JEWS KILLED AT GOMEL, FEMALE IMPERSONATOR, VAN WORMER BROS., VERDICT AGAINST CITY, MACCABEES PARADE, AND DEATH OF MISS KANE

 

Kishineff Pogrom.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, September 24, 1903.

JEWS KILLED AT GOMEL.

Anti-Semitic Riots Lasted For Several Days.

POLICE SIDED WITH THE MOB.

Trouble Began In a Wrangle In the Market Between Peasants and Jews—Organized Attack on Jewish Houses—Jews Clubbed by Soldiers, Bayonetted and Arrested.

   Gomel, Government of Mohilev, Russia, Monday, Sept. 21.—A press correspondent has made an investigation on the spot of the "pogrom," as the Russians describe the anti-Semite riots of Sept. 11 and which were renewed for several days. The riots were smaller but perhaps more remarkable than those at Kishineff because the police and military openly sided with the plunderers and murderers.

   The troops, supported by many educated and well-to-do Christians, formed a moveable shield behind which the "pogromshiks" ruthlessly demolished the Jewish homes and shops and cruelly clubbed Jews.

   The commerce and industry of Gomel, which is considerable, is largely in the hands of the Jewish population numbering 26,000. The trouble began September 11 in a wrangle in the markets between Moujiks (peasants) and Jews. This ended in a free fight in which many were wounded. The Moujiks demanded vengeance.

   Everybody knew that a pogrom would occur and the Jews appealed for protection to Chief of Police Ravsky, who summoned 1,600 soldiers. Monday the anti-Semitic railway workmen began an organized attack on the Jewish houses in Zamovkaya street.

Jews Clubbed by Soldiers.

   Jews who tried to cross their lines to rescue their coreligionists were brutally clubbed with soldiers' guns, bayoneted or arrested. Meanwhile recruits for the pogromshiks came steadily. To a protest the officer commanding the gendarmerie said: "We know what we have to do."

   The plunderers then proceeded from street to street, the troops and police following them and cutting off access to the devastated Jewish houses. Altogether nearly 400 houses and shops were wholly or partially wrecked and their contents destroyed. The Jews who did not hide were severely beaten and in many cases dangerously wounded.

   Some young Jews armed themselves with any available weapons and tried to force their way to the threatened houses. One Jewess tried to shoot a non-commissioned officer and shooting was heard at the Bazaar but no one was hurt.

   Forty building laborers collected in the busiest part of one street and beat every passing Jew. This gang was encouraged by Assistant Police Captain Charnolonsky and Rural Police Commander Yelensky. The gang clubbed one Jew to death in the presence of these officers. None of the murderers were arrested.

   The Jews rallied in force at Konnaya square in the afternoon, when the military fired on them, killing three and wounding others. Presumably on the governor's instructions, the military employed their firearms against the pogromshiks in the Caucasus, killing three. This action and nightfall put an end to the pogrom.

Twelve Jews Killed.

   Four hundred peasants arrived in Gomel the following day but were driven away by the military. A few houses were pillaged that day and Wednesday, after which no disorders occurred until September 18, when a fruit gardener named Zvagelsky was barbarously slaughtered by thieves. Seven other Jews were killed.

   Sixty-four Jews were registered as wounded and probably 40 others left the city without being registered.

   During the week following the riots all the trains leaving the city were crowded with Jewish families. The Christian dead numbered five, of whom the troops shot three. Ten Christians are recorded as wounded.

   The Jewish committee claims to be able to identify 95 pogromshiks, but only about 25 Christians have been arrested. Over 50 Jews were arrested for carrying weapons or conspiring against the police.

   The press correspondent visited the devastated districts, which embrace about a third of the city. The victims all told the same tale of an alliance between the pogromshiks and the authorities. The victims were mainly poor people.

   Fears are expressed that the coming market days, September 27 and 28, may witness a repetition of the pogrom.

   The present attitude of the military is disquieting. Last night the soldiers playfully clicked their rifles at the Jewish ladies and then laughed boisterously at their fright.

 

URGED TO DECLARE WAR.

Mass Meeting of Macedonian Sympathizers at Rustchuk, Bulgaria.

   Sofia, Sept. 24.—A less hopeful feeling prevails in government circles regarding the general situation, although no actual change is reported. The events of the next two days are awaited with great anxiety.

   A largely attended meeting of Macedonian sympathizers at Rustchuk, Bulgaria, adopted resolutions appealing to the Bulgarian government to declare war on Turkey.

