Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1902 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. pOEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. rulin' . ■ ■ ■■■-'•”■ * RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

NO PARDON FOR THEM

CLEMENCY IS DENIED TO OHIO KIDNAPERS. . Grandmother and Aunt of Little MarE KaretTaylor Must Stand Punishment for Crime— Business Firms of Milford, Ind., Suffer Heavy Loss by Fire. • 1 The State board of pardons at Colurabus, Ohio, unanimously rejected thc’applications for pardon tiled by Mrs. Frances L. Taylor and her daughter, Miss Frances L. Taylor, Jr., sentenced to one year’s imprisonment each for complicity tn the kidnaping of little Margaret Taylor. the grandchild of Mrs. Taylor. The board in its written decision declares that the guilt of the accused is fully established by the evidence. Mrs. Taylor and her daughter are under a sixty days’ reprieve, which will expire soon, when they will be surrendered to the * prisoiTauThorIties unless the Governor again interferes. Gov. Nash has so far never granted a pardon not recommended by the board.

AIM BLOW AT FLOUR TRUST. Kansas Farmers to Form a Co-opera-K tive Concern. Walter Vrooman of the western co-op-erative movement has closed contracts for the purchase of six of the largest wheat elevators in fNe’K’ansas wheat belt •nd two of the largest flouring mills. The ' price paid is said to have been $750,000. Mr. Vrooman said the present purchase was but the beginning of a movement"'!.® center the“farmcrs of Kansas in ft-co-operative company. The concern will be known as the Wheat and Flour Western Co-operative Company. The farmers are to be taken into the scheme upon the payment of SIOO each, for which they are to receive the njarket value of their —wheat sold to the company and in addition half of the profit derived, the other half going to co-operative stores. "The plan.” Mr. V rooman said, "is the only way to head off the talked-of flour trust that is forming in New York.” ! FLAMES SWEEP MILFORD, IND. Half of Business Section of Town la Burned—Loan Over $40,000. Half of the business section of Milford, Ind., was destroyed by fire. Twelve buildings were burned with almost their entire contents. The loss is estimated ■t between $40,000 and $50,000, with only $9,000 insurance. The losers are: George Betzer, John Davisson, M. Oppenheim, Charles Robinson, Lewis Rodebaugh, J. H. Pritchett, C. Holloway, Edward Cammack, Charles Neese, Mrs. Mattie Brecknell, A. L. Brown, Stump Brothers, Newkum, & Keehn, North & Neff, William Groves. League Base-Ball Race. Following is the standing of the clubs Of the National Basebull League: W. 1.. W. L. Pittsburg ...28 •Brooklyn ....12 19 Chicago ....20 10 Cincinnati .. .12 19 New York.. .15 1(1 Philadelphia. 11 19 Boston 13 15 St. Louis.... 10 18 The clubs of the American League stand as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....14 10 Philadelphia. 14 11 Detroit 14 10 Baltimore ...12 14 Boston 15 11 Washington. 11 10 BL Louis. ...13 10 Cleveland .. . 8 19 Ohioan Shot At from Ambush. Former Congressman Henry L. Morey was shot at from ambush as he was driving past the home of his brother-in-law, Aaron L. Campbell, at Hamilton, Ohio, the bullet paring near his hesid. On Morey’s complaint Campbell, who is a lifelong enemy of Morey, with whom he has had years of litigation, was arrested ■nd held in $2,500 bond charged with •hooting to kill. Steamer Kittic Forbes Burned. The steamer Kittie M. Forbes burned while coming through St. Clair flats and is a total loss, together with 800.Q00 feet of pine lumber which she had aboard. The tire started by the explosion of a lamp in the engine room. No lives were lost. Won by Discharged Employe. At St. Paul the Supreme Court held that A. B. 1 ‘otter, who had been discharged without previous notice by his employer. J. C, Barton, was entitled to •uch notice and should have one week’s •alary as compensation for his employer’s breach of contract. Clover, Vn., Burned Out. The town of Clover. Vn., was almost destroyed by tire. Five tobacco prizeries, three warehouses, eleven stores, a hotel, the postoffice, a livery stable and a number of dwellings were burned. The loss is $200,000, partially insured. Mrs. Lease Secures Divorce. Mrs. Mary Elizalwth Lease, the politician ami author, has "been granted a divorce from her husband, Charles Lease, in the District Court at Wichita. Kan. The trial lasted fifteen minutes, there being no objection offered by Mr. Lease. Fierce Storm in Chicago. A fierce thunder and rain storm swept Chicago, causing heavy damage. Basements were deluged, electric light plants disabled and the. flooding of subways compelled stoppage of trolley cars. Six Slain by Tornado. Bi* persons were killed and many injured in ■ tornado in South Carolina. Rteamer Barns at Wharf. The steamer John K. Speed, lying at her wharf at the foot of Lafayette street. New Orleans, took fire, supposedly fro v alcohol stored in the; hold, and quickly burned to the water's edge. The wharves i took fire and a large section burned •way. Lord Panncefote Js Dead. Lord Pauncefote of Preston. British ambassador to the United States and dean of the diplomatic corps in Washingtea, died at the Brit k b embassy there JUturdajr morning.

