Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, Aug. 23, 1901.
KILLED ONE OF MOB.
Alabama Sheriff Saved Negro From Lynching.
DREW DEAD LINE AT COURTHOUSE.
Threatened a Volley If Anyone Dared Mount the Steps and Kept His Word. Negro Sentenced to Be Hanged—Safely Spirited Away in Freight Train.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 23.—A staff correspondent of the Birmingham News telegraphed yesterday from Ashville, St. Clair county, Ala., that in a battle which occurred there at 1 o'clock between Sheriff North's posse and a mob of 400 men who were seeking to lynch James Brown, the negro rapist from Springville, one man was killed and two wounded, one fatally. The mob dispersed for the time being.
Brown was tried at a special term of court yesterday morning and sentenced to be hanged Sept. 20. The trial lasted two hours and the jury was out 11 minutes. When it became noised abroad that the court had directed the sheriff to take the prisoner back to Birmingham for safe keeping a mob surrounded the courthouse, where Brown was being guarded by Sheriff North and 20 deputies. The mob demanded the prisoner and the sheriff informed them that he would shoot the first man that put his foot on the courthouse steps.
A few minutes later a member of the mob dashed up the steps firing a revolver. A general fusillade followed. The sheriff's force fired through the windows and doors and the mob retreated, firing as they went.
Walter Blankenship was shot through the head and died soon after. Arthur Blankenship was shot in the head and shoulders with buckshot. He will die. A boy named Hanley was shot in the hand.
A hard rain then began falling. The bodies of the wounded were removed and the crowd scattered, but in front of the stores across the street.
The officers took advantage of this lull and spirited the negro away in charge of two special deputies. He was gotten safely aboard a freight train for Birmingham.
The clash with the sheriff came in half an hour after Judge Pelham had pronounced the sentence. By a ruse the courtroom was cleared of half of its angry occupants. The remaining half were surly and seemed bent on mischief. At the request of Judge Pelham J. L. Garrett, the father of the girl, outraged by Brown, mounted a table and spoke, counseling peace. In concluding his appeal he said: "If you have any respect for my feelings, if I can have any weight in your hearts, let me urge you as good citizens to go home and obey the law and I will never cease to thank you from the bottom of my heart."
The Blankenships were brothers and it is said have been in town since Monday trying to stir up the trouble. Walter died within two hours after being shot and Arthur is in a precarious condition.
The attempt of the mob to gain possession of the negro followed one of the swiftest and fairest trials ever witnessed. The judge and court officials were on the defensive to suppress the rising anger of the crowd as detail after detail of the crime was told by the witnesses for the state. There was no evidence for the defense. As Brown said afterwards in his confession, there was nothing the witnesses he had summoned could say in his behalf.
STRIKERS REMAIN QUIET.
Trust Partially Equips Star Plant at Pittsburg Without Molestation.
PITTSBURG, Aug. 23.--Aside from the partial equipment of the Star plant of the American Tin Plate company, and the preparation for its immediate resumption of business there were no special developments in the strike situation in this city yesterday. No further trouble occurred at the Pennsylvania Tube works, and at all other strike points quiet reigns.
The incident at the Star plant is given as an example of especial significance and, to use an Amalgamated officer's expression, shows that the men have been educated to the knowledge that their strongest weapon in such cases is silence and submission until it is demonstrated that the mill cannot be operated successfully without the aid of skilled men now on strike.
The steel men on the other hand are highly pleased with their success in manning the Star plant and say that if the men they secure are not molested it will be but a short time until all of their mills will be in full operation and doing good work.
While the strikers claim that four of the new men at the Star plant have deserted the company and say that others would leave if they could get out of the mill, Superintendent Harper maintains that he has 100 men at work, that none have deserted and that the men can go and come from the mills as they please. Mr. Harper says the plant will be in smooth running order tonight and he apprehends no further difficulty in its operation.
The Painter mill has 250 men at work and the management expects to be running full-handed by next week. Two mills are being operated at the Lindsay and McCutcheon plant, one of them the 10-inch mill. No sign of a break in the Carnegie and lower union plants made its appearance yesterday. McKeesport is still completely tied up, but an attempt may be made to start the Demmler tin works with men secured from outside points.
The strikers are still vigilant as pickets but are keeping quiet and making no threats. At Irondale the tin plant company gained another victory yesterday by the successful start of one of the rolls. There are said to be enough men in the plant to man one mill one turn and the company officials say now that the break has been made they will get the men back.
