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| General William A. Knobbe. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, January 27, 1900.
FILIPINOS DEFEATED.
General Knobbe's Expedition Kills 45 and Wounds 15.
SEVERAL SHARP SKIRMISHES.
Lieutenant Colonel Hayes Routs an Entrenched Force of Insurgents at Sariaya—Large Amount of Hemp Captured—Natives Object to Friars' Return.
MANILA, Jan. 27.—A dispatch from Sorsogon dated Thursday, Jan. 25, says Brigadier General Kobbe's expedition has occupied Sorsogon, Donsol, Bulan, Logazpi and Virac on Catanduanos island. The only resistance was at Logazpi, where five Americans were wounded and 40 dead and 15 wounded Filipinos were found.
It is estimated that there are 125.000 bales of hemp in these provinces and 76,000 bales in the ports of Sorsogon and Logazpi.
The United States gunboat Nashville's shrapnel burned 80,000 bales in Logazpi. The expedition arrived off Sorsogon Jan. 20, and the town displayed white flags.
General Kobbe and Colonel Howe, with a battalion of the Forty-seventh infantry, landed and raised the United States flag.
The insurgent force, numbering 300 men, evacuated the place. The natives were passive.
During the morning, Jan. 23, the Nashville and Venus, with four companies of the Forty-seventh regiment under Major Shipton, approached Logazpi. Filipino flags were flying, and the trenches were crowded.
A detachment of 150 picked men, led by Major Shipton, landed on the beach about a mile north of the town. The Nashville bombarded the trenches, and the enemy retreated to Albay, whence they were easily dispersed to the hills.
About 200 insurgents armed with rifles forced 600 unwilling villagers armed with bows and arrows to serve in the trenches in the close range street fighting before the enemy fled. The Filipino dead were mostly villagers who were attempting to flee.
The expedition will proceed to Samar and Leyto, where the Forty-third infantry and a battalion of the Third artillery will be distributed. The natives complain of lack of food, resulting from the blockade.
They are strongly opposed to the return of the friars. Native priests are officiating in the churches.
Lieutenant Colonel Webb C. Hayes has defeated an entrenched force of the enemy at Sariaya. One American was killed and five were wounded. A record of 11 American prisoners were found.
Captain Casteol, while scouting near Baras with his company, encountered 400 insurgents. He was reinforced by Captain Gracie and the enemy was driven to Tanay. One American was killed and one was wounded.
SPANISH PRISONERS.
General Otis Cables That Over a Thousand Have Left for Spain.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27.—The progress of the movement inaugurated about three months ago toward the return to Spain of the prisoners released from the Filipinos is reported by General Otis in the following cablegram received at the war department yesterday:
Manila, Jan. 26.
Released Spanish prisoners, 74 officers, 1,000 enlisted men, 22 civilian officials, 21 wives and 35 children, were furnished transportation to Spain yesterday.
Editors Oppose Canal Expenditures.
ALBANY, Jan. 27.—The New York state Republican Editorial association, composed of editors of newspapers in the smaller cities, towns and villages of the state, at their meeting yesterday afternoon adopted resolutions antagonistic to the expenditure of $62,000,000 for the improvement of the state canals. A majority of the editors come from anti-canal counties that under the proposition would not be taxed for the improvement, but they used the argument that the improvement was mainly for the benefit of through traffic from the West and that the cost should be defrayed by the United States government.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
◘ A few days ago we read in the yellow newspapers under flaming headlines that a great battle was in progress in South Africa, the British line extending a distance of 25 miles along the Tugela river, and that 35,000 Britons were engaged in strenuous and bloody conflict with a great army of sturdy Afrikander yeomen. The belching of cannon and the whizzing of dum-dum, bullets were reported to have been heard all the way from Potgieter's drift to Lombard's kep. The official report of this engagement, given out the following day by the London war office, announced that one man had died from dysentery, and one had been wounded while making a reconnaissance of the Tugela. War is unquestionably just what General Sherman said it was, but the work of the war correspondent, after it gets through the padding factory, is now and then decidedly humorous.
