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il - # * fliwer-aittw; DEVOTED TO THE TRUE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF SENECA COUNTY. THE COURIER, Est’d 1837, Vol. 65. THE J URNAL, s f d 1884, Vol. 18. I Consolidated Aug. 21, 1902. SENECA FALLS, N. Y„ THUBSDAY, DECEMBEE 11; 1902. No. 36 ri 11 A Beautiful flem o rial Service. Pocahontas Lodge, No.. 2U ,.F . & A. M., held a regular communication Tuesday evening. After the ordinary business had been concluded, a lodge of sorrow was held in menaory.of the members who have passed away dur ing the year just about to end. The ceremonies, which were o f . a most solemn and impressive character were conducted by the Master, John O. Davis, assisted by the. pflBcers of the lodge. The lodge room was decorated in purple and black, and in the center a catafalque and rail draped in som bre black bad been erected. The ceremonies opened with prayer by the chaplain of the lodge, Rev. W il liam B. Clarke, and the reading of an appropriate passage of Scripture. The lights were then turned down and the members marched in procession around the catafalque, upon which flowers were deposited with fitting remarks by the junior and senior wardens and a wreath by the master of the lodge. An eloquent and feeling eulogy was then pronounced by W il liam S. MacDonald on the lives aud characters of the members of the lodge who had died during the year just past, which was listened to with the closest attention and warmly praised. The names of the deceased brethren thus honored were Rensselaer Schuy ler, Oliver C. Wicks, Ulrich Conrad and James D. Pollard. This interest ing and beautiful ceremony in mem ory of the Masonic dead called out a large gathering of the members of Pocahontas lodge and the solemn and impressing exercises produced a pro found and lasting impression. Coroner’s Inquest. ^ The inquest as to the cause of death Officer Patrick McKeon, was begun at 10 A. M., Tuesday, by Coroner John P. Crosby, at his office on State street. The question of responsibility for the sad and unforseen accident is a nice one, and is surrounded by in tricate points of law as well as dis puted facts, and involves more than the ordinary investigation can readily determine. The witnesses who tesli fied were, John Marshall, Chief of Police Smith, Officers Hill and Clary, Fred McAvoy, Frank Cruise, Michael E. Reagan and William Ford. The Seneca Electric Light & Power Com pany was represented by Attorney Guy Hoskins, the Star Electric Com pauy of Binghamton, by Attorney D. W . Moran, the heirs of Officer Me Keon by Attorney Jasper N. Ham mond and C. A. MacDonald appeared as counsel for the coroner. The evi dence was conflicting upon some points, but was quite plain upon the fact that the body of the unfortunate man was found lying from five to sev e n feet east o f th e crossw a lk in front of the Chamberlain build ing and nearly in the center of the road. The testimony showed that but the end of one wire was found hanging near the body and that was the primary wire of the Electric Light Company, whicli it is said was ch a r g e d th a t night w ith 2,200 v o lt s . The end of this wire swung several inches above the body, according to the testimony of some of the wit nesses, while, olln rs stated that the end of the w ire was in the officer’s right hand. The inquest was ad journ* d to 30 o'cl e'e this, Thursday, morning and is iu)w le progress. The Supervbt r.s. The routine work of auditing bills has occupied the greater pari of the time of the board of supervisors since our last issue and they have made rapid progress. The disputed question of designating banks as depositories of the county funds has finally been settled by naming all the banks of the county upon filing proper bonds and their approval by the board. Coroner Crosby’s report which was presented showed that he viewed twelve bodies during the year just passed. Just at present Seneca Falls has no opera house. Instead it has a manu- { facturing plant, that will give employ ment to a large number of people, who will keep most of their earnings at home, where the village will receive some practical and real bene fit. This is not so bad after all. The Library Concert. One of the finest musical entertain ments ever given in our village was that of last evening at the Methodist Episcopal church under the auspices of the Musical-Literary Club for the beneBf of our public library. The Cantata, Don Munio by Dudley Buck was the piece presented and a large chorus of sixty voices, composed