AGUINALDO DISGUISED, NEW MANAGERS FOR TRACTION AND ELECTRIC COMPANIES, AND NORMAL SCHOOL ALUMNI DINNER

 

Emilio Aguinaldo.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, December 18, 1899.

AGUINALDO DISGUISED.

Filipino Chieftain Now Dodging American Troops.

MAKING FOR CAGAYAN PROVINCE.

General Young Has Divided His Forces Into Several Parties and Is Making a Thorough Search For General Tino—Major Swigert Has a Sharp Fight.

   MANILA, Dec. 18.—The following dispatch dated Dec. 17 has been received from a correspondent of the press at Laoag, province of North Ilocos:

   "Natives at Manitong, province of North Ilocos, report that Aguinaldo in disguise and accompanied by several of his generals left Manimting last Saturday with 500 men, going in the direction of Salsona, from which point he intended to proceed to Cubagaon, province of Cagayan.

   "An insurgent major, claiming to be in command of 100 Filipinos who have been guarding 23 American prisoners at Cubagaon, surrendered. He wrote his captains to deliver the prisoners to General Young.

   "General Young's command is now divided into six or seven parties which are operating in the mountains about Laoag. Several parties are hunting for General Tino.

   "Major Swigert with a detachment of the Third cavalry had an engagement with 120 insurgents near Dingras. Two Americans were killed and two wounded. Several Filipinos were killed.

   "Captain McCalla of the United States cruiser Newark has occupied Claveria and Panteiona. The Filipinos surrendered 1,000 rifles."

 

RUSSIA ENTERS DENIAL.

Best of Relations Exist Between Czar's Government and Japan.

   WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.—M. Routkowsky, agent of the ministry of finance of Russia in Washington, complains of the attempts which he says were made in Europe recently to create in this country the impression that the relations between the governments of Japan and Russia were strained.

   "Immediately after these statements had been authoritively [sic] denied by the Russian ambassador and the Japanese minister here," says M. Routkowsky, "other sensational rumors were started, presumably at Berlin and directed against the credit of the Russian empire. These were followed by libels directed against the eminent statesmen to whose care was entrusted that credit, and an appeal made to Japan in an article on Russian finances to attack that country before the trans-Siberian railroad could be completed."

   M. Routkowsky gives some figures on the subject, which show that during the 12 years from 1887 to 1898 the ordinary revenues of the Russian government steadily increased from 820,000,000 roubles in 1887 to 1,584,000,000 roubles in 1898, and that during the whole of that time with the exception of two years (1887 and 1891) the expenses were considerably less than the receipts, this surplus for the 12 years amounting to 790,000,000 roubles. For the same 12 years the extraordinary revenues and expenses of the government make a total of the former of 1,126,000,000 and of the latter of 2,075,000,000.

 

BODIES FOR FERTILIZER.

An Argument Advanced to Oppose a General Cremation.

   NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—During a discussion on the subject of cremation by the Brooklyn Philosophical society yesterday Mr. P. S. Sensby gave his fellow members' nerves a shock by declaring that our bodies were needed for fertilization. Mr. Sensby said he had prepared some figures to show that nature required that all matter coming from the earth should be returned to earth. He quoted figures to show that if cremation instead of interment had been general in the United States, 1,875,000 tons of material that belongs to the land would have been distributed in the air. He contended that at the rate matter was being dumped into the sea, it only required cremation by law to make it a question of centuries only before the water would cover the land.

 

NEW MANAGERS CHOSEN

Of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co. and Electric Co.

   Special meetings of the directors of the Cortland & Homer Traction Co., and of the Cortland & Homer Electric Co., were held in Cortland on Friday to consider the resignation of H. B. Westcott as treasurer and general manager of both companies. Substantially the same action was taken in the affairs of both companies. Edwin Duffey was elected secretary and treasurer. The duties of the retiring general manager were somewhat divided for the present. H. Bergholtz of Ithaca who is the vice-president of the company and since the death of President P. S. Page of Scranton has been the acting president was given general supervision over all of the affairs of both companies, but by reason of non-residence his duties are largely delegated to local men. Mr. W. B. Bucklin was put in charge of all matters relating to the office, and Mr. Walter C Pearce is given authority over all outside affairs of the electric road and of the electric company.

 

Miss Mary F. Hendrick, English teacher.

NORMAL ALUMNI DINNER

Held at the St. Denis in New York Friday Evening, Dec. 15.

   The second annual dinner of the alumni of the Cortland Normal school who are in New York City and its vicinity took place Friday evening, Dec. 15 at the Hotel St. Denis. Measured by the standard of its pioneer predecessor of the year before, the dinner was quite as enjoyable and even more largely attended. Seventy persons partook of the dinner, renewed old acquaintances, and strengthened the bond of attachment to the old Normal. Dr. Cheney went from Cortland expressly to attend the dinner, and the occasion was further made noteworthy by the presence of Miss M. F. Hendrick of the faculty, who accepted a special invitation from the committee in charge of the arrangements for the reunion.

   A cordially reminiscent letter was read by Dr. Chas. O. Dewey from Dr. James H. Hoose, now dean of the School of Pedagogy in the University of Southern California. Letters of regret were also received from Dr. Thos. B. Stowell, Dr. David Eugene Smith, Dr. H. J. Messenger, Dr. W. S. Washburn, Mr. M. R. Conable, and others.

