Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1904 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

LECTURED BY JUDGE.

JURIST TALKS SENSE TO AMERICAN MOTHERS. Bays that Almost All International Marrinucs Are Unhappy anil Thinks Maters Should Wake Up Fire Destroys Stores in Nicholson, Pa. • Judge Foster in the St. Louis Circuit Court granted a divorce to Countess Marie It. F.'Pennloza from Count Henri De Fenaloza. In her petition the countess. who is a St. Louis heiress, charge ! that the count had spent her fortune and had paid attention to other women. One witness. Miss Christine Mena, testified that while he was still married to liis present wife the count had “proposed marriage to her. When charged that lie was a married man the witness testified the count admitted as much, but said he expected to secure a divorce shortly. In granting- the degree Judge • Foster commented on the n. don ’of the count, which, he said, was markedly similar to that in most all cases of international marriages. "It is always the way,” lie said, “that these foreigners treat their American wives. Ambitious mothers and cultivated daughters traveling abroad are constantly falling into such traps as these.- The courts are full of such cases. It seems to me that mothers ought to wake up some time. The plaintiff is, given her decree end the custody of the children.”

GIVEN TWO YEARS IN JAIL. Three Men Convicted of Postal Frauds Receive Maximum Penalty. August W. Machen, formerly general superintendent of the free delivery service; Dr. George E. -Lorenz of Toledo, Ohio, once postmaster of that city, and Differ B. Gross of Washington, convicted of conspiracy against tho government in connection with the supply of Gross fasteners to the I’ostoffice Department, were sentenced by Judge Pritchard in Washington. D. C., to two years’ imprisonment in the Moundsville (W. Yn.) penitentiary and to pay a fine of SIO,OOO each. The defendants immediately gave notice of appeal to the Court of Appeals and were released on $20,000 bonds each. PENNSYLVANIA TOWN BURNS. Seventeen Bnlldingn in Bnsiness Center of Nicholson Are' Destroyed. Fire destroyed the business portion of Nicholson, l’n.- Seventeen frame buildings werr rned, causing a loss estimated at $40,000. An overheated stove in the residence of Dr. Kelly was the cause of the fire. There is no fire apparatus in Nicholson, and assistance was sent from Scranton and Hallstend. Among the buildings destroyed were two clothing stores belonging to Leroy A Cohen, Frank C. Proper’s general store, Pratt's drug store, printing office of the Nicholson Examiner, large wool store and several dwellings. Explosion Causes a Panic. i An explosion of magnesium and alcohol used in taking a flashlight photograph at th'e clubhouse of the Strollers in New York during the progress of an entertainment was followed by lire and a panic among the 500 members and guests, during which the club’s private theater on the second floor, one of the most complete of its kind in the country, was completely wrecked. Governor Saves Negro Murderer. Governor of Mississippi, with a company of militia, transferred a negro murderer to the State capital to protect him from a mol) of a thousand men who proposed to burn him at the stake. Postoffice Conspirators Convicted. August W. Machen, George E. Lorenz and Samuel A. and Differ B. Gross were found guilty of conspiracy to defraud the government in the postal icasgl in Washington. An appeal will be taken. President Issues Canal Proclamation. President Roosevelt lias issued a proclamation putting into effect the Panama canal treaty, and ratifications were formally exchanged by Secretary liny andMinister Bunau-Yarilla.

