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| General Gregorio Del Pilar. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, June 28, 1900.
INSURGENTS RELEASED.
Prominent Leaders Take Oath of Allegiance.
GEN. PIO DEL PILAR AMONG THEM.
Believed That This Evidence of Faith in the United States Government Will
Cause Others to Avail Themselves of the Amnesty Declaration.
MANILA, June 28.—Nine of the insurgent leaders, including Generals Pio del Pilar, Concepcion, Garcia and Alvarez, were released here yesterday upon taking the oath of allegiance to the government and renouncing all forms of revolution in the Philippines together with making formal acknowledgement of American sovereignty.
This oath is much stronger and more binding than the oath which General Otis administered, and was consequently distasteful to the Filipinos, who accepted it with bad grace, fully realizing the results of any violation.
Senor Buencamino took the oath Monday. It is hoped that the sparing of the nine leaders will influence their men to take advantage of the amnesty, which has thus far been without results other than those of yesterday.
ORDERED OUT?
Foreign' Legations in Pekin Given 24 Hours to Leave on June 19.
LONDON, June 28.—The foreign office has issued the following telegram received from W. H. Carles, the British consul at Tien Tsin undated, but probably sent June 24, and forwarded from Che Foo June 27:
"A note has been received by the commissioner of customs here from Inspector General Hart (Sir Robert Hart) at Pekin, dated June 19, stating that the foreign legations had been desired to leave Pekin within 24 hours."
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| Admiral Sir Edward H. Seymour. |
SEYMOUR RELIEVED.
But it Failed to Reach Pekin—Now Falling Back.
CHE FOO, June 28, VIA SHANGHAI, Noon.—Admiral Seymour's expedition has been relieved, having failed to connect with Pekin. There is no news from Pekin. Russian Colonel Schtelle, commanding the combined forces of 10,000 men, is supposed to be proceeding to Pekin. Admiral Seymour's expedition is returning to Tien Tsin. His force has suffered greatly.
It is estimated that from 40,000 to 60,000 Chinese troops are now before Pekin. Boxers from all sections are swarming there.
JAPAN AROUSED.
Execution of Two Generals Excite Anger Against Korea.
YOKOHAMA, June 28.—The Japanese government is very angry at the secret execution of Generals An Kyeng Su and Kwon Young Chin, former cabinet ministers of the Korean government and leaders of the progressive party, who were privately strangled in the Seoul prison as traitors on the night of May 27. Both were concerned in the plot which culminated in the assassination of Queen Min at Seoul.
For the past four years they have been refugees in Japan and returned to Korea under the protection of the Japanese ministers. Despite this chaperonage, An and Kwon were tortured into making a full confession, were then beaten and strangled and their bodies exposed as traitors at the big bell and afterwards drawn and quartered.
The Japan minister tried to prevent the execution but was refused an audience with the Korean King on account of the latter's alleged illness. All of the Korean officials connected with the death of Kwon and An have been sentenced to transportation and have already been sent into exile, the latter proceeding being an attempt on the part of the Korean King to appease the Japanese government which had demanded an explanation from Korea. This explanation has been tendered by the Korean minister of foreign affairs but is not satisfactory to Japan.
The misguided Japanese journalists, who published an objectionable article concerning the crown prince and his bride, have paid dearly for their folly.
Empress Dowager Xi-Ci of China.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
A Tartar Empress.
One of the most remarkable women of history, says the New York Mail and Express, is Tsi-An, empress dowager of China. She is remarkable by virtue of her unprecedented ascent from the estate of a concubine to that of mistress of an immemorial throne. She is remarkable by virtue of her position as sovereign over one-quarter of the population of the earth. She is remarkable by virtue of the role she seeks to play in setting the torch to the military establishments of all Christendom. It may be within the power, and it seems, it is within the disposition of this vengeful woman to cause an overturn in the affairs of the world no less momentous than that which followed the flight of Cleopatra's fleet from the Bay of Actium. Her moods and whims are at this moment the subject of more profound concern, perhaps, in the chancelleries of the West than the matured and weighty policies of any of its great powers.