of our leading vooalists rendered it with fine effect. Mr. Walter Bayliss Crabtree of Geneva has been drilling the singers for the past two months in weekly rehearsals and directed the performance. His fine trairnng and skillful leadership eomplfd with the excellent accompanying of Miss Wil- helmina S. Brown added much to the success gained. The solos and part work were most admirably taken and the entire affair was a credit to aU coiverned. The attendance was large and proved that our people are inter ested in two mo.st inspiring objects, the public library, and the cause of music. A Remarkable Surgical Case. A case showing the valuable knowl edge gained by the vivisection of animals is described by Dr. Keen, an eminent Philadelphia surgeon, in a letter to United States Senator Gall- inger, who is regarded as a leader of the anti-vivisectionists in this country. The case was that of Midshipman Aiken of the Annapolis Naval Aacd- emy who was so seriously injured in a recent foot ball game that it was feared his life could not be saved. The syrnptons were a severe headache and repeated convulsions of the right arm. The only outward bruise dis cernible was a slight abrasion near the left eye but the convulsions indi cated that the trouble came from an injury to the brain at some other point and an operation was undertaken at Ih\ spot which experiments had shown to be over that portion of the brain governing the movement of the arm. Here the skull was trephined or cut open and as expected a c'ot of blood was found pressing upon the brain. This was removed and the patient is on the road to recovery. The knowl edge of the functions of the various parts of the brain 'which led to this successful and brilliant operation was gained by experiments on living animals and could only be made defi nite and available in this way. The result was the saving of a human life in this particular case which is only one of many similarjones which have occurred. Vivisection is opposed on entirely sentimental grounds but in view of this specific instance of its value those who favor it as a means of adding to the scientific kuowledge of the human system have a strong a r g u m e n t in its b e h a lf . T h e sa v in g of human life is of vastly more im portance than the sparing the lives and sufferings of the frogs, rabbits and other animals which are sacrificed in the interests of science. ;r Ticket Forgers Convicted. Three ticket forgers who have been on trial for some time for conspiracy to forge, were convicted by a jury in Uhicago, November 29lh, and sen tenced to the penitentiary. The con victed men are ticket brokers and additional indictments for forging are pending against them and will be prosecuted. The railroads all over the country have been greatly annoyed and the public seriously defrauded in limes past by tic et forgers, who have done their work so carefully as to d*ceive almost anyone. Prosecu tions have been pressed in different stet*-s, certain scalpers having been coiivicifed in Buffalo within the last tew mouths. This is a matter in wliich the public is fully as interested as the railroads and it should be a matter of congratulation to all that toe roads are doing such good detec tive work in ferreting out and secur- 1 \g Uie conviction of thei criminals engaged in making and disposing of iorged and bogus tickets. I Th& Hisiorcial Society will meet i next Monday evening. The meeting ; wi.l be ih charge of the Rev. Mr, Frozier, assisted by Mr. Carmer, the R e v . Mr. Person and Mrs. Wetmore. Is C o a l B e i n g H e ld B a c k ? It is believed by some that one cause of the present scanty supply of coal is that part of the operators are holding back the product of their mines for higher prices. In proof of this we are informed that a number of business firms and some of our local dealers last week received quo tations on anthracite coal at the mines for immediate shipment which would bring the cost up to about ten dollars per gross ton on the cars at this place. The quotation was sent out by a Buffalo wholesale company and from the fact that immediate shipment is offered the natural inference is that an effort is being made to create an artiBcial scarcity in order to take ad vantage of the pressing necessity for fuel and thus force the dealers and the public to pay an exorbitant price. There can be no good reason if coal CBn be furnished at once when ten dollars a ton is paid why it cannot be furnished at the market price. The operators have absolute control of the situation so far