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| Maj. Gen. Henry Ware Lawton. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, October 4, 1899.
SOME SEVERE FIGHTING.
Several More Engagements In the Philippines.
IMUS AND BACOOR ATTACKED.
The Rebels Driven From Their Trenches. One American Lieutenant of Artillery Wounded—A Number of Filipino Prisoners Taken. Telegraph Lines Cut.
IMUS, Luzon, Oct. 4.—The statement that Major Price asked Admiral Watson to send two gunboats to his support in the recent engagement of his regiment in the vicinity of Imus is incorrect.
General Lawton has dispersed the insurgents, driving them to the westward. The purpose of the rebels was to cut the communication maintained between Bacoor and Imus by means of the road between those places at a point between Imus and the east bank of the river. The insurgents had trenches along the west bank commanding the open spaces.
A force of 1,500 rebels attacked Imus and 600 proceeded against Bacoor with detachments along the river.
Colonel Daggett's forces passed along the road toward Bacoor and three companies of the Fourth regiment, under Captain Hollis, were thrown out from Imus, the two commands forming a junction. The entire line crossed the river and drove the Filipinos from their trenches to the westward, through rice fields and thickets.
The marines, whose services were tendered by Admiral Watson, crossed the river near the bay, forming a part of the line of advance.
Before the forward movement was begun the American artillery shelled the enemy's position. The only American casualty was the wounding of a lieutenant of artillery.
Several wounded Filipinos were attended by Surgeon Major Penrose and members of the ambulance corps. A number of prisoners were taken.
General Lawton, while riding up the road to Imus, was the target for many shots.
The telegraph line was cut in a bend in the road commanded by the enemy's trenches, and when Lieutenant Cunningham with a repair party appeared to restore the wires, two men and Lieutenant Cunningham's horse were shot. Lieutenant McClosky then brought a gun of Riley's battery into the open and training it on the trench, dispersed the Filipinos with two well aimed shots.
Captain Poor of the Sixth infantry attacked the insurgents Sunday in a trench which they had constructed near Tabuan, island of Negros, and scattered them. The Americans took one prisoner and captured 12 rifles, 6,000 cartridges and a quantity of rice and hospital supplies.
DEATH RATE FALLEN.
August Report of the New York State Board of Health.
ALBANY Oct. 4.—The state board of health bulletin for the month of August just issued shows that the death rate has fallen considerably. Compared with the preceding month the annual death rate per 1,000 population from all causes had fallen from 18.7 to 17.1; there were 1,300 fewer deaths reported than August, 1898, and 800 fewer than the average of the past 10 years. Allowing for delayed returns the death rate would not exceed 18 per 1,000 population. For the three summer months there has been an average daily mortality of 334 against 341 In 1898.
Except for a recently reported case in Horse Heads, Chemung county, probably originating out of the state, there is no smallpox known of in the state at the time of this issue.
Of 230 deaths from violence, 56 were from drowning, 34 from railway accidents, 25 from suicide, 5 lightning stroke and 3 from hydrophobia.
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| Aaron Sager. |
SEVENTY-SIXTH NEW YORK.
ITS ANNUAL REUNION WAS HELD IN CORTLAND TO-DAY.
Business Session in the Morning When Officers Were Elected for the Next Year, and Ithaca Decided Upon as Next Year's Meeting Place—Interesting Exercises and Stirring Addresses in the Afternoon.
It was just thirty-eight years ago today that the Seventy-sixth regiment, New York volunteers, was mustered into the service of the United States at the fair grounds in this village. To-day the remnants of that gallant command have met in annual reunion in Cortland. Of the 1,500 men who were on its rolls during the civil strife, and of the 800 who were alive when peace was declared, less than 200 are alive to-day, and they are so widely separated that the annual reunion brings together less than a hundred, some with a limb gone, others with but one arm, some bowed with old age hastened by disease contracted while in the service, and others carrying bullet scares upon their faces or persons as living reminders of the great struggle, and still others yet carrying rebel bullets in their bodies. Such is the old Seventy-sixth to-day, and such was the gathering at the annual business meeting of the association in the Grand Army rooms this morning.
