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| Wint Bridge Memorial road sign at North Scranton, Pa. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Friday, December 28, 1900.
LOOKING FOR BOXERS.
Numerous Reports of Their Presence Causes Activity Among Allies.
PEKIN, Dec. 28.—The British have increased their garrison at Yang Tsun by 100 men with horses and three guns. A flying column of 1,600 cavalry will scout the country between Tien Tsin and Yang Tsun in obedience to Field Marshal Von Waldersee's orders to be on the alert in view of the French report of an engagement with 2,500 Chinese troops.
Colonel Tullock's regiment will return to destroy the towns he recently held. This action is owing to the fact that it has been discovered that a number of Boxers unquestionably made them their headquarters. The British authorities say they do not expect serious trouble from the Boxers mainly because they lack arms. Fortunately the Chinese government is afraid to trust them with arms, as it fears a rebellion against the dynasty.
British soldiers have been found dead outside the Temple of Heaven with bullets in their heads. The murders are believed to have been committed by Chinese.
A detachment of the Sixth United States cavalry, the Ninth infantry and the Fifth artillery, will leave to investigate the reported burning of native Christians by Boxers as reported by the Rev. Mr. Kelly, the Presbyterian missionary. The expedition will be commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Theodore J. Wint of the Eighth cavalry.
Chinese Papers Object to Peace Terms.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 28.—The Chinese newspapers here object to the proposed peace terms. The Universal Gazette considers that the princes and officials who are to be punished should be named.
It is questionable whether General Tung Fu Hsiang is included among those punishable, and so far as Prince Tuan is concerned it is well known that the Chinese peace commissioners have been instructed not to consent to any punishment of any person of royal blood exceeding imprisonment.
Some of the native journals hold that the presence of permanent legation guards will render the emperor's return impossible because these would be a menace to the court.
"China," says one of them, "would be powerless to suppress risings, because prohibited from increasing her military strength, and the powers, therefore, would renew hostilities again and the people would be mowed down like hemp.''
British Proceed Against Boxers.
TIEN TSIN, Dec. 28.—A force of 1,100 British troops with "two guns and a Maxim gun has gone to Yang Tsun to attack the Boxers in that vicinity and protect the railroad. The German and Japanese are clearing the river of pirates from Taku to Tien Tsin.
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| Jennie Wade. |
MONUMENT TO JENNIE WADE.
Story of Only Woman Killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
The Woman's Relief corps of the state of Iowa has decided to erect a monument at Gettysburg in honor of Jennie Wade, the woman who was shot during the battle of Gettysburg while baking bread for sick Union soldiers, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. The monument will probably be erected in the spring and will be dedicated on July 3, 1901, the thirty-eighth anniversary of the battle.
Jennie Wade was the only woman killed during the battle of Gettysburg. The first and second days of the battle Miss Wade spent in carrying water to the soldiers on the firing line and in helping to take care of the sick and wounded. Early in the morning of July 3, 1863, she was astir, getting in wood to heat the old fashioned brick oven to bake bread for the soldiers. While thus employed she was called to the door and had started to go when a bullet from the gun of a Confederate soldier crashed through the kitchen door, passing through the heart of the girl and killing her almost instantly.
She was buried the evening after the battle by the soldiers she so ably assisted during the fight in a coffin prepared for a Confederate colonel who had been killed during the battle. Every year on Memorial day her grave is decorated with flowers, and a little American flag is placed over it by her friends and by members of the G. A. R. post in Gettysburg.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
The question of how to prevent the introduction of epidemic diseases into the United States was discussed by Health Officer Brunner of Savannah and others at the recent meeting of the League of American Municipalities in Charleston. It was the opinion of Mr. Brunner that such diseases might easily obtain a foothold in this country but the theory was advanced that the danger would be minimized if the present quarantine system were abolished and the entire protection of the country placed in the hands of the general government. It has been demonstrated time and again that state and national quarantine systems do not always work together harmoniously. Indeed they conflict about as often as they agree. A thorough quarantine system for the whole country directly under the federal government would, it is believed, minimize the danger of epidemic and plague.
