Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1904 — Page 3

TTWIU m • llVAiaili Nj JL ' , attorney at law. FenRENSSELAER, INDIANA. Judson J. Hunt, Un, Mods, lams and Reoi esrml RENSSELAER, IND. Office up-stair* In Leopold block, flrat atalr* weat of VanKeouelaer street. U. M. Baughman. G. A. William*. Baughman & Williams, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW. Law, Notary work. Loan*. Real Estate and Insurance, bpecia attention Riven to collectk>ns of all kinda. Office over "Racket Store," ’Phone 839. KENBSELAKR, . IWDIANA. Wm. B. Austin. Arthur H. Hopkins. Austin & Hopkins, Law, Loans and Real Estate Loans on farms and City property, personal security and chattel mortßaire. Buy, tell Jem farms and city property. Farm and 5?*Y ure in *“rance. Attorneys for AmkriS«if..~V IL . DIM, ?. , «, LoAN A *» Savings Association, Office over ChlcaßO Department Store, RENSSELAER, IND. 1. F. Irwin S. C. Irwin Irwin & Irwin, Real Estate, Abstracts. ColleetiomL Farm Loans and Fire Insuranoa, Office in Odd Fellows' Block. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. **AMK FOLTZ. O. O. IflTklß. MARRY H. RtfRRII Foltz, Spitler & Kurrie, (Successors to Thompaon A Bro.) ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Law, Real Estate, Insurance Absracta and Loans. Only set of Abstract Books in the Couoty. RENSSELAER, IND. Ira W. Yeoman, ' ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Remington, ... Indiana. Law, Real Estate, Collections, Insurance and Farm Loans. Office uostairs in Durand

E. C. English, Physician & Surgeon. Office over lines'Millinery store. Rensselaer. Orrtes Snom I7r. Sisisiroi Sssaii lie. Doctor A. J. Miller, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Rensselaer, - • Indiana. Office up-stairs in Forsythe block. General practice of medicine, surgery and X-ray work. Calls answered promptly, day or night Of* flee and residence 'phones. 204 (Jasper Co.): also (Halleck) 43 at residence * Ur. Francis Turfler. Dr. Anna Turfler. Drs. Turfler & Turfler, OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. Graduates American School of Osteopathy. Office over Harris Bank. Rensselaer, Ind. Honrs: 8 to Mm; 1 to 4:30 p. m. H. O. Harris, E. T. Harris, J. C. Harris, President Vlce-Pres. Cashier. Rensselaer Bank. v Deposits received on call. Interest Bearing Certificates of Deposit issued on time. Exchange Bought and Sold on principal cities. Notes Discounted at current rates, Farm 'Loans made at B per cent Wa Solicit Share of Your Business. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF RCNSStLAER, I NO. Addison Parki«on. Pres. John M. Wasson. Vice-Pres. E. L. Hollingsworth. Cashier. eueesason to tms auataaaa or tmc commikcial ann rank. Opened March 9d, 1009. at the old location. NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE. Ageneral banking business transacted: deposits received, payable on time or on demand. Money loaned on acceptable security. Drafts on all cities at home and abroad bought and sold. Collection of notes and accounts a specialty. 5 per cent farm loans. Yonr business solicited. HMjnr. Crown. Bar and 'Bridge 1 Work. Teeth Without YmJP I Plates, Without Pain. .. J. W. HORTON .. ISYEARS IN RENSSELAER Teeth carefully stopped with gold and other fillings. Consultation free. ' Nitrous Oxide Gas administered dally. Charges within the reach of all. 0 orrtos opposite count mouse. H. L. Brown, DENTIST. Office over Larsh’s drug store \ jBBBBBPBPBHBBBMBBHBBBHHpBft i rl ft V a| B N ■ K%B / f B A'B B hB k B ( r B BW B H BH ft ■ 1 f \ r BBBBB—Bi—ftl——f \ / Send skoofti, mwtt of uooto w jutcduod tot \ f free report on poten wtokuty. jror nt c dooi , t w Pblwmi mml t lUllHi wWIHiV __ *o _ \

WAR CLOUD IS DARK.