   In revolutionary circles war is believed to be imminent unless Turkey stops massacring the Christians, of which there are no signs at present.

    The president of the Macedonian organizations says the insurgent committees attach no importance to the reported negotiations between Turkey and Bulgaria. The porte, he said, only entered into the conference in order to gain time to finish the extermination of what it regards as the dangerous elements in Macedonia, have the troops now at Monastir free to move against Bulgaria and bring more soldiers from Asia.

   While the sultan's government is discussing propositions for reform in Macedonia the troops continue to massacre the Christians and devastate the country.

   The president of the Macedonian organizations concluded by declaring that the insurgents would be satisfied with nothing short of intervention by the powers.

   Special significance attaches to the Macedonian meeting at Rustchuk because the resolutions adopted are the first open expression of such an emphatic character in favor of war coming from any popular meeting in Bulgaria.

   Fighting is reported near Kotchani, on the frontier, in which the Turks lost 50 men killed and the insurgents lost 10. A panic prevails at Kotchani. Reports of more atrocities by the Turks continue to come in.

 

A FEMALE IMPERSONATOR

But He Was a Man and Stole Women's Clothing.

   New York, Sept. 24.—A "gentleman burglar" whose tastes run to articles of feminine wear, was arrested yesterday after a hunt of more than two months. The man said he was Harry Hughes, 18 years old, a female impersonator. When the police searched the room after the prisoner had been locked up, a handsomely embroidered laundry bag was found which contained more than 200 keys of all shapes and sizes, a puff and rouge box, camera, silver backed toilet articles and a wagon load of tailor made female clothing. Some of the latter included petticoats and silk underskirts, which Hughes confessed he had stolen from flat houses in the vicinity of East Fortieth-st. during the past two months.

   Hughes said he had been out of employment for some time and that robbing flat houses was much more easy than impersonating women. When taken to the cell, he insisted on having his rouge box and puff.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

The Case of the Van Wormers.

   The published statement of Governor Odell in the case of the Van Wormer brothers, sentenced to be executed in Clinton prison on Oct. 1, and the conclusion of the governor to permit the sentence to be carried out, except in the case of the youngest of the three brothers, very truly, says the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, must command the approval of all considerate citizens who will take the trouble to read what the governor has to say upon that distressing case.

   The murder of Peter A. Hallenbeck, uncle by marriage of the three Van Wormer brothers, occurred on Christmas eve 1901. They were accompanied in the expedition by their cousin, Harry Bruce; but the latter appears not to have been as deeply implicated in the crime as the Van Wormers, and it was mainly through his testimony that they were convicted, though the fact that Hallenbeck came to his death at the hands of the party is now admitted by all of them.

   The evidence in the case was so clear and convincing, and the desperate wickedness of the bloody deed has been so manifest, that all the authorities who have passed upon it, from the jury to the court of appeals, and finally the governor, have refused to assume the responsibility of recommending or ordering a commutation of the sentence, except in the case of the youngest brother, who receives the benefit due to the possibility that he acted under the leadership and influence of the two older brothers.

   The truth is, the entire history of this case show that the young men who committed the murder are desperate and dangerous criminals, swift to shed blood and callously indifferent to the suffering and sorrow resulting from their homicidal act. There is not the slightest doubt that if they were turned loose upon society their hands would sooner or later be stained with the blood of other victims. There are too many of that class now at large.

   Of course it is painful to the governor to refrain from an act which would prevent the execution of two brothers at the same time; but he is sworn to responsibility for the execution of the law, and he is bound to see that its mandates are obeyed. There is nothing in the personality of the Van Wormers, and there has been nothing in their spirit or conduct, either before or after the murder, to appeal to the sympathies of the public. They are thoroughly bad, and society will be safer, if not better, for their execution.

 

VERDICT AGAINST CITY.

Charles O. Erway Sues for $7,500 and Gets $500.

   The case of Charles O. Erway vs. the City of Cortland which was begun in supreme court Tuesday was continued nearly all day yesterday. The jury went out at 5:30 and in the evening brought in a verdict of $500 for plaintiff. The plaintiff had sued for $7,500 for injuries received upon a defective sidewalk on Lincoln-ave. on the evening of June 22, 1902. T. H. Dowd, assisted by O. U. Kellogg for plaintiff. Fred Hatch assisted by N. L. Miller for defendant.

   The case of Lottie E. Brown vs. Brees V. Strait was put over the term. J. H. Miller for plaintiff. Wilson & Wortman for defendant.

