Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 25, Number 49, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 10 February 1904 — Page 2

THE NAPPANEE NEWS; G. N. MURRAY,, Publisher. NAPPANEE. : : INDIANA. 19041 FEBRUARY 1 190*1 SUN MON. THE WED. THU. FRI. SAT. ,i23 4 5 6 7 8 9 io ii 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2425 26 27 ©C © 3 (I ' Full Moon L Quamr New Myon F Quarter I si Bth 16th 24th 1 f M'S RECORD All the News of the Past Seven Days Condensed. HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS Sews of the Industrial Field, Personal and Political Items, Happenings Home and Abroad. Wfc ALL THE WORLD CONGRESS AT WORK. Dally Proceedings of the Senate and House Briefly Told. In executive session on the Ist the senate passed the naturalization treaty with Hayti. Senator Morgan spoke in favor of a resolution for an investigation into the Panama revolution. A bill was introduced appropriating SIOO,000 for a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Washington. In the house a bill was passed providing a naval officer in the district of Chicago and in the collection district of Indiana and Illinois. A bill was introduced to authorize the appointment by the president of boards of investigation and arbitration to investigate and arbitrate disputes between employers and employes. The time in the senate on the 2d was occupied in discussing the Panama canal question and Jamas P. Clarke, the new denvwrsLUi senator from Arkansas, in a speech endorsed every position taken by the president in connection with the Panama revolt. The committee on appropriations reported in favor of a loan of $4,600,000 to the St. Louis world’s fair. In the house the resident commissioner from Porto Rico was given authority equal to that of a delegate from a territory and he introduced a bill to declare the citizens of Porto Rico citizens of the United States. In a debate full of sarcasm and thrusts In the United States senate on the 3d the proposed appropriation for a loan of $4,600,000 to the St. Louis exposition was attacked. A mass of correspondence was received from the president concerning Colombian affairs. In the house bills were introduced providing for an increase in salaries for postal clerk® in first and second class offices and for the reorganization of the consular service. In the senate on the 4th the proposed loan to the St. Louis exposition of $4,600,000 was up for discussion, but instead the senators indulged in a political debate. In the house the carrying $1,993,600, was passed, and the agricultural appropriation bill, carrying a total of $5,711,240, was reported. DOMESTIC. tV .. The public debt statement issued'on the Ist shows that the debt increased $911,663 during the month of January. Cash in the treasury, $378,745,084. Total debt, less cash in treasury, $915,062,543. The Baptist May anniversaries* will be held in Cleveland, 0., from May 16 to 24, inclusive, t _iz————— The residence of Peter Christiansen was burned at Council Bluffc, la., and his five small children were cremated and his wife fatally burned. The government receipts for January were $11,588,370 and the expenditures $48,372,553, leaving a deficit for the month of $G,784,183. Harry Forbes was knocked out in the fifth round by Abe Attel, of St. Louis, in a battle for the world’s featherweight honors. At Clarksburg, W. Va., the Traders’ national bank closed its doors. The Kirby Lumber company, with •$10,000,000 capita], and the Houston Oil company, owning 1,000,000 acres of land, have been placed in a receiver’s hands at New Orleans. Gov. Peabody, of Colorado, has proclaimed the term of martial law at Cripple Creek at an end. Corporal Charles A. Valois and his young wife, spurned 'by relatives and penniless, sought death together at Saginaw, Mteh. The National Webster bank and the Atlas National bank,, two of the largest Boston financial institutions, have consolidated. Fire in the wholesale district of Knoxville, Tenn., caused a “loss of $400,000 and the live* of two firemen. A collison between freight trains in El Paso, Tex., caused the death es fengineer Gillespie, Fireman Daniels and an unidentified brakeman. Three- of the 30 victims of the Nevada desert have been identified as JJhilip Geiger, William Hancock and George HOllberk, of Ogden, Utah. A race war at Berea, Ky., Is threatened by the citizens’ appeal for a law against coeducation of negroes and Whites at tßerea coiiege, Gen. Ben J. Vilnen, of the Boer forces In the war in the Transvaal, Was a guest of President Roosevelt at luncheon.

