FLAG RAISED AT HONOLULU AND REQUEST TO CHANGE MAIN STREET CURBING

 

Hawaiian flag.

USA flag 45 stars.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, August 23, 1898.

FLAG RAISED AT HONOLULU.

The Stars and Stripes Now Float Over the Hawaiian Islands.

   SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.—The steamer Belgic has just reached this port with the following advices from Honolulu:

   Precisely at 11:52 o'clock Aug. 12 the Hawaiian flag descended from the flagstaffs on all the government buildings and exactly at five minutes to 12 o'clock the stars and stripes floated on the tropical breezes from every official flagstaff.

   The ceremony was a most impressive one. To hear the strains of "Hawaii Ponoi" for the last time as a national anthem; to hear the bugle blow as the Hawaiian ensign sank from its position, and to notice the emotion of many who had been born under it and had lived their lives under it, was solemn. But then came the bugle call for the raising of Old Glory, and the strains of "The Star Spangled Banner" broke forth as that banner was unfurled to the breeze. When the cheers broke forth and eyes that had been dim for a few minutes became bright when the stars and stripes blew out.

   The picture presented in and around the executive building was most striking. In the grounds and around all the approaches were crowds of onlookers, of varied nationality. Notably remarkable was the number of Hawaiians. Within the grounds the military and naval display was fine. Hawaiian troops, United States marines, the mounted patrol, the police and the citizen guard presented a splendid appearance.

 

King's Command in Honolulu.

   WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—It is the intention of the war department to have General King's command of soldiers, which recently left San Francisco, detained in Honolulu where they touch on their way across the Pacific. The administration desires to have additional soldiers in Honolulu to those already there and requested General Merriam, commanding the department of California, before he sailed from San Francisco, to hold General King's command.

 

SPAIN NAMES COMMISSION.

Those For Cuba and Porto Rico Appointed.

WAITED TILL THE LAST DAY.

One of the Men For Cuba Selected From Civil Life.

   WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The state department received a call from M. Thiebaut, secretary of the French embassy, and in charge during the absence of Ambassador Cambon, who bore a notification from the Spanish government of the military commissioners for Cuba and Porto Rico. Under the peace protocol each government was to name its military commissioners within 10 days. The 10 days have expired and accordingly Spain gave the official notice of the appointments. They are a s follows:

   For Cuba—Major General Gonzales Parrado, Rear Admiral Pastor y Landero, Marquis Montero.

   For Porto Rico—Major General Ortega y Diaz, Commodore of First Rank Vallarino y Carracco, Judge Advocate Sanchez del Aguila y Leon.

   The foregoing official list differs from some of the lists given in press dispatches, which have included Admiral Montijo, General Blanco, General Macias and several other prominent Spanish officers. Considerable significance attaches to the naming of Marquis Montero on the Cuban commission, as it indicates a purpose on the part of Spain to go into the future government of Cuba. He is the only commissioner, Spanish or American, taken from civil life. He is secretary of the treasury of the Cuban autonomous cabinet, and all his interests are connected with the government of Cuba, rather than with the military question of the Spanish evacuation of Cuba. He is named, it is believed, in order to carry out Spain's desire to have an understanding as to the future government of the island, he being intimately familiar with the questions of the civil administration of Cuba. As secretary of the Cuban treasury he is also very familiar with questions affecting the Cuban debt.

 

Richmond P. Hobson, USN.

Hobson to Return to Santiago.

   NEW YORK, Aug. 23.—Lieutenant Hobson will leave this city on the Seguranca for Santiago, where he will superintend the raising of the Spanish warships.

 

ENSIGN POWELL OF THE MERRIMAC

Arrives at His Home in Oswego—Arranging for a Suitable Reception.

   OSWEGO, N. Y., Aug. 23.—Ensign Joseph W. Powell of Merrimac launch fame arrived home on leave this morning. By resolution of the common council Mayor Higgins will appoint a committee to arrange a suitable reception to the gallant young ensign.

 

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

Commercial Battle.

