Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, August 20, 1900.
ALLIES STILL FIGHTING.
Chinese Have Taken Refuge In Forbidden City.
BOMBARDMENT NOW IN PROGRESS.
Dispatches From Chaffee and Remey Indicate That Chinese Are Making a Last Stand on Sacred Soil. Emperor and Empress With Them.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.—From General Chaffee the war department yesterday received official confirmation of the fall of Pekin and the rescue of the besieged legationers.
The dispatch of the American commander was not long and contained few details. His last communication to the government, prior to the receipt of yesterday's advices, was dated Aug. 11 at Matow, almost 30 miles from Pekin. The explanation of his silence is suggested in advices received by the navy department from Admiral Remey who, telegraphing from Taku on the 11th, says the telegraph line between that point and Pekin is interrupted.
The cablegram from Admiral Remey contains some important information not mentioned by General Chaffee. He makes the startling statement on Japanese authority that the inner city of Pekin was being bombarded by the allied forces. Admiral Remey says also that the dowager empress is detained in the inner city by Prince Yung Edo.
Advices received from the foreign office at Tokio, Japan, by the Japanese legation in this city, confirm and amplify previous accounts of the capture of Pekin by the allied troops.
Following is the text of the dispatch from General Chaffee, as made public by the war department:
Che Foo, Aug. 19.
"Adjutant General, Washington.
"Pekin, Aug. 15.—We entered legation grounds at 5 o'clock last night with Fourteenth and light battery. Eight wounded during day's fighting; otherwise all well. CHAFFEE."
The dispatch which was received during the morning was transmitted immediately to the president at the White House. A copy of the dispatch likewise was sent to Adjutant General Corbin, who is in New York.
Dispatch Dated Wrong.
It will be noted that the dispatch indicates that the American troops entered the legation grounds at 5 o'clock on the evening of the 14th instant. By the Washington officials and by the several legation officers to whom it was shown, the date of General Chaffee's communication is regarded as an error of transmission. It is believed that the word "fifteenth" should be "sixteenth".
The fact that only the Fourteenth infantry and Riley's battery entered the city does not indicate that the Ninth infantry and the marines, who were so conspicuously gallant throughout the advance upon the capital, did not participate in the engagement which resulted directly in the rescue of the besieged legationers.
It is pointed out as likely that General Chaffee, acting in consonance with other commanders, divided his force, leaving the Ninth Infantry and the marines without the walls of the city to act as a rear guard, to prevent the escape of Chinese troops by other gates than those through which the allies entered, or for some other excellent reason. Only two battalions of the Fourteenth regiment are with General Chaffee. They comprise about 800 men. This would indicate that only about one-third of General Chaffee's force actually had entered the city at the time he sent his dispatch. The fact that only eight of the American force were wounded, none being killed, is regarded as notably fortunate.
Admiral Remey's dispatch, which contains much interesting information in few words, is as follows:
"Che Foo.
"Bureau of Navigation, Washington:
"Taku, 18.—Telegraph line to Pekin interrupted. Information Japanese sources. Empress dowager detained by Prince Yung Edo; inner city being bombarded by allies. Chaffee reports entered legation grounds evening of 14th. Eight wounded during day's fighting; otherwise all well. "REMEY."
The startling feature of the dispatch is that fighting within the city of Pekin was continuing, according to the advices of Admiral Remey. The inner or, as it is popularly known, the forbidden city, evidently had not been taken. It is surrounded by a massive wall of solid masonry, more than 20 feet high, and it is not regarded as surprising that the Chinese should make their final stand within its shadows. Prior to the receipt of the dispatch it was accepted generally as a fact that the dowager empress, in company with the emperor and a large suite, had left Pekin.
While nothing is said in Admiral Remey's advices as to the whereabouts of the emperor it is deemed scarcely probable that he left the city without the empress dowager.
Doesn't Know Prince Yung Edo.
