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DEVOTED TO THE TRUE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE OF SENECA COUNTY. 7HE COURIER, E st’d 1837, Vol. 66 .1 „ ^ . n-, -mno THE JOURNAL, E st’d 1884, Vol. I O o M a t e d Aug. 21. 1902. SERECA FALLS, N. Y.^ THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1903. No. 17 Letter from flanila. B ureau oe F ublio P rinting , Manila P. I;, J u ly 10, 1903. JSditor o f Courier-Journal: Seneca Falls, N. Y. W ill write more about Manila this The passengers from the Crook were on shore by noon and with several others I went to the Oriental Hotel to stay until I had found a less expen sive place—four dollars a day. I was skeptical regarding the food I would get in the country which, at that time, was full of cholera. (The officials have handled that dread dis ease and bubonic plague so well that now there is very little of either in Manila.) W h en I read the bill of fare I found it was not so different from that in the States. It was gotten up in the same style with the exeep. tion of the different articles of food being numbered. This was for the convenience of the Chinese w.aiters who did not ‘>sabe English” but could remember and say the numbers. Number one was soup while the last one was twenty-four or cocoa. After lunch I found the cable office and wired my arrival home. I was as- •'j signed to my room and it contained the usual furnishings. The bed was the greatest curiosity to me. It 1 was the Spanish bed with four high posts on the top of which rested a canopy. Mosquitos are so large, V vicious and numerous that all beds are fitted with a net which completely covers the sleeper. The bed was hard ■* and this is no wonder for it was made of cane (liise the cane seated chairs at home) covered with a thin grass mat . and a sheet. This is because of the hot climate and also because much cooler than a mattress. The first night’s sleep on one. of these would not refresh one to any great extent. There were a few small cockroaches to be seen which would easily measure two inches long and show fight if one . attempted to kill them. Two people i are generally put -into a room and many have three and four occupants. This i.s custom, but the custom at home is pretty good. The rooms are vei'y airy for the whole side of the second story of some houses can be opened and fresh air obtained. If one person has a room to himself it is rather ex pensive. I went to one place kept by a Spanish woman in search of a board ing place and was shown a small room which was nicely furnished. She wanted $45 per month from each of two occupants or $65 if one had the room. This included board. The bathrooms were a decided novelty when compared to the porcelain tub, hot and cold water ones in the States. The room is about six by eight feet with tile floor built on a slight incline. A little wall of bricks about eight inches high and four feet square formed the tub. One could have either a shower bath or a rub down. The water * falls on the floor and then runs into the drain. The people who planned many of the houses have yet several things to learn re garding comfort and convenience- The climate is such that an architect with an ordinary amount of original ity might construct a really comfort able house. The houses are generally two stories in height and the ground floor is used as a stable, carriage house and servants’ quarters The dining room, sieepiny; up.-ircmeuts, sitting room, pir!o« (?) b iih room and kitchen occupy the secoud floor and not'nearly the auiouiu of space they ought. The servant ,yiri que.-itioti here causes the honst-wfe no vv.^rry but the tnuchacL-os Oi- iuiUi,e b >y.s ' (Filipinos) occupy a great ded of* their attention and aivj annex them selves tilings they take a fancy to. There is a man here running a bakery, lunch room and confectionery S tore that is not here for his h-ealtu. Ice cream, made from canned uiilk or evaporated cream. ice c r e a m sod i o r lemonade costs fifteen cems W a l nut fudge, which is sold for ten cents a pound at home, costs eighty; chocolate creams one dollar (not H uyler’s either.) Taffy in papers, fifty cents, French mixed creams, sixty cents, candied fruit, one dollar and a,quarter. This man certainly has a monopoly but perhaps he de serves it—he’s been here since ’98. May write again in a few weeks. Very smcerely, H omer L. K night . Saturday’s Base Ball Game. - S eneca F alus , 1 P enn Y an , 0 One of