Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — Page 3

WAS REFERRED BACK

OTSAPPROVAL OF THE WIDE-OPEN RECIPROCITY PLAN. New York Chamber of Commerce Thinks that the Importing and Foreign Shipping Interests Are Not the Only Ones Entitled to Consideration. m The New York Chamber of Commerce has declined to pass the following .resolutions reported by a. committee whose chairman is Gustav H. Schwab, agent of a foreign line of eteamships: “Resolved, That this Chamber hereby expresses its disapproval of the action taken by the National Reciprocity Convention at Washington as subversive of all attempts to bring about closer. trade relations with our sister nations, and to open new and wider markets for our products; and be It further “Resolved, That the Chamber views with apprehension the policy advocated by the Reciprocity Convention, as likely to invite hostile legislation on the part of the other nations against this country to the great detriment of its commercial interests.” For once the New York Chamber of Commerce seems to have had the presence of mind to recognize the fact that It is not wholly committed to the interests of importers and foreign freight carriers. Present at the meeting were two gentlemen who had served the chamber as delegates to the recopriclay convention. Messrs. Charles A. Schieren and James Talcott demurred to the proposed expression of disapproval, and In this they were supported by Cornelius N. Bliss, who said he favored a proper system of reciprocity, but he did not think that the phamber was sufficiently informed to discuss or take action at this time on so Important a question. The rebuke was indirect, and all the more effective on that account. Three hundred of the leading manufacturers of the United States, after six weeks of preparatory consideration and two days of thorough de* bate in convention, had, with but tw’o dissenting votes, and one of these a delegate from the New England Free Trade League, decided in favor of such reciprocity as may be had “without injury to our manufacturing, commerce and farming.” Rightly Mr. Bliss could contend that snap judgment ought not to be taken against the deliberate action of such a body of well-informed business men as they w’ho made up the reciprocity convention. So Mr. Schwab's resolutions were “referred back,” a polite euphemism for “sat down on.” The free trade New York Times, displeased with this, remarks: “We cannot for the life of us see why this should have been done. They tell the Indisputable truth in a straightforward way. The action taken by the reciprocity convention after its capture and perversion by the protectionists is undoubtedly subversive of attempts to open new and wider markets for our products; and the policy advocated by that convention is just as undoubtedly of a nature to invite retaliatory action by other nations. As a statement of fact, the resolutions are Impeccable.” Does the Times know of any policy so “undoubtedly of a nature to Invite retaliatory action by other nations” as that of granting to one nation special tari: concessions that are denied to competing nations? Does it not know, for example, that the new German tariff now under consideration in the Reichstag contains a clause whlch.provides for the imposition of double duties upon Imports from any country which grants to another nation a lower rate of duties than those imposed upon the products of Germany? To state the case more explicitly, the ratification of the French treaty would be instantly followed by such an increase in the German schedules as would practically bar out all American Imports. What then? Why, a similar reciprocity treaty with Germany, of course. And If with Germany, with all other nations, always excepting Great Britain, the most liberal of all buyers of American exports, but which, having no tariff. could not retaliate. In short, free trade, or _tariff war all round. Of all policies calculated to provoke reprisals and retaliation, the special trade treaty policy is the most provocatory. The New York Chamber of Commerce did well to "refer back" Mr. Schwab's resolutions.—American Economist. Why the Workers Don’t Join In. It Is a source of great disappointment to anti-tariff men that the cry against the trusts, so-called, meqts with so faint a response among those who, if the cry were round and true, ought to be aroused by It to defend their Interests. If, US alleged, the trusts increase prices and depress wages, the wageearners should be fully aware of It and should lose no time In uniting for the regulation, If not for the suppression, of a gigantic evil. But the fact Is that a great army of men and women Is employed by the concerns called trusts, and these workers are probably much better informed on the matter of wages and prices than the anti-trust writers. It Is with them a matter of every-day experience, and they do not Join In the hue and cry. Hardships there probably are, and neither small nor large employers are always just to their people, but there seems to be no evidence of oppressive conditions on a scale large enough to justify the drastic punitory devices advocated by some politicians. lowa hod the NatiotrfP The State of lowa need not care how proud she Is. With two members of the cabinet, the directorship of the mint, the Speakership of the House,