Minister Wu said yesterday that he had official advices to the effect that the emperor and empress dowager had gone from Pekin to the province of Shen Si, a considerable distance west of the capital city. He believed they were entirely out of danger. The statement that the dowager empress was detained by Prince Yung Edo, therefore, gave him little concern, although he expressed some interest in it. He said there was no Chinese prince Yung Edo. It is not a Chinese name. It might be, the minister thought, a Japanese name but personally he knew of no such person. At the Japanese legation it was said that Yung Edo was not a Chinese name.
No Japanese official of that name was known to the legation attaches. Their solution of the question raised by the dispatch was that the name should be Yung Lu. He is the commander-in-chief of the imperial Chinese troops, and is said to have strong pro-foreign inclinations and sympathies. No conjecture was offered as to the reason for the detention of the dowager empress by him.
While no surprise was evinced at the statement of Admiral Remey that the inner city was being bombarded, some concern was expressed lest the final stand of the Chinese troops within what they regard as most sacred precincts should prove a very serious affair.
Pekin comprises practically four cities in one. In extent of area it is about the size of New York city. The four segments of it are the Chinese city, the Tartar city, the Imperial city and the Forbidden city. The last is the "inner city" mentioned in Admiral Remey's dispatch and it is the residence of the emperor and the seat of the imperial court. Nobody is allowed within its massive walls, except by special permission of the emperor and empress dowager.
The imperial city is occupied only by the highest Chinese officials and members and attaches of the imperial court.
Late last night, the Japanese minister, Mr. Takahira, received the following advices from the Japanese foreign office at Tokio:
Details of Pekin Capture.
"The Japanese consul at Che Foo wired under date Aug. 17th, to the following effect:
"'The foreign forces attacked on the eastern side of Pekin Wednesday morning. The enemy obstinately resisted. In the evening the Japanese blew up the Chiao Yang gate and the Tung Chih gate of the Tartar city and succeeded in entering. In the meantime other foreign forces entered the Chinese city by the Tung Pien gate. Detachments were sent immediately to the legations and opened communications. The ministers and staffs were found safe. The Japanese loss was over 100, including three officers, namely: Captain Michliye and Lieutenant Watanaibe wounded, while Lieutenant Yazaki was killed. The Chinese loss computed about 400.'"
Substantially, the information contained in the above dispatch was received yesterday direct from Tokio. It contains the explicit and reassuring statement that "the ministers and staffs were found safe." It is more direct and complete in detail than the American advices thus far received.
BIG STRUGGLE COMING.
Viceroys Throughout the Empire Are Threatening.
PARTS OF PEKIN ARE ON FIRE.
Viceroys Give Notice That Person of Empress Dowager Must Be Respected—Russian Emperor Congratulates His Men for Part They Played.
LONDON, Aug. 20.—Rear Admiral Bruce cables the admiralty from Che Foo, Aug. 19, as follows: "Am informed on the authority of the Japanese that street fighting still continues in Pekin, part of which is on fire.
Yang Sa (?) prevented the empress from leaving, and a last stand is now being made in the inner city, which is surrounded by the allies and being bombarded."
LONDON, Aug. 20.—Rear Admiral Bruce's report of the continuation of fighting in Pekin puts a more serious aspect upon the Chinese situation than was generally expected here. It appears effectually to dispose of all statements that the empress dowager had fled, although circumstantial accounts of her departure continue to come from Shanghai.
Despite defeat, the Chinese are apparently resolved to make a desperate struggle not only in their ancient capital, but also in other parts of the empire.
Chang Chi Tung, viceroy at Hankow, and Liu Kunyii, viceroy at Nankin, according to advices from Shanghai, have threatened the consuls that if the person of the empress dowager is not respected, they will withdraw from their present friendly attitude.
Another Shanghai dispatch announces the death of Li Ping Heng, Cheng and Chang Lui Lin in the fighting before Pekin.
The Mandarins in the southern provinces, according to a dispatch to The Daily Express from Hong Kong, have issued an important proclamation recognizing the capture of Pekin as a just punishment of reactionary officials and warning the people not to interfere with foreigners, but also pointing out that the sole object of the powers should be the punishment of the Boxers and then restoration of peace, confining, however, their operations to the north.