the best played games ever seen on the Cayuga Lake Park ball ground was witnessed by fully two thousand spectators last Saturday afternoon when the Seneca Palls ball team defeated Penn Yan by the score of 1 to 0. For eight innings neither side scored owing to the fine work of the pitchers on both sides and the splendid support they received. In the ninth inning B’lariagan made a safe hit and got to first. By speedy base running he got to third, two men being put out, while the other bases were filled, one of the men being hit by a pitched ball Lewis then came to the bat and was hit on the h and by the ball which rolled in front of him toward the pitcher. The ball was fielded to first by the Penn Yan players and the umpire appealed to to declare the man out. This he of course refused to do and a pro traded wrangle ensued. The Penn Yan’s finally accepted the umpire’s decision, who, instead of sending Lewis to first on the wild pilch which hit him, thus forcing in a run, called it a ball, making three balls. The next ball pitched was a wide one and Lewis was given his base forcing in the winning run and ending the game. Chappell pitched a fine game, allowing the Penn Yan team only four hits and striking out eleven men. The Penn Yan pitchers, Con- boy and Flint, also did excellent work. The fielding of the visitors was sharp and two spectacular double plays were made which were loudly applauded. The umpire was John Ssmack. The score follows: S eneca F alls Farrell, cf _____ Quinn, 2 >...... ..... Mc(a-raw, ss ___ Flanagan, 3b ..... Crawford, c ___ Easton, If ........... Smith, lb _____ Lewis, rf„... *Tot{ Cl^ppell, p._. PEN N YAN. Curvin, ss. ---------- Flint, rf ............... . Savage, If ---------- Buckstahler cf...... W agner, 2 b ____ Karliue, c ............. Dougherty, lb __ ab R E 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 2 4 0 0 1 0 0 ... 4 1 2 0 .... 3 0 0 11 2 0 .... 3 0 0 2 1 0 .. 3 0 0 7 0 0 .... 3 0 1 0 0 .... 3 0 0 1 2 0 31 1 4 27 6 2 R IB E 3 0 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 ... 3 0 0 .... 3 0 0 1 2 0 ... 3 0 0 8 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 0 ... 3 0 1 3 2 2 3 0 0 1 6 0 .29 0 4 26 12 2 Conboy. p ..... T o tal ______ SCORE BY INNINGS. Penn Yan.. ........ 00000000 0-0 Seneca Falls ...... 00000000 1-1 Central New York Maccabees Convention. The sixth annual convention and outing of the Central N. Y. Associa tion of Maccabees will be held in Bath Wednesday of next week, August 19th. On that date the local tent will have an excursion to that city over the Lehigh which will be largely attended. The program for the day includes a business session, grand parade,races and field day .sports. It is expected that over 1,000 Knights and Lady Maccabees will take part in the parade with several band's. There will also be speaking in the public park where addresses will be made by Hon. D. P. Markey, supx-eme com mander, of Port Huron, Mich., Miss Lillian E. Hollister, supreme lady commander. Dr. R. E. Moss, medical examiner and other prominent mem bers of the order. The fare for the round trip from Seneca Falls will be only $1.50 and the train will leave the Lehigh Valley station in this vil lage a t 7 A. M Those who wish to en joy a pleasant day’s outing should join the Maccabees excursion. It is reported that a syndicate is working through Greneva parties with a view to combining the electric light plants at (Geneva, Seneca Falls, Waterloo, Clyde, Palm y ra, Newark and Lyons. The plan contem plates the generation of the elec tricity a t Geneva and transmission to the above named places for com mercial purposes. Assessors to fleet. This is indeed an age of organization and the fever has extended even to the town assessors of Seneca county. The good time annually enjoyed by the Solon’s of the various c o u n ty‘towns at their annual outing, including the feast of soul and other more substant ial things, have evidently awakened the assessors to a sense that they have been missing something, and it has been proposed by Hudson Rappleye of Covert, that the assessors and ex- assessors get together and form an or ganization of a somewhat similar char acter, and for that purpose all who now hold or who ha^e held the office- are requested to attend the Supervisors outing at Cayuga Lake Park on Au gust 28lh, when if it is deemed advis able, an organization can be perfected. The suggestion is a good one. Explosion at Gas Works. People living near the Gas W