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CONSTANTINO
ELECTROCUTED.
Five
Shocks Were Necessary—Flesh Was Badly Scorched.
AUBURN, N. Y., June 23.—Guiseppi Constantino
paid the penalty for the death of his fellow countryman, Pietro Galliotti.
The execution was a fairly successful one.
Five shocks were necessary to produce death.
Constantino entered the chamber accompanied by
the two priests, who had been attending him during his last hours. He walked to
the death chair without any show of fear. He muttered prayers as he walked
across the chamber, and did not once look about him. His lips continued to move
as the straps were being adjusted. He was very pale, but was not trembling.
The current that caused death was of 1,840
volts. The shocks were of one minute duration, with brief intervals between them.
The five shocks were necessary because of
the imperfect contact of the electrode in the man's leg. It had to be removed
and made wet with water. It had dried before the first shock was given. Save
for this, the electrocution was entirely successful.
The smell of burning flesh was quite distinct
in the chamber after the first shock had been given.
Insurance
Company Incorporated.
ALBANY, June 23.—There was incorporated with
the secretary of state the Patrons of Industry Fire Insurance company of
Saratoga county. The company will transact a town and county co-operative fire
insurance business. Among the directors are Benjamin Hutchins, R. H. Seaman,
George H. Wood, George E. Knox and Seymour Brown of Saratoga county.
Mutual
Fire Insurance.
ALBANY, June 23.—The Merchants' and Farmers'
Mutual Fire insurance company of Schoharie and Albany counties was incorporated
with the secretary of state. The principal office of this company is at Middleburg,
Schoharie county, and its officers are David Frisbie, George D. Frisbie and D.
Beekman of Middleburg.
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Our
Fighting Ships Lead the World.
JOHN
BULL TAKES OFF HIS HAT.
The
Alert Spanish Minister—Diplomats Who Take Great Interest In American Newspapers—Secretary
Bliss Greatly Annoyed by Office Seekers.
WASHINGTON, June 23.—(Special.)—In these
days of annexation and of rumors of annexation, of wars and rumors of wars, it
is gratifying to the average American citizen to know that the navy of his
country is constantly making progress. It is conceded by all authorities that
the Brooklyn of our navy is one of the very finest vessels at the queen's
jubilee. That she is at the head of her class and one of the very first
fighting ships of the world is admitted even by the foreign critics. A most gratifying
feature of our efforts to build up a new navy is that when we do construct a
new ship she is almost sure to be of the most advanced type and construction. American
naval designers stand at the head of their profession. I have been told by
competent authorities that one of our naval designers, Mr. Taylor, stands at the
very top of the list, and that there is not a first class nation in the world
that would not be glad to give him thrice or five times the poor salary paid him
by the United States government.
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| USS Puritan (BM-1). |
Not long ago a friend of mine was in a famous
club in San Francisco. There he met in a social way an officer of one of the British
ships then in port. During the conversation the American was astonished to hear
his British naval friend say:
"As we came into harbor a day or two ago
we passed the greatest fighting ship that floats in water."
Remembering that the man who uttered these
words was a foreign naval officer and an Englishman at that, the American tried
to recollect what great British man-of-war, or perhaps German, or French, or
Italian, was in port. But the Englishman himself cleared up the mystery by
adding:
"I refer to the Puritan, your own
monitor. I think she is the greatest seagoing fighting machine in the world,
and I think so because she has the lowest free board in proportion to her
offensive power of all the naval craft I have ever seen or heard of."
Theodore Roosevelt, the new assistant secretary
of the navy, is an enthusiast in naval matters. To every man who calls on him
Mr. Roosevelt says in that persuasive way of his:
"Now, don't forget to preach up the navy
to your friends. Tell them that with the policy the United States is now
apparently starting out upon we must have a larger and greater navy. Tell them
there is no great foreign policy without big guns and handy ships to carry them.
Recall to your friends the glory of our old navy. Tell them that some day we
are going to have a great merchant marine, and that we must have naval vessels
to protect it. Tell them we Americans want to feel that we do not have to take
the sauce of any other nation on the face of the globe, and that we want to
know we have the ships and the guns and the men to back up what we say."
