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| Tuan Fu Hsiang. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, November 23, 1900.
NEW PROBLEM ARISES.
Suggested by News of Disagreement at Pekin.
WHAT IF POWERS TAKE SIDES?
If Russia, France and the United States Oppose German-British Idea, Japan and the Smaller Powers Would Control the Situation.
LONDON, Nov. 23.—''Nine ministers," says the Pekin correspondent of The Morning Post wiring Wednesday, "have written long letters denouncing the punishment edict and declaring that Tuan Fu Hsiang must be punished."
Dr. Mumm von Schwartzenstein, the German minister, told Li Hung Chang that the foreign powers must themselves punish the guilty officials.
"It is reported that Chinese troops have repulsed a German expedition but no details have been received."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.—The state department so far has heard nothing from Mr. Conger respecting the "impasse" reported to have been reached by the foreign ministers at Pekin. Excepting brief expressions respecting the insufficiency of the punishment proposed by the Chinese government to be inflicted upon the responsible leaders of the Boxer movement, Mr. Conger has not communicated with the department for more than a week.
Without taking issue with Mr. Conger respecting this matter of punishments the state department has earnestly advised him not to insist upon impossible conditions in the negotiations.
An interesting problem is suggested by the possibility, which today is almost a probability, that the ministers representing the powers at Pekin can not reach an agreement. If Russia, France and the United States should refuse to accept the German idea, as seconded by the British representative, very much would depend upon Japan and even some of the lesser powers represented at Pekin by ministers might nave great power in swaying the proceedings of the council.
The impression seems to be that if a majority of the ministers or perhaps even one of the representatives of a great power withholds assent to the agreement, then the whole undertaking falls and there must be either fresh negotiations directly between the home governments in the effort to agree upon new basis of action, or the powers must proceed to deal with the Chinese situation singly or in groups, the latter contingency having been provided for in the German-British agreement.
Electric Motor Trains on L Railroad.
NEW YORK, Nov. 23—The first official trip of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad company's electric motor train took place yesterday on the stretch of track between Sixty-fifth and Ninety-second streets on Second avenue. A train of two motor cars and four coaches made four trips at intervals of half an hour, each attaining at times speed of 35 miles an hour.
Storm's Effects at Malone, N. Y.
MALONE, N. Y., Nov. 23.—A terrific wind storm which did great damage in Franklin county prevailed here Wednesday afternoon. Many barns were blown down or unroofed, fences and trees fell in all directions, and all telegraphic and telephone service was crippled. The cattle sheds on the grounds of the Franklin County Agricultural society were all levelled to the ground. A new sawmill, which was being put up at Titusville by W. T. Hamilton of Syracuse was washed down stream by the high water.
Plattsburg Was Isolated.
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., Nov. 23.—Probably the worst hurricane that ever swept across Northern New York struck this village Wednesday about 5 o'clock and continued all night, blowing down wires of all kinds and completely cutting the village off from all communication with the outside world. A large dry-kiln at Rouses Point belonging to the Millard Lumber company was destroyed, and a hotel burn unroofed. In Beckmantown and Salmon River houses and barns were wrecked by the wind. In this village the roofs were blown from the Plattsburg theater, the Episcopalian parish house and the papermill, while trees and chimneys by the dozen were blown down.
REDUCTION OF WAR TAXES.
Payne, Dalzell and Hopkins, a Sub-Committee, to Draft the Measures.
WASHINGTON, NOV. 23.—The Republican members of the house ways and means committee have decided that the bill for the reduction of war taxes shall abolish the stamp duties on proprietary articles, bank checks, telegrams, express receipts and warehouse receipts.
Some agitations may be made before the bill is framed for consideration of the full committee Dec. 1. The beer tax is to be left untouched, but the brewers will probably carry their fight to the floor of the house. Many Democrats favor their cause for the politics of the thing.
Messrs. Payne, Dalzell and Hopkins have been constituted a sub-committee to draft the measure.
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| Paul Kruger. |
Kruger at Marseilles.
