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| George W. Davis. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, Dec. 23, 1901.
FILIPINO TREACHERY.
Village Officials Furnish the Rebels with Ammunition.
MINDANAO A NEST OF REBELLION.
Entire Island to Be Placed Under Martial Law—Lieutenant Tilford Captures Rebel Stronghold, Killing 10 Insurgents—Several Minor Skirmishes Reported.
MANILA, Dec. 23.—General George W. Davis, commanding at Zamboana, island of Mindanao, has requested that the province of Misamis, Mindanao, again be placed under military control. General Davis has proof that the recently elected presidente and vice councillors, and the leading men of Cagayan de Misamis are guilty of treason in furnishing ammunition to the insurgents within the past month. The fiscal [public prosecutor] of the province of Misamis is also implicated. The evidence shows that all these men were members of the secret Katipunan society.
General James F. Wade, commanding the American forces on Cuba island, concurs in and endorses the request of General Davis and reviewing the situation in Mindanao says he is satisfied that the ends of justice, peace and government will soonest be obtained by the restoration of military control to the province of Misamis and the overcoming of all resistance to that authority.
It is expected that the United States Philippine commission will refuse this request as they did a similar application made by General Chaffee concerning the province of Tayabas, Luzon, where the rebels have recently been particularly active.
General Bell, who is in command of the American forces in Batangas province, Luzon, has praised Lieutenant James D. Tilford who, while scouting with Troop D of the First cavalry, routed an insurgent force in that province. Lieutenant Tilford located a rebel stronghold on top of a hill near the town of Batangas. He surrounded the enemy under cover of night and attacked them at daylight. Their surprise was complete. Nineteen insurgents were killed while attempting to escape. Lieutenant Tilford captured 10 rifles and 500 rounds of ammunition.
A detachment of scouts of the Second infantry also had a small engagement with the insurgents in which they killed nine men and captured four.
Lieutenant John D. Hartman, of the First cavalry, during an expedition which lasted several days, encountered the enemy six separate times without losing one of his men. He destroyed several barracks.
Two priests have been arrested in Batangas province. They are charged with aiding the insurrection. They were found to have hidden behind the altar of their church appliances for counterfeiting money. They are charged with manufacturing Mexican silver dollars to pay the insurgent soldiers.
General Chaffee, speaking to a correspondent of the press on the situation in the islands, said he considered conditions in the Philippines to be more hopeful, and that by the end of February all the turbulent provinces will have been pacified. General Chaffee excepts the island of Samar, however, which will probably require some months longer. There the situation demands a policy of rigid starvation and the giving of food only to those who surrender or who stay in the towns.
The closing of the ports in Laguna and Bantangas provinces in Luzon has had a most salutary effect, as the measure has resulted in touching the pockets of the Manila Filipinos who have been aiding the insurgents. The former are now anxious for peace and are working to that end. In order to hasten matters, these Filipinos will co-operate with the forces under General Bell in Batangas and Laguna.
Labor Condition Unusually Good.
ALBANY. Dec 23.—The conditions of employment among the members of labor organizations in New York state during the quarter ending Sept. 30 last, says State Labor Commissioner John McMackin in his quarterly bulletin, were unusually good, in fact only once in the past five years have they been surpassed in the same season.
BIG FIRE IN UTICA.
Four-Story Building Destroyed—Loss Will Approximate $287,000.
UTICA, N. Y., Dec. 23.—The Reynolds block, a 4-story building at the corner of John and Catherine streets, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday in the store of Dodge & Snyder, dealers in paints and wall paper. The loss is $287,000; insurance $208,000.
Fireman Cain of engine No. 2 was injured by a falling wall, but will recover. There was a delay of at least 15 minutes in sending in the alarm, and when the firemen arrived the flames were raging fiercely and under the circumstances the firemen did the best kind of work in confining the fire to the building. Every piece of apparatus was brought into play and while the fire was under control at 1 p. m. the men remained until 8 o'clock last evening.
The building will be rebuilt at once and those burned out are making preparations to resume business in other localities. The scene was witnessed by thousands throughout the day and evening.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
A Corner on Eggs.
