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| USS Olympia (C-6). |
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| Admiral George Dewey. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, September 29, 1899.
WELCOME TO DEWEY.
Gates of New York City Opened to Our Admiral.
MILLIONS ARE TAKING PART.
The Entire City Gaily Decked For the Great Events—The Naval Parade the Feature of the Day—Grand Illumination and Fireworks During the Night.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—New York is decked like a bride in honor of the gallant sailor who is waiting at her gate. Hundreds of miles of red, white and blue bunting grace the noble buildings of Broadway and Fifth avenue and a million flags flutter over the town. Not even the churches have escaped the universal decorations. The doors and gothic windows of old Trinity on lower Broadway are gracefully draped with the national colors, and out in ancient graveyards the tomb of that gallant sailor who, dying, issued the command not to give up the ship, lies shrouded in the silken folds of the flag for which he died.
A million visitors are here to participate in the glorious celebration. The gaily apparelled soldiery of many states which is to take part in the land parade are moving in every quarter of the city to the sound of fife and drum and horns. Boat load after boat load of passengers, sailors and marines, ashore from the big fighting machines help to swell the crowds trooping in all directions. Uniformed members of the staff of the arriving governors are everywhere.
The arrangement for the two days' celebrations are completed. The great arch at Madison square, modelled after the triumphal arch of Titus, upon which the most famous sculptors of America have lavished their genius, is practically finished and stands a superb tribute to the nation's hero. It is more beautiful than the arch in the Roman forum.
There has been a vast amount of powder flung into smoke down the bay all morning, and the great naval parade is all ready for the signal to move. The parade will eclipse all previous water pageants on this side of the world. The parade will move at 1 o'clock in four divisions. First will come the warships, headed by the Olympia and flanked on either side by the torpedo boats. They will be followed by a fleet of white revenue cutters. Following them will be the steam yachts in double column, led by the Corsair, the flagship of the New York Yacht club. To Sir Thomas Upton's Erin has been accorded the honor of heading the starboard column of this division. There will be 187 yachts in line. The third division will consist of the Merchant marine, steamboats and propellers and the indiscriminate fleet of tugs, barges and unattached vessels will bring up the rear. It is expected that the line will be nine miles long and half a million people will be afloat.
The parade with the Olympia in the van will move up the North river to the stake boat St. Mary's, an old practice ship of the navy, which is moored opposite the tomb of General Grant in Riverside park. After rounding the stake boat the Olympia will come to anchor below the floats, representing peace and victory, and warship in its turn will drop in below the flagship. The national salute of 21 guns will be fired in honor of the hero of Appomattox. The torpedo boats and revenue cutters will anchor opposite the line of warships under the bluff and between these two lines the civic part of the parade will pass in review.
Rear Admiral Howison has gracefully yielded the precedent to Rear Admiral Sampson in the matter of ships division. The commands of the South Atlantic station will simply be present as a spectator and bring up the end of the line with the Chicago. Rear Admiral Sampson will follow the Olympia in the New York, but will fly the red flag, while Howison flys the blue.
BEAUTY AT NIGHT.
Grandest Illumination and Fireworks Ever Displayed in the City.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—Tonight the grandest illumination and fireworks display in the history of the city will occur. Last night there was a preliminary illumination of rare beauty. All the buildings on the water front were lighted.
On the Brooklyn bridge in letters of living fire 30 feet high flashed the words "Welcome Dewey," while signals simultaneously from the shores of the East and North rivers, Staten and Governor islands, red fire glowed and sputtered, sending up fantastic clouds of smoke, turning the calm water into a sea of lurid flame and transforming the craft in the harbor into red spectres.
The appearance of New York harbor could be best compared to an immense circle of intense light, with the warships off Tompkinsville as the hub from which the brilliancy radiated. The bay has never before had as brilliant or picturesque display of continuous illumination or has the interest manifested by the shore dwellers been more manifest. Beginning at Brooklyn bridge with its string of white electric lights, punctuated at stated intervals with red and green colored arc signal lamps, the immense brilliant motto "Welcome Dewey'' was suspended, as it were in air announcing the warm feeling of at least 10,000,000 countrymen of the hero of Manila. Looking from the bridge towards the Jersey coast, similar sights could be distinctly read on the gateway of the iron roads of commerce, that were bringing thousands to help swell the pageant of welcome to the returning warrior.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
The Right of a Man to Die.
