FOREIGN MINISTERS TO BE FREE, SLATERVILLE SPRINGS, CORTLAND COUNTY FAIR, AND WAGONMAKERS STILL IN THE LEAD

 

Chinese Minister Wu Ting Fang.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, August 6, 1900.

MINISTERS TO BE FREE.

Edict Orders Them Escorted to Tien Tsin.

BELATED MESSAGE FROM CONGER

Says All Were Safe July 21, and Hoping for Speedy Relief—Last Message From Tsung Li Yamen Not Considered an Answer to Hay's Note.

   PARIS, Aug. 6.—Cheng, director general of railway and telegraphs, has just communicated to the consuls at Shanghai, according to a special dispatch to The Temps, dated Aug. 5, an imperial decree dated Aug. 2, authorizing the foreign ministers in Pekin to communicate without restriction with their governments and ordering their departure for Tien Tsin under a good escort.

   WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—A belated message from Minister Conger was received yesterday at the state department. It came through Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai, who transmitted messages received by Mr. Ragsdale, United States consul at Tien Tsln, from Mr. Conger and Mr. Squires, secretary of the United States legation at Pekin. In effect the advices are the same as those received a day or two ago by the state department from Consul Fowler at Che Foo. Mr. Goodnow's message was transmitted to President McKinley at Canton and Mr. Adee, acting secretary of state, later in the day issued the following statement concerning it:

   "Consul General Goodnow, in a cablegram dated Shanghai, Aug. 5, which was received at the department of state at 4 o'clock yesterday, Sunday morning, reports the receipt from Consul Ragsdale at Tien Tsin of messages from Minister Conger and the secretary of the legation, Mr. Squires, dated July 21, to the following effect:

   "'All well. No fighting since the sixteenth by agreement. Enough provisions. Hope for a speedy relief.'

   "Mr. Goodnow adds that the director of posts, Sheng, had on the fifth communicated to him an imperial edict, dated July 30, ordering Yung Lu to provide an escort for the ministers to Tien Tsin when the ministers fix the date. The edict says the ministers can receive messages not in cipher; but notwithstanding this, plain messages were returned to some consuls on Aug. 4."

   While the messages from Minister Conger and Secretary Squires bear date of July 21, the belief, founded not only upon them but also upon collateral and later information, is that the legations are yet safe from at least immediate harm. At present there is no means of knowing whether the ministers will accept the offer of the Chinese imperial government to provide an escort for them to Tien Tsin; but it is surmised they will prefer to remain within the British legation at Pekin until the arrival of the allied forces.

   Should they leave for Tien Tsin, in all probability it would be because they regarded it the safer course to pursue. It is thought to be not unlikely that the Chinese government will be very insistent upon the departure of the ministers in the hope if they are sent to Tien Tsin in safety the storming of Pekin may be averted.

Chinese Are Suspicions.

   The inhibition of cipher dispatches to the ministers while a serious breach of diplomatic usage, is not regarded here with apprehension. The Chinese government, it is pointed out, is suspicious of the actions and intent of the powers and probably has adopted this precaution to prevent communication to the ministers of details of military movements. It is evident from the adoption of this message that the imperial government regards itself as antagonistic to, if not actually at war with the powers. Thus far, no inhibition has been placed upon cipher dispatches passing between the various governments and their consular representatives in China outside of Pekin.

   The state department has taken the ground that the dispatch from the Tsung Li Yamen, delivered at the department Saturday by Minister Wu is not an answer to the dispatch of Secretary Hay, sent on Aug. 1. In that dispatch Secretary Hay finally and decisively insisted that free communication with the ministers must be established before any steps would be taken by this government toward a peaceful solution of the present difficulties.

   That dispatch was sent to Consul General Goodnow to be by him transmitted to Li Hung Chung. The message delivered by Minister Wu to the state department Saturday relative to the inhibition of cipher dispatches was sent by the Tsung Li Yamen on July 30. As of that date it already had been communicated to the department by Consul Fowler. Obviously, therefore, it could not be a reply to the dispatch sent to Mr. Goodnow by Secretary Hay on Aug. 1. A definite reply to the secretary's dispatch of the 1st inst. is awaited with some concern, not to say anxiety. It is the final word of the United States government in the pending negotiations. The demand must be acceded to if trouble of serious character is to be averted.

   Minister Wu was not in the city yesterday, having gone to Cape May to pass Sunday with his family. No dispatches of consequence were received at the legation yesterday, and, it is said by the legation attaches, no messages will be made public from the legation in the absence of the minister unless messages should come which by reason of their importance should require immediate transmission to the state department.

Chaffee Encounters Difficulties.