In the olden times of corners in food supplies, invented and championed by the elder Armour, they used to corner the markets of the board of trade. But in these latter days of the younger Armours they have invaded the hen roost, as if all meats already were not beyond the reach of the poor, and are now engaged in cornering the market for eggs. What next? According to Washington market authorities Armour & Swift within the last ninety days have acquired and withdrawn from the market 300,000 cases of western eggs and "cornered" the egg markets of the country. They are said to have in cold storage a half-million cases, or 15,000,000 dozen eggs, which were purchased at an average price of about 23 cents a dozen. These supplies are held in the storage warehouses of the beef companies, which have been established the past few years for butter and eggs, as well as other market supplies, at their Kansas City and Omaha packing houses. Two years ago Armour & Co. are said to have purchased nearly a million cases of eggs in the poultry raising states of the West and held them in storage for an advance. The "corner" was not broken on that occasion until the price of eggs reached 45 cents a dozen at retail; now they are 35 cents per dozen.—Commercial Bulletin.
◘ The Cunard steamships Lucania and Campania carried on wireless telegraphic communication in mid-ocean for 187 miles. As such conversations are likely to be of daily occurrence, and the passengers will be anxious to know what is said and what the news is, the next feature of the great steamships, says the Binghamton Republican, will be daily newspapers. While the news is flying over the ocean, compositors will be arranging it in hot type, and when the clicking ceases newsboys will be scampering over the decks calling out the scare headlines just as is done in well regulated American cities.
◘ It is predicted that Colonel Partridge, selected by Mayor Low as police commissioner of New York, will not quail in the discharge of his duties.
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| Tioughnioga River near Marathon, N. Y. |
FIFTY-TWO YEARS AGO.
Isaac Sherman [Recalls] the High Water of That Year.
Isaac Sherman of Blodgett Mills was in Cortland Saturday and was speaking of the high water of fifty-two years ago. At that time he was working at the old tannery on Port Watson-st. next the Tioughnioga river. The water was so high that it completely surrounded the house of John L'Hommedieu, now owned and occupied by Hon. O. U. Kellogg. Mr. Sherman was one of those who went in a boat to the stables of Mr. L'Hommedieu and drove through the water the horses and cows to places of safety on the hill south of the farm.
The water didn't surround the house this time [1901].
WILLETT-HURD.
Former Teacher at Cortland Normal is Married.
The marriage of Miss Mabel Hurd and Allan Herbert Willett of Providence, R. I., took place last evening at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Effie L. Hurd, in East Genesee-st, Syracuse. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. S. R. Calthrop and only the immediate members of both families were present. Mr. and Mrs. Willett will live at Drownville, a suburb of Providence.—Syracuse Herald, Sunday, Dec. 22.
MRS. ABBYLINE STARR.
A Venerable Lady of Patriotic Ancestry Passes Away in Cortland.
Mrs. Abbyline Starr, who passed from this life to her heavenly home on Thursday last at the age of 95 years, 9 months and 12 days, was one of the oldest inhabitants of this county, having nearly completed her 96th year. In the fall of 1832 with her husband Nicholas Starr, she left New London, Conn., and came to live in the town of Homer. After Mr. Starr's death in 1867 she remained on the Homer farm until about sixteen years ago, when she removed to Cortland and has since made her home with her son Nicolas.
She was the youngest child of Solomon and Eunice Burrows Tift of Groton, Conn. Her father, Solomon Tift, was an officer in the Revolutionary war; his sword being kept in the family. She remembered hearing him tell of his experiences on an American privateer from which he was finally taken captive by the British and afterwards as a prisoner on the old ship Jersey near New York City, where he just escaped death from ship fever. He lived to the advanced age of 92 years. Her oldest brother, Joseph Tift, served in the war of 1812. He was "Master of Guns" on board the old ship "Constitution" at the time of the encounter with the Guerriere and fired the first shot which resulted in breaking down the mast on the enemy's ship.
During her later years Mrs. Starr has taken much interest in tracing back several lines of her own and her husband's ancestry into early Colonial times and in one or two instances to the landing of the Mayflower Pilgrims. In August, 1897, through the kindness of nieces living at Mystic, Conn., she became an honorary member of Fanny Leypard Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, in the old town where she was born and spent the early years of her life. She was presented with the gold spoon to which, as a "real daughter," she was entitled.