RUBSIA-JAPAN HOSTILITIES MAY iOON BEGIN. J ..... ’ Battleahips Maas Around Coraa—The Czar’s Fleet at Port Arthur Stripe for Battle—Naval Actlou First, Then Land—China to Be Neutral. A special cable from Tokio asserts that the conflict between Russia and Japan Is not far off. Everything points To, the close approach of war. Action, firation sen and then on land, Is to be expected. American and British naval men speak as fairly confident of the chances of Japan's ships agaiust Russia. The Jap* anese army, if lauded in strength and handled discreetly, will do admirably. Japan on Saturday addressed a note to Rnssia through Minister De Rosen. It is said Japan,requires an answer within a given number of days. The note appears to be an ultimatum. The government is determined to secure «n early response and close the discussion if it Bhould prove to be fruitless. It is understood that Japan adheres closely to her original contentious and it is believed that if Russia fails fairly to meet the demands war will ensue. The attitude of the British and Americans greatly encourages the Japanese war spirit, which is stronger than ever. The suggestion contained in a dispatch from Berlin Of the possible partition of Corea between Japan and Russia meets with no acceptance. The Japanese officials regard it ns further evidence of German support of Russia. Russian Ships Strip for Action.

A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Tokio confirms the information that it U untrue that Japan i 8 considering a reply to the Russian note. The negotiations have pgpaed beyond Japan’s diplomacy. It remains only for Russia to climb down.

The correspondent quotes a Chefoo report that the Russian warships at Port Arthur are hastily landing their superfluous furniture and fittings and are vir-

BATTLE GROUND IN IMPENDING RUSSO-JAPANESE CONFLICT—DISPOSITION OF FORCES.

tually stripping for action. He also says regarding the conference between former Governor Taft, who is returning from the Philippines, and Marquis Ito, that the American legation at Tokio declares that the United States, in case of war, will preserve neutrality, while befriending Japan as far as is possible consistently with such an attitude. A Pekin dispatch to the Mail savs that Russia has threatened China with the immediate occupation of Pekin should China join Japan. Prince Ching and the grand council have advised the throne to preserve strict neutrality. The dispatch adds that Russia is enrolling large numbers of natives, in eastern Mongolia. The London Times considers that the most important news from the far East is the information that China has ratified

SCENE IN COREAN CAPITAL WHEN KING LEAVES HIS PALACE.

the treaties of commerce with the United States and Japan. It saye that both these treaties, which apply the principle of the open door in Manchuria, will now serve to test in the eyes of the world the ■incerity with which Russia declared her acceptance of that doctrine. Russia gives formal expressioS to her policy now in consequence of the controversy with Jspan, one of whose persistent contentions has been for a definition of Russia’s policy in "Manchuria and an acknowledgment of Japan’s trade privileges. Russia's reply has been in substance at follows: “We cannot discuss Manchuria with you any more than we could Ans&alia or the Philippines. Manchuria belongs neither to us nor to you. It doss not lie within the jurisdiction of either of ns to dispose of the future of Manchuria.”

GENERAL CHAFFEE BECOMES HEAD OF UNITED STATES ARMY.

GEN. ADNA R. CHAFFEE.

Gen. Chaffee lias succeeded Gen. Young ns chief of staff of the United States army, Gen. Young having reached his retirement. Gen. Chaffee was born in Ohio fifty-seven years ago, enlisted in the Civil War, and was promoted for gallnntrj' up to the rank of captain. In 1803 lie was appointed a captain in the regular army. He joined the Indian territory expedition under Gen. Miles, and in 1868 was made a major for gallant services, and in 1890, a lieutenant colonel for gallantry in previous Indian fights. He served with the Sixth cavalry for twenty-seven years. From 1894 to 1896 he was instructor of cavalry tactics at Fort Leavenworth. In 1897 he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Third cavalry and made commandant of the instruction school at Fort Riley. He was there when the Spanish war broke out. He was a brigadier general and commanded a brigade from Laa Guasimas to El Caney. At El Caney he won fresh laurels by capturing the Spanish position and practically ending the Span-

ish war. At the close of the Spanish war he served as chief of staff to Gen. Brooke, Governor General of Cuba. He returned to this country and in June, 19QP, was ordered to proceed to China and take command of the American contingent of the allied troops qperating against the Boxers. He was made a major general in 1901, and appointed military governor of the Philippines. Siuce his return from the Philippines, in 1902, and until recently, he has been in command of the department of the east.

Sparks from the Wires.

The Omaha Grain Exchange has been Incorporated with a capital of $259,000. Philadelphia citizens are becoming aroused over the number of burglaries and holdups in the suburban districts,

which are practically without police pro teetion. Rev. Francis E. Clark, the founder of the Christian Endeavor Society, left Boston, Mass., on a trip aronnd the world. Dr. Clark was accompanied by his daughter. * \ Burglars stole S7OO worth of watches and rings from Harry Goldberg’s jewelry store, Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Olive Thorpe, 23, Chicago, shot and killed herself. She had been in p<gfl health. Her parents are wealthy ana. Jacob Meyers, Duncannon, Pa., was fatally stabbed hy Joseph Curry, ap Italian, who jumped into the river and drowned while a mob waa after him. George Ryan, driver for a Philadelphia hndertaker, refused to haul a casket containing the body of Charles Taylor, colored. 4 I • t ;

CHURCHES GROW IN A YEAR.

