Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1904 — Page 4

JIBPER Ml DEMOCRAT. f. I BIBCOCK. [DUO# MID PUBLISHER »'■«"« T.i.«0«.. j S"' ( V««e , *‘ •». Official Democratic Paper of Jaaper County. *I.OO PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. Advertising rates made known on application Entered *t the Post-office at Rensselaer, Ind. as second class matter. Offloo on Van Reneeoiaer Street, North of Murray's Store. SATURDAY, NOV. 26,1904.

No, “Uncle Mac” with his'dray load of turkeys and sacks of flour and sheepskin band was not in evidence among the widows of Rensselaer this Thanksgiving. The widows contributed their mite to his rotten bank and for him to come forward now with any more charity (?) would be taking that much from the deluded depositors’ money which he apparently expects to salt down in his own jeans. What a great big confidence game old “Mac” played on the people. Indianapolis advices are to the effect that a big fight will be made in the legislature this winter by the anti-saloon people to have the Nicholson law strengthened. One ammendment it is said they will ask for is that making one remonstrance in a ward or township filed with the county auditor hold good against any and all applicants for a period of two years. Under the present law, while the power of attorney, unless revoked, is good for two years, a separate remonstrance must be filed against each individual applicant, and the temperance people get tired after a time and lay down. If this ammendment is made, all the saloons of a ward or township can be wiped out at one blow, the advocates of the measure say. Another, and somewhat more radical ammendment, that some of the anti-saloon people want, is that requiring the applicant to file a petition signed by a majority of the voters of a ward or township before license shall be granted. The liquor league will vigorously oppose any more restrictions to their business, it is said, and a merry war is threatened.

Election Figures from Wisconsin.

—Milwaukee, Nov. 25.—'Tice official returns froui the recent election'in Wisconsin as compiled by the Milwaukee Sentinel show the plurality for Roosevelt to be 153.255, and for -Governor XaFollette, 51.732. Debs got 27,170 votes. The legislature, with one seat to he contested, will stand; Republicans lit; Democrats, 10; Social Democrats. 5.

Wisconsin Girl Tries Suicide.

Beaumont. Tex., Nov. 25. While en route from New Orleans to this city, in a Pullman car attached to a Southern Pacific train Miss Eva Smith, alnnit 20 years of age, a school teacher from Motirot*. Wis.. attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat with tin* blade of a pocket knife. The wound is not considered.-dangerous.

Baited on the Nicene Rules.

Detroit. Nov. 25. —With “unity in things necessary: liberty in what is doubtful: charity in all things.” as the motto for the day an inter-denomina-tional Thanksgiving service was held in the Detroit Opera House, participated in by ministers of nine denominations, including Roman Catholics and Jews.

King Victor Emmanuel’s Sympathy.

New York. Nov. 25. ’lTte Italian ambassador at Washington has cominunicated to the family of General Loujs Raima di t’esnola. the late director of tin* Metropolitan Museum.the text of a cablegram from King Victor Emanuel expressing bis sorrow at General di Cesnola’s death.

Only Seven Above Zero.

London. Nov. 25—The temperature in some districts of the United Kingdom. although only 25 degrees below freezing point, is the lowest ever recorded here. The distress is general and the local authorities are organizing relief works.

Hoouse Committee at Colon.

Colou, Xov. 25. —The congressional committee headed hy W. E. Hepburu. chairman of the house interstate and commerce committee, which has arrived here on the United States transport Sumner, has gone to Panama.

Curzon Starts for India.

London, Xov. 25.—Lord Curzon has started to resume his duties as viceroy of India. A large gathering of friends at the station gave him a hearty send-

