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| Capt. General Valeriano Weyler. |
Cortland
Evening Standard, Monday, September 6, 1897.
CAPTURED BY
CUBANS.
Spanish Garrison Forced to Retire by Smoke.
RALLIED AND MADE A STAND.
General
Weyler Disgusted at Misinterpretation of Orders—Consul Lee Sails For New
York—Order Against Planting of Tobacco.
HAVANA, via Key West, Fla., Sept. 6.—A
wealthy merchant named Blas Casares has been arrested in Puerto Principe
charged with political offenses.
A party of insurgents recently made an attack
upon Fort Santo Cristo del Valle, near Sabalo, in the Province of Pinar del
Rio. The garrison made a stout resistance, but the insurgents set fire to a
house near the walls of the fort which took fire, compelling the garrison to
retire with the loss of six men killed.
Two brothers named Portillo made a stand
behind a tree and were reinforced by a number of their comrades. After sharp
fighting the insurgents were driven off with the loss of four killed and six
wounded.
It is reported that a group of insurgents
attacked and entered the town of Jinaguayabo near Remedion, where they sacked
several stores and burned a number of houses. It is also reported that the
insurgents have fired upon Guira Melena in Havana province.
During the month of August 400 persons died
in Guines from epidemic diseases. All of the victims with one exception were
Cubans. The rate of mortality among the refugees is very great, and the same is
true regarding the troops. The mortality due to yellow fever, malaria and dysentery
is excessive. It is estimated that 37 out of every 1,000 of the sick soldiers
in the hospitals throughout the Islands die.
Captain General Weyler returned to Havana very
greatly disgusted because of the erroneous interpretation of his edict referring
to the gathering of cattle, large numbers of oxen and cows having been slaughtered
in consequence of the misunderstanding of his order.
During his recent tour General Weyler
[deposed] the mayors of several towns and sent various military commanders to
Cabanas castle. At Guines and other towns he caused the release from custody of
a number of merchants and reconcentrados who had been falsely accused.
The captain general has issued an order prohibiting
the planting of tobacco within the boundaries of the military cultivated zone.
He declares that if the reconcentrados die
from hunger the mayors of the towns were to blame for their deaths because of their
negligence in carrying out his instructions.
General Fitzhugh Lee, the United States consul
general here, availing himself of a leave of absence granted him, embarked on
board the Ward line steamer Segurana bound for New York.
RECOVERED
THE BODIES.
Dynamite
Used to Raise Them—Taken to New York.
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., Sept. 6.—The bodies of
Mr. and Mrs. Forest H. Parker, Jr., who were drowned in Chain lake in the
Adirondacks, have been recovered. Dynamite was used and the bodies came to the
surface.
Mr. Parker and his wife had gone rowing, Mr.
Parker taking a gun with him. Not returning, a party went in search of the
missing couple and the boat was found bottom up floating at the end of the
lake.
When Mr. Parker's body was recovered it was
found that the nose was broken and the face badly disfigured, which seemed to
indicate that when the gun was discharged, it had exploded or kicked badly, and
that Mrs. Parker had been knocked overboard and had probably overturned the
boat.
The bodies were taken to New York city by a
special train.
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| Dr. Hu King Eng. |
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TWO—EDITORIALS.
Progress
in China.
Women in China are beginning to assert and
have conceded to them greater liberty than they have hitherto enjoyed. This, of
course, is the result of their intercourse with the people of other powers. Li
Hung Chang is especially progressive in recognizing the need of a change. That
shrewd old statesman did not use his eyes, ears and tongue in vain when he was
in Europe and this country. His persistent and, from our point of view,
impertinent questions, particularly about the ages of the men and women he met,
evidently had some end in view.
Since his return, as shown by The
Independent, he has appointed Dr. Rachel Q. Benn of Tien-Tsin, physician to the
women of his household. Two other women are mentioned by The Independent who
are doing much to break up the subjection of their sex in China. They are Miss
Wang and Dr. Eng, just appointed delegates to the woman's congress to be held
in London in 1898.
Dr. Eng is
a graduate of Wesleyan university in this country. She is a daughter of an
aristocratic family in Fuchau [Fuzhou]. Her father and two brothers were converted to
Christianity years ago, and for many years have been ministers of the Methodist
church in China. Dr. Eng graduated in medicine also at the Woman's Medical
college in Philadelphia, and since her return to China her professional success
has been so great that she is regarded by her people as a miracle worker,
though of course she practices only on the regular lines.
