LABOR LEADER JAILED, GOMPERS PROTESTS, LI HUNG CHANG, PREDICTION, ELKS LODGE FOR CORTLAND AND BENHAM FARM SOLD

 

Santiago P. Iglesias.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1901.

LABOR LEADER JAILED.

Organizer of American Federation Arrested in Porto Rico.

ON OLD CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY.

Helped to Cause Strike Last Year—Public Prosecutor Says He Is a Dangerous Agitator and Urges Sentence—Gompers Protests to President Roosevelt.

   SAN JUAN, P. R., Nov. 12.—Santiago Iglesias was arrested here last Thursday on landing from the Red D line steamer Philadelphia. His detention was due to his non-appearance after having been thrice summoned by the local courts to appear in a case against him and seven others, brought in July of last year when the currency was changed.

   At that time he persuaded the local Federation of Labor to order all labor organizations to go on strike unless they were paid in gold at the same rate as silver—master workmen, $3; journeymen, $2, and ordinary laborers, $1.50. These rates were not accepted by the employers and a general strike, which was accompanied by some violence, followed.

   Iglesias and the other members of the labor committee were charged with conspiracy and the cases against them were set down for trial Sept. 11, 1900. When that date was reached Iglesias, who was at large on his own recognizance, did not put in an appearance and the trial was adjourned. As he did not appear on the adjourned day further adjournment was taken to May 2, 1901, when an order for his arrest was issued, he being then in New York city.

   He is now in jail awaiting trial in default of $2,000 bail. Yesterday he sent a petition to Governor Hunt asking to be released on his own recognizance, explaining that he made a similar application when first summoned, but that the case was postponed and that no notice of the hearing on May 2 was ever served on him.

   The public prosecutor asks that he be sentenced to a term of imprisonment on the ground that he is a dangerous labor agitator and is continually causing unrest.

 

Samuel Gompers.

GOMPERS ENTERS PROTEST

At His Request President Roosevelt Asks Governor Hunt For Details.

   WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, yesterday saw the president to protest against the arrest of Santiago Iglesias, who was sent to Porto Rico by the federation to organize the workingmen of the island.

   Before Mr. Iglesias left the United States, Mr. Gompers explained to the president the purpose of his visit and asked that Governor Hunt be notified that his mission was not to stir up strife, but simply to organize labor along legitimate lines. At that time he told the president that Mr. Iglesias, during the Spanish ascendancy, had opposed the Spanish regime and had been imprisoned, having been liberated when the American troops reached San Juan.

   By the president's direction, Secretary Cortelyou wrote to Governor Hunt concerning Mr. Iglesias' mission. That letter was dated Oct. 19.

   The news of Iglesias' arrest Mr. Gompers showed to the president and the president immediately sent an inquiry to Governor Hunt as to the cause of the arrest.

   During Mr. Gompers' interview yesterday he spoke to the president about labor legislation, the Chinese exclusion act, the extension of the eight-hour law, the alien contract law and the convict labor bill. Mr. Gompers was especially anxious that the president should recommend the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion act and he came away impressed with the belief that the president would do so.

 

LARGEST GUN IN THE WORLD

Coast Defense Cannon Building at Watervliet That Will Shoot 21 Miles.

   TROY, N. Y., Nov. 12.—As soon as a new trunnion hook can be received from the Bethlehem Steel company work will be resumed at the United States arsenal at Watervliet on the new 16-inch gun which is to be made for Fort Hamilton in New York harbor. This gun will be the largest ever made in the world.

   The gun is a most wonderful one, being a breech loader and the breech will be such that a child can open and fire it. It will shoot a distance of 21 miles but in order to do so, the shot will assume an altitude as high as Pike's Peak and will carry the shot as far north as Yonkers. After the hook has been placed in it the gun is to have another jacket shrunk on it. Military men the world over are very much interested in the mechanicism of this gun, as it will be an innovation for coast defense. It is not yet decided whether the gun will be made into a disappearing one or stationary.

 

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

The Passing of Li Hung Chang.

   That the death of Li Hung Chang will have a disquieting effect on the Chinese empire in its relations to the western world seems more than probable. Those relations are still in an unsettled condition, and the passing of China's foremost diplomat and statesman is likely to complicate them still further. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister at Washington, declares that Earl Li was the only man who was capable of meeting and adjusting the complex questions now confronting the Celestial empire and that his death at this time is especially deplorable.

