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| Emilio Aguinaldo. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, May 11, 1899.
REBELS DESIRE PEACE.
The Filipino Congress Fails to Secure a Quorum.
AMERICAN FORCES ARE RESTING.
General MacArthur Awaiting For Reinforcements From Manila Before Attacking the Rebel Stronghold of Bacolor Where Eight Thousand Are Entrenched.
MANILA, May 11.—Reports received from the insurgent line which, however, have not been confirmed, say that a meeting of the Filipino congress has been held at San Isidro. There was no quorum present, but in spite of this fact some business was transacted. The reports add that although those who attended were mostly partisans of Aguinaldo a strong desire for peace was expressed.
Major General MacArthur will probably remain at San Fernando until fresh troops can be forwarded to him from this city to replace some of the volunteers, who have become exhausted from the long campaign.
Filipino riflemen to the number of 8,000 are entrenched on three sides of Bacolor. The Americans, however, are fully able to hold the city, if Monday's attack was a specimen of the enemy's fighting ability.
The United States Philippine commission has been considering a provincial constitution for the island of Negros, which was framed by Colonel Smith and leading natives. It is largely modelled after the constitution of California. While it has many good points the commission will probably recommend a uniform government for all the provinces. This constitution, it is intended, will give the natives self-government, co-operating with the military regime. Work upon the constitution has been apportioned to the several members of the Philippine commission.
The report of President Schurman will give special attention to national, provincial and municipal government; Colonel Charles Denby will consider the organization of courts, and Professor D. C. Worcester will investigate tribal, physical and commercial features of the islands. All the members of the commission are consulting with resident experts.
GOOD WORK IN CUBA.
Villages Disinfected and Streets of the Cities Being Paved.
HAVANA, May 11.—Casa Blanca, the fishing village across the harbor, which was formerly a breeding place of disease, has been disinfected and white-washed, and the Chinese have been removed from the village. Surgeon Major John G. Davis reports that the place is now free from infection.
The translation of the Spanish civil code promises to develop the need of many reforms. The completion of the work is expected soon.
The engineering department is paving Tacon street in front of General Ludlow's palace with sheet asphalt. A schooner is expected to arrive here soon with 25,000 asphalt blocks for paving Obispo street. The department will also try vitrified brick for paving, and will adopt which ever material proves most satisfactory.
The Cienfuegos papers praise the work there of the American authorities, saying that the streets are kept clean, the poor are protected and shipping and general trade are the best in many years.
PAN-AMERICAN SITE.
A Place Selected to Hold the Great Exposition in 1901.
BUFFALO, May 11.—At a meeting of the executive committee it was unanimously voted to recommend to the board of directors at the meeting on Saturday the selection of the Rumsey site for the use of the Pan-American exposition. This site is bounded on the north by the New York Central railway; on the east by Delaware avenue; on the south by the south line of the park and the State hospital grounds; on the west by Grant street and the switch of the New York Central leading to the State hospital.
It is recommended to use the park lake and surrounding grounds for recreation purposes, with the understanding that no buildings shall be erected thereon. It is possible that the park will be open to the use of the public until 30 days prior to the opening of the exposition on May 1, 1901. This will deprive the people of the use of this part of the park for a period not to exceed seven months. In this site plan no use will be made of what is known as the park meadow.
Between now and the meeting of the board of directors on Saturday the members of the executive committee will put into comparative form all the facts and figures bearing upon the three sites which they have been gathering for several weeks in order that the public may have a clear understanding of the salient facts involved.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
Uncle Sam as a Real Estate Buyer.
Those Americana who are so ignorant of their country's history that they do not realize how the United States has expanded would do well to employ a few of their leisure hours in reading up. Meanwhile the newspapers are doing their best to supply information in compact form, with the essential facts so clearly stated that they are within easy grasp of every mind. The United States, says the Troy Times, has never been a land-grabbing nation. What it has secured has come to it by purchase, or as a legitimate result of negotiations with other nations. It has not kept up an aggressive hunt for unappropriated areas or pounced on any piece of territory that happened to be without protection sufficient to insure safety from molestation. Neither has it indulged in the pleasant little game so popular with most of the European nations, called by the high-sounding phrase, "extending the sphere of influence," which is simply another name for getting a foothold on soil which belongs to somebody else—and retaining it.
