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| Major General Elwell S. Otis. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, July 22, 1899.
"ROUND ROBIN" REPLY.
General Otis Denies the Charge Against Him.
WAR DEPARTMENT STATEMENT.
The General Says That the Correspondents Wished to Send Statements That Would Imperil Operations and That Their Charges Are Untrue—Full Statement.
WASHINGTON, July 22.—The war department has issued a statement quoting certain dispatches from General Otis in answer to the press correspondents' "Round Robin." The general says in substance that the correspondents wish to send statements that imperil operations; that they had no specifications to support their charges against him and that these charges were untrue. He denies that he minimizes the work of the navy and quotes from navy dispatches to justify his statement.
The text of the statement is as follows:
General Otis in a dispatch under date of July 20 says that the press correspondents demanded permission to cable [and] that official reports sent misrepresented conditions. This was denied. They then demanded the privilege to send without reservation facts found by them and their opinions. This was granted if public interests were not imperiled. The answer was not satisfactory and they therefore sent by mail to Hong Kong.
General Otis says he is not conscious of sending misrepresentations but thinks that his dispatches at times have been too conservative. The press affair appeared to be a threat. When the correspondents were asked to be informed wherein General Otis' dispatches were misleading they offered nothing tangible except that his conclusions were unwarranted. When told that they were disregarding military authority, it was apparent that they courted martyrdom, which it was unwise to give them.
In a later dispatch General Otis says that the charges made by the press correspondents are untrue. He adds that the most harmonious relations exist between the army and navy. He gives the following extract from a letter just received from a leading Filipino at Tarlac, which is the headquarters of the main insurgent army: "For some days have been trying to leave this band of thieves. Watched so closely impossible to leave. A great many of the people here long for American troops to advance, for every one is desperate with so much savagery committed by Aguinaldo's army."
Captain Barker of the navy, who succeeded Admiral Dewey in command of the fleet, in sending the report of the commander of the Yorktown to the navy department, makes this endorsement: "I am pleased to note the cordial cooperation of army and navy."
As bearing upon the statement that the operations of the navy had been minimized it may be stated that General Otis has repeatedly recognized the work of the navy as for example in his dispatch of June 15 last in which he says: "The navy aided greatly on shore of bay, landing forces occasionally," and again under date of July 9: "The army and navy are in hearty accord, and the best feeling prevails."
Horses For the Philippines.
WASHINGTON, July 22.—In response to the recently cabled request of General Otis for 4,000 horses for use in the Philippines during the fall campaign the quartermaster's department has chartered three vessels, capable of carrying half that number, the first of which probably will leave Seattle on Aug, 10.
CLOSING UP ON ROME.
GAP NARROWS BETWEEN CORTLAND AND THE LEADERS.
Ramsey's Men were too Much for the Dorps Yesterday—Binghamton Beaten at Home by Albany—Oswego and Utica Tied—Auburn Took the Game from Rome.
The Whistlerites were taken in by Cortland yesterday in pretty handy style. Tom Johnson pitched for Cortland and was quite prone to give free transportation to first in the first half of the game, but after that he settled down to good pitching. Martin, the southpaw, was in the box for the Dorphians and had one bad inning, the fifth. The visitors tallied once in the second inning on two bases on balls and a wild throw by Conroy. Cortland evened it up in the fourth by batting in a run on Daley's two-bagger and singles by Neville and Birmingham.
In Schenectady's half of the fifth they started in to make things look queer. Donovan singled, and went to third on nice bunt hits by Martin and Downey. A single by Mayena scored two runs and the fun then came to a close. In the last half, the Cortlands showed the Dorpians a thing or two about the hit and run game. Johnson opened with a single into right field. Conroy singled into left and Ketchum made a bunt and beat it out. Bases full. Lawlor singled in right garden and brought in Johnson and Conroy. Gannon bunted and beat it out. Bases full again. Daley lifted the sphere over between center and right field for two bags, scoring Ketchum and Lawlor, but Gannon was forced out at third. Neville then just to keep up the good work sent the ball sailing away over in right field for a triple which of course scored Daley. Birmingham and Nelson each batted grounders and went out at first.
In the sixth, Schenectady made another on a nice three-bagger by Martin and Downey's single. The eighth saw another run for Cortland on a balk by Martin and a very wild throw by Whistler.
Downey played a nice game at short for Schenectady, while the fielding of Lawlor of Cortland was very fast. The batting honors were carried off by Daley and Neville.
The score:
NO OBJECTION TO PAVING.
No One at the Meeting Last Night to Oppose.