   Though thoroughly Chinese in his sympathies, Li Hung Chang had imbibed much of the spirit of western civilization by contact with the outside world, and was unquestionably the most liberal and advanced of Chinese statesmen, though not infrequently charged with duplicity and the exercise of the most subtle of Chinese cunning. Though never a nominal imperial ruler, he was such in fact during several long periods. He was at times the actual master of the great empire. Though now and again forced into retirement and shorn of prestige, no emperor was able to crush him or more than briefly bedim his powerful influence.

   General Grant once referred to him as the Bismarck of China. While he did not give his country that mastery which Bismarck gave Germany, he was a powerful influence in its affairs. While he could not save China from the humiliations of the defeat by Japan and the foreign occupation of Peking following the Boxer outrages, he did save the country from the worst consequences of those calamities.

   His remarkable career was in a sense the product of the influence of Frederick Townsend Ward, a Massachusetts adventurer, who organized the "ever victorious army" which suppressed the Taiping rebellion, and who fell in battle and has been deified by the Chinese. He started Li on that peculiar career in which, while representing China to the western world, he consolidated his own power over Chinese politics. Li never forgot his obligation to Ward and to America.

 

A PREDICTION

That Judge Eggleston Will Succeed Judge Forbes in Five Years.

   The East Syracuse News says: "Judge Joseph E. Eggleston was reelected county judge of Cortland county for a third term on last Tuesday by one of the largest majorities ever given a candidate in that county. The judge is about as well known in this county as he is in Cortland, for of late years he has often been called upon by Judge Ross of this county to help out our overburdened county court calendar. Among the members of the bar Mr. Eggleston is considered one of the strongest judges on the bench and it is predicted that he will succeed the Hon. Gerrit A. Forbes on the supreme court bench five years hence. Judge Eggleston in addition to his duties as a judge, is also president of the New York State Firemen's association, in which organization he is very popular.

 

A LODGE OF ELKS

Soon to be Organized in This City—Members Now Here.

   The Elks of this city are planning to organize a lodge of that order. The matter is meeting with approval and about thirty names have been secured as charter members. There are nine members of the order in the city, who belong to lodges in other cities of the state. They are Mr. L. J. Fitzgerald of the Albany lodge, Mr. Albert Allen of the Elmira lodge, Mr. George Gleason of the Watertown lodge, and Messrs. E. F. Knight. A. J. Goddard, W. A. Wallace, Henry Corcoran, John F. Dowd and A. D. Wallace of the Syracuse lodge.

   The application for a dispensation for the organization of a lodge in Cortland was made to Deputy Exalted Ruler Charles Bedell of Syracuse, the secretary of the Syracuse lodge, a short time ago and the permit to organize the lodge will probably be received soon.

 

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY

Holds its Annual Meeting; and Elects Officers—Gratifying Reports.

   At the annual meeting of the First Congregational society of Cortland held last evening officers were elected as follows:

   Trustees—S. N. Holden, L. M. Loope and Edward S. Dalton.

   Treasurer—S. N. Holden.

   Clerk—William D. Tuttle.

   Frank J. Doubleday, the chairman of the board of trustees, gave a detailed report of the work of the trustees for the year just ended. The treasurer's report showed his receipts and expenditures to be about $7,000. This sum does not include the benevolences raised which amount to nearly $ 1,000 more. Both reports are gratifying and show that the society ends the year and enters another in a prosperous condition.

 

Knights of Columbus.

   The Knights of Columbus of Cortland are making elaborate plans for working the third degree and holding a banquet on Thanksgiving evening. The degree work, which will be given under the direction of District Deputy E. J. Mack of Syracuse and Supreme State Deputy John W. Hoagan of Syracuse, assisted by Charles R. Barnes of Rochester, will be given in Taylor hall, and then the Knights will adjourn to the Cortland House and a course luncheon will be served.

   Thos. H. Dowd, chairman of the committee on arrangements, states that 400 Knights from Syracuse, Binghamton, Ithaca, Elmira, Rome and other places are expected to be in attendance, and the local council will spare no pains to make their visit to Cortland one of great pleasure.

 

Daughters of American Revolution.

   The regular meeting of the Tioughnioga chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held at the home of Misses Lena and Nellie Conable on Port Watson-st., yesterday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The following program was given:

   Roll Call—Quotations from David Harum.