Few living Chinamen, outside of the palace eunuchs, and only one living white man, have ever seen the face of Tsi-An. That man is Prince Henry of Prussia, who has confessed that the inscrutable Tarter Empress baffled his curiosity and turned the tide of his questioning upon himself. The personality of the woman is concealed within the pink walls of the Prohibited City, and even her favorite, the powerful and astute Li Hung Chang, at his infrequent audience, speaks to her only from the farther end of an impenetrable screen. But her [track] may be gathered from her acts and edicts. There were volumes of significant personal characterization in the precipitate flight of the reform leaders from the jurisdiction of the Pekin government after the coup d'etat of 1898. In the successive steps of violence or intrigue by which Tsi-An has risen from her post as the head of the harem of Hienlung to the undisputed sovereignty of the dragon throne, ruthlessly overriding every obstacle, making successive emperors and the strongest men of their entourages the veriest creatures of her imperious favor, is outlined a character of barbaric vigor and resolution. The dowager empress has been the leading figure in three reigns because hers is the strongest personality that has appeared in them.
The qualities which Tsi-An has demonstrated, however, have not been those of the great and serene women—fortunate sovereigns of enlightened epochs. Her career, it would seem, has been disastrous to her country, disastrous to the world, singularly disastrous to those with whom she has been associated. In all the political calamities of the forty years during which she has been the power on or behind the throne, from her flight with her imperial consort to their hunting lodge at Jehol, upon the Anglo-French advance on Pekin in 1860, to the government-instigated Boxer outrages of to-day, her influence, it is believed, has been cast on the side of disaster, of reaction, and has been illustrated by unexplained and sinister palace incidents.
It is unfortunate that every man or woman who has stood in the way of Tsi-An's interest has died suddenly, and it is, perhaps, not sufficient that she has composed in the Pekin Gazette elaborate funeral discourses over them. In the prime of his life and suddenly died her husband Hienlung; In the prime of their lives and suddenly died the succeeding Emperor Tuagche and his widow Ahluta, who would have borne the kingdom an heir; in the prime of her life and suddenly died the associate regent Tsu-Tshi. Thus died Pring Chung, father of the present emperor Kwang Hsu, and his colleague Marquis Tseng, while the lieutenants of the unfortunate young sovereign perished incontinently on the chopping block. It is significant that the announcement of the coup d'etat of 1898 was followed by reports of the dangerous illness of Kwang Hsu.
Tsi-An will not be remembered as one of the wise and great women who made the welfare of their subjects their interest. She is more likely to be remembered as a jealous, implacable and perverse old woman who, with eyes open and merely to gratify her tantrums, led an ancient people to their destruction.
J. Edward Banta.
OVATION FOR A TEACHER.
Normal Students Greet Prof. Banta and Give Him a Bicycle.
Prof. J. E. Banta returned this morning from Amherst, Mass., where he had been to attend the twentieth reunion of his class at Amherst college. When the train came in about four hundred Normal students were present and gave him a warm greeting. Mr. W. W. Kelsey had offered the use of his automobile to take the popular Instructor up to the Normal building and Prof. Banta was invited to take a seat in the vehicle. The students fell in behind in a long procession, and marched to the entrance of the building, frequently cheering for the guest of honor. When the building was reached all quickly gathered in Normal hall, whither Prof. Banta was conducted and there Dr. Cheney introduced Mr. Chas. M. Morse who, in highly appropriate words presented Prof. Banta in behalf of the students, a fine cushion frame, chainless, Pierce bicycle. Prof. Banta responded, accepting the present and recalling many pleasant experiences he had met with during the eight years in which he had been an instructor in the Normal. To the last student all feel very regretful at the thought of losing Prof. Banta at the end of this year.