   Alfred R. Bryant, Peter D. Muller, A. Risley Muller, Otis D. Patrick, and Frank L. Hilton vs. Peter J. Nelbach and Joseph B. Nelbach was put over the term. John O'Donnell for plaintiff. James Coupe for defendant.

   Jennie Lewis vs. Eugene Lewis. This is an action for divorce. Evidence taken, interlocutory judgment entered. Dougherty & Miller for plaintiff. Arthur Fowlston for defendant.

   Robert E. Bourne vs. Pearl L. Bourne. This is an action for divorce. Evidence taken. Divorce reserved. J. & T. E. Courtney for plaintiff. Dougherty & Miller for defendant.

 

Main Street, Cortland, N. Y., circa 1900.

MACCABEES PARADE.

Prizes Offered and Awarded for Tallest and Shortest Men in Line.

   A special feature of last night's carnival was the K. O. T. M. parade. Members of the Cortland tent and visitors from Virgil, Marathon, Groton and the other lodges to the number of more than 200 formed in line on Tompkins-st. at 8 o'clock and marched up Main-st. to Lincoln-ave., and back to the reviewing stand near the Court-st. corner. Main-st. was brilliant with colored lights as the Knights passed through and the sightseers turned their attention from counter attractions while the parade went by.

   Prizes had been offered for the tallest and shortest members of the organization in the line and these prizes were awarded at the close of the parade. The $2 offered to the tallest man in line went to Fred S. Bennett, who measures 6 ft. 2 in, and Wm. G. Hollenbeck and Edward Foreman were a tie for the second prize of $1 each measuring 5ft. 1/4 in.

   The lodge rooms were thrown open for the evening and the members and their visitors passed an enjoyable evening visiting the attractions of the fair and in strengthening fraternal ties at headquarters.

 

Cider Mill in Operation,

   There will be a cider mill in operation Monday , Sept. 28, in the old wagon shop formerly run by E. E. Hoag, situated on the main road between Taylor and Cincinnatus, eighty rods south of Taylor village. We shall be equipped with a four-horse power steam engine, new vat, and two presses. Being indoors we shall be able to make up apples rain or shine. We shall make it a specialty of steaming out musty cider barrels free of charge. Frank J. Hoag, Manager. [Paid ad.]

 

Fortnightly Club.

   The Fortnightly club met yesterday with Mrs. T. P. Bristol, 27 Lincoln-ave., and discussed modern architecture in Europe. Two papers were presented; the first by Miss Cornelia A. White upon "Classic revivals in Europe (the Madeleine and the Pantheon in Paris,)" and the second by Miss Elizabeth Turner on "Recent Buildings, the Opera house, Paris, and the Houses of Parliament, London." The current topic was by Mrs. George H. Ames on "Christian Science"

   Two new members were elected: Mrs. Robert Clements and Mrs. W. H. McGraw.

   The next meeting will be on Oct., 7, at the home of Mrs. H, L. Smith, 53 Prospect-st., Cortland.

 

Ladies' Literary Club.

   The Ladies' Literary club met yesterday with Miss Mary Louise Fairchild. The program pertained to the Lake poets and the roll call was responded to by quotations from these authors. Two papers were presented upon the general subject of "By coach from Windermere to Buttermere," Mrs. F. D. Reese describing places upon this trip and Mrs. D. J. Apgar describing the people along the same line. The conversation was given by Miss M. F. Hendrick, her subject being "Wordsworth, Southey, Coleridge and DeQuincy."

   The next meeting will be held Oct. 7 with Mrs. Burdett Howard, 46 Grant-st., Cortland.

 

THE STREET FAIR.

Attractions In the Tents Well Worth Seeing.

   Last night was a banner night for the street fair, and Main-st. was crowded until the last performance concluded.

   Members of the Cortland Canton, No. 27, under whose auspices the fair is being held, in full uniform took tickets at every tent in which there was a performance and at the Ferris wheel.

   The attractions were all exceedingly well patronized throughout the entire evening and some of them fully warranted the large attendance.

   One of the best attractions offered is the City of Jerusalem. This piece of mechanism was constructed in Warsaw, Ill., by J. B. Miller who gave twelve years of his life to this task. It contains many marvelous and intricate designs. Christ and his disciples are seen leaving the city of Jerusalem. They meet the widow of Nain and the bearers carrying her dead son. The Master raises his hand and orders the bearers to halt. They lower the body and the young man arises. His mother goes up to him and embraces him and goes out with her arm around him. The bearers pick up the empty litter and retrace their steps , while the Master and his disciples continue their journey. Two Pharisees who are unbelievers leave their seats to watch the miracle. In the alcove one sees Mary and Martha at work, in another alcove a blacksmith is pounding on his anvil, while a fire glows at the forge.

