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| Mrs. Carrie Nation. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, February 18, 1901.
MRS. NATION RAMPANT.
Caused All Kinds of Excitement at Topeka.
WAS ARRESTED FOUR TIMES.
Smashed Notorious Joint, Broke Mirrors Stored In Barn, Broke Into Cold Storage Plant and Spoke to Large Massmeeting—Negro Joint Keeper on Her Bond.
TOPEKA, Kan., Feb. l8.—Mrs. Carrie Nation put in a busy Sunday in Topeka and as a result the capital city has experienced more genuine excitement than can be remembered by the oldest inhabitant. Mrs. Nation succeeded in having the contents of a notorious joint smashed, broke into a cold storage plant in search of liquor, ruined the mirrors on several bars found stored in a livery barn, addressed a large massmeeting of men and women and was arrested four times. The last time that the law laid its hands upon her was when Mrs. Nation emerged from the church where the massmeeting had been held.
Last night Mrs. Nation announced that she would not rest until all the joints in Topeka had been closed.
At 6 o'clock yesterday morning Mrs. Nation sallied forth from the state house grounds at the head of 500 men and women, all armed with hatchets and axes, and moved on the joints of the city. Nobody but Mrs. Nation knew what plans she had laid.
In the crowd were a large number of students of Washburn college, some of the ministers of the city, and a number of professional and business men. The crowd marched in perfect military order, the men and women following their recognized leader, whom they seemed to trust implicitly. The company marched to the place on East Seventh street kept by Ed. Murphy, where the work of demolition began. Mrs. Nation, brandishing a new hatchet, headed the onslaught, uttering words of deprecation against the joint keepers as she sent her weapon through the first plate glass window at hand. Others followed her lead quickly.
In about five minutes the saloon was in ruins.
Her work over Mrs. Nation proudly emerged from the place and was arrested. She went along with the officer, followed by her band and the crowd that had gathered. At the police station she was released promptly and hurried back to her work.
She entered a livery barn in which bars had been stored, and smashed them. Then at the head of 25 of her stouthearted followers she went to the Moser Cold Storage plant and entered upon a search for some liquor she thought had been stored there. This time Mrs. Nation was arrested by the county authorities and was taken to the jail in a patrol wagon. It was after noon before she was released from jail on bond and after taking dinner with Sheriff Cook she went to the First Christian church, where she was accosted by an officer with a warrant and taken to the county jail again. She stayed this time for two hours and finally her bond was signed by one of the joint keepers of the city, a prominent negro politician.
The gathering of the crusaders at the state house grounds before daylight was conducted with the utmost secrecy. Very few knew about the intended raid except those going to take part in it.
At 4:30 silent forms might be seen hurrying across the diagonal walks and the lawn of the state house square to the big building in which the business of the state is transacted. At every point of entrance to the grounds sentinels of the "army" were posted. Those accosted each comer in true military style and obliged him to give an account of himself. If he wore a white handkerchief around his neck, it was all right and he was allowed to proceed as the white handkerchief was the emblem worn by the crusaders.
Susan B. Anthony.
BALLOT IS THE WEAPON.
Susan B. Anthony Says Women of Kansas Need Not Take to the Hatchet.
ROCHESTER, Feb. 18.—Miss Susan B. Anthony celebrated her 81st birthday Friday, and considering the strain attending the ceremony was looking very well yesterday. When asked for her opinion of Mrs. Carrie Nation and her followers, Miss Anthony, in spite of her advanced age, warmed to her subject with the fire and enthusiasm of former years, and after denouncing the men of Kansas, declaring that neither party has been able to deal with the prohibition question, said in part: "The hatchet is the weapon of barbarism; the ballot is the one weapon of civilization.
"In Kansas since 1887 Mrs. Nation, with all the [women] in the 286 cities of the state, [obtained] the right to vote for mayor, for the members of the common council and for every other officer of the municipality. Women equally with men have the responsibility. Therefore, the duty of Mrs. Nation and all the women of Kansas is to register and vote for only such men or women who will publicly pledge themselves to do their duty and to carefully retire to private life every officer who has failed to show his hand.
"By this process of weeding out the sympathizers with the saloon and voting only for men or women true to principle the women would see the fruit of their labors, proving to themselves and to the world the power of the ballot over the hatchet."
