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| Lt. General Nelson Miles. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, May 15, 1903.
GENERAL MILES' REPORT.
Numerous Requests For Documents in Full.
Washington, May 15.—Secretary Root and a number of other officials in the war department have received a circular letter from Mr. Herbert Welch of Philadelphia, which also has been mailed to a number of private individuals, in reference to the report of Lieutenant General Miles.
Mr. Welch desires that letters be addressed to the president, Secretary Root, Adjutant General Corbin, Judge Advocate General Davis, Assistant Adjutant General Hall and Assistant General Ennis, asking them to make public for the information and guidance of the country the full report of General Miles regarding affairs in the Philippines.
He suggests that they "especially request that the report of Major Hunter into the facts of the whippings of Filipino prisoners of war for the purpose of extracting information from them," be included in the publication. He says he has been unable to get a copy of the report from the war department.
Secretary Root referred the circular letter he received to Judge Advocate General Davis.
The war department has made public the letter of Adjutant General Corbin to General Miles, answering one sent to Secretary of War Root Wednesday, regarding the publication of General Miles' report. The adjutant general tells to whom the report was given and encloses copies of the reports which were furnished the press.
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| Apolinario Mabini. |
MABINI DEAD.
Former Filipino Minister Died of Cholera at Manila.
Manila, May 15.—Mabini, the former minister of foreign affairs of the Filipino government, died of cholera at midnight. He was attacked with the disease on Tuesday last.
Since his return from Guam, Mabini had lived in seclusion. Captured correspondence of the Rizal province insurgents showed Mabini had been in communication with them but the letters were not of a seditious nature.
The Filipinos and Americans generally regret the death of Mabini but there will be no demonstration at his burial on account of the nature of his disease.
Mabini, who was at one time president of the Filipino supreme court, surrendered to the American forces in December, 1899, but he persistently refused to take the oath of allegiance and was deported to the island of Guam.
On February 26 last Mabini and Ricarte, a former Filipino general, were brought to Manila from Guam. Mabini took the oath of allegiance the same day on board the transport Thomas, but Ricarte refused to do so and was placed on board the steamer Gaelic and sent to Hong Kong,
Forest Fires in Fulton County.
Gloversville, N. Y., May 15.—Forest fires are raging fiercely about 25 miles north of this city and are within four miles of Canada lake, a summer resort with several large hotels and numerous cottages. Over 6,000 acres have already been burned and nearly 100 men of the township are fighting the flames day and night.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
A Southern White Man.
Judge Powell of Lincoln county, Miss., cannot be regarded as one of those Southern white men with an irrational prejudice against the negro. "I confess, gentlemen," he said in an address to the grand jury, "that I can't understand this foolish hostility to the negro. He is here without his consent, and here undoubtedly he must remain in large numbers. He has been eliminated by our constitution and laws from all political control. He asks not for social recognition. He only asks the poor privilege of working for his daily bread in peace, and to indulge the hope that the coming years may bring something better to his posterity." He went on to say that the white race has all the offices from governor to constable and that the negro is simply a creature of Southern mercy. "It strikes me," he added, "that for us to oppress where we should protect, to debase where we might lift up, is unmanly and unworthy of the proud race to which we belong. . . . Stand by the nobler traditions of your race, and let it be understood once and for all in Lincoln county that no man or set of men are so powerful that the strong arm of the law cannot reach them, or so lowly that the broad shield of the law cannot protect them."
Such language from a Southern white man and a judge indicates clearly enough that the negro is not without white friends in the South. Of course it indicates at the same time that the negro is not treated with the fairness that he is entitled to both as a human being and as a citizen of the United States. But if all the Southern whites agreeing with Judge Powell were to unite in the demand that he makes, a decided improvement could be effected. It is with such men that Northern sympathizers of the negro should co-operate in every way possible to put an end to the wrongs that his language discloses.
◘ Danish criminals sentenced to quit Denmark have been barred out of the United States. As a consequence they are going to Canada. That [country] is taking measures to protect herself. The Montreal Witness says of this method of banishing criminals: "We have had a recent instance among ourselves of a sentence of banishment from the province of Ontario. That sentence did not determine whether Quebec or the state of New York was to be Ontario's penal colony. The choice was left to the culprits who, as it happily happened, preferred breaking through the immigration breastworks of the United States to simply crossing into Quebec, which had and could have no law to prevent their coming." The fact that these criminals crossed to New York may be news to our authorities.
DEPREDATIONS ON THE HILL.
Windows in the House of Edward Murray Were Stoned.
Austin Stevens of Stevenson-st., Cortland, was awakened at an early hour this morning by some one knocking upon his door. On opening it he found Edward Murray, the old colored man who lives on courthouse hill. The old gentleman was trembling from fright and told Mr. Stevens that some one had been shooting through the windows of his house and he was afraid that he would be killed. Mr. Stevens took him in for the remainder of the night and this morning went up to Mr. Murray's house and found the windows and even the sash broken and a number of large stones upon the floor. It was also found that other depredations had been committed on the hill and that different ones had seen two men around there and that a call had been sent to the police station for an officer but that no one responded to the telephone, all probably being out on duty. It was thought to be the work of a couple of intoxicated men, but any one who would willfully alarm and injure a harmless peaceable old man like Mr. Murray ought to be apprehended.
TO PROTECT TREES.
A Device to Keep Worms from Climbing up the Trees.
