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| Dr. James J. Walsh. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, July 3, 1903.
NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS.
Officers of the Association Elected at the Annual Meeting.
Plattsburgh, N. Y„ July 3.—The following officers were elected at the annual election of the New York State Teachers' association at Cliff Haven:
President, James M. Edsam of Brooklyn; vice presidents, Hugo Newman of New York city, George A Watrous of Utica, Miss Myra Ingalls of Hartford, N. Y., and Miss Margaret O'Connell of New York; secretary Richard A. Searring of Rochester; assistant secretary, Bryan J. Reilly of Brooklyn; treasurer, W. H. Benedict of Elmira; assistant treasurer, John C. Chase of Saratoga; transportation agent, James McInniss of New York; superintendent of exhibits, F. E. Boynton of Ithaca; assistant superintendent, James A. Estee of Gloversville; executive committee—terms expire 1904—George H. Wallen of Rochester, John T. Nicholson of New York; 1905—Henry P. Emerson of Buffalo and Abram F. Nischlowitz of Brooklyn; 1906—Thomas R. Kneił of Saratoga John P. Conroy of New York.
Addresses were made by James L. Hughes of Toronto, Canada; Dr. James J. Walsh of New York city and Helen C. Putnam of Providence, R. I.
TRAGEDY AT LE ROY.
Mrs. Baxter Hanged Herself and Her Two Children.
FOUND BY HUSBAND IN ATTIC.
Frenzied Woman Had Carried the Two Children Up a Ladder to the Attic and Tied Them and Herself to the Rafters—Thought to Have Used Chloroform.
Rochester, N. Y., July 3.—A horrible tragedy occurred last evening in the village of LeRoy when Mrs. William Baxter hung herself and two children, Goodson, aged 8 years, and Gladys, aged 3.
When her husband returned to the house at 6 o'clock he could not get in. He waited for some time, then broke in a window and searched the house. In an unfinished attic over the kitchen, reached by a ladder, the horrible spectacle met his eyes.
Hanging side by side from the rafters were his wife and the two children. The frenzied woman had used a clothes line, and must have administered chloroform to the children before attempting to hang them, as none of the neighbors heard an outcry.
Mr. Baxter stated that he came home about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and found one of the children crying. Asking what was the matter the child replied that his mother had given him something to smell of and it hurt his nose. The mother passed it off with some remark in explanation, and the father was unsuspicious.
Several people, who had called during the morning and talked with Mrs. Baxter had noticed nothing unusual in her actions. The family is well known and highly thought of in Leroy. Mrs. Baxter was 38 years old and has been devoted to her family.
It is stated that Wednesday evening Mrs. Baxter handed her husband a bottle of wine to drink. He took some of it and was so sick next morning that he had to consult a physician. That the wine was drugged or poisoned seems probable. The contents remaining will be analyzed.
From indication the woman must have carried the children up the ladder, one at a time. The room was so low that the boy's feet nearly touched the floor.
Charged With Killing Daughter's Child.
Binghamton, N. Y., July 3.—Mrs. William Cairnes was last night arrested at Owego on the charge of murder in the first degree. She is accused of murdering the infant child of her daughter, Mrs. Fred Brooks, soon after it was born. Mrs. Fannie Brooks, the nurse who attended Mrs. Fred Brooks, made an affidavit in which she says that the mother and grandmother tried to get her to kill the babe, and when she refused to do it she says she saw the grandmother chloroform it. The infant was burled Wednesday, but after the nurse told her story Coroner Bauer had the body exhumed and made an autopsy, which corroborated the nurse's charges as to the cause of death.
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| Theodore Roosevelt. |
Opening of Pacific Cable.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 3.—Arrangements were completed for the opening of the Pacific cable on the morning of the Fourth of July. President Roosevelt will send a message to Governor Taft in the Philippines and receive a reply thereto. He also will send a message to Mr. Mackey which will encircle the world in its transmission.
