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| Lavinia Baker and surviving family members. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, May 29, 1899.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Must Take Their Medicine.
Because of the murder of Baker, the colored postmaster, and his infant [daughter] by a mob, the postoffice at Lake City, S. C., was abolished. Since then the people of the place have had to go to a railroad several miles distant for their mail. Congressman James Norton, in whose district Lake City is situated, declares that the people of the place are put to much inconvenience and annoyance and he wants the postoffice restored. He explains that the innocent as well as those responsible for the lynching are suffering for lack of postal facilities. But the mob killed two innocent human beings, and the "innocent" whites of Lake City helped to manufacture evidence in defense of the murderers. A community that not only tolerates such an atrocious crime as that perpetrated at Lake City, but also seeks to shield those who committed it, is not entitled to a restoration of its forfeited privileges. Let the "innocent" citizens of the blood stained place get their mail as best they can, at least until the guilty ones get their deserts.
◘ The ability of the federal government to reach and punish lynchers is being demonstrated by a trial recently held in the United States court in Oklahoma. In January, 1898, two Seminole Indians were taken to that territory from the Indian territory by a mob and burned at the stake. They were charged with assaulting and murdering a woman. It was subsequently ascertained that the Indians were not at the scene of the crime when it was committed. Congress made a special appropriation of $5,000 to prosecute the mob. One hundred persons were indicted. Two of these have just been convicted on the charge of kidnapping the two Indians, and have been sent to the penitentiary for twenty years. The prospects are that many other members of the mob will be sent to prison for long terms, and there is a possibility that some of the participants in the atrocious murder of these innocent men will be sent to the gallows.
France Lightens a Black Mark.
A revision of the Dreyfus case has been recommended as a result of the inquiries of the court of cessation. Revision means the vindication and release of Dreyfus, for only evidence sufficient to acquit him would have secured a rehearing. Public opinion outside of France has been that Captain Dreyfus was a victim of monumental injustice and the scapegoat—more easily so because he was a Jew—of a military conspiracy conceived in falsehood, prosecuted in tyranny and exposed in suicide and flight. If Dreyfus as a result of the re-examination should be acquitted, says the Troy Times, he should be exhibited at the Paris exposition of 1900 as an illustration of the triumph of justice in the civil administration over injustice in the military arm.
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| Maj. Gen. Arthur MacArthur. |
INSURGENTS ACTIVE.
They Are Rapidly Renewing Their Guerrilla Warfare.
BANDS ATTACKING OUR OUTPOSTS.
They Keep Our Troops Constantly In the Trenches—They Construe the Peace Negotiations to Mean That the Americans Have Had Enough of Fighting.
MANILA, May 29.—The approach of the wet season finds the insurrection seemingly taking a new lease of life. All along the American lines the rebels are showing more aggressive activity in their guerrilla style than at any time before since the fall of Malolos. They keep the United States troops in the trenches, sleeping in their clothing, and constantly on the alert against dashes upon our outposts, and they make life warm for the American garrisons in the towns.
The bands of General Luna and General Mascardo, which retreated toward Tarlic when they feared they would be caught between General MacArthur and General Lawton, have returned in force to their old trenches around San Fernando, where there are daily collisions.
Opposite our lines on the south, protecting Manila all the way around to San Pedro Macati, the Filipinos have three rows of trenches most of the distance.
Reports from prisoners indicate that the insurgents construe the peace negotiations to mean that the Americans have had enough of fighting. The Filipinos are also encouraged by the belief that the Americans are preparing for an interval of inactivity during the wet season.
This period is sure to be followed by much suffering. Thousands of acres that were under cultivation last year have not been plowed this year, and the government will probably be obliged to feed thousands, just as it fed the Cubans.
Friendly natives continue to pour into the American lines by land and river routes, coming from the territory of insurrection into the country where the passage of the two armies has left no food, and practically throwing themselves upon the charity of their conquerors. Such able bodied men as are not in the Filipino ranks have been kept by the insurgent leaders to dig trenches, and old men, women and children form the mass of the refugees. These are doing some plowing, but they will be confronted with hunger before they can realize any subsistence from their crops.
The United States army has organized a system of distributing rice in Malolos and some of the smaller towns where Filipino stores were captured, but the later will soon be exhausted.
The United States transport Morgan City, which arrived here from San Francisco with 600 recruits for various regiments, sailed for Iloilo with the troops.
As it was impossible to take to Spain the remains of the Spanish General Montero, who was fatally wounded in a recent engagement with the Filipinos in the Island of Mindanao and who died while being brought here from Zamboanga on the transport Leon XIII, it was decided that the interment should take place in Manila. The funeral took place here, hundreds of Spanish soldiers and civilians attending the services in the cathedral and following the cortege to the grave with wreaths and flags.
The Spanish papers declare that Montero was a victim of the Spanish government's neglect.
