Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1904 — Page 5

JAPS GET YONGAMPO

Occupation of Wiju Gives Mikado’s Men Undisputed Possession of the Port. RUSSIANS CROSS TALU RIVER When Japanese Scout* Enter Wtju They Find the Place Deserted— All Quiet at Port Arthur. Toklo, April s.—Russia’s losses in the skirmish at Kasan March 26 and in that at Chon-Ju March 28 reach 1,800, over 900 of these being killed or .wounded. The Japanese losses are reported as insignificant. Port Arthur, April 6.—There are no signs of the Japanese and there is no notable change in the situation. Grand Duke Boris has left Port Arthur to join the field force. Seoul, April 6. —The occupation of Wiju gives the Japanese undisputed possession of the port of Yongampo, at the mouth of the Yalu. With the river free from ice the gunboats of the mikado's fleet can protect the Japanese army while it is crossing the river. Army Move* on WIJn. Shanghai, April 6.—Advices from Seoul under date of April 1 say: “The Japanese first arrfiy, consisting of 45,000 men, including the imperial guard, and the second and twelfth

VIEW OF FUSAN BAY.

divisions, which had been concentratat Anju, Is moving on Wlju by three routes. It was the advance guard, composed of 450 Infantry and cavalry, which repulsed 600 Russians and occupied Cbong-Ju, sixty-five miles southeast of Wiju, March 28. Lieutenant Kato and four Japanese were killed on that occasion and 1 Captain Kurowaka and eleven men were wounded. The Russians had ten men killed. Horses In Bad Condition. '‘Supplies are being landed at HaiJa and Cbinnampo, and are also being taken by Junks up the Ching-Chien river to Anju. The horses, 5,200 to a division, were landed in bad condition. The necessity for leading each horse reduces the strength of the fighting force. Many of the soldiers are suffering from the effects of frozen feet. The Japanese are fortifying Fusan, southern Korea, and Konje island, off the southern coast, to defend Masampo. The Russians over-estimated the strength of the Japanese force at Anju and consequently retreated without making use of the natural advantages of the country to oppose the Japanese advance.” RUSSIANS QUIT WIJU Japanese Scents Enter the City and Find the Enemy Gone. Seoul, April 6.—Wiju has been abandoned by the Rcssians, who have retired across the Yalu river. A detachment of Japanese scouts entered the city at 1:30 Monday afternoon and found not a single Russian in the place. Wiju is one of the most important cities in northern Korea, situated near the mouth of the Yalu, almost opposite Antung. in Manchuria, and it had been supposed the Russians would make a strong effort to hold it. There ia now no Russian force of any size south of the Yalu. The landing of the Japanese at Chlnampo has now ceased. The troops have moved north from that port, which is amply guarded by a large fleet. The Japanese military base has been removed north from Ping Yang and now few troops are left there. All Qnlat at Vladivostok. Vladivostok, April 6.—The military situation is quiet. There is no evidence of the presence of the enemy in this region. The prices of the necessities of life are very high on account of the lack of provisions. Kerosene . is selling at $2 for a tin of twenty pounds. ' * No Japanese In Manchnrla. St Petersburg, April 6.—Major General Pflug telegraphs from Mukden under Monday’s date, denying the reports of Japanese operations in Manchuria and stating that there are no Japanese troops in Manchuria. Japs Get Cargo of Beef. Paris, April 6.—lt is reported that a. Russian transport with a cargo of tinned meat on her way to Vladivostok and sailing under the Chinese flag was captured by Japanese cruisers and taken to Niigata. Notes of the War. A St Petersburg dispatch says the Baltic fleet will leave for the Far East not later than July 15. Advices from Kobe, Japan, via Shanghai, say that the mikado baa 260,000 troops In motion and 60,000 mobilised. Am.: • notion with the Russian is repot uv. uom Seoul, the Japs repulsing the Russians, killing forty and capturing many. Japanese loss, thirty. This is a Jap story.

NEWS BRIEFLY STATED.