George A l . Rose, late cashier of the Produce Exchange bank in Cleveland, who confessed to embezzling $187,000, has been / sentenced to ten years’ Imprisonment. The heavy Increase of steerage Immigrants, to the United States is said to be due to Inducements offered by railroads to obtain settlers Mr the west, northwest and southwest. The ratification of the Panama canal treaty before the end of this month is the present programme in the United States senate. Snow has buried many trains in Indiana and Michigan and traffic on the railroads was practically suspended. President Roosevelt was a guest of honor at the banquet of the department of thp Potomac, Grand Army of the Republic, in Washington,‘fcnd he paid tribute to the veterans. Two thousand employes of the American Can company went on a strike in Chicago as a protest against a reduction in wages. Nearly the entire business section of Grand Chain, 111., has been destroyed by'flre. '<■ J. G. Myers, a farmer, died at Carthage, Mo., having starved himself to death. He had not eaten a particle of food for 49 days. Boxing bouts at Detroit, Mich;, have *been prohibited by a special order" of Mayor Maybury. The south Is estimated to be $300,000,000 richer through D. J. Sully’s bull campaign in cotton. Ex-Secretary of War Root, at a banquet in his honor by the - New York Union League club, said he returned convinced the government was growing better.

Secretary Taft askti congress to appropriate SB,OOO to pay for chickens stolen by the soldiers during the maneuvers. John Winters (colored), who shot and killed John Eastland, a wealthy planter of Doodsville, Miss, was lynched by a mob. National banks have been notified by Secretary Shaw that 20 per cent of government funds held by them will be needed. The shipbuilding trust fight ended by C. M. Schwab surrendering control. Six Arabian horses, a gift from the sultan of Morocco to President Roqsevelt, arrived at New York. A bag of gold, said to contain nearly $5,000, was stolen from an Adams express car at Sterling, 111. The National Republican Editorial association began its annual convention at Washington. Five students have been expelled from Princeton (N. J.) university for cheating at examinations. Thrilling experiences at sea were related when the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm uer Grosse arrived in New York, 48 hours late. _ Business failures in January aggregated $18,483,573, against $12,978,979 in January, 1903. Lake Village, Ark., was almost totally destroyed by fire. „ Mayor McClellan, of New York, ordered six theaters closed because they have not made certain alterations for safety. Two twin baby sisters named Black were so badly bitten by rats at the Logan county childrens home in Ohio that they died. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL M. S. Otero, probably the wealthiest man in New Mexico and a delegate In congress from 1879 to 1888, died at Albuquerque. William C. Whitney, aged 63, ex-sec-retary of the navy and capitalist, died at New York while being prepared fora second operation for appendicitis. Illinois democrats will hold their state convention in Springfield June 14. “ Miss Rose McHugh, aged 100? died at New London, Wis. A caucus of democratic members of the Maryland legislature selected Isidor Rayner, of Baltimore, for the United States senatorship. Congressman Charles E. Fuller has been renominated by the Twelfth district republican convention at Ottawa,. HI. -“-7Adolph Schwarzmann, one of 'the founders of Puck, and editor in chief of that paper, died in New York, aged 66 years. The Maryland legislature elected Isidor Rayner (dem.), of Baltimore. United States senator to succeed Louis EL McComas. , Capt. Charles C. Cornwall, until recently in command of the United States cruiser Chicago, died at Scarsdale, N. Y. FOREIGN. Forty persons killed by an explosion of ten tons of gunpowder at Fore Bhatinda, British India. King Eaward dispatched four special messengers to St. Petersburg in behalf of peace in the far east. Mrs. Florence Maybrick’s whereabouts are still unknown, and confirmation or denial of her reported release from an English prison canno( be secured. Gov. Luke E. Wright and Vice Gov. Henry C. Ido were inaugurated at Manila. Ernest Cashel was hanged at Calgary, N. W. TANARUS., for the murder of a ranchman. Russia’s reply to Japan was in the hdnds of the czar. A report reached Panama that Colombian troops were fighting with the Indians o,n the San Bias coast Th future policy of the British empire rests on the action of parliament, which was opened by King Edward. It is split in seven factions by the tariff question. John Redmond, in a heated speech, told the British house of commons neither the land act nor any other policy would be acceptedlas a substitute for home rule.' Emperor William talked Into n phonograph at the request of United States psychologists, and the records will be preserved at Washington and Harvard university.

