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| Emilio Aguinaldo. |
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| Rear Admiral George Dewey. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, September 13, 1898.
MANILA AFFAIRS ARE VERY GRAVE.
Dewey Considers the Situation Extremely Critical.
ASKS FOR WAR VESSELS.
He Wants Another Cruiser and Another Battleship.
MANILA, Philippine Islands, Sept. 13.—RearAdmiral Dewey says he considers the situation critical. It is understood he asked for an additional cruiser and a battleship.
The Spaniards assert Germany will take a coaling station here and that Spain will retain the remainder of the islands. The last Spanish garrisons at Ilocos and Laguna have surrendered and the whole of the island of Luzon is in the hands of the insurgents except Manila and Cavite.
Aguinaldo went to Malolos on Friday. He has announced his intention of convening an assembly of the Filipinos on Sept. 15 in order to decide upon the policy to be adopted by the insurgents.
In an interview with Aguinaldo he said there were 37,000 insurgents armed with rifles. He added he could raise 100,000 men. Indeed the insurgent leader pointed out the whole population of the Philippine Islands was willing to fight for their independence. Continuing, Aguinaldo said he had 3,000 military prisoners, including 5,000 in the vicinity of Manila, besides civil prisoners. Later, Aguinaldo said the "provincial government" was now operating 28 provinces. He asserted that on Aug. 2 they elected delegates in numbers proportionate to the population.
As to the Americans, Aguinaldo remarked that he considered them as brothers, and that "the two sovereign republics were allied against a common enemy." When questioned as to whether the future Filipino polity would be absolute independence, Aguinaldo excused himself from replying and asked what America intends to do.
The correspondent being unable to answer this question Aguinaldo continued: "We have been fighting for independence for a long time. The natives who profess to favor annexation are insincere. It is merely a ruse to ascertain American views."
Asked if the Filipinos would object to the retention of Manila, Aguinaldo declined to answer.
Would the Filipinos object to American retaining a coaling station, if recognizing the independence of the islands or establishing a temporary protectorate over them?
Aguinaldo again declined to answer.
Pending the conclusion of the assembly Aguinaldo said he was confident there would be no trouble between America and the Filipinos.
The insurgent leader denied having received a request from Gen. Otis and Rear Admiral Dewey to withdraw his troops to a prescribed distance from Manila and Cavite and he declined to discuss the effect of such a request. Aguinaldo further asserted that he had never conferred with the American authorities since the capitulation of Manila and that he had never authorized the insurgents to search or disarm Americans crossing the lines.
The correspondent closely questioned him about last Saturday's incident, when the Pennsylvania troops proceeded to establish a new outpost. The Filipinos objected and nearly precipitated hostilities, ordering the Americans to withdraw in twenty minutes. They issued ammunition and intercepted the American reinforcements. Finally General Hale ordered all the Pennsylvanians to advance and the rebels withdrew.
The local governor has explained that the incident was a complete mistake and has repudiated his subordinate's actions.
Aguinaldo declared to this correspondent that the Filipino who made the trouble merely pretended to be an officer and is entirely unconnected with the insurgent army. Aguinaldo complained that the Spaniards were "disseminating false reports for the purpose of fomenting antagonism between the Filipinos and the Americans."
The whole interview conveyed the impression that Aguinaldo desires absolute independence, regards the mission of the Americans here as accomplished and expects their withdrawal, "just as the French with LaFayette withdrew after helping the Americans in the war of independence, a war of humanity."
Just now Aguinaldo maintains the role of extreme friendship.
LONG CRUISE PREPARATION.
Battleships Oregon and Iowa to Sail For San Francisco.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 13.—The navy department is shifting some of the officers on the battleships Oregon and Iowa preparatory to their departure from New York on their long cruise to San Francisco by the way of the straits of Magellan. The department has just selected from among the fleet of colliers acquired during the war, four of the best and largest to accompany the battleships on their long run. These are the Cassius, the Scindia, the Alexander and the Aberendia and their coal capacity is sufficient to insure a full supply for the trip.
No attempt is to be made to drive the big ships so as to equal the famous run of the Oregon coming eastward, the need for the ships on the Pacific side not being pressing. It is expected that the vessels will start from New York about the end of this month.
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| Major General Joseph Wheeler. |
WAR NOT OVER.
General Joe Wheeler Expects Hostilities to Be Renewed.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept. 13.—The Advertiser prints the following as a portion of an interview with General Joe Wheeler and states that the general was in the presence of three gentlemen, one of whom is Hon. Samuel Blackwell, when talking to the reporter.
"I do not believe the war is over by any means; neither does President McKinley, who told me personally he had no faith that the peace commission would settle the differences existing with Spain over the Philippines. The Spanish claim that the battle at Manila was fought after the protocol was signed, and on these grounds will refuse to give up the islands."
Continuing, General Wheeler said: "Spain will want us to give up the Philippines," and laying emphasis here, "we will never do that. I am going back to duty and really expect to be called into action again."
SANTIAGO'S HEALTH.
