Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 March 1904 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. tIEO. lE. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

POISON IN CANDY BOX.

SOUTH DAKOTA GIRL EATS SWEETS SENT BY MAIL. Visa Rena Nelaon of Pierre Receives Bonbons Containing Corrosive Sublimate—Package Mailed at Boone, lowa. A ease which has come to light at Pierre, S. D., promises to equal the celebrated California case in which murder was committed by means of a box of poisoned candy sent through the mails. The victim in this case, Miss Rena Nelson, who lives with her parents on a farm six miles north of Pierre. The poisoned candy was received and eaten early in the week, but the matter has been kept quiet until the fact that the sweets contained poison had been established and the person suspected of sending it had been located. The box containing the candy was mailed at Boone, lowa, and, according to the State chemist at the agricultural college at Brookings, who analyzed what remained of the candy, the poison used was corrosive sublimate. Miss Nelson accuses a married woman, residing at Boone, lowa, of being the sendeT of the ..candy, and gives as a reason for the act jealousy because of friendship which existed between herself and the husband of the woman accused.

TRAINS LOST IN SNOW. Railroad in Central Montana Blocked tar Three Weeks. Between Lewistown, Mont., aiyj Lorn* bard, nobody knows just where, three trains, one freight and two mixed passenger trains, have been buried in snowdrifts for two weeks. For three weeks the railroad to Lewistown, the famous “Jawbone” road of central Montana, running 115 miles through Fergus County, has been completely blocked. Snowplows with big gangs of men have been bucking the drifts night and day, but snow falls almost daily. The missing trains have not been reached and it is probable they will not be until a thaw sets in, The two mixed trains carried about twenty passengers. The crew of the freight train managed to reach llarlowtown and procured provisions. It is believed the snowbound passengers on the other trains have succeeded in reaching some of the ranches, where they are being taken care of. SELLS WIFE-AND CHILDREN. North Carolina Man Pleased with a Bargain for Fishing Nets.. When John Outlaw of Currituck sCounty, North Carolina, became tired of his wife and two children some weeks age he sold the trio, together with ail his -love and affection for them, to his brother, Jerome Outlaw, He„received in exchange two fishing nets. The matter was reported to the authorities and warrants were-sworn oht. The' trial occurred at Currituck. It developed the fact that John Outlaw did not think there was anything wrong in the affair. Neither did Mrs. Outlaw nor Jerome Outlaw. When John Outlaw became aware that there was a possibility of the transaction being annulled by court he gathered up his fishing nets and decamped.

PEACE IN COAL FIELDS. Operators Reduce. Their Demands for Wage Reduction. A prominent Indiana coal operator is authority for the statement that the miners and operators_of Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and western Pennsylvania have come to an agreement on the wage scale for the coming year and that there is no chance for a strike. The terms are said to be a reduction of 5 cents a ton from the present scale and a decrease in other labor of about 0 per cent. Powder Explosion Is Fatal. As jthe result of an explosion of powder and dynamite at the magazine of the H. S. Iverbaugh Company, at Reads Hill, near Latrobe, Fa., one man. Patrick Quinlan, was killed and twenty-one .others were injured. Jacob Squibbs, l who was in bis home, half a mile from the scene of the explosion, was so badly hurt by his house being carried, from its foundation that he will die. Russian Port Bombarded. Five Japanese battleships and two rraisers bombarded Vladivostok for fiftyfive minutes' and retired without injury to either side. The Russian fieet did not participate as it previously had put 'to sea. looking for_Japanese merchant ves*el*- ' ' y Dreyfus Declared Innocent. Captain Dreyfus did not .write the bordereau, the treasonable dpeumerrt being the work of Esterlinzy. was the sensational admission made by the government before the Court of—Cassation in Paris. Death Penalty for Murder. “Lord - ’ Frederick Seymour liarrington, an alleged English nobleman, was sentenced to death- at St. Louis for the murder of a horseman. Incendiaries Destroy Playhouses. Incendiaries burned two big theaters in Elmira. X. Y. They first destroyed the Lyceum Theater and later tlfe Auditorium playhouse. Big Corporation Being Formed. The Henry Siegel Corporation is being formed at New York, with $10,750.000 capital to control and operate Siegelr a tores under one management. Race Question Discussed. A letter fmui Grover Cleveland denying that he entertained a negro at luncheon in the White House was read in the House of Representatives and precipitated an acrimonious debate on the race question. Klee in Wheat Hurts Spain. Owing to the great rise in the,price of wheat on the Spanish markets the government ha* presented n bill in the chamber of deputies which provides for a considerable reduction of the import duties on wheat and flour.