The missionary hospitals and schools as well
as religious instruction are doing extraordinary service in China in breaking
down the customs and prejudices which for ages have kept women in practical
bondage. Large bodies move slowly. China has a population of hundreds of
millions who until our own age have from the immemorial past been secluded from
intercourse with other nations. But the impetus and momentum of Chinese
progress are constantly augmented, and when that mighty mass gets fully in
motion with new ideas and modern systems it will astonish the world by its
progress.
◘
In 1874 Grant was president,
Hamilton Fish was secretary of state and Mr. Cushing
was minister to Spain. Then Cuba was in rebellion against Spain, and the
condition of affairs in the island was much as it is now. It is matter
of history that Minister Cushing was quietly instructed from Washington that
unless the war were speedily brought to a satisfactory close the suffering
interests of the United States in Cuba would make intervention by this
government necessary. General Grant believed the only permanent settlement of
the Cuban question would be independence for the island. There is reason to
believe that the present United States minister to Spain, General Stewart L.
Woodford, carried with him from Washington instructions similar to those given
to Minister Cushing in 1874.
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Wherever there is oppression
there will be lying and treachery. The Russians are said to be a nation of
liars, the most elegant and accomplished liars on earth too. If this be true,
the explanation of it is to be found in the despotic character of the Russian
government. When one is too weak to resist, he takes refuge in deceit to save
himself. The unreliability of the Chinese, the Hindoos and orientals generally,
is to be explained by the ages of despotic rule under which they suffered. The
greatest difficulty in the way of making any reforms go in Korea is the
treacherous and unreliable character of the people, their "want of
frankness," as a writer calls it. It is said there are two classes in
Korea, the squeezers and the squeezed. The first is the official class, who
live off the second class, the producers, and grind money out of them. The
result is double dealing and falseness alike among all. The same is true of the
official class and the producing class in China. It is lamentable, but what
could you expect? Wherever there are severity and tyranny there will be
treachery, whether in the case of family discipline or national rule. Harshness
begets deceit.
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
A SPLIT, AND
ANOTHER CONVENTION TO BE HELD.
Two Organizations
Affected, One of Which Retires Front the Hall—Several Towns Decline to Vote
—The Others Then Proceed to Make Nominations—
Saunders for
Assembly, Overton for Sheriff, McVean for Clerk.
The Republican county convention was held In
Taylor hall this afternoon and in many respects was the most exciting ever
known in Cortland. The hot contests that have been made in nearly all the towns
in the selection of delegates have been productive of an additional amount of
enthusiasm, which has resulted in much bitterness. Besides the delegates
present, every town was represented by many additional Republicans, and when
the convention was called to order there was hardly standing room left. The
delegates were seated in the order of towns, national convention style, a
banner signifying the location of each delegation.
Through the courtesy of Janitor Jas. F. Costello,
the tables for the officers and for the representatives of the press were very
conveniently located on the stage.
Manager O. K. George of the Western Union
Telegraph Co. was on the stage with an instrument, and sent dispatches direct
from the convention hall to out of town papers and to the Associated press.
The convention was called to order by A. S.
Brown, chairman of the county committee, at 1:30 o'clock.
Daniel Tanner of Harford moved the election
of W. T. Bushby for chairman and T. E. Courtney nominated G. P. Squires for
chairman. Two organizations were made while pandemonium reigned—one with Mr.
Bushby as chairman,
John Crofoot of Preble
as secretary and S. D. Ames of Scott as teller; and the other with Mr. Squires
as chairman, James Waters of Cuyler as secretary and J. H. Murray of
Cincinnatus as teller.
The oath of office was administered to Messrs.
Bushby, Crofoot and Ames by Notary Public E. C. Alger. A. E. Seymour moved that
the delegates present their credentials to the convention with Mr. Bushby as
chairman. Another set of credentials was presented to the Squires convention.
Both organizations occupied the same platform.
H. L. Bronson moved that the delegates name
their choice for chairman, and A. S. Brown called the roll of delegates, and 63
delegates declared for Bushby, while 3 were for Squires and the entire
delegations from Cincinnatus, Cuyler, Freetown and Marathon declined to vote.