David C. Beers of Cortland, the president of the association, was in the chair, and the annual reports of Secretary Lucius Davis and Treasurer Aaron Sager were read and approved. By a unanimous vote it was decided to hold the annual reunion of 1900 at Ithaca in response to a very urgent invitation from the comrades in that city, among whom were Mayor Clinton D. Bouton who was in attendance.
The election of officers resulted as follows:
President—D. B. Way of Ithaca.
First Vice-President—Lester Judson of Otisco.
Second Vice-President—George Cutler of Ithaca,
Third Vice-President—Nelson W. Smith of McGraw.
Fourth Vice-President—Oscar P. Miner of Cortland.
Secretary—Lucius Davis of Cortland.
Treasurer—Aaron Sager of Cortland.
The deaths of the following members were reported as having occurred since the last annual reunion: Chaplain H. Stone Richardson of Oshkosh, Wis., M. D. Allen of Georgetown, Lieutenant Colonel John E. Cook of Rutherford, N. J., and Alonzo Wagoner of Syracuse, Kan.
The following members answered to the rollcall: S. R. Renuff, U. A. Burnham, Wm. Sweet. D. Young, Geo. Smith, John Barnes, Walter Bishop, H. G. Rockwell. W. A. Stubbs, W. J. Burr, I. M. Alexander, C. W. Hutchings, L. F. Lowell, H. D. Cole, E. A. Burnham, Edward Fish, I. J. Bennett, John Wilson, Lester Judson, Albert Hollenbeck, M. L. Alexander, E. Fisher, Martin Edgcomb, Melvin Reed, David C. Beers, Samuel Sanders, Nelson W. Smith, Geo. E. Thornton, A. Sager, Chauncey D. Hyde, Wm. J. Mantanye, Oscar P. Miner, O. Dickinson, Miles R. Foster, Mr. Miller, J. H. Pierce, J. R. Birdlebough, Wm. R. Hill, D. B. Way, G. D. Cutler, Clinton D. Bouton, Eugene Fuller, R. G. Davidson, Daniel Griswold, B. F. Taylor, J. B. Henry, Geo. Moore, Andrew Lumeree, Wm. Trim, L. C. Durkee, T. H. McClenthen, Franklin Pratt, Geo. Wagner, C. Chaffey, D. R. Montgomery, H. Deb, P. Beeber, Lucius Davis, Burdette Fuller.
President Beers appointed the following memorial committee to report in the afternoon: J. W. Burr, Martin Edgcomb and T. H. McClenthen.
The public exercises are being held in Grand Army hall this afternoon, a full account of which will be given in The STANDARD to-morrow. Attorney B. T. Wright delivered the address of welcome. Prison Commissioner W. J. Mantanye responded for the regimental association and the annual address was given by Rev. U. S. Milburn, pastor of the Universalist church.
A NOON WEDDING.
Prof. Earl H. Lovell of New York and Miss Ida Louise Peck of Cortland.
A quiet and very informal home wedding took place at noon to-day at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Caroline Peck, 32 Greenbush-st., when Miss Ida Louise Peck was united in marriage with Mr. Earl H. Lovell of New York City. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. Jasper Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church, in the presence of about thirty of the immediate relatives of the bride and groom. The Episcopal form of service was used. Prof. B. L. Bentley of the Cortland Conservatory presided at the piano and rendered a number of choice selections both before and after the ceremony, including the Lohengrin and Mendelssohn marches.
The bride wore a handsome traveling suit of blue. Her present from the groom was a gold pin the in form of a crescent set with diamonds and pearls.
The presents were costly and elegant and included articles of solid silver and cut glass.
The bride is one of Cortland's most estimable and charming young ladies and has hosts of friends in this village. She is a graduate of the Cortland Normal school in the class of '97 and an active worker in the First Baptist church and Sunday-school. Mr. Lovell is also well known in Cortland. He is now professor of civil engineering in Columbia university, New York city. He is an alumnus of Cornell university, class of '91 and for two years after graduation held the position of civil engineering at Cornell. He also held a similar position at LaFayette college at Easton, Pa., for two years before entering upon the duties of his present position which he has held for two years.
