KILLED BY A LEHIGH VALLEY R. R. ENGINE

Lehigh Valley R. R. Engine.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, September 25, 1896.

KILLED BY AN ENGINE.

TAYLOR BRYANT CAUGHT WHILE CROSSING THE TRESTLE.

An Inmate of the County Home—Formerly Lived in Solon—It Was a Special Train on the Lehigh Valley Road with the

 General Superintendent on Board.

   An accident occurred at about 1:30 o'clock this afternoon on the Lehigh Valley railroad by which Taylor Bryant lost his life. The victim was a man about 65 years of age and had for the past seven years been an inmate of the Cortland county almshouse, having been committed from Solon, though he was a native of Truxton. Bryant was crippled in his right hand and was not very spry or active. He had been a kind of general utility man at the almshouse and was well known to all who had occasion to visit that institution.

   This afternoon a special train was going west over the road running five minutes ahead of the regular express train which passes Cortland at 1:42 o'clock. The train consisted of engine 526 under the control of Engineer Frank Knight and a single passenger car in which were General Superintendent R. H. Wilbur, Second Vice-President R. H. Sayre and some other officials. The train was in charge of Conductor W. H. Shepard.

   Just north of a highway leading from the Loring corner by the old willow tree over to the county house there are three trestles about eight or ten feet high over a spot that is marshy in wet weather. The one farthest north is about sixty feet long.

   The special train was coming toward Cortland at the rate of about forty miles an hour. In the engine with the regular engineer and fireman was Mr. M. A. Ellis, the oldest engineer on the Lehigh Valley road in point of service, who is now acting as train inspector and is located in Cortland for the time being. Mr. Ellis told a STANDARD man that when some distance above the third bridge they discovered an old man walking toward them on the track, but not until they were within about four hundred feet of him could they distinguish the fact that he was on a trestle, and not on the track itself, where he could not step off as they approached.

   Instantly the engineer closed the throttle, applied the air brakes and whistled vigorously. The man paid no attention. Instead of jumping from the bridge or falling off it or making any attempt to save himself he continued to walk toward them, and was then in about the middle of the bridge. The speed of the train was slackened and the brakes worked perfectly, but with only one car for them to work upon there was not enough power to hold the engine and at the time the man was struck probably the speed had not been reduced over ten miles an hour. When the engine was about ten feet from the man he for the first time looked up, then threw up his hands, and was appearing to halt as he disappeared in front of the locomotive.

   He was not a tall men and the brake-beam must have struck him full in the face, for his face was smashed to a pulp. He was thrown from the track off into the meadow, and when an examination was made it was found that he must have been instantly killed and that nearly every bone in his body was broken.

   The train was stopped, a flag man was sent back to signal the regular train. Mr. Ellis directed the special train to proceed to Cortland and assisted by two men who were shoveling coal at the Loring station picked up the remains of the unfortunate man and placed them in the baggage car of the regular train and brought them to Cortland.

   Coroner Moore was summoned and recognized the victim as Taylor Bryant at the county house. When the facts were stated to him he decided that no inquest was needed. Beard & Peck's ambulance was telephoned for and the remains were taken up to the morgue where they were prepared for burial.

   C. T. Peek was one of the men who was present at the morgue when the remains were brought in and he made the remark that he had known Bryant when he lived in Solon and that the Republicans had lost one vote this fall by the accident. He said that each year Bryant used to walk to Solon to vote and had always voted the Republican ticket.

William J. Bryan.

BRYAN AT NEW HAVEN.

Constantly Annoyed by Disorderly Conduct of Yale Students.

   NEW HAVEN, Sept. 25.—Five hundred Yale students assisted by a band of the First regiment of National Guards broke up the address by Mr. Bryan here.

   The platform had been erected on the historical New Haven green and about that platform for more than an hour before the nominee arrived from 10,000 to 15,000 people surged to and fro. To the right of the stand the students had congregated awaiting the arrival of the nominee.

   At 2:15 o'clock Mr. Bryan was driven through the crowd to the platform. Immediately all was confusion in front. The students broke forth on their college cheer of the frog chorus from Aristophanes, followed with three long Yales, nine 'rahs, a Yale and "McKinley."

   The crowd surged to and fro and in front of the stand a dozen policemen fought it from the platform. There were cheers for the nominee, but from the right of the stand the students repeatedly broke forth with their yell, and for 25 minutes it was impossible for Mr. Bryan to make himself heard.

   Joseph B. Sargent, the Democratic nominee for governor, who was to introduce Mr. Bryan, tried to quiet the yelling mob in front, and his introduction could not be heard 10 feet away.

   In vain did Mr. Bryan attempt to restore order, but it was many minutes before anything like quiet was restored. Then the crowd began to surge again, and the police to fight those in front. Women fainted and several persons were taken from the crowd overcome by the crush.

   The police used their clubs and one of their number, mounted on a spirited horse, forced the animal in front of the stand, nearly creating a panic. Then again Mr. Bryan tried to speak, but was interrupted by the yells of the students.

