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| Russian soldiers grooming their horses at Tien Tsin. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, June 21, 1900.
ATTACK ON TIEN TSIN.
Russians and Boxers Fight at Fifty Yards Range.
THREE HUNDRED CHINESE SLAIN.
Story That Imperial Palace Was Burned, Emperor Murdered and Empress Dowager Committed Suicide, Emanates From Shanghai.
LONDON, June 21.—The reports of Admiral Seymour's arrival at Pekin and of the safety of the foreign legations originated from Chinese sources and cabled to this city from Shanghai, are still unverified. However the Italian consul at Shanghai has wired to the Italian foreign minister Marques Visconti Venosta that the legations are safe.
The rebellion is spreading far and wide. There is an impression in diplomatic circles here and on the Continent that the allies have not grappled with the situation effectively and that even 50,000 troops would be powerless to do much to control 4,000,000 square miles.
The latest story sent out by the Shanghai gossips is that Prince Tuan, president of the Tsung-li-Yamen has burned the Imperial palace at Pekin and murdered the emperor and that the empress dowager has committed suicide.
The effect of the bombardment of the Taku forts, as described by the Shanghai correspondent, was gory in the extreme—nothing less than "rivers of blood" and "mutilated corpses piled up inside the forts."
The Russians guarding Tien Tsin, according to another report, fired artillery and rifles June 15 at a range of fifty yards into dense crowds of attacking Boxers and killed 300.
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| Li Hung Chang. |
EXPECT TROUBLE.
When Li Hung Chang Leaves For Pekin, Canton May Revolt.
HONG KONG, June 21.—The Chinese expect trouble at Canton on the departure of Li Hung Chang for Pekin. It is rumored that the forts have received orders to fire on any foreign warships attempting to pass.
A gunboat is kept here under steam in case of emergency. There are no warships at Canton.
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| Emilio Aguinaldo. |
AMNESTY DECLARED.
Belief Is That Aguinaldo Will Now Accept the Peace Platform.
MANILA, June 21.—General MacArthur today formally announced President McKinley's order of amnesty. Buencamino, Paterno and other prominent Filipino leaders are greatly pleased, as they believe that under the amnesty, they can bring about the surrender of Aguinaldo who they declare is ready and willing to consider the peace platform adopted by the Filipino leaders, with a few insignificant exceptions,
Several meetings of the leaders were held quietly in Manila last week. They are encouraged by the progress they are making with the natives and the authorities here. Today an important meeting was held, at which the amnesty decree was read.
It is the consensus of opinion of the foreigners, the better class of the Filipinos and the Spaniards that Aguinaldo will be in Manila shortly as the result of the decree and of the negotiations of the Buencamino party.
Now that the rains have fairly begun life in the country districts is a great and prolonged hardship.
Preparations are being made at Cavite to move a majority of the marines to China in the event that developments there require them.
CHINESE SITUATION.
An International Problem of Gigantic Proportions Feared.
PHILADELPHIA, June 21.—In the opinion of Senator Davis of Minnesota, chairman of the senate committee on foreign affairs, the situation in China is even more grave than published dispatches would indicate, and may develop into an international problem such as the powers perhaps have not had to deal with in many years.
"No man can tell what will come out of the present situation in China," said Senator Davis. "Generations to come may find that in awakening China the western world has brought into existence a giant which will insist upon taking part in affairs at inopportune moments. It seems inevitable that China will be partitioned. Certainly the acting empress will be dethroned. This cannot be done without a war which will probably repeat itself many times.
MCKINLEY AND ROOSEVELT
STANDARD BEARERS OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Both Nominated by Acclamation Amid the Wildest Enthusiasm—All Other Candidates for Vice-President Withdraw for the Rough Rider.
CONVENTION HALL, PHILADELPHIA, June 21.—This was the great day and long before 10 o'clock the hour set for the reassembling of the convention. The hall was surrounded by an immense array of people who besieged all the doors and entrances, clamoring for admission. When the doors were opened they surged in like a flood submerging the vast hall. The stage had been freshened with green things and at each corner, like a touch of flaming color, red peonies shot into the air. The band in the north gallery was at work early with inspiriting music. It was much warmer to-day. The sun blazed down through the spaces in the roof and the heat gave promise of being oppressive. But the ladies were attired in their thinnest muslins, everybody was provided with a fan and there was no complaint. One old fellow in the gallery, with charming disregard of the proprieties, divested himself of coat and vest, hung them over the rail and took his seat.
At 10:20 the big band from Canton, O., the president's home, made its way into the hall from the west side and broke out with the peeling strains of the national anthem. The whole audience rose to its feet and stood until it was concluded.
