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€wttfM h DEVOTED TO THE TEUE INTERESTS OP THE PEOPLE OP SENECA COTJNTT [ Consolidated Aug. 21, 1902. SEIECA FALLS, N. Y., THUBSBAY, OCTOBEE 15, 1903. m , 25 I - ilr. Knight's Labor Record. The uiidei’haad methods by which some of Use Democratic members of labor oreanizatious in this villag:e et.dea voring to rouse prejudice against Mr. H. D. Knight, the Republican candidate fur supervisor.mc'- t with the condemnation of every man vvho be lievt's in fair play. They are quietly circulating- the story that he is op posed lu organized labor because a healer was put into the county houscj made by Herendeen of Geneva, who had trouble with liis employees and whose goods are on the unfair list. It is true that such a heater was pur chased but it was done without Mr. Knight’s knowledge. The contract for heating was awarded by the super visor’s committee of which Mr. Knight was a member to Webster Brothers of Waterloo and he knew nothing as to who was the maker of the healer Webster Brolhers contem plated using nor did he have any knowledge or means of knowing what heaters had been condemned by or ganized labor. If the labor organ izations were opposed to the Heren deen they should have served notice on the committee to that effect, whose Detnccratic members have offended, if offense there be,in the same manner as Mr. Knigbl. It is well that it should be known that a committee from the labor organizations visited Mr. Knight before he accepted the nomination for supervisor and he ex plained to them that he was entirely innocent of the fact that the heater furnished by Webster Brothers under their contract was made by a tirni on the unfair list. The explanation fully and frankly made was accepted by the committee as -entirely’ satisfactory -and they told him so. He had nothii.g to conceaVas to his connection with the matter and the committee acted in a fair and manly manner on their part and we -annot believe that they will endorse or approve of the underhand maimer in which the story of the transaction has been distorted and is given daily circulation among men who,ignorant of the actual facts, may be unjustly prejudiced against the Re publican candidate. The attempt to win votes for Mr. H-arper by such means will certainly fail. Oomplaint is also made that the comtract for Mr. Knight’s house was let to a man from another town. Even if this is so every man who has been employed on the work from the foundation up is a union man and nearly every one is a resident of Seneca Falls. The local contractors were given a fair chance to bid on the work and no one can blame Mr. Knight for letting the con tract to the lowest responsible bidder. It is just exactly what any one of his critics, if in his place, would have done. The Republican candidate for supervisor is a manufacturer and brings every dollar to pay his em ployees here from diverse places throughout the United States. Sup pose some laboring men in St. Louis * should serve notice on their employer.s that, unless Mr. Knight at Seneca Falls, hired St. Louis people to make his pattern letters, they would not use them. How would this course affect the interests of Seneca Palls if carried out in every branch of trade? Only a small part of the output of our work shops and factorities can be consumed at home and we cannot afford to take the position that none of the money thus brought together -shall be spent V outside the limits of our village. The whole earth coulribuies toward the fund that pays the weekly wages of our manufactories and hardly a dollar f. of it has a local origin. Mr. Knight - would have preferred to have a local -contractor build bis house but he had no right to boycott the contractor-^ of our sister village nor could he afford to pay- a cousideraide sum additional for the sake of. giving the job to a resident of tiep^'ca Palls, especially when h>- had assurai-.css that the i greater pdH would be per- 1 fo r m e d ’oy- B e n e c -t IT h II- j w o r k i n jr men. ] His well kno.vn liberality in dealing | with tii-< emplovee.s is a -sufficient refutation of any ch.