Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1904 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. neo. B. MARSHALL, Publisher. ■ - - - - I' gl RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA,.

REVOLT IN COLOMBIA.

NEW INSURRECTION TO KEEP THINGS LIVELY. Insurgent Leader Peacefully Takes Town While Opponent Is Telegraphins; for Help—Prophesies General Use of Automobiles as Farm Wagons. The steamer Lo Calvados of the French Line has arrived from Cartagena and Savanilla, with nows of a rebellion and state of anarchy in. the' Colombian department of Bolivar, which arose from the determination of the government <at Bogota to oust Diego De Castro from his position as commander in chief of the military forces in Bolivar. It was deemed prudent to do this, because General De Castro, Acting in conjunction with Francisco Insignares, civil governor of Bolivar, sent an expedition up the Magdalena River the latter 'pagt Of last month to Calamar to stop government troops who were coming down the river.General Manjares reached Barranquilla, where General De Castro is stationed, about the end of January and informed De Castro that he held papers from President Marroquin making Manjares commander in chief of. the military and naval forces of the department. De Castro refused to give Up his post, claiming that he held his appointment from General Reyes, who had been designated supreme commander of all Colombia’s military forces. Manjares then went to Cartagena, Inhere he induced General Arango to turn over to him the command of the troops in Cartagena. As soon as this had been done Manjares, with a battalion of the troops, tqpk a train for Calama. He , telegraphed to Cartagena to send him 500 re-enforce-ments. The government at Bogota also sent down 4,000 troops to support Manjares. While De Castro was at Gamarra telegraphing to President Marroquin Manjares and his command marched into Barranquilla and seized the city without firing a shot. TOPEKA HAS A $493,000 FIRE. • 4 —■ Spectators Hurt by Exploding Cartridges in Burning Buildings. Fire destroyed the Parkhurst-Davis Mercantile Company's building and stock lit First and Kansas avenue: the Sells building, adjoining, occupied by the McCormick Harvester Company and W. I. Schick, in Topeka, Kan. The total loss is estimated at $493,000 and that of the Parkhurst-Davis Company at $250,000, with $125,000 insurance. Several thousand cartridges stored on the third floor of the Parkhurst-Davis building exploded, and half a dozen spectators were hurt by flying shells. The fire was started by an explosion of chemicals. JOKER SLAIN BY HIS VICTIM. Youth Who Seeka to Frighten Negro Taken for Burglar. Fred B. Watson, aged 17, as a joke attempted to frighten the men sleeping tin his father’s livery barn, in St. Paul, was mistaken for a burglar and killed. Followed by his older brother, young Watson entered the barn, but instead of being frightened, David Parker, a negro, one of the men in the barn, struck the leader of the supposed intruders on the head with an iron bar. The young man’s skull was broken and he died in a few minutes. Parker surrendered to the police, is thought he will not be prosecuted.

AUTO AS FARM WAGONS. President of Motor League Predicts a Rustic Revolution. “Automobiles will soon bo taking the place of wagons on many farms in the □United States and Canada,” declared Isaac B. Potter, president of the American Motor League, before a banquet of the league at the Victoria Hotel in Chicago. He said that soon thousands of the vehicles will be speeding “to town” with the farmers’ produce. The speaker said that already a large number of tillers of the soil had invested in automobiles. Plan to Huy Lincoln Home. The birthplace of Abraham Lincoln in Laßue County, Kentucky, is now advertised for sale for taxes. The little cabin in which the great American was born is greatly dilapidated and is being used as a barn. In view of these facts. Representative W. C. Black’ introduced a bill in the Kentucky lower house to appropriate SIO,OOO for the purchase of the old farm and cabin and the erection of a suitable monument.