Emperor Nicholas has wired to General Linevitch, commander of the Russian troops in the province of Pe Chi Li, congratulating him heartily upon the rapid capture of Pekin and bestowing upon him the third-class order of St. George. The Russian emperor also thanks Vice Admiral Alexieff and the heroic Siberian troops.
General Grodekoff, Russian commander of the Amur government, reports to the Russian war office that Chingan pass was captured Aug. 16, after a bloody battle, in which the Chinese suffered heavily, losing four or five guns. The Russian cavalry were in pursuit of the enemy.
The principal Russian papers, notably the Novoe Vremya, commenting upon the victory at Pekin, declare that Russia should go no further in participating in common armed intervention, but should limit her military action to the frontier and the Manchurian railroad.
"General Grodekoff," says the St. Petersburg correspondent of The Times, "telegraphs a remarkable fact, which must be taken as a premonitory notice of what is probably to follow. The Russians have now conquered the right bank of the Amur which, therefore, is no longer the frontier, but an internal river of the Russian empire."
PAGE TWO—EDITORIAL.
The Chinese Problem.
It is easy to write diatribes against China and the Chinese, but it is more difficult to quietly and dispassionately consider the Chinese problem. It is a problem, not merely a question, and one which western civilization will not find easy of solution. We know that such great problems are solved somehow, but none can foretell the cost in blood and treasure which must be expended in this struggle between the old and the new civilizations.
Dr. Kenneth P. Junor, who was for five years American missionary at Fuchau, writing in Christian Work, thus states the problem:
"An ancient nation of 400,000,000, proud, able, soaked with superstition, nurtured in seclusion, whose patriotism is of the soil and family, unenlightened by any knowledge of any other soil or family bonds; born and trained to look backward and with awe upon the past, with an ingrained hereditary fear of calamity from that past; if they should look forward, whose keenest and most constant knowledge of a foreigner is of an aggressor in business and religion, and largest of all, with great guns and ships behind him and following him as he advances inland from the seacoast, where his superior skill has gained him a forced entrance into the Celestial land—the Middle Kingdom.
"Given this nation with this past, aroused as a sleeping anaconda from torpidity to ravenous ferocity, to blind fury, what are you, Christian civilization, going to do? Consider the question and its necessities, or rush madly in and slay for vengeance, now this backward has turned forward, from east to west? Chinese, proverbially, have long memories. They are not ignorant children, but adults with trained muscles whose force and skill have only not been fixed on the trigger of a repeater or on the management of a magazine gun.
"It must not be forgotten," continues Dr. Junor, "that the door of China was opened by the bursting of the lock and the taking off of the hinges. The seclusion of centuries naturally resents the light and hates the lightener who pushes his heroic way over the sacred portal into the still more sacred interior. 'China for the Chinese' has been her national god for ages and with far more consistency than our cry of 'America for the Americans.' China has wanted nothing from and to give nothing to the rest of the world."
Dr. Junor believes that the Chinese problem must mainly be solved by the Chinese themselves and that nothing will be gained to civilization by the partition of the empire, holding that "Chinese rulers are the only ones who know enough to govern China and the only safe ones to entrust with rule."
In conclusion he says that Chinese civilization must develop in the presence, not under the pressure, of Christian civilization.
ROOSEVELT EXPLAINS.
Tells General Palmer of the Alleged Derogatory Speech at St. Paul.
NEW YORK. Aug. 20.—Governor Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, L. I., yesterday gave out for publication a letter which he had written on Aug. 9 to General John M. Palmer of Springfield, Ills., relative to the St. Paul speech made by the governor, in which he had been quoted as making derogatory remarks concerning Democrats. In the letter the governor says:
"I notice that in your recent very manly interview stating why you could not support the Populistic Democracy and the Kansas City platform and nominees, you allude to a statement I was supposed to have made, attacking Democrats generally in my St. Paul speech.
"You have evidently seen a report which was not merely garbled, but falsified. I stand by this speech absolutely, and have nothing to explain in connection with it; but I do wish to point out where its meaning was deliberately inverted.
