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| Capt. Gen. Ramon Blanco. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, August 26, 1898.
BLANCO'S PROCLAMATION.
FEELS THAT HE HAS DONE HIS FULL DUTY FOR SPAIN.
Urges All to be Quiet and Keep Out of Local Politics and Manifestations—Says the United States Will Care for Their Lives and Interests—Prophesies Good Feeling Between Cubans and Spaniards.
NEW YORK, Aug. 25.—The Press has this from Washington: A translation of General Blanco's latest proclamation to the people of Havana has reached Washington. It says:
We have been vanquished and without consideration of our birthplace will be to-morrow as strangers in this country and as emigrants to this portion of the earth, which until to-day and probably a few weeks more is part of our Spanish fatherland.
As strangers and as the vanquished, I counsel you, the people of Cuba, whose hearts are Spanish and who deeply feel the disgrace of their country, not to dispute any of the benefits which the triumph gives to the victors. It is our obligation now to be quiet; not to take any part in the different manifestations of a local political nature, and even to decline participation in such affairs, even if the right of franchise be offered us. But you have one duty which be a duty of love; that is to undertake the task of reconstruction of all your interests and it is your duty also to ask for, even appeal, if it become necessary, from your position as the vanquished to the victorious for a guarantee of your personal safety and the protection of your proper interests.
If you do as I counsel you the United States will take care of your lives and your interests. My mission here soon will be finished, as will the sovereignty of Spain, and any one who feels that with honor to himself he may continue to call himself a Spaniard will have to matriculate his name at the Spanish consulate which will be established in this city.
I believe that I have done all that I could have done for her majesty's loyal subjects. It was duty to make war against the insurgents who never have been grateful to Spain for her efforts in their behalf.
I am convinced that there will be no further disputes between the Cubans and Spaniards in this island, for it is my belief that as soon as the Cubans begin to govern here they will find out how useful are the Spaniards to them, and finally will concede to them the place they deserve in the government of the island.
Your compatriot,
A CLASH AT CAVITE.
United States Troops and Insurgents Have Some Difficulty.
NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—A special cablegram to The New York Journal from Manila says: There has been a very serious clash at Cavite between United States soldiers and the insurgents, the riot resulting in the killing of one soldier and the serious wounding of another.
George Hudson, a member of the Utica battery, got into a dispute with a native shopkeeper. Fearing trouble he fired his revolver in the air to attract the attention of some of his fellow soldiers. A great crowd of natives ran to the scene of the disturbance and at once began firing their revolvers, killing Hudson and seriously wounding Corporal Wm. Anderson of the same battery, who had hurried to the assistance of Hudson. A detachment of the Fourth cavalry was called out and dispersed the Filipinos, who continued to fire their revolvers as they retreated but without doing any more damage.
On the same night some of the soldiers doing guard duty saw a large party of natives stripping the wreck of a gunboat which was lying in Cavite bay. A boat with an armed force was put off from shore. The soldiers hailed the natives who failed to answer. Then the soldiers fired a volley, killing one and wounding another. General Aguinaldo promptly denied any connection between the natives in these affairs and his army. These fights show a sullen disposition of the natives toward the Americans and it is feared that there will be frequent and serious uprisings. They bitterly denounce the restraint put upon them by the Americans and the feeling of resentment is spreading to the outlying territory.
Admiral Dewey to-day transferred his flag to the cruiser Baltimore, the Olympia sailing for Hong Kong to be docked and cleaned. The Raleigh left for the same port last night.
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| 1894 map segment of Cortland County Fairgrounds and race track. |
MARION MILLS INJURED.
RECEIVED A BAD FALL ON THE BACK STRETCH THIS AFTERNOON.
Was Giving a Beautiful Exhibition—Belief that She Will Never Go Again—Thought to be a Kink In the Spinal Cord Producing Concussion of the Brain—The Last Day of the Fair—A Crowd Present.
To-day is the last day of the county fair for this year, and to say that it has been a success is a pleasure for every one interested in the management and for every person in Cortland county who desires to see success attending it. The exhibits have been complete and fine in every department. The attendance has been big, and the managers feel like expressing their utmost thanks to the people within the province of the Cortland county fair for the way in which they have rallied to the support of the exposition this year. The attractions at the fair have been of the best, but the elements have been against this feature of the fair much to the disappointment of many thousands of people.