' - Dick Nominated for Senator. Republican members of the Legislature In caucus in Columbus, Ohio, unanimously nominated Congressman Charles A. Dick of Akron for the United States Senate, to succeed Marcus A. Hanna. 730 Chicago Messeusrer Days Strike. Western Union messenger boys in Chicago, 750 in number, struck in sympathy with striking messengers nt the stock yards; there was no wage or hour complaint. “Old Abe’e” Remain* Dtirn. Wisconsin veterans of the Civil War mourn for “Old Abe,” the famous war eagle, whose remains were burned in the fire which damaged the State capital at Madison. Killed by Falling Scaffold. Fourteen men miraculously escaped death, one man was killed-and one injured when n high scaffold in the new postoffice building- in Chicago collapsed. The State of Trade. Dun’s Review of Trade says development of sprlug bn ! ness is slow, owing to cold weather; manufacturing reviving; war affects staples; cotton firmer. 922,000 Fire at Wapello, lowa. Fir# broke out in the general store of J. E. Garrett in Wapello, lowa, and before the tlames could be stopped $22,000 worth'of property was burned. Little Prince Henry la Dead. Prince Henry, the youngest son of Prince Henry of Prussia, died, aged 4 years. Tlio little prince had been unconscious several days as the result of injuries received in a fall while playing in the nursery. Hash Held Good Army Food. The commissary general of the army is in receipt of reports from subsistence officers who had to do with the recent experiments with hash. The reports nearly all were in approval of hash as ojo army food.

THE WAR IN THE FAR EAST

JAPS ARE REPULSED.

Mikado’s Fleet Attempts to Bottle Up Knshnns nt Port Arthur. ' The Japanese made another attack on Tort Arthur, and were- repulsed. The attack was made about two hours before dawn. All. sorts of conflicting reports in regard to the engagement have been received, but the most circumstantial account makes it appear that the Japanese attempted to repeat Lieut. Hobson’s famous exploit at Santiago; when lie sank the Merrimac in the narrow mouth of the harbor, hoping to bottle up the Spanish fleet. According to report, the Japanese loaded four steamers with stone and explo-’ sives and, supporting them with the torl>cdo boats and cruisers of the fleet, put on all steam and headed for the mouth of the harbor. The watch on the dis-. abled battleship Betziviui, lying nearest to the entrance of the harbor, was the first to discover the approach of the enemy. Though unable to nut to sea, the battery of the big warship is intact, and in a moment her huge gups, were playing furiously upon the approaching steamers, two of. which seemed to he heading directly for her. It was but a moment before the land batteries and the guns of every vessel, in the Russian fleet were in action. The Japanese warships of Admiral Togo's fleet, following dose in tho wake of the stone-laden steamers, were not slow in replying, and the darkness of tho night was lighted with the flashes of the guns from’rthe opposing fleets. The daring Japanese sailors- on board the steamers that were to he sacrificed in tlie attempt to block tho harbor kept boldly on. Probably in tlie darkness the Russians mistook the foremost vessels for the cruisers of the Japanese fleet and centered their fire upon them. Shot after shot pierced the wooden sides of the vessels and they were rapidly filling with water before the crews attempted to escape. Two of the vessels were sunk near the entrance to the harbor and a third went aground near the lighthouse on the little peninsula known as the tiger's-tail. The fate of the fourth is unknown. In order that Americans may realize what lias been going on in the roadstead and outer harbor of Tort Arthur since the beginning of the Russo-Japanese war they have only to recall the actions of the American fleet sdnllng the war with Spain in 1808. When hostilities began at that time Dewey immediately struck at the Spanish ships in Manila bay and destroyed them. In Cuban waters the problem of the destruction or ‘‘bottling up” of Admiral Cervera’s cruisers in Santiago harbor was of overwhelming importance. Admiral Sampson tried to bottle them up and Hobson's exploit with the Merrimac thrilled the world. Finally the Spanish ships made a dash for liberty and were smashed by the—Americans. Then land operations alone were left, the transports carrying troops being free from danger of attack. In like -mauncr the Japanese are work-

THE EMPEROR OF KOREA.

lng feverishly to destroy or bottle up the Russian warships under the guns of Port Arthur. Their need to do this is far greater than was the need of the Americans to-destroy the Spanish' ships. Should the Czar’s Black sen licet force its way through the Dardanelles and join the Czar’s Baltic fleet the combined power of the two might sutiice to take them to tiie relief of the "warships at Port Arthur and Vladivostok

COST OF BOMBARDMENT.

