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| Li Hung Chang. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, January 29, 1901.
LI'S LIFE DESPAIRED OF.
Dispatch to Shanghai Paper Says He Is Delirious.
DECIDING ON PUNISHMENT.
Not Likely That There Will Be Many Beheaded and None of These Will Be a High Official—New Chinese Peace Commissioners.
SHANGHAI, Jan 29. —A dispatch to the North China Daily News of this city from Pekin says that Li Hung Chang is suffering from fever and is delirious, his life being despaired of.
PEKIN, Jan. 29.—A meeting of the foreign envoys was held yesterday morning, which was attended only by those whose fellow-countrymen have been killed in the internal provinces, the object being to decide what punishment should be inflicted upon minor officials. A report will be made to a general meeting of the ministers to be held probably after the funeral of Queen Victoria. The ministers refuse to state the decisions arrived at, but it is believed that few will be beheaded and certainly not the highest officials.
Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching have, on their request, had Cheng and Chou Fu appointed to assist in the negotiations. Chou Fu is the newly appointed treasurer of Chi Li and was formerly Chinese minister to Corea.
The Germans yesterday began building a barracks for their legation guard.
Reports from the province of Ho Nan Bay that the native Christians there are not molested, but that they are boycotted and suffering considerable distress in consequence.
Held For Punishment.
PEKIN, Jan. 29—Hsu Cheng I, son of Hsu Tung, the notorious anti-foreign guardian of the heir apparent, and also Chih Sin, a member of the Tsung Li Yamen, and the Boxer leaders captured in the Japanese quarter, are being held for punishment.
"THE SIEGE OF PEKIN"
Personal Experience of a Missionary to be Related.
Rev. Charles E. Ewing, who was one of the missionaries confined within the walls of Pekin during the siege of the Boxers last summer, will next Monday evening, Feb. 4, at the Presbyterian church relate his personal experiences and tell the story of what came to his own view and knowledge. Mr. Ewing with his wife and two children and with his brother and his wife and children was a sufferer during the long and weary days of anxiety and waiting. He is now speaking in various places throughout the country and Cortland is fortunate in securing a date from him. His lecture has been very cordially received. His story is a thrilling one and he is said to tell it well. It will be worthwhile to hear the story from the lips of one who knows.
The tickets are on sale at the stores of C. F. Brown and F. D. Smith. Admission will be 25 cents. Lecture will begin at 8 o'clock.
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| Dr. Oronhyatekha. |
DR. COULTER LOSES.
His Effort to Prove Maladministration of Foresters Affairs Fails.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—The application by Dr. Charles L. Coulter for an injunction restraining the supreme court of the Independent Order of Foresters from continuing certain extravagant practices, and from interfering by threats or otherwise with the plaintiff and his attorney and witnesses in prosecuting certain actions brought by him, was yesterday denied by Justice Blanchard in the supreme court. Dr. Coulter also claimed the organization was practically insolvent and had expended over $400,000 in collecting an income of $2,500,000 last year.
The defendants denied all the allegations of mismanagement and showed that the order had now 170,000 members in the United States and Canada, and a surplus of $4,000,000.
Another of Dr. Coulter's charges was that the association declined to accept black or yellow men as members, while it had elected as its supreme chief ranger a Mohawk Indian.
The defendants, in reply to this, said that Dr. Oronhyatekha was a fullblooded Mohawk Indian, who was a licentiate of the Ontario medical council, an undergraduate of Oxford university, England, a graduate of Toronto university and was last year the president of the National Fraternal Congress of America. He had been at the head of the order since 1881 when it had only 368 members and had since been engaged in building up the association while Dr. Coulter now seemed to be employed in an endeavor to destroy it, if he possibly could do so.
Justice Blanchard in denying the motion for the injunction said that all the allegations charging maladministration of the defendants and the doubtful solvency of the order had been fully met. He denied the motion with $10 costs.
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| King Edward VII. |
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIALS.
Albert Edward and the Liberty Bell.
The Philadelphia Press tells a very pleasing story about the discovery by the Prince of Wales of the Liberty bell in the attic of Independence hall in I860.
