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| Governor General Basilio Augustin. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, September 23, 1898.
HIGH OFFICERS IN MADRID.
General Augusti and Admiral Cervera Arrive.
BOTH MEN INTERVIEWED.
Their Views on Recent War Transactions.
MADRID, Sept. 23.—General Augusti, the former captain general of the Philippine islands, who has just arrived at Victoria, Spain, from Manila in an interview just published is quoted as discussing the Philippine question in an interesting manner. He is alleged to have remarked:
"Before I left Spain I knew the situation in the Philippine islands was grave. Senor Moret, the minister of the colonies in the last cabinet of Senor Sagasta, remarked to me that if war with the United States broke out there would be a terrible state of things."
Continuing, General Augusti described Admiral Montojo's fleet as "some old wooden ships" and said they came to Manila practically pursued by Dewey. He then said:
"Our batteries fired at the Americans, but our guns were mounted on false plates, and after the first shots they became useless. At daybreak we were in the power of the Americans, and an hour afterward the Spanish fleet had ceased to exist. Dewey summoned me to surrender. I refused and he threatened to raze the town. I replied: 'Raze it. But so long as I live the Spanish flag will float on the ruins of Manila.'
"Then began the terrible time of the siege and the anguish of the blockade. Famine stared us in the face. In the meantime hostilities were conducted throughout the provinces; but, save in isolated cases, humanely.
"Dewey repeated his summons to surrender and I again refused. Dewey then bombarded the town and Manila surrendered. But the danger was not over. Considering my presence no longer necessary, I asked the government for permission to go home, as my position had become by no means easy. I think I have done my duty as a soldier and a Spaniard."
CERVERA IN MADRID.
He Greets the Minister of Marines Very Frigidly.
MADRID, Sept. 23.—Admiral Cervera on his arrival here created a sensation by the marked coolness shown by himself and officers toward the minister of marine, Senor Aunon. Senor Aunon and his staff, in uniform, met Admiral Cervera and his party at the railroad depot. The admiral halted before the minister, saluted and said, stiffly:
"I am at the orders of your excellency. I shall present myself at the ministry today, as is my duty."
The admiral then started to leave, after embracing Captain Eulate, the former commander of the Viscaya, and his other comrades. The minister of marine offered the use of his carriage to Admiral Cervera, but the latter declined to accept it and entered another carriage.
In an interview the admiral said he had a clear conscience regarding Santiago. "But," he added, "nations grow great by their victories and not by their defeats, however glorious they might be."
Spain, he continued, had lived in a dream and now had to face reality. The Spanish admiral added that his warships were not destroyed in battle, but were destroyed by fire.
General Toral, the Spanish commander who surrendered his forces at Santiago de Cuba, had also arrived here. He did so without attracting any attention and is now sick in bed.
TO VOTE ON SHIP BOARD.
A Kansas Regiment Will Take Its Ballots Alone With It.
TOPEKA, Sept, 23.—The Twentieth Kansas regiment now stationed at San Francisco and soon to start for Manila will have a chance to vote for state officers and congressmen, but the polling place is likely to be on shipboard, near the middle of the Pacific ocean. Secretary of State Bush is preparing the ballots which will be sent to Colonel Funston at San Francisco to-morrow. The state officers did not want to take chances on sending the ballots to Manila fearing that the regiment might not arrive there by election day. With the ballots in possession of Colonel Funston, the soldiers may vote wherever they may be on election day. Secretary Bush says it is not improbable that the soldiers may be detained at Honolulu and find themselves on board of steamers in the middle of the Pacific on election day, but with the ballots in their possession they can vote there as well as on land.
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| James Roscoe Day. |
COLLEGIANS BLACKLISTED.
Syracuse University Girls Will omit their Names from Invitations.
The Syracuse Post of this morning says: There is no little excitement at the fraternity houses on University hill. A movement has been started in college circles looking toward a reform in the morals of the university men. The girls have been asked to lend their aid to the cause by ostracizing those of their classmates of the opposite sex whose character is not up to par.
It was during the last commencement season, it is said, that a blacklist of such men was made out by one or more of the younger instructors, assisted by some of the Y. M. C. A. members. It is now rumored that this list, signed by those who make the charges, is to be sent to each of the girls' chapter houses with a request that the men named be omitted from all invitation lists for parties, receptions or any kind of social functions. The list is said to contain forty names, twenty of which are designated as the deepest transgressors, while the other twenty are the less delinquent.
The list seems not yet to have been formally presented to any of the fraternities. The promoters of the movement have, however, communicated with some member of each chapter and intimated that the list may be had upon application if their sisters are willing to take action upon it.
The matter is the subject of no small amount of discussion. In some quarters the proposal to boycott the men causes the greatest consternation, as it is reported that under such an edict some of the most popular and most lionized of the society favorites would be banished.
