Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — Page 3

The FIGHTING in COLOMBIA

The present rebellion in the Repub-lic-of Colombia is likely to involve the governments of Colombia and Venezula in war. There is a contingency which might Involve the United States in difficulties with foreign countries. Both Venezuela and Colombia have large foreign debts, on most of which interest has not been paid for years. Bonds representing this indebtedness are held chiefly by England and Holland. If, in order to protect ■ these bondholders from further loss by a disastrous war, either of these nations should interfere it is probable that the Monroe doctrine would be involved and the United States would cry “Hands off.” In the meantime it may be well to explain that the popular idea that this Is a mere farce comedy revolution is not altogether well founded. In the first place the territory of the Republic of Colombia is ten times as large as that of the State of Illinois, while its population is only 6,000, against 4,800,000 in Illinois. In the second place the attacks on the present government of Colombia have iaeen so many during recent years that the Colombian army has been greatly enlarged. It is now said to consist of upward of 40,000 well-drilled and experienced soldiers, who are under the command of able generals. The government is conservative, and its friends say that it is devoted to building up the trade and commerce of the republic. On the other hand, even his bitterest enemies admit that General UribeUnoe, the revolutionist leader (reported dead, but report is not credited) is a man of spotless personal character, who is actuated by the purest motives.

GENERAL URIBE-URIBE.

He Is at the same time one of the most picturesque characters ever developed on the isthmus. He is only 40 years old, tall, athletic, and unsmiling. There is nothing of the adventurer or swashbuckler in his appearance. He is a man who takes everything seriously and who knows how to work hard and to dare greatly. He came to the United States last February with a number of his staff, including R. Perez, his private secretary, whose wife is a Chicago girl. Even at that time the revolution was well under way, and General Uribe-Uribe directed its operations for several weeks from his Broadway hotel. While in this country he made friends with many prominent business men, who were impressed with his plain sincerity and his patriotic fervor. Uribe-Uribe was born up in the mountains of Antochla, in the interior of Colombia and on the crest of the Andes. His mother was famous for her beauty, while his father was an athlete and rancher. Many patriots and fighters for liberty have been born in the mountains, and the friends of Uribe-Uribe point out that his was the proper birthplace for a man destined to rescue his country from the hands of "corrupt and tyrannical politicians.’’ While a boy he was taught by his father to break and ride the wild horses of the hills, to take long tramps

UNITED STATES CONSULATE AT COLON.

MUCH IN LITTLE.

By October 1 Washington will be receiving its water supply from a new reservoir. Deciduous trees are shedding their leaves six weeks earlier than in ordinary seasons. The Irtish river, in Siberia, is 2,200 miles in length and drains 600,000 miles of territory. Before the war broke out there were 137 gold mining companies doing business in the Transvaal.

over the mountain trails, and to endure the hardships of camp life in the high wilderness. So he acquired the splendid physique and the courage which has enabled him to win no less than forty-six pitched battles, coming off victorious and scatheless in every one he has been engaged in. In the meantime bis ambitious parents saw that the boy’s education was not neglected. After he had finished at the little mountain school he was sent to the great national university of Bogota, the capital of Colombia, which is alsb a mountain city located far in the interior and thousands of feet above the sea level. the young man graduated and then went back to his mountain home to practice his profession as a lawyer. Almost immediately he was chosen by his fellowtownsmen to represent his native town in the national Chamber of Deputies, corresponding to the lower house of Congress in this country. UribeUribe soon developed great powers as an orator, writer, and leader In the House. The Conservative party was in control of the government, and Uribe thundered in vain in favor of a free press, free speech, and free education. These reforms were resisted by the government, and finally the people of Uribe-Uribe’s mountain home rose in revolt. Their first revolution was in 1876, and Uribe threw himself at once into their cause. He soon won a wide reputation as a brave and able soldier. A second revolt occurred in 1885, and in this struggle Uribe won great fame, becoming ,the leader of the insurgent forces.