   When one considers the minuteness of detail in every figure he simply wonders that all can be so simple.

   The sword swallowers in the Mysteries of India also merit the attendance they draw. One is tempted to disbelieve the evidence of his own eyes as the performers swallow canes, knives, swords, or bayonets nearly two feet in length. An interesting performance is when one of them swallows a small electric light and the light shows through the thin walls of the neck just above the collar bone.

   The flying lady also drew a large crowd which went away completely mystified as to how the lady performed her marvelous feat.

   Professor J. I. Stanley performed his slide for life act with better success to himself yesterday, no live wires being encountered. The rope was stretched on Court-st., the higher end being attached to a telephone pole nearly in front of and across the street from the library while the lower end was in front of Coon's bakery. The act was thrilling and successful in every way.

   The "Great Adams" performers scored two more successes before large crowds.

   The dog and pony show is another creditable performance. The animals are well trained and show considerable intelligence, especially one of the ponies.

   The fair will be continued each afternoon and evening throughout the week.

 

Death of Miss Kane.

   Miss Marie Kane died at 1 o'clock this afternoon at the home of her sister, Mrs. Kate Heaphy, 20 Woodruff-st., in Cortland having been ill for the past five months. The funeral will be held at the house Saturday morning at 9 o'clock and at St. Mary's church at 9:30 o'clock.

   Miss Kane was born in Ireland sixty years ago and came with her parents to this country when 5 years old. Until a year ago her home has been in McLean, Tompkins Co., when she moved to Cortland. She is survived by three brothers and two sisters: John Kane of Cortland, Hon. M. N. Kane of Warwick, N. Y., Prof. T. F. Kane of New Brighton, N. Y., Mrs. Kate Heaphy of Cortland and Sister Isabel of St. Joseph's, Rochester, N. Y.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The new display advertisements today are—Geo. H. Wiltsie, Tailored suits, etc., page 5; Opera House, "Alaska," page 5; Prof. Spencer Physio-Physchology, page 6; M. A. Case, Specials, page 5.

   — Mrs. D. J. Apgar and Miss Mary E. Hubbard entertained at whist again last evening. There were six tables of players. A beautiful bouquet of flowers was presented to Mrs. W. W. Way as the winner of first honors.

 

CANAL TREATY DEAD, REFORMS IN CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, STREET FAIR, DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, CORTLAND SCHOOLS, AND PEARL WEDDING

 

Tomas Herran.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, September 23, 1903.

CANAL TREATY DEAD.

President Can Now Proceed Under the Spooner Act

AND TAKE UP NICARAGUA ROUTE.

Report That Colombian Congress Has Clothed President Marroquin With Power to Negotiate a New Treaty. Terms of Nine Opponents in Colombian Senate Expire Next Year.

   Washington, Sept. 23.—When the state department closed yesterday it was agreed that the Panama canal treaty was dead, although eight hours yet remained within which the Colombian congress might take affirmative action upon it.

   Nothing, however, had been received during the day which gave the slightest hope of a favorable issue. A report is current that the Colombian congress in secret session has clothed President Marroquin with full power to negotiate a treaty.

   If this report is true President Marroquin, who is a friend of the treaty, could proceed untrammeled by the fear of future reckoning with his congress.

   In any event President Roosevelt must now take the next step. He can proceed under the Spooner act and take up the Nicaragua route or he can allow matters to drift for the present in the hope that a way may yet be found to straighten out the difficulties in the path of the Panama route.

   It is stated that the confidential advices which Dr. Herran submitted to Secretary Hay a short time ago were to the effect that an effort was on foot at Bogota to harmonize all conflicting interests there and that this undoubtedly would be accomplished through a compromise by which President Marroquin would be authorized to negotiate a treaty directly with the United States. It is believed here that the new proposition will be submitted at an early day.

   Contrary to his custom during the summer, Acting Secretary Adee of the state department remained in the city last night in order to be able to act promptly on any information regarding canal matters at Bogota.

   Dr. Herran, the Colombian charge, also waited anxiously for news from his government.

   Colombia is anxious to keep alive the canal negotiations, but what form her new proposition will take is not known here.

