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| Li Hung Chang. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, Nov. 9, 1901.
EARL LI DIED OF RAGE.
Fatal Attack Followed Violent Dispute With M. Lassar.
YUAN SHI KAI IS IN HIS PLACE.
Appointment Satisfactory to Ministers of the Powers--Japan Blocked Russia's Game in Manchuria—Emperor Leads Court and Promises Military Reign.
PEKIN, Nov. 9.—A violent dispute with M. Paul Lessar, Russian minister to China, over the Manchurian treaty appears to have been the immediate cause of the death of Li Hung Chang.
The diplomatic events preceding this tragic climax have enabled Japan for a moment to frustrate the designs of Russia. A fortnight ago the Japanese legation secured a reliable outline of terms of the treaty, and thereupon demanded that the Chinese plenipotentiaries officially lay before them the text, basing this demand upon the allegations that Japanese interests were involved in any change of the status of Manchuria. The Chinese plenipotentiaries refused to comply with the demand. Thereupon the Japanese government from Tokio communicated with the southern viceroys and induced them to use their influence with the empress dowager against the treaty.
In the meantime the empress dowager instructed Li Hung Chang to communicate the treaty after certain modifications to the ministers of the powers, and if they did not object to sign the same.
Li Hung Chang visited M. Lessar and explained to him the instructions. The Russian minister strongly objected to revealing the text of the treaty to the ministers, of the other powers and a stormy interview ensued. Li Hung Chang went home in a violent passion and had a hemorrhage, which the doctors attribute to the overexertion of a weakened system.
While these things were happening in Pekin the southern viceroys sent to the empress dowager a memorial against the treaty. On receiving it she telegraphed to Li Hung Chang countermanding the order to sign.
This instruction came after Li Hung Chang had become unconscious. When M. Lessar endeavored to have Li Hung Chang's seal affixed to the treaty, Chou Fu, provincial treasurer, had arrived from Pao Ting Fu and taken charge of the seals as the temporary successor of Earl Li.
Our Flag Half-Masted.
The flag of the United States legation was the only one half-masted in Pekin yesterday. The mourners and the family of Li Hung Chang will burn paper offerings today in accordance with custom, for the use of his spirit in the other world. The street is hung with mourning emblems. All the attendants at the Yamen are richly attired and many of them gaudily dressed. Yesterday musicians beat drums about the house.
Li Hung Chang's estate will remain intact for the use of his eldest son, who will provide for the other members of the family.
Yuan Shi Kai's successor in the governorship of the province of Shan Tung is an unknown man who has been holding an unimportant, though lucrative position, as grain commissioner in one of the inland towns of the province. He will be watched with the deepest solicitude, as the peace of China will largely depend upon his course.
Telegraphic communication with Prince Ching was obtained yesterday. He is hastening to meet the court. After consultation he will return with Wang Wen Shao, who is accompanying the court, which is now five days' journey from Kai Fong Fu.
Emperor Kwang Su, reports say, is asserting himself and leading the imperial cortege on horseback. Native papers declare that he proposes to inaugurate a revival of the military spirit by assuming the honorary position of commander-in-chief and wearing a uniform. They also assert that he will compel the nobles to follow his example, to take military positions and to study military science.
A private letter from a European now in Tai Yuen Fu says that two British officers with a party of Indian soldiers encountered the imperial procession, were suspected of unfriendly motives and were detained as prisoners by the emperors bodyguard for a few days. Apparently this was as exploring party commanded by Major Manifold and Captain Hunter which has been operating in that region for some time.
Yuan Shi Kai's Appointment Pleases.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—Yuan Shi Kai, who succeeds Li Hung Chang as viceroy of Chi Li, is the best appointment that could have been made from all China, according to Mr. Rockhill, the special commissioner of the United States to Pekin.
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| Dr. Mary Walker. |
MAY PUNISH DR. WALKER.
Congress May Revoke Her Pension For Utterances About McKinley Tragedy.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—The pension bureau is investigating utterances attributed to Dr. Mary Walker, the ex-army nurse, who has worn masculine attire in recent years and who is alleged to have called the execution of Czolgosz, the late President McKinley's assassin, a murder, and the late president himself a murderer on account of his policy in the Philippines.
A special examiner of the pension office is at Oswego, N. Y., investigating the matter, and his report will be kept on file at the bureau here in readiness for submission to congress in case that body should call for it. Commissioner Evans explained that he had no authority to revoke the woman's pension, but that congress could do so if it desired.