St. Louis Brewer Shoots Himself. Depressed by the death of a favorite son three years ago and the recent demise of a dear friend, William J. Lemp, president of the Lemp Brewing 'Company, committed suicide at his residence in St. Louis by shootiug himself In the right temple with a revolver. He died an hour after firing the shot. Montana Shooter Acquitted. John Dotson, who has been on trial nt Missoula, Mont, for the alleged murder of Frank O’Dell, has been acquitted. The jury was out five hours. Dotson was alleged by the State to have been drinking and in firing through the wall of a building in an attempt to shoot the proprietor of a saloon, killed O'Dell. Japanese Soldiers Drowned and Slain. The Japanese are reported to have lost 1,800 by the sinking of a transport and 410 in a hand-to-hand bayonet attack from Cossacks while attempting to land near Port Arthur. * Cotton Crop Sold Five Times Over. Recent wild specrulation in the cotton market are said to have resulted tn the •ale of 50,000,000 bales or five times the total amount of the crop. - Nina Teamsters Found (luilty. In New Haven, Conn., a jury found nine union teamsters guilty of conspiracy in trying to injure the business of certain trucking firms during the teamsters' •trike Inst spring. The defendants were indicted on six .counts and were tried Jointly. A senteuce of three months in Jail for,each defendant was imposed. IK i ’

THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.

Jap army is alert. - 7 ■ Mikad>’< Troops Reparted Rushing Into tha Yalu River District. While Japan's warship's are engaging the attention of_the_£li£iUi‘'-i'l'L’-±he coast, the efforts to perfect invasion c.f the interior preparatory to. ;in cnesgetii: land campaign are proceeding steadily,, according to Seoul ad vires. It is openly admitted that the Japanese land forces are actively engaged in a.-mast import an-: movement, which will come to a climax ns swiftly as did Japan's sis.-t naval attack. Japanese troops are advancing toward the Vain Kiver. Tic re. :l g .expected, .they will meet and engage the Russian forces. ..The Japanese'deciare that the numbers-of the Russian troops are greatly exaggerated. The plan of . the Japanese appears to be to take the road which lends almost straight to Mukden. They profess. to have nd. doubt that they will be able to d rive back flux Jlussian—fwwjo vva rd Harbin.- 'i'lic Mnkdeii mad. ffio’tgh nominally under Russian mliitai. 1 . eimtrol. will be subject jo con.-tant raids from Chinese- bands, who. will swoop- down from the hills. 2=J&ee<'adimr diagonaliy. the Japalii"-e in tcnif-rtf-eftt the line rtf’ cotnmunica t ;on between I’ort Arthur ,a'n-J the mainland of Maneltttm. not only preventing re-en-forcements from reaching the Fort Arthur; garrison, but inflicting' damage on the Manchurian railway. .. ... The-hope that the Japanese would in the meantime be able to. occupy Port Arthur was' chiefly based on the belief that the Russian guns could 'not be brought to bear on any force landing at Pigeon Bay, .which is'on the western side of Port Artluir, rfd i; was believed -that the Japanese. ;.dmir.;l uoii’M fellow tactirts almost exactly siniil:;;- to those intended to be pur iK' l at Santiago,' the troops ptorming the batteries in the rear, while the Japanese flci't lay waiting for the ships of Viceroy Alexi*'iL who, in the event of- a land attack being successful; was obliged to either make a dash fog yberili-LffiUk -bis~ crippled 11 v t or fight where they were against practically hopeless odds. Only those who went through the Chinese war can. .quitejiiidUEstiriid. 1 he emii-

PORT ARTHUR HARBOR AND ROADSTEAD, SHOWING SCENE OF FIRST DAY’S BATTLE.

lation which exists between the Japanese army and navy. In the former war the .army was all to the fore and no little jealousy existed .between the two arms of the service, though the navy was then in its infancy. There is tremendous anxiety in the army to score a. success equal to that just made by the navy and keen land fighting is expected speedily.

TELLS OF PORT ARTHUR FIGHT.

Tokio Dispatch Says Torpedo Boat* Cut Off Russian Retreat. Statements of all kinds concerning the Port Arthur fight have been published. According to the correspondent of the Paris edition of the New York Herald nt Chefu the Japanese torpedo boats succeeded in entering the outer harbor by a ruse. They used the Russian flashlight signals. This correspondent adds that three Japanese torpedo boats were sunk with great loss of life. A correspondent of the London Standard at Tokio sends in an entirely new account of the Port Arthur encounter. He

JAPANESE MILITARY CHIEFS. Gen. Kodama. Admiral Yamamoto.