WORKING IN THE SULPHUR-POISONED ATMOSPHERE OF THE MODERN POMPEII

Negro laborers, under direction of French soldiers, gathering and burning the bodies of Mount Pelee's victims amid the ruins of St,* I’ierre. 'Fife "atmosphere of the place is so saturated with the stench- of decomposing human and with sulphur fumes from the volcano that the cremating parties are inaile ill by it, the->soldiers having to be relieved at short intervals despite the fact that they protect their mouth's and nostrils with, handkerchiefs.

IN VOLCANOES’ WAKE.

AWFUL CONDITIONS ON MARTINIQUE AND ST. VINCENT. Devastated Islands Where Death Is Regnant and Pestilence Threatens Air Polluted by Unburied DeadMount Pelec Still Menaces. Like fitful monsters the volcanic mountains of Mount I’clee and La Soufriere still threaten the Jslaflds of Martinique and gL_Xiaecnr and the surrounding seas. The terrific energy exerted the week before last, when St. I’ierre was wiped out of existence and the northern half of the island Of St. Vincent was turned into a calcined ruin, has ceased; but the volcanoes still are active intermittently, now belching forth torrents of. ashes, -now sending only clouds of smoke and vapor into, the air, but at all times dreadful, black, ugly and menacing. St. I’ierre at times rests beneath a pall of smoke and sulphurous, impalpable ashes. The air is hot and stilling and the workers amid the ruins of palaces and huts look toward the volcano nervously, fearing each moment that another cyclone of tire may shoot from the mouth of the crater, to blast, incinerate and destroy. Several times the searchers have been driven from the ruins by sudden and heavy eruptions, which were powerful enough to rain down ashes in the streets of Fort de France, ten miles distant. Some of riiese eruptions were accompanied by thunder, which shook the island, and by blinding flashes of lightning. Some of the people around St. I’ierre. who had returned to their homes, were driven forth again by these displays aud made their way to Fort de France. They report that new volcanoes have been formed in the neighborhood of Mount Pelee aud the belief is now well-

nigh general that other eruptions, i»erhaps as dreadful as those of May 8, wheu St. I’ierre was destroyed, will occur. Amid the Ruins. Meantime the work of searching the ruins of the city is being slowly prosecuted. The stench from putrefying bodies and the stifling odor from volcanic matter render the work painful and dangerous. Few of the bodies are' identifiable. Most of them arc covered by volcanic deposits and inlu-h time will be Required to exhume them. Bodies are being found in all kinds of conditions. Some are calcined; others are free from burns. Bodies locked in each other’s arms tell ' the awful story of the deaths of huabauds aud wives, parents aud children. Mothers and their babes are found in |K>ritions which show the unavailing efforts of maternal love to shelter and to save. The whole scene is one of heartrending horror and pity. And yet in spite of the supreme tragedy; in spite of Death's presence at every turn; in spite of the menacing danger’ that sits enthroned, like a malignant spirit, upon Mount I’elee, human ghouls are busy plundering the dead. Some have been shot down iu their tracks by the French guards; some hare been arrested and sentenced to various periods of imprisonment, but neither death nor deprivation of liberty is sufficient to deter the human hyenas and in the outlying districts looting still goes on. An official estimate of those who were buried in the ruins ofi St. Pierre gives the numt>er at 28.000. In addition 3,00*1 persons were drowned and became the prey of sharks. A fifth of the surface of the island was burned and the other four-fifths ar* covered with ashes. At Riviere, Blanche, a suburban town of BL P'Jrre, the deposit of mud Is twenty I