Membership In Them Keep* Pace with the Popnlatlpn. '■> In even figures the membership of ail religious bodies in America at this time

la 29,000,000, or an increase last year of about 450,000, according to statistics compiled by the Church News Association of New York. Some churches reck* on actual communicants, some baptisms, some adherents, bat a large proportion of church officials jump at estimates and then forget to send their estimates to ths denominational statistician. The ecclesiastical years in different bodies ore not the same and hence it is impossible to say that a particular body increased in membership so many hundreds or thousands last year.' Roughly speaking, It appears that Christianity is just about keeping pace with population in the matter of growth. Certainly It grew none on the population last year. Always in prosperous financial times religious Interests suffer to some extent. The present times are no exception and returns for the year just ended show that ths world is paying marked attention to worldly affairs.

Three bodies about which much was heard in 1903 are the Dowieites, the Christian Scientists and the Jews. The first named have been credited by the religions statisticians with a membership of 40,000. They themselves admit that they know of only 23,500. The statisticians have uniformly given member : ship figures of Christian Scientists. Yet officials of Christian Scientist churches affirm that no records are compiled and that they themselves do not know their numbers.

The influx of Jews into America la enormous at this time and it is out of the question even to estimate their total. It is said that the number of Jews who are recorded ns belonging to a congregation is 150,000. If this be accurate, which is doubtful, it is less than onequarter of all the Jews resident in New York City alone, at present the great center of Jewish population in the World. A few years ago it was true that the larger religious bodies were growing larger and the small ones smaller. List year, if the statistics are accepted, the

small bodies grew in proportion to the large. Unitarians have been at a standstill for several years. Last year they claim a growth of about 2,000. Universalists have barely held their own, but last year claim a growth of 594. Other small bodies, like the Evangelical, the various branches of Methodism, almost all of the divisions of Presbyterianism and the many small synods of Lutherans, these and others show proportionate growth. On the other hand, some of the larger bodies made showings of which they have little reason to boast. For example, the Protestant Episcopal Church increased in membership only 15,209 and is steadily decreasing in the proportion of infant baptisms. All Presbyteiian bodies grew but 31,552, which is an average of not so many as one member to a church, and Methodists, north, with 28,213 churches, grew only 29,265 members. They passed the 3,000,000 mark and are the largest single religious body in America which bases its numbers upon actual communicants and not upon population, as in the case of the Roman Catholic Church. Official Baptist and Roman Catholic figures for the year have not yet been collated. Any figures given now would be estimates and the data on which they rest is so vague that they must be hardly more thnn guessts.

Nature’s Extremes.

The 'Coldest place on earth inhabited by man is Verkhoyansk, above the arctic circle, in northeastern Siberia. The thermometer there drops to 90 degrees below zero in January, but sometimes rises to 86 degrees above zero in the shade in July, dropping, however, to the freezing point on the warmest summer nights. Thar hottest place in the world is the Interior of the great Sahara Desert, in Africa, where the thermometer rises to 122 degrees. The wettest place is Greytown, Nicaragua, where the mean annual rainfall is 260 inches. The place of least rain Is Fort Nolloth, In South Africa, where less than an inch sometimes falls In a year. , , pastor of St. Patrick’s Bftch, Gainesville, Fla., is endeavoring to divert Irish immigration to .the South. He has about 1,000 acre** ms fine fanning land in 4 Florida and grants to settle it with a colony of Immigrant* from the Green Isle. The Rev. S. W. Howland, who has been connected with the Ceylon mission of the American board since 1873, has been elected professor of theology la Atlanta Theological Seminary. He is a native of Ceylon and a graduate of Amherst,

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Slater Accuse* Brother of Fraud at Funeral of Father—Constable's Aid Convicted of Manslaughter—'Thieves Rob Coal Cars and Bell to Poor. • According to reports from Poplar Grove there was a sensational scene at the funeral of Jacob Harness, an octogenarian, who died a few days ago. Daceased was once wealthy, but gave hit property to his children. At the open grave it is alleged that Mrs. Easter Barker, a daughter, turned on her brother, Solomon Harness, and bitterly accused the brother of getting their father drunk and forcing him to deed all bis property to Solomon and George Harness, then taking him to the poorhouse. Friends tried to quiet the woman, bnt she refused to be silenced and continued her tirade until exhausted. It is claimed that Jacob Harness had property amounting to $60,000 which he turned over to the sons. The Harness brothers frequently have been threatened with whitecapping for neglect of their father, and for months there has been great excitement in the neighborhood.