NOGI IS MIKING SOME PROGRESS

Report That He Has Edged Up a Little Closer to a Port Arthur Fort. HE ALSO BLOWS UP A MAGAZINE Preparing Now, Say Chinese Refugees for a Fierce Assault. Battle Continues To Be Imminent on the Shakhe-Kussian Red Cross Officer Accuses the Japs of Barbarity. London, Nov. 2.'!. —A dispatch to the Daily Express from Nagasaki gives details of the sortie of the torpedo-boat nights of Nov. 13, 14 and 15. Only one of these destroyers reached Chefoo, Rastoropny. Three others were sunk by the Japanese. The three boats sunk left two days lwfore the Rastoropny and all carried duplicate dispatches from General Stoessel. Tokio, Nov. 21.—1 t is reported that the Japanese, after successfully mining, occupied a counterscarp on Sungshu mountain last Friday. Tokio, Nov. 21. A dispatch from the army besieging I’ort Arthur, dated Nov. lit, says: “During the bombardment this afternoon a shell from a Japanese naval gun exploded a Russian magazine near the arsenal. Our operations against all the forts are proceeding as pre-arranged from Manchurian headquarters.” -V.jl • Chefoo, Nov. 21. —Another attack on Etse mountain Is expected to occur Nov. 24, according to Chinese who left Dalny Saturday. The Chinese further report that reinforcements for the Japanese continue to arrive. For the past ten days 1,000 men have arrived daily. On Nov. 14 the Chinese say they saw fifty guns brought into Dalny. Some were broken, others were in good condition. The Japanese said they had captured them. They also saw 150 prisoners, including three officers, brought iu, Five more •heavy guns recently arrived from Japan. Fight Has Already Begun, They Say. Chefoo, Nov. 21, 11 a. m. The general attack on Port Arthur was resumed Nov. 18 or 19, according to the report of i>ersons arriving here today from Dalny. They say that the Japanese are so secretive that it is difficult In Dalny to learn the facts. Even the officers detailed to work at the base do not know what their comrades at the front are doing. Nov. 10 a peculiarly heavy explosion shook every ship lying at Dalny. The explosion was ascribed to the blowing up of land mines or a magazine. Another Great Battle Imminent. Tokio, Nov. 21.—Increasing activity along the Sliakhe river seems to i,ndicate the imminence of another great battle. The Russian feints, evidently intended to draw a Japanese attack, are uniformly repulsed; so reports an official dispatch from Field Marshal Oyama. JAPANESE GRAVELY ACCUSED KuHsian Red Croen Man Sny§ They Violate Civilized War Kales. Chefoo, Nov. 21. General Ralashoff, the head of the Red Cross society at Port Arthur, sent to the Associated Press by the torpedo destroyer? Rastoropny a personal better charging the Japanese with a violation of the rules of civilized warfare. Owing to an error the delivery of the letter has been delayed until now. In bis letter General Ralashoff requests the publication of charges that the Japanese deliberately disregard the obligation of the Geneva and Hague conventions, lie says that they have compelled the abandonment by the Russians of three plainly marked hospital ships, and that the wounded who were aboard the half-sunken steamer Andara also had to be removed. These ships, says General Ralashoff, were anchored where they did not Interfere with the Japanese fire against the Russian warships. He further says that the Japanese, who use balloons to direct their fire, and who drop their shells with minute accuracy into the harbor, cannot mistake the hospital ships, nnd he charges that they deliberately drive the wounded from the ships for the purpose of sinking the vessels. “This occurred recently,” continues General Balasboff. “but earlier I noticed several instances of a concentration of fire oil portions of the town devoted almost exclusively to hospitals. Other instances of uncivilized warfare are numerous, but I have no time to write them. I scarcely have time to eat and sleep.”

Japs Seize German Steamer. Tokio, Nov. 22.—The navy department reports the capture of the German steamer Batelan while attempting to run the Tort Arthur blockade. The department says that at 3 a. m. Xov. 19 a Japanese squadron cruising off Yentao sighted a vessel steaming for Port Arthur. ITie gunboat Tatsuta pursued and overtook the steamer at sin the morning. On hoadl of the vessel was found a great quantity of winter clothing, blankets, medicine and corned meats. Hot captain said

he was bound for New Chwang. The route and cargo of the Ratelan were considered to be suspicious and she was taken possession of und brought to Sasel>o.

SEEK EXCLUSION OF THE JAPANESE

American Federation of Labor Would Put Them in the Same Category as Chinamen. San Francisco, Nov. 22. When the delegates to the American Federation of Labor met they took up for consideration the annual report of President Samuel Gompers. The delegates concurred in every recommendation made by their lender. The convention voted unanimously for the exclusion of Japanese workmen on the same lines as the exclusion of the Chinese, and extending the exclusion to all parts of United States sovereignity. It was also decided to push this measure in congress. The delegates also settled the trouble at Chicago by voting to uphold the decision of the executive board of the latter organization, but admitting as delegate William Seliardt. president of the Chicago Federation. A stay of execution of thirty days was allowed Chicago, during which time President Gompers is expected to go to Chicago and confer with the leaders of the Federation there in an endeavor to adjust the dispute. If no agreement can be reached the suspension of the Chicago Federation will become permanent. San Francisco, Nov. 23. —Socialists were routed in the American Federation .of Labor convention after a stormy session. Gompers and Mitchell were attacked as traitors by the radicals, but the delegates gave the leaders their support.