   Neither the war nor the navy departments made public any dispatches during the day, officials of both departments announcing that no dispatches of public interest had been received. That General Chaffee is encountering difficulties that are proving serious there is little attempt to conceal. The embarkation of troops and cavalry horses is being accomplished with the utmost difficulty. It is said that the big transports can approach the landing at Taku no nearer than 12 or 13 miles. Vessels drawing more than 16 feet of water are forced to lie far out in the gulf. This necessitates the use of lighters for the transportation to the shore of both men and horses, making the debarkation of a considerable force a task surrounded with innumerable obstacles.

   Added to the actual difficulties are the discomforts and inconvenience placed upon the troops. Rains are almost incessant, heavy fogs are prevalent and the water of the gulf is exceedingly rough. That the advance upon Pekin actually began no later than Friday is well assured now. Officials of the war department still decline to discuss the latest message of General Chaffee, dated Friday, in which he announced that the American, British and Japanese forces were making a start without the remainder of the allies.

   While no reasons for the reticence of the department are given, it is well understood that General Chaffee's dispatch at this time cannot be given to the public, as it contains information intended only for the guidance of the officials here in the formation of a policy of campaign in China.

 

Judge William Howard Taft.

FILIPINO LEGISLATURE.

Judge Taft's Commission Will Become the Lawmaking Body on Sept. 1.

   MANILA, Aug. 6.—On Sept. 1 the commission, headed by Judge Taft, will become the legislative body of the Philippines, with power to take and appropriate insular moneys, to establish judicial and educational systems and to make and pass all laws.

   No money will be permitted to be drawn from the insular funds except by authorization of the commission. Judge Taft and his colleagues will also exercise certain executive functions. For instance, they will appoint judges, officials on the educational department and officers of municipalities, which the commission will establish pending elections. General MacArthur will be the executive head to enforce the laws of the commission, and he will conduct the government in accordance with the same until the commission recommends to President McKinley the appointment of a civil governor. The only three banks in Manila have formed a ring to reduce arbitrarily and without justification the rate of exchange for American gold. This has caused widespread indignation and many difficulties for commerce and minor business. The banks, however, are obdurate.

   There has been an increase of insurgent activity during the last three weeks, especially in the way of ambushes and attacks upon small parties. First Lieutenant Alstaetter of the engineer corps with an escort of 11 men was taken in ambush in the province of Nueva Ecija, Luzon, by a large force. The Americans fought until ammunition was gone and, as they were surrounded, there was nothing to do but surrender. One man was killed and three were wounded.

   General Lacuna, who was in command of the insurgents, returned the wounded with a letter promising to treat the prisoners well.

   Lieutenant Bocton Hulesberg was ambushed and killed near Santa Cruz province of Laguna.

   Five men of the Twenty-fourth infantry were captured in Nueva Ecija but Sergeant Schmidt of the Twelfth Infantry with seven men trailed the captors and killed five.

   Captain Lara of the Manila native police was dangerously shot by an unknown assailant yesterday while on the street. He had been effectively enforcing regulations and had made enemies among the Filipinos, some of whom have long threatened vengeance.

   Lara had been generally accused of gross corruption in office and specified charges were filed against him by an American officer.

   At the suggestion of Archbishop Chapelle, Judge Taft has been examining the heads of the religious orders, as well as Monsignor Nosaleda and other ecclesiastics, preparatory to the time when it will be necessary to take definite action regarding the affairs of the Friars and the church.

   It appears that the real estate holdings of the Friars are smaller than had been expected.

 

ALLIES RECONNOITERING.

Making Preparation for a Rapid Advance on Pekin.

   NEW YORK, Aug. 6.—The allies are to make a reconnaissance to-day, starting with 4,000 men against General Ma's army, according to a Tien Tsin cable to The Herald dated yesterday, which also says the Fourteenth United States infantry has arrived.

   Preparations for the advance on Pekin are being rushed forward. A large number of native boats have been commandeered. All lighters have been seized, which will stop business with Tien Tsin. The combined forces are ignoring all commercial interests. This could not be avoided without detriment to the military operations. Land transport will be difficult, as heavy rains are reported to the north.

 

William J. Bryan.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

How About North. Carolina?

   William Jennings Bryan shudders at the thought of the United States governing the Filipinos without the consent of the governed and calls it a wanton destruction of constitutional rights. What has he got to say about North Carolina, a state with whose people he is supposed to be in perfect accord? While he is there lamenting over compelling the rebellions Tagals in Luzon to obey the laws of the United States, does he shed a tear over the 100,000 negroes in North Carolina who were last week disfranchised by a majority of over 40,000 votes in the state? Negro suffrage no longer exists in that state. The campaign was waged upon that issue only and the "red shirts" won. While those things are done within the confines of this country it comes with poor grace for Bryan to be urging the people who did it to object to the governing of the Philippines by the nation without giving a vote to every savage and barbarian of all the numerous tribes, many of whom do not even know what a vote is. He had better begin the application of his campaign at home.