Time and time again, at the head of only 300 mountaineers, Uribe won victories over larger numbers of government troops. Once when a few of the men under his command mutinied Uribe shot the leader with his own hand and reduced the other to submission in a few minutes. Finally he was captured and thrown into prison. When he was brought to trial his defense was so logical and eloquent that he was acquitted without a moment’s hesitation. In the,latter part Of 1899 another insurrection broke out at the head of which Uribe promptly placed himself During this struggle, which has been almost continuous ever since, Uribe performed many feats of daring and heroism. On one occasion the rebel army lay on one side of a stream facing a greater force' of the enemy. A narrow bridge formed the only passage way over the deep river. Uribe finally announced that at a certain hour he personally, with the first ten volunteers, would cross that bridge and lead a charge on the unsuspecting army. The first volunteer was a negro sergeant, whom Uribe took by the hand, and, leading him out before his army, cried out: “Soldiers, this is Sergeant Zuleta, who will cross the bridge, hand in hand with me. I name him Captain for his bravery.” Forthwith the whole rebel army volunteered, and when the time came the general and the negro sergeant led what proved to be a successful charge against the rebel army. During his stay in the United States General Uribe-Uribe was anxious to explain what led him to take up arms against the government of his native land. He declared that personal ambition had nothing to do with it. On the conthary, he declared he was fighting for the oppressed people of Colombia. In answer the friends of the present government enter a general , denial. They say that the frequent revolutions have been the cause of the depreciation of the currency, and they declare Uribe to be a fraud and an ally of Dictator Castro of Venezuela, whose idea It is to combine Equador, Venezuela, and Colombia into one government, with himself at the head as Emperor. They say that Uribe is in the pay of British bondholders.

Help to Support John Bull.

At a rough estimate the total amount of income taxes which Americans in England are compelled to pay for John Bull's support is 35,000,000 a year. All whose incomes are below SBOO a year escape free.

Philadelphia’s Vote.

The vote of Philadelphia at the spring election was: Republican, 127,. 000; Democratic, 30,000; Reform, 1«’. 000; Prohibition, 983, and Socialist, 842,

MERE RUMOR.

Oh, the cold and purple sunrise is a lovo* ly thing to see, When the radiant east with waking light is glowing, When the happy songsters carol in each dew-bespangled tree, And the rooster his shrill clarion is blowing. There’s a magic fascination in the fast* approaching sun, And the rugged outlined mountain peaks that screen it. There s a glory in a sunrise that will charm the dullest one Into rapture—so I’ve heard—l’ve never seen it. Virtue, toil end self-denial always bring their own reward, Eighteen hours is too short a day sot labor, Man is happiest when working at a job so gooa and hard • That it couldn’t be accomplished by his neighbor. Souls are brightened and ennobled by unflagging industry And a prize is best enjoyed by those . who ve won it. Digging in from dawn till bedtime brings serene felicity To the digger—so I’ve heard—l’ve never done it. —J. J. Montague, in Portland Oregonian.

IN A FACETIOUS VEIN

Sue—“ But why do you want to put my picture in your watch?” Tom—“ Because you are a jewel.”—Philadelphia Record. Judge—“ Have you formed any opinion on this case?” Wouldbeigh Juror—“No, sir; I haven’t mentioned it to my wife.”—Smart Set. “I would not live alway,” The poet sadly wrote. He went to row that day, And some one rocked the boat. » —Philadelphia Record. She—“lf I had known what a fool you were I never should have married you.” He—“ You might have guessed it when I proposed to you.”—Philadelphia Record. Borem—“Scribbler, they tell me, is now quite a literary light. I must call on him.” Wigwag—“ Even a literary light may be out when you call.”— Philadelphia Record. “What is a fort?” asked a teacher. “A place to put men in," was the answer. “What is a fortress, then?” The answer was prom]it: “A place to put women in.”—Tit-Bits. Oh, fortune is a little ball— .)> Or so the canny golfers say. nJ Some lightly loft it over all, • And others foozle day by day. —Washington Star. She —“Don’t let my refusal of your proposal embitter you, Mr. Simpkins.” He—“No, no. After all, it is something to have been even rejected by a girl who owns a ?500 dog.”—Detroit Free Press.

