CAPT. GEN. WEYLER TO RETIRE AND REPLY TO ALLEGED FAKE NEWS

Captain-General Valeriano Weyler.

The Cortland Democrat, Friday, July 30, 1897.

WEYLER TO RETIRE.

AGAIN RUMORED IN SPAIN THAT HE IS TO BE RECALLED.

His Work in Cuba Conceded to Have Been a Failure—No Decision

Yet Reached as to Who Will Succeed Him.

   HAVANA, via Key West, July 27.—The news comes again that Gen. Weyler is to return to Spain. His recall has been decided upon by the government of Senor Conovas, but it will not be officially published until the government is certain that a general of high standing will take the responsibility of leading the Spanish army in Cuba.

   The name of Ramon Blanco, marquis of Pena Plata, is mentioned again as Gen. Weyler's successor. In spite of the fact that Gen. Blanco is not a member of the Conservative party in Spain, the office has been tendered to him twice.

   Gen. Blanco, next to Gen. Martinez Campos, is the Spanish captain-general who won in Cuba in former times the greatest reputation for humanity.

   It is asserted in Havana that Gen. Weyler will leave in a few days for Spain.

   The fact is now well known here that Gen. Weyler, while in Sancti Spiritus, endeavored to secure an interview with Gen. Gomez for the purpose of offering him peace on the basis of home rule. Gen. Weyler thought that in spite of Gen. Gomez's previous refusals to enter upon any kind of negotiations with him the Cuban commander would not reject a direct proposition from him for a peaceful conference. But Gen Gomez's answer was the same as before and even more insulting.

   "Tell Gen. Weyler," he said to the representative of the captain-general, "that I do not consider him a man of honor. He is too deep in the mud to raise himself to my level and confer with me."

   The failure of Gen. Weyler is now acknowledged in Cuba even by the most uncompromising Spaniards in the capital. Gen. Weyler himself says that the central government has thwarted him in his plans to satisfy public opinion in the United States. According to the captain-general his treatment of the Cubans has been far milder than would have been the case if it had not been for the interference of Senor Canovas.

PRISONERS IN CUBA.

Lee Gives a List of the Americana Now In Custody.

   WASHINGTON, July 27 —Consul General Lee has informed the state department that in the event of the release of the American, Louis Somelian, now confined in Cuba in addition to the five Competitor prisoners, only the following will remain:

   Manuel Fernandez, confined in Fort Cabanas; Rafael Fernandez, Y. Diaz, confined at Sagua La Grande; Julio Thomas Sainza and Frank Argamont at Santiago.

   All of these prisoners are charged with rebellion with arms in hand and are held subject to the ordinary military jurisdiction.

   The United States consul at Manzanillo has cabled the Secretary of State a contradiction of the story that Albert Slusser, an American, has been captured by Spanish troops and taken to that place. He says that nothing is known of Slusser's arrest.

  

Kremlin Hotel, Court Street, Cortland, N. Y.

About Fake News.

   News, and all news according to the Cortland Standard, which does not appear in their columns, first is divided into two classes, viz., fake news and news which it is a breach of confidence to publish at all. This is the verdict of the Standard; the decision of the public, the higher court in the case, may not affirm the judgment of Standard.

   The DEMOCRAT has never found it necessary to fill its space with fake news, and did not in the article on The Kremlin, but while it may not be any breach of confidence to publish an item of news, it may be a betrayal of confidence to give the authority on which an item of news is published. At present we are not at liberty to give our authority for the facts given us in regard to The Kremlin, which we still have every reason to believe to be true, and we simply ask the public to pass judgment on the question of fake news a little later. When the work is done and the improvements completed, the news may not appear to them to be fake news even if it does to the Standard.

CORTLAND COUNTY FAIR.

It's Going to be a Hummer This Year. Horse and Bicycle Races.

   The dates of the Cortland County Fair are early this year. It occurs the week previous to the State fair at Syracuse and many exhibitors will come to Cortland before going there. Space is already being taken by many firms from out of town and these with those of local dealers and manufacturers assure a grand success in the matter of display. In addition to this there will be horse races and bicycle races. The aggregate of premiums [prizes] offered to exhibitors is $3,500 and with this inducement every department should be full, and it will.

SALE OF ACCOUNTS

Of The H. M. Whitney Wagon Co. on Aug. 22.

