BANQUET TO JUDGE ALTON B. PARKER

Alton B. Parker.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, September 21, 1896.

BANQUET TO JUDGE PARKER.

Tendered to Him by the Bar of Cortland at the Cortland House.

   The banquet tendered to [New York State Supreme Court] Judge Alton B. Parker at the Cortland House last Saturday evening by the bar of Cortland county was a remarkably pleasant and successful affair. The company began to assemble between 8 and 9 o'clock and the cozy parlor was soon comfortably filled. Those present were as follows: Judge Alton B. Parker, Mr. F. H. Parker, Judge J. E. Eggleston, ex-Judge Stratton S. Knox, ex-District Attorneys B. T. Wright, B. A. Benedict, H. L. Bronson and I. H. Palmer, County Clerk E. C. Palmer, Police Justice E. E. Mellon, Justices H. A. Dickinson. T. H. Dowd and J. H. Kelley, Hon. O. U. Kellogg, Hon. L. J. Fitzgerald, School Superintendent F. E. Smith, and Messrs. Hugh Duffey, Edwin Duffey, John Courtney, Jr., Jas. Dougherty, N. E. Miller, Geo. S. Sands, D. W. Van Hoesen, E. C. Alger, F. W. Collins, F. G. Straat, John F. Wilson and Wm. H. Clark.

   About 10 o'clock the diningroom was thrown open and the guests sat down to a banquet prepared and served in the faultless manner for which Landlord Smith is becoming so well known. The tables were arranged in the form of a Maltese cross, Judge Parker sat at the head, with Judge Eggleston at his right and Hon. O. U. Kellogg at his left. After the banquet had received due attention and cigars were lighted, Judge Eggleston rose and said that he had been requested in behalf of the bar of Cortland to voice their regard and warm friendship for Judge Parker, as an expression of which the banquet had been given. He referred to the boyhood friendship between the judge and himself, when they lived on adjoining farms—a friendship which had continued ever since; of the interest which the judge had always manifested in his native place, and of the pride which his old friends had taken in his success. 

   Judge Parker in responding referred to the old days when he had attended school in Cortland and dropped into the court house to hear the cases on trial, and where he had been inspired with the desire to become a lawyer himself. He had always retained his interest in Cortland, and it had seemed to him like home. He had suggested a desire on his part to hold a term of court here, that he might come closer to the members of the Cortland county bar and grow to be better acquainted with them, and the matter had been kindly taken up and arrangements made for his present very pleasant visit to the place. He referred to the former leaders of the bar here, and said that he had found those taking their places who fully maintained the standard which had then been set up. He closed with graceful acknowledgments of the courtesies and cordiality which had been shown him.

   There was a liberal amount of wit in circulation both before and after the banquet, songs were sung which were roundly applauded, and stories told which called out shouts of laughter. Reminiscences of Judge Parker's school days, and performances of some of his schoolmates then and in later years, were also brought up and contributed to the general enjoyment. The company broke up just before midnight with cordial handshakings and with memories of an occasion specially pleasant to every one.

CALENDAR CLOSED.

And Court Adjourned Till the Grand Jury Can Report.

   Court reconvened this morning at 10 o'clock. The first case was James T. Keenan vs. Bridget Brady. This was an action to recover the balance upon the sale of a piano. Tried. Verdict for plaintiff for $254.08. Kellogg & Van Hoesen for plaintiff. Mills & Tully for defendant.

   The case of Ellis M. Santee vs. The Standard Publishing Co. (Syracuse

Standard) was put over the term. H. L. Bronson for plaintiff. White & Cheney for defendant. This closed the calendar.

   The following equity case was also brought before Judge Parker and was disposed of. The case was William Beattie and Charles Teale, as administrators with will annexed of Washington Beattie, deceased, and William Beattie as executor of the last will and testament of William Beattie, deceased, vs. James Beattie, Bertha May Beattie, Fred Hatch, William W. Wright, Florence E. Conine, as administratrix of the estate of Frank P. Conine deceased, Ella V. King, Samuel Willis, William Payne, Samuel O'Neil and Adrian Cummings, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church of Tully, their successors in office, and Edward Cartright, defendants. This is an action to recover a judgment amounting to $608.94 and to obtain an order for the sale of certain real estate for the payment of the same. An order was granted by the court making it a lien upon said lands. William C. Crombie was appointed as referee to sell and convey the same, and to pay it in accordance with the degrees.

   The court then adjourned till Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, when it is expected that the grand jury will be ready to report.

PROBABLY STOLEN.

Hired a Horse and Carriage Last Thursday. Not Yet Returned.

   Liveryman C. B. Peck last Thursday let a stranger have a horse for the day, expecting the rig to be returned that night. The day before he let the same man have a rig to drive to Groton and he returned all right. Neither the rig nor driver having yet returned. It is suspected that the rig has been stolen and this morning the following card was issued and sent to all parts of the surrounding country:

FIFTY DOLLARS REWARD.

   Driven from the livery stable of C. B. Peck, Cortland, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1896, and now supposed to be stolen. One grey horse, weight about 1,000 pounds, two scars on back side of horse—one each side of tail where he had been kicked. Harness, no check and had on fly net. Carriage, piano body, black, with carmine running gear with wide black striping, rubber top. Heavy lap blanket in buggy with number 1,230 on it. Supposed thief, man about 5 ft. 6 in. tall, short side whiskers, weight about 145 pounds and about 45 years old, said to be in phosphate business. If stolen, $25 will be paid for the return of the property to owner and $25 for the arrest and conviction of the thief or get any clue, telegraph sheriff or chief of police, Cortland, N. Y.

FARMER BURIED ALIVE.