General—“ Stop that reporter.” Aide —“What! Don’t you want to have him send home an account of your heroism?” “No. I don’t want to be an American hero for a week and a punching-bag for the rest of my life.” -Life. “What Is your favorite dish?” in* quired Mrs. Frontpew of the Rev. Longface, the new pastor. She felt sure it was chicken, but it proved not. “Er—the contribution plate,” answered the Rev. Longface, absently.—(Ohio State Journal. “A local schoolboy, his examiner tells me, in an exercise-letter the other day, commenced his epistle with, ‘Dear '•Tommy, we was glad to receive your welcome letter telling about the sudden death of your dear father.’ Glasgow Times. Nervous Lady Passenger (to deck hand) —“Have you ever seen any worse weather than this, Mister Sailor?" Deck Hand —“Take a word from an old salt, mum; the weather’s never very bad while there’s any females on deck a-mak-in’ henquirles about it.”—Fun. “Oh!” gasped the beautiful woman as she fell baek, clutching at her heart and permitting the telegram to flutter to the floor. Her fashionable guests rushed forward, crying: “What is it? Has your husband met with an accident?” “No—no,” she moaned; “it is from my son-in-law. I am a grandmother.”—Chicago Record-Herald. “Just remember,” said the man whe makes every one suffer when he is un comfortable, “that irritability is now said to be disease.” “And also remember,” said the man addressed, as he reached for a club, “that some diseases require heroic treatment.” Thus it happened that the value of the mind cure was demonstrated and the disease’ did not develop.—Chicago Post.

Extreme Politeness.

“They tell me that Boston has the most polite man in the country,” said a merchant. "He was run into by another man on the street, and tipping his hat, said: ‘lf I ran into you, I beg your pardon. If you ran into pae, don’t mention it.’ But I have a man that is a daisy. He is our agent in a Northern town, and for some reason or other we failed to remit to him last month. Yesterday he wrote: ‘Pardon me for the Intrusion, but for fear you may think you have forwarded my usual remittance and are wondering why I do not acknowledge receipt, I humbly beg to apprise you that I have not received it!’ Now that man got his money by return mail.”—lndianapolis News.

High Lights.

Art shows us when nature Is artistic; and nature shows us when art Is natural. Cultivate a gentle voice; on the other hand, don’t mumble. » » As a rule it Is generally foolish people who look wise. We want all men to be happy, and then we dislike men who seem satlofled with themselves.—Chicago Bee-ord-Herald.

FIGHTING BOB EVANS.

The rebuke administered to Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans by the Navy Department because of his attack, upon ex-Recretary Chandler is direct and sharp, but if the admiral is wise he will accept it in silence and be thankful that his indiscretion brought no worse punishment. He should be glad that Mr. Chandler is an ex-senator and not an active member of congress, otherwise the matter undoubtedly would have been made the subject of a congressional inquiry. The best thing Admiral Evans can do is to resolve to criticize no prominent man while still living, especially if he be of Mr. Chandler’s temperament. This reprimand ought to have a salutary effect in checking the kind of offense of which Admiral Evans was guilty. He used the pages of his book to air his grudge of sixteen years' standing against the man who was Secretary of the Navy at the time of Evans’ removal from the lighthouse board. There has been too much public criticism by naval officers of late. The Navy Department has formally notified the admiral that when he attacked the former head of the navy he “abandoned the courtesy that should always characterize an officer of the navy.” This judgment will be confirmed by the great majority of American citizens. The only solace Admiral Evans is likely to get out of the episode is in the form of larger sales for his book. Many people will want to read the volume that could call down upon its author such a stinging rebuke.—Chicago Tribune.

The American Spirit.

Mr. Edmond de Nevers, a FrenchCanadian, not long ago published a book called “The American Spirit.” This work seems to have been named on the principle by which a middleaged Writer headed a chapter “Of the Shakes of Iceland," and then said: “There are no snakes in Iceland.”.So Mr. Nevers, holding that a national spirit is simply a matter of heredity, finds the American stock so mixed that he concludes with a doubt that it possesses any distinctive spirit. Yet every American knows there is

The Censor in South Africa.

Facsimile of the first page of a letter from London Daily Mail war correspondent after it had passed through the censor’s hands. The Daily Mail

Honored by the Sultan of Sulu.

