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| Captain Alfred Dreyfus. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, September 9, 1899.
DREYFUS CONDEMNED.
Such Will Be the Verdict of the Court Martial.
THE OPINION NOW PREVAILING.
His Leading Attorney, Maitre Labori, Has Given Up the Case—No Excitement Over the End of the Famous Trial—The Closing of the Court Martial.
RENNES, Sept. 9.—That Captain Dreyfus will be condemned is the almost universal opinion heard in Rennes. Hitherto there had always been a divergence, but now both camps, the Dreyfusards and the anti-Dreyfusards, seem unanimous in the conviction that the verdict will go against him.
Upon just what this is based and the precise reason for the conclusion are a mystery, but there is no disguising the fact that from M. Labori down to the numerous Dreyfusards who crowd the hotels and cafes and who heretofore were still hopeful that Dreyfus would be saved, all seem now to agree that his last chance is gone.
The one source of hope is M. Labori himself, who said: "We fear that Captain Dreyfus will be condemned, but we don't intend to throw up the sponge. We shall go on fighting for him."
M. Jaures, the Socialist leader, and other prominent Dreyfusards, expressed a similar opinion.
Excitement is at fever heat and nothing is discussed but the verdict.
The military precautions are of the most elaborate character and no attempt at disorder is likely to have the slightest success. Orders have been issued to repress the first symptom of trouble with an iron hand.
The inhabitants of the town seem indifferent and the neighborhood of the Lycee and the prison is deserted, save for a few gendarmes.
The news of the publication of Count von Buelow's speech in the reichsanzeiger reached Rennes and is considered very important on the eve of a verdict which, in some quarters it is thought will be regarded as a slight by Germany if it be a condemnation, as being tantamount to a public refusal to take the word of Emperor William, as his minister is merely his mouthpiece.
There is some criticism of M. Labori's decision not to speak, the friends of M. Demange thinking it his object to escape his share of the responsibility in the event of a verdict of condemnation. M. Demange, having once seen Dreyfus condemned under his advocacy, would naturally like M. Labori to share the criticism this time, especially as M. Labori has assumed such a prominent part in the proceedings.
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| Martha G. Place. |
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
The rules governing the duration of the term of mourning for an electrocuted wife are not very clearly defined in the etiquette books. Mr. Place of Brooklyn, whose wife was executed by electricity at Sing Sing, N. Y., for the murder of her stepdaughter, appears to have regarded five months as a sufficient time between the official taking off of one wife and the marriage of another. In the case of Mr. Place there were extenuating circumstances which may seem to palliate the brevity of the mourning period and would not therefore be regarded as establishing a precedent. If the electrocuted woman had treated Mr. Place with somewhat more consideration, he doubtless would have been willing to extend the term of mourning, but it will be recalled that she tried real hard to end his career with an ax, an incident which he probably did not forget or forgive.
The full name of the sultan of Sulu, who has just sworn allegiance to the United States, is Hadzi Mohammed Womoloi Kiram. That's no reason, however, why he can't become a pretty good American citizen, though he has a few more wives than the average American citizen. That, as the witnesses in municipal investigations are wont to reply to perplexing questions, may be regarded as "his own private business." By the way, have these various and varied wives also recognized the sovereignty of the United States? This is a matter which should have the prompt attention of the Equal Suffrage association.
DREYFUS CONVICTED.
SENTENCED AT ONCE TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON.
Court Stood Five to Two for Condemnation, but Acknowledged That There Were Extenuating Circumstances.
RENNES, Sept. 9.—-At 5:02 this afternoon the court martial rendered a verdict of guilty and Dreyfus was at once sentenced to ten years in prison. The court stood 5 to 2 for condemnation, but found extenuating circumstances.
MORE SPECIAL PRIZES
And the Prize Winners at the Cortland County Fair.