as prices are con cerned and can prevent such abuses if they choose. If they do not take some action the public will be justi fied in holding them responsible. Underwriters Caution. The approaching holiday season when merchants deck their windows and householders their homes with all manner of combustible material, is generally the cause of more or less damaging fires. Where gas jets and fancy candles are used, the danger is greater than with the in candescent light. This fact has caused the Underwriters Association of the State of New York to issue a notice to property owners. The notice is in part: “Your attention is hereby respectfully^ cal led to the fact that the introduction about premises of Christmas greens, harvest speci mens and other inflammable material such as cotton to represent snow and the like introduces an additional hazard not contemplated by the Underwriters in issuing policies of indemnity covering the usual fire haz ards. Electric displays where motors are used and where electric currents are shunted or broken on different circuits for advertising purposes, will not be approved by this board unless in fireproof enclosures. So many dis astrous fires in stores, churches and public buildings Lave been caused by such decorations that the practical prohibition of this class of display is deemed necessary by the New York board of Fire Underwriters.” The Summer Boarder. The New York Central is making an effort to secure a complete list of hotels, boarding houses and private houses located on or near the com pany’s lines where summer visitors may be accommodated. In order to make this list as complete as possible it will be necessary for the people throughout the state to lend their assistance by giving all the infor mation iu their power on this subject. What is desired is the location, name of house, name and address of pro prietor or owner, distance from rail road station, cost of board and capac ity of the house. Such information will be carefully tabulated and pub lished to the mutual advantage of the railroad company and those whose desire for summer boarders is thus made public. In a little pamphlet entitled “The Summer Boarder” some interesting figures are- furnished re garding the income to the people of the state of New Hamsphire from summer visitors. The state of New York has greater attractions and therefore greater possibilities in this line. Th se who wish to be repre sented in this connection should fur- nish their names and the information outlined above to the nearest New York Central ticket agents. The cold wave predicted by the weather prophets struck this village Monday night, arriving on schedule time. The thermometer registered from five to ten degrees below zero in exposed localities during the night, warning the public that winter had come in real earnest. “ W h a t are Newspapers?” A teacher of a public school in Northampton, Mass., recently snb- mitted to her class a number of ques tions not in the textbooks, and re quested that the answers be returned in manuscript. Auong the subjects was this question : “ What Are News-_ papers?” A bright boy handed in the following essay; “Newspapers are sheets of paper on which stuff to read is printed. The men look over the paper to see if their names is in it, and the women use it to put on shelves and sich. I don’t know how newspai>ers came into the world I don’t think God does. The Bible says nothing about editors, and I never heard of one being in heaven. I guess the editors is the missing link them fellers talk about. The first editor I ever heard of was the feller who wrote up the flood. He has been there ever since. Some editors be long to church and some try to raise whiskers, and all of them tell lies; at least all I know, and I only know one. Editors never die. At least I never saw a dead oiie. Sometimes the paper dies and then the people feel glad, but some one starts it up again. Our paper is a mighty poor one, but we take it so ma can use it on our pantry shelves. Our editor don’t amount too much, but paw sajs he had a poor chance when he was a boy. He goes without under clothes in winter, has no socks, and has a wife to support him. Paw hasn’t paid his subscription in five years and don’t intend to.” A Novel Calendar. R. E. Payne, general agent of the Nickel Plate Railroad, is sending out a neat and novel calendar advertising the superb passenger service of the road which he represents. The pad containing the months and days is about one inch by three quarters of an inch in size and the