   On Thursday or last week, the notes, judgments and accounts of The H. M. Whitney Co., were sold at public auction by the receiver of the company, Hon. R. T. Peck, and the amount realized seems very small.

   H. M. Whitney was the purchaser of the accounts, which were struck off to him at $106. Other accounts, the face value of which amounted to $1,868.51, were sold for $51. Accounts outside of Cortland amounting to $14,000, were sold for $21. Judgments amounting to $3,791.31 were sold for $4.

   Three life insurance policies on which $8,000 had been paid in premiums, the policies amounting to $35,000, were sold for $6, subject to the claims, however, of The National Bank of Cortland, and a personal claim of H. M. Whitney, whatever those claims may be.

High Water.

   The report of high water and damage to crops comes from many towns to the east and north of us, and the continued heavy rains of the past forty-eight hours, it is feared will inflict large additional damage in some localities. East Homer reports considerable damage to hay and standing crops along the river banks.

   At Cincinnatus the river rose so rapidly on Saturday, as to alarm the people. River lands were flooded, and considerable quantities of hay were washed down stream and gardens badly flooded. Brackle creek rose so rapidly that for a time it was feared that the Brackle bridge would be washed away.

   Union Valley reports the streams all over their banks and considerable damage to crops on the flats. Freetown reports large quantities of hay rotting on the ground.

   A cloudburst occurred at DeRuyter on Saturday afternoon, doing a large amount of damage to growing crops, and carrying away more or less of the hay and grain that was cut. The water also caused some slight damage to the tracks of the Lehigh Valley railroad, but not enough to cause any serious delay. The crop prospects were so encouraging, and in fact, already insured as to bountiful yield, that it will be extremely disheartening to many farmers to see the fruit of their labors washed away just as they are ready to be gathered into the barns.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.

Political Notes.

   It may be that it costs more than $300 a ton to manufacture armor plate. But if that useful commodity can be sold to foreign nations at that rate, there is a bare suspicion that the Carnegies will not go broke on Uncle Sam's contract.—Syracuse Post.

   Chauncey M. Depew remarked in London the other day that if the republican pledges are not redeemed, the silver men will sweep the country in 1900. This would indicate that Dr. Depew is not so keen of vision as the republican organs, which are simply "amazed" at the way in which the administration has been redeeming pledges—Binghamton Leader.

   "During the past four months," says the Chicago Inter-Ocean, "the Ohio penitentiary has paid all its running expenses and has a surplus of $2,280 60." Perhaps the "advance agent's" long lost show is to be found in the Ohio penitentiary.—Binghamton Leader.

   "There is circuitous information that the President will recognize the belligerency of the Cubans about Oct. 1," says the Cincinnati Enquirer. "Why not now, if this action is to be taken? Is it the purpose to give Gen. Weyler a chance to kill more innocent women and children and outrage the rights of a few more American citizens?"

   "Whenever," says the Rochester Herald, "the United States Government happens to have a controversy with a foreign power, the London press almost invariably sides with our opponent. Yet our English 'cousins' wonder why our people are not dead in love with them."

   The coal miners' strike is not without cause. In many cases the mine owners pay the men too small wages. At the Dillonvale mines in Ohio, the rate of wages, if measured by the year and calling all days working-days, has averaged, according to a New York dispatch, but 36 cents a day. This, if true, is a gross wrong. No wonder the men decide for a strike rather than endure starvation rates and be huddled together like beasts. The general situation of the miners evidently is much better than that.—Wilkesbarre Leader.

   Klondyke is in Canadian territory, and the Canadian government issues licenses to miners on the payment of a small fee. It is not likely that the Canadian government will listen to the arguments of those who wish to prevent foreigners from working the mines. The possibility of serious international complications between the United States and Great Britain as the result of the gold discovery in Alaska is hinted at in Washington.—Buffalo News.

   "Congress will probably be able to end its extra session either this week or next," says the Philadelphia Record. "It has punished itself through half the summer in order to give birth to a tariff monster that will punish the country for several summers to come. Everybody will be glad to see the honorables go home. Trade will be the better for their adjournment, and there will be much thanks for the relief."

