OUR PHILIPPINE POLICY, COATS' COWS, AND A TEACHER VINDICATED

 

Garret A. Hobart.

Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, February 15, 1899.

OUR PHILIPPINE POLICY.

McEnery Resolution Passed In the Senate.

ONE AMENDMENT PROPOSED.

It Was Defeated by the Vice President Who Cast His Vote With the Imperialists—The Measure Adopted by a Vote of Twenty-Six to Twenty-Two.

   WASHINGTON. Feb. 15.—The unanimous consent agreement reached by the senate last Saturday to vote on the resolution of Mr. McEnery, declaring a policy of this government in the Philippines was not vacated. In accord with that agreement the vote was taken on the resolution and it was adopted, 26 to 22. It was noticeable that several Democrats who were not present and not paired refrained from voting. An amendment offered by Mr. Bacon several days ago was defeated. The vote on the amendment was a tie—29 to 29—and Vice President Hobart cast the deciding vote against the proposition.

   The vote was preceded by three and one-half hours of debate. Speeches were delivered by Messrs. Stewart, Bacon, Hoar, Hale and Mason. The speeches of Messrs. Hoar and Hale were notable utterances. They defended the positions they had taken on the Philippines question and Mr. Hale drew a dark picture of the United States in the islands.

   The McEnery resolution, as passed by the senate, is as follows:

   "That by the ratification of the treaty of peace with Spain it is not intended to incorporate the inhabitants of the Philippine islands into citizenship of the United States, nor is it intended to permanently annex said islands as an integral part of the territory of the United States, but it is the intention of the United States to establish on said islands a government suitable to the wants and conditions of the inhabitants of said islands to prepare them for local self-government and in due time to make such disposition of such islands as will best promote the interests of the citizens of the United States and the inhabitants of said islands."

   The detailed vote was as follows:

   Yeas—Messrs. Allison, Burrows, Chandler, Deboe, Fairbanks, Faulkner, Frye, Gear, Gray, Hale, Hanna, Harris, Kyle, Lodge, McEnery, McLaurin, McMillan, Mantle, Mason, Nelson, Perkins, Pettus, Platt (N. Y.), Quay, Sullivan, Teller—26.

   Nays—Messrs. Bacon, Bate, Caffery, Carter, Clay, Cockrell, Hawley, Hoar, Lindsay, McBridge, Martin, Money, Morgan, Murphy, Pettigrew, Platt (Conn.), Rawlins, Ross, Simon, Smith, Stewart, Warren—22.

 

Brig. Gen. Marcus P. Miller.

ILOILO HAS BEEN TAKEN.

General Miller Lands His Forces In the City.

REBELS SET TOWN ON FIRE.

American Troops Landed In Time Extinguish the Flames.

   MANILA, Feb. 14.—The United States gunboat Petrel has just arrived here with dispatches from Brigadier General Marcus P. Miller to Major General Otis, announcing that Iliolo had been taken by the combined military and naval forces on Saturday morning.

   General Miller on receipt of his instructions from Manila sent native commissioners ashore from the United States transport St. Paul with a communication for the rebel governor of Iloilo, calling upon him to surrender within a time stated and warning him not to make a demonstration in the interval.

   The rebels immediately moved their guns and prepared to defend their position. Thereupon the Petrel fired two warning guns, the rebels immediately opening fire upon her.

   The Petrel and the Baltimore then bombarded the town, which the rebels, having set on fire, immediately evacuated. American troops were promptly landed and extinguished the fires in all cases of foreign property, but not before considerable damage had been done.

   It is believed the enemy's loss during the bombardment was heavy, but no American casualties were reported.

 

Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis.

OTIS CONFIRMS THE NEWS.

Officials Dispatches Received at the War Department and Made Public.

   WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.—The dispatch announcing the capture by the American troops under General Miller of Iloilo on the island of Panay, was the first news received in this city of the fall of the second largest city in the Philippines. The announcement was promptly communicated to the president at the White House and it was read with gratification. Half an hour later the official intelligence of the fall of the city came in a cable dispatch from Major General Otis which Adjutant General Corbin promptly authorized to be made public.

   General Otis' dispatch was as follows:

   "General Miller reports from Iloilo that the town was taken on the 11th inst, and held by our troops. The insurgents were given until the evening of the 11th to surrender, but their hostile action brought on an engagement during the morning. The insurgents fired the native portion of the town, but there was little loss to property of foreign inhabitants. No casualties among the United States troops reported."

   There is a feeling of intense satisfaction among such of the administration officials as are aware of this battle, as considerable apprehension has existed, not however, as to the ability of the Americans to take the place when they decided upon this step, but as to the loss of life which there might be incurred. The tension between the opposing forces at Iloilo has been for some time at the danger point and a collision between them at any time would not have been surprising.