One Hour’s Engagement nt Port Arthur Costs ja n nn $330,000. An estimate of the cost to Japan of an hour's engagement nt Port Arthur, made by a New York uaval expert, is as follows: Size of No. of Cost per shell. shols. shot. Total. 12-Inch 102 sf>lo.oo $32,020 8-lnch 800 127.50 49,725 6-inch 4,200 86.00 151,200 8-inch 11,040 6.00 66,240 Whitehead torpedo 12 2,500.00 30,000 '■ Total , $349,185 Warships usually take op position nt distances of from 1;100 to I,GOO yards from the shore in making their attack. They regulate their fire with great difficulty in nny kind of sen. The straits of Pe Chi Li are not famed for their calmness, so, while the fire from the Japanese fleet might be powerful, it would be scattered and could - not be effective. It is estimated that the cost of ammunition is always several times as much as the damage done to fortifications.

AMERICA NOW IN EVIDENCE.

London Paper Comments on Attitnde _ of United States. The London Morning Post devotes a long editorial article to a historical record of the rn-pid growth of American activity in far eastern affairs, comparing the present attitude of the United States with their passive Interest in the .Chino-Japanese war. Tlio .paper remarks on the notable pro-Japanese feeling in the United States after such a long traditional friendship with Russia, and contends that American friendship for the Czar’s empire was always artificial. Admiral Dewey’s guns, the paper continues, literally shattered the Superstition that Russia _w«a the appointed friend and Great Britain the appointed enemy of the United State*.—-

men each with such a slaughter carried its own refutation. While, of course, there may be minor clashes between Russians and .Japanese in Ivorea at any tune, it has seemed probable that weeks might elapse before there would be any serious land fighting. Russia, undoubtedly, Is not ready for aggressiveness, and it will "be her policy to delay matters as long as possible so as to have herre-iiiforoon.eiiis on the ground before the serious work of land campaigning is begun. One report had it that orders had been issued to army and navy officers to remain on the defensive ■ until June, when naval rc-inforcements are" expected, to arrive in the East from Europe. Apparently, the Japanese have been contenting themselves with effecting as thorough an organization in Korea as possible. They have been extending the railroad from-Pusan northward toward the A alu River, so as to be able to hurry their men and supplies to the front when the serious campaigning should begin. The Japanese minister to England, A iscount Hayasai, says" that Japan wlirtalte her lime lit opening the campaign. "The shallow inlets,” he says, ‘are now frozen, retarding the disembarkation of our forces.” Meantime Russia is, grappling with the difficulty of moving ro-inforce-ments across the intervening space'of nearly 6,000 miles which lie between Port Arthur ami Vladivostock and SF. Petersburg. One report. Russia is its source, however, says that the Manchurian and Siberian roads are conveying troops without difficulty to the various points of concentration, and Prince Khilikoff, the Minister of Railroad Communication, states that the Siberian Railroad is able to move 30,000 troops a day toward their destination, but that the transit fpom western points to the Far East will require six weeks. These are widely ..different from , still another report which says that the movement of troops Is much slower than was expected, the anticipated average of 7,000 a day having fallen to 3,000. trnder 'Russia's new .plans for the land campaign "General Kurophtkln, Who resigned as Minister of War, assumes command of the entire military forces in the East. lie has the reputation of being one of the ablest officers in Europe, and in Russia he is almost worshiped by the soldiers. He has had wide military experiences in some of Russia's campaigns in Asia and in the war against Turkey in 1577. Several members of Russia’s royal family, Including Grand Duke Michael, brother of the Czar, and Grand Duke Alexis, set out for the seat of war. • A singular phase which one •would hardly associate with Russia is the wonderful wave of patriotic enthusiasm which Is sweeping over the country. Even the wild tribes of the Caucasus, Finns and Poles are offering their services to the common fatherland, while in St Petersburg forty-five Jewish physicians have offered to go to the front to care for the wounded. Rubles by the hundreds of thousands are being donated for Red Cross relief work. During the week the rumor was again renewed that Russia was negotiating for the passage of her Black Sea fleet through th«, Dardanelles. This fleet consists of several powerful battleships and a strong torpedo flotilla and should it be enabled to reach the East it might greatly alter the balance of naval power there. Late reports of the land movement by the Japanese show that troops landed at Posslet Bay, near Vladivostok, and advanced to Hungchun. The Russian government at Vladivostok fled tq temporary quarters at Khabarooka, on the Amur River, 600 miles north. The invaders marched on Kirin, to the west. Seventy miles of Trans-Siberian railway between Vladivostok and Harbin have been destroyed by the Japanese. These moves were believed to be preparatory to an attack on Vladivostok. Dalny was evacuated but the lt«s|jians boasted that they had mined the city so the Japanese would not dare occupy it. The Korean government ordered its soldiers to join the Japanese army in the field. Practically nothing Is known of Japan's plans on land or sea. An unconfirmed report, which Is probably false, states that the Japanese captured four Russian torpedo boats at Port Arthur by using the Russian signals. ■ It Is believed that the objective point of the Japanese troops which have been landed at Chemulpo is Ping-Yang, a place of great strategic value, south of the mouth of the Yalu River. As It seems to be authentically stated that a Cossack force has taken possession of Anju, to the north of Ping-Yang, It has seemed as though the first serious land fighting would likely take place in that vicinity.