FUNERAL OF F. M. BENJAMIN
Attended by Masons and Bar Association as Well as Many Others.
The funeral of Frank M. Benjamin was held at his late home in Cincinnatus, N. Y., yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock and was largely attended. Ten members of the Cortland County Bar association of which he was a member, and about twenty Masons from Cortland went over to pay the last tribute of respect. Rev. F. W. Sessions, pastor of the Methodist church of Cincinnatus, was the officiating clergyman, and he was assisted by Rev. Edson Rogers. At the grave the services were conducted by Cincinnatus lodge, F. & A. M., Dr. Benj. F. Kinyon, as master, officiating. The bearers were chosen from the Cortland lodge and the Cincinnatus lodge. Dr. H. T. Dana, Judge S. S. Knox and Mr. George L. Warren were those selected from the organization in Cortland, while Messrs. W. W. Wood, B. R. Corning and Oscar Nichols represented the Cincinnatus lodge.
CORTLAND COUNTY BAR
Takes Action Upon the Death of F. M. Benjamin, a Member.
At a meeting of the Cortland County Bar association called for the purpose of taking action on the death of Frank M. Benjamin and held at the chambers of Hon. J. E. Eggleston, county judge, Nov. 8, 1901, Hon. J. E. Eggleston was elected chairman and Irving H. Palmer, secretary.
A committee upon resolutions, consisting of O. U. Kellogg, Geo. S. Sands, James Dougherty, John Courtney, Jr., and Henry E. Wilson, was appointed. The committee reported the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, Frank M. Benjamin, for many years a member of this bar, died at his home in Cincinnatus, N. Y., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1901.
Resolved, That the bar of Cortland county express their deep and sincere regret at the death and removal from their midst of one of the most respected and revered of their members, Frank M. Benjamin. Mr. Benjamin enjoyed the confidence and respect of his brethren of the bar, and of the community in which he lived for more than a generation in the highest degree. He was a man of the strictest integrity, who discharged every duty imposed upon him with faithfulness and fidelity. He was strong in his opinions and devoted to any cause that he espoused. He was a learned and conscientious counselor at law, a most loyal friend, a kind and loving husband and father, a good citizen. He has gone the way of all the world.
Resolved, That the members of the bar attend the funeral at Cincinnatus in a body.
Resolved, That we extend to the members of his immediate family our sincere and heartfelt sympathy in the loss they have sustained; and that a copy of these resolutions be presented to the family, and furnished to the press for publication.
O. U. KELLOGG,
GEO. S. SANDS,
JAMES DOUGHERTY,
JOHN COURTNEY, JR.,
HENRY E. WILSON.
Remarks upon the resolutions were made by S. S. Knox, Riley Champlin, Irving H. Palmer, Nathan L. Miller, Thomas E. Courtney, Henry A. Dickinson, David W. Van Hoesen, R. L. Davis, T. H. Dowd, and the members of the committee.
NO CAUSE FOR ACTION.
Another Groundless Libel Suit Thrown Out of Court.
Messrs. Slawson & Boyd of the Middletown Daily Press are to be congratulated on their success in a recent libel suit which was brought against them, the jury having with all possible speed brought in a verdict of "no cause for action." Splendid and dramatic oratory on the part of the sympathetic attorney who had brought the action, backed up by a weeping and sobbing feminine client sitting at his elbow, failed to hypnotize either the court or the jury. The plaintiff left court with no more and no better character than she started in with, and the attorney, in all probability, with no more money.
The amusement of suing newspapers for libel will probably continue so long as newspapers are published, or at least until our present laws on this subject are amended, which now rate a newspaper editor or publisher as worse than a horse thief, and when he is accused of libel regard him as guilty until he proves himself innocent. This law is a relic of barbarism, and a reminiscence of the time when the law held that "the greater the truth, the greater the libel." That time was the rogue's and scoundrel's paradise. A man could commit all the sins and iniquities that he chose, and the moment a newspaper told the truth about him it was guilty of libel, and the more truth it told, the guiltier it was. The people finally took this matter in their own hands, in this state, and in criminal prosecutions for libel, just as in civil proceedings, the truth is now a justification, while in criminal prosecutions the jury are also made by the constitution judges of both the law and the facts. The time may yet come in the Empire state, and we trust it will, when a newspaper which does its duty by the public will not be at the mercy of disreputable and financially worthless individuals who choose to consider their characters damaged thereby, and of shyster lawyers looking for a job and willing to take a case on "spec."