Progress of the War

THE fogs of doubt and uncertainty hung as heavily last week over the sent of war in the far East as at any time since the beginning of hostilitiesr No official news of land movements was permitted by either Russia or Japan to leak out, while the operations on sea by the Japanese, with the exception of an occasional attack on Port Arthur, were carefully screened. As a result the war correspondents in the East are forced to send out uncertain rumors, without having the time or opportunity of investigating them, much that is unreliable Is finding Its way into the history of the present struggle. Were all the reports of Japanese successes true, Russia would scarcely have a boat afloat in the East, outside the Viadivestoek fleet, and that, too, according to early reports, was blown up In the Tsugari straits. Some of Russian vessels at Tort Arthur must have been destroyed several times. Whatever may be the truth of these reports, it seems conclusively established that the Japanese failed to block the harbor at Port Arthur, else the Russian cruisers could not move so freely from the inner basin to the roadstead. Relative to the immunity of the Japanese vessels under Russian fire at Port Arthur, the reports do not by any means agree. Two separate reports came from Cliefoo that two Japanese warships, after the bombardment of last week Thursday, wore towed in a disabled condition to Susebo for repairs, and a paper published at Tien-Tsin states that the battleship Yashima and the cruisers Asauia and Tokiwa were damaged and that two torpedo boats were destroyed. According to a Chefoo dispatch the Russians discovered -a sunken Jananese torpedo boat in the outer *hatbor. Later the Japanese lminhardad Port-Aril)nr again and the cruiser Askold had a gun dismounted and two men injured. The Russians deny the loss of a torpedo boat In Pigeon bay. They state that a Jananese shot pierced the hull of a torpedo boat, but that the leak was stopped and the vessel returned to Port Arthur under her own steam. Meantime, according to reports, which neither country confirms, the Japanese have extended their sea operations to the north and are said to bo blockading the Russian naval base of Yiadivostock. No reports confirming the landing of the Japanese in force at Possiet bay, seventy-five miles south of Yiadivostock, have been received. The object of this movement, it was said at the time, was to advance Into the Interior, some 220 miles to Kirin, which is a town situated on a spur of the railroad running to Port Arthur. The country between Possiet bay and Kirin Is mountainous and poorly supplied with roads, so that the Japanese, If such a movement Is being conducted, must have at their disposal a strong force. In pushing on to Kirin the Japanese would flank the Russian army being concentrated on tho Yalu river, and they would lay their own base of communication exposed to the Russian troops at Yiadivostock. At the same time they would be advancing directly Into the teeth of the heavy reinforcements which Russia is pouring down the Port Arthur branch of the Manchurian railway. There seems to be the same dearth of positive information regarding land operations as sea movements. No two reports agree as to the strength

RUSHING TROOPS TO SCENE OF WAR.

Russia has strained every nerve to get troops into Korea. Her Cossacks are the flower of her army. They are said to be the finest cavalrymen in the world. This Is a sketch of a regiment of Coasacks entraining at Irkutsk for the scene of conflict. 1 - grr ' ..... ~

of Japan's forces in Korea or of Russia’s in Manchuria. Probably outside government circles the knowledge does not exist, and neither government is outlining either its land strength or its plans. That the Japanese are availing themselves of their temporary mastery of the sea, hastening reinforcements to Korea, is certain; that Russia is straining every nerve to hurry her troops from Europe to the East is eqtially so. Advance parties, of the Japanese and Russians are getting glimpses of each other in Northern Korea and mounted Cossacks are reported as seizing telegraph lines wherever they penetrate. Reports state that Russian mounted cavalry (presumably Cossacks) have appeared at Anju and that a strong force has been dispatched to Eastern Korea. Both sides are apparently maneuvering for position, and it is probable that somewhere near I’ing Yang the first serious engagement on land will be fought. The Japanese are said to have landed 120,000 troops in Korea, and transports are leaving Japanese ports at regular intervals with reinforcements. Russia is moving much slower than Japan in this military movement. Gen. Kouropatkiri, who will have supreme control of the land operations in the East, will not leave for the front for a couple of weeks yet, as it Is his wish to have 400,000 troops at his disposal before actively entering on tbe campaign. That Russia does not intend to force the fighting is evidenced by tbe notification given to our Ambassador at St Petersburg relative to tbe American officers who are to make observations with the Russian troops. They are not expected to attach themselves to the Russian army before April 15. Meantime there seems to be a consensus of opinion among military experts that Japan is preparing for an investment of Port Arthur by sea and laud. In fact, in certain quarters the belief is strong that the movement for the land investment is already under way. The Russian commander, Gen. Stoessel, who directs the garrison, has issued a proclamation outlining this purpose of the Japanese, and called upon the troops to fight to a finish. “I, as commandant,” he said, “will never give an order to surrender.”

The Whitehead torpedo, the terrible engine of destruction and terror of modern warfare, used by the Japanese navy.