-irges that Mr. I ‘KmghtUS'11\ friendly in -my way to the interesl-sof L-bar ^ Angora wool tarns and baby bon nets at M rs E M. C ox F rauck Burglary Charged. For a long time the owners of boat bouses and cottages at the north end of Cayuga lake have been subjected to robberie.s, no class of goods being exempt. Tn some inst-ances the build ings were broken open, in others en tered through an unfastened window, and in some cases by the use of a skeleton key. Last October some of the cottages were thus visited and bedding, hshing tackle, silver spoons and many other articles were stolen. To suppress this practice the Cayuga Lake Vigilance Society, which is com p o s e d o f a la r g e m.ajority of owners along the lake, has been con stantly on the alert. The last robbery took p la c e d u r in g S a tu r d a y n ig h t . Suspicion, however well directed re mains to be seen, resulted Tuesday in the issue of a search warrant by Jus tice Burrou-ghs for examining a cot tage at the lake owned by Orley Spencer and Charles Higgins. Of ficers Reagan and Clary, accompanied by Miss Jennie Cowing, Mrs. Janies Anderson and Mr. Spencer, visited the suspected building and found a number of quilts which were claimed by Mrs. Anderson as her handiwork and property. A silver spoon, knife and fork, butcher knife, dish and two pillows, also a boat chair were found and claimed as having been taken from either the Zacbarie or Anderson cottage. Justice C ous issued an other search warr-iot in the afternoon, and the re.sidence of Mr. Spencer on Green street was subjected to a search, other lost articies oeing found and claimed. Among- the goods found was a tin stew pan, claimed to have been taken from the ZicLarie boat house- Mr. Spencer gave up posses- siou of the property without commenl Or explairatiou. . . — Upon information lodged with Jus tice Burroughs by Officer Reagan, Miss Janet Cowing and Wilmot P. Elvvell, the treasurer of the Cayuga Lake Vigilance Society, Wednesday, a warrant was issued lor Orley Spencer and he. \vas placed under arrest at noon. The offense charged is burglary .in the third degree, the maximum penalty tor which is five years imprisonment. The iuform- .-^tion alleges that the defendant en tered in burglarious maniner c-rtaiu boat houses and cottages at the lake- Spencer was arraigned, his interests being cared for by Attorney E. G. Delightful Recital. The season of 1903 1904 of the Musical-Literary Club was auspicious ly opened on Tuesday evening by a recital at Pyihian hall, given by Miss Ethel Hoag, a charter member of the club and a recent graduate of Syracuse Classical School She was ably as sisted by Mis? Kate Elliott, soprano; Mr. J. Carleton Garrison, basso; Mas ter John King of St. Paul’s vested choir and Miss Emma Berry, all of Waterloo. Miss Hoag gave four beautifml numbers of great variety, showing in a marked degree her natural musical ability, exquisite touch and fine training. She was received with sincere appreciation by\ her frien d s in the club and many from the vicinity. Miss Elliott charged’ the large audience with her selections given v^ith the utmost taste. Her voice is clear and true and her fine training is evidenced in her excellent use of it Mr. Garrison gave great pleasure in his sweet selections which were ad mirably adapted to his ■ voice and given wit’u great expression. Master King, as on former occasions, won thej*.. hearts of his listeners as veil as heartyl 'i applause by his sweet voice, which is^ worthy of the most careful cultiva-' tion. He was accompanied by his piano teacher, Miss Berry, of the club.. Miss Hoag was recalled at her first appearance to receive a large bouquet of carnations. Miss Elliott also was encored and received a lo-.ely bunch of roses. Mr. Garrison and Master King were also heartily encored. The whole affair was a pronounced success and greatly eu 303 ed by all. The members, through the president, expressed their appreciation of the kindness of Miss Hoag and all who bad assisted in the program. The foliowkig- a w thfe-selectlons: \ PROGR-AAI. 1. P lano Solo........................................... . ..Jensen Miss Ethel Hoag. 2. VoQal .Solo, “ Sing Me to Sieep” .......... G reene Mr. J . Carleton G a rrison. 3. r-iano Solo, V alse, op. 64 ........................ Chopin AXisa Hoag. 4. Vocal Solo, “ T'he Slum b er Boat’’....G a y n o r M r. G arrison. 5. Vocal Solo, “ T h e C h o ir B o j” ....A r m s tr o n g M a tter J o h n King. 6. Vocal, “ Memories o f the H e a it” ...Jo h n s o n M iss K a te E lliott. 7. Piano Solo, Rom ance, op i . . . T schaikow sky Aliss H(.ag. s. Vccal Solo, “Tell Me”.. . . ......................Keiser A laster K ing. g. Piano .Solo, Polonaise, op 40. No. 1 . . . C hopin Miss Hoag. Ontario District Congregationaiists. The annual meeting of the Ontario District of theWestern New York As PROGRAM. MOKMNO SESSION. 11:30 O rganization. 11:4o D e v o tional Service led by the A loderaior. 12:00 “ A n Old Testam e n t L e s son.” ..........................................Rev. H. E . G u rcey. -AFTERNOON SESSION. 2:00 Devotional Service. 2 n o B u siness. 2:20 Thr..e Jlin u te R e p o rts from the Churches. ...........................................Rev. L. T. Reed. Discussion. 