ASSASSIN GARROTED

Anarchist Michele Angiolillo Lombardi.

Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, Aug. 20, 1897.

ASSASSIN GARROTTED.

Canovas' Murderer Pays For His Devotion to Anarchists.

WENT TOTTERING TO HIS DEATH.

Blindfolded and Bound He Went to the Torture—United States Seeking Expression of Neutrality From European Nations In Case of Spanish War.

   MADRID, Aug. 20.—Late yesterday Michel Angiolillo, alias Goli, the assassin of Premier Canovas del Castillo, was notified that the supreme council of war had confirmed the sentence of death passed upon him by a courtmartial.

   He received the news in silence and trembled somewhat at the awful words that mean his banishment from this world.

   He was removed from his cell to the prison chapel, where he received religious ministration.

   He slept very little during the night, dropping at times into restless slumber broken by murmurs and groans, showing that now, when too late, he bitterly repented the enthusiasm and devotion to the cause of the anarchists that drove him to fire the bullet that laid Canovas low.

   At an early hour he arose, ate a light breakfast and spent the time with the priest. He expressed repentance for his sins and hoped to be forgiven by God.

   When the jailer notified him that his time was up, he slowly arose and with slow and tottering steps was led to the execution chamber.

   He spoke a few words of farewell and then was blindfolded and led to the seat of death.

   This seat is affixed to a large pole, to which is fastened the garrot. His hands were then tied behind him and on the opposite side of the pole.

   The iron band was fastened around his neck, and at a signal the executioner gave a few steady turns to the handle and strangulation shortly followed.

   After being pronounced dead the body was removed and prepared for the grave. As he has no friends to reclaim the corpse he will be buried by the government.

LOOKING TOWARD SPAIN.

United States Seeks Expressions of Neutrality From Foreign Nations.

   LONDON, Aug. 20.—The Daily Graphic publishes the following dispatch from Berlin:

   General Stewart L. Woodford, the newly appointed United States minister to Spain, has been instructed by President McKinley to ascertain the limit of neutrality of the European powers in the event that the United States should decide on an offensive policy against Spain, and he has been in communication with the various American ambassadors on the subject.

   Colonel John Hay, the American ambassador to Great Britain, has received no encouragement from Lord Salisbury.

   M. Hanotaux, the French foreign minister, has emphatically refused to discuss the matter with General Horace Porter, the American ambassador to France, and for some days avoided granting an audience to General Woodford.

   As a last resort Generals Woodford and Porter telegraphed for Mr. White, who has joined them. Mr. White, who is the cleverest American diplomat in Europe, knows better than anyone in President McKinley's cabinet the futility of the step now being taken. He has avoided even mentioning it to the German government, and went to Paris resolved to do all in his power to dissuade Generals Woodford and Porter from any course but one of moderation toward Spain.

PASSENGER TRAINS COLLIDE.

Several Passengers Badly Injured In Smash Up Near Rochester.

   ROCHESTER, Aug. 20.—Two passenger trains on the Lehigh Valley road crashed together between Rochester Junction and Honeoye Falls. One of the trains left Rochester for the south and east. The other was a special running to the Firemen's convention at Lima.

   Conductor Stape of Rochester, who had charge of the regular train, was quite badly injured. He is still at Rochester Junction.

   Trainman Murphy of this city and Engineer Connelly also of this city were injured and have been brought to their homes.

   Several passengers on the train going to Lima were injured, two of them quite seriously.

   The special train was backing onto the main track at the Junction when the accident occurred. One or two of the cars were badly smashed.

   The tracks were soon cleared and business was resumed at once.

Antonio Canovas del Castillo.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

From Violence Violence Comes.

   For his own fame as a statesman probably the assassination of Canovas del Castillo was the most fortunate thing that could have happened just now. He will go down to posterity with the halo of a martyr and a great man around his brows.

   Well, he was neither. He was merely a scholarly man of some talent who stuck fast to his purpose, a bloody and disastrous one, through thick and thin. His death filled civilized men with horror. They have only sympathy for the family thus bereaved of a loved one and for the hapless queen of Spain, who had learned to trust and rely on Canovas, however ruinous his policy was.

   But let us go back a year. June 7, 1896, a bomb was thrown into a church procession at Barcelona. It killed and injured a number of persons. Anarchists had apparently done the deed, or was it the work of Cuban sympathizers? At any rate 400 persons were arrested on suspicion. Those against whom evidence was strongest were tortured in a manner that would have shamed the red Indians of North America in their cruelest days. The victims had their bones broken on the wheel, their feet crushed and their necks pierced with iron collars. The instruments known in the days of the Spanish inquisition never did more horrible work than was done on the bodies of the suspected bomb throwers. Their nails were torn off; they were burned and beaten. From old time, through the middle ages, in the years following the discovery of America by Columbus, Spanish noblemen and gentlemen stand before the world as monsters of bloody cruelty.

   The tortures inflicted on the Barcelona suspects were ordered by the premier of Spain, Senor Canovas del Castillo, so the friends of the tortured victims declared and believed. They swore they would retaliate. "I have avenged my brothers of Barcelona!'' cried Michele Agino Golli as Canovas fell.