   Names of Villages of County, Mrs. Hollenbeck.

   Tioughnioga Legends, Mrs. Benedict.

   The next meeting will meet with Miss Franc Gould on Monday, Dec. 9, at 8:30 P. M.

 

TO REGAIN HIS EYESIGHT.

Lewis S. Hayes to have an Operation Performed on His Eyes.

   Mr. Lewis S. Hayes went to Syracuse this morning to undergo a preliminary operation for removing a portion of the iris of the eye. The main operation will be performed in about a month hence, and the operation that is to be made now is for the purpose of making the final operation more safe. He will be in Syracuse at this time for about a week at the House of the Good Shepherd, Dr. Marlow performing the operation. Mr. Hayes has had practically no sight for more than a year, but is sanguine that the operation will help him in his recovery. His son, Mr. Lewis Hayes, accompanied him to Syracuse.

 

HAVE A DOUGH MIXER.

I. L. Corby and Sons, Formerly Bakers of the Village of Cortland.

   The Ithaca Journal has the following to say regarding I. L. Corby and family who were residents of Cortland before they went to Ithaca and who are well remembered here:

   I. L. Corby, a former baker of Ithaca, and wife, are making a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Casterlin. A few years ago, Mr. Corby and his two sons Charles and William, went to Washington, D. C, and established what is now considered to be the largest bread baking concern in the United States.

   At present, it is said that the Corby bakery is turning out from eighteen to twenty thousand loaves of bread daily, to say nothing of their extensive roll business.

   When they left Ithaca the Corbys started out upon a venture with a patent dough mixing machine, which was invented by the Corby Brothers. By its use they get 20 percent more loaves of bread from a quantity of flour than by the old process. Now, it is said, the Corbys are turning dough into money.

   It is understood that Charles Corby is negotiating for the purchase of a $35,000 residence in Washington. The company recently established a foreign office in London and formed a $100,000 stock company. They are now attempting to form a similar branch in Pittsburg, Pa.

 

PREMIUM FARM SOLD.

A. B. Benham Property in Dryden Goes to a Cortland Supervisor.

   The Ithaca Journal says: One of the most valuable parcels of land in Tompkins county, known as the Benham farm, located in the northeast corner of the town of Dryden, and containing 108 acres of land, was sold at a mortgage foreclosure sale at the front door of the county clerk's office by referee M. M. Sweetland this morning.

   The farm was originally owned by Allen B. Benham, who a few years ago sold it to his son Charles Benham. The farm has long been prized as one of the best in the country and many times captured first premiums offered by agricultural associations. Three years ago Charles Benham died and his widow has since been attempting to keep the property up and pay off the mortgage held by Allen B. Benham and Mary Darby. With the interest the debt today amounted to about $6,500.

   There were a number of prospective purchasers present this morning and the property was finally bid in by DeWitt C. Johnson, formerly of McLean, now a supervisor of the city of Cortland, for $4,500. Allen B. Benham, who is now 88 years old, attended the sale.

 

BREVITIES.

   —A regular meeting of the Royal Arcanum Council will be held this evening at G. A. R. hall at 7:30 o'clock.

   —The Fortnightly club will meet tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock with Mrs. Edward Stilson, 31 Owego-st.

   —New display advertisements today are— M. W. Giles, Make room sale, page 7; A. S. Burgess, Shoes, page 8; M. A. Case, Drygoods, page 6.

   —All Odd Fellows are requested to meet at John L. Lewis lodge rooms Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock to attend the funeral of Mr. E. D. Wood.

   —Three charges for public intoxication were read in city court this morning. Two suspended sentences and one sentence of three days in county jail were given.

   — Police headquarters, concerning which there was recently some contention as to who was responsible for its care and keeping, is now kept in apple pie order by Janitor D. F. Waters.

   —A members' entertainment was given in the Y. M. C. A. parlors last evening, at which about 100 were in attendance. The Y. M. C. A. orchestra and the vocalists gave very pleasing music, the program as published yesterday being carried out in full.

 

TURKEY'S OBEISANCE, AMERICAN SCHOOL-MARM, DEATHS OF E. D. WOOD AND T. J. RYAN, RURAL CEMETERY ASSOC., AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

 

Ahmed Tevfik Pasha.

