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| Jules M. Cambon. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, August 12, 1898.
PROTOCOL APPROVED.
Spanish Ministry Agrees to Our Peace Terms.
ORDERED TO BE SIGNED.
Such Are the Instructions Telegraphed to M. Cambon.
MADRID. Aug. 12.—Diplomatically the busiest day since the outbreak of the war ended when the cabinet council formally approved of the protocol and wired M. Cambon in Washington instructions to sign it. There was three sessions of the cabinet council in addition to the various diplomatic conferences.
Though the text of the protocol was not received until the evening was well advanced, the government had been made fully acquainted with its contents through Paris. The matter was practically settled at the cabinet meeting in the afternoon, and the receipt of the actual document, therefore, only required a meeting of the cabinet for a formal acceptance. Ministers adhere to the statement that the protocol contains no modification of the original terms, but only new suggestions.
The ministers of the council expect that the protocol will be signed in Washington as soon as officially received and that a suspension of hostilities will be announced.
Duke Almodovar de Rio, minister of foreign affairs, says that the negotiations for the peace treaty will take place in Paris, but he says the commissioners have not yet been appointed. The terms of the protocol will not be published until the instrument has been signed.
The press now considers peace a foregone conclusion and echoes the general impatience to see a termination of hostilities and to know the program for the peace commission, at which it is believed either Senor Moret or Duke Almodovar de Rio will preside. It is believed that the negotiations will extend into the second half of September.
NEXT STEP NECESSARY.
As Soon As the Protocol Is Signed Hostilities Will Cease.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—The dispatch from Madrid announcing that the Spanish cabinet had approved the peace protocols and that the French ambassador had received instructions to sign it was very gratifying to the administration, but it was expected that such would be course of the Spanish government. It is confidently expected that the signatures will soon be affixed to this document and immediately thereafter both governments will begin carrying out its provisions.
The first will be cessation of hostilities, followed immediately by the occupation of Manila by General Merritt and the United States troops under his command, the occupation of San Juan in Porto Rico by General Miles and the evacuation of that island by the Spanish troops.
It is believed that there will be delay in the evacuation of Havana, Matanzas and other Spanish strongholds in Cuba as some difficulties are anticipated in arranging for a proper form of government for Cuba and because there is no desire to hurry American troops into the island at the present time, the preference being to wait for cooler weather.
TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT.
Some Embarrassment About Our Newly Acquired Land.
CUBA AND PORTO RICO.
The Subject Is One For Congress Alone to Decide.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 12.—Plans for the temporary government of Cuba and the territory which will be acquired from Spain as a result of the war are now under serious consideration by the president and the members of the cabinet. Porto Rico, as an actual acquisition to the territory of the United States, will be placed in charge of a military governor who will exercise a supervisory control of all the functions of government, under the direction of the president, until congress shall determine upon a permanent form of government for the island.
The president, under the constitution and laws, has no authority to go beyond this preliminary or temporary stage in the establishment of any system of governmental control, and although it is altogether probable that in his message to congress on the subject he will exercise his constitutional privileges of making recommendations, upon congress alone will devolve the responsibility and duty of determining the character of the political relations which Porto Rico shall permanently bear to the United States. There are reasons for the belief that the president favors a colonial form of government and that this view is shared by members of the cabinet.
OUR NAVY AS A TEACHER.
It Has Shown the Way For Advanced Naval Construction.
The record breaking run of the battleship Oregon showed Russia that her own naval architecture was not up to date, and the builder of the Oregon is now in St. Petersburg by royal invitation to discuss plans for revolutionizing the Russian ships. The speed performances of the Brooklyn and the Oregon in overhauling the Cristobal Colon emphasized the importance of high speed in effective fighting ships. Japan is now revising her plans and expects shortly to have the fastest cruisers afloat. The destruction of Cervera's squadron has doomed wood in the construction of warships. Italy has issued an order that wood must not be used in several warships now in process of construction and has suspended work upon them until revised plans can be made.
England announces that henceforth in the construction of her battleships speed will not be sacrificed in order to protect them with heavy armor. This conclusion undoubtedly resulted from the fact that the armor of Cervera's ships furnished little protection, since it was easily penetrated by 6 inch and 8 inch shells. A cablegram says that the new cruisers soon to be launched by France will carry no guns of extremely large caliber, but will have an increased number of rapid fire guns of small dimensions. This is directly in line with the recommendations of Dewey, Sampson and Schley.—Chicago Times-Herald.
SPECIAL PREMIUMS
To be Given by Cortland Merchants at the County Fair.
The following special premiums have been offered by Cortland merchants and will be awarded at the Cortland county fair Aug. 23, 24, 25 and 26:
Handsomest Baby—Under 2 years old—Yager & Crandall, proprietors of the Fair stores, offer a fine porcelain dinner set of 110 pieces. Value $15.
Harris, the photographer of Cortland, also offers one dozen of his best photos to the second winner in the contest. Value $4.
To the farmer bringing largest family of his own upon the fair grounds between 1 and 3 P.M. Wednesday, Aug. 24, F. Daehler will give a first-class suit of clothes—value $15.
Dairy Products—The Champion Milk Cooler Co. offer the following:
For the best parchment lined 60-pound tub creamery butter, $5 in cash.
For the best 5 pound package of dairy butter (not separator made) three crates of 5 pound Bradley Parafined patent butter packages.
For the best exhibit separator butter, in pound prints, 2,000 8 by 11 sheets best parchment paper.
