Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1898 — Page 3

HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM

M’KINLEY’S POPULARITY ALMOST WITHOUT PARALLEL. 3is Calm Judgment and Wonderful 81x111 in Handling the Problems of the Late War Compel Admiration Even from His Opponents. Amid all the damaging reports and rumors that are flying about the heads of almost every high official who has had much to do with the conduct of the war it is notable that not even partisan antagonism has given rise to a single charge against the President or a sinupon either his services or his character. It may be said of him “he has won golden opinions from all sorts of people.” His popularity is almost without a parallel in the records ■of our government. A striking illustration of the high esteem in which he is held even by his political opponents was recently given , In a tribute paid to him by Senator McLaurin of South Carolina, who, in commenting upon the policy of the President in declining to accompany the declaration of war with a recognition of Otiban independence, said: “The President has shown wonderful judgment fn dealing with the war problem. I voted for the recognition of Cuban independence, but I am free to admit I made a great mistake. The President was right in refusing to recognize the Insurgents.” Warming to his theme the South Carolina Senator went on to point out what the President has done, to eliminate the last vestiges of sectional feeling between North and South. The President, he said, “has known no section or party in the administration of the high duties imposed upon him, and his appointment of Butler, Lee, Wheeler and Gordon to high and responsible positions has won the hearts and the sympathy of the men and women of the South, and he is to-day the pride of the entire nation. I predict that his peace policy will be as wise and as Ann and as much of a success as was his war policy.” This glowing tribute from a Democratic Senator to a Republican President, coming as it does on the eve of a general election, when party antagonisms are beginning to run high, is as creditable to the giver as to the recipient. It is a striking proof of the complete restoration of good feeling between the North and the South. Moreover. the eulogium was in no respect overdone. It was but plain justice to say that McKinley is “to-day the pride of the entire nation,” and abundant reasons exist to justify the bright prediction that “his peace policy will be as wise and as firm and as much of a success as his war policy.”—San Francisco Call. T he Next ongress The time has arrived when the people of the United States must turn their thoughts from patriotism to politics, or, rather, when they must divert a share of their patriotic efforts to new channels. For several months most of them thought or talked of little else than the war with Spain, and the last few weeks have been spent in celebrating the victories and toasting the heroes of our army and navy, from general to private and from pdmiral to stoker. This has been well. But the war has imposed new responsibilities on the nation and set difficult and intricate problems for it statesmen to solve. The present administration has the confidence of the country in a degree enjoyed by few of its predecessors since the foundation of the government, but Its policies, however patriotic and acceptable to the country, could be easily embarrassed, thwarted or even overthrown by a hostile majority in the LVlth Congress. That a supreme effort is to be made to accomplish such a result in the coming Congress and State elections indications are not wanting. Every device that can be invented, every means that can be employed, to prevent the election of a Republican majority to the next House of Representatives and keep the supporters of the administration in a minority in the Senate will be brought into play. If these succeed, not only will the fruits of the war be frittered away and the pledges of the nation made a byword, but all the dangerous political issues which threatened the integrity and stability of the country and were supposed to have been buried two years ago will be revived and reinvigorated. Is there any danger? We say frankly, yes. Unless the supporters of the administration throughout the country bestir themselves and work from this time until the night of election day as they have not worked before in the last ten years, there is grave danger that their representatives will not be In the majority In the next Congress, and that the Senate will be controlled by a coalition opposed to the administration and sound money. This Is the plain truth, and it may better be told now than when It Is too late. This is no time for factional fights in the Republican party; no time to indulge the passion of jealousy; no time for side issues of any sort. The enemies of the administration are going into the fight determined to win. They are playing the old, plain game of partisan politics; they will stop at nothing. If they dared they would draw a bar-sinister across Dewey's fame and belittle the achievements of the American army and navy at Santiago. If they.succeed they will declare the war a failure, whlvb they did so much to provoke, and will enthrone Bryan and free silver. The people of this country do not want to see this done; most of them do not believe It can be done; and yet there is danger It may be done. Warnings of It have come to us from supporters of the administration, not all