   This lasted altogether for 25 minutes, and when at last the noise had subsided sufficiently for him to make himself heard by those immediately in front he started to speak. As he proceeded the noise quieted, but every few minutes it would be interrupted by the frog chorus.

   Never before has such systematic Yale cheering been heard in New Haven. According to one of the students the whole affair was prearranged, one of the students saying before the meeting, "Bryan will wish he had never come to Yale's town."

   Whenever Mr. Bryan made a telling point his sympathizers began to shout their approval, but the students with their systematized yell drowned everything. The brek-a-ka-kex, with the regular Yale cheer appended, and "McKinley" as a trailer.

   The noise was practically incessant, and anything like a speech was impossible. Time and again Mr. Bryan held up his arms, imploring quiet. At length, in a final effort, the, nominee shouted that order must be maintained. At this juncture Colt's band of Hartford, accompanying Company K of the First regiment, C. N. G., which was being entertained by the local company of the Naval Reserves, marched toward the stand, playing loudly. This capped the climax, and when the students gave vent to another long cheer Mr. Bryan took his seat, and the meeting was at an end.

   In speaking of his reception Mr. Bryan said that he did not attribute it to the sober-minded citizens of New Haven, but to the younger members of the Yale college. He said he thought the boys were on a lark and did not represent the sentiment of the citizens or of the students of the university.

1893 Map of Cuba.

EVENTS IN CUBA.

Insurgents Blow Up a Mail Train With Dynamite.

   HAVANA, Sept. 25.—The insurgents have blown up with dynamite a mail train from Puerto Principe. Five soldiers of the escort were wounded.

   The tobacco fields of the San Antonio plantation, Matanzas, have been burned by the insurgents.

   The queen regent has pardoned Oscar Zubizurretta, a nephew of the war minister, who had been sentenced to death for taking part in the insurrection.

   At the railroad station of Villaneuva, this province, the police have captured a quantity of mahogany which had been hollowed out and used to transport arms and ammunition to the insurgents.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

The Cubans.

   Clarence King furnishes in The Forum a striking paper on the exploits and methods of warfare of the Cuban insurgents. There is a dash, a roar and a breathlessness about his Cuban heroes that communicates itself somehow to Mr. King's style of description. It may be said that his sympathies are all on the side of the Cubans.

   He writes from intimate knowledge of their movements and of their leaders. He says he knew of the rebellion long before it began. He has traveled widely through the fair, desolated island. He quotes an extract from a writing by the Spanish minister, De Lome, in which the Spaniard says: "Maceo is a mulatto, Maximo Gomez a Dominican, Miro a Spanish bandit, and the only Cubans are Masso and Santa Lucia, two enthusiasts."

   Mr. King then proceeds to show what this pitiable group of men, as De Lome paints them, have accomplished in one year. Beginning with July 5, last year, he follows step by step the important engagements that have taken place. Near Manzanillo Martinez Campos himself fell into an ambuscade and only escaped by pretending to be severely wounded and having himself carried in a hammock across the battlefield, although he was entirely unhurt, "knowing that the Cubans make it a point of honor never to fire upon or in any way molest a gravely wounded enemy.'' One can only say that in this respect the Cubans are vastly more humane than their enemies.

   Repeatedly the Cubans have broken the trocha. They have devastated the island from one end to the other; they have won victory after victory, as narrated by Clarence King. He gives the most detailed account yet printed from the Cuban side in regard to the patriot military operations.

Sectarian Schools.

   Our country glories in its religious toleration. All sects, all creeds and beliefs may repose safely under its spreading banners. But when the tenets of any sect are in direct conflict to the fundamental principles of our constitution then it is no longer liberty, but unbridled license. Our government demands that taxable citizens shall pay for the support of our public schools. They are free, open to all, Pagan, Jew, Catholic or Mohammedan, and every loyal citizen should recognize this demand as consistent with justice, but when the Romish, un-American alien, under the influence of a foreign policy, attempts to build a system of sectarian schools with the public fund now used in the maintenance of our free schools, then I say this spirit is hostile to the nation and is in the interests of the temporal power of the Church of Rome.—Rev. Claude Raboteau, Jersey City.

United States First Things.

   The first telegraph wire was hung in 1836.

   The first scientific periodical was issued in 1797.

   Tinware was first made in this country in 1770.

   The first stereotyping was done in 1814 in New York.

   Houses were first numbered in Philadelphia in 1811.

   The first omnibus plied to and fro in New York in 1830.

   The first United States piano was made in Boston in 1823.

   The first sewing silk was patented by an American in 1846.

   The first stone paving for streets was laid in New York in 1658.

   Tobacco was first grown for export in this country in 1616.

   The first public schools were opened in 1645 in Massachusetts.

   Salt was first boiled in this country at Syracuse, N. Y., in 1787.

   Umbrellas were introduced into America from England in 1772.

   The first observatory was located at Williamstown, Mass., in 1836.

