FLORIDA MOVED NORTH AND BATTLE WITH INDIANS

 

Raspberry bush.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, October 6, 1898.

FLORIDA MOVED NORTH.

Our Roses Bloom in October, Strawberries, Raspberries and Peaches Ripen.

   If such a season as we have this year is to continue it will no longer be necessary for Cortland people to go South to spend the winters. Florida itself seems to have moved North and taken possession of the Empire state. The temperature has been about 80 degrees nearly every day of the past week and flowers and fruit have ripened for the second time this season.

   Mention has already been made of raspberries ripening in a number of places about the county and of people enjoying them from the second crop. George M. Harrington of Cincinnatus this morning picked two quarts from bushes in his place, and Conductor C. W. Ford of the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. brought over a sample of them to the STANDARD office

   And now comes George Clark, the famous gardener south of the village. He says raspberries are too common. He has had lots of them and doesn't think them extraordinary now, but what he does consider to be wonderful is to have new strawberries at this season. He has the berries and he brought a sample of the Beverly variety to this office and they are delicious. Their size nearly equals that of his well known June berries that are sought far and wide in their season.

   Mention has been made of Mr. A. L. Cole's white rose bush that is now in full bloom and which attracts so much the attention of all passers on Main-st.

   Mrs. H. Relyea of 11 Blodgett-st. has a white rose bush upon her lawn containing a number of blossoms and thirteen buds. This is the second blooming this season. Her sweet peas have also continued to bloom steadily since June and now look as fine as at any time during the season.

   C. L. Kinney has three rose bushes in bloom for the second time this season on his lawn on Port Watson-st. One has fourteen buds upon it in addition to all the blossoms that are now out in full.

   I. H. Palmer claims that Prospect hill is the place for fruit. He has to-day gathered a bushel of delicious peaches fully ripened from a tree on his lawn.

   Through his kindness we have sampled them and we know how good they are. Mr. Palmer says he didn't think it best to say anything about his crop of peaches till he had gathered them all. If the boys had known all about it he might not have been able to have found the peaches to prove his statements if any one had questioned them.

   Our Homer letter reports a crop of sweet potatoes raised in that town this summer. Surely there is no need of leaving Cortland to get good things in October.

 

Krag-Jorgensen rifle.

BATTLE WITH INDIANS.

General Bacon's Troops Were Ambushed.

FIGHTING IS STILL KEPT UP.

From Last Accounts Our Loss Was Four Killed and Nine Wounded—Reinforcements Are Being Rushed to the Front—General Bacon Beyond Telegraph Communications.

   MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 6.—A special to The Journal from Walker, Minn., says: A terrific battle was fought with Indians 30 miles from Walker at Bog-ah-me-go-Shirks Point, close to Bear island. A detachment of 100 men under General Bacon was landed on the point shortly after 8 o'clock. The landing was effected with considerable difficulty owing to a high sea. After landing a sortie of the bush was made in all directions. The soldiers went through the thick undergrowth very carefully and took every precaution against ambush. No Indians were seen until nearly 11 o'clock. The men were then ordered to line up in an open space near the shore of the lake. Charges were drawn and preparations made for dinner.

   The order to make coffee had been given and the soldiers were standing in column formation when the first shot was fired. It came from Bog-ah-me-go-Shirk's house. The ball struck Ed Harris, ex-marshal of Walker, a half breed. His arm was broken. That was the signal. Immediately the fire became general from all directions. It seemed that a shot came from every bush. Three of General Bacon's men dropped. They were at once carried to the rear.

   On the very instant that the first shot was heard every man in the command sprang for cover without waiting for orders. Like a flash the blue column had vanished and not a sign was to be seen of the 80 men who had stood erect but an instant before except here and there a little patch where a gray hat might be made out. General Bacon's voice was heard above everything admonishing his men. The general stood straight up, supported by Major Wilkinson.

   "Steady, men," he called, "keep cool now, keep cool."

   Again there came a volley from the Indians and that was what the troops had been waiting for. The Krag-Jorgensens opened up with a frightful rattle just as the pillagers made a terrific rush. Half a dozen of them dropped and the rest fell back yelling like fiends incarnate. How many Indians there were is uncertain but there must have been 150 or 200. Lieutenant Morrison with a squad of 20 men made a rush to prevent the recapture of Old-Mah-Quod, a very choice scoundrel and Bap-Dway-We-Dung.