The following are additional winners of the special prizes at the recent Cortland county fair:
McKinnny & Doubleday's Eclipse bicycle with automatic brake and coaster for the largest and best display of amateur photography goes to Rev. W. P. Garrett of McGraw.
A. S. Burgess, complete clothing outfit for largest number of people drawn to the fair in one load—Harold Woodward, East River.
M. L. Decker, New Home sewing machine for best kitchen made dress—Mrs. C. R. Cone, Cortland.
D. E. Shepard, $20 tailormade suit to wife of farmer exhibiting largest pumpkin—C. A. Edgcomb, Scott. Pumpkin weighed 95 pounds.
Cortland Semi-Weekly STANDARD for best display of cut flowers—Mrs. Samuel Miller, Cortland.
Pound squash seed for largest squash—Miss Ruby Smith, Cortland.
G. W. Bradford, for best sponge cake, pint of lemon extract—Mrs. E. C. Rindge, Cortland.
Cortland Semi-Weekly STANDARD one year for greatest variety of vegetables raised by exhibitors—J. C. Coon, Homer.
Pratt's food for best display of wheat—B. D. Greenman, McGraw.
Poultry Monthly one year for best pair of White Rock chicks—A. H. Watkins, Cortland.
Cortland Semi-Weekly STANDARD one year for best tub dairy butter—J. D. Edwards, Texas Valley.
Smith & Beaudry, for best exhibit of French silk embroidery, a picture—Frances Pierce, Homer.
Interstate Poultrymen one year for best pair Buffalo Leghorn chicks—A. W. Graham, Cortland.
Cortland Democrat one year to farmer whose child exhibits best trained dog on Wednesday—W. J. Greenman, Cortland.
Farm Poultry one year for largest turkey—M. E. Dalbear, Fulton.
Wickwire Bros., poultry netting for largest and best exhibit of poultry—W. A. Smith, Whitney Point.
W. E. Powers, life size India ink portrait of owner of most attractive booth— Beard & Peck, Cortland.
F. Daehler's suit of clothes to the farmer bringing the best plate of four apples goes to A. W. Robinson of Locke.
Palmer & Co., for best single turnout, material, linings, etc., for a black silk dress—Mrs. E. D. Montgomery of Cortland.
Bingham & Miller, suit of clothes to farmer whose wife or daughter exhibits best loaf of bread—E. C. Rindge, Cortland.
Poultry Keeper one year [subscription] for best pair Silver Laced Wyandotte fowls—Fred Jones, Sherburne.
Champion Milk Cooler Co., 2,000 sheets parchment paper for best exhibit of separator butter—C. Ranney, Summerhill.
Same firm, three crates Parafine butter packages for best five pound package of butter—C. W. Wilkins, Homer.
Wickwire Bros., poultry netting for best exhibit in Class 42—W. A. Smith, Whitney Point.
Champion Milk Cooler Co. for best parchment lined tub creamery butter, 10-gallons separator oil—J. D. Edwards, Texas Valley.
A. D. Wallace, twenty dinner tickets to farmer getting most first premiums—B. H. Wheeler, Cortland.
L. D. Garrison, $2 for best bushel Bartlett pairs—Harvey Dickinson, Cortland.
F. M. Quick, ticket to Syracuse and return to farmer exhibiting youngest child—Horace Felt, Cortland.
Mr. Isaac J. Foster of East Homer, who exhibited Holstein cattle secured first prize on yearling bull, and first on a cow 4 years old in a ring of eighteen cows, which was a pretty good triumph. These were both thoroughbreds. Mr. Foster also took first prize on a grade Holstein cow 3 years old.
There are still a few more winners of special prizes but they have not yet been reported to the secretary and consequently are not yet on the books.
We shall hereafter try to give some of the principal winners of the regular prizes offered by the society, though the complete list is so long that it would be almost impossible to publish them entire. The record books are not yet completed so they can be inspected by a reporter, so many were the entries and so many the prizes.
