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| Chinese composite cruiser Kai Che. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, July 16, 1902.
CHINESE CRUISER LOST.
Vessel Blew Up In Nanking Harbor.
ALL BUT TWO ON BOARD KILLED.
Was Preparing to Fire a Salute in Honor of a Japanese Vessel's Arrival— Thought That a Light Was Carried Into the Magazine and Caused the Explosion.
Victoria, B. C, July 16.—News was received by the steamer Empress of India of the destruction of the Chinese cruiser Kai Che at Nanking by an explosion.
The Japanese cruiser Atago arrived at Hsiakuan on June 21 and the magazine of the Kai Che was opened to salute her. Then came the explosion and of the crew but two escaped.
The cruiser went up like a firecracker, the shock being heard for miles, and showers of debris were scattered far and near. Three small boats lying alongside were destroyed with their occupants.
The United States cruiser Helena which was in the vicinity picked up the survivors from the wreckage.
The first reports placed the loss of life at 260, but the more reliable papers say it will not exceed 140. At the time of the explosion Captain Lee and several of the officers were ashore, four officers having been left in charge of the cruiser. Before leaving his vessel Captain Lee gave instructions to fire a salute for the Japanese cruiser Atago which was about due.
The Japanese vessel had just dropped her anchors when the Chinese cruiser went up like a bomb and sank out of sight even before the debris, which had been hurled at least a hundred feet in the air, came down.
The mangled bodies of the victims were mixed with iron, steel and woodwork of the doomed cruiser and of all on board only two came out alive.
One of these was the carpenter who had been at work on the outside of the vessel and was thrown into the water by the shock, and the other was a cadet who was blown through a port hole. The latter was badly injured but survived.
Neither could throw any light on the cause of the explosion but the general belief is that a light was carried into the magazine when the men went to get the shells to fire the salute.
The explosion was felt severely on board the United States gunboat Helena, the Japanese cruiser and on the other vessels in that portion of the river. On land the shock was felt for four and five miles and one vessel seven miles away on the river felt it.
Boats were lowered from the Helena, Atago and other vessels but nothing could be done, the survivors alone being picked up. There were four tons of powder on board.
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| Niagara Horseshoe Falls. |
DELIBERATE SUICIDE.
Cattaraugus County Girl Jumped Into Rapids From Goat Island Bridge.
Niagara Falls, N. Y., July 16.—Nina A. Phillips, 23 years old, good looking and well dressed, committed suicide here Tuesday afternoon by jumping into the rapids on the American side of the river from Goat Island bridge. Her body was swept over the falls.
Miss Phillips came here from Cattaraugus, N. Y., some time ago and was employed by Mrs. E. Van S. Merriam. The girl was well educated. She had often expressed a strange fascination for the rapids.
In the afternoon she walked over the bridge and laid her hat, gloves and pocketbook on the ground and returning to the center of the bridge made the fatal leap. On a slip of paper in her pocketbook she had written her address and the words "Over the falls July 15, 1902."
CORTLAND COMMON COUNCIL
Names a Newly Accepted Street for the Mayor.
NEARLY TAKES HIS BREATH AWAY.
Doubleday-st. Will Hereafter be Known as Brown-ave.—Assistant Dog Catcher is George Kirk—New Location for Dog Pound.
At the regular meeting of the common council held last evening at the office of the city clerk, there were present Mayor Charles F. Brown and Aldermen E. M. Yager, George F. Richards, T. C. Scudder, R. S. Pettigrew and Vern Skeele.
The matter of changing the dog pound was introduced by Mayor Brown, who stated that a new assistant had been engaged and was proving to be a hustler as he caught seven dogs yesterday and took them in. The name of the new incumbent is George Kirk and the council believes that a good man has been secured for the place.
Upon motion of Mr. Scudder, seconded and carried:
Resolved, That the resolution adopted at the meeting July 1, 1902, locating the public pound at 13 North-ave. be and the same is hereby rescinded and that the public pound be located and re-established at 146 Homer-ave.