H. L. Bronson then addressed the convention
urging harmony. T. E. Courtney spoke of the manner of holding some of the
caucuses, and asked for the seating of certain delegates from Cortland, Solon and
Lapeer on the ground that others were elected fraudulently.
On motion of T. E. Courtney, the Squires
convention adjourned to meet at
3:30 o'clock,
whereupon N. L. Miller spoke at length, saying that Mr. Courtney claimed that
fraud had been committed and added that there was a way to find that out, and
also that he favored the appointment of a committee represented by both sides
on contested delegations. He thought that such a committee could be chosen
satisfactory to both sides. Considerable personality was indulged in by both
speakers.
B. T.
Wright then addressed the convention saying that he understood that in some of
the towns more ballots had been cast in the caucuses than there were votes for
McKinley last fall and offered a resolution to the effect that irregularities having
been made in some of the caucuses, that hereafter three weeks' notice be given
of county conventions, all primaries held on the same afternoon, no convention
be held Saturday or Monday nor later than Sept. 1, lists of voters at primaries
be filed with the secretary of the county committee, also that the canvass
book, all be open for inspection of any Republican voters.
The motion to adopt the resolution was seconded
by H. L. Bronson.
Mr. Wright then urged the passage of the
resolution. While Mr. Wright was speaking in reference to the Cortland caucus,
there were frequent hisses from various parts of the house.
Mr. Bronson said that he did not favor the preamble,
but that he did favor the resolution and moved that the preamble reciting the
alleged frauds in caucuses be not concurred in, but the resolution only. N. L.
Miller seconded it and it was declared carried.
B. T. Wright moved an adjournment for one
week, but it was not seconded, and N. L. Miller moved that the convention proceed
with the rollcall, which motion prevailed.
A. E. Seymour moved that Harvey Z. Tuttle of
Freetown act as another secretary and D. E. Morris of Solon as another teller.
The motion prevailed. Mr. Tuttle refused to act, and Daniel Tanner of Harford
was named in his place. The oath was administered by Notary Public E. C. Alger.
Motion was made by N. L. Miller that the regularly
elected delegates from Cuyler, Cincinnatus and Marathon be allowed to take part
in the convention if they desired. Those towns did not respond to the rollcall.
The convention was made up as follows:
Cincinnatus—Wilber Holmes, George H. Holmes,
Oliver Griswold, M. L. Halbert, J. H. Murray, Philo C. Wheeler.
Cortlandville—David H. Brown, W. T. Bushby, H.
C. Harrington, Chas. D.
Swartout, Howard T.
Short, A. R. Rowe.
Cuyler—Fred Briggs, Wells G. Gardner, James
Waters, Eugene Morse, Ira Kinney, Devillo Hathaway.
Freetown—Harvey Z. Tuttle, M. M. Brown,
Oscar N. Gardner, Burdette Hall, Arthur Seeber, Thomas Furber.
Harford—John C. Jones, Charles Keech, Daniel
Tanner, Charles Stowe, Charles Harrington, Sherman Morse.
Homer—D. N. Hitchcock, C. H. Stevens, F. M.
Briggs, C. M. Armstrong, Frank Burnham, George Downing.
Lapeer—Seymour Hults, Elmer Homer, Edgar
Parker, Bert Conrad, R. J. Rounds, M. W. Parker.
Marathon—A. C. Adams, G. P. Squires, Bert
Davis, Lewis Albro, George K. Smith, Ed A. Carter.
Preble—John Crofoot, William VanDenburg, Joseph
Moss, George M. Baldwin, Robert Dorothy, Nicholas Collier.
Scott—E. P. Burdick, Frank Norton, C. S.
Clark, H. E. J. Potter, S. D. Ames, John Wheeler.
Solon—Clinton Maybury, Willis D. Shuler,
Daniel E. Morris, Jerry Atkins, Bert Shuler, K. Moss Walker.
Taylor—L. Birdlebough, Leslie B. Potter, George
Skinner, Floyd Smith, Clayton L. Brown, William Reakes.
Truxton—William M. Crandall, A. E. Seymour,
William Young, A. E. Freeman, Charles Jarvis, Charles W. Beattie.
Virgil—Dorr B. Elster, N. L. Miller, Joseph
Shevalier, Devillo Vereau, J. Ballou, A. D. French.