MARSEILLES, NOV. 23.—President Kruger left Marseilles on the 9:20 A.M. train for Dijon where he will spend the night. He was accompanied by Messrs. Leyds, Fischer and Von Hummel; Mr. and Mrs. Eloff and their children and several others. Just before the train started Kruger appeared at the door of the carriage and made a short speech. He said "I thank the people of Marseilles for the hearty welcome they have given me. I expect to encounter equally enthusiastic sympathy in all the towns I pass through."
PRISONERS MUST WORK.
LENGTHY DISCUSSION OF QUESTION BY THE SUPERVISORS.
Decided That it was Too Expensive to Employ Cortland County's Few Prisoners Under Guard on the Highways in Road Making, but They Must Crush Stone Hereafter for Road making—Other Business.
Tenth Day, Thursday, Nov. 23.
At 9 o'clock Thursday morning the board of supervisors was called to order by Chairman Hammond for its ninth day's work. Roll call showed all the members present except Messrs. Bennett and Hunt.
The following report was submitted by the committee, read by the clerk and, on motion of Mr. Kinyon, the same was adopted:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of Cortland County:
Your committee appointed to apportion the grand jurors for Cortland county would respectfully submit the following report (whole number three hundred) 300 apportioned as follows: Cortland city, First ward, 14; Second ward, 17; Third ward, 17; Fourth ward, 13; Fifth ward, 17; Sixth ward, 16; Cincinnatus, 10; Cortlandville, 32; Cuyler, 11; Freetown,, 7; Harford, 9; Homer, 43; Lapeer, 6; Marathon, 18; Preble, 9; Scott, 10; Solon, 7; Taylor, 8; Truxtou, 13; Virgil, 15; Willet, 8; total, 300. O. F. Allen, F. A. Crosley and M. A. Mynard, committee.
On motion of Mr. Webb:
Resolved, That the clerk add to the abstract of Virgil $5.03 for supplies furnished by Wm. L. Dickinson by order of the overseer of the poor.
On motion of Mr. Surdam:
Resolved, That the supervisor of the town of Preble be authorized to add to the abstract of that town his bill of $12.87 for receiving and disbursing the school moneys of said town, the fees being fixed by statute and the bill not having been presented to the town board for audit.
On motion of Mr. Peck:
Resolved, That the sums in the schedule hereto annexed aggregating $52.77 be added to the divided abstract of the town of Cortlandville, such amounts being the proportionate share of said bills to be paid by the town of Cortlandville, said bills having been incurred prior to March 16, 1900, but not presented to the town board for audit as required by the charter of the city of Cortland.
Also that this board certify to the common council of the city of Cortland as required by Sec. 183 of such charter the amounts mentioned in such schedule as should be paid by the city of Cortland.
On motion of Mr. I. W. Phelps:
Resolved, That the compensation of the clerk of the board shall be $200 for the annual session, $150 to be paid at the close of the session, and $50 to be paid when the proceedings of this board are delivered to the supervisors.
The ayes and nayes being called, the same was declared carried, all voting for except Messrs. Mynard, Crosley and Ingersoll, Mr. Hunt being absent.
On motion of Mr. Rowe:
Resolved, That the clerk be authorized to add to the abstract of the town of Cortlandville the bill of S. J. Parmiter for $2.50, the same being duly verified, but not presented to the town board for audit.
On motion of Mr. Rowe:
Resolved, That the clerk be directed to add to the abstract of the town of Cortlandville the account of Edward C. Alger amounting to $10, the same having been presented to the town board of such town and audited by them, but being by a clerical error, omitted from the abstract.
The resolution offered by Mr. O'Donnell, Wednesday, the eighth day, relating to striking certain claims for services in lunacy proceedings for the Truxton abstract, being a special order of business for this time, the same was discussed and the ayes and nays being called, the same was declared lost. The vote was as follows:
Ayes—Kinyon, Walrad, Peck, Kingsley, Patrick, Bennett, Surdam, Hunt, O'Donnell—9.
Nays—Johnson, Allen, F. A. Phelps, Rowe, Mynard. Wavle, Crosley, Bingham, I. W. Phelps, Webb, Ingersoll, Hammond—12.
The resolutions of Mr. Hunt, offered Wednesday, the eighth day, regarding the telephone in county offices, being a special order of business for this time, was discussed and, on motion of Mr. Peck, referred to the committee on county buildings, with power to contract.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The report of the committee offered Monday, the sixth day, with recommendations for working prisoners of Cortland county being a special order of business for this time, Mr. Hunt made a motion that the report and the recommendations therein contained be accepted.
