CORTLAND MAN RUN OVER BY D. L. & W. R. R. CARS

Cortland D. L. & W. R. R. depot

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, September 26, 1896.

RUN OVER BY CARS.

FELL FROM A BOX CAR WHILE CLIMBING ABOARD.

Edward Welch the Victim. Both Legs Cut off and Mangled by the 2:32  P. M. Southbound D., L. & W. Accommodation Train.

   The railroad has again to-day claimed another victim, but like the accident of yesterday no one was to blame but the unfortunate man himself. This time the party was Edward Welch, a young man about 30 years old, who lived at the corner of Railroad and Crandall-sts. He was at the D., L. & W. station when the 2:32 southbound accommodation train pulled in this afternoon. While the train was at the station Brakeman Adams discovered him between a couple of box cars preparing to steal a ride south, and he at once ordered him off.

   It appears though that Welch tried to get on again from the east side after the train started. He swung himself in between a gondola and a boxcar. While reaching for the ladder on the box car to climb up he lost his hold and fell across the rail. The remainder of the train, some seven or eight cars, passed over his legs close up to the body.

   His fall was discovered and Conductor Callahan stopped the train. The man was unconscious, but was breathing. Beard & Peck's ambulance was telephoned for, and also Coroner Moore. The man was removed to the hospital and Dr. Didama was summoned. Welch was just breathing when the hospital was reached.

   His brother Thomas arrived on the scene before the wounded man was taken inside. He had been told that some one who was thought to be his brother had been hurt. As he pushed up to the ambulance and caught sight of the face of the poor fellow and found that his fears were true, his grief became uncontrollable. Leaning forward over the head and shoulders of the man as he lay on the stretcher he sobbed as though his heart would break. The stretcher was carried inside and just then Father John [McLoghlin] arrived. It was evident to all that only a few more minutes of life remained and the priest at once performed the last rites.

   The man was not married, but is survived by his parents and three brothers, Thomas, Maurice and Patrick, and one sister, all of whom live in Cortland, and by another sister who lives out of town.

Was Carrying a Bouquet.

   Mr. A. D. Kingsbury, keeper of the Cortland county almshouse, told a STANDARD man that Taylor Bryant, the old gentleman who was killed yesterday by the special train on the Lehigh Valley trestle, asked him yesterday afternoon if he might carry a few flowers up to the Rev. Huntington Lyman, the retired minister who lives north of the county house. Mr. Kingsbury gave the permission and Bryant went out in the garden and picked a bouquet and started off about 1 o'clock, and that was the last seen of him alive at the county house.

   Mr. Kingsbury hadn't the slightest idea that Bryant would think of walking the railroad track, as the carriage road goes straight to Mr. Lyman's and is much easier to travel. Bryant had often carried flowers up to Mr. Lyman and always seemed to enjoy going there for a little visit, so that the request yesterday and the permission was nothing unusual.

Disposition of Bodies.

   Mr. A. D., Kingsbury, keeper of the Cortland county almshouse, within a few days has had a notice served upon him that in accordance with the law passed last winter his duty is to send to the Syracuse Medical college the bodies of all inmates of the almshouse who die there and whose bodies are not claimed and whose funeral expenses are not paid by their friends. He is no longer permitted to bury them in the almshouse cemetery, if the medical college desires them.

   Taylor Bryant, who was killed by the Lehigh Valley train yesterday, is not supposed to have a relative in the world. A telephone message was yesterday sent to the medical college, but the reply was that as the bones were so badly broken and the body mutilated they did not want it at all.

   Accordingly the remains were this afternoon at 4 o'clock taken to the almshouse cemetery and buried. A funeral service will be held in the almshouse chapel Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and will be conducted by Rev. L. E. Eastwood, pastor of the M. E. church of Homer, which church the unfortunate man used to attend every Sunday.

THE TOWN'S REPUTATION.

The Young Man Would Bet on Bryan Though He Expected He Must Pay.