INDEPENDENT REPUBLICANS.
Meetings Held at the Cortland House and Resolutions Adopted.
Under a call issued by Henry Howes of Cuyler, chairman of the Independent Republican county committee, a meeting of that committee was held at the Cortland House parlors this afternoon and was attended by about twenty members. No newspaper men were present and the members of that organization who were there declined to state afterward whether a ticket would be put in the field this fall or what action was taken save that the following resolutions were adopted, after which an adjournment was taken subject to call. These were given out for publication and are as follows:
Resolved, That the acts of the so-called regular organization of the Republican party in Cortland county through the caucuses and conventions held during the last summer, show the necessity of the continuance of this Republican organization and the independent action of all loyal Republicans to protect the party from the intrigues and selfishness of those who assume to call themselves the regular organization, and to show disapproval.
Resolved, That the combination of unrepresentative men who seized upon the organization of the party, through the frauds and scandals of 1897, among which were the drunken caucus and excess of votes in many towns; and who have since been able, through the power so wrongfully taken to continue their hold upon the party to the exclusion of the Republicans in general, from the caucuses and committees, is not entitled to be regarded as the leader or organization of the party.
Resolved, That the acts of the faction, which has seized upon and holds the so-called regular organization of the party in the last county convention, by which the fair choice of the delegation was gagged or strangled, by taking away the vote by ballot, and substituting for it a viva voce vote for the machine candidate for treasurer, are un-Republican and unlawful and deserving of strong censure.
Resolved, That the work of the clique that controlled the last county convention in springing upon that convention and causing the consideration to be adopted without opportunity for discussion a resolution authorizing the present so-called county committee of that faction to appoint the delegates to the next state and congressional district conventions which nominate a presidential elector which are to elect delegates to the national convention to nominate candidates for president and vice-president, instead of calling a county convention to choose such delegates as has always been done, disfranchises the Republicans of this county and prevents their taking part in the choice of delegates to the National convention, and is denounced as a wrong which should be resented by all self-respecting Republicans.
Resolved, That the many vicious acts of the clique which through fraud seized the control of the party in this county, and is now seeking to perpetuate itself as a dictator, as shown in the late county convention, and in the late school commissioner conventions are subversive of party success, and will tend to cause many Republicans to turn with disgust from such a pretended leadership in this off year when the election of an United States senator, or any state or federal official is not involved.
Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army will conduct very interesting meetings to-night and Sunday—this evening at 8 P. M. and Sunday, holiness meeting at 11 A. M., Christian praise meeting at 3 P. M. The Salvation battle will have for its subject, "Why are Dancing, Card-playing and Theatre-going a Sin?" They also expect to have Miss Evangeline David of Philadelphia, who is a very nice singer. All are welcome. Come to the Salvation Army meetings conducted by Lieut. M. Slough and Lieut. C. Fritsch.
"A CONTENTED WOMAN."
Utica Much Pleased With the Play on Thursday Night.
The Utica Herald of yesterday says:
A large audience enjoyed the entertainment given in the Utica opera house last evening by Miss Belle Archer and company. The piece presented was Hoyt's musical farce comedy "A Contented Woman" and it was pronounced by those who saw it to be one of the best this popular playwright has ever given to the public. The plot is highly interesting and much food for thought is furnished. The play is a satire on the new woman, who has an inclination to dabble in politics. The cast was an excellent one, each part being admirably taken. Miss Archer quite captivated the audience by her charming and realistic acting. Numerous highly entertaining specialty features were introduced, and the musical part of the entertainment was especially pleasing.
This company plays at the Cortland Opera House to-night.
BREVITIES.
—Memorial services for Reed Lucas who died in Havana in the service of his country will be held in the Sunday-school of First Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow at 12 M.
—New display advertisements to-day are:—Cortland Stove Co., Gold Medal stoves and ranges, page 6; Charles F. Brown, Photographic supplies, page 6.
