GENERAL WHEELER'S VIEWS, UNIONS AND REUNIONS

 

Major-General Joseph Wheeler, United States Army.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, August 18, 1898.

GEN. WHEELER'S VIEWS.

He Thinks That the Cubans Will Soon Become Good Citizens.

   WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.—General Wheeler had a three-quarters of an hour conference with the president before starting for Montauk Point. The president wanted to talk over the conditions in Cuba and he put numerous questions. He received not only an account of the general's experience in that campaign, but also his views on various issues incident to the adjustment of affairs on the island. One point that was uppermost was the possibility of a rupture with the Cuban insurgents. General Wheeler's statements were very reassuring.

   "All the friction," he said, "between the Americans and Cubans will soon pass away and there will be harmony and the best of feeling between them."

   He said there was a class of men in Cuba who had never been friendly to the Cubans, but on the contrary had been favorable to Spain, who likely would do all they could to keep up this misunderstanding though he did not apprehend any dangerous results.

   General Wheeler suggested the charges against the insurgents of taking articles in the field had extenuating circumstances, especially in view of the starving condition of many of them. General Wheeler believed the Cubans in time, when freed from oppression and given a stable and humane government, would become law abiding and useful people.

   The president is very solicitous about the health of the Montauk Point camp, and gave explicit instructions verbally to General Wheeler as to the conduct of the camp. He wanted everything possible and reasonable done for the interests of the men at the camp.

 

Emilio Aguinaldo.

DEALING WITH INSURGENTS.

Instructions Sent to Admiral Dewey and General Merritt.

NOT TO BE RECOGNIZED.

Joint Action Only Between Our Own Army and Navy.

   WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.—The two American commanders at Manila, Admiral Dewey and Major General Merrill, united in a joint dispatch asking for instructions as to the manner of dealing with the various elements, particularly the insurgents, now that the city was occupied by the American forces. After a conference at the White House, in which Secretary Alger and Acting Secretary Allen participated, instructions were sent to the American commanders. The text of the request for instructions and of the answer was not made public, but Secretary Alger summed up the instructions as substantially as follows:

   "The instructions are to enforce law and order and to treat all law abiding citizens alike."

   The instructions are practically the same as those sent to General Lawton. The latter order specifically stated that the insurgents must recognize the military occupation and authority of the United States and the cessation of hostilities proclaimed by this government. Doubtless the same rule is being applied to the insurgents under Aguinaldo, although it was not officially stated that such specific orders were sent. It is said the joint dispatch from Dewey and Merritt did not in terms refer to Aguinaldo, nor did the instructions mention the insurgent leader by name. It is well understood, however, that the desire of the American commanders was to have instructions on the manner of dealing with the large and menacing forces of insurgents under Aguinaldo, who have surrounded Manila for many weeks and who it is thought may or have demanded the right to occupy the city with the American forces as the Cuban insurgents did at Santiago.

   It had been thought in some quarters here that the showing heretofore made by the insurgents would lead to their receiving a certain amount of recognition in the way of joint action between the United States forces and those of the insurgents when the city was occupied. But the instructions just sent are based on occupation by the United States alone, and as a high administration official summed up the situation, "There shall be no joint action except between Merritt and Dewey. They will maintain law and order and will treat insurgents and Spaniards alike, requiring all to observe peace and order."

   Aside from this joint dispatch the only other word received from Manila was in the brief dispatch from Admiral Dewey announcing the surrender of the city last Saturday.

   A detailed dispatch from General Merritt is eagerly awaited as it is feared that the sharp engagement of the land forces during the storming of Manila had resulted in some casualties on our side. But no dispatch came from General Merritt, except the one in which he issued with Admiral Dewey in asking for instructions. Secretary Alger concluded from this that the casualties could not have been heavy as he felt sure General Merritt would promptly report any considerable loss. There was a bare possibility that a cipher dispatch from Merritt had miscarried.

   It was noted that neither the first dispatch of Admiral Dewey nor the joint dispatch of Dewey and Merritt made any reference whatever to the part which the German cruiser Kaiserin Augusta took in removing Captain General Augustin from Manila to Hong Kong.