◘ And now Miss Olga Nethersole has become involved in a newspaper controversy with a Cleveland clergyman over the very old question of the morals of the stage. It does not hardly seem that Olga needs the advertisement, but possibly the Ohio minister thinks he does.
LETTER FROM TOM HOWARD.
He is Recuperating With Friends at Harford Mills.
The STANDARD is in receipt of the following letter from Thomas Howard which was intended for publication and which will interest his many friends in Cortland. It will be remembered that Mr. Howard had a bad fall on the courthouse steps a short time ago and he is now recuperating at the home of relatives in Harford Mills. The letter is as follows:
HARFORD MILLS, Jan. 26, 1900.
To the Editor of the Standard:
SIR—I am having a visit at Harford Mills. I had a lame side. I fell on the courthouse steps a week ago last Sunday. I have had good care here. I attended one donation for the minister, Mr. Vaughn. I attended church every Sunday since I have been here, which I do in Cortland, first the Catholic, second the Presbyterian to hear Mr. Stone preach, third Baptist, fourth the Congregational, fifth the Methodist on Homer-ave., once in awhile on Tompkins-st., next 4 o'clock meeting at the Y.M..C. A. in the Standard building. My best friend is Allen Wallace, keeps the Brunswick; next is John Courtney, John Dowd, Dorr Smith, keeps the Cortland House, the supt. of the Cincinnatus railroad. The manager of the Opera House gives me a pass for every show. The club of every party in town all gives me free passes. There is Mike Roche, was the means of getting me in the first class society. I was the mascot of every ball game. They won all the games out of 30 except four. I have great acquaintance with all the Catholics, especially the stenographers. I was invited to Mr. Duell's. They had a party to Mr. Parker's, also I danced cakewalk. I met lots of my acquaintances I used to know. I have great acquaintances with all the young people of Harford Mills. Edward Duffey, the district attorney, his father, also James Dougherty, Nathan Miller, Mr. Kellogg and Van Hoesen, Horace Bronson, Davis, the police justice, Mr. Harrington, Tom Courtney, Sheriff Brainard and Chet Wickwire. I am now going to leave Harford Mills in a few days to my home in Cortland. I don't drink any spiritual liquors. I'm a politician. I managed to get on the best side of the good people. I work for the [liquor] license question. I thought it would be better for them to vote for it because I thought it would cost and expense. Give me a good puff and you may have the opportunity to put my book up, the history of my life. I will see you when I get home. Yours truly, THOMAS HOWARD.
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| Charles Rufus Skinner. |
PUBLIC MONEY.
Apportionment of the State Tax for Cortland County Schools.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Charles R. Skinner has made the appointment of public money for the Cortland county schools and has sent it to County Clerk Bushnell and it is now on file at the county clerk's office. Local taxpayers will be glad to know that a very large percentage of the total state tax raised in Cortland county comes back to the county for distribution among the schools. The total state tax for Cortland county this {year was $30,197.43. The total school money that comes from the state to Cortland county is $23,493.85. The total amount in the state to be apportioned among the public schools was $3,725,488.33. In Cortland county the superintendent finds 202 teachers and 28,271 people. The apportionment of the county according to teachers is $20,200; according to population is $2,298.27; according to library $195.58. There is also an appropriation of $800 for supervision in Cortland village, making the total of $23,493.85.
It now remains for the two school commissioners of Cortland county to get together and apportion the county total among the several school districts.
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| Cortland Opera House. |
Engagement Closes To-night.
The Maude Hillman company closes an unusually successful week's engagement at the Opera House to-night with the play "Guilty Without Crime." It is understood that there are to be more presentations this evening and that additional souvenirs will be taken away from Cortland as reminders of the week's stay here.
The play last night was "East Lynne" and it was well staged and interpreted. Messrs. Chamberlain and Dillon won more laurels from their fine singing between the acts. The audience was large and enthusiastic.
PASTORS IN CONFERENCE
Will Co-operate With the Work of Rev. Needham.