back in shield form is printed in white letters on a dark blue ground, the whole on gummed paper so that it can be moistened and stuck in the crown of a derby hat. Mr. Payne, whose ad dress is 291 Main street, Buffalo, N.Y.. will mail one of these calendars to anyone applying to him. They are attractive, unique and convenient. At a meeting of the creditors of the bankrupt partners o f th e d e f u n c t Partridge Banking house of Ovid, held last Saturday at the office of Charles A. Hawley, referee in bank ruptcy in this village, the claim of James B. Thomas for $50,000 was rejected. The claim was made, for salary and services while the claimant was a member of the partnership, and engaged in conducting the banking business. The optimist always finds em ployment and pleasure in life and its resources. T o him every cloud lias a silver lining, every tear a golden value, every sorrow and burfien only serves to render the coming day more hopeful and bright. It is the un fortunate pessimist who finds life un desirable. Both classes are always with us. and it is a good thing that the joy and happiness of the one more than offsets the gloom and sombre predictions of the other. If it were not for this, a bright and beautiful world, with all its desirable and manifold pleasures, would seem a most unhappy place of habitation. The improved and enlarged form of the CoiTRiER J ournal meets with many encouraging words from its large and increasing lists of patrons as well as from a number of its exchanges by whom advancement and progress in any line is always recog nized and approved. The equipment of the office has been perfected by the addition of new and up to date machinery and type, in order that the increasing demands upon the of fice may be promptly and efficiently met. The increase in the size and change in make-up place the paper in the lead among the weekly news papers of Seneca county and Central New York. ______ Attend the great clearance sale of exclusive styles in millinery at Miss M. Moran new store, 96 Fall street. Personals. —F. Tracy Wells was in New York last week. —Ex-Mayor McGuire of Syracuse was in Seneca Falls last week, —Sam Zacharie spent Sunday here on his way to Omaha, Nebraska. —Charles W. Combs, city editor of the Reveille, is on the sick list. —Mrs. Frank B, Rogers leaves for Syracuse tc-morrow for a few days visit —Miss Margaret Fitzsimmons is employed as clerk in Radder’s jewelry —Mrs. E. M. Rumsey and Mrs. 0. L. Story left this morning for New York city. --Miss Margaret Micks has returned from a visit to Boston and other east ern points. —Letter Carrier William H. Scollin is confined to the house on account of a severe cold. —Miss Jannet Latham returned Monday, from a weeks visit with relatives in Au’ourn. —Miss Mae Mills of Waterloo ’nas been the guest of Miss Oelia Ray mond for a few days. —Hon. Milton H. Noyes and Henry T. Noyes, Jr., of Rochester, were in Seneca Palls Monday. —Horace N. Silsby left for New York last evening where he will make his home in the future. —Mrs. E. J. Waldron and daugh ter returned Tuesday from a two weeks visit in Auburn. —Miss Katharine Waller returned Monday from a visit with Miss Josephine Andrews in Ithaca, . —Mrs. Perry M. Burke of Roch ester, has been spending a few days with relatives and friends in town, —Mrs, J. W Saphore has returned to her home in Watertown after a v i s it 'o f tw o w e e k s in S e n e c a P a l l s . —Miss Inez VanNess is visiting friends in New York city and vicinity and expects to be absent for sometime. —Mrs. Hattie White has disposed of her farm opposite the cemetery on East Bayard street to A. N. Maxson who will take possession soon. —Miss Penn’s junior class in danc ing will be held in Masonic Temple next week Thursday night from 6 until 8 p . m ., instead of on Monday evening as heretofore. —Mrs. N. T. Wilcox and children will leave Friday for Lowell, Mass, where her husband is employed as superintendent of the electric light plant. They will make their home in that city. —Ernest G. Gould attended the annual meeting of the Pish, Game and Forest League in Syracuse Thursday of last week and was reelected secre tary of the league, an office which he has filled most acceptably for several years. _______ _ The state prison at Auburn has re ceived two of the men who have been adjudged guilty of the fish net bounty frauds. One was Charles Pilkin, a former town clerk of Montezuma, who was sentenced Tuesday in county court, Aubnrn, by Judge Searing to serve a term of seven years and three months. The