the leadership of the Senate, she leads all her sister States in national power. And if adherence to high ideals, loyalty to great principles, and faithfulness to the pargy that exemplified them may count for political righteousness she amply deserves her good fortune. From the birth of the Republican party to the present time, saxe for the brief episode of Horace Boies, who had Indeed been a Republican, lowa has been devoted to Republicanism, never filtering in the faith, ahd as certain to roll up splendid majorities on that side as Vermont or Massachusetts. Wherefore, then, should she not have her reward? For nearly half a century lowa has been represented in the national councils by able and notable statesmen. In the days of the Civil War,, and before it, Grimes and Harlan represented her in the Senate and ably supported President Lincoln in that great contest. James F. Wilson—not the. present Secretary of Agriculture—was another distinguished lowan who conferred honor on the State through his services to the nation. He was a member of Congress and Senator, and President Grant offered him a seat in his cabinet, which he declined. ‘ • George W. McCrary was another lowan who achieved a national reputation. He was a member of Congress, Secretary of War under President Hayes, and Judge of the United States Circuit Court. William B. Allison, the-present leader of the Senate, has been in public life for more than forty years, serving first in the House of Representatives, and is now in his fifth term as Senator. Samuel J. Kirkwood became celebrated as the war Governor of lowa during the Civil War, and was subsequently Senator and Secretary of the Interior. These are but a few of the.men yvho have guided the political destinies of the Hawkeye State in one of the greatest epochs of our history, and it is In the development of able and brilliant men that lowa has won and is entitled to the distinguished place she holds today. And it will be found that the men who are now so prominent are worthy successorsxpf the great men whose names we have mentioned.—Chicago Journal. Only the Sick Need Medicine. There are men who believe that all that is necessary to revise the tariff Is to give a brief time to cutting of duties. The country was prosperous in 1892 until the defeat of Gen. Harrison made sweeping tariff revision certain. Such sweeping revision was made in the Wilson bill, which the House passed. The Gorman bill, which became law, saved the iron and other schedules, but the certainty of revision along purely revenue lines was the leading cause of the panic which followed the inauguration of Mr. Cleveland. Recovery did not come until the passage of the Dingley law. - - , . . With this warning before the country the general revision of the tariff should be made with the greatest care. The country is prosperous beyond precedent Few people can be greatly injured by retention of the present tariff for a season, when labor Is so generally employed and many lines of manufacture are crowded with orders. The Pittsburg Dispatch, an independent Republican paper, bolding conservative views bn the tariff, is right when it says that “Tariff revision is a medicine; it may do some good when commerce is unhealthy, but if, in the height of business vigor, we begin tinkering the Industrial body with nostrums, it may very soon reach the condition of bad health.” The growing sentiment among Republicans who discuss the question in Washington is in favor of submitting the revision to a body of experts. But, whatever policy may be adopted, the Republican party will be united in its support—lndianapolis Journal. Let It Alone. The best way to treat the tariff is to let It alone. The most amazing thing in the world Is this persistent attempt to have it tinkered. There is no more sense In it than there would be in a movement to revive the free silver issue on the ground that the country, having prospered under the gold standard, ought to have a change. The two things go together. It was the Dingley act, in conjunction with the monetary legislation of the Republican party, that brought the country out of depression and established its fortunes anew. These two are the twin pillars of the temple of prosperity. Why should either or them be shaken? We hope and we believe that loyalty to country ns well as to party will be strong enough to cause this view to prevail. Walt until some harm comes from the tariff, Instead of untold blessings, before we think of changing It. There is danger to the people and the threat of ruin to the Republican party In every assault upon the tariff.—Red Wing. (Minn.) Republican. Attain the International Trust. According to dispatches from Pittsburg, overtures have been made by the glass manufacturers of Belgium, through their representative, M. Jules Uerneart. to the Pittsburg Plate Glass' Company and to the American Window Glass Company looking toward the formation of an international glass combination which shall control the world's trade in plate and window glass. The plan proposed. It is stated. Is to advance the Belgian prices to meet the American prices and to divide markets. In case the proposed deal Is consummated, It will be up to our free trade friends to explain to a waiting public just how the abolition of the tariff on glass will destroy the glans “trusts,” so-called."’ . Paddle your own canoe, but If yoa want to run a man-of-war sec ar* the services of an engineer.

