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| Rear Admiral Louis Kempff. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, June 26, 1900.
TIEN TSIN HAS BEEN RELIEVED.
Combined Forces Entered Saturday, With Small Loss.
THEN STARTED FOB PEKIN.
Went to Succor Relief Force Believed to Be Surrounded Near Capital.
CHE FOO, Tuesday, June 26.—Rear AdmiralKempff reports, by a Japanese torpedo boat, that the combined forces entered Tien Tsin on Saturday, June 23, sustaining small loss. They started on Sunday to relieve the force which left Tien Tsin on June 10 and which is believed to be surrounded near Pekin.
According to Japanese reports Admiral Seymour has been captured and the ministers have left Pekin, guarded by Chinese soldiers. Their whereabouts is unknown.
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| Admiral Sir Edward Seymour. |
ALARM GROWS.
Foreign Officials Believe the Worst Has Happened to Pekin and Seymour.
LONDON, June 26.—The British cruiser Terrible has arrived at Che Foo from Taku with the latest news, which is as follows:
"Eight hundred Sikhs and 200 Welsh fusiliers have affected a junction with the American, German and Russian forces which had been cut off by the Chinese about nine miles from Tien Tsin. It was proposed to deliver an assault upon the Chinese forces at Tien Tsin last night (Sunday)."
It is not clear what forces united. It would seem that one relieving force, cut-off, had been relieved by another. At any rate it is apparently certain that the allies arrived in sufficient force at Tien Tsin Sunday to attack the besieging Chinese.
"Foreign office opinions here," says a dispatch from Shanghai to The Daily Express dated yesterday, "inclines to believe that the worst has happened to the legations at Pekin and to Admiral Seymour as well. Even if the legations were safe on June 19, there is no guarantee that they are safe now. The situation, in fact, grows more and more gloomy. The entire absence of reliable news from the capital seems to justify the worst construction which can be put upon it.
"Bad news comes from Nanking, where the unrest is said to be growing hourly. The viceroy, Liu Kin Vih, has telegraphed the British authorities that he has ordered the five Chinese cruisers which have been lying off the harbor here to proceed to Nanking."
"General Ma's army," says a correspondent at Shan Mai Kwan, "consisting of 4,000 men, left a week ago for Pekin, and General Sung Ching's forces, numbering 2,500, left for the same place on June 15.
"A careful estimate of the number and armament of the Chinese troops around Pekin puts the total at 360,000, and it is calculated that these troops possess 220 7-centimerte Creusot guns, 18 Krupps and 150 Maxims.
"Their supply of ammunition is practically inexhaustible. It has been mainly supplied by a German firm at Carlowwitz. Fully three-fourths of the Chinese forces are badly drilled, wholly undisciplined and quite unfamiliar with modern weapons."
Another Shanghai dispatch says: "Li Ping Hong, former governor of Shan Tung, who is intensely anti-foreign, has gone to the Kiang Yin forts on the Yang Tse. He has declared his intention of resisting the landing of British forces in that region."
According to a Hong Kong dispatch, dated yesterday, strong reinforcements of Indian police, with three Maxims, have been sent to Kow Loon on the mainland. A Che Foo message of Monday's date says: "Four cannon have been added to the west fort here, where there are now 1,000 soldiers permanently encamped, a further force having arrived from Ning Hai Chou. There is an uneasy feeling prevailing here, and an attack is generally anticipated.
"Chinese merchants are closing their offices and preparing to leave the port. All business is at a standstill."
Extensive Preparations.
Extensive preparations by the allies are going forward. The first regiment of British Indies, 10,000 men, embarked at Calcutta yesterday and 833 more marines received orders to go out from English ports.
The British war office in anticipation of a prolonged campaign is contracting for winter clothing and for caps.
The Amur army corps, ordered out by Russia, numbers 52,100 men, with 84 guns. Japan purposes to land 15,000 men on Chinese territory within a fortnight. Among the minor military preparations the Portuguese governor, Macao, island of Macao, at the southwest entrance of Canton river, is sending arms to the Portuguese in Canton.
The Germans in Hong Kong have cabled Emperor William to ask if they may serve in the local forces in defense of Hong Kong.
A million rounds left Hong Kong yesterday for Taku by the British steamer Hailoong.
The Shanghai correspondent of The Times sends the following under yesterday's date: "A military correspondent at Taku says that the operations of the allies are suffering from the want of a recognized head, defective organization and the lack of transport."