of 'whom are affiliated with the Republican party, that ought to be heeded.— New York Tribune. Grnmbler* Are Few. It is gradually developing that most of the complaints of army shortcomings have emanated from a few soldiers in each camp or command—every regiment will have some malcontents—and that the majority of the men are Vehaving like men and not whining over unavoidable discomforts. When they enlisted they accepted the fortunes of war, and war, even at best, does hot provide a bed of roses for its followers. They endured some privations, and found camp routine irksome and the life in Southern camps during a hot summer far from agreeable, but many of them were soldiers’ sons and had no thought of grumbling, remembering what.hardshlps their fathers encountered on the same ground. It is unfortunate that these young men, the bulk, indeed, of the volunteer army, should have been so misrepresented by the discontented element that for a time they all seemed to the public to be almost in a state of insubordination. The false reports circulated concerning the condition of camps, treatment by officers, insufficient rations, etc., and the childish grumbling over inevitable discomforts have done injustice to all the men in the ranks, by appearing to include them all In the list of “kickers.” Now that the truth Is made clear by the return of regiments in good physical condition and the denial by the trustworthy majority of rhe wild tales of suffering and starvation that nad preceded them, the public Is likely to be less ready to accept such reports In future until after investigation. A returned Missouri soldier is reported as saying that great indignation was aroused In his regiment at Camp Thomas when New York papers arrived containing complaints about the treatment of soldiers there. As he put it, they were “red hot” and would have “blanketed” the fellows who gave out the stuff if they could have been located. If blanketing were judiciously applied by his comrades to every chronic whiner in camp the fashion of making petty complaints—that are magnified as they pass on until they do injury to the country Itself—the habit would soon be abandoned. It is really the necessary discipline and restrictions of the army of which these grumblers complain, but a little more discipline would be wholesome. Journal. The Foreigner Gets the Freight. Satisfaction for the magnificent showing of the “balance of trade” for the last fiscal year is tempered by the consideration that our tremendous export business was so largely done in foreign ships. As has been recently shown, American products sent to foreign markets pay $300,000,000 a year to foreign ship owners. We abandoned the protective policy, so far as it applies to shipping in foreign waters, in 1815. The result Is that, with the greatest export business in the world, American commerce, meaning carrying trade to foreign ports, is nothing like as large as it was when we began doing business as an Independent nation. Seventy years ago the preceutage of American carriage in foreign trade was 92.5; when the civil war began, 65.2; when it ended, 27.5 and last year 0. If one of the big stores on Westminster street should hire the delivery wagons of its competing neighbors to deliver its goods to customers the impression that that concern was doing business in a very foolish way would evidently be justified. And that the American nation, with its growing trade, pays foreign ship owners for hadling it, is, quite as plainly, boundless folly.—Providence (R. I.) News.

The One Favored Country. . For the past six months of 1898 French imports amount to $440,996,508, against $372,628,188 for the corresponding period of 1897; while the volume of exports shows a decrease from $348,081,648 In the first half of 1897 to $315,434,697 In the first six months of 1898. Among the leading countries of the world the United States is the onlj’ one that shows a continuous excess of exports over imports, the latter constantly decreasing to magnificent proportions. Yet the free-traders would like to persuade the people of this country that protection is obstructive to national prosperity. They are not likely to succeed. Another Outrnge on Popocrats. Another corporation outrage that calls for a plank In reform platforms is the close tab the railroads keep on every phase of their business. The statistics that they are able to furnish on occasion are sometimes very ua-