Especially did Miss Anthony denounce the press, not sparing her own "Brother Dan," Colonel Daniel Anthony, known as the "fighting editor" throughout the West.
AN ACTIVE MOUSE
Flirted With the Girls and Finally Met a Bold Bad Man.
There is an old saying about being "as poor as a church mouse." That implies that there is such a thing as a church mouse. There is indeed one in Cortland, or more properly speaking, there was one. But he was not a bit poor. He was a slick little round rolly-polly fellow, with eyes bright as [silver] dollars, and he was as active as a flea. He has been observed with some apprehension for several Sundays by the feminine members of the congregation at one of the Cortland churches. Yesterday morning he tried to fool with the shoe laces upon the foot of one of the charming young ladies, but she would have nothing to do with him and jerked up her foot with a sort of gasp. But she was real brave and didn't shriek. He appeared again at Young People's meeting and one young lady rose and left the church, but she didn't take little mousie along with her. He waited, alas, for his doom. He ran around the room and kept the attention of a good many people from listening as closely as they should to the words of the leader. Then be ran up stairs to be present at the evening service, and there he was foolish enough to tackle a bold, bad man. If he had only been content to flirt with the girls all would have gone well, but when he actually tried to climb up the trousers leg of Ernest Teeter that was too much. Ernest felt him coming and braced himself. He swallowed quickly when he realized what he had to deal with, but he grasped him firmly with one hand right round the cloth of the trousers and little mousie. The little fellow wiggled and wiggled and tried to get free, but Ernest set his teeth together and closed his hand all the tighter, and then little mousie gave up the ghost. And now, so for as know, there will be no more mice at that church—till another one appears.
THE SLEEPER SNORED
And the Minister Waited While Some One Aroused Him.
Mr. Thomas Howard, the well known policeman of Cortland, of all the fairs in the vicinity and of all the adjoining counties, is a regular attendant at church each Sunday. He begins with early mass at St. Mary's church, morning service at 10:30 at the Presbyterian church, Sunday-school at the Congregational church, Y. M. C. A. men's meeting at 3:15, Epworth league meeting at the First M. E. church and evening service at the First Baptist church, with an occasional after-meeting at Salvation Army hall. That he says is his regular round of Sabbath\ services. Though all these services are profitable and helpful such a constant round of devotional duties becomes almost a dissipation, and by the time the officer has reached the evening service he cannot help but be somewhat tired, not to say sleepy.
Last night he was actually sleepy, and while Pastor Howell was in about the midst of his sermon and while all the hearers were following his thought in the most intent manner every one was startled by a mighty snore coming right out of the center of the congregation. But this was but the advance guard, the preliminary to a series and succession of heart rending snores, that were continued with such telling effect that the pastor was finally constrained to pause and request one of the people in the vicinity to arouse the sleeper. Two or three young men were seated nearly behind Thomas, as with head tilted back toward them and with mouth open he was awakening the echoes. They promptly seized him one by each shoulder and brought him to a consciousness of the situation. Thomas at once ceased his melodious breathing and the service proceeded.
ENTERTAINED BY THE COMPANY.
Passengers Were Cared for by Farmers Along the Line.
The passengers of the stalled E. & C. N. Y. railway train last Wednesday and Thursday are very profuse in their praise of the treatment given them by the company at that time. The passengers were taken to Mr. Fralic's in East Freetown and kept there entirely at the expense of the company while the road was being cleared. The E. & C. N. Y. Railway Co. evidently looks after the interest and comforts of its patrons.
VERY CONSIDERATE.
Snowbound Passengers' Appetites Appeased by East Freetown Man.
Passengers on the E. & C. N. Y. train Friday, which had to be helped through nearly the whole distance from Cincinnatus to Cortland by shoveling ahead of it, and which was about eight hours making the trip, tell of a kindly act of a farmer near East Freetown, whose name was not learned by our informant, but who boarded the train with a large pan of doughnuts and pies and a can of milk, and appeased their appetites with the tempting viands, for which he would accept no compensation. It was a very thoughtful thing for him to do, and it is needless to say that this generosity was appreciated.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
◘ The fortune left by the late Baron Wilhelm von Rothschild is estimated at $40,000,000. He was the head of the most famous banking house in the world, which has supplied the nations of Europe with immense sums of money for all sorts of purposes for generations. Yet the fortune he left looks small in comparison with those of a considerable number of American millionaires. It is another reminder that the United States is the great money making country of the world.