Mr. Kinder, the noted engineer, has arrived at Che Foo.
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| Li Hung Chang. |
POLITELY REFUSED.
Chinese Minister Asked For Armistice in Sending Troops But It Was Declined.
WASHINGTON. June 26.—The chief development yesterday in the Chinese situation was the effort of the Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, to secure an armistice in the operation of American troops until Li Hung Chang could reach Pekin, and bring about a cessation of the disorder. The proposition is rather a novel one, and is based upon the representation of the viceroys of the important provinces of the Yang-Tse-Kiang valley that they can maintain order without the aid of foreign troops and that the presence of the foreigners would act merely as an incentive to disorder. Minister Wu brought these representations to the attention of Secretary Hay, who consulted the president. The latter's decision subsequently conveyed to the minister was that while the assurance of the viceroys for continued quiet was fully appreciated the United States could not bind itself not to send its forces to points where disorder actually existed and where the safety of our officials and citizens was endangered. Technically speaking, in the absence of a state of war, this was not a proposition of armistice, but high government officials said it amounted practically to an offer of armistice and a refusal on the part of the United States to make the arrangement.
Secretary Long said when he left the navy department for the day that nothing had come from Admiral Kempff on the casualties of the first engagement of the American marines with the Chinese or on the outcome of the second engagement, which was to have occurred Sunday or Saturday. The only dispatch received by the secretary was a belated one from Admiral Kempff asking for instructions as to whether he should co-operate with the other naval forces in taking the Taku forts. This must have been sent some days ago, as the Taku forts were taken the middle of last week. Under the circumstances there was no occasion for answering the admiral's request, as he already had been advised of the general purpose of this government to act concurrently with the other powers in the protection of American interests.
The state department remained throughout the day without information from Minister Conger or any other source, the only dispatch received being from Consul John Goodnow at Shanghai, saying he had heard nothing from Pekin since the 14th inst. On the whole the day was one of anxiety and a lack of definite information on the main points.
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| USS Brooklyn. |
MARINES TO BE SENT.
Gunboat Stays Around Near Ready to Bear Aid.
WASHINGTON. June 20.—The navy department announces that the armored cruiser Brooklyn with Admiral Remey aboard will take 300 marines from Manila to Taku, stopping at Nagasaki en route. The gunboat Princeton has been ordered to Swatow, Amoy and Foo Chow, thence to Shanghai to install an electric plant, keeping ever ready for immediate active service.
Chinese Smugglers Caught.
BUFFALO, June 26.—Four Chinamen who had been smuggled across the border from Canada into this country were surprised while being hurried across the city in a closed carriage early this morning and two were captured. The others escaped. Curley Brown, who was recently arraigned on a charge of smuggling celestials across the Niagara river, was one of the men implicated in the case discovered this morning.
Native Christians Giving Warning.
LONDON, June 26.—A dispatch to the Associated Press from Canton says that city remains quiet but the female missionaries from the outlying districts are coming in owing to the warnings of native Christians. The missionary hospitals are being deserted by the students and servants.
SUPPED AT LITTLE YORK, N. Y.
Mrs. C. S. Hulbert Pleasantly Entertained Boarders at the Hotel.
Mrs. Chas. S. Hulbert, 20 North Church-st., Cortland, very pleasantly entertained her boarders and a few other guests last night at a supper at the Raymond House in Little York, to which place they had been taken by carry-all. After supper a merry time was spent on the lake and lawn. The party was made up of Mrs. Hulbert, Dr. and Mrs. P. T. Carpenter, Misses Annie Rathbun, Elizabeth Wright, Helen Griffin, Eva Temple, Clara Barter, Bertha Hulbert, Sarah Truman, and Messrs. H. J. Drake, D. M. Chaffee, C. F. Waldo and C. R. Lord.
Buell-Nix.
Miss Ella Nix, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nix, 37 Park-st. and Mr. James B. Buell were married this morning at 7 o'clock at St. Mary's church by the Rev. J. J. McLoghlin. Miss Margaret E. Nix was bridesmaid and Mr. Albert F. Buell the best man. The newly wedded couple started on the 4:43 train for a two weeks' trip, and at the end of this period will be at home in Fulton, N. Y.
SCOTT, N. Y.
SCOTT, June 24.— Quite a large number of the Scott people attended the commencement exercises at the Homer academy last week Tuesday.