GEN. ESTRADA PALMA, FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE CIBAN REPUBLIC.

/z—3 kN. THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, who has been elected as the first Kj? President of the Cuban Republic, has lived in Central Valley, N. Y., at the 4 foot-Of the Ramapo mountains, in a four-story frame house for eighteen - years. Gen. Palma is of medium height, broad shouldered and strong. His hair is dark, with here and there just a streak of gray. He speaks English fluently. For thirty years he has labored indefatigably for Cuban freedom. As the head Of the Cuban junta during the last Cuban revolt he did much to bring the Cubans their independence. Gen. Palma believes friendship for the American people should be the first aim of the Cuban republic. In an interview he said: “The principal object of the Cuban republic should be first of all to secure the most friendly relations with the American people, who helped us in our hour of need. We will always bear In mind the work of the' United States in helping us to obtain our independence from Spanish rule.”

POLICEMAN IS INDICTED.

Evansville, Ind., Officer Held for Alleged Double Murder. Wilbur S. Sherwell, the Evansville, Ind., policeman accused of strangling two women, was indicted by the grand

w. S. SHERWELL.

ants. The crimes were committed five miles apart. Officer Sherwell was supposed to be at work trying to fathom the case when lie was arrested. Buggy tracks were found leading to and from the scenes of both crimes and the first fact which drew suspicion to Sherwell was that the tracks might have been made by a surrey which he owned. He took considerable pains to conceal the fact that he had been out with the rig the night of the murder and this action strengthened the suspicion of his superiors.

BALL FOR MISS ROOSEVELT.

Debut of President's Eldest Daughter nt the White House. Miss Alice Roosevelt, the eldest daughter of President Roosevelt, was presented formally to Washington society the Other night at a ball given in her honor at the White House. About 500 guests In all were present, many of whom either

MISS ALICE ROOSEVELT.

were connections of the Roosevelt family or well-known society people living outride of Washington. . Miss Roosevelt is the first White Home .debutante sine* 1878. when Miss Nellie Grant, the daughter of President and Mrs. Grant, was presented to society at a ball which was the gayest social event of the decade. . Miss Roosevph presented a charming appearance in a dross of white chiffon with white roses and wearing the jewels which her father gave her at Christmas. Mrs. Roosevelt, wore pare white, with white lace and trimmed' with lilac orchid*. Miss Helen Roosevelt, a cousin of the President, who alio was ot the immediate party of the hoateaa, wore white chiffon with white aatin ribbon, and Miss Cutting wore white lace trimmed with tulle with pink roses. Mias Roosevelt was the recipient of many floral pieces of beautiful design sent to her in honor of her coining out day. ...

GEN. THOMAS ESTRADA PALMA.

jury. Sherwell had been known up to the time that suspicion rested upon Irmrus a model policeman. His alleged victims were Miss Lena Renner -and Mrs. Georgia Railey. Both were found strangled to death, lying face do w n w a r 4 in creeks near the city whi e h employed Sherwell to guard the lives and property of its inhabit-

NEW YORK LEGISLATION.

Governor Odell Makes Recommendations in His Message. The New York General Assembly is convened in annual session at Albany. S. Fred Nixon was re-elected Speaker of the House. . Gov. Odell’s message is devoted largely to the discussion of affairs in Greater New York. “In looking over the salary list of the city of New York,” the Governor says, “it will be found that there are several officials who receive a larger salary than the Governor of the State, or the cabinet officers of the United States,

GOVERNOR ODELL.

and it cannot be claimed with tmy degree of truth that the services rendered are always commensurate with the compensation given.” * The excessive cost of receiverships of public or semi-public institutions is illustrated by the fact that the total expenses involved in the liquidation of the affairs of seventy corporations during the past ten years have been $1,606,223.54. The Governor recommends that the divorce laws be amended so that a decree shall not be absolute until six months after it is granted.

