GUEVARRA IN CUSTODY, NEGROS, SAUTELLE'S CIRCUS SATURDAY, FIGHT WITH A LION, ODD FELLOWS' DAY, AND TOO MUCH SPEED

 

General Claro Guevarra with sword.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, April 28, 1902.

GUEVARRA BROUGHT IN.

He and His Command Are In Custody.

GENERAL GRANT'S EXPEDITION.

Guevarra Succeeded Luckban in Samar When the Latter Was Captured Last February—Three Thousand Bolomen Surrendered Saturday—Another Band to Surrender Soon.

   Manila, April 28.—General Fred D. Grant has ascended the Gandara river in the island of Samar and has brought the insurgent leader Guevarra and his entire command down to the coast. General Grant's expedition went up the river in the gunboats Basco and Florida, several steam launches and native lighters.

   Guevarra's command consists of Rafael Sebastian Abaki and 38 other officers, 189 men and 161 rifles.

   Three hundred insurgents with 131 rifles are expected to arrive at Catbalogan, Samar, soon to surrender formally to the American authorities. Three thousand bolomen, 28 of them armed with rifles, surrendered Saturday at Sulat, also in Samar.

   Guevarra succeeded General Luckban in the command of the insurgent forces in Samar when the latter was captured last February. He announced his intention to surrender last March.

 

SUCCESS IN NEGROS.

Ladrone Leader Rufo With 158 Officers and Men Surrender.

   Manila, April 28.—Captain L. W. V. Kennon of the Sixth infantry reports from the island of Negros the surrender of the ladrone leader, Rufo, with 158 officers and men of his command, together with 12 guns, 140 bolos, seven spears and a few revolvers and daggers. Captain Kennon says this surrender means the opening up of the whole southern coast of the island of Negros.

   After Papa Isio, Rufo was the most important ladrone chief on the island. He promises to force Papa Isio and his few remaining followers to surrender. Papa Isio was appointed a colonel in the insurgent army by General Malvar one year ago.

 

Sig. Sautelle.

Sautelle's Circus Saturday.

   The local circus season will be ushered in Saturday, May 3, by Sig. Sautelle's new big 25 cent shows, which have maintained a pre-eminence over all other similar establishments in America, at a price to suit the purse of the most humblest citizen. That so grand a circus, which in its outfit and integral construction has absorbed vast capital and necessitating enormous daily expenses, can profitably exist and constantly increase in size, is a marvelous problem, only solved by the influence appertaining to the name of Sig. Sautelle. Spread far and wide, the name is identical with the assurances of an exhibition which has never failed to fulfill all words of promise to the public. With Mr. Sautelle there is nothing too good for the people's money, and his are emphatically the people's shows. See them.

 

FIGHT WITH A LION.

Dewey Attacked Mrs. Huftle, his Trainer, Saturday.

A PART OF SAUTELLE'S CIRCUS.

She had Only a Whip in Her Hand, but Subdued Him with it, Though he Made an Ugly Wound in her Breast with his Paw—Will Continue the Training as Soon as She Recovers.

   Saturday afternoon the lion trainer, Mrs. Nettie Huftle, who is employed at the Sautelle circus quarters, narrowly escaped death from one of the beasts. She was in a cage with three of the animals and had given them their regular exercise and was just leaving the cage when "Dewey," the largest of the three, she noticed was acting strangely. Being accustomed to their habits she knew she must face and subdue him then and there. Having only a whip as a weapon she advanced toward the beast which crouched behind its mates. Again she started to leave when quicker than a flash the animal again started for her, but Mrs. Huftle's keen eye met his, and once more he slunk away. The third time when she was about to leave, having reached the door, and being about to turn the lock, the beast sprang at her with all of his tiger-like ferocity and struck her an ugly blow upon the breast with his paw.

   With her body wedged against the iron bars of the cage and the hot breath of the animal in her face, still she didn't lose her nerve, and with her whole strength she began to beat the animal upon the head with the whip, her only weapon, and scream for help. Before any one arrived, however, she had subdued the brute and he had retreated to a corner. Mrs. Huftle, with blood streaming from the wound which the lion had inflicted, was taken from the cage and Dr. Goodell [of Cortland] was summoned and dressed the wound.

   Although severely injured Mrs. Huftle is not to discontinue her profession, but as soon as she recovers she intends to again conquer the brutes. It is customary to take into the cages a guard stick, but upon this occasion only the whip was taken. No doubt if she had had this heavy bar of wood she could have defended herself, but by her presence of mind, cool nerve and great strength she cowed the animal with the little whip and thereby saved life.

 

Rev. W. J. Howell.

ODD FELLOWS' DAY.

Anniversary Observed at the First Baptist Church.

MANY ODD FELLOWS PRESENT.

Rebekahs also Out in Force—Fine Addresses by Rev. W. J. Howell and Rev. G. E. T. Stevenson—Some Facts in Regard to the Founding of the Order.