feet deep. Here it was that the first great eruption of the volcano on May 5 manifested 3 'itself, burying the Guerin sugar mill and killing twenty-three persons. Horrible Conditions on St. Vincent. On the Island of St. Vincent conditions are horrible. The,.whole northern part of the island is a ruin. Jfist now La Soufriere is reduced, to paswviry.blitilOflnEz can tell when the volcano may become netive again antl bek-h 4orth death ami destruction. All the earlier estimates of the dead were too 10w... At first it was thounght that only 500 persons perished, hut daily since the horror has grown. Up to the present I.SOO dead bodies' have been found and buried or burned. Four hundred more victims are scattered over the. northern part of the island, some exposed and rotting under the tropical sun, some buried beneath deposits of ashes and lava. The carcasses of thousands of domestic animals are scattered over the scene of desolation, poisoning the atmosphere and creating pestilence. Frightful odors permeate the island and pestilence has already made its appearance. Immense fires are .now blazing in the region devastated and in them the carcasses of animals are being cremated.

1901 CROP REPORT OUT.

Wheat Yield 748.000,000 Bushels Breaking; All Records. At last the final returns of the crops of 1901 have been officially announced by Statistician Hyde of the Department of Agriculture. They ■present larger yields of all grains than any of the private* Statisticians, more than confirming their estimates, which many in the trade have been slow to accept. Mr. Hyde says: "In the preparation of this report all proper weight has been given to the recently published census report on the crops of 1899.” An analysis of the report shows that increased yields of all grains over ’he

FORT DE FRANCE. CAPITAL OF MARTINIQUE.

popular estimates are due to tlu' increased acreage being given. In corn the area is 9.000.000 acres over that given to the public in July, 1901. The wheat area also shows 4.000.000 acres over that estimated at the beginning of the crop, year, and eats arc imTeaseil about 2.0*J0.000 acres. The yield of wheat is 27.000,(MKI bushels mdrv than the department’s data estimated! in September. 1901, and 73.0*K>.<H.K) busliels over the bumper crop of 1898, and 226.000.00’.) bushels in excess of the I’.HX) crop. In corn there is a gain of 163,000.000 bitshels over estimates made in November aud is 583.000.000 bushels less than it? 1900. In oats the increase is 77.000.0tK) bushels and rtlhiws n lons »f 7:‘.,OOtl.*Kk) bushels from the big yield of 1900. The rye yield was 7.OUOAMO bushels over former estimates. One of the greatest surprises is that the barley crop cxeeetled 109,000.000 bushels. or within 10,000,009 bushels of the big crop made by the census bureau in 1899. Claims that the wheat crop of 1901 was the largest ever raised are substantiated. by the official figures. The grand totals of Statistician Hyde's returns are as follows: Acres. Bushels. Value. Corn ....91.3«)«N 1..->2J,uI;»M»I R«lA'.'>.7Cß Wheat . .4P.BKM4H T4t*.44*<U’lß 467.350.158 Oats . ...25..M1.476 736.8t*s.r_’l 2!«.C58.777 Barley .. 4.‘.U\744 I<Dlß’Xl’M 4».>00.163 live .... LlKijm a0.344.5M) 16.t0-t.742 Buckwh't b 11.864 15.125.1M1 8.523,318

Society Dead Beats.

Because people of wealth and high social standing iu New York would not pay their debts Fred W. Harrison, a liveryman, has failed. He-has found out that a rich man's patronage is not as good as a poor man's dollar. Some of his debtors were noted actors and actresses and even a branch of the Y. M. C. A. failed to pay Its bill.

