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| Major General Adna R. Chaffee. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, May 26, 1902.
DISAPPROVED FINDINGS.
Reviewing Authority Not Satisfied With Result of Courts Martial.
Manila, May 26.—The official findings of the court martial which tried and acquitted Major L. W. T. Waller and Lieutenant John H. A. Day, of the marine corps, charged with executing natives of the Island of Samar without trial, have been made public. The reviewing authority of the court, Major General Adna R. Chaffee, has expressed its disapproval of the court's findings in both cases.
Referring to the case of Major Waller the reviewing authority says: "The sending of the natives in question to their death partook more of unlawful retaliation than justifiable act of war. In justice to the American military service the findings of acquittal demand that they shall not meet with unqualified approval. The marines in Samar underwent great sufferings before their rescue, and their officers from their sick beds voiced the revengeful anger of the men who telephoned to Major Waller advising that the stevedores be killed. Major Waller received this message while he was sick and prostrate from a fever, suffering acute pain of body due to exposure and exertions in behalf of his men, and mental anguish concerning their fate, which had long been in doubt.
"Major Waller was at that time in telephonic communication with General Smith, who commanded the American forces in Samar, but he deliberately chose not to consult General Smith regarding his contemplated action, and rather than forego the execution of his unrestrained will he assumed the power the laws of war and the customs of the service confer upon commanding officers only in time of war.
"Giving heed to the mental attitude of Major Waller, so much of the findings of the court as is to the effect that Major Waller is not guilty of murder is approved. But the reviewing authority is at loss to understand why the court did not find against Major Waller in the minor offence. With the exception noted the acquittal, as it appears in the record of the proceedings, is disapproved."
Referring to the case of Lieutenant Day the reviewing authority says:
"The accused knew that for three weeks Major Waller had undergone a test of his mental and physical endurance such as few men are called upon to suffer. While fully conceding the grave responsibility assumed by a subordinate officer in willfully disobeying an order of his commanding officer, still the weighty reasons related, with which Lieutenant Day was acquainted, so tainted Major Waller's order that Lieutenant Day should have been prompted to positive disobedience. An officer must be conscientiously regardful of the unquestioned legality of his agency in taking the lives of his fellowmen. Above and beyond all personal consideration officers must guard the name and honor of the country. Had Lieutenant Day been actuated by such considerations he would probably have prevented one of the most regrettable incidents in the annals of the military service of the United States."
RAIN OF SNAKES.
Inhabitants Must Have Thought They Had Them Sure.
Cassville, W. Va., May 26.—One of the peculiarities of the terrific electric storm which raged over this part of the state Saturday was the fall of snakes from the lowering clouds, while the storm was in the midst of its fury. The reptiles fairly covered the streets during the waterfall, and for an hour after they were to be seen crawling around in a half stunned condition. They measured from 10 to 15 inches and resembled the garter snake type, except that most of them had rings of white about their necks.
TWO EARTHQUAKES.
Trouble Does Not Cease for People of Martinique.
Fort de France, May 26, (Special Correspondence.)—Two slight earthquake shocks were felt here this afternoon. The alarm of the natives is greatly increased.
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| Charles M. Schwab. |
PAGE FOUR—BRIEF EDITORIALS.
◘ During the past week or ten days the newspapers have been so completely filled with news of the terrible disaster in the West Indies and with comment and general information regarding it that an item which otherwise might have been given considerable space attracted very little attention. This was the magnificent banquet at Pittsburg with which President Schwab and the other steel trust magnates concluded their grand tour of inspection of the corporation's properties. The banquet, which is referred to as a "feast deluxe" and cost something over $200 a plate, occurred some days after the receipt of the news of the disaster at St. Pierre. It is too bad that the eruption of Mont Pelee, with the incidental killing of something like 50.000 people, should have occurred just at this time, thus interfering with the proper newspaper recognition of Mr. Schwab's gorgeous dinner.
◘ A touching story in connection with the relief of Martinique is of a great entertainment at which M. Sandberg was to lecture, Mme. Second-Weber and M. Mounet-Sully to act and M. LaSalle to sing was to be given on the Rue Charras for the benefit of the Boers and their families in South Africa. When the news came of the disaster at St. Pierre the Boer representatives in Paris insisted that the receipts should be applied to the relief of the Martinique sufferers. It is not infrequent that those who have known suffering are the first to be touched by the greater suffering of others and the most ready to hasten to their relief.
MEMORIAL DAY.
Plans for its Observance Friday, May 30.