A successful term of school, taught by Miss Hattie Butts in district No. 5 in Scott, was closed last Saturday evening with an interesting literary and musical program rendered by the pupils, after which ice cream was served on the lawn which increased the library fund more than $15. Both pupils and spectators acted their parts well.
CINCINNATUS, N. Y.
CINCINNATUS, June 21.—Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith returned Wednesday evening from a visit in Binghamton.
Preparations are being made for a magnificent celebration here July 4. Benjamin Kinyon is president of the day and Dr. James Milne of Cortland will make the address. The Corset City band of McGraw will furnish music. The program will consist in part of bicycle races, foot races, tug of war, parades, drills, etc. The Crescent quartet are also expected to take part.
Mrs. Nellie Brown of Norwich visited her sister, Mrs. P. C. Wheeler, the past week.
A. Bay Baldwin and bride returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. C. R. Warner is visiting her daughter in South Otselic.
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| Cortland Hospital on North Main Street. |
ESTATE OF DR. J. S. BREWER.
Settlement of Same, and Payment to the Cortland Hospital Association as Residuary Legatee.
Mr. B. T. Wright, who recently returned from New York City, presented to the surrogate's court while there the final accounting of William H. Clark [lawyer and publisher of the Cortland Standard—CC ed.] of this city as executor of the last will and testament of Joseph S. Brewer, formerly of Cortland but later of the City of New York, deceased, and obtained an order for the discharge of the executor. This estate of which the Cortland Hospital association was made the residuary legatee, had been in process of settlement for three years past. The will of Dr. Brewer made specific legacies to various parties, and left the rest and residue of his estate to the Hospital association. The estate consisted in considerable part of defaulted mortgages on Western and Southern property and real estate which had been taken under foreclosure. The widow of Dr. Brewer was not satisfied with the provision which had been made for her in the will, and by her attorney threatened to contest it. Such a contest, even if it had been successful on the part of the Hospital association in sustaining the will, would have nearly or quite dissipated what there was of the estate, and there were circumstances connected with the making of the will which might also have rendered the issue of a contest doubtful. The Hospital association, by advice of its attorney, Judge Knox, therefore consented to make the widow a certain allowance out of the proceeds of the estate, provided the estate yielded that amount to the hospital after paying the specific legacies. If the estate did not yield this amount, the Hospital association was to pay to Mrs. Brewer no more than it received from the estate. This arrangement left the association free to receive an interest which Dr. Brewer had in the estate of the late Joseph Estey of Ithaca, his grandfather—subject to a life interest—which will eventually be worth several thousand dollars. At the time this contract was entered into with the widow, it seemed not at all certain that the estate would yield for the hospital much, if any, more than the sum which was agreed to be paid her.
The real property belonging to the estate or covered by defaulted mortgages which had not been foreclosed was located mainly in Nebraska, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas. The Nebraska and Texas property was secured by such mortgages and consisted in part of houses very much out of repair, and able to be rented only a part of the time. The executor was authorized by the will to sell any or all of the real estate of the testator, and this was absolutely necessary in order to pay the specific legacies and close up the estate in anything like a satisfactory manner. The Texas and Nebraska property was, therefore, put in repair and rented and finally sold at fairly satisfactory figures, and all the other Western property under mortgage with the exception of a single piece in South Dakota, was also cleaned up and converted into money or notes bearing large interest and secured by real estate which was unquestionably good. Title had to be perfected on every piece of this property which was sold, and there were various other legal complications and delays which were expensive and vexatious. Differences also occurred, meanwhile, between some of the legatees who had sold their interests in the estate and the persons to whom these interests had been sold, and the executor was three times restrained by legal proceedings from paying over the legacies in question until the disputes were settled. The repairing of property, perfecting of titles, removal of legal obstacles, and selling of small pieces of property scattered in different states would, under the most favorable circumstances, be a tedious and troublesome business, and all three combined to cause unusual delay in bringing about the final closing up of the estate. The result, however, has been very satisfactory to all concerned. The Hospital association has received from the executor personal property appraised at $151.55, and also in cash, after paying the sum agreed to be paid to the widow and all legacies under the will, the sum of $2,423.40, $328.15 in notes amply secured by mortgage, and the deed of the one piece of property located in South Dakota, still remaining unsold, which the agent who now has charge of it expects soon to sell for the sum of $800 or thereabouts. So that the total amount realized by the Hospital association under Dr. Brewer's will, exclusive of the interest of the Estey estate above referred to, will be about $3,700. It is due Mr. Wright to say that this sum is $300 larger than it would otherwise have been by reason of his having procured one of the legatees under the will to contribute that sum, out of his legacy, towards the amount agreed to be paid by the Hospital association to the widow.