CHEMULPO, KOREA, WHERE BIG JAP FORCE HAS LANDED.

LL of last week there was little news and less that was reliable coming front the seat of war in the Far East. Some of the reports dealing with alleged operations on land seemed to be the creations of imaginative writers, while others were so conflicting that it was difficult to know wliat part to accept and what part to reject. With considerable circumstantiality it was reported that Russian advance guards south of the Y'alu River were driven back, with tlie loss of 2,500 lives. There -Rare been -some-big battles fought in wbieb the loss of life was much less than tins, and the association of advance guards, which usually do not number oyer 100

TAKES CONTROL OF KOREA.

Japan Institutes a Viceroyalty in the Hermit Kihgldui, Japan has. instituted a viceroyalty in Korea. Mr. Tokugawa has been appointed resident viceroy in Seoul and Mr. Karu vice resident'; The latter for several weeks has stayed at the imperial palace iu Seoul to prevent the Emperor from fleeing on board a French warship. The Japanese have removed the Gingsburg Goal Company’s vessels front Chemulpo and also the Korean warships. The Japanese cruisers Suma and Idzuma arrived at Shanghai. One thousand Russian troops have arrived at Tongwu and 500 at Ransom The Korean government has decided to order the army to join the Japanese forces in the field. The army at present consists of about 20.000 mem trained in European manner. In 1800 the army was taken in charge by a Russian colonel. with three non-commissioned officers, but two years later ho retired, after doing much to improve tlie efficiency of the troops, One of the features of the army is the bodyguard of tlie Emperor. It consists of 1,000 picked men, all drilled to perfection and under perfect discipline. From time to time drafts from thisbodyguard are made for the standing army, tints helping greatly the drilling of tlie latter. The port of Wiju has been opened to foreign trade, but it has not yet been decided what ' limitations to place on commerce ami other im• i ( 1 enta 1 mat tecs. The opening of the port necessitated a harbor, and Yongampho was chosen. The Japanese minister at Seoul has requested the Korean government to hand tlie French minister his passports.

CHINA MAY FIGHT.

