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| Jacob Gould Schurman. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, May 22, 1899.
ANXIOUS FOR PEACE.
Filipinos Hold a Conference With the Americans.
ARE WITHOUT BINDING POWER.
Filipinos Favor a Scheme off Autonomy Which Would Be Little Different From an American Protectorate. Our Forces Have Advanced Further Into the Interior.
MANILA, May 22.—The Filipino commissioners, General Gregorio del Pilar, Lieutenant Colonel Alberto Barretto, Major Zealcita and Senor Garcia Gonzaga, who arrived on Saturday to negotiate with the United States commissioners, held a conference with Messrs. Schurman, Worcester and Denby. They say that they are without power to bind the so-called Filipino government in any particular and can only refer any results of the present negotiations to Aguinaldo.
The Filipinos, with their families, spent Sunday in visiting friends in Manila and conferred with Senores Fiorentino Torres, Pablo Ocampo and Teodore Yanco, the members of the local Filipino association, who will participate in the future meetings with the American commissioners.
Senor Torres was a member of Aguinaldo's commission before the war. He opposes independence and favors autonomy; and he has been most influential in persuading the followers of Aguinaldo to make the present advances. Autonomy is the burden of the talk of the Filipinos and it is thought that the kind they wish for would be little different from the scheme of an American protectorate which they talked of before the war.
Senor Paterno, who has succeeded the irreconcilable Mabini as president of the Filipino so-called cabinet is a student and a writer of ability. He once drew up a plan of autonomy under Spain, which the Spanish government promised to adopt but there then began a troublesome rebellion. The American commissioners in studying the question of Philippine government have found several good points in this scheme. Paterno is now the strongest man in Aguinaldo's party. All the moneyed leaders of the insurrection see that it is hopeless and are anxious for peace. Those who want money think they may profit by harassing the Americans a while longer.
At the suggestion of Mr. Schurman, president of the American commission, the local Filipino peace party has started a newspaper.
Major Kobbe's expedition to open communication with General Lawton has occupied Arayat, about seven miles beyond Candaba, on the Rio Grande, following the course of the stream. No insurgents were found there and the Pampangas along the river are friendly.
Last Friday Major Kobbe took Santa Ana, about six miles northeast of San Fernando, on the road to San Isidro. A priest met the expedition with a white flag.
Delegations from San Nicolas and Santiago, small villages just south of Arayat, came to him with the news that 200 insurgents, who had been holding both places, had withdrawn. They invited the Americans to enter, and as the members of the expedition marched in the church bells were rung and the timid natives who had fled flocked back.
Yosemite Reaches Gibraltar.
GIBRALTAR, May 22.—The United States auxiliary cruiser Yosemite, carrying Captain Richard P. Leary, U. S. N., the newly appointed governor of Guam and a garrison of marines, has arrived here en route for that island.
STUDENTS RAISE A RIOT.
Celebrating a Base Ball Victory Carried to Extremes at Ithaca.
ITHACA, N. Y., May 22.—After the victory of Cornell base ball team over the Princeton team at Ithaca, the students began to celebrate the occasion in what they believed to be harmless ways. Bonfires were built and a number of prominent business men of the city lent the boys a hand. A large fire was started on the principal thoroughfare and the police interfered. The boys became enraged at this action and began to make it unpleasant for the police.
The chief of police then sent a call for the fire department, which arrived and attacked the crowds of students with streams of water. The boys made a raid on the firemen and police and wrested a hose line from the firemen. The boys cut the hose. The police and firemen were aided by a number of townspeople, but when the students captured the hose line the others retreated down the street and attacked another fire which had been started.
Here the fiercest fight of the night took place and the townspeople attacked the students with clubs or any other weapon that could be improvised. The firemen advanced on the boys, drenching them with streams of water until they finally cleared the boys from the fires.
Fights were of frequent occurrence. One student was struck from behind with a stick and felled. One member of the police force was injured. Several others were more or less seriously bruised. Only one arrest was made.
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| Admiral George Dewey. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
◘ Admiral Dewey sailed away from Manila Saturday in his flagship bound for New York. The accompaniment to his going out must have reminded him of the morning a little more than a year ago of his going in. The thunder of guns came from ships and shore. But this was different. It was the roar of formal salutation, bidding adieu and God-speed! The demonstration was more than a formality. There were affection and cheer, and "Home, Sweet Home" in it. The admiral will reach Hong Kong tomorrow. There he will have the Olympia docked, cleaned and painted. He will resume his homeward voyage in about two weeks and, coming leisurely, responding to courtesies at half a dozen ports, barring mishaps will reach New York about the first of August. A safe and pleasant voyage to the good ship and all under its "home pennant."
