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| Dynamite gun and American military crew at Santiago, Cuba, 1898. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, August 25, 1899.
DYNAMITE GUN'S USE.
It Will Be Tested In the Philippine Campaign.
THE WAR TO BE PROSECUTED.
As Soon as the Rainy Season Has Ended a Vigorous Campaign Will Be Begun and Prosecuted Until the Finish. Learning Experience From Other Powers.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25.—Twelve dynamite guns are soon to be shipped to Manila to "throw earthquakes" among the rebellious Filipinos. The war department has already borrowed a dozen of Colt rapid-fire guns from the navy department, and the army will be given a large number of this sort of weapons. The dynamite guns are said to be the most destructive small caliber artillery in use and the government will employ them on the theory that the best way to shorten the war is by increasing its terrors for the enemy.
The authorities intend to profit by the experience of other nations that have had similar wars in tropical Asia and Africa. A special study is to be made of their methods of organizing and managing light batteries operating among mountains and jungles, and First Lieutenant Mervyn C. Buckey of the Third artillery has been selected for that duty.
The war department has just issued an order directing Lieutenant Buckley to proceed to Woolwich arsenal, Paris and Amsterdam, for the purpose of inspecting at those places the organization and mounting of mountain guns and howitzer batteries used in India and Africa and in Madagascar, Java, Borneo and Sumatra under conditions similar to those in the Philippines. Thence he will go to Manila to report to the commanding general for assignment to duty.
This is but another proof of the determination of the administration to prosecute the war in the Philippines with great vigor as soon as the dry season makes military operations possible on an extensive scale.
It is probable all of the 10 volunteer regiments organized recently will not reach Manila before the last of October because the sea voyage is a matter of four or five weeks.
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| Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles. |
SOLDIERS' HOME TROUBLE.
Colonel Sheppard Refuses to Resign and Courts an Investigation.
BATH, N. Y., Aug. 25.—At the meeting of the trustees of the Soldiers Home General Sickles resigned the chair in favor of Attorney General Davies, who presided at the meeting.
A letter was received from Colonel Sheppard, commandant of the home in which he refused to resign, as requested when the charges against him were presented two weeks ago. He denied the charges and said that as his honesty and integrity had been assailed for the first time in his long public career he would welcome criticism for his every act and challenge the investigation of any impartial body or tribunal and await with confidence the verdict of his countrymen.
Attorney General Davies advised the deferring of the matter until the next annual meeting in February. This was opposed by General Palmer and the meeting finally adjourned without taking action.
The executive committee held a meeting of thirty minutes duration, but no report was made on the charges as expected.
PAVING IS MOVING ON.
Concrete Nearly Laid on Tompkins-st.—Binder on Monday.
The concrete is nearly laid for the paving on Tompkins-st., Cortland. This afternoon the work had almost reached the Standard building. The binder course will be started at the cemetery on Monday and will be brought down this way as rapidly as possible.
The yard in front of the residence of Dr. Neary, formerly the beautiful lawn of Gen. Roswell Randall and later of his son, Hon. Henry S. Randall, looked like one huge picnic ground from 11 to 1 o'clock to-day as it was filled with Italians eating their lunches and enjoying their after dinner smokes. The shade of the big trees made a cool retreat for them during the heat of the day.
The rough grading on Port Watson-st. is now well advanced, but there is still considerable excavation to be made between Main and Church-sts. The work of laying the curbs has been begun.
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| Cortland Opera House on Groton Ave., Cortland, N. Y. |
HIGH CLASS VAUDEVILLE.
Wallace & Gilmore, managers of the Cortland Opera House, will present their own company of vaudeville stars at the Opera House all next week at popular prices, 15 and 25 cents.
The entertainment will cater largely to ladies and children, and some of the strongest features on the vaudeville stage will be introduced, including Harry and Annie Connors, the great comedy duo; Archer & Garlow, musical sketch artists; Chas. E. Scharf, the great concert banjoist; Chas. Innes, the eminent tenor, whose many engagements at private musicals have made him a popular favorite; the Hermanetti Brothers, celebrated strong men just having closed with the Walter Main circus; and last but not least, Diamond & Colby, the mesmerists. As usual ladies' tickets will be issued for Monday evening which if exchanged at Rood's Candy Kitchen before 7 P. M. Monday evening will entitle any lady to the best reserved seat for 15 cents. Sale of seats at Rood & Co. Saturday morning at 9 o'clock.
Fires Near Lake Placid.
Dr. and Mr. G. H. Smith and son Frank returned to-day from a three weeks' vacation in the Adirondacks. The forest fires which were raging last week were extinguished by the heavy rain of Monday night and Tuesday. Monday afternoon the smoke was so dense at Lake Placid that it was difficult to see across the street and lamps were lighted in the houses. This smoke came from a mountain (Whiteface) about ten miles away where 200 men had been working for two days and nights fighting the fire.
A VERY SUDDEN DEATH.
Mrs. Sarah B. Brown Passed Away in Her Garden.