Dispatches Indicate that She Will Make War on Russia, Dispatches from the seat of war indicate that‘China is getting ready to make war on Russia. The most significant news contained in tlie telegrams is to tlie effect that five thousand Chinese cavalry watched by Japanese officers left Tientsin for Chang-Kwan on the Manchurian border and within easy striking distance of tlie Russian troops. Two thousand former Chinese soldiers are harassing tlie Russians at Liao Yang. Tho Chinese are guarding the Chinese railroad and have thousands of troops disposed of at good strategic points. At • Shanghai the Japanese have threatened to force obedience to Chinn's order to the Russian war vessel Mandjur to leave the harbor, by entering and driving her out. Viceroy Alexieff -has threatened the Chinese with severe punishment if they fail to recognize his requisitions. At Fokin tlie Dowager Empress held a reception which tlie Russian ambassador. M. Lessar, failed to attend. This is- regarded as most significant. China has ordered two cruisers to Shanghai to eject the Russian gunboat Mandjur from the harbor. The Russian colony at Seoul has taken refugein the legation at Chemulpo and in the offices ol' the Russian East China Company, which is guarded by sailors.

BIG ARMY LANDS IN KOREA.

Forty Thonsnnil Japs Said to Have Disembarked at Chemulpo. Cabling from Che-Foo, a correspondent of the London Morning Post says 40,000 moro Japanese troops have landed at Chemulpo and that he has received confirmation of the report that some Japanese have landed at Pigeon Bay, others at Talicn-wnn, and that an engagement occurred the night of Feb. 12. According to the London Standard’s correspondent at Seoul tho Japanese bombarded Port Arthur at intervals between Feb. 8 and 14, causing, however, only slight damage. The report is confirmed that seventy miles of railroad track and some important bridges have been destroyed between Harbin and Vladivostok. This will be a great advantage to the Japanese, as Vladivostok is known to be badly supplied and it, therefore, could not long resist a Japanese attack. There is still, however, no news of actual operations of any kind.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

While China means to be neutral, its inhabitants keep on taking boxing lessons. Coast defenses are being overhauled in Lisbon, Fayal and Lagos, which could serve as naval stations. Five thousand Wien* have bpen working day and night strengthening the defenses of the l'ort Amyir .garrison. Russians are reported nt Yongju, only twenty-five miles distant from PingYang, where the Japanese are mobilizing. Cablegrams from Amsterdam assert that everything is ready for tiie mobilization of the Dutch army. All leave is refused to officers. Tlio United States cruiser Cincinnati left Shanghai for Chemulpo ns the relief of the Zafiro, which is on her way back to Philippine waters. Japan sends envoys to London and New York to negotiate for loans to insure the strength of her war chest in case the struggle is prolonged. Mnj. Gen. Blngoeschensky, quartermaster general of the Kieff military district, lias been appointed to tlio important post of Inspector general of the Russian army in Manchuria. Russian merchants. In anger nt the Vicksburg incident at Chemulpo, \cancel large orders for American goods. Consul General Watts asks State Department for official explanation of nffnir. France turns to England In consternation when Russinn note is received declining longer to acknowledge the neutrality of Korea, the government fearing entanglements ns the ally of the Czar. The Jnpnnese fleet was repulsed In a second engagement at Port Arthur, following the attempt to close the harbor by sinking stone-laden ships, according to n dispatch to the Czar from Gcu. I* flung.

CONGRESS

In tlie ,Senate Tuesday Me-srs. Bacon , of Georgia. Berry of Arkansas an l Tel ler of Colorado spoke on the Panama canal treaty, after which the Senate went into executive sessidm When the-opeu session was resumed the agricultural appropriation hill was taken up, and an amendment providing for an addition .1 $50,000 for stock breeding experiments was opposed by Mr. Lodge of Massacliu sedts and Mr. Bailey of Texas. Alder some controversy the amendment was agreed to. The ’naval appropriation bill was taken tip in the House and two amendments providing for additional appropriations of $30,000 and $1,500,00(3 for the New York navy yard were defeated. Both were offered bj Mr. Fitzgerald of New York. An amendment offered by Mr. Hitchcock of Nebraska providing for the enlargement of the government gun factory at Washington was defeated. Mr Legare of South Carolina secured an amendment to the biff providing a total increase for the Charleston navy yard of $650,500. Most or Wednesday was spent in the Senate discussing an nmcnduient to the agricultural appropriation hill, striking out the House provision giving tlie Secretary of Agriculture authority to inspect imported food products when misbranded or suspected of impurity. J-’inal • ly the Senate ngreed to substituting tlie act of 1900 bearing upon the same point, but amended to make tlie provision applicable to impure food only, leaving out all regulations relating to misbranded and falsely labeled articles. Final action o:t the biff was postponed until Thursday. The great lakes training station went out of the naval appropriation bill after a wordy battle in the House. Mr. Burton of Ohio moved to strike out the provision for the single battleship authorized, ami his motion was left pending at adjournment. Mr. Cooper continued his. light against the great lakes training station, and was opposed by Mr. Foss and Mr. Crumpacker. Mr. Stafford of Wisconsin spoke in favor of Milwaukee as the site. Various amendments were disposed ol' as not in order, and finally Mr. Cooper insisted upon Lis point of order that the hnval station be ruled out of the bill. Mr. Burton then injected his motion to strike oiit the provision for one battleship, which brought forth a lively debate on tlie size of the world's navies—by Mr. Grosvenor and others.

