GEN. BARATIERI'S TRIAL AND CORTLAND COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY MEETING

Gen. Oreste Baratieri.

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, June 13, 1896.

GENERAL BARATIERI'S TRIAL.

Advocate General Demands a Sentence of Ten Years Imprisonment.

   MASSOWAH, June 13.—The advocate general, in closing his address for the prosecution at the trial by court-martial of General Baratieri, the Italian commander who was defeated by the Abyssinians at Adowa on March 1 with the loss of 12, 500 men killed and wounded, demanded that the general be sentenced to 10 years confinement in a fortress with the attendant penalties.

   The indictment brought against General Baratieri charged him with having inexcusably ordered an attack upon the  enemy's force in circumstances which, as the result showed, rendered inevitable the defeat of his troops, and with having left the chief command from 12:30 on March 1, until 9 o'clock on March 3, thus producing a deadlock, and with having failed to give any instructions or orders, or to take any measures with the view of mitigating the consequences of the Italian defeat.

   Under the last two counts of this indictment General Baratieri was liable, under the military penal code, to the death penalty or the maximum period of imprisonment.

   The advocate general, however, did not ask for the infliction of the extreme penalty, as there were extenuating circumstances urged in the mistake committed by Colonel Albertone in prematurely delivering a general attack and in the isolated action of the Dabormida brigade.

   ROME, June 13.—The trial of General Baratieri has been concluded and it is reported that the defendant has been acquitted, as the tribunal was equally divided on the question of sustaining the charges against him.

Appointments by the Regents.

   ALBANY, June 13.—Secretary of the State Board of Regents Dewey has appointed from the civil service eligible list Professor Jones of Swartmore, Pa., as literature inspector and Professor Charles Davidson of Cleveland as English inspector of the Regents' university. The salary accompanying these positions is $2,400 a year.

Dr. H. T. Dana.

ANNUAL MEETING

Of the Cortland County Medical Society, June 12.

   The eighty-eighth annual meeting of the Cortland County Medical society was held at the supervisors' rooms in Cortland yesterday afternoon. The meeting was called to order at 2 o'clock by the president, Dr. A. J. White. Those members present during the meeting were Drs. Bennett, Dana, Edson, Higgins, Reese, Sornberger and White of Cortland; White and Green of Homer; Hendrick and Smith of McGrawville, Trafford and Smith of Marathon and Braman of Cuyler.

   After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting and the annual reports of the secretary and treasurer, the board of censors retired to act on the name of Dr. I. A. Beach, a candidate for admission to the society, and reported favorably on the same and, on motion, Dr. Beach was elected a member of the society.

   Dr. Higgins then gave an interesting account of the annual meeting of the

American Medical association at Atlanta in May and spoke of some of the papers presented and of the prominent men who attended.

   Dr. Green then read a paper on "Pioneers of the Cortland County Medical Society," giving a sketch of the organization of the society and of the lives of its founders and earlier members.

   On motion a vote of thanks given to Dr. Green for his paper and, on motion, it was requested that the paper be prepared in suitable form and inserted in the minutes of the society.

   Dr. C. E. Bennett followed with an interesting and exhaustive paper on "Locomotor Ataxia," which was generally discussed by the members.

   Dr. A. J. White then gave the president's annual address, being a resume of the rise and fall of many of the fads in medicine during the century nearly passed and the successes as well as failures of remedies for various diseases which from time to time had been put forth as sure cures, many of them only to die an ephemeral death. Dr. White's address was received with applause.

   This concluded the literary part of the program and the annual election of officers and delegates for the ensuing year then followed with this result:

   President—Dr. C. B. Trafford.

   Vice-president—Dr. L. T. White.

   Secretary and Treasurer—Dr. F. H. Green.

   Board of Censors—Drs. H. C. Hendrick, C. E. Bennett, F. W. Higgins, A. J. White and H. T. Dana.

   Delegate to the New York State Medical society—Dr. F. W. Higgins.

   Delegates to the American Medical association—Drs. F. D. Reese, H. C. Hendrick, A. J. White and H. S. Edson.

   Delegates to the Central New York Medical association—Drs. F. H. Forshee and C. E. Bennett.

   Delegates to county societies—Onondaga , Dr. F. H. Green; Chenango, Dr. M. L. Halbert; Tioga, Dr. R. L. Smith; Broome, Dr. M. R. Smith; Tompkins, Dr. H. S. Braman; Cayuga, Dr. S. J. Sornberger.

   Drs. P. M. Neary, R. L. Smith and Benj. Kinyon were appointed to present papers at the quarterly meeting in September and Drs. H. C. Hendrick, L. T. White and M. R. Smith, papers at the semi-annual meeting in December.

   The secretary then read an invitation from the physicians of Marathon inviting the society to come to Marathon for the semi-annual meeting in December and, on motion, the invitation was unanimously accepted with thanks. On motion, the meeting then adjourned.

