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| Emilio Aguinaldo. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, December 3, 1898.
THREAT OF FILIPINOS.
Manila Newspapers Trying to Stir Up Strife.
NOTHING BUT INDEPENDENCE.
The Filipinos Will Shed Their Blood in Torrents Again Before Bowing to Foreign Dominion, However Light. How the Peace News Was Received at Manila.
MANILA, Dec. 3—Owing to the fact that the result of the Paris conferences has long been anticipated here, the agreement of Spain to cede the Philippine islands to the United States created no excitement. The Americans made no demonstration; commercial circles were relieved; the Spaniards were indifferent and some of the American volunteers were disgusted at the prospect of being detained here now that the fighting is finished.
Aguinaldo is certain to assume a conciliatory attitude, because his position is dally becoming untenable. His rival intriguers are becoming uncontrollable, especially since funds have run short and the outlying provinces have become disaffected. Although never much more than a figurehead, Aguinaldo has been consistently temperate and the authorities have no reason to fear that he will depart from this policy.
Nevertheless the native newspapers continue to publish inflammable articles. The Republica Filipina publishes an article headed "The Moment has arrived" and says:
"When the conference terminated its labors the Filipinos had already conquered all of the island of Luzon and the adjacent islands except the towns of Iloilo, Cebu, Leyte and Samar. Therefore Spain has ceded sovereignty which she did not possess. The Filipinos will never consent to the ignominy of being treated as chattels. They will shed their blood in torrents again before bowing to foreign dominion, however light.
"America brought the great chief, Aguinaldo, from Hong Kong and recognized our nationality by allowing our flag to be raised at Corregidor island and to sail the bay in full sight of all the foreign fleets. None dared to interfere. If America now declines to openly acknowledge our independence a great injustice will be committed. Had Spain asked $40,000,000 for the islands the Filipinos would gladly have given twice that amount or more to preserve their rights, ruthlessly set aside by the enemy and the nation without a true understanding of the aspirations, rights and sacrifices of those who have stood torture enough and who are left to fight and suffer in defense of their country from new slavery."
The articles affirm the friendship of the Filipinos for Americans, insists that the insurgents will never fire the first shot, and adds that the harmony existing will only be broken by "priests or traitors inducing the Americans to attack us."
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| P. Mateo Segasta. |
SPAIN'S INTERNAL TROUBLE.
Government Prepared to Repress All Attempts at Disturbance.
MADRID, Dec. 3.—The premier, Senor Sagasta, at the cabinet meeting, described the Carlist movement in a number of the provinces and said the government was prepared to energetically repress all attempts to disturb public order.
Senor Silvela, the Conservative leader, has started an agitation for the immediate summoning of the cortes. He says that in view of the utter failure of the Liberals it is time the Conservatives returned to power when, he adds, the Carlist danger will be quickly dissipated.
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| Gen. Calixto Garcia. |
Cubans Call at the While House.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3.—The members of the Cuban commission, headed by General Garcia, called at the White House and were soon ushered into the cabinet room where they were received by the president. The meeting, however, was entirely informal and unofficial in character. It lasted an hour and a half. The greeting of the president was very cordial, but the distinguished Cubans were received as citizens of Cuba and not as having an official status.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
The Chicago Drainage Canal.
The cutting of the Chicago drainage canal, which began in 1892, followed upon many years of vain struggle with the pure water problem in the second largest city of the United States. The tremendous growth of the city and the increased discharge of sewage into the river which empties into the lake polluted the purity of the latter for a distance of 10 or 12 miles from the shore. The problem to be solved was that of taming the flow of sewage westward instead of into the lake. As Chicago is built at the base of the eastern slope of the acclivity which divides the watershed of the great lakes from that of the Mississippi river, it only needed cutting a canal through this ridge whereby the water of Lake Michigan could be made by gravity to pass through into the Des Plaines river, thence through the Illinois into the Mississippi.
This canal involved a ditch 40 miles long, and it is now far on its way to completion, having already cost about $25,000,000. The original specifications prescribed such a capacity and grade as would cause the foulness of the water which carried the sewage of a city largely to purify itself by sedimentary settlement before it passed into the Illinois and the Mississippi. In addition to this, supplementary works were to have been built in connection with the Des Plaines river to prevent a setback from the spring freshets.