Mrs. Starr was converted when a young woman under the preaching of her uncle, Rev. Silas Burrows, who founded the second Baptist church of Groton, Conn. The old church building which is still standing on what was known as Fort Hill just out of Mystic she loved to recall; and the scenes connected with those early days when Silas Burrows, and later his son Roswell Burrows, without any regular salary preached to large congregations of people, were always fresh in her mind.
Mrs. Starr was the mother of five children, four of whom lived to grow up. They were Mrs. Hiram D. Corey of McGraw, N. Y., who died in Sept., 1885; Nicolas and Thomas of Cortland and Benjamin who enlisted in the Forty-fourth regiment New York state volunteers , known as the Ellsworth Avengers of the civil war. He [Benjamin] died in the hospital at Fortress Monroe, Va., in less than one year after leaving home. She leaves seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Mrs. Starr had a natural gift for looking on the bright side of life and never seemed to think much about herself. As a home maker she was exceptional. To the last she retained her faculties perfectly and manifested the same thoughtful regard for those around her which has characterized her whole life. She has looked forward with bright anticipation to the time when she would be "called home" and her death seems only a short step out of this life into a glorious awakening with her Lord and Master.
DEATH OF W. S. HOXIE.
Succumbed Without Warning to Long-Standing Heart Trouble.
Mr. W. S. Hoxie, who lived in a part of Mr. Henry Kennedy's house, 71 Railroad-st., and who had been caring for Mr. Kennedy for the past week or more, died very suddenly this afternoon at 1:45 o'clock from heart disease, while in one of Mr. Kennedy's rooms. His age was 62 years, 8 months and 29 days. The funeral will be held from the house, Thursday, Dec. 26,, at 10:30 o'clock A. M. A more extended notice will appear later.
DEATH OF HENRY SEYMOUR.
An Energetic and Active Man Before Old Age Came Upon Him.
Mr. Henry Seymour, 68 Railroad-st., died at 10 o'clock last night at his residence, aged 83 years, 7 months and 14 days. The funeral will be held from the house tomorrow at 2 o'clock P. M., and will be private.
Mr. Seymour was born in Genoa, Cayuga Co., and when a mere boy moved to Solon and has been a resident of the county ever since. On Feb 11, 1857, he married Miss Zada Eldredge of McGrawville, who survives him. One child, George B. Seymour, was born to them, but he died in 1875 at the age of 16 years. In 1876 Mr. and Mrs. Seymour moved to Cortland where they have since been residents.
He is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. W. C. Taylor and Mrs. D. E. Hill of Cortland and Mrs. Cynthia Edgar of Findley, O., and by one brother, Mr. James Seymour of Jamestown, N. Y.
Mr. Seymour was a wagon maker by trade. He also did a milling business on Port Watson-st. He was an active and energetic man in the days of his strength, but for the past few years he has been unable to be about much on account of a general breaking down of the system, which ultimately was the cause of his death.
BREVITIES.
—The Cortland Lodge of Perfection meets this evening at 8 o'clock.
—Regular meeting of Royal Arcanum tomorrow night at 7:30 at G. A. R. hall.
—Sheriff A. R. Overton took Ward Stein to the Rochester Industrial school this morning.
—The vested choir of Grace church will rehearse the Christmas music at 7:30 this evening. All are requested to be present.
—The children of the Universalist Sunday-school will hold their Christmas festivities this evening in the Sunday-school room of the church at 7:30 o'clock. The public is invited.
—The public is most cordially invited to be present at the Christmas exercises to be held at Pomeroy-st. school Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 24, commencing at 2 o'clock,
—The Baptist Oratorio society has presented Mrs. F. W. Melvin with a silver mounted ebony toilet set as a mark of appreciation of her services as accompanist of the society.
—New display advertisements today are—Hudson crockery Co., Last chance before Christmas to buy crockery, page 8; C. F. Thompson, Turkeys, etc., page 5; Opera House, 'The Eleventh Hour, page 5; J. W. Cudworth, Optical Talks, page 7; C. F. Brown, Christmas goods, page 6.
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