comfortable and disagreeable. Thus the statement that within the last eighteen months fusion reformers in Nebraska have traveled 375,000 miles on railroad passes 1 seems to afford groundwork for attack on another corporation abuse. The prevailing tendency to Introduce facts and figures into politics is getting to be an insufferable annoyance and niust be stopped If we are to have any genuine “reform.” —Sioux City Journal. lieady for Conquest. That sterling American, Senator C. K. Davis of Minnesota, who has gone to Paris to enter upon his duties as a member of the peace commission, delivered a significant address on the occasion of a large public meeting held in his honor in Minneapolis the evening of Sept. 7. Senator Davis took strong ground in favor of retaining to the fullest extent the territory won by the United States as the result of the war with Spain, and in that connection said: “To-day the American markets are within the grasp of American Industries, and the American hand ,is feeding the American mouth. Nor is this all, for to-day our manufactured products are seeking the markets of the world. The markets of the world comprise the 1,400,000,000 human beings which the world contains, and it is in this market that American manufacturers are competing, as the natural result of a wise protection.” Herein is crystallized the great fact of America’s splendid position: First, the safe grasp of the great home market; second, the successful search for outlets Into the markets of the world. The first condition makes the second possible. Having firmly entrenched themselves at home, American industries may now feel secure in their base of operations and confidently go forth conquering and to conquer. No army of peaceful progress wa> ever so grandly equipped and fortified. Then and Not Before. Before we can witness a shipbuilding boom in the United States, some protection or .preference must be shown for our ships in competition with foreign ships. The American standard of wages must be maintained on sea as well as on land, and the standard of living on American shipboard must not be reduced to the level of living on foreign ships. When these differences are made good by government legislation, then we may look for utilization of our abundant resources for the revival of American shipping in the foreign trade, but not before.—New York Commercial. McKinley’s Great Achievement. In the midst of all the worry about camps and soldiers, President McKinley has the saitisfactiqn of knowing that he has conducted a grand and successful war, and that all the so-called mistakes are mere motes in the sunbeam of achievement which shall illuminate through future years a glorious page in the world’s history. Every American knows this, is proud of It, and will get prouder as time passes.—Chicago Record. Set Forward One Hundred Years. In a sermon delivered recently Rev. Edward Everett Hale characterized the recent war as “one of the great wars of the ages,” and added: “In one hundred days God had set forward the civilization of 'the world one hundred years. The lesson of the war is like the last flash from a thunderstorm; the lesson of peace on earth, good will among men.” How much more patriotic that than furnishing interviews to partisan papers to prove that the war was a failure. Quick Fortunes for Fanpers. A few years ago, according to the Populist howl lu Kansas, the people were paupers, buit things have changed. Now, in the platform of the state convention, the Populists are demanding that the state insure the property of the people at a small cost. That is, in eight years the former paupers have accumulated property and desire the state to insure their buildings against fire. Farmers Can Understand It. Under the Democratic tariff the importation of wool shoddy, waste, etc., was over 400,000,(XX) pounds during tho fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, including the wool In bond. Only 135,000,000 pounds of wool was imported. The farmers of this nation can readily understand the great benefit of the protective tariff.—Wauseon (Ohio) Republican. Costa Too Much. Let the electors next November bear In mind the pains and penalties of a Popocratic administration and indorse the economic success of the Republican party at the polls. No matter what tho petty provocation may be to kick out of the traces-and displace the old party from power, it costs too much.—Lincoln (Neb.) Journal. I A Pettier for Democrat*. The party that borrowed $262,000,000 at four and one-half per cent, interest in time of profound peace to ward off the effects of its own vicious policies should not, criticise a party that borrowed $200,000,000 at three per cent, to carry a foreign war. to a successful conclusion. Low Death Kate at Mnntnnk. An official report regarding the hospitals at Montauk shows that while upward of ten thousand soldiers have been treated the number of deaths docs not exceed one per cent. Some of the yellow journals have been reporting the deaths at five per cent. They Are Lookint- nt Maine, No Democratic paper has noticed that the Democratic vote in Arkansas a few weeks since was 34,562 less than Mr. Bryan's vote fn 1896. This is a falling off of nearly one-third.—lndianapolis JocF’.tlL

MOUNT VESUVIUS, WHICH HAS AGAIN BECOME ACTIVE.

DEATH IN ITS FLAMES.