Horrible Whitecap Outrage In Northern Ohio.

PARENT AND CHILDREN FLOGGED.

The Father Terribly Beaten, Then Buried Alive, Only to Be Dug Up and

Again Beaten—The Outrage Suppressed For Some Time.

   TOLEDO, Sept. 21. —The whitecaps have created another sensation in this country by whipping a man named Huntsman, who lives at Holland Station, 10 miles from here, and burying him alive.

   The story has only leaked out although the outrage, according to the police, was committed on Sept. 9.

   The Huntsman's were under threats and were afraid to communicate to the authorities the story, but neighbors learned of the facts and informed the police.

   The facts, as reported to the police, are that two of the Huntsman children coming from the postoffice were picked up on the road by two men in a buggy and accused of stealing a pocketbook containing $80.

   The next night a party of men came to the Huntsman house, and after calling Huntsman out of bed seized and dragged him outside and beat and abused him in a frightful manner.

   Then they carried him to a grave, and putting him in it covered him with earth. After a while they dug him up again.

   Then they beat and abused him a second time and finally buried him again.

   Then they dug him up for a second time and again lashed him and then drove him away.

   The two children were also lashed.

   The affair occurred about midnight.

   Huntsman is a respectable, well-to-do farmer.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

"Cancel, if Bryan Wins."

   Manufacturers and business houses throughout the manufacturing state of Connecticut, who supply goods for the holiday trade, report that they are now receiving orders with political conditions attached. Large orders have been received at many of the factories in the state but, as they are qualified orders, the manufacturers are not deriving much satisfaction from their receipt. The letters accompanying the orders have the following or similar postscripts:

   "This order is understood to be cancelled in the event of Bryan's election."

   "We shall not want these goods unless McKinley is elected."

   "Ship the enclosed order if the election goes against Bryan."

   A large Western patent medicine house, accustomed to place extensive contracts for advertisements with the newspapers of the state, in renewing contracts now provides that it may cancel them in case Bryan is elected.

   Business men say that such methods of doing business show what is feared in the commercial world and give expression to the widespread belief that unparalleled disaster awaits the business interests of the country if Bryan is elected. Six months of business under Bryan would make people look back on even the present hard times as a kind of commercial and industrial paradise.

A Double-Dyed Hypocrite.

   Two state conventions of the same political party declaring within three months' time, first in favor of gold and then in favor of silver, do not by any means present the worst feature of political dishonesty and stultification which the present campaign has produced.

   Anarchist Altgeld, howling for silver and inserting a gold clause in all his lenses, and "Bill" Stewart, owner of silver mines and mouthpiece of silver in the United States senate, insisting that all his mortgages and interest shall be paid in gold, have for some time been greatly in evidence. They are only samples, however, of almost the entire gang with which they are training, so far as it owns any property. The only one who seems to have made any personal sacrifice for the silver cause up to date is Bank President "Sinjun" of New York City, who has lost his place and salary by advocating dishonest money.

   ◘ The New York Tribune has exploded another bomb in the free silver camp and exposed another hypocrite by publishing contracts made by Arthur Sewall, Popocratic candidate for vice-president, only a short time since, in which he requires that the money to be paid him shall be "in United States gold, or its equivalent." This political pretender, in other words, is hedging against the possibility of his own election. No matter whether the wages of his employees would be cut in two [or] the middle by free silver—he would make money by such a condition of affairs—he proposes that all debts due Mr. Sewall shall be paid in gold, and unblushingly declares to those from whom he extorts these gold clauses that gold is the basis on which [he] transacts business.

BREVITIES.

   —Closed [trolley] car No. 10 was this morning placed on the McGrawville division.

   —A two-seated platform wagon had a rear spring broken Sunday afternoon while being driven through Main-st.

   —That part of Railroad st. on which the brick has been laid is to-day being rolled with the heavy iron roller to press the brick down into the bed of sand.

   —Genial John H. Mourin of the Glen Haven sanitarium has recently sold a standard bred colt, four months old, for the sum of $400.—Moravia Register.

   —The sale of the stock of Ament & Brazie, which was advertised to take place this morning, was adjourned to Saturday, Sept. 20, at 10 o'clock A. M.

   —Mr. Edward Meacham, a well-known resident of Marathon, died at his home in that place on Saturday. The funeral services were held this afternoon at 2 o'clock.

   —New advertisements to-day are—F. Daehler, walking suits, page 4; Case, Ruggles & Bristol, new fall goods, page 6; Rev. W. H. Pound, lecture at Opera House, page 4.

   —The Lehigh Valley annually buys about 700,000 railroad ties. Oak ties come mostly from Kentucky and bring 62 cents apiece, the pine ones are from Florida and Georgia and are worth 50 cents each.

   —On Wednesday and Thursday of this week there will be extra cars to the Dryden fair, and these cars will run through without change. Passengers can leave here at 8:50 A. M. and return at 8:17 P. M. There is a close connection every day at Freeville, for these trains and also for the 1:42 train, but a change of cars is necessary.

   —Mrs. T. A. Price, 70 Railroad-st., is packing a barrel for Miss Mary A. Sharp's work in Africa. Any wishing to assist Miss Sharp may do so by leaving their contributions with Mrs. Price, Monday or Tuesday, Sept. 21 or 22. Canned fruit, meat, canned beef or shelled beans, butter packed in pails, clothing for children, will be gladly received.

   —The Binghamton Presbytery meets at Windsor this week. Rev. J. J. Cowles, the retiring moderator, will make an address at the meeting this evening. Delegates will be elected to attend the New York synod, which will be held in Brooklyn on the third Tuesday in October. Mr. H. F. Benton left this morning to represent the Cortland Presbyterian church.