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| Princess Catherine Radizwill. |
Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, May 1, 1902.
GUILTY OF FORGERY.
Princess Radziwill Gets Two Years' Imprisonment.
CRUEL AND DANGEROUS WOMAN.
Chief Justice Cautioned the Jury to Disregard the Prisoner's Noble Birth and Antecedents—Attempt to Incriminate an Innocent Woman and Bribing of a Boy.
Cape Town, May 1.—Princess Radziwill, who has been on trial here before the supreme court on the charge of forgery in connection with notes purporting to have been endorsed by the late Cecil Rhodes, was sentenced to two years confinement in the house of correction.
At the hearing the attorney general made a long address in which he cautioned the jury against being mystified by the telegrams from "hair-brained individuals like William T. Stead and others," and reputed incriminating documents which were merely the "ordinary armament of a blackmailer." He said further:
"Nothing could be more gross and treacherous than the prisoner's behavior throughout. He appealed to the jury to arrive at a verdict on the evidence which would rid society, temporarily at least, "of a cruel and dangerous woman."
In summing up, the chief justice said there was not a suggestion throughout the correspondence that Mrs. Schultz had given the prisoner the bills, as alleged. This was important, he said, because if the jury found the accused had received the bills they must acquit her, but if satisfied she had used the name of the late Cecil Rhodes fraudulently they must convict her. The contention of the defense that no one had suffered in consequences of the forgeries, he declared, was untenable. He cautioned the jury to disregard the prisoner's noble birth and antecedents and to decide the case according to strict justice.
After a brief retirement the jury brought in a verdict of guilty on all the counts.
The chief justice then addressed the prisoner impressively. He referred to her birth, her education and her position in society. He deplored the two dark features of her case, namely, the attempts to incriminate the innocent Mrs. Schultz and the bribing of a boy in the employ of the postoffice to forge a date line on the alleged cablegram from B. A. Hawksley. Owing to her delicate health the chief justice said that she would not have to perform hard labor, but she would be confined for two years in the house of correction or any other place the governor was pleased to appoint.
During the address by the attorney general, Princess Radziwill drummed angrily on the desk with her fingers and was continually engaged in writing notes and tearing them up.
Counsel for the defense in addressing the jury denied fraudulent intent on the part of his client and dwelt on the unrevealed mysteries behind the case. He appealed to the jury on the ground that nobody had suffered by the frauds and said that a verdict of guilty would be equivalent to hanging the princess to the nearest tree for then every door in Europe would be closed against her in the future.
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| Gen. Christiaan de Wet. |
THE BOERS IN BATTLE.
Edward B. Rose Describes Their Methods of Warfare.
SCOUTING OF GREAT IMPORTANCE.
French and Italian Scouts Have Rendered Valuable Service. "Crow Nests" Another Plan of Guarding Against Surprise—Triplicate System of Trenches Affords Effective Protection.
A branch of warfare to which the Boers attach almost supreme importance, and rightly so, is scouting, writes Edward B. Rose in the April Forum. At this their roving habits and mode of life make them particularly adept, although during the present war some of the most valuable work in this direction has been performed by uitlanders. Two corps of scouts, one composed of Frenchmen under Captain Le Gallien and the other of Italians under the command of Captain Ricehiardi, both recruited in Johannesburg during the earlier months of the war, rendered services of almost incalculable value to the Boer cause. Of an essentially cautious nature, the Boers never think of moving in any new direction until the country has been thoroughly reconnoitered by scouting parties and the enemy has been located, and it is to this fact that their marvelous mobility is largely due. Having ascertained the position of their opponents and calculated the numbers likely to be engaged at any given point, the scouts report to the general of the forces to which they are attached, and the burghers are then shifted from one position to another so as to be ready for all emergencies. Thus it is that during the present campaign the Boers have almost invariably been just where they could do the most effective work and in about the right numbers to do it.
Another method of guarding against surprise is that of ''crow nests." Choosing as elevated a position as possible in the neighborhood of their trenches or laager, the Boers erect a cover of loose bushes made to appear so natural that from quite a short distance it is easily mistaken for the growing shrubby bush with which the country is to a great extent covered. Planted on the top of a kopje, the Boers with their telescopes and field glasses are able to keep a lookout over miles of the surrounding country while themselves perfectly hidden.
Having decided upon the positions they intend to occupy and defend, the burghers proceed to dig trenches or erect low stone walls, or "schanzes," as they are called, of loose stones piled up some three feet high or, if the ground is suitable, they do both. If anything, the latter afford the more effective protection of the two, since not only do these schanzes give almost perfect shelter from rifle fire, but through the interstices between the stones the men are able to watch for the approaching enemy. On the smallest mark being presented they either use the interstices as loopholes or else they pop up, aim, fire and are down again in au almost incredibly short space of time. In this manner they can pick off the advancing soldiers while remaining in almost perfect security themselves. This method of fighting explains to a great extent the extraordinary disproportion in the casualties of Boers and British respectively in most of the important engagements fought during the present war. These schanzes are frequently several miles in length and are sometimes built in duplicate or even triplicate, thus enabling the Boers on being driven back from the first to retire and continue to fight behind the second and the third. The admirable construction of these trenches has been testified to on more than one occasion by the British generals, notably by Sir Redvers Buller in his dispatches on the operations in Natal.
PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.
Pope Leo and the World's Peace.
Pope Leo's jubilee encyclical, read on a recent Sunday in the Catholic churches throughout this country, is marked by that elevated tone which the world has been accustomed to expect in his public utterances. Especially pertinent and timely are his denunciations of the spirit of war and conquest so markedly revived during the past few years, even among professed Christian nations. Upon this point the pontiff says:
"There has arisen in the international order a system of jealous egoism, in consequence of which the nations now watch each other, if not with hate, at least with the suspicion of rivals; hence in their great undertakings they lose sight of the lofty principles of morality and justice and forget the protection which the feeble and the oppressed have a right to demand. In the desire by which they are actuated to increase their national riches they regard only the opportunity which circumstances afford, the advantages of successful enterprises and the tempting bait of an accomplished fact, sure that none will trouble them in the name of the right or the respect which right can claim."
Pope Leo takes exception to the doctrine frequently advanced that the maintenance of vast armaments is the surest guarantee of peace and deplores "the limitless increase of military establishments and that armed peace which in many respects is equivalent to a disastrous war." Besides this, he avers, the possession of great military strength is a constant temptation to use it. The head of the Roman Catholic church plainly does not subscribe to the heathen maxim, "Si vis pacem, para bellum," but rather to the modern version of it, "If you would preserve peace, then prepare for peace."
There is much in the venerable pontiff's counsels to which the nations of the earth might well give thoughtful consideration.
RECEPTION FOR CHILDREN.
Saturday Afternoon Dancing Class—Others Present Later in Evening.
Last evening Dillon Brothers gave another reception to a dancing class, and this time it was the children's Saturday afternoon class that was favored. Over 250 people visited the dancing parlors at Red Men's hall, Cortland, during the evening to see the children dance and to join in the dancing after their program was ended.
The hall was elaborately decorated with palms and potted plants and presented a very fine appearance. The children danced from 7:30 until 9:30 o'clock. Twelve fancy dances were on their program, and every number was encored. The grand march, the last number, deserves special mention. It was led by Mr. L. M. Dillon and Miss Margarette Dillon, and the manner in which the little folks executed it was very commendable to the skill of the instructors. The figures formed by the dancers in this were very unique and pretty.
The Tens of Grace church served luncheons during the evening. The following ladies assisted: Mrs. Edward Keator, Mrs. A. S. Burgess, Mrs. E. A. Didama, Mrs. C. H. V. Elliott, Mrs. G. J. Maycumber, the Misses Atkinson and the Misses Mumford.
The following children took part in the dance: Porter and Thomas Keator, Henry Simmons, Harry Eccleston, Errol Ellis, Joseph Smith, Lawrence Palmer, Fred Beaudry, Harold Delevan, Benjamin Chaplin, Carl Winchell, Donald Gladding, Richard Gladding and Stilwell Waters of Cortland and Julian Fowler and Charles Brown of Homer; Anna Thompson, Laure Strowbridge, Helen Clark, Ruth Bull, Georgia Hoag, Ida Beaudry, Carline Van Brocklin and Ruth Van Brocklin, Kate Maycumber, Georgia Stilson, Bertha Hulbert, Marie Palmer, Carline Delevan, Dorotha Lucy, Grace Dowd, Margaret Hyde, Dorotha, Georgia and Helen Knight, Helen Jewett, Dorotha Gillette, Harriet Waters, Martha Howland, Florence Barry, Florence Tenney and Marguerite Munsey of Cortland and Francis Call and Helen Wolfe of Homer.
At 9:30 o'clock about fifty-five couples of old and young people went on the floor and danced off twenty-four numbers. Dillon Brothers Orchestra of ten pieces furnished excellent music for the dances of the evening.
ARBOR DAY EXERCISES.
Different Rooms of Owego-st. School to Observe the Day.
The following program will be given at the Owego-st. school, Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock:
HIS FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY
As Manager of the Western Union Office in Cortland.
Orra K. George is today celebrating his fifteenth anniversary as manager of the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Co., as it was May 1, 1887, when he took charge. In that time the office has not been changed from its location in Brown's drug store. Mr. George has been most faithful and obliging in discharging his duties and holds the confidence not only of the people of this section, but also of the company in whose services he has been for so many years.
BREVITIES.
—The rehearsal of Grace church choir will this week be postponed till Saturday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
—Rev. R. T. Cooper of Syracuse will lead the prayer meeting at the Congregational church this evening.
—The members of St. Mary's choir are requested to meet for rehearsal at 7:30 o'clock tonight. A special program is being prepared for Sunday and it is necessary for every member to be present,
—New display advertisements today are—A. S. Burgess, Clothing, page 8; Gas Light Co., Gas ranges, page 2: Opera House, Allen Villiar Co., page 5; S. P. Smith, Meats, page 5.
—It is reported from Cincinnatus that certain checks sent to residents of that town in payment of salaries for writing fountain-pen letters have been returned unpaid and with $1.50 protest fees attached thereto. The company or companies sending out these checks are not named.
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