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| Enrique Depuy de Lome. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday,
October 12, 1895.
SPAIN UNDULY
ALARMED.
Little Likelihood of American Interference.
SPANISH DISPATCH DISCREDITED.
The
Commotion Evidently Caused by Minister Dupuy's Representations to
His Government—Spaniards
Will Make a Vigorous Effort In Cuba.
MADRID, Oct. 12.—It is stated on the best of
authority that the government of the United States has notified the Spanish
minister at Washington, Senor Depuy de Lome, that there is a necessity that
Spain should act promptly in her efforts to crush the insurrection in Cuba. The
news has caused quite a sensation here.
Lacks
Confirmation at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12.—The statement cabled
from Madrid to the effect that the United States government has intimated to
the Spanish minister here that there is need of prompt action on the part of
his government in putting down the Cuban insurrection, cannot be confirmed at
the state department. It is
believed quite probable that representations have been made to Spain of the
wisdom of aggressive and active operations against Cuban insurgents, but it is
thought the United States government did not make these suggestions, and that if
made, they are from Minister De Lome himself and were based on his personal views
of the situation and on his observation of the trend of sentiment in the United
States and his knowledge of the purpose of the friends of the insurgents to press
their cause vigorously soon after the assembling of congress.
It is apparent that the Cuban Junta does not
intend to urge recognition of the insurgents as belligerents prior to the
opening of congress, and daily events point quite as strongly to a
determination to force the question on the attention of congress in the belief
that the legislative channel affords the most practicable route to the
accomplishment of something in behalf of Cuban independence.
It is learned that Senor De Lome, the
Spanish minister, had a short interview with Secretary Olney, and in the course
of their conversation something might have been said by the minister, perhaps
in answer to the secretary's inquiries in the nature of a statement that
operations in Cuba would be conducted with greater vigor hereafter.
As the president must certainly make some reference
to the insurrection in his annual message to congress, when it meets in
December, it would be but natural that Secretary Olney, upon whom he must rely
for his information, should take steps to gather data upon which to base a
judgment of probable future events.
It may be set down as beyond belief that
Secretary Olney has made any statement to the Spanish minister in the nature of
a threat to intervene between the combatants in Cuba at this stage, for this
would amount to a reversal of the policy of this government in such matters.
It is pointed out here that the
circumstances at present are different from those surrounding the last Cuban
rebellion when President Grant took his stand, in that that rebellion dragged
along for nearly 10 years, while the present insurrection has been in progress
less than a year or not nearly as long as our own rebellion.
Whatever may have been the inspiring cause
to Spanish activity against the insurgents (whether Minister de Lome's representations
or the previously formed determination of the heads of Spanish government) it
is known officially that Spain is about to open a campaign of far greater
energy than any thus far taken. The wet season has prevented the movement of
troops and the maintenance of an aggressive campaign. But the dry season begins
about three weeks hence and this will be the signal, it is said, for extensive movements.
A cordon consisting of a double line of gunboats
will surround the islands to prevent the landing of arms or ammunition for the
insurgents, and without arms from the outside, it is believed they soon will be
helpless.
The new boats about to arrive in Cuba will
not be far short of 20. Several of them were recently sent from the United
States. About 12 were built in England and are now on their way. Several more
were constructed in Spain. They are very small, not much larger than a steam
yacht, but are well armed and are of such light draught that they can run in
the keys that surround Cuba.
They will form the inner cordon around the
island. Outside will be the second cordon, made up of the Conde de Vendito and
other large ships which Spain has in Cuban waters.
With the island thus cut off from without,
General Campos will push the fighting from within.
It is expected by Spanish officials that
this forward movement will change the entire aspect of the conflict from one of
minor skirmishes to extensive battles.
The sentiment among Spanish authorities is
that a decided forward movement is essential and the coming campaign is relied
on to meet fully the requirements of the situation.