Mr. and Mrs. Lovell left on the 12:47 train for New York and will go directly to their new home which has been fitted up for them at 417 West 118th-st., New York City.
CRONIN-BRADY.
Binghamton Young Man Wins a Charming Cortland Bride.
There was a very pretty wedding at St. Mary's Catholic church at 10:30 o'clock this morning when Mr. James P. Cronin of Binghamton and Miss Mary A. Brady of Cortland were joined in marriage. The wedding was a much less brilliant affair in some of its appointments than it would have been had it not been for the illness of Mrs. Brady, the mother of the bride.
A few days ago it seemed as though all thoughts of a public wedding would have to be abandoned, but Mrs. Brady improved so much and was so comfortable that it was decided to go on. Still, she was not able to be present at the ceremony and only about seventy-five, who were but a small portion of the guests, who had been originally invited, were present. The wedding breakfast which was served after the ceremony at the home of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Brady, 81 Pomeroy-st., though very elegant, was attended by a smaller number of friends than had first been intended.
The bridal party entered the church at 10:30 o'clock in the following order: the ushers, Messrs. Thomas F. Cronin of Deposit, cousin of the groom, and Frank Brady, John Brady and Richard Brady, all of Cortland, brothers of the bride; the maid of honor, Miss Margaret Brady of New York City; the bride upon the arm of her father. They were met at the altar by the groom with his best man, Mr. Thomas F. Council of Hartford, Ct.
The bride looked very charming indeed in a beautiful gown of cream white silk, cut entrain with chiffon trimmings. She wore a white Neapolitan hat with plumes and carried a white prayerbook.
The maid of honor wore a white albatross with blue trimmings and a white felt hat with blue velvet and white plumes. She carried a bouquet of LaFranc roses.
The high mans was read by the pastor of the church, Rev. J. J. McLoghlin, who returned yesterday from his summer in Europe, and the following musical programme was rendered by the choir under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lanigan, assisted by Mr. Gerald G. Prendergast, of Binghamton:
Wedding March,.Mendelssohn
Kyrie, Legeat
Gloria, Legeat,
Credo, Marzo
O Salutaris, Hargill
Sanctus, Marzo
Agnus Dei, Legeat
Wedding March (Lohengrin), Wagner
The marriage ceremony was performed by Rev. J. J. McLoghlin, assisted by Rev. J. J. Higgins of Binghamton.
At the conclusion of the ceremony the wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride's parents.
The presents were very numerous, beautiful and valuable, and a large share of them were not seen at all in Cortland, but were from Binghamton friends and were sent directly to the home which Mr. and Mrs. Cronin are to occupy.
The guests from out of town included Mrs. Mary Cronin, Thomas F. Cronin, Edward Cronin, Misses Kate and Anna Cronin, Margaret O'Brien, Nellie Haggerty, May Godfrey, Marian Normile, Kittie Eglen, Kittie Shea, Mayme Cronin, Lizzie and Kate Gallivan, Nina and Florence Crandall and Kate Kearney, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Martin, and Messrs. Joseph Sexton, D. J. O'Brien, James T. Stewart, W. E. Shea, Charles Normile, Harry Crowe, Alexander Paul and Gerald G. Prendergast, all of Binghamton, Thomas J, Cronin of Deposit, and W. W. Gibbons and Miss Bessie O'Brien of Ithaca,
Mr. and Mrs. Cronin left on the 4:43 train for a wedding trip to New York. They will be at home after November 1 at 21 Emerson Place, Binghamton.
Barry-Squires.
A very quiet home wedding was solemnized nat 12 o'clock to-day at the residence of the bride, 44 Groton-ave., when Mrs. A. Donzella Squires and Mr. John C. Barry were united in marriage by the Rev. Dr. O. A. Houghton. There were no invited guests except the immediate members of the families of the contracting parties.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry left on the Lackawanna at 12:46 for a short trip to New York, Philadelphia and Washington. They will be at home after Nov. 1 at 44 Groton-ave. Mr. and Mrs. Barry both have a large circle of friends and acquaintances who will unite in extending their congratulations and well wishes.