Eruption of Vesuvius ’Threatens Destruction of Naples. Vesuvius, the greatest volcano in the world, is again in eruption, belching forth great masses of tire and molten lava, which threaten destruction to the city of Naples. Nine new craters have formpd within the past week around the central crater. The smoke, in a brownish yellow cloud, overhands The mountain like a great pall. The lava torrent is half a mile in width and divides into three principal streams, each seventy to eighty yards wide. These as they pour down the mountain side subdivide into numerous smaller streams, carrying death to everything living, and advancing at the rate of forty yards an hour. Lava in a volume of a thousand tons a minute pours out of the volcano. It has filled Vetrana valley, a deep ravine. The ashes lie several inches deep for a long distance down the sides of the mountain and in the adjacent villages. At night the volcano is splendidly awful. The crater belches forth a flame, which rends the pall of smoke, reaches to the heavens, and at times takes on the colors of the rainbow. The lights are reflected in the broad waters of the Bay of Naples, the loveliest in the world. Tremblings of the earth and subterranean explosions precede the outpourings of lava, and the wells on the mountain sides are beginning to dry up. A great stream of lava threatens to overwhelm the observatory built on that part of the volcano known as Monte Contaroni. This observatory is on a hill 2,200 feet above the sea level. This observatory was established for the purpose of giving warning of all eruptions to those living on the mountain. Vesuvius is eight miles from Naples, whose bay it overlooks, at the eastern extremity of a chain extending to the island of Ischia. It is believed that the whole gulf of Naples was once an immense crater, the northern end of a great rent in the earth’s crust. Aetna being the southern end and Stromboli about the middle. At its base Vesuvius is thirty miles in circumference. Its height varies after its eruptions, but the average is about 4,000 feet. Its great crater is some 2,000 feet in diameter and about 500 feet deep.

WILL CHRISTEN THE WISCONSIN

Honor la Given Mias Elizabeth Stephenson of Marinette. Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, who has been selected to christen the battleship Wisconsin at San Francisco Nov. 26, is one of the fairest daughters of the Badger State. She is the child of ex-Congress-man Isaac Stephenson of Marinette, and is just 21 years old. The Wisconsin

MISS ELIZABETH STEPHENSON.

sponsor was born in Marinette and was educated at Milwaukee-Dower College and LaSalle College, near Boston. She was graduated from the latter institution with high honors. Miss Stephenson is a magnificent si>ecimen of young womanhood. She is almost six feet tall, and slender. She has dark eyes and a bright, attractive face. Her father is quite wealthy, and he will take his daughter across the continent with a large party of Wisconsin people in tine style.

HARD LUCK OF KLONDIKERS.

Out of a Party of Twenty-Hlx Only Qnt Succeeded in Reaching Dawson. Out of a party of twenty-six men that left San Francisco early in the year to go to Dawson via the Stikeen trail, Herman Long of Seattle, Wash., is the only one that pushed through. Two of the number were drowned, two are insane and the others are far into the interior, regaining their health at trailing points. In the swift Chesley river, in the north rivers, seven of their boats were dashed to pieces on the rocks and the outfits were lost. In two of the wrecks Dr. Black and a man named Morgan, both from California, were drowned. Long says that many of the men went temporarily insane after their provisions began to give out, as several attempts at suicide were made.

Woodford Will Remain at Home.

Following the custom in the case of a minister who has Iwen obliged to leave his jM»st by the breaking out of hostilities, Stewart L. Woodford has tiled hfs resigna tion aa minister to Spain, It is believed that it will be six months before the United .States has occasion to semi another minister to Madrid. By unanimous vote the First Congregational ChundTbt Columbus, Ohio, authorized the pastor, DxWashlngton Gladden, to send congratulations to the Emperor •f Russia upon bis peace policy.

FRENCHMEN NOT FAVORABLE.

The General Atmosphere of Paris Does Not Incline Toward America. While the reception accorded to the United States peace commission at Paris is all that could be desired, and while the French foreign office has taken great pains to treat the American and Spanish commissioners in precisely the same manner, it must be admitted that the general atmosphere of Paris, especially the diplomatic atmosphere, does not incline towards America. It is the general impression that the American commissioners have instructions to provide for the retention of Manila and the Island of Luzon, "and, for a commission to pretend to negotiate is a farce,” said a prominent diplomat. He continued: “America will put herself, diplomatically, in the wrong when she exceeds the provisions of the protocol, which both nations signed. I know the Spaniards have come prepared to make concessions; but, if the Americans’ instructions are of an uncompromising nature, which is generally believed to be the case, you can rest assured that the work of the commission will be futile. The Spaniards will retire and America will at least have to threaten a resumption of hostilities before she will gain her point.” The French newspapers, beyond announcing the arrival of the commissions, make no comment upon the matter.