WINTER WHEAT GOOD.

Condition Is Considered Satisfactory in Most Localities. December, 1901, was abnormally cold throughout the upper lake region, ceptral valleys and Southern States, where the temperature averaged from three degrees to eight degrees below the normal, the most marked deficiencies occurring in the central Mississippi, lower Missouri and lower Ohio valleys. In the middle Atlantic coast districts the month averaged colder than usual, but the deficiency in temperature was generally Jess than three degree* per day, and slight deficiencies in the monthly mean temperatures are also shown over the central and southeastern Rocky mountain slopes. Winter wheat was subjected to ♦rry trying temperature conditions from the 14th till about the 23d, during which ?*- rlod extremely cold weather prevuirji throughout the lake region, central valleys and Southern States. Fortunately for the crop, however, n light covering of snow afforded very material protection in the principal wheat-growing States during the period of greatest cold. The month averaged milder than usual over the greater pnrt of New England, In the. Pacific coast States, except along the Immediate coasts of Oregon and Washington, throughput the northern plateau region, and over portions of the middle and MUthcrn plateau region, the moat marked excess occurring in Idaho and Montana. The bodies of two shepherds, partly burned, were found at Cabra Springs, near Canon Blanco, N. M. It la believed that the ahepherda were murdered and their flocks stolen.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY TOLD. ■ . v.J- , > ■ ■ - ■ . - ’• - . Wins Heroine Cor Bride-Syrian Family Has Narrow Escape—Dead Bank Robber Identified—Five Paper Plants Merged—Fatal Gas .Explosions. A romance which had its beginning in an act of heroism on the part of a youfig woman barely past the agar for short dresses was disclosed the other day in the announcement that Miss Edna Keener of Logansport is married to* Johii Driver, a brakeman, whose life she saved. Miss Keener attracted much attention last summer because of her bravery in saving a Panhandle train from being wrecked. She discovered a burning trestle near her home, and, standing on the track waving her red sunbonnet, she signaled the approaching train and brought it to a standstill in time to avert disaster. Driver was one of the train’s crew... His engagement to Miss Keener resulted from the acquaintance thus begun. Jumped for Tbcir Lives. Mr. and Mrs. George Bashara and their child, all Syrians, came near losing their lives in the Cooley block fire at Hartford City. They were asleep in the building, and when . they awoke the flames surrounded them. Bashara made a desperate effort to save ?100 in money, which was in another room, but he had to give pt up and then jump from the second-story window. He had his wife, who was almost suffocated, throw the baby to him. He caught it, but it may die. Mrs. Bashara then .had to jump to save her life. She was scantily clad and stood in the snow in her bare feet. Summitville Mystery Solved. Sheriff Houston has been advised that the dead bank burglar at Summitville has been positively identified as Alfred Brown. His parents are dead. Bert Simpson, held at Anderson on suspicion of having been a pal of Brown, was identified by young Ainsworth Barrett, a young man who came from Hicksville, Ohio, to visit relatives. He recognized the name of Simpson and went to the jail, where he identified the prisoner. Large Paper Mills Merged. Five extensive paper mills and strawboard works of Delaware County will be merged into the gigantic corporation effected at Buffalo recently. The transfer will be made at once. Company oflicials have been informed that the corporation officials have accepted the plants. They are located at West Muncie, Albany, Eaton and Muncie. Numerous other similar industries in adjoining counties are also to be taken in. Fatal Explosions of Gas. Two probably fatal explosions of natural gas occurred in Muncie within a few minutes. At The Dickey spool factory Lewis Staggs was horribly burned. Staggs 'was blown twenty feet. He fell on Otto Richardson, another workman, who was also severely injured. Soon after this W. E. White, a grocer, and his clerk, .Claude Dunn, were dangerously wounded by a gas stove explosion in the store. State News in Brier. Farmer Will Hanner, aged 22. wax' struck by a train and killed at Wheeler. Night Watchman William Ray shot and killed a burglar at Summitville. The burglar’s pal, who was robbing a saloon, escaped. Zachariah Chapman was killed and several other workmen injured by a gas explosion in the.Kokomo plate glass factory. The pothouse was wrecked. The Indiana coal operators have issued a circular announcing that all orders received for coal will be booked subject to the price at time of shipment. James Ryan, a prominent and inoffensive business man of Richmond, was instantly killed in a saloon at Cambridge by James Scbook of New Lisbon. Richard Watkins was shot and instantly killed by his 19-year-old son, Theodore Watkins, at Brazil. The son says he fired the fatal shots to save his mother's life. Watkins came home slightly under the influence of liquor and objected to his wife attending an entertainment, lie M-ized a hatchet and startl'd after his wife, who ran to a liedroom where her son was cleaning a revolver. The husl»and followed and was in the act of striking his wife when the son fired two shots, one of which passed through bis father’s heart. John E. Seary, aged 27 years, 'second miller employed by the Noblesville Milling Company in Noblesville, was murdered the other day. He was resting on a stairway near a window when an unknown person bred a load of buck shot through the glass, the entire contents of the weapon entering Seay’s head. William Fodrea, aged 23, son of ex-County Recorder Rodrea, was arrested soon after the tragedy on the charge of having committed the crime, He strenuously protests his innocence. It is said both Seay and Fodrea were in love with the same girl. An elopement out of the ordinary took [dace frnm South Bend recently and ended in the marriage of George L. Caasaday, aged about 18, to Miss Carrie Horein, aged about 20. Because of the standing of the groom's parents, his father being vice-president of the South Bend Chilled Plow Company, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the world, the elopement caused a senaaliou. /’Young Cassaday, it is understood, began to make love to Miss Herein, who was a cbninliermaid, it is said, in a local'hotel, last summer. <J. Barr Cassaday, the father of the groom, is furious and he will take .legal steps to have the marriage annulled. The grandfather of the boy, James Cassaday. one of the richest men in the West, is, also furious and will make every effoYt to free his grandson. Big Four train killed n man at Ander* eon, who Is thought to be Fred Marker of Cincinnati. He was knocked from a bridge. A negro named Hensley was shot to death by a crowd of miners at Island City when he returned to the scene of a fight be had with a few of them earlier. Elsa Bennett, 21 years old, ahot and fatally wounded his stepfather, Edward Bishop, at their home in West Indiajß- ■ polls. The investigation by the police showed that the boy had shot in defense of bia mother, who bad been struck and