—A regular meeting of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. will be held in the association rooms Monday evening at 8 o'clock. A full attendance is desired.
—Two carloads of members of the Memorial Baptist Sunday-school left the Messenger House corner at 10 o'clock this morning for the park to hold the annual picnic. The coolness of the day probably prevented a larger attendance.
—The asphalt is now laid from the west end of Tompkins-st. to a point this side of Prospect-st., and the work is advancing very rapidly. It will now require but a few days' work to finish the street. On Port Watson-st. the concrete is laid from Main-st. to a short distance east of Church-st.
—Here are some of the advertising rates in the following named journals: It costs $42 an inch for one insertion in Munsey's; $54 an inch for one insertion in the Ladles' Home Journal; $35 an inch for one insertion in Scribner's and $42 an inch for one insertion in McClure's Magazine. The last page of the Ladies' Home Journal is sold for $4,000 per month and you must make the contract six months in advance.
—Manager Post said to The Journal this afternoon, "We began at 2:30 P. M. to-day to send a car from the city to meet the 2:50 P. M. freight at the East Ithaca depot. The car will be continued on schedule time as long as it may be wanted by the public. Passengers ride on that freight train."—Ithaca Journal. This will interest Cortland people who have heretofore had to walk down to the campus switch to get a car.
LETTER FROM MANILA.
Lieutenant W. C. Davis of McGraw Says It is a Delightful Climate.
Mrs. Samuel Davis of McGraw has received a letter from her younger son, Lieutenant William C. Davis, regular quartermaster of the Sixth Artillery, U. S. A., at Manila, of which we are permitted to publish a portion. Lieutenant Davis has many friends in this county who will read with interest his impressions of the new possessions of this government:
OFFICE OF THE QUARTERMASTER, SIXTH UNITED STATES
ARTILLERY, 9 CABILDO-ST., MANILA, July 10, 1899.
MY OWN DEAR MOTHER—To-day is Monday. We have just passed through a big rain. It started in Friday night and has just let up some this afternoon. The rain has come down in buckets full. The usual average rainfall for the month of July here is about 14 inches, and we have had about 10 inches in this one storm. It has been a very general rain, accompanied by quite a high wind, but no worse than we have occasionally back in the states. Otherwise the weather is simply delightful. We have not had an excessively hot day since we came here. To-day the thermometer has stood at 79, and it very rarely gets above 86 or 88, even at midday.
All the tales about this place being hot, and unhealthy and unfit for a white man to live in are simply lies made out of whole cloth. The climate is simply delightful, and were it not that I am so far away from my folks and friends I should be very content to remain here the rest of my days. Of course we are living in the city and have comfortable quarters, while the troops in the field have it much harder. But even for them it is nothing like as bad as it would be in our own southern states in the summer time, and no comparison to the hardships endured by our troops in Cuba.
I don't know when the revolution will be put down, but don't think it will last long after the rainy season is over. Just now it is impossible to transport supplies over the common dirt country roads and our troops will content themselves I suppose in the main with holding the ground they have already gained. But as soon as the rainy season is over, I expect we will hustle them again, and that the rebels will find it expedient in short order to give in.
Manila is a quaint city. The old part of the town is where we live, and is surrounded by an old wall, outside of which is a ditch filled with water by the tide. The people are pretty generally mixed, and many of them wear so little clothing I am afraid it would shock you to look at them. But they dress comfortably, and while it is mild here the year around they never know what it is to have a really cold day. I don't suppose that once in ten years the thermometer gets down to 60, and when it does the natives almost seem to freeze to death.
July 15.—The Warren, the vessel that brought us from San Francisco, is going to leave for the states to-morrow, taking back the Colorado Volunteers. So I think I will write a little more and then mail this.
We still like it here. I have never been in a country where the climate is so even and fine, and when the Americans finally come into full control, and American enterprise and capital has started in to develop the country, I know of no place more desirable to live in.
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