Matters of General Interest Taken from the Wires. Some of the Happenings of the Past Week Given In Condensed Paragraphs for Busy Ppople. Thursday, Msreh 31. The finance committee of the Chicago board of education has voted to set aside $500,000 for the proposed commercial high schooL On« of the mines in Possiet bey, near Vladivostok, has been exploded by a whale, whose mutilated remains have been washed ashore. Princess Cantacuzene .daughter of General Fred. Grant, has given birth to a girl. The first one was a boy. The navy department will 6end a torpedo boat destroyer and the gunboat Nashville to St. Louis during the fair. The department of manufacturers of the World’s fair has arranged for an exhibit to be known as “The American Costume Exhibit’’ Andrew Carnegie has given $30,000 for a new library for Berea college In Kentucky. Friday. April 1. Simeon W. King has been reappointed to the position of United States commissioner at Chicago. It is said that a small hill in Maine, near the New Brunswick line, has disappeared, the site now being occupied by a lake. Fairbanks, of Indiana, Is a “receptive" candidate for the vice presidential nomination. » Most Rev. John M. Farley, archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New York, has arrived home from a visit to the pope. South Dakota Democrats, in convention, declared for Hearst for president. Miss Maud Ingersoll attempted to stab herself In New York because of the loss of $150,000 in Wall street. Saturday, April 2. The largest insurance policy ever taken out by an individual —namely, one for $1,500,000 —has Just been issued by the Mutual Life, of New York, to James C. Colgate, banker and financier. April strikee are numerous in New England, but not serious. Among the passengers sailing from San Francisco for Manila by the transport Logan were Mrs. Wood and her three children. Floods in eastern Montana are still causing much trouble. February mortality in New York state was 12,749, the highest on record for the month. Prizes of $150,000 are offered by the World’s fair to the winners in the aeronautic contests. Three hundred hod carriers have struck at Cincinnati for an increase of 20 cents a day. Monday, April 4. Fifty-five persons died of pneumonia at St. Louis last week. The board of lady managers of the World’s fair has assumed charge of the woman’s building at St. Louis. Theodore Thomas will be the orchestral leader during the national saengtrfest to be held In Milwaukee this summer. Plans for a SIOO,OOO chemical building for the University of Wisconsin have been accepted by the regents. Jorge Holquin, Junior secretary of Colombia at Paris, says tbat if tbe French courts refuse Colombia "justice” as to tbe Panama canal she will resort to arms.

"As a reward for the capture of the Redding train hold-up the Southern Pacific offers $250, Wells-Fargo S3OO and the state S3OO. Heavy cattle losses have resulted on the prairies of North Dakota from the recent blizzard. Several owners report the loss of entire herds. April S. "Give till it hurts,” Raid Rev. William O. Waters at Grace Episcopal church, Chicago, and $50,000 was raised for the endowment fund within a few minutes. In Lawrence county. 111., and Knox county, Ind., the flood loss will be sl,000,000, according to the most conservative estimates. John E. Cowdin has been elected a steward of the National Steeplechase and Hunt association, vice Whitney, deceased. A general rain is falling over the larger portion of Oklahoma, the most beneficial and extensive since last October. The Woman’s Municipal League, of the city of New York, Ms been incorporated to promote among women an intelligent interest in municipal affairs. Wednesday, April 6. Mrs. Gertrude Morris and Mrs. Ellen Jean, both colored, have been awarded SIOO each by a Chicago Jury because they were refused admission to the Columbus theater. Two San Francisco lawyers have been awarded $150,000 fees for their services in settling the Charles L. Fair estate. Louise Michel, the anarchist speaker and writer, is dying at Paris. A voting machine was used yesterday for the first time in a Chicago election. William J. Bryan is on bis farm near Lincoln, Neb., doing his spring planting. The humanitarians of St Louis refuse to let the Igorrotes eat dogs’ meat an the ground that it is 'Vruel and inhuman.” <

Some Boats on the Other Side.

Berlin. April B.—lnouye, the Japanese minister here, does not share the view that a sale to Russia of the Ham-burg-Ameriean line steamship Fuerst Bismarck would be a breach of neutrality, “From one viewpoint,” paid the minister, “we are glad to see the Russians buy good ships. The Russians buy them and we capture them.”