The really marvelous Marion Mills is there and was ready to give her exhibition both Wednesday and Thursday. The rain made this impossible on either day, owing to the slippery condition of the track. At 2:30 yesterday afternoon the announcement was made that the mare would appear at 5 o'clock. The heavy downpour of rain at 1:30 o'clock had simply flooded the track. The sun then came out and it was thought that the track would be in condition for the exhibition at 5 o'clock, but that was impossible. Men were set at work shoveling the deepest mud from the track, and a team was set at work brushing it, but at 5 o'clock the track was really dangerous for a guideless pacer. On the back side, the mud was deep and slippery, and the owner of the mare should not be blamed for not taking the risk of possible permanent injury. The management of the fair should not be criticized in the least for the circumstance, which was due solely and only to the rain. It is just as expensive for the society whether Marion Mills gives her exhibition or not, and the society certainly has done its full share in the matter.
None of the scheduled trotting or pacing races were run off yesterday, owing to the mud, but a mixed race was made up and run off in the mud with the following summary:
The races down for Wednesday started first this afternoon, and will follow in their order until dark to-night, and those which are not finished to-night will be declared off.
The crowd at the fair grounds this afternoon was greater than any time before, the good weather making it sure that Marian Mills, the celebrated guideless pacer, would be able to appear. On the two previous days of the fair the weather was so bad that she had been unable to make her exhibition and thousands who had been disappointed on Wednesday and Thursday returned to-day to see the wonderful mare.
Her appearance was the signal for a tremendous outburst of applause and she did make a pretty sight as she moved off so proudly and so gracefully. But it was probably the last exhibition she was ever to make, for when she had about reached the three-quarters [mark] she met with an accident that will probably forever remove her from the track if it does not cause her immediate death as is feared.
The track was not very smooth over at the point where teams cross from the outside to the interior of the race course. It was full of uneven spots caused by the prints of horses' hoofs in the mud before it dried. Whether that had anything to do, however, with her accident is not known. At any rate as she had about reached the end of the lower curve at the back stretch she stumbled slightly, but recovered herself and went on. Her speed was tremendous. As she came down the home stretch where the track was perfectly smooth she stumbled again and almost came to a stop, but again recovered herself and pushed on, not so fast, however, as before. When she had reached about the same place where she first stumbled she stumbled a third time and this time she went down flat on the track. She gave two or three convulsive kicks with her hind feet, but never once raised her head, and then lay perfectly still.
In an instant the excitement all over the grounds became intense. The crowd surged over there and surrounded her as she lay. Her manager and attendants hastened to her and began at once stripping her of her harness and doing what they could for her. The entire regular police force and all the special officers tried almost in vain to keep the crowd back so that there might be a space about the mare sufficiently large to work over her.
Dr. W. L. Baker, the veterinarian, who is also one of the secretaries of the Agricultural society, was quickly on hand and gave his professional skill unceasingly. The mare could not move a particle. All sorts of rumors and reports went out through the crowd. Some said she had stepped in a hole in the track, but there were no holes of any serious size. Others that she had slipped in the mud, but there was no mud at that point. Others that her harness caught and in some way tripped her, and this was believed to be the most probable, for in no other way could the second stumble on the home stretch be accounted for. Some said her neck was broken, but the veterinarians decided that this was not so. Dr. Baker said to a STANDARD man that, while it was too early to be positively certain, it was their belief that without attempting to account for the cause of her stumble the result of it was to produce a kink in her spinal cord and to result in concussion of the brain. He was not sure that she could not recover, but he thought it hardly probable.
As the mare lay in the center of the track it was impossible for any of the races to proceed till she could be removed. A stoneboat was procured and twenty or thirty men raised the mare and placed her on blankets and on the stoneboat and then several hundred men grasped a long rope and drew her down the track and out to her stable, while the crowd surged on behind.
It was a sympathetic crowd and on every side could be heard expressions of regret at the accident and of admiration of the beauty of the mare and of how splendidly she was traveling when she fell.
The loss will be a heavy one for her owner, who only a few days ago refused $20,000 for her. She was not insured. She had been on the western track circuits giving exhibitions all the spring and was now on her way to Bangor, Me.
Yesterday when the crowd was complaining that the mare did not make her exhibition on account of the rain her manager said "Gentlemen, my whole living is in that mare. An animal driven could be restrained and held in at a bad place in the track, but she goes without a driver and when she goes it is for all she is worth. No, I can't permit her to go unless the track is right. To-morrow if it is right she may go twice. I am as sorry to disappoint the people as you are, but she can't go to-day." And the people who heard respected his decision. To-day he has practically lost his mare, though for what fault is not yet known.