What support the girls may decide to give the movement remains to be seen. To a Post reporter last night members of the different fraternities vouchsafed their separate opinions.
One of the Gamma Phi Beta upper class girls was indignant. Her eyes snapped as she said: "I think our girls will absolutely ignore such a list. I don't think it's fair in the first place. From what I have heard there are men on the list whom I will never believe belong there, and there are lots of others who are not on, but ought to be. No, we don't want anything to do with the list. I am sure we feel perfectly competent to use our own judgment and discrimination in choosing our friends."
The Kappa Kappa Gamma girls, on the contrary, are heartily in sympathy with the proposed reform. Though no action has yet been taken in chapter meeting, a number of the Kappas declared that no man whose name is on that list shall ever again darken their doors.
An Alpha Phi also indorsed the movement. She expressed it as her opinion that her fraternity would stand by it as an organization, although that would not bar individual girls from entertaining the men if they wished.
Kappa Alpha Thetas said that they were in favor of the plan. Phi Beta Phis, some of them, were not so sure just which way they should throw their influence.
While the social fate of the forty marked men thus hangs in the balance among the feminine fraternities, the same subject is the theme for discussion at the men's chapter houses. The list has not been made public and many a college man is not able to free himself of his own suspicions. At least he would breathe easier if he could have the evidence of his own eyes that his name is not on the fatal list.
Dean Leonard of the Liberal Arts college, when interviewed in regard to the blacklist, said that he had heard nothing of any list of the kind since the opening of college. He admitted that he had heard of some kind of a list which he thought was submitted to the chancellor last spring.
Chancellor Day himself said: "I have no list, nor do I know of any effort to have our university women cut the acquaintance of any of the university men."
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| Cortland Hospital on North Main Street. |
Eighth Annual Meeting.
The eighth annual meeting of the Cortland Hospital association will be held at the hospital Oct. 8, 1898, at 3:30 P. M. Eight new members of the board of managers will then be elected to fill the places of Mrs. S. N. Holden, Mrs. W. J. Perkins, Mrs. F. J. Doubleday, Mrs. N. J. Peck, Mrs. C. Hitchcock, Mrs. W. H. Crane, Mrs. A. P. McGraw and Miss Louise Henry; also an advisory board to fill the places of the following named gentlemen: Messrs. H. F. Benton, Robert Purvis, B. F. Taylor, T. H. Wickwire, F. E. Whitmore, C. F. Brown, Ernest M. Hulbert and E. E. Mellon, all of whose terms of office will expire on that day.
Great Clubbing Offer.
Cortland daily STANDARD and Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, to advance paying subscribers for one year for $7.25 or for six months $3.63.
Cortland semi-weekly STANDARD and Leslie's' Illustrated Weekly, to advance paying subscribers for one year, for $4.25 or for six months for $2.13,
The regular price of Leslie's Weekly alone is $4 per year.
A HORSE STOLEN.
A Whole Outfit Taken from Barn of John Downs Near Blodgett Mills.
The Blodgett Mills correspondence last Monday noted the fact that on the previous night a horse, buggy, harness, whip, halter, plush robe, linen duster and horse blanket were stolen from the barn of John Downs near that place, but no further particulars were then given. The color of the horse was black, with both hind feet white, a white star in face and white snip nose. His age was 6 years and his weight about 1,050 pounds. The buggy was made by the Cortland Cart and Carriage Co. and bore its nameplate. The body was black and the running gear carmine.
Mr. Downs had three horses in the barn at the time, but the thief picked upon what was probably the best one of the three. The barn stood about five rods from the house with doors opening upon the street. A quantity of hay was thrown down upon the floor to deaden the sound of the animal's hoofs as he was backed from the stable and hitched up. It is evident that the thief had a lantern with him or he could not otherwise have picked out the different articles taken along.
Sheriff Brainard has been following up several clues this week and Mr. Downs hopes to recover his turnout. The animal was only put into the stable at 10:30 Sunday night when Mr. Downs' son returned from a drive.
On the Sunday morning one week before as Mr. Downs' son was going to the milk station with milk he met a man who was a stranger to him and whom he never remembers to have seen before. The man looked at the horse very sharply as he passed. On the return from the station he met the man again and this time the man stopped and inquired about the horse, asking his age and what price they put upon him. He said he liked the looks of the animal very much indeed. Their thoughts cannot help going back to this man now, and this is one of the clues the sheriff is following up.
Mr. Downs would not have sold the horse for $150 and he considered the whole rig worth at least $200.
SPECIAL PRIZES.
Winners of Some of Them at the Dryden Fair.
The following is the list of winners of special prizes at the Dryden fair as far as announced:
George P. Yager, the proprietor of the Cortland Fair store, offered as a prize in the contest for handsomest baby a new Haviland pattern English porcelain 110-piece dinner and tea set as first prize. The baby whom the judges declared to be the handsomest was Arthur N. Crispell, aged 20 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Crispell of Slatervllle Springs. No second prize was offered.
