CUBANS ENTHUSIASTIC AND DR. DEPEW OPPOSES FUNERALS

General Juan Ruis Rivera.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, February 15, 1897.

CUBANS ENTHUSIASTIC.

Rivera Says They Will Gain Independence.

INSURGENTS IN GOOD HEALTH.

Cargo of Ammunition, Rifle, and Dynamite Safely Landed—Men Are Full of Patriotic Fire —Smallpox at Guanajay—Want a Dynamite Gun.

   CINCINNATI, Feb. 15.—A special from Jacksonville says: Colonel Frederico Perez Carbo, late dispatch chief to General Maceo, received a letter from General Rivera from the Pinar del Rio section. It spoke in the highest terms of his men, their enthusiasm in the cause, and denied in the strongest terms that that province was pacified.

   "The Spanish do not come out of their entrenched camps," wrote the general, "and when we want to fight them we have to go down to them. We have full control of all the open country."

   His army consists of over 5,000 men, all well armed, and the health of the troops is generally good. Several important engagements have taken place and in every one the Cubans had been victorious.

   While the men regretted the death of Maceo, yet they were full of patriotic fire and the fights [were] being continued on the plans laid out by that general.

   One expedition had landed there not long ago with needed supplies and General Rivera was in good spirits over the outlook for Cuban independence.

   Rivera spoke of the good work accomplished by their dynamite gun commanded by Young John Lunn of Jacksonville and said that he wanted another. In one of the last expeditions an ample supply of ammunition for it had come over, and it was being used very often to the damage of the Spanish.

   Artemisa has been laid in ruins almost by the gun, and other places and camps had felt its power. Important information was sent Colonel Carbo to be forwarded to the New York junta.

   A large band of insurgents is concentrated in La Signanea and on the heights of Escambray. Fifteen thousand soldiers under Captain General Weyler left to attack the insurgents.

   On the night of the 10th a band of insurgents attacked the farms Matilde and Rotunda, near Artemisa.

   The insurgents fired a train between Campo Florida and San Miguel, near Jarneo. Two passengers were wounded.

   Alberto Barrera, bookkeeper for Newman & Co., German commission merchants, has been arrested for conspiracy.

   At Guanajay, a village of 10,000 inhabitants, 2,000 persons have the smallpox.

   General Gomez has issued an edict to the insurgent chiefs ordering them to operate only on critical occasions until March 15, when the winter or dry season ends. They can then prove to the new government at Washington the strength of the revolution.

   On Sunday morning last an expedition was landed at Ensenada la Mulata on the north coast of Pinar del Rio. The cargo consisted of ammunition, dynamite, medicines, clothing and over 1,000 rifles.

BERMUDA IN TROUBLE.

Filibustering Steamer's Clearance Papers Are Withdrawn.

   PHILADELPHIA, Fob. l5.—The famous Cuban filibustering steamer Bermuda is again having trouble in clearing from this port.

   The clearance papers applied for by Captain Edward Murphy were granted by Collector of the Port Read, but before the vessel could sail Collector Read, acting under instructions from the treasury department at Washington, withdrew the clearance papers.

   The order from Washington, it is understood, is the result of a communication from the secretary of state setting forth that there were allegations which required investigation, that the steamer was about to engage in another unlawful expedition.

   Subsequently the collector sent for Captain Murphy and subjected him to a rigorous examination. The captain assured him that he proposed to sail direct from this port to St. Georges, Bermuda, and that he had no intention of taking on board any men or additional cargo after leaving Philadelphia.

   These statements were communicated by Collector Read to the treasury department with the statement that he would withhold clearance of the vessel until further instructions were received by the secretary of the treasury.

Continental Hotel Burns.

   OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Feb. 15.—The big Continental hotel, in the course of erection on the banks of the St. Lawrence river in the west part of this city, was burned. The fire started in the cupola and was the work of an incendiary. The loss is placed at $9,000 with only a small insurance.

ENGINEER'S DEATH.