As the story goes, some one undertook to show him all of the interesting relics of the old and historic hall and took him to the attic where the bell first proclaimed liberty. The prince asked to see the bell and it was found neglected and partly covered with rubbish. Then, it is said, he uttered the words which served to awaken a proper regard for the Liberty bell. He is reported as follows: "This old bell is the greatest relic this republic has today. Instead of being here, covered with this accumulated dirt, it should occupy the chief place of honor in this Hall of Independence. It is to you what the Magna Charta is to England. It is cracked, but it is an inspiration. Believe me, my friends, it affects me more than anything I have been shown."
That was the renaissance of the Liberty bell. No more dirt was thrown upon it. During the civil war its name was used to stir the Union soldiery, and then when the Chicago World's Fair began it was taken there so that men and women from all parts of the world might see it. To-day the Liberty bell is America's greatest relic, and the Prince of Wales, who is now King Edward VII, made it so.
During his public career the Prince of Wales showed a liberal spirit. As king, he will doubtless maintain his liberal tendencies. In the view of most Americans, it was hardly necessary for the London Times to say that, "as Albert Edward has been a scrupulously constitutional prince, we may confidently predict that he will be a scrupulously constitutional king." But the remark of The Times will not be considered out of place in England, where the people are most jealous of their constitutional liberties. King Edward is quite as well aware of the situation as The Times. He is the hereditary executive of an empire composed of self-governing peoples. Still his kingship suffers no loss of dignity on that account. Ancient prerogatives have departed forever and the king relies upon the popular will. Victoria learned that the reliance was sure, and King Edward is not so dull as to have missed the secret of the queen's successful rule.
DELPHIC FRATERNITY
Begins the Series of Club Publics with an Excellent Program.
Last night in Normal hall the Epsilon chapter of the Delphic fraternity opened the midwinter series of club publics by giving its twentieth annual public exercises. The night was presumably the most stormy of the winter solar, and thus accounted for the light attendance that greeted the young men, but though the crowd was not what it would have been on a pleasant night, yet there was no lack of enthusiasm on its part, and the fine conduct of the participants elicited round after round of applause.
The music for the entertainment met with equal approbation. The Excelsior male quartet, made up of first tenor George Oscar Bowen; second tenor John F. Byrnes; baritone Lee L. Wellman; and basso J. Grove Osgood formed one of the most pleasing male quartets that has been heard in Cortland in a long time.
A little before 8 o'clock, Ushers A. H. Gross, Thomas C. Clark, Charles H. Dean, Jesse Parker, F. R. Spaulding, E. P. Tracy, Orvil Snyder and Howard J. Milks escorted the members of each of the other four societies of the school from their clubrooms to reserved seats in the auditorium. The quartet opened the exercises with the charming old English selection, "My Pretty Jane," and responded to an enthusiastic encore with, "Better Late than Never."
Mr. Wallace W. Rayfield in a short talk on "The Value of Fraternalism," gave the president's address, which was most cordial. Mr. Rayfield said that the Delphic fraternity was strengthening her members, not only along parliamentary lines, but also in fraternal spirit and educational pursuits, and each member of the organization was being benefited in proportion to the time he had spent in the fraternity work. He reviewed some of the probable problems of the new century and drew the conclusion that the solution of these must come from a broader fraternal union of the human race. Mr. Rayfield's address of welcome was earnest and cordial.
"The American Volunteer" was the subject of Mr. Geo. H. Van Tuyl's oration. He said that the volunteer of this country was characterized by a love of peace, and this is why he is willing to fight for it. When he did fight for it, he wanted it over as quickly as possible. The speaker saw that through the American volunteer this country had won the respect of the world. At Bunker Hill the undrilled volunteer was in every way the equal of the British regular, and when Lincoln called for 75,000 men the whole world was amazed to hear the response, "We are Coming Father Abraham 300,000 strong." The fact that the volunteer in the recent war with Spain fought as well as did the regular, has caused Europe to pause and ponder if there is not something entirely wrong in her method of army practices. The American volunteer is a good soldier because he fights with his brain as well as with his brawn. He does not have to wait in a critical moment for orders from his superior officers but he grasps the situation and works for results. He represents the true type of American citizenship, as he comes from all classes. His work is a vigorous one because he does it through love of his country, and this country is ever safe through the loyalty of the American volunteer.