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| Grover Cleveland. |
BUZZARDS BAY, Mass., Oct. 12.—President
Cleveland and Private Secretary Thurber left on board the Oneida, Commodore E.
C. Benedict's steam yacht en route to Washington. With favorable weather the
party should reach their destination by Monday. Mrs. Cleveland and the children
will leave Gray Gables for the White House early next week. The president and
his family have had one of the pleasantest as well as one of the longest
seasons ever spent here, and all of them are in excellent health as the result
of their long vacation. Mr. Cleveland especially has been greatly benefitted
and declares that he is fully recuperated and in splendid physical condition.
He certainly never looked better.
Navy
Island Lease Sold.
BUFFALO, Oct. 12.—A syndicate of
Philadelphia, New York and Buffalo capitalists have bought from Daniel K.
Bailey of this city the lease of Navy island, situated in the Niagara river,
overlooking the rapids and the falls, with the purpose of converting it into a
private summer resort for their own use. Each of the 75 shareholders will be
allotted an acre for a cottage, and a hotel and bathhouses, etc., will be
erected for the uses of the club.
The original lease was secured from the
Canadian government and is practically perpetual, the Canadian government
reserving only the right of eminent domain to use the island for military
purposes in case that war should be declared between the United States and
Great Britain. The island contains 370 acres.
Sale of
Farm Lands.
The St. Paul Pioneer Press chronicles the
fact that the sales of farm lands in the northwest are larger than they have
been in some years. A decided movement from the cities back to the farms is
also noted in the northwest. We are informed, too, that many college graduates
of this year intend to make scientific farming their business instead of
studying law.
We are glad to know of all this, glad to be
informed, too, of the increasing use of electricity in scientific farming, so
that the agriculturist will be able to raise under glass all the fruits and
vegetables of the tropics and take his ease at the same time. The use of
machinery, chemistry and electricity, we are told, will make of the farmer's
life one grand, sweet song.
'Tis well. Under a rightly organized system
it would probably take not quite half the population of a country to raise food
for the manufacturing and commercial part of the population, also for that
increasing number of citizens, male and female, who toil not, neither spin. It
is well for all mankind to have an abundance of everything good to eat and
drink. But when, as is the case this autumn, the farmer has already raised so much
that the price he gets will not pay for the work it has cost him, the freight
rates, commission and other expenses being counted, what is there encouraging
in the fact that more farms are being bought and more people are turning from
the city life to agricultural life?
Sarah Bernhardt thinks that pantaloons are
preferable to bloomers.
Of cycling Lady Henry Somerset says that it
is second only in importance to temperance.
The New York Recorder declares that it is
not correct to speak of Dr. Parkhurst as a tireless reformer. He rides a
bicycle.
James Payn, the English novelist and editor,
has endeavored in vain for more than three years to master the art of riding a
bicycle.
Report has it that Mme. Casimir-Perier has
followed the example of her husband, the ex-president of France, and is
learning to ride a bicycle.
Lady Randolph Churchill is quoted as having
invented something most wonderful in a cycling costume, one which all Europe is
struggling to copy.
Mrs. Russell Sage approves of knickerbockers,
and in speaking of the "rational" costume says, "I cannot see
how a woman will attempt to ride without a knickerbocker costume."
Pauline Hall, the jollier, says The American
Wheelman, tells the accommodating reporters that she rode the first woman's
wheel brought to America. Nay, nay, Pauline, thou jollier, there were bicycles
before 1894.
The society papers announce that Baron
Schlippenbach, the Russian vice consul at New York, has become a cyclist.
Whatever other honors cycling may have in store for the baron, says The Wheel,
he can never hope to excel as a hill climber, since no matter how slight the
grade may be the baron will always be Schlippenbach.
THE GRAND JURY.
Searching
and Comprehensive Examination in McDonald Case.
