Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1904 — Page 4

Jim miy own. 11. BIBCOCt [BITOH III) PfIBtISHER ... ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Official Democratic Paper of Jaspar County. *I.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising rate* made known oa application Entered at the Poat-offloe at Rensselaer, Ind. as second class matter. Offioa an Van Rensaoiaar Street, North of Murray’a Store.

Of Interest to Advertisers. AA«WVS/WW An examination of the latest Issue of the American Newspaper Directory, the recognized authority on circulation ratings of newspaper* In the U. S. and Canada, reveals the fact that In Indiana THE JASPER COUNTY DEMOCRAT has a higher circulation rating than Is accorded to any other paper published In Jasper County.

Township Conventions. JORDAN TOWNSHIP. The democratic voters of Jordan township will meet at Egypt school house on SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 1904, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of nominating a township ticket to be voted for in November, and to select delegates to the county convention. /-■- Frank Welsh, Chairman. W. D, Bringle, Secretary. UNION TOWNSHIP. The democratic voters of Union township and all others who are willing to co-operate with them in bringing about a more economical administration of township affairs, are requested to meet in mass convention at Wild Lilly school house on SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1904, at 2:30 p. m., for the purpose of selecting candidates for the offices of township trustee and assessor. Walter Harrington, Chairman, So. Precinct. C. A. Harrington, Chairman, No. Precinct. WALKER TOWNSHIP. The democrats of Walker township will meet at Walker Center school house on SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1904, at 2 o’clock p. m., to nominate a ticket to be voted for at the coming November election, also to select delegates to county convention. Thos. Callaghan, Chairman. NEWTON TOWNSHIP. The democratic voters of Newton township will meet at Bluegrass school house at 2 p. m., on SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1904, for the purpose of nominating a township ticket and selecting delegates to the county convention. J. H. Lane, Chairman. Marion Freeland, Sec. MILROY TOWNSHIP. The democratic voters of Milroy township will meet at Center school house at 2:30 p. m., SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1904, for the the purpose of nominating a township ticket to be voted for in November, and to select delegates to the county convention. Wm. C. Huston, Chairman. Chas. Saidla, Secretary. HANGING GROVE TP. The democratic voters of Hanging Grove township will meet at -Banta school house in said township, on SATURDAY, MAY 21,1904, at 2 o’clock p. m., for the purpose of nominating a township ticket and selecting delegates to the county convention. C. A. Lefler, Chairman. Arthur Stewart, Sec. Candidates’ Announcements. trustee UNION TP. Harvey Davisson is a candidate for Trustee of Union Township, subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. TRUSTEE WALKER TP. A. L. Bouk is a candidate for Trustee of Walker Township, subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. Joseph Smith is a candidate for Trustee of Walker Township, subject to the decision of the Democratic nominating convention. Come to The Democrat office for horse bills.

The McCoy bank failcre struck all the Republicau editors in Rensselaer—McEwan, $500; Marshall, $400; Clark, S2OO. Democratic simplicity is the best, after all. Our republican high-roller friends make fun of it and hold it up to the scorn of their associates, but it is the safest to tie to in the long run. Monticello Journal: “A new fight on the saloon interests has been launched at Indianapolis, and will no doubt be extended throughout the State. The condition is told in a special from the State Capital which says—‘A fight on the practice by applicants for saloon licenses of publishing notice of their application in obscure papers has been begun by the Antisaloon League, in remonstrances to four applications tiled yesterday with the Board of County Commissioners.’ ” Fowler Leader; Charles Fraser was in Fowler this afternoon and spent a few precious moments in this office. He was for a time thinking of becoming a candidate for President on his ability to ride a boss. But in time he concluded that Bill Darroch might come to Washington and ride a hoss down the avenue, and he knew that Darroch could beat him so badly, that it might disrupt the party and be the means of electing a Democrat. But there is' no danger of electing any person Governor of Indiana who can beat Frank Hanly digging a ditoh, so that proposition is nailed down. The plan submitted for the democratic convention hall in St. Louis embraces 9,500 seats, of which 4,000 will be in the arena of the coliseum. The speakers’ stand is on the north side of the arena and the press reservation east and west of the speakers’ stand. The delegates sit directly in front of the speakers’ stand and the alternates east and west of the delegates. The remainder of the seats are for guests. The individual members of the national oommitte will have the distribution of the guest tickets outside of those for the press and the .arrangement committees. St. Louis, it is asserted, has the best convention hall facilities in the United States.