ALLEN-JONES
Popular Young Man Wins a Charming Bride in Ilion, N. Y.
The Utica Press publishes the following from Ilion under the date of June 27:
A beautiful wedding took place at 6:30 this evening on the occasion of the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Elaine Jones of this village to Albert Edward Allen of Cortland. The church was handsomely decorated in yellow and white, the wedding colors. The altar was in white, relieved by sprays of asparagus and maidenhair fern. The altar sides were banked with rushes and ferns and the altar rails were covered with daisies. Over the altar, at the entrance to the chancel, was a large wedding bell of daisies, hung on ropes of cedar. In the body of the church were bunches of daisies at the end of each pew, with masses of green, yellow and white. The bride was gowned in pure white satin entrain, with chiffon and pearl trimming, wearing a veil and hand ungloved, carrying a white satin prayer book, and by her graceful bearing throughout the ceremony was acknowledged to be the most beautiful bride that ever left St. Augustine's church. The maid of honor was Flora E. Remington of this village. The best man was Wilson H. Kirkpatrick of Chatham, N. J. The bridesmaids were Miss Harriet Allen of Cortland, Miss Elizabeth Munger of Herkimer, Blanche A. Ringwood, Alice H. Brand, Helen Truman of Ilion. The six bridesmaids were becomingly attired in yellow dotted silk mulle over different shades of yellow, with black velvet and ribbon trimming. They carried large clusters of daisies and maidenhair fern. The ribbon bearers were the Misses Grace Allen of Cortland, Eloise Allen of Syracuse, sister and niece of the groom. The ushers were Randolph H. Miller and Charles P. Dunbar of Cortland, and Paul S. Jones, Harry H. Barrett and James S. Holmes, Jr., of Ilion. The bridesmaids, led by the ribbon bearers, entered the church from the vestry in front, and walked down the aisle to meet the ushers, who came from the rear door, and the wedding party formed and again led by the ribbon bearers marched to the chancel, meeting there the groom and best man. The maids and ushers passing on to the altar, left the bride and her father, the groom and maid of honor at the chancel. They then proceeded to the altar, where the betrothal service was completed, the rector of the church, Rev. Wm. M. Cook officiating. All the costumes had a richness in effect which added much to the beauty of the occasion, and while the impressive ceremony was in progress the scene was a most handsome one. William Stickles rendered several selections on the organ in a most pleasing manner before and during the ceremony and just before the entrance of the bridal party. John Harris rendered a baritone solo entitled "Perfect Love."
Immediately after the ceremony the bridal party was driven to the home of the bride's parents, 10 Armory-st,, where a wedding reception was held, which was confined to the intimate friends of the couple. At the house the decorations were of wild flowers. The parlors were trimmed with evergreen and the banisters were entwined with daisies in an artistic manner. The bride's gifts to her maids were card cases of white satin, monogrammed in gold. The ushers received wreath pins with green enamel. Thompson's orchestra furnished music for the reception at the house. The gifts to the bride besides being numerous and beautiful, were many of them very valuable. The bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abner Jones, is a graduate of Wellesley college, class of 1898, and is a general favorite with her many friends. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Allen of Cortland, and is well and favorably known in this vicinity. The newly wedded pair left on the 9:32 P. M. train for an eastern trip and will be at home after July 15 at 23 Lincoln-ave., Cortland, N. Y. The guests from out of town included Mr. and Mrs. Albert Allen of Cortland, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Clayton Allen of Syracuse, Frederick Lundy of Sheepshead Bay, and several from Herkimer, Mohawk and Utica.
PENNOYER-WELD.
Popular Young Couple Wedded Last Night—Roses and Rice Much Used.