ARRANGED BY GROVER POST, G. A. R.
Exercises at Opera House, Monument and Cemetery—Addresses and Music by Cortland City Band and Children of the Public Schools.
Some changes have proved necessary in the plans for Memorial Day since the program was published in these columns last week and some other features have been added, so we publish the corrected program as follows:
At the Opera House.
Grover post and Corps and all veterans will be ready to start from G. A. R. hall at 1:30 o'clock sharp on Friday and march to the Opera House, where the following program will be carried out beginning at 2 o'clock, p. m. A general invitation is extended to the public to be present:
Selection, Cortland City Band.
Salute to the Flag, School Children.
Reading, Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Comrade B. T. Wright.
Singing, School Children.
Prayer, Rev. G. E. T. Stevenson.
Singing, School Children.
Address, Rev. David Keppel, Ph. D.
Singing.
Benediction, Rev. Robert Clements.
At the Soldiers' Monument.
The column will then form in the following order:
Marshal—J. R. Birdlebough.
Aids—J. W. Hinmąn, J. A. Freer.
Cortland City band.
Grover Post, No. 98.
Visiting Posts.
Disabled veterans in carriages.
The line of march will be to Clinton-ave. to Church-st., to the monument and there halt, where the exercises will be as follows:
Music, Cortland City Band.
Floral offering in memory of the absent dead.
Prayer, Rev. W. W. Way.
Address, Commander O. P. Miner.
At the Cemetery.
The column will then march to the Rural cemetery where flowers will be distributed to the veterans and the graves of all who have served in the army or navy will be decorated.
The Post will then form around the Grover Post burial plot, where the following exercises will be carried out:
Dirge—Cortland City band.
Decorating monument.
Reading—Memorial Day 1902, Chaplain H. M. Kellogg.
Three volleys fired by gun squad.
Taps—Sounded by the bugler.
The column will then reform, march to G. A. R. hall and be dismissed.
Seats upon the stage at the Opera House will be reserved for the school children who take part in the singing, all clergymen, the mayor and aldermen, and supervisors of the city of Cortland, who are most cordially invited to be present.
All who can contribute flowers, even if only a few are kindly solicited to send them to G. A. R. hall by 8 o'clock on Memorial Day morning. More flowers are needed on each recurring year.
All teams and bicycles are requested to keep in rear of the column on the line of march.
The citizens of Cortland are reminded of the propriety of decorating their residences and places of business on Memorial Day.
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| Rev. W. Jasper Howell. |
SPECIAL MEMORIAŁ SEFRVICES
Held at the First Baptist Church for G. A. R. and W. R. C.
The special union services for the members of Grover Post, No. 98, G. A. R. and the Woman's Relief Corps, No. 96, auxiliary to Grover Post were held in the First Baptist church last evening and were largely attended. The Post and Corps marched from G. A. R. hall to the church and took reserved seats. The shower in the evening kept many of the old soldiers away from the services.
The church was handsomely decorated with flags and presented a very beautiful appearance. The special program of music by the Baptist Oratorio society was given in a very pleasing manner.
The address was given by the pastor of the church, Rev. W. Jasper Howell, and his remarks were especially appropriate to the occasion. He reviewed the origin of the Grand Army and the purposes of it. The meeting was interesting and one that the old soldiers will remember for its beneficial nature.
MR. PECK LOST A DIAMOND.
Had Five Men Looking for It—Found it Himself.
Fred R. Peck of Syracuse, a member of the Onondaga County Golf and Country club, a former resident of Cortland and a brother of F. J. Peck of this city, considers himself a lucky man, says the Syracuse Herald, and he is a firm believer in the saying that it is better to be born lucky than rich. Last Wednesday afternoon, while he was hunting in some tall grass for a golf ball, a valuable diamond pin which he wore became loosened and was lost. He did not discover his loss, however, until several minutes after he had found his golf ball.
The diamond was one that he prized highly as an heirloom. All thought of finishing the game was of course given up and he started out to make a systematic search for the diamond. He remembered that the diamond was in place when he began the search for the lost ball and he therefore was confident that it must be lying concealed somewhere in the tall grass. Finally it grew so dark that he was obliged to give up all thoughts of finding it that afternoon. Before he left the grounds he carefully marked of the space where the diamond was supposed to be.
Early Thursday morning he returned to continue the search. For this purpose he hired five men to help him and as an additional incentive for keen eyesight he offered $5 to the man who should find the diamond. Mr. Peck joined them and for five hours they hunted and raked over the grass. Finally Mr. Peck found the gem himself.