Nevertheless the United States has expanded territorially in a manner surpassing the experiences of all other countries. The St. Louis Globe- Democrat presents the case very forcibly when it says:
When, a few days ago, the United States handed out its check for $20,000,000 to Spain for the Philippines, this country had made the sixth of its great land purchases. Its first transaction of this sort took place just ninety-six years ago, when Jefferson bought Louisiana for $15,000,000 and more than doubled the national area thereby. Monroe bought Florida by assuming, to the extent of $5,000,000, the claims of American citizens against Spain. Polk gave $18,250,000 in the aggregate for New Mexico and California in 1848. In 1858 Pierce paid $10,000,000 for that part of Arizona and New Mexico south of the Gila river. Johnson gave $7,200,000 to Russia for Alaska in 1867.
In fact, almost all of the territory which the United States has acquired since 1783, when its existence as a nation was first recognized by England, was paid for in money in some shape or other. Texas came to us by the consent of its inhabitants, after they had won their independence from Mexico. Oregon and the entire region covered by that designation at that time was acquired by discovery, by occupation, and indirectly by treaties with Spain and Russia and directly with England. No money payment was involved in this transaction, although Spain's surrender of all claims to the territory north of California, which was made in 1819, was part of the general deal by which the United States gained Florida. All the other important accessions of territory previous to the Spanish war of 1898 were paid for in some shape, for in the case of Hawaii we assumed the debt of that republic. Porto Rico has come to us without cost except as part of the general expenditure for the war. The Philippines we have paid for in cash.
No other nation in the world's history has ever approached the United States in the extent of its land purchased. In the case of the accessions of territory to other nations money has seldom been paid. The United States in the first quarter of a century of its life set a good example, in the way of paying cash for such lands as it acquired, for other nations to follow. The example, however, has not commended itself to other countries, and it has seldom been followed. There is no doubt that this system of acquiring territory has been a paying investment for the United States in more ways than one. Territory acquired by war is always dearly bought. Even when Germany wrested Alsace and Lorraine from France, and forced France, in addition, to pay the cost of war, the transaction was a losing speculation to Germany. The feud which was thus started between the two countries has resulted in an increase in taxation through the immense augmentation of standing armies which it has caused that has more than offset the $1,000,000.000 cash which France paid into the German treasury. The plan which the United States has followed in the majority of cases of buying the land which it acquires is wise on moral and financial grounds.
Uncle Sam, instead of being a novice, is really an old and expert hand at real estate dealing. All his purchases prior to the latest have turned out to be big bargains, and there are as yet no indications that he is going to be a loser on his most recent investment.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Committee Appointed to Present Tax Claim Against State.
The board of supervisors met in special session at the rooms of the board in the county clerk's building this afternoon, called in reference to the claim the county can present against the state for state taxes collected on railroad assessments in the towns in the county since 1869, and paid to the state.
The session was called to order by Clerk Seymour and Supervisor Hammond of Marathon was chosen chairman. On the rollcall [sic] each supervisor in the county except Supervisor M. A. Mynard of Freetown responded. The clerk explained the provisions of the law known as the Fish tax law signed by the governor April 16, and stated that the counties of Tioga, Madison and Oswego are preparing similar claims. He said that Cortland county's claim would exceed $13,000 and might possibly reach $15,000. County Judge Eggleston, who appeared before the senate committee in favor of the bill, also spoke before the board in relation to the claim, recommending that action be taken at once.