Before the debate of the evening was begun the male quartet sang in a very pleasing manner "The Owl and Pussy Cat," and responded to the demonstration that this brought forth with an encore.
The debate that followed was upon the question,
"Resolved, That the welfare of the United States demands the disfranchisement of the negro."
Messrs. Edgar F. Down and T. Rufus Tracy advocated the affirmative and Messrs. Earl B. Robinson and Raymond Courtney championed the negro's right of suffrage. Both sides were well debated, and the arguments brought forward by the gentlemen of either side were such that the crowd was with the last one speaking.
Mr. Down opened the question for the affirmative in a clear and logical way that spoke well for his club training. He held that the fifteenth amendment to the constitution was a mistake, that it was made in the time of discord after the steady hand of Lincoln bad been removed from the affairs of government. He pointed out that the negro was not the equal of the white man, either socially morally or politically, and that at the time he was given the right of suffrage, he was unqualified for the right use of the great power bestowed upon him. The judgment of the average negro, the speaker claimed, was not greater than the judgment of the average boy of 14, and no one would think of leaving the affairs of government in the hands of a 14-year old boy. The race troubles would be adjusted rightly if the right of suffrage were taken from the negro, for then the white people of the South would not be forced, as they now are, to mass their vote against the negro vote. The race war had continued for more than thirty years with conditions as they now are, and matters are even worse than formerly. It was time to do something to stop race hatred, and in this he saw the remedy. Then, too, he argued that the negro might better be disfranchised by the federal government than by his neighbors. He would have the same rights as formerly and be better protected.
Mr. Robinson of the negative fallowed and set forth the merits of that side. He accused the affirmative of not penetrating deeply enough in the race hatred question, and he set to work to show, that this was an outgrowth of disfranchisement of the negro. He said the voteless citizen had no rights and would be an injury to the country. The negro had been brought from the uncivilized shores of Africa two and a half centuries before, had been used as a beast until forty years ago, and now because he has not advanced in these forty years as far in civilization as the white man has in four thousand years, was no sign that the negro was not capable of advancement. He pointed to the great improvement to the negro of this country since given the right of suffrage and to the graduates from such institutions as Harvard and Yale universities. At the end of less than forty years of freedom and suffrage the negro is found in all branches of trade, filling seats of honor and holding places of trust and honor. Were the negro disfranchised, anarchists would be made of patriots, and this government would be departing from its fundamental principle, that all men are created equally.
The affirmative was again taken up by Mr. Tracy who stated that the situation in regard to the race problem did not differ much now from what it was two thousand years ago. The negro's past is fixed; his present, lamentable; his future, prophetic, but so far he bad advanced only under the influence of a higher civilization than his own. Slavery, he said, had been a godsend to the negro. He went in as so much property and came out a citizen. It was not to be wondered that the Southern white man had been massed against the negro. With equal suffrage this could not be averted. The negro's salvation lies in the development of the southern white man. The bitter race hatred must be done away with before the negro becomes thoroughly civilized. The nation should, when it sees its mistake in giving the negro suffrage, retrace its steps, as other and older nations have done.
Mr. Courtney, in summing up for the negative, said that the idea of disfranchisement grew up in the South, where was not yet forgotten the defeat of 1865. This is not a race question, but a national question, he claimed, for if the negro is allowed to be injured to-day, others may be injured to-morrow. The negro votes for the best interest of his country, and should not therefore be disfranchised. He is subject to the law and ought to have a ballot. The negro if deprived of the right to vote would have reason to thwart the plans of the government.
The debate was listened to with keen interest from first to last.
The alumni address was given by Mr. James A. Shea, principal of the intermediate department at the Normal. His subject, "The Teacher and His Mission," was one upon which Mr. Shea is well qualified to speak. He advanced the opinion that the teacher's mission was such that it required a higher degree of manhood than most any other profession, because the man who fits others must himself be physically great, mentally strong, and morally good. The teacher ought not to cry down all the progress of the present, but keep himself abreast of the time. He should be interested in the questions of the day. The teacher's greatest qualification must be character. No man ever gained true success without first placing himself in touch with nature's law and God's law. Mr. Shea's article was highly instructive and greatly enjoyed.