Mrs. Sarah B. Brown died very suddenly this morning at 11 o'clock at her home opposite the Graham watering trough on the Truxton road two miles from Cortland. She went out into the garden and ten minutes later her sister, Mrs. Carrie B. Hubbard, with whom she lived, looked out to see her leaning over the garden fence in a motionless state. She hastened to her side and found her unconscious. Mrs. Hubbard then ran across the street to summon her neighbor Mrs. Eugene Graham. Returning, Mrs. Graham reached Mrs. Brown first and thinks she opened her eyes once or twice and gasped. Some gentlemen who were passing in a carriage and who were strangers to the two ladies saw the trouble and carried Mrs. Brown into the house.
Mrs. Graham inquired of Mrs. Hubbard what physician she should send for and the latter mentioned Dr. Neary. "Ladies, this is no case for a physician," replied one of the gentlemen, "life has already departed." But Mrs. Hubbard insisted that she wanted a physician and that perhaps he could do something. The two men were coming to Cortland and they hastened on and at the first telephone they came to summoned Dr. Neary. The doctor reached the house within a half hour, but said there was nothing to be done. He pronounced the cause of death cerebral apoplexy and thought that death must have come within five minutes after the shock was suffered. He thought a large blood vessel of the brain had burst, as the face was a dark purple hue when Mrs. Graham reached her side.
Mrs. Brown was born in Homer 69 years ago and was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Brown. In 1851 she was married to Isaac W. Brown and the greater part of her life was passed in Homer. No children were ever born to them. Her husband died in 1887, and from that time she lived with an aunt, Mrs. Lucy Hitchcock, in Homer till that lady died five years ago, and since then she has made her home with her sister, Mrs. Hubbard. She was a woman of strong character, much energy and many excellent qualities. She was very public spirited, and the near proximity at present of the Cortland county fair, recalls the many years during which she was the superintendent of the ladies' department in the hall at these fairs and was the moving spirit in leading the ladies to make their exhibits. She was always to be depended upon in whatever she undertook.
She is survived by four sisters: Mrs. Carrie B. Hubbard and Miss Mary Eliza Brown of Cortland, Mrs. Harriet Close of Chicago and Mrs. Emeline Smith of Elgin, Ill.; also by five cousins, Rev. Edward W. Hitchcock, D. D. of Philadelphia, Mr. Dwight N. Hitchcock, Mr. J. Clayton Atwater, Mrs. John J. Arnold and Mrs. Silas Fosmer of Homer.
The funeral arrangements have not yet been made, but it is expected that it will be private. The burial will be in the Homer cemetery.
Funeral of William Gray.
The funeral of William Gray, who died at his home, 8 Townley-st., Tuesday, was held this afternoon and there was a very large attendance of relatives and friends of the deceased. Members of the John L. Lewis lodge, I. O. O. F., of which the deceased was a member, and members of Vesta lodge attended the funeral in a body and took charge of the services at the grave. Prayer was offered at the house at 1:30 o'clock and more extended services were held at the Homer-ave Methodist church at 2 o'clock. The services both at the house and at the church were conducted by Rev. J. C. B. Moyer.
The following members of John L. Lewis lodge who were initiated into membership in the lodge at the same time with the deceased acted as bearers: Messrs. N. P. Meager, William Foster, Charles French, Arthur Coram, W. J. Moss and William Dodd.
A quartet consisting of Messrs. T. N. Hollister, Geo. W. Long, A. W. McNett and C. R. Doolittle sang "Jesus Lover of My Soul," "I cannot always trace the way," and "Jesus Savior, Pilot Me."
The remarks by Mr. Moyer were based upon the text, John xiii:7—"Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt know hereafter."
SOME PERTINENT QUESTIONS.
Two Lady Bicyclists Have Complaints to Make.
Two lady bicyclists have called at this office within the last three days saying, that they had complaints to make and questions to ask through the columns of The STANDARD.
One of the ladies wondered if it would not be a proper use of sidepath funds and if there was not enough money in the treasury of the [bicycle] sidepath commission to pay for mowing the weeds along the edges of the sidepaths to South Cortland and to Little York, especially the former as that is in worse condition in that respect than the other. The weeds when covered with dew or with dust do not have a beneficial effect upon ladles' skirts.
The same lady called attention to reckless driving nearly every afternoon about 4 o'clock on Church-st., when owners of fast horses get out to speed them. Bicyclists are now debarred the use of the sidewalks and are as a result in imminent danger of being run over in the street by the fast horses. Would it not be a good plan, she inquired, for the police force to transfer some of their attention from Main-st. to Church-st. and enforce some of the village ordinances regarding fast driving.
The other lady complained that no effort was made to enforce the ordinance requiring teams to take the right hand side of the street in driving. Bicyclists are required to do so and are trying to obey the ordinance, but are frequently in danger of being run down by teams going the other way on the wrong side of the street who at the same time pay no attention to bicyclists.