CUBANS THREATEN HOSTILITY.

Would Fight Americans Unless Their Independence Is Granted. Reports from Guines, province of Havana, say that no farmer or landholder or tenant has turned his hand to the sowing of crops in that vicinity, and the district, therefore, will have no potatoes, tobacco, cane, cabbage, or other vegetables this year. This will further impoverish the district, and add to the distress. From now until February it will be impossible for farmers to sow crops and in February the ground will be prepared for spring harvest. Therefore the next six months will see a great deal of want and misfortune in that vicinity. This state of affairs is directly due to the unsettled condition of the country and the attitude of a cerain portion of the Cubans who oi>enly, threaten hostility to the United States and are preparing to take the field and wage a guerrilla warfare against the Americans if any form of government short of absolute independence for the Cubans is established in the island. This matter is openly discussed in the public meeting places of the Cubans at Havana, the plan finding many advocates among certain classes of people.

NOT AS A STATE.

Hawaii to Come Into the United States as a Territory. Hawaii is to come into the United States as a territory, with all the Government machinery of an embryotie state, according to plans reached by the commission which has returned from its visit to the islands. in a dispatch box, which is carefully guarded by a sergeant-at-arms, lies the draft of a bill for the government of the new territory. It was carefully considered by the entire commission, section by section, and while it has not passed to final approval, it contains all the salient features which will be found in the report which the commission makes to Congress at the opening of the session in December. 'Die American members of the commission arrived in San Francisco by the steamer Gaelic, after nearly two months’ absence, ami started for the East. They will meet again in Washington Nov. 14. when they will be joined by the Hawaiian members, who are expected to come to this country about the first of next month.

KILLED AN AMERICAN.

Spanish Troops Mistook American Soldiers for Outlaws. Word has reached San Juan, Porto Rico, that a Porto Rican residing at Aguadalla, near Mayaguez, asked the protection of both American and Spanish troops against depredations by outlaws, which it was predicted would occur. In response to his nsjuest, the American authorities sent to bis residence two soldiers of a Kentucky regiment, who arrived there Sunday evening after dark. The resident had not notified the Spaniards that he had requested American protection and some Spanish soldiers who had been sent to guard his house, arriving after the Americans, mistook the latter for outlaws. In the confusion resulting the Spaniards tired, unfortunately killing one of the Americans.

Holding Wheat for Higher Pricee.