   The eighty-third anniversary of the founding of Odd Fellowship in this country was celebrated by members of the fraternity in Cortland and McGraw and by members of Rebekah lodges of the two places at the First Baptist church of this city at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. More than 250 Odd Fellows and about fifty Rebekahs went in a body to the church, where they listened to excellent addresses by Rev. W. Jasper Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church, and Rev. George E. T. Stevenson, pastor of the Memorial Baptist church, both of whom are Odd Fellows.

   The anniversary properly fell upon Saturday, the 26th day of April. It was upon that day in 1819 that American Odd Fellowship had its birth in the city of Baltimore. The order had existed in England for nearly a century before it was introduced into America. The Baltimore lodge was named very appropriately after the father of his country, ''The Washington lodge.''

   Schuyler Colfax, in 1857, was instrumental in organizing in Indianapolis the Rebekah degree, whereby the order of Odd Fellows became a combined brotherhood and sisterhood. Since that time its growth has been enormous, and it has been increasing, not only in membership, but in beneficence, in power and in all that is an aid to brotherly kindness and the welfare of suffering humanity. In the year 1900 the Odd Fellows of the United States, including the Rebekah lodges, disbursed for the relief of the members through insurance and beneficence about $3,500,000.

   The Odd Fellows yesterday assembled at the Vesta lodgerooms and marched to the John L. Lewis lodgerooms, where the Rebekahs were ready to fall into line at the head of the procession. There were nearly 300 in the line.

   The addresses of the day were very appropriate to the occasion, and the lodge members and others of the large congregation were deeply interested in the remarks. Friendship, love and truth, the trinity of forces which underlie the order of Odd Fellowship, formed the basis of Mr. Howell's remarks, while Mr. Stevenson confined himself to the first, friendship. Rev. A. Bergen Browe, pastor of the McGraw Baptist church, was present and offered prayer.

   The Odd Fellows' quartet, made up of Messrs. George W. Long, J. B. Hunt, C. R. Doolittle and A. W. McNett, furnished music.

 

Cortland Normal School and Soldiers' Monument.

BASEBALL AT THE NORMAL.

At Least Four Games to be Played in this City.

   The Normal school is preparing to place a strong baseball team on the diamond this season. There are more men eager to get on the team than ever before, and there is plenty of excellent material in the school. At least four games will be played by the team in Cortland. These will be with the Greene high school, Stiles' preparatory school of Ithaca, the Auburn high school and the Auburn business school.

   The association has issued season tickets, which are being sold for 50 cents, with the guaranty that four games will be played here. If there are more games played the holders of the season tickets will be entitled to attend. A date is in prospect for a game with Cascadilla in Cortland, and if this is secured there will be five games here.

 

ATHLETIC FIELD

To be Leased to the Y. M. C. A. for a Term of Four Years.

   The postal card vote of the stockholders of the [Cortland] Athletic Field association, upon the proposition to transfer the property of that association to the Y. M. C. A., was closed Saturday night. There was only one card marked unfavorable to the proposition and that card was not signed. The Y. M. C. A. will now lease Athletic field for a term of years.

 

TOO MUCH SPEED.

Too much Car Track—Boy, Dog, Wagon all Mixed Up.

   A runaway with a tip-over, resulting in the throwing of the driver to the pavement without serious injuries, was witnessed by a large number of people on South Main-st. today at a little before 1 o'clock. Many factory men were on their way back to their work, and these helped in straightening up the wagon and getting the driver on the seat again.

   The driver of the rig was Leslie Yager, the 6-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Yager, 7 Argyle Place, and his rig was made up of Duke, his small white dog, and an express wagon. Duke felt frisky today and as the turnout sped up the street from the Lehigh toward Argyle Place the holder of the one rein was in great glee. But as Duke kept increasing his speed until his feet seemed hardly to touch the smooth asphalt paving, Leslie began to think that he was going a bit too fast, especially as he kept working a little closer all the time to the street car track. At the one rein he tugged and pulled, but all in vain, for soon the wheels struck the track and everything, boy and all, went rolling over and over. The express wagon started the rolling procession and the lad was a close second. Duke, securely fastened in the thills, joined in the mix-up and was a worthy factor in it.

   An inventory of the effects, taken directly after the mix-up was straightened out, showed the following conditions: boy, slight abrasion of the skin on the right elbow, more scared than hurt; express wagon, cushions and equipment scattered, marred slightly; Duke, not a hair lost, all right he.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. & A. M., will confer the second degree at their communication Tuesday evening.

   —The fifteenth musical service of the chorus choir of the First M. E. church under the direction of Mr. George Oscar Bowen will be given next Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock.

   —New display advertisements today are—S. Simmons, Clothing, page 4; Smith & Beaudry, Wall paper, page 8; C. F. Brown, Jap-a-lac, page 6; Gas Light Co., Gas ranges, page 8; New York Store, Millinery, dry goods, etc., page 6; Baker & Angell, Shoes, page 7.