About ninety invited guests assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Weld, 115 Homer-ave., last evening to witness the marriage of their daughter, Nina U., to Mr. Floyd E. Pennoyer, Rev. W. Jasper Howell of the First Baptist church officiating. The ceremony was performed in the midst of a profusion of June roses. A wedding supper was served immediately afterward and then amid showers of rice Mr. and Mrs. Pennoyer started for the 11:25 D., L. & W. train for New York and other points for a two weeks' trip. The newly wedded couple, on other occasions similar to this, have both been prime movers in fun making at the expense of many a Cortland bride and groom, and last night afforded the chance for settling matters somewhat. Much fear was entertained lest the couple should skip away and leave the merrymakers in the lurch, but a vigilant watch made this impossible and showers of roses and rice were given without stint.
Miss Weld is one of Cortland's most popular and well-known young ladies and a large number of friends here offer their best wishes. Mr. Pennoyer has been for the past five years connected with Cobb & Co.'s wholesale house, where he began at the foot of the ladder, but soon worked up till now he is one of their best salesmen and enjoys the highest respect and confidence of the trade. He is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Pennoyer of Groton.
The presents were numerous and costly and showed well the appreciation of friends and relatives. Both Cobb & Co. and Palmer & Co., where Mr. and Mrs. Weld were respectively employed, remembered the couple with very fine presents. The Susan Tompkins harp orchestra furnished splendid music for the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Pennoyer will return to Cortland in about two weeks and make their home for a time with her parents [at] 115 Homer-ave.
SHERIDAN-DAVERN.
June Morning Wedding at St. Mary's Church To-day.
There was a pretty wedding at St. Mary's church at 8:15 this morning when Mr. James Sheridan and Miss Anna Davern, both of Cortland, were joined in marriage, the ceremony being performed by Rev. J. J. McLoghlin, the pastor of the church. The bride wore a handsome gray traveling gown with hat to match, and was attended by her sister Miss Frances Davern, who also wore gray. The best man was Mr. Christopher Sheridan, a brother of the groom. About thirty-five guests were present, all from Cortland except Miss Teresa Davern of Seneca Falls.
From the church Mr. and Mrs. Sheridan were driven directly to the railroad station and took the 9:20 train north for a short wedding trip. They were given a long to be remembered farewell with rice and the other essentials as they alighted from the carriage to go on board the train, a host of their friends being there to see them off. Upon their return they will go directly to housekeeping in a home which they have already furnished on Squires-st.
ROSS-ELLIOTT.
Pleasant Home Wedding on Hamlin-st. on Wednesday Afternoon.
There was a pleasant wedding at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride's parents, 73 Hamlin-st., when Mr. Benjamin E. Ross was united in marriage with Miss Effie Elliott in the presence of a small company of relatives and friends. The ceremony was performed under an arch of evergreens with a background of cut flowers and ferns by Rev. O. M. Owen, pastor of the Free Methodist church. The bride wore a white Swiss muslin gown and carried a bouquet of roses. The bridesmaid was Miss Sarah G. Ross, sister of the groom who wore a gown like the bride's and carried a bouquet of pink carnations. The best man was Mr. Jay Elliott, brother of the bride. The wedding march was played by Miss Jessie Jones. Very fine refreshments were served immediately after congratulations had been offered, and then a little time was spent in examining the presents which were numerous and beautiful, and in a social way.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross took the 8:05 train for Auburn for a short wedding trip. Many friends assembled at the train to see that they had their share of rice and good wishes in parting.
The guests from out of town were Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Marbel, Mr. and Mrs. Anson Marbel and Earl and Melvin Marbel, Jr., and Miss Jennie Marbel from Summerhill; Mrs. J. Elliott, Mr. and Mrs. Minor Elliott and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marbel from Locke; Miss Grace Oothoudt of Tully; and Miss Ruth Clark of Groton.
BARKER-INGALLS.
Wedding at Trinity Church, Syracuse—Former Cortland Boy.
Mr. Robert Green Barker of Syracuse, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Barker of Cortland, was married to Miss Grace Marie Ingalls of Syracuse at noon yesterday at Trinity church in that city. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. Robert Hudson. The decorations were largely of daisies and pink roses. The wedding was said to have been one of the prettiest that has occurred in that church in a long time.
