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| Gen. William A. Kobbe. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, January 12, 1901.
PHILIPPINE OPERATIONS.
Minor Captures and Surrenders Continue in All Sections.
MANILA, Jan. 12.—The campaign in northern Mindanao is directed personally by Brigadier General Kobbe, with headquarters at Cagayan. Col. Biekhamer with five companies of the Twenty-eighth regiment has swept the country and destroyed Filipino strongholds in the vicinity of Santa Ana.
Major Case of the Fortieth regiment is operating in the mountains [of] South West Cagayan. He has destroyed several strongholds and captured some prisoners. Minor captures and surrenders continue in Luzon. The civil officers of several towns in Zambalee province met at Santa Antonio recently and signed an ultimatum to send to the insurgent leaders notifying the insurgents that they will be paid 30 pesos apiece for rifles and liberated if they agree to keep quiet, setting forth that since General MacArthur's proclamation it is impossible to any longer contribute assistance, and announcing that if the insurgents do not return to their homes by Jan. 30th, they will be considered enemies of their people who will then assist the Americans to pursue them.
DEER IN THE ADIRONDACKS.
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff Thinks Hounding Should Be Prohibited.
BOONVILLE, N. Y., Jan. 12.—At the annual meeting of the Brown Tract Guides' association here a letter from Lieutenant Governor Woodruff was read, a part of which was devoted to the preservation of game and deer in the state park in the North Woods, Mr. Woodruff thinks the question of providing for wild deer is of little consequence unless adequate game laws, rigidly enforced, are adopted. He believes that hounding should be permanently prohibited by law. According to information received from guides and other sources, Mr. Woodruff estimates the number of deer in the Adirondacks as ten to each square mile, or a total of 50,000 deer. He estimates the number of deer killed during the season last year at about 6,000. He condemns the practice of "jacking" and "floating" as being as unsportsmanlike as hounding.
On the question of feeding deer Mr. Woodruff says that last year during the winter he kept four men near his camp engaged in feeding deer. They gave them hay, oats and grain, which they would refuse, but would eat the buds and twigs of the maple and other hard woods, and the tips of most of the evergreen species, when the branches of these trees were cut off and placed within their reach. It is not necessary, he says, to cut down timber for this purpose, as the deer feed only on the timber buds and the smallest twigs. They prefer the maple, as the sap is sweeter than that of the birch or the beech, and in the soft maples the sap starts earlier than in other trees. It is this very time of the year when the sap is starting that the deer are in the poorest condition and in great need of assistance to give them some kind of browse.
MORMON MISSIONARIES
Seek to Introduce Their Faith in New York Towns Minus Polygamy Feature.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., Jan. 12.—Leander Robins, James A. Goulding, and Delworth Woolen, Mormon elders from Utah, are in Hudson endeavoring to establish a church of the Mormon faith in that city but disregarding the polygamy feature.
It is said that they will visit other towns on the Hudson river for the same purpose. Their mission they say is to explain the faith, and correct various erroneous ideas that the public entertains about it. They are trying to secure a suitable hall in which to hold meetings and are distributing literature from house to house. The only Mormon settlements in New York state at present are said to be in Steuben county and Brooklyn.
Binghamton's Epidemic Growing.
BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Jan. 12.—An epidemic of grip has been raging here for the past week and instead of showing signs of abatement it appears to be increasing rapidly. It is estimated that from 600 to 1,000 persons are confined to their homes with the disease and the city hospital is crowded with victims.
Health Officer Hix says that there are at least 200 cases of grip in this city and that the weather conditions are such that there is small hope of getting the epidemic under control. There are about fifty cases of typhoid fever also.
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| William McKinley. |
PRESIDENT IS BETTER.
Secretary Root Has Postponed His Dinner Indefinitely.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.—Secretary Cortelyou announced this morning that President McKinley's condition shows steady improvement and that he would probably sit up a good portion of the day.
"He is better than at any time since his present attack of grip has been upon him," said Mr. Cortelyou.
The dinner that Secretary of War Root had announced for this evening in honor of the president has been abandoned on account of the chief executive's indisposition. No new date for the function has been set.
Death of Miss Jones.