 

Don Carlos, Duke of Madrid.

DON CARLOS' ADVICE.

He Forbids His Partisans to Take Seats In Parliament.

   LONDON, Feb. 15.—The Madrid correspondent of The Times says: "Don Carlos in his letter forbidding his partisans to take their seats in a parliament which is about to sanction a disgrace, unprecedented in the annals of our history, adds: It would be in vain to record your protest there for within those walls no truly Spanish voice can now make any echo and outside them the nation is weary of empty and barren words.

   "Nor could you, in that corrupt atmosphere, call to their account those great criminals who, with unparalleled impudence brought about the catastrophe. Let us leave them to consummate alone their infamous work of destruction."

   The Carlists have decided to accede to the pretender's orders.

   The government regards the matter as unimportant, but regrets it because the Republicans have now decided to follow the example of the Carlists, and Senor Sagasta would have preferred to have the treaty ratified in the presence of all the political parties. The result of the prohibition by Don Carlos will greatly curtail the debates and to expedite ratification.

 

Our Circus Not Coming Back.

   LONDON, Feb. 15.—Both in amusement and financial circles there is much speculation over the announcement that Barnum & Bailey's circus will remain here instead of returning, as was originally planned, to the United States. It is now announced that the proprietors of the circus will float an English company with a total capital of $2,000,000, of which James A. Bailey takes one-third. Mr. Bailey will become the chairman of the board of directors, his associates in the board being George Starr and N. C. Cadden.

 

Wreck of USS Maine, Havana harbor.

THE NEW MAINE.

The Keel Was Laid on the Anniversary of the Destruction of the Old Maine.

   PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.—The anniversary of the blowing up of the second-class battleship Maine was marked here with the beginning of work on a powerful man-of-war which will bear the name of the historic battleship, the destruction of which did much to precipitate the war with Spain. The new Maine which will be one of the most powerful fighters of the navy [and] will be built by the Cramp Shipbuilding company. At the company's yards at 11 o'clock today the first piece of the keel of the vessel was laid. There was no formality, but the shipyard was thrown open to the public and a great cheer was given by the crowd as the workmen set in place the first piece of steel.

 

GREAT DAIRY RECORD.

F. A. Coats Tells What his Cows Did During the Year 1898.

   Mr. F. A. Coats who lives near Summerhill is one of those dairymen who believe that dairying can be made to pay, and he proves the claim by his own actual experience. In previous years we have several times published his report for the year just completed. He has now shown us his dairy record for 1898, and it is questionable whether any dairymen in Cortland county can show a better proportionate record.

   From Jan. 1 to March 31, 1898, Mr. Coats had ten cows in milk which produced 835 pounds of butter which sold for $147.45.

   From April 1 to June 30 fifteen cows produced 1,520 pounds of butter which sold for $182.

   From July 1 to Sept. 30 ten cows produced 985 pounds of butter which sold for $170.67.

   From Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 thirteen cows produced 1,115 pounds of butter which sold for $229.53.

   During the year the total butter product was 4,055 pounds which sold for $729.05.

   In addition three calves were fatted which sold for $25.70, making the actual sales $755.35, or an average of $62.94 per cow.

   Besides this Mr. Coats raised on skim milk seven calves whose value he estimates at $70, and eight shoats whose value at the time he began to feed them grain for fattening he estimated at $40. This makes the total product of the cows $865.35 or an average of $72.11 per cow.

   Mr. Coats uses a separator and recommends its use to others in order to save every particle of cream from the milk. He also believes in the frequent use of a Babcock milk tester to determine what cows are valuable for butter purposes and thus to weed out and dispose of the cows which he terms "the boarders." He feeds grain liberally, but watches its effect on the individual cow and makes the quantity great or small according as she responds well at the pail.

 

Public School Moneys.

   County Clerk H. T. Bushnell has received from Superintendent of Public Instruction Charles R. Skinner a statement of the public school moneys apportioned to the county of Cortland. The statement shows that the whole amount of money apportioned throughout the state is $3,730,394.14. In this county there are 201 public school teachers, the population is 28,271, the apportionment according to teachers is $20,100, according to population $2,824.10, library apportionment $217.02 and for supervision in cities and villages $800, making a total of $23,941.12 for the county. This sum is to be apportioned among the several school districts of the county by School Commissioners Nathan L. Miller and Isaac W. Van Buskirk.

 

A TEACHER VINDICATED.

He Was a Graduate of the Cortland Normal In 1895.

   The Cayuga correspondence of the Auburn Advertiser contains the following in regard to Mr. Jesse C. Bell, a graduate of the Cortland Normal in the class of '95.

