 |
| Elihu Root. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, September 20, 1899.
SEEKING MORE TIME.
Filipinos Want to Hold Another Conference.
IT WILL NOT STOP HOSTILITIES.
There Is a Possibility That the Rebels Are In Earnest This Time In View of the Reinforcements Being Sent to Otis—Cabinet Discusses the Situation.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.—Secretary Root received a cablegram from General Otis that seemed to indicate a weakening on the part of the insurgents in Luzon. It contained a proffer to deliver the American prisoners who have been for so many months in the hands of the insurgents and also sought permission for a conference with General Otis.
This cablegram was at once taken to Secretary Root over to the cabinet meeting and formed the main topic for discussion at the beginning of the session. However upon reading the message carefully, its apparent importance seemed to diminish. Secretary Root himself did not regard the matter as of importance at this time. He recalled frequent efforts on the part of the insurgents in the past to gain time at critical moments by opening negotiations, ostensibly with the object of making peace and he was not sure but this last offer was something of the same kind. However, the secretary was of the opinion that it would fail to afford the insurgents any advantage.
There is a possibility also that the insurgents may have become disheartened at the renewed and intense activity in the direction of reinforcing General Otis and concluded In view of the great force gathering to open the campaign in the dry season that further resistance be useless.
It is pointed out as a noticeable fact that Aguinaldo's name does not appear in General Otis' dispatch and though this may not be of great significance, still among some of the army officers it is surmised that there are serious dissensions among the insurgents and that perhaps some of the discordant elements are acting on their own responsibility.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
The Democratic Dilemma.
There is a large body of men long identified with the Democratic party, who have never been carried away by the socialistic and free silver notions which became so contagious with its rank and file in 1896, and now threaten to engulf it. The old Democratic party's most pronounced and continuous doctrine was that of a tariff for revenue only, and this seems to have almost ceased to be an issue. In the Wilson bill adopted during Mr. Cleveland's last administration as a substitute for the McKinley tariff there was a jumbled arrangement of duties partly protective and partly based on the ''revenue only" principle, as self-contradictory so far as this principle was concerned as it could well be, while both as a measure for revenue and aid to business, it was a failure.
The prospect of some such law in consequence of Mr. Cleveland's election, and its enactment afterward, gave us four of the most disastrous years which this country has ever passed through; and there never was a more instructive and convincing object lesson in politics than the quick revival of business after the Republican victory of 1896 and the swift progress of prosperity up to the present time under the Dingley tariff schedule, a sound financial policy, and President McKinley's wise guidance of affairs.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
MRS. ANNA S. TEED THE UNFORTUNATE VICTIM.
She Was Very Deaf and in Crossing a Street in Corporation Moonlight Was Hit by a Horse Whose Driver Was Entirely Blameless—Rendered Unconscious and Died In Five Hours.
Mrs. Anna S. Teed, aged 60 years, was last evening the unfortunate victim of an accident which seems to have been unavoidable under the circumstances, and which resulted in her death five hours later.
Mrs. Teed was a widow, who lived at 29 Maple-ave. with her sister, Miss Mary A. Gleason, who is ill with congestion of the lungs. Mrs. Teed was exceedingly deaf, and it was with difficulty that conversation could be carried on with her. She was also quite feeble. Last evening she came down to the store of Palmer & Co. and made a purchase of a basket of grapes and a pound of butter, and started for home at a little after 8 o'clock. She went up North Main-st. on the east side and crossed at Maple-ave. Just after she had crossed the street car tracks she was thrown to the pavement by being struck by a horse driven by Mrs. Charles H. Warren. In the carriage with Mrs. Warren was her daughter Grace and the two had been out riding. They were coming from the north, and the horse was on a good stiff walk, not on a trot,
Cortland's system of street lighting is based upon the moonlight schedule. Last night was a "moonlight" night, so-called, and the electric lights were not on. Corporation moonlight was decidedly dimmed by the cloudy weather and it was not the easiest matter in the world to discern objects unless they were close at hand. The fact that Mrs. Teed was deaf prevented her from hearing the approaching horse, and the absence of street lights in a street heavily shaded at best prevented the occupants of the carriage from seeing Mrs. Teed until the horse was almost upon her. No blame whatever can be attached to Mrs. Warren.
