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| Dupuy de Lome. |
The
Cortland Democrat, Friday, February 11, 1898.
MINISTER
DISGRACED.
UNITED
STATES DEMANDED RECALL OF SPAIN’S REPRESENTATIVE IN WASHINGTON.
State
Department Took Quick, Decisive Action—De Lome Did Not Deny Authenticity of
Letter and Vulgar Mention of President McKinley.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—The state department has
demanded the recall of Senor Don Enrique Dupuy de Lome, the minister of Spain
in Washington, for his vulgar criticism of President McKinley in the letter
written to Senor Canalejas, which was given the press by the Cuban Junta in New
York last night. Unless this demand has been complied with by to-morrow morning
the minister will be handed his passports, which is the diplomatic mode of
dismissing a foreign representative who is persona non grata. Dupuy de Lome, when called
on officially to explain whether he had written the letter, declined to deny its
authenticity, which later he acknowledged. He twice cabled his resignation to
Madrid and hopes it will be accepted before the United States government can
direct him to leave the country.
This is the official statement made by Assistant
Secretary of State Day, to-day: "Minister Dupuy de Lome does not deny the
letter. This department has communicated with Gen. Woodford, American minister
at Madrid, on the subject. Until that communication has reached the Spanish
government it would not be proper to more fully state the contents of the message
to Minister Woodford."
SPAIN
RECALLED HIM.
Washington, Feb. 9.—The Spanish government
has recalled Minister de Lome and will formally disavow the Canalejas letter.
A
STARTLING FIND.
Body of
Three-Day-Old Infant Found in the River.
Children at play on the banks of the river near the [Kingman] bathing house last Saturday
afternoon made a startling find. In the water some ten feet from the shore was
the body of an infant. Neighbors were notified and then Coroner Moore. He
brought the body ashore and it was conveyed to Fletchar & Bangs undertaking
rooms where Dr. Higgins performed an autopsy. It was a female about three days
old and had lived after birth but was probably dead when thrown into the water.
The remains were placed in the receiving vault at the cemetery.
Monday Coroner Moore drew the following
jury: C. H., Price, foreman; D. N. Gear, E. F. Jennings, Fred Cofin, J. B.
Kellogg, E. M. Santee, N. P. Meagar and Elmer Bangs. They viewed the remains
and adjourned subject to the call of the coroner. He is conducting a quiet
investigation and the guilty parties will probably be confronted by the law.
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| Cutting ice on Little York Lake. |
A Big
Crop.
The Little York Ice company have been having
a busy week on the lake. They have been working fifty-two men and three teams
and with this force could put away 175 tons of ice per hour. The quality of the
ice cut this year is of the very best. It averages from fourteen to sixteen
inches in thickness with only very thin "snow ice" on top, about two
inches. They are filling a large ice house in Binghamton in addition to those
at the lake and in Cortland with this prime article.
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| Soldiers' Monument and Normal School. |
FOR THE
IMPROVEMENTS.
Monumental
Association Want an Appropriation.
A year ago an appropriation of $800 was
voted for a fence around the soldiers' monument. The Monumental association have
not only placed a very handsome fence, but have expended $300 additional in
making improvements A cement coping a foot high was built and the monument
foundation and grass plot raised to meet it. City water was taken inside the
fence and the two guns and forty shells have been nicely placed.
The monument and its surroundings now
present a much better appearance than before and should be the pride of
everyone. The association now ask the appropriation of another $300 to
reimburse them for the extra outlay and the following resolution will be
submitted to the to the voters Tuesday: ''Shall the sum of three hundred
dollars ($300) be appropriated for the purpose of paying the balance of necessary
expense incurred in completing the improvements to the soldiers monument and
grounds in the village of Cortland, N. Y., said expense laving been incurred by
trustees of the Cortland Soldiers Monumental association?
The items of the expense incurred are as
follows:
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| Cortland Opera House. |
AT THE
OPERA HOUSE.
Faust,
Devil's Auction, Go-Won-Go Mohawk and Sousa's Band.