A delegation of strikers from Wellsville went to Irondale last evening with the intention of having a talk with the men at work and to try to persuade them to quit.
At Amalgamated headquarters in this city the day was devoted almost entirely to routine business and nothing of unusual importance occurred. President Shaffer said that no movement has as yet been made by either side looking to arbitration or mediation. No hint had come from the steel people on the subject and none had gone out from the workers. There was, however, a tendency among many of the labor leaders to discuss the possibility of arbitration, and on every side was heard mentioned the name of Governor W. A. Stone as an arbitrator or conciliator, and it is said he will be asked to tender his good offices in this direction.
THE CORTLAND COUNTY FAIR.
Arrangements for Next Week's Event Nearly Completed.
All the arrangements for the great county fair are now practically completed, and Superintendent Greenman is of the opinion that the record beating crowds of last year will be set in the shades in comparison with the throngs of people that will visit the fair this year. He reasons that while the association offered many good attractions last year as inducements for the people to attend the fair, and the people were quick to respond to those inducements then, that vastly better and more attractive features have been received for this year, and that these attractions will surely bring the people out in greater numbers than ever before.
The entry lists are beginning to swell, and it requires several clerks already to keep a record of them. The liberal premiums offered will bring out an excellent display of all kinds of articles. The entries for the races are also very large, and good racing is assured.
It is thought that Wednesday, Aug. 28, public school day, when all the school children of the county will be admitted free of charge, will be the largest day during the fair. Every foot of room in the fair house that can be rented has been spoken for by exhibitors.
Herbert Kitchener.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Lord Kitchener's Proclamation.
Lord Kitchener, the British commander-in-chief in South Africa, has issued a high sounding proclamation threatening with perpetual banishment the Boers who do not surrender before Sept. 15, together with a fine upon any property belonging to them in the colonies to cover the cost of maintenance for their families who may be under British authority. The reasons for the proclamation are set forth in eight "whereas" clauses. Briefly they are that the burghers in arms are few in numbers, not well equipped, devoid of regular military organization and cannot carry on organized resistance, but can only make isolated attacks on small posts and detachments. The order is, according to Lord Kitchener, to put an end to "a state of things which is aimlessly prolonging bloodshed and destruction and inflicting ruin upon a great majority of the inhabitants, who are anxious to live in peace and earn a livelihood for themselves and families."
Lord Kitchener's proclamation in some respects reminds one of the verbal though not less pompous manifesto of a certain Major Pitcairn who, speaking in the name of George III, thus addressed the embattled farmers at Lexington in 1776: "Disperse, you rebels. Lay down your arms and disperse." But they didn't disperse. And it remains to be seen whether stubborn Dutch farmers give much more heed to Kitchener's formal pronunciamento.
To a people fighting in the last ditch for the preservation of their liberties and fully realizing that they have nothing politically to hope for at the end of the struggle the threat of banishment is not likely to have a pacifying effect. Living in exile would be about as satisfactory to them as living under the dominion of the government which took from them their liberties. The proclamation is therefore practically insignificant so far as any effect it may have in ending hostilities. It is, as the London Daily Mail says, "an empty thunderbolt." It is significant only as a tacit confession of the British government that it cannot conquer the Boers so long as any of them remain in South Africa.
Cortland Park and Pavilion at base of Salisbury Hill.
HAMMOND FAMILY PICNIC.
Celebrated Today at the Park—Nearly 100 in Attendance.
Members of the Hammond family to the number of nearly 100 held their annual picnic at the park today. The weather was delightful for the occasion and those in attendance thoroughly enjoyed the day. Dinner tables were spread on the broad porches. The sumptuous dinner was followed by the business meeting and social visiting and singing filled the remainder of the afternoon. The officers for the coming year, elected at the business meeting were:
President—S. S. Hammond, Freetown.
Vice-President—Henry Hammond, McGraw.
Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. L. A. Strowbridge, Cortland.
Registrar—Mary Allen, Richford.
Among the visitors from out of town who were present were: Mrs. Agnes Robinson and daughter Grace of East Patchogue, L. I., Mrs. Emma McAllister, and Mrs. Louis Lang and daughter Katharyn of New York, Mrs. Daniel Paxton of Clyde, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Manrose of Binghamton, and Mr. and Mrs. Howard D. Hammond and two daughters of Brooklyn. The place of meeting next year will be at the Cortland park.