◘ It is asserted that Mrs. Nation's first husband drank himself to death. The story does not seem unreasonable.
Lehigh Valley train wreck between Loring Crossing and East Homer, N. Y.
CLEARING UP THE WRECK.
Thousands of People Drive Out to the Scene on Sunday.
The Lehigh Valley wrecking train yesterday got the wrecked tender of engine 907 out of the Tioughnioga river where it had lain bottom side up since Friday morning, and also secured the trucks which had formerly been under it, but no attempt was made to get out the engine proper. That cannot be done till the bank is dug out to permit the building of a temporary track down to it. Ties and rails are needed. These will probably be laid to-morrow and probably on Wednesday the engine will be righted up and rescued.
Thousands of people from Cortland, Homer and all the surrounding country visited the scene of the wreck yesterday. Every available livery team was secured and it seemed as though nearly every one who had a private team used it. The meadow of B. R. Knapp above the scene of the wreck, through which The STANDARD man on Friday noon waded down in snow up to his waist when he went to the wreck, being the first man to get there from Cortland, is now gridironed with roads. It looks as though it had been tramped over and driven over as much as the Cortland county fair grounds the great fair of last fall. Cameras were there in abundance and many people took snapshots. Every one wonders how such an accident could occur and such damage to property result and have no loss of life and such slight injuries.
SNOWPLOW DERAILED.
Too Much Snow and Ice—Passenger Train Detained.
The 8 o'clock passenger train from Canastota to Elmira Saturday night was delayed for a little more than two hours, not reaching Cortland till 10:15 P. M. The snow plow which preceded it became derailed on the ice right in front of the station at DeRuyter, and a gang of men had to be gotten out to get it back upon the track. The passenger train tried to get past it by taking the switch which runs behind the station, but that was so full of snow and ice that the plan had to be abandoned. All available men had been too busy up to that time getting the main tracks clear of snow to give any attention to side tracks and switches. But the moderating temperature and the clearing skies will soon make everything all right again.
Real Estate Change.
Mr. E. W. Bates has sold the house and lot at 145 Groton-ave. to Mr. Wm. H. Botten of Auburn, who will occupy it about April 1, 1901. Consideration, $1,200.
Mr. Gideon Wright has sold his property at 20 Woodruff-st. to Mrs. Elizabeth Lester of Syracuse. Consideration, $1,450. E. W. Bates, agent.
MILK STATION CLOSED.
East River Farmers Must Otherwise Dispose of Milk.
Mr. T. J. Winnie, who for some time past has been connected with the East River milk station on the line of the Lehigh Valley R. R. informs a STANDARD man that the business at that point has been abandoned, and the engine and boiler will be taken out shortly and removed to North Lansing, Tompkins county, where it will be immediately placed in position for furnishing power for a butter and cheese factory in that locality which will be conducted under the supervision of Mr. Winnie during the coming season. The rest of the machinery has been secured by other parties and will be removed to a factory in the northern part of this county. Many of the farmers at East River and vicinity protest against the factory being discontinued. But as no action is being taken for the continuance of the station it is likely the patrons will take their milk to East Homer during the coming summer.
SOME ANCIENT RELICS.
A Bible of 1612 and an Old Copy of the New York World.
Mr. B. B. Hubbell of East River has a copy of the New York Daily World which is somewhat stained with time, but is a rare relic never the less. The sheet has four pages and twelve columns with thirty-six inches to the column, and is dated Saturday, Jan. 1, 1842. The offices and pressrooms were at that time located at 80 Ann-st., with J. Winchester, editor, and Park Benjamin, publisher.
Mr. Hubbell also showed a STANDARD man another relic in the shape of a family Bible published in 1612, which is in a pretty fair state of preservation. The Bible was brought to this country by Peter McMillan, a Scotch sailor, long before the revolutionary war. He was grandfather of Mr. Hubbell and it has been in his possession many years. Through the influence of Mr. Benjamin L. Webb of the Cortland Savings bank the book was placed on exhibition at a loan exhibition in this city a few years ago.