MARCH AND RIDE BY TURNS.

The Russian Fo’dlcrs Do Not Make Through Trip by Train. The wife of a Russian officer of high rank, who has just returned to St. Petersburg from Port Arthur, leaving thnt town the.day after the first attack by the Japanese, say?, that innumerable troop trains passed her ail the way, this method of transportation being supplemented, so far ns possible, by the soldiers marching and entraining alternately. When an east-bound train arrives nt a wayside station' the soldiers detrain to march to the next stage, their places being taken by men who had been marching from the last stage. The soldiers are thus kepi in better condition. The railway between Samara and Zlatoust, European Russia, and the Siberian lines, with all the territory appropriated by the government for the purposes of these railways, have been placed under mart ini. law, in order to tasure the regular running of military trains. The Hebrew community nt Gfnjevo, Russia, crowded the synagogue Saturday to pray for a Russian victory. The rabbi compared the Japanese to the Amalekites, “the memoyy of whom would be wiped out." The congregation raised a subscription for war purpose*.

Told in a Few Lines.

Fearing violence, the Czar has Issued a decree forbidding patriotic celebrations in the streets. ~ A cable to a Paris paper states that Chinese generals, Ma and Tlijang, desire permission to aid Japanese. Vladivostok and Dalny are being deserted by terrorized inhabitants, who are fleeing before the Japanese advance. George Poole, a British merchnnt, has reached London from Dalny after a three weeks’ journey, and describes the panic there when fighting began. Observers nt Lake Baikal declare that hundreds of Russian soldiers are rendered unfit for service through the suffering they endure in crossing Lake Baikdl. A jumble of conflicting war news keeps London puzzled ns to th« real de velopments in the far East. The seizure of British colliers gives the English press food for discussion ns _,to the articles property contraband of war. The prills of provisions nt Irkutsk. Siberia, are rising by leaps and bounds. A fortune of SIO,OOO was made iu n few days by n man who bought up ail the available felt used for lining. The government ordered the inside of railroad cars lined with felt and the authorities were forced to buy all the apcculator’a stock nt double price.

KEEP PLANS SECRET.

Bl| Movement of Troops tn Preparation for Detialve Fijeht. A Nagasaki cablegram, via Shanghai, says that an extraordinary movement of Japanese troops to the coast is now com-

GEN. KOUROPATKIN

Fusan will he made the secondary base for the dispatch of troops along the east coast and for Vladivostok. The railways have been wholly monopolized by the transportation of these troops. The men

MANCHURIAN RAILWAY GUARDS.

are not permitted to leave the trains, even dining and sleeping on board. The civilian traffic between Tokio and Kobe has been reduced to a minimum. Immense activity prevails at all points of embarkation. At Kobe and other ports tons of food of all kinds and other supplies have been collected. The censorship has become increasingly strict and all correspondents have been ordered to proceed from Nagasaki to Tokio on pain of instant dismissal. The officials have made use of every device to mystify the public. They even go so far ns to place wrong numbers on troop trains in order to mislead everyone as to the strength of the forces sent to the front.

ENTIRE ARMY CALLED OUT.

Czar Issues an Imperial Order Which Will Mobilize All Russia's Troops. The Czar lias issued an imperial order which practically calls out all the troops at Russia's disposal and orders them to prepare for immediate service in the far East. The ukase caused much comment in the capital city, not particularly among army and navy officers, but it awed civilians. It foreshadows a long war and "indicates that the government Is fully aware of the difficulty which will attend the expected triumph of Russian arms in the conflict with Japan. Officially the order seemed on innocent one. It summoned the reserve subalterns and first-class reserve men of European Russia to the colors for a six weeks’ course of training. A similar order was issued to the naval reserves. On the face of it this order does not seem to mean much. But military men and diplomats know it means that everything is being made ready for the mobilization of the entire Russian army. The order was undoubtedly a shock tocivilian Russia. When the war started it wasNfully believed that the victory

RUSSIANS IMPRESSING CHINESE.

over Japan was a matter of but a few weeks. As the days passed and news of Russian victories did not materialize, the public laid it simply to the supposition that the Czar’s navy and troops were waiting only until they felt that they could deliver a crushing blow to the forces of the Mikado, and thereby end the war in a few months nt the most. But this order opened the eyes even of tho civilians—tho military contingent had long realized thnt the war would be ~a long and costly one.

Censorship Abolished.

