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| Dowager Queen Maria Christina and King Alfonso XIII. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, January 12, 1903.
TRIES TO ASSASSINATE.
Shot Fired at Carriage in Cortege of Spain's King.
MAN IS THOUGHT TO BE INSANE.
Said He Intended to Kill the Grand Chamberlain—Is Said Not to Be an Anarchist—Dynamite Bomb Found at a Railroad Station in Madrid Last Week.
Madrid, Jan: 12.—As King Alfonso, Dowager Queen Christina and the court were returning from church Saturday afternoon a man who afterwards gave his name as Feito fired a pistol shot at one of the carriages in the royal procession. The bullet went wild and no one was injured.
The king heard the shot and put his head out of the carriage window, but he was immediately dragged back into his seat by the queen mother, who was seated beside him in the carriage. The escort of civil guards immediately threw themselves upon the would-be assassin and overpowered him.
Feito was taken to the police station, where he said he did not desire to kill the king but the grand Chamberlain, the Duke of Sotomayor, at whose carriage he had aimed. He was searched and in his pockets were found unmailed letters marked "Registered" and addressed to President Roosevelt, King Edward, the Emperor of Germany and the president of the high court of justice at Mexico and also receipts for a number of registered letters and a visiting card of the mayor of Madrid.
Feito was later put under examination by a magistrate, to whom he repeated his statement as to the object of his shooting. He insisted that he was not an anarchist and said that his wife, a French woman, had confined him in a lunatic asylum. The prisoner in making this statement did not appear excited, but there are indications that he is insane.
A police sergeant who was the first to seize Feito makes the following statement: "After the king's carriage had passed Feito, who was standing in front of me, raised a pistol and fired at the second carriage in the procession. Before he could fire a second time I struck him with my sword. He cried: "You wish to kill me, but I seek the life of the Duke of Sotomayor, who is the cause of all my troubles."
The Duke of Sotomayor, however, was not in the second carriage, it being occupied by the Marquis de la Mina, the court grand equerry, and two palace officials.
Feito, the man who fired a pistol at the carriage in the royal procession in which the Duke of Sotomayor, the grand Chamberlain, was supposed to be riding, was examined again Sunday. His bearing during the questioning confirmed the previous reports that he is suffering from monomania. A careful official inquiry has shown that he is not connected with anarchists.
A dynamite bomb, which was sent here by rail in a box from Barcelona, has been found at the railroad station. All attempts to find the consignee of the box have been fruitless. The bomb reached here the day before the funeral of Senor Sagasta and is supposed to have been for use during the passage of the funeral cortege.
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| William Randolf Hearst. |
ADJOURNED TWO WEEKS.
The Action by W. R. Hurst Against the Coal Carrying Roads.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 12.—Attorney General John Cunneen today adjourned until Jan. 26, the proceedings brought by W. R. Hurst [Hearst] against the coal carrying railroads of the state, charging them with violating the anti-trust law of the state in entering into a conspiracy to create an absolute monopoly in anthracite coal and to keep the price charged for it at exorbitant figures. Clarence J. Shearn appeared for the petitioner and protested against any delay, declaring that the conditions in New York and other cities of the state is alarming and that much suffering is being caused by the action of the alleged combine. All the petitioner asked, he said, was that he be permitted to present evidence to the attorney general of the existence of this monopoly and that official would at once recognize the need of instituting proceedings to restrain the companies affected.
Attorney General Cunneen read letters from attorneys representing the companies affected, in which they informed him that they were busily engaged in conducting the case before the National strike commission in Philadelphia, and were unable to prepare their answers. A delay was asked of at least two weeks. The attorneys and the companies represented were: James Armstrong, Philadelphia & Reading; Walter W. Ross, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western; Alexander Green and Frank H. Platt, the Lehigh Valley; George M. Brownell, the Erie and the New York, Susquehanna & Western.
On behalf of the Pennsylvania railroad company, Clarence M. Hough filed an answer, denying the allegations of the petitioner. The Delaware & Hudson and the Ontario & Western railroad companies were represented by Lewis A. Carr, who also asked delay, alleging insufficient time in which to prepare an answer. "However," he stated, "if the counsel for the petitioner simply desires that this matter go into a court of record where rulings can be had on evidence presented, we are willing to consent to such proceedings being begin. If he simply desires the appointment of a referee and then wants to start a fishing excursion calling witnesses and asking any questions he may desire, why, we emphatically protest."
Mr. Shearn explained that they had plenty of evidence, but the attorney general terminated the discussion by adjourning the case for two weeks.
"At that time," he said, "we will proceed so it behooves the attorneys on both sides to be ready."
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Rifling the Husband's Pockets.