Constable’s Aid Guilty. In Shelbyville the jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against Ola B. Powers, which means a sentence of from two to twenty-one years. Oet. 10 Powers procured a warrant for William Wells and returned to assist the constable in making the arrest. Wells went to Fairland on an interurbnn car and when met by the constable and Powers started to run. Powers shot twice and Wells was killed. Towers is 23 years old and has a wife and two children. Wells was barely of age and owed Powers a bar bill. claimed that Wells had obtained drink under false pretenses. Patterson Pleaded Guilty. Andrew Patterson, who shot two employes of a mining company’s store at Fontanet, and who was caught at North Vernon, pleaded guilty In Terre Haute. Judge Piety withheld sentence to await the result of the w ounds of the two men. Patterson said he w-as drunk and when one of the men kicked him while he was in the store, he used a shotgun. The second man, named Hein, he said, was struck by some of the shot fired at Parrott.

Coal Thieve* Were Busy.

Lafayette authorities haVe ascertained by investigating coal stealing cases that quite an industry has sprung up in the vicinity of the railroad yards. Because they told pathetic stories of suffering and poverty ninny of the coal thieves arrested have been uMowed to go unpunished, but it develops that in many cases the coal is stolen from the railroads by persons who sell it to the poor, who would not stoop to theft themselves.

Fine for Dnclclns Teacher.

Ira and Floyd Deckard, Peart and Katherine Parks and Gertrude and Jessie McClellan, the six school children who “ducked” Miss Erline Sinclair in a pond near the Parks school in Cass township Dec. 8, pleaded guilty to rioting and were fined $5 and costs each.

Mar Part Yonnar Eloper*. On New Year's dny Everett Cleis, aged 19 years, of South Bend, and Maine Lucille Murray of Goshen eloped to Cassopolis, Mich., where they were married. Cleis’ parents were strongly opposed to the union and will take legal action to annul the marriage.

Brief Btete Happenings. The large canning factory which was to be located in Tipton may not materialize. Mrs. Daniel Gordon of Greenfield is asking the court to grant her a divorce because she wants to disinherit her husband. She claims there is no ill feeling between them. James Tillett, a woodworker of Knoxville, Tenn., is under nrrest in Lafayette for shooting Mark Flannery iu Chicago. Tillett claims Flannery was intoxicated and attacked him and that he shot in self-defense. James Yemor, proprietor of a large dairy farm seven miles from Lafayette, will build a spur of railroad track from the Monon Railroad to his farm in a few months. The track will be used only for the transportation of his own products. Realizing that death was a question of only a few hours, George P. Moorehead of South Bend sent for his bride-to-be, Miss Mary Nicar Tutt, and, propped up by piUows, became the husband of the young woman. A few miuutes later Mr. Moorehead willed his bride his fortune of $50,000. Two hours after the ceremony the groom was dead. C. L. Fisher of Indianapolis was awakened at midnight by burglars pounding on her door and demanding admission. She jumped from a second-story window in her night robes and. ran barefooted several blocks. She met two policemen, who hurried back to the house and were met by a fusillade of shots from the revolvers of four men. There was a running fight and two of the burglars were wounded, but all escaped. Hamilton, Ohio, police are asked to locate Llewelyn 11. Vinnedgo, a member of one of Butler County’s leading families, who has disappeared from Anderson, where he is alleged to be short $5,000 in his accounts with the Amerjcan Wire Nail Company, of which he was chief clerk. He is said to have cashed the company’s check for $5,000 Dec. 31, representing to the bank that he wanted it for the pay roll. Vinnedge was a deacon of the Presbyterian Church and vice president of the Y. M. C. A. It is charged that he led a duJtl life and lost heavily in gambling. Ilis relatives are ignorant of his whereabouts. A S6OO diamond brooch lost by Mrs. Dave Ryder ip Terre Haute was returned by Miss Fern Howell of Paris, 111., who found it at the Grand Opera House door and held it until advertised tor. Ryder pressed SIOO reward on her. Mrs. John Anderson of Michigan City, despondent because of illness, set fire to her clothing with snicidal intent, and ran streaming from the house enveloped lin flames. Her husband, awakened by her cries, pursued her, but did not succeed In extinguishing.the flames nuril his wife had been frightfully burned. The 1 physicians offer no hope for her recovery.