"In my speech I began by saying, 'We appeal not only to Republicans, but to all good citizens who are Americans in fact as well as in name, to help us in re-electing President McKinley. I ended by saying, 'Study the Kansas City Platform and you cannot help realizing that their policy (the policy of its makers and sponsors) is a policy of infamy; that their triumph would mean misery so widespread that it is almost unthinkable and a disgrace so lasting that more than a generation would have to pass before it could be wiped out. They stand for lawlessness and disorder, for dishonesty and dishonor, for license and disaster at home and cowardly shrinking from duty abroad. We appeal to all good men who believe in civic decency and shrink from the taint of financial dishonor, and we appeal to all brave men who are proud of the national name and Republican, and ask them to see to it that we are not humiliated before mankind, and that we do not abandon the position we have taken in the forefront of the great nations of the earth.'
"I hold up the policy advocated in the Kansas City platform as a base and cowardly policy, to emphasize our right to appeal to the countless thousands of high-minded Democrats who abhor baseness and cowardice, and are quick to see and disown them. We appeal to these Democrats to strike hands with us at this crisis of the nation's history; for they have been betrayed in the house of their friends; and if they are farsighted, they must necessarily see that every principle of courage, of patriotism and of national self-respect demands that they repudiate the action of the Populistic Democracy by which they have been at this moment betrayed, just as under similar circumstances the Northern Democrats during the civil war repudiated the principles of the men like Vallandingham, just as in 1812-14 the Northern Federalists repudiated their party under like conditions.
"In short, I feel that the Kansas City platform-makers and their followers have forfeited the right to appeal to any Democrat who is keenly sensitive to the national honor.
"They claim the late General Lawton was a Democrat. Doubtless he was at one time, but the bitterest arraignment of the Kansas City platform is contained in the words Lawton wrote just before his death: 'If I am shot by a Filipino bullet it might as well come from one of my own men, because I know, from observation, confirmed by captured prisoners, that the continuation of the fighting is chiefly due to reports that are sent out from America.'"
Panama Rebels Surrender.
COLON, via Galveston, Aug. 20.—General Alban, civil governor and military commander of the department of Panama, telegraphs that he has received a dispatch from Socorro announcing the absolute surrender of the rebel forces under Vargas Santos, Focion Soto and Uribe at San Vivente. General Uribe escaped to Barranca.
SHOCKED BY LIVE WIRE.
C. D. Dillenbeck of Homer Had 550 Volts D. C. of Electricity Through Him.
While fixing the trolley wire at the Fitz-ave. corner, Cortland, this afternoon C. D. Dillenbeck had 550 volts of electricity pass through him and had not A. D. Rickmeyer, the man in charge, separated the live and dead wires with great speed, Mr. Dillenbeck would no doubt have been killed in a moment or two.
Mr. Dillenbeck was on top of a car splicing a trolley wire. He had hold of a live wire, using a sleeve or joint to connect the live and dead ends of the wire. The dead wire was grounded, forming a circuit, but Mr. Dillenbeck didn't know it till he took hold of the dead wire to join it to the other. The circuit of electricity, 550 volts, then passed through him and through the dead wire to the rail where the ground occurred. He was thrown forward over the ropes of the tackle blocks and was unconscious. Mr. Rickmeyer, who was also on the car, seized the dead wire and jerked it out of Mr. Dillenbeck's hands, breaking the circuit. The injured, man was brought down to Dr. Didama's office and proper treatment was administered. He quickly recovered in part and was able to go to his home in Homer on the car. It is not believed that any serious result will follow, but it was a narrow escape, for had the current been continued many moments it would have meant death.
THE LAND SALE.
Almost the Entire Plot Closed Out on Saturday.
The second auction sale of lots of the Smith Realty company occurred on the tract east of Port Watson bridge on Saturday afternoon and was attended by even a larger crowd of people than the previous one. At 1:55 the special free trolley cars started from the Messenger House, accompanied by the Cortland City band which played at intervals through the afternoon. The previous week there were five trolley cars crowded to the fullest capacity; this time the crowd filled six cars, and more people came on later cars. There was quite a smart shower while the cars were going down and this perhaps kept some away till the skies cleared. .