3 30 W r m i n ’a Gould, entered a plea of “ not guilty” to the charge, waived an examination ' somatmn of Longregational Churches and the bail was fixed at five hundred ! ^ age on lues dollars. Being unable to furnish the j October 20lh, 1903. Following required sureties, the defendant was | ^*^^*^**”*' committed to jail to await the action , of the grand jury, which will con ' vene in December. Wednesday even ing Seymour Spencer, the defendant’s step-father and Joseph Dyson, becom ing surelie.s on the bond, the defendant was released on bail. Mr. Spencer is a married man, and great sym pathy is expressed for his wife, who is stricken with grief at the misfor tune that has fallen to her lot. For more than a year Spencer has been suspected of being in some manner connected with some of the numerous robberies that have for a long time annoyed property owners along the lake but it was only recently that suspicion pointed directly to him. The arrest is du-e to the persistent efforts of the Yigilance Society to dis cover and punish the perpetators of some, if not all the unlawful acts to which cottage owners along the lake h-ave been subjected, and it is be lieved that the aggressive character of the prosecution in the present case will have a salutary effect. Board of Foreign M issions. ...M r s . E. N. P a c t a r d , P r e s ident ............. M rs. C lara T o r ry F itch presiding. A d d ress—“ L ife In Poito Rico.” ... .......................... Mrs. Charles B.Scott. 5:00 Business. EVENING. 7 :30 D evotional Service led hy the M o d e rator. Anthtm—Church Choir. 8:00 P a p e r —“ Called by N am e.” .................................Rev. W. D. Robinson. Offering f o r M inisterial A id. . - .M r. E . L . Bc-well 8:30 T h e T e n d e n c y tow a rd F e d e ration, illu s tra t e d by the proposed U n ion o f Congre- gationalU ts, M ethodists P r o te s ta n ts and lited B reth ren” ........ Rev. C. O. E am es. D iscussion. Vigilance Society. Jo'tin M a r tin, colored , aged tw e n t y - one years, was arrested in Syracuse last week on the charge of robbery. For some lime past he had been en gaged as valet for F. Seward Webb and three companions liv i n g in apart ments in that city and the loss of numerous articles by the qutotHirc led j ^ . • I ' tne».- 1 :-. niuc-i entnusiasm among its The Cayuga Lake Vigilance so cieiy held its annual meeting last Monday evening, a large number of its members being present. The fol lowing officeis were re-elected; Presi dent, John C. Davis; vice president, P- F. Wells; treasurer, W . P. El well; secretary, C. W. Maier; also the regular board of trustees. The society is in a flourishing condition and to an investigation by the pilici On O c tooer first M artin -was disch a r g e d -u,<l a v isit by th e officers of the law the room which he occupied is said to have brought to light a number of the missjog articles and his arrest followed. Tuesday morning the ac cused man was arraigned before a justice and held for the grand jury. members About all of the cottage owners )>n the lake shore are mem bers o f this so c iety and are all in terested in the protection of each others property. T h e Historical Society. The Huslon'cal Society of this vii- laae -will resume its valued custom of holding regular meetings next Mon day evening. The line of work begun last season and so ably continued in giving the early history of the town of Junius will be resumed,jind mat ters of genera] interest concerning early industries and conditions will be the subject of many interesting ai’- ticles. Necessarily some of the first articles bearing on local history were confined to generalizing, and some of these will be revised and extended by the writers, who have now bad abundant time to garner more in de tail and with greater a c c u r a c y ac counts of past events. The work of the society is not only pleasant but im p o r tan t, and th e m e m b e r s w o u ld be glad to obtain from citizens any informalioii, old documents, books or maps . i ^ t jpay tend to throw light upojrf^hi^rly history of the town. The will be at the home of .Mr. atJl^Mrs. Harrison Chamberlain- members are urged to be present. T h e Jefferso n ia n C lub. A meeting was held Saturday even ing in the office of Charles 0. Johu- son pursuant to a call issued by Joseph Wahl last w-eek and a Jeffer sonian Club organized instead of a Hearst Club as was first proposed. The officers chosen are: president, C.O. Johnson; vice president Dr. J. S. Purdy; secretary Joseph Wahl; treasurer, Charles McKevitt; executive cbuimiUee, Fred Wilcoxen, Amos Arnold, John Kent, John McGuire aud Patrick McGraw; Messrs. John son, Purdy and Wahl were appointed a committee to draft a constitution and by