To say something new on such an old, old subject as that of death is really a remarkable achievement, but that is what has been done by Judge Simeon E. Baldwin of the Connecticut supreme court. In an address to the American Bar association he put into eloquent form some ideas which must cause every thinking mind to pause and consider. The gist of Judge Baldwin's discourse was that man has a right to die when nature signifies that his time has come and that meddling physicians ought not to be allowed to prolong the sufferings of those whose natural course is run. Said Judge Baldwin:
"In civilized nations, and particularly of late years, it has become the pride of many in the medical profession to prolong such lives at any cost of discomfort or pain to the sufferer or of suspense or exhaustion to his family.
''It is a great responsibility, this, that rests on modern medicine. It has a power to hold us back from the grave for a few days, a few weeks, a few years, to which the physician of antiquity was a stranger. But are we sure, that the course of nature with mankind is really at fault? May not she know best when she has had enough of us in this state of being? Or, to rise to a higher and truer level, may not the God over all, who has ordained these laws of bodily decay, though he has also ordained these laws, later discovered by us, of scientific physiology, be safely left to name the time for calling his children home? Is life on earth for every individual merely a brief chapter of a long biography?
"If that future life which we connect with the name of heaven be one of activity in endeavor, of energy, of achievement, of the strong helping the weak, the wise instructing the simple, are we sure that the analogies of life here are so far deserted that there is always work for all, appropriate for each? Or may not, in a certain sense, time, in the due order of succession in events, have its reign in other worlds, and positions of usefulness in this planet or in that be assigned to newcomers, as vacancies arise, and only then?
"If so, a natural death, coming in ordinary course, may be the divine way of calling one up from a condition of existence to which he is unfitted or in which he is not needed to one in which he is needed, and needed at once."
Is there not much solid mental food in this?
STORE BURGLARIZED.
Warren, Tanner & Co. the Loser of Goods of Considerable Value.
The drygoods store of Warren, Tanner & Co. was entered by burglars last night, and goods estimated in value from $100 to $150 were taken. There is but a slight clue to the burglars. One of the rear windows was pried up from the bottom, breaking the catch. The window was held in place also by two nails driven in at the top of the pane but these, too, were forced up and out.
The display show case which stands just inside and to the south of the front entrance was pretty nearly stripped of its contents which included handsome sterling silver novelties such as combs, brushes, brooms, belt buckles, brooches, etc. A quantity of gentlemen's hosiery and fine handkerchiefs is missing, also ladies' silk lined gloves. A quantity of ladies' pocketbooks are also missing. The silverware was stamped "Sterling."
The police are of the opinion that the burglary was committed after 2 o'clock this morning, and their suspicions point to four strangers who were known to leave the southbound freight at Clinton-ave. on the D., L. & W., between 1 and 2 o'clock A. M. Officers Smith and Nix were at the station when this train pulled in and the trainmen told them of the four characters jumping from the train at Clinton-ave. They thought the persons had boarded the train at Tully, and knew that they had broken into a couple of the boxcars. The officers rode on the train down to the Lehigh junction, where it stopped, the theory being that the travelers would attempt to board the train again at that place, and they could be apprehended.
From a boy who was "hoboing" his way to Binghamton, a partial description of the men was learned. One was apparently about 40 years old, was short, thick set, and had a short stubby moustache. Another was about 25 years old, also short and thick set. The third was about 22 years old, tall and slim and had dark curly hair. The boy could not give much description of the fourth. He said that some of them had revolvers. They were strangers to him. All were fairly well dressed.
Chief Parker early this morning communicated with the authorities in all nearby cities and towns asking their aid in bringing the culprits to justice. Circulars are also being sent out to-day.
A small gaslight was burning in the office part at the rear of the store, but this of course did not light up the whole store [so that] a person could remain concealed. Officer Gooding went through the alley at the rear of the store at about 2 o'clock and then saw nothing out of the way. Persons living in this vicinity, who are called upon by parties offering for sale articles resembling those stolen, should take a careful look at the individual and notify the authorities at once. This morning a piece of bar iron was found at the rear of the store, which was used in prying up the window.
SUMMERHILL FAIR.
IT SURPASSED ALL EXPECTATIONS AS A SUCCESS.
The Crowd Was Immense, the Exhibits First Class, the Attractions Excellent—The Baby Show, the Wedding—Prospects for Next Year.