LORD PAUNCEFOTE DEAD.

British Ambassador to the~United States Succumbs* Load Pauncefote. British ambassador to the United States, died at the embassy in Washington 'Saturday morning. The

SIR JULIAN PAUNCE. FOTE.

Sir Julian Pauncefote has long been liighTy regarded in this country as Brit - isli ambassador, which position he took iu 1893. He had been the recipient of unusual honors here for fifteen years. Lord Pauncefote, as the head of the British delegation to the peace conference at The Hague, was one of the most attractive aud interesting figures. A firm believer in peace himself, he had done much to avert a resort to arms uud to bring about universal peace. He was born at Munich in 1828, and was education in Paris and Geneva. He received a legal training and had judicial experience. He became a lawyer at Hongkong, and was mftde Attorney General of that colony in 1865. In 1874 he was made lord chief justice of the Leeward Islands, and was knighted. From 187.4 to 1882 he acted as legal assistant to the under secretary of state, first in the colonial office and then in the foreign office. He became virtually permanent foreign minister of England in 1882. In 1885 he was appointed delegate to draw up an act for the navigation of the

I Suez canal, and in 1888 he was sent to America as envoy extraordinary and minister pleniisitentiary at tlie time of the Lord Sackville trouble. Five years later he was raised to the status of ambassador. Lord Pauncefote was at Washington during two very critical periods, when the Venezuelan question came up. and at the outbreak of the Spanish-American war.

ALL ISLANDS MAY SINK.

Geologist Says a Great Cavity Has Formed Within the Earth. Prof. Angelo Heilprin, the eminent geologist and authority on volcanology, declares there is danger that all the West Indian reef islands will collapse nnd rink into the sea from the effects of the volcanic disturbances now in progress. More than that, he says the Nicaraguan canal route is in danger because it is in the eruption zone. "In my opinion the volcanic eruptions are not the only things to be feared,” he continued. "It is altogether likely that the volcanic disturbance now going on may result in the collapse of the islands whose peaks spring intn activity. "The constant eruptions of rock, lava and ashes, you must Jtnow, means that a hole, as it were, is being made in the bosom of the (earth. When this hole reaches a great sise that which is above will be without-support, and then subsidence must follow.”

Foreigners in Onr Great Cities.

Boston is a shade more foreign than Chicago. It has 35.1 per cent of foreign l>orn, while Chicago has only 34. d per cent. v But New York is more foreign than either. The percentage of foreign born is 87 per cent. These throe run a dose race for the lead. San Francisco comes in with 31.2 uer cent.

officials were greatly shocked and expressed the •ieepest sympathy with the* widow and a realization of the loss which both countries have sustained. The foreign office representatives were particularly affected, as, apparently, they had no idea that the ambassador’s condition had been critical.

TIES UP BEEF TRUST.