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| Wallace Gardner, No. 10. |
Death of Mr. Gardner.
Mr. Wallace F. Gardner of 12 Cleveland-st., Cortland, who has been ill for some time with typhoid fever and who was taken to the hospital about two weeks ago, died there at 8:45 o'clock last night. Though typhoid fever has been quite prevalent in Cortland this fall and winter this is one of the first fatalities proceeding from it. A week ago he was the only one of the fourteen typhoid fever patients in the hospital who was giving his attendants real uneasiness, and it was said that there were some complications in this case in addition to the fever.
Mr. Gardner was born in Freetown, N. Y., and was the oldest of two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Gardner. Seventeen years ago he married Miss Mary Olds of Cortland. Shortly after this he came to live in Cortland. He leaves a wife and four children, and also his brother Herbert Gardner of Orange, N. J.
Deceased was a highly respected citizen of this city, and a member of several fraternal societies, where he was esteemed and highly honored. For the past year he was president of the Hitchcock Hose Co. and was recently elected to fill that office for the coming year. He was an enthusiastic member of Vesta lodge No. 255, I. O. O. F., and also of Cortland encampment, No. 122 , I. O. O. F., where he was recently nominated Chief Patriarch for the coming year.
The funeral arrangements have not as yet been made. They will be announced to-morrow.
FIREMEN CALLED OUT.
Will Attend Funeral of Wallace F. Gardner—Second Time Called in a Week.
For the second time within a week the members of the Cortland fire department are called out in a body to attend the funeral services of one of its members. Monday at 1:30 o'clock P. M., it was their sad duty to meet at Fireman's hall to attend the funeral of Dorr C. Smith, a member of Orris Hose Co., and on Sunday at 2 o'clock they are called upon to meet at the same place to attend the funeral of Wallace F. Gardner, president of the Hitchcock Hose Co. for this year and president-elect for the coming year.
The men will meet at 2 o'clock at the hall in full uniform and attend in a body.
Red Men's Election.
Pecos Tribe, No. 357, I. O. R. M., held its regular election of officers last evening with the following result:
Sachem—Cornelius Hayes.
Senior Sagamore—D. Borthwick.
Junior Sagamore—Arthur Scudamore.
Prophet—George H. Gleason.
Chief of Records—Frank J. Donegan.
Collector of Wampum—James Kelley.
Keeper of Wampum—M. E. Sarvay.
Trustee—Daniel Roche.
Drillmaster—George H. Gleason.
The installation of officers occurs on the evening of Thursday, Jan. 3.
SOUVENIR OF DERUYTER, N. Y.
A Handsome Publication Descriptive of That Pretty Town.
Mr. E. L. Welch, who has been so successful in the publication of souvenir editions of various cities and villages of the state, has just delivered the souvenir of DeRuyter, which is No. 8 in his series. It is a publication of sixty-four pages of the same form as those which have preceded it, and it could not fail to give one a very pleasant impression of that village and its surroundings. The principal buildings and some of the handsomest residences of the village are shown, with prominent citizens and organizations. In addition Mr. Welch has included the houses and buildings on some of the finest farms in the vicinity, with pictures of the owners and sometimes of the blooded stock owned upon them. The historical and biographical matter has been prepared with great care. The cuts are excellent. The mechanical and typographical work was done in The STANDARD'S job rooms and is of the same character as that in the Souvenir of Cortland which is all that need be said along that line. The book will be a valuable one to every resident or former resident of DeRuyter or to all interested in that place.
Mr. Welch is now at work upon a similar souvenir of the village of Marathon. It will be wise for every one who wishes copy to order it in advance, for the demand for all these souvenirs has been great. In fact, it looks now as though when the DeRuyter business is all closed up there would not be a single copy of the edition left for incidental sales.
Home Wedding at McLean, N. Y..
