

   When the mail was brought to Corps headquarters it was separated and sent to different divisions. There it was reassorted and sent to the various brigades. Then our postmaster was on hand to get what was coming to the One Hundred and Fifty-seventh. He brought it to the adjutant's tent and separated it for the different companies. An officer or "non com" took it to the company street and called out: "Fall in for your mail" and read off the names of the fortunate ones. Then what a time there would be reading those missives and talking about them.

   It became difficult to procure postage stamps and the government allowed the soldiers to send their letters without a stamp by an officer certifying it was a soldier's letter. The postage would be collected at the other end of the receiver when delivered. W. S.

 

JEFFRIES WON IN TENTH ROUND, SOCIALISM DEFEATED, IDENTITY ESTABLISHED, ITHACA BAND, NEW DANCING ACADEMY, AND OPERATION AT CORTLAND HOSPITAL

 

James Corbett.

James Jeffries.

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, August 15, 1903.

JEFFRIES WON IN 10TH.

Scene at Carson City Almost Duplicated by Stomach Blow.

BUT CORBETT ROSE TO HIS FEET.

Jeffries Swung His Right and Landed In the Same Place and Corbett Again Dropped and His Second Motioned to Stop the Performance—Alone in His Class.

   San Francisco, Aug. 15.—James J. Jeffries, champion heavyweight of the world, played with Jim Corbett for nine rounds and a half last night and then Corbett's seconds motioned to Referee Graney to stop the fight in order to save their man from needless punishment.

   The end came shortly after the beginning of the tenth round when Jeffries planted one of his terrific left swings on Corbett's stomach. The man who conquered John L. Sullivan dropped to the floor in agony and the memorable scene at Carson City when Bob Fitzsimmons landed his solar plexus blow was almost duplicated.

   This time, however, Corbett struggled to his feet and again faced his gigantic adversary. With hardly a moment's hesitation Jeffries swung his right and again landed on Corbett's stomach. Jim dropped to the floor and then it was that Tommy Ryan, seeing that it was all over, motioned Referee Graney to stop the punishment.

   The fight demonstrated beyond all doubt that Jeffries stands alone in his class.

   At first Corbett was very cautious and apparently was outpointed by Jeffries, but later in the fight he warmed up and showed some of his old time cleverness. From the first, however it was generally regarded as a hopeless case for Corbett. He made a gallant fight but he never stood a chance to win.

   After the fight was over Corbett quickly recovered, walked over to Jeffries and shook him warmly by the hand. He said:

   "Jim, you beat me fairly. You stand alone. No one can touch you."

 

Socialists Defeated In Convention.

   Indianapolis, Aug. 15.—Socialists again attempted to capture the national convention of the United Garment Workers. They renewed their effort to commit the organization to the political program by proposing to eliminate that section of the constitution which bars the consideration of political questions. After a long discussion the Socialists were defeated by a decisive vote.

 

Benjamin Tillman.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

His Identity Established.

   Senator Tillman of South Carolina lost his pocketbook containing railroad passes as well as money recently on a train between Chicago and Kansas City. He discovered his loss only when the conductor came around for his tickets, and then, after a vain search, announced his identity.

   The conductor was not acquainted with the South Carolina senator's physiognomy, and was suspicious, but the senator was emphatic, as usual, and at last the conductor, when the train stopped, called up Chicago headquarters over a long distance telephone wire and the following conversation, according to the Chicago Chronicle, followed:

   Conductor—Man says he's Senator Tillman. No money; no ticket. What must l do?

   Chicago Office—Ask him what he thinks is the most important bit of legislation that could be enacted.

   Conductor—Man who says he's Senator Tillman says the most important bit of legislation that could be enacted would be to repeal the Fifteenth amendment.

   Chicago Office —That's him. All right. Let him ride.

   The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle is convinced that the element of probability in that conversation is so strong that we may accept it as a true account of the affairs and remarks that any intelligent railway official would naturally think of the test applied in this case. It was sure to work. Tillman could not possibly have given any other reply to the question. He is a monomaniac on that subject, and was bound to rise to the bait offered him.

   So, whatever the fare may be between Chicago and Kansas City, the senator is by so much ahead on account of his hostility to the Fifteenth amendment and the constitutional rights of the negro. Since he has financially profited by it we may conclude that his zeal on the subject will hereafter show no abatement. He carries with him wherever he goes the means of identifying himself, and hereafter it would seem unnecessary for him to provide himself with railroad tickets or passes. A brief speech in favor of repealing the Fifteenth amendment will serve his purpose.

 

The Ithaca Band, Patrick Conway leader, front and center.

THE ITHACA BAND

And Miss Marsh at the Park Twice on Aug. 21.

