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| Photos of New York Central wreck near Garrison, N. Y. |
Cortland
Evening Standard, Friday, October 29, 1897.
WRECKED BY WASHOUT.
Dynamite
Theory Is Not Generally Accepted.
TWO
BODIES STILL IN THE WATER.
Mistake
Made is the Identification of an Italian as Paduano—He is Alive and Well—Many
Inquires For Missing Friends—Chinese Funeral.
GARRISON, N. Y., Oct. 29.—The theory advanced
by some of the railroad people that the embankment of the New York Central
railroad, where the special express was thrown into the river on Sunday, was
blown out with dynamite by train wreckers is given little or no credence. The
popular explanation of the cause of the disaster is that it was simply a
"washout" of the kind so common to railroads that are built alongside
large streams of water.
The divers employed by the New York Central
continued their search for the bodies of Engineer Foyle and Stenographer McKay,
but without avail.
Ten trucks, most of which were deeply sunk
in the mud at the bottom of the river, were raised by the derrick. There is a
chance that the bodies are buried in the mud, so a dredge will be set to work.
Coroner Woods learned that a mistake had
been mode in the identification of the dead Italian as Guissippe Paduana. He received
a letter from G. W. Gwynne, president of a quarry company at Hurlburton, N. Y.,
which stated that Paduana is alive and well, and in the employ of his company
at that place.
He suggested that the dead man was probably
Christanzo de Yulio, who was employed by the same company and who left
Hurlburton Saturday night to go to
New York on his way to Italy, where he has a wife and one child. He was going
to bring them to this country.
De Yulio's father, Michael de Yulio, lives
at Tuckahoe, N. Y.
The coroner also received a letter from
Adolph Becker of Canton, O., asking for information of his brother, W. F.
Becker, whom he feared had been killed.
The coroner answered that W. S. Becker of
Newark was one of the victims, but that he had been identified by relatives and
buried in Yonkers.
A well dressed man of prosperous appearance,
about 60 years old, alighted from a western express at Garrison, accompanied by
a little girl. He said he was looking for his daughter, and also made inquiries
about a young man. He refused to give his name and appeared to be very much
troubled. The conductor said he boarded the train west of Rochester.
The body of the Italian and the unidentified
woman are the only ones remaining in the Cold Spring morgue.
Conductor Parish says that there were 11
Chinamen on the train and only 10 have been accounted for.
How
Tompkins' Body Was Found.
ALBANY, Oct 29.—Engineer Frank M. Tompkins
of Rennselaer, brother of Fireman John O. Tompkins, who was killed at Garrison,
denies the published statement that his brother's body was on the front of the
engine.
He says he was in a row boat near where the
engine was raised and saw his brother's body in an upright position, sustained
by the mud that had settled about it at the end of the engine nearest the
tender on the engineer's side. One arm was extended above his head. The other
hand seemed to clutch the handle of the long poker of the engine.
Funeral
of the Chinamen.
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.—The funerals of five of
the Chinamen killed in the wreck at Garrison took place from an undertaking
establishment in Chinatown and from the offices of the Chinese Six Companies in
Mott street. There were prayers, beating of tom-toms and incense in the Joss
house all the morning.
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YELLOW
FEVER'S GRIP.
New
Orleans Reports New Cases and Five Deaths From the Scourge.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 29.—Another day's record
of 50 new cases and five deaths has not worked any material change in the
yellow fever situation which, while not so bright as it might be, is not
regarded by the board of health officials as alarming.
Six
Deaths at Mobile.
MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 29.—The board of health
announces four deaths, six new cases and three recoveries as the day's fellow
fever record. The death of William Briggs at Whistler, Ala., of yellow fever is
reported. There are several serious cases there. Four new cases of yellow fever
are reported at Flomaton, Ala. Nineteen are under treatment there.
Montgomery's
Low Death Rate.
MONTGOMERY. Ala., Oct. 29.—The official
report of the board of health gives 12 new cases. Previously reported, 77.
There has not been a death for three days and all the new cases are in the
original infected district.
Removing
the Apple Trees.
[Cortland] Mayor Duane E. Call was this morning seen ax
in hand a-la William E. Gladstone chopping down trees, but his trees were not
the mighty oaks, but the mighty apple trees. The fact that he was on the
property of Mr. E. H. Brewer adjoining his own house and lot on Tompkins-st.
gave rise to the report that he had bought that lot of Mr. Brewer to add to his
lawn and thus enhance the value of his place, or that his son-in-law, Mr.
Thomas K. Norris, was about to build a handsome new residence, or that
something new at least was in the wind.
A STANDARD reporter inquired into the case
and found that Mr. Call had not bought the property, nor had Mr. Norris, nor
was Mr. Norris going to build, nor was Mr. Call trespassing upon his neighbor's
property, but that Mr. Brewer had given him permission to go upon the lot and remove
some apple trees that stood so close to the line that they scratched against
the Call house to the detriment of the paint and to the annoyance of the occupants
on windy nights.