CRUMPACKER ON BANK WRECKING.

Washington Dispatch. Representative E. D. Crumpacker thinks one of the unsolved mysteries of the times is why men of seeming good character will deliberately move toward the penitentiary. “The conviction of W. L. Collins, J. L. Brodrick and Walter Brown,” said the Congressman, as he took a comfortable position in the House smoking-room, "ought to be a lasting lesson to young men in Indiana, but I am afraid it will not be. Year by year the Government, which we know is relentless, puts men in prison for wrecking banks, and yet jnen of good intelligence continue to offer themselves as subjects. “The trouble is we have set up some false standards of wealth and of living in this country. I have thought about it a good deal in recent years, and it occurs to me that we are in need of a revival of the good old doctrine that honesty is the policy. If every man could see what he ought to see early in life, that an honest, upright career is the only one worth pursuing, we would have fewer wrecked lives as a result of following the false standards of the day, “I am preaching that droctrine every day, and every man who has any influence on men ought to preach it,” added the Congressman. The Democrat heartily agrees with Mr. Crumpacker in the above sentiments, bat how any man holding such veiws can consistently affiliate with the republican party of to-day and accept an office in that party, surpasses over comprehension. The republican party to-day is a party that is diametrically opposed to such “old fogy” ideas.

PARKER THEIR CHOICE

New York Democrats Name Him for President, and Instruct Their Delegation. HIS MAJORITY IS TWO TO ONE Platform Declare* for ’‘Reasonable Revision" rtf the Tariff and Generally Hits at Roosevelt. - Albany, N. Y., April 19.—The Democratic state convention for the election of delegates to the national convention selected the following delegates-at-large: David B. Hill; Edward Murphy, Jr. of Troy; George Ehret, of New York city, and James W. Ridgeway, of Brooklyn. As alternates It so

ALTON B. PARKER.

looted C. N. Bulger, of Oswego; W. Caryl Ely, of Buffalo; C. H. Ackerman, of Browne, and Francis Burton Harrison, of New York. The delegates were Instructed by a vote of 301 to 149 for Alton B. Parker a* the state’s candidate for president. Tammany I* Duly Recognised. Tammany was not treated as badly as bad been predicted, being allowed to name a dielegate-at-large, Ehret, and an alternate, and one of the two electors-at-large, Harry Payne Whitney, the other being John T. Woodford. Among the district presidential electors are: Isador Straus, Robert B. Roosevelt, Hugh J. Grant, Herman Ridder and John D. Crlrami ns. Salient Point* of the Platform. The platform adopted pledges again fidelity to Jeffersonian principles; opposes "executive encroachment upon the legislative or judicial department;” declares for keeping Inviolate our treaties: opposes “unsteady national policies” and a “restless spirit;” declares for regulation of corporations by the state, and “taxation for pnbllc purposes only;" opposes trusts that oppress the people; urges economy in public expenditure*; favors “reasonable revision of the tariff,” and the maintenance of state rights and home rule, and declares for the impartial maintenance of the rights of labor and capital.” What I* Said About Parker. The presidential plank says: "The Democracy of New York favors the nomination for president of the United States of that distinguished’ Democrat and eminent jurist of our own state, Alton Brooks Parker: and the delegates selected by this convention are hereby instructed to present and support such nomination at the approaching national convention.” Also the delegates nre Instructed to vote as n unit according to the will of the majority of the delegation.

PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS

Refuse to fustrnct for Parker, of New York, for President at the State Convention. Harrisburg, Pa., April 20. The Democratic state convention refusfd to instruct the national delegates from Pennsylvania to vote for the nomination of Judge Alton B. Parker, of Ne wYork, for president. The delegates will go to St. Louis nninstructed and will be bound by the unit rule. Judge Samuel Gustine Thompson, of Philadelphia, was nominated by acclamation for supreme court justice to succeed himself for the full term of twenty-one years. The delegates-at-large to the nation convention are Colonel James M. Guffey, state chairman; J. K. P. Hall, ex-Governor Robert E. Pattison and Robert E. Wright

“GRACE GREENWOOD” AT REST

Well-Known Authoress P*«»« to the World Beyond After Eighty Tear* of Life. Washington, April 21.—Word has reached here of the death at New Rochelle, N. Y., of Sara June Lipptaeott (Grace Greenwood'!, the authoress. She was a native of New York and was 80 years of age.