Willet—Ernest Gardner, Eugene Williams, Benjamin
Loomis, A. M. Eaton, E. W. Covey, C. J. Crittenden.
Wm. H. Clark, holding a substitution from
Cortlandville, introduced a resolution providing for the enrollment of
Republicans in district associations, and for the appointment of a committee of
six on the reorganization of the party.
N. L. Miller thought that the majority of
the delegates were in favor of the intent of the resolutions, and moved their
reference to a committee of six and that that committee report to the county committee
the first week in January and that the county committee dispose of them as they
see fit. The motion was carried.
On motion of N. L. Miller, the convention
proceeded to an informal ballot for a candidate for member of assembly. The
ballot resulted:
Whole number cast, 69
Frank P. Saunders, 69
The ballot was declared formal and Mr.
Saunders was declared duly nominated and, on being brought before the convention,
briefly thanked the delegates for the honor.
An informal ballot for sheriff resulted:
Whole number, 71
Aaron Overton, 32
G. F. Jones, 19
Wm. M. Crandall, 11
Arthur E. Brainard, 5
D D. Lovell, 2
Ransom Hilsinger, 2
A formal ballot resulted:
Whole number votes, 72
Necessary for choice, 37
Overton, 42
Jones, 16
Brainard, 6
Crandall, 5
Lovell, 1
S. K. Jones, county clerk, 2
Mr. Overton's nomination was made unanimous,
he having received a majority of the ballots cast, and he thanked the
convention.
An Informal ballot for county clerk
resulted:
Whole number, 69
Charles P. McVean, 43
S. K. Jones, 19
H. C. Gazlay, 6
G. F. Jones for sheriff, 1
Mr. McVean having received a majority of
votes the cast, the ballot was declared formal and Mr. McVean was declared the
nominee. Mr. McVean thanked the convention for the honor.
On motion of A. E. Seymour, a formal ballot
was taken for district attorney, which resulted as follows: The whole number of
votes east was 64, all of which were east for Thomas H. Dowd, who was declared
the nominee and who made a brief speech accepting the nomination.
An informal ballot for superintendent of the
poor was taken with the following result:
Whole number, 71
Mills G. Frisbie, 28
Oscar P. Miner, 24
Isaac J. Walker, 17
John W. Strowbridge, 2
A formal ballot resulted:
Whole number, 72
Necessary for choice, 37
Frisbie, 40
Miner, 29
Walker, 3
Mr. Frisbie was declared the nominee.
Drs.
M. R. Smith, W. J. Moore and J. E. Leonard of Harford were nominated for
coroners.
On motion, the county committee was authorized
to fill any vacancies that may occur on the ticket.
On motion of N. L. Miller it was resolved that
in those towns which did not take part in the convention, the old town
committeemen hold over.
Chairman Bushby announced the appointment of
the following committee on the resolutions offered by Wm. H. Clark: W. H. Crane
of Homer, N. L.
Miller of Cortland,
W. H. Clark of Cortland, R. Bushby of Cortland, J. H. Brown of Harford, B. R.
Corning of Cincinnatus and E. W. Childs of Scott.
The several delegations handed in their
nominations for members of the county committee, which were ratified.
Adjournment.
The other convention met at the Cortland House
at 5 o'clock.
And Taylor Also.
Taylor was the last town in the county to
hold its Republican caucus. It occurred Saturday afternoon, and, following the
example of other towns in the county it cast more votes in the caucus than were
cast for McKinley last fall. The McKinley vote as declared by the official canvass
was 129, and the caucus vote of Saturday was 136, an excess of 7. The following
delegates were elected: Lucian Birdlebough, Clayton Brown, Leslie Porter,
George Skinner, William Reakes and Floyd Smith. The successful ticket received
73 votes, the opposing ticket 63 votes.
THE CIRCUS ON
WEDNESDAY.
How the Street
Cars Will Run if the Show is at the Fair Grounds.
It is impossible yet to learn just where the
circus is to be held on Wednesday. The show people
never make a final decision till the last minute, hoping as is supposed for a
bid from interested parties that will lead them to another location than the
one selected. But it is generally supposed that it will be at the fair grounds.
