EVER VICTORIOUS JAPS AND WEATHER SIGNALS ON STANDARD BUILDING

Japanese troops firing at Chinese positions.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, February 18, 1895.

EVER VICTORIOUS JAPS.

Latest Conquest as Told In Official Dispatches.

SURRENDER OF WEI HAI WEI.

Report of the Suicide of Chinese Admiral Ting Confirmed—Complete Surrender of  Chinese Forces on Land and Sea—Chinese Attack on Hai Cheng Repulsed. An Englishman Succeeds the Dead Admiral—Other Foreign News.

   YOKOHAMA, Feb. 18.—An official dispatch from Wei Hai Wei, bearing date of Feb. 18, has been received here. It states that in response to the offer made by Admiral Ting, the Chinese naval commander, to surrender his vessels if conditions of amnesty were granted, Admiral Ito, commander of the Japanese naval forces, demanded that the naval station be thrown open this (Wednesday) morning. The Chinese messenger who conveyed this demand returned to Admiral Ito and informed him that Admiral Ting had committed suicide on the night of Feb. 12 and that his responsibility had been transferred to Captain McClure, formerly the master of a British merchant vessel, who had been appointed by the Chinese government as assistant to Admiral Ting. Admiral Ito at the time the dispatch was sent was conferring with Captain McClure.

   A dispatch dated Feb. 14 from Field Marshal Oyama, who is in command of the Japanese military forces at Wei Hai Wei, announces the complete surrender of the Chinese on land and sea.

   He also announces that Admiral Ting and two other officers committed suicide after addressing a letter from the Chinese flagship accepting the Japanese demands. The Chinese soldiers garrisoning the forts on the island of Liu Kung Tao, the last of the defenses of Wei Hai Wei to hold out against the Japanese, and the sailors of the Chinese fleet were to be taken beyond the Japanese lines and liberated, while the captured officers and the foreigners will be conveyed away by ship before they are given their liberty.

   A dispatch from General Nodzu, commander of the First Japanese army in Manchuria, dated Feb. 16, says that 15,000 Chinese, with 12 guns, attacked Hai Cheng from the Lao Yang, New Chwang and Jinkao roads. They were repulsed, leaving 100 dead. The Japanese loss was five killed or wounded.

   A dispatch from Tien Tsin says that Li Hung Chang, who has been appointed a peace envoy to Japan, will go to Pekin on Feb. 21, to confer with the emperor. He will return to Tien Tsin in two weeks and will then proceed for Kobe.

   Advices from Seoul are to the effect that the king has refused to accept the resignation of the ministers.

   It is reported that the anti-reform ministers instigated another attempt to assassinate Prince Pok.

  

Chen Yuan.

BATTLESHIP VS. CRUISER.

Japanese Evidently Recognize the Superiority of the Former.

   WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The Japanese seem to have solved for themselves the question as to the relative merits of the battleship and the cruiser, which is now agitating congress in connection with the proposition to provide for the construction of three new battleships.

   While their cruisers, owing to superior strategy in their management and great wariness in attack, supplemented by the indispensable torpedo boat fleet, have managed to obtain victories over the Chinese fleet in two cases, the battleships of the Chinese, even with inferior management and personnel, have given such a good account of themselves as to make it apparent to the Japanese that if ever they hope to meet another naval power in combat with chance of success they must themselves possess some of the great battleships.

   It is regarded as a foregone conclusion that they will acquire the Chinese battleships Chen Yuen and Ting Yuen (if the latter can be raised), by conquest.

   But the Japanese government is not content to rest there, for advices received by the navy department show that they have placed contracts for building two great ships that will exceed the best of our own ships in offensive and defensive power.

   One of the contracts has been placed with the Thames Iron works of Blackwell, Eng., and the other with the Thames Iron Ship Building company of London.

   The battleships will be of 12,250 tons displacement, 370 feet long by 73 feet beam.

STRIKE CALLED OFF.

Employes of Two Roads In Brooklyn Give Up the Fight.

   BROOKLYN, Feb. 18.—In calling off the strike on the Brooklyn Heights and the Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban railroads, District assembly No. 76 issued an address to the public.

   The address reviews the causes which brought on the strike and, after reciting that the employes have at all times been willing to submit their differences to arbitration, continues:

   "The companies have not had the same consideration for the public; the same spirit of compromise. They started out to starve their employes into submission and they have finally succeeded. It has been a fight of dollars against empty stomachs, and, as was to have been expected, the dollars have won a victory, though a dear one. Our people, after a heroic resistance, have at last submitted to the inevitable. The civil, the military, and in some instances, the Judicial powers, have all been used to coerce them.