The Summerhill fair is an anomaly. The crowd that was present on the grounds yesterday, the second day, was something immense and was estimated at from 5,000 to 6,000 people. It surpassed the fondest expectations of the management. On Wednesday the officers were greatly discouraged. The rain that fell at intervals all day and the cold and chilling wind acted like a wet blanket on the feelings of everyone. The result was that only about 250 people were on the grounds. But before night the sky cleared and Thursday morning dawned full of promise. At an early hour the people began to gather and there was a steady rush to the fair grounds till as late as 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The day proved to be almost ideal.
The village of Summerhill itself is a small hamlet of from forty to fifty houses situated on one of the highest points on the hills northwest of Cortland, and just over the line into Cayuga county. From this place [Cortland] it is almost a steady ascent for nine miles. It is eleven miles from Moravia and about five miles from Groton, and the fair drew from all these villages. It is right in the midst of a fertile farming community. At first thought it would not seem that a village so small as Summerhill could get up a fair that would be of any size, but the whole community for miles around took hold of the project with energy and enthusiasm and the results were evident, though surprising to all.
This is only the second year of the fair. Last year it was started as an experiment and held for one day only, but it proved so successful that it was repeated this year and the one day was extended to two. Last year it was almost wholly a local affair, but this year it attracted the attention of all the nearby villages. A long list of special premiums was secured, and there were exhibits from Cortland, Homer, Moravia, Locke, Groton, Ithaca, Dryden and other places, in addition to those from Summerhill itself. So well was it patronized that it is altogether probable that it has now become one of the established institutions of the locality.
There are no fair grounds and no fair buildings as yet, but the use of a portion of John Merriman's farm was secured for the purpose and a large array of tents served for buildings. It is altogether likely that many of the people who attended yesterday never had the opportunity of seeing so many teams together before at a single place. When one got within a half mile of the fair grounds every private yard was seen to be full of teams hitched, or wagons where the horses had been put into the barns. The church yard was full of them, the hotel yard likewise; the road for fifty rods each way from the entrance on both sides had horses hitched to the fences as thick as they could stand. A five acre field opposite the fair grounds had its fences lined with horses all the way around. The fair itself was held in a field of about twenty acres in size and so thick did the teams stand on three sides of the field that at one time at least at about 2:30 o'clock it was not possible to find a hitching place anywhere till one man fortunately took away his horse and started for home because the baby had got tired and had been crying for a half hour straight at the top of its lungs and the mother concluded she wanted to go home with it. In addition to all these teams a host of others were constantly driving about the grounds on the outskirts of the crowds and were standing still where the crowds were too thick to permit of motion.
There was one huge tent for general exhibits. Here among local exhibitors were found A. S. Burgess; the Singer Sewing Machine Co., W. L. Lyman, local agent; L. R. Lewis; G. H. Ames; Smith & Beaudry; G. E. Butler; and H. C. Harrington of Cortland; Bennett & Starr; Briggs Brothers; Pickens & Bower and C. R. Merrill of Homer. All the displays were of a high character each in its own line. In addition, there was displayed in this tent a great array of ladies' and fancy articles, all of them having much merit. The display of fruits and vegetables was a marvel. Potatoes and apples were in the majority, and they were of a size and character to tempt the appetites of the hungry. There was also an excellent exhibit of butter in tubs and small packages. The large display of flowers too appealed to the aesthetic tastes.
In an adjoining tent was the exhibit of bakestuffs, and it is evident that the Summerhill ladies excel as much in bread and cake-making as their husbands do in raising fruits and vegetables.
Another tent contained the large and fine display of harnesses, robes, blankets, whips, etc., of Peck Brothers of Cortland. In another tent was the poultry and pet stock in general, and a fine exhibition it made too. There were several tents for the exhibits of merchants from Groton, Moravia and other places, and then there was a big tent for the merry-go-round, and it was patronized all the time, and several tents for the sale of refreshments of all kinds. This whole crowd had to be fed when dinner time came and the Summerhill ladies who had a big tent near the entrance did a thriving business, and the people who patronized had their money's worth in every respect. In fact, they received full value for everything in connection with the fair. Admission for single tickets was only 20 cents and for family tickets 75 cents. The gatekeepers were not at all particular as to the size of families and did not scrutinize the individual members of the families very carefully to note family resemblances, but admitted who ever passed out a family ticket, so that they estimated that an average of eight people went in on a family ticket. There were 569 of these sold during the fair.