Ice Extends Fifty Miles Out.

Dnlutb, Minn., April 21.—Banker C. J. Johnson of Grnrtd Marins, who arrived in. the city after a trying trip, reports that the icefield at the head of the lake extends fifty miles out from Duluth, a condition unprecedented at this time of year. Last year navigation opened some time before this date.

Defeat for Herriman and Pierce.

St Paul, April 20.—The United States circuit court Tuesday denied the motion of E.' H. Herriman and Winslow S. Pierce for leave to intervene in the settlement of the Northern Securities company’s affairs.

DONE BY A JAP MINE

Admiral Togo Tells How He Blew Up the Petropavlovsk Off Port Arthur. LAID HIB TRAP IN THE NIGHT Dropping Submarine Volcanoes Across the Mouth of the Harbor. Tempts the Russians Outside and Then Drives Them Back to Destruction—Tien Tsln Hears of More Shooting. ■ » St Petersburg, April 21.—The general staff has issued the following statement “According to official report* all has been quiet at Port Arthur and Yin Kow and on the Yalu during the last few days. There is no further change In the general situation to report” Londons April 21. —A dispatch to the Central News from St Petersburg says it is reported that a Japanese force has landed near New Chwang. St. Petersburg, April 20.—Viceroy AJexieff has applied by telegraph to the emperor to be relieved of his position of viceroy In the Far East It Is expected that the request will be immediately granted. The immediate cause of the viceroy ’s application is reported to be the appointment of Vice Admiral Skrydloff, one of Admiral Alexieff’s strongest enemies and sharpest critics, as sucessor to the late Vice Admiral Makaroff. Port Arthur, April 18.—Rumors are current here that twenty Japanese transports convoying troops have been sighted steaming in the direction of Yinkow. The rumors cannot be confirmed. The Russians Impatiently await a Japanese landing. St Petersburg, April 18. A dispatch from Port Arthur says several eye-witnesses assert that a Japanese cruiser was lost outside of Port Arthur April 12 by striking one of its own floating mines. Tokio, April 18.—At last an official report of the action off Port Arthur in which the Russian battleship Petropavlovsk was sunk has been received by the Japanese government from Admiral Togo. The report says that at

GRAND DUKE CYRIL.

midnight of April 12 a Japanese torpedo flotilla laid mines at several points outside of Port Arthur, across the channel, and that on the 13th the Japanese squadron enticed the Russian squadron outside the harbor, and then attacked it The Russians started to retreat and the Petropavlovsk struck a Japanese mine and was sunk. Another Russian ship wo* seen to lose her freedom of action, but conld not be identified. Sinking of * Russian Destroyer, At dawn of the 13th, after the mines had been placed, the Japanese flotilla discovered a Russian destroyer outside the harbor, attacked It and sank It; another Russian destroyer discovered outside managed to escape. The Japanese had two men slightly wounded In this action. The bombardment of Port Arthur on the 14th is then detailed, but does not differ from the dispatches heretofore printed, Admiral Togo says the Japanese Bbipe suffered no damages In these actions. Japs Are Very Much Elated. The Japanese are elated over the successes they have won at Port Arthur. They are also proud of the achievements of Vice Admiral Togo, particularly of his newest strategy of countermining the enemy'* harbor and decoying him across this field of mines to an equally dangerous flank attack.

JAPS JUST TOOK A FEW NOTES Tben Engineered, the Scheme That Brought Disaster to the Russians. Thd sueee*s of the system of placing deadly counter-mines Is due largely to a series of careful observations made by the Japanese during their previous attacks on Port Arthur. The Japanese saw the Russian fleet leave the harbor and return to it several times, and they discovered that the Russian warship* followed an identical course every time they came out or went in, evidently for the purpose of avoiding their own mines. The Japanese took