On Dec. 28 a pretty home wedding occurred at the residence of Mrs. Isabelle Benham of McLean, when her daughter Lillian was united in marriage to Henry R. Head of Ithaca. The ceremony took place at high noon, and was performed by Rev. T. B. Roberts of Syracuse university, a mutual friend of the couple. Only the immediate relatives were present, the company numbering seventeen in all. The decorations consisted of evergreens and holly. The bride wore a dainty gown of white Persian lawn and carried white roses and carnations. After the ceremony the young couple were showered with congratulations and rice. The wedding repast was served at 1, and the bridal party left on the next southbound train for a short journey. Mrs. Head wore a brown tailor made suit. After New Year's they will be at home at 182 First-st., Ithaca.
Mr. Head resided in Cortland until a few years ago, and has many friends in the place. Miss Benham was formerly a student in the Cortland Normal, but has for the past two years been employed in the office of the Co-operative Insurance Co. at Ithaca. Her fellow employees showed their good-will by presenting a handsome rug, on which the bridal party stood during the ceremony. The young couple's many friends in Ithaca and elsewhere wish them a long and happy wedded life.
CITY CYCLE CO.
E. B. Richardson of the City Cycle Co., 25 Railroad-st., has purchased E. C. Palmer's interest in that business, and will conduct the same as heretofore, with J . A. Farrell as manager. The name of the concern will not be changed, but will continue to be known as the City Cycle Co. Mr. Richardson will make a specialty of the Keating, Pierce and Rocycle wheels.
New York's Great Cycle Show.
Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 12, and ending on Saturday, Jan. 19, Madison Square Garden will be occupied by the Sixth National show given by the National Cycle Exhibition Co. Interest in the event each year increases, and the showing of cycles, motor cycles and automobiles in the coming exhibition will give some entirely new improvements, which every rider of a wheel, and every admirer of an auto will desire to see. The bicycle came to stay, and steadily its advantages have been shown, and it is now a necessity for business or pleasure. The chainless wheel was an experiment a few years ago, now it is a certainty in its accomplishment and every manufacturer is trying to improve upon it. The 1901 models will be a revelation. The motor cycle has come into vogue and is asserting its importance as a labor-saving machine for long distances. Expert riders on the motors will show them in action at the Madison Square Garden. The automobile takes its place in the exhibition by popular demand, and the motor tricycle will be a novelty worth seeing. A hydro-car and an autoette will also be novelties, and the exhibition will be complete in everything that appertains either to cycles motor, cycles autos and accessories.
New Tomatoes on Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bates spent Christmas with their son Mr. E. H. Bates at Syracuse. Just before dinner Mr. Bates asked his father to step down cellar and pick some tomatoes for dinner. The latter in surprise went to the cellar. There he found some tomato plants which the son had pulled up before frost time, and transplanted into boxes in the cellar. The plants had kept right on growing, and new tomatoes fully ripe and about the size of hen's eggs were the result. They ate some of them for dinner and others Mr. Bates brought back to Cortland to show to his friends as the product of tropical Syracuse, N. Y.
BREVITIES.
—Cornell university's share of the receipts of the Thanksgiving football game was $12,000.—Ithaca Democrat.
—At the Cortland Science club, to-morrow evening, Supt. F. E. Smith will speak on "The Science of Education."
—The members of Cortland Normal school alumni met informally at the Yates at dinner last night.—Syracuse Post-Standard, Friday.
—Seven candidates are taking the municipal civil service examination at Fireman's hall this afternoon for the position of patrolmen on the police force of the city of Cortland.
—New display advertisements to-day are—Palmer & Co., Sugar sale, page 4; M. A. Case, Dressing jackets, page 6; W. J. Perkins, Hot water bags, etc., page 4; Opera House, "Our New Minister," page 5.
—At 10 o'clock this morning Referee in Bankruptcy G. S. Tarbell held a hearing in the case of Esther Doubleday of Dryden, a bankrupt. Attorney W. D. Tuttle of Cortland is appearing for Mrs. Doubleday, who claims no assets. Liabilities amount to $2,969.—Ithaca Journal, Thursday.
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