Senator Lodge as chairman said, "Under the rules nominations for the office of president of the United States are now in order." There was a shout which the chairman punctured with: "The state of Alabama is recognized."
A tall and swarthy Alabamian stood on his chair and by prearrangement answered: "Alabama yields to Ohio." This was the signal for the recognition of Senator Foraker, who was to make the speech nominating McKinley as the Republican candidate for president. Then the cheers began and a wild scene ensued.
After Foraker's speech Governor Roosevelt was recognized. There was another enthusiastic demonstration when he took the platform to second the nomination.
The vote of every state was cast for McKinley on the first ballot and he was declared to be unanimously nominated for president.
Roosevelt was then nominated for vice-president and the vote on the roll call was unanimous and he was declared the nominee of the convention for vice-president.
PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.
McKinley and Roosevelt.
The national convention in session at Philadelphia has named the candidates who are to be the standard bearers of the Republican party in the coming campaign, and they are such as to carry confidence and assurance to the heart of every citizen. Adherents of other parties may oppose them by reason of party allegiance, but all believe in them personally and have confidence to their integrity and loyalty to American principles. They are the veterans of two wars: the civil war and the Spanish war. They are now the representatives of a united and prosperous people. Both were nominated by acclamation. The nomination of McKinley was expected. No other name was mentioned, but the nomination, of Roosevelt was the result of a spontaneous outburst on the part of the whole people which has been steadily growing and which would admit of no other candidate. They are a splendid team and they are in to win.
◘ By common consent the dowager empress of China is the prize trouble maker of the world, with a growing fondness for chopping people's heads off. If the reports concerning her are true, Tsi An is a meddlesome and bloodthirsty old wretch who should be locked up in the interest of international harmony.
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| Attorney Orris U. Kellogg. |
THE BOLLES WILL CASE.
Mrs. Philip Zimmer of Homer Gives Her Testimony.
At 10:20 o'clock this morning the taking of testimony in the Bolles will case was continued in surrogate's court in Cortland, N. Y. Hon. F. P. Saunders was first recalled to the stand and his cross-examination by Mr. Kellogg was resumed. Mr. Saunders testified: I never requested her to make a will; never attempted to influence her as to the terms of her will; never spoke to her or tried to influence her to change her will. I never advised her not to give anything to the Ingersolls. Mrs. Bolles told me at different times that Mrs. Ingersoll had been very kind to her all the time. I understood that Mrs. Bolles had known Mrs. Ingersoll for a long time. She never told me that prior to the birth of Fred Ingersoll she and Dr. Bolles had boarded with the Ingersolls.
Re-direct examination by John Courtney, Jr. I sold nine Holsteins and two Jersey cattle for Mrs. Bolles. I made no charge to Mrs. Bolles for the service. She told me why Dr. Parker wanted her to give him a note payable at her death for the $5,000 she purposed willing to him. She asked me what I thought about it. I told her I thought it all right. I didn't see how it affected anything one way or another. She said the doctor was afraid the will would be broken and he wouldn't get it. She said Judge Knox had drawn the will and it was so strong it couldn't be broken. She finally agreed to give him the note, but she never did do it. I figured up about $10,000 of principal on her securities for her once, did not compute interest for her. She had a revenue from her farm and cows of about $300. She had three houses and her office to rent. She once told me that she had bought five barrels of flour at one time, said she always bought her flour in Baldwinsville because she knew the dealers. The Ingersolls did not live in her house before Mrs. Bolles' death.
Mrs. Elizabeth Zimmer was sworn by those who would break the will and in answer to questions of Mr. Miller said: I have lived in Homer fifty-one years and have known Mrs. Bolles intimately for forty years. For twenty-five years have been accustomed to call on Mrs. Bolles frequently. Dr. Bolles was our family physician for eighteen years. Our acquaintance continued till the death of Mrs. Bolles. My husband, Philip Zimmer, was in the doctor's care up to the time of the doctor's death. After his death I saw Mrs. Bolles three or four times a year till her death.
I noticed changes in Mrs. Bolles after her husband's death. Her ways of talking to me were different. She told me her expenses were more than she could meet, she didn't know how she could pay them. She said I haven't means enough to pay my bills. She said "my head feels bad and I don't feel like conversing with anybody." She told me that before the doctor died they had everything they wanted to furnish her table and now she had to be very economical. I never ate with them but I know they had everything the best in the line of food and dishes and everything before the doctor died. She didn't dress extravagantly before the doctor died, as she didn't go out in company. She always appeared very nervous when talking of her poverty. She used to move about and poke back her hair.