TAFT OFF FOR PANAMA

Secretary of War Steam* Away from Peaeacola on the United State* Fa»t Cruiser Columbia. Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 23. Secretary Taft and his party arrived here on the Dolphin, front New Orleans. They sailed for Panama at noon on the Columbia. 'The secretary received on board the cruiser a committee of Pensacola citizens representing the local chamber of commerce, which desired to show him around, but he jSid not have time. Secretary Taft was accompanied by Mrs. Taft. With him on the Columbia are Admiral Walker; Senor Obaldia, Panaman minister, and Mr. Cromwell. The Dolphin took the rest of the party. On account of the slow speed of the Dolphin it is expected five days will be required to reach Colon.

Danger from Forest Fire.

Monongahela, Pa., Nov. 23.—A forest fire which started by a railroad engine spark last Sunday on the hillside opposite here lias broken out afresh, and the flames now menace not only the tipple of the Morigah mine and farm houses which lie in the path of the fire, but the whole village of Axleton. Hptreme danger threatens farm houses and crops on the level land at the top of the hill. Here men are now racing against the flames in an endeavor to plow up enough earth to stay their course. A stretch of a mile along the high hillside has already been swept by the flames,

Appointed Indian Commissioner.

Washington, Nov. 22.—President Roosevelt has announced the appointment of Francis E. Leupp, of this city, to be Indian commissioner, vice William A. Jones, resigned. Commissioner Jones’ resignation and Mr Leupp’s appointment will take effect on Jan. 1. Mr. Leupp is the Washington correspondent of the New York Evening Post and has been identified with Indian affairs for many years.

Five-Year-Old Shoots Father.

Hammond, Ind., Nov. 23. —Pointing a revolver playfully at his father, Roy Kernan. aged 5, accidentally shot John Kernsn in the head. His recovery is doubtful. Kernan is night tower man for the Indiana Harbor Railroad company. When he. came home from work he laid liis pistol on a chair while washing his hands. The child picked it up, unnoticed by his father.

John W. Gates in Auto Accident.

New Y ork. Nov. 23. —John W. Gates narrowly escaped serious injury ia West Broadway when his automobile plunged into a hole iu the street and then was struck by an Eighth avenue car. The chauffeur. J. W. Browning, was seriously injured, and was carried by Mr. Gates to a near by garage, where he was attended by a surgeon and then taken to liis home.

Compromise in Colorado.

Denver, Nov. 22. —Slowly but surely a compromise is being arranged which will seat Governor-elect Adams, but in order to get his seat without trouble Adams will make concessions io the Republicans—all his party will permit. That Republicans believe in his victory is shown by the frequent visits he receives from members of the Mine Owners’ association.

Killed by His Son-in-Law.

Shawneetown, 111., Nov. 23. Charles Broeg. Jr., killed his father-in-law, Captain A. D. Reddick, in this city. The shooting occurred on the sidewalk at the rear entrance of the Reddick hotel and was the result of the family troubles which have been brewing for more than four years.

Another Treaty Signed.

Washington. Nov. 23. —Secretary Hay and the Viscount De Alte signed an arbitration treaty between the United States and Portugal. The treaty is identical with the AmericanFrench arbitration treaty.

DOZEN DIE IN A HEAP

Fire in a New York Tenement Suffocates Twelve, Wiping Out Two Families. ... ,4 ... TWO OTHER VICTIMS ARB DYING Idissouri Building at the State Pair Burns, Doing Irreparable Dam- . age—One Life Lost. New York, Nov. 21. —Smothered before they could reach the rear tire escape in a burning tenement building at 18d Troutman street in the Williamsburg district of y Brooklyn, twelve persons met death. Two entire families, those of Maranio Triolo and Charles Polognio, are wiped out, the last living member of each being now in a hospital, with no hope of their recovery. They are Charles Polognio, .‘2l years old, and Tony Triolo, 13 years old. both of whom are terribly burned. A 1 though in tiie opinion of the coroner all the dead were suffocated the bodies were badly burned before they could be recovered. Dead Found In a Heap. The work of the firemen was greatly hampered for a time by the crowds of frightened Italians who filled the streets. The tenants in nearly all the neighboring buildings dragged their household goods out of the buildings, and with them blocked the way of the fire apparatus. All the bodies were found in the rear room of the third floor, and it was evident that all had been suffocated in their effort to reach the fire escape at the back of the building. The two wbe*were rescued were found in the lower hallway soon after the firemen reached the scene. Working their way through the building the rescuers discovered the heap of dead on the third floor. Cries for His Loved Ones. In bis intervals of consciousness Polognio cries for his wife and children, but tliephysiclans fear the knowledge of their death would kill him and have not told him of thoir fate. The dead are: The mother aud two small children of the Polognio family; Maranio Triolo, his wife and three children: Marie Ambrosio and her 18-year-old daughter; Mary Galigonio, aged 18, and Lonaria Grosseppi. aged 30. The total loss is estimated at SIO,OOO.