It is now charged that the city of Chicago through its canal board has so far altered these specifications that great danger of epidemic diseases will inevitably arise along the course of the canal, the Des Plaines and the Illinois rivers. The people of St. Louis are aroused by the dread which is contingent on the emptying of the Illinois a few miles above that city that its drinking water will suffer from the pollution brought down from Chicago, 200 miles away. As a result of this scare it is said that a most determined effort will be made in the next congress and also in the state legislature of Illinois to prevent the completion of the canal.
As the ground of apprehension is alleged to be the direct result of the drainage board's change of plans, greatly lessening the capacity of the canal at its upper end to save a matter of $10,000,000 or so, it would seem to be within the power of the Chicago management to remove the objections adduced. Chicago certainly needs the canal, and after all the money and effort expended should have its advantages in full. But that great city is equally bound to prevent other nearby regions from suffering evil consequences, if indeed such are likely to occur, from the revised plans of completion, about which complaint is the most pregnant.
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| George Frisbie Hoar. |
◘ Senator Hoar's opposition on the Philippine acquisition has an "if" in it. "If the report be true that it is proposed to buy of Spain the sovereignty of the Philippine Islands, and to pay $20,000,000 for it," he says, "I do not believe that such a treaty will be agreed to, and I do not believe it ought to be agreed to." The United States isn't paying for sovereignty. It secures that by conquest and cession. The payment it is making is for improvements Spain has made to the Islands—wharves, public buildings, arsenals, docks, etc. Senator Hoar has an anchor to windward.
◘ The navy department has received from Admiral Dewey confirmation of the reports that three of the Spanish warships, sunk in the Manila battle of May 1, have been raised in fair condition and soon will proceed under their own steam to Hong Kong, where contracts have been made for their overhauling and putting in order. The raised ships are the Isle de Cuba, Isle de Luzon and Don Juan de Austria. They will make serviceable additions to the United States navy.
PALAWAN ISLAND.
Selected by Naval Experts For Our Asiatic Naval Station.
Palawan, the long island which lies at the gate of the East Indies and which our naval experts have selected for the Asiatic naval station of the United States, is the object of much interest just now because some of the Europeans contend that the Spaniards have no title to it. Although some 3000 miles long, it is very narrow. At some places it is only five miles between the two coasts. It is covered with a magnificent forest of great value. Like most of the Philippines, it has a central mountain chain, extending in the direction of its greatest length. The only civilized settlement is a penal colony at Puerto Princessa, the capital, with a military garrison. There is a fine harbor, and the town is surrounded by a fertile country.
Three tribes of natives inhabit Palawan—the Moros, who are Mohammedans; the Pattacks, who roam in the north, and the Tagbanans, who occupy the central portion near the civilized elements and are said to be a very intelligent and superior class of Malays. They practice agriculture so far as necessary and have houses made of bamboo poles and palm leaves. But most of their time is spent in the forest hunting, fishing and searching for wild honey. Each tribe has a local government presided over by a petty magistrate, and the office is hereditary. The affairs of each community are directed by a council of elders, who administer justice according to their own ideas. The Spaniards have never attempted to civilize them, although a few missions have been established by the priests.—William E. Curtis in Chicago Record.
OPERA HOUSE CROWDED.
Derr Fritz Helping Many Sufferers and Hosts are Looking On.
The first floor of the [Cortland] Opera House this afternoon was crowded to the doors, every seat occupied and the vestibule filled with people standing, all watching the marvelous work of Derr Fritz, the magnetic healer. The stage was filled with patients and men and women were coming and going. Derr Fritz himself passed from one to the other at a rapid rate seeming to help every one and removing aches and pains at a rapid rate. Lame people walked with greater ease and all who were treated seemed to be filled with the spirit of the occasion and the place.
A. O. U. W. Election.
Cortland lodge No. 851, A. O. U. W., held its annual election of officers last
evening with the following result:
Master Workman—Harry Swan.