Wisconsin Democratic Conventions.

Milwaukee. April B.—The Democratic state central committee has selected Milwaukee as the convention city and May 17 as the dbte to select dele-gates-at-large to the national convention. Oshkosh was decided upon as the place for the convention for choosing a state ticket. The date for the Oshkosh convention was left open'.

Treachery of the Thibetans.

London, April B.—A dispatch to The Times from Kalatzo, Thibet, reports that 200 Thibetans at the village of Samonda, In treacherously firing a volley at a party of British officers whom they invited to parley with them, aimed badly. No one was injured.

Sullivan Gets the Decision.

Kansas City, Mo., April 8. Jack (“Twin”) Sullivan, of Boston, was given the decision over Hugo Kelly, of Chicago, here at the end of the twentieth round. The fight was very fast from start to finish, both men being always willing to mix.

Tail End of a Tornado.

Memphis, Tenn., April 8. Reports from Natchez, Miss.; Calvert, Tex., and Mexia, Tex., tell of a severe blow at and near those points which did much damage to buildings, killed a child and wounded several persons.

Tennessee Republicans,

Nashville. Tenn., April 8. The Republican state convention nominated Jesse Littleton, of Franklin county, for governor.

THE WEATHER Illinois—Clear and cooler: Increasing southerly,* shifting to northwest, winds. Indiana—Showers and cooler; increasing southerly, shifting to northwest, winds. Lower Michigan—Cooler; increasing southwest winds. Wisconsin— Probably snow flurries and colder: high southeast shifting to northwest winds. lowa—Fair with colder in east and south portions; high southerly shifting to northwest winds.

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain Chicago. April 7. Following were the quotations on the Board of Trade today: Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. May .$ .94% $ .95% $ .94% $ .94% July (new)... .87% .88% -87% July (old) 86% .81%. .86% Sept. (new).. .82 .82% -81% -|2 Sept, (01d)... .81 .81% .80% .80% May™” 54% .55% .53 . 63% July 52% .53% .51% .51% September ... .51% .51% .50 .50 May 1 *” 3»% .39% .38% .38% July 38% .38% *37% September ... .22% .32% .31% .31% Pork — May 12.90 12.90 12.62% 12.70 July .13.07% 13.10 12.80 12.85 July 6.97% 6.97% 6.80 6.82% Mav° rt . R . ib5 ”6.72% 6.72% 6.57% 6.65 July 6 87% 6.87% 6.77% 6.50 Chicago Live Stock. Chicago, April 7. Hogs—Estimated receipts for the day, 25.000; sales ranged at [email protected] for pigs. [email protected] for light. $4.95©5.10 for rough packing. $4.90©5.25 for mixed, and [email protected] for heavy packing and shipping lots, with the bulk of the trading at $5.10©5.20 for fair to good average?. Cattle —Estimated receipt* for the day. 6.000; quotations ranged at $5.25 ©5.15 for choice to extra steers, $4.60© 5.40 good to choice do.. $4.35©4.80 fair tc good do.. $3.5Q©4.30 common to medium do. [email protected] fed western steers. $2.25 ©4.40 stockers and feeders. [email protected] cows. $2.6004.60 heifers. $2.25®4.25 bul!« and oxen. $3.50©4.4© stags. $3.00®4.40 Texas steers, and [email protected] veal calves. Sheep and Lambs—Estimated receipts for the day. 13.000: quotations ranged a( $2.75©6.50 westerns. $2.65®5.70 natives. [email protected] vearlings. $3.50©6.20 western lambs, and $3.25©6.20 native lambs. Spring lambs. [email protected].

CHOICE SEEDS.

It’s time to get your Garden ■and Flower Seeds. Don’t try to save on the seeds this year, but get thse that grow and grow true to name. Rice’s are the kind. Plenty for your money and your money back if they don’t grow. They are for sale in the stores in your town. Be sire that yon select them from boxes mark'd “RICE’S SEEDS.” Try them this year and be convinced, as others have, that Rice’s Seeds are the best.