A genuine surprise was sprung on Mayor Brown by Alderman Yager last night. It appears that the common council has the naming of the streets, and the name of the street recently accepted by the board of public works and known formerly as Doubleday-st. had not been settled upon. Last evening Mr. Yager suggested that it be named Brown-ave. in honor of the mayor. The idea was popular among the other aldermen and Mr. Yager stated that it met the hearty approbation of the people upon the street.
Upon motion of Mr. Yager, seconded and carried:
Resolved, That the street recently accepted as such by the board of public works and formerly known as Doubleday-st. extending from Arthur-ave. northeast to Homer-ave. be named "Brown-ave."
Upon motion the meeting adjourned.
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| Steamer Glen Have at pier. |
GLEN HAVEN, N. Y.
Season is Backward, but the Hotel is Now Filling Up.
MANY WERE THERE ON SUNDAY.
A Rough Rider Resident Physician—Improvements at Hotel—Two Steamers in Commission—Crowds Come by Trolley from Auburn to Skaneateles—Bicycle Sidepath an Aid—Roads are Good—Great Prospects for Next Year.
Glen Haven, July14.—The season at the Glen, as well as at all other summer resorts, is unusually late on account of the cold and stormy weather of the past spring and early summer. Last Sunday was the first big Sunday of the year in number of guests. The following persons took dinner at the hotel:
Cortland—A. T. Smith, Miss Ella Duchette, Benton Smith, Miss Carrie Schoutten, Mr. K. L. Tanner, Miss Rena Mourin, T. S. Mourin, J. M. Samson, H. S. Bliss, Emmet Nix, Thos. Hartnett, G. H. Garrison and wife, Miss Mabel Brewer, T. H. Wickwire, Jr., Ward Wickwire, O. L. Murray, W. H. Clark and wife, Misses Antoinette and Helen Clark.
Homer—Dr. M. A. MacMaster.
Syracuse—Miss Lottie Howe, Mr. G. S. Larabee and wife, Mr. O. D. Blanchard, Mr. A. E. Petrie, Miss Henrieta Wolfe, H. W. Chapin and wife, J. Henry and wife, G. W. Wiken, C. H. Borley, Geo. J. Scattlo and wife, Jos. A. Walsh and wife, H. B. Slecker, R. E. Kerby, E. B. Holden, wife and child, Dr. S. J. Brodner, R. S. Brodner, J. Havens, D. F. O'Reilly and wife, J. R. O'Reilly, Miss Ella Burns, A. C. Reagan and lady, W. Hanrahan and wife, Miss K. Ruddy, M. F. O'Neill, Miss Mary Ruddy, J. McNamara, W. J. Smith, E. Morrison, Miss Doyle, Philip Ryan, Mrs. H. H. Fellows, child and nurse, Robert Redfield, C. T. Redfield and wife, Mrs. J. L. Cook, J. P. Rule and wife, Miss Gertrude Greely, Amos Howlett, Charles Wolfe, Joe Horan, E. A. Buckley and wife, Miss Carrie Hemenway, W. B. Golding and wife, Mr. A. W. Beachan and wife.
Auburn—Miss Lizzie Mullin, Miss Margaret Burn, H. J. Lyon and lady, Miss S. A. Smith, H. La May, J. Sweet, G. A. Glotson and lady, J. H. Keenan and family, E. R. Pruser, P. J. Bell, M. E. Mahoney, Miss M. H. Westlake, J. A. Davis, J. Piquett, Miss Piquett, Roland K. Dennis and wife.