Cortland Evening Standard, Monday, Nov. 11, 1901.

TURKEY'S OBEISANCE.

France Got All She Asked and a Little More.

FRIENDLY RELATIONS RESUMED.

M. Delcasse Officially Declares Irade Satisfactory and Orders Withdrawal of Squadron From Mitylene—Turkey Also Squares Matters With Austro-Hungary.

   PARIS, Nov. 11.—The French foreign office has announced that the sultan has signed an irade for the execution of his engagements with the French government and that the Franco-Turkish dispute is now at an end.

   Tevfik Pasha, Ottoman minister of foreign affairs, wrote a letter to M. Bapst, councilor of the French embassy in Constantinople, notifying him of the signing of the irade which, while settling the original French demands, accepts the fresh demands as set forth in dispatch to The Temps from Constantinople Friday together with an additional clause by which the sultan pledges himself to consider as authorized in full right the "foundations, extensions, constructions and repairs of the schools and religious and hospitable establishments which France may desire to carry out if the porte is advised of her intentions and makes no objection within five months."

   France has thus reached full satisfaction, and M. Delcasse on receipt of M. Bapst's dispatch yesterday morning telegraphed him to inform Tewfik Pasha that diplomatic relations had been resumed and that M. Bapst should consider himself as regularly charged with the affairs of the embassy.

   Instructions were also sent to Admiral Caillard at Mitylene to re-embark the marines and to return to Greek waters, which is understood to mean the vicinage of the island of Syra. Admiral Caillard will remain in the Levant some time longer.

   H. Constans, the French ambassador, will return to Constantinople shortly.

   The additional clause was conceded at the request of France in order to prevent future difficulties, such as the Turkish provincial authorities have often raised either on their own initiative or in consequence of instigation by the porte.

   The Temps, which describes the result is "a brilliant victory for French diplomacy," says: "The great merit of the government was in being able to restrict its action. Very serious difficulties might have arisen had France departed from her reserve. The favorable disposition shown to our representations abroad has been due to the fact that the civilized world has had opportunity during the last seven years to observe the progress of the anti-European movement in the sultan's councils. Frenchmen, Americans, Austrians, Italians and Britons have all been victimized by the sultan and his councilors. After the Armenian massacre and the successful war with Greece everything was permitted to them.

   "We hope the sultan will now understand his duties toward the civilized powers and toward his own subjects unto whom he has taken solemn engagements which he has always disregarded. Otherwise Europe, which thanks to the energetic action of France, is now able to reassume at Constantinople the authority she lost seven years ago, will applaud the initiative which the signatory powers of the Berlin treaty are reported to be about to take to extort from the sultan the execution of clauses too long fallen into disuse."

 

Austro-Hungary Demands Also Satisfied.

   CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 11.—Baron De Calice, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador, has secured from the porte a satisfactory settlement of several questions that were pending between Turkey and Austria-Hungary.

   M. Bapst has received a dispatch from M. Delcasse authorizing him to resume diplomatic relations with the porte today.

   It is understood that M. Constans will soon return to Constantinople.

 

Earthquake Destroys Houses.

   CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 11.—A severe earthquake occurred Friday at Erzoroum. Many houses were destroyed and the inhabitants sought safety in the open.

 

General Vicente Lukban.

LUKBAN ASKS WITHDRAWAL.

Will Not Listen to Negotiations Until Soldiers Retire From Samar.

   MANILA, Nov. 11.—According to advices from Catbalogan, capital of the island of Samar, Lukban, the insurgent leader, has sent a message to General Smith declaring that he will not listen to negotiations for surrender until all the Americans have withdrawn from the Gandara valley.

   General Smith has ordered every American soldier in the islands of Samar and Leyte never to be without arms, even at meal time. He is determined that there shall be no more surprises, and commanding officers will be held responsible.

   General Smith also declares that scouting must continue incessantly and that all rice and hemp captured must be destroyed. He considers the capture of Lukban only a question of a very short time.

   Incriminating evidence is accumulating against Gibson Easton, the representative of two of the largest firms in Manila, who was recently expelled from Samar on a charge of dealing with the insurgents and he will probably be arrested and tried.

   Lukban's commissary general who was recently captured says that both concerns had an agreement with Lukban to furnish 500 sacks of rice each yearly. He has given the dates of the delivery to men now in Cebu. The authorities have not yet decided as to the extent of the liabilities of the firms.