Several of the Cortland pastors met at the parlors of the First Baptist church at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon to consider the work of the Rev. George C. Needham at that church with reference to its bearing upon their own particular churches. The following were present Rev. W. J. Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church; Rev. George E. T. Stevenson of the Memorial Baptist church, Rev. Dr. O. A. Houghton of the First M. E. church, Rev. J. C. B. Moyer of the Homer-ave. M. E. church, Rev. J. T. Stone of the Presbyterian church, Rev. A. B. Browe of the Baptist church at McGraw, Rev. W. S. Warren of the Baptist church at Blodgett Mills, and Rev. Mr. Warren of the Baptist church at Locke.
All present expressed their appreciation of the good work being done by Mr. Needham and their desire for a renewal and revival in all the churches. The results of the meetings at this church are already being felt in the other churches. All the pastors were in hearty accord with Mr. Needham's efforts and promised to co-operate in every way possible and to urge their respective churches to help on the work.
Mormons in this Vicinity.
The Ithaca Journal says: Although Mormon emissaries have been at 'work in this county nearly a year nothing seems to have been done in the way of counteracting their efforts to secure converts. Other communities are not so listless. In Hornellsville, for instance, Mormonism is to be combated by the distribution of 125,000 copies of circulars which throw light on the practices of that church. So active have Mormon elders been in that city and throughout Steuben county that orthodox churches have become alarmed and are taking active steps to head off the inculcation of this belief.
Lincoln Lodge Election.
There was a goodly attendance of the members of Lincoln lodge, Independent Order of Good Templars, last evening at the quarterly election of officers. After a friendly and spirited contest the following officers were chosen:
C. T.—A. J. French.
V. T.—Rosa Goldsmith.
Secretary—Harley Olds.
Treasurer—Howard Greene.
F. S.—L. L. Gillet.
M.—Lewis Lang.
S. J. T.—S. W. Baldwin.
Press Reporter—L. L. Gillet.
The lecture committee reported a very enjoyable evening at the supper and literary entertainment held Wednesday evening, Jan. 24. Net receipts $5.20. As the result of this entertainment it is expected that several will join the order next Friday evening and the newly elected and appointed officers will also be installed.
Entertained at McLean.
Last night a party of fourteen from the Normal braved the wintry winds and took a wagon trip to McLean. The party was made up of the members of the Normal lecture course committee and the representatives from the five clubs who took part in the recent play, "A Scrap of paper," given in connection with the lecture course.
The party, while in McLean, was entertained by Miss Grace PerLee, a member of the company, and a right merry evening was enjoyed by her Normal companions. Refreshments were served, and games and music were heartily enjoyed.
The party was made up as follows: Prof. and Mrs. W. M. Booth, Misses Rosamond Robinson, Lola Strowbridge, Grace PerLee, Pierson, Bellinger, and Alice Benham, Messrs. Halloran, H. S. Ward, Robinson, West, Woodin and Huntley.
Tried to Raise the Dead.
A man named Lane, who had been attending meetings conducted by the Seventh Day Adventists near Binghamton, attempted recently to raise the dead body of a boy to life. He stretched forth his hands and exclaimed: "Young man, I say unto thee, arise!" The boy remained motionless and Lane was ejected from the room by those who were at the time attending the funeral services. Lane says he was wholly unconscious of what occurred as he was under spiritual direction.—Norwich Sun.
RENOVATED BUTTER.
Willard Knapp Tells How it is Done and What it Often Contains.
Willard Knapp of Cortland has been giving to the Syracuse Post-Standard some facts in regard to "process butter" and what he knows about it. The Post-Standard quotes Mr. Knapp as follows:
It is not commonly known what is meant by process butter, and it should therefore be explained to those who wish to use on their table a clean, wholesome product from the dairy.
Stale, rancid butter that has spoiled and become unfit for food is bought by unscrupulous parties, who put it through a process to make it again salable, and it becomes a close competitor with Western Elgin butter and is, in fact, often sold under the name of Elgin process butter.
The law allows this filthy stuff to be sold, providing it is branded and sold for just what it is. A large part of it is therefore marked 'Elgin process butter,' and is so marked purposely to deceive those who use it, who suppose it to be the wholesome butter made by the Elgin method of manufacture.