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| Rev. W. Jasper Howell. |
THE HOWELL LECTURES
To be Given at the First Baptist Church During the Winter.
Rev. W. J. Howell, pastor of the First Baptist church, who spent two months in Europe last summer, is to give a series of five stereopticon lectures in the church during the winter months for the benefit of the Sunday school. He will tell of his trip and will illustrate the lectures by fine stereopticon views, part of the pictures being some he himself took on the trip, but the great majority being the best views he could secure to show the desired places and scenes. Course tickets for the five lectures will be $1 with no seats reserved.
The following are the subjects and dates:
Nov. 25—"An Ocean Voyage."
Dec. 16—"The Sights of London."
Jan. 20—"Abbeys and Castles."
Feb. 17—"Cathedrals of England."
March 24—"Historic Places and Picturesque Scenery in the British Isles."
Hospital Lecture Course.
The lecture course at the hospital has been arranged and two lectures have been given. The course is a s follows:
October and November—"Obstetrics," by Dr. Dana; "Chronic Diseases," by Dr. Henry.
December and January—"First Aid," by Dr. Higgins; "Acute Infectious Diseases," Dr. Neary.
February and March—"Antisepsis," by Dr. Reese; "Urinalysis," "Action of Medicines" and "Toxicology," by Dr. Didama.
April and May—"Surgical Anatomy," by Dr. Sornberger; "The Sick Room," "Sanitation" and "Diet," by Dr. Moore.
All graduates of the training school are invited. Lectures Tuesdays and Fridays.
WOODEN INDIANS.
Thousands of Them Guard New York Cigar Stores.
A census of the wooden Indians throughout this country has never been taken, says the New York Commercial Advertiser. It is estimated, however, that the number of "white pine" savages guarding the various cigar stores with hatchets and other instruments of offense and defense is in excess of the entire redskin population of the government reservations. In this city alone there are said to be at least 10,000 of the race.
These Indians, like the original tribes of aborigines, are of various sizes and descriptions, and range in price from a small Indian hunter bringing $25 to the big chief nourishing a tomahawk that sells for $150. There are a few made of metal, and these are somewhat more expensive, bringing from $40 to $175, according to size. The old wooden warrior, however, smoking the pipe of peace, or Hiawatha with his arrows, is considered just as good as a metal "brave" and, according' to the maker, lasts, with ordinary care—that is, with a little fresh paint now and then—about fifty years, or, generally speaking, a lifetime. It may be added that the aboriginal Indian also liked paint and generally lasted a lifetime, points of similarity that may well be noted. Of late some sentiment has crept into the business of carving these figures, and lovely Minnehahas and Pocahontases have been the result. Minnehaha may be seen shading her eyes with one hand, while a shawl hangs over the left arm and the left hand holds a bow with arrows. Pocahontas was copied from the pictures, but is not saving Captain Smith, as might be suggested. She is generally presenting some tobacco to the passing pedestrian.
BREVITIES.
—The opening sale of course tickets for the Normal lecture course occurred this morning and 484 tickets were sold.
—A flock of about fifty wild geese passed over Cortland yesterday afternoon, winging their way southward.
—Prof. D. L. Bardwell of Binghamton will address the men's meeting at the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow afternoon at 3:15 o'clock.
—The St. John's Military academy football team arrived in Cortland at 9:22 this morning to play the Normals on Athletic field this afternoon.
—The Grace Episcopal choir chapter will commence rehearsal tonight on the cantata, "The Peace of Jerusalem," by Trowbridge, which will be given the first Sunday evening in December.
—Mr. Eugene C. Denton, president of the Rochester Church club, will give an address at Grace Episcopal church tomorrow evening in connection with the regular service at 7 o'clock.
—New display advertisements today are—Cortland Howe Ventilating Stove Co., "Testimonial from Halsey C. Burr, Ironton, O.," page 7; McKinney & Doubleday, Reference library, page 6; F. C. Brogden, Cough Cordial, page 4.
—Mrs. Charity L., wife of Geo. McElheny, died at 11 o'clock today of pneumonia at her home, 25 Cleveland-st. Funeral Monday at 1 o'clock at the house. The remains will be taken to McGraw for burial.
—The regular meeting of the Tioughnioga chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will be held at the home of Misses Lena and Nellie Conable on Port Watson-st., Monday afternoon, Nov. 11, at 4:30 o'clock instead of 3:30 as usual.
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