says Admiral Togo's fleet arrived Monday night and found the Russian squadron drawn up in battle formation outside the hr.rbor and under the shadow of the forts, the destroyers beiiig spread out in front over a distance of five miles. Admiral Togo decided on a night attack and opened fire at 11 o’clock. \Vhile the cannonade was hottest a number of Japanese torpedo boats crept along close in shore at the foot of the dliff and succeeded in the darkness in getting in between the Russian ships and 'the land. Here they lay unnoticed until the Russians began to give way befor the Japanese fire and sought to reenter the harbor. The’Japanese torpedo boats than opened fire at comparatively close range and sunk two battleships nml one cruiser close to the entrance of the harbor. The effect coup was to prevent the retreat of the remainder of the squadron into the harbor.

RUSSIANS WERE AT A CIRCUS

Busy Appending a Clown When Attacked by Japatieie. --_ Japan’s strongest ally in the attack on the Russian fleet in the harbor of Fort Arthur was a circus. While r ths Czar's powerful fleet swung lazily at anchor in faiieie.T security tire officers of the squadron.. almost to a man, were ashore applauding the clown in the tan-bark Ting and cheering the chariot races and the trapezp performers. IVhcu the first guns boomed out their challenge the officers hurriedly left the canvas tent. Hastening to the water front, they found their ships in motion, striving io r beat off the ■Jnphiiv'se warshifis that came ever closer. They strove to reach the several vessels to which they were assigned, but before

they could accomplish it they saw two great warships stricken, and a cruiser, the pride of the Pacific squadron, sorely damaged. Like the British officers who were summoned from a ball to the battle of Waterloo, the officers had determined on one last evening of pleasure before they entered on the grim business of war. Unlike the British, they had no warning, and when they sought to remedy that which their thoughtlessness had cost they found it impossible. , Not alone the naval officers, according to the Chefu correspondent of the London Daily Mail, were present at the. circus, but the military officers deserted their places at the land batteries to occupy seats beside the ring. The honor of Russia, both by sea and land, whs, left in the hands of subalterns.

THE WAR IN PARAGRAPHS.

The Russians fired on the British steamer Fu Ping, then apologized. A Chinese mob destroyed telegraph and telephone wires aroung New Chwang. Owing to a storm, the stranded battle ships at Port Arthur may be capsized. At least five Russian commercial steamers have been captured by the Japanese. Russia has hopes that some power will extricate her from her difficulty with Japan. Great loss of life is reported in lhe Japanese attack on the ships at Port Arthur. Seoul, the capital, and Mnsmnpho, a seaport of Korea, have been occupied by the Japanese.,* -Minister Taknhira, in an address at New York, says history will support Japan's course. Russian disaster at Port Arthur is said to be due to the fact that the officers were attending a circus. The Russian torpedo transport Yenisei was blown up and sunk in Port Arthur harbor by coining in contact with one of the mines. The captain, three officers and ninety-one men were drowned. One Japanese merchantman was'sunk and another disabled in nn engagement with four Russian battle ships. Three transports of the Russian volunteer fleet, with 2,000 troops, have been captured by the Japanese off the Korean const. ' Admiral Togo made his officiaT'report of the naval battle at Port Arthur, and declared, his ships met with but slight damage. St. Petersburg reports that six Japanese ships were damaged slightly, fifty Japanese killed nnd' 150 wounded in the fight off Port Arthur.

MANY RUSSIANS KILLED.

About 203 of the Viridg’s Crew Lost Their Livss Off Chemulpo. About 200 of tlie Variagb*-crew lost their liv< s when the vessel was destroyed by the Japanese off Chemulpo, according to it New York World dispatch from Tokio. The crew of the Russian cruiser numbered 750. Many Ist their lives under fire, but a large number were drowned in attempting to escape. The men loyally aided their ..officers and it is said not one of the officers was drowned. Many swam not to the shore, but to the foreign meu-of-war in the harbor, which promptly lowered boats and went to their rescue. , Besides the French cruiser Pascal the Italian cruiser Iffiba and the British cruiser Talbot'aided the refugees. Ono hundred and fifty, many <>l’ them wounded, reached the Talbot. The Japanese did not lose a man.. None of the fle.et. which is known to have been in overwhelming force, was damaged. The engagement Was watched by foul foreign warships, including the United States gunboat Vicksburg. They all sained the' Japanese litig Thursday, it bcnr- ibc ,great national festival of Kigenetmi. the anniversary of the accession of the Emperor Jiinmu to the throne and the foundation of the present - imperial line, 2.564 years ago, The Japanese troops landed at Gensan are it.tended to operate with the troops that have been successfully landed at Pingy.ang, on the opposite side of the Korean peninsula, says a World dispatch from Kobe. Japan. These two forces constitute Japan's second line of defense against the Russians who tire inarching over flic Yalu ihto Korea. The Japanese preparations—are a view of closing in on any body of Russian troops that succeeds in forcing its way into the interior of Korea.