When the Senate convened Thursday the agricultural' appropriation bill was taken up again, and after a number of minor amendments were made it was passed. An amendment offered by Air. Heyburn authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to prohibit interstate shipments of misnamed and misbranded fruit trees provoked a long discussion, in which Messrs; Ileyburn, Clark of Wyoming, Tillman, Lodge, Hale, Teller, Proctor and Bailey talked at-length -Oil economy of government. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill also was passed. Air. Meyer of Louisiana opened the debate on the naval appro* priatiou bill in the House, leading a campaign by the minority to reduce the number Of ships authorized. He wauled the bill recommitted wjth instructions to eliminate two cruisers, hut his amend,ment was defeated, as well as that offered by Air. Burton of Ohio to do away with the one battleship authorized, Air. Bishop of Michigan was the only other Republican to support Air, I»w«sal*, amendment. The Senate Friday considered at soma length the bill requiring the use of American ships ill carrying government - supplies, but took i»o action, as a quorum was not present. 'Jlhe bill was criticised _by Democratic. Senators as being in the nature of a subsidy, but Air. Hale, in charge of the measure, defended it against this attack, and championed it as being in the interest of American shipping. The House passed the naval appropriation bill after having it under consideration for a week. There was a party contest on a number of propositions while the body sat in committee of the whole considering The bill. The minority members made a special effort to secure an amendment to fix the price of armor plate at the figure bid by the Alidvale Steel Company. Several amendments were ruled out on points of order and the matter of armor plate was left to the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy.

In the Senate Saturday a motion by Mr. Carmack to recommit the bill requip ing the use of American vessels in transporting government supplies was defeated. An amendment by Mr. Hale to provide that the government be relieved from enforcing the operation qf the pro: posed law in where the charges by American vessels exceed thoso of foreign ships to the extent of 10 per cent was tabled. Efforts to fix the figures nt 15 and then nt 20 per cent also were defeated, ns was an amendment extending to 1909 the time for the law to take effect. An amendment excluding from the benefits of the hill American vessels employing Chinese other than those en- . titled to reside in the United States was offered by Mr. Patterson and defeated. Mr. Halo, in charge of the bill, consented to strike out the section authorizing tlio President to suspend the net and also consented to amend it so that in case of excessive charges the matter may be settled by existing laws. An amendment by Mr. Hoar, striking out the section giving the secretaries of war and navy the right to enforce the act, was adopted. Unanimous agreement was reached to yote on the measure the next Tuesday. By agreement the House considered pension bills, of which 209 ware pnssed.

In the National Capitol.

The naval bill was criticised In House by Fitzgerald, who declared United States is trying to outdo Germany. Grover Cleveland’s mngnzlne appeal for Democratic unity is regarded ns definite consent to become presidential candidate: Issues ho names are all old. The United States Supreme Court has handed down decisions in mnny Important cases. Among other things it denied a new trial to A 1 Adams, the convicted policy king, and Bottled the question of liability of railways on passes.