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Of the Nurses at the Cortland Hospital Tuesday Evening.
The graduating exercises of the class of '99 at the Cortland Hospital Training school occurred at the hospital last evening. Owing to the limited capacity of the public rooms at that institution the general public could not be received and invitations were sent only to the board of lady managers and their husbands, to the advisory board and their wives, and to the staff physicians and their wives. Altogether about forty people were present.
The exercises were of a highly interesting character and were held in the woman's ward, the north room at the right of the entrance hall, which had been especially prepared for the purpose.
One of the saddening features connected with the exercises was the fact that across the hail in the men's ward lay a resident of Cortland who had been taken there but a few days before in a condition at that time almost beyond hope from typhoid fever, and that even as the exercises were held he had lapsed into the last state of unconsciousness which preceded his death at 6 o'clock this morning. For this reason the voices were hushed and the program proceeded very quietly, though the patient had already passed beyond the point where he could be disturbed.
Several times during the last two months the preparations for the graduating exercises has been deferred because of the arrival at the hospital of some patient in a serious condition, but last week all the patients were doing well and the date was decided upon and arrangements almost completed when this typhoid fever patient was brought there. It was decided to proceed and the exercises were held, though the thoughts of all kept turning to the cot in the other room and to the family so soon to be bereft of one of its members.
Soon after 8 o'clock the two graduates, Mrs. Margaret Thornburn of Binghamton and Miss Elizabeth Powell of Marcellus, took their places in the front room next Mrs. Julia E. Hyatt, the president of the Hospital association. Dr. F. J. Cheney, principal of the Cortland Normal school, by request of Mrs. Hyatt, acted as master of ceremonies. In a few fitting words the doctor introduced Dr. H. T. Dana who addressed the graduates as follows and then presented to them their diplomas:
Mrs. President and Board of Lady Managers of the Cortland Hospital: You have honored me by your request that I serve you in the presentation of diplomas to the graduates of your training school for nurses. I need not to say that I am glad to act in this capacity to serve the officials of this hospital and training school by being the intermediary whose happy lot it is to present diplomas to the small but most excellent class of graduates who finish, at this time, their course of instruction at this institution.
We know not what countless numbers of persons have failed to distinguish themselves solely by lack of opportunity. If Admiral Dewey, our distinguished and typical American citizen, who at this time so largely occupies the thought and speech of his countrymen and the whole civilized world as well, on account of his heroic valor, his skill to plan, his wonderful achievement, had failed of an opportunity he would to-day have been unknown to the vast majority of his countrymen, as he was less than two short years ago. Lacking the Spanish war our great admiral would have been hardly known outside of naval circles. It is clear that opportunity is essential to fame. But fame is not the common lot, neither is it essential to personal happiness. Opportunities to do kindly acts to our fellow men are never wanting. Bread winning is our trade and the chief function in material life. In our Lord's prayer we ask "give us this day our daily bread." We do not expect it to come down from heaven as manna did to the children of Israel in their journeyings in the wilderness, but rather we expect to win it by divine decree, "in the sweat of our face." As we each must work, so we each must choose a vocation, and in the complex civilization of modern life wants are felt that did not exist until a recent time.
The last quarter of the nineteenth century has witnessed the industrial emancipation of woman. Professions and employment from which she was recently barred are now open to her, and her services are eagerly sought in sharp competition with her masculine brother.
In one special field she holds supremest sway. In the care of the sick she is par-excellence. The male nurse in competition with her is a vanishing quantity. Of course I speak of those possessed of an aptitude for the work. Given this to begin with and add to it the special training furnished by a school such as I am proud to say we have right here and the product cannot be too highly extolled.