RUSSIAN SHIP BLOWN UP.

Transport Ycnesci Rims Upon Mine ,nt Port Arthur. The Russian Jorpedo transport Yenisei was blown up by a mine at the harbor of Port ArtLtsr Friday. The vessel went to the bottom mid four officers and nine; ty-one men were killed of. drowned. Among the officers lost is Captain Ste-

panoff. This disaster came as unexpectedly as the others that have _so seri-ously'cT-IppTedthe Russian fleet and left the officers and men wearing the Czar’s colors in a condition of mind that borders on panicky’. The Yenisei was built at the Baltic works in- 1899. She was of 2,500 displacement and could make fifteen knots.

THE CZAREVITCH.

Her armament consisted of five twelvepounders and six three-pounder quick-fir-ing guns. Russians fired upon the British steamer Fu Ping as she was leaving Port Arthur. Three Qhinese members of the crew were killed. The Russians hastened to make an apology and declared it a most ifiifortunute accident. The Russian transport Surgari was wrecked in the battle off Chemulpo. It had just reached there with troops to be landed nt Seoul. AH the survivors of the Variag, Koreitz and the transport Sungari were taken on board th'e British, French and Italian war ships off Chemulpo. Two Japanese merchant ships, Zensho Maru and Nakanoura Maru, while on their wny to Otaru, on the western const of Yezo Island, from Sakata, were fired on by four Russian men-of-whr off the coast of Aomori prefecture nnd thp Naknnoura Maru was sunk, while the Zensho Mani had a narrow escape. A neutrality proclamation has beeh is sued by President Roosevelt, wanting citizens against enlistment, fitting out privateers, or carrying arms to the belligerents.

JAPS ARE REPULSED.

DEFEATED IN ATTEMPT TO LAND NEAR PORT ARTHUR. Mika-.lo*s troops Driven Back to Their Ships with. Heavy Loss—Fully 12,000 Led Into Trap and Many Slaughtered Before They Retreat. Reports received nt NewChwang Monday tell of serious losses for the Japanese.- Three attempts to land an army on the Liaotung peninsula near Port Arthur were defeated and the Japanese were driven back with heavy loss. It is also reported that a Japanese transport was shelled and .sunk by the Russian shore batteries and that 1,800 soldiers on board were drowned. Of 600 Japanese who succeeded in effecting a landing near Talienwan (Dalny) 430 were sabered by the Cossacks and the survivors escaped to the ships. The most serious engagement was at a point on the shore of Pigeon bay, west of Port Arthur, where a force of 12,000 Japanese troops attempted to disembark under cover ,of night. All was .quiet on the shore of the little cove when the Japanese licet of transports under convoy of half a dozen warships drew.nenr. . Silently the long rowboats of the transports were lowered and filled with soldiers, Not a sound was heard from the shore to indicate that-therr presence was suspected. Quickly the boats were rowed to. the beach and, having landed their passengers! returned to the transports for more. About 3,000 Japanese had been landed on the narrow beach when suddenly a shoot of flame burst from the encircling hills and with a rush a large body of Russian infantry swept down upon the invaders. The guns of the Japanese warships shelled the hills back of the beach, but. it -was impossible to reach the Russian force without doing equal slaughter in the ranks of the landing army. The Japanese fought furiously, but were overpowered and forced to retreat to their boats, by which they were conveyed to the transports, taking with them as many of their dead and wounded as they could. It is not known what the Japanese loss was, but it must have been heavy. Another unsuccessful attempt to land an army was made about forty miles farther north, but the Japanese were driven back with a loss of thirty killed. It is known that after the naval engagement in Chemulpo boy the Japanese landed 19,000 troops, which were imm«diati ly dispatched northward.