Farrett-Shevalier.
Mr. A. Farrett of Camillus and Mrs. Cora M. Shevalier of 17 1/2 Clayton-ave., Cortland, were married in Syracuse last week Thursday, June 21, by Rev. W. W. Hunt of Camillus. After July 1 they will be at home on Front-st., Camillus.
Karker-Millard.
Miss Maude May Millard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Millard, was one of the brides of Wednesday, when she was married to Dr. Richard Adelbert Karker of Gloversville, N. Y., by the Rev. J. C. B. Moyer at the home of the bride's parents, 87 Maple-ave. at 8 o'clock in the evening.
A PLEASANT LITTLE SURPRISE.
N. H. Gillette Presented With Umbrella Before Leaving for Europe.
Tuesday afternoon Mr. N. H. Gillette was called to the second floor of the factory of the Gillette Skirt company on a pretext of looking after some defect in a machine. But when he got to the machine in question it suddenly stopped, and furthermore, all the machines in the building likewise came to a standstill and the steam seemed to be shut off. All the employees in the factory appeared to be interested in that same particular machine, for they all came trooping up to the same place. Mr. Gillette looked around him in astonishment and was about to ask what it all meant when Mr. H. B. Pomeroy undertook to relieve his perplexity. In a humorous speech be called attention to the fact that Mr. Gillette was to leave Cortland to-night and was to sail on Saturday for Europe. Though he was to be away the speaker felt sure that that machine which had brought him up from the office could be induced to continue operations without much difficulty and that this one and all the others would perform their regular work in his absence as though he were at hand. They knew he was to go to foggy and rainy London and they thought an umbrella might be useful. Mr. Pomeroy then in behalf of the employees presented Mr. Gillette with a very handsome silk umbrella with a sterling silver tipped handle upon which his name was engraved. Mr. Gillette responded in a pleasant way expressing his appreciation of the kind wishes and good feelings of them all, and said he should prize the umbrella very highly on their account as well as for its general usefulness.
Mr. and Mrs. Gillette leave for New York to-night.
BREVITIES.
—Remember the Republican caucuses to-night from 7 to 9 o'clock in all the districts of the old town of Cortlandville.
—The seventeenth annual prize declamation contest of the Gamma Sigma fraternity occurs to-night at 8 o'clock at Normal hall.
—The ninth annual oratorical contest of the Epsilon Chapter of the Delphic fraternity will occur at Normal hall to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Mitchell & Strowbridge, Fish, page 5; Palmer & Co., Last opportunity, page 7; Hudson, China sale, page 8; Stowell, Bargains, page 8.
—The Sunday-school of the First Baptist church will picnic upon the fair grounds on Tuesday, July 10. A ball game between the Baraca and the Howell Bible classes will be one of the features of the day.
—To-day's STANDARD may almost be called a wedding edition. June is truly the month of weddings and this is the last week of the month, and it seems as though as many as possible were trying not to get left over into July.
—Valentine Brothers' harp orchestra at the park each afternoon and evening of this week is proving a great attraction. The orchestra of course plays in the finest manner. That goes without saying, for it is well known in this vicinity, and the cars leading to the park from 8 to 9 o'clock are crowded.
—The joint excursion of the Congregational churches of Cortland and Homer started for Sylvan Beach at 8:45 o'clock this morning. There were not to exceed 300 people in the party and they occupied six passenger coaches. The cloudy morning doubtless kept many at home who would otherwise have gone.
—A change of time goes into effect on the Lehigh Valley R. R. next Sunday, July 1. So far as this division is concerned there is no change whatever on the trains now on the schedule, but a Sunday excursion train from Elmira to Sylvan Beach is put on. It runs very close to the schedule of the week day trains north and south, except that it leaves Cortland five minutes earlier at 9:40 A. M. Returning, it leaves Cortland at 8:03 P. M., the same as the week day train.
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