The exhibit of cattle, sheep and swine was very large indeed and of high character. Special pens for the last two classes had been built in one corner of the grounds, and they looked very comfortable in the soft beds of straw. The dairymen of that vicinity seem to be largely raisers of Jersey cattle and they had some fine stock on show.
In the center of the grounds was a large platform from which at about 2:30 o'clock Attorney B. T. Wright delivered an inspiring address in which he referred to the advantages of the frequent meeting together of farmers in picnics and grange gatherings; to the fact that the farmers as a class had contributed one president to the United States, Millard Fillmore; to the fact that Admiral Dewey was a country boy and to what he had done; and concluded with a little expansion doctrine in which he said that the watch word was "forward" and took the position that the American flag never receded.
Next the platform was a trapeze upon which two women and a man from New Jersey, skilled performers, entertained the people from time to time with athletic exhibitions.
There were two baby shows during the fair—one for children under 1 year of age and the other for children between 1 and 2 years of age. In the first class there were seven entries and in the second five. The judges in both cases were Mrs. George Monroe and Mr. J. B. Wilson of Dryden who officiated in that capacity at the Cortland fair, and Mrs. Charles Fitts of Sempronius in the first class. The first prize was awarded to the daughter of Mrs. Bert Wheat of Moravia, the second prize to the daughter of Mrs. Frank Smith of Summerhill, and the third prize to the daughter of Mrs. Taylor of Groton. In the second class the first prize went to the son of Mrs. Frank Howell of Summerhill who also took first prize last year in the contest for babies under 1 year old, and the second prize went to Mildred, the daughter of Mrs. William Patchen of Sempronius. It would seem that in the main only the girls are handsome up in that district, but when the boys are good looking they are so surpassingly so that they can take two prizes.
There was a prize offered for the handsomest young lady on the grounds. The young ladies attending that fair are modest and leave contests of this kind to the children. But inasmuch as there was a prize offered for this and no entries the management prevailed upon the Clark Sisters of Harford who furnished vocal music during the fair to enter. The result was that the contest was all in the family and between the four sisters. The baby judges who had excellent ideas of beauty officiated in the contest and awarded the prize to Miss Luella.
Charles Springer of Moravia offered two tons of coal to the couple who would be married upon the grounds. A couple had been secured, but their courage failed at the last moment and they did not appear. It looked as though this feature of the fair was going to fall through. But Mrs. Arthur V. Lick, the wife of the marshal of the day, is a woman of energy as well as a lady of great persuasive powers. She likes to have everything go according to program and felt that it would not do to have the public disappointed in a single particular at a Summerhill fair, so she began to look about her on the fair grounds for some of the eligibles. Her eye lighted upon Mr. Frank Mosher of Locke and Mrs. Dell Wilkinson, a widow lady of Groton. She felt sure that a wedding would result there before long and that there was no good reason why it should not occur then. She got them apart from the crowd and appealed to their honor in upholding the credit of the Summerhill fair and also told them of the two tons of coal. They hesitated a minute and were lost. She could not be resisted. In a few minutes the two were mounting the big platform in the center of the grounds while Mrs. Lick's eyes were bright with the victory gained.
Rev. Philo Miner of Summerhill was on hand. The Cortland City band had been having full sway upon the stand, but they retreated to a corner at the approach of the bride-elect and her chosen companion. The happy couple took their places facing the band, but the most of the people were on the other side and they would not have it so. "Turn around," they shouted to the pair. "Turn them around," they demanded of the president of the society who had came forward as master of ceremonies. "Sit down," they called, to the eager crowd who all aspired to be witnesses and who surged up around the two. "Clear off that platform, we can't see," was the further demand.
The stand was cleared. Then Mr. Springer of Moravia, the donor of the two tons of coal was introduced to the assemblage by an elderly gentleman also from Moravia, whom the crowd irreverently addressed as "whiskers." At length all was ready and the ceremony proceeded. The words of the minister were not audible at a great distance away, but the crowd noted the joining of the right hands with remarks of satisfaction, and the last words "I pronounce you husband and wife" came out in a louder tone and were heard on all sides, and then a mighty shout was raised from the spectators and some one proposed a cheer for the newly wedded couple. Then the minister turned to the crowd and said "I now have the great pleasure of introducing to you Mr. and Mrs. Mosher." At that there was a move forward to offer congratulations.