bearings on this course. When the destroyer division* of the Japanese torpedo flotilla laid the counter-mines during the night bf April 12-13 they placed them along this course. The weather of the night of April 12-13 favored the work. There was a heavy rain, the night was dark and cloudy, and the Russian searchlights playing over the channel failed to reveal the presence of the Japanese destroyers. Rear Admiral Dewa was in command of the Japanese squadron which decoyed the Russian ships over the field of mines. His squadron consisted of the cruisers Chltose, Yoshlno, Kasagl and Takasago, all unarmored vessels, which presented a tempting bait for the heavier Russian ship*. Vice Admiral Togo directed the flank attack. He had the battleships Hatsuse, Mlkasa, Asahi, Sbiktshima, Yashima and Fuji.--He waited thirty miles out at 'sea until Rear Admiral Dewa signaled him by wireless telegraph to come In. His vessel* then dashed at full speed toward the entrance of the harbor. AH the battleships under Vice Admiral Togo are capable of a speed of 18 knots, and they quickly covered the distance. It is not clear what warned the Russians that they had been trapped, but they probably discerned the battleship squadron on the horizon and retreated precipitately to the harbor. Vice Admiral Togo diid not succeed in preventing the Russians from entering, but did force them to a disastrous retreat which ended in the destruction of the Petropnvlovsk and the disabling of the Pobieda. After these occurrences the cruisers Niskln and Kasuga were used to bombard Port Arthur. They possess the highest angled guns In the fleet capable of throwing shells to the elevated Russian land works, which are beyond attainment by the average navel weapon. Expressions of regret at the death of Vice Admiral Makaroff are general here. Speaking for the naval staff Commander Ogasawara has published a lengthy statement in which he laments the death of the Russian vice admiral, and pronounces it to be a loss to the navies of the world. The Japanese report that the wreck of the Petropavlovsk lies southeast of Golden Hill, one mile outside the entrance to the harbor.

HOW THE SHIP WENT DOWN Correspondent Tells It Who Saw the Disaster to the Petropavlovsk. Lioa Yang, April 18.—The Associated Press correspondent, who was at Port Arthur at the time, describing th« destruction of the torpedo boat Strashni (correct name of the Russian torpdfc© boat that was sunk April 13 In a fight with the Japanese off Port Arthur), says that it fought bravely against odds —four Japanese torpedo boats—until It wossunk. All on board perished. He tben says: “The Petropavlovsk was almost without headway, when suddenly I saw her tremble. She seemed to rise in the water, a tremenodus explosion rent the air. then a second, and then a third. Fragments flew in all directions and wreckage and men were mixed up in a terrible mass. , “I was hardly able to realize the horror %f it when the ship began to list. In a moment the sea seemed to open ad the water rushed over her. The Petropavlovck had disappeared.”, Another account says twenty men escaped from the disaster to the Petropavlovsk. Grand Duke Cyril was only saved from death by a miracle. His brother. Grand Duke Boris, witnessed the catastrophe through a njarlr.e glass. It is officially announced that Vice Admiral Makaroff was drowned at the time of the sinking of the battleship Petropavlovsk. It Is estimated that from GOO to 700 men perished when the Petropavlovsk sank.

RUSSIANS MASS ON TALC Force 20,000 Strong Ready to Oppose Japanese Invasion of Manchuria. Tokio. April 18.—Private advice* from Korea confirm the reported mossing of 20,000 Russian troops on th# right bank of the Yalu river, with the object of opposing (he Japanese Invasion of Manchuria. Although it is unknown when and where the Japanese will attempt a crossing of the Yalu, It Is still believed that when ready they will force a passage without serious loss. Vice Admiral Togo’s report of the seventh attempt upon Port Arthur is eagerly awaited here, although no misgivings are felt on account of. the delay. It Is believed that Vice Admiral Togo is aware that serious damage was inflicted' upon the Russian* on Wednesday Last, and* that he has decided a final blow to the Russian fleet. The reason for detaching one torpedo flotilla on Thursday last has not been revealed, but it is probable that it carried orders to Rear Admiral Uriu to bring up his squadron or to send either colliers or an additional supply of ammunition.

Avalanche Buries 100 Miners.

Turin, Italy, April 21.—About 100 miners have been buried by an immense avalanche near the village of PrageLato. A violent storm is sweeping ovejr that locality and it is feared that other avalanches may result The whole population of the village and a detachment of forty soldiers have gone to the scene of the disaster, hoping to save some of the buried miners.

Life Imprisonment for Roeski.

Chicago, April 21.—The Jury in the case of Emil Roeskl, the last of the car-barn bandits, returned a verdict of guilty Wednesday. The penalty fixed is penitentiary for life. Roeskl was sentenced for the killing of Otto Bander during the robbery of a saloon on the night of July 9, 1908.

Jeffries-Munroe Fight Postponed.

Bhn Francisco, Cal., April 18.—The Yosemlte dub has decided to postpoa* the Jeffries-Munroe fight to June 17.