This measure brought forth a considerable discussion in which nearly every member of the board took part. Mr. Bennett stated that the matter as it would affect Cortland county could not be compared with other counties that had tried the experiment, for those counties were larger and had more prisoners in their jails than Cortland county generally was blessed with.
Mr. Webb was in favor of some of the provisions of the measure, but not of all. He was in favor of working prisoners and improving the highways of the county thereby if possible, but against buying machinery when it is taken into consideration that the number of prisoners in the county at any one time is very small. The moral effect upon the prisoners, as an outgrowth of this place, he thought would be very good, yet he was not sure but that the effect would be better if they were made to break stone with a hammer than it would be if they were given machinery to run. Then, too, it would be difficult to get stone enough to make much road in the county, as all stone is not suitable for road making. As he understood the bill at that time, he should vote against it. He would not favor taking out any prisoner upon the road who had been convicted and imprisoned for any serious crime, and he stoutly opposed the appointment of a committee of three men, as the measure provided, to come together at any time they cared to and draw $4 per day for service.
Dr. Hunt, who was a member of the committee that made the report, said that in signing the report he had thought to bring out a full discussion of the matter of working county prisoners. In the county of Oneida, where formerly convict labor was employed to break stone with a hammer, it was found that it cost $4 to get a dollar of actual value.
Mr. F. A. Phelps asked how it would be if a gang of workers was at work in an outside town, and while there the sentence of one of the men should expire, would that man be discharged in the town where he was working? No one seemed able to answer the question.
At this point Mr. Crosley was called to the chair and Mr. Hammond took a part in the discussion. He stated that he was not obliged to talk of a stone crusher so far as the interests of Marathon were concerned, for that town already owned such a machine and he cited the benefits that had been received by his town. He was of the opinion that it was necessary to use a roller on the crushed stone in order to get good results. Of the prices of crushers, he said that they cost from $750 to $850 each, or a small one could be purchased for $600.
Dr. Kinyon said that he did not know much about the report although he was a member of the committee, as he was called home at the time it was discussing the matter. He thought the convicts should be worked, but did not favor buying a roller, although he had signed the report.
Mr. Bennett believed that the project ought to be begun in a small way, especially as the sheriff had reported that at present there were but two men in the jail.
After much deliberation upon the advisability of procuring an engine for working the crusher and a roller, Mr. Mynard moved that the original motion be amended by striking out the words from such report "and roller" and that the figures $4,000, be striken out and the words "$2,000 or as much thereof as is necessary" be inserted.
After the subject had been carefully discussed, a vote was taken upon the amendment and the amendment declared lost. The vote was as follows:
Aye—Kinyon, Rowe, Patrick, Mynard, Wavle, Surdam, Hunt, Crosley, O'Donnell, Hammond—10.
Nays—Walrad, Johnson, Allen, Peck, Kingsley, F. A. Phelps, Bennett, Bingham, I. W. Phelps, Webb, Ingersoll—11.
The ayes and nays being called upon the original motion of Mr. Hunt, such motion was declared lost, all voting against it except Mr. Hunt.
The following resolution was offered by Mr. Peck:
Resolved, That this board adopt the plan of working the prisoners of this county in breaking stone to improve the public highways and that a stone crusher be purchased for that purpose, also that a committee of three, to be elected by ballot, be selected to purchase a crusher, and said committee be given full power to supervise and start the prisoners to work.
The ayes and nays being called upon the resolution, such resolution was declared adopted. The vote was as follows:
Aye—Kinyon, Walrad, Johnson, Allen, Peck, Kingsley, Patrick, Mynard, Wavle, Bennett, Crosley, Webb, Ingersoll, Hammond—14.
Nay—F. A. Phelps, Surdam, Hunt, I. W. Phelps, O'Dounell—5.
Absent, Rowe and Bingham.
On motion of Mr. Kinyon, the board deferred the election of the committee mentioned in such resolution until Friday, A. M.
At 4:30 the board adjourned.
