Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, October 10, 1898.
QUIET AT MANZANILLO.
Spanish Troops Will Leave and the City Turned Over to Colonel Ray.
MANZANILLO, Oct. 10.—The Spanish troops are ready to leave Manzanillo. General Parron, the Spanish commander, will turn the city over to the mayor, who will make the official transfer to Colonel Ray, representing the United States.
General Parron paid a visit to Colonel Ray and the two officers exchanged compliments. The conversation touched mainly upon military life in the tropics. All the political prisoners here have been released. The military convicts will be sent to Cienfuegos and then next to Havana, possibly afterward to Spain. Forty Spanish soldiers, now in the hospital, will leave with the retiring forces and go by train to Havana whence they will be sent by hospital ship to Spain.
A collision between the Spanish garrison and Colonel Ray's troops was, it appears even nearer than seemed to be the case. General Parron's orders from Havana were to resist the Americans to the uttermost. Additional rounds had been issued to the troops, and volunteers would probably have brought the Spanish forces up to 1,200 as against fewer than 500 Americans.
Colonel Ray would certainly have obeyed his original instructions when the hour for closing the cable arrived and there would have been only the slightest chance avoiding a fierce engagement, with the odds largely against the Americans both in number and in arms. The Spaniards were armed with Mausers, while the Americans have Springfields.
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| Clara Barton. |
ECHOES OF THE WAR.
Military Notes and Items About the Recent Conflict.
Major R. Emmett Griffin told the army investigators that Camp Thomas was greatly overcrowded at the time of his visit there in July. In the hospitals there were eight or nine where they should have been only five or six. A lack of sufficient tentage was the fault of the surgeon in charge.
The general health of the American troops at Santiago is now better than ever before. The recent heavy rains have done much for the good of the camp. The cooler weather is having an excellent effect on the sick.
There are now only 18 sick men in the general hospital at Montauk Point, L. I. Mrs. Livingston Mason of Newport took away 12 patients from the general hospital in her yacht. She will have the men cared for at Newport.
Miss Clara Barton and her staff have arrived at Key West ready to board the San Antonio, the Red Cross relief ship, laden with $25,000 worth of provisions ready to be distributed among the Cubans.
Major General Graham, in command at Camp Meade, has received orders from Washington to begin the movement of the Second corps to Georgia the last Thursday in October.
The Spanish peace commissioners have outlined their apparent expectations, and it is known that they are far beyond the line of possible acquiescence by the Americans.
All the evidence is in and the hearing ended in the Chaplain McIntyre court-martial trial. The evidence has been very damaging to the prisoner.
The Fourteenth Pennsylvania regiment will be kept in the South a short time and then be sent to the Philippines for garrison duty.
Harrison Dewey, private, Company A, Ninth infantry, died of typhoid in the general hospital at Montauk Point.
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| Cortland Opera House. |
THE KIRMESS ENDED.
GREAT ENTHUSIASM AT THE CLOSING PERFORMANCE.
The Whole Affair a Grand Success—Cortland Made a Net Gain of Five Points Upon Homer In the Duplicate Whist—The Pages Ahead on the Voting Contest—Concluding Joke of the Joker—Results of the Sale of Tickets.
The Living Cards Duplicate Whist-Kirmess came to a successful close Saturday night after having given four evening performances and one matinee. There was a large audience present, and the enthusiasm reached a higher pitch during the dances than at any previous time during the kirmess. The dancing too kept steadily improving by the continued practice during the week, so that the Saturday night's performance was really the best one of the series.
The program Saturday night included the tableau of the nations, the fairy revel, the merry harvesters, the living duplicate whist, the Swedish wedding dance, the rainbow dance by the aces, the dance of the court cards, the butterfly dance and the gypsy carnival. The graceful movement of the Greek Daughters of the Nile was also introduced as an extra, concluding with the tableau, the death of Virginius. Other extras were the pretty dance of the even cards and the Klondike drill. In the latter the young men returned to their overalls and jumpers with the additions of various articles of use and ornament supposed to be connected with the northern gold regions. The marching and drilling was very fine and was greeted with prolonged applause. While all the dances were pretty the rainbow dance by the aces and the butterfly dance by the pages, both of which were marvels of grace and beauty, and the stately and dignified court dance were specially worthy of mention.