Before going to New York, Mr. Wright had obtained from all the legatees under the will a release of the executor from all further responsibility, and the executor's account, vouchers, etc., had been submitted to Judge Knox, as the attorney of the Hospital association, for his examination and approval; and under his advice the association had also signed the usual release of the executor. Mr. Wright's conduct of all matters connected with the settlement of the estate has been careful, discreet, skillful and successful, and satisfactory both to the association and the executor.
The final order in this matter not only marks the end of an unusually long, complicated, and vexatious settlement of an estate, but also puts the Hospital association in immediate possession of a handsome sum of money, with the assurance of a large addition to it further on. The amount realized from the estate considerably exceeds what any one had any expectation would be obtained at the outset, and comes at a time when it is specially acceptable to the Hospital association. In making the association his residuary legatee, Dr. Brewer showed his continued interest in the place which was the home of his boyhood, and also his natural kindness of heart and his appreciation, as a physician, of the value of the hospital to this city and the surrounding localities. He could not have left a better monument to his memory, and his example should be an inspiration to others to do likewise.
NEW MISSION BUILDING.
Congregational Society Contemplates Such for East Side.
The Congregational society of Cortland is soon to take steps to build a suitable edifice somewhere about the corner of Elm and Pomeroy-sts. for the use of the East side mission which was established in that vicinity about five years ago and which has been steadily increasing till now the rooms that can be secured are entirely inadequate for the needs of the society. The building that is to be erected will be fitted for Sunday-school work and prayer-meetings. The residents of the East Side will be pleased at the prospects of a building for mission purposes alone. The Congregational church has given aid to the mission since it was first established.
LOOK OUT FOR DANGER.
Boy May Have Dangerous Articles in Pocket When Spanked.
All teachers who are about to administer corporal punishment in the good old fashioned way with the extended palm of the hand upon the posterior surface of a boy's body as he is bent face downward over the knee should take pains to first search the boy as otherwise dangerous results might follow, especially as it is now nearing the Fourth of July. A teacher in a district school near Binghamton neglected to take these precautions. He placed the boy in the most approved position and the right hand came down all right, but struck a little high. The boy happened to have a giant torpedo in his hip pocket and the first blow caused it to explode. There was a flash, a report and the teacher dropped the boy and jumped from his chair with his hand terribly lacerated by the explosion of the torpedo. The hand was dressed, but blood poisoning has set in and there is likely to be a fatal result.
BREVITIES.
—St. Mary's Sunday-school is preparing for a picnic in the near future. Place and date are not yet quite decided upon.
—Cortland chapter, No. 194, R. A. M., will confer the P. and M. E. degrees at its regular convocation Wednesday evening.
—The Howell Bible class of the First Baptist church will hold its monthly sociable and semi-annual election of officers to-morrow evening at 7:30 o'clock in the church parlors.
—About forty couples attended Dillon Bros.' dance at the park last night and tripped light to the music of the selected orchestra of seven pieces under the direction of Emmet Kane.
—There will be a regular meeting of Pecos Tribe, No. 357, Improved Order of Red men, next Thursday night at the wigwam in the Garrison block. The
Chief's degree will be conferred at this time, and also the election of officers for the next term will occur.
—New display advertisements to-day are— F. D. Smith, Comfort cooking, page 7; M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6; F. Daehler, Wash suits, page 7; F. I. Graham, Insect exterminators, page 8; The Model, Suitings, etc., page 4; Hudson, Great crockery sale, page 8.
—The sixty-sixth annual fair of the Cortland County Agricultural society will be held in Cortland Aug. 21, 22, 23 and 24. The dates have been made a week earlier than first arranged so as not to conflict with the State fair which has just taken the later date for itself.
—The-Syracuse Post-Standard in its account of the recent annual reunion of the One Hundred Eighty-fifth reunion in that city, which account was quoted in these columns, was in error in regard to the blindness of Patrick Dunn, one of the veterans. Mr. Dunn is not blind and never has been.
For an easy shave step into room 5 Standard building over postoffice. Two first-class barbers in attendance. W. F. HOAR, Prop. [free ad.]
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