Morrison's version of Faust will be presented
at Cortland Opera House on to-morrow evening, Feb. 12. The drama has been toned
in every part until it is scarcely recognizable. The scenic effects which have
been added with unstinted liberality and detailed care are the least noteworthy
of the changes which have been effected. The entire drama, the story, the
execution both scenic and historic has been elevated until the lofty poetry of
this great epic is made to dominate the stage and cast into its due secondary
significance to the spectacular which formerly appeared unpoetically prominent.
The revels on the Brocken, wherein the
spectacular is dealt, has been raised from the absurd to the impressive. The
entire performance has become serious and exalted. The company is an excellent
one. The mark of wonderful and painstaking drilling and the severest discipline
are apparent in every scene and in the work or every participant in the
performance. In no stage work has such effective use been made of electricity.
It flashes into starry jets from the roses in Marguerite's garden and emblazons
across upon the church door. It dances with fantastic meaning from the sword at
whose fatal point the valiant Valentine meets his undeserved and fearful death.
It glistens in the rays of the evening sun and beams with the morning light. It
is omnipresent as the fiend himself, fretting, mystifying and magnificent. The
present engagement will have new interest from the fact that every bit of
scenery, all the costumes, properties and mechanical effects are new and many
of the former effects of the Brocken scene have been much elaborated. Prices,
35, 50 and 75 cents. Sale at Rood & Co.'s, Wednesday, at 2:30 P. M.
GO-WON-GO
MOHAWK.
Go-Won-Go Mohawk is the name of one of
America's "New Women." She has written a play and herself enacts the
hero, not the heroine, if you please—for she is masculine with a vengeance.
Unlike "Revolted Daughters," she neither swears nor smokes. True, but
she makes up for these trifling defects by alighting, shooing and riding horses
a-straddle, as may he seen at the Cortland Opera House Thursday evening Feb 17.
Go-Won-Go Mohawk is a remarkable woman. In the bills she is described as "The
only American Indian actress and authoress." She acts with a rare degree
of dignity and occasionally displays much vigor.
Her company is a remarkable one. Chief Ga-Ne-Gua
is a veteran of the Civil War and Indian Rising. Mr. Wilbur Collins is known in
the far West as "Deadwood Dick." Mr. W. H. Killey is the "Only
United States Cavalry Trumpeter" in the theatrical profession and Mr. W. C.
Charles is "A veteran of the Civil War." Go-Won-Go has two ponies,
wonderfully well trained, and these are brought on the stage several times. [Who shovels?--CC editor.]
HERE AND
THERE.
St.
Valentine's day next Monday.
Vote the ticket headed by the star. It's
alright.
The Normal [School] opened Wednesday for the
spring term.
The demand for sawdust is better than the
supply, as most steam mills now burn the product.
Passenger traffic is reported to be exceedingly
heavy for this period of the year on the Lehigh Valley.
Sousa and his wonderful band give an
entertainment at the Cortland opera house Saturday afternoon, March 5.
The Loyal Circle of King's Daughters will
meet with Mrs. H. I. Jenkins, 50 Madison St., Friday, Feb. 11, at 2:30 P. M.
Mrs. E. D. Blodgett entertained about twenty
ladies at a thimble bee at her home on Argyle Place yesterday afternoon from 3
to 6 o'clock.
A movement has been started by the Grangers
of the state looking towards the reduction of interest and the exemption of mortgages
from taxation.
Parents should visit the schools more
frequently than they do. Teachers will welcome them and children will be
benefited by the interest manifested in their studies.
Fred F. West, the religious lecturer who was
indicted for rape on Anna Pittman of Tully, plead guilty to the charge and has been
sentenced to nine years and 11 months in Auburn prison.
The singing of the church choir of Nuremberg
as heard in the Morrison production of Faust is of the best. A company of
carefully selected singers is carried especially for this purpose. Faust will
be at the Opera House to-morrow night.
Mrs. James Ranney, aged 60 years, died at
the home of her daughter in Brooklyn last Saturday. She was formerly a resident
of Cortland and the remains were brought here Tuesday morning. The funeral was
held at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. Bugby, Wednesday afternoon.
Patrick Kane, who lives near Marathon, expired
while sitting in a chair at the Marathon house Saturday. He had been in conversation
a few minutes before death. He was an aged man and Coroner Moore decided no
inquest was necessary.
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