TO THE PEOPLE.

Having purchased the J. W. blacksmith shop, I am prepared to do all kinds of work in iron and wood. I have in my employ Mr. John Worden, who is an expert in plow and wood work. I also employ Mr. Ed. Moon, the expert horse-shoer. He has wqrked under the intruction of some of the best veterinaries and understands the anatomy of the foot thoroughly, and can remedy all faults known to the horse, such as interfering, forging, padling, cross-firing, knee-knocking and stumbling. A set of the latest improved Barcus horse-stocks, for safely handling the wild and vicious horse. I hope to retain all old customers and as many new ones as will give me their patronage. All my work is guaranteed. •Jesse Ball, Proprietor. Dozens of people are taking advantage of oar big subscription offer of the Democrat and the St. Louis Twice-a-Week Republic, both papers for only $1.60.

Jonathan Dibbs’ Emancipation

By Helen T. Quigg

...Copyright, 1903, by T. C. McClure...

Jerusha Amanda Dibbs was his brother’s wife and had asserted and maintained her authority over both his brother and himself ever since she had become a member of the family. All morning he had been wondering uneasily for whom the storm was brewing, and, as her husband had got out of tbe house unscathed, he feared that he was In for it He was standing by the window now, looking out aimlessly, wishing that it were over and yet not daring to avoid it, and when she entered the room in which he stood, clearing her throat emphatically, he turned toward her with a shiver of apprehension. He was a stout man, with an air of mild Indecision about him; about his soft, sandy hair; about his broad, rounded shoulders; about even his easy, grayish lace sack coat. “It’s pretty capers you have been cutting around that Jennet widow,” she said. Jonathan looked, It must be confessed, not only surprised, but worried. “I hope I have not made any trouble for her,” he said doubtfully. “It’s absurd, positively absurd,” continued Mrs. Dibbs, flopping into a chair. “The idea of marrying tbat silly little fool, without a cent to her name, and at your age too.” Her brother-in-law had not really had an Intention of any sort in regard to the widow. Indeed, he had never had a decided intention in regard to anything since Mrs. Dibbs had taken possession. Nevertheless he felt mildly indignant enough to make a faint retort. “I am sure, Amanda, you were not much younger when you married Lucien,” said he in his quiet way. The curling pins in which Mrs. Dibbs’ front locks were confined bristled with anger. “I should like to know,” she began in a deep, ominous voice, “what business that Is of yours. And you know well enough, Jonathan Dibbs, that when I married your brother I was not nearly

“HB TOOK HER HANDS IN HIS AND LOOKED INTO HER EYES.”

as old as you are. But anyhow”—her tone had become loud and resonant—“anyhow I never was such a childish simpleton as you are and always will be to the end of your days—to be fooled and taken in by a designing, no account little creature that’s been fishing for a husband ever since that poor Invalid man of here died—worried to death by her flightiness, I’ll warrant! That’s a pretty thing to happen to a man like you, isn’t it?” Here Mrs. Dibbs choked, and Jonathan took advantage of the momentary check in her assault to inquire, “Who told you I was going to marry her, Amanda?” “Who told me?” she burst out “Who told me? Why, hasn’t the little fool herself been telling it all around the town that you wanted to marry her and,” in a high, simpering falsetto, “that she didn’t know whether she ought to think of it or not, but that Mr. Dibbs was such a nice man and such a friend of her poor, dear Arthur, and she would hate to disappoint him? Oh, the idiotf’ Jonathan Dibbs looked thoughtful. (Suddenly the figure of the widow in question appeared before his mind’s eye. It was a neat, retiring little figure, with soft brown hair and a small face; slightly sunburned, but sweet and tender, and with an individuality of Its own that only a patient, conscientious life could have given It. He compared it with the large, obtrusive face and figure of his sister-in-law, and gradually he began to smile. A sudden sense of relief came to him in the contemplation of the little widow and a strange, unusual sense of pleasure, the Joy of the awakening of a desire and a will in him which he had never before suspected. “I guess the little woman really did think I wanted to marry her,” he remarked pleasantly. “Of coarse she did,” replied Mrs. Dibbs smartly in her loud, scornful voice, not noting the change in her victim’s attitude toward her. “Of course she did, the conceited little piece P* “I wouldn’t be absurd if I were you, Amanda,” said Jonathan Dibbs. “It doesn’t suit your size.” He had spoken very slowly and smoothly, but he gasped a little now that he had achieved