The
Spanish Minister.
Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish minister in
Washington, is a man just now much talked, about. Our threatened troubles with Spain
and the herculean efforts which De Lome has been making to avert them have
brought his name to the tips of all the gossiping tongues. A friend of his told
me the other day a story illustrating how smart the Spanish minister is. He
knows all the newspaper correspondents in this city by reputation if not
personally. He has made it his business to ascertain which of them are near to
the administration and therefore likely to have tips on coming policies. For
the papers represented by all these correspondents Senor Dupuy de Lome
subscribes, and their columns he watches like a hawk. Now and then he gains
from them some important information which would never come to his ears in a
direct way. By carefully studying all the papers and bearing in mind the
relations of the correspondents to the administration he manages to keep
himself about the best informed man in Washington as to all matters in which
his government is interested.
Dupuy de Lome has not as yet thoroughly mastered
the English language, although he speaks it quite well, but even in English he
has a Spanish habit of turning an epigram now and then. Sometimes it is a
rather cold blooded one. For instance, at the time when there were still doubts
of the fate of Maceo, the brilliant leader of the insurgents, a newspaper
correspondent called at the Spanish legation to see if any further news had
been received as to Maceo. The minister said the insurgent leader was dead and
that he knew where the corpse had been buried.
"But here is a dispatch which says Maceo
is not dead," said the correspondent, showing a telegram from Havana.
"I
don't know whether he is dead or not," replied Dupuy de Lome, with a wicked
smile, "but I do know that he is buried."
Personal
Gossip.
Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, who
is almost but not quite blind, is another diplomatist who takes great interest in
American newspapers, though for a different reason. He used to be a newspaper man
himself. "Yes, I was apprenticed as a printer in my father's office in Rio
de Janeiro," says Senor Mendonca. "I can remember how I loved to work
with the glistening types, all of which we imported from the United Suites. I
can also remember how when I was first promoted to be a reporter I was so fond
of my work that I used to sleep on the office floor with only a bundle of
papers under my head."
Secretary Bliss of the interior department, like
all other cabinet officers, is a good deal annoyed by the office seekers. Mr.
Bliss has a way of his own of disposing of them, at least for the time being. When
they get too thick during the week, he says to them, or sends out word to them,
that they will be received and be given a good talk next Saturday. This looks
like business, and every place hunter to whom this message is delivered goes
away satisfied. That looks like business at last. On Saturday every last man of
them is on hand, eager and expectant till the private secretary comes out and
announces:
"Am very sorry, but the secretary was unexpectedly
called to New York last week."
In good time the secretary will get around
to it and give every man an interview, but just now that weekly trip to New
York is a godsend to him.
WALTER WELLMAN.
The
Normal [School] Program.
The class day exercises of the classes of
'96 will be held in Normal hall to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The alumni
exercises occur at the same place to-morrow night at 8 o'clock. Commencement
will occur in the [Cortland] Opera
House, Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Hon. D. E. Ainsworth, deputy
superintendent of public instruction, will deliver an address at noon before
the diplomas are presented. The business meeting of the Alumni association
occurs in room 215 Normal building on Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and the
alumni reunion and banquet will occur Friday night at The Kremlin [Hotel].
ASAHEL
G. EGGLESTON.
An Old
Resident Gone After a Long and Painful Illness.
At 7:30 o'clock this morning Mr. Asahel G.
Eggleston passed quietly away at his home, 144 Clinton-ave. Some weeks ago he
had a shock of paralysis from which he never recovered. He has been confined to
the bed ever since and part of the time has been a great sufferer, but during
it all his mind has been clear and he has all the time been conscious of and
kept up his interest in every thing that went on around him. During the night
be dropped into a quiet sleep which continued till the end came.
Mr. Eggleston was one of the oldest
residents of this county. His age was
83 years,
9 months and 28 days. He was born in Smyrna, Chenango county, in 1813, and
moved with his parents to Cortland county when about the age of 15 years.