After an illness of nearly three weeks Miss Jessie Louise Jones died just before 5 o'clock last night at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones, 26 Cleveland-st., [Cortland]. It was three weeks ago to-day that she called at Dr. VerNooy's office, not feeling in usual health. The doctor found that she had typhoid symptoms and gave proper remedies. The next day, Sunday, she felt much better and went as was her custom to the Congregational church and sang in the choir. The following day she had planned to go to Auburn on a visit, but her physician advised her to postpone it. Then she became decidedly ill and it was clearly typhoid fever. A week later she had two violent hemorrhages, and a week later still between the hours of 11 o'clock A. M. and 4 P. M., she had eight hemorrhages, and one after that time, making in all eleven hemorrhages. From these she rallied and was apparently improving, when on Tuesday afternoon of this week she developed pneumonia in the left lung and yesterday at 3 o'clock the right lung was involved.
Her attending physician says that here was a malignant case almost from the start, the pulse not going below 120, and after the hemorrhages it registered from 130 to 168. Two nurses were in constant attendance, the doctor was at her bedside four nights and oxygen for respiration was freely used.
Miss Jones was 19 years, 1 month and 10 days old. She has lived in Cortland for several years and was known as a promising young musician. She is survived by her parents, two sisters, Mrs. J. G. Marshall and Mrs. Prosper Gillette of Auburn and by one brother William H. Jones of Cortland.
The funeral will be held to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the house.
Covered Bridge Burned.
Many who have had occasion to pass up and down the Mohawk valley will remember the covered bridge connecting Canajoharie and Palatine Bridge, the only bridge of its kind on the river. It was burned at 8 o'clock Thursday morning and was supposed to have been set on fire. The Palatine Bridge end of the bridge was so low that a brakeman could not stand upright on the top of a freight car passing under it. Several times brakemen have been killed. The last death from this cause occurred on Tuesday, and it is believed that some one fired it to get it out of his way. The bridge was built in 1832. There is much trouble and annoyance in getting communication and passage between Palatine Bridge and Canajoharie now as the ice will not bear a person's weight.
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| American Baseball Lithograph. |
BASEBALL MEETING.
Plenty of enthusiasm, but Small Number Present.
A public meeting to consider the baseball situation in regard to holding a baseball fair was held in Fireman's hall last night. The attendance was small, but plenty of enthusiasm was manifested. It was the unanimous opinion of those present that a baseball fair ought to be held some time next month. It is the opinion also of the baseball men that if an amount equal to that raised last year by the fair enterprise can be realized this year to start the team there will be no difficulty in maintaining a team the coming year.
BREVITIES.
—Mr. Walter H. Angell, who has been ill with typhoid fever and pneumonia, is gaining steadily though slowly.
—New display advertisements to-day are—E. M. Mansur, Groceries, page 2; J. W. Cudworth, "Optical Talks," page 7.
—The Church Protective union will meet Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock at the home of Mr. E. R. Wright, 10 Groton-ave.
—The Science club will meet at the Hatch library to-night at 8 o'clock. Rev. U. S. Milburn will speak upon "The Mound Builders." The paper of two weeks ago will be reviewed by Rev. Robert Clements.
—Mrs. R. E. Corlew will sing at the First Baptist church to-morrow. In the evening there will be special music by the Oratorio society, and the regular male quartet.
—Rev. B. F. Weatherwax will give an illustrated Bible reading at the Y. M. C. A. rooms to-morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Subject, "The Second Coming of the Lord." All men welcome.
—There is not a great deal of change in the condition of Mr. O. A. Kinney to-day. He is very weak by the reason of the long illness, but the outlook seems to be a s favorable as for several days past.
—There are some unfavorable symptoms to-day in the condition of Mr. Hubert R. Maine and he is not quite as well as he was yesterday. Many of the friends of Mr. Maine telephone to the hospital at frequent intervals to inquire as to his welfare. Owing to the crowded condition of the hospital at present Mr. Maine's bed is within sound of the telephone and he can hear every answer given and it has an unfavorable effect upon his nerves. For this reason all inquirers are asked to telephone to Dr. Sornberger's instead of to the hospital, and a reply will be given which might be more accurate then the nurse would venture to give within the hearing of her patient. Mr. Maine needs every bit of strength now without having his nerves excited by hearing answers as to his condition.
[Note: Pages 4 and 5 of this issue were missing from our source, Fulton History, and consequently our staff did not copy—CC ed.]
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