   The toasts were unusually enjoyable.

   The list of responses is as follows:

   The Emigrants, Frederick Hulse '91

   The Suburbs, Miss Hurlbut '92

   Normal Days, Bayard W. Purcell '79

   The Teacher in Society, Mrs. Jennie C. R. Smith '88

   June, 1900, Chas. O. Dewey '77

   Old Friendships, Miss M. F. Hendrick

   The New York Alumni and the Normal, Dr. Francis J. Cheney

   Those who were present were: Dr. Francis J. Cheney, Miss M. F. Hendrick, Rev. Dr. and Mrs. John B. Calvert, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ballard, Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Greenman of Bridgeport, Conn., Prof. Welland Hendrick, Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Straat, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. O. Dewey, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hopper, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Baldwin, Mr. and L. D. Baldwin, Mrs. M. L. Eastman, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Rice, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Viele, Prof. S. J. Ellsworth, Mr. Arlington Drake, Miss Sarah L. Angell, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Porter, Miss Emily A. Lamont, Miss Elizabeth King, Mr. Bayard W. Purcell, Mr. Frederick Hulse, Miss Mary L. Wright, Miss Margaret S. Wright, Miss Jennie B. Haight, Miss Mary V. Strang, Mrs. J. S. Brownne, Miss Ethel M. Gilbert, Miss Franc C. Ellis, Miss Margaret E. Wheeler, Miss Nina D. Seeber, Miss Mabel G. Olmsted, Miss Maude L.  Olmsted, Miss Caroline H. Smith, Miss W. S. Newton, Mrs. Albert Day, Miss Mary J. McGowan, Miss Ellen L. Draper, Miss Henrietta Surridge, Miss Ina H. Hurlbut, Mr. C. C. Beebe, Miss Jane F. Hosmer. Miss Lena C. Brodt, Mr. Phil. H. Hembdt, Mr. George DeRonde, Miss Anna DeRonde, Miss Mary J. Ranney, Miss Lillian M. Patterson, Miss Gertrude E. Tracy, Miss Annette M. Arnold, Mrs. Jennie C. R. Smith, Miss Ruth A. Phillips, Mr. Robert S. Welch, Mr. A. L. Bouton.

 

"Devil's Auction" Friday Night.

   In this season's "Devil's Auction," Manager Yale has certainly surpassed himself in securing numerous novelties, special acts, etc. that will undoubtedly prove a surprise to the many patrons of this famous and long-lived spectacle. It will be hard to recognize one new feature, everything being absolutely new from the rise to the fall of the curtain. Among the many novel acts may be mentioned the famous European musical grotesque act by the Brothers Deltorelli, also Les Freres Lorella, whose act creates much mirth and laughter; James A. Kiernan, Mayme Mayo and others, combined with the many novelties, beautiful scenery, grand ballets, funny trick scenes all go to make the best entertainment of the kind now before the public. "The Devil's Auction" will be the attraction at the Opera House on Friday night, Dec. 22.

 

AT THE SCIENCE CLUB.

John W. Orr Speaks on Electricity and Engineering.

   The speaker at the Saturday evening meeting of the Cortland Science club was Mr. John W. Orr who gave an interesting talk on electrical engineering. The lecture was illustrated by means of models, drawings and photographs.

   Mr. Orr explained the construction and action of the simple magnet, motor, dynamo, the electric welder and the electric device used in the government yards for softening Harveyized steel in such places  as are to be used for bolts, etc. The workings of the machines were illustrated to the audience by means of photographs, one view being of work on one of the large plates of the USS Oregon. Mr. Orr also presented a view of the welder in the act of changing the ordinary surface road rails into one continuous rail. Mr. Orr aroused a deep interest in the subject, and the discussion which followed continued until nearly 10 P. M.

   The next speaker will be Rev. U. S. Milburn.

 

BREVITIES.

   —The annual inspection of Grover post. No. 98, G. A. R., occurs to-night.

   —Morrison's "Faust" shows at the Opera House Dec. 26.

   —Regular rehearsal of the Choral society at the Conservatory of Music this evening at 8 o'clock.

   —The regular meeting of Grover Relief corps, No. 96, will occur to-morrow, Dec. 19, at 8 o'clock P. M.

   —A rehearsal of the Jolly Tar minstrels will be held to-morrow evening at 8:30 o'clock at C. A. A. hall.

   —Rev. Dr. Tope of Poughkeepsie [will] address a temperance mass-meeting at the First M. E. church to-night at 8 o'clock.

   —A Christmas cantata is to be given by the pupils of the Third ward school on Pomeroy-st. on Friday afternoon of this week at 2 o'clock.

   —New display advertisements to-day are: Bingham & Miller, Christmas gifts, page 4; F. D. Smith. Happy Christmas, page 8; Smith & Beaudry, Christmas presents, page 6; McKinney & Doubleday, Lamps, page 6; L. N. Hopkins, Christmas presents, page 6; Stowell's, Cut prices, page 4; Opera House, "Devil's Auction," page 5; C. F. Brown, Christmas Gilts, page 5.

   —When planning for a Christmas present for some friend out of town who is interested in Cortland county, have in mind a year's subscription for The STANDARD. It will serve as a daily or a semi-weekly letter from this place, according to the edition chosen, and will save you much writing. And it will be a constant reminder of you to the recipient as well as a source of much pleasure to him.