NEW
HIGHWAY IN VIRGIL.
Commission
Appointed by Judge Eggleston to Assess Damages.
County Judge J. E. Eggleston has appointed a
commission to determine upon the necessity of building a new highway in the
town of Virgil and assess the damages therefor. He appointed Alonso D. Blodgett
of Cortland, A. T. Baird of Harford and Eugene Johnson of Lapeer. The
commission was appointed on the application of Adin Courtney of Virgil through
his attorneys, Dougherty & Miller. The proposed highway is about a mile in
length, and extends from the lands of Jacob R. Shults eastward to what is known
as the Harford road.
A New Location.
Mr. C. S. Strowbridge, who has for some time
conducted a brokerage business in the Grand Central block on Railroad-st.
[Central Avenue], expects to-morrow afternoon to remove to rooms on the second
floor of the Second National bank building [Main Street], where on Monday he will be ready for
business. The rooms are to-day being wired for his use.
THE
SCHOOL CENSUS
Just
Completed Shows 1,908 Children in the Village.
The school census enumerators, I. W. Brown,
W. W. Gale, J. W. Strowbridge and J. F. Wheeler have completed their work, and
find that there are in the village 1,908 persons of school age, from 4 to 18 years old. They have taken a
great deal of pains, and believe the enumeration is correct. This is an increase
over the enumeration in 1895, when children of school age were those between 5
and 21 years. This shows that there is an increase in population, but how much
is not known as the figures have not yet been compiled. The enumerators took a census
of the whole population as well as of the children of school age, and as soon as
their figures are footed up it will be known how many people there are in the
corporation.
WITH THE ODD FELLOWS.
Grand
Officers Here—Lodge to be Instituted at Scott.
Hiram M. Olmstead of Syracuse, grand master
of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the state and Frank P. Trautman of
New York, deputy grand master, were in town last night and were informally
entertained by local members of the order in Vesta lodgerooms last evening.
This morning in company with Grand Chaplain Rev. J. Barton French they left for
Owego to attend the twenty-fifth anniversary of Owego lodge.
On Wednesday afternoon and evening will occur
the institution of a new lodge at Scott, conducted by the Grand Master and
District Deputy Grand Master L. A. Bloomer of Cortland. The three degrees will
be exemplified in the evening, and to do this work the degree teams from John
L. Lewis, Vesta and McGrawville lodges have been invited. A large number of Odd
Fellows from neighboring places are expected.
THE H.
M. WHITNEY CO.
Incorporated
With a Capital of $65,500—Three Directors.
ALBANY, Oct. 29.—Papers incorporating The H.
M. Whitney Wagon company of Cortland have been filed with the secretary of
state. The new concern is capitalized at $65,500 divided into 650 shares and is
to begin business with full capital. Its objects are stated to be to manufacture wagons, sleighs and other
vehicles. The directors for the first year are: Henry M. Whitney, holding 545
shares; Edwin S. Burrows, 100 shares; Silas E. Totten, 5 shares; all of Cortland.
SHIPPED
TO HONOLULU
A
Carload of the Cortland Wagon Company's Finest Carriages.
The Cortland Wagon company is busy loading a
carload of some of its finest product in the line of carriages, which are to be
shipped to San Francisco and thence to Honolulu, Hawaii. The order was received
through their western agent, Mr. W. J. Andrews of San Francisco, who is in
Cortland. Mr. Andrews is the company's agent for that part of the United States
west of the Rocky mountains, and is a hustler. He expects to return early next
week.
North
Side Won.
The ball game at the fair grounds yesterday for
the benefit of the hospital was slimly attended. The competing teams were
composed of players from the north and south sides of Railroad-st.
respectively, and the respective batteries during the most of the game were
Ketchum and Townsend and Yerkes and O'Neil. The score at the finish stood 22 to
13 in favor of the north side. Hugh Corcoran umpired.
SNEAK
THIEVES AGAIN.
Residence
of Mrs. George W. Conable Was Entered Last Night.
Sneak thieves have again made their appearance
in Cortland. Some time last night some miscreant entered the residence of Mrs.
George W. Conable east of the Port Watson-st. bridge, and walked away with two empty pocketbooks and a third
pocketbook which contained about $3. The
family occupied sleepingrooms upstairs, no one being in the lower part of the
house. Nothing was heard during the night, and the first known of the theft was
this morning when the family arose and found the articles and money missing.
They were in a drawer in a lower bedroom, but nothing else was disturbed.
The miscreant or miscreants gained entrance
by breaking a large window light in the kitchen on the back side of the house.