SJM. MIER COMPANY. Ligonier, Ft. Wayne La Grange Tnd. 150 Choice Farms to select from. Write us for our New Booklet, just' issued. CITY, TOWNSHIP AND COUNIIf DIRECTORY. . CITY OFFICERS. Mayor J. H. S. Ellis Marshal.. Mel Abbott Clerk Charles Morlan Treasurer James H. Chapman Attorney .”. Geo. A. Williams Civil Engineer H. L. Gamble Fire Chief C. B. Steward OOUKCTUtXH. Ist ward .....Henry Wood, Fred Phillips Zd ward W. S. Parks, B. F. Ferguson 3d ward J. C. McColiy, Emerald Aldrich

COUNTY OFFICERS. Clerk John F. Major Sheritf .- Abram G. Hardy Auditor ... J, N. Leatherman Treasurer.... S. R. Nichols Recorder Robert B. Porter Surveyor Myrt B. Price Coroner. Jennings Wright Supt. Public Schools Louis H. Hamilton Assessor John R. Phillips COMMISSIONERS. Ist District Abraham Halleck 2nd District Frederick Way mire 3rd District Charles T. Denham Commissioners' court—First Monday of each month. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION. TRUSTEES. TOWNSHIPS. Joseph Stewart Hanging Grove John Ryan.... - GiUam Lewis Shrier Walker Elias Arnold Barkley Charles M. Blue Marion John Bill Jordan Geo. M. Wilcox Newton S. L. Luce ..Keener Thomas F. Maloney Kankakee Stephen D. Clark.. :;. Wheatfield Albert J. Bellows Carpenter William L. Parks Milroy Barney D. Comer Union Louis H. Hamilton. Co. Supt Rensseleer G. K,Hollingsworth Rensselaer George Besse ". Remington Geo. O. Stembel.... Wheatfield JUDICIAL. Circuit Judge Charles W. Hanley Prosecuting attorney John D. Sink Terms of Court.—Second Monday in February. April, September and November. TOWNSHIP TRUSTEES’ CARDS. Jordan Township. John Bill, trustee of Jordan township, gives notice that he will be at his residence in said township on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month tor the purpose of transacting, township business; and business relating to making contracts or paying claims will be done on such designated day. John Bill. Trustee.

Real Estate Transfers.

Mary H. Watson to Henry H. Watson. Jr. , April 11, It 7. bl 17, It 13 bl 12, Rensselaer, Watson's add, sl. Samuel James Mann to Adelaide Logerot, Dec. 19, w!4 sw 17-31-5, wV4 el 4 sw 17-31-5, ett nw 17-31-5, 200 acres. Walker, $1,200. ' Edwin G. Warren to Jesse I. Tyler, Mch. 1, It 6. bl 3, Demotte, $450. Jesse I. Tyler to Allle Clark, Apr. 14, It 0, bl 3, Demotte, $450. Isaac Miller to Abraham Miller. Mch. 36, ntt nH se sw 17-30-8,10 acres. Barkley, $550. William B. Austin to Samuel H. May, Mch. 80, pt w*4 se 24-28-6, 70 acres, Milroy, $3,850. John Hari to Abraham Rinkenberger, Mch. 19, ni4 nw 32-38-8, 80 acres, Jordan, $3,800. Stephen Salrin to Perry W. Salrin, Apr. 16, e 54 nw 15-81-5. 80 acres, Walker. $2,000. Mann Spitler to Peter Tysen, Apr. 11, nw nw 81-82-7. 41.40 acres, Keener, $1,340. Frank B. Meyer to Albert B. Hopkins, Apr. 4, Rensseiaer, see Record. $. q. c. d. Albert R. Hopkins to Allie C. Meyer. Apr. 4, Rensselaer, see Record, q. c. d.

MONEY ON FARMS. A special fund io loan on Farms for Five Years at 5 per cent interest, with privilege to make partial payments at any interest paying time. Call at THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK. $33 to California. . Via the St. Paul and Union Pacific Line. Every day in March and April, low rates from Chicago to the Pacific Coast and to many intermediate points will be offered via the St. Paul and Union Pacific Line. If you are contemplating a trip tq, the West or to the Northwest, it is worth your while to write to-day_ for information about rates and train service to the point, you expect to visit. C; C. MordodgS, Traveling Passenger Agent, 12 Carew Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. 400 white oak fence posts at 5 cents each and 60 anchor posts for from 12 to 35 cents, for sale at * my farm, 5 miles north and miles east of Rensselaer. C. F. Arnold.