The board of village trustees went through the formality last night of holding a public meeting in reference to the petition for the paving of Port Watson-st. from Main-st. to the D., L. & W. tracks. Only one taxpayer appeared at the "meeting," and when asked if he had anything to offer in the matter, he stated that he was in favor of paving the street. None of the property-owners of the street appeared either in favor or opposed to the improvement.
After this meeting the board held another session and appointed Day Baker inspector on the Lincoln-ave. paving job.
A LARGE EXCURSION.
Five Hundred Twenty-five Went to Thousand Islands To-day.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians were favored with the finest of weather for their third annual excursion to the Thousand Islands to-day. Shortly after 7 o'clock this morning the special train pulled away from the D., L. & W. station with seven coaches crowded full with excursionists. Four other coaches were attached to the train, and these were taken by people from stations north of Cortland. The excursionists return to-night leaving the islands at about 10 o'clock.
At 1:08 o'clock this afternoon, The STANDARD received the following message from Mr. J. T. Davern at Clayton: "Excursion arrived. Five hundred twenty-five on board. Weather pleasant."
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| Cortland Park. |
FIRST BAPTIST PICNIC
To be Held at the Park Tuesday—List of Events.
The annual picnic of the First Baptist church society and Sunday-school will be held at the park on Tuesday, July 25. The picnic will be preceded by a grand trolley ride. All are requested to meet at the church at 9 o'clock and at 9:30 o'clock the cars will start for a trip to Homer, going thence to McGraw and thence to the park. The fare for the round trip as far as the park will be 20 cents.
After dinner there will be a series of athletic events, for which the following officers have been appointed:
General Superintendents—M. J. Peck, Frank A. Phelps, Rev. W. J. Howell.
Judges—Rev. G. H. Brigham, L. W. Peck, F. H. Weyant.
Starter—H. W. Carver.
Umpire—L. W. Peck.
The events will begin promptly at 2:30 o'clock and a prize will be given for each. The program will be as follows:
Potato Race—Boys of Miss Helen Carver's class and girls of Miss Emma Brooks' class.
Clothespin Race—Ladies of Prof. E. C. Cleaves' class.
Throwing the Ball—Young ladies of Mrs. G. E. Chamber's class.
Hop, Skip and Jump—Boys of Mrs. E. H. Wilson's class.
Tug of War—Married men vs. single men.
Running Race—Boys of Mrs. J. L. Gillett's class.
Sack Race—Boys of Miss J. Ellsworth's class.
Three-legged Race—Boys of Mr. F. A. Phelps' class.
Egg or Potato Race—Ladies selected from the classes of Mrs. C. R. Harmon and Rev. G. H. Brigham.
Leap Frog Race—Boys of Mrs. E. H. Wilson's class.
Throwing Quoits—The Little Samuels, a class composed of the older men of the church.
Twelve Pound Hammer Throw—Men of Mr. E. A. Fish's class.
Fifty-yard Dash—Boys of Mrs. E. C. Cleaves' class.
Running High Jump—Boys of Mrs. E. C. Cleaves' class.
Running Broad Jump—Men of Rev. W. J. Howell's class.
Tug of War—Young ladies of Miss Ida L. Peck's and Mrs. William Pearson's classes.
Throwing Ball—Young ladies of Mrs. D. L. Beardsley's class.
Tub Race—Boys of Mrs. E. H. Wilson's and Mr. F. A. Phelps' classes.
Heel and Toe Race—Young ladies from the classes of Mrs. W. W. Bennett, Mrs. B. L. Bentley, Miss Libbie Robertson.
Throwing Base Ball at Tree—Ladies of Mr. Charles Baldwin's and Prof. W. A. Cornish's classes.
Running Race—Girls of Mrs. J. F. Bosworth's and Mrs. E. M. Eastman's classes.
Sports by the primary department, events to be named at the time.
Baseball game between classes of Rev. W. J. Howell and Dr. F. D. Reese.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Palmer & Co., page 6.
—The St. Mary's Catholic church and Sunday-school will hold their picnic at the park next Thursday. Special cars will leave the church for the park at 10:30 A. M.
—D. B. Cornell has gone to Cortland to live. He has purchased the Central drug store of Bailey & Co. of that town and he took possession last week.—Binghamton Chronicle.—That must be a drug store that Cortland people never heard of. Another case of go out of town to get really accurate and official news.
—At the union service at the Presbyterian church to-morrow night Rev. O. A. Houghton, D. D., pastor of the First M. E. church, will preach, his theme being "Strength and Beauty of Godly Character." Miss Katharine R. Colvin will sing "I Will Lay Me Down in Peace," by Dudley Buck; Mr. M. R. Faville will sing "Judge Me, O God," by Dudley Buck; and Miss Colvin and Mr. Faville will sing the duet, "O Divine Redeemer," by Gounod.
