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| Chitto Harjo or Crazy Snake. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, January 25, 1901.
INDIANS ON WARPATH.
Armed Band Marching to Attack Town of Bristow, I. T.
WHOLE REGION IS UP IN ARMS.
Too Late For Help to Reach the Town and the Mayor Is Told to Arm Everyone and Defend—Serious Clash Seems Unavoidable.
MUSKOGEE, I. T., Jan. 25. —The Creek uprising is growing to dangerous proportions. Marshal Bennett has received a telegram from Bristow, I. T., announcing that 600 armed Creeks, stationed two miles from there, are preparing to attack the town and pleading for protection from the marshal.
Marshal Bennett and Agent Shoenfelt are swearing in large numbers of deputies, whom they are forwarding to the scene of trouble. It is now feared they will reach the town too late and mayor of Bristow has been instructed to swear in all the men to protect the town.
Soldiers are being hurried from Fort Reno to the seat of trouble, but they will not reach Bristow before tonight, as they will arrive at Henrietta first and go overland. Indian Agent Shoenfelt will ask for more help.
Marshal Bennett with six deputies is about to leave for Eufala, where Crazy Snake was seen yesterday, and will attempt his capture. The Snake band is within three miles of Bristow and is reported to have whipped white men. The Dawes commission is fearful for the safety of its party of appraisers, headed by Representative Hackbust of Leavenworth, Kan., who are in the Wetumpka district. Nothing has been heard from them.
Ex-Chief Roley McIntosh of the peaceable or treaty party and about 20 followers have taken refuge in Eufala. John Cruk, a leader of one of the insurrectionary Creek Indian bands and some of his men, are watching McIntosh. It is feared others are concealed near town and contemplate capturing McIntosh and his people. Mayor Foley has deputized a posse and will protect the ex-chief and his people within the city limits.
United States Marshal Bennett has issued through ex-Chief McIntosh a proclamation declaring the depredators to be in open rebellion against the constituted authorities and thereby violating the laws of this country. He notifies them that "the time has now come when force will be used against force and the warrants I now have and may receive for members of this band will be served, no matter what the cost to them."
Senate Discusses Indian Appropriation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The senate devoted yesterday to the discussion of the Indian appropriation bill, making only fair progress. The only indication that there may be any diversion of interest was contained in an announcement by Senator Frye that today he should move to afford an opportunity to Senator Depew to address the senate upon the shipping bill.
The discussion of the Indian bill was frequently interrupted by calls for a quorum made by Mr. Wellington, who was insistent to the last upon the presence of a full senate.
Mr. Pettigrew made an attack upon the Dawes commission, saying that there was nothing to show that there was any chance of completion of the work even with the $300,000 provided. The war revenue reduction bill was reported from the finance committee by Mr. Aldrich, who announced that he would call it up next week.
Mr. Gallinger said he would call up the pension appropriation bill when the Indian bill was out of the way. The only point of interest outside of the talk on the bill was the declaration of Mr. Pettigrew that he did not intend to make any filibuster against any measure.
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| Dr. Mary Walker. |
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| Murray Hall. |
Dr. Mary Walker's Opinion.
ALBANY, Jan. 25.—Dr. Mary Walker said last night of Murray Hall's case:
"I think it an outrage that they buried that poor woman in skirts. She had worn men's clothing all her life because she liked it, and she should have been buried in it.
"If anybody tries to put skirts on me after I'm dead, I'll haunt them."
The Jewish Synagogues and Factories Burned.
BUAH BUDAPEST, Jan. 25—Jew-baiters at Schotnau in Bohemia yesterday burned the synagogues and three textile factories belonging to Jews. The deed caused the death of ten persons. Four hundred persons were thrown out of work and the property loss will amount to half a million kroner.
MANILA EDITOR DEPORTED.
Published Sensational and Untruthful Attack on American Officers.
MANILA, Jan. 25.—General MacArthur has ordered the deportation to the United States of George T. Rice, editor of The Daily Bulletin, a marine journal. Rice will sail on the Pennsylvania next Monday, The order characterizes him as a "dangerous incendiary and a menace to the military situation."
Rice's offense was the publication of allegations that Lieutenant Commander William Brauhersreuther, captain of the port, had charged excessive pilotage and moorage fees, a percentage of which he had kept for himself.
The report of Major Mills, inspector general, who investigated the allegations, completely exonerated the captain of the port and indicted the editor and the merchants who had given him information, and who had been misled by figuring the rates upon the net instead of the gross tonnage, the latter being specified under the Spanish law.
Rice came originally from Redwing, Minn., and was formerly a member of the Minnesota volunteers.
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| View of West Point. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Put a Stop to the Brutality.
The revelations of the hazing inquiries at West Point, both military and congressional, have aroused widespread public indignation and a universal demand that the brutal, tyrannical and cowardly practices of the cadets at this military reservation be stopped forthwith by academic regulation if possible, by the force of law if necessary, and if neither of these avails, by the discontinuance of the academy itself. The continuous narration of stories of compulsory pugilism, brutal exercising, inhuman treatment, petty persecutions and senseless indignities has stirred the country until there is a suggestion that the institution has jeopardized its own existence by the follies of the cadets and the complacence of the officers in charge.