On motion of Supervisor O'Donnell the chairman was directed to appoint a committee to prepare the claim, and proceed as it sees fit until the final determination of the matter in the state court of claims. The chairman appointed Supervisor A H. Bennett of Homer, Clerk A. E. Seymour, and Supervisor John O'Donnell of Truxton. The sum of $200 was appropriated for the use of the committee.
On motion of Supervisor Wallace of Cortlandville, the town of Cortlandville was authorized to borrow $3,000 for the support of its poor.
Supervisor O'Donnell presented a petition signed by nearly all the property owners along the highway in the town of Truxton beginning at the south line of lands of Amos L. Kenney, and running north and east through Truxton village, 146 rods, to the east line of lands of A. F. Kinney, stating that pubic interest demands the improvement of this highway. This was received, and then Mr. O'Donnell presented a resolution stating that such improvement is needed, and ordering a certified copy of it sent to the state engineer and surveyor. The resolution was adopted.
This is the first step taken officially toward good roads in Cortland county under Chapter 115, laws of 1898. The state engineer will visit the location, and submit to the board an estimate of the cost of the improvement. The board will then act upon the proposition to order the road built. If built, 50 per cent of the cost will be paid by the state, 35 per cent by the county and 15 per cent by the abutting property owners.
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING.
Didn't Know the Revolver Was Loaded—Injury not Serious.
There was another case of "didn't know it was loaded'' in town this afternoon, but very fortunately the injury was not serious. W. F. Eldred lives on Doud-st. north of the Rickard-st. bridge. At about 1 o'clock this afternoon Mr. Eldred and a guest at his home, F. H. Mosher, were sitting on the edge of a bed in the house examining a couple of revolvers, each man having one in his hand. Suddenly without warning Mr. Eldred's revolver went off. Mr. Eldred was not even looking at it at the time and does not remember having cocked it. The bullet which was of 32 calibre struck Mr. Mosher in the left leg a little above the knee. The ball lodged in the fleshy part of the leg and was shortly after removed by a surgeon. The wound was dressed and if Mr. Mosher exercises a little care and does not take cold in it, no serious consequences will follow. The shooting was an accident pure and simple and the two men are the best of friends. Mrs. Eldred and her four children were all in the room at the time and were just as likely to have been hit as Mr. Mosher. One can't be too careful about the use of firearms, for too often they prove to be charged when thought to be unloaded.
McLean.
MCLEAN, May 8.—The remains of Mrs. Ashley Stedman were brought from her late home in Nubia for burial Saturday. She had been ill for some time with consumption. She was born in Ohio and with several brothers and sisters was left at an early age without a mother. When quite a young child she was adopted by Mrs. Jessie Havens, with whom she came eight years ago to McLean. Two years later she was married to Mr. Ashley Stedman. She leaves her husband and little son aged 3 years beside other relatives in Ohio to mourn her loss. Deceased was 23 years of age. Mrs. Fenner, adopted sister of Mrs. Stedman from Ludlowville, was in town to attend the funeral.
Mrs. D. W. Van Hoesen is spending several days with her sister, Mrs. E. P. Hart.
Miss Nellie Howard, who has been quite sick, is better.
Mr. Dennis Hanly of Cortland has been in town selling sprayers and farm seeds for E. C. Brown & Co. of Rochester.
Mr. Willie Decouders of Marcellus is stopping a while with his uncle, W. D. Decouders.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Steel on Thursday, May 4, a son.
Mr. Aaron Albright was in town yesterday.
Master Charlie Keech of Harford visited his aunt, Mrs. W. Benham, yesterday.
Mr. James McElheny has gone to Harford to spend some time with his daughter, Mrs. Isaac Keech.
A CREAMERY BURNED.
LOCATED AT LAFAYETTE IN TOWN OF GROTON.
Fire Caught in Engine Room from Causes Unknown—Loss Far In Excess of the Insurance—Forty Patrons Looking for a Place for Their Milk—Will Probably be Rebuilt.