This lady also complained when there is one little narrow place in the road which is dry after a rain and when that is the only place in the road in which bicyclists can get along, many drivers pick that for their teams and if they see a bicycle coming do not give way and often require the rider to dismount in the mud. Many times the streets are rideable for wheels if the rider can pick the part of the street which is dry in which to use his wheel, but if teams also pick that part or are liable to drive a bicycle rider out into the mud they cannot be considered rideable.
This lady further ventured the remark which is surely more or less true that the people who have talked the most about getting the wheels off the sidewalks and requiring riders to use the streets exclusively are themselves the greatest hogs when placed in a wagon with a pair of reins in their hands in refusing to give way for a wheelman or wheelwoman in picking their way along a street that is gradually recovering from an attack of Cortland mud. The bicyclists she said as a class are desirous of obeying the village ordinance regarding sidewalk riding and are trying to keep the streets when they can, but they could keep them much more if drivers would be inclined to help them a little in giving them the portion of a street that is rideable.
Surely these are pertinent matters and we commend them to the consideration of those whom they may interest.
MCLEAN UNION SCHOOL.
Improvements and Additions—New Library Books, School Opens Sept. 5.
The fall term of the McLean Union school will open Tuesday, Sept. 5, with the same competent corps of instructors as last year. Since the close of school general repairs and improvements have been going on about the building in the shape of painting, papering and kalsomining. The old desks have been removed from the academic department and new single seats have been put in, making a seating capacity in this department for sixty pupils.
The standard of scholarship is being raised from year to year and the work this year will be the equivalent of the third year in regular high school work. During the past year the school has been placed under the supervision of the regents. Two hundred dollars' worth of books were added to the library last year and another hundred dollars' worth will be added this year making this one of the best equipped libraries for a school of its size in the state. New apparatus has also been added and taken altogether the school has an unusually complete equipment for carrying on its work.
The attendance last year was the largest in the history of the school and present indications point to a still larger attendance during the coming year.
Mr. John Sheehy.
Mr. John Sheehy, aged 64 years, died Thursday afternoon, Aug. 17, at his home in Scott. The cause of death was cerebral apoplexy. Mr. Sheehy is survived by his wife, three sons, Messrs. Thomas Sheehy of Yonkers, John Sheehy of Scott, Al Sheehy of Cortland, and two daughters, Mrs. L. D. Ellis of Washington-st., Cortland, and Miss Florence Sheehy of Scott. The funeral was held at the home in Scott Saturday morning at 8 o'clock and at St. Mary's church, Cortland, at 10 o'clock and was largely attended by relatives and friends from Scott, Cortland and other places.
Mr. Sheehy was born in Ireland and came to this country about thirty years ago, when a little more than 30 years of age. He has lived in the town of Scott for more than twenty years, where he has been well known and highly respected. Mr. Sheehy was a man who always spoke well of the people with whom he was associated. This was a noticeable trait of his character and he was never known to speak ill of any one. He had not been in his usual health for more than two years, but had not been considered worse until he was stricken with the shock of apoplexy which resulted In his death. Burial was made in St. Mary's cemetery in Cortland. While a thorough Irishman Mr. Sheehy was a loyal American and was thoroughly versed in the history of both countries.
BREVITIES.
—Daniel's orchestra will give a concert at the park pavilion Saturday evening before the dancing begins.
—The grand lodge of Good Templars at Watertown has voted to hold the next annual session at Ithaca.
—A gang of linemen from Buffalo arrived in Cortland this morning and will begin the work of rebuilding and repairing the Lehigh Valley telegraph lines.
—At the morning service Sunday at the Presbyterian church Miss Josephine Reynolds of Chicago will sing the soprano solo "Come Unto Me" by Coenen.
—Mrs. Anna Barnes of 46 Railway-ave. died to-day after a long illness from spinal trouble. Her age was 57 years. The funeral arrangements are not yet made.
—A good sized sunflower in full bloom growing from the trunk of a maple tree, 10 or 12 feet from the ground attracts the attention of passers-by on North Main-st.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Stowell, Special sale, page 7; F. Daehler, Something startling, page 6; M. A. Case, New dressgoods, etc., page 6; Opera House, All Star Vaudeville, page 5.
—Cortlandville grange, P. of H., will hold an open meeting in G. A. R. hall next Monday evening, Sept. 28, at 8:30 P. M. A. D. Porter of Syracuse will speak on "Taxation of Personal Property." The public is cordially invited.
—Henry Howes, a DeRuyter wool dealer, has made a good snug sum on that article this year and recently shipped from that village 100,000 pounds or ten carloads which he bought from the farmers.—Hamilton Republican.
—The grading on the lot recently purchased by St. Mary's church just south of the church building is nearly completed, and the additional space which will some day be a green lawn makes a great improvement in the appearance of the church property.
—A gang of pickpockets are working central New York. Wherever there is an assemblage of people they seem to be present and will doubtless work the agricultural fairs. It is well to remind those who attend circuses, fairs and conventions that it is well not to take more money than is needed for the day's expenses.
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