The supreme court of Maine has settled, at least so far as its jurisdiction extends, a much controverted point to wit, the right of a wife to rifle the pockets of her sleeping husband. From the report of the case at bar it appears that one Godfrey Harrison negotiated a sale of certain garden and farm truck with a gentleman who paid in cash and that there passed from him to Godfrey the neat little sum of $581. In the guilelessness of his heart Godfrey told the wife of his bosom of his transaction and the cash, which he left in the pocket of his trousers, placing the same under his pillow and slept the sleep of the just and honest farmer of Maine. His awakening was somewhat rude, and the scene that followed is no part of the record. It is sufficient to state that Penelope Harrison, the wife of his bosom, during the still watches of the night had taken the trousers from underneath her husband's pillowed head, abstracting therefrom the sum of $500 and returning to its abiding place the balance.
Then Godfrey hailed Penelope to court in an action to determine whether she was guilty of the trover and conversion of the money of said Godfrey, and the supreme court said she was not. The learned judge laid it down as a fundamental principle of law that husband and wife are one and the same matrimonial entity in the sight of the law and that as a man cannot steal from himself so neither can the wife steal from the husband, being one with him, as he is one with her. So his honor gave verdict in favor of Penelope and mulcted Godfrey for the costs of litigation.
If the court is right—and courts, of course, are always right—Godfrey still has the money, since the husband and wife are de jure et de facto one and the same person. Thus it follows that while Penelope, being the wife, cribbed from Godfrey, being the husband Godfrey was really cribbing from himself, and Penelope really paid the costs, for logic is logic as the Maine court has laid it down.
A BIG STORM.
Dropped Down on Cortland—Wind, But Not Very Cold.
A big blizzard dropped down on Cortland Saturday night and continued over Sunday. The sky has been bright today, but the wind has piled the snow that fell Sunday into drifts and the country roads are badly blocked. Last night a very high wind prevailed. The mercury has not fallen very low as yet, but the keen breeze has caused people to draw their wraps very close about them.
The trains on the steam roads have not been badly delayed, being but a few minutes late.
The Cortland County Traction company kept its cars running over its entire line all last night in order to keep the tracks clear of snow. The large shovels did effective work, and not a single trip over the roads was lost. The snow banks along the tracks near Homer are very high.
A large out of doors showcase belonging to Mrs. A. H. Wickwire, which was stationed in front of her millinery store at 75 Main-st. and which was filled with hats, was overturned by the high wind last night and very badly broken. The glass of the case was broken into fragments.
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| Rev. U. S. Milburn. |
CORTLAND SCIENCE CLUB.
A Lecture on "Penology" by Rev. U. S. Milburn.
An extremely interesting and well prepared paper on the subject of "Penology" was read before the Cortland Science club on Saturday evening by Rev. U. S. Milburn. Penology is an inquiry into the best modes of punishing criminals, of protecting society against them and of curing the criminal himself where possible. It is an important economic question to this nation, for our criminal class costs us, directly and indirectly, $600,000,000 annually.
The characteristics of criminals have been studied more thoroughly in Italy than in any other country, notably by Lombroso. Our present laws are utterly inadequate, having grown up at random without definite aim, and more than 70 per cent of crimes go unpunished. The criminal is a man who reverts to primitive types, a survival [revival?] of the time when men were utterly lawless. Crime is a disease, to be treated as such, and to be studied with as much care as medical science.
The causes of crime are heredity, defective education and bad environment, the latter being in the speaker's opinion most productive of crime. We should give more attention to moral instruction and to manual training.
An important factor in doing away with crime is the positive identification of all criminals, and the introduction of the Bertillon system into the United States in 1887 marks a distinct advance in this line.
Our jails are a disgrace to civilization, being but training schools of crime on account of the promiscuous association of the inmates. So long as the present condition continues we can hope for no diminution in crime.
Under the head of therapeutics the speaker discussed improved methods of dealing with criminals. The probation plan was outlined, which has been tried with good results in several states, and the indeterminate sentence under which a criminal is sent to a reformatory until cured; if not cured after a reasonable time, he is confined for life. Our present system of specific sentence was characterized as utterly absurd, since after a few years a criminal is turned loose upon society regardless of the fact that be is probably far more dangerous to society than when first incarcerated.
Among other things the speaker alluded to the great and beneficent work done by Z. R. Brockway in the Elmira reformatory.
In closing, the speaker referred to the infliction of the death penalty as a relic of barbarism and an utter failure as well, since in this country only 2 per cent of the murderers are put to death.
This paper held the close attention of the listeners for more than an hour. It was not only interesting, but educative, practical and thought inspiring.
HONORS IN ELOCUTION.
Five Normals Selected—Remarkable Record in Past Years.