Miss Marie Sweet of Denver is probably the only Caucasian woman in the world who has received a present of pearls from the sultan of Sulu. General Owen J. Sweet, her father, is governor of the Sulu archipelago, over which Hadji Mohammed is the native ruler. All the pearls found in the waters of the Sulus’ sea are the property of the crown. The sultan, who sent the pearls to Miss Sweet, as a mark of honor to her father, dispatched with them a letter written In Sanskrit on parchment, rolled, after the manner of the ancient papyrus and sealed with the royal seal. This was the first letter ever written by the sultan to a woman, as the ladles of his country are not communicated with by means of writing. Miss Sweet added the pearls to an already large and fine collection, sent her at various times by her father. P. Cuneo, editor of the Wyandot Republican, Upper Sandusky, 0., has left for Turin, Italy, to assume the duties of consul for the United States government, to which position he was recently appointed by President McKinley. Mr. Cuneo Is said to be the only Italian in this country who is the publisher of an English newspaper. He was born in Naples, and has not seen his native land since he left it fifty-two years ago. Henry H. Rogers has presented to the Unitarian Society of Fairhaven, Mass., a church, parish house and parsonage as a memorial to his mother, Mary Rogers. The cornerstone of the church was laid on last Monday afternoon. The group of buildings will be one of the most beautiful of the kind in the country.

REAR ADMIRAL ROBLEY D. EVANS

such a spirit, and sees and feels it daily. A writer in the current Independent, commenting on Mr. Nevers’ book, takes the common view that the great solvent of other national spirits into the American is the language. If this were the case our American spirit would be little different from the English, 'for our language is the same. Yet we all know that the two are widely different. How and why have we managed to develop a national spirit of our own? Theodore Roosevelt, in his recent address at Colorado Springs, gave the answer when he said we had

declares the blacking-out process adopted by the censor would not be tolerated even in Russia, where absolutism holds full sway.

applied to our conditions '‘the new principles of national unity and individual freedom,”—Chicago Inter Ocean.

The recent opening of the Kiowa reservation in Oklahoma is currently spoken of as "the last chance for free homes.” Uncle Sam has by no means so completely divided his property as that phrase would imply. The transMississippi congress, just held at Cripple Creek, Colo., opportunely calls attention to the fact that in the western states alone there are fully 100,000,000 acres still open to honCostead entry. In 1890 the average size of the American farms was 137 acres, they had then shown an average decrease since 1850 of nearly two acres a year, their average size now is probably about 125 acres. At this rate the western homestead lands afford room for 800,000 more farms. It is true that much of these lands is not arable. On the other hand, much of them is certainly better suited for farming and stock raising than the Kiowa reservation.—N. Y. Sun.

Water in Europe and America.

Statistics gathered by the state department concerning the consumption of water used in European and American cities afford opportunities for some interesting comparisons. Paris uses 106.05 gallons dally, Berlin 19.27, Vienna 27 and Brussels 26.4. In Chicago the average consumption is 145 gallons per capita every day, in Buffalo it is 240 gallons, in Cleveland 138 gallons, in Washington 190 gallons and in Detroit 135 gallons. The larger consumption of water in American cities is due, it is claimed, in a large measure to waste. In most European cities the water is filtered, and precautions are taken against unnecessary usage of it.

Money for Improving Revers.

The Mississippi river commission, a board of engineers and citizens organized under an act of congress, will recommend that the sum of $3,000,006 a year shall be expended for six year* on the work which they have In charge.

MISS MARIS SWEET.

Our Idie Lands.

A WEEK IN INDIANA.

