Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday,
April 25, 1896.
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TWO—EDITORIALS.
Greater
New York.
The greater New York bill, which only needs
the governor's approval to become a law, brings under a single municipal head
an area aggregating 359 square miles. The state census of 1892 gave the
following population for the districts to be consolidated:
Cities
or Towns. sq. miles. population.
New
York 38.85 1,801,739
Brooklyn
77.51 995,276
Richmond
county 57.19 53,452
Flushing
29.65 19,803
Part
of Hempstead 17.86 17,756
Jamaica
33.50 14,441
Long
Island City 7.14 30,506
Newton
21.32 17,539
Jamaica
Bay 25.63 --------
East
Chester, West Chester and Pelham
towns
50.00 35,000
Totals 359.75 2,985,422
The measure is not to go into effect until
1898, and Hon. Carroll D. Wright estimates that on that date the district will
contain a population of not less than 3,430,000. The enlarged metropolis will
be the second greatest city in the world; London alone exceeding it in
population, its inhabitants according to the latest census numbering 4,231,431,
Paris coming next with 2,447,957. Of American
cities Chicago ranks nearest to greater New York, with an area of 189
square miles and a population of about 1,800,000, Philadelphia standing third
in the list, with 129 1/3 square miles and a population of about 1,400,000.
◘ The
Spanish minister and [United States] Secretary Olney are said to be at work on a plan for a
settlement of the Cuban difficulty. The reports indicate that Spain is ready to
agree to a plan providing for almost complete Cuban autonomy. It insists, however,
that the revolutionists must lay down their arms before negotiations are
entered upon. The insurgents have had experience with Spanish promises, and
they are not likely to accept the terms, no matter how liberal they may appear.
The fight is now for complete freedom, and nothing short of that will be agreed
to, so long as the insurgent forces have even a remote chance for final
victory. So far as can be judged, the Spanish representative and
Secretary Olney are waiting their time.
SPANISH BELEAGUERED.
Fort Stormed by Cubans For Four Days.
FORCES SENT TO THEIR AID.
After What Is Described as a Most Gallant Defense the
Garrison Is Reinforced and the Cubans Forced to Beat a Hasty Retreat.
HAVANA, April 25.—Dispatches
received here from Manzanillo, province of Santiago de Cuba, give details of
the gallant defense of Fort Zanja, near Sauto, by a small force of Spanish
troops. The fort it appears was besieged by about 3,500 insurgents of the
provinces of Puerto Principe and Santiago de Cuba, commanded by Rodriguez,
Rabi, Capote and others.
The attack of the insurgents was
carried on with vigor for four days, during which the detachment of troops
defended the place day and night, although the soldiers suffered terribly from
lack of water. The insurgents had with them two rapid fire guns; one of them
belonged to Rabi's column and the other was recently landed near Guayabal and
was manned by American gunners.
The latter made excellent
practice, firing about 215 shots from their pieces, destroying the small
reservoirs used for the storage of water, riddling the barracks, beating down
the store houses and doing great damage to the fortifications. Three times the
insurgents sent messengers to the fort offering to accept the surrender of the
garrison with honor, but the Spaniards refused to give up the fort and fighting
with great enthusiasm answered their intention of accepting death before
surrender.
The behavior of the Spaniards so
impressed the messenger of the insurgents that after his last visit to the
fort, he decided to remain under the Spanish flag.
He said that the insurgents
during the first day's fighting lost 33 killed, among them being Colonel Pena,
who had recently landed in Cuba, and that in addition the enemy had many
wounded.
The messenger was unable to say
how many insurgents were killed during the other days' fighting. The garrison
only had eight men wounded.
News of the siege of Fort Zanja
was carried to Manzanillo, and General Munoz with a column of troops soon
afterward left that city on board four small gunboats and two tugboats for the
river Canto and, protected by the guns of the warships, the troops were landed
at two points in the vicinity of the besieged fort. The insurants no sooner saw
the troops landing than they beat a retreat.
So soon as all the soldiers were
ashore the column started in pursuit of the insurgents and followed them to
Jaguez, Camaniguan, where General Munoz destroyed a large camp which had
previously been the rendezvous of the insurgent forces of the districts.
Captain Antonio Sanches Bernal
of the Union battalion, who commanded the detachment of troops which so bravely
held the fort, has been promoted to the rank of major, and Lieutenant Victorio Perez
and Sergeant Lorenz Castanon have been proposed or the Cross of San Fernando
for valorous conduct in conveying water to the fort under the fire of the
enemy.
It is reported that an insurgent
force is escorting a Cuban revolutionary government from Mountes Sevilla.
Captain Canosa at Sevilla
surprised an insurgent camp at night with a force of guerrillas [irregular soldiers], killing eight
insurgents, including Caldarin, the insurgent leader. The Spanish force had nine men wounded.
The woman of literary instincts
who has been imprisoned at Artemisa, province of Pinar del Rio, turns out to be
the wife of Fedrico Alfonso, one of the insurgent leaders. She is charged with
others with having burned the village of Cayabo. In the insurgent camp, it
appears, she always dressed in male attire.