J. S. Arnold and wife, Philadelphia, Pa.; J. M. Myers, Troy, N. Y.; W. M. Thayer, Moravia, N. Y.; Miss Bessie Kenyon, Buffalo, N. Y.; Roy Youngs, Sempronius, N. Y.; F. R. Callendar, Skaneateles, N. Y.; Geo. W. Tripp, Borodino, N. Y.; Mrs. C. A. Nott, New York; Miss M. Dell Marcy, Burlington, N. Y.; Miss Charlotte G. Richards, Providence, R. I.; Mrs. K. Hatfield, Rochester; Mrs. M. S. F. Blair, New York; Thos. B. Scott; Miss Susie Scott, Poughkeepsie; J. Durston; G. Durston, F. G. Smith, Manlius; W. McKinney, Miss L. McKinney, Miss H. Fuller, Binghamton; H. D. Palmer and wife, Scott.
Rough Rider the Resident Physician.
Dr. F. D. MacMaster is acting as resident physician and surgeon at the Glen this summer. Dr. MacMaster is a graduate of both the homeopathic and allopathic schools of medicine, and although only 34 years of age, has had considerable experience as an army surgeon in Cuba, as well as in regular practice. Had his application been made a single day sooner he would have gone out as one of the surgeons with Wood and Roosevelt's "Rough Riders." When he found that all the surgical appointments had been made, he enlisted as a private in this famous regiment, May 12, 1898, was made corporal May 15 and sergeant June 1. He took part in the engagements at Las Guasimas and San Juan, was discharged by favor Aug. 1, 1898, and on the following day was appointed surgeon and assigned to the Sixth United States cavalry, and returned with that regiment to Montauk Point, where he was placed in charge of sanitation, and later assigned to staff duty as major surgeon with Maj. Gen. S. S. Sumner at Philadelphia. While on this duty he conducted the mustering out medical examinations for all the volunteer organizations in the state of Pennsylvania, some 14,000 men.
Later Dr. MacMaster was with Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood from March, 1899, to November, 1901, first at Santiago and later at Havana, Cuba. Besides his experience with fevers and the various other diseases incident to army service he has had considerable practice in connection with diseases of women and children.
Dr. MacMaster is considering locating permanently in Cortland. He has secured an office at 18 Court-st., in the house occupied by Dr. Jones, where he will probably spend a day or two each week until the close of the season at Glen Haven. The doctor has made many friends at the Glen. He is young, bright, energetic, and, with the unusual experience which he has had for one of his years, ought to command success wherever he may locate.
Improvements at Hotel.
The hotel and cottages have undergone a very thorough overhauling and renovating and a first class chef has been put in charge of the cooking.
The rains have raised the water in the lake to a point which has not been reached for several years past, and have made vegetation about the place remarkably fresh and luxuriant.
Two Steamers in Commission.
The two lake steamers now make regular trips and the trolley road from Auburn brings many visitors from that city to Skaneateles and from thence to Glen Haven by boat. By next fall this trolley line will extend to Syracuse, and the following year it is expected that there will be an immense influx of visitors to the Glen from the Saline City. No other excursion out of Syracuse will begin to present the attractions of a trip to the Glen. Parties can leave in the afternoon, make the trip up the lake, get supper and spend some time at the Glen, and return to Syracuse before midnight.
Sidepath from Homer.
Work on the bicycle sidepath from Homer to Glen Haven is being rapidly pushed, and wheelmen will soon find the run to Glen Haven one of the quickest, easiest and pleasantest in this vicinity.
With these increased facilities for reaching the Glen, the year 1903, with ordinary weather conditions, ought to see the number of guests at hotel and cottages in advance of anything heretofore known.
Roads are Good.
Notwithstanding the heavy rainfall of the last few weeks, the roads to the Glen are in excellent condition. Considerable good work in improving them has been done during the past year.
The many cottages along the lake are occupied by owners and guests, and campers are also enjoying the luxuries of tent life.
CORTLANDVILLE GRANGE
Will Not Try to Compete With Forepaugh on Next Meeting Night.