   The first steam stationary engine was put up in Philadelphia.

   The first anti-slavery society was organized in 1775 at Philadelphia.

   The first submarine cable was laid from this country to Europe in 1857.

   The first straw paper made in this country was manufactured in 1828.

   The first street lighting in this country was done in New York in 1697.

   Rice was first grown in 1695 from seed brought from the East Indies.

   The first American theatre was opened in 1720 in the city of New York.

   The first public library was established in New York in the year 1700.

   The first Lombardy poplar in America was planted in Michigan in 1785.

   The first paper mill was put in operation at Roxsborough, Pa., in 1690.

   The first American telescope was put in position at Yale college in 1830.

   The first gold pens were made by hand in 1840 in the city of New York.

   The first turnpike road was laid between Lancaster and Philadelphia in 1794.

   Brass pins were first made in New York by English machinery in the year 1812.

   The first sugar manufactured in this country was made in New Orleans in 1796.

   The first table cutlery made in the United States was in Greenfield, Mass., in 1834.

   The first night watchmen were licensed by the New York common council in 1697.

   The first temperance society in the United States was organized in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1808.

   Philadelphia was the first city to issue a directory, its first edition coming out in 1775.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat.

A Change of Name.

   The Cortland Harness & Carriage Goods Co. has discontinued the manufacture of harnesses and is hereafter to give its whole attention to the manufacture of steel and leather covered bow sockets, forged shifting rails and top joints, and a line of carriage trimmings and saddlery specialties. It has also enlarged its line of bicycle forgings and added several new features in bicycle hubs and lock jointed fork sides, etc. In connection with this dropping of the line of harnesses it has also changed its name to the Cortland Carriage Goods Co., by which title will hereafter be known.

Cortland Hospital on North Main Street.

HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION

To Hold Its Annual Meeting on Monday, Oct. 5, at 3:30 o'clock.

   The sixth annual meeting of the Cortland Hospital association will be held at the hospital Monday, Oct. 5, at 3:30 P. M. At that meeting there will be elected seven members of the board of managers in place of Mrs. M. E. Doud, Mrs. F. N. Harrington, Mrs. F. H. Cobb, Mrs. Hugh Duffey, Mrs. A. D. Squires, Mrs. A. E. Heath, and Mrs. J. E. Hyatt, whose terms of office will expire on that day. An advisory board will also be elected in place of the following: Rev. J. A. Robinson, Messrs. Robert Purvis, H. F. Benton, B. F. Taylor, T. H. Wickwire, F. E. Whitmore, C. F. Brown, Ernest M. Hulbert and E. E. Mellon.

   All who contribute annually the sum of $2 or more to the maintenance of the hospital are members of the association, and are urged to attend this annual meeting. All friends feeling an interest in the institution will be gladly and cordially welcomed.

Mahan's music store on Court Street, Cortland, N. Y..

BREVITIES.

   —The shoe stores are now open evenings.

   —One tramp occupied the cooler last night.

   —Mr. Mahan sold a fine piano to the school board at Union recently and delivered it yesterday.

   —The entering class at Cornell university numbers 550. Last year it was 489, an increase of 61.

   —The meeting of the Bryan and Sewall club last night was addressed by Mr. G. A. Bailey of Cardiff, a student at the Normal.

   —New advertisements to-day are—Bacon, Chappell & Co., dress goods, page 5; C. F. Brown, no question, page 4.

   —There have been two attempts at highway robbery near DeRuyter within a few days. In both cases the highwaymen came off second best.

   —The price of cows is reported high this fall. It takes from $25 to $35 to buy anything, and in some cases $40 has been paid.—Cazenovia Republican.

   —Through an oversight yesterday in mentioning the survivors of the late John E. Peck, mention of his wife, who resides at Portland, Me., and of his daughter, Miss Helen Peck of Cortland, was omitted.

   —Mr. Duncan MeKellar of Dryden, the old gentleman who was struck by the wheels on the track during a bicycle race at the Dryden fair Wednesday, is getting along well and is expected to be all right in a few days.

   —R. J. Brady, who drives a delivery team for Coon Brothers, bakers, slipped and fell while getting out of his wagon in front of J. O. Yates' store on Railway-ave. at 11:30 this morning. Dr. Higgins reduced the fracture.

   —The Dillon brothers, John and Harry, who appear in "A Girl Wanted'' at the Opera House next Tuesday night have several new songs, among them being "Johnnie Took the One I Wanted," "King of Coney Island" and, "Godfrey's Ball."

   —The operation performed last Monday by Dr. Kirkendall at Ithaca for the removal of a cataract from the eye of Mrs. J. S. Barber of Cortland was successful in every respect. Mrs. Barber is doing well and there is every reason to believe that she will fully recover her sight.

   —The Marathon Independent has abandoned the old blanket sheet and appears this week as a six-column eight-page paper. It is of convenient size, is well printed and looks wonderfully improved. Editor Adams publishes an excellent local newspaper and he is to be congratulated upon his new move.