Nelson Waterman Killed by Paralysis While on the Engine.

   OSWEGO, N. Y., Feb. 15.—Nelson Waterman, for 25 years an engineer on the New York, Ontario and Western railroad, met with a tragic death at Constantia station, 35 miles from here.

   When the train on which he was engineer was nearing Constantia, where a stop is made for water, Fireman William Donovan climbed over to the coal-heaped tender to adjust the water pipe.

   After remaining there a few moments, he was surprised to see that the station had been passed with no effort to stop the train. Climbing back to the cab, he found Engineer Waterman dead, one hand firmly gripping the throttle and his right arm hanging out of the window.

   Donovan stopped the train and backed to Constantia and afterwards brought the train to Oswego.

   The body of the engineer was taken to his home, where the coroner, after an examination, stated that death was caused by paralysis of the heart.

   Waterman was 60 years old and considered one of the most competent men on the system.

Chauncey M. Depew.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

A Winning Face.

   The Troy Times publishes a superb likeness of Dr. Chauncey M. Depew, and says: From the first page of the art supplement of to-day's Troy Times the familiar countenance of Hon. Chauncey M. Depew looks pleasantly forth. The excellent portrait is a renewed reminder that Dr. Depew's frank, genial and alert face is an index of his character.

   There are no other features so welcome in so multifarious a diversity of places. In the business office, the council room of railroad magnates, the convention hall or the committee apartment of political affairs, the forum of the mass-meeting, at the banqueting board, on the floor trodden by the feet of society in its choicest mood of selection—everywhere that brains, good temper and the power to express the one through the other are desired, there Chauncey M. Depew is the most welcome of guests.

   It is such a man, who typifies the top of the nineteenth century in America, that the greatest state in the Union wishes President McKinley to send to London as the official representative of the United States. Such an appointment would revive the best traditions of ambassadorship as to character, and in equipment, when was the day that had so many agencies of diplomacy as the present time, and where is the man who can use those instruments better than Dr. Depew?

   ◘ The New York Herald says that it is generally conceded that Dr. Depew will be appointed ambassador to the court of St. James. Ex-Governor Morton's refusal to be considered a candidate for the position and his addition to the number of those advising Dr. Depew's appointment are further indications of the unanimity of belief that the distinguished orator will be selected for the place. This belief is so well established that already H. Walter Webb, third vice-president of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad company, is mentioned as the probable successor of Dr. Depew in the presidency. The Herald is inclined to the conviction that New York will be honored by three important appointments: Dr. Depew to Great Britain, General Woodford to the cabinet and General Horace Porter to the French mission.

Depew Opposes Funerals.

   Having caught cold while attending the funeral of a railroad magnate in Philadelphia the other day, Chauncey M. Depew is now in favor of abolishing the last sad rites idea and suppressing funerals. He has figured that at least two men out of every company of friends and mourners die as the result of exposure at the obsequies.

   The funeral is especially dangerous for pallbearers. He said General Sherman prophesied that the soldiers of the late war would die off from the effect of exposure at the funerals of departed comrades. The general contracted the cold that resulted in his death by attending a Grand Army funeral.

Soldiers' Monument and Normal School on Church Street, Cortland, N. Y.

The Soldiers' Monument.

   Every public spirited citizen of this town ought to vote for the proposed appropriation of $300 to put a fence around the soldiers' monument. This monument is a most beautiful one, and a worthy tribute of public gratitude to the heroes who went out from Cortland county to fight in defense of the Union. It is an inspiration to patriotism and unselfish public service, and is no less a valuable educator of youth than the churches and school under whose shadow it stands. It is a work of art as well, and a superb representation of the citizen soldier of the Republic.

   Many of the men to whose efforts its erection was due have passed away. The present voters of the town cannot honor themselves more than by giving the small sum asked to preserve from injury this monument to the nation's defenders.

Judge Walter L. Smith.

SUPREME COURT.

Trial Term Begun at Courthouse, Judge Walter Lloyd Smith Presiding.

