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| Antonio Canovas. |
Cortland
Evening Standard, Tuesday, November 17, 1896.
SPAIN'S WORST TROUBLE.
Not In
Cuba, or the Philippines, but Right at Home.
Nowadays we hear a deal about Spain's
foreign embarrassment. Hardly a word, however, is whispered of her domestic
infelicity. Yet of the two the latter is the greater. Cuba and the Philippines
have harassed Spain much, but Don Carlos has irked her far more.
This man is the most potent factor in the
present and future of Spain. He is the bane of Premier Canovas' life and the
shadow that darkens the political path of the infant king, Alfonso XIII. For
more than 60 years he and his ancestors have been the trouble makers of Spanish
politics, and today his ambition, his determination, his resources and his
opportunity make him such a menace to the crown as he never has been before.
The pretender is the third in line, but his
claim has lost none of its strength since his grandfather, Don Carlos, count of
Molina, started the five years' civil war n 1883 in his endeavors to make good
his pretensions to the throne made vacant by the death of his brother,
Ferdinand VII. Nor was that claim without good foundation, for Don Carlos, as
heir apparent, was displaced by the infant Isabella, whose mother, the widowed
Queen Christina, had successfully plotted several years previously for the
annulment of the Salic law which formed a barrier to female succession.
Ever since, Don Carlos has never let slip an
opportunity to agitate his cause. His efforts have been aimed not only at the
reigning family, but also at the falling fortunes of the republic which for a
short time desecrated that title in Spain. Failure attended his efforts against
the latter in 1874 only because the most influential men in the realm rallied
every neutral element in the nation to the assistance of the restored monarchy,
which even then was unable to down the Carlists until 1876.
Although an exile for more than 20 years,
Don Carlos has ever personally directed the movements of his partisans at home.
His followers have frequently made themselves felt as obstructionists, and their
part in the Cuban war has been more important than generally imagined. For a
long time they obstructed all movements of the government toward securing funds
with which to carry on the war against the insurgents, but finally acceded to
the commands of Don Carlos, who bade them, in the name of patriotism, to cease
their obstructive tactics. It is by this and similar acts that he caught the popular
ear and captivated the popular heart.
As a shrewd politician he has no master. First
he established a reputation for patriotic sacrifice and then cunningly fostered
popular disgust and discontent at the expensive failures of the ministry. When
the resentment of the masses was in its zenith, the Carlist representatives
withdrew from the cortes on Sept 4 and by this action won the sympathy and
indorsement of many a hitherto loyal Spaniard. Since then mystery has somewhat
enshrouded the movements of the party, but it is known that Carlist tongues
have spread discontent broadcast over the land, prated incessantly about the
straits of the government and inflamed the peasantry with an ardent spirit of
rebellion. With able and unscrupulous lieutenants, with a host of supporters awaiting
only his command, and with abundant wealth acquired by a recent marriage, Don
Carlos is today playing a sharp game that will either seat him on the Spanish
throne or bury him politically beyond hope.
Only a few days ago he betrayed his activity
by securing the negative friendship of a prominent Liberal journal of Madrid, and
through the medium of its columns bitterly denounced the ministry for its Cuban
war policy and its meekness toward the United States, which he branded as a
nation of bluster and arrogance. This is a move which will win him countless new
recruits at this time and enhance his chances of success.
No one can deny that the administration of
the Canovas ministry has pauperized the nation, demoralized the people and nearly
bankrupted Spain, and the friends of Don Carlos are taking good care that the
people of all Spain know these facts by rote. The strain is great and growing greater
every day. The republicans are divided and weak and daily growing weaker, while
the Carlists are united and strong and gaining strength day by day through the
advocacy of monarchy. If the Canovas government continues much longer in its
present path, it will lead the people to
revolt, and then Don Carlos will step forth as their champion, rally them around
his standard by rosy promises and make a desperate effort to force his way to the
throne.—Albany Times-Union.
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| Black Diamond Express. |
ALONG
THE LEHIGH.
Matters
of Interest to Railroad Men and Travelers.
The Elmira and Cortland branch of the Auburn
division of the Lehigh Valley railroad was supplied with cars fitted with Westinghouse
air-brakes yesterday.
When the E., C. & N. passed into the
hands of the Lehigh, rolling-stock was fitted with vacuum brakes. The change to
the Westinghouse is another step in the path of improvement which the new
management laid out. The old cars were all taken to the Easton, Pa., shops to
be refitted, and cars from the main lines are in use temporarily on the
division.