Tarlp experts,‘after exhaustive experl--1 meats, have come to the decision that the frog is a bird. The Russian fleet sailed from Port Arthur and the Russian land forces were in active preparation for possible hostilities. Russia’s answer to the latest Japanese demands has been dispatched to Toklo, and it is considered that the issue of war or peace rests with the Japanese. Yaqui Indians held up a stage between Oritz and Las Cruces, Mexico, and the passengers, six in number, were massacred. American occupation of Cuba has finally ended by the withdrawal of the last troops from Havana and the lowering of the flag. Mexico has issued a decree forbidding any person bearing firearms to cross the border of the country. Mrs. Florence Maybrick is declared on authority to be in a secluded home in England under the care of a religioua sisterhood, where she will remain until July, when she will be rele&ed. —• r LATER. More than $100,000,000 is the estimate placed on the losses caused by a fire that began in Baltimore at 11 o’clock on the morning of the 7th with an explosion in the store of Jdhn, E. Hurst & Cos., and had been burning for 16 hours, though many buildings had been dynamited. Over 50 blocks in the business district had been devastated, including the post' office, courthouse, banks and newspaper offices. The city had been placed under martial law. Over a dozen firemen had been killed by falling walls. Mrs. Florence Maybrick has been located In the convent of the Sisters of Epiphany at Truro, Cornwall. Four men were shot to death and three wounded at Coal Creek, Tenn., in a fight between union and non-union miners. Ex-Judge Thomas F. Tipton, a member of tlife Forty-fifth congress, died at his home in Bloomington. 111., aged 71 years. Investigation of Senator Reed Smoot’s right to retain his seat in the United States senate will open March 1. Col. Edward Butler, millionaire St. Louis politician, charged with bribing members of the house of delegates at St. Louis, was acquitted by a jury. A special grand Jury to take up the Iroquois theater fire inquiry convened in Chicago. Disorder in San Domingo, accentuated by the killing of an American sailor, has brought a crisis, and the United States will take steps to end the lawlessness. Russians realize that if Japan gains control of the sea she can starve the inhabitants of Port Arthur. William J. Meaders, who has served 19 years in the Detroit house of correction for murder, has been pardoned by the president Joseph Kipley, for four years chief of police, died in Chicago. He was on the police foroe 29 years. Luther Holbert and wife, negroes, were burned at the stake before 1,000 spectators at Doddsviile, Miss., for the murder of James Eastland, a white planter, and a negro. Piux X., to prevent church secrets from being given out prematurely, has issued a decree of punishment for all who betray them. Diplomatic relations with Russia have been broken off by Japan, the czaT’s minister being notified to leave Tokio, and the Japanese minister at St. Petersburg ordered to demand his passports. The political debate in the senate on the loan of $4,600,000 to the St. Louis exposition came to a close on the sth by leaving the provision in the urgent deficiency bill, which was passed. Another bill was passed providing for the transportation of 600 teachers from Porto Rico to and from the United States next summer for purposes of study. In the house bills were Introduced granting a pension of sl2 a month to veterans of the civil war 65 years of age and for investigation of the beef trosL The agricultural appropriation bill was passed. Both houses adjourned to the Bth. Senator Hanna’s illness has been diagnosed as typhthd fever. San Domingo insurgents deliberately fired upon the launch of the United States cruiser Yankee, killing J. C. Johnston, thv engineer. The official call for the national convention of the prohibition party to meet In Indianapolis June 29 has been issued. War signs were increasing hourly at St. Petersburg and the Japanese embassy was preparing for hurried departure. A jury to try the car barn bandits was completed in Chicago after 27 days examation of venirermen. President Roosevelt welcomed the National Republican association to Washngton and the convention indorsed him for nomination. Mrs. Edward Crawford and her son and James E. Hagon, her son-in-law, were burned to death in Montreal, Can. A dispatch says that an entire town in the Island of Java, East Indies, was swallowed up by a volcanic eruption and hundreds of persons were killed. The republican national convention committee at a Chicago meeting accepted. plans Jor seating 8,264 persons. There were 216 business failures in the United Slates during the seven days ended on the sth, against 242 the same week in 1903. Country’s trade is Irregular, according to Dun.’s and Bradstreet’s review; improvement only in the west and south. A fire at Buckingham, Ont., destroyed the central part of the town. After a night’s revelry five men and one. lad perished in flames at Trenton. Pa. Funeral services over the remains of William C. Whitney, former secretary of the navy and prominent financier, were held at Grace Episcopal church,*New York city. . „