INDIANA TEACHERS MEET.

State Association Convent ion Xs Held Indianapolis correspondence: The Indiana State Teachers’ Association held a three days’ meeting at Indianapolis. The opening session was held at the Statehouse Thursday evening, when the retiring president, R; L. Hamiltons of Huntington, and the incoming president, H. B. Brown of Valparaiso, delivered addresses. A musical program was Tendered and working committees appointed. The most important subject to coms before the meeting was “What Shall Be Indiana's Next Steps in Education?” which was treated in the form of a symposium. Among the speakers were Howard Sandison, Amos W. Butler, F. L. Jones, C. A. Van Matre, R. I. Hamilton, D. M. Getting and Mrs. O. P. Kinsey of Valparaiso. The various educational organizations held their meetings at the Statehouse Thursday morning and afternoon. The attendance at the convention was large. The meeting closed Saturday with a paper by President Swain of the State University on “A National University.” He said' that many difficulties stand in the way of carrying out such a project. Some held the view that Congress lacks sufficient power; existing institutions are afraid that a great university at Washington would overshadow them; there is a fear that the political atmosphere of the capital would be deleterious to the highest Interests of a national university; there is opposition to the scheme because it contemplates the use of public money. He also said that the clamor of the supporters of many unwise schemes, combined with the great pressure from the routine of Congress, makes it difficult for any cause for education, however meritorious, to be undertaken without the unanimous and persistent efforts of the educational people of the country.