   From this the official commanders do not attach serious significance to the course of the German naval authorities. The incident continues to cause some irritation here, but it is practically certain that no official cognizance will be taken of it. A high official of the navy department said that at most the course of the German naval commander was one of bad taste. There is no disposition in any official quarter at present to carry the incident to the point of considering it a breach of neutrality, as has been suggested in some British newspapers.

 

WHY THEY RESIGNED.

An Officer of the Sixth His Say.

   NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—The five officers of the Sixth Massachusetts volunteers who resigned from their positions in the regiment while at Porto Rico arrived here on the United States cruiser St. Paul, and later took a train for Boston. They were Colonel C. F. Woodward, Lieutenant Colonel George H. Chaffin, Major G. H. Taylor, Captain V. A. Goodall and Chaplain W. F. Dessault.

   The ex-officers looked to be in good health, and Colonel Woodward talked briefly about the trouble that led to the resignations. He said that it took his regiment three days to march from Guancia to Youca and from there to Ponce. The men had been closed up in the transports for many days and were suffering for want of proper rest. Colonel Woodward said, however, that his men were no worse off than those of other regiments.

   "The distance we had to march was something like 21 or 22 miles," he continued, "and the men had to carry heavy loads. We marched five miles on the first day and that night General Garretson, who was in command of the division, spoke to me about keeping my men in line, but the men kept dropping behind on the following day when we made a march of 10 miles. A good many fell behind and General Garretson told me to order the stragglers out and said they should be shot. I told General Garretson that many of the men were my friends and that I could not do so. They were physically broken up and that was all there was to it. On the third day we got into Ponce in the evening, while the other regiments reached there about noon. My regiment was referred to as a 'mob' by General Garretson.

   "Subsequently the other officers and myself resigned when we were ordered to appear before an examining board. We were told that it was not a court-martial and so concluded that we might as well resign as be forced out."

 

YELLOW FEVER CASES.

Physicians Report No Increase in Their Number.

   CAMP WIKOFF, Montauk Point, Aug. 18.—The physicians in charge of the detention hospital to-day reported that there had been no increase in yellow fever cases since yesterday. There are seven in the hospital. Altogether there are 300 men in the different hospitals. Additions are received every day and they take the place of the men who are discharged from the hospital. The average of patients the doctors say is about 300. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, who is to be the new temporary commander of the camp, will arrive this evening and will relieve General Young. Two cases of scarlet fever have appeared in the hospital. The Red Cross society yacht Red Cross to-day took twenty-four typhoid fever patients from the hospital across the Long Island sound to New Haven hospitals.

 

BEEBE FAMILY REUNION.

A Very Pleasant Affair Which Occurred at Taylor Yesterday.

   The annual reunion of the Beebe family was held at the old homestead in the town of Taylor, N. Y., now occupied by Garrett P. Rockwell. The place is situated about three quarters of a mile northeast of Taylor village on the road to Pitcher.

   About 100 of the descendants of Orellana Beebe attended the reunion, many going by train from Cortland over the Erie & Central New York railroad, and others going in carriages from their homes in that vicinity. The event of yesterday was not only the tenth annual reunion of the Beebe family, but it was a centennial anniversary of the settlement of Orellana Beebe on the old homestead, which occupies a commanding position overlooking the Otselic valley both north and south. Only a portion of the original house now remains, and that is now at the rear of the present structure, covered with vines and used as a milkhouse.

   At the midday hour, a dinner consisting of a large variety of food which had been brought by the guests, was served on tables spread beneath the shade trees on the large and spacious lawn.

   Vocal and instrumental music formed a pleasant feature of the gathering, the principal attraction being a large Columbia graphophone under the management of Mr. Fred S. Rockwell of New York, which proved a great delight for all, particularly the children.