A number of people were passing along the street at the time, and Mrs. Teed was carried into the office of Dr. Julia H. Spaulding in an unconscious condition. Dr. Spaulding found no outward injuries, but observed that Mrs. Teed had fallen heavily on the pavement on the left side, her head striking with considerable force, causing concussion of the brain. Consciousness partially returned after a little, and Mrs. Teed was carried home in a chair by W. T. Nix, and F. E. Hilligus. She did not fully regain consciousness, and died at 1:30 o'clock.
Mrs. Teed was the widow of Geoffrey Teed, who died in Harford a number of years ago. Funeral services will be held from 29 Maple-ave., Friday morning, at 10 o'clock and burial will be made at Virgil.
It is certainly to be hoped that this accident will lead to the securing of a system of all-night lighting every night in the year. The weather is too fickle and clouds are too frequent to permit any reliance to be placed on moonlight. Last night the moon had scarcely risen when the accident occurred and even had the night been clear was not in position to throw much light into the street at that hour. The people have once expressed a strong desire to have and to pay for all night lighting every night in the year, and were afterwards deprived of what they had declared for through a combination of circumstances.
Life is too precious and accidents too liable to happen in a busy village like Cortland to take any chances in darkness. The village trustees have signified their intention of submitting this matter to a popular vote at the next charter election, and it is to be hoped that when that time comes and voters go to the polls they will remember the accident of last night and its cause, and will vote accordingly.
In all this matter what must be the feelings of Mrs. Warren, who through no fault of her own was instrumental in causing the death of this poor woman. Mrs. Warren has always been accustomed to the use of horses and is well known as a careful driver, but that which happened to her might happen to any one in the darkness if some lady stepped suddenly in front of the horse while going along the street.
REUNION OF SOLDIERS.
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SEVENTH AT SYRACUSE.
Thirty-fourth Annual Reunion of the Regiment Held Tuesday—Will Meet in Homer Sept. 1900—J. C. Atwater of Homer Chosen President and Geo. L. Warren of Cortland Re-elected Secretary—List of Those Present.
The thirty-fourth annual reunion of the survivors of the One Hundred Fifty-seventh regiment, New York volunteers, was held at the state armory in Syracuse yesterday. President H. C. Ransom was in the chair, and when Secretary George L. Warren of Cortland called the roll, 112 members answered to their names. The following deaths were reported during the year: Charles Whitelaw of Co. I, Patrick Mathews of Co. Q, E. McChesney of Co. H, Aaron Mabie of Co. D, Wesley Hutchings of Co. E, John W. Card of Co. H, Charles Barstow of Co. F, James Caten of Co. B, Frank E. Gates of Co. K, Jacob Hallicus of Co. G, C. V. Palmer of Co. F, Chas. Hoxie of Co. G, James Boyer, W. J. Rudd and D. H. Wentworth of Co. C.
The annual report of Treasurer Briggs was read and filed, and letters were read from the following comrades, who were unable to attend: Capt. C. H. Van Slyke of Sioux City, S. D.; Capt. Wm. Saxton of Edgar, Neb.; Lieutenant Forbes of Republican City, Ia.; A. W. Van Denburg of Mount Vernon, N. Y.; W. S. Cooper of Lansing, Mich.; Lieut. C. J. Baldwin of Granville, O.; Lieut. Nelson R. Smith of Clarksboro, N. J.; C. T. Dickson of Rutherford, N. J.; and Ira S. Gleason, Esperance, N. Y.
Comrade A. W. Greene of Canastota, a member of Co. L was elected to membership.
Dinner was taken by most of the visitors at the St. Cloud hotel and following that the annual election of officers took place with the following result:
President—Capt. J. C. Atwater, Homer, N. Y.
First Vice-President—Lieut. A. W. Kingsbury, Homer.
Second Vice-President—Lieut. C. O. Newton, Homer.
Third Vice-President—M. K. Messenger, Smyrna.
Secretary—George L. Warren, Cortland.
