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| Edwin Hurd Conger. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, April 25, 1901.
TO BE IN AT THE FINISH.
Conger Has Desire to Be in Pekin For Settlement.
M'LEAVY BROWN REINSTATED.
British Influence Again Successfully Exerted in His Behalf—Expedition Against Robber Bands Successful—Russia Takes Possession of Korean Port.
PEKIN, April 25.—The international detachment of 800 men under Colonel Radford which left Shan Hai Kwan to punish the force of "Boxers" and robbers that recently attacked the Indian troops, killing Major Browning, met the enemy in force, killing 50. Of the international detachment six British, two Japanese and one Frenchman were killed. The enemy fled into the mountains, but will be closely pursued. The body of Major Browning was recovered.
VANCOUVER, B. C., April 25.—Japanese papers announce that McLeavy Brown, general superintendent of the Korean revenue office, has been reinstated. It is stated that hostile influences have been constantly exerted against him in Korea and that he would long ago have ceased to hold his post had he not been vigorously supported by British officialdom. The ostensible reason for his removal by the Korean government was that the site of his house was needed for other purposes. A supplementary reason was that Brown had given offense by refusing to sanction a large grant of money on account of an extension of the palace buildings. His agreement with the government has still six years to run. His dismissal was followed by a general protest from all the foreign residents of Seoul.
The Shanghai Mercury publishes a statement ostensibly from a confidential friend of Minister Conger, explaining that his application for leave was due to the fact that having spent the last three years in Pekin, he desired a furlough at this time to avoid spending the summer in the Chinese capital. In granting his application for leave, it is said Minister Conger was congratulated by the secretary of state upon the result of his labors. It is added that Mr. Conger felt obliged to decline the nomination for governor of Iowa because he had no desire to permanently retire from the work which will still be necessary before the Chinese question is finally settled.
The military expedition to put an end to the brigandage near Pao Ting Pu has apparently been successful. The robbers, who were entrenched in caves near the Great Wall, were attacked simultaneously by three columns. They offered strong resistance, whereupon almost all the brigands were killed.
Rev. J. Stonehouse of the London missionary society was shot and killed on the following day by armed robbers. This occurred near Yang Toun while the missionary was crossing the river. The bandits fired at him repeatedly. Two German soldiers were also murdered by the robbers near the same place.
It is stated that Russia has practically taken possession of Ching Hai bay in Korea and is making it the basis of extensive operations. With Masampho and Ching Hai, Russia will have in her possession the two finest harbors on the Korean coast, and will thwart many of the commercial plans of Japan.
The North China Daily News says that Prince Tuan, Tung Fuh Siang and other Chinese culprits now in Ning Hsia, will resist any attempt of the government to arrest them and that Tung Fuh Siang has a force of 20,000 well-armed Kansu veterans under his banners and about 10,000 Mongols under Prince Tuan to back their defiance.
The military authorities at Pekin are said to have evolved a scheme for an international fortress at Pekin which is to be a veritable citadel.
GIRL CONFESSES,
Accuses Uncle of Being Father of the Child They Buried Alive.
NEW YORK, April 25.—Francesca Spinello, who is in jail at White Plains, N. Y., with Givo Buttacavallo, her uncle, the two having been arrested after an alleged attempt to bury a baby while it was yet alive, made a confession yesterday to Mrs. Jarvis, the jail matron. The girl said her uncle was the father of the child, which she had borne. She said further that her uncle came to her home in New York and told her to take the baby and come with him for a walk.
He took her to Hastings and when the ravine was reached wanted to kill the baby with his hatchet but she prevented him doing this and begged that it be not harmed in that manner. He finally relented and the baby was buried. They had just begun to cover it up when she heard a noise behind her and looked around and saw McEvoy, the laborer who rescued the baby. She spoke to her uncle and they fled. After running a little distance she wanted to go back and get the baby but her uncle threatened to kill her if she returned. She did not dare disobey him. She was glad that the baby was alive and wished it was with her so she could care for it.
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| Gov. Allen D. Candler. |
NEGRO HIGHER EDUCATION
Gov. Candler Says No Aid Is Needed from Northern Yankees.
SAVANNAH, Ga, April 25.—Gov. Candler in an interview here Tuesday night made some sensational statements regarding the work of the Ogden party, now touring the South in the interest of southern negro educational institutions. The governor said: '"The negro colleges of the South do not need the aid of these northern people very much. Do you know that you can stand on the dome of the capital of Georgia and see more negro colleges with endowments than you can white schools? We can attend to the education of the darky in the South without the aid of these dammed yankees, and give them the education they need most, too.
"I do not believe in the higher education of the darky. He should be taught the trades, but when he is taught the fine arts he gets educated above his caste and it makes him unhappy."
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
The Secret of Success.