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| Tully Lake Park Hotel. |
HOMER.
Gleanings of News from Our Twin Village.
HOMER, July 22.—Nearly 500 persons availed themselves of the opportunity yesterday and took in the excursion at Assembly park, Tully lake, under the auspices of the Baptist and Methodist Sunday-schools. The park station is about a mile from the grounds, but this distance is not minded when going on a trip of pleasure.
At the park after the dinner baskets had been distributed the management decided to have a few of the many races and contests which were to take place in order that the contestants might have a large appetite for dinner. The first event was the slow bicycle race between the two pastors. The course was about 100 yards up and down hill and they were to ride inside a space of 10 feet. The starter and judge was Dr. A. T. Newcomb of Baltimore, Md., and he, being well qualified, was perfectly satisfactory to all concerned and thought to be very handy in case of a serious accident. The one who rode outside the line or fell off lost the race. The Methodist pastor rode well for about twenty feet when his bike commenced to wobble and he rode in and out and at last fell off. The Baptist pastor all the time was very steady and deliberate, thinking of the coveted prize which awaited him and won the race by a large and easy margin. Prize, small sword and pendant, value 10 cents.
The next was the sack race between the two superintendents. After each had been securely tied in the sack the word was given and they started. Benj. Starr commenced to hop, hop, while Jones took steps about one foot in length. Both were close together and it was a question of the winner. When near the finishing line both fell, but the Methodist man, being the taller crossed the line first and won the sack of best flour.
The potato race between the same two was captured by Benj. Starr. Although Jones had the longest legs Starr took quicker strides and picked up his Murphy's first, and took the prize of an elegant straw hat valued at 15 cents.
The tea race for ladies only was very exciting. There were six entries: Mrs. Henry Nixon, Mrs. Elwin Merrick and Mrs. Benj. Starr kept close together, but Mrs. Nixon won the pound of tea with Mrs. Merrick a close second. Value of prize 60 cents.
After this race dinner was enjoyed for about an hour and then came the ball game between the following nines:
Baptist—Acy Hicks, c; Louis Klock, p; Well Nixon, ss; Ernest Darby, 1b; Frank O'Farrell, 2b; Howard Ring, 3b; Lewis Porter, cf; Holland Wright, lf; Fred Nixon, rf.
Methodist—Clarence Corl, c; James Ballard, p; Per Lee Keefe, ss; Fred Newcomb, 1b; R. J. Simpson, 2b; Merton Wickwire, 3b; Allen Marble, cf; Chester Bates, lf; Arthur Stebbins, rf.
The game was one of science, each player being strictly posted on all the points of the game. Phenomenal plays were made by both sides and at times the score would be very close, but the Methodist team won out by a score of 24 to 17. Umpire, Lewis Blaney.
The next was one of the most interesting contests of the day. A ladies' ball game composed of the following ladies in each nine.
Methodist—Mrs. Ed Fish, Miss Anne Daniels, Miss Aldine Watrous, Miss Zadia Gilbert, Miss Olive Burden, Miss Mary Gilbert, three girls from the park.
Baptist—Miss Belle Nixon, Miss Flossie Nixon, Mrs. Fisk, Miss Barbara Weiler, Miss Anna Martin, Miss Ella Watson, Miss Mabel Strait, Mrs. Henry Nixon, Mrs. Nelson Ring.
Tennis rackets were used for clubs and a tennis ball was batted. The umpire was a young lady from the park. As neither team knew much about the game, it made it more laughable. Two innings were played and the result was blistered hands, out of joint fingers and sun burn. The Baptist team wore large straw hats labeled Baptist and they won by a score of 5 to 4. Prize, watermelon.
In the tub race there were three entered, Eugene Burrows, Eddie Bennett, Homer Henry. At the star, Burrows having the largest avoirdupois and smallest tub he capsized. Bennett commencing to laugh at him also overturned, but upon their getting righted it was a pretty race. Henry was not in it, Burrows was on top of his tub and Bennett only had his head in. He won out by a long distance and took the prize of a pair of swimming trunks.
The running race was won by William Murphy, Eugene Barrows being second.
These concluded the contests. Those who did not care to witness the races went boating, merry-go-round riding or reposing in the shade. A drum corps accompanied the excursion, playing at the depot and at the park. The Baraca orchestra also rendered very fine music. The day could not have been better and the proprietor of the park, Mr. Cook, tried to make everything most delightful. Most of the people returned on the train which reaches here at 6:03, while quite a few stayed until the late train. All enjoyed a most pleasant day.
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