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| William McKinley. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Wednesday, May 15, 1901.
PRESIDENT AT 'FRISCO.
Splendid Welcome Accorded at the Golden Gate.
SOLDIERS AND MARINES IN LINE.
General Shafter Led the Former and Admiral Casey the Latter—Whole City Turned Out and It Was the Noisiest Greeting Yet Received.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15.—President McKinley made his official entry into this city, the objective point of his tour, late yesterday afternoon. After being formally welcomed by Mayor J. D. Phelan, he was escorted through the principal streets attended by a military and naval turnout. He attended a public reception last night in the large nave of the Market street ferry depot.
At 2:40 o'clock in the afternoon he left the Scott residence for the Valencia street station. Here he met the train bringing the members of the cabinet and remainder of his party, who had fulfilled the program between San Jose and this city. President McKinley was also met here by Mayor Phelan and formally received.
A few minutes after the train arrived the procession was formed and the march up Third street was begun. In the rear of the platoon of mounted police and a battalion of patrolmen came Line Troop A, the special escort of the president, closely followed by the veteran guard of the Grand Army of the Republic, who acted as a guard of honor for the battleflags of the president's regiment.
A second later President McKinley, sitting comfortably in his carriage, was in full view of the throng that had waited so long to greet him. Accompanying him were Mayor Phelan and Irving M. Scott, chairman of the citizen's executive committee. As the carriage was drawn out to the street and turned in line with the procession, cheer after cheer rose from the multitude, which was re-echoed along the thoroughfares. With his face wreathed in smiles, President McKinley gratefully raised his hat and bowed his acknowledgements of the ovation.
After the president's carriage came those of his cabinet, Governor Nash of Ohio and staff, the Ohio congressional delegation, the long line of carriages was followed by 4,000 troops, infantry, artillery and cavalry from the Presidio, led by General Shafter and 1,000 marines and sailors from the battleships Iowa, Philadelphia and Wisconsin, under command of Admiral Casey.
From the moment the president emerged from the depot the cheering was intense, but as the long procession got under way its force seemed to be redoubled. Far up the line the cry was caught up. Block after block in succession was soon faced with a surging mass that broke forth into a vociferous proclamation of welcome. The hoarse throats of thousands of steam whistles were opened in all parts of the city. The sliding tones of the noisy siren, the harsh blasts of horns, the din of the iron-shod hoofs of horses on the cobbles, the measured tread of thousands of feet, the triumphal strains of bands—all were united with the voices of the people in acclaim to the first man of the nation. The line of march was handsomely decorated with flags, bunting and evergreens. At Van Ness avenue President McKinley reviewed the procession, after which he repaired to the Scott residence for dinner.
The president was driven to the ferry depot at 8 o'clock last evening. In the large and handsomely illuminated nave of the large building the president received a vast crowd of people. Mayor Phelan made a brief address of welcome, to which President McKinley responded.
Entering at one door of the nave the people passed down the hall to the southern end, where President McKinley stood surrounded by members of his cabinet and other prominent visitors. The president did not indulge in handshaking, but graciously bowed as the people passed, each one saluting him with a small flag.
MAY GO TO CANTON, OHIO.
President Urges the Others to Complete the Trip.
WASHINGTON, May 15.—Word has been received here to the effect that if Mrs. McKinley's health does not show improvement speedily, President McKinley contemplates taking her direct to Canton after the festivities at San Francisco, instead of bringing her to Washington, as provided by original plans. The president is said to have urged the rest of the party to take the northwestern tour after his departure, if he shall find it necessary to leave the party at all.
SLAUGHTER IN CHINA.
Chinese Convert Tells of Frightful Scene at Tai-Yuan-Fu.
FORTY-FIVE FOREIGN MARTYRS.
Thirty-three Protestants and Twelve Roman Catholics Beheaded—Bodies Denuded and Heads Hung In Cages. Missionaries Remained Calm and Preached Till Executioner Struck.