sirs: at the world’s fair Missouri State Building I* in Ashe*- One Fireman Killed ; Others Hurt. St. Louis, Nov. 21. —Four hours after a liot water heater exploded in the basement of the Missouri World’s fair pavilion the stately structure erected by the hostess state of the Louisiana Purchase esppsition was a mass of blackened ruins; isolated pillars of smoke illuminated by spasmodic bursts of flames from slowly dying beds of embers marking the site of the most pretentious of the statu structures, which originally cost $150,000 and contained furniture and decorations valued at $75,000. In addition to the loss of articles of a stated intrinsic value, the fire “Was supposed at first also to have destroyed all the portraits of former Missouri governors and supreme justices. which money could not replace, besides many relics aud articles dear to the Missourian, loaned to the Missouri World’s fair commission through a feeling of civic pride in enhancing the importance of their commonwealth in the eyes of foreign visitors and procurable by no other means. The conflagration was also responsible for the serious injury of two city firemen, who were buried one of the walls, and the cause of the death of a driver of a World's fair hook and ladder and the serious injury to two members of the same company. The loss, however, was not so great as at first supposed. A great deal of the furniture was saved, together with most of the paintings'and practically all the books. According to President M. T. Davis, of the Missouri commission, the loss by the state will only amount to $20,000. This is explained by the statement that after the World’s fair is over the building would not bring more than $5,000. Inspection has proven that but ten paintings of Missouri’s former governors and supreme court justices are so badly burned that they cannot be replaced.

Fireman Burned to Death.

Little Rock. Ark.. Nov. 23. - Harry Wells, fireman, was burned to death, and Engineer De Guire badly hurt in a wreck at Swifton. on the Iron Mountain road. Among the passengers severely hurt are Charles Martin. French Village, 111., and Mrs. J. A. Corry, Seneca. 111.

Signed Treaty with Germany.

Washington. Nov. 23.—The Ameri-can-German arbitration treaty was signed at 10:30 o’clock a. m. at the state department by Secretary Hay and Baron Sternburg, the German ambassador. It is identical with the American-French treaty.

Paul Morton for the Treasury.

Washington, Nov. 23. —Paul Morton, secretary of the navy, is spoken of In Washington as Secretary Shaw’s successor as head of the treasury department, when Mr. Shaw retires, the president having a high opinion of the Chicago man’s ability. (

All Is Calm in Brazil.

Jtio Janeiro, Nov. 21. Complete calm has been restored throughout Brazil.

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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 People. Thursday, Nov. 17. Colonel Henry Watterson and family have sailed from New York for Liverpool. Mrs. Potter Palmer and the Duke and Duchess of Manchester have arrived at New Y’ork from Europe. President Roosevelt sent a note of thanks to Julia Oppenbeim, 11 years qjd, a Chicago girl who congratulated him upon his election. Commander Booth-Tucker, who for the last eight and a half years has been at the head of the Salvation Army In this country, has sailed for England. The Panaman consulate at New York has received a dispatch from President Manuel Amador saying: “Deny reports of disorder or plot.” It is proposed to keep the World's fair open as long as the weather is good. Friday, Nov. 18. Frank J. Hecker, of Detroit, has resigned as a member of the Panama canal commission. Can’t stand the climate. Otto Young, of Chicago, has given SIOO,OOO for the erection of the McCormick Memorial Institute for Infectious Diseases. Henry Gassaway Davis was 81 years old Wednesday. William Perkins, better known as “Mocassin Bill,” is dead on a ranch near Montrose, Colo., aged 80 years. He was a famous bear hunter. The first snow storm of the season has Just occurred at Butte, Mont. The call for the annual meeting of the National League and American Association of Base Ball clubs names New Y’ork as the place and Dec. 13 as the date.