Perhaps no case which has been before the
grand jury in some time has roused more general interest throughout the county
than that of John McDonald charged with the murder of Patrick Quinlan. The
district attorney and the county officers made a very thorough, searching and
painstaking examination and followed to the end every clue that could be
furnished. Thirty witnesses were sworn and were closely examined. The result
was an almost unanimous vote for acquittal. The order of the committing
magistrate precluded the district attorney from presenting to the grand jury
the case of Louie Clark whose name was connected with McDonald's in this case.
Just before adjournment the grand jury
unanimously adopted the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the thanks of the grand jury be and they are hereby tendered to one
efficient district attorney for the able and impartial manner in which he has presented
all matters in behalf of the people for the consideration of this body. Also,
Resolved, That we extend to Hon. Wayland D. Tisdale, foreman, and to J. Marvin Lotridge,
clerk, our most sincere thanks for their courteous treatment of each member of
our body, and for the capable manner in which they have performed their arduous
duties.
A SLIGHT
FIRE
In the
Candling Room of the Cold Storage House.
At about 9:40 o'clock this morning Mr. T. E.
Dye of the firm of Brown & Dye, with two assistants was candling eggs in
the candling room on the second floor of the cold storage house next the E., C.
& N. tracks near Main-st.
For the uninitiated the explanation may be
offered that all eggs when received and before being laid away in the cold storage
part of the building go through a process of close scrutiny. They are taken in
to the candling room which is a small room wholly without external light. Each
egg is held up before a candle and the examiner takes a look through it and can
easily tell if the egg is perfect, it is packed in a box to be laid away until
called for. If imperfect, it is discarded.
In some way this morning the candle got too
close to a box of excelsior, in which the eggs are packed, and in an instant it
was on fire. There were only a few cases of eggs in the room at the time and
very little to burn unless the fire communicated with the floor or walls.
Before this could happen the fire had been extinguished. E., C. & N. switch engine, No 14,
was near the station and the engineer, G. Hatler, saw the smoke coming from a
window near the candling room. He ran his engine over to the storage building
and water buckets were filled from the engine's tank. A few buckets full put the
fire out. There was no loss except a few dozen eggs that were smashed in
getting them out of the candling room.
An alarm was rung in and the whole fire
department responded promptly, but there was nothing for them to do, and they
returned to their respective hose houses. A numerous crowd had collected in
short order, most people thinking it was the Wickwire factory. It was a very
fortunate fire.
BREVITIES.
—Homer letter will be found on the fifth
page.
—The Ithaca high school football team reached
town at 9:48 this morning.
—The prayer-meeting in Good Templars' hall
on Sunday at 4 o'clock will be led by Miss Maud Anthony.
—The attraction at the Opera House on Friday,
Oct, 18, will be Arthur C. Sidman in his new play, "A Summer Shower."
—John Glish was arrested yesterday by
Officer Smith on the charge of public intoxication. This morning he settled by
paying a fine of three dollars.
—A Weedsport woman fifty-five year of age
has just been married for the sixth time. Evidently she doesn't consider marriage
a failure, and is good for several times more.
—For several weeks the Sunday-school of the
First M. E. church has been more or less broken up by reason of the church repairs.
To-morrow the school will meet in the renovated rooms for the first time and
every member is requested to be present. Special exercises will be given.
—We publish again to-day the list of registration
and polling places for the town of Cortlandville, with a correction in Dist.
No. 7. Since the town board selected the Hulbert building for that district
causes arose why that building could not be used and a few day s ago Fireman's
hall was named instead.
—The McCauley elevator which stood beside the
inlet at Ithaca was burned Thursday
evening. The loss is estimated at $14,000. The insurance was $12,000. A
lumberyard was in danger at one time, but it was saved. Both the engines of the
fire department were disabled at the fire, but were repaired next day.
—Mrs. D. H, Stone of Homer has added her
name to the Crosley list of those who will pay five dollars a year for five
years to t he Cortland hospital, This makes the number twenty-nine, Only twenty-one
names more are needed to make the required fifty. The project ought not to be
allowed to fail for want of these few names. Who will be the next to swell the
number?