Arrived upon the scene the lots were pointed out and the terms of sale stated. Thirteen lots had been sold at the previous sale and it was said at this time that of those thirteen lots eight had been paid for in full during the week and deeds delivered. The others were to be paid for on the installment plan.
After a distribution of silverware the auction sale began. There were thirty-eight lots in the plot originally making a total of 4.71 acres of land. Thirteen lots were sold the first day, and twenty the second. One lot was to be given away to the person who paid the highest price for a building lot according to the offer of the company. The recipient of the free lot was Mrs. James Kane of 96 East Court-st. who bought the second lot sold the first day, it being the lot at the corner of Port Watson-st. and the Salisbury hill road, the purchase price being $100. This makes a total of thirty-four lots disposed of. The other four lots will probably be sold within a day or two at private sale, as several people have made propositions to the owners for them.
In two cases on Saturday by request of the bidders two lots were sold together in a single plot. In both instances they were the lots adjoining each other at the rear, so that the purchaser secured a plot extending clear through from the Salisbury hill road, called in the map of the tract Conable-ave., to the new street opened next the electric road, which is designated as Rural-ave. In both cases the purchaser was S. P. Bulkley, so that Mr. Bulkley now owns four adjacent lots, two facing on each street and adjoining each other in the rear.
The purchasers Saturday with the prices paid were Louis Alessandro, Port Watson-st., $50; William Boice, 120 Tompkins, $50; James Brown, Preble, $85; Murray Aldrich, $37.50; Patrick Dunn, 76 Pomeroy $47.50; Mrs. R. M. Vincent, 38 1/2 Groton, $36; C.F. Upson, 3 Hyatt, $35; Mrs. O. F. Sexton, 88 1/2 Groton, $50; Theodore C. Van Valkenburg, 18 Railroad-ave., $70; S. P. Bulkley, 40 Greenbush-st., (two lots) $50; S. P . Bulkley, 40 Greenbush-st., (two lots) $66; Benjamin Chorley, 116 Elm-st., $25; Patrick Dunn, 76 Pomeroy-st., $25.50; F. M. Ingersoll, 82 Railroad-st., $24; Patrick Dunn, 76 Pomeroy-st., $23; Patrick Dunn, 76 Pomeroy-st., $27; Timothy P. Keefe, 14 3 Port Watson-st., $30; Walter Hamilton, Solon, $40.
The list sold the previous week we repeat, so as to get all the purchasers together: William Yager, McGraw, $90; Mrs. J. Kane, 96 East Court-st., $100; N. G. Brown, 72 Homer-ave., $75; Eben Canfield, 30 Main, $50; H. L. Booth, 24 Washington, $50; Edward E. Spalding, 59 N. Main, $45; W. H. Hartranft, 225 Railroad, $40; John Lanigan, 113 Railroad, $30; W. H. Hartranft, 225 Railroad, $30; Bert Hartranft, 226 Railroad, $37; A. L. Gladding, 78 Clinton, $37.50; Orello Potter, 15 Pomeroy, $22; A. L. Gladding, 78 Clinton, $21.
The thirty-three lots already sold aggregate $1,349 with four lots yet to sell, and the average price per lot for those already sold is $40.88 each, lacking a fraction of a cent.
A word may be said in regard to the dealings of the Smith Realty company while in Cortland. They came here strangers, but they have done exactly as they promised and as they agreed in every respect. Their dealings have been most honorable with all. They are going from place to place getting up these sales. Their next place is expected to be Auburn.
THE SHOOTING SEASON.
Provisions of the Game Law of Interest to Local Sportsmen.
The open season for gray and black squirrels is from Sept 1 to Dec. 15, both inclusive.
The open season for woodcock and grouse is from Sept. 16 to Dec. 15, both inclusive. No person can take more than thirty-six of either of these in one open season. The penal code prohibits hunting or fishing on Sunday, and since Sept. 16 comes on Sunday, the hunting of woodcock and grouse must not be begun till Monday, Sept. 17.
The open season for quail is from Nov. 1 to Dec. 15, both inclusive.