   A prominent advocate of free silver in one of the towns of this county was a few days ago expressing a desire to place a bet that Bryan would carry New York state by 50,000 plurality. He talked a few minutes and a sound money man offered to take his bet in any sum from $1 to $500, but he became at once reluctant to bet. The Republican then offered to bet that McKinley would carry the state by 50,000 and the Bryan man would not take it. The Republican became earnest and increased his pluralities till he offered to wager that McKinley would carry the state by 300,000 plurality and still the Bryan backer, who had been so sure of his candidate's success, would not take the bet and at this last offer he left the room, while the crowd laughed.

   At this juncture a young man came forward and said that he didn't care to bet on New York, but he would wager a $5 hat that Bryan would be elected. The bet was taken at once, and then the young man confided to those present that he expected he would have to pay for the hat, but he was sorry to see their great free silver man so badly bluffed by a McKinley-ite and he would put up a small bet for the reputation of the town.

Republican League Meeting.

    On Monday evening, Sept. 28, a meeting of the Republican league will be held at its rooms on Railroad-st., when the Hon. Floyd B. Wilson of New York, and the Hon. A. P. Smith of Cortland will speak on the issues of this campaign. The glee club and drum corps will furnish music for the occasion. Mr. Wilson is an old campaigner and an able speaker. Some years ago Cortland people had the privilege of hearing him and will again make him heartily welcome.

   Judge Smith has recently returned from Europe brim full of new ideas, and will add to the interest and profit of the occasion.

   The public are most cordially invited.

   BY ORDER OF THE LEAGUE.

SHERIFF'S SALE

Of the Personal Property of the Hitchcock Plant To-day.

   The sale of the personal property of the Hitchcock Manufacturing company by Sheriff Hilsinger on executions took place this afternoon at the Elm-st. factory and at the foundry on Port Watson-st. Previous to the sale Attorneys H. A. Dickinson and B. A. Benedict interposed objections in the behalf of certain creditors to the sale taking place. The sale took place, however, and all the property was bid in by O. U. Kellogg. It was sold in rooms and the total amount paid was $10,073.

   James Devine of Syracuse, also sold personal property belonging to the receivers and all the right, title and interest of the receivers in the property in both factories for $ 8,430 to O. U. Kellogg, excepting one surrey, which was purchased by Frank Sears. The sale began at 12:30 and closed at 3 o'clock.

Frank Bush.

"A Girl Wanted."

   "Girl Wanted," the great comedy hit of last season and in which Frank Bush will entertain the theatre-goers of Cortland on Tuesday, Sept. 29, not only provides him with fine opportunities for the display of his astonishing versatility as an impersonator of different kinds of comic characters, but also gives rare opportunities for fun making to a large company of clever people. Mr. Bush's great and diverse skill as a comic impersonator is well-known. The part taken by him is that of an impecunious person who finds it to his advantage to disguise himself as several other people. In the course of the play he represents different races and both sexes. No more exuberant fun maker exists than Frank Bush. But the fun of the piece does not depend on him alone. There are a lot of other amusing personages, each distinctly drawn, who are involved in a very laughable story. The funny events of "Girl Wanted" occur in and on a flat building in New York.

CANAL MEN COMPLAIN.

General Electric Company Seriously Interferes With Navigation.

   NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—John G. Boyd, an attorney of this city, has sent to Attorney General Hancock a letter, which follows:

   "I have received authentic information to the effect that the Cataract General Electric Power and Conduit company, a corporation organized under the laws of this state, is now at work tearing up the tow path of the Erie canal within the blue line thereof in the city of Buffalo, and also setting electric poles on the bank of said canal between Buffalo and Tonawanda, thus seriously interfering with navigation on the canal, all of which is contrary to and in violations of provision 8 of article VII of the constitution of this state, which reads as follows:

   " 'The legislature shall not sell, lease or dispose of the Erie canal, the Oswego canal, the Champlain canal, the Cayuga and Seneca canal or the Black River canal; but they shall remain the property of the state and under its management forever.'

   "I have been instructed to call your attention to this matter, in order that you may take such official action as shall forthwith restrain and prevent further interference with the free use of the canal.

   "Should you desire to consult with me concerning this highly important state matter, I shall be pleased to call at your office in Albany for that purpose on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, if you will kindly inform me which of those days will be most convenient for you."

Lehigh Valley Black Diamond Express.

BLACK DIAMOND EXPRESS.

