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| 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.
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| 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.
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