There shall be no open season for Mongolian ring neck pheasants in any county of the state of New York and such pheasants cannot be legally killed except in Suffolk county in this state prior to 1905. The state has furnished the Cortland County Sportsman's club with six pairs of these Mongolian ring neck pheasants which have been turned loose in Gracie's swamp and all sportsmen are respectfully requested by the club to refrain from hunting in that locality. Information is also requested of any person who shall violate the game law in relation to pheasants.
The open season for deer is from Sept. 1 to Nov. 15, both inclusive. No person shall take more than two deer in one open season.
GRISWOLD FAMILY
Holds its Tenth Annual Reunion Near McLean.
The tenth annual reunion of the Griswold family was held at Mr. Charles Griswold's near McLean, Aug 16. Although the morning was dark and rainy it proved to be a most delightful day and about one hundred gathered in the grove near the house, where every thing had been arranged for the occasion. The older people enjoyed themselves visiting and listening to the music while the younger ones enjoyed the trolley rope which led at a flying pace down through the grove, the swings, the teeter boards, the croquet ground and everything that could be had to make it enjoyable. After an elaborate dinner had been served and the business meeting was over a very interesting speech was made by Mr. Clyde T. Griswold; also one by Dr. Carmer from India, after which there was a program from the children and some fine music, both vocal and instrumental, by Miss Chaffee, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Malthy, Master Ward and Archie Stewart. All departed with many heartfelt thanks for the beautiful day and the wish for many more reunions in the future.
ONE WHO WAS THERE.
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Death of A Little Child.
Florence Long, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Long of Preble, died Saturday aged 2 months. Death was caused by congestion of the brain. The funeral was held at the house at 9 o'clock this morning.
HARFORD, N. Y.
HARFORD, [August] 20.—Mr. and Mrs. Watson Geweye and children of Cortland are guests this week at S. J. Cornwell's and Robert Wilcox's.
Norton Wilcox and wife of Groton was in town Thursday to attend the Brown-Holden reunion.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Brown and daughter spent Saturday and Sunday at Marathon.
Jehial Darling of Marathon was in town last week, called here by the illness of his brother-in-law Ogden Allen.
Twenty-six of Dryden's hatless ladies came down Wednesday and enjoyed a 6 o'clock chicken dinner at Hotel Banker. Mrs. Banker is famous for her fine dinners.
Burt Cornwell and wife are spending some time with Cortland friends.
Ed Homer and family attended the Homer reunion at Freetown Thursday.
Ed Rood and wife of Syracuse returned to their home to-day after visiting their parents in town.
Mrs. A. Butterfield and son of Binghamton and Rodolph Price of Virgil were guests at Charles Jennings' last week.
Ogden Allen, who is very ill is a little better. His sister, Mrs. E. L. Teed of Lisle has been helping care for him.
The eighth annual reunion of the Brown and Holden families was held Thursday, Aug. 16 on the school grounds. In the morning there was a shower but that cleared away soon and the remainder of the day was fine. There were relatives assembled to the number of 180 representing five different generations. The tables were spread under tents and a most bountiful dinner was served. During the afternoon there was held a short business session, the minutes of the last gathering was read by Secretary Mrs. Will Edwards. Officers were elected as follows:
President—Smith Wilcox.
Vice-President—John Wilcox.
The other officers remaining the same. There was a short talk by Dr. W. C. Gallagher of Slaterville which was very much enjoyed by all. The next gathering will be held at Mr. John Wilcox's on Richford hill. Aug. 28, 1901. The rest of the day was fully occupied by visiting and talking over old times and when we returned to our homes we felt well paid for coming.
Monroe Miller of Millerton, Pa., visited his brother Jerome the past week.
Mrs. J. W. Banker and daughter Violet spent Sunday with friends at Sayre, Pa.
BREVITIES.
—The east end Orioles were awarded a game of ball in McGraw Saturday through a forfeit.
—Maj. A. Sager will give a talk at Tully park to-morrow before the round table; subject, "Economic Mollusks."
—There will be a meeting of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. at the association parlors to-night at 8 o'clock.
—A great change in the weather. Overcoats were seen upon the streets this morning and were very comfortable.
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