other was Patrick Casey, who after a trial and having been found guilty, was sen tenced to serve one year and eight months in Auburn prison. Casey at the last moment, withdrew his first plea of not guilty, and pleaded guilty, which doubtless mitigated his punish ment. The charges were forgery in the first degree and were the sequence of the temptations opened by the adoption of the fish net bounty law to unscrupulous and designing men. There are doubtless many other cases of a similar character which merit an equal degree of punishment but it seems impossible for jnstice to reach all offenders. Great bargains in Jackets at Heenan’s new cloak store, 96 Fall street. Rosary beads at Knight’s from 10c. Striking bags and boxing gloves at Hull’s. __________________ The test of Time: Ostermoor Elastic Felt Mattresses at Tellers. Thousands use them. Tablets, inks, pens^ box paper, etc., at The Pair, 123 Fall street. General News. Mount Yesuvius is again threaten ing an eruption. A Geneva can factory has one order for 5,000,000 two pound cans. Atlanta, Georgia, had a $1,000,000 fire Tuesday morning, in which six lives were lost. The Presbyterian Synod of New York State will hold its annual meet ing at Ithaca in 1903. A powder mill at Scbaghticoke, N. Y., exploded Tuesday, killing one man and wounding three. Heroic statues of Thomas Jefferson auu Napoleon Boneparte will face each other at the St. Louis Exposition. The New York Breeders Association will hold their annual meeting in Rochester December 17th and 18th. A sympathetic and general strike of sailors in France was inaugurated* Tuesday to aid the striking stokers. All German and English residents in Caracas, Veu« zuela, were placed under arrest Tuesday, by order of President Castro. The pension appropriation bill, carrying $139,000,000, was passed by the House at Washington, December 6th, without a word of de’oate. Seven hundred and eighty seven Scandinavians sailed Wednesday on one vessel, for Denmark, to celebrate Oiirislmas in i’neir native land. J. Ogden Armour on December 4th, bought all of the stock of the Omaha Packing Company. The stock is $500,000 with a surplus of $1,775,- 000 . Reports from all j^arts of the state tell of the coal famine. In a few instances where people live in well wooded districts a supply of wood has relieved the situation. A miner named Phillipps dropped a 50-pound box of dynamite in a mine: near Wilkesbarre, Tuesday. An ex plosion followed, killing the careless, miner’ and three companions and fatally wounded three other miners. Aaron & Co., a Kansas city firm, are making an effort to “corner”^ the turkey market for Christmas. They have contracted- the visible tur keys in Missouri, Kansas and N e braska and expect to force the price above twenty cents a pound. It is estimated that six millions turkeys were required to furnish Thanksgiving dinner tables this year. That means over 50,000,000 pounds of turkey meat worth $7,600,000. Of this amount New York state devours the largest share, and Rhode Island, the smallest. Sandy Hook is to be equipped with a sixteen inch coast defense gun, 49 feet and 2.9 inches long and 5 feet in diameter at the breech. Its weight is 150 tons and it will throw a pro jectile weighing 2,370 pounds twentj-one miles. It is the largest gun ever built in the world and for coast defense will doubtless have a quieting effect upon an enemy who • may come within its range. It will be tested next month, and if satis factory, Congress will probably order a few more sixteen inch guns. A French scientist. Dr. Pitoy, gives the encouraging hope that the diffi culty of providing a .sasisfactory tem perance drink has at last been solved. This, the learned doctor, who eviden t ly is donsumed with the ambition to foster and stimulate the labors of the W. C. T. U., the Anti-Saloon League and other kindred associations, states is by the manufacture of wine, whiskey, brandy, beer, ale, wood, alcohol, etc., which by a new and in genious invention shall possess no elevating or intoxicating qualities. Whether the learned Doctor’s dis covery will prove popular or not is another question. If you want a storm coat in ulsters or raglans, all half price at Heenan’s, 96 Fall street. Don’t buy your hand sleds till you have seen our stock. Our prices are the lowest. The Fair, A, S. Hughes. See the line of gent’s pocket books and purses at Hull’s. Ping Pong, dominoes, games and children’s picture books for Christmas gifts at Knight’s. Many articles suitable for holiday presents may be found at HnlTs#