NATIONS MAY BE INVOLVED.

Grave Danjjer that Other Powers May Clash in the Far Bast. Already there is grave danger that other nations besides Russia and Japan may be drawn into the maelstrom of war. All the great powers ofTlre world have warships in the eastern seas and serious frictiou'has developed in several instances. A strong protest has been lotlged By Edwin H. Conger, the American minister, in the case of the steamer Pleiades. This vessel was seized and forcibly detained till she slipped away in a storm. Several British vessels are being similarly treated.

In the harbor of Chemulpo the situ.v tiou growing out of the sinking of the Russian warships Variag and Koreitz by the Japanese is rapidly becoming acute. The survivors of the Russian vessels took refuge on the British cruiser Talbot, the French cruiser Pascal and the Italian cruiser Elba. Tlje Japanese have twice made demands on the commanders of these vessels for the surrender of the Russians as prisoners of war. These demands have been refused, the commander of the Talbot as senior navakofficer each time replying that he was awaiting instructions from his government. None of the Russians took refuge on flie"American gunboat Vicksburg, whose commander stoutly maintains that the Japanese are right in their contention that these survivors should be given up as prisoners of war. The Russians, he says, took advantage of the clemency of the Japanese, who allow’ed them to return to the harbor when they might have sunk them in the open sea. Had it not been for this clemency on the part of Admiral Uriu every man on board the Variag and Koreitz might have been killed. The fact that they are now harbored by the ships of neutral nations, he says, should not prevent the Japanese'from claiming them as prisoners in order that they may not again take up arms during the war unless exchanged.

ORDERED BRIDGE BLOWN UP.

Grand Duke Serge Will Be Removed for Lack of Caution. Advices from Russia state that during the recent, maneuvers of Russian troops t!T6 Grand Duke Serge. governor general

of Moscow, ordered n bridge blown up, forgetting that tho structure was crowd- , cd with troops. ' Unintelligent subordinates obeyed, regardless of consequences, nnd fifty officers nud 1.000 men I were killed and I wounded. The grand ■ duke's removal from the army and the loss of his responsible post arc said to be imminent.

DUKE SERGE.

Twelve Warships Destroyed.

Twelve Russian vessels were destroyed and eight captured by the Japanese during the engagement at Port Arthur on Feb. 0, according to advices received nt Nagasaki. The Mikado has officially congratulated Vice Admiral Togo on his victory.

Facts About Russia.

Russia has 8,000,000 square miles of territory. Tho schools nnd colleges of Russia contain only, about 3 per cent of the population. * The population of the empire is 140,000,000, or fifteen to every square mile of territory. Wages are low from Poland to Vladivostok, 20 cents a day bcipg n good day’s pay. The cost bf living is somewhat proportionate, bnt poverty is the rule everywhere.

CONGRESS

Chaplain Hale, in his opening prayer Monday referred to the Baltimore fire. Senators Hopkins and Chty spoke in support of the Panama Canal treaty. The bill granting assistance to the proposed Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland. -Oregon,-wns passed. The bill was amended iso as to close the exposition on Sundays. In the House the proposed loan of $4,600,000 to the Louisiana Funl nse 'Exposition at St. Louis, as provided for in the Senate amendment to the urgent deficiency bill, was pending when the House adjourned. The House nonconenrred in all other amendments except that providing for coal tests at the St, Louis fair. Resolutions were adopted calling on the Attorney General for information in addition to that liirinsheil under the recent request for inlornmlton as to anti-trust suits instituted; also for a report made by any examiners sent by the Department of Justice to investigate ■ charges made by S. M. Brosius of the Indiana Rights Association. A bill declaring a portion of the Minnesota River in -Minnesota navigable was passed.