Foremost among the crowd towered the tall and familiar form of Albert W. Edgcomb of Cortland who from some source had procured a large and handsome bouquet of flowers which he presented to the bride with a low bow. He was ably flanked in offering his good wishes by F. B. Nourse and A. F. Stilson of Cortland and George A. Brockway of Homer. For ten minutes more Mr. and Mrs. Mosher received congratulations, and then the large and handsome black hearse team of Briggs Brothers of Homer, attached to an easy carriage, drew up before the stand and Mr. and Mrs. Mosher were handed into the back seat and started on a wedding tour of the grounds.
They were driven about to all the tents, the crowd falling back to make room for them, to the live stock, and finally the time came when matched teams were to be shown before the judges. Briggs Brothers' team was entered in the contest and took its place in the circle, Mr. and Mrs. Mosher still remaining in the carriage and riding around while the horses were shown. At length they alighted from the carriage, but the crowd was great and the danger of a separation was imminent. This would never do in the world, and so it was wise and proper for them to proceed hand in hand, which they did to a greater or less extent as they moved about among the teams and the people who kept surging forward with good wishes.
The Genoa band furnished music the first day, and the Cortland City band performed a similar service the second day—and it was fine music too and heartily appreciated.
It was a late hour before the people began to separate for home or the exhibitors to remove their property. The fair was a great success in every respect and the plan is now under consideration of extending the fair to three days next year.
It was impossible last night to learn from the secretary's books much about the prize winners, but a partial list of the winners of specials at least will be given later.
BREVITIES.
—N. H. Waters has fixed up a very neat and appropriate Dewey window for F. Daehler.
—Dr. E. M. Santee's office and residence have been connected with the long distance telephone.
—New display advertisements to-day are—F. D. Smith, Stoves, page 6; Opera House, Kennedy Players, page 5.
—In police court yesterday afternoon, the examination of young Warren McGee was adjourned until to-morrow afternoon.
—The Salvation Army will have charge of the services at the Congregational church Sunday morning and there will be no evening service.
—The funeral of Mrs. John Boyd will be held to-morrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home of her mother, Mrs. Eliza Hough, 199 Clinton-ave.
—The Norwich Sun, having in mind the rubber waterbag that recently exploded in bed scalding the occupants very badly recommends hot flatirons for cold feet. "They don't explode," says The Sun.
—Invitations are out for the wedding of Mr. George L. Chamberlain and Miss Helen Peck which will occur at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. R. Holland Duell, 12 Church-st., on Wednesday evening, Oct. 11, at 8 o'clock.
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.
Former Member of the Two Hundred Third Regiment Writes to a Cortland Friend.
Mr. Hiram Banks has received a letter from Corporal C. L. Towle of Company L, Twenty-third infantry, a former member of the Two Hundred Third regiment, extracts from which we are permitted to publish and which will be of much interest to his Cortland friends:
JOLO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, Aug. 17, 1899.
MY DEAR FRIEND—Your ever welcome letter is received and I am more than glad to hear from you and to learn that Cortland is on the boom. We only stopped at Iloilo for a short time and then came right along to Jolo. Everything is quiet here now, but we expect some fun at any time. We have two gunboats here all the time. You can't tell what these natives will do. They are very treacherous.
This is a walled city, like all the others on these islands. It is just like a prison. Our barracks, the churches and all other buildings have barred windows. All the natives who live outside the city are driven out at 6 o'clock at night. The gates are opened at 6 in the morning and closed at 6 at night. We only let in 100 people at a time and all others have to wait for entrance till these go out.
This is a very fine climate—the same the year around. All kinds of fruit are raised here and garden stuff. There is no mud, for all is sand. There are no teams in the streets, for everything is carried or drawn on hand carts. The native horses are very small.
We are in the old Spanish barracks here, but Company C is quartered in a church. It has cost the Spaniards a pile of money to fix up these cities as they are. The parks are fine.
We stopped at Honolulu two days on the way. That is a fine city. Everything surrounding it is as fertile as a garden.
Manila has the finest barber in the world. We are in hopes that we shall go back there soon. The soldiers do all the police duty there. As police they carry no gun only a club. When we go out among the natives here we are always armed and have to carry 200 rounds of ammunition. We take no chances.
We have Japs, Chinese, Moros, Filipinos and most every other nationality here. Nearly all the merchandise comes from England and Germany, little from the United States.
The Moros buy their wives. Lots of Chinamen buy Moros wives. A father sells his daughter for $10 upwards.
I could write all day, but it is now guard mount and I must stop. Am in the best of health and hope to see you all some day.
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