In that event the Traction company will make
use of their belt line around Homer-ave. to run cars at rapid transit speed and
on a rapid transit schedule. Before the afternoon
performance begins all cars going to the fair grounds will be run via North Main-st.,
and all cars from the fair grounds will be run via Homer-ave. At the close of the
performance all cars from the fair grounds will be run via North Main-st., and
all cars to the fair grounds will be run via Homer-ave. In other words, the
loaded cars will go via North Main-st. and the empty cars via Homer-ave.
The same arrangement will be observed before
an d after the evening performance.
The park traffic will be suspended
altogether on Wednesday, so that all cars can be devoted to the accommodation
of the public in getting to and from the circus.
TOOK OFF A WHEEL.
Tried to Drive
Over a Lady Sitting in a Carriage.
At about 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Alexander Neff of Berkshire was sitting in a carriage near the curb in front of
the STANDARD office on Tompkins-st., while Mr. Neff was making some purchases
at a near by store. Marion Smith of Solon who appeared to have imbibed too much
mountain dew tried to drive past her with a pair of horses attached to a buggy.
Instead of turning to the left where he had plenty of room he turned to the
right where only about 3 feet remained between Mrs. Neff's wheels and the curb.
Smith drove up over the curb, but his wheel locked with her rear wheel and crushed
it, breaking nearly every spoke at the hub. Mr. Neff appeared and demanded a
settlement and Smith declined to settle on the terms named. Words followed and
a great crowd collected, in the midst of which Officer Corcoran appeared and
escorted Smith to the cooler, where he remained till this morning, and then
paid a fine of $5 in police court for public intoxication.
BREVITIES.
—To-day is Labor day, and the politicians have
been laboring.
—Grover Relief corps will meet to-morrow afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock.
—The Cortland public schools open on Tuesday
of this week, and the Normal school on Wednesday,
—The Baptist Y. P. S. C. E. will give a
reception to Normal students in the church parlors next Monday night.
—A regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will
be held on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 2:45 P. M. Consecration service will be held as
usual, and a business meeting of special interest to all will follow.
—New display advertisements to-day are—F. E.
Brogden, Witch Hazel Jelly, page 6; W. J. Perkins & Co., Doctor's
Prescriptions, page 7: G. F. Beaudry, School Books, page 7; McKinney & Doubleday,
Happy Method In Number, page 7, and School Books and Supplies, page 6.
—Wednesday of this week will be circus day.
The Forepaugh and Sells
Brothers combined
and consolidated shows will exhibit in Cortland. The
STANDARD office will
be open all day and in the evening so that any of our out of town subscribers
who may desire to do so can have the opportunity of calling to renew their
subscriptions.
—Leland E. Wright has shown us the largest
Flemish Beauty pear we ever saw. It weighs 15 1/2 ounces and measures 11 1/2 inches
in circumference the short way around, and 13 1/4 inches in circumference the
long way. It was picked by his father, M. L. Wright, from a tree at his
brother's home, Levi Wright of Groton, on Saturday.
McGRAWVILLE.
Crisp local
Happenings at the Corset City.
The STANDARD reporter is under obligation to
James B. Healey for a bountiful supply of Golden Sweet apples of extra flavor
and to Lewis Phelps for some sample plums of the Washington variety which grew
on the farm of Henry Phelps and which each measure 6 by 6 1/4 inches in
circumference. Samples should be left with the reporter personally to receive prompt
attention by him.
Miss Winifred A. Smith is the guest of Mrs.
Charles Diel in Syracuse for a few days prior to her departure for Birmingham, Ala.,
where she has accepted a position as professor of elocution. Miss Smith has
taught in the South and the fine position offered to and accepted by her proves
the satisfaction given by her methods. She has many friends here who, while
sorry to have her leave, can but congratulate her upon her position.
F. M. Hammond, superintendent of Thomas P.
Taylor's factory at Bridgeport, Conn., is in town to make final arrangements
for a building for the new paper box factory for which the machinery is
expected this week, and arrange other details with the McGrawville manager, F.
A. Purchas. It is expected that from forty to fifty hands will be employed to
start with and with Mr. Taylor's capital and well known push and the knowledge
and energy of Mr. Purchas there is no question but that the business will increase.
The McGrawville Paper Box Co., as successors
to the McGraw Co.'s paper box factory, while confined to certain territory by
the terms of sale are having steady work and will no doubt continue to prosper.
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