GEN. LAWTON'S EXPEDITION AND HIS SUDDEN DEATH, AND MEETINGS OF VILLAGE BOARD AND BOARD OF EDUCATION

 

Major General Henry Ware Lawton.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, December 19, 1899.

LAWTON'S EXPEDITION.

Leaves Manila With Force of Cavalry and Infantry.

WILL ROUND UP INSURGENTS.

General Grant Discovers a Steamer Hidden in Subig Bay and the Supposition Is That It Was Kept There to Aid Aguinaldo's Escape.

   MANILA, Dec. 19.—General Lawton started last night from Manila with the Eleventh cavalry under Colonel Lockett and battalions of the Thirty-ninth and Twenty-seventh infantry under Lieutenant Colonel Sargent, to capture San Mateo where Geronimo has 300 insurgents.

   General Grant has nearly cleared Zambales province. He discovered hidden in Subig bay a steamer, the Bon Francisco, of 180 tons, fully equipped and coaled. She is supposed to be the vessel Aguinaldo was keeping ready for his escape.

   Captain Layson of the Thirty-second regiment has routed an insurgent band in Zambales province, killing several officers.

   Major Smith with three companies of the Seventeenth surrounded and captured another band of guerrillas which were terrorizing a large section north. The troops killed several of the band.

   General Hughes has captured insurgent strongholds at Leapin and Romblon, the navy co-operating. One man was killed and one wounded.

   The insurgents in the island of Panay are apparently suppressed.

 

GILMORE RELEASED.

American Prisoners and the Lieutenant Rescued By American Troops.

   MANILA, Dec. 19.—It is officially announced that General Young reports that he believes the American prisoners, including Lieutenant Gilmore, are now in the hands of the United States troops.

   Lieutenant Colonel Howze and Major Hunter have been operating with small commands in North Ilocos province, and it is supposed that one of these has affected the release of the Americans. The report has not yet been verified.

 

GEN. LAWTON KILLED

STANDING IN FRONT OF HIS TROOPS AT SAN MATEO.

Had Started with Cavalry and Infantry to Capture San Mateo Where Body of

Filipino Insurgents Were Entrenched.

   MANILA, Dec. 19.—Major General Lawton while standing in front of his troops at San Mateo was shot and killed instantly by the Filipinos. General Lawton had started from Manila last night with cavalry battalions of the Twenty-ninth and Twenty-seventh infantry for the purpose of capturing San Mateo, where Geronimo was said to have 300 insurgents.

 

Officers Nominated.

   The nominating committees representing the different fire companies met last night and put in nomination the following list of officers for the Cortland Fire department:

   Chief—H. P. Davis.

   First Assistant—Daniel Riley.

   Second Assistant—E. N. Sherwood.

   Secretary—H. D. Hollister.

   Treasurer—E. M. Eastman.

   The annual election of officers will be held to-morrow night at 8 o'clock at Fireman's hall.

 

To Use a Pasteurizer.

   The Champion Milk Cooler company has sold to Mr. E. C. Rindge the Potts pasteurizer which was on exhibition by that firm at the recent Dairymen's convention. Mr. Rindge is a wide-awake milk dealer and purposes to keep abreast of the times by furnishing his customers milk in the very best form possible. This milk is easily digested and is therefore becoming a popular beverage particularly for invalids and children.

 

THE VILLAGE BOARD.

Large Delegation Complains of the Charles-st. Gasometer.

   The village fathers, with the exception of Mr. Wood, met at the office of Clerk Hatch last night at 8 o'clock. About fifteen residents of the northern part of the village came before the board and asked that some steps might be taken to get rid of the gasometer on Charles-st., between Grant-st. and Clinton-ave.

   Mr. B. S. Conger said that they did not expect the board would take immediate action on the question, but they were there to impress upon the board that they are very much in earnest, and that they will not cease their efforts till the horrible stench is removed from their vicinity.

   The clerk was then asked to look up the franchise given the gas company, and found that it was granted Jan. 3, 1887, and dated back to August, 1886. This was given for twenty-five years, but it was expressly understood that the gasometer was to be moved, so the delegation claimed, when the franchise was granted. This they failed to do, and as it was only a verbal agreement, it could not be enforced.

   President Holden said that the board could not act upon the matter as it stood, and enquired if the board of health had ever taken steps for its removal, to which Mr. Crombie replied that it could never be classified as a public nuisance, therefore was without the jurisdiction of the board of heath.

   After a thorough discussion of the matter the delegation retired to an adjoining room to bold a session and possibly organize to take up the matter in a systematic way.

   The clerk then reported that he had received samples for the new issue of paving bonds, but that not all of the companies to whom he had written had reported. Action deferred till all the samples were received. The matter of how the bonds were to be issued was discussed. They cannot be issued for a term of more than twenty years. The method of drawing the bonds was put over till the next meeting.