A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Miss Bertha Hulbert Entertains Friends at the Park.
Miss Bertha Hulbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Hulbert, celebrated her 13th birthday last Saturday by giving a party to about sixty young people at the park in the afternoon. A special car took the merry party to the pleasant picnic place at 2 o'clock, and a right royal good time was spent with Miss Bertha. Refreshments were served and then the time passed quickly with dancing, with Miss Bergene Watson at the piano, and in other sports. Many fine presents were presented to the young hostess by her friends.
The young ladies and gentlemen present were: Misses Georgia Hoag, Frances Call, Grace Howard, Irene Edgcomb, Grace Dowd, Helen Knight, Bessie Bowdish, Eugenia and Marion Walsh, Esther Head, Mary Glann, Helen Jennison, Grace Corwin, Lena Peck, Bessie Peck, Grace Peet, Edith Cramer, Rena Spaulding, Helen Titchenor, Beth Short, Marie Palmer, Kate Maycumber, Laura Strowbridge, Florence Barry, Carlene and Ruth Van Brocklin, Winifred Higgins, Florence Miller, Lillian Howard, Dorothea Lucy, Agnes McGraw, Dorothea Gillette, Florence Wallace, Martha Godfrey, Ida Beaudry and Josephine McNett; Messrs. Errol Ellis, Frank Smith, Phelix and Henry Simmons, Robert and George Innes, Donald and Dickinson Gladding, Morris Shepard, Glenn Howard, Rolland Benedict, Joseph Porter, William Boynton, Charles Brown, Keator Brown, Ralph Doubleday, Francis Fisher, Glenn Bennett, Radcliff Manning, William and Russell Brockway, Karl Peck, Bennett Dowling, Frank Alexander, John Lyons, Harry Mills, Charles Hillock, Millard Wright, Fred and Leon Beaudry and Laurence Palmer.
STRAINED HIS EYES.
Secretion Followed and Loss of Sight is the Result.
Mr. Ezra Bentley, 90 Maple-ave., is suffering much inconvenience through the almost entire loss of sight in his right eye. About four weeks ago he read until quite late and tired his eyes. He complained of his eyes paining him somewhat at that time, but nothing serious was apprehended by him. The next morning, however, he awoke to find that he was unable to see out of the right eye, and the other was somewhat impaired.
He consulted several physicians in the matter, but the case was a puzzle to them. Optician E. E. Bates, however, solved the mystery by using the X-ray machine on the eye. The muscles of the back part of the eye had relaxed and allowed a secretion to flow into the eye, destroying the sight. It is claimed that there is no help for the peculiar malady, and that prompt attention and great care would have to be given to save the other eye.
Mr. Bentley, who is 70 years of age and a stone and brick mason, still works at his trade. A singular fact in relation to the eye is that for an hour or more in the morning Mr. Bentley can see objects very indistinctly with it, but during the remainder of the day it is of no service whatsoever. The outward appearance of the organ was not changed.
Surrendered to Salvation Army.
Mrs. Rose Pendle Langdon, who was to have been given a jury trial in city court this morning on the charge of public intoxication, was arraigned before City Judge Davis last Saturday evening and was allowed to change her former plea of not guilty to guilty. At the request of the Salvation Army of this city she was given a suspended sentence and placed in the care of that organization. She will be sent by the Army to Rochester and placed in a school in that city that is conducted by the Salvation Army.
Notice.
Whereas my wife, Lulu Brown, has left my bed and board without just cause or provocation, all persons are hereby warned not to trust or harbor her on my account. Harmon Brown, Little York, N. Y. [Paid ad.]
BREVITIES.
—There will be a meeting of the Lodge of Perfection this evening at 8 o'clock.
—The ladies of the First M. E. church netted $268.21 from the rummage sale held last week in the Messenger House block.
—The Loyal circle of King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. McNett, 10 Monroe Heights, Tuesday, May 27, at 3 o'clock.
—Cornell university won in the dual athletic track meet with Pennsylvania at Philadelphia on Saturday. The score was 67 and 50 points.
—There will be a full rehearsal of the choir at the Congregational church at 8 o'clock tonight instead of at 7:30 as usual. A large attendance is especially requested.
—New display advertisements today are—Bingham & Miller, Spring clothing, page 8; Gas Light Co., Gas ranges, page 6; S. Simmons, Clothing, page 8; C. F. Thompson, Fresh butter, page 6.
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