The last time I called upon her, it was in August. She talked to me about the disposition of her property. She had never talked with me about this before. Her manner was feeble on that day in August. Mrs. Ingersoll came in while I was there and stayed a half hour or so. Mrs. Bolles did not talk with me while Mrs. Ingersoll was in the room. Mrs. Bolles told me she hadn't had anything to eat that day but a glass of water and a roll. She didn't set her table. She didn't have any breakfast, she said, except as Mrs. Ingersoll brought her breakfast food. She told me she paid Mr. Ingersoll $35 a month and paid Mrs. Ingersoll for all the errands she did for her and still they wouldn't give her any peace, they wanted all her property. I told her she didn't have to give it to them and she replied that she did have to do it and had done so. They were not willing she should have enough to eat. She should have to go to the poor house, her income wouldn't support her. I told her she wouldn't go to the poor house, and I believed she was crazy. She replied, "I guess I am."
She continued to talk from 4:30 to 6:30 that afternoon on the same subject. She told me she had promised her Uncle Ben (Mr. Eastman) that she would remember his daughter (Mrs. Delphine King) but she couldn't for the Ingersolls had wanted all her property and she had given it to them. She said they had promised to give the doctor's nephew a portion. They had made a new will after Dr. Parker left them. She didn't say what nephew it was. She didn't say at this conversation in August whether she was still going to give this nephew anything. I got to the house about 2 o'clock. Mrs. Ingersoll came about 5 o'clock. Mr. Ingersoll was on the place, but was not in the house while I was there. I saw him sprinkling the lawn. I remained till 6:30 o'clock. Mrs. Bolles talked on no other subject while I was there except this one.
Mrs. Bolles talked constantly while I was there. Mrs. Ingersoll said to me that day that property never goes where it ought to. Those that ought to have it never got it. She said nothing more on the subject and I made no reply. I saw Mrs. Bolles in June of the same year, the last time before this August call. Previously saw her in April and in January. Never saw any one there on these occasions except Mr. and Mrs. Ingersoll. I never saw Mr. Ingersoll in the house there. Mrs. Ingersoll usually came in while I was there. Never saw Fred Ingersoll there but once and that was soon after the doctor's death. Mrs. Bolles then introduced me to him. Mrs. Bolles grew more feeble after the doctor's death. During her last year she grew thin and pale; she was not cheerful. Prior to the doctor's death she was not of a cheerful disposition. She occasionally smiled and laughed. I never saw her weep or cry. She sat still in a chair all the time I was there in August. I didn't notice that she was forgetful. She repeated over again the same things in her conversation about her property. I didn't notice that she started sentences and broke them off without finishing them. She did not say to me when talking about the disposition of the property that day that she thought she had done wrong. She never told me she was forgetful. She told me she had headache a good deal in the morning. One time when I went there after the doctor's death she told me she had had pneumonia. I cannot tell when that was. The acts and conversations of Mrs. Bolles that I have related impressed me as not being rational.
At 12:25 court recessed till 2 P. M.
A DAISY WEDDING.
Former Cortland Young Man Wins Charming Bride in Peruville.
Mr. Arthur M. Williamson, who is well known in this city, and who formerly was the popular and efficient bookkeeper at Keator & Wells', was married Tuesday, June 19, to Miss Florence E. Mount of Peruville.
The wedding ceremony was performed at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Mount, at 5 o'clock, P. M., by the Rev. Mr. Burr of Groton. The Episcopal ceremony was used, the bridal pair standing under a beautiful bower of daisies and ferns. Miss Alta Williamson of Cortland was the maid of honor. Miss Mary Speed of Ithaca was bridesmaid and Mr. Joseph Mount, a cousin of the bride, was best man.
A pretty feature of the occasion was the reception of the guests by the prospective bride and groom. At this time the bride was attired in a blue foulard. The groom wore a full dress suit. At the ceremony the bride wore a beautiful white lansdown and chiffon, carrying white roses.
The bride was the recipient of many valuable presents, among which were over $200 in gold. The Hitchcock Hose company, of which Mr. Williamson was a member, showed its appreciation by a substantial present. Keator & Wells also gave the pair a handsome remembrance.
Among the guests present were Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Brogden, Mr. and Mrs. A. Williamson and Alta Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. H. Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. C. Williamson, Miss Edna Williamson, Mr. Ray Tanner, Mr. E. E. Ellis and family, Mr. Louis Graves, Miss Bessie Parks, Mr. J. M. Palmer of Brooklyn and Mrs. E. N. Whiting of Homer. The bridal pair started for Auburn for a short stay and will then leave for Brooklyn, where they will make their home.