Engineer Ellis of the famous Black Diamond
express is along the line of the road instructing the men in the use of the
brake and they are also being examined on their general efficiency as
railroaders. Each man has to fill out the answers to some 300 questions, which
are in books which are distributed among the employees. These books are all
returnable to Trainmaster Leonard Goodwin at Cortland who examines the answers
in detail.
Some changes have been made in the train
crews by the recent change of time which will be the means of bringing several
families to Cortland. Conductor Coe has been put in charge of trains 116 and 1
south of Cortland. He leaves Cortland at 8:56 A. M. and returns here at 6:14 at
night. He will move to Cortland. Baggageman Merritt Perry on the same train
will move here.
Conductor McMartin will be in charge of
train 147 and 10, south of Cortland and will arrive in Cortland at 9:41 A. M.
and will return to Elmira at 12:27 P. M.
On the north end of the road Conductor
Worden and Donelly will alternate, exchanging runs each day; on one day
Conductor Worden has trains 111, 10 and 1. He starts from Cortland at 7:25 A.
M. for Canastota, returns to Cortland at 12:24 P. M., and goes back to
Canastota that night at 6:17 spending the night there. On the same day Conductor
Donelly is in charge of trains 116, 147 and 148. He leaves Canastota at 7:08 A.
M., reaches Cortland at 8:52, returns to Canastota at 9:48, and is back in
Cortland again at 7:32 that night, spending the night here. Next day Conductors
Worden and Donelly exchange trips. Each one passes between Cortland and
Canastota three times each day.
BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS.
Seventh
Day, Monday, Nov. 16.
The board convened at 1:30 P. M. pursuant to
adjournment and was called to order by Chairman Crane. At rollcall [sic] a quorum was
present. The journal of Saturday
was read and approved.
Mr. Smith presented the report of the
supervisor of Cortlandville. From this it appears that the total bonded
indebtedness of the town is $162,000, of which $48,000 is
placed at 3 1/2 per cent, and $114,000 is placed at 4 per cent. The principal
of the 4 per cent bonds becomes due $6,000 annually, and of the 3 1/2 per cent bonds
$1,000 annually. During the last year the bonded indebtedness of the town has
been reduced $7,000 by the payment and cancellation of that amount of matured
bonds.
On motion of Mr. Tuttle:
Resolved, That there be levied upon the taxable property in highway districts Nos. 22,
26, 11, 10, 7, 4 and 3 in the town of Freetown the sum of $55.46; also on
districts Nos. 27, 20, 12 and 8, the sum of $55.46; also on districts Nos. 14,
31, 6, 15, 19, 32, 30, 28, and 5 the sum of $58.28; and that the collector of
said town be authorized to pay the same to the commissioner of highways and by
him applied as payment on road machines purchased by the highway commissioner
for said districts. Also that the supervisor be authorized to add to the road
scraper tax of said town the following: James H. Tripp .52; Julia McSweeney
$1.76; Wilber Holmes $2.30; Alonzo Price .11, the same having been omitted from
the road scraper tax of 1895.
On motion of Mr. Hunt:
Resolved, That the fees to the
justices of the peace for monthly report to the county clerk and the annual
report to the board of supervisors be and are hereby fixed at 25 cents each.
On motion of Mr. Hunt the above resolution was
made a special order for Tuesday morning.
On motion of Mr. Bingham:
Resolved, That the county treasurer elected for this county at the last general election
execute a bond to the county of Cortland with two or more sureties in the sum
of $75,000 and that such bond when received and after the approbation of this
board shall be endorsed thereon by the clerk of this board, and filed in the office
of the county clerk of Cortland county.
On motion of Mr. Greene:
Resolved, That the sum of $22 be
levied upon the taxable property of highway districts Nos. 15, 69, 6, 55, 57
and 4 of the town of Homer; also the sum of $72.53 upon the taxable property of
highway districts Nos. 27, 40 and 37 in said town; also the sum of $45.03 upon the
taxable property of highway districts Nos. 49, 60, 35, 43, 33 and 65 in said
town; also the sum of $41.33 upon the taxable property of highway districts
Nos. 61, 54, 38, 28, and 29 in said town; in all $180.89 for the purpose of making
final payment on one road machine and final payment on three road machines
purchased by said districts, and that the collector of said town be and hereby
is directed to pay the money when collected to the commissioner of highways
thereof.