COMMON COUNCIL
HELD AN ADJOURNED MEETING LAST EVENING.
Dog Pound Established—Located at Entrance to Trout Park Near Port Watson-st.—Poundmaster Given Full Authority and Instructions.
An adjourned meeting of the common council of the city of Cortland was held at the office of the clerk of said city, Aug. 22, 1901, at which were present Mayor Chas. F. Brown, and Aldermen E. M. Yager, G. F. Richards, T. C. Scudder and Vern W. Skeele.
The meeting was held for the purpose of establishing a dog pound after the one at 83 Prospect-st. should be by resolution declared at an end. The newly appointed poundmaster, F. A. Freer, was present at the meeting, and the situation was discussed at some length. A barn at the entrance to the trout park was named as the public pound, and the council believes that the location is excellent for such a building, as it is quite a distance from houses in that section. The poundmaster stated that he was ready to go to catching dogs at once, and the ordinance passed in relation to the pound gives him this right. The poundmaster's house, 2 Dunsmore Place, is near the barn at which the pound was established.
The dog catcher got instructions from the council to catch all dogs that do not have tags fastened on their collars and not to take as an excuse from anyone that a tag had been purchased but not placed on the collar. The tags must be worn by the dogs, the council declared, and are of no use unless they are so worn. The dog catcher also is vested with all the powers of an officer and to resist him, the aldermen say, means trouble, as they all stand back of him and are bound to see the dog question settled in a satisfactory matter. Farmers' dogs will be picked up the same as others, and so people who are in the habit of bringing their dogs with them when they come to Cortland had better leave the canines at home for the poundmaster is liable to scoop them up and land them in the pound.
The dog catcher swore in last night before Clerk Fred Hatch and is already to do business. If you miss your dog, remember the pound is at the entrance to the trout park.
On motion of Mr. Scudder, seconded by Mr. Richards and declared carried:
Resolved, That the designation of the public pound of the city of Cortland at 83 Prospect-st. be rescinded, and that the public pound of said city be and is hereby fixed and established to be at the barn at or near the entrance to the trout park on the south side of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.'s tracks in said city. This ordinance shall take effect immediately.
Approved, Aug. 21, 1901, Chas. F. Brown, mayor.
On motion meeting adjourned.
Approved Aug. 21, 1901, CHAS. F. BROWN, Mayor.
THE DELAVAN FAMILY
Holds Its Annual Reunion—Address by President I. H. Palmer.
The seventh annual reunion of the Delavan family at Cortland park Wednesday was attended by seventy members of the family and a few guests. After the dinner which was of an excellence characteristic of all the dinners provided at these reunions and after the refreshing of reminiscences and exchange of greetings the business meeting was held in the dancing hall of the pavilion. The meeting was called to order by the president, I. H. Palmer. The minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Miss. Nina D. Seeber, and, on motion approved. The treasurer reported a balance of $19.90 on hand. The receipts of the meeting were $9.33.
The minutes of the board of managers were read by the secretary and on motion, approved.
The corresponding secretary, H. K. Stoner, read letters of regret from the following members: E. B. Palmer, Highland Park, Ill.; Hattie Forest of Cold Brook, N. Y.; John Heady of Indiana; Edward C. Delavan of Watertown, N. Y.; Mrs. Marcella Bunnell of Herkimer, N. Y.; Walter Delavan, Jr., of Mohawk, N. Y.; Mrs. W. S. Carr of Elmira, N. Y.; Mrs. J. S. Merrihew of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Preston Delavan, Newton Falls, N. Y.; F. E. Oaks, Cortland, N. Y.; Erastus C. Delavan, Binghamton, N. Y.; Mrs. Margaret Elliott, Manhattan, Kan.