General Wood Clearing up—Death Rate Materially Decreased.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sept. 12, 7:15 P. M.—As the result of the general introduction by General Wood, military governor of Santiago de Cuba, of American methods of conducting municipal affairs, this ancient and always unhealthy city presents a health record to-day which is quite extraordinary, considering the conditions that existed a month ago.
Under the present system Santiago is divided into five divisions, under five physicians, each division having inspectors of sewers, streets, houses and dispensaries, with 100 street cleaners. Five hundred cubic yards of refuse are burned daily; disinfectants are distributed wherever they are needed and a heavy fine is imposed for uncleanliness and failure to report unhealthful conditions and death.
Quick proofs of the benefit of the system are furnished by the decrease in sickness among the poor. The daily death rate of seventy a month ago has fallen to twenty. Further evidence of the wisdom and thoroughness of the new sanitary arrangements is supplied by the lessening of sickness among the new troops.
The chief source of trouble now is the harbor. Near the city the current is slight. A plan is proposed to dredge thoroughly the muddy shallows exposed by the tide and to protect the banks with either stonework or piles, carrying the present infectious sewage two miles down the bay, where the current is swifter. The sickness among the American soldiers is principally malarial, a mild form of yellow fever and dysentery. General Wood expects, in the course of another month, to make Santiago de Cuba as healthful as the ordinary southern city in the United States.
This week all the Spanish prisoners will leave and the Cuban army, save the staff of officers, will disband.
Many Americans are arriving here in search of business opportunities. They express themselves as favorably impressed by the commercial possibilities of the town.
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| Main Street, Cortland, N. Y., circa 1899. |
AFFAIRS OF THE VILLAGE.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED BY THE TRUSTEES MONDAY NIGHT.
A Communication from the Paving Company Relative to the Method of Laying Parkhurst Curb—Trustee Nodecker Proposes that Opera House Attractions Pay a License.
The hands of the clock in Village Clerk Crombie's office last night pointed to the hour of 9:45, when the board of village trustees began the transaction of business. The evening previous to that hour had been devoted to a consultation between the trustees and Attorney O. U. Kellogg relative to the action brought by Mary Conway to recover damages for injuries claimed to have been received by falling on an alleged defective sidewalk, which case is expected will come to trial in the supreme court at the term now in session.
A letter from Engineer Henry C. Allen stating that the paving company is putting down the Parkhurst combined curb and gutter was read and was referred to village attorneys Kellogg & Van Hoesen.
The following communication from the Warren-Scharff Asphalt Paving Co. was read and referred to Engineer Allen:
To the Board of Trustees:
We are to-day in receipt of a communication dated Sept. 9 from your engineer, Mr. Allen, calling our attention to the clause in the specifications for paving Main-st., which reads that "the gutter and curb must be so combined as to form one continuous and solid stone," and directing us to conform to the specifications, and abandon the method of construction of the curb which we are following. The work we have done has been under the immediate instruction and approval of your engineer and the curb and gutter have been constructed and "so combined as to form one continuous and solid stone," and are in compliance with the specifications.
If your engineer's communication means that he wishes the curb and gutter laid without lateral joints we beg to advise that the Parkhurst combined curb and gutter is never constructed in that manner, and to do so would be sure to cause the curb to break and crack from contraction by cold weather and liable to heave from expansion in hot weather. If, however, your honorable board specifically require us to construct the curb without such lateral joints we protest against such change, as being unwarranted under out contract and specifications, and further upon the ground that the curb and gutter without such joints would not be the Parkhurst combined curb and gutter.
Further, we beg to say that the curb and gutter constructed without joints would not be durable, would be unworkmanlike and would crack. Further, take notice that to make this change would cause delay, necessitate a change in forms and implements, and be of great loss and damage to us. If we are required to make this change, we notify you that we shall expect from the village of Cortland extra compensation therefor and damages for delay and extra work and that our ten years' guaranty under the contract will not cover cracking, imperfections and deterioration in the curb and gutter which will result on account of such change and departure from the original contract and specifications.
We wish to further state that we deny any right on the part of the village to direct us to employ any particular method other than required by the specifications to produce the result called for by the contract.
WARREN-SCHARFF ASPHALT PAVING CO.
Later in the evening Mr. Warren of the paving company asked the board for an interpretation of the letter from Mr. Allen referred to in the above communication. He thought the letter was a little vague, and wanted the board to tell him just what was meant.
Trustee White said that he understood that the curbing should be built in one continuous piece the length of the street, and not in alternate sections because the sections first built would set and shrink some, perhaps more than those laid between them, making the surface of the curb uneven. Mr. Warren said that in that case, the company would have to make new forms and that would cause delay, and as to the uneven surface, he said that a gang of men on any work, most of whom are green at it, will not do as good a job at first as afterwards. He stated that he had understood from Engineer Allen that there was no patent on the Parkhurst curb, but on the implements used in its manufacture. Mr. White inquired of him if he did not know, before the contract was made, that there was a patent on the '"lug" connecting the curb and gutter, to which Mr. Warren replied saying that was a matter which he preferred not to discuss at that time. The matter was dropped at this point.