And now a word to the graduates. You have been taught this element of anatomy and know something of physiological processes. These constitute the scientific part of your special education. Beyond and in addition to this is the art [sic] and to you this is all important. Always be kind in speech and manner, never overlooking the obvious wants of your patient, yet firm in the insistence upon the performance of your professional duties, both to the patient and the attending physician. Do not gossip. Never reveal the secrets of the sick room. Do nothing to disturb the confidence of the patient or the patient's friends in the attending physicians. If unfortunately gross mismanagement or neglect of important service on the part of the attending physician becomes apparent to you, privately state the case to him. It may lead him to correct his error or at least set him to thinking. But in doing this exercise tact. Do not assume an air of superiority or be officious in your manner. Duties performed in this manner cannot fall to win you success in your chosen vocation and your services will be eagerly sought after both by the profession and the laity.
For the hospital and training school, we all I am sure, as citizens of this village have a commendable pride. It has passed the experimental stage and become to us a fixed institution, appealing to the higher sentiment of our people for its liberal support. No hospital is expected to be or can be self supporting.
When the graduates had received their diplomas Mrs. Helen Waters, the matron and superintendent stepped forward and fastened upon the breast of each of the two ladies the class pins which were the gifts to them of the undergraduate nurses. The pins were in the form of a gold wreath of laurel, across which was a bar of white enamel bearing in gold ''C. H. T. S., '99." They were very pretty indeed.
Dr. Reese was then called upon for an address, and spoke quite at length in a most interesting and appropriate manner. He first congratulated the lady board of managers upon the good work they had accomplished in founding this hospital, and told of its rapidly growing usefulness. He said that larger cities had more extensive hospitals and he had visited a good many of them, but he knew of no hospital anywhere better equipped for its size and needs than this one. Still, it was becoming so steadily and constantly used that it needed some additions, particularly quarters for the nurses, so that all the present rooms might be utilized for private rooms and for wards. The hospital requires an elevator. Dr. Reese pictured himself or Dr. Dana or Dr. Henry or Dr. Higgins or some of the other physicians trying to carry up stairs from the operating room a patient weighing from 200 to 250 pounds under the influence of an anesthetic. The doctor told of the satisfaction the patients felt when taken there, saying they were more comfortable in body and in mind there than they could be at home because they were then under the care of nurses who knew exactly what to do and how to do it and who also had the facilities for doing it. He also congratulated the managers upon having started the nurses' training school and upon the nurses they had graduated and were bringing forward to graduation. He told how the physicians had watched the progress of the work of the two now graduated and made a number of personal remarks to the nurses. He believed the public was coming more and more to appreciate the value of the hospital.
Dr. Cheney followed Dr. Reese's remarks by taking the thought of his last sentence as a cue. He felt that the public would not know what to do now without trained nurses and it was a great benefit to the place and the surrounding district to have them at hand. And they are in constant demand too. Sometimes it is almost impossible to secure one. He spoke of the benefit it was to Normal students who were away from home and told of the interest they felt in it. He felt assured that the public spirited citizens would be ready to stand back of the managers in giving it the needful support.
Dr. Burr of Newark Valley was present and in response to an invitation to make some remarks contrasted the present well equipped hospital with the crude hospitals of the army in the days of the civil war in which he had much experience. He also emphasized the advantages of trained nurses and of hospitals.
At the conclusion of his remarks the guests were all invited to the diningroom where light refreshments were served.
The two graduates go in a few days to their respective homes to take a brief rest before entering upon the practice of their profession. They have not yet decided where they will settle.
OBJECTIONS OFFERED.
MANY GROTON-AVE. PROPERTY-OWNERS OPPOSE PAVING.
And They Were at Last Night's Public Meeting Where They Urged Their Views with Force—Also Presented a Numerously Signed Petition—Final Action Cannot be Taken Until Next Monday Night.
The public meeting to hear the arguments of those who oppose or approve the improvement of Groton-ave. by paving was held in Fireman's hall last night, and was largely attended by owners of property on that street. The meeting was held by the board of village trustees, and village President Holden presided. No final action was taken as the statute provides that at the next regular meeting of the board that body shall determine whether or not the street shall be paved, as asked for by a petition some time ago from property owners owning a majority of the lineal foot frontage. Next Monday night is the meeting referred to.