The following named persons were present: Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Stoner, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Meachan, Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Seeber, Bessie M. Bowdish, Nina D. Seeber, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Delavan, Katharine Delavan, Grace Delavan, Harold Delavan, Mrs. C. S. Hulbert, Bertha Hulbert, Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Cramer, May Cramer, Edith Cramer, Mary J. Palmer, Irving H. Palmer, all of Cortland; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Delavan, Ralph Delavan, Gertrude Delavan, Harold Delavan, Arthur Delavan, all of Texas Valley; J. M. Delavan, Laura Delavan, Leon Delavan, Ray Delavan, Ralph Crittenden, Mrs. R. W. Bourne, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Delavan, Charles H. Delavan, all of Willet; Walter Delavan, Sr., Herkimer; Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Bowen, Mr. R. K. Allen, North Fenton; Mrs. Hattie Randall, Mrs. Amos Randall, Morton, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Byron Delavan, Nathan Delavan, Nelson Delavan, William Delavan, all of Norwich; Dr. and Mrs. C. O. Dewey, Mary Dewey, Oliver Dewey of Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Francis B. Bowen, Orange, N. J.; Elsie Bowen, Mrs. John Bailey, Whitney's Point, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Florrin Morey, McGraw; Mrs. Eliza Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. K. Bourne, Groton, N. Y.; Mrs. Hattie Arnold, Mrs. James Meager, Ruth Meager, Syracuse, N. Y.; Mrs. Lucy Delavan Heady, Mrs.. Lacy A. Heady, Binghamton, N. Y.; Irving Delavan, Owego, N. Y.; Mrs. Ada Howard, Pine Woods, N. Y.
The following officers were elected:
President—J. M. Delavan of Willet, N. Y.
Vice-President—Walter Delavan, Sr., Herkimer, N. Y.
Treasurer—F. E. Seeber, Cortland, N. Y.
Recording Secretary—Nina D. Seeber, Cortland, N. Y.
Corresponding Secretary—Lucy A. Heady, Binghamton, N. Y.
To fill vacancy in board of managers occasioned by the retirement of J. M. Delavan, for one year, Irving H. Palmer, Cortland, N. Y. For two years, Francis B. Bowen, East Orange, N. J., Geo. H. Delavan, Guilford, N. Y.
The board of managers authorized the secretary to purchase record books and to procure the publication of the transaction of the meeting and mail copies of papers containing the same.
The next annual meeting was appointed to be held at Cortland park the third Wednesday in August, 1902.
The committee of arrangements for 1902 are Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Stoner, Mr. and Mrs. Florrin Morey, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur J. Delavan, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Bourne, Miss Mary J. Palmer, Leon Delavan.
Committee on music, Mrs. C. S. Hulbert, Miss Laura Delavan, A. E. Delavan, Miss Mary Cramer, Mr. Erastus C. Delavan.
[Lengthy address by I. H. Palmer omitted—CC ed.]
Judge Joseph Eggleston.
JUDGE EGGLESTON RE-ELECTED
President of the State Firemen's Association.
At a meeting or the State Firemen's association yesterday at Buffalo, Hon. J. E. Eggleston of this city [Cortland] was re-elected president for the coming year. The other officers elected are: First vice-president, W. E. Colegrove, Horseheads; second vice-president, J. P. O'Brien, Troy; secretary, Thomas Monehan, Frankfort; treasurer, John P. Powers, Ossining. The meeting next year will be held at Hudson, N. Y.
Elm Stump, N. Y.
EI.M STUMP, Aug. 21.—The school in the Wood's district commenced its fall term last Monday with Miss Edith Vandeveer of Cortland as teacher.
Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Henry of Cortland were guests of their cousins Messrs. George and Fritz Chapman, last Sunday morning.
Mrs. Emmett Lang is suffering quite severely from paris green poison, absorbed through the pores of the skin, while paris greening [potato bug poison applied to potato plants—CC ed.] potatoes three or four weeks ago.
Miss Lullu Worden is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, at Willet.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baron and daughter Gwendolyne of Virgil were pleasant callers at Mrs. Irving Price's, last Monday.
Mrs. Ida Skinner of Cortland was at her home over Sunday.
Dr. Higgins of Cortland was called to see Daniel Hammond yesterday, who is suffering with heart trouble.
BREVITIES.
—Reduced rates on the railroads for the Cortland county fair Aug. 27-30.
—McDermott's full orchestra furnished music for a large party at Venice Center last night.
—There will be preaching service at the East Side chapel Sunday morning by Rev. Robert Yost.
—A panel of trial jurors to serve at the next term of county court, Sept. 16, will be drawn next Thursday.
—The employees of the Gillette Skirt Co. will hold their annual picnic at Tully tomorrow, consequently the factory will be closed all day.
—Undertaker E. C. McEvoy went to Binghamton this morning to bring to Cortland the remains of Thomas Ryan who died in that city last December.
—Christopher Sheridan pleaded guilty to the charge of public intoxication in city court before Judge Davis this morning and was sent to jail for five days.
—The nineteenth annual reunion of the survivors of the old Twenty-third regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, will be held at the armory in the city of Elmira on Friday, Sept. 13.
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