Always on Time—Made Forty-three Miles in Thirty-two Minutes.

   The "Black Diamond Express" on the Lehigh Valley road is fast becoming one of the most famous trains of the world. Up to Thursday it had already shared honors with the much advertised [New York Central] Empire State express. The Black Diamond, although instituted by the Lehigh but a short time ago, has become one of the most popular trains of the day and its capacity is being taxed. It is the boast of the officials and the boast has the record of the train to back it, that since its inauguration the train has arrived at its destination on time. This is a marvelous record. Naturally there have been many delays during a trip, but the time lost has always been made up.

   This was the case Thursday when the Black Diamond rolled into Sayre eighteen minutes late, and with the reputation of the train at stake it was necessary for the train to reach Buffalo when the clock was striking ten. In making up part of the lost time the engineer of the Black Diamond succeeded in smashing all railroad records in this part of the country. From Odessa to Geneva, on the main line, it is just forty-three miles, and timed accurately from Odessa to Geneva, the run of forty-three miles was made in thirty-two minutes! Where is the train that can claim a run its equal?

BREVITIES.

   —The A. O. U. W. will at its meeting next Friday night initiate two candidates.

   —The annual reunion of the Seventy-sixth New York Volunteers will be held this year at Ithaca, Oct. 7.

   —The East Side Spiders beat the West Side Giants at baseball this morning at the fair grounds by six scores.

   —A football game is in progress this afternoon at the fair grounds between the Normal and Central school teams.

   —New advertisements to-day are—A. Mahan, pianos and organs, page 6;

C. H. Guild & Co., nasalene, page 7; G. J. Mager & Co., dress goods, etc., page 6.

   —To-morrow (Sunday) there will be a meeting in the tent at the corner of Main and Miller-sts. at 3 o'clock P. M. Also services at 7:30 in the evening. It is the intention to continue these tent services another week.

   —The Y. M. C. A. gymnasium will be opened for the first this season on Monday evening, when the new secretary, F. K. Armstrong, and the new physical director, L. E. Edgcomb, will be present to meet the boys.

   —The other three sealed indictments brought in by the grand jury have been opened. They were against Joseph May, John Bailey and Frank Burk, charged with violating the liquor tax law. They have been admitted to bail.

   —A Cortland Republican has a list of the names of twenty-five lifelong Democrats who expect to vote for McKinley in November. He has also found five Republicans tainted with the silver sentiment who will vote for Bryan. He has inquired of others who are in a position to know and these five are all that he can find in Cortland. This is probably a fair sample of the way the votes will run all through the East.

McGRAWVILLE.

Crisp Local Happenings at the Corset City.

   Mr. Myron Withey is home for a few days. He informs us that the new farmhouse on William Yager's farm in Solon is nearly completed.

   Messrs. W. J. Mantanye, Edwin Robbins, F. H. Cobb and Dr. H. C. Gazley were among the Cortland people in town Friday.

   Miss Eda Harvey of Cincinnatus, who is attending teachers' examinations in Homer, is visiting at Luell Harvey's.

   Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Greenman called on friends in Cortland Thursday.

   Mr. Merton Travis commenced work in the Cortland Box Loope factory Thursday.

   Mr. Howard Tice of German is a guest at Lee Maybury's. Mr. Tice is attending the teachers' examinations in Homer.

   One of the wonders of modern carpenter's skill may be seen in the residence of W. H. Ensign on North-st. Where but a few days ago stood the old-fashioned dwelling, there now stands nearly completed a new and modern residence of handsome design and as substantial as a wood building could be built. In front a large bay window projects out upon a roomy veranda which extends across the front and south sides to a large two story bay on that side. Upon entering your reporter found himself in a hall 8 by 14 feet in size, from which stairs extend to the second story. On the left of the hall is the pleasant parlor 14 by 16; back of this is the diningroom 14 by 17 with its pleasant bay window facing the south. Besides these there is the kitchen 11 by 14, sleeping room 14 by 14, pantry 8 by 8 besides bath room and closets. Rear stairs from the kitchen took us to the second floor, where we found five large and pleasant sleeping rooms well supplied with closets. The house is supplied with hot air pipes as well as facilities for setting up stoves and taking it all together it is a model house.