In the cellar of a commission merchant in New York City was a quantity amounting to not less than a ton, that had reached him in bad condition, and was therefore unfit for food in the New York market. It was piled in one corner of a cellar, without regard to cleanliness. The rats had dug into many packages, eating from any package they wished, and leaving on them all evidence of their presence.
This butter would, of course, be melted and strained and go through a general process of renovation, but I doubt if any one would knowingly eat the renovated article after seeing, as I did, what must be taken out of the butter to make it clean. In the bottom of the renovating tanks in which this overripe or rotten butter is melted it is not uncommon to see from two quarts to a peck of the worst kind of filth, cockroaches and the like. Major Alvord is reported as having found in one such tank a piece of a suspender, two safety pins, a portion of a worn out shirt and cockroaches by the hundred.
This foul grease is bought at a very low figure, and, after melting and running through the ether spray to renovate it, it is mixed with milk and soured, then churned and put on the market and sold for food to people who in most cases would not eat it if they knew the real nature of what was before them.
This butter is marked 'Elgin process butter,' or 'imitation Elgin butter,' but in all cases the words 'process' or 'imitation' will not be over plain.
In most cases the words which the law insists shall be printed on the original importers' package to legalize the sale are made very indistinct. For instance, on pound print packages the word 'process' is often printed with yellow letters on the paper wrappers, which are so folded that the word hardly shows at all.
It is possible to put an end to the sale of this process or fraudulent butter in New York state if every consumer of butter will co-operate with the efforts being made by the New York State Dairymen's association, who at their annual meeting last month resolved as follows:
Resolved, That we request congress to pass a law to the effect that when any dairy or food products are transported from one state into another such goods shall immediately become subject to the laws of that state to the same extent and manner as though they had been manufactured in that state, and shall not be exempt from the provisions of such state law by virtue of the fact that they were brought into the state in the original importers' package.
The dairymen of this state are putting forth their best efforts to place on the table of every New York home a clean, wholesome, palatable food product of their dairies, but are in a great measure handicapped by imitations that are sold by unscrupulous grocerymen. A few of this class are found in nearly every town who, being able to sell this product at a very low price, draw a large amount of the town trade, placing those grocerymen who wish to be honest with their patrons in a very unenviable position.
The New York State Dairymen's association has the support and hearty cooperation of the commissioner of agriculture, Mr. Wieting, and the assistant commissioner, Mr. Flanders. Both of them are able men, who will send every energy to the end that there be put upon the statute books of our nation a law that will keep such stuff as process butter out of the markets. This is a personal affair with us all, manufacturers and consumers alike, and every loyal citizen of New York state should do his part to accomplish this end.
BREVITIES.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Chas. F. Brown's pharmacy, The swell society people, page 6.
—The Fortnightly club was photographed by Hyatt this morning for a cut for the souvenir of Cortland.
—T. E. Dye's office, T. S. Mourin's office and the surrogate's office have been connected with the telephone exchange.
—The regular meeting of Cortlandville grange was adjourned last night, the evening being so stormy and a quorum not being present.
—McDermott's orchestra arrived on the 8:31 train this morning from Truxton, where it filled an engagement last night in Woodward's hall.
—Mr. P. J. Peckham has recently added to the general appearance of his barber shop by repainting its interior and by adding other improvements.
—Rev. George C. Needham, the evangelist, will preach in the Opera House tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock. His subject will be "The Old, Old Story."
—Prayer-meeting for Sunday-school teachers will be held Sunday morning at 9:45 in parlor No. 1 of the First Baptist church. Every teacher is urged to be present.
—H. N. Butterfield has been appointed the traveling freight and passenger agent for the D., L. & W. R. R. for the territory west of Chicago. His headquarters will be at 528 Marquette building, Chicago.
—At a funeral in Clyde Thursday a lady fainted. A friend sitting near caught up what she supposed to be a camphor bottle and dashed its contents into the face of the unconscious woman. It proved to be strong carbolic acid and the victim was horribly burned and disfigured,
—The STANDARD is indebted to Hon. George S. Sands for a copy of the report of the joint committee on taxation to the legislature, and also for a copy of the new tax bill introduced in the assembly by the joint committee and embodying the features of the report of the committee.
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