Beard & Peck's sweepstake ladies' driving contest had but three starters, and two prizes were given. The first, a $25 tailor made suit by Graham, the tailor, of Cortland was won by Miss May B. Mullen of Dryden, and Mrs. Ida Stowe of Harford, who was second, received the 100-piece decorated dinner set valued at $15, offered by H. B. Hubbard of Cortland. Miss Alia Burch of Groton was third. This was the contest in which only winners in previous years of the Beard & Peck's ladies' driving contest were eligible for entry, and the contest itself was precisely the same as had been performed in previous years—hitch up a horse and drive a mile. Miss Mullen was the winner in 1895, Mrs. Stowe won in 1897 and Miss Burch won in 1898.
Roland Powers of McLean, who won the Pennant bicycle offered jointly by the society and by G. F. Beaudry of Cortland, is a brother of the young lady who won in Shepard's bicycle race at the Cortland fair.
D. E. Shepard of Cortland offered a $20 jacket or cape to the lady bringing the heaviest pumpkin to the fair. There were thirty-two pumpkins presented, and the heaviest one which weighed 82 lbs. was brought by Mrs. C. E. Wilcox of South Cortland. Mrs. Edward W. Hyatt of Homer was next with a pumpkin weighing 63 lbs.
Mrs. Tracy R. Page of Cortland won the $60 Singer sewing machine for the best made white skirt. Mrs. Page ought not to lack for sewing machines as she won the New Home machine at the Cortland fair for the best made kitchen dress. This lady's reputation for skill with the needle is well established.
Mrs. John West of McLean was the winner of the $55 New Home sewing machine offered by the society and M. L. Decker of Cortland for the best made work dress.
ENGINEER SEVY.
An Operation Necessary to Successfully Reduce the Fracture.
A Freeville correspondent of the Ithaca Journal says: Engineer Sevy of this place, who was hurt in the [train] wreck at McGraw, Sept. 5, sustained a bad fracture of the left leg above the ankle. It was dressed by Dr. Ensign of McGraw, who accompanied Mr. Sevy home, and then turned over the case to Dr. Genung. As the swelling went out the bones were found to be not in proper position and resisted all efforts to put them so. A consultation was called, consisting of Drs. Beach of Etna, Besemer of Ithaca and Genung of this place. After considering the case carefully the doctors decided that an operation must be performed which was done Saturday, Sept. 17. On opening down to the fracture, a muscle was found to be caught and held firmly between the ends of the bones, making reduction from the outside a physical impossibility. With the muscle removed and the bone in full view, it required the combined efforts of several strong men to bring the bones into proper place, after which the doctors drilled and pinned them firmly there. Mr. Sevy stood the operation well and is doing nicely at this writing.
BREVITIES.
—The Democratic county convention meets in Taylor hall at 1 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
—A picked nine of Cortland players went to Moravia to-day to play the Moravia baseball team.
—The Cortland Waterworks company has a force of men engaged in cleaning out and deepening its reservoir from which city water is secured.
—The proposition is being discussed in Washington of renaming the Philippine Islands the Dewey Islands in case the United States decides to annex them.
—There will be a regular conclave of Cortland commandery, No. 50, K. T., this evening. The Temple degree will be conferred and other business transacted.
—A patent has this week been granted, as reported by Messrs. Risley & Love, patent solicitors, Herald building, Utica, N.Y., to Earl J. and L. M. Trapp of Virgil on a cow tail holder.
—Mrs. Charles B. Russell, formerly Miss Grace Beeman and who was at one time a student at the Normal, died yesterday at Tully after an illness of several weeks from typhoid fever.
—The Men's Bible class of the Presbyterian church will hold its regular quarterly meeting this evening at 8 o'clock at the home of the president, Dr. George H. Smith, 6 East Main-st.
—DeRuyter is much interested over the possible extension of the Syracuse and Manlius electric road from the latter place to DeRuyter and believes it is one of the near possibilities.
—The Y. M. C. A. Bicycle club will have a club run to Freeville and the George Junior Republic to-morrow morning. The start will be made from the rooms at 9 o'clock, and the riders will carry their own lunches. Every Y. M. C. A. rider is invited.
—Miss Augusta P. Robinson, aged 24 years and 28 days, died yesterday afternoon from consumption at her home, 4 Pearne-ave. The funeral is to be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment will take place in the Cortland Rural cemetery.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Union Shoe and Clothing Co., New Stock, page 8; Baker & Angell, Hygienic Shoes, page 7; Graham, Knox Hats, page 5; R. F. Smith, Covert Top Coats, page 8; H. M. Kellogg, To Rent, page 6; Simmons & Grant, Special for To-morrow, page 4.
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