On motion of Mr. Corning:
Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town
of Cincinnatus the sums of $6 to be paid to C. R. Dickinson and $6 to L. Flint
for services as excise commissioners, the accounts having been duly verified,
but not presented to the town board for audit, and that the same be added to the
abstract of said town by the clerk of the board of supervisors.
On motion of Mr. Corning:
Resolved, That there be assessed and levied upon the taxable property of the
persons in each of the several road districts named in the certificate off the
board of town auditors of the town of Cincinnatus the amount of $154.82, and
that the same be paid to the commissioner of highways of said town and by him
applied as the first payment on three road machines as stated in said abstract.
Appended to the resolution was a statement
of the claims and the several districts interested, and all signed by the board
of town auditors.
On motion of Mr. Lee:
Resolved, That there be levied and assessed upon the taxable property of the town
of Cuyler, in road districts Nos. 13, 14, 15, 8 and 7 the sum of $49.39; also
in districts Nos. 40, 41 and 42 the sum of $21.11, making a total of $70.50 to
pay for road machines.
Appended to the resolution was an itemized
statement of the taxpayers affected, with number of acres of real estate, the
valuation thereon and the tax to be levied.
The surrogate presented his annual report
which was ordered placed on file, and so much of it as refers to the raising of
money was referred to the committee on appropriations. The report showed that
the surrogate had received in fees the sum of $52.90, all of which had been paid
to the surrogate's clerk to apply on his salary according to law, and that
there was remaining due and unpaid to the surrogate's clerk of his salary the
sum of $447.10.
By order of the board the number of copies
of the proceedings of the board to be printed was increased from 3,400 to 3,500,
and the clerk was instructed to notify the several printing offices of the county
of the change.
The regular order being completed the board
engaged in committee work until adjournment at 4:30 P. M.
On motion of Mr. Smith:
Resolved, That the supervisor of the town of Cortlandville be permitted to add to the
abstract of said town the following accounts being properly verified: H.
Holmes, $12.60; Walter L. Chaplin, $12; Dwight N. Hitchcock, $15, all for
services as commissioners in laying new highway; also the bill of Wm. D.
Tuttle, $50, for services as attorney.
On motion of Mr. Smith:
Resolved, That the supervisor of the town of Cortlandville be authorized to add to
the abstract of said town the following amounts: Irvin McCumber $25, John H.
Loop $15, Wm. Lord $15, the same being the amount of damages assessed for
laying out a highway by commissioners duly appointed for that purpose; also the
sum of $1.50 to Edwin A. Dart for board and horse keeping of said commissioners.
The chairman announced the following special
committee to visit the county almshouse: Messrs. Childs, O'Donnell and Tuttle.
The special order for this morning having arrived,
on motion of Mr. O'Donnell, the bill of John O'Connor amounting to $20 for care
of tramps was taken from the table. On motion of Mr. O'Donnell, the bill was
allowed.
On motion of Mr. Hunt, the special matter
regarding fees of justices for making records to the county clerk and board of
supervisors was taken from the table. On motion of Mr. Hunt the resolution was
carried.
On motion of Mr. Lee:
Resolved, That the bill of Mr. Waters of Cuyler, amounting to $5.75, for caring for
vagrants be allowed.
On motion of Mr. Lee:
Resolved, That all bills of this nature which have been called to the attention of
the superintendent of the poor this year be allowed.
On motion of Mr. Bingham:
Resolved, That no bills for keeping travelling gentlemen called tramps be hereafter
allowed by this board and all matters of this character be left with the
superintendent of the poor for final adjustment.
On motion of Mr. Lee, the privileges of the
floor were extended to Mr. Willson Greene, a former member [and former chairman] of
the board of supervisors, who was present.
Mr. Greene expressed his gratification at
meeting here some with whom he had been associated on the board in former
years. He said he had enjoyed the morning session and felt that the interests
of the county were safe in the hands of the present board. Mr. Greene also
thanked the board for the courtesy extended him.
On motion of Mr. Lee, the rules were
suspended to allow a partial report from the committee on erroneous
assessments. Mr. Brown, chairman of the committee on erroneous assessments,
verbally presented a partial report which will appear later in the committee's
written report, and which was referred to the committee on footing assessment
rolls.