   One interesting feature is that the terms of one-third of the members of the Colombian senate, numbering nine, will empire July 20. These nine senators are adverse to the canal treaty. The hope of the advocates of the treaty will be to elect senators in their places who are favorable.

 

Van Wormers Have Become Catholics.

   Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 23.—The Rev. Father Belinger, pastor of the Catholic church at Dannemora, stated last night that the Van Wormer brothers, now under sentence of death at Clinton prison, had embraced the Catholic faith, having been baptized by him on Aug. 31. They will receive their first communion Oct. 1, the day of execution.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

Reforms in Criminal Procedure.

   The recent suggestion of Justice Brewer of the United States supreme court that the right of appeal in criminal cases be abolished has aroused the protest of members of the bar throughout the country, as well as of the public in general. It has nevertheless performed an excellent service in calling attention sharply to the evils of undue delays in the execution of criminal judgments, caused by merely dilatory appeals.

   This subject is discussed in an article in a current number of the New York Law Journal, especially in its relation to outbreaks of mob violence. Two excellent reforms are suggested in this article—first, that by every legitimate means the possibility of delaying the execution of criminal judgments by means of frivolous appeals be curtailed and, second, that the special favoritism toward criminal defendants, traditional in American procedure, be discontinued. The writer cites a number of cases in which the court of appeals of New York has exhibited an inclination to further both of those ends. Power to override mere technical exceptions and to sustain a verdict clearly based on sufficient evidence, though legal errors of an immaterial nature occurred at the trial, is granted in the code of civil procedure, and in a recent case, People versus Conklin, the court of appeals in a unanimous decision administered the policy of that statute against the defendant.

 

CORTLAND STREET FAIR.

Crowds Out Last Night to See the Sights.

   There was a big crowd on the streets last night to witness the attractions offered by tie street fair and all seemed to be having a good time. The various places of amusement were very well patronized. The Ferris wheel was in active operation and the merry-go-round as usual was doing business all the time. The city of Jerusalem, Mysteries of India, etc., came in for their full share. The dog and pony show, and eruption of Mount Pelee also drew big crowds.

   The booth of Bright Light Rebekah lodge was the scene of an interested crowd at all times. They are conducting a country store. In it may be found hats, cornpoppers, canned goods, screens, sleeves, soap, mousetraps, and the complimentary assortment that is always found in small country stores. A number is enclosed in an envelope and by paying 10 cents one can have his choice of envelopes and draw the article corresponding to the number inside. It may be a box of breakfast food or coffee pot or any other of the numerous articles on sale.

   The Neoscolets lodge is conducting a booth in which hot frankforts, popcorn, soft drinks, etc., are on sale and they do a rushing business. Lanette, the flying lady, was the center of attraction at the corner of Main and Tompkins-st. This attraction opened for the first performance last evening and the tent was crowded as long as there was anything doing on the street.

 

DEMOCRATIC CITY CONVENTION.

Delegates Elected Last Night to the County Convention.

   The Democratic city convention for the purpose of choosing the delegates to the county convention was called to order at Fireman's hall at 8 o'clock last evening by J. A. Jayne, chairman of the Democratic city committee. F. W. Collins was made chairman and Eugene Davis secretary. The following were the delegates to the convention from their respective wards:

   First Ward—J. A. Jayne,  C. V. Coon, Levi Bulter, James Grant, John Warwick.

   Second Ward—D. W. Van Hoesen, William Winter, John Nix, O. J. Riley, M. V. Lane.

   Third Ward—James Dougherty, James Turner, John Mellon, David M. McCarthy, Charles D. Sanders.

   Fourth Ward—F. W. Collins, Charles Gaylord J. E. Lonergan J. F. Burns. Patrick Dempsey.

   Fifth Ward—William Kennedy, William Wingate, John O'Connor, Maurice Welsh, D. Ashcraft.

    Sixth Ward--Edwin Duffey, J. B. Wallace. T. P. Keefe, F. C. Parsons, Vern Skeele.

   The delegates selected for the county convention were selected one from each ward, each from his respective ward in the order named: J. A. Jayne, D. W. Van Hoesen, B. H. McNiff, F. W. Collins, A. J. Goddard, Hugh Duffey.

   The following resolution was unanimously passed:

   Resolved, That it is the sense of this convention that hereafter the city of Cortland shall be represented in the Democratic county conventions by four delegates from each ward of said city and that said delegate shall he sent direct from the respective wards.

 

A SHOOTING ACCIDENT.

Edward F. Knight and T. T. Bates Were Hunting.