AVERTS TRAGEDY IN CHURCH,

Pretty Girl in Indiana Prevents Parent from Shooting Her Bean. A tragedy in a church at Newmarket was narrowly averted by the pluck of a pretty 18-year-old girl. One of the principals in the affair was Robert Reeves, a brother of the prosecuting attorney of Crawfordsville. Reeves had been courting a daughter of Larkin Branch of Newmarket for some time despite the letter's objection. The other night while the couple attended an entertainment in church the irate parent rushed down the aisle and tried to drag the girl *•• of her seat Reeves interfered and Btsnch drew a revolver. Miss Branch threw herself upon him and pinioned his arms until her beau escaped. The row caused a panic in the sanctuary, women fainting and others being injured by those trying to get out. The assailant was released after paying a heavy fine.

FIERCE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.

Mother and Two Sons Nearly Asphyxiated Before Attracting Help. In Terre Haute Mrs. Josephine Paraway and her two sons, John, aged 32, and Clarence, aged 24, suffering from asphyxiation, struggled for many hours to get fresh air and call for help, and when John reached a window and attracted the attention of some boys he fell unconscious to the floor. When the physicians arrived the three were almost dead. John, besides suffering from asphyxiation, had a badly dislocated shoulder. His brother and mother were in a most critical condition, the brother having spasms. The gas escaped from a baseburner stove and, filled the rooms of the cottage home. There was evidence in the upset chairs and the disarranged bedclothing of the desperate efforts to get to a window or door.

Accident to Car Kills Motorman.

Albert Kiley, a motorman, was thrown from his car at Terre Haute and died two hours later from internal injuries. The flange of a wheel broke, letting the fastmoving car off the rail so suddenly that Kiley was thrown bodily through the window of the platform. He was 24 years of age,-and leaves a widow and two children.

Short State Items.

Ralph Heath, 7, Lafayette, lost a leg under a Monon train. J. D. Myers, Worthington, has 50,000 bushels of corn in storage. Ties slipped from a car on Brakeman' Wm. Beckshultz, Muncie, fatally injuring him. At Evansville Carl Blum, a small boy, was shot through the tongue by a companion with a rifle. John Brenton, a merchant of Clay City, shot and killed himself while crazed with drink. He leaves a wife. G. Wolff filed a bill in bankSfetcy a* Butler. His liabilities are placed at $1(1,500, with assets of $7,000. Jesse Wells was fatally shot at Pers by Frank Rowe, a private in the aj-my, while they were preparing for a hunting trip. A Indiana Harbor, the town laid out last June, is humping itself. Eighty new houses have been put up, and a $20,000 hotel Is under way. Orval Williams and Clarence Gable were stopped by two highwaymen near Royal Center and Williamson was relieved of a gold watch. By the explosion of a bottle of medicine in an oven Mrs. Julia Welsh and a baby of Mrs. Barclay Donahue were seriously burned at Kokomo. Charles Anderson, Shelbyville, placed a dynamite cartridge on a stick of wood and fired a rifle ball at it. The cartridge exploded and the ball, recoiling, entered Ws Ifg. t Many Hoosiers who went to North Da» kota last spring are spending the winter in Indiana. They find that the Dakota "crimp” pinches tighter than the Indiana article. A man supposed to have been Ffcd Barker of Cumpiingsville, Ohio, was knocked off a bridge seventy feet high into the river at Anderson and hilled. The Lake Shore limited ffttted Walenty Kybarkowios of Soath Bend and another train killed Mrs. Hiram Barnes and daughter near Carlisle the same day.

Proof Positive.

. "Do you really belfevo-the good die young?” asked'the optimist. ”1 do,” replied the pessimist, “judr* Ing by the poultry served at my hoard* log house." . ;