orks on W est Fall street, were siartled shortly after four o’clock Saturday afternoon by a loud explosion which was soon followed by the ring ing of the fire alarm bell. The cause was the explosion of one of the purifying tanks of which there were four connected with the big holder in the yard. Fire followed the explosion and one of the employees of the company quickly shut the valves connecting with the large tank outside thus preventing a more serious catastrophe. The members of the fire department on their arrival had the flames under control before much damage was done from that cause. Fortunately no one was in jured by the explosion and the dam age will not exceed S300 or $400. Geneva Commandery Knights Templar. The members of Geneva Command ery Knights Templar, many of whom live in Seneca Falls and Waterloo, who will attend th^ Grand Conclave of the State Commandery to be held at Buffalo in September, will' number at least one hundred. They will meet in Geneva on the afternoon of August 81st and go direct to Buffalo. Fifty- three ladies will also accompany the Knights on this pilgrimage. The headquarters during tne Conclave will heal the Mansion House, Buffalo. In addition to attending the Conclave arrangements have been made by the Geneva Commandery for a trip to Niagara Falls, Lewiston and Toronto. At the latter place they will be enter tained by the Canadian Commandery and a banquet in their honor will be given on the Toronto fair grounds. Voting Machines. A meeting- of the town board was held Monday evening for the purpose of considering a proposition to spend $2,000 for four voting machines, which the manufacturers are very anxious to induce the town officials to purchase, but no action was taken. A motion was make by Justice of the Peace Burroughs that the above named sum be appropriated to pur chase the machines but after consid erable discussion action on the matter was deferred. There is little demand among the voters of Seneca Falls for the purchase of voting ma chines but on the contrary consider able opposition, because it is gener ally recognized that the present device for recording the voters will, is still crude and has many imperfections In several places last y ear grave com plications resulted from their use while in others they seemed to be generally satisfactory. It is charged, against them, and justly too, that the secrecy of the ballot is partially destroyed owing to the noise made in manipulating the knobs when a voter desires to split his ticket. They are also liable to get out of order when most needed. Until machines are made which answer the intended purpose much more perfectly, the town board will do well to let the matter drop. Thomas W . Pollard has purchased the Hubbell property just south of the railroad on Cayuga street. The transfer was made through the real estate agency of Mrs, Beck, Con sideration $2,500. Personals. —Mrs. J . H. Anderson was in Syra cuse Tuesday. —Lynn Hadley of Newark was in town last Monday. —Miss Ava Smith has accepted a position in Elmira. —Miss Minnie Hughes is visiting friends in Rochester. —Mrs. Alice W ilcoxen is spending the week in Syracuse, —Miss Ethel Hoag has returned from a visit in Little Falls. —Miss Mary L. Rogers of Roch ester is home on her vacation —Mrs. G. F. Ahrens has returned from a visit at Saranac Lake —Miss N. M. Jennings is in New York selecting fall millinery. —J. C. Rockwell started Tuesday morning for Bass Rock, Mass. —Mrs; Peter Trautman is visiting relatives in Boston and vicinity. — Mrs. F. W . Lester left Tuesday morning fpr a trip to New York. —Mrs. E. J . Leonard is entertaining Miss Charlena Stone of New York.' —Miss G. Ethel Murray is spend ing the week with friends in Clyde. —Mrs. William M. Wilcoxen left Tuesday for a visit in New York city. —W illiam R. Simson and family are enjoying an outing at East Yarick. —James Cain and wife, of Chicago, are visiting relatives in Seneca Fails. —Mrs. Johh Hand of Syracuse and son Robert are visiting relatives —Referee Charles A. Hawley held bankruptcy court iu Penn Yan-last —Miss Harriet S. Chatham is at tending the summer institute at Chau tauqua. —Miss Zslla Reynolds of Rochester, is the guest of her cousin, Miss Mae Wamby. —Miss Mildred W erndell, of Roch ester, is the guest of Miss Mae W amby. — Miss N e llie Crofoot is spending a two weeks’ vacation with friends in Syracuse. —Mrs. Fred Siegrest and daughter Marion are visiting relatives in New York