   The marshals had these men under arrest and a rescue would certainly have been effected but Lieutenant Morrison yelled: "Charge" and his squad scattered the copper-colored gang.

   By this time the troops were under cover. The Indians were firing in a desultory way and the order was given to charge. The soldiers ran ducking and dropping like grasshoppers. They made the most of their opportunity.

   A volley was fired by the Indians at the steam tug Flora, which lay off shore. A score of bullets went through the frail woodwork of the boat and every man except the pilot sought cover. Some blazed away in return with revolvers, but the range was too long. A volley was then fired at the tug Chief of Duluth. Inspector Tinker was shot through the leg and his coat sleeves were torn to ribbons by another ball.

   The Flora steamed from the agency under orders from Marshal O'Connor, who was on board to get the 20 men under Lieutenant Humphrey who had been left there. O'Connor escaped death by a miracle. The Indians fired a volley directly at him. Brill, the newspaper correspondent, and also Beaton, fought bravely with revolvers. They took desperate chances several times and came out safely.

   The steersman of the Jennie was shot through the arm with a Winchester ball. Rev. Mr. Chantler of Owatonna, Minn., who was with The Journal correspondent in the boat, had a very narrow escape.

   On board the Flora when she started for reinforcements were Marshal O'Connor, Deputy Morrison, Indian Agent Sutherland and the Indian prisoners. A guard of two men under Corporal J. L. Nettokoven was sent with the Flora. She will return at once with rations and ammunition.

   Lieutenant Humphrey's men have started for the front. The fire of the Krag-Jorgensens, 20 miles distant, is distinctly audible from this point. They have been banging away all the afternoon.

   A man just in says we have lost four killed and nine wounded up to date. The Indians had fired 25 shots before the troops returned their fire. General Bacon will probably entrench himself and await reinforcements.

   The wounded city marshal of Walker was brought home under a Red Cross flag aboard the Flora. He will recover.

   General Bacon is beyond telegraph communication and no boats can reach him for three hours.

   This trouble with the Indians was caused by a deputy United States marshall arresting an Indian on a warrant. He was overpowered by the Indians and the prisoner was taken away from him and the Indian police. General Bacon and his men were endeavoring to arrest the Indians that had rescued the prisoner.

 

CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.

They Claim Their Grievances Go Back Through Many Years.

   WALKER, Minn., Oct. 6.—The Pillager and other neighboring Indians of the White Earth reservation claim to have many reasons for their outbreak, although the direct trouble with the Pillagers comes over attempts to bring in some of the Indians to the United States court at Duluth in connection with liquor selling cases. Their grievances go back through many years and there have been legislative and other attempts to settle them, one of the latest being the Nelson law regarding the sale of the timber on the Indian lands. However, the Indians claimed that the method of disposing of this was both cumbersome and expensive and that they were the sufferers. In regard to serving as witnesses in illegal liquor selling cases, they claimed that the deputy marshals left them to find their own way home from Duluth without having paid them the proper mileage. This is denied by the deputies.

   The leader in the trouble with the Pillagers is an old warrior, Bog-ah-mah-ge-Shig, not a chief, who recently returned from court and was soon afterward sought again by the deputies. He alleged ill-treatment in being turned adrift penniless in Duluth and aroused the other Indians to protest against the way he claimed to have been treated. The United States marshal insists that the old man's story is unfounded, but the reds had been stirred up to such a pitch that trouble apparently became unavoidable, in view of the deeply seated feeling of general ill-treatment in regard to their timber lands and their lands and rights in general.

 

Ojibway women in canoe on Leech Lake.

THE INDIAN UPRISING.

They Have the Better of the Regular Troops— Many Killed.

   MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 6.—A special from Walker, Minn., says: "Major Wilkins, six privates and one Indian policeman are dead. Col. Sheehan is slightly wounded. Thirty Indians are dead. There has been fighting all the morning."

   MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 6.—A later special to The Journal from Walker, Minn., says: "I have just met an Indian named Mah-Ge-Guh-Bo, who came over from Bear Island in a canoe. He says the loss of whites is ten killed and fifteen wounded. He denies that the troops have been wiped out, but says the Indians have had the best of it. Their loss does not exceed five killed and wounded. I have later information that there are fifty dead Indians within a mile of the landing."

 

TROOPS TO THE RESCUE.

Two Hundred Picked Men and a Gatling Gun to Fight Indians.

   MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 6.—A special train left Fort Snelling at 7:30 this morning, with companies B, F and H, under command of Lieut. Col. Harbach of the Third infantry. It will be rushed to the front but cannot reach Walker before 2 o'clock under the most favorable conditions. There are 200 picked men in the detachment and they have three days' rations and an abundance of ammunition. A gatling gun is part of the equipment and further reinforcements will be kept ready to start at an instant's notice. A car was attached by the Northern Pacific for the use of the newspaper correspondents. Additional representatives were sent by all the Twin City papers.

 

ELECTION IN GEORGIA.

The Democratic Candidate Elected by Seventy Thousand Majority.

   ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 6.—Georgia voted for a governor, a full ticket of state officers and for a constitutional amendment providing that judges and [senators] be elected by the people.

   Allen D. Candler, democratic nominee for governor, was elected over Hogan, Populist, by not less than 70,000 majority, this being more than double the Democratic majority for governor two years ago. The constitutional amendment is adopted.

 

Cortland Opera House.

Strike of Stage Employees.

   The stage employees at the [Cortland] Opera House struck at 7:30 o'clock last night, a half hour before the Kirmess was to begin, and marched out in a body, but Manager Wallace was able to procure efficient help in the brief interval before the program was to begin and everything proceeded as usual. There will be no difficulty about having an abundance of capable help to-night.

 

DUPLICATE WHIST.

A SPLENDID BEGINNING OF THE HOSPITAL KIRMESS.

The Dances all Very Pretty—The Whist Game Played With Living Cards, Novel and Interesting—A Large and Enthusiastic Audience Present—To-night's Program.

   The Duplicate Whist-Kirmess arranged by the Misses Minnie A. and Grace Randolph of Niagara Falls for the benefit of the Cortland hospital began at the Opera House last night and promises to be a grand success from every point of view. The audience was of more than fair size and very enthusiastic. Nearly every one was delighted with the exhibition from first to last. There was not a hitch throughout the whole performance and all the intricate movements proceeded with the regularity of clock work. The costumes were unusually pretty and becoming, the poises were striking, and the movements graceful, while the calcium light effects in the varied colors added not a little to the beauty of the scenes. The music was by Darby's orchestra and was of course excellent.

   It was 8:15 o'clock when the curtain went up disclosing the tableau of the nations, in which all of the performers took part, the younger ones in the foreground and the older ones in the rear. It was remarkably pretty.

   Then came the fairy revel in which all the participants were little girls. Little Sylvesta Milk, the queen of the fairies, came first upon the stage and executed a charming little dance alone. She was joined a little later by fourteen other fairies and all went through the intricate movements in a way that elicited hearty applause. There is something about the performance of children that always draws the sympathy and appreciation of the spectators. They are so unconscious, so self possessed, and they enter so heartily into the spirit of the occasion that it is impossible for the audience not to enjoy it as much as the little people do.

   The butterfly dance by the charming pages, Misses Mary Atkinson, May Duffey, Harriet Strowbridge and Maude Stillman, and the rainbow dance by the handsome aces, Misses Mary Mahan, Lola Strowbridge and Wilhelmina and Jane Newkirk, were two dances somewhat similar in style and yet differing from each other in particulars that roused the admiration of all for the grace of the movements and of the dancers and for the general charming effect. The colored lights in these two dances were very effective.

   The Living Duplicate Whist which is copyrighted by the Misses Randolph was of course designed to be the particular feature of the evening's program. It had been a cause of wonder to many how this could be played with living cards, and what would be the appearance of the game. But it was staged in a way that could be followed with interest and enjoyment by every one acquainted with the game, while those who did not understand the plays but considered it simply as a dance could not fail to be charmed by the graceful movements of the dancers and the fine music that accompanied it.

   At the outset the whole fifty-two living cards, preceded by Dr. Paul T. Carpenter, who was the joker and who officiated throughout the game as marshal, entered and circled the stage several times in a grand march and promenade. The costumes were varied and were remarkably rich and handsome. The face cards were distinguished from each other solely by the costumes, while the ladies and gentlemen representing the other cards wore upon their breasts and backs enlarged fac-similes of the cards themselves.