The large creamery six miles west of Cortland village on the direct road to Groton and just beyond the west line of Cortland county was totally destroyed by fire soon after 9 o'clock yesterday morning. This is what is known as the Lafayette cheese factory, as the little settlement in that vicinity passes under that name.
It was at 9:20 o'clock when Frank Bliss of Groton City, who was this year entering upon his second season as butter and cheesemaker, looked up from the vat of cream at which he was at work to see smoke blowing into the large operating room from the engine and boiler room in the rear. He rushed to the engine room door and found the roof around the smokestack in flames. The fire had already gotten beyond the possibility of being extinguished by water poured on in pails and there was no other means at hand. Consequently the factory must go, and the only thing to do was to save the contents as far as possible. He ran outside and shouted fire at the top of his lungs. Across the street on the corner is a district schoolhouse and the school was in session, but it did not take over ten seconds for the teacher to declare a recess. The scholars poured out of doors to join in the cry of fire and the older ones began to assist in the saving of property. The smoke and flames were soon seen far and wide and farmers for several miles around came hurrying to do what they could.
C. F. Sickmon lives within a few rods of the creamery and he was at that time working close to his barns. He heard Mr. Bliss' first call of fire and lost no time in getting over there. He began at once rescuing the butter in packages which was stored in the creamery. This was quickly gotten out and everything portable in the establishment. Then all turned their attention to clearing out the household goods and personal effects of Mr. Bliss which were in the dwelling house that had been built up on the west end of the factory. Nearly all of this was saved. Mr. Bliss estimates his loss at $100 upon which he had no insurance whatever. In three-quarters of an hour from the time the fire was discovered the whole building was down and was only a mass of smoking embers.
The factory was built in the Centennial year, and consequently was now in its twenty-third year. The main building was 26 by 60 feet in size and two stories high. Upon the west end was afterward built the house 18 by 20 feet in size, which really formed a part of the factory building and upon the northeast corner was the engine and boiler room, in a little wing. The power was furnished by a 20-horse power engine and a 30-horse power boiler.
The building was owned by the farmers in the vicinity who had formed a stock company. There were sixty-four shares of stock at $25 a share. This did not cover the original cost of the building and an assessment of $6 per share was afterward made, and still there was an indebtedness of about $400, which was later on paid from the dividends declared. Still later, the house for the operator was built as an addition at a cost of $450, so that the entire cost of the plant was not far from $2,800.
For the last three years it has been operated by the Standard Butter Co. of Owego who carried an insurance on the building of $600 in favor of the stockholders. This is of course only a very small fraction of the cost, and the rest of the loss must fall on the stockholders. The Standard Butter Co. also carried an additional insurance on their own machinery, which will not, however, cover their loss.
The butter and curd was shipped to Owego every other day so that not a great quantity was on hand at the time. All the manufactured butter that was packed was saved, but the morning's churning which was then being prepared was lost, also two large vats of cream, and about 800 pounds of curd.
Among the list of stockholders are Lewis Ogden, Frank Begent, Harvey Hopkins, Morris Francis, Edward Fish, Scott Brown, Frank Clark, the Isaac Webster estate, Nathan Adams, J. M. Thomas, Theodore Barrows and E. R. Casar.
There were at the time of the fire about forty patrons who were furnishing about 8,000 pounds of milk per day. The patrons are of course quite at loss to know what to do with their milk. At present they are distributing it between three other creameries, the one at McLean, the Sears factory and the Hall factory.
Representatives of the Standard Butter Co. of Owego were soon expected to meet with the stockholders and then plans for the future will be made, but it is thought there will be little doubt but that the factory will be rebuilt at once. The patrons are all urging it and are anxious to have a place close at hand where they can dispose of their milk.
SHAMROCK'S WERE BEATEN.
Ramsey's Aggregation Found Them Easy Yesterday.
