BATTLE AT QUINGUA.
Our Forces Meet a Strongly Entrenched Enemy.
SEVERE FIGHTING RESULTED.
Colonel Stotsenburg and Lieutenant Sisson of the Nebraska Regiment Were Shot and Killed and Two of Their Men Met a Similar Fate—Many of the Troops Wounded.
MANILA. April 24.—General Lawton's newly formed flying column, that started out from Manila to join General MacArthur in a circuitous route, outflanking the rebels, if possible, had a severe engagement with the rebels at Quingua, which proved quite disastrous to the American forces.
The following were killed:
Colonel John M. Stotsenburg of the First Nebraska regiment, formerly of the Sixth cavalry.
Lieutenant Lester E. Sisson, of the same regiment.
Two privates of the Nebraska regiment.
Three privates of the Fourth cavalry.
Most of the wounded belonged to the First Nebraska regiment.
The Filipinos retreated with small loss.
As our forces were proceeding they encountered the insurgents who had entrenched themselves in a horse-shoe trench about a mile long, encircling a rice field on the edge of a wood.
Major Bell with 40 cavalrymen encountered a strong outpost. One of his men was killed and five were wounded by a volley.
The Americans retired, carrying their wounded under fire and with great difficulty, being closely pursued, the fog enabling the enemy to keep up to them.
Two men, who were carrying a comrade, were shot in the arms, but they continued with their burden.
Major Bell sent for reinforcements to rescue the body of the killed cavalryman and a battalion of the Nebraska regiment under Major Mufford arrived and advanced until checked by volleys from the enemy trenches.
The Americans lay about 800 yards from the trenches, behind rice furrows, under fire for two hours.
Several men were sunstruck, one dying from the effects of the heat, as they lay there waiting for the artillery to come up.
Finally the second battalion arrived and then Colonel Stotsenburg of the Nebraska regiment, who spent the night with his family at Manila, came upon the field. The men immediately recognized him and raised a cheer.
Colonel Stotsenburg decided to charge as the cheapest way out of the difficulty, led the attack at the head of his regiment. He fell with a bullet in the breast, dying instantly, about 200 yards from the breastworks.
Lieutenant Sisson of the same regiment fell with a bullet in his heart, the bullet striking him near the picture of a girl suspended by a ribbon from his neck.
In the meantime the artillery had arrived and shelled the trenches. The Filipinos stood until the Nebraska troops were right on the trenches and then they bolted to the second line of entrenchments, a mile back.
The Nebraska regiment lost two privates killed and had many wounded, including two lieutenants.
The Iowa regiment had several wounded.
The Utah regiment had one officer and three men wounded.
Thirteen dead Filipinos were found in the trench. Their loss was comparatively small on account of their safe shelter.
The Americans carried the second trench with small loss and are now holding the town.
Colonel Stotsenburg had won a reputation as one of the bravest fighters in the army. He always led his regiment and had achieved remarkable popularity with his men since the war began, although, during his first colonelcy, the volunteers, who were not used to the rigid discipline of the regular troops, thought him a hard officer.
Woman Shoots Herself.
ELMIRA, N. Y., April 24.—Mrs. J. W. Gilmore, wife of a street car conductor, 28 years of age and the mother of two children, committed suicide by shooting herself in the right temple using a revolver. Domestic troubles are said to have been the cause for the woman's self-destruction.
Big Wine Purchase.
PENN YAN, N. Y., April 24.—A deal has just been consummated between the Lake Keuka Wine company and the Hammondsport Vintage company of Penn Yan, whereby the latter comes in possession of all the bulk wine now held by the former company, which consists of nearly 12,000 gallons fully matured, that ranges in age from five to seven years. The price paid for the wine has not been made public.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
◘ A daughter has been born to President Angus M. Cannon of the Mormon church of Utah, and the fourth of his six wives, Dr. Martha Hughes. The mother is a state senator, and the only woman who ever got a vote for United States senator. She also appears to be living in polygamy.
◘ Professor Stengel, one of the German delegates to the coming peace conference at The Hague, has made a public statement which sets at rest all questions as to whether he is a Quaker. He believes in war. It is, he says, an educational necessity. It has its mission in the promotion of culture. The agitation of the friends of peace is a pernicious sentiment and its fantastic efforts are of no more value than the Utopian schemes of Sir Thomas More and Edward Bellamy. Now, this is a straight Bismarckian note. It has the clang of iron and blood in it; but, all the same, it is an extraordinary peal to let off just before going to a peace convention.
STRICKLAND STRUNG UP.
Said to Have Hired Hose to Murder the Cranfords.
PALMETTO, GA„ April 24—The body of Lige Strickland, the negro implicated by Sam Hose in the killing of Alfred Cranford, was found swinging [on] the limb of a tree about one mile from town this morning.
The ears and fingers were cut off and on the body was pinned a placard bearing these words: "We must protect our Southern women."
Strickland was a negro minister, 60 years of age. Sam Hose, just as the torch was about to be applied to the pile of wood about him near Newnan yesterday, admitted killing Alfred Cranford but said that Strickland had given him $12 to do the deed.
SEWELL CAPTURED
And Put to Death—Other Negroes Likely to be Lynched.
ATLANTA, Ga., April 24.—A telephone message from Palmetto at 10 o'clock says the mob which lynched Strickland captured Albert Sewell, a negro who had declared that the death of every negro should be avenged, and put him to death. The mob is said to be still on the hunt for negroes, and probably two more will be lynched before the work shall have been finished.
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
One Horse Killed Instantly at Blodgett Mills—The Other Dies.
Train No. 2 on the D., L. & W. road which passed Cortland southward at 6:13 P. M. Saturday struck and killed a horse at Blodgett Mills, injured another so that it died, demolished a wagon and gave two men a bad shaking up.
Willis Congdon, who lives about a mile southwest of Blodgett Mills, had been to Cortland, accompanied by a younger brother. He drove a double team attached to a heavy lumber wagon. At what is known as Reese's crossing just north of Blodgett Mills, the train struck the team which had just got on the track. The rattle of the lumber wagon had prevented either of its occupants from hearing the approaching train, the blowing of the whistle or the ringing of the bell. Both horses were hurled into a ditch, one of them being killed instantly and the other has since died. The wagon was wrecked. Both men jumped when they saw their danger, and escaped with slight bruises.
AFFECTS CORTLAND COUNTY.
A Bill Just Signed by Governor Roosevelt at Albany.
The signing of the Fish tax claims law by Governor Roosevelt last Monday as announced in The STANDARD of Tuesday gives Cortland county an opportunity to present to the state in the court of claims a claim approximately $10,000 under the statute which provides that "any county of this state containing one or more towns, villages or cities which have heretofore issued bonds to aid in the construction of any railroad passing through such towns, cities or villages, may present to the court of claims a claim for the amount of state taxes collected from or paid by any such railroad within the several towns, villages or cities of such county, since May 18, 1869, and which said taxes were paid by the county treasurer of such county to the state treasurer."
The bill as originally drawn provided that interest also could be claimed but this clause was stricken out. The law provides that in case the county has heretofore paid to the towns such state taxes, or in case the county treasurer has heretofore set aside such state taxes for the benefit of such towns, then such moneys shall be used and applied by such county treasurer for the general purposes of the county. The towns in Cortland county have received from the county the amounts so paid, hence Cortland county's claim will be for the benefit of the county at large. It is probable that a special session of the board of supervisors will be called to direct the presentation of the claim at once.
The progress of the bill in the assembly was very much hastened by Assemblyman George S. Sands of Cortland county, who is on the claims committee which considered the bill.
A SERIES OF ACCIDENTS.
Three Men Injured in One Night at the Screen Factory.
A series of accidents occurred at the works of the Cortland Door & Window Screen company Friday night which, however, did not prove very serious to any of the injured men. The works are running all night. Early Friday night Edward Cleveland of Port Watson-st. caught his right arm in a mortiser which took a piece of flesh from the arm, leaving it in a badly lacerated condition. About midnight John Gross had a piece of a finger clipped by a buzzsaw, and just before daylight Mr. Gaylord lost a portion of a thumb in contact with another buzzsaw.
Ill at Peruville.
Mr. F. M. Buell, one of the oldest inhabitants of Cortland county and a native of Truxton, where he has lived until recently, is very ill with kidney and bowel difficulty at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ida Tarble at Peruville. Mr. Buell is 87 years of age and his recovery is considered very doubtful. He is the father of Mr. Clayton H. Buell of Cortland.
CAR SHOPS BURN AT ITHACA.
The Lehigh Loses by a Conflagration—Coaches are Saved.
Fire destroyed the machine shops and boilerhouse of the Lehigh Valley railroad shops in Ithaca Saturday night. About 8:30 o'clock that evening John Hurston, night watchman at the shops, on his rounds opened the door of the blacksmith shop. The flames, already under headway, rushed out, burning him seriously in the face.
An alarm was turned in and four hose companies and a steamer responded promptly.
In the meantime many persons were at work rescuing property. Eight passenger coaches in the cleaning shops alongside the burning building were hauled out. Six coaches in the paintshop on the other side could not be reached and one of these caught fire.
The firemen and the fact that there was no wind saved the two immense buildings, but the machine shop and boiler house were burned to the ground.
The building was itself worth about $2,000. Its contents, an engine, two boilers and machinery, were worth $3,000. All this is covered by insurance.
The heaviest loss will fall on workmen employed there, who lose their tools worth in one or two instances several hundred dollars. At one time during the fire the roof of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western shops, not far from burning building, caught fire, but it was extinguished with trifling loss.
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| Early map of Cortland showing the Standard building, the Messenger House, Squires' Clocktower building and lower right, on the east side of Main Street, the 1899 Peck Bros. building, which was also the former Mammoth Roller Skating Rink and former State Armory. |
FITTING ATHLETIC FIELD.
Ground Broken for the Diamond This Morning.
The work of fitting the baseball diamond in athletic field was begun this morning under the supervision of Henry D. Ramsey. The diamond is being plowed and will be rolled down hard. The field has been all staked out, and postholes are being dug for the grandstand. It has been finally decided that the entrance will be from Main-st., just south of the armory building, and that the grandstand will be in the southwest corner of the field directly east of the armory building.
Manager Ramsey attended a meeting of the State league at Syracuse yesterday when the schedule as made out by the committee last week was approved with one change. Auburn was scheduled to play at Albany Aug. 18 and at Schenectady Aug. 19. Oswego was scheduled to play at Schenectady the 18th and at Albany the 19th. It was decided to transpose the dates.
Charles Faatz, an old timer at the business, has been signed to manage Albany. He wanted to sign a Schenectady contract.
Manager Ramsey has notified the members of the Cortland team to report at Utica Saturday of this week, where next Monday and Tuesday the Cortland and Utica teams play exhibition games. Wednesday and Thursday the Cortlands play at Ilion, and on Friday it is expected the Cortland team will make its initial appearance in Cortland against Hobart college.
Pitchers Kellogg and McFall, Catcher Bobby Quinn and Infielders Neville and Ward are expected in Cortland Thursday.
The Cortland suits this year will be gray with black stockings and caps and red sweaters with black necks.
The State league has adopted Reach's ball for use this year.
BREVITIES.
—A little son, Clyde Field, came on April 7 to gladden the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Witty of Marathon.
—The Normal baseball team defeated the team representing Syracuse university law school Saturday at the fair grounds by the score of 22 to 10.
—A regular meeting of the Royal Arcanum Council will be held at G. A. R. hall Tuesday evening, April 25 at 8 o'clock. Important business. All members please attend.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Bingham & Miller, Monarch shirts, page 8; W. H. Angell, Meats, page 7; Burgess, Boy's and school suits, page 7; Pearson Bros., Mammoth bargains in furniture, page 6; L. D. Graham, Bath cabinet, page 8; Stowell, One day's sale, page 8; Baker & Angell, Bicycle cut shoes, page 4.
—The STANDARD is indebted to Prof. A. B. Ingalls of Oahu college, Honolulu, for a copy of the program of Easter services of the Central Union church of Honolulu, of which Rev. William Morris Kincaid, formerly pastor of the First Baptist church of Cortland, is the pastor. Prof. Ingalls is himself the organist of this church. The order of exercises and the musical numbers were very elaborate. The program itself from the printer's point of view was a very beautiful piece of work, being upon heavy paper and printed in two colors.
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