FEDERAL COURT ENJOINS PACKERS FROM COMBINING. Meat Trust Made Subject of TemporaryOrder Against Conspiracy to Control Prices—Defendants Present No Proof to Offset Evidence Against Them. The first blow against the big packing houses charged with maintaining a meat trust was struck in the United Stales Circuit Court at Chicago Tuesday afternoon. Judge Peter 8. Grosscup, after a hearing, granted the motion of the United. States for a temporary injunction restraining the defendant packers f?oni further operations under the alleged illegal agreements “in restraint of trade and commerce’’ complained of in the bill for an injunction. There was no resistance on the part of the defendants to the granting of the motion. John S. Miller, as their general counsel, consented to the entering of the order as prayed by the government. At the same time Mr. Miller stated the position the packers would take in the case. In effect the statement amounts to a denial of the allegations of the government and a demand for a full and complete hearing of the case later, in accordance with the practice of the United States courts. Evidence which is expected to play a prominent part in the prosecution of the cases was disclosed in the affidavit of D. W. Meredith, a former employe of Armour & Co. and Swift & Co. Meredith gives the details of alleged meetings of the packers’ Eastern agents to regulate prices, apportion territory, and take other steps to prevent unprofitable competition. Mr. Meredith charges that, to force tip prices, the shipment of cattle to the East was checked at-different times. The former employe also gives the details of the alleged “blacklist” maintained by the packers, and declares that when a COtnpftny was fined for violation of agreement that the employe at fault was compelled to pay the fine or be discharged. Once discharged, the affidavit alleges, the man found It impossible to secure employment from any of the “big six.” S®yft_They Are Not Guilty. _ Tn consenting to the granting of the restraining order the counsel for the defendants specifically stated that in view of the fact the defendants denied all the charges .against them they could not be harmed by an order intended to prevent operations of which they had not been guilty and which they did not contemplate. Thereupon, after an argument between the opposing counsel over the wording of the restraining order. Judge Grosscup himself dictated an order acceptable to all and it was entered of record in the court. The temporary injunction is now in full force and effect. In case of a violation of any of the terms of the'order the defendants would be subject to contempt proceedings, punishable by a fine or by imprisonment or both in the discretion of the court. In the regular course of practice the defendants have until July 7 to enter their appearance aud until Aug. 4 to file an answer, demurrer, or plea. Unless the defense should move a dissolution of the restraining order no developments are expected in the case until that time. That the defendants will seek to interpose a legal defense to the government’s suit is regarded as assured as a result of the preliminary hearing. That is the opinion of Solicitor Genera) J. K. Richards and United States Attorney S. H. Bethea and others interested in the case.

DOESN'T CARE FOR A FLAG.

Carnegie Says There Is No Question of Patriotism in Trade. Andrew Carnegie, upon arriving in London from New York the other day, talked freely regarding the recent steamship merger and trusts. “To combine the shipping traffic,” said Mr. Carnegie, “is a big order. There is free right of way on the ocean, and the tramp steamers are always with us. The merger may give regular daily sailings to passengers, which would be advantageous. I am not in the navigation syndicate, having retired from business and reformed, so I cannot advise you as to the exact character and bearing of the combination. But, in my opinion, the combine is purely a matter of money making. "There is no question of patriotism in trade. It does not care a fig for a flag. It is dividends that count. Of course, every citizen worth a cent wishes his own country to be first in everything, and a peaceful, industrial victory is the only genuine one. “Victory through war generally costs more-than it is worth. If Great Britain continues her costly wars for shadowy ascendency in distant parts and the United States develops her industrial army, there can only be one result Great Britain will have the shadow and the United .States the substance.”

Religious News and Notes

Tope Leo XIII. is 92 years of age. There is talk of raising Bishop Potter's salary. It is now $12,500. Bishop Warne of India wants a missionary superintendent for an industrial and agricultural mission in India. Dr. Wallis Bndge, one of the first of living Egyptologists, has nearly ready a history of Egypt from the earliest times. The New York Baptists propose to raise $1,000,000 for an advance movemeat. The erection of a large building like Tremont Temple, Boston, is contemplated. The choirmaster of St. Clement’s Church, Brooklyn, undertook to impose fines on the ehoir boys for breaches of his rales. The boys forced him to resign. Mother St. Gabriel, an Ursuline nnn of Cleveland, is dead. She was a native of Philadelphia, r -id before entering the sisterhood was Miss Annette McAndrews. Pope Leo probably figures as legatee in more wills that a&y other person in the world. He was named in more than 700 wills last year, the legacies aggregating about $600,0U0.

COnGRESS.