The Cortland team played good ball yesterday, although their opponents, the Shamrocks of Syracuse, were not in their class. Manager Ramsey placed in the box the elongated Kellogg, who gave a good account of himself with that long left throwing arm of his. He has to his credit the striking out of eight men, and keeping the hits well scattered. Only in one inning did the Shamrocks become dangerous, and that was in the third when they tied the score on a pair of singles by Peck and Mack and a poor throw by Neville. Peck wore the batting honors of the visitors, and Gannon led the Cortlands with the willow. The great feature of the game was the base running of the Cortlands who stole a total of eleven bases. This is what the fans enjoy seeing. A team that can run bases like that is sure to be a winner. Every one was well pleased with the way the Cortlands played yesterday.
The score:
BUNT HITS.
Here's hoping for success for the Cortlands [also called Wagonmakers—CC ed.] in the four league games played on their first trip. They play at Utica to-morrow and Saturday and at Rome Monday and Tuesday.
From The Argus, Albany, Sunday, May 7: The infield is particularly strong, Townsend covering first in superb style. He is a great big six-footer, and proved sufficiently active yesterday in stopping everything in his territory, also quick to work with the pitcher. He showed this by catching a man asleep on first base. He throws across the diamond clean, and is a good judge of fly balls. Perhaps his strongest point is his ability with the stick. He placed a two-bagger and a single to his credit and succeeded in getting his base on balls three times.
From Times Union, Albany, May 9: There is not a first baseman in the New York State league that has anything on Cy Townsend, the guardian of the initial bag of the Albany team's infield, when it comes to all around playing.
President Farrell yesterday afternoon announced his staff of umpires as follows: V. T. McNierney of Pittsburg and John T. Carlin of Newark, N. J., of last season's staff; Thomas Phelan of Philadelphia, an applicant for a position on President Young's staff and now umpiring for the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown university and other colleges; Willard A. Hoagland of Auburn who has umpired in the National Western, Eastern and Atlantic leagues.
Stanley Yerkes, a new crack pitcher, has been added to the Utica team, and will report for duty to-day. He played with the Rochester club in the Eastern league last season and comes well recommended. Yerkes will probably pitch for the first time Friday or Saturday.—Utica Morning Herald.
This same Yerkes has pitched for Cortland in previous years.
BREVITIES.
—The Norwich board of education has raised all grade teachers' wages 50 cents a week.
—M. B. Filzinger's ice cream parlors have been connected with the telephone exchange.
—In Justice Harrington's court yesterday the case of Eadie against Toomey was adjourned to June 2 .
—The Loyal circle of King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. Homer Smith, 22 Hubbard-st. on Friday, May 12, at 3 P. M.
—The Rob Roy club will hold a dancing party at the park this evening. Cars will leave for the park at 7:30, 8:30 and 9:30 P. M.
—A change of time is scheduled for the Lehigh Valley road on Sunday, but the changes are very slight. The corrected time table will appear soon.
—The public money has been withheld from district No. 10, town of Schoharie, because the provisions of the compulsory school law were not enforced.
—Mr. C. D. Sanders of the Palace cigar store on Railroad-st. has arranged to place in position a blackboard, where each evening will be shown the scores of all State league baseball games.
—The Ithaca Journal says that George E. Coy who has moved to Cortland to engage in the manufacture of wallpaper, being one of the stockholders and directors of the Wallace Wallpaper Co., has sold his farm of eighty-three acres in the town of Ithaca to John S. Kirkendall and David F. Wallace for $2,000.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Dr. G. H. Smith, Special price, page 4; Dey Bros. & Co., Wheels! wheels! page 7; O. V. Tracey & Co., Coffee, page 4; McGraw & Osgood, Shoes, page 5; Columbia Phonograph Co., Graphophones, page 4; Mrs. J. T. Davern, New hats, etc., page 6; G. H. Ames, Shoes, page 7.
—Frank Conley of Smithfield is raising all his calves this year for steer beef. He will let them run with the cows and fatten on their milk. At maturity the stock will be fatted and sold for beef in the western fashion. He figures there will be more money in this than in milk at 60 to 70 cents per hundred, to say nothing of the great saving in work.
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