Foreman—Bert Allen.
Overseer—Jason Bump.
Recorder—Joseph Bunney.
Financier—H. H. Pomeroy.
Receiver— H. J. Baker.
Past Master Workman—Eugene Woodworth.
Trustee for Three Years—J. H. Turner.
Representative to Grand Lodge—Harry Swan.
Alternate—Joseph Bunney.
HOMER.
Gleanings of News from Our Twin Village.
HOMER, N. Y., Dec. 3.—At the annual meeting of the Protective Fire Police held last evening for the purpose of election of officers for the ensuing year the matter was deferred and the question of the disbanding of said company was made the order of business. After a short debate upon the subject by different members it was unanimously voted to disband and a petition was presented to the president and trustees of the village as follows:
WHEREAS, There seems to be a feeling among the people of this village that this company in the fire department known as the Protective Police are not necessary for the efficient service of said department for the protection of property in said village.
Therefore, We as members of the Protective Police, respectfully ask your honorable body to disband said company and give each member that is entitled by reason of service an honorable discharge from the fire department and also to give all those worthy a [property tax] exempt certificate. Dated, Homer Dec. 1, 1898.
The foregoing petition was signed by each member of the company, and it was also acted upon by the board of trustees and an answer drawn up to be presented to the company.
Master Nathaniel Butler, son of Mr. Webb Butler, was yesterday taken by Truant Officer Shirley before Justice Stone for non-attendance at school. This morning his mother appeared for him and after relating the reason for his not attending and promising to see he did attend hereafter he was discharged.
There will be a public sale of the Brewery Hill chapel on Saturday, Dec. 10, at 10 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Newcomb returned last evening from their wedding tour and are now at home to their friends at their residence on James-st. in the W. B. Newcomb block.
One of our butchers located two doors north of the postoffice has a special brand of smoking tobacco with which he had a thrilling experience last Thursday. He was in a business place here smoking and had occasion to lay down his pipe. When he again picked it up and commenced smoking, the flavor was something terrible and the butcher uttered several emphatic exclamations and walked out, not wishing any one to speak of his new tobacco. Any one wishing to purchase this new brand may do so by stepping into the meat shop in the south side of the Riggs block on Main-st.
Our young business men seem to be all joining into wedlock. Thursday morning at 9 o'clock Mr. Geo. W. Ripley, who conducts the confectionery store in the Riggs block, was united in marriage with Miss Katherine D. Evans of Tunnel, N. Y., at the home of his mother Mrs. Sarah Ripley, on River-st. by Rev. J. A. Hungate, pastor of the Baptist church.
The Baptist Sunday-school held a book social at the home of Mr. Ernest Darby on Clinton-st. last evening. It was for the purpose of raising funds by voluntary offerings for the purchase of new books for the library. There was a large attendance and a very pleasant evening enjoyed.
Arrangements are in progress for putting in incandescent electric lights in the business places.
Miss Helen Carver and Miss Enza Bulkley of Cortland attended the lecture given by Dr. Griffis at the Congregational church last evening.
To-morrow morning being the second Sunday in Advent, there will be special services appropriate to this sacred season at Calvary church.
The vested choir of Calvary church is rehearsing some very fine music for the sacred festivals of this Christian year, especially the great festival of Christmas and of St. John the Evangelist day.
Rev. L. J. Christler returned from Syracuse to-day, where he has been taking examinations for the priesthood.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—F. E. Brogden, Beef, wine and iron, page 6; Stowell, Are you happy? page 7.
—The young people's societies of the various churches will hold the quarterly union meeting at the First M. E. church to-morrow evening a t 5:30 o'clock.
—The regular December musical of Miss Halbert's music pupils will be held in her studio in the Wickwire building next Monday evening, Dec. 5 at 8 o'clock.
—Miss G. Adelaide Slade gave a very pleasant party at the seminary last Friday evening in honor of her niece, Miss Grace Mead of Cortland.—Hamilton Republican.
—The Daughters of Rebekah at their regular meeting last night received six new applicants to membership, and were also invited by several of the members of the order from McGrawville and Marathon.
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