—The hotel at Slaterville which burned
yesterday was the oldest one of the three and is located at the lower end of
the village. It was owned by E. H. Card. A steamer at Ithaca was put in readiness
to send, but word came that the fire was under control. At the same hour the
house of G. S. Boice, a mile south of Staterville, caught fire. The furniture
was taken out of the house safely, and the fire put out after the roof had been
destroyed.
—The master prophet has already begun his
forecast of the coming winter. The Kokomo Tribune says: "The goosebone is
nearly all white this year, and the result will be that snow will lie on the
ground from early in December until late in April. A long, cold winter filled
with blustering storms is ahead. There are other signs that confirm this. Corn
husks are unusually thick, and chipmunks and woodchucks are already fat enough
to kill. Coal is advancing and gas companies are threatening to raise their
rates."
To the
Editor of the Standard:
SIR—We shall be much obliged if you will
give publicity to the following statement of affairs as between the Traction Co.
and the village board. The village board is willing to grant the franchise asked
for on Elm-st., provided the same become null and void in the event of any freight
being drawn over this route. This the Traction company cannot accept.
It
has been asserted that if the Traction company had been acting in good faith in
asking the franchise on the grounds which they did, viz: safety and convenience
to the public, they would now accept the franchise offered them. We reply that
in asking a franchise from a public body it was by no means necessary to enumerate
each and every manner in which the privilege asked would affect our business,
but simply to state the grounds upon which we considered it would be the duty
of the village to grant it. Furthermore, no specific mention having been made
of freight in the application for our former franchises, and none being
necessary, there appeared to be no reason for making any such mention now.
Our ground for declining the franchise as
offered is that it would saddle upon us not only the full cost of the proposed
improvement, but also the additional cost of making a freight connection with
the D., L. & W. R. R. on Pendleton-st., together with the perpetual increased
expense of moving freight cars round the curve at the corner of Pendleton and Elm-sts,;
and, this being so, we would be saddled with an expenditure considerably
greater than at first contemplated, whilst obtaining in return less than
one-half of the advantage to ourselves; and that under the circumstances we
cannot, and should not, be asked to bear it.
The village board takes the stand that it
has no knowledge of any freight being hauled on street surface railroads in
this state, and that there is a question as to the legality thereof. We would
point out that this same thing is being done between Troy and Lansingburg;
between Troy and Albany; and is about to be done between Troy and Sandlake—all,
be it observed, under the very nose of the state legislature. For the further
information of the village board and not less of the village public, we annex
to this the report of a paper on this subject read as late as Sept. 17 before
the New York State Street Railway association by Benjamin Norton, a perusal of which
will be both interesting and instructive in this connection.
Finally
we wish to state our position. It is this: We are firmly convinced of our right
under the railroad law of the state to carry freight. We are willing, in return
for the granting of the franchise now asked, to relinquish our right to carry
freight over any and all of our tracks situated west of the D. L. & W. R.
R., reserving only the right to haul any freight which we may at any time require
for our own consumption. Thus we offer the village an opportunity—which
will probably never occur again—of saving Main-st. from the possibility of
disfigurement through the passage of freight cars. But we want our franchise now.
If the franchise is not granted us we shall be compelled at once, for
winter is upon us, and we have obligations to fulfill at McGrawville, to make
our connections at Pendleton-st. and to give up the idea of straightening our
track to the park and to McGrawville. And we further humbly submit, if this
franchise is refused us, that the blame for annoyances and delays—not to
mention the dangerous nature of our present crossing—resulting to our patrons,
the public, must be placed where it will justly belong; that is at the door of
the village board, and not at that of this company.
Yours respectfully,
THE CORTLAND & HOMER TRACTION CO.
per R. E. DUNSTON, Gen. Supt.
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