city. —Mrs. C. E. Page and daughter are visiting at her former home, Elyria, Ohio, —Frank DueJl and wife of New York are spending a few days with relatives here- —Miss Ella Williams is spending a w^efc with friends cam ping on Can andaigua Lake. —George Lanster and family Clyde visited a t P. H. M urray’s the first of the week. —Mrs. N. A. Smithwick left Sun day for a visit at her old home in Portland, Maine. —Mrs. John E. Mackin and daugh ter Ethel spent W ednesday with rel atives in Auburn. —Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Feltus and son Lambert have gone for a trip through the West. —Mrs. C. C. Oadwallader returned Tuesday from a visit at her former home, Elyria, Ohio. ---- Miss Lena Stone of New York, has been spending a few days with Mrs. E. J. Leonard. —Charles Kittell and wife of Bay City, Mich , are the guests of Mr. and Mrs, W . E. Hull. —Edgar Page, of Green street, who has been seriously ill for a number of weeks, is recovering, — Mrs. Frank O- A v ery and niece of New York are vis.ting Mrs. L. C. Avery on Cayuga street. —Miss Mary YanRensselaer, of New York, is spending her vacation at her old home in Seneca Falls. —Miss Irene Rees, of Hamilton, Ontario, is being entertained by her aunt, Mrs George Ament. —Mrs. L. S. Ayers, of Columbus, Ohio, is visiting her sister. Mrs. R. A. Shipp on Prospect street, —Miss Reba Morehouse left Sunday last for a several weeks’ visit with relatives at Worcester, Mass. Mrs. George W a m b y and daugh ter, Miss Mae, have returned from a two weeks’ visit in Rochester. Mrs. H. L. Belcher, of Buffalo, _is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Maier on Stevenson street, —Mrs. E. McLean returned Tues day to Seneca Falls after spending two months in the Adirondacks. —Mrs. Hattie E. W hite has pur chased the Kenyon property on Cay uga Lake. Consideration $1,000. —Dr. Harry W aldorf went to New York Thursday. He will also spend a few days at Hudson and Sag Harbor. —Miss Edith Smith, of Onaway, Michigan, is the guest of Miss Blanche A. Pollard on Cayuga street. —James S. Lawrence of Cripple Creek, Col., is the guest of his father, Richard Lawrence on West Fall street, —Dr. Fred P. Eastman of South Bend, Ind., is visiting his mother, Mrs. Julia Eastman on Mynderse street. —Mrs. Charles Garlinger and son, John of W ashington street, spent Sunday last with relatives in Skan- — - R e v . W illiam B. Clarke left Tuesday for Big Moose in the Adirondacks- where Mrs, Clarke is visiting. —James S. Lawrence of Cripple Creek, Col., is visiting at the home of his father, Richard Lawrence, on W est Fall street. —The families of U. L. Seekell of this place and Robert Benham of Au burn, are occupying the Sahler cottage at the lake this week. —Mrs. J. M. Ouddeback and her daughter, Mrs. W . T. Bradley, of Rochester, are the guests of E. M, Yonng of Bridge street. —W illiam H. Cheeseman of this village, has secured a pension increase of ten dollars per month through At torney Fred W. DeMott, —Miss Grace F. W illiams of Mynderse Academy, was iu Seneca Falls one day last week, on her way to the Thousand Islands. —Mrs. W m. Parish and daughter, Miss Anna F. Parish, of W est New Brighton, are the guests of the Misses Daniels on Cayuga street. —The Misses Lillian Cruise, Celia and Sabina Casey and Miss Agnes Barry of New York city .are spending two weeks at the Thousand Islands. —R. Ramsey and family, who have resided here for the past five years, leave to-morrow for Franklin, Pa,, where Mr. Ramsey has secured more lucrative employment. —Mrs. J. B. Pelt of Pulaski and Mrs. W . R. W right of Phelps, widow of Rev, Mr. W right, former pastor of the Baptist church in Seneca Fails, have been visiting at the home of Israel Larzelere. . —Miss Margaret Upcraft, of Os- wego,is the guest of the Misses George on W est Pall street. Miss Upcraft is a composer of several selections that have attracted much favorable com ment in musical circles. —Miss Gladys Crowell of North Cayuga street has returned from a six weeks’ visit with her uncle, Ed ward Rorison of W ashington, D. O., who is employed in the post office department of that city. —Fred R. Oox, who has been en gaged in business at Albany for five years, is visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Colder. He expects to locate soon in New York city, in watch repairing and optical work. —Malcolm Rees and family, W ill iam Seeley and family, Mervin B. Updyke and family and Miss Florence Eldridge, who have been