Ralph Freeman of Blodgett Mills of the sophomore class at Amherst college and Augustus I. Dillon, and R. W. Wheeler of Cortland, W. H. Webster of Truxton and William W. Wright, Jr., of Preble, of the freshman class, all graduates of the Cortland Normal school, have been selected as members of the fifteens from the two classes respectively to compete in declamation for places upon the Kellogg fives from these classes and these fives will speak for a $50 prize to be given at commencement time to the winner in each class.
It is rather remarkable that four of the fifteen men from a class of over a hundred selected upon the basis of work already done, should come from one school, as is the case among the four freshmen mentioned above.
A glance over the twenty classes that have entered Amherst since the fall of 1883 when the first one went there from the Cortland Normal school shows that this school has sent thirty-two men to that college during that time, and of this number it is recalled that at least eighteen have won honors in speaking at some time during their course. It is not believed that any other preparatory school in the country can show a record of so large a percentage of its students winning honors in college in oratory.
This fact speaks volumes for the teacher who has during this period been in charge of the work in elocution in the Normal, Miss Mary F. Hendrick. Her training has given them the first start in speaking in college and furnished the inspiration to lead them forward to larger achievements. Not alone at Amherst, but at other colleges as well, have the Cortland students taken high rank in this branch but the statistics are not at hand to give percentages.
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| Miss M. F. Hendrick. |
A MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE.
Miss M. F. Hendrick Given a Leave of Absence.
The local board of the Normal school has granted a half term's leave of absence to Miss Mary F. Hendrick of the faculty and she will take it at the beginning of the spring term and will devote it to a cruise to the Mediterranean. Her friend, Mrs. Watson of Pittsburg, will be her traveling companion. They will leave New York Feb. 7 on the steamer Kaiserin Maria Theresia and will touch at Gibraltar, and then at various points through the Mediterranean, including the Alhambra, Naples, Rome, Palestine, Alexandria and Cairo, At the eastern end of the sea there will be several opportunities for choice between different places where one would prefer to spend a little time. Miss Hendrick will choose Egypt and will put in several little side trips from Cairo. She returns to New York about April 13 and will be ready to resume her work in the Normal at the beginning of the latter half of the term.
L. O. T. M. Installation.
The following officers of Cortland Hive, No. 321, Ladies of the Maccabees, were installed Jan. 8 by Elizabeth M. Hooper, district medical examiner for New York:
Past Lady Commander—Nellie Markley.
Lady Commander—Nora Summers.
Lieutenant Commander—Mary Furhmeyer.
Record Keeper—Frances Backus.
Finance Keeper—Agnes Murphy.
Chaplain—Agnes Luther.
Sergeant—Eda Hakes.
Mistress-at-Arms—Elsie Gilbert.
Sentinel—Estelle Topping.
Picket—Cathrine Clare.
A short program was given consisting of the L. O. T. M. drill songs and recitations and a short address by the installing officer.
After Natural Gas.
A company of Elmira and Watkins capitalists has been formed and it is expected that work will begin at once boring for natural gas 2 miles north of Watkins on the west side of the [Seneca] lake.
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
Ball May Get Into Pacific Ocean if Cy Gets After It.
"Cy" Townsend of this city, who for several years has been playing first base in the New York State Baseball league, both in this and other cities of the circuit, has signed with the Sacramento team of the California league to play the initial bag the coming season. "Cy" is an all-round good ball player. He fields a steady game, and when it comes to hitting the sphere he is at home all the while. When Townsend comes to bat the Sacramento people may expect to find the ball in the Pacific ocean.
Dryden to Re-lncorporate.
At a special village election of Dryden, N. Y., it has been voted by a majority of 11 to re-incorporate under the general village law. The first incorporation was in 1865 and the old charter has become antiquated. Another special election will be held in February to determine the number of trustees to be elected in March, the law allowing either two or four trustees in a village of this class.
A Giant Maple Tree.
Mr. Fred L. Trapp of Gee Hill, Virgil, N. Y., recently cut down a mammoth maple tree in his wood lot that made twenty cords when cut into stove wood. Mr. Trapp says that the wood is worth $2 a cord or $40. There are many people in Cortland who would like to have such a tree as that to depend upon for the winter's fuel. The tree was 5 feet in diameter at the base.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements today are—G. H. Wiltsie, Under Muslin sale, page 5.
The regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. Auxiliary will be held Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 13, at 3 o'clock in the association parlor.
—A special meeting of the Ladies' and Pastor's Aid society of the Homer-ave. church is called for tomorrow at 1 p. m. at the parsonage.
—The King's Daughters will meet Tuesday afternoon at the W. C. T. U. rooms. The annual reports are expected from the chairman of each ward.
—The Primary and Junior unions will meet Tuesday evening in the First Baptist church at 6:45. The union will begin fifteen minutes earlier during the evangelistic meetings.
—Revival meetings at the Free Methodist church continue every afternoon and evening until further notice. They are conducted by Evangelist Whitney and wife whose speaking and singing are very much appreciated.
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