The clerk read a petition which had been filed with him early in the evening, dated Nov. 5, 1898, and was as follows:
We, the undersigned, owners of property on Groton-ave. representing the number of lineal feet frontage on said street written opposite our names, in view of the fact that a petition asking that said Groton-ave. be paved from Main-st. to Otter creek bridge, which petition we understand is to be presented to your honorable body respectfully protest against said petition for the following reasons which we deem good and sufficient.
First—We believe that the pavement of said street is unnecessary, as it has always been in a fairly good condition and compares favorably with other streets in the village.
Second—The pavement of that street would impose a heavy burden on us not only by the cost of our proportionate share of said pavement, but probable changes made in grade and the consequent expense entailed on us, and other incidental expenses which are always incurred in such work, all of which we do not feel we are able to bear at this time.
Third—That without doubt some of the persons whose names appear on said petition were influenced by the argument that quite a large proportion of the expense of said pavement would have to be borne by the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. But in view of the fact that said company has not yet paid anything for paving, but has defended and probably will defend any action brought to compel payment, and it is uncertain whether they can be relied upon.
Wherefore, we would respectfully ask your honorable body to deny said petition or at least defer or suspend action until such time as some of these questions can be definitely settled. Signed: Joseph T. Bates, 118 1/2 feet; Mrs. Wm. B. Hathaway, 42; Helen Runyan, 66; Emma E. Runyan, 83; Mrs. Helen M. Hess, 52; J. M. Samson, 172; S. A. Slmmons,82 1/2; Mrs. Eliza Bangs, 66; S. H. Kneiskern, 90; E. M. Watrous, 120; Altha M. Edwards, 51; Mrs. F. Hotchkiss, 60; Bridget Nolan, 80 1/2; Mrs. Angeline Wheeler, 62; E. L. Welch Perkins, 70; Jennie Lamont, 40; J. W. Buckley, 94; Mrs. C. J. Carpenter,—; D. Totman 411/2; Vina M. Stanbro, 44; Elizabeth Robson 44 1/2; Lydia A. Strowbridge 224 3/4; T. F. Brayton 78; Helen Harrington 66; F. D. Bugby 90; Wm. Ryder 60; Philip Sugerman 66.
This makes a total of 2,064 1/4 lineal feet represented by the petitioners, while the petition asking for paving represented 2,722 feet, and some of the names on one petition were on the other, though the petition for paying was signed last.
Dr. E. M. Santee thought that the petition, being now nearly a year old, had little force since a number of its signers had signed the petition asking for the improvement.
A number of ladies were present to oppose the proposition. Dr. Lydia A. Strowbridge said that perhaps she would not object to the paving were it not for the fact that there are so many women living on the street who barely own their own homes. Some of them have earned and paid for their homes by taking in washings. She understood that there were twenty-six women on the street owning property and some of them feel that they must lose their homes if put to the expense incident to paving.
Attorney B. A. Benedict favored paving, and thought that after the street had been paved it would be difficult to find a single person who would go back to the present roadway. He argued that it would be for the public good as well as for individual on the street.
Miss Mina E. Bates opposed the project, holding that it would be wicked to force such a burden on poor people. In her opinion names that appear on both petitions should be erased from both.
Mrs. Wm. Hathaway differed with Mr. Benedict in his remarks as to the people on North Main-st. being more than pleased with their new pavement. She had talked with a number who expressed much dissatisfaction. She said she knew of two Groton-ave. women who were offered money if they would sign the petition asking for paving, and that one of them signed while the other did not.
No one else desiring to speak, the meeting was declared adjourned.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—F. D. Smith, Stoves, page 6; W. J. Perkins, Rose and Cucumber Jelly, page 6.
—The local section of the Five States Milk Producers' association held a meeting in Fireman's hall last night and elected as delegates to the route union meeting in Binghamton Oct. 10: Messrs. Frank A. Blanchard, Frank H. Sears and Allen Odell.
—Manager Foote reports Sage college and the cottage, its annex, full of co-eds, and that there is room for no more boarders in the buildings. He says that one hundred and ninety-five young ladies are now members of the freshman class in Cornell, a number far in excess of that of any other year.—Ithaca Journal.
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