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| James B. Pond. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
The Passing of an Institution.
With the death of Major J. B. Pond there passes away both a man and an institution. The man was widely known by reason of his intimate relations with fatuous men and women of nearly every walk of life and nationality. The institution was the lecture platform as a characteristic feature of American life. There will of course continue to be lectures and lecturers, and the man who has interviewed the Grand Lama or discovered the north pole will always command a hearing, but the lecture bureau as a great, systematized national institution of popular instruction and entertainment has passed away with the death of the man who was its chief and only promoter of note.
Taking advantage of the staid and academic lecture lyceum of New England origin and inspiration—the institution which took Emerson. Thoreau and Alcott as lecturers because it believed they "deserved encouragement"--Major Pond enlarged upon it, making it a popular institution throughout the country. By its means the people everywhere were brought into immediate contact with the highest and deepest minds of the day. Villages of 3,000 or 4,000 inhabitants were visited every year by men of every variety of mental type—Emerson, Beecher, Phillips, Garrison, Gough, Murray. Chapin, Talmage, Mark Twain, Bill Nye, James Whitcomb Riley—everybody, in fact, who had anything to say and could say it well. It is quite true that Major Pond cared little about the actual merit of the people he "starred" and was accused, not without some reason, of exploiting mere notoriety—even popular freaks were not below his consideration—yet he was at least honest in recognizing the fact that the crowd always did pay money to see and hear lecturers and singers because they were interested in personalities and not for the sake of being instructed or edified. If, incidentally, the public was instructed and edified, so much the better. Thus he brought out Ann Eliza Young and Ian Maclaren and Ellen Stone and Henry Ward Beecher with equal impartiality. He gave everybody a chance, so far as he could, to see and hear his favorite hero and heroine. In this he was an educator and entertainer whose services to the public were on the whole highly beneficial.
FOLLOWING THE SEA LION.
Now Taking the Other One Down to Allure Her Mate.
The Binghamton Republican of this morning says:
Nelson Pike, keeper of the animals at the park in Cortland, from which the sea lion escaped about three weeks ago, and an assistant were in this city yesterday afternoon for a short time with the escaped animal's mate. They are taking the female lion to Meshoppen, Pa., where the male is dodging the attempts of a large crowd to capture him in the Susquehanna river. They think that as soon as the male sees his mate he will come out of the water and allow himself to be captured.
N. E. Overfield of Meshoppen, Pa., who was in the city yesterday, told about the efforts made to capture the sea lion.
On Wednesday afternoon the lion was seen in a large eddy about half a mile above Meshoppen, and he remained there all night and was still there when Mr. Overfield left home yesterday morning. Many efforts are being made to capture the animal, but he seems to have great sport with his pursuers. On Wednesday night at least 150 people took part in the aquatic chase. All of the boats that could be pressed into service were used.
The lion would permit a boat to get within a few feet of him when he would dive, swim under the boat, and the next that would be seen of him he would come to the surface of the water several hundred yards from the boats.
When Mr. Overfield came past the eddy yesterday morning on the train quite a crowd was still on the bank watching the animal, while three boats were being used to try to capture him.
His pursuers were beginning to think that the only way in which the animal could be captured would be to shoot him.
Two men did shoot at him at Laceyville, and one of them thought he wounded him, for at the shot the lion turned over in the water.
It is evident that he was not badly wounded from the activity that he displays in eluding his would-be captors at Meshoppen.
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| Sig. Sautelle. |
SAUTELLE'S CIRCUS
Gets into a Breeze and the Big Tent Comes Down—Many Injured.
Machias, Me., July 3.— Nearly 300 persons were seriously injured yesterday afternoon by the collapse of Sautelle's circus tent. When the performance was about half over, a strong gust of wind flattened out the animal tent and immediately afterward the big show tent came crashing down on the 2,500 spectators. Pandemonium reigned for a time but a number of men slashed the sides of the tent with knives, thus affording a hundred exits which enabled the people to escape. Miss Lottie Clark and James Clement are probably fatally hurt. About fifty others were more or less seriously hurt and perhaps 250 slightly injured. None of the animals escaped, with the exception of one elephant which pulled up his stake and got away, but he was soon recaptured.