laws and to select permanent headquarters. The promoters of the new club are young and prominent Democrats who do not take kindly to the dictation and arbitrary methods of the. Stowell-Reagau-Jsenman Demo cracy in Seneca Palls, and their pre sumption in forming a club without first consulting him is not taken kindly by the head “Boss” who has been the whole thing for so long that he is not inclined to brook any op position. If the object of the club is the purification of ihe local Demo cracy there is a wide aud ferule field for its labors. May its efforts be crowned with success. Dism issal of Fish Case. The action of the people against George McCue, the proprietor of Bulls Grove, charged with illegal fishing in Cayuga lake with nets, has been re viewed on appeal by County Judge Richardson, dismissed and the de fendant discharged. Mr. McOue was arrested on a warrant issued by Justice of the Peace Wyckotf of Romulus, and entered a plea of “not guilty” . The trial took place early in Septem ber, before the justice and a jury, the latter after hearing the evidence bringing in a verdict of guilty. The justice imposed a fine of fifty dollars upon the defendant, and Mr. McCue appealed from the verdict to the county court, and briefs were re cently submitted. In review of his case, Judge Richardson holds that the information upon which the warrant was issued and the subsequent pro ceedings based, was defective, and that it was impossible for the defend ant to know witfi what crim e or offense he was charged from the a l’e gallons contained in the information. The defendant was charged with un lawful net fishing at a time when certain kinds of net fishing were per missible fay law under certain restric tions, and the information was so broad that it covered nearly all the offenses named in the fish law, when it should have been explicit and de finite. Judge Richardson’s decision was handed down Saturday. Personals, —Miss Stella Blakney is in New York city this w^eek. —Miss S. E. Burt is spending the week in New York city. —Miss Agnes Gavin is spending a week with friends in Auburn. —Mrs. C. S. Hood has been visit ing in Boston, Massachusetts. — Augustus Metcalf of Beloit, Wis consin, is visiting his daughters on Troy street, Mr. Metcalf was form erly a resident of Seneca Palls- The annual teachers institute for the teachers of Seneca county, with the exception of those of Seneca Palls, is in progress at Parmer this week. —Mrs Arabella Newman and 0 . W. Lupole of this village were united d a ; f o t « n \ r M ' : r S : —Lew Gambee of Romulus has been visiting friends here the past — l^ iss D e lia E . W e b s t e r h a s re turned from a visit with her sister in Rome. — Mrs. M. D. Shaver, of Preeville, N. Y., is visiting her sister, Mrs, Julia A . P o lla r d . —Dr. Harry Waldorf is spending a ten days vacation deer hunting in the Adironacks. —Mrs. S. E. Burtless left yesterday for a visit to New York and Newport, Rhode Island. —Mrs. W. P. Hosier left this morning for Rochester to be gone for several weeks. — M rs. C y r u s G a r n s e y and d a u g h ter Miss Lucy Garnsey are visiting at Farmington, Conn. —Miss Bessie Berger entertained a number of her friends at cards on Wednesday evening. —Miss Mary Lavan, of Buffalo, is spending a few days with Mrs. W. J. Pollard on Cayuga street. —James B. Anderson left Wednes day for a two weeks’ outing at Big Moose in the Adirondacks. —Miss Anna T. Hawley has re turned to New York city to continue her studies at the art school. —Edward Copley of New York city is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. DeWitt Copley on Cayuga street. —Rev. Mr. Gillespie officiated iu the Wesleyan church Sunday last at both the morning and evening ser- '—Chief Little of the Rochester Fire Department, accompanied by Super vising Engineer Walters, is iu Seneca Falls to day. —Mrs. James Cronin of Buffalo, is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Richards on Spring street. William J. Maier arrived in Sen eca Palls this morning on his return fi-om Paris where he has been for several months. John Hartley and family are moving from the Blodgett house on 0-ayuga street to the Fred Cory house on Clinton street. —Mrs. J. T. R. Clarke, of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Seigfred on Green street. Miss Marne Stevens, of Ruther ford, N. J., is in town as a guest at the W'ickes-Medden wedding, which will be solemnized to day. —O. O. Cadwallader of the Home Telephone Company left this morn ing for Albany, where Mrs. Cad wallader will join him later. —Mr.s. Mary S. Bradish and Miss Calista Shoemaker left Monday for Buffalo where they will spend some lime before going further west to