Mrs. Conable's home is a bad one for burglars to enter who hope to get any
money, as the family
makes it a principle never to keep more than a few dollars on hand. Miss Lena
R. Conable also is considered to be quite an expert in handling a revolver and
prides herself on the regularity with which she can dot a bull's eye.
Death of
Reuben Moon.
Reuben Moon died of consumption yesterday
afternoon at his home, 42 Railway-ave., at the age of 76 years, 8 months and 5
days. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Burdick and Mrs. Elva Brier,
who are in the West, and four sons, R. H. Moon of Cortland, Adelbert Moon and
Edwin Moon of Newark Valley and George Moon of Homer. The funeral will be held
from the residence of his son, R. H. Moon, 155 Tompkins-st., at 2 o'clock to-morrow
afternoon, and interment will take place in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
BREVITIES.
—Hiram Davis of Homer was up in police court
this morning on the charge of public intoxication and was discharged with a
reprimand.
—There was quite a severe thunder shower in
Cortland last night at about
5:30
o'clock and the rainfall in half an hour amounted to .13 inches.
—New display advertisements
to-day are—F. Daehler, Winter Clothing, page 6; Smith & Beaudry, Wall
Paper, page 4; A. S. Burgess, Suits and Overcoats, page 7.
—The complainant in the Case of The People
against Grant Weeks, charged with assault, did not appear in Justice Kelley's
court this morning, and the case was dismissed and declared discharged.
A regular meeting of the board of managers
of the Hospital association will be held at the hospital Monday next at 3 P. M.
A full attendance is desired as officers for the coming year are to be elected.
HOMER.
Gleanings
of News From Our Twin Village.
HOMER, Oct. 29.—The Homer Drum corps which
has recently reorganized made its appearance on the street Wednesday evening in
uniform. It made a short line
of march about town and then played several patriotic pieces in front of
different business places. The corps intends to have weekly rehearsals this
winter and by next spring will be able to peal out patriotic pieces and popular
airs with great accuracy.
Mr. Geo. Ripley, who recently made an
engagement as agent with Frank Jones Comedy Co., has canceled the same and will
remain in town and look after his business as formerly.
David W. Van Hoesen was in town today.
William Shirley is busy these fine days preparing
the battlefields about town where will occur next Tuesday one of the greatest
battles of ballots the county has known for some time. He has most of the booths
and tables arranged at the different polling places and everything will be in
readiness for the great strife on next Tuesday.
Yesterday afternoon when Mr. Jones, a tinner
in the employ of Marshall
Briggs,
was returning from some work in the country he raised the top to his buggy when
near the Murray farm and frightened the horse which soon became unmanageable
and Jones jumped out of the wagon, but in doing so lost control of the horse
which went at a breakneck speed down the road and when near the stone bridge it
turned into the lane which leads to the East hill at the left of the bridge and
did not stop until it was near the top of the hill and then in an endeavor to
turn around, the horse, wagon and all fell in a heap and rolled back to the
foot of the hill, when the horse was released from the tangled harness. The wagon
is a complete wreck while the horse is free from even a scratch upon its body.
Mrs. Frank Landers and daughter Olive, who
have been visiting her father,
Mr.
Chester Cook, of Whitney Point for a few weeks, returned to her home on Fulton-st.
yesterday afternoon.
Mr. John Andrews is busy making arrangements
for his autumn dance this evening. Dancing will commence at about 9 o'clock.
Mr. John Pimm has been confined to the house
for a few days with a hard cold.
Mr. Herbert Armstrong is confined to his
home west of the village and at first there were thought to be symptoms of fever,
but he is doing nicely at present though very sick.
Mr. Fred Newcombe is busy buying and shipping
cabbage for Mourin, Wolfe & Co. at their stations on this road and on the
Lehigh. Cabbage are bringing a very good price now and many are being shipped
from this station.
Football as a fad has struck Homer as well as
many other places. The town supports a team, the academy has two and most of
the young boys about town belong to a junior team of some sort. The shoemakers
are continually kept cleaned up of scrap leather for the boys. All have to have
cleats on their shoes just the same as a varsity man. The town team has done
some good practice work lately and hopes to arrange for a good game here in the
near future.
The work of organizing and starting a young
men's club is progressing finely and the young men are taking a great interest
in it and mean to make it a success. Mr. Christler wishes to meet all who
desire to join next Monday evening at the home of William Davis on Wall-st. It
is requested that all carry canes, as the members will form in line and headed
by the drum corps will march through town and try to arouse if possible the
interest of the community to the cause which the young men are working for. As
yet no rooms have been secured, but the constitution and bylaws have already
many signatures affixed to them and the club colors are being selected by a
committee this morning and will be worn by all members. Any aid from any one
will be greatly appreciated and any who desire to know what the society's
object is may learn by consulting Rev. L. J. Christler.
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