   When the game was ready to begin the four players, Messrs. H. A. Dickinson and Edward Alley of Cortland and Dr. F. R. Thompson and Mr. C. S. Pomeroy of Homer entered and took seats near the four corners of the stage. Each had one of the four pages standing at his shoulder ready to summon the card of his choice. Actual packs of cards had been shuffled and prepared for use upon six boards as for duplicate whist. Each of the four players was given the cards that belonged to him, while the living cards which represented the pasteboard cards were grouped within the flies of the stage in four divisions corresponding to the cards in the hands of each player. The four gentlemen played an actual and genuine game from the cards in their hands, each one in turn as he wished to use a card handing that card to his page who danced across the stage, keeping time to the music and summoned the living card corresponding to the card in her hand and conducted that card forth to the front of the stage. When each trick was complete on the stage they were led off the stage by the joker to the right if won by the Cortland players, to the left if won by Homer. Mr. W. T. Yale at a blackboard in front in full view of the audience kept the score. Every movement of the living cards was in perfect time to the music and the whole effect was novel and pretty in the extreme.

   Three boards were played last night, the first resulting 1 to 12 in favor of Cortland, the second 6 to 7 in favor of Homer and the third 6 to 7 in favor of Cortland. Three more boards will be played to-night. To-morrow night the duplicate of last night's boards will be played, and Saturday night the duplicate of to-night's boards.

   The Klondike drill by sixteen young men followed the whist game. They were dressed in overalls and jumpers and performed their different maneuvers to march time in a heavy snowstorm. They seemed to be the favorites of the young ladies in the audience and were warmly applauded.

   During the intermission of twenty minutes between the parts candy was sold through the house, the proceeds to go toward the hospital fund, and a voting contest was begun, each depositor of five cents being permitted to cast one vote for his favorite dance. Where was something of a rivalry between the aces and the pages and voting went on rapidly, each additional vote for any dance being announced and also marked on the blackboard in sight of the audience. The result of last night's vote was as follows: Aces 42, pages 32, fairies 2, Swedish 2, Klondike 2, gypsy 3, court dance 3. The voting will be continued each of the other three evenings. On Saturday evening at the close of the announced voting there will be ten minutes of silent voting, when money can be dropped in boxes labeled with the names of the dances in amounts as large as the donor desires. At the end of ten minutes the final results of the contests will be announced.

   At the close of the intermission the Swedish wedding march was given, the bright costumes and lively steps of the participants having a very striking effect. The dance itself is full of life and activity.

   The Greek daughters of the Nile in Greek costume gave a dance that was very slow and dignified, was graceful in the extreme and full of beautiful poises.

   The gypsy carnival was the last on the program, and this too was full of life and brilliance. The costumes were of the gypsy order and the dance was pretty.

   The program to-night includes the playing of the next three boards of the duplicate whist, the repetition, from last night of the tableau of the nations, the Swedish wedding dance, the butterfly dance by the pages, and the gypsy dance, and the following new dances: The cupid minuet, the dance of the court cards, the merry harvesters and the dance of the even cards.

   To-morrow night just before 8 o'clock the Cortland City band will parade through Main-st. led by Dr. Paul T. Carpenter and will play before the Opera House before the beginning of the entertainment.

 

Main Street, Cortland, 1899, one year after completion of new pavement.

The New Pavement.

   The heavy rain of yesterday morning prevented work on the paving job to any great extent, and to-day the work has been resumed. The concrete mixers have transferred their operations to the Cortland House corner, which was left when that point was reached to allow for the digging of the trenches for the sluiceway which will carry the water from Groton-ave. across the street under the pavement to Clinton-ave. All sluiceways will have iron coverings like those on the Railroad-st. pavement.

   Laying of brick on the [electric] railroad strip has begun in earnest at the hospital corner, and it is expected that the spreading of asphalt will begin next week. The curb is completed nearly to the Lehigh valley tracks, and excavation is going on south of the tracks opposite the Wickwire factory.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Cornell university won from Syracuse university at football yesterday at Syracuse by the score of 30 to 0.

   —Arthur O'Donnell, arrested yesterday on the charge of cruelty to animals, was admitted to bail before Justice Dowd in the sum of $100, and the examination was adjourned to Saturday morning at 10 o'clock.

   —The McGrawville car to-night and to-morrow night will be held long enough at the Opera House corner before making its last trip to accommodate all who may attend the Kirmess and desire to return home on it.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Kearney Brothers, greatest slaughter of high grade clothing, page 8; S. Rosenbloom & Sons, autumn attractions, page 4; Warren, Tanner & Co., fall announcement, page 7; C. F. Brown, sweets for the sweet tooth, page 7.