His father bought a large tract of land between Cortland and Blodgett Mills—a
section that has since been divided up into several huge farms. Upon July 7,
1842, he was married to Miss Louisa Kinney of Cincinnatus, who survives him.
They began their married life upon a farm about four miles west of Cortland and
continued to reside there till 1869 when they moved to their present home on
Clinton-ave.
Two children were born to them—a daughter who
died in 1862, and one son who is now living and is the present judge and
surrogate of Cortland county, Hon. Joseph E. Eggleston.
Mr. Eggleston made a confession of his
belief in his Savior in 1838, and united with the Presbyterian church of Cortland.
At the time of his death in the matter of length of period of membership of the
church he was first among the male members of the church and second in the
total membership—Mrs. Oliver Hitchcock having been a member longer than he.
Until increasing age pressed heavily upon him he was a regular attendant of all
church services. He was a kind and genial neighbor and will be greatly missed,
not only in his family, but in a huge circle of friends.
The funeral will be held at the family
residence Friday at 2 o'clock.
AIKEN-SQUIRES.
A Wellesley
Wedding at the Home of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Squires.
There was a very pretty home wedding last
night at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. James S. Squires, 44 Tompkins-st., when
their daughter, Miss Emma Maud, was united in marriage with Mr. Charles Wilson
Aiken of Cambridge. Mass. It was a Wellesley wedding in every sense of the
word. It occurred upon the sixth anniversary of the graduation of the bride
from Wellesley college. The two bridesmaids were classmates and particular friends
at Wellesley. The decorations were remarkably pretty and artistic, and were in
green and white, which formed the colors of the Wellesley class of '91, and a
liberal use was made of the maiden hair fern which was the class emblem.
About sixty-five relatives and friends were
present. It was shortly after 8 o'clock when Darby's orchestra began the
familiar strains of the Lohengrin Wedding March, and the bridal party entered
the parlors in the following order: The ushers, Mr. Vernon P. Squires of
Chicago, Ill., brother of the bride, and Mr. J. K. Noyes of Binghamton; the
bridesmaids, Miss Amy A. Whitney of Boston, Mass., and Miss M. Emogene
Hazeltine of Jamestown, N. Y.; the maid of honor, Miss Grace E. Squires of
Cortland, sister of the bride; and the bride leaning upon the arm of her
father.
The bride wore a cream white satin gown,
with chiffon waist and a veil looped up with a rosebud, and carried a bouquet
of bride roses and maiden hair ferns. She looked very charming indeed. The bridesmaids
wore gowns of white organdie over green, and carried bouquets of white
carnations and maiden hair ferns. The maid of honor wore a crepe de chine gown
with green gauze ribbons and carried white carnations and maiden hair ferns.
Under an overspreading bower of ferns with a
background of roses the officiating clergymen. Rev. A. Chapman, pastor of the
First Baptist church, and Rev. G. H. Brigham, were in waiting, while the groom
and his best man, Mr. Arthur B. Bellows of Pittsburg, Pa., appeared at the
proper time from the side. The marriage ceremony was performed in a deeply impressive
manner by Mr. Chapman, while Mr. Brigham offered the concluding prayer. As the
orchestra changed to the joyous and brilliant Mendelssohn Wedding March, the
friends pressed forward to offer their congratulations and best wishes. Very
fine refreshments were at once served by Caterer Mrs. H. Griffith of Cortland.
Considerable amusement was created by the
very appropriate sentiment "I am so happy" which appeared in a prominent
place upon the wall behind the bride and groom during the ceremony and where it
could hardly fail to catch their eyes as soon as they turned around to receive
congratulations. And they saw it at once and appreciated the point. The words
were tastefully embroidered in white silk upon a green background, and the
little banner was put up by the bridesmaids after bride and groom had departed
from the parlors to prepare for the wedding.
It appears that a party of '91 Wellesley
girls and some students from the Boston Institute of Technology camped at
Nahant on the Massachusetts coast one summer a few years ago while all were in
college. The bride and groom and both the bridesmaids formed four of that
party. Because of the sentiment so frequently expressed at that time they named
the camping party the "I am so happy club," and the bridesmaids last
night thought it an altogether appropriate sentiment for the occasion, and took
this manner unbeknown to bride and groom of carrying their recollection back to
the time when their friendship was first forming.