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., who is with a party of New Yorkers visiting Booker T. Washington's school delivered an address Tuesday before a vast audience of students and friends of the institution. He made a great hit. Rockefeller said:
"This school has opened my eyes. It is an inspiration. It teaches the principle upon which success is founded—the principle of work. All toil is honorable and dignified. It makes the man manly and the woman womanly. Do not be ashamed to do any work that falls to your hands. When I went into my father's office I was willing to do any sort of work they wanted me to, even if it were putting on my father's shoes. I did not care how humble it was. I wanted to begin at the bottom and learn. Do not be afraid to make a lowly beginning. A man is never too old to do any sort of work. Success comes by doing the common, everyday things of life uncommonly well. Do the little things every day during your life without a murmur. Do them well. That is success."
The young man is absolutely right and by his remarks as well as by his previous actions has shown a degree of common sense that is too often lacking in rich men's sons. He has hit the nail squarely on the head. The secret of success is hard work and doing one's work uncommonly well, making it a study till one can do it a little better than any one else has or can do it. There is a vast deal of difference between thinking one's self indispensable to his employer and being indispensable. The man possessed of the former notion will never be a success, the one of whom the latter is true has his face set in the right direction and is well started on the road to his goal. The man or boy faithful and energetic in small things and not afraid of work is sure to find larger opportunities opening to him. If young Mr. Rockefeller is fully imbued with the spirit of his own words and practices what he preaches he will find a very large field of usefulness awaiting him in this world, and so will any one else possessed of the same idea.
LADIES' LITERARY CLUB.
Committees Appointed for Next Year—Study of Mexico Continued.
The Ladies' Literary club was entertained by Mrs. E. M. H. Johnson at the Cortland House parlors yesterday afternoon. The members responded to roll call by giving a Mexican or Spanish proverb. The study of Mexico was continued in papers on "Social and Political Life," by Miss M. Goodrich, and "Labor and Wages in Mexico" by Mrs. W. A. Cornish. Selections were read from "The White Umbrella" by Mrs. Twiss, Miss Skidmore and Miss Force. Miss Hendrick told briefly the story of "Under the Cactus Flag" and spoke of the pleasing descriptions of Mexican life found in the book.
Mrs. Cornish, the president-elect named the following committees for the coming year:
Literary—Miss M. F. Hendrick, Mrs. J. A. Jayne, Mrs. F. D. Reese.
Current Topics—Mrs. C. W. Collins, Mrs. A. G. Henry, Mrs. D. J. Apgar.
Entertainment—Mrs. N. H. Gillette, Mrs. J. L. Watrous, Miss M. Adams.
Criticism—Miss C. E. Booth, Mrs. S. J. Sornberger, Miss Ella Gale.
Music—Mrs. G. H. Smith, Miss Force, Mrs. J. F. Twiss.
Membership—Miss M. Force, Mrs. C. P. Walrad, Mrs. E. C. Beach.
The next meeting will be held May 8 at the home of Mrs. C. W. Collins.
LECTURE BY MRS. DIETRICH
Before the W. C. T. U. and Others Interested—Subject, "Narcotics."
Mrs. Emma G. Dietrich of Lockport will deliver a lecture on the subject of "Narcotics" in the Universalist church on Saturday evening of this week, beginning at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Dietrich is president of Monroe county W. C. T. U., is state superintendent of the department of Narcotics and is also one of the state organizers. She has been engaged for a week's work in our county, but will only have one evening in Cortland. Her efforts in behalf of the W. C. T. U. in other counties have met with excellent success and she comes to us highly recommended. A cordial invitation is extended to every one to attend this lecture; no admission fee will be charged as the principal expense will be met by the state organization, but a collection will be taken for incidental expenses. All members of the W. C. T. U. are requested to meet in the basement of the church a quarter before eight.
SUPT. PRESS WORK, Cortland, April 25, 1901.
BARRETT-CAFFREY.
Wedding at Solon Wednesday in Which Cortland People Were Interested.
The wedding of Mr. J. W. Barrett and Miss Mary A. Caffrey, both of Solon, was solemnized at St Bridget's church in Solon yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock by Rev. Thomas J. Conway of Truxton before many invited guests. Miss Mary F. Dowd of Cortland was bridesmaid and Mr. Michael Barrett of Middletown, a brother of the groom, was best man. The church was handsomely decorated with potted plants, ferns, etc.
After the ceremony had been performed a reception and wedding dinner was given at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Caffrey. The presents to the estimable pair were choice and included solid silver ware, table linen, pictures and other useful and ornamental gifts. The newly wedded pair came to Cortland last night, where they stopped at the Messenger House and took the 8:31 Lehigh Valley train this morning for New York for a week's trip.
Mrs. Barrett is a well known and estimable young lady of Solon and has scores of friends here in Cortland. Mr. Barrett has charge of the milk station in Solon and is a popular young man of his town. After their return from New York they will make their home in Solon.
The guests at the wedding from Cortland were: Mrs. Charles Corcoran, Miss Mary F. Dowd, and Messrs. Joseph and Albert Dowd. Many others from Cortland, who expected to witness the ceremony were prevented on account of the very bad condition of the roads at present. The guests from abroad were: Mrs. J. C. Halligan of Humboldt, Ia., a sister of the bride, Miss Ella Barrett and Mr. M. J. Barrett of Middletown, sister and brother respectively of the groom.
SOLON, N. Y.