The diplomatic ami consular nppropriatiqu bill was passed by the Senate Tuesday without debate. Mr. Fulton, of Oregon, ‘spoke in support of the administration’s .course. in Panama and Mr. Carmaek. of Tennessee, and Mr. Overman, of North Carolina, spoke in opposition thereto. The entire session of the House was devoted to consideration of the resolution reported from Elections Committee No. 3 unseating Mr. Howell (Dem.) ami seating Mr. Connell (Rep.) from the Tenth Pennsylvania district, and it was agreed to take a vote at 3 o'clock Wednesday. Chaplain Hale referred :o :h’e oriental war in his prayer at the opening of the Senate Wednesdsty. Mr. MeCtimber in a speech supported the Panama canal treaty. A number of private pension bills were passed. Mr. MeCtimber .presented the credentials of his successor, Isidor Rayner, as Senator from Maryland. Mr. Gamble reported favorably from the committee on public lands the 5 per cent bill for the regulation of accounts between the United States and the several States disposition of public lands. The House disposed of the Cbnnell-1 Iow“ ell election contest from the tenth Pennsylvania district by voting to seat Mr. (.'onnel 1, who Was sworn iu at once. Cot>• sideration of the Senate amendment proposing a loan of $4,600,000 to .the. Louisiana Purchase Exposition was resumed and. developed further opposition. ■ , r; — The Senate on Thursday mmptt'd tt joint resolution authorizing a survey to determine whether a tidewater ship canal across Florida is feasible. Ti. ■ Impart rtf the day was spent in :t consideration of the Panama canal treaty in executive session. The House by a vote of 172 to 103 concurred in the Senate amendment to the urgent deficiency npproprintion bill authorizing a loan of $4,600,000 by the government to lite Louisiana Purchase Exposition. It was amended with' respect to the manner in which the money shall be paid. The proposition was strongly opposed in the debate. The House also concurred in the Senate amendment to the bill authorizing tests Of coals ahd lignites at the St. Louis fair and non-cohctirred in all the other amendments proposed by the Seiiat’e? The report of the naval a.',i-.'u-s committee on the imval npprcpr'mrt ntv carrying a total of $96,338,038, v : ; received.

The Senate Friday listened to the reading by Mr. Carmack of a spear’ll prepared by Mr. Morgan in opposition to the President’s policy with referen-e :<> the isthmian canal. It came up on Mr. Morgan’s resolution asking for information from the Attorney General as to what steps are being taken to acquire the property of the new Panama Canal Company. The bill ratifying the treaty with the Indians of the Red Lake reservation in Minnesota for the cession of 250,900 acres of their hind was passed. The bill providing for the payment of $200,000 to Queen Liliuokalani, formerly of Hawaii, in satisfaction of all claims, was fallen up, It was amended so as not to recognize any claim, and the amount of 000 was voted down.- Mr. Spooner moved to recommit the measure, but the vote on the motion failed to develop a quorum. Iff the House SpeakerCiumon ■ took the bit, in his teeth,and r.jn c'om- ( pletely away with legislative precedent. Incidentally he broke all previous records in the dispatt'h of private jiensjon bills. Under his guidance 320 of these measures were passed 1n 155 nrfnuLos. “en bloc,” under unanimous cousejit,, which the speaker himself asked' for.

Notes of National Capital.

Henry E. Palmer will be appointed ns postmaster ut Omaha, Neb. lie was pressed for the appointment by Senator Millard. The Senate committee on foreign relations authorized a favorable report on the Cuban treaty, including the Platt amendment. The treaty hag been ratified by the Cuban Senate. Secretary’ llay and Senor Quesada, the Cuban minister, signed a protocol extending for six months the period allowed for the exchange of ratifications of tho Cuban general treaty embodying the Platt amendment. * Charges have been filed at"the Interior Department against Bird 8. McGuire, the delegate in the House from Oklahoma, charging that in violation of the law he has been prosecuting claims iu Ijehnlf of Indians and accepting fees therefor while serving qs a delegate iu Congress. Navy Department has commended Gunner Ben Donnelly for rescuing Randolph M.vSherwood, an apprentice, who fell overboard from tho Minneapolis. Representative Spalding of Nortji Dakota introduced bills appropriating SH)O,000 each •for monuments to William McKinley nnd Alexander Hamilton, iu the District of Columbia. The President* has approved the sentence of the courts-martinl iu the cases of Knud Knudson, Seventh infantry, nnd Hector R. Roblchon, Thirteenth infantry, and they have been dismissed front the service.