A recent mall from China brings a thrilling account of the murder of the missionaries at Tai-Yuan-Fu on the 9th of last July, which was taken down in writing by Dr. J. A. Creasy Smith from the narrative of Yung Cheng, a member of the Baptist church, who was an unwilling witness of their martyrdom, writes the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Record-Herald. Yung Cheng is vouched for as a Christian of excellent character and absolutely trustworthy. He says that he was taking treatment in the hospital on the Baptist society's premises at Tai-Yuan-Fu when, on the 8th of July, he saw Rev. Mr. Pigott, his wife and child, John Robinson, Miss Duval and two young women named Atwater brought into the town. The two gentlemen were handcuffed and escorted by a company of soldiers and followed by immense throngs of natives. Wherever they stopped to rest Mr. Pigott aud Mr. Robinson preached to the people, who gathered around them and were very much astonished, saying, "You are going to be killed for preaching, and yet you continue to do so." That night the party were placed in prison with a number of other missionaries and their wives and children, including several Catholic priests. The next morning they were all executed.
"The first to be led forth," Yung Cheng says, "was Mr. Farthing, a Baptist minister. His wife clung to him, but he put her aside gently, knelt down without saying a word, and his head was struck off by one blow of the executioner's knife. He was quickly followed by Pastors Hoddle and Beynon, Drs. Lovitt and Wilson, all of whom were beheaded with one blow by the executioner. Then the governor, Yu Hsien, grew impatient and told his bodyguard, all of whom carried big beheading knives with long handles, to help kill the others. Pastors Stokes, Simpson and Whitehouse were next killed, the last by one blow only, the other two by several.
"When the men were finished, the ladies were taken. Mrs. Farthing had hold of the hands of her children, who clung to her, but the soldiers parted them and with one blow beheaded their mother. The executioner beheaded all the children and did it skillfully, needing only one blow; but the soldiers were clumsy, and some of the ladies suffered several cuts before death.
"Mrs. Lovitt was wearing her spectacles and held the hand of her little boy, even when she was killed. She spoke to the people, saying as near as I remember: 'We all came to China to bring you the good news of salvation by Jesus Christ; we have done you no harm, only good. Why do you treat us so?' A soldier took off her spectacles before beheading her, which needed two blows.
"When the Protestants were all killed, the Roman Catholics were led forward. The bishop, an old man, with long white beard, asked the governor, Yu Hsien, why he was doing this wicked deed. I did not hear the governor give him any answer, but he drew his sword and cut the bishop across the face one heavy stroke; blood poured down his white beard, and he was beheaded. The priests and nuns quickly followed him in death.
"Then Pastor Pigott and his party were led from the district jail, which is close by. He was still handcuffed, and so was Mr. Robinson. He preached to the people till the very last, when he was beheaded with one blow. Mr. Robinson suffered death very calmly, Mrs. Pigott held the hand of her son, even when she was beheaded, and he was killed immediately after her. The lady and two girls were killed also quickly.
"On that day 45 foreign people in all were beheaded, 33 Protestants and 12 Roman Catholics. The bodies of all were left where they fell till next morning, as it was evening before the work was finished. During the night they were stripped of the clothing and other things, such as rings and watches. Next day they were removed to a place inside the great south gate except some of the heads which were placed in cages on the gates of the wall."
General Sir Alfred Gaselee.
IS NOT SATISFACTORY.
China's Answer to Demands Not Acceptable.
GASELEE PRAISES AMERICANS.
British Commander In His Report to War Office Takes Occasion to Remark on the Close Co-Operation of English, American and Japanese.
LONDON, May 15.—Dr. Morrison, wiring to The Times from Pekin, says: "The Chinese reply to the ministers of the powers is not acceptable."
LONDON, May 15.—A dispatch from General Gaselee, the British commander at Pekin, reviewing the operations in China from Aug. 14 to Jan. 17, has been gazetted. "I wish to take this opportunity," he says toward the conclusion of the dispatch, "of paying tribute to some of the foreign officers with whom the British have been associated by force of circumstances. This contingent has been more with the American add the Japanese forces than with those of the other powers, and in consequence of their close co-operation with us on their march to Pekin I have good season for particularizing these forces among our allies. General Chaffee and General Baron Yamaguchi, who respectively commanded the United States forces and the Imperial Japanese contingent, have been most loyal in all their relations with me, and I may say the same of General Wilson of the United States forces and General Fukushima, chief of staff of the Japanese, while among the many officers with whom we have been closely associated I desire to mention the following: Colonel Dickman, Major Mills, Captain Grote Hutcheson and Major Waller, United States marines, on the staff of the United States contingent."
General Gaselee favorably mentioned briefly several Japanese, Russians, French, Germans and Italians, in succeeding paragraphs. He also alluded to Lieutenant Gussen, of the First Bengal Lancers, having been specially brought to his notice by General Chaffee and Lieutenant Colonel Wint for carrying off an American trooper who had been unhorsed during a reconnaissance Aug. 15 under a heavy fire.