SOLON, April 25.—A very pleasant wedding occurred at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Barber in this town at 11 A. M. Wednesday, April 24, when their daughter, Jennie E., was united in marriage with Arthur L. Pritchard also of Solon. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. A. Bergen Browe of McGraw. The bride was attired in a pearl gray cloth dress with white satin and lace trimmings. The groom wore the conventional black. Only the immediate friends and relatives were in attendance. The happy couple departed with the usual good wishes of all present. Quite a number of useful presents were left in kind remembrance of the occasion.
COL. ALFRED GREENE
A Long Time Resident of Cortland County Passes Away.
After ten days of illness during which he grew steadily weaker Col. Alfred Greene passed away at 7:45 o'clock this morning at his home, 12 Church-st. He had been feeble all through the winter and confined to the house, but was not considered ill till less than two weeks ago, and even then there was no particular disease, but a sort of general breaking down of the entire system. The end was peaceful and quiet. He slept much of the time and the breath kept coming shorter and shorter till it ceased entirely.
Alfred Greene was born in the town of Otego, Otsego county, N. Y., April 27, 1812. His father, Henry Greene, removed with his family in the winter of 1813 t\o Cincinnatus, Cortland county, settling on a comparatively new piece of wild land where he lived until his death in 1840 at the age of 72 years, rearing a family of eight children—five sons and three daughters. On this farm of 140 acres, Alfred, the third son, remained with the family receiving his education mostly in a log schoolhouse, laboring on the farm until at the age of 18 he went to learn the carpenter and joiner's trade, in which occupation he continued many years.
He was married to Mary S. Hovey of Upper Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y., in the fall of 1842, settling in the village of Cincinnatus in the spring of 1843, where he followed his trade some five years. In the spring of 1848 he removed to McGrawville, where he was engaged some four years in the mercantile business in company with Marcus H. McGraw. In 1862 he removed to Cortland, where he engaged in the undertaking business in company with Isaac M. Seaman for several years. In 1864 his wife died, being buried upon her 40th birthday, since which time he has not been much in active business, but for about fifteen years was employed in the store of D. F. Wallace in this village.
In the early part of his life he became somewhat identified with the military of this state, holding commissions under Governors W. L. Marcy and Wm. H. Seward as major, lieutenant colonel and colonel in the One hundred Twenty-fourth Regiment of New York State militia, serving as colonel several years and resigning his commission in 1847.
He and his wife became members of the Presbyterian church at Cincinnatus in 1847 under the pastorate of Rev. E. T. Ball, which relation was transferred to the McGrawville church, Rev. E. B. Fancher, pastor, and afterwards to the Presbyterian church of Cortland, where thirty-three years ago he was elected a ruling elder which position he has since continued to hold. Only two elders in the history of the church have ever held this office for a longer period than Col. Greene.
Two children were born to Colonel and Mrs. Greene, Mrs. R. H. Duell and Miss Helen Greene, who died in 1874. Had Col. Greene lived till Saturday of this week he would have been 89 years old.
Few men in this place have been better known and better liked than Col. Greene, though his quiet life and retirement in the later years have taken him rather outside the busy workaday world of the younger generation. But among his older friends he was always a welcome companion. He was faithful and conscientious in anything he undertook and was always to be absolutely relied upon. He was an earnest Christian, ever present in his place in his church and in its prayer-meeting. No pastor ever had a more loyal supporter among his people than Col. Greene. He had a good word for every one and was sure to leave unsaid that which might hurt the feelings or cast reflection. His judgment was good and he was ever to be found upon the right side of any matter of moment.
During this last winter when he has been unable to get out of doors it has been a delight to him to have old friends come in and [he would] talk over the old days with them. He was the last surviving member of his own family, his brother Thomas, who was the youngest of the family, having died on July 22, 1900, at Geneseo, Ill., at the age of 77 years. His daughter, Mrs. Duell, has devoted herself entirely to him during the last months, though in fact for several years she had been his almost constant companion when he went out of the house, and upon her the blow falls with crushing force. To her and to the granddaughter, Mrs. George L. Chamberlain, who has also made her home there the sympathy of many friends will go out.
The funeral will be held at the house, 12 Church-st., next Monday, but the [burial will be] determined later.
BREVITIES.
—Cortland Commandery, No. 50, Knights Templars, will meet at a regular conclave Friday evening.
—New display advertisements to-day are—J. B. Kellogg, Special sale, page 4; Opera House, "Arizona,'' page 5.
—The Loyal circle of King's Daughters will meet with Mrs. J. O. Hammond, 150 Port Watson-st., to-morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock.
—The Y. M. C. A. basketball team left this morning for Watertown and will this evening engage the strong basketball team of that place in a game.
— Burglars blew open safes at Lockwood and at Ludlowville Tuesday night, in the former place they secured $78 in stamps and $150 in money. They also shot at a woman across the street who seemed to be watching them. In the latter place they got about $400 in cash and stamps.
—Mrs. E. A. Dart of Freetown answers the question as to the meaning of the word Tioughnioga by saying that she had been taught from childhood to understand that it was "Beautiful River." When she saw the question in these columns she thought of that answer at once and when she saw the answers that were given she was greatly surprised.
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