   A trial term of the supreme court convened at the courthouse in Cortland this morning, Hon. Walter Lloyd Smith the justice presiding. The grand jury was first brought before the judge and charged. It then retired and organized by the election of George H. Holmes of Cincinnatus as foreman and Johnson G. Bingham of Solon as clerk.

   There were a hundred cases on the calendar, but a large number were put over the term and were settled. The complete list will be given later.

   The case of Joanna Fealey vs. John Bull is on trial. This is an action to recover the amount of a check, $238.50. This case has been tried before and a verdict was found for the plaintiff. It was repealed and has been sent back for new trial. Dougherty & Miller and O. U. Kellogg appeared for the plaintiff, and A. P. Smith, I. H. Palmer and William Hare for the defendant.

BREVITIES.

   —Town meeting to-morrow.

   —The Adlake club meets Wednesday night.

   —See calls for Republican caucuses and convention, page 2.

   —Grover Relief corps will meet to-morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.

   —Mrs. Lucina Bugbee of 58 Groton-ave. has just completed a bedquilt containing 4,340 pieces.

   —Outgoing trains on both roads this morning carried many delegates returning home from the Y. M. C. A. convention.

   —James E. Mason, presiding elder of Rochester, will preach in Collins' hall Wednesday evening, Feb. 24, at 7:30 o'clock.

   —Fred Coffin and his assistants are busy painting the ceiling in Bingham Bros. & Miller's clothing store. New paper will be put on and the tables will be newly varnished.

   —New advertisements to-day are— C. F. Brown, The Best Medicine, page 6; Case & Ruggles, Muslin Sewing, page 6; Vito, Takes the City by Storm, page 6.

   —The examination in the case of Daniel Kernan, charged with violating the excise laws, was Saturday in Justice Kelley's court adjourned to Feb. 28, at 10 A. M.

   —There will be a mass-meeting in the Opera House at 8 o'clock to-night for the discussion of the Raines law and the liquor traffic. Good speakers will be in attendance. All are invited.

   —Miss Cora E. Howe of the evangelistic staff will speak in the W. C. T. U. rooms on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 8 P. M. The address is free to all members of the union and friends of the cause.

   —Mr. S. M. Sayford of Massachusetts and Mr. F. S. Goodman of New York City, who have been attending the Y. M. C. A. convention, addressed the students at the Normal at chapel exercises this morning.

   —Mr. S. K. Jones has just received a check for $30 from the accident department of the Aetna Life Insurance company's agent, Theodore Stevenson, an indemnity for a fall received about two weeks ago, injuring his left arm.

   —Deacon Henry McKevitt has to-day favored the STANDARD office with a half bushel basket of the apples which he raises on his Truxton farm and for which he is widely celebrated. Every one in the office is duly appreciative of their excellence.

   —The Woman's Christian Temperance union will hold a prayer-meeting in their rooms to-morrow, Election day, commencing at 12 o'clock. All interested in the success of the cause of temperance are earnestly and urgently invited to be present.

   —Mr. L. P. Norton of Homer was in town Saturday evening to pay to the representatives of the late Dr. A. J. White the amount of his life insurance policy in the Massachusetts Mutual, $2,006.68. Mr. Norton is agent for the company for Cortland county.

   —We owe an apology to the public as well as to Messrs. Geo. J. Mager & Co. for an error which occurred in their advertisement on Saturday, making the firm offer $1.50 "Jouvin" gloves at 57 cents. It should have been 75 cents. The advertisement is corrected to-day.

Jacob D. Price Dead.

   Mr. Jacob D. Price, for twenty years a resident of the village, died yesterday at his home, 47 Clinton-ave. of old age. He formerly lived on a farm south of the village. Besides a wife he leaves one sister, Mrs. Hannah Robinson of Cortland, and two sons, Albert of St. Catherines, Ontario, Can., and Irving Price of Cortlandville. He was 76 years and 9 months of age. The funeral will take place from the house Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.