PULSE of the PRESS

The mercury is bobbing np and down* these days like a poor horseback rider. —Columbus Evening Dispatch. The women have this great advantage over men: When the women talk back it is called “repartee.”—New Haven Union. The country continues to get eloquent reminders of the necessity of repealing or modifying the statute of limitations.— Boston Herald. The gambling hall at Monte Carlo will clear $7,000,000 this year. It is almost as profitable as a trust. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. This being leap year, would it not be well for the politicians to let each party do its own presidential proposing?—Columbus Dispatch. An apparatus has now been perfected to photograph your organs. Next thing will be a negative of your soul.— St. Louis Globe-Democrat. It appears that the only way that Colombia can attack Panama is to go up in airships and drop down cobble stones.— Philadelphia Evening Item. Somebody will invent a new color one of these days, and then the yellow journals will be printed in it with great eclat. —Washington Times. A Paris scientist has discovertd that radium paralyzes mice. Women’s clubs will lose no time in taking up the study of radium.—Detroit Free Press. Colombia’s threat to thrash Uncle Sam seems to have died out with the old year. Nervous folks can now quit shaking.—Philadelphia Evening Item. Colombia may not be able to fight, but it is certain that she can lean over the alley fence and use language to beat anything.—Grand Rapids Evening Press. The little boodler who steals a pair of shoes or a side of bacon finds that the technicalities are all of too large a pattern to fit his ease. —Kansas City Journal. If the recent New York church census shows anything, it makes it clear that the men permit the women to have the religion for the family.—Philadelphia Ledger. New Hampshire's Governor is charged with holding four positions and drawing four salaries. Just think what he is saving the State in desk room. —Boston Herald. In most respects Japan is an enlightened and progressive nation; but its desire for a war with Russia is almost South African in its temerity.—Kansas City Times. President W'ilson of Princeton has been warning the nation against the evils of selfish ease and of amassing money. No newspaper men arc in danger.—Philadelphia Ledger. However, if the two- wings of the Colombian army can get together long enough it may be possihle to have a grouif photograph taken. —Grand Rapids Evening Press. Spain hns declined to make an exhibit at the St. Louis world’s fair because she docs not like this country, and for the further reason that she has not the price. —Washington Post. As a result of his recent operation, the Kaiser has a new voice. If the Czar would submit to a similar ordeal it might materially improve the concert of the powers.—Omaha Daily Bee. We continue to get reminders from Washington that the capital of the nation is one of the worst places in the world to hear about the real trend of national politics.—Boston Herald. About this time we may take it for granted that the ice companies are busy preparing explanations about the scarcity of ice used during the summer months.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Prof. John Dill Robertson of Chicago proudly announces that he hasn’t taken a bath in two fears, and likes the result. His folks have not been heard from.—Des Moines Daily News.

The proposed curtailment of cotton goods manufacturing imperils that sacred institution, the bandana handkerchief, just when winter colds have given it its greatest popularity. —Omaha Bee. Gen. Oritz says that “every Colombian, man or woman, is capable of rising to heights of heroism.” But, general, isn’t it somewhat like the power of calling spirits from the vasty deep?—lndianapolis News. An ingenious Frenchman has Invented an engine and train of cars that will rua on an ordinary road. This will be calculated to detain the hired farm hand on the fence a good deal longer.-—Cleveland riain Dealer. Out of Chicago's calamity there has already sprung a universal demand for absolute safety in theater construction and management, and nothing short of that will be tolerated hereafter. This is the only bright side to the picture.— Chicago Tribune. The empress dowager promises much to her gods If they will Quiet troublesome provinces. I'nfertrmateiy the god»n appear as reluctant to accept this particular woman’s pledges as is mankind. — Omaha Daily Bee. That Missouri man who has invented a process for making cigars out of straw wasn’t quite quick enough to catch the holiday trade. Those who have smelled burning straw will not regret this.— Cleveland Plain Dealer. There is a new telephone that quietly impresses its messages on a phonograph cylinder, without the talker at the other end being aware of the operation. Weigh well your words when you dally with the •phone- —Cleveland Plain Dealer. All the nine points of the reforms urged by Russia and Austria have been accepted by Turkey on the condition that she is not to be humiliated. The humiliation in these cases means the carrying out of the promised reforms. —Philadelphia Public Ledger. An Indiana doctor proposes to administer disease germs to criminals sentenced to death. Why not go further and subject them to vivisection? One good thing about the scheme is that it would make the victims useful. Thai might bn a consoling thought, and it might HOC— New York Evening Son. ■ -sm