Dr. F. J. Cheney, principal of the Cortland Normal
school, being present, was introduced to the board by the chairman. Dr. Cheney
called attention to a very pleasant visit paid by a former board to the State
Normal school and extended an invitation to this board to visit the Normal
to-morrow morning.
On motion of Mr. Corning:
Resolved, That the invitation
of Dr. Cheney be accepted and this board visit the Cortland Normal school
to-morrow morning.
The regular order being completed, the board
engaged in committee work.
At 10:25 Mr. DeLong was called to the chair.
Mr. Crane returned to the chair at 10:45.
On motion of Mr. Bingham, the rules were
suspended to allow the report of the committee on footing assessment rolls to
be received.
Mr. Bingham, chairman of the committee on
footing assessment rolls, presented his report which was referred to the
committee on equalization. (That report will be published later.)
By order of the board Messrs. Lee and O'Donnell
were designated as representatives of this board to address the teachers and
students of the Normal school on the occasion of the board's visit to-morrow
morning.
The board then engaged in committee work.
Eight Day,
Tuesday, Nov. 17.
The board was called to order by the
chairman at 9 A. M. At rollcall a quorum was found to be present. The journal
of yesterday was read and approved.
Mr. Lee presented the report of the
supervisor of Cuyler which was referred to the committee on appropriations.
From this it appeared that the total bonded indebtedness of the town is
$59,400.
The report of the railroad commissioner of the
town of Cuyler was read by the clerk and referred to the committee on
appropriations.
On motion of Mr. Corning:
Resolved, That the chairman of the board appoint a committee of three to look up
the law and ascertain the proper method and procedure for this board to pursue
to obtain from the state the amount this county is entitled to by reason of the
buildings erected by this county for the care of the insane, being now nearly
worthless to the county because the state has removed and taken care of the
insane.
THE
PROPERTY RECOVERED.
Chief Linderman
Secures the Tobacco Stolen From Dean's Store.
Chief of Police Linderman returned at 2:34
yesterday afternoon from Syracuse, where he had placed in Onondaga penitentiary
Kirk E. Brown, who was sentenced to serve six months in that institution for
petit larceny for stealing a quantity of tobacco and candy from the grocery of
E. O. Dean on Groton-ave.
Determined to clear the matter up at once
the chief procured a search warrant and went to the farmhouse about five miles
west of the village and made a search for the stolen goods. His efforts were
soon rewarded by the finding of the missing property. The tobacco, which
consisted of two and one-fourth pounds of smoking, and five pounds of plug, was
found concealed in a bag in the dark garret of an old well house adjoining the
dwelling. He found the chocolate drops, about two pounds, tied up in a paper
and hidden in the wall of the room occupied by Brown between the lath and
clapboards.
The property was brought to Cortland and was
this morning identified by Mr. Dean, who took possession of it.
BREVITIES.
—The Eureka Dancing club meets to night in
Empire hall.
—A meeting of the C. A. A. will be held
to-morrow night at 8 o'clock.
—A
special meeting of the Sons of Veterans will be held to-night at 7:30 o'clock.
—Other names that have been suggested for
Railroad-st. are Grand-st., Grand Central-ave. or Market st.
—It is estimated that 10,000 pounds of lead
in bullets is being scattered this year over Northern Herkimer county by hunters.
—A number of Cortland people expect to go to
Homer to-night to attend the reading at Keator opera house by Mr. Lucius P.
Hills of Atlanta, Ga.
—The walls and ceilings in the offices of T.
H. Dowd and E. C. Alger in the Burgess
block are being papered, the work being down by George Loucks.
—The pharmacy of C. F. Brown will soon
receive a new metal ceiling and the front of the store will be repainted. The Western
Union telegraph wires, which extend along the ceiling to the office, will be
removed and connection will be made from the rear of the store.
—Mr. Arthur Glover and Miss Margaret Peak
were married at the latter's home, 10 Graham-ave., last evening by Rev. E. B.
Gearhart, pastor of the Homer-ave. M. E. church. They left this morning for a short
stay in Syracuse and upon their return will reside in Cortland.
—By invitation of Dr. Cheney the entire board
of supervisors of Cortland county which is now holding its annual session at
the supervisors' rooms in Cortland will visit the Normal school to-morrow morning
and attend chapel exercises. Supervisor B. F. Lee of Cuyler and Supervisor John
O'Donnell of Truxton have been selected by the board to make addresses to
teachers and students on this occasion.
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