   The Chicago Chronicle thinks "the separate movements of the National Democrats in Iowa and in Kentucky are inopportune and lack the inspiration of political wisdom. The emergency does not call for an independent Democratic ticket in either State. The outrageous violation of public faith by the McKinley Administration in abandoning money reform and forcing through Congress 'the worst tariff ever framed'—according to Senator Teller—should admonish Democrats of all shades that the duty to pull together is the highest which they now owe to each other and to the country."

   "We shall wait with some anxiety the estimates as to the revenue-producing character of the new bill," says the Indianapolis News. "The increased tax on beer, the tax on tea and the tax on bonds and stocks and their transfer have been abandoned, and as the duties in many instances have been raised to the rates fixed by the House bill—a bill which Aldrich denounced as a deficit-breeding measure—it is not easy to see where the needed revenue is to come from. But there will be plenty of protection—and that from the high-tariff point of view, is the main thing. The revenue is a mere incident."

   The duty on hides furnishes one illustration of the way the Dingley bill is likely to "encourage industry in the United States." For many years there has been no duty on hides. There has been growing up in this country a considerable export business in leather. The duty on hides will tend to prohibit the leather merchant of this country from going into the foreign market with his goods. The duty in question was placed in the bill at the demand of representatives of a very few cattle growing States, the electoral votes of which were for the most part cast for Bryan. Hides imported come mostly from South American countries, with which hitherto it has been the policy to encourage trade, but which will be offended and repulsed by the duty on hides.—Chicago Record.

   Congress has not carried out its poor little promise to tax wealth. The conference committee has stricken out the provision to tax Wall Street operations, and so wealth goes free. The excuse is that the sugar schedule has been so changed as to get a good deal more out of the mass of the people, and therefore there is no necessity to tax the dealers and gamblers in stocks and bonds.

   According to a report from Washington our new Minister to Spain is gratified at what he considers the prospect of speedy peace in Cuba. How is it to come? Gomez repeats that with 30,000 rifles he is prepared to go to the gates of Havana in support of Cuban independence. Is it the mission of our diplomacy to make it appear that such independence is no longer to be thought of as possible?

HERE AND THERE.

   The Cortland County Veterans Association will hold their annual meeting at McGrawville. Aug. 5.

   The Italians who are working on the Delhi water works have a standing order of ten kegs of beer a week.

   A lady who claims to have kept tally on the weather says Wednesday was the nineteenth consecutive day it has rained.

   Mrs. L. T. White was thrown from her carriage while driving on Homer-ave. on Friday evening of last week. Mrs. White escaped injury.

   A regular meeting of the board of managers of the Hospital Association will be held at the hospital on Monday next, August 2, at 3 P. M.

   The adjourned annual meeting of the Cortland and Homer Traction Co. has been again adjourned to next Tuesday, owing to the absence of a majority of the stockholders.

   The enterprising firm of McNett & Turner of the Palace Star Laundry have put in a new machine for ironing shirt waists, made necessary by their increase of business.

   A party of fresh air children from New York arrived in town last Saturday, and will be cared for by Catholic families in town. The party is made up of twelve girls and nine boys.

   Mr. Stanley Raymond of New York, who has purchased Gay's hotel at Little York is giving the building a thorough renovating. Every part of the house is being put in first-class shape and he will soon be open for business.

   The members of Cortlandville lodge, No. 470, F. and A. M. attended the funeral of Edwin B. Lincoln, which was held at Truxton on Wednesday. Mr. Lincoln was a resident of Cortland, and died on Sunday at his home on Madison-st.

   The gentlemen members of the Homer-ave. Epworth League will, on Wednesday, August 11, serve a roast pig supper in the parlors of the church from 5 to 8 o'clock P. M. Supper tickets will be sold at 23 cents each or two for 45 cents. All are cordially invited.

   The committee of Cortland men who visited the tract of the New Orange Industrial Association at New Orange, N. J., last week gave reports at a meeting held Monday evening. All spoke in the highest terms of the tract and encouraged investment. Several lots have already been taken by Cortland parties.

   Mr. Jas. A. Parsons of Troy, Pa., was the guest of A. M. Baker a few hours this morning, having been sent by his fair association to look up the system of our fair, they having heard so much about its success. Mr. Parsons saw Secretary Wilson and looked over the grounds, etc., and expressed his admiration in the highest terms. They will adopt our ticket system this year. —Dryden Herald.

   Dryden generally "gets there" at fair time, and possibly Cortland might get some valuable pointers from Dryden if our Pennsylvania friends can.