this crude but radical assertion of hjs freedom. He had reason to gasp. “What! You dare! You dare!” She stood before him glaring, and bis unaccountable inclination to laugh at her frightened him more than her passion did. “You dare!” she shouted. “You —you brute! I knew that little fool had you in her clutches. I knew it. Did she tell you to say that? I might have known she would bring you to forget all honor and truth and duty. Don’t you dare bring her to this house, you brute! Size, Indeed! She Isn't the size of a fence rail. That’s your Idea of beauty, I suppose! Just you dare to marry her!” Jonathan Dibbs, though his heart quaked within him, walked boldly past her to the door. There he turned. "I may send you an Invitation to the wedding if she cares to have you come. Anyhow I’ll send you an announcement. Say goodby to Lucien for me, will you? Poor Lucien!” He grinned happily into her blazing eyes and, shutting the door with a bang as he went through the house, strode out into the street. Mrs. Dibbs sank into a chair and after repeating several times the speeches with which she had benefited her brother-in-law indulged In a fit of hysterics, to the vast amusement of the poll parrot and the kitchenmaid. Jonathan, however, though he was experiencing a faint, rather contemptuous pity for his brother, strode along gayly, as he had never done before. His step was swift and firm, his shoulders were thrown back, his head felt clear as crystal. “What a fool—what a fool I used to be!” he thought “What a fool a man is anyhow to let a woman ride over him at her own sweet will! And to think that I stood it for twelve years and never thought of breaking away! It must have been the widow, bless her heart!” Here he Rmiled to himself sentimentally and wondered how she would take It. the “it” in question being the plan he was going to propose to her. He flung the gate of the little yard wide open and walked quickly along the path by the side of the house. The widow was on the porch ironing out some lace when he approached, and she looked up with face aglow when she perceived who it was. He lost no time in announcing the object of his visit. He took her hands in his and looked Into her wide eyes. “Lilian,” he said, “there is a train that leaves here for the city in forty minutes. I want you to get ready and go with me on that train If you can do it in so short a time.” The widow flushed and paled. “What for?” she asked. “Why, to get married, of course,” he said, surprised that she did not know. There was a silence, and when his arm stole around her, "Hurry up!” in a low voice and a tone whose anxiety did not refer to catching the train. “I didn’t know.” she began slowly—“I didn’t know we meant to get married. But if you wish it very much—oh, dear!” She hid her face suddenly in bis coat. “Now go,” he said after a little, "because we want to catch that train. And wear that blue thing you have with the white spots—you know.” She smiled tremulously. No one had ever noticed her clothes before, and she had always half worshiped him anyhow, and now she was very much confused and very happy. They managed to catch the train by means of a little running for it, and they rode gayly and breathlessly away from home toward the city. She stole a look at his beaming face and after awhile gathered courage to speak. “Jonathan,” she said softly, “how did I—what did I do to make you think of this? I never hoped”— He laughed. “Call me Jack,” he said, with a blush. They used to call him Jack when he was a big, slow, good natured schoolboy. “And what you did was to make a man of me. that is all,” he continued. Then after awhile he laughed again. “We have my sister-in-law to thank for some of this,” he remarked 6lowly, “but,” he turned to her and spoke with sudden emphasis—“but you must not let it grieve you If we never have a chance to express our gratitude.”

Didn’t Try Them On.