From the admissions of senior cadets it is gathered that the so called hazing has been a tyrannical and cruel persecution of the small boys by the big ones; that the fights required by the academy "code of honor" are in fact mere barbarous punishments of the weak by the strong; that in nine cases out of ten the freshman has no sort of a chance and that the ceremony is deliberately contrived with a view to ascertaining the limit of his ability to survive the effects of an overwhelming onslaught. The fights are far more brutal than contests in the prize ring, where feeble men are never pitted against their physical superiors and where brutality is somewhat lessened by the use of gloves, while at West Point the little boys have to meet the big ones with bare knuckles, and they are expected to fight until they faint, no matter how hopeless their inferiority may be or how certain their cruel punishment. It is simply barbarism of the most cruel and cowardly sort. It hardly seems possible that American boys, selected because of supposedly superior physical, intellectual and moral qualities, could descend to such degradation as has been revealed at West Point or that officers of the United States army would, as shown by the testimony, deliberately wink at such atrocities and give them sanction by their complacence.
Public sentiment has reached the point where these abuses will no longer be tolerated. If the hazing cannot be stopped, and some of the officers connected with the institution declare that it cannot be, then congress should refuse to grant further appropriations and end its existence. Worse things might happen than closing the academy. History has proved that many of our bravest and best military captains did not have the advantages, or disadvantages, of a West Point education. Among these may be noted Generals Logan, Miles, Shatter, Lawton and Chaffee, who certainly rank in point of courage and generalship with the average product of the Military academy. The country can get along without West Point academy, if necessary, and still develop in abundance brave and patriotic soldiers for the defense of the American flag and American honor. The country, however, cannot afford to longer bear the stigma of maintaining a national institution which degrades and demoralizes young men and which makes them cowards and brutes instead of developing that valor, honor and chivalry which ought to characterize an American soldier.
◘ Some husbands are excessively particular. A Brooklyn man is asking for a divorce on the ground that he doesn't like being crowded out of bed by his wife's pet dogs.
HIS WIFE RUNS THE LAW OFFICE
Since Franklin Pierce was Made Assistant District Attorney—She's LL. M.
The New York Sun says concerning Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Pierce, formerly of Homer, N. Y., and both well known in Cortland county:
When Lawyer Franklin Pierce was appointed one of District Attorney Philbin's assistants it was said that he had given up a particularly lucrative law practice to accept the place as a matter of civic duty.
Mr. Pierce's law offices are at 31 Franklin St., but they are not without a head.
Mrs. Pierce is in command.
She has been connected more or less with the office since her marriage to Mr. Pierce in 1893, after which she began to study law. She was graduated from the New York university law school in 1897. She took a post-graduate course the next year, and is a master of laws. In the winter of 1897 and 1898 Mrs. Pierce was one of the lecturers under Prof. Isaac F. Russell of the New York university law school before the Woman's Legal Education society. When her husband was appointed to Mr. Philbin's staff she was able to take charge of the office. Her work is that of "briefing," preparing cases on appeal, and similar matters which do not require her appearance in court.
TRIED TO AWAKE SLEEPER.
Young Osborn, While Hypnotized, Visited by His Mother and Brother.
Last Wednesday night the fifty hour sleeper at Glann & Clark's shoe store by the name of Osborn was visited by a lady and a young man who claimed to be from Baldwinsville and said that they were the mother and brother of the young man who was sleeping under the hypnotical influence of Santanellli. These parties asked the proprietors of the store to arouse Osborn from his sleep, as they wanted him to go home with them, but were told that it would be impossible to wake him up and that if they wished they might try so to do, which the young man did with no avail. They decided then to wait till evening when Santanelli was to bring him out of his slumbers, and they were at the Opera House when this was done. They left town yesterday morning with the young man, having influenced him to leave the company. It is said that Osborn was not yet 21 years old.
EDWARD A. DART.
A Well Known Resident of the Town of Freetown Has Passed Away.
It seems impossible to be reconciled to the sad thought, that the loved and loving husband, father, friend, Edward A. Dart, had left the shores of time, "to be on earth no more forever." That he should suddenly pause in the midst of his untiring labors for his loved ones, at a point where manhood's morning almost touches noon, and while the shadows still are falling toward the west, when prosperity smiled upon him and hopes were bright, to struggle for a moment, and then sweep out of the body forever, is a mystery too deep for the finite mind to fathom. But we are consoled by the assurance, that "God's thoughts are as high above our thoughts, and his ways above our ways as the heavens are high above the earth."
Edward Dart was a gentleman of the first order, courteous and kind alike to all, a staunch supporter of all that is noble and true. His pure, unselfish nature was recognized by his great public spirit; he instigated the movement that ultimately resulted in procuring the new highway that leads from the home of Wilber Carr, thence, around the mountain to the river road.