WILL OF WM. R. RANDALL.
Leaves All to His Two Sisters—nephew is Sole Executor.
The will of the late Mr. Wm. R. Randall was probated this afternoon. The will was drawn on Sept. 20, 1897, by Attorney Nicholas E. Kernan of Utica, son of former Senator Kernan. All the property of which Mr. Randall was the possessor or in which he had an interest was divided equally between his two sisters Mrs. Antoinette R. Huntington of Rome, N. Y., and Miss Wilhelmina Randall of Cortland, share and share alike. The statement to the surrogate estimates the value of Mr. Randall's interest in the undivided estate of his father as personal property about $160,000; and real estate about $64,210. Mr. Wm. R. Huntington is named as sole executor of the will. The will entire is as follows:
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.
I, William R. Randall, of the village of Cortland, county of Cortland and state of New York, do make, ordain, publish and declare this to be my last will and testament, in manner and form following, that is to say:
First, I direct the payment of my just debts, if any.
Second, I give, devise and bequeath all my property and estate of every name and nature, both real and personal wherever situated unto my sisters, Antoinette R. Huntington of Rome, N. Y., and Wilhelmina Randall of Cortland, N. Y., to be divided equally between them, share and share alike.
In case said Antoinette R. Huntington dies before me, then and in that event I give, devise and bequeath to her children her surviving share which she if alive would have taken under this will, to be divided among them equally share and share alike.
Third, I hereby authorize my executor hereinafter named to sell any and all real estate owned by me or in which I have any interest and to sign and execute and deliver deeds and conveyances thereof.
Likewise, I make, constitute and appoint William R. Huntington of Rome, N. Y., to be executor of this my last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by me made.
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal the 20th day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven.
WM. R. RANDALL, [SEAL]
We whose names are here to subscribed, do certify that William R. Randall, the testator within named, subscribed his name to the foregoing instrument in our presence and in the presence of each of us, and at the same time he declared in our presence and hearing that the same was his last will and testament and requested us and each of us to sign our names thereto as witnesses to the execution thereof, and which we hereby do in the presence of the testator and of each other the day of the date of the said will.
NICHOLAS E. KERNAN, Utica, N. Y.
M. F. CLEARY, Cortland, N. Y.
BREVITIES.
—To-morrow is town meeting throughout Cortland county.
—Two drunks were given suspended sentences in city court this morning.
—Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M. will confer the first degree at the regular communication Tuesday evening.
—The regular business meeting of Grover Relief Corps, No. 96, will be held to-morrow, Feb. 19, at 2:30 P. M. in G. A. R. hall.
—The D., L. & W. R. R. Co. has established a Pullman ticket office at the Cortland station, and hereafter Pullman tickets will be sold there to all points.
—The STANDARD is indebted to Senator George E. Green for a copy of the classified list of the members and officers of the 1901 legislature of the state of New York with postoffice addresses, residences in Albany and positions upon committees.
—Natural gas used for heating and lighting failed at Erie, Pa., last week during the blizzard and great suffering resulted among all classes. Then the pressure came on again unexpectedly and two fires followed. Cortland is not so unfortunate after all in having the search for gas here a few years ago appear to be a failure.
—New display advertisements to-day are—M. W. Giles, Inventory sale, page 8; Bingham & Miller, Clothing, page 7; C. F. Brown, Soaps, page 2; McGraw & Osgood, Closing out sale, page 8; City Cycle Co., Bicycles, page 7; Palmer & Co., Closing out sale, page 2; W. J. Perkins, Chocolate chips, page 6.
—Mrs. A. D. Blodgett was to-day given a birthday party by some of her near neighbors by proxy—the neighbors sending their best wishes and autographs attached to a handsome Morris chair. The thoughtfulness of the friends, as well as the gift, was highly appreciated.
--Dr. E. M. Santee and Mr. W. J. Greenman received four coops of poultry from England yesterday. The birds are direct from the Crystal Palace poultry show, and each one was a winner of a prize. Dr. Santee invested in Black Minorcas, while Mr. Greenman chose Games and Bantams. The consignment is valued at $700.
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