   As is customary at gatherings of this kind, a short business session was held at which C. L. Cotton of Earlville was chosen president and Mrs. Albert H. Clark of Cortland was re-elected secretary and treasurer. Remarks were made by different ones present in reference particularly to the preparation of a history of the Beebe family and the publication of the same. Among those who took part in the discussion was Mr. H. H. Beebe, a member of the editorial staff of the Brooklyn Standard Union, who gave a very fine talk concerning the genealogy of the Beebe family, upon which subject he is especially well informed, having spent many years in collecting facts.

   It was voted to hold the reunion in 1899 on the third Thursday in August at the same place.

   Those in attendance at the reunion yesterday were: Mrs. Emily Utley of Sabula, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neal of Lincoln, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Wallace C. Kenyon of Jefferson City, Tenn., Mrs. Will Borrows of Indianapolis, Ind., Mrs. R. P. Warner of Candor, N. Y., Mr. H. H. Beebe and daughter of Brooklyn, Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Cotton of Earlville, Alonzo Beebe of Fairport, Mrs. Elizabeth Beebe Ferris of Utica, Mr. and Mrs. Adelbert Isbell of Rockwell's Mills, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Rockwell and Mr. W. Clark Rockwell of New York City, Mrs. O. W. Monroe of Oneonta, Miss May Hopkins of Syracuse, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. McGraw and Mrs. William Pritchard of McGraw, Mrs. Randolph Wells and daughter Nellie of Pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kenyon, Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. Clark, Miss Luella Rockwell, Mrs. Lucy Burgett, Glenn Burgett, Frank Beebe, Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Greenwood, Mrs. Katharine Neal Alvord and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Olds of Cortland, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Neal of North Pitcher, Miss Caroline Stevens of McGraw. Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Eldredge of North Pitcher, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Anderson and Mrs. E. E. Hinman of Pitcher, Ira Rockwell of McGraw, Mrs. Eugene Terrill of Cincinnatus, Riley Crittenden of Willet, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus D. Wire, Mr. and Mrs. Ned C. Rockwell, Mr. and Mrs. Garrett P. Rockwell, Mr. and Mrs. Perry O. Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Cass, Mrs. Rosetta S. Crane, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crane, and Mrs. M. A. Neal of Taylor.

 

Gillette-Jones.

   Mr. Prosper Frank Gillette and Miss Susan May Jones, both of Cortland, were married yesterday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Jones, 26 Cleveland-st., by Rev. John T. Stone, pastor of the Presbyterian church. Only immediate friends were present. Mr. and Mrs. Gillette have gone on a trip through the eastern part of the state, and upon their return will be at home after Aug. 25 at 97 Pendleton-st.

 

THE DAVIS FAMILY.

Annual Reunion Held at the Home of Caleb K. Davis Yesterday.

   The annual reunion of the Davis family was held yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Caleb K. Davis, 10 Venette-st., Cortland, and proved a most enjoyable occasion. At the noon hour a dinner was served, and afterwards a short business session was held at which officers were elected as follows:

   President—Seth Davis of Messengerville.

   Secretary—R. F. Chappius of Dryden.

   Treasurer—Mrs. Helen Willett of Cortland.

   Historian—Mrs. Sarah Harrington of Harford Mills.

   The reunion of 1899 will be held at the home of Seth Davis at Messengerville. The guests present yesterday were Mrs. Noah Davis and two children of Messengerville, Mrs. Alfred Davis of Harford Mills, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harrington of Harford Mills, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Chappius of Dryden, Mrs. A. L. Smith of Auburn, Mrs. Ezra Laird of Marathon, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Miller and son and Mrs. Hammond Davis of Killawog, Mr. and Mrs. Seth Davis of Messengerville, Mr. and Mrs. William Barry and two daughters of Lapeer, Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Robinson of Lapeer, Mr. and Mrs. John Oday of Virgil, and the following from Cortland: Mrs. Helen Willett, Mrs. Helen Waters, Mrs. Jacob Price, Lewis Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kennedy and Mrs. Hall and daughter.

 

Morgan-Brush.

   A quiet but very pretty home wedding occurred in Homer last evening when Miss Fannie Marguerite Brush of Cortland became Mrs. Fred Morgan of Millerton, N. Y. Rev. J. A. Hungate performed the ceremony which took place at 6 o'clock at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. M. Wooster on Copeland-ave. It was a very quiet affair, only relatives and immediate friends of the parties being present.