An hour was very pleasantly spent in a
social way and then Mr. and Mrs. Aiken amid a shower of rice started upon their
bridal trip which will be spent largely at Lake George. Their home will be in Cambridge,
where Mr. Aiken is engaged in business, and they will be at home to their
friends at 149 Austin-st. in that city on Sept. 8 and 15.
The presents were displayed in an upper room
and were very beautiful and numerous. The groom's present to the bride was an
elegant old bracelet. As souvenirs of the occasion the bride presented to her
maid of honor and bridesmaids gold stick pins with a pretty design of green and
white enamel, set with diamonds, while the groom gave to best man and ushers
gold scarf pins with diamond setting.
The guests from out of town were Mr. and
Mrs. Jonas B. Aiken of Franklin, N. H., Mrs. Walter Aiken of Hampton Falls, N.
H., Miss Ruth Drake of Franklin, N. H., Mr. Arthur B. Bellows of Pittsburg, Pa.,
Miss Amy A. Whitney of Boston, Mass., Miss M. Emogene Hazeltine of Jamestown,
N. Y., Mr. Vernon P. Squires of Chicago, Ill., Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Whitney, Mr.
William C. Whitney, Mr. J. K. Noyes and Miss Anna Noyes of Binghamton, and
Messrs. Fred A. Cole and Frank W. Lovejoy of Rochester.
THE
STATE TEACHERS
To Meet
at the Normal College in New York June 30 to July 3.
The fifty-second annual meeting of the New
York State Teachers' association will be held at the Normal college, 68th and
69th-sts. and Lexington-ave. in New York City, June 30 to July 3. The program
is a lengthy, but an interesting one. Several features will have special
interest for Cortland people. Dr. F. J. Cheney of Cortland is the chairman of
the Normal section of the meeting and the sessions of this section occur on
Thursday and Friday mornings. At the Friday morning session a paper will be
presented upon ''How Best to Utilize Child Study in the Training of
Teachers" by Prof. J. F. Reigart of New York, and the discussion of this
subject will be begun by Prof. D. L. Bardwell of Cortland.
Upon Thursday morning in the Child Study
section Prof. Bardwell takes part in a discussion of the paper upon ''The
Purposes, Methods and Scope of Child Study."
Building
the Cinder Path.
The work on the cycle path is progressing rapidly.
About a quarter of a mile was built yesterday north of the bridge above Homer.
The cinders had been laid, but had not been rolled. At 7 o'clock this morning
the force was increased to about twenty men and twelve teams.
The board of directors of the Cortland County
Side Path association will meet again this evening to transact routine business.
BREVITIES.
—Barney McManus was released last night from
the Cortland baseball team.
—The St. Vitas club has another one of their
parties at the park to-morrow night.
—There will be a concert at the park to-morrow
night by the Cortland City band, weather permitting.
—The Congregational Sunday-school is making
arrangements for a picnic at Sylvan Beach the middle of July.
—New display advertisements to-day
are—Cramer & Hollister, closing out below cost, page 8; T. P. Bristol,
summer clothing, page 7.
—The funeral of Mrs. Charles H. Allen, formerly
of Cortland, will be held at her late home in Solon to-morrow at 11 o'clock.
Burial in Cortland.
—George Kuntzsch, proprietor of the Syracuse
Stars baseball team, was in town last night making an effort to sign Catcher
Berger of the Cortland team.
—Mr. D. F. Wallace is adding to the appearance
and value of his property on the corner of Main and West Court-sts. by putting
down a fine cement walk.
—The fourteenth annual declamation contest
of the Gamma Sigma fraternity will be held at Normal hall to-night at 8 o'clock.
Admission will be free and the public is cordially invited to be present.
—The Schubert quartet, consisting of Messrs.
George Oscar Bowen, F. Daehler, C. F. Brown and T. H. Dowd, has been engaged to
sing at Kingsley's music festival in DeRuyter on Thursday evening, July 4.