AN INTERESTING TALK
By D. F. Wallace on the Holy Land—Continued Next Week.
D. F. Wallace, by request, spoke at the mid-week prayer meeting of the Presbyterian church last night upon some features of his recent trip to the Holy Land. There was a very large audience, the prayer meeting room being almost full. Among the company were a number of representatives of other churches who had come to hear this talk. Mr. Wallace's words were of absorbing interest and when it came to be time for dismissal he had not covered half of the trip. The request was made at once that the subject be continued next Thursday, and since the wish to hear more was so unanimous Mr. Wallace consented and will speak next week of the horseback ride south from Nazareth through Samaria to Shechem and Jerusalem. A large number of photographs taken upon the trip held the attendance of many for a long time after the meeting.
FOURTH AT PREBLE LAKE.
Hon. and Mrs. D. W. Van Hoesen to Entertain the Whist Club.
Hon. and Mrs. D. W. Van Hoesen expect to entertain the twenty-four members of the Cortland Whist club and a few invited guests at their cottage on Preble lake on the Fourth of July. They expect to drive up in private conveyances during the forenoon and will have a fish dinner. Mr. Van Hoesen has promised to catch the fish. One of the members says he knows the fisherman will secure some bullheads and perhaps a few suckers, just to show the variety of fish that are in the lake. Fireworks will cut a large figure in the evening.
NEW LAW FOR BARBERS.
Must File Affidavits Telling Their Experience in Business.
A new law is now in force for barbers. All barbers, excepting the ones now in business, must in the future pass an examination before a state commission of barbers before being permitted to engage in business, and all barbers, including those now in business, must within three months from May 15, 1903, file an affidavit with the secretary of the state barbers board setting forth his or her name, place of business, postoffice address, and pay to the treasurer $1 for the certificate to be issued by the board.
So far as known, P. J. Peckham and his employees are the only barbers in Cortland who have already complied with the provisions of this law. Their affidavits went yesterday.
THE ORRIS CELEBRATION.
Other Fire Companies to Join and Help it Along.
Tomorrow promises to be firemen's day in Cortland, and perhaps a forerunner of the big celebration of the Central New York association to be held in Homer in August. The movement set on foot by Orris Hose Co. has borne fruit and, as previously stated the other companies of the local department have joined in it. There will be a big parade at 11 o'clock in which the entire fire departments of Cortland, Homer, Marathon and McGraw will participate, and perhaps companies from some other places.
In the afternoon there will be various kinds of attractions at the [Floral] Trout park, including races and sports of different varieties.
In the evening there will be fireworks and the following set pieces have been secured:
"Welcome" in letters of fire.
Mammoth fire wheel.
Beautiful fire tropical sun.
The pyramid of fire.
The wonderful moving lady.
Niagara Falls in a blaze 35 feet long and 20 feet high.
A great American eagle.
Electric fountain.
Tree of Hope.
A novelty piece.
Dozens of colored bombs.
Japanese bomb shells.
Fire balloons.
George Washington in fire.
Fire engine and horses.
"Good Night" in letters of fire and many other specialties.
BREVITIES.
—Tomorrow will be the Fourth of July and no paper will be published from this office.
—The Western Union Telegraph office will be closed from 12 to 5 o'clock tomorrow. Otherwise it will be open as usual.
—The chapter of Fourth of July accidents has begun. A small boy in Binghamton lost an eye yesterday by the premature explosion of a giant firecracker.
—New display advertisements today are—C. F. Brown, Closed July 4 from 12 to 5, page 5; F. E. Brogden, Velvet freeze today, page 4.
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