   The [Cortland County] Traction company is pleased to announce the appearance of the popular Ithaca band at Cortland park, Friday, Aug. 21. This will be the last appearance of this organization in Cortland this year.

   At the two concerts given on that day the band will be made up of fifty members, the largest band perhaps ever seen in Cortland. The reason the company was enabled to procure a band of this size is as follows: the band has a two weeks engagement to play at Philadelphia commencing Aug. 24 and for that occasion the number is to be increased to fifty. Under the conditions they assemble one day earlier and give the Cortland park concerts Friday, leaving for Philadelphia next day

   Miss Lucy I. Marsh accompanies the band to Philadelphia as vocalist and will appear at both concerts at the park on Friday. Miss Marsh is too well known to Cortland audiences to [need any introduction as a soloist]. She will render a selection at each concert. This is a new departure for the band concerts in Cortland, but is said to be a pleasing addition.

   As usual two concerts will be given, one at 3:30 p. m. and the other at 8:30 in the evening, Admission free to [street] car passengers.

   Dancing and moving pictures at Cortland park to-night. Music by Cortland orchestra.

 

Death of Mrs. Fargo.

   Mrs. Sarah E. Fargo died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Chas. Alger, on North-ave., Cortland, yesterday at 3:30 o'clock. Her age was 67 years. Burial at Rhode Island cemetery at South Otselic tomorrow (Sunday).

 

Mallory Hall, formerly Taylor Hall, Cortland, N. Y.

NEW DANCING ACADEMY.

Dillon Brothers Secure and Fit up Old Taylor Hall.

   For the last few years Cortland has been accorded the honor of producing a class of dancers, who are unsurpassed in grace, culture and deportment. To dance well, is an accomplishment that every one appreciates; it is a mark of culture that leads to fashionable functions, and qualifies to make one's presence most desirable at all cultured social gatherings.

   The party goers of this city appreciate its value and much interest is being manifested in the new hall, which is being prepared and equipped especially for social purposes.

   The new Dancing academy which will be opened by Dillon Bros. Sept. 1 in Mallory hall, formerly Taylor hall, on Main-st., will be one of the finest in the state. The greatest care has been expended upon the floor, which has been dressed down to a perfectly smooth, glassy surface. This floor is larger than any other in the city, consequently each couple will have ample opportunity to dance with freedom and grace, and thus avoid the roughness of a too crowded floor.

   In selecting this location for dancing, health has been taken into consideration; the rooms will be high posted and properly ventilated, in order to guard against the impurities which are occasioned by a small, low posted hall.

   The dancing room has been painted green and red, and the walls and ceiling will be water colored. It will be illuminated by four large arc lights. At the south and east end of the hall, will be arranged palms and window seats, with pictures and mirrors on the walls, and there will be a retiring parlor, papered, painted, and equipped with rockers and corner seats, and also a separate smoking room for the gentlemen.

   A separate check room, with a boy in attendance, will be in order, furnishing a convenient place for wraps and head gear. A man will be employed the entire season to keep the floor in proper condition, and no attraction will be allowed, which will in any way be injurious to the dancing space. Basket ball will be in progress two nights each week, and in order to present to the public a schedule of fast games, the directors have arranged a series of parties for Saturday evening, which will help defray the guaranties required to book good teams.

   The City orchestra will furnish music, for nearly all the parties, and together with the band which will be engaged many times during the season the music will be among the best in the city.

   A new dance hall, well regulated, cared for and properly equipped, is just what the lovers of dancing are in need of, and it will undoubtedly be the scene of many social functions.

 

Operation for Appendicitis.

   Mrs. Henry Pflieger was taken home from the hospital Thursday afternoon after being there eight days and having had a successful operation performed by Dr. Sornberger for appendicitis. She was well on the way toward recovery when she went home.

 

TULLY NEXT TUESDAY.

To Try Conclusions With All-Cortland on Athletic Field.

   The All-Cortland baseball team will play the Tully team at Athletic field Tuesday afternoon the game being called at 3:30 o'clock.

   The Tully team is composed of players from Tully and nearby towns and has a good record. Cortland has won the last five games the team has played and the game should be a good one.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Ithaca has twenty automobiles.

   —Brockport is to get a new piano case factory after the style of the J. E. Davis Manufacturing Co. of this city.

   —The annual inspection of the Cortland fire department will be held Saturday afternoon, Aug. 22, at 1:30 p. m.

   —The Holden-Brown reunion will be held at the home of L. H. Austin one mile from Harford on the Virgil road on Thursday, Aug. 20.

   —A company of Ithaca capitalists are planning to build and operate a line of automobiles between the city and the Cornell university campus thinking that they will prove to be more popular than the trolley. They expect to get them going next year.