Although the discussion of the subject of prison labor by the supervisors yesterday was of a serious nature, yet there were dashes of wit that at times convulsed the county solons. Some one had asked how the sheriff could board a gang of men in Preble for 35 cents per day apiece; to which Mr. Patrick made answer, by feeding them on Preble woodchucks. When Mr. Peck's measure favoring the purchase of a crushing machine alone was passed, Mr. Bennett remarked with meaning, ''That is a crusher, indeed."
FUNERAL OF JAMES SQUIRES.
Many Friends Gather to Pay Last Tribute.
The funeral of Mr. James S. Squires was held at his late residence, 44 Tompkins-st., at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The house was crowded with the friends who assembled to pay a last tribute to the departed. The local board of the Normal school, of which Mr. Squires had been an honored member for twenty-four years, and the faculty of the school were present in a body. The floral offerings were very numerous and remarkably beautiful.
The services were begun by the effective singing of "Abide with Me" by Mr. George Oscar Bowen. Rev. W. Jasper Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church, of which the deceased had for years been a member and an officer, read the fourteenth chapter of St. John, and the Rev. John B. Calvert D. D., of New York offered prayer. Mr. Bowen then sang "One Sweetly Solemn Thought," after which Rev. Geo. H. Brigham paid a fitting tribute to the memory of the deceased, speaking of his worthy life both in the public eye and in the privacy of his home and family, of the example which as a parent he set for his children, of his church relations and of his services in so many ways for his church, of his faithfulness and efficiency as a teacher in the Sunday-school, of his earnestness as a Bible student and of the sincerity of his trust in his Savior.
Rev. W. J. Howell then spoke briefly from Paul's words at Antioch as recorded in Acts xiii:36—"For David after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep. He drew from this two thoughts as to what might form the highest tribute to the memory of any man. and these he found in full measure in the life of Mr. Squires, devotion to Christ and self-sacrificing efforts for the service of his fellow men. Mr. Bowen then sang, "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me." As the remains were borne from the house he also sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee."
The bearers were Messrs. Curtis R. Harmon, Nicholas Starr, E. C. Cleaves, Frank Haskins, James E. Tanner and J. D. Keeler.
At the grave the Episcopal burial service was read by Rev. Geo. E. T. Stevenson, pastor of the Memorial Baptist church.
New Use for Telephones.
A new use has been found for the telephone in Indianapolis, where subscribers arrange with the central office to be called in the morning as at a hotel, the telephone bell serving as an alarm clock. Sometimes, too, the obliging central office is asked to ring regularly through the night, at intervals of an hour or two hours, as the case may be, to give notice that it is time to take medicine. Evidently the inventor of the automatic telephone will have to put another kink or two in his apparatus.
BREVITIES.
—The total number of students in Cornell university this year is 2,485. Of this number 652 are in Sibley college.
—The Normal school was closed this afternoon on account of the funeral of Mr. James S. Squires who was a member of the local board of the school.
—C. May Johnson, who appeared before Justice Miller of Marathon Wednesday, was given a four months' suspended sentence. The charge was changed from grand larceny to petit larceny.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Burgess, Clothing, page 8; M. A. Case, Dry goods, page 6; Mitchell & Strowbridge, Turkeys, etc., page 5; Bosworth & Stillman, Shoes, page 5; Hudson, Gray & Co., Crockery, page 7.
—A fine office chair was received this morning by Chief of the Fire Department H. P. Davis from Randolph McNutt, 45 Swan-st., Buffalo, for the Orris Hose fair. The favor came through the courtesy of Mr. L. F. Stillman of Syracuse.
—Many people were out last night observing the frequent and very vivid flashes of sheet lightning in the northern heavens from 7 to 8 o'clock. Not a sound of thunder was heard. It was an unusual sight for this time of the year.
—George Hardy, who is engaged in setting poles for the Home Telephone Co., while using an ax this morning, cut through his shoe into his foot. He was taken to Hotel Brunswick where he boards, and it was ascertained that the injury was slight. He is at work again.
—As special premium No. 918 at the Cortland county fair we offered a year's subscription to the mother of the youngest red-haired baby on the grounds. Secretary Greenman informs us that the judges have just decided the contest in favor of Mrs. E. A. Didama of this city.—Democrat.
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