The Russian government has abolished the censorship upon all news and other telegrams going abroad. The lifting of the embargo which has existed for generations upon the free transmission of news from the Russian empire came ns a direct result of consideration of the subject by the Czar himself, nnd in some respects this abolition is regarded here ns the most important act since the emancipation of the serfs. Under a regime allowing perfect freedom to the foreign press it is believed that Russia soon will cease to be constamiy subject to underground attack, nnd that she will see herself through honest spectacles. Ooi. Theodora Brubnck, one or the wealthiest nnd best known mining men of Utah, was accidentally killed at Park City while mnking an inspection of the Daly-West mine, of which he was an officer. While ascending a ladder, Mr. Bruback lost his hold and fell a distance of fifteen feet, striking on his bend and breaking his neck. The final report of for the Prescott elevator "tft Ogdensburg, N. Y., shows that nothing it left for the stockholders, nnd that the- bondholders will receive about 60 per cent.

pleted. It includes the first reserves. The second reserves are now being mobilized at Tokio. The Sendai and Kumamoto divisions of the army, the best fighting men in the service, already have been transported to Chemulpo, which will continue to be the principal base in Korea.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEP.

About 25,000 tons of British coal are now being loaded on Jaivnese steamer* at London for Japan. —~ Japanese mobilization Is unaccompanied by the flauntiDg of banners, wiv sic or demonstrations. Japanese officers and sailors who imbned the fated transports* at Port Arthur expected to meet death. Tokio banks report the national loan of 100,000,000 yen (40,800,000), has been covered nearly four times. All the ' Americans formerly at SunChun, with the exception of one family, have arrived at Ping-Yang. . The first complete train traversed Lake Baikal on the ice railroad Tuesday. It consisted of twenty-five cars. A further consignment of guns and ammunition has been dispatched from St. Petersburg to the far East. Japan, finding that she hns no use for so many auxiliary cruisers, will return many of them to the merchant marine. Russia will consider the proposed cable from Japan to Guam contraband of war if the United States gives consent for its construction. Russians are advancing on Korea and troops already have penetrated south of Anzu, While a landing has been effected on the east coast. Orders to Consul Edwin V. Morgan to proceed to Dalny were recalled by the government, the right of Russia to object being recognized. Alexieff has issued a proclamation to the Chinese in Manchuria warning them that they must aid Russian forces or extermination will follow. That the nations of Europe are abandoning their fear of complications growing out of the war is shown by France and England resuming work on their treaty. A committee of Slavonic citizens of New York City, headed by Francis J. Nekarda, announced their intention of raising $200,000 as a war fund in aid of Russia. The Red Cross Society at St. burg lias ordered its Siberian agents to prepare 1,000,000 additional pounds of

RUSSIANS REPAIRING RAILROAD.

grain and large quantities of meat and sterilized milk. The Czar was overcome with emotion at the friendly spirit shown in Emperor William’s recent letter to him on the war in the far East. When lie read it lie burst into tears. Apparently official utterance in a Berlin paper states that the policy of German government is not to stir up strife in the war, and that peace in the Balkans is its aim. A witness of the engagement between The Russian cruiser Novik and tbe Japanese fleet in the harbor at Port Arthur praises the handling of the cruiser and the daring of its crew. Japanese have landed 20,000 troops at Chemulpo and are confining disembarkation to that of transports and supplies. Eight thousand troops believed to be marching toward Ping-Yang. An exhibition is being arranged at St. Petersburg of all the Russian art objects which it was intended to exhibit nt St. Louis. The proceeds will be devoted to the Red Cross Society. Novoo Vremyn, an important Russian newspaper, castigates Secretary of State Ilay for his recent diplomatic work and charges that the Washington officials are showing hostility to the Russians. The British commercial agent at Vladivostok has arrived at Nagasaki and reported that the commander of the Russian garrison at Vladivostok had ordered all British subjects to leave that port. According to the stipulations of the protocol the Japanese minister at Seoul has notified the Korenn government that the building of a railroad from Seoul to Wiju for military use will be begun forthwith. A detachment of 1,000 Spanish troops arrived at Ceneriffe, Canary Islands, to re-enforee the garrison in accordance with the plans of tHe Spanish government to protect Spain’s neutrality duriug the war in the far East. - Viceroy Alexieff reports to the Czar that the Japanese attempted to send n fleet of four ships laden .with Inflammables into the harbor nt Port Arthur. They were destroyed by the Russian guns and the convoy was driven back. The price of horses is rising rapidly at Irkutsk in Siberia. Over S4O is now offered, while a week ago S2O to $25 was the price. This is explained by the demand for horses nt Lake Baikal and the probable requisition for the army. Seven wounded engineers arrived at Sasebo from the stone-laden merchant steamers sunk off Port Arthur Feb. 24. They report that the sinking of the vessels was managed by wires connecting them with the Japanese torpedo-boat destroyers. Pilgrims from various parts of Russia are arriving nt Snroff to solicit the intervention of St. Seraphim in behalf of their relatives. St. Seraphim was ennonized by the Czar Inst summer on account of his fame as a