"A friend of mine down south,” said a Texas congressman, “indulged in the luxury of a negro valet or body servant, as we call them. This friend, in a riot of extravagance, one day bought a pair of loud checked trousers. His negro valet envied them and wanted them. They did not seem to be coming his- way fast enough, and he threw some grease on them. “ *Charley,’ said my friend, ‘take these trousers and clean them! There’s a grease spot on them.’ “Charley took the trousers, didn’t do a thing to them and brought them back in half a day. “ * ’Deed, boss,’ he said, ‘I can’t get that grease out’ “ ‘Did you scrub them well ?’ Mr Yas, sah.’ “ ‘Did you try a hot iron and a piece of brown papq^’ “ ‘Yas, Bah.’ “‘Did you try ammonia?’ “ ‘No, sah. -I ain’t done tried ’em on me yet, but I knows they’ll fit me.’ ”

Almost Unavoidable.

“I suggest, gentlemen,” said the juror" who had been accepted last, “that in considering this case we discard the evidence of the principals, which is manifestly prejudiced, and confine ourselves to such collateral testimony as seems to be”— “How Ju git on this Jury?” interrupted one of the others in astonishment “You remember,” he replied, “that all the peremptory challenges had been exhausted, it was late, both parties were tired and hungry, and I was ae-j cep ted almost without examine tibn.”—' Chicago Tribune.

ITIS ANATTER OF HEALTH pah, POWDER Absolutely Pan 1 THERE /S NDSUBSTITUTK

PRESBYTERY MEETS HERE NEXT WEEK.

Rensselaer Presbyterian Bulle--tin: The spring meeting of Logansport Presbytery will convene here on Tueeday evening, April 12th, and be in session through Wednesday. We want our people to understand that all the services are open to the public and Presbytery is always glad to see members of the congregation in attendance. Wednesday afternoon there will be a pastor’s conference hour at which there will be brief addresses on the following subjects: “Pastoral work that counts;” "The kind of a Pastor I like;” “How to make the prayer meeting interesting and profitable;” “The Pastor’s perplexing problems.” The meeting Wednesday.evening will be of a popular nature and we would like to see our church packed for that meeting. The ladies of the church will serve dinner and supper to the delegates on Wednesday. They want the assistance of all the ladies of the congregation in making this feature of the meeting a success.

HORSE STOCKS FACTORY WILL MOVE.

Papers were signed last week that has permamently decided the location of the Barcus Horse Stocks Co. According to contract they will move to Wabash, by July Ist, that city having offered them-a subsidy of S3,OCX). They will move into the Star Manufacturing Plant, recently purchased by them, and will continue the manufacture of horse stocks and will also manufacture gasoline engines in connection therewith. A number of those at present employed with the company will move to Wabash with their families, we understand, and although the Barcus Co., while not being overplus in immensity, their moving away from Rensselaer will be much regretted and the outlook is tbat the concern will rapidly increase in size and the losing of Rensselaer's only factory will be quite a blow to the city’s commerce.

WILL BEGIN ANOTHER TERH.

Prof. Harry Arnold, having completed a term of dancing lessons, commenced last night and will continue giving lessons under his own management and will have complete authority. The dancing epidemic grasped the hands of all the pleasure loving people and led them involuntarily to the scene of excitement and the grasp still grasps, for the fever does not seem to die away as predicted by many, but on the contrary the majority are sticking to it as if to attain perfection along the line of “foot manipulation” and to this end Mr. Arnold has decided to continue his visits to Rensselaer. He has proven himself to be a successful instructor and he has produced a large number of graceful dancers. He will be here on every Friday and Saturday. xx

AT PRIVATE; &ALE. As we expect to leave Rensselaer, we will dispose of the following personal property at our residence in the east part of town at private sale at a sacrifice: 3 Stoves, 1 Dimng Table, 1 Doz. Dining Chairs, Carpets, 2 Iron Bedsteads, 1 Large Mirror, 2 Rocking Chairs, 1 Center Stand, 5 Lamps, Lace Curtains, Large Window Seat, 1 Sewing Machine, 1 Clock, Dishes, 1 Driving Horse, 1 Top Buggy, 1 Set of Harness. Kendali£Si6ters. Boy your typewriter paper {at The Democrat offioe ana save money. r