   "Is it any wonder that now at the end of five weeks of this unequal strike they are forced to admit defeat?

   "With a deep sense of appreciation for the moral and financial support so generously given by the people of Brooklyn, we have decided to suspend the struggle though with our belief in the justice of our cause unimpaired.

   "Many of our people still need assistance to keep the wolf of hunger from their doors. A little from the many will suffice and any citizen, society or newspaper that will help our people in this respect will receive the best thanks of all."

   This action on the part of District Assembly 75 will permit the strikers of the three roads to return to work or, at least, to apply to be taken back. Some of them will not be taken back immediately, because new men have been taken on, and some of these men the companies will keep at work.

   A large number of cars have been disabled by poor handling, and it will be weeks before they are in proper shape to run out. The majority of the strikers will undoubtedly be taken back in time. The strike against President Norton of the Atlantic avenue is still on.

   President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad company said that during the day about 600 of the old men had applied for work.

   A number of them, he added, had been received back into the fold and others had had their names put on the eligible list. He fully expected that the remainder of the strikers would apply for the old positions.

   Master Workman Connelly is reported at his home as being very sick, the result of the labors which he has undergone during the past five weeks, as leader of the strike.

STRIKERS WANT WORK.

The More than Brutal Action of President Norton.

   BROOKLYN, N. Y., Feb. 18.—The crowd of trolley car strikers, who went out on strike six weeks or more ago, that applied for reinstatement at the offices of the Brooklyn City Railroad company jammed Montague-st. from Clinton-st., almost to the City Hall square this morning. Secretary Bogardus said it would take all day to register the men's names and addresses. President Lewis ordered that the names and addresses of every man be taken, and he promised to give them work in order of their applications as vacancies were made on his system.

   The strikers are still muttering threats against President Norton. They said they would have been glad to call off the strike on his line, but that when they went to get their back pay, he compelled them to cut off the company's buttons on their clothes and told them they would never again be employed by him.

STRIKE IN NEW YORK.

This is not a Question of Wages But of Hours of Work.

   NEW YORK, Feb. 18—The electrical workers, 900 men, went out on strike to-day. The board of walking delegates of the building trades will take charge of the strike. If any firm gives employment to any electrical workers who are not members of the Electrical Workers' union, this board declares it will order on strike every man in the building trades. The electrical workers who have gone out on strike to-day say five weeks ago they notified the Electrical Contractors' association that if on and after Feb. 15, they were not limited to eight hours for a day's work they would surely strike. Wages had nothing to do with the question.

   The men have been getting $3 per day and the foremen $3.50. Eighteen firms are in the Electrical Contractors' association. These firms claim they did not receive the ninety days' notice they were entitled to before the strike.

THAT BANK OF SNOW.

"Citizen" Doubts if Water Will Run Up Hill.

   To the Editor of the Standard:

   SIR—I wish to correct a few statements in your issue of Friday, Feb. 15, relative to the Court-st. crossing and that offensive and unhealthy mountain of snow. While we appreciate the fact that every effort has been made to keep people from "drowning" on the Court-st. crossing in times of freshets and heavy rain storms, yet we wish to inform this gentlemen [Street Commissioner A. H. Decker] who spilt so much ink in his own defence and to inform the public of his many good deeds in behalf of the taxpayers that this is a bad crossing and if he will kindly call around when the snow is rapidly melting or just after a "summer shower" he will be convinced that rubber boots are the proper thing if he wishes to use this cross walk.

   Now imagine the water from this bank of snow, running up hill that it may cross to the north side of the street and take its proper channel under the crossing on that side. In my opinion the first writer is quite right in saying that the walk "will be in bad condition for days." Melting snow, say our most eminent physicians, is the cause of much throat difficulty. What will be the result when this filthy bank gradually melts away? Our board of health must be taking the "Sleep of Rip," or else they haven't any foresight. If our persecuted commissioner had been less "unfortunate," and this office had been forced on some other "hero," would he kick if this filthy bank of snow was placed in his vicinity? Is there a single taxpayer who would kick on the fraction of a mill that it would have cost him to remove this snow where it would not be offensive? If there is such a taxpayer in Cortland his days of usefulness are over and there is a place for him where they don't have to "shovel any snow."

    A CITIZEN.

THE FIRST BID RAISED.

A Bright Outlook—Over Four Thousand Papers of the Woman's Edition Already Spoken For.