 

Annie Edson Taylor.

PAGE FOUR—EDITORIAL.

   The American schoolmarm seems to be an important factor in history making these days. Young women teachers in Chicago brought franchise taxation to a favorable issue in the supreme court of Illinois. A female teacher who has seen fifty summers went over the Horseshoe fall at Niagara in a barrel and is the first person who lived to tell the tale after shooting the cataract. Not long ago many of the same invincible and intrepid guild started across the Pacific to teach school in the Philippines. Another, as the captive of oriental brigands, is an object of international interest. Milton was right when he said that the education of youth requires "sinews equal to those which Homer gave to Ulysses," and these the American schoolmarm seems to possess.

 

Home Missionary Meeting.

   The first meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary society of the First M. E. church for the conference year was held at the residence of Mrs. N. Jay Peck, 21 Washington-st., Cortland, on Friday afternoon, Nov. 8. If this gathering is an index of what is to come surely the year will be a most prosperous one. The ladies of the society were present in large numbers, and thoroughly enjoyed the hospitality bestowed by Mrs. Peck in her pleasant home. Mrs. F. W. Higgins, the second vice-president, was the presiding officer who read the Scripture lesson. After singing led by Mrs. A. W. McNett and prayer offered by Mrs. C. V. Wright, the business of the hour occurred, during which it was decided to send a barrel of supplies to The Northwest Nebraska conference, for the benefit of a needy minister, his wife, two boys 12 and 8 years old, and a girl 10 years of age. Clothing, table linen, bedding, groceries, etc., for this purpose may be left at Mrs. Isaac Edgcomb's during the week.

   The following program was then presented, subject "Indians:"

   Selection—What the Churches are Doing for the Indians, Mrs. Jennie Purvis.

   Duet—Count Your Blessings, Mrs. Keppel, Mrs. Twiss.

   Girl Life Among the Indians, Mrs. Amanda Smith.

   Violin Solo, Miss Hazel Peck, Miss Nellie L. Conable, accompanist.

   Personal Recollections of Indian Life, Mrs. Lucetta Hinman.

   Following the most interesting exercises, delicious refreshments were daintily served by Mrs. Peck, which added to the good cheer that prevailed.

 

DEATH OF E. D. WOOD.

Manager or Wickwire Boiler Mills and Former Alderman of the City.

   Elbert DeLoyd Wood, 134 Clinton-ave., died at 5:40 o'clock yesterday morning of hystero epilepsy at the age of 58 years and 28 days. The funeral will be held from the house Wednesday at 11 o'clock, A. M., burial in Willow Glen cemetery near Dryden.

   Mr. Wood was born in Candor, N. Y., the son of Benjamin and Eleanor Wood. In 1867 he married Miss Frances Stewart of Danby, who died six years later. Two children, Mrs. George A. Brewer of Freeville and Mr. Frank S. Wood of Cortland, were born to them. In 1884 Mr. Wood married Miss Della Sperry of Etna, and she survives him.

   Mr. Wood came to Cortland nine years ago last March to become the general manager of the Wickwire Roller Flour mills which position he has held ever since. He was a member of John L. Lewis lodge, No. 587, I. O. O. F. and of Cortland encampment, No. 122, I. O. O. F. He was also a member of the Royal Arcanum.

   Mr. Wood was a public spirited man, and a man of excellent judgment. In 1899 he was elected to represent what was then the Third ward of the village of Cortland on the board of trustees, and when the city charter went into effect he became one of the first aldermen of the city, representing the Fourth ward by a new districting of the corporation. In this position he was ever anxious to serve his constituents well, and be leaves behind him an excellent record in his work as a public officer.

   But it was in his own home or when entertaining his neighbors or friends that Mr. Wood was at his best. He had a kindly and jovial disposition that made for him a host of friends. He was always cheerful, and even the great affliction which made him a great sufferer for more than a year previous to his death did not change his happy and contented nature. He united with the Presbyterian church of this city seven years ago, and has ever lived a faithful and consistent Christian life.

   Mr. Wood was a good citizen, honest in purpose, a kind and thoughtful neighbor and a true husband and father.

 

WELL KNOWN WAGON MAKER.

Former Resident of Cortland Died Sunday in Chicago.