Saturday, Nov. 19. The government of the Netherlands has formally advised Secretary Hay that it gladly accepts the suggestion that the peace conference be reconvened at The Hague. The police of Chicago are looking for a man who cut out the tongue of a horse because the animal was a kicker. Twenty-one persons were rescued from the freight steamer Mohawk, ot the Central Vermont railroad’s fleet, which burned to the water’s edge in Ixmg Island sound. The boat was worth $250,000, besides her cargo. Work upon the monastery near Luc: ca. Italy, that is to become the headquarters of the Carthusian Brotherhood, expelled from Grenoble. France, is nearly completed. A Japanese syndicate is trying to buy several Whatcom county (Neb.) shingle mills. Monday, Nov. 91. There were 552.019 admissions to the St. Louis World’s fair last week. Bishop Chatard, of Indianapolis, has arrived at Borne and has been received by the pope. President Roosevelt is booked to pay a visit to Texas next spring. Lord Minto has closed his six years' term as governor general of Canada and sailed for England. Landon Armstrong, a farmer, who had lived alone near Ashland, RL, since the death of his wife, twenty years ago, was found dead in bed and partly eaten by rats. Secretary Morton, who was slightly indisposed at the dinner of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in New York, is all right again. The official returns from West Virginia show a plurality for Roosevelt of 32,002. _i Tuuuday, Nov. 99. Prince Freiderlch Carl and Prince Johann Heinrich Zu Hohenlohe-Gef-ringer of Germany, who have been visiting the World’s fair, have left there for New York. Cardinal Gibbons has made public a letter addressed to clergymen appealink forifurtber financial aid for the Roman Catholic university. The republic of Cuba has rented quarters for Its legation in Berlin. In a fifteen-round match for SI,OOO at London “Young” Peter Jackson beat Charley Allum, of London, in the sixth round.

The liner Kroonland. reported by somebody to have gone down at sea with 1,400 people, has arrived at New York all right. Wednesday, Nov. 23. The liner Sicilian Prince, which has been stuck in the mud off Long Island, has been floated off aud is uninjured. The Detroit (Mich.) presbytery has unanimously voted in favor of the proposed union of the Presbyterian and Cumberland Presbyterian churches. There are 619 women attending the Berlin university, being the record number. The carters’ strike has - ended at Havre, France, the men yielding. The strike of dockers continues without incident. The Spanish bark Tafalla and crew of fifteen wqfit down with all bands within a short distance of the British steamer Aros Castle, 200 miles east of the Bermudas. George Truesdell of Washington declined to act as trustee for the estate of Thomas E. Waggamen because of the mlxed-up condition of Waggamans’ affairs.

PRINCE’S JEWELS ARE FOUND

Mysteriously as They Disappeared They Reappear in the Royal Jap’s Suite of Apartments. St. Louis, Nov. 25. —It is learned that Prince Sadanaru Fushimi, cousin of the emperor of Japan, recovered the jewels the report of whose loss created widespread consternation, before he departed for Philadelphia yesterday. The jewels were recovered in even a more mysterious manner than they disappeared. The last seen of them, according to nienvlau-s of the prince’s suite, was when the prince r< - tired last Monday night he laid them on a dressing table in bis apartments. Just previous to his departure yesterday, after Prince Fushimi and the members of his suite had been absent from their rooms for several hours, the prince was informed that the missing jewels had been found on a table in an adjoining room in which, it is stated, the prince had not been during his stay in St. Louis.

President’s Message Is Completed.

Washington, Nov. 25. The president has completed his annual message to congress, and it now is in the hands of the printer—indeed. iiTinted copies of the document already have been placed tiefore the president. Roosevelt was anxious to finish work on the message l>efore he started for St. Louis and for a week or more has been devoting every minute of his spare time, both night and day, to the preparation of the paper.

"SLEEPY” WOODCHUCK

Little Groundhog Is Far More Alert Than He Looks. If there is any one of our native amimals that looks stow, clumsy, “lazy” and generally unfit to survive in the struggle for existence, it is the woodchuck. After he has built, or, rather, excavated his home—which to tell the truth, he does in a rapid and businesslike way—he does nothing but eat and sleep. Yet anyone who sizes him up as an incompetent is likely to get fooled, for he is a source of continual surprises. When your garden is not far from the woods, you may be awakened in the middle of the night by a series of most alarming yells and howls, occasioned by some hungry woodchuck that has come out for a nocturnal visit to the cabbage patch and met with a warm reception from your two dogs. The woodchuck usually gets away unharmed, while the dogs are left to nurse their scratched noses and fore paws. Ifhe woodchuck. in fact, has plenty of courage, and wil. always fight ta preference to running away. Throughout the summer this little “wood pig” spends most of tfie time in the vicinity of his burrow, coining out early in the morning to take his breakfast, returning to his nest for a mor.ing nap, appearing again at noon and late in the afternoon for his dinner and supj er, only to return for another snooze. Occasionally he makes a visit to some neighboring orchard or garden. By October 1, when he is fat, he i elites into his subterranean home fer a long sleep, until we are led to believe, the proverbial "ground-hog" day— Country Life in America.

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