He was a loyal member of the grange, and the esteem in which he was held by his brethren was shown by their large attendance at the funeral, and the beautiful floral wreath, consisting of callas, roses and carnations, bound with a beautiful white ribbon bearing the inscription of the order. It is seen that Mr. Dart was interested in religious matters. A short time before his illness, the writer visited his home for the purpose of conducting a prayer service, where he bowed in reverence before the cross of his mother's Christ; after prayers, he requested Mrs. Dart to read an editorial from The STANDARD, a beautiful word painting of the scene at Bethlehem; he listened to the reading with keenest interest, and the light of love that shone from his eyes told us how deep was his sympathy for divine things. We trust that interest is reciprocated; that he who weeps because humanity weeps, dropped a tear of divine sympathy, blotted out the infirmities of the flesh, and sealed that precious soul with the Redeemer's blood, and that angels bore him away on their snowy white wings to his immortal home.
Deceased was born in Freetown, Aug. 27, 1857. He passed the time of his sojourn here in the beautiful home where he was born and where after but two weeks sickness of typhoid fever he died on Jan. 14, 1901. His father, Richard Dart, died twelve years ago. Since that time he has been the main stay of his mother, who now 68 years of age, who mourns the loss of her idolized son. One brother, Oswald Dart of Concord, Mass., survives him. Mr. Dart married Miss Maggie Smith, sister of Dr. M. R. Smith of McGraw, June 7, 1888. For eighteen years their domestic bliss has been complete with love and happiness. Three children blessed the union: Mabel, aged 14 years; Cecil, aged 9 years and Richard, aged 4 years.
The sympathy of the entire community goes out to this grief stricken mother, widow and children.
The funeral was held from the house Jan.17 and the immense crowd that gathered in that home shows the esteem in which Mr. Dart was held by all. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. A. S. Anderson, pastor of the M. E. church of Freetown, of which Mrs. E. A. Dart is a valued member, assisted in a very able manner by the Rev. Dr. Blue of the Presbyterian church of Marathon, of which Mrs. Dart, the mother of deceased, is a faithful member. A selected choir rendered very excellent music. May God's consoling spirit rest sweetly within the hearts of our bereaved neighbors, and finally lead them to the mansions above, where peace shall be as a river, and "God shall wipe all tears from their eyes."
We miss thee from our home, dear.
We miss thee from thy place,
A shadow o'er our life is cast,
We miss the sunshine of thy face.
We miss thy kind and willing hand,
Thy fond and earnest care,
Our home is dark without thee.
We miss thee everywhere.
Interment in family lot at Freetown. A. S. A.
Others Have Typhoid Fever Too.
Cortland is not alone in the epidemic of typhoid fever. It seems to be all over the country. Philadelphia needs cleansing in more ways than one. This last week there were 111 deaths in the city from typhoid fever, an increase of fifty-one over the week preceding. The city has well earned the worst of all reputations for typhoid. The trouble is, as before, the impure water supply.
Lockey-Dickinson.
Mr. John S. Lockey of Groton and Mrs. Clara Dickinson were married at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Hamlin, 28 Lincoln-ave., in Cortland. The ceremony was performed by Rev. H. L. Rixon. Only a few of the nearest relatives and friends were present.
Death of Aged Homer Citizen.
Mr. John A. Goffe died at his home near Homer, N. Y., this morning at about 5 o'clock of gangrene at the ripe old age of 91 years.
Mr. Goffe was born in East Homer and has been a resident of the township all his life. He was afflicted by a shock last September and has been helpless ever since. He is survived by two children, Miss Mary Goffe of Homer and Mrs. W. R. Phillips of Berkshire. The funeral arrangements are not yet made.
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| Attorney Orris U. Kellogg. |
VALUABLE BROOD MARE DEAD.
Young Nelly Haynes was the Dam of Fast Horses.
Young Nelly Haynes, the first breeding mare bought by Hon. O. U. Kellogg for his now valuable stables, slipped on the ice night before last and broke a shoulder bone, and consequently had to be killed. She was valued very highly by her owner and would, in all probabilities, had it not been for the accident to her, have broken the world's record for being the dam of more than nine fast [trotting] horses with records better than 2:30. As it is, young Nelly was at the age of 22, the dam of six with records better than 2:30, and two of these with records under 2:17. Two of her colts are yet undeveloped, but Mr. Kellogg has no fear of these striking a clip less than 2:30, and if the two fast horses from the name dam, developed last summer, are to be taken as indexes of what these, may do, they will greatly reduce this mark. Had Mr. Kellogg begun breeding from Nelly Haynes when she was young, instead of using her for a carriage horse for a few years, she would have, according to her owner's idea, been a world's record winner as a brood mare.
BREVITIES.
—Mrs. O. F. Sexton has sold her hotel in Harford Mills to Mr. Henry Wavle of Dryden.
—A special meeting of Iskoot council, D. of P., is called for Saturday evening at 8 o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
—New display advertisements to-day are—E. M. Mansur, Groceries, page 2; Palmer & Co., Grocery picnic, page 4; C. W. Stoker, Groceries, page 8.
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