The exercises were brought to a most successful close by the quartet in singing the beautiful selection, "Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes."
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| Cortland Normal School viewed from Greenbush Street. |
NORMAL GRADUATES
Who Complete their Work at the End of the Term.
Though there is no longer a commencement at the end of the winter term at the Normal twenty-four students finish their work and are at liberty to go out to teach. They will receive their diplomas next June with the class graduating at that time. They are as follows:
Classical Course—Emma Elizabeth Hill, Cortland; Grace May Anderson, Binghamton; Clara Ellen Foote, Madison; Edna May Hamblin, Etna; Ora Belle Tanner, Blodgett Mills; Julia Emoretta Tuthill, Cortland; Mabel Louise Watrous, Homer; Dana B. Denison, Truxton; Archibald Llndsey, Dryden; Truman H. Wedge, Smyrna; William Warren Wright, Preble; Maude Elizabeth Fisher, South Granby.
Scientific Course—Harvey Bishop Heath, Ouaquaga.
English Course—Lillian Pearl Beach, Groton; Metta A. Coville, Syracuse; Laura May Carty, Groton Ciy; Magretta Exner, Clyde; Wilhelmina H. Falkey. Phelps; Adella Filklas, Lysander; Daisy Maude Goodspeed, Spencer; Margaret McGill, Belvidere; Mary Hester Murphy, Vestal Center; Beulah May Stubbs, Cortland; Jane Louise Shurter, Brookton.
Purchased an Ice Business.
Mr. Harry Dodd of Blodgett Mills has purchased the plant of the Little York Ice Co. at Binghamton and left last night for that city to begin preparations for getting in a supply of ice. The ice will be supplied from Little York and a sufficient quantity will be put in to supply the Binghamton customers, who are not slow to recognize the superior qualities of Little York Ice.
Manufacturing Distillers.
L. R. Lewis has begun the manufacture of distillers for the distillation of water. This will no doubt be an apparatus that will meet with a ready sale in Cortland especially at the present time. It is a very simple piece of mechanism made wholly of copper. It can be placed on the top of a stove and win take care of itself without attention for a couple of hours at a time. During that period it will probably distill a couple of quarts of water.
Mr. Lewis is also making an apparatus for the pasteurizing or sterilizing of milk.
BREVITIES.
—The Fortnightly club will meet to-morrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Miss L. May McCulloch, 42 Greenbush-st.
—The Degree of Pocohontas have arranged [sic] for a hundred and twenty-five plate banquet at the Messenger House to-night.
—The seventh annual public exercises of the Alpha Delta sorority will occur at Normal hall to-morrow evening at 8 o'clock.
—The Ladies' Literary club will meet Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. N. H. Gillette, 20 West Court-st.
—The twenty-fourth annual public exercises of the Gamma Sigma fraternity will occur at Normal hall to-night at 8 o'clock.
—The Bible study class of the First Baptist church will meet to-morrow (Wednesday) evening in the church parlors at 7 o'clock.
—The Lackawanna railroad station at North Norwich was broken into Sunday night and the ticket cases containing about 1,500 tickets stolen.
—New display advertisements to-day are—L. R. Lewis, Sanitary Stills, page 6; Palmer & Co., Groceries, page 7; C. F. Brown, Pure water, page 8; E. M. Mansur, Groceries, page 2; Burgess, Clothier, page 8.
—The crossing of an electric wire with a railroad wire in Ithaca on Saturday burned out all the telegraph instruments between Ithaca and Owego except that at Caroline which chanced to be cut out at the time and set fire to the railroad station at Owego. It was quickly extinguished. Rather a long distance fire starter.
—Senator Ambler has introduced a bill amending the liquor tax law to permit individual districts of a city or incorporated village or the section of a town outside of a city or village to vote upon the four propositions of the Raines law at town meeting or general election as the case may be once in two years provided that 10 per cent of the voters of the district petition for the privilege of thus voting.
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