Corresponding Secretary—Dr. H. C. Hendrick, McGraw, N. Y.
Treasurer—Maj. L. F. Briggs, Eaton.
Executive Committee—C. H. Bouton of Marathon, Lieut. W. H. Morgan of Cortland and W. H. Abbert of Hamilton.
It was voted to hold the next reunion at Homer, Sept. 19, 1900.
This concluded the business of the association when a campfire was lighted and the following program was carried out:
Prayer, Rev. W. H. Church.
Vocal Selection, Miss Katherine Ray Colvin of Cortland.
Recitation—Uncle Ned, Miss Lena Hart.
Description of the Dewey Battle at Manila by a Sailor Who Served on the Olympia, Wm. Ferguson.
Recitation—Miss Frances Stafford.
Address Rev. R. E. Burton.
Recitation, Miss Linden.
The reunion was brought to a close by a short address by Hon. L. Coe Young of Binghamton, who has just recovered from a severe and dangerous illness.
The following is a list of the members in attendance with their postoffice addresses, the letter following each name indicating to which company the member belonged:
J. C. Atwater, D, Homer; W. H. Abbert, A, Hamilton; G. H. Adams, I, Chittenango; A. W. Angel, C, Cortland; Arphoxed Ashley, B, Syracuse; Amos Avery, G, Pratts Hollow; Albert Alkins, I, Canastota; Alfred Adams, I, Oneida; L. F. Briggs, I, Eaton; R. W. Bourne, C, Willet; Albert Barlow, G, Canastota; C. S. Brown, D, Homer; C. H. Bouton, K, Marathon; Elisha Brisby, F, Smyrna; W. H. Bradley, E, Syracuse; Arthur Borthwick, K, McGraw; J. W. Boynton, F, Smyrna; J . M. Crawe, surgeon, Watertown; P. P. Carl, I, Chittenango; G. W. Carpenter, I, Chittenango Station; E. C. Carley, K, Syracuse; D. D. Chase, F, Morrisville; H. J. Collier, F, Earlville; Harrison Chapman, H, Homer; Wm. Connell, H, Truxton; L. I. Curtis, A, West Eaton; F. A. Carey, G, Syracuse; Mott C. Dixon, F, Smyrna; David Devan, F, Peterboro; J. B. Douglass, B, Canastota; E. G. Dunham, I, Bridgeport, N. Y.; I. O. Elmwood, F, Clinton; Nathan Eldredge, F, Smyrna; J. H. Fancher, G, Canastota; Henry Fryover, A, Eaton; Wm. Foot, I, Binghamton; H. C. Hendrick, surgeon, McGraw; H. R. Hollenbeck, B, Syracuse; Adelbert Holden, C, McGraw; Edward Hicks, H, Apulia; Deforest Hakes, K, Cortland; Pitt H. Henry, C, McGraw; O. J. Hayes, E, DeRuyter; M. J. Highland, A, Hamilton; J. B. Houghton, A, Waterville; A. D. Hayes, H, Syracuse; S. N. Holden, E, Cortland; Joseph Hart, G, Boucksville; C. S. Hurd, I, Chittenango; J. H. Hill, D, Savana; C. C. Healy, A, Homer; J. E. Hogan, A, Remington, Ind.; Eugene Johnson, K, Marathon; A. W. Kingsbury, quartermaster, Homer; E. C. Kinney, K, McGraw; Harvey Lindsley, G, Wampsville; P. H. Lyon, C, Cortland; W. H. Morgan, D, Cortland; Matthew Moochler, I, Auburn; Jerry Murphy, G, Clockville; John Miller, H, Cortland; John D. Miller, G, Wampsville; S. J. Moyer, B, Canastota; M. K. Messenger, C, Smyrna; W. O. Maine, E, Wilmot, S. D.; N. W. Meeker, I, Chittenango; H. S. Montgomery, F, Plymouth; W. L. Mowry, B, Syracuse; W. E. Matson, F, Peterboro; Joseph McDargh, E, Cortland; Lyman Matson, E, East Virgil; Hale Moore, I, Bridgeport, N. Y.; C. O. Newton, Q. M., Homer; C. A. Near, G, Hurly, N. D.; Thos. Nightingale, A, Eaton; Richard Nightingale, A, Eaton: J. W. Newman, A, Scott; W. G. Owen, D, Homer; Harvey Ourdoff, I, Canastota: John Phleiger, G, Canastota; Root Pierce, K, Marathon; C. H. Paddock, C, New York City; E. A. Phillips, D, East Homer; Robert Roastree, B, Canastota; H. M. Robinson, K, Cortland; C. O. Ricker, G, Oneida