Funeral of a Philippine Hero.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 29.—The remains of Colonel John M. Stotsenburg, late commander of the First Nebraska regiment, killed in the Philippines April 23, lay in state at the capitol building for two hours. Thousands passed the casket to view the dead hero. Memorial services were held over the body at Holy Trinity Episcopal church. The remains, accompanied by a guard, were taken to Washington, where burial will be had in the National cemetery. Mrs. Stotsenburg and Lieutenant Cavanaugh accompanied the remains.
A NEW CARRIER.
Dewitt C. Howard the Appointee—New Schedule to Begin July 1.
Postmaster A. S. Brown has just returned from Washington, where he had been to secure one more carrier if possible for the Cortland postoffice. He was successful in his effort and has to-day received a communication from First Assistant Postmaster General Heath directing him to appoint his senior substitute a carrier and have him ready to begin July 1. The senior substitute who is thus ordered appointed is Mr. Dewitt C. Howard, who also stands highest on the civil service waiting list. Mr. Howard has been a substitute for five years, is familiar with all the routes and with all the routine work of the carriers. He is quick, accurate and accommodating. The patrons of the office have all liked to have him on their routes whenever he has had occasion to substitute, and he will make a first-class, regular man, in fact the appointment could not have been bettered, had there been any option in it. But there was not, for the carriers are under civil service control and wholly out of politics or any other consideration.
Between now and July 1 the carrier routes will be transformed so as to make the present six routes over into seven. There are now some parts of the village corporation to which mail is not delivered at all because the force is so short handed, and there are other parts where it should be delivered twice and is not delivered but once. So far as is possible all these defects will be remedied.
Normal Appointments.
Misses Phebe Jones and Harriet Alexander of the present graduating class at the Normal [School] have secured positions in the intermediate and primary departments respectively of the Herkimer union school.
Misses Anna O'Loughlin and Mary Brown are elected to the Binghamton public schools for next year.
Miss Ethel A. Watrous has secured an unusually desirable position in the East Orange, N. J., schools for next year.
Tacks in the Sidepath.
A number of bicyclists complain of punctures of tires yesterday on the Little York sidepath. One rider is said to have returned with eight tacks through his tires. It looks as though some maliciously inclined person had spent money for tacks instead of for a sidepath license. The law is very severe upon any one throwing tacks or glass or anything that can cause a puncture upon any highway, sidepath or sidewalk. If the guilty party could be caught he probably would not repeat the offense. It is for the interest of every wheelman to furnish evidence in such a case that would lead to the conviction of the guilty one.
VERY SUDDEN DEATH.
Charles Bryant of Dryden Fell to the Barn Floor in Freeville.
There was a terrific shower at Freeville last night at about 5 o'clock. Just before the rain began to fall Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bryant, who for the past thirty years have lived upon their farm about a mile south of West Dryden, drove into the barn at the Junction House at Freeville to wait till the shower was over. Mr. Bryant got out of his carriage and stepped around toward the horses' heads when suddenly without warning he fell to the floor. Mrs. Bryant hurriedly alighted and went to his side, but he was unconscious. An attendant at the barn rushed over to Dr. Homer Genung's, fifty rods away but before the doctor could get back Mr. Bryant was dead.
The cause of the death is said to be heart failure. Mr. Bryant was thought to be in usual health during the day, and the reason for the sudden attack is unknown. There was a report in circulation this morning that be had been struck by lightning, but this had no foundation in fact.
Mr. Bryant was a man upwards of 60 years old, a prosperous farmer and highly respected by all who knew him. He leaves a wife and four children: William Bryant of Lansing, Mrs. Hattie Dates of Lansingville and a younger son and daughter who live at home.
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| Rev. Oscar A. Houghton, D. D. |
MEMORIAL SUNDAY.
A Fitting Service Held Last Night at the First M. E. Church.
The annual Memorial sermon before the G. A. R. and W. R. C. was preached in the First M. E. church last evening by the pastor Rev. O. A. Houghton, D. D. The preliminary service was very nicely and appropriately arranged. The members of the two organizations occupied seats reserved for them. After the organ voluntary by Harry A. Jennison, a quartet consisting of Messrs. G. W. Long, C. R. Doolittle, A. W. McNett and E. N. Sherwood sang "Where Heroes Sleep." A hymn, the words of which were written by the pastor, was then sung by the congregation led by the large chorus choir, and after responsive reading C. R. Doolittle sang the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," the congregation joining in the chorus. The Scripture lesson was read from Psalm forty-six, and Miss Nettie L. Stout sang with much effect "The Picket Guard." Comrade George W. Edgcomb sang "Tenting on the Old Camp Ground," the congregation joining in the chorus.
Dr. Houghton chose as the basis of his remarks the following words from 1 Chronicles, xi:19—"Shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy?" At the time referred to, the speaker said David's sufferings made him homesick and he longed for a drink from the well at the gate of Bethlehem. He felt as you men felt when you were all alone after a day's battle. You shed tears as you thought of the loved ones at home. This made you better men. It is true that whatever softens us, blesses us. One of the compensations of the soldier is the better appreciation of his home. It is just so in the religious life. There is a heart wanting for a specific kind of knowledge. The heart longs for a drink from the well of salvation. In David's city there was pathos and sublimity. He was then a man with a boy's heart. He had three men with him who were heroes.