   Edward F. Knight of 26 Groton-ave., Cortland, met with a somewhat painful accident Monday and one which might easily have been serious. As it happened, however, nothing more serious than painful wounds resulted.

   Mr. Knight and T. T. Bates were on a hunting expedition near Cincinnatus. As they were coming out of the woods a partridge flew up in front of Mr. Bates, and, not thinking of his friend, he raised his gun and fired. The charge went wild and six of the shot lodged in Mr. Knight's right cheek and ear. They hastened to Cortland and the shot were removed. The accident was a fortunate one in that the shot struck where they did; had they struck an inch or two farther back, they would have made a dangerous wound. As it is the wounds were more painful than dangerous and Mr. Knight is getting along nicely and is able to be about.

   He said that Mr. Bates was in no way to blame as it was nothing but an accident which often happens in spite of every precaution.

 

PROF. STANLEY INJURED.

Struck Live Electric Wires In His "Slide for Life."

   Prof. J. I. Stanley, who performs the slide for life act in connection with the street fair, met with an accident yesterday afternoon while giving his performance. The cable on which the act is performed was strung from the top of the Grand Central building on Railroad-st. to the West side of Main-st. in front of the City Cycle Co.'s store. At 3:30 yesterday afternoon Prof. Stanley prepared to give his exhibition. In making the slide the sway of the cable brought him in contact with a net work of live wires and he was seriously burned about the left shoulder and right arm. He disengaged himself and finished his act, and also made the balloon ascension at 6 o'clock.

   His wounds were very painful last night and this morning he went to Dr. Reese to have them dressed. The doctor advised him that it was not safe for him to attempt the balloon ascension this afternoon but the professor says he will be ready for his drop from the clouds again tomorrow. He is out today and expected to make his slide for life, but would select a new place to string his cable.

 

THE CORTLAND SCHOOLS.

Large Registration in Both Normal and City Schools.

   The registration in the Normal and in the different city schools is now practically complete, although new students are constantly being registered at the Normal.

   The entire registration at the Normal is 909. Of these 487 are in the Normal department, 210 in the intermediate, 182 in the primary and thirty in the kindergarten.

   At the Central school, 704 are registered, 150 of them in the Academic department. Two hundred sixty-seven are in attendance at the Schermerhorn-st. school, 176 at the Owego-st. school and 167 at the Pomeroy-st. school.

   The total registration in the city schools is 1314, and in the Normal, the total reaches 2223. Between 140 and 150 new students have entered the Normal school this year.

 

A PEARL WEDDING.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Holl Observe their Sixtieth Anniversary.

   A notable event at Lincklaen, Chenango Co., on Thursday, Sept. 17, was the observance of the pearl wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Holl upon the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage. At their home were gathered seven of their children, fourteen grandchildren, and five great-grand children. Some living at quite a distance had driven there in the rain to be present at dinner. Father, mother and seven children, the youngest 40 years of age, at about 1 o'clock sat down to a sumptuous repast, the table being laid very tastily. The centerpiece was a mammoth fruit cake with the dates "1843-1903" in colored sugar and hearts.

   After dinner Mrs. Dr. Watson of Cincinnatus took several pictures of the family also one of the four generations. Friends were present from Greene, Cincinnatus, Cortland, Cuyler, Lincklaen Center, Sheds, numbering forty. Several tokens of loving remembrances, among them a handsome easy chair, were left with the bride and groom of sixty years ago.

   Both are 83 years old and many were the stories told of years ago. The father came from England nearly seventy-five years ago with his father, mother, three sisters, and two brothers in a sailing vessel. They were six weeks on the ocean. The mother died of cholera soon after arriving, near Utica. The only sister left still resides at Truxton, Mrs. S. Bemis.

   Mr. and Mrs. Holl enjoyed the day very much, as did all present. All went away hoping to meet again next year and many more years.

   "One Who Was There."

 

BREVITIES.

   —T. H. Wickwire, Jr., has rented the Starr property at 78 Tompkins-st.

   —A regular meeting of the L. O. T. M. will be held tomorrow night at 7:30.

   —Cornell university has one Boer student. He is Leopold Reinecke, and he comes from Wellington, Cape Colony.

   —Harvey Dickerson of Townley-ave. picked a quart of red raspberries from the bushes in his garden this morning.

   —The new display advertisements today are—W. W. Bennett, House for sale, page 8; S. Rosenbloom & Sons, New and Greater store, page 8; Bosworth & Stillman, Easy walking shoes, page 6; Warren, Tanner & Co., Latest style pompadour, page 8.