Cortland Hospital on North Main Street.

Died at the Hospital.

   Mrs. Parthenia Hammond of McLean, who was brought to the Cortland hospital Thursday morning for an operation to remove an obstruction of the bile duct, died at the hospital yesterday at the age of 63 years, 1 month and 20 days. The deceased leaves two sons and one daughter, T. C. Hammond of Newark, N. J., E. B. Hammond of New York, and Miss Emma Stillman of Cortland. The remains have been taken to her home in McLean and the funeral will be held there to-morrow.

A CORTLAND MAN'S VICTORY.

A. M. Schermerhorn Wins Sportsmens' E. C. Cup at Buffalo.

   The following is from the Buffalo Commercial of June 11:

   The visiting sportsmen had another good day at Audubon park yesterday.

There was no hitch to mar the occasion. Every expert at the shoot had a desire for the E. C. cup, which went to the winner of the E. C. Powder event, and it proved to be the most interesting of the afternoon. McVey and Sim Glover were in the first squad and each killed forty-six out of the possible fifty birds. This score was not touched by the shooters in the next seven squads, although Elliott, McMurchy and other good ones were included among the number.

   In the ninth squad Ed Fulford began making a good score and the spectators watched with breathless interest while he cracked away to the monotonous call by the judge of "dead." Fulford forged along, killing twenty-four out of the first twenty-five. In the next twenty-five he missed the eighteenth and finally lost another. He had but a few birds to go and a straight would still land him ahead of the forty-six-score men, but he fluked on the next to the last bird and tied with McVey and Glover.

   But the winner was still to come. In the twelfth squad an expert, masquerading under the pseudonym of A. M. S., killed all but two birds, giving him a score of forty-eight and first prize. Gates also beat the forty-six men, making a score of forty-seven, good for second money.

   The "A. M. S." named in the above item is Mr. A. M. Schermerhorn of this village. Mr. Schermerhorn's victory can only be fully appreciated when it is known that J. J. Elliott, who was one of the contesting sportsmen, is the champion wing-shot of America.

   After "Abe"' had made his great score, the sportsmen extemporized a triumphal chariot from a wheelbarrow, put him in it and had a grand parade with the barrow at the head. Finally, to give added weight to the affair, they loaded in a 300-lb. Dutchman also, but this proved too much both for the wheelbarrow and for "Abe," and the celebration closed.

   Mr. Schermerhorn used in the contest a Lefevre gun, made at Syracuse.

   The cup awarded Mr. Schermerhorn is of solid silver, about 15 inches high, handsomely engraved and valued at $50. His friends are insisting that it be placed on exhibition in Nourse's window, and the chances are that his modesty will be so far overcome that the public will have a look at the cup.

   Along with the cup went 10 per cent of the entry moneys, the per centage amounting in this case to between $20 and $30. Mr. Schermerhorn also won a $60 gun in the "Merchandise" shoot, including marksmen from this state. In this contest there were 114 entries.

   This item will be as much of a surprise to "Abe" as his victory was to the sportsmen, but The STANDARD was fortunate in having a "special artist on the spot" in the person of Mr. L. F. Stillman,  to whom we are indebted for the facts stated.

BREVITIES.

   —New advertisements to-day are: A. Mahan, at home, page 4.

   —The platform at the D., L. & W. station has been replanked.

   —Weather permitting McDermott's orchestra will give a concert at the park to-morrow afternoon at 8 o'clock.

   —Undertaker E. B. Fletcher went to McDonongh yesterday with the remains of Miss Maud Morehouse for interment.

   —The young ladies of Mrs. E. J. Cotton's class in the Congregational Sunday-school are picnicking at Glen Haven to-day.

   —One tramp occupied the cooler last night. He said his name was John Sergeant and that he was on his way from Michigan to Vermont. He was permitted to proceed.

   —There will be a dance at the park to-night. McDermott's orchestra will furnish music. Cars will run at frequent intervals. The last [street] car will leave the park at 11 o'clock.

   —Mrs. Arthur Webb's kindergarten school picnicked at the park to-day. There were eighteen of them and they went up on a special car at about 9 o'clock this morning.

   —The Cortland Specialty Co. to-day began shutting down the works for a regular Saturday holiday during the summer season. The works will hereafter run ten hours a day for five days in a week.

   —The Cortland Normal school has just received its medal and diploma for "excellence of equipment and results" in its exhibit at the World Fair. Its exhibit was among the finest among the educational exhibits of all kinds in the state.

   —It seems a question what Cortland or Cortland county would do now without the hospital. Every few days there is an accident case taken there, and people come to it from all sides for operations. It is becoming more valuable and essential every day and, in its present quarters and under the direction of Mrs. Hanks, the very efficient and capable head nurse, and her corps of assistants, it is reaching a degree of excellence never before attained.