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| Admiral George Dewey. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, October 31, 1899.
DEWEY WILL MARRY.
The Widow of General Hazen Will Soon Become the Admiral's Wife.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Admiral Dewey announced to some of his more intimate friends the fact of his engagement to Mrs. W. B. Hazen of this city. Mrs. Hazen is the widow of General Hazen, formerly chief signal officer of the army, who died about 10 years ago, and is a sister of John R. McLean, Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio.
Mrs. Hazen has no children and since her husband's death has made her home with her mother. She is a woman of large means, about 40 years old and popular in the best social circles of Washington. The date for the wedding has not been fixed.
The admiral's first wife died in 1872. She was the daughter of a former governor of Vermont. One child from that marriage, a son, is now living in New York. A sister of Mrs. Hazen is the wife of Captain Nicoll Ludlow of the navy.
Admiral Dewey in His New Home.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Admiral Dewey took possession of his new home. The last of the furniture was arranged in the new house and the admiral's trunks were brought up from the apartments he has been occupying at the Everett.
A BOER VICTORY.
British Lose Two Regiments and a Battery by Capture.
LONDON, Oct. 31.—The war office has received the following despatch from General White, commanding the British forces at Ladysmith:
LADYSMITH, Oct. 30, 10:35 P. M.—"I have to report a disaster to the column sent by me to take a position on a hill to guard the left flank of the troops. In these operations to-day the Royal Irish Fusiliers, number 10 mountain battery and the Gloucestershire regiment were surrounded in the hills and, after losing heavily, had to capitulate. The casualties have not yet been ascertained.
"A man of the Fusiliers, employed as a hospital orderly, came in under a flag of truce with a letter from the survivors of the column, who asked for assistance to bury the dead. I fear there is no doubt of the truth of the report.
"I formed a plan, in the carrying out of which the disaster occurred, and I am alone responsible for the plan. There is no blame whatever to the troops, as the position was untenable."
While minor reverses were not wholly unexpected, no Englishman ever dreamed that anything like the staggering blow General Joubert delivered to General White's forces yesterday threatened the British arms in South Africa and, apparently the full extent of the disaster is not yet acknowledged. Enquiry at the war office seems to indicate that the military despatches contain other particulars which it is seemed inexpedient to publish immediately, but the serious nature of which is not disguised.
The story as already known, however, is sufficiently bad. The loss in effective men must be appalling to a general who is practically surrounded. Two of the finest British regiments and a mule battery deducted from the Ladysmith garrison weakens it about a fifth of its total strength and alters the whole situation very materially in favor of the Boers, who once again have shown themselves stern fighters and military strategists of superior order. The disaster cost the British from 1,500 to 2,000 men and six seven pound screw guns and, as the Boer artillery is already stronger than imagined, the capture of these guns will be a great help to the Boers.
A Splendid Whistle.
The splendid new whistle of the Cortland Forging Co., to which The STANDARD has previously referred, is receiving many compliments from the people in all parts of the village and in the surrounding country who listen for it each morning at 11:30 o'clock as it sounds the weather forecast according to the weather bureau signal code. It is a steamboat whistle and unlike any other whistle in the vicinity. Its gruff tones are like the mighty whistles of the Puritan and the Priscilla, the two giant steam boats of the Fall River line, whose tones by reason of their strength and quality are readily distinguished from those of all the other craft found in New York harbor. This whistle can be heard for miles, and farmers living north of Homer, and up in East Homer and over in the borders of Solon report that they can distinguish the weather forecast when the wind is toward them. The Forging company replaced its old whistle with this big one after it began to sound the weather, and many people are thus placed under obligations to the company for this change.
Fisk Jubilee Singers Friday Night.
The Fisk Jubilee singers will give one of their famous concerts at the Congregational church next Friday evening at 8 o'clock. They have recently sung before large and enthusiastic audiences at Binghamton, Ithaca and Syracuse. They are now on their way to New York and Brooklyn, where many of the larger churches are open to them. These singers represent Fisk university and they are endeavoring to raise funds for that important institution of learning. They have received none but warmest words of praise wherever they have appeared. Admission: Adults, 35 cents, children 25 cents.