   The bride was dressed in white brocaded silk, trimmed with pearls. Many beautiful gifts were presented, with congratulations and good wishes of friends from near and far. The bridal party left on the northbound D., L. & W. train early this morning for Millerton, which will be their future home.

 

BICYCLES COLLIDE.

A Serious Accident on the Cinder Path.

(From the Homer Republican.)

   A serious accident occurred on the cinder path between Homer and Little York last Tuesday evening between 8 and 9 o'clock by which Miss Sadie Hall, daughter of John Hall, was badly injured. Miss Hall, a young lady of 17 or 18 years, who resides with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hall, on their farm about half way between Homer and Little York, was returning home from Little York and had a lighted lamp on her wheel. When opposite the Gates farm, riding rapidly, she was met by a young man also riding rapidly and with no light who collided with her. Both were thrown violently to the ground and Miss Hall was struck in the face, probably by the wheel which ran into her. The young man went into the house with Miss Hall and it was seen that the injury was a serious one. Miss Hall asked for a mirror that she might see how badly she was injured and meantime the young man, without giving his name, went out of the house, mounted his wheel and rode off in a most cowardly and ungallant manner.

   Miss Hall's parents were at once notified and her father took her to Dr. J. W. Whitney's office in this village as soon as possible, arriving there at about 9:30 o'clock. Dr. Whitney found that the bridge of the nose was crushed in and the flesh and cartilage torn down in a shocking manner and the cut bled profusely. The wound was sewed up and several small pieces of bone removed. The young lady bore the painful operation without flinching and with great fortitude. It is feared that the injury will somewhat disfigure Miss Hall's face.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Cortland county fair, Aug. 23, 24, 25 and 26. Big attraction every day.

   —The annual picnic of the Gates family occurs at Little York lake to-day.

   —The D., L. & W. pay car passed south over the S. & B. division this morning.

   —Judging from the inquiries from different sources for premium lists the fair will be a great success.

   —The Johnson family picnic will be held at the home of Bert Lamphere in Marathon Thursday, Sept. 1.

   —Marion Mills, the guideless wonder and great pacer, is one of the many attractions at the Cortland fair next week.

   —Friday evening, Aug. 19, there will be a dance at the pavilion at Little York. Babcock's orchestra will be in attendance.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Stowell, Laundry Your Lace Curtains, page 6; A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8.

  —A band of gypsies who have been camping near the Port Watson bridge since Saturday started toward Ithaca this morning.

   —Rev. A. G. Upton of Weiser, Ida., will speak at the prayer-meeting in the chapel of the Congregational church this evening at 7:30 o'clock.

   —The annual reunion of the Givens family will be held Aug. 21 at the home of Mrs. Mary Anthony, one and one-half miles northwest of McLean.

   —The force of men on the paving job to-day numbers over 100, and over thirty teams are hauling away the gravel and dirt, which has been placed on the extension of Maple-ave.

   —Miss Hyatt, who lectures in the Memorial Baptist church to-morrow evening, desires to meet the young ladies of the First Baptist church at 8 o'clock to-morrow afternoon at 18 Church-st.

   —The village board of trustees request all persons who desire work in connection with the Main-st. paving to register their applications with Clerk W. C. Crombie before Saturday evening, Aug. 20.

   —The Groton brass band which received many high compliments for its playing while in Cortland on the last day of the firemen's convention, has disbanded and offers for sale its entire outfit of instruments, uniforms and music.

   —Mr. Robert Lamont died at his home on the main road between McLean and Dryden yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Mr. Lamont had been in poor health for some time but had been about at his duties as usual until Monday. Funeral services will be held at the house Saturday at 11 A. M.

   —The Cortland baseball team left at 12:40 to-day for Binghamton, where the team plays the Canandaigua team this afternoon. To-morrow morning Cortland and Rome play in Binghamton. Both games are championship games. The next game in Cortland is with Rome on Saturday afternoon.