   The United States are not looking for any open rupture with Germany. We do not anticipate the mustering of serried battalions and of battleships to meet those of the kaiser in armed conflict, but Germany has none the less been waging a species of war on us which is mischievous and persistent. This war, a commercial one, has been in operation for a good while in spite of all our reasonable protests. The prohibition of our food products on the most frivolous pretexts and in open face of the true facts of official inspection would be ludicrous if the financial side were less momentous. France's edicts against American pork and dressed beef were revoked several years ago, but kaiserland has obeyed the agrarian demands, wherein the junkers go hand in hand with the peasants, and more enlightened opinion makes but little headway against the tide. Our own government has at last lost patience and now proposes retaliation based on similar pretexts.

   Official chemists in Germany persist that American food products threaten public health and interest.  Our agricultural department chemists are now busy analyzing the paints and colors on German toys, as there is an impression that there is poison in those compounds. If it is proved that German toys are liable to injure children from such a reason, our government will find one Roland for the Teutonic Oliver by prohibiting German toys, and thereby give great joy to American manufacturers. The American prohibition will affect a very large class in Germany, and Berlin will hear trumpet blasts from Nuremberg and other manufacturing cities. Similar investigations may be expected to follow in good time if the first hint if not taken.

 

ASK CHANGE OF CURB.

NUMEROUSLY SIGNED PETITION PRESENTED TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

Property-Owners Were There Who Objected--Petition Was Not Considered by the Solons—Tompkins-st. Residents Now Declare They do Not Want Another Crosswalk—Collection of Taxes Authorized.

   The board of village trustees at their meeting last night received and placed on file a petition signed by Main-st. property-owners asking that a curb and gutter of Medina sandstone instead of the patent Parkhurst cement curb and gutter combination be used on Main-st. The petition was simply placed on file, and that was all the consideration it received.

   Mr. H. Shryer of the firm of Buntin, Shryer & McGannon of Indianapolis, the owners of the patents on the Parkhurst curb and gutter, was present and was an interested listener to what was said. Before the opening of the meeting, Mr. Shryer stated that the letter his firm addressed to the board a week ago was not intended as a scare, but simply to put the village on its guard and at the same time protect their own interests. Mr. Shryer said that while his firm could bring an action against the village for using their curb without their consent because the village would be a party to the transaction by permitting the paving company to put it down, such action would not be brought against the village, but against the contractors.

   Ex-District Attorney Byron A. Benedict appeared before the board and presented the following petition which he read:

   To the Honorable Board of Trustees of the Village of Cortland:

   We, the undersigned bona fide property-owners of lands abutting and adjoining Main-st. in the village of Cortland, N. Y., respectfully petition that the plans and specifications heretofore adopted by said board for the paving upon said Main-st., be by said board changed in the following particulars, to wit: By adopting and substituting in place of the Parkhurst combined cement curb and gutter, Medina sandstone curb and gutter stone according to the plans and specifications of the engineer, on file in the village clerk's office and at the prices bid therefor by the Warren-Scharff Asphalt Paving Co., and that the contract with said company be so changed, provided said company will consent thereto and contract therefor.

   [Signed] D. F. Wallace, T. H. Wickwire, C. F. Wickwire, Wickwire Bros., L. J. Fitzgerald, Wm. H. Clark, B. A. Benedict, Anna T. Benedict, Harrison Wells, Hector Cowan, president Second National bank, Wm. Martin, J. J. McLoghlin, H. B. Hubbard, S. S. Knox, S. Keator, F. A. Woodworth, H. S. Bliss, J. A. Graham, Mrs. P. C. Ives, L. N. Hopkins, J. B. Kellogg, Mrs. S. Rindge, Mrs. Ruth Butler, W. E. Powers, J. H. Spalding, S. M. Benjamin, M. E. Churchill, Emma Hulse, Mrs. Lucy Haynes, Mrs. E. L. Jones, double frontage, Mrs. H. A. Taylor, Mrs. B. R. Carpenter, H. O. Jewett, C. Van Alstyne, H. S. Dibble, J. F. Dowd, W. G. Mead, J. M. Samson, R. Bruce Smith, James S. Squires, O. V. Eldredge, Jane S. Keator, Julia E. Hyatt, 400 feet frontage, Julia E. Hyatt, president Hospital association; F. Daehler, agent for Duell estate; O. L. Ingraham, W. D. Riley, G. F. Beaudry, W. W. Kelsey, agent for Thos. Sims; Mrs. C. F. Hornbeck, John Garrity, H. J. Messenger, Virginia Jones, Louisa Held, Helen M. Willett, Ernest M. Hulbert.