camping at the lake, returned to their homes in Binghamton on Tuesday, Miss Irene Rees of Kingston, Canada, who was their guest while there, accompanied —On Monday next Mrs. Hattie E, W h ite starts on her long voyage to New Zealand going by way of San Frai.cisco, Honolulu, Samoa and Auckland. From there she will take a coastal steamer sailing down the coast to Port Littleton, southern New Zealand. She has chosen a very interesting route and we wish her a safe and pleasant voyage. Steamer flohawk. For a delightful sail on Sunday take steamer leav-iog Cayuga Lake Park 9:40 A . ai. for all p o i n t s on lake to Ithaca. R ’^ u rning a t 8 P. M, Just the thing. Ninety miles f,>r 50 cents. Bring you r baskets and enjny your self. Connects with trains at Cayuga. All white shirt waist suits and shirt waists will be sold at cost, at M rs . E. M; C ox -F eauiok , 92 Fall St., Seneca Falls, N. Y. In The Churches. BA P T IST. In the absence of the pastor. Rev. S. M. Newland, the Rev. Robert G il lespie, who has recently become a resident of Seneca Palls, will preach in the Baptist church next Sunday morning. Mr. Gillespie will also preach at the union meeting which will be held in the Baptist church Sunday evening! Obituary. M ICH A E L H . U N DER HILL, died Tuesday at the residence of George Seekell, north of this village. Deceased was eighty-four years of age and unmarried. The funeral ser vice was held from the Hoskins resi dence on Cayuga street, Wednesday, Rev. A. C. Clarke officiating. CHARLES D HUGHES, son of Mrs. Anna Hughes of W hite street, died suddenly during Monday night at the home of his mother where he had been boarding. De ceased retired Monday evening not feeling well and was found dead in bed about half past five o’clock Tues day morning. His death was a pain ful shock to his mother and wife who have the general sympathy in their sad affliction. Coroner Crosby was called and after an examination pro nounced the cause of death to be heart failure. Deceased was an ex cellent mechanic, amiable and social to a degree and was but twenty-nine years, ot age. Besides his mother he leaves a wife and two brothers, Bert of this place avid Philip of W altham, Mass. The funeral service will be held at three o’clock this Thursday afternoon. Rev. A- C. Clarke of ficiating. Base Bali Saturday. There will be a base ball game Sat urday at Cayuga Lake Park ball grounds between the Clifton Springs and Seneca Falls teams. The Clifton Springs team contains some fine players and has been playing winning ball this season, so a good game may be expected. On the same day the Foster Hose Company of Clifton Springs, accompanied by the cele brated Mauchester band will picnic at the Park and a concert will be given by the band on the ball grounds at three o’lock. Band Concert. The celebrated Manchester band which will accompany the Clifton Springs excursion to Cayuga Lake Park Saturday will give a concert on the ball grounds at three o’clock in the afternoon before the game between the Seneca Palls and Clifton Springs base ball teams. The Manchester band is one of the best in the state and has a wide reputation. Every one should hear the concert and wit ness the game aftewards which is sure to be an interesting and cl osely con tested one. Tribute of Respect. W hereas , It has pleased God to remove from our midst our esteemed sister and friend, Lucy K. Purdy, and in view of the loss we have sus tained by the decease of our friend and associate, and still heavier loss sustained by those who were nearest and dearest to her, therefore be it Resolved, W hile we bow with humble submission to the will of the Most High, we do not the less mourn for our dear Sister, who has been taken from us. Resolved, Though we can never solve the mystery, which, for a time robs us of our loved ones and casts a pall over our seemingly unsatisfied life, we still put our trust in Him who doeth all things well. Be it further Resolved, That we, the members of Bincerity Chapter, express our heartfelt sorrow at the early termina tion of a beautiful and useful life, and our sincere sympathy to the be reaved fam ily whose hearts most deeply feel her loss. ResolveA, That a copy of these resolutions be sent .to the family and that a copy b.e placed upon the records . of our Chapter. M bs . J ennie E. S trong , M rs , A nna E. K ellogg , R e t . W m . B. C larke , Committee. Get a .pound of Black Diamond coffee with ten trading stamps at A. M. Shepards.