   On motion of Mr. Thompson, seconded by Mr. Sprague, the clerk was authorized to correspond with the superintendent of the Lehigh Valley railroad to the end that that company build a new culvert to carry water across their grounds in the south eastern part of the village.

The following bills were audited:

 

   The board then adjourned the last meeting of the year to meet again on Monday evening, Jan. 1, 1900, at the office Clerk Hatch.

 

Ferdinand E. Smith.

Board of Education.

   The board of education met last night and voted a vacation from Friday of this week till Tuesday after New Year's. Christmas exercises were reported from all the ward schools to be held Friday afternoon next.

   Superintendent Smith was directed by the board to attend the principals' conference to be held in Syracuse next week Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Bills were audited as follows:

 

 

POLICE MATTERS.

Took to the Woods When Officer Tried to Arrest Him.

   Fred Hall of DeRuyter was brought before Justice Davis yesterday charged with jumping a board bill and sentenced to thirty days in county jail. Last Tuesday Chief-of-Police Parker went to DeRuyter upon complaint to get Hall who, as soon as he got wind of the officer's arrival, started for the woods but was captured without much difficulty.

   David Merritt was arraigned before the court for public intoxication and was given three days in jail in default of paying a $3 fine imposed upon him.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The choir of Grace church are asked to meet for practice this evening at 7:15 o'clock.

   —The Ladies Literary club meets tomorrow afternoon as 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. E. B. Nash, 28 Clinton-ave.

   —Special Convocation Cortland Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., will be held Wednesday evening for the purpose of conferring the M. M. degree.

   —The next total eclipse of the moon to be seen in this part of the world will not take place until Oct 16, 1902, but there will be a partial eclipse on June 12, 1900.

   —The fact that it is now the usual hog killing time among the farmers has suggested to a writer for the New York Sun the "Ode to Mr. Pig" published at the head of this column.

   —The Aid society of the First Baptist church will meet for work in parlor No. 1 of the church to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. A business meeting will be held at 4 o'clock. A good attendance is desired.

   —The trippers-of-the-light-fantastic-toe members of the Tioughnioga club will hold a private dancing party in the club parlors to-morrow evening. Murphy furnishes the music.

   —The members of Vesta lodge will hold a Christmas hop in their lodgerooms Saturday evening, Dec. 30, between the hours of 8 and 12. A cordial invitation is extended to all the friends of the lodge to attend.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—M. A. Case, Winding up shopping, page 6; Palmer & Co, 10 per cent saved, page 4; E. A. McGraw, Get new shoes, page 5; Mrs. J. T. Davern & Co., Millinery, page 8; Cortland Opera House, "Faust," page 5; McCarthy, Big cut in ladies' shoes, page 4; Dey Bros. & Co., Holiday goods, page 2.

 

TEMPERANCE MASS-MEETING.

Dr. Tope Outlines Work of Anti-Saloon League and Gives Statistics.

   The audience at the First M. E. church last night, to hear Dr. Tope of Chicago, though not as large as the former mass-meetings, was yet fairly good and thoroughly representative. "Onward Christian Soldiers" was sung by the congregation; Dr. Houghton read the Scripture lesson and Rev. Mr. Pound offered prayer.

   Dr. Houghton said as be arose to introduce the speaker that possibly the people thought that in view of the developments of the past week, the temperance victory was won in this village and that there was nothing further to do. Such a conclusion was unwarranted and a great mistake. The fight had only been begun and efforts must not be relaxed. He then introduced the speaker.

   Dr. Tope is a large fine appearing man and his address made an excellent impression. He said that the anti-saloon league believed in no ''sop to Cerberus." In ancient mythology Cerberus was the infernal three headed dog that stood at the entrance to the lower regions and was only appeased by sacrifices of human victims. The liquor traffic was our Cerberus. He would give it no more of our youth and manhood. A friend of his caused to stand up before him his three boys and four girls and said "These are my irrefutable argument against the saloons." The churches of America in league have decreed it, "The Saloon Must Go." We sanction wholesale murder and poison in the saloon. Whiskey is good for two things, one has said, to preserve a corpse and to make a corpse.

   The speaker gave a rapid resume of the statistics illustrating the evils of the liquor traffic that was startling and alarming. There are 30,000 boys in this country under 16 years of age that are already drunkards. He paid a high tribute to the Christian women of the country and said that if they were given the ballot the traffic in rum would soon go. Three hundred every day go to drunkard's graves in this country. The only way to overthrow drunkenness is to overthrow the dram shop. The anti-saloon league was omni-partisan. Dr. Russell was the state superintendent. There are six districts including from four to seven counties each with district superintendents over them. All the towns of the state will be reached by this organization. This league is now organized and working in thirty-two states of this Union. There are 6,000 leagues already organized in this country. In Ohio 100 Catholic priests are working in the league. It belongs to all the churches, and the church is the only channel through which it proposes to do its work. The churches are rapidly uniting on this platform and he predicted that the time would come when the traffic in intoxicating liquors would be swept out entirely.