   —Charles Whiting has purchased from J. R. Schermerhorn a lot fifty feet wide on Clayton-ave. and has already commenced excavation for the erection of a new house. The price paid for the lot was $1,000. Mr. Whiting has also purchased Mr. Schermerhorn's barn which he will move upon the lot purchased.

 

UNFAVORABLE REPLIES, FIGHT WITH ITALIANS, NEW PANAMA TREATY, BURIED ALIVE, AND STREET FAIR

 

Macedonian refugees crossing the border to Bulgaria.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, September 22, 1903.

UNFAVORABLE REPLIES.

Bulgaria Less Hopeful of Intervention by the Powers.

   Sofia, Sept. 22 —The unfavorable replies of Austria and Russia to Bulgaria's last note and the fact that none of the other great powers has yet replied, coupled with the allegations that one of the powers is encouraging the military party at Yildiz Kiosk, tend to create a less hopeful feeling here. Reports are in circulation regarding negotiations between Turkey and Bulgaria looking to a solution of the Macedonia difficulty.

   The Dnevnik says Turkey has presented a note to Bulgaria asking for the latter's assistance in reaching a peaceable solution. Bulgaria replied that Turkey must end the massacres, withdraw her frontier forces, guarantee peace and protection to the villagers, amnesty the political offenders and introduce such governmental reforms as will pacify Macedonia and Adrianople. The Bulgarian reply concluded:

   "If the present situation continues the Bulgarian government will be compelled to yield to public opinion and send an army to the frontier."

   It appears doubtful that the government has sent such an answer.

   According to information received by the revolutionary headquarters from Monastir, 120 persons perished in the flames of their burning villages near Kastoria.

   Over 1,200 bodies of women and children are said to be lying unburied in the fields and on the roadsides around Kastoria.

   A special dispatch from Rila gives details of the fighting in Perin. On Sept. 16, 1,000 Turkish troops surrounded the village and attacked the insurgent bands. The latter were reinforced and the combined insurgent forces turned on the Turks and completely annihilated them.

 

FIGHT WITH ITALIANS.

Manager Tilton and a Deputy Sheriff Wounded.

ONE OF THE LABORERS KILLED.

Italians Placed Obstructions on Trolley Track—When the Receiver and Manager Started to Remove Them Italians Opened Fire—Two Months Wages Due Before Receivership.

   Cooperstown, N. Y., Sept. 22.—A riot by Italian laborers on the Oneonta, Cooperstown and Richfield Springs trolley road resulted in the death of one Italian and the wounding of General Manager Tilton and a deputy sheriff.

   The Italians are quartered in shanties a little below the power house at Hartwick.

   Sunday night they built an obstruction on the track. The first car started south was halted. A message to Oneonta brought Receiver Jennings, General Manager Tilton and several deputies.

   When they set about removing the obstruction, the Italians attacked them, firing pistols and throwing stones. Mr. Tilton was hit on the right temple with a stone and his face was badly cut. Deputy Sheriff French received a bullet wound in the head and was also gashed with a stone.

   Deputies and employes [sic] of the road returned the fire of the Italians and one laborer was killed. The trouble was then stopped and traffic was resumed. Seven of the rioters were arrested.

   The trouble grew out of the fact that there is due the Italians two months' wages for work done before the road went into the receiver's hands but which he cannot pay while the road is in litigation. The laborers have been paid for all work done since the receivership began.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

The New Panama Treaty.

   It is wholly improbable that the state department at Washington will accept or even give serious consideration to the provisions of the bill which has just been favorably reported in the Columbian senate authorizing that government to negotiate a new Panama canal treaty with the United States.

   The bill reported by the committee, which the senate of Colombia unanimously adopted, gives authority to the president of the republic to conclude treaties for a canal or to contract with private parties for the construction of a canal. It calls upon the French company to pay $l0,000,000 for the privilege of transferring its rights, demands a lump sum payment of $20,000,000 on the exchange of ratifications in place of the $10,000,000 provided for in the Hay-Herran treaty, commits the police and sanitary control of the canal zone exclusively to Colombia and contains other provisions differing from those which we have declared our readiness to accept.