◘ The New York chamber of commerce has unanimously passed a resolution which ought to meet with the approval of all good citizens irrespective of party. It calls upon the state to pass a law prohibiting, under heavy penalties, the payment of any sum of money, directly or indirectly, to a political party on the part of candidates for judicial office. The large sums of money avowedly spent by New York judges in securing their election has brought about this protest, and it was pointed out that the dependence of the judiciary upon the good will of politicians was a growing scandal to the country. Mr. Choate encountered allusions to this at a recent banquet in London, and it required all his wit to amble round it good naturedly.
FILIPINOS' GOVERNMENT.
Plan Suggested by the Commission, Approved by the President.
MANILA, May 23.—Professor Schuman, head of the United States Philippine commission, has submitted the following written propositions to the Filipinos:
"While the final decision as to the form of the government is in the hands of Congress, the president, under his military powers, pending the action of Congress, stands ready to offer the following form of government:
A governor general to be appointed by the president, a cabinet to be appointed by the governor general, all the judges to be appointed by the president, the heads of departments and judges to be either Americans or Filipinos or both, and also a general advisory council, its members to be chosen by the people by a form of suffrage to be hereafter carefully determined upon.
The president earnestly desires that bloodshed cease and that the people of the Philippines at an early date enjoy the largest measure of self government compatible with peace and order.
The United States commission prepared the scheme and the president cabled his approval of the form of the document.
The Filipinos have made no definite proposition, except for a cessation of hostilities until they can present the question of peace to the people. Professor Schurmun told the Filipinos they had no means of gathering the people together, as the Americans control most of the ports. He also reminded them that a liberal form of government was offered them and pointed out that it was better than the conditions existing under the Spanish rule.
Gozaga, president of the Filipino commission, replied that nothing could be worse than Spanish rule and admitted that the form of government proposed was liberal.
The civilian members of the Filipino commission have declined to co-operate with the other members of that commission, as the former consider Aguinaldo's latest demand to be preposterous, after Major General Otis' refusal of an armistice, referring to his wish for time in order to consult the Filipino congress.
After a conference to-morrow with the United States commissioners, the Filipino commissioners will lunch with Professor Schurman and will afterwards visit the vessels composing the American fleet.
SERVICES APPRECIATED.
Orris Hose Company Remembers Outside Talent Who Assisted Them.
Orris Hose company [of Cortland, N. Y.] has remembered in a substantial and appropriate manner the local talent who assisted the members of the company in the recent presentation of Uncle Tom's Cabin for the company's benefit. To Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Persons, the latter of whom appeared in the cast as Eliza, was presented a handsome rocker; to Mr. E. B. Cummings, Uncle Tom, a purse of money; to Miss Carberry, Miss Ophelia, a solitaire diamond ring; Miss Larkin, Topsy, a five opal ring; Miss Howard, Mrs. Legree, a three opal ring; Mrs. G. A Tompkins and Miss Susan Tompkins of the harp orchestra, a beautiful music rack; Miss Ida Beaudry, Eva, a solitaire opal ring; Master Fred Beaudry, a $2.50 gold piece; and to Miss Lena Waters, who was in the original cast as Topsy but who was obliged to give it up on account of illness, a silver spoon with the name "Orris" engraved upon it.
In a Buffalo Hospital.
Word was received in Cortland a few days ago that George M. Roberts of this place, who has been collecting in the western part of the state for a large manufacturing concern, was in a Buffalo hospital ill with smallpox. News has since come that his ailment is not smallpox, but blood poisoning and that he is very ill. Mrs. Roberts, his wife, is now ill in Binghamton, and his son is in Cortland. Better news is hoped for.
TRUCK ARRAIGNED.
PLEADED NOT GUILTY—E. W. HYATT ASSIGNED AS COUNSEL.
Henry Green Pleaded Not Guilty to Assault in Second Degree—Ben Santoro Pleaded Guilty to Firing a Revolver—Must Pay a Fine of $75 or Take Seventy-five Days in Jail.
The arraignment of three men against whom indictments were on Saturday found by the grand jury occurred at the court house this morning at 11 o'clock in the presence of a very large audience.