spend the winter. -Rev. S. F. Frazier was in Canan daigua Sunday attending ihe dedi cation of the new Wesleyan Meth odist church in that village where he was formerly pastor. — H e n r y R . M icks, m a n a g e r of t h e Rumsey & Co. Works, has pur chased the property of Mrs. E. N, B lo d g e t t qn C a y u g a street au d w i ll move into the house in a short lime. Mrs. Kellogg, Worthy Matron of Sincerity Chapter, Order of Eastern Star left for New York Wednesday to attended tne meeting of the grand chapter of the order held in that city this week. — Mrs. W. H. Scollin is represent ing the Kings Daughters of the Pres- Sole ag^nt for Huylers candies and ! second annual bon boDs Hull’s newsroom. A new line of ready to wear hats just received at Miss Lowenstein’s 129 Pall street. -Millinery Opening. Miss Harriet G. Slauson has an opening of fall and winter millinery to-day at her rooms in the Partridge block. All are cordially invited. A complete line of Huylers pro ductions at Hull’s. convention of the state branch of that society which convened at Cortland T u e s d a y last. —Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Devlin will celebrate the 12ih anniversary of their marriage this Thursday evening, at their home. No. 172 Fall street. The guests will be entertained with a card party and by the serving of choice refreshments. ber 11th, by Rev. S. M, Newland pas tor oflthe Baptist church at his home, No. 32 Miller street. —AnnouBcement was made Sunday in Sfc. Patrick’s church of the ap proaching marriage of Miss Katharine Richards of this village, to Timothy L. Donavan of Syracuse, which will take place Wednesday next, October 21sfc. —Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Partrdge were in Lyons Tuesday attending the wed ding of Mr. Partridge’s brother, Ed ward B. Partridge of Phelps, to Miss Pauline Groat Dun well, daughter of Hon. James W. Dun well, justice, of the supreme court. —Rober,t Hill and Lloyd Anderspn left yesteraay for Raleigh, N. 0., with their outfit for making tintjpes They will visit various fairs in the south during the coming winter aud prob ably go to St. Louis in t’ne spring at the opening of the Louisi.ana Pur chase Exposition. —The second annual state conven tion. of the Kings Daughters in session at Cortland this week, is being atten ded by Mrs. E. W. Addison, Miss Mary Chamberlain, Mrs. N. A- Smith- wick, Mrs. B. N. Baker. Mrs. Archie Bailey, Mrs. W. H. Scollin. Mrs. Fred Clark, Mrs. L. O. Strong, Mrs. Fred Kline and Mrs. Herbert S c h o o n - maker of the Presbyterian church of this village. —John C. Davis-has received the ap pointment as Deputy Grand Lecturer of the 31st Masonic district, which comprises the counties of Seneca, Yates and Ontario. This is the third year that Mr. Davis has been honored with this office and he has held some very large conventions whereby the craft has been greatly benefitted, par ticularly in becoming proficient in the standard work of Masonry. Wing=House. The marriage of Miss Nina May Wing, daughterof Mrs. Ella Wing of Gorham, and Clarence C. House of Geneva, took place at the home, of the groom’s father in Geneva. Wednes day, Rev. C. E. Jewe'll officiating. William W. House, brother of the groom, was best man and the bride was attended by her sister, Miss Agnes Pear; Wing. The dress of the bride was of Persian lawn trimmed with Valenciennes lace. After an elaborate wedding luncheon, Mr. and Mrs. House left on an afternoon train for a short western trip. They will make their home in C a n a n d a igu a . Miss Wing is well known in Seneca Falls where she has been employed in the office of the Goulds Manufacturing Company for a long time and her many friends here extend their con gratulations and best wishes for her future happiness. Register! The first, duty of every citizen in cities and villages of more than 5,000 or more inhabitants is to see that his name is upon the registry list. Failure to register means a failure to vote, amd every vote counts this year most emphatically. It is of the high est importance that the full Republican strength be polled for members of assembly in every county, and the safest guarantee of a large vote is a large registration. Democrats active and are counting on Republi can apathy in the up state counties to give them control of the assembly and restore ex Senator Hill to the dictatorship of affairs at Albany, Thoughtful citizens who remember the conditions when Hill had control I vviil hardly wish to see a return. The in tial step to prevent this is to register. Have you registered? nillinery. Miss Mary Moran has all the iatakt and'preitiest styles in millinery. The ladies are invited to oali and s same. •. ' ^ ^ i