THE COUNTY FAIR.

The Rain Yesterday Interfered but There is a Large Crowd To-day.

   The rain yesterday afternoon interfered materially with the fair, and undoubtedly kept many of the village people from attending. The State league ball game between Cortland and Palmyra was begun at 1:10, and before the second inning was finished, the rain came in torrents and kept it up for forty-five minutes. The game started off in a snappy manner and would have been an interesting one. A large number were disappointed. In a little while the inside edge of the racetrack was under six inches of water and no trotting events could be pulled off. In fact, the rain put a damper on everything unless perhaps the candy and popcorn vendors and conductors of pin games whose leather lungs seemed as strong as ever. The rain of course prevented the parade of premium stock.

   There is another large crowd at the grounds to-day and everybody is having a good time.

   The black bear which was caught when a cub in the North Woods a few years ago by C. F. Thompson is attracting considerable attention. He is confined in a wooden cage with iron bars in front.

   John Grant of Homer-ave found his wheel on the grounds Wednesday which was taken from in front of R. B. Linderman's hotel on the night of July 4. Mr. Grant found the wheel in the possession of a lad from McGrawville named Dunbar, who said that he purchased it from a party whose name he gave to Mr. Grant, for $5 and a rifle. Mr. Grant identified the wheel without any difficulty and was glad to get his wheel though it showed hard usage.

   The fair closes this afternoon with the Palmyra-Cortland ball game at 1 o'clock followed immediately by the trotting events.

                               BURNED TO THE GROUND.

                    The Barn of Joseph Hubbell on Floral-ave.

   An alarm of fire was sent in at 8:30 this morning from box 233 at the corner of Groton-ave. and Woodruff-st. But the fire was nearly a half mile distant, located on Floral-ave. and belonging to Joseph Hubbell. The location is beyond the reach of the water works system, and the department laid no hose. The barn was about fourteen feet from the rear of the house, but a strong wind was blowing from the west and this saved the house as well as another house just south occupied by Zack Rogers, and owned by M. J. Melvin. A hand brigade with buckets kept the outside of each house wet. The furniture was removed from Mr. Rogers' house, but was replaced in an hour.

   The fire was first discovered by the Rogers family who were eating breakfast. Thomas Scott, a neighbor living across the street saw it at about the same time, as did also Mrs. Hubbell who was alone and ran from her house screaming. The fire originated in the upper part of the barn, but its cause is a mystery. The barn was 20 by 24 feet in size and Mr. Hubbell has just finished it. There was nothing in it except about four cords of wood, which was burned, and a chest of carpenter's tools and a washing machine which were saved. Mr. Hubbell is employed by Beers & Warfield and at the time of the fire was delivering cement at the Soldiers' monument on Church-st. He left home at 6:30 o'clock and so far as known no one had been in the barn since he went there for kindling wood soon after 5 o'clock, and he was not smoking at the time. The loss is about $125 and there was no insurance.

Cortland Park and Pavilion.

The St. Vitus Party.

   The dancing party given by the St. Vitus club at the park last night was attended by about thirty couples and was a very enjoyable event. McDermotts' orchestra of six pieces furnished the music. Among the guests from out of town were Miss Nina Clark of Canastota, Misses Strickland and Olmstead of Binghamton, Lena Hazen of Marathon, Florence Mourin of Homer, the Misses Lewis of Wilkesbarre, Pa., and Mr. Rogers of Whitney Point.

A Den of Snakes.

   A den of shakes will be on exhibition in Gleason's show window next to Opera House to-night. They are the deadly rattlesnakes which are so common in Pennsylvania, where Mr. Gleason came from, and everybody should call and see them. A snake charmer will be present and handle the snakes. No charge to see them. Attend.

Death of Mr. V. B. Gross.

   Mr. Van Buren Gross of McLean died at 8 o'clock Thursday morning after a week's illness resulting from heart difficulty. He was 64 years, 10 months and 27 days old. Mr. Gross was the youngest of the twelve children of Freeman and Susannah Gross, of whom all are now dead but Perry Gross of McGrawville and Freeman Gross of Galva, Ill. He was born in Marathon Sept. 22, 1832.

   Mr. Gross was for many years prominent in Tompkins county politics and for three terms in 1873, 1874 and 1875 represented the town of Groton in the board of supervisors. He was also a railroad commissioner of the town of Groton. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He is survived by Mrs. Gross and by two daughters and one son, Mrs. E. P. Hart of McLean, Mrs. D. W. Van Hoesen of Cortland and Albert Gross of McLean. The funeral will be held at the Baptist church at McLean on Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The service at the grave will be conducted by the Dryden lodge of the Masonic fraternity of which the deceased was a member.

FOR YOUNG AMERICA.

Children's Day Under the Biggest Show's Big Tent.