Castle; H. C. Ransom, A, Syracuse; H. H. Rickard, B, Oneida; Levi Randall, C, Oxford; Edward Reynolds, D, Sempronius; R. C. Shattuck, H, Syracuse; C. H. Sweet, D, Scott; A. M. Stevens, A, Madison; Wm. Tegg, I, North Manilas; Chas. Trass, A, Oneida; Edwin Tucker, A, Oneida; Christopher Van Slyke, B, Clockville; Geo. L. Warren, E, Cortland; Levi Wiser, K, Cortland; Calvin White, G, Wampsville; M. C. Wood, A, New Woodstock; I. J. WaIker, C, McGraw; Christopher Widger, H, Freetown; Wellington Wood, D, Cortland; Thos. Welch, I, Chittenango; L. Coe Young, Binghamton; John A. Cole, I, Brewerton; A. L. Porter, I, Chittenango; Chas. Boardman, I, Syracuse; O. W. Roberts, I, Cazenovia; Matthew Shapile, I, Chittenango Station.
A meeting of the Woman's association connected with this regimental association was also held and the following officers for next year were re-elected:
President—Mrs. J. C. Carmichael.
First Vice-President—Mrs. H. C. Bouton of Marathon.
Second Vice-President—Mrs. H. E. Potter of Delhi.
Secretary—Miss Lillian Potter of Delhi.
Corresponding Secretary—Mrs. H. W. Bradley of Syracuse.
Treasurer—Mrs. Jennie Whitelam of Syracuse.
THE YOUNG WOMAN DISCHARGED.
Went Home with Her Mother—A Reconciliation Probable.
Grace Pollman Fitzgerald of Syracuse, wife or W. H. Fitzgerald, formerly of Cortland, who was arrested here last Saturday night directly after her marriage on complaint of her mother, and who was taken back to Syracuse next morning, has been discharged, the court holding that it had no authority to detain her. She was 16 years of age and the law permits a girl of that age to marry without the consent of parents. But a queer feature in connection with this is the fact that though the girl can legally marry if she is 16 years, still if she is under 18 years her husband is criminally liable under the charge of abduction, if the parents have not consented to the marriage. In this case, however, it now seems likely that no further trouble will result and that a reconciliation will follow. The little wife decided to return to her mother's home and remain there for a year before going to live with her husband provided they could have the privilege of meeting occasionally, and it is said that both mother and husband agreed to this, so that the difficulty is probably settled.
BREVITIES.
—Rev. John T. Stone will preach at South Cortland Friday evening, Sept. 29.
—The Democratic caucuses occur to-night at 7:30 o'clock throughout the town of Cortlandville.
—The Central New York conference of the M. E. church will be held at Elmira beginning on Wednesday, Sept, 27.
—New display advertisements to-day are—F. D. Smith, Stoves, page 6; W. J. Perkins, Shoulder braces, page 7; F. Daehler, top overcoats, page 7.
—Mahan's music festival at Cortland last week was a great success. It is said that Mr. Mahan never before had so magnificent a course of concerts.—Dryden Herald.
—At a recent meeting of the stockholders of the Homer & Cortland Gas Co., it was voted to increase the capital stock to $100,000 to consist of 1,000 shares of the par value of $100 each.
—Syracuse university reopened yesterday and
to the surprise and disgust of the
sophomore class the freshmen won the annual salt rush, twice doing up the older
class in a way to leave no possible question as to the result. It will now be a
question whether the sophomores will be able to live in the same college with those
freshmen the rest of the year.
No comments:
Post a Comment