   Jesse C. Bell, principal of Cayuga Union school, appeared before Justice Candee, Saturday, charged with cruelly beating a pupil named John Hart, who refused to attend morning exercises with the other pupils of the school. The refractory pupil gave as an excuse that he was unable to sing; but he had been excused from singing and was ordered to take his place with the others. His refusal to do so was a stubborn resistance to the rules and obedience was compelled by the principal. The justice discharged the defendant and advised that discipline be maintained by the use of severe punishment if necessary.

   Public sentiment from the beginning was overwhelmingly in favor of the teacher and much indignation has been felt on account of the proceedings. The people of Cayuga are congratulating themselves on the outcome of the event which was at no time considered as serious. The school is under perfect discipline and the utmost confidence in the ability and discretion of the teachers is felt.

 

Cake Walk in Taylor Hall.

   A considerable number of people were attracted to Taylor hall last night on the occasion of a cakewalk arranged and carried out by J. H. Wallace. The colored people were out in full force and enjoyed themselves immensely. Cal. Wagner and partner of Binghamton were accorded the honors of being the prize winners, and Mr. Wallace and partner were second best. McDermott's orchestra furnished the music.

 

THE BLIZZARD OVER.

A Long Period of Time When Mercury Was Below Zero.

   The blizzard is over and the temperature is moderating. Trains are nearly on time and mails are getting around again about as usual. So far as the amount of snow fall is concerned and the drifting of snow, Cortland has not been nearly as much troubled as places to the south of us. But we have had a continued season of cold weather. For six days the mercury has gone below zero. The record as observed by the official weather bureau thermometer has been Feb. 9, 14 deg. below; Feb. 10, 9 deg. below; Feb. 11, 13 deg. below; Feb. 12, 20 deg, below; Feb. 13, 6 deg. below; Feb. 14, 6 deg. below. Many unofficial thermometers have sent the mercury considerably below these figures, but the records could not have been accurate. On these same days the highest temperature by the official thermometer was as follows, above zero in each case: Feb. 9, 15 deg.; Feb. 10, 8 deg.; Feb. 11, 4 deg.; Feb. 12, 4 deg.; Feb. 13, 9 deg.; Feb. 14, 16 deg.

 

Slaughtered the Calves.

   Yesterday morning Messrs. J. M. and D. E. Smith made an arrangement with the Cortland Beef Co. to slaughter for them the carload of calves which they had expected to ship to New York Monday night and which the D., L. & W. R. R. would not accept on account of the storm and blockade. They were killed during the day, eighty-four in number, and will be sent along hung up in the cars in their hides. The country roads were so drifted that though the Messrs. Smith had bought 100 calves for this carload only eighty-four had been delivered to them, so that they had only eighty-four to kill. The balance will be delivered next shipping day—a bit of good fortune for them mingled with that less desired.

   Mr. D. E. Smith said that they had never before in the long years of their shipping stock got caught with a carload like this. In the big blizzard of 1888, however, they got a carload of calves as far as Scranton and had to have them slaughtered there, and their carcasses in the hides forwarded afterward to New York.

 

BREVITIES.

   —One year ago to-night the battleship Maine was blown up in Havana harbor. A number of events have transpired since that time.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Bingham & Miller, Zero Weather Ulsters, page 8; Opera House, "The Sleeping City," page 5.

   —Yesterday was the first day in over thirty years that a coal train did not run into Syracuse on the D., L. & W. R. R. and a coal famine in that city was feared.

   —Important rehearsal of the Choral society at the Conservatory of Music this evening. Every member is expected to be present, and new members must enter at this rehearsal if at all.

   —Binghamton city yesterday elected seven Republican and six Democratic supervisors. The remainder of Broome county elected ten Republican and four Democratic supervisors with one district yet to hear from.

   —Trains on all roads are running through, to and from Cortland to-day nearly on schedule time. Northbound D., L. & W. trains are still somewhat delayed, however, by reason of the effects of the storm on the main line.

   —The case of Martin Welch against Melvin Butler, an action to recover possession of a horse has been on trial before Justice of the Peace John H. Kelley this afternoon. James Dougherty for plaintiff. Edward W. Hyatt for defendant.

   —The "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company which was booked for the Opera House for to-morrow night is now playing in Connecticut and seems likely to remain there. It changed its route and did not notify the Opera House management till a very late hour.

   —Prof. A. D. Lane of New York is to drill a chorus of young people to present the cantata of "Belshazzar'' at the First M. E. church in the near future. The first rehearsal was held last night and was largely attended. The chorus was quite enthusiastic over the work begun.

   —The Tioga County Herald quotes The STADARD's item in regard to the appointment of Mr. H. B. Westcott as superintendent of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co., and adds "As most of the readers of The Herald know, Mr. Westcott is a Richford boy. Mrs. Westcott, who has spent the past year in Richford, will join her husband in Cortland the latter part of the week."