   Mr. Benedict stated that he was there as a Main-st. property-owner and that the petition had been gotten up in two days. When it was learned that there was some trouble between the Parkhurst curb people and the contractors, it was deemed a good opportunity to present the petition for the change, as so many property-owners preferred sandstone to cement. Mr. Benedict said he understood also that the Warren-Scharff Asphalt Paving company would be glad to join in the change to stone. He thought that the fact that the paving company desire the change should not be considered a reason why the village should not desire it. He had understood that the paving company was willing to lay Medina sandstone at the same figure as the bid on the best natural stone. He had laid the matter before Village Attorney O. U. Kellogg who had said that there were no legal obstacles in the way of the change.

   After Mr. Benedict had concluded speaking Trustee Nodecker of the Third ward inquired of him how many of the petitioners had been to him and asked him to circulate the petition. Mr. Benedict said he did not know, but quite a number.

   "Who employed you to do this work," asked Mr. Nodecker.

   "Do you mean to insult me, sir?" said Mr. Benedict who continued, saying, "I was ready to move of my own accord in the matter. I am not employed nor am I paid by any one for doing this work. When I came to see how much better it would be to make the change, I became more interested in it, more so perhaps than I intended."

   Mr. Nodecker followed this up with this query, "When you have asked parties to sign, have you not dropped a word that you were sent for to do this work, and what do you think of D. F. Wallace's name on that petition when he has taken up his stone sidewalk and laid cement?"

   Mr. Benedict said that he did not know what kind of a walk Mr. Wallace has.

   Mr. Nodecker—Didn't you think the contract as made by us was all right?

   Mr. Benedict—Yes, but I did not think it was good judgment in adopting the Parkhurst curb.

   Mr. Nodecker—Do you think the sureties would hold good with the change?

   Mr. Benedict—Of course your counsel would see to that. He would get the consent and assent of the sureties to the change, and I believe there would be no trouble in securing these consents.

   Mr. Nodecker added that he did not mean in any of his questions to cast any reflections on Mr. Benedict or on any of the signers of the petition, he was simply seeking information.

   The petition was, on Mr. Nodecker's motion, placed on file, Trustee O'Leary voting no.

   Major Aaron Sager of the drug firm of Sager & Jennings appeared and entered a verbal protest against the petition presented by Mr. Benedict. He held that many of the names on the petition had been obtained through incorrect representations, several property-owners had been to him and frankly stated that if they had understood perfectly the import of the petition their names would not have appeared on it. He believed he represented a large number of taxpayers who believe in the wisdom of the board in the selection of the Parkhurst combined curb and gutter. No further action was taken.

   James H. Turner appeared before the board and presented a petition withdrawing a petition of March 28 asking for an additional crosswalk on Tompkins-st. near Main-st. The petition bore the following signatures: Mrs. J. W. Sturtevant, George B. Jones, Helen H. Apgar, Mary E. Hubbard, J. H. Turner, Mrs. C. Foster, C. E. Rowley. Mr. Turner stated that all the signatures on the first petition with one exception were on the new one, and that there was one name on the new one not on the former. Action was deferred, until the next meeting.

   The bond of Collector Willis A. Pierce was accepted with the following sureties: B. F. Taylor, C. F. Thompson, E. C. Palmer, A. J. Goddard, C. W. Stoker, A. B. Nelson, D. W. Van Hoesen, John Miller, John Harvey, J. F. Dowd, and John Courtney, Jr. The total of general taxes amounts to $29,509.50 and the special taxes amount to $16,042.13 for schools, sewers, firemen's convention and deficiency in the street lighting fund. Mr. Pierce was authorized to begin the collection of taxes Aug. 29.

   Mr. F. A. Woodworth asked that the board authorize a slight change in the location of the new curbing opposite his lot on North Main-st., and the matter was referred to Trustees White and Sprague.

   Authority was conferred on David Geer, Day Baker and Calvin Priest, who are appointed special policeman at the fair grounds during the county fair. The board adjourned until Sept. 5.