JUNIOR OFFENDERS.
Walked to Freeville This Morning in Charge of Officers.
An officer from the George Junior Republic came to Cortland this morning and took back the two culprits who were detained here yesterday. The officer rode over on his bicycle, secured his prisoners and started off hurriedly for Freeville. When asked why he was in so great a hurry, he answered that his men would have to walk the distance of ten miles, so would want an early start. This was done to save expense. It is quite probable that the offenders will be imprisoned for several months.
Cinematograph Pictures.
Without the noise, and to some objectionable environment of the ring, the similitude of the great contest between the two great Apollos of the fistic world, Jeffries and Corbett, will be seen at the Opera House next Tuesday evening in cinematograph pictures taken by Mr. Lubin of Philadelphia, showing the battle in reproduction as it actually occurred at the Seaside Athletic club, Coney Island, New York, on Friday evening, May 11. Aside from the importance of thin contest, it was a particularly good one for exhibition purposes because of the quick and snappy work of Corbett throughout the entire twenty-three rounds. The pictures reproduced show every movement from the preliminary to the knockout. The films are excellent ones, and they are considered the best reproduction of a fistic contest ever taken.
And in addition the management announce a grand reproduction of Ching Lung Foo, taken from life. Ching Lung Foo is acknowledged to be the greatest of all Chinese magicians, a puzzle of the twentieth century.
Death of Mrs. Sears.
Mrs. Mary G. Sears, who lived with her son, Frank Sears, 32 Hubbard-st,, died very suddenly last night at 11:45 of heart difficulty, aged nearly 75 years.
Mrs. Sears was apparently as well as usual through the evening. Her son's wife, Mrs. Geo. A. Sears of Detroit, had arrived on the Lehigh Valley train from the north and the family had spent the evening together till about 10 o'clock when they all retired. At about 11:45 Mrs. Sears called for assistance and was found in a helpless condition. She died about an hour later.
Mrs. Sears was born in Devonshire Eng., in 1825 and came to this country when 15 years old. In 1846 she was married to O. M. Sears at DeRuyter. Twenty-nine years ago they moved to Cortland and this has since been her home. Mr. Sears died eight years ago. She is survived by her sons George Alonzo of Detroit, Mich. and Frank of Cortland. The funeral will be held on Saturday at 2:30 o'clock at the house.
More Telephones Received.
There were received to-day at the Cortland Exchange office of the Empire State Telephone & Telegraph (Bell) company from the general office at Auburn, N. Y., a consignment of twenty sets of telephones to fill new orders. These additions together with those all ready received since the beginning of the recent telephone agitation, will increase the Cortland exchange list to about 225 connections, thus adding to the value of the local telephones about twenty per cent. The highest number stamped on the small end of the ''receiver'' (as all Bell telephones are numbered) was 1,378,736, which gives some small idea of the magnitude of the Bell telephone business.
BREVITIES.
—Regular conclave Cortland commandery No. 50, K. T., Friday evening.
—The Republican platform as adopted appears in full on the second page today.
—A meeting of the A. O. H. will be held Friday evening, June 22. It is important that every member should attend.
—The Loyal circle of King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. A. McElheny, 29 Greenbush-st. to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
—Mr. Charles D. Kingsbury of Homer and Mr. E. C. French of Dryden have purchased a furniture and undertaking business in Waverly.
—The Wide Awake Literary club met at the home of Mrs. W. M. Smith, Groton-ave., Tuesday evening and adjourned until Oct. 2.
—Prof. H. A. Jennison entertained the teachers of the Freeville school and the members of the graduating class of 1900 at Shaver's Hotel, Freeville, Saturday evening.—Dryden Herald.
—The long distance telephone did quick work to-day. Roosevelt was nominated for vice-president at 2:06 this afternoon; and the news was received in Cortland at 2:08 over the long distance wire.
—Contrary to law, farmers at Medusa, Schoharie county, sprayed their apple trees while in full bloom, and the result was that one bee keeper, Edwin Snyder, lost his entire colony of bees—100 hives valued at $500.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Gas Co., Gas ranges, page 5; Ryan & Hall, Wood ashes, page 5; Opera House, Corbett & Jeffries fight, page 5; Hudson, China sale, page 7; Stowell & Co., Syracuse, Fire sale prices, page 8.
—The city of Ithaca has brought suit against the D., L. & W. railroad to recover $28,000 damages, the penalty incurred by the railroad through their refusal to build the trestle to carry the Cayuga street extension under their tracks.
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