   Mr. T. J. Ryan, formerly of Cortland, and for the past eight years superintendent of the large Racine Wagon Co., Racine, Wis., died in Chicago at 7:45 o'clock yesterday morning from Bright's disease, aged about 35 years. The funeral will be held in Chicago tomorrow at 10 o'clock A. M.

   Mr. Ryan was born in Homer, N. Y. and was one of six children of Thomas and Margaret Ryan. About ten years ago he married Miss Catharine McMahon of Chicago, who now survives him. His father is also surviving, and he lives at North Lansing. The brothers and sisters of the deceased are: Mr. Stephen Ryan of South Otselic, Mr. Patrick Ryan, Mrs. Ira Hyde and Mrs. D. N. Lucy of Cortland and Mr. James Ryan of New York.

   Mr. Ryan was a prominent wagon maker and a man of more than ordinary business ability. He took charge of the large establishment at Racine when it was nearly in bankruptcy and lived to see it grow under his management to one of the largest and best paying concerns of its kind in the United States.

   Mr. Patrick Ryan started this morning for Chicago and will attend the funeral tomorrow.

 

The Cemetery Association.

   The trustees of the Cortland Rural Cemetery association met Saturday afternoon pursuant to adjournment and organized by the election of the following officers:

   President—Judge J. E. Eggleston.

   Vice-President—R. Bruce Smith.

   Secretary—G. J. Mager.

   Treasurer—C. P. Walrad.

   Messrs. Eggleston, Mager and Walrad were appointed executive committee. Mr. B. B. Morehouse was reappointed superintendent.

 

An East River Pullet.

   Mr. Wayne Watkins, manager of the East River Flouring mills, has a Plymouth Rock pullet in his stock of poultry which was hatched April 10, 1901. The pullet now has a brood of eleven fine sprightly chicks of her own which were hatched Nov. 1 and with good care the prospects are they will make fine broilers after the Holidays. Mr. Watkins thinks this is an extraordinary record for a pullet not 7 months old at the time the chickens were hatched.

 

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

ORGANIZES FOR THE WORK OF THE SESSION OF 1901.

F. A. Crosley of Scott Made Chairman, E. C. Alger Selected as Clerk and Edgar A. Stafford as Janitor—Charles H. Bates Elected Sealer of Weights and Measures.

First Day, Monday, Nov. 11.

   The Cortland county board of supervisors met at their rooms at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon to enter upon the annual session. The board is composed as follows:

 

   Republicans in Roman, eleven, Democrats in italics, ten. *Member of last board.

   The board was called to order by E. C. Alger, the clerk of the last board, and A. H. Bennett of Homer was made temporary chairman. Permanent organization was then affected by electing F. A. Crosley of Scott as chairman. E. C. Alger was elected as clerk, and Edgar A. Stafford of Cortland as janitor.

   The first official act of the new board was to elect Charles H. Bates of Homer sealer of weights and measures of the county for the coming year.

   Adjournment was then taken till Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock.

   Tomorrow the board will assemble at the county clerk's office as a board of canvassers to canvass the vote of the last election.

 

BREVITIES.

   —Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Jewett and daughter returned this morning from a week's trip to New York.

   —There will be a regular meeting of the board of directors of the Y. M. C. A. tonight at 8:15 o'clock.

   —The regular meeting of the Y. M. C. A. auxiliary will be held in the association parlor tomorrow, Tuesday, Nov. 12, at 3 o'clock P. M.

   —The Wickwire roller flour mills will be closed all day Wednesday on account of the funeral of Mr. E. D. Wood, the former manager of the mills.

   —Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Hitchcock will be interested in the account in our Homer letter today of the celebration of their sixtieth wedding anniversary last Saturday.

   —Syracuse university graduates in this vicinity are hilarious in their gratification at the results of the football game in New York on Saturday when Syracuse defeated Columbia by the score of 11 to 5.

   —New display advertisements today are—Warren, Tanner & Co., Dry Goods, page 6; Glann & Clark, shoes, page 7; C. F. Brown, Cigars, etc., page 6; J. W. Cudworth,  Optical Talks, page 5; W. J. Perkins, Chamois Vests, page 6.

 

 

EARL LI DIED OF RAGE, DR. MARY WALKER, F. M. BENJAMIN, CORTLAND COUNTY BAR, LECTURES AND WOODEN INDIANS

 

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.

 

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."

 

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.