The rich and beautiful costumes and the dignity and ease and grace with which the court dance was executed made this one of the most pleasing features of the program. A laughable incident of the dance of the aces was the presence of the joker on the stage upon an encore in which he took a part in the same movements as the aces themselves.
The last three boards of the duplicate whist were played. In the first one Homer made a gain of one point over Cortland, in the second Cortland gained one point on Homer, and in the third board Cortland gained two points on Homer. As a result of the re-playing of the six boards Cortland gained six points on Homer, and Homer gained one point on Cortland, making a net gain for Cortland on the six boards of five points for Cortland.
This game of Living Duplicate Whist, which is owned and copyrighted by the Misses Randolph is a very attractive feature of any kirmess. There is something absolutely fascinating in the gliding and easy motions of the pages as they conducted the several cards to their places on the stage, and in the movement of the cards themselves while in sight, and in the fact that the whole thing is continued and moves on so smoothly and so rapidly for the whole period of the hand. To the person who understands the game it is possible to follow its progress with the same interest that one would have in watching the cards themselves thrown upon the table, while to one not acquainted with whist the whole thing becomes a very charming dance.
During the intermission the voting was continued and results were run up pretty well. At the close of the entertainment there were ten minutes of silent voting. Before this began the court dance was ahead, but the pages made a sudden spurt and thought they had won, but when the result of the silent vote was counted the joker was found to have jumped up from 14 to 741 votes, and he of course was declared the winner and was awarded the prize of a box of candy. This caused a flurry of excitement among the pages who had hoped still to win, and the court dancers who had hoped they might catch up and pass their rivals in the silent voting.
But, though no announcement of it was made that night and though the pages went away disappointed, the whole thing was simply a joke of the joker, who is something of a juggler, as well. He opened his own box on the stage in full view of the audience and found it empty and then proceeded to count a bundle of money which he had in his own hand all the time and made his own announcement of the result to suit himself. As professional joker he had been full of jokes from first to last and was a great success at it. Indeed there is no one else in Cortland who could have performed the part so well. Strange that any one took him seriously at the end, and the fact that everybody did do so was a chief cause of felicitation on his part that he had deceived not only the pages, but the whole audience as well. When he was ready to turn in his money to Mrs. Mark Brownell, the chairman of the [hospital] committee having the matter in charge, gravely announced to her that of course it was all a fake and that the pages had won, and then he returned his prize candy to them. Each of the four pages then received a box of candy as her share in the prize.
The final [voting] result was as follows: Aces, 151; Fairies, 7; Swedish, 84; Pages, 290; Klondike, 7; Harvest, 66; Even Cards, 18; Gypsy, 60; Court Dance, 288; Cupid Minuet, 11; Joker, 14; W. T. Yale, 3.
The [hospital] committee having the matter in charge makes the following announcement of money turned in from the result of the ticket-selling contest: Mrs. Helen Corwin, $89.55; Hugh Duffey, Jr., 40.00; Miss Harriet Shepard, 35.45; Miss Goldie Clark, 32.25; Miss Ida Beaudry, 25.24.
The following prizes were offered for the people selling most tickets above the value of $25, and the persons above mentioned in the order there named will each be permitted to make one selection from the list: a feather boa, donated by Warren Tanner & Co.; a gold bracelet, donated by F. B. Nourse; a silk umbrella, donated by D. E. Shepard; a diamond ring, donated by A. M. Jewett; a skirt made to order, donated by the Gillette Skirt Co.
Mrs. Helen Corwin who wins the first prize in the ticket selling contest has well earned her prize, whichever one of the articles she may select. She devoted several days to a house to house canvass of the village and says she has really about worn out a pair of shoes in her efforts. She tells us that had she not made herself nearly sick through her constant walking she could easily have run her amount up to $100, but as it was she had to abandon her work during the last two days of the Kirmess.
FREETOWN'S ROAD.
The New Highway is Now About Completed and Ready for Use.
Supervisor Harvey Z. Tuttle of Freetown has been in Cortland to-day, and reports that his town has about completed its portion of the new highway leading from Cortland to Freetown, and that in a day or two it will be ready for travel. He says that two years ago the town at an expense of over $300 built its part of the road, and there the work was stopped by the neglect on the part of the town of Cortlandville to build its share. In the meantime Freetown's portion has grown up to weeds, and has been washed out in places. He says that now that Cortlandville has fulfilled its part, his town has had a force of men at work putting the road in shape the second time, with the result that it can be used before the end of the week.
WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Remains of Trooper Fred N. Brown Expected in Cortland To-morrow.
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Allen of 31Union-st. received last evening a dispatch from Colonel Whiteside at Huntsville, Ala., stating that the body of their son, Fred N. Brown, had been embalmed, and was shipped at 6 o'clock P. M. Saturday. The dispatch added that "he was reported accidentally killed by another soldier." The New York Sun of Saturday contained a dispatch from Huntsville, Ala., stating that the soldiers got into a row Thursday night at West Huntsville, and a stray bullet struck Charles M. Brown, killing him instantly. It added that Brown was a member of Troop F, Fifth cavalry, and lived in New York. Undoubtedly the Cortland boy was meant in the dispatch, though the wrong given name was stated.
The remains are coming by United States express, and it is very probable that they will reach Cortland to-night, or to-morrow forenoon at the latest. In case they arrive to-morrow morning as expected, an opportunity will be given all who desire to view the remains at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen to-morrow between 12:30 and 2:30 P. M. A short funeral service will be held at the house Wednesday morning, conducted by Rev. Amos. Watkins, rector of Grace Episcopal church and the remains will be taken by carriage to Pleasant Grove cemetery near Ithaca, where they will be buried beside the father.
Just who is responsible for the death of the young trooper does not yet appear, and Mr. Allen says that it is his intention to ascertain if any investigation is being made by the military authorities. He believes that some one should be held responsible, and whoever it is should be made accountable.
This morning Mrs. Allen received a letter from her son written Thursday, the day of his death.
An Extensive Poultry Yard.
Probably one of the largest and most productive poultry yards in the southern portion of Cortland county is owned and conducted by Mrs. C. W. Harrington of Harford Mills. The STANDARD'S traveling representative was recently shown about the extensive buildings and parks erected expressly for the purpose, and where nothing is reared but the very choicest of blooded fowls. In one enclosure was found 150 Barred Plymouth Rocks. In another fifty Buff Leghorns, and in a third fifty Buff Plymouth Rocks, and so on about the grounds too numerous to mention.
Mrs. Harrington is a thorough going woman and makes it her special business to personally attend to her poultry yards and incubator which is of 100-egg capacity. This lady has already shipped thus far during the season of 1898, 2,340 eggs and 700 young chickens. She has filled large orders for both eggs and poultry for breeding purposes in Syracuse, Auburn, Stamford and other cities throughout the state, besides supplying orders from nearly every state and territory in the Union, many of which it is simply impossible to honor. It is well worth any one's time to see the "Modus operendi" in which both poultry and eggs are produced in these extensive yards.
BREVITIES.
— Y. M. C. A. directors will meet tonight at 7 o'clock sharp.
—Mrs. F. J. Cheney will be the leader of the University Centre meeting at the Normal building to-night at 8 o'clock.
—The Cortland Normal football team defeated the Cazenovia team at Cazenovia Saturday by the score of 11 to 5.
—Messrs. E. D. Foote and Eri Truman while riding near McLean yesterday picked nearly a quart and a half of red raspberries from bushes growing beside the street fence.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Daehler, top overcoats, page 4; Bingham Bros. & Miller, agent for Luzerne knitting mills, page 8; Warren, Tanner & Co., new dress goods, page 8.
—Mrs. O. T. Chatterton of 33 Pendleton-st. exhibits sweet peas of wonderful beauty raised on her vines. They have been in constant bloom since early in the summer and now look as fine as at any time during the season.
—The argument of the case of The People against Irving Carpenter, an appeal from special sessions, was this morning in county court adjourned to Wednesday, Oct. 19. The appeal was taken from the Cortland police court where the defendant was sentenced to a term in Onondaga penitentiary for public intoxication.
—Aleck Steele, a farmer living west of the village, was arraigned before Justice of the Peace E. C. Parker this morning on the charge of public intoxication, and was sentenced to pay a fine of $10 or spend ten days in jail. He was arrested at his home Saturday night by Sheriff Brainard who had been sent for, and who found the house in quite a state of confusion.
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