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| E. & C. N. Y. railroad train near McGraw, N. Y. |
THE GENERAL MANAGERSHIP
Of the Erie & Central New York Railway Company.
For some little time a difficulty has been brewing in regard to the general managership of the Erie & Central Railway company, which position has been held since the opening of the road by N. A. Bundy. While The STANDARD has been quite fully informed in regard to the matter from the outset, there were no public developments in the case till yesterday afternoon when notices were issued to all the employees of the road to the effect that Lawrence N. Frederick would hereafter till further notice perform the duties of the president, Charles O. Scull, in directing the management of the road, and that all orders should be received from him. Mr. Frederick, who has been a resident of Baltimore, Md., has been in town for several weeks looking into the affairs of the road under the direction of the president. He is himself a practical railroad man, having been for fifteen years traveling auditor of the Pennsylvania railroad, and for seven years general manager of the Lake Roland Elevated railway of Baltimore, which road is operated by electricity. Mr. Frederick is also interested in the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. of Baltimore, which owns the greater part of the stock and of the bonds of the E. & C. N. Y. R. R. He has shown to a STANDARD man a letter from President Scull authorizing him to perform all the duties of the office of president of the road in the president's name so far as managing the road is concerned.
Mr. Bundy, however, contests this new arrangement, though the personal relations between the two men are pleasant enough. Mr. Bundy authorizes us to say that he has not resigned as vice-president and general manager of the road, but that there are negotiations pending looking toward that end under certain conditions, which conditions he did not state.
While The STANDARD makes no attempt to pass judgment in any way upon this new development in the affairs of this company, it feels the same regret that all will feel who have the interest of the road at heart that anything should occur which may in any way interrupt or retard the prosperity of the road which has been most marked and beyond all anticipations from the very opening day.
Mr. Frederick assures us that the proposed change means the extension of the road next spring from Cincinnatus to South Otsellc, and such an extension will in any case certainly be good news to Cortland people. The time schedule, he says, will be rearranged so as to give better train facilities to patrons of the road at all points and the train crew will spend the night at Cincinnatus instead of at Cortland. Some other minor changes are also contemplated.
Mr. Bundy has during his several years residence in Cortland made many friends who will be sorry to have him leave town if that proves to be the final decision. Mr. Frederick too, on the other hand, has during a few weeks' stay here proved very agreeable and congenial to all those with whom he has come in contact, and will no doubt prove a valuable acquisition to the place in a social as well as in a business line.
Passed the Bar Examinations.
Mr. Wade Stephenson, formerly of Homer, who has for some time been reading law in the offices of Benedict and Gridley in Syracuse, was one of 150 persons who passed successfully the state bar examinations held in Syracuse Oct. 17, and is now a full fledged lawyer. The number of candidates who tried the examinations was 213. Mr. Stephenson was a student in the office of B. A. Benedict in Cortland before Mr. Benedict went to Syracuse, and was for a time with J. & T. E. Courtney.
TWO NORMAL TEAMS.
Mansfield, Pa., and Cortland Will Play Football Saturday.
The Mansfield, Pa., Normal football team comes to Cortland Saturday to play the Cortland Normal team, and local devotees of the game are looking for an interesting time at Athletic field on that occasion. The game will be called at 3 PO. M. The Normals are in good shape for the game, and if they are beaten it will be a surprise to their many admirers in Cortland. The Mansfield people are capable of putting up a good stiff game and they will give the locals a warm meeting. The game gives promise of being one of the best of the season and will undoubtedly draw a large crowd as unusual interest seems to be manifested in its outcome.
BREVITIES.
—The long looked for and much needed rain has arrived.
—The Fortnightly club will meet tomorrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. L. Smith, 53 Prospect-st.
—The Kindergarten association will meet Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock in the Normal kindergarten.
—To-night is Halloween. Nail down the signs and take in the gates or they may disappear or get mixed up. Several Halloween parties are scheduled.
—New display advertisements to-day are—F. D. Smith, Red Cross stoves, page 6; F. Daehler, Clothing, page 6; M. A. Case, Winter underwear, page 6; Glann & Clark, Queen Quality shoes, page 6.
—The Epworth league of the First M. E. church will hold a parlor meeting to-morrow evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wyler, 20 Madison-st. All members of the league and their friends are invited to be present.
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