The insurgent leader Mariano
Martinez Talemzuela was tried by court-martial. The public prosecutor has asked
that the death penalty be imposed.
Renewed Trouble In Turkey.
LONDON, April 25.—A
Constantinople dispatch says: By an order from Stamboul an American missionary
at Hadjin has been forbidden to give relief.
The vali there has formally
accused him of being an abettor of treason on the ground of the pretended
discovery of an insurrectionary plot, in connection with which many young men
have been arrested.
There are many threats of a
renewal of the massacres at Kharput.
Crowds of Armenians would emigrate
to America, but the government refuses its permission.
Typhoid fever is raging all
around. It is unsafe for foreigners to travel without an escort.
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| George E. Matthews. |
Editor Matthews Traded and Didn't Know It.
Editor George E. Matthews of the
Buffalo Express, who spoke at the McKinley meeting last night, was considerably
exercised this morning at his inability to find his overcoat. The one which was
accredited to him at the hotel he flatly repudiated, saying that he had a
better one. When train time came he had to wear away the old coat which no one else
claimed. He telegraphed back from Syracuse to Proprietor Dorr C. Smith, saying
he would hold him responsible for his coat or for $35.
A few minutes later Mr. Smith
received another telegram from a party in
Syracuse inquiring as to the whereabouts of Mr. Matthews, saying that
that gentleman wore away the wrong coat from that city yesterday and the sender
of the dispatch was anxious for an exchange. It would appear that Mr. Matthews
brought the wrong coat to Cortland and never noticed it until this morning.
This is an excellent example of
the usual honesty of the newspaper man in leaving a good coat and taking a
poorer one, but the only difficulty is that most editors do not have $35 coats
that they can leave around loose.
The Pocket Book Found.
Mr. Timothy Noonan, who lost his
pocket book containing over $200 Thursday between here [Cortland] and Truxton
went yesterday over the same route looking for it. He was very fortunate in
recovering it. The book was found by Mr. Jerry O'Connor of Truxton in the road
about three miles from here. Mr. Noonan met Mr. O'Connor about one and one-half
miles beyond where it was found.
The Marvelous Mysto.
The marvelous mysto or Moorish
palace which is now on exhibit on in the north store of the Garrison building
is attracting large crowds of people and is well worth visiting. By a scientific
and very exact arrangement of scores of perfect mirror planes a wonderful
effect is produced. The visitor losses his way in the narrow passages and sees
dozens of people on all sides of him, a second look at which discloses the fact
that they are only reflections of himself. One sees himself in every
conceivable position—front view, back view, side view, walking from himself,
toward himself, meeting himself and passing himself.
Mirth provoking incidents are
frequent. Among the features of the marvelous mysto are the bottomless Moorish
well, the fairy hall, the living portrait chamber, the multiple chamber, the
phantom chamber, the phalanx hall, the profile glasses, the galaxy gallery and
the mystic maze. Open from 2 to 6 o'clock and from 7 to 10 o'clock. Admission
ten cents.
Stereopticon Lecture.
The lecture by Rev. William F.
Dougherty of Syracuse at the Opera House,
April 29, under the auspices of the C. M. B. A. will be on "The
Civil War and
Lincoln's Time" and will be illustrated with the stereopticon. There
will be sixty-one views of battles and generals and important incidents from
Fort Sumter to "Let Us Have Peace" with interesting descriptions.
Many of the views will be accompanied by appropriate songs by local talent
behind the scenes, making a beautiful effect.
BREVITIES.
—Y. M. C. A. Bible class to-night
at 8 o'clock.
—A large number of Odd Fellows
visited the McGrawville lodge last evening.
—An exchange says that the
latest fad in weddings is to have a married woman for maid of honor.
—The sermon at the evening hour
at the Homer-ave. church tomorrow will be before the Odd Fellows and Daughters of
Rebekah,
—The Juniors of the Epworth
league of the Homer-ave. M. E. church gave a reception to the Seniors last evening which was largely attended and an enjoyable
affair.
—New advertisements to-day are—A.
Mahan, pianos, page 5; Tanner Bros., capes, page 6; C. F. Brown, paints, page 7; F. E. Brogden, carpet bug destroyer, page 7.
—The STANDARD carrier boys crossed
bats this morning with those of the Syracuse Herald on the Crandall flats and the
result was a victory for The STANDARD by a score of 17 to 12. The vanquished are
anxious to try it over again and another game will probably follow.
—Mr. George I. Watson, the
druggist, corner of Main and Tompkins-sts., has just placed in position a very
fine soda fountain manufactured by the Low Art Tile Co. of Boston. It is made
of tile and marble and is silver plated. It is enclosed in a richly carved
cherry case and has French plate glass mirrors. It is a beauty and no doubt the
soda to be drawn from it will be of rare quality.
—Miscreants who throw tacks, glass,
or any other sharp substance which is likely to puncture the tires of bicycles
or injure the feet of horses upon a public road, street, or sidewalk, can now
be properly punished, the governor having signed the bill which makes the
offense mentioned a misdemeanor. A year in prison and a fine of a few hundred
dollars may be inflicted upon violators of the statute.
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