How China Will Raise the Indemnity.
PEKIN, May 15.—The answer of China to the statement of the ministers of the foreign powers as to the losses sustained by nations and individuals in China has been received. The answer commences with an appeal to mercy, saying that the country is impoverished. The answer explains that the utmost China can offer is 15,000,000 taels annually for the next 30 years. This amount will be derived as follows: From salt, 10,000,000 taels; from the Likin tax, 2,000,000, and from native customs, 3,000,000.
"Wheelman with Broken Wheel."
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Opening of the Bicycle Season.
The bicycle season has opened throughout the country, and it is pleasant to note that it has opened up strong. There promises to be more wheeling this year than in several years before. While the bicycle as a fad is happily a thing of the past, wheeling is more than ever in vogue. It has, however, struck its pace and found its level, that level being neither so high nor so low as had been predicted. It was the craze for a couple or three years, and its more enthusiastic devotees thought that nothing was too good for it or themselves. They chestily assumed proprietorship of the major portion of the earth. They broke into politics in many cities and towns and noisily interrogated candidates. They demanded the construction of cindered paths and asphalted streets and macadamized highways for their special benefit, though it must be admitted that their insistence, selfish though it was, has been a most important and beneficent factor in the making and maintaining of better roads. In those days, when the craze was at its height, a large proportion of wheelmen essayed to be "scorchers" and went tearing at breakneck speed through city streets and over country roads, quite regardless of the rights of those insignificant persons who, either from choice or necessity, elected to walk quietly around on the face of the earth. In gregarious masses the uniformed and un-uniformed clubs rode whooping through the Sabbath quiet of suburban and country villages and took noisy possession of wayside inns and peaceful retreats. Those were the strenuous days of the "bicycle face."
It is gratifying to note that the "bicycle face" has disappeared and with it the days of which it was characteristic. Nowadays wheelmen are wheelmen because they like the sport and because they want to see the country rather than because it is the fad. Instead of doubling themselves up over the handle bars and working the pedals with might and main in an effort made almost solely in the direction of registering miles on the cyclometer, as was the case with many wheelmen in the days of the craze, they now sit up straighter on their machines and take a more leisurely pace, thus infusing into their lungs more invigorating country air and seeing more of the beauties of the country landscape, while by more normal processes and without exhaustion they pump good red blood into their veins.
The bicycle has found its legitimate place, and the bicylist has found that the legitimate way to use it is not essentially for century runs and record breaking speed performances, but as an easy and economical vehicle of transportation and the means of healthful and invigorating recreation and exercise, while affording the opportunity to visit numberless sightly, attractive and historic neighborhoods, which many persons must see awheel [sic] if at all. In all these respects the bicycle will continue to hold its place, and neither the saddle nor driving horse nor the automobile can supplant it.
James Costello in uniform.
HOUSE ON FIRE.
NARROW ESCAPE OF THE FAMILY OF R. J. BROWN.
Baby Was Sick—Lamp Left Burning Down Stairs—Father Went Down for Medicine Found House on Fire—Front Door Couldn't Be Opened—Leap from Second Story Window—Smashed Out Window for Wife and Child to Escape from—Everything Destroyed.
Fire was discovered shortly before 2 o'clock this morning in the house at 34 Cleveland-st., Cortland, owned by Frank Hammond of Tully and occupied by R. J. Brown, a tailor at F. Daehler's, and his family, which consisted of a wife and one child about 2 years old. The child was unwell, and a bracket lamp that hung on a doorpost between the kitchen and the sittingroom had been left burning. It is thought that this lamp exploded. The family sleeping rooms were up stairs, and Mr. Brown discovered the flames in the lower rooms as he was going down stairs for medicine for the child. The key to the front door could not be found readily and the back door exit was cut off by flames. Mr. Brown hastened back upstairs, drew his trousers on over his nightshirt and opened the window that led out upon a front porch. From the porch he jumped to the ground below with the object of forcing open a front window and thus save his wife and child from the burning building. The smoke and flames made it almost impossible for the mother with the child in her arms to get from the foot of the stairs to the window that her husband was holding open, but she accomplished it and the family escaped with their lives, but everything except what they wore was burned.