   ◘ Some people call the man who shot the rapids at Niagara a fool. He can return the compliment when they begin to buy tickets to the museums to see him.

   ◘ The men who make the news about the Chinese royal family are in danger of overdoing the thing and killing off all their best characters.

 

Fountain House, Slaterville Springs, N. Y.

AT SLATERVILLE SPRINGS.

Cortland People Rusticating There and Cortland Musicians Entertain.

   SLATERVILLE SPRINGS, N. Y., Aug. 6.—During the past few years, the typical fashionable American summer resort has been gradually supplanted by the numerous, less expensive and pretentious and more quite retreats in the mountains and by the lakeside and by the excellent hostelries that have been erected near mineral springs, which for variety of healing and health restoring waters make the Empire state most famous. There are many quaint, roomy hotels nestling among the trees, surrounded by pastures green, which are pierced by babbling brooks, and these are being sought more by refined wealth than are the noisy promenades of Saratoga and Long Branch. Among this class of resorts is Slaterville Springs, situated in a picturesque vale, 8 miles from Ithaca, Cornell university and Cayuga lake, 2,000 feet above the level of the sea, and easily accessible from Cortland by rail or well kept country roads. Slaterville Springs has been more or less famous for the past thirty years, while its magnetic waters have wrought some remarkable cures. The waters according to chemical analysis contain six and four-tenths solid mineral matter, including carbonate of lime, carbonate of iron, sulphate of soda, sulphate of lime, chloride of magnesia, nitrate of potash, chloride of calcium.

   There are two large hotels at these springs, one of which, the Magnetic Spring House, is conducted by W. J. Carns, while the Fountain House, a spacious and quaint structure surrounded by beautiful shade trees, fitted with modern improvements, is owned and conducted by his son, Lyman D. Carns,  who made famous throughout the state The Kremlin in Cortland, being its first manager.

   These hotels have been crowded with guests since the opening of the season on May 1. The Fountain House has many distinguishing features, among which are its famous baths and its excellent table. The permanent guests, all of whom are wealthy and cultured people, come from the various large cities and towns of the United States, a number being from Cortland. They amuse themselves with golf, croquet, driving with their own luxurious turnouts with liveried attendants, fishing for trout in the famous 6-mile run creek that penetrates the grounds of both hotels. During the evenings the guests are entertained with hops and musicales.

   Last Sunday evening, for instance, a select program of instrumental and vocal pieces, many of which were the product of the old masters, were rendered by Miss Eleanor Treadwell, a distinguished and finished pianist of Brooklyn; Miss Florence P. Sadtler, a noted contralto singer of Baltimore, Md.; A. E. Darby and Miss Addie Rynders, both of Cortland and well known to music fame as violinists; George B. Rich of Binghamton, cornetist, and Melvin Goodwin of Ithaca, accompanist.

   Among the guests now registered at the Fountain House are the following from Cortland: Mrs. R. Beard, Mrs. C. H. Price, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Beard. Master Robert Beard. H. M. Whitney, H. B. Hubbard, Clayton H. Buell, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Darby and Miss Addie Rynders.

   Lyman D. Carns of the Fountain House has been engaged to manage one of the winter resort hotels at Atlantic City, which will open Oct. 1. Mr. Carns will, however, open the Fountain House as usual next summer.

 

EARLY MORNING FIRE.

O'Brien's Barber Shop on Railroad-st. Burned at 2:10 a. m.

   Fire broke out at about 2 o'clock this morning in a small building on the north side of Railroad-st., Cortland, owned by Wickwire Bros. and occupied by William O'Brien, barber, and by Ralph H. Davis, branch office of Syracuse Post-Standard. The fire did not break through into The Post-Standard rooms, but the smoke did considerable damage. The interior of the barber shop was completely gutted. Mr. O'Brien was insured for $200 on his outfit which will partially cover the loss. There was no insurance on the building.

   The alarm was sent in from box 333 by Policeman Smith at 2:10. No explanation of the origin of the fire can be given. There was a vacant room back of the shop, which was formerly used by a shoemaker, and it seemed to those who first saw the fire that there was an equally large blaze in both rooms at about the same time. The four hose companies and the Hook & Ladder company responded to the call and soon had the flames under control.

 

FIREMEN'S CONVENTION

At Auburn This Week—Cortland's Part in the Grand Parade.

   The eighth annual convention of the Central New York Volunteer Firemen's association will be held at Auburn on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The first two days will be largely given up to business. Thursday will be the day of the grand parade and of the races. The parade occurs at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Cortland's place in the parade will be in the third division which will be headed by Chief H. P. Davis of the Cortland fire department. The Cortland City band and the fire companies of the department form the division. The Corset City band and the W. J. Buchanan Hose Co. of McGraw form part of the fourth division. The Homer, Dryden and Groton fire departments with the bands of the three places form the sixth division. This division is headed by Chief C. H. Stearns of the Homer fire department.