Flouring mills ail over Kansas are shutting dfrwn because they cannot get wheat to grind. It Is estimated by grain men that nearly 100 flouring mills in the State have been forced to close for this reason. It is declared that the farmers of Kansas have combined to hold their wheat for better prices. More than 70,000,000 bushels of wheat is being held. In the United States Court i»t Muscogee, I. T., Judge Thotmis has rendered hitopinion, in which he holds that the act of Congress giving the United States courts in the Indian Territory jurisdiction over all crimes committed in the territory, irrespective of the citizenship of the parties, and which went into effect on Jan. 1, ISOS, is conatitntionnl. This affirms the validity of the Curtis law, and renders Indians subject to trial and punishment by United States Indian Territory court!. France is in u greatly excited condition over the Dreyfus ••use.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. Two Persons Hart in a Freight Col-lision-Use Fists at a Funeral—Railway Accident Near HnntertowaCaught in Fast Running Machinery. In a collision on the Lake Erie and Western Railroad at Cammack station, two persons were seriously injured and another was killed. The east-bound local freight train was at the station unloading goods when an east-bound through freight crashed into the rear end, completely demolishing the caboose, and the engine waa stripped. Della Mount of Oakville was thrown on one side of the track under the rubbish and J. A. Noble of Independence. Kan., was found on the other side., He has a bad cut in his forehead, both lege are bruised and internal injuries are feared. The woman was nearly scalped, both arms were cut and bruised and she was injured internally. Fight at a Funeral. As the body of Mrs. Jerry Roberts was being carried from the United Brethren Church in Hartford City her husband and his brother-in-law became involved in a fight. Roberts and his wife separated about two weeks before her death, she taking the children with her. Before the funeral Roberts asserted he would take charge of the youngest child hereafter and that was the cause of the altercation. Both were arrested. Train Broke in Two. A north-bound freight on the Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad was wrecked one and a half miles east of Huntertown. Eight cars were ditched. Several boys were stealing a ride on the train to Rome City. The train broke in two midway while running at full speed. Kngineer Cut to Pieces. John Leach engineer at the Evansvlll» electric light plant, fell into the running machinery and was killed. His body was caught by the flywheel and torn literally to pieces, the arms, legs and head being severed from the body. Within Our Borders. An electric light plant is one of Worthington's recognized needs. Spurious silver dollars are much in evidence in northern Indiana towns. Thornton is considering the establishment of an electric light plant and water works. Hogs are dying of cholera by hundred* near Valparaiso. It is estimated that farmers of that section will lose from $15,000 to $20,000. William Chambers, formerly superintendent of the big steel mill at Montpelier, is at the head of a project to establish a co-operative iron and steel works in the gas belt. Neal Gerrety, aged 18, employed at the Terre tlaute car works, left home Sept. ID. His father has notified the Indianapolis police, as he is believed to have gone there to enlist. Washington officials have decided that the State National Bank of Logansport, which went into voluntary liquidation a year ago, is insolvent, and a receiver has been appointed. George W. Tinsley, a prominent business man of Columbus, was horsewhipped in front of his place of business by Mrs. Leonard Lay. Mrs. Lay states that he used language to her unfit for a woman to hear and insulted her. A freight engine on the Wabash exploded near Shadeland. Engineer Johnsop, married and living at Lafayette, and Edward Reagan, fireman, single, were caught beneath the wreck. Johnson died as the train reached Lafayette. Reagan’s recovery is doubtful. Harry Andrews, a flint-glass worker in the Kauffield chimney factory of Pendleton, struck at a street lamp in front of Mingle's saloon, thinking it was a man with wlrnni he had had an altercation. The glass was smashed and it cut two arteries in Andrewa’ wrist. Loss of blood nearly caused his death before doctors could control the flow.

At Kokomo, two 7-year-old boys, son* of George Kohlmer and George Michael, wore playing with powder and a small cannon. One of them took some of the pojvder out of the sack and threw it on * tire, when the sack ignited. The children were horribly burned about the face and hands. Both were blinded by the explosion and it is feared they may lose their sight permanently. At Seymour, Henry Fisher, aged 22, committed suicide by shooting himself below the heart. He has been having chills and fever lately and had some trouble with a fireman on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Railway, whom he had threatened to kill. Young Fisher became of age last December and received S7OO in money and some real estate, and in a few days spent all of his money. Fred Howard, a young man residing at Newburg, was the victim of a band of angry White Cappers the other night. It is claimed that Howard has been guilty of insulting women, and he has been frequently requested to leave the town. Fifty or more citizens, armed with a rope led Howard by a noose to an apple tree. He begged for mercy and was finally told that if he would leave town at once hi* life would be spared. He agreed to do so and was released.

The Great Wall of China.

The great Mail of China was recently measured by Mr. Unthank, an American engineer. Ills measurements gave the height as eighteen feet. Every Liw hundred yards them Is a tower twenty-five feet high. For 13(j miles the wall goes over plains and.' mountains, every foot of the foundation being of solid granite, and the rest of the structure solid masonry.

No Stone Unturned.

The origin of the command, “Don’t leave a stone unturned," is mild to Im> this: After one of the battles of antiquity, the defeated general hid a vant amount of treasure in a field. A Theban who was aware of the fact bought the field and searched long for the hidden wealth, but could not fluid it. At last be sought the oracle of Delphi for advice, and was told that if he would over every stone In the field he discover what he desired. He did and found the trwasure.