—Flowers, fruit and delicacies for the sick
from the First ward for the Loyal Circle of
King's Daughters may be left with Mrs. Jenkins, 50 Madison-st., or Mrs. A. M.
Johnson, 23 Lincoln-ave. on
Thursday.
—The Conservatory of Music in preparing for
two public recitals in the First Baptist church on the evenings of Monday and
Tuesday, July 5 and 6, and these recitals will close its work of the present
conservatory year.
—Nearly all the June weddings will occur in
Cortland the latter part of the month. Among those not previously announced are
Mr. A. J. Melvin to Miss
Lizzie
Brown, June 28, and Mr. Ray Call to Miss Maggie Sloan, June 30.
—Mrs. Abigail J. Rounds died in St. Louis on
Monday, June 14, in the 74th year of her age. Mrs. Rounds was a former resident
of Cortland and has many relatives here especially in the Presbyterian church
of which she was formerly a member.
—Mr. A. B. Kingsley, first vice-president, for
Cortland county of the State
Music
Teachers' association, has received the advanced programs for the next meeting
of the association at Binghamton, July 6, 7 and 8. Any one desiring one can
receive it by calling upon Mr. Kingsley.
—William Gleason was arrested on Elm-st.
last night by Officer Gooding and was brought before Police Justice Mellon this
morning charged with public intoxication. As this was his first arrest the
police justice gave him a sharp reprimand ending up with some good advice and
discharged him.
—Memorial services will be held in the First
Methodist church next Sunday evening in commemoration of the three members of
the official board who have recently died: Mr. Artemus Reed, Dr. A. J. White
and George Conable. Ten minute addresses will be made by three brethren of the
church and the little Vernon brothers of Philadelphia will render a number of
selections.
HOMER.
Gleanings
of News From Our Twin Village.
HOMER, N. Y., June 23.—The commencement exercises
held in the Congregational church yesterday were unusually interesting. The
first number on the program was a selection very finely rendered by Prof. A. E.
Darby's orchestra during which the clergy of the village, the board of education
and the teachers of the school marched into the church in a body and took their
places on the rostrum.
Next on the program was a very fitting prayer
by Rev. J. A. Hungate, followed by a second selection by the orchestra. The salutation
and essay entitled "The Art of Aesculapius" by Miss Myrtle Cosette
Stone was very interesting and the beautiful style in which it was rendered reflected
great credit upon her. The oration "Arbitration versus Artillery" by
Charles Arnold was remarkably well delivered. No small amount of praise is due
Miss May Kinney for the admirable way in which she recited "The Sacrifice
of Antigone."
The oration "Entering on Life" by
Mr. George Hoyt was well received by every one present. The rendition of the
oration added greatly to the merit of the afternoon's exercises. This was
followed by music. The recitation entitled "The Vagabonds" by Miss
Helen Mahoney was very clever both in the composition and rendition. The essay,
"Room at the Bottom" by Pierre B. Merrill was the amusing feature of
the afternoon. The reader cited the occasion of Darius Green's inventing the
dying machine and applied his failure to that of those incapable persons who
are never contented with remaining in their present condition, but are
continually string to rise so far above their present condition in so short a
time that the whole world will recognize their greatness.
Miss Watson's essay, "The Druids,"
was a carefully prepared and well written account of the believers in the
strange religion who are noted in early English history with their peculiar
rites and mysterious customs. Charles Otis with his declamation, "The New
South," won the praise of those who heard him and merited the commendation
of the large audience in attendance.
Following another selection by the orchestra the
oration "Modern Jasons" was presented to the audience in a very pleasing
manner by Mr. Carl Gage.
In the
essay "Puritan Women," followed by the valedictory of Miss Mabel Watrous,
a comparison was made between the motherly and home-loving house wives of the
early New England days and the bold and immodest new woman of to-day. The essay
showed that a large amount of careful thought had been used in its preparation.
Following the presentation of diplomas the
congregation was dismissed with the benediction of Rev. Loren Eastwood.
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