The first prisoner was Ben Santoro, the Italian who was arrested at about 7 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, April 4, for firing a revolver while in a crowd of the employees of the Wickwire wire mills just as they were going to work. Santoro pleaded guilty to the charge. Attorney T. H. Dowd made a strong plea in his behalf for mercy. District Attorney Duffey said that so far as he could learn from the examination of a number of witnesses there was no malice in the deed. He was simply crazy drunk, and while in that condition committed an act very dangerous to the public safety. Judge Lyon sentenced him to pay a fine of $75 or take seventy-five days in jail. The father of the prisoner started out to raise the money and expected to pay the fine by to-morrow at least.
The next man was Henry Green, the naturalized Italian from Marathon who on April 21 fired a shot from his revolver and hit his wife inflicting a wound which may prove serious, as the surgeons so far have been unable to remove the ball. Green was indicted for assault in the second degree. He pleaded not guilty. A. M. Mathewson appeared for him.
The third man to be arraigned was John Truck of Homer, who is indicted for murder in the first degree in causing the death of Frank W. Miller at the latter's home in Virgil on the night of Tuesday, March 14. Truck was very nervous when brought up. He has apparently lived in the hope for some time of being discharged by the grand jury. He told Mrs. Brainard, the wife of the sheriff, that no indictment would be found against him as he was perfectly innocent, but the grand jury evidently thought otherwise. This morning when arraigned Truck trembled violently. His knees shook so he could hardly stand and his fingers twitched nervously. He pleaded not guilty. Attorney Edward W. Hyatt of Homer, whom he had sent for prior to being arraigned before Coroner Smith on April 3, was with him and was by the court assigned to defend him. Attorney Hyatt was given three days in which to examine the indictment and to enter a demurrer to the indictment if he chooses. If he enters the demurrer Truck is permitted to withdraw his plea of not guilty and stand solely upon the demurrer till the validity of that document is decided upon. If Attorney Hyatt does not see ground in the indictment for a demurrer the plea of not guilty entered this morning will stand.
All three prisoners were returned to the jail after the arraignments. The other two parties against whom sealed indictment were found by the grand jury have not yet been arrested.
Court reconvened this morning at 10:30 and the trial of the case of Louisa Grenall vs. Albert Taylor was continued and has not yet been concluded.
Death of Mrs. McAuliffe.
Mrs. Timothy McAuliffe died at her home, 31 Garfield-st., Saturday night after a two weeks' illness from pneumonia. This was the third time she had been afflicted with that disease, and she had not fully recovered from the effects of a severe attack of it last January. She is survived by her husband and by six children: Mrs. John Gorman of Apulia, Mr. W. J. McAuliffe, Mrs. Hubert Madden, Mr. Daniel A. McAuliffe, Mr. Thomas J. McAuliffe and Miss Lena B. McAuliffe, all of Cortland. She also leaves one sister, Mrs. John Twentyman of Truxton and one brother, Mr. William Kelley of Apulia.
The funeral will be held at the home to-morrow morning at 9:30 o'clock and at St. Mary's church at 10 o'clock.
Died at the County House.
Francis Crouch, formerly of Truxton, who for the past twenty-one years has been an inmate of the Cortland county almshouse, died at that institution on Sunday, May 21, at the age of 86 years. He was born in Massachusetts.
BREVITIES.
—County correspondents may be found on the third page of to-day's issue.
— Rev. John T. Stone will preach at South Cortland Friday evening, May 26, at 7:30 o'clock.
—A regular meeting of the Royal Arcanum council will be held at G. A. R. hall Tuesday evening, May 23, at 8 o'clock.
—The jury in the case of Edwards against Bell, tried in Justice Kelley's court Saturday, rendered a verdict of no cause for action.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Pearson Bros., Bedroom suits, page 6; Bingham & Miller, Clothing, page 8; McGraw & Osgood, Ladles' low shoes, page 5.
—The board of village trustees will hold an important meeting at the village clerk's office this evening, when it is expected it will be decided officially whether or not Tompkins-st. and Lincoln-ave. will be paved.
—"Woman is composed of 234 bones,'' says a cynical old bachelor of Binghamton, "189 muscles and 396 pins. She is fearfully and wonderfully made, and must be handled with care to avoid scratches.—Binghamton Chronicle.
—Mr. Charles Card of 34 River-st. has two Brown Leghorn chickens that were hatched out blind, and will doubtless continue to be in that state the rest of their lives. In other respects they are much like the others of the same brood.
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