Trustee Nodecker entered complaint of several defective sidewalks, and the board audited the bill of the Cortland & Homer Electric company for $425.30, and the bill of Price & Co. for street sprinkling, $80.
The board ordered a draft on the treasury for the expenses of the president and the four trustees while on their trip in June inspecting pavements. The total expense was $73.45; or $14.69 for each of them, itemized as follows:
Chief A. J. Barber of the fire department asked for the annual appropriation of $100 for each of the companies of the department, except the Emeralds who have already had their appropriation. The request was granted.
Trustee Nodecker proposed that traveling shows giving exhibitions in the Opera House should pay a license the same as street shows, etc., and on his motion, Trustee White of the Second ward was appointed a special committee in the matter. No scale of license fees was adopted. This will probably be regulated by Trustee White. The board adjourned until Wednesday evening.
THE UNIVERSITY CENTER
Spent the First Evening in the Study of Roman History.
The meeting of the University Center at the Normal [School] building last night was well attended. Dr. F. J. Cheney was the leader and the subject was the introductory work relating to the history of the Roman empire. No set papers were prepared last night, but the program included a series of short talks. Dr. Cheney discussed the geography and topography of Italy and the conditions upon which the empire was based and upon which it grew. Edward D. Blodgett gave a short review of the founding of Rome and of the early history of the city down to the time of the expulsion of the kings and the beginning of the republic, covering what is usually termed the legendary period of Rome. Rev. Amos Watkins gave a very interesting talk upon the religion of the Romans, comparing their belief in their gods with the beliefs of other contemporary nations in their deities. Miss Mina W. Bishop described a Roman house and the customs relating to its maintenance. Prof. J. E. Banta described the steps needful for a boy in Rome to become a Roman citizen, showing that while in Greece the state existed for the benefit of the individual, in Rome the individual existed solely for the benefit of the state and that everything which he did from the time of birth till the hour of death was with the thought of the welfare of the state constantly in view. Rev. W. H. Pound described the marriage customs and a Roman marriage in a most interesting way. This closed the program of the evening.
The next meeting will be held next Monday and the same subject will be continued. The name of the leader will be announced later.
CORNELL'S WINDFALL.
A Million and a Half Endowment for a Medical College.
Cornell university has just had another windfall. Col. Oliver H. Payne of New York has given it $1,500,000 to establish a medical college. Of this sum $600,000 is to be devoted to the erection of a suitable building, and $900,000 is to be held as an endowment. The building is to be located in New York City on the west side of First-ave. between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-eighth-sts. It will be 200 by 100 feet in size and five stories high. The plans are already being drawn by the distinguished firm of architects, McKim, Mead & White. The architects have been instructed to spare no expense in meeting every material need of students and teachers in the college and of patients and physicians in the dispensary. It is expected that the new building will be ready for occupancy by October, 1899.
Pickert's Comedians.
Tempest and Langdon, one of the funniest Dutch teams in the vaudeville profession will be in Cortland on Saturday evening at the Cortland Opera House. Fate has decreed that this clever couple were picked out to make the world laugh, and by laughing the world is made better. They make a strong card in connection with Pickert's comedians. Prof. George Whitten, the celebrated electrical engineer, is with Pickert's comedians, which is evidence that the management is sparing no expense in exhibiting Edison's projectoscope to the very best advantage.
BREVITIES.
—Ithaca turned out over 550 people on Sunday for the Niagara Falls excursion.
—The Fortnightly club will meet with Miss Grace Mead, 33 Lincoln-ave., Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 3:30 P. M.
—Mr. John Twentyman of Cortland was awarded first premium on Brown leghorn single comb chicks at the Tompkins County fair at Ithaca.
—The Ladies' Literary club holds its first meeting for the fall to-morrow afternoon at the home of Mrs. Julia F. Twiss, 16 Church-st. A full attendance of the members is desired.
—Lorenzo S. Bassett of 35 Hubbard-st , a veteran of the civil war, is quite seriously ill at his home. We are requested by one of his comrades to call the attention of the G. A. R. men to the fact.
—Theodore Stevenson, the insurance and real estate agent, is confined to his residence on Church st. on account of a sprained ankle which he received in going down some steps yesterday.
—New display advertisements to-day are—D. McCarthy & Sons, Opening Display, page 8: M. A. Case, Fall Goods, page 4; C. F. Brown, Catch Her, page 6; McGraw & Osgood, Shoes, page 5; Bingham Bros. & Miller, Fall Hats, page 8.
—The property, 25 and 27 Groton-ave., sold at mortgage foreclosure sale on Thursday, Sept. 8, by J. & T. E. Courtney, attorneys for L. H. Wallace, assignee of mortgage, was bought by Dr. E. M. Santee for $2,071.40, the amount of the mortgage and costs.
—D. D. Edwards of Dryden was in Cortland yesterday and on the street picked up a pocketbook containing a sum of money. He reported the find to the police. The owner of the pocketbook can secure his property by conferring with Mr. Edwards and identifying it.
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