The conference report on the omaibus claims bill {was adopted by the Senate Monday. As passed by the House the bill aggregated $213,105. The net increase’made by the Senate was $2,929,252. The conference report shows the House agreed to $1,405,393 of the amount added by the Senate; so the amount carried by the measure as agreed to is $1,618,498. Mr. Dolliver spoke at length in support of the Philippine bill. The House passed the naval appropriation bill with several amendments. The |jill.limiting the hours of daily service on government work to eight hours was passed under suspension of the rules, as was a House joint resolution fixing'Dec. 31.'1902, as the date when entries under the mining laws of the United States of certain lands in the Spokane (Wash.l Indian reservation shall take effect. A Senate bill providing for the erection of the northern branch of the National Home for Disabled Soldiers at Hot Springs, S. D.. was also passed. The Senate devoted Tuesday to discussion of the Philippine question. The usual executive session preceded adjournment. In the House the conference re* port on the omnibus claims bill was agreed to. thus- passing the measure. A bill amending the passport law was passed. The remainder of the day was devoted to private claims bills. Before consideration of the Philippine ■ bill was resumed on Wednesday a resolution was adopted by the Senate congratulating the republic of Cuba on its entry into the family of independent nations, and the Secretary of State was directed to transmit the resolution to the president of the new republic. Mr. Wellington opposed the pending Philippine measure and said the action of the United States in the islands was indefensible. The conference report on the agricultural appropriation bill was agreed to. In the House consideration of the immigration bill was begun. The principal speech was by Mr. Shattuc (Ohio), chairman of the committee on immigration. The resolutions seating Charles R. Thomas, from, the Third North Carolina.. District; Emmett Tompkins from the Twelfth Ohio District, whose seat was contested by John J. Lentz, and confirming the right of Mr. Rhea of the Ninth Virginia District were adopted. Bills were passed authorizing the erection of buildings by the international committee of the Y. M. C. A. on military reservations of the United States; authorizing the sale of a part of the Fort Niobrara military reservation In Nebraska, and regulating commutation for good conduct for United States prisoners. The Senate devoted Thursday to discussion of the Philippine question. In the House discussion. of the immigration bill was resumed. Almost the entire day was taken up with the amendment offered by Mr. Underwood (Ala.) requiring an educational test for immigrants to this country. It was finally adopted, as were amendments exempting citizens of Cuba, as in the case of Canada and Mexico, from the payment of the $1.50. tax. •The bill was then laid aside until the next week. The Senate amendments to the omnibus public building bill were disagreed to aud the bill went to conference. ( A temperate and carefully prepared speech on the Philippine bill was delivered by Mr. Dubois in the Senate on Friday. Hp confined himself almost entirely to a discussion of the commercial and industrial aspects of the question, his purpose being to show that it would be a disadvantage to the people of this country to retain the islands. An extra appropriation bill, carrying SIBO,OOO and chiefly for the Navy and Interior Departments, was passed, as was one providing for the appointment of James W. Long on the retired list of the army as a captain of infantry. In the House the day was devoted to private pension bills and to a few other minor measures. Mr. Loud (Cal.) criticised the special pension legislation as a disgrace and drew emphatic responses from Messrs, bulloway (N. H.l. Sulzer (N. Y.i and Miors (Ind.). In all 103 private pension bitts were passed.

Washington Notes.

Arbitrators rendered opinion against Salvador in dispute regarding claims of United States citizens. Secretary Shaw modified customs rules to admit free luggage taken aboard and giving S3OO exemption on appeal. Captain Bertram S. Nqemann has been dismissed from marine corps as result of trial by court martial at Pensacola. The Presiilent has pardoned five union miners ndjutlged guilty of contempt <>f court in the western district of Virginia. The President opposes "cattle men’t bill.” which ptoposes to lease public domain for grazing purposes for 2 cents an acre. Captain Harry Littlefield, army surgeon in Philippines, traced origin of beriberi To Chinese white rice, by effect of diet on prisoners. The corner stone of the Ohio McKinley memorial college of government of the American university was laid May 14 by President Roosevelt. Congressman Foss, in speech on naynl appropriation bill, said few of navy’a ships have real fighting vainer most ves* seis now building are peace boats. Refusal of railroad presidents to agree to arbitration or make any concession to miners is said by attendant at Civie Federation conference to be cause of big coal strike. The United States Supreme Court decided that court martial of regular officers had no jurisdiction to try charges against Captnin Peter C. Deming of the volunteer service. British camp at New Orleans decided by President Roosevelt to be lawful, no recruiting done there, and mule shipments do not violate neutrality, though contraband. Admiral Coghlan Is to be second la rommnnd on the North Atlantic station. This station has increased in magnitude •nd importance to a point where Admiral Higginson, the commander-in chlef, feels that it would be prudent to have a second admiral attached to the station. Admiral Coghlan’a successor at captain of the yard at New York will be Captain P. F. Harrington.