The loss to Mr. Brown is partially covered by $600 insurance with E. W. Bates in the Eagle Fire Insurance Co. The furniture in the house was all new and it will take much more than the amount of the insurance to replace it. Besides this, all the pictures, jewelry and about $25 in cash was burned. The building was insured for $500 with Davis, Jenkins & Hakes.
As soon as the fire was discovered one of the neighbors ran up to the corner of Clinton-ave. and Hubbard-st. and pulled box 813. The fire bell did not ring, but the small bell in the house of J. F. Costello, superintendent of the alarm system, rang correctly. While hurriedly slipping into his clothes Mr. Costello noticed that the fire bell was not ringing. At that be hurried more than ever and leaping upon his wheel cut a bee line for the engine house. The box 313 had registered correctly on the dial there. He at once pulled box 333 at the engine house and the sleeping city waked up. The firemen speedily set out for the fire, but it was a long and hard run. Hitchcock Hose company with its horse arrived first and attached to the hydrant near the Wickwire flour mills. But no one company had hose enough to reach the burning building and so Emerald attached to Hitchcock. Neither of the other companies threw any water as the building was already pretty thoroughly burned down when the first water was turned on, and as so much progress had been made in the fire before Mr. Brown first discovered it, and then while the messenger was getting up to the box to pull 313, and again while Mr. Costello was getting down to the engine house to pull the second box, and finally while the firemen were making their run of nearly a mile. It is another evidence that repairs are needed to the fire alarm system.
THE FIRE BOARD
DRAWS THE LINE ON SNAPS AT $1.25 EACH.
Talks About Moving Batteries at Engine House Into the Horse Stalls—Committee on Stalling Team in Engine House Discharged—Bills Audited.
The fire board met last night at the city clerk's office and did a large amount of business in the hour that it was together. The example they set in this respect might be adopted by other city boards with much advantage. All the members were present and they set out to transact the business in a businesslike way.
The first proposition that met the board was a bill, explained by Mr. H. P. Davis, chief engineer, who was present with the board, as being one that had been passed from one board to the next for some time. It was for a step ladder that had been sent to the fire department about two years ago, and had been in constant use by it ever since. The amount of the bill was $20, and it was promptly audited.
The subject of snaps was then introduced by Mr. Davis but it was not in reference to anything that might come to them by virtue of the office they hold. These snaps were to be used on the fire team harness, and some that cost $1.25 apiece were spoken of. At this price Mr. E. E. Ellis showed much surprise and stated that the snaps on the breeching of the harness used on his carriage horse cost only 5 cents apiece. Mr. Davis explained that these snaps could not be broken and that they were used by most fire departments. The matter was put over till the next meeting.
The matter of moving the batteries of the fire alarm system into the front cell at the enginehouse, which was recently fitted up by the common council for stabling the fire team, was then talked over. The batteries are now located in cases on the north side of the engineroom, and if the change is made the partition between the two stalls will be taken out and shelves placed in the room for the jars to rest upon. This matter was not definitely settled. Mr. Warfield asked to be and was released from farther duty as a committeeman to quarter the fire team at the engine house.
A bill of $22.47 was presented by Smith & Beaudry for wallpaper and writing paper for use at Fireman's hall. The board contended that, while some of this belonged to the fire department to pay, the most of it was to improve the hall itself which is used by the police department daily; therefore the greater part of the bill should be paid by the police board. It was given to Mr. Warfield to sift out.
After the departure of Mr. Davis, the board discussed the advisability of continuing the salary of the chief, which has for a long time been allowed at $100 per year. It was urged that the efficiency of the department was largely upon him, and that he had many expenses to bear that come with the office. It was decided to continue the salary.
The following bills were allowed and ordered paid:
Willet, N. Y., to the Front.
The Cortland Home Telephone Co. has today completed the line from Geebrook to Willet and it is now open for business.Willet people are highly pleased as they have never before had telephone or telegraph connection with the outside world. Other telephone stations in the vicinity now connected with this exchange are McGraw, Solon, East Freetown, Geebrook, Cincinnatus, Homer, Little York, Preble, Tully, Jamesville, Apulia station, Dunlap's Mills, besides more than sixty other places a little further away.
BREVITIES.
—Tomorrow being the Feast of the Ascension is a holiday of obligation and High Mass will be celebrated at 9 o'clock at St. Mary's church.
—New display advertisements today are—McKinney & Doubleday, Water color paintings, page 4; City Laundry, Laundry work, page 5; Boy Phenomenon, Magnetic healing, page 4
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