At 4 o'clock word was telephoned down that the mare was resting a little easier. The baseball game between Cortland and Rome resulted in a score of 8 to 2 in favor of the home team.
GOT HIS MONEY BACK.
Friends Help John Marks Out of the Toils of Crooks.
Notwithstanding the fact that extraordinary precautions have been taken by the managers of the Cortland county fair to shut out all gambling devices from the grounds, a gang of crooks managed to work their game successfully for a time yesterday. They carried their game a little too far with one Cortland man, however, were caught in the act by a number of the man's friends, made to pay back the money, threatened with arrest and ordered off the grounds by the officers of the association.
John Marks was the man's name and he had lost between forty and fifty dollars when some of his friends came along and noticed what was going on. They called Marks one side and asked how much he had lost. At first he refused to tell, but finally admitted that he had lost more than $40.
"Go right up and demand your money and make him pay it back," said one. "If he doesn't do it we'll see to getting an officer here right away."
Marks demanded his money which of course was refused. In the shortest time imaginable, confederates were assisting the operator to pull up his tables, the money was put away and the operators made a dash for a nearby tent which was unoccupied.
Secretaries Maycumber and Baker, who had been notified, arrived just at this time, together with one or two special policemen. Dr. Baker stationed a policeman at each end of the tent, and told them to let no one out or in. Marks then told Dr. Baker his story and the doctor at once asked the man if he was going to settle. He refused. Officer James Edwards had just come inside the tent and turning to him Dr. Baker said "Officer, take that man along with you. We won't have any of this kind of work going on here." The man then counted out $45 and handed it to Mr. Marks who was more than pleased to get his money back.
The gang was then ordered to leave the grounds which they were only too glad to do to escape arrest and prosecution.
BEST LOAF OF BREAD.
Prize Awarded to Mrs. H. T. Coon of Little York—Forty Entries.
Considerable rivalry was manifested in the contest at the county fair for the best loaf of homemade wheat bread, for which Bingham Brothers & Miller offered a $15 black English clay worsted suit, sack or cutaway, intended to be worn by the husband, brother, father or son of the exhibitor. There were forty entries and forty loaves of bread were shown. The judge was Mr. D. Coon, senior partner of the firm of Coon Brothers, bakers of Cortland. Mr. Coon cut each loaf and tested it very carefully and finally decided that loaf No. 17 was entitled to the prize. The entry book was then procured from Secretary Maycumber and it appeared that Mrs. H. T. Coon of Little York was the maker of the bread, and it will doubtless result that Mr. H. T. Coon will be the fortunate wearer of Bingham Brothers & Miller's handsome suit.
It should perhaps be stated in justice to both parties that Mr. D. Coon, the judge of the bread, is not related in any way to Mr. or Mrs. H. T. Coon, nor did he have even a speaking acquaintance with either or know of their existence previous to being introduced to them on the grounds after he had decided the contest and after the name of the maker had been looked up in the secretary's book. But to still further show the fairness of the decision it may be added that each loaf was ticketed by number and that no name appeared upon it nor was there anything about it to show by whom it was made, nor in fact did any one present except the maker know till the secretary's book had been procured to connect the name and number.
Bingham Brothers & Miller will take great pleasure in presenting to Mr. Coon the suit of clothes whenever he may call at the store to fitted, and Mr. Coon is to be congratulated upon being the husband of the champion breadmaker of Cortland county.
The bread which was exhibited was divided as equally as possible between the W. C. T. U., the King's Daughters and the hospital. The W. C. T. U. is making its portion up into sandwiches to be sold for lunches.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—M. A. Case, Fancy Work, page 6.
—A. J. Stout has purchased of the Misses Miller the house at 65 Maple-ave., possession to be given Sept. 1.
—The fair does not develop any additional business in police court. This morning the police court blotter was blank.
—Nearly all the barber shops in town closed this afternoon from 1 to 5 o'clock to permit the proprietors and employees to attend the fair.
—The Democratic state convention is called to meet at Syracuse on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at noon. Each assembly district in the state is entitled to three delegates.
—A bottle of alcohol exploded in the cellar of the drug store of Dr. Barkman in Binghamton yesterday afternoon. The result was a fire doing damage to the amount of $25,000.
—Rev. E. E. Davidson, who so successfully conducted a series of union revival meetings in Cortland in the spring of 1889, has been engaged for similar work in Marathon in October.
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