  

A NEW SHOE FIRM.

McGraw & Son are Succeeded by McGraw & Osgood.

   Yesterday occurred a business change in a Main-st. shoe firm by which Mr. M. H. McGraw, the senior member of the firm of McGraw & Son, retires from active business life, having sold out his interest to Mr. J. Grove Osgood of Cincinnatus. The firm will be styled McGraw & Osgood, and the store will be closed to-night for inventory, to be opened again about Sept. 1 with new fixtures and fresh, new stock. A partition is now being placed across the store near the rear, and hereafter at the rear will be located the repair department.

   The location of the store, 29 Main-st., is well known, being the stand of the well-known firm of Dickinson & McGraw, who were succeeded by McGraw & Son a few years ago.

   Mr. George W. McGraw of the new firm is well known as a young man of strictly upright business habits in every way. Mr. Osgood, the other member of the new firm, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Osgood of Cincinnatus, and for the past few years has held a responsible position with the Standard Oil company at Chicago. He is a young man of marked business energy, is popular wherever he is known, and will add strength to the firm, and in fact to all the business interests of Cortland with which he will be identified. He with Mrs. Osgood will reside in Cortland after Nov. 1.

 

FIRE ON LINCOLN-AVE.

Residence of M. O. Erway Badly Burned This Morning.

   An alarm of fire was rung in from box 214 on the extension of Lincoln-ave. at 9:30 o'clock this morning, which brought the fire department to the residence of M. O. Erway, 75 Lincoln-ave., where a blaze was making havoc in the interior of the house. W. Lincoln Seeber was the first to discover the fire, and it was he who turned in the alarm. A STANDARD reporter reached the scene in advance of the fire companies. Orris hose were first to reach the hydrant, which is located directly in front of the house. Water Witch Steamer & Hose company was close on their heels. The Orris boys had some difficulty in making the hydrant coupling, and the honor of getting first water on the blaze went to Water Witch. The Hitchcocks and Emeralds attached to a hydrant farther up the street. The fire, which had broken through the roof in only a few places, was soon extinguished, but not before considerable damage had been done to the interior of the house. A large part of the contents was saved.

   The origin of the fire is not definitely known, but it is supposed to have caught from the stove. Mrs. Erway is spending the summer at Hector, and Mr. Erway, who is a painter, spent only his nights at the house. Floyd Torrey is an employee of Mr. Erway and has been staying there also. This morning as was their custom, they built a fire in the stove, cooked their breakfast and went to work on Tompkins-st., taking their dinner with them, and locking the house. The fire in the stove had not gone out when they left the house.

   It is suspected upon further investigation that the fire was of incendiary origin, as traces of kerosene were found in the bedroom where the fire was first seen from the outside, and Mr. Erway states that he kept no kerosene in the bedroom. He had over $80 in a pasteboard box on the bureau, and this is missing, all of which strengthens the idea that a burglary was committed and then the house was fired to cover up the deed.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The picnic of the Baraca Bible class of the First Baptist church at Elysium park has been postponed until Friday, Sept. 2.

   —To-morrow will be Grange day at the fair. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon an address will be delivered by J. H. Brigham, assistant secretary of agriculture, of Washington, D. C.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—D. McCarthy & Sons, Are You Coming to the State Fair, page 7; A. S. Burgess, No Make Believes, page 8; T. P. Bristol, Fine Tailoring, page 6.

   —Contributions of flowers, fruit and delicacies for the sick from the Third ward for the King's Daughters may be left with Mrs. McElheny, 24 Pendleton-st., and Mrs. Morgan Wright, 93 Elm-st., on Wednesday, Aug. 24.

   —To the Cortland county grange receiving the highest number of votes in proportion to its membership, Beard & Peck offer a master's chair valued at $15 as a special premium at the fair to-morrow. To the second highest a secretary's chair, valued at $10. Every member of the Cortland county granges in good standing will be entitled to vote.

   —The suggestion has been made, why not have a trolley ride in the afternoon so that all the women and children can enjoy it and see the country? The suggestion is a good one and a large number would undoubtedly turn out. The officials of the Traction Co. have already had the plan under consideration and will probably have such an excursion next week if the weather is favorable.