   The woman's edition of the Cortland STANDARD which is to be published is booming. The ladies are working hard, but their faces wear that happy smile which indicates that they think little of the efforts put forth for success is coming. The first five perfect papers which are to come from the press are already spoken for, and the bid of $5 for the first paper has been raised to $20. The bids and the parties who have made the offers are as follows: First paper, Samuel Keator, $20; second paper, H. G. Joy, $10; third paper, C. F. Wickwire, $10; fourth paper, T. H. Wickwire, $20; fifth paper, Mrs. J. W. Reese, $25. The ladies hope that some of these bids will be raised or else that some offers will come in for the sixth or seventh papers.

   At present accounts four thousand two hundred papers have been subscribed for, but not nearly all the reports are in of those who have been canvassing for the sale of the papers. There is a large advertising patronage and the prospect are that the Ladies' Auxiliary will make a very good thing from their venture for the benefit of the Y. M. C. A.

Death at Polkville.

   Mrs. Polly Conger, widow of the late Samuel Conger who died about four years ago, died at 2 o'clock this morning of cancer at her home in Polkville. The deceased was 84 years of age, May 6, 1894, and leaves a son, Mr. M. W. Conger and a sister Mrs. Avis [Wavell] of Polkville and a brother, Mr. John Loope of Cortland. The funeral will be held from her late home at 2 P. M. Wednesday. Burial at Cortland.

BREVITIES.

   —The Cortland Whist club go to Higginsville to-night.

   —The Y. M. C. A. penmanship class meets to-night at 8 o'clock.

   —A meeting of the Republican league will be held this evening at 8 o'clock.

   —The bookkeeping class will meet this week on Tuesday instead of on Friday evening.

   —Town meeting to-morrow throughout the county. In Cortlandville the balloting will be in Taylor hall.

   —The Cortland Athletic association will hold their second annual athletic entertainment on Wednesday evening, April 17.

   —Herbert Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith of Taylor-st., died at 2 P. M. yesterday, aged 8 months, 28 days. Funeral at 10 A. M. to-morrow.

   —Wm. Coffey of Binghamton, who was arrested last night by Officer Monroe for public intoxication, was sentenced this morning to three days in the county jail.

   —Revival meetings will be held in the Free Methodist church on Schermerhorn-st. [Grace Street] on Tuesday evening and the following evenings of this week continuing until Saturday evening.

   —The crossing of the electric road over the D., L. & W. tracks between Cortland and Homer is expected to be completed to-night and through cars will be run between Cortland and Homer to-morrow.

   —The ladies in charge of the departments of finance, of current events and of book reviews for the woman's paper are requested to get their copy into the hands of Mrs. C. C. Darby, the editor-in-chief, just as early as possible on Tuesday, Feb. 19.

   —A local physician says he believes there are five hundred cases of grip in Ithaca at the present time. However, in a few instances only is the disease of a serious form.—Ithaca Journal. Judging from reports Cortland is not far behind on the grip question.

  

Peckham's Barber Shop.

   A prosperous barber shop is that of Mr. P. J. Peckham, 9 Main-st., under Beard & Peck's furniture store. He has the only barber shop in town now running three chairs.                                                        (906-tf)

Standard block.

WEATHER SIGNALS.

A New Arrangement to Give a Longer Forecast.

   Since the weather flags began to be displayed upon the pole on the Standard building in Cortland The STANDARD has been receiving what are known as the evening forecasts. The bulletins were sent out from the signal office at 8 o'clock in the evening and were consequently received in Cortland too late for display that night. The flags were run up the first thing the following morning and the forecast covered the time until midnight of that day.

   An arrangement has now been made to receive the morning forecast which will cover a period until midnight of the following day. This bulletin, however cannot be received in Cortland until about 11 o'clock in the morning. The flags of the previous afternoon will hereafter be run up the first thing each morning and these will show the weather until midnight of that day. At exactly 11:30 each morning if there is no delay in receiving the bulletins, which is not anticipated, the flags will be changed to conform to the new bulletin just received which will give the forecast until midnight of the next day. So that from this time forward, people consulting the flags can understand, that if they look at them before 11:30 A. M., they see the forecast until midnight of that day. If it is after 11:30 A. M. they will see the forecast until midnight of the following day. This will be a great improvement over the old plan as it gives the forecast for twenty-four hours farther ahead than formerly.

   These bulletins will be sent out from the STANDARD office as were the former bulletins upon all the stage mails at noon to the various towns in the county where flags are displayed. So the people in the places interested may also understand that from this time forward their forecasts will go twenty-four hours farther ahead than formerly.