Children's day was observed by Cortlandville grange last Friday night at the regular meeting in G. A. R. hall. Twenty children took part in a very interesting program and each one did his part well. It is a noticeable fact that the youngest child who appeared upon the program was only 1 year and 10 months of age. After the speaking and music ice cream was served. The meeting was one of the largest and best ever held by this grange. Many visitors were present.
The next meeting, which would fall on Friday evening, July 25, has been set down for the following evening on account of the [circus] show which is here on the 25th.
A Birthday Surprise.
Mrs. L. E. Wood invited a few ladies to her home, 14 Maple-ave. on Saturday afternoon, the occasion being her mother's 75th birthday. When the party arrived, twelve in number, Mrs. Cannon was in her room, preparing to go out calling. When she entered the room ready to go out, those whom she was going to call upon were there calling upon her. The surprise was complete, as her daughter intended it should be. After the first surprise had passed off, Mrs. Cannon was perfectly at home and in her easy pleasant way made it very enjoyable for all present.
Her 75 years sit lightly upon her. She makes warm friends wherever she goes by the winning Christian spirit she has toward every one. Mrs. Wood served a very elaborate tea assisted by her son. Every one went away feeling that the afternoon had been an unusually pleasant one, and wished Mrs. Cannon many returns of the anniversary. Tokens of love were left by the company which the recipient will cherish and appreciate in remembrance of her 75th birthday.
One of the Guests.
HARRY REED
Who was Drowned in Little York Lake on Monday.
Harry Reed, who was drowned in Little York lake on Monday afternoon was born in DeRuyter 18 years ago. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin H. Reed of Cortland, by four brothers, Edward of Cortland, L. F. of Hamilton, L. William of New York Mills and Burton of Little York, and by two sisters, Mrs. William Johnson of McGraw and Miss Maud Reed of Cortland. The funeral was held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the home of his brother at Little York.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
John Dwight of Taylor Cuts His Throat with Knife
IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS WIFE.
Financial Trouble Said to be the Cause—Small Prospect of Recovery—Shocking Scene for Those Who Came to the House.
John Dwight of Taylor, N. Y., a farmer about 48 years of age, cut his throat with a jack knife yesterday morning at his home and in the presence of his wife and now lies at the point of death, with the chances very largely against his recovery.
The circumstances as reported are that yesterday morning Mr. Dwight asked his son, 22 years old, an only child, to take the milk to the station. The latter demurred as he had something else he wanted to do at the time. Mr. Dwight insisted and there were some words over the matter. The son finally started away and then Mr. Dwight turned to his wife saying, "I might just as well end this thing here and now, get me my razor." Mrs. Dwight was astonished and had no idea that her husband intended to harm himself or any one else. She remarked that that was all foolishness and it was nonsense to talk that way. Mr. Dwight again asked her to get his razor and she refused. He then pulled a big jackknife out of his pocket, opened it and before she could do a thing to prevent it he had thrust the blade through his throat from right to left, turned the blade over and cut outward toward the front evidently thinking he would cut off the jugular vein.
But he didn't cut deep enough. Then he thrust the knife in again and made an outward slash to the right, then another to the left. Then he dropped the knife and thrusting his fingers in pulled the wound wide apart in both directions. Again he picked the knife up and drove it straight in and with so much force that considerable strength was finally needed to withdraw it.
Meanwhile Mrs. Dwight had rushed to the door and screamed for help. The house stands right in the village of Taylor and neighbors were near. Several ran in at once. The blood had spurted all over the room and Mr. Dwight was covered with blood. Dr. Kinyon was summoned from Cincinnatus and has done what he could to save the life, but he is quoted as saying this morning that the man has not one chance in a thousand of recovery.
Financial troubles are said to be the cause of the difficulty. Mr. Dwight has been so depressed by these that he has been in a constant state of blues for some time. He has been a resident of Taylor since 1877, having come there from German, Chenango Co.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements today are—C. F. Brown, Corn cure, page 6.
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