For the best full cream factory cheese, one No. 3 Champion cooler and aerator.
For the best full cream farm cheese, one two-bottle Babcock milk tester.
L. R. Lewis offers one of his Perfection milk coolers and aerators (valued at $8) for best 60-pound tub of dairy butter.
The couple to be married the last day of the fair, upon the grounds of this society, will receive one of those beautiful $40 Sterling [kitchen] ranges offered by W. W. Bennett.
Keator, Wells & Co. offer a $100 buggy to the person holding the fortunate family season ticket, costing only $1. All persons holding season tickets will remember to deliver the same to gate keeper by 3 o'clock of the last day when a disinterested person will announce the fortunate possessor of one of this firm's standard make of buggies.
D. E. Shepard's grand offer of a ladies' $20 cape or jacket to suit the taste. For full particulars call at Shepard's drygoods and millinery store, corner Main and Groton-ave.
For the best made kitchen dress, M. L. Decker, the Railroad-st. sewing machine dealer, offers a $50 sewing machine to the lady presenting the best made kitchen dress, made on any style machine and presented at his booth in the hall not later than 10 of second day.
Beard & Peck's offer to the Granges—To the grange receiving the highest number of votes pro rata to their membership will be a master's chair, value $15. To the second highest, a secretary's chair, value $10. Votes to be received at Hyatt & Tooke's photo bazaar in the hall. Every member of Cortland county granges in good standing is entitled to a vote.
For the best developed one-year-old colt without scar or blemish, Wesson & Atkins manufacturing chemists, offer one dozen bottles of Antiseptin, value $6 for first prize; one-half dozen bottles of Antiseptin, value $3 as second prize.
Bingham Bros. & Miller offer a $15 tar black English clay worsted suit (sack or cutaway) to the farmer whose wife exhibits the best loaf of homemade wheat bread. Bread to be made by exhibitor's family.
Warren, Tanner & Co.'s Offer to Farmers.—This dry-goods firm offer one pair portieres with a pole complete, worth $15, to the farmer's wife exhibiting the best two one-pound prints dairy made butter.
Enlarging His Building.
Mr. H. W. Gazlay, manufacturer of the Model Milk coolers, is building an addition to his shop on Groton-ave., which will increase his facilities for manufacturing and storing coolers. The new building, which extends back from the street to the old building, will be 20 by 24 feet in size, two stories high. The first floor will be used for an office and showroom and the upper part of the building will be used for storage purposes. In addition to the manufacture of milk coolers Mr. Gazlay intends next season to put in a full line of dairy supplies.
THE GAME LAWS.
Open Season for Various Kinds of Game in This Section.
There is hardly a week passes but what questions are asked in regard to the game laws, and for the benefit of those who may not possess a copy of the laws for 1898, the following condensation of the laws affecting such game as may be found in this section of the state is published.
The open seasons on game birds are as follows:
Quail—From Nov. 1 to Dec. 15.
Woodcock and grouse—Sept. 1 to Dec. 15.
Plover and snipe—Sept. 1 to April 30.
There is no season on meadow larks and the law provides a heavy penalty for shooting them.
Pheasants are protected until 1900 and a heavy penalty is prescribed for shooting them.
The English sparrow, crow, hawk, crane, raven, crow blackbird, common blackbird and king-fisher may be shot at all seasons of the year. All other birds are protected by law.
Following are the open dates on fish:
Trout—April 10 to Aug. 31. No trout less than six inches in length shall be taken.
Black bass and Oswego bass—June 13 to Dec. 31. No bass under 10 inches in length shall be taken and no person shall take more than twenty-four bass in any one day.
Pickerel and pike—May 1 to Jan. 31.
Muskallongue—May 30 to the last day of February.
The law provides a heavy penalty for taking fish with explosives, nets or other devices.
Pickerel, pike, perch and bullheads may be fished for through the ice at Honeoye lake, Canadice lake and Conesus lake.
Following is the open season on game: Black and gray squirrels—Sept. 1 to Dec. 15. Muskrat, mink, coon, fox and skunk cannot be taken in Livingston county, except within the limits of an incorporated village, on the owner's premises, between the 10th day of April and the 31st of October. So far as we can discover there is no provision in regard to hares and rabbits.
Clip the above out and slip it in your pocketbook, where you will have it handy for reference.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Case & Ruggles, Dressing Jackets, page 6.
—A special meeting of the Y. W. C. T. U. will be held at the home of Mrs. Fred Bierce this evening at 7:30 o'clock. Every member is requested to bring clippings.
—The 2 o'clock [trolley] car to the park to-morrow afternoon will leave the Cortland House corner instead of the Messenger House as usual. All other park cars in the afternoon will leave from the Messenger House. In the evening for the band concert, they will leave the Cortland House as usual.
—Some time ago we mentioned the fact that A. J. Stout, residing east of the village, owned a mare 38 years of age, yet driven in harness to some extent. This morning, Mr. Stout drove this mare to the village hitched to the buggy, and we saw her on the street, she is in good condition and drives off well. To look at her one would hardly think her so old. Mr. Stout has always owned her and she is well cared for.—Groton Journal.
—Mr. John O'Connel of Cortland has been in town for several days looking up the matter of electric lighting. His plan is to utilize the water power at the Fairchild shop, generating current for commercial purposes only. His offer is the most reasonable yet made, but so far the trustees have not given him great encouragement in the matter of a franchise. It is not likely that he will be seriously opposed, however, especially if, as seems probable, others associated with him take the shop for factory purposes.—Cazenovia Republican.
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