 

Rev. W. J. Leverett is Safe.

   Friends and relatives of Rev. W. J. Leverett, who is well known in Cortland and who has been financially assisted in his missionary work by the Y. P. S. C. E. of the Presbyterian church, are rejoicing over the news received at New York by the Presbyterian board of foreign missionaries that all of the missionaries on the Island of Hainan are accounted for. Rev. Leverett was stationed on that island.

 

Cortland County Fair 1908.

OUR COUNTY FAIR

Promises to be an Exhibition of the People, for the People and by the People—A Veritable Twentieth Century Show.

   "Isn't it a beauty?" is the expression of speech that is common to human ears in the vicinity of F. D. Smith's hardware and stove depot, 46 Main-st., Cortland. It matters not whether applied to the Pease piano from A. Mahan's music store or the Red Cross range on exhibition at this store as either is a beautiful premium and well worth striving for to obtain. That public interest is alive to the occasion is manifest from the fact that application for $1 family season or exhibitors' tickets were applied for last week as well as offers of entries presented. Take time by the fore lock and avoid delays when every body is in a hurry at the opening and arranging day of the fair.

   "Do you keep or do you know where I can get a town map of Cortland county?" was the query made of a clerk in a book store the other evening. Some one was preparing to make a sketch of the county for competition in the school class at the fair. Only another proof that the coming Cortland county fair will eclipse all previous fairs. It will show whatever ought to be shown. Livestock of every description, champions in each grade, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, flowers, machinery, examples of woman's cleverness, man's ingenuity, poultry and bench show in a bewildering array, while the sterner aspects will be relieved by horse races, music, sideshows, general good fellowship, novel attractions too numerous to mention. An exhibition of the people, for the people and by the people.

   Any farmer or intending exhibitor who was overlooked by the distributors who drove through this county and adjacent towns is invited to call upon or write to W. J. Greenman, secretary, and a copy of the 1900 fair book will be forwarded—or if one has overlooked or mislaid or given away his fair book he can get another one of the secretary.

   Do not leave the children or the aged members of the family at home. There are special premiums for both. Take notice of the fact that Burgess, the clothier, has offered a pair of Hu-man-ic shoes for the oldest man attending the fair or a silk umbrella for oldest woman; others for the largest family, all boys or all girls. Every department is alive with regular class and special premiums to be awarded to exhibitors. The sharper the competition the better the satisfaction to the winner. The $1 ticket entitles you to exhibit one or more articles in every class.

   The program of races is:

   Wednesday, Aug. 22—2:18 class, trotting and pacing, $200; 3:00 class, trotting and pacing, $150. Named race.

   Thursday, Aug. 23—2:30 class, trotting and pacing, $150; 2:25 class, trotting and pacing, $150.

   Friday, Aug. 24—2:40 class, trotting and pacing, $150; free-for-all, trotting and pacing, $200.

   National rules to govern, with exceptions. Entrance fee 5 per cent of purse, with additional 5 per cent from winners. Purses divided 50, 25, 15 and 10 per cent. Five to enter, four to start. Rule 17 will be enforced. Hoppies not barred. Stabling hay and straw free to horses paying entrance money. Trotters with records two seconds faster than these classes entitled to start in those classes. Entries close Saturday, Aug, 18, at 11 P. M.

 

STILL IN THE LEAD.

LOST TO ELMIRA, AND UTICA WON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

Narrow Margin of One Point—Saturday's Game—Lee Began the Bombardment—Standing.

 

 

 

BREVITIES.

   —Regular meeting of Grover Post, No. 98, G. A. R., at 8 P. M. to-night.

   —A note has been received from the Gillette party now traveling in Europe telling of their safe arrival at Oberammergau on July 22.

   —The regular meeting of Grover Relief Corps, No. 96, will occur to-morrow, Aug. 7 at 3 o'clock. It is necessary for a large number to be present, as business of importance will come before the meeting.

   —New display advertisements to-day are—Palmer & Co., Bicycles and sundries, page 8; Tyler & Smith, Clothing, page 4; M. A. Hudson, Great sale of house furnishing goods, page 7; F. I. Graham, Phonographs, page 4.

   —A regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held Tuesday, Aug. 7, at 2:45 P. M. Consecration service will be led by Mrs. M. V. Hills. A regular and special business meeting will be followed by the annual reports of the superintendent of departments.

   —Peck Bros. have one of the Blizzard Ensilage cutters set outside their ware rooms already for the test to-morrow at 2 o'clock sharp. About forty feet of 8-inch pipe has been connected with the machine, and they expect to drive the fodder up through this with a blast of air.