   If there were no children there would be no circuses; which sapient and self-evident dictum we supplement with the remark that the management most generously recognizing this shining truth accumulates the most shining shekels. That the head-centers of the Great Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers America's Greatest shows, which are to make their first consolidated appearance at Cortland on Wednesday, Sept. 8, take the same view of the situation is evidenced in the unusual efforts they have made to best cater to the arenic [sic, arena] wants and wishes of the little folks, by adding to the calendar of holidays what may be termed "Children's day."

    Converted into a huge playground for this purpose, the grand arena of the great hippodrome, the four rings, the aerial field, and the two elevated stages fairly overflow with the funniest of clowns and grotesques and the wisest and most waggish of beasts. There is a school of wonderfully trained Alaska seals and sea lions, dancing and comic elephants, cute dogs, cunning ponies, ludicrous monkey actors and jockeys, pig professors, collegiate donkeys, merry-andrew bears, learned birds, performing goats and mirth-provoking and astonishing creatures in herds, troupes and families.

   The Mother Goose parade, fairyland pageants and romantic spectacles will also dazzlingly elate the young eyes for which they are specially intended. And the most positive assurance is given that nothing is anywhere introduced to mar the high character of the entertainment.

BREVITIES.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Warren, Tanner & Co., Bargains, page 6.

   —About eighty members of the East Side Mission Sunday-school are picnicking at the park to-day.

   —The new barn at St. Mary's parochial residence which replaces the one burned in the spring is fast nearing completion.

   —The foundation for the new station of the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. at McGrawville is nearly completed and the frame work is also nearly ready to be raised.

   —Extra copies of The STANDARD will always be found for sale at this office and at the newsstands of G. F. Beaudry, Cash Bookstore and McKinney & Doubleday.

   —The members of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., will meet at the lodge room at 1 o'clock to-morrow to attend the funeral of the late V. B. Gross at McLean.

   —Mr. Michael Ryan of 41 Crandall-st. died yesterday after an illness of several months. His age was 44 years. The funeral will be held at the house to-morrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at St. Mary's church at 2 o'clock.

   —The railroads all over the country are beginning to feel the improvement in the times, and more freight trains and longer trains are being run. The Salamanca Republican notes the fact that on the Erie road 3,671 cars passed through that place in forty-eight hours.

   — It is rumored that President Walter will order out of service all the engines lately leased to the Lehigh Valley by the F. P. Wilber Trust company, thus saving about $4,000 per year. It is claimed that the Valley has several engines lying idle and the Wilbur engines were never needed.—Ithaca Journal.

   —Mr. H. L. Beebe of 19 N. Church-st. has received papers from his brother-in-law, Mr. George H. Stone of Tacoma, Wash., formerly of Norwich and of Clyde, N. Y., descriptive of their recent climb to the top of Mt. Tacoma. Mr. Stone was in the same party with Prof. Edgar McClure, the scientist, who lost his life in the descent by slipping and falling hundreds of feet down the mountain, and he was also one of the rescuing party who risked their own lives to secure the remains of the professor.

HOMER.

Gleanings of News From Our Twin Village.

   HOMER, Aug. 20.—A satchel belonging to Mr. Charles L. Kellogg of New York, who has been spending his vacation in this place, was stolen from the waiting-room of the D., L. & W. depot last evening sometime between 10 and 11 o'clock. William A. Shirley was notified this morning and after a diligent search it was found in a vacant lot northwest of the iron railroad bridge about a mile from the depot. Most everything of value had been removed by the thieves, including an overcoat, a pair of rubber boots, a quantity of fishing tackle and other articles of less importance. At about the time that the valise was stolen three tramps were seen about the depot and it is believed that they are the guilty parties. The satchel which could not be opened by them was cut in two lengthwise with a knife.

   The cut of Mr. Nelson M. Wiegand of Truxton appears in the catalogue recently sent out by the Buffalo College of Pharmacy. Mr. Wiegand is a former student of Homer academy and last year won the first prize of $25 awarded to the one having the best examination in the college.

McGRAWVILLE.

Crisp Local Happenings at the Corset City.

   The foundation for the new depot on the E. & C. N. Y. is nearly completed and some of the frame in place. The grade on the Welch farm is being raised to conform with agreement for a large cattle-pass. Within three days after those ties arrive we expect a railroad.

   Mrs. Harry Parce who has been spending the summer at W. P. Parker's returned home to-day.

   Mrs. A. P. McGraw and children are at Tully lake for a few days. Mrs. C. O. Perkins and daughter of Rutland, Vt., who have been her guests, are with her. but expert to return to their home after a day at the lake.

   A. E Seymour has been in attendance at the grand lodge, I. O. O. F., in Syracuse this week.

   G. H. Maricle was in Syracuse Wednesday on business and while there attended a session of the grand lodge.

   Mrs. Addie Wheeler of Binghamton and Mrs. Augusta Taylor of Bridgeport, Conn., are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hammond.

   Mrs. H. C. Hendrick is on the sick list. Mrs. Lafayette Burgess of Chicago, N. Y., is acting as housekeeper.

   Mr. and Mrs. John Gee and Dr. and Mrs. F. H. Forshee and daughter attended the Keech-Purvis family picnic at the home of Edward L. Sherman, between Dryden and Harford yesterday.