John C. Seager of this city is handling a device which is claimed to be the best yet invented, for preparing the destruction of fruit and shade trees by insects. For many years, experts and scientific men in this country and Europe, have endeavored to find some way of protecting trees from the encroachment of these pests, and many different devices have been manufactured, and used with more or less success— some very expensive, and most of them unsightly.
This device which consists of a simple band of metal placed around the tree with serrated edges and perforations extending outward and downward is both inexpensive and sightly. The manufacturers of this device feel confident that, in this simple band of metal, they have secured a device which, when properly adjusted to the tree, will absolutely prevent all climbing and creeping insects from getting up the tree and into the foliage.
It does not take an expert to place this band on a tree; and, when once on, it serves as a sure barrier in the path of every insect that crawls.
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| M. F. Cleary in volunteer fireman's uniform. |
NOTHING REMARKABLE ABOUT IT.
Potatoes and Tomatoes Grew Together Many Years Ago.
To the Editor of The Standard:
Sir—A few weeks ago I read in your paper that the Minnesota Experiment Station had made a great discovery after long and patient efforts in growing tomatoes and potatoes on the same vine.
This week The Standard states that one of the plants is on exhibition in St. Paul with several well developed tomatoes nearly ripe, while the roots are putting forth potatoes. The phenomenon, as the article states, was produced by grafting a tomato vine on a potato plant.
Now, Mr. Editor, I cannot see any phenomenon about this grafting of a tomato on a potato since both belong to the same family. Fifty-five years ago, when an apprentice, this was nothing new to us and we did not think it a phenomenon. This reminds me of a story I once heard of a Christian a few years ago who struck a Jew because he killed Christ and the Jew told him that it happened about 1,900 years ago. "Well," said the Christian, "I just heard it last Sunday."
Respectfully,
M. F. Cleary
HITCHCOCK-WOODBURY.
A Pennsylvanian Seeks a Bride in the Empire State.
Miss Mary Alida Woodbury of Cortland and Andrew B. Hitchcock of Knoxville, Pa., were married last evening at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. Walter V. Palmer, 4 Madison-st., Cortland.
Rev. Robert Clements, pastor of the Presbyterian church, performed the ceremony, which took place at 8:30 o'clock in the presence of nearly sixty of the relatives and friends of the bride and groom.
The parlors were made more than usually attractive with the simple, yet very pretty and effective decorations of a profusion of apple blossoms of pink and white, pink and white carnations, white roses and smilax.
Edwin C. Woodbury, a brother of the bride, and PerLee Smith, a cousin, were the ushers, and the guests were very cordially received and greeted by Mr. and Mrs. Palmer. Miss H. Elizabeth Turner played the wedding processional from Lohengrin as the bride and groom, unattended, entered the parlor. Miss Turner also played softly during the ceremony "Hearts and Flowers." The bride was gowned in a handsome wedding dress of white silk voile over white taffeta silk and carried a large bouquet of bride roses. At the conclusion of the simple yet impressive ceremony which included the use of the ring, a very elaborate wedding supper was served under the direction of Caterer E. E. Price.
In the matter of presents the bride was very generously remembered. These included articles of solid silver, cut glass, china and other articles useful and ornamental. To each of the ushers the groom presented a gold stick pin with appropriate setting.
Throughout the evening delightful music was rendered by Darby's orchestra.
The bride is well known in Cortland where she has made her home for a number of years and where she has a host of friends. She is a graduate of the Cortland Normal school in the class of '97 and since her graduation has been a popular and eminently successful teacher in the city schools. The groom is a prosperous business man of Knoxville, Pa., and is serving his second term as member of the Pennsylvania state legislature from Tioga county.
Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock left on the 11:48 train for a short wedding trip. They will be at home to their friends after July 16 at Knoxville, Pa.
Among the guests from out of town who were present at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Woodbury, parents of the bride, from McLean, N. Y., Mr. and Mrs. F. J. PerLee, Miss Mary PerLee and Mrs. H. C. Howland, also of McLean, Miss Grace PerLee of Syracuse, Miss Bertha L. Butler of Homer, and Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Palmer of McGraw.
Death of E. A. Pender.
The death of Elihu A. Pender occurred at his home, 47 Clinton-ave., at 6 o'clock last evening, after an illness of about three months. Mr. Pender was born in the town of Homer, Oct. 6, 1839. At the outbreak of the civil war he was in the regular army. At the expiration of his term of service he re-enlisted in the First New York veteran cavalry, serving with distinction to the end of the war, attaining the rank of Lieutenant.
Aug. 12, 1864, he married Miss Elizabeth Robinson of Milton, Pa., who with two daughters, Mrs. L. M. Morse of Cortland, and Mrs. J. W. Calhoun of East Venice, and one brother, David B. Pender of Grant, Mich., survives him.
Mr. Pender was a member of the First Baptist church and of Grover Post, No. 98, G. A. R. which will conduct the funeral. The funeral, which is to be private, will be held from his late residence at 2:30 p. m. Saturday. Interment at Homer, N. Y.
BREVITIES.
— The new display advertisements today are—G . H. Ames, Patrician Shoes, page 6; H. Kingsley, Clairvoyant, page 6.
—Mrs. John Hubbard of Blodgett Mills died at 2 o'clock this morning after a week's illness from pneumonia. The funeral will be held Monday at 2 o'clock. A further notice will be published later.
—John Bristol, the carrier on R. F. D. No. 2, from the Cortland postoffice, has a very neat new wagon with canopy top, and white canvas sides bearing in black letters the number of his route.
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