RECORD OF HAPPENINGS FOR SEVEN DAYS. Wealthy Farmer from' South Bend Searche* for Bin Couhlo, a Lady Who Disappeared—Widow of Canal Builder Dies. Big Fire at Bedkey. Fire originating in Michael Bader's junk shop, in the center of the business section of Redkey, caused a property loss of more than $6,000. and for a time threatened to wipe out the entire town. Redkey has no fire protection but the bucket brigade, in which the women worked along W’ith the men, by heroic effort had the flames under control within an hour and the town was saved with comparatively small loss, considering the headway the Hames made before the citizens were generally alarmed. The losses and insurance are divided as follows: Michael Bader, junk shop and contents; loss SI,OOO, with $650 insurance; Gteorge Bowser, livery barn, loss SI,OOO, with $1,200 insurance. A blooded stallion valued at $2,000. owned by A. Crisler, was left in the barn and.cremated. William Fier, residence, loss SBOO, with no insurance. The barns owned by A. W. McKinney, George Horn and Michael Snyder were destroyed. Their combined loss is $650, fully insured. The Reese hotel caught fire and was damaged to the extent of SSOO, fully insured. Actor O'NelU'a Kx«Wlf«< Missing. Edwin Walsh, a wealthy farmer from Routh Bend, went to Chicago and asked the police to assist in the search for his cousin, Nettle Walsh, who disappeared from South Bend about three weeks ago. Mr. Walsh stated that he was willing to give a reward of SSOO for information leading to the finding of his relative. The woman, Walsh says, was married to James O’Neill, the actor, in 1883, and after living with him for three y<mjs they separated, she being allowed the custody of a son, the result of the marriage. Shortly after the separation Mrs. O’Neill resumed her maiden name and went to live with her cousin at South Bend about four years ago. Keep Henlora from Banquet. Faculty members of the Tri-Stato Normal College at Angola spread a banquet for the senior class, which is to be graduated this week, but no seniors were there to enjoy it. They fully intended to be there, and had given some evidences about the college of their appreciation of the honor to be shown them. When the hour of the banquet arrived, however, the seniors, attired in dress suits, were at Fox lake, two miles away, where they had been forcibly taken by the juniors. The juniors bad quietly laid their plans and with the aid of friends succeeded in kidnaping all the seniors. The'faculty members are greatly displeased. Marriage Mill to B« Stopped. Attorney General Taylor will take steps at Indianapolis at once to abolish the illegal features of the "Gretna Green” or marriage Industry at Jeffersonville. A secret investigation by Charles B. Lockhart, traveling deputy attorney general, has been going on. Mr. Lockhart filed his report, and the attorney general said he had no doubt the traffic In marriages at Jeffersonville could be greatly reduced. Mr#. Nancy Adami Dead. Mrs. Nancy Adams, widow of the superintendent of construction of the Wabash and Erie canal from Fort Wayne to Logansport, died at Lagro, aged 92. She was the oldest resident of the county, having arrived with her husband from Hartford, Conn., in 1836. She leaves three sons, one of whom Is with the British army In south Africa. • gtate News in Brief. Dillsboro —At a time when it was thought tnat Dearborn and Ohio counties were free of smallpox, four new cases have developed; the victims, Miss Jeanette Cochran, daughter of the Rev. George Cochran, and Miss Rose Mattox, daughter of George Mattox, of Aurora, and Mrs. Loring Craft and little son, of Rising Sun. The evening before they were stricken. Misses Cochran and Mattox were members of a hay-riding party, and it Is feared their companions will be affected. Martinsville—’Squire McNeff, ot Brooklyn, has found for plaintiff In the case of Dr. E. D. Bailey against the Martinsville Gas company, and fined the company $lO-for charging Dr. Bailey 50 cents for 200 feet of gas. when the rate fixed by the city ordinance is $1.25 per 1,000 feet. The suit was filed in this city, but the company took a change of venue. Colfax —No rain, except a slight sprinkle, has fallen in this locality tor forty-three .days, equaling the drouth of 1881. Small vegetation has been practlcaLy ruined, and corn will yield half a crop. Pastures are dry and barren, and the feeding question is a uiscouraging one to farmers. Considerable corn on clay lands has been cut and shocked. Pendleton—Mrs. Will Shipley owned a valuable set of false teeth, which she placed on her dresser upon retiring at night. Afterward she was disturbed by a noise on the dresser, and she awoke in time to see a large rat making off with the teeth. The rodent escaped to his hole with his prize. Monon—Bijou, the pet pigeon belonging to Miss Minnie Tull, which used to display bitter hatred toward cats, has recently developed a strange affinity for a little kitten, following it wherever it goes and staying contentedly by it while it sleeps.