   In the Hay-Herran convention the United States went to the utmost limit of liberality in dealing with Columbia, and the demand for more money is a piece of extortion to which this government cannot complacently submit. The new Panama canal company of France might possibly consent to turn over to the government at Bogota $10,000,000 of the stipulated price of $40,000,000 we were to pay for its rights and property. The company would do this probably rather than accept the other alternative of complete loss of all its assets, since if we do not build the canal it cannot possibly find any other purchaser. But $10,000,000 is all that Colombia can expect to get from the United States. The demand for $20,000,000 and the exaction of conditions which are wholly unacceptable to us, if persisted in, will undoubtedly terminate the negotiations with Colombia and force us to drop the Panama project altogether and resume our negotiations for constructing a canal on the Nicaragua route. Both branches of our congress have repeatedly sanctioned the choice of the Nicaragua route, and events have now proved that it would have been better if we had stuck to it.

 

BURIED ALIVE

Cortland Aggregation Done up by Watertown 142 to 6.

   The Cortland Athletics football team was overwhelmed at Watertown yesterday by the strong Watertown team, the final score being 142 to 6.

   The team left Cortland at 6:11 yesterday without practice and even without signals save such as were made up on the train while enroute. The locals were much lighter than their opponents and were completely outplayed at every stage of the game.

   The one touch down was made by Sandwick who picked up the ball on a fumble and got away with a clear field in front of him. Mills kicked the goal.

   The Cortland team lined up as follows: Ends, Mills and Sandwick; tackles, Careny and Dickinson; guards, Johnson and Medes; center, Gibbons; quarterback; Stafford; halfbacks, Cooper and Blaney; full back, Williamson.

 

He Got a Deer.

   H. Malmberg, who has been spending a week with a hunting party in the North Woods, returned to Cortland last Friday evening bringing with him a fine specimen of deer as one of the results of his sport and marksmanship.

   The deer was on exhibition at C. F. Thompson's market Saturday morning and later in the day was cut up. A number of Mr. Malmberg's and Mr. Thompson's friends were remembered in the distribution and a representative of The Standard can bear witness to the excellence of the venison.

 

The Fair is On—The Shows Are Good.

   The exhibitions on the street this week are all worthy of patronage and no one should fail to see them. Probably the highest class exhibition among them and one that appeals to the intelligence of the community is the wonderful electro-mechanical city of Jerusalem. This is not a panorama or picture show. It is a real city with its golden temples and busy streets. It is justly styled "the golden feature of the carnival." Don't fail to see Jerusalem.

 

Aluminum Oil Heaters.

   We keep the genuine aluminum oil heater in four sizes, new construction, safety burner, more heat, less oil, radiates like a base burner. Every stove warranted.

W. W. Bennett,

 37 and 39 R. R.-st., Cortland. [Paid ad.]

 

THE STREET FAIR

Now In Full Blast—Many Interesting Sights to be Observed.

   The street fair and carnival is now in full swing. Many of the attractions were open to the public last night and all will be this evening. The Ferris wheel was in operation early in the evening as was the merry-go-round. The latter especially did a rushing business the entire evening. Not alone was it patronized by the children, but also by many who, in years if not in feelings, have passed that delightful period of life.

   There was a large crowd upon the streets which gravitated from one attraction to another. The brass band, which is with the company, was evidently taken as an index of where the most was to be seen for the time being, and the crowd usually followed it up and down the street.

   The trapeze performance of the great Adams on Tompkins-st. in front of the Standard building was perhaps the most interesting feature of the evening. He performed some remarkable and hair raising feats while suspended in midair, one of which was walking on his head with his feet caught in thongs attached to a bar above. The pull of a string released the bar and after turning two or three summersaults the performer landed safely on the ground.

   The balloon ascension will be made as per schedule this afternoon, the ascension being made from Athletic field in order to give sufficient room for the event.

   The Temple of Jerusalem, mysteries of India, Louette the Flying Lady, Eruption of Mount Pelee, etc., will be in full operation this evening when the carnival will be under full headway.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The Jewish year 5,664 began at sundown last night.

   —The Ferris wheel which is part of the street fair stands squarely in front of the drug store of McGraw & Elliott instead of in front of Burgess' store as first planned.

   —The Fortnightly club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. T. P. Bristol, 27 Lincoln-ave.

   —Cortland Chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., will resume the conferring of degrees at its regular convocation Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. The "Mark Master" degree will be conferred in full form, after which a "smoker" will be enjoyed.

   —The new display advertisements today are: First National Bank, Bank accounts, page 6; McDonald & Welch, Fine carriages, etc., page 6; Bosworth & Stillman, Easy walking shoes, page 6; M. A. Case, Bags, etc., page 6; W. W, Bennett, Horse for sale, page 6; A. Mahan, Pianos, page 7.