HIS DEATH MUST BE AVENGED The Dominican Insurgents Fire on Launch of Cruiser Yankee. Engineer Johnston Is Killed—Drastic Measures Will Be Taken to. Avenge the Murder. San Domingo, Monday, Feb. 1. —The insurgents this morning fired on the launch of the*- auxiliary cruiser Yankee, killing J. C. Johnston, the engineer. The bullet entered his head above the eye. United States Minister Powell has directed the captain of the Yankee to take drastic measures to avenge Johnston’s death and this insult to the American flag. The funeral of Johnstone took place ! this morning. The body was escorted j to its grave in the Santa Barbara cemetery by a detachment of marines, bluejackets and officers of the Yankee, headed by the ship’s band. There were in all 100 men from the cruiser in the cortege. United States Minister Powell, the, American consul and vice consul and nearly all the diplomatic and consular representatives here went to the funeral. Tne provisional government sent a detachment of troops as an escort. The flags over the governmental buildings and the various consulates were at half mast. The coffin was covered with wreaths of flowers, ofie of which had been sent by the German consulate on behalf of Emperor William, while others from the American legation, the American consulate and similar sympathizers. The etreeta of the city were thronged with people as the funeral procession passed and there were many expressions of sorrow at Johnstone’s death. Santo Domingo, Feb. 3. —Great surprise is expressed by all foreigners here, especially by the Americans, that the commander of the Yankee has not demanded immediate satisfaction for the inexcusable killing of Johnstone and for the firing upon the American flag by the insurgepts. Washington, Feb. 8. —"Send full particulars about assassination of Johnston,” is the substance of a cablegram which Secretary Moody Saturday dispatched to Commander Lewis C. Heilner, commanding the gunboat Yankee at Santo Domingo City. When the details of the assassination have arrived the secretary will then be in a position to give specific instructions as to the course to be followed. Miners’ and Operator** Conference Adjourns Without Reaching; nn Agreement. Indianapolis, Ind.,Feb. 4.—The meeting of the operators and miners in joint conference was called Wednesday morning, in order that the joint scale committee might report its progress and ask for additional instructions. There was great excitement among the delegates when it was seen that the moment for a declaration of a disagreement had arrived. The scale committee reported the present wage scale aS'their Ultimatum and the operators insisting that nothing less than the 1902 scale, which Is equivalent to a reduction of 12 per cent, in wages, it is claimed, would satisfy them. Mr. H. L. Robbins, for the operators, arose and quietly moved that inasmuch as it seemed impossible to reach an agreement, that adjournment be taken, after appointing a joint committee of eight consisting of one piin.er and one operator from each of the four states forming the competitive district to fix a date for a future convention. President Mitchell quietly seconded the motion, expressing the hope that an agreement would be reached. The convention then adjourned, the operators leaving the hall and the miners going Into executive session. IS NOT A VALID LAW. New York Statute on Desecration of the Nhtlonal Flag liDeclared Unconstitutional. New York, Feb. 6. —The law forbidding the desecration, mutilation or improper use of the national flag, passed by the state legislature last year, was declared unconstitutional Friday jn the appellate division of the supreme court insofar as it relates to the use of flag in advertising devices and on trade labels. The case grew out of the sale of cigars in boxes bearing labels which included the national flag In design. The majority opinion holds that while it was competent under the police power for the legislature to make It a misdemeanor publicly to mutilate, deface, defy, defile, trample on or cast contempt on the national or state flag", either by words or act, there is nothing in the use of the flag as a trade-mark that suggests the idea that it is degraded or belittled. To prohibit-its decorous use in such connection must be regarded as an unauthorized Interference with the liberty of the citizen and would deprive persons owning such trade-marks of their property without due process of law. Death of Old-Time Journalist. Chicago, Feb. 6. —Andre Matteson, once editor 0 l the Chicago Times, died at his home in Highland Park Friday niSht ‘ , , • Hi Manx Building* In Anhea. Lake Village, Ark., Feb. 6.— This town was almost totally destroyed by fire Thursday. Twenty-two business houses, six dwellings, the post office, Masonic Temple and many other buildings were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $25,000, partly insured. Aged Minister Dead. Lawrence, Kan., Feb. s.—Rev. Amos Dresser, a retired Congregational minister, died Thursday at his home near here, aged 91 years. He was one of the first graduates of Oberlin university, being a member of the class cf ’33.

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