They jeopardized their lives in going to the gates of Bethlehem and bringing to David some of the water from the well. None of them was a Grant, a Sherman, or a Sheridan, a Dewey, a Sampson, or a Schley. I fancy they were a Hobson, a Funston or a "Teddy," ready for action at a moment's notice. Men may be famous sometimes, aye, infamously famous, through their own words of self advertisement, to the old veterans, let the rabble doff their hats, for their fame is spread by their deeds. David glorified himself by first glorifying God in pouring out the water as a sacrifice to the Lord. Your confidence in your leaders inspired you to do and to dare. Whatever comes to us as the price of the blood of our fellow citizens is to be held sacred. Not to esteem and hold sacred those heritages in sacrilege. A sacred trust is committed to us in keeping and preserving our institutions, our laws and our government.
In closing the speaker referred to the greatness of our own country in comparison with others as to scenery, agricultural and mineral products. The duties and responsibilities of citizenship are upon us. High and sacred motives should govern every action. Memorial day should be a sacred day, a day of God, reverently guarded and not marred by sports.
BISHOP HUNTINGTON
Celebrated His Eightieth Birthday On Sunday.
Right Rev. Frederic Dan Huntington, bishop of the Episcopal diocese of central New York was 80 years old yesterday. The Syracuse Post-Standard says:
In spite of his advanced age and the vast amount of work which he has accomplished, the bishop is a well-preserved man. Even at the age of 80 he is not inclined to ask for an assistant in his work.
Bishop Huntington was born at Hadley, Mass., May 28, 1819. His father was Dan Huntington, a tutor in Yale college. He was graduated from Amherst in 1839—sixty years ago this summer— and Harvard Divinity school in 1842, becoming a Unitarian clergyman in 1855 he was made preacher to Harvard and Plummer professor of Christian morals in the same university. In 1860 he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal church and served as pastor of the Emmanuel parish of Boston until he was consecrated bishop of central New York thirty years ago on April 8.
He has been untiring in his efforts in behalf of the diocese and is beloved by all his people. At all times he stands ready to help along any good cause.
MILK STATION AT WILLET
To be Completed About July 15—New Passenger Station in Prospect.
Messrs. Dewitt C. Smith and William Woolsey of Lower Cincinnatus, who were awarded the contract for excavating for the foundation for the new milk depot at the Willet station on the line of the Erie & Central New York railway for the Merchants' Dairy Dispatch association of New York have completed their part of the contract. The masons began the work of laying up the stone abutments for the foundation on Thursday of last week. Negotiations are also being made by a representative of the association for the purchase of the lumber which will probably be furnished by Frank E. Crittenden of Willet.
The new building will be erected about fifty rods east of the big trestle which spans Gee brook and will be 110 by 30 feet in size. It is expected the structure will be completed and ready for use about July 15. This new enterprise will be a great boon to the dairymen in the fertile Otselic valley as far south as Upper Lisle, placing them in touch with a ready market for their supply of milk throughout this vast expanse of territory which has hitherto been almost inaccessible to milk dealers owing to the lack of adequate shipping facilities.
It is also stated that the Erie & Central New York Railroad company is making preliminary arrangements for the erection of a new passenger and freight station opposite the new milk depot at the Willet crossing which will be a great accommodation to the traveling public.
BREVITIES.
—Allen Adams was convicted of public intoxication this morning in police court and fined $3.
—The hardware stores will all close at 9 o'clock to-morrow morning for the rest of the day.
—To-morrow being Memorial day and a legal holiday no paper will be issued from this office.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Pearson Bros., Furniture house closed Memorial day, page 8.
—To-morrow being Memorial day and a legal holiday the postoffice will be open only from 7 to 10 A. M. and from 6 to 7 P. M. One full delivery of carriers will be made in the morning, and no more afterward during the day.
—Mr. A. D. Lane, who so successfully conducted "Belshazzar" and "The Merry Milkmaids" in Cortland and "Esther" in Homer, is now drilling a chorus of seventy-five picked voices in Marathon for the presentation of "The Merry Milkmaids" in the near future.
—A farmer of Walton, Delaware county, who didn't believe in banks and who lived alone, was bound and gagged Friday night by four men and his house was robbed of $2,000 in cash and $25,000 in securities. There is no clue to the robbers. It is astonishing that in these days people will keep more money about them than enough for their immediate necessities.
—The weather forecast for to-morrow is clearing after severe thunder showers to-night. That will be good news for all who have made plans for observing the holiday in any way that will call them out of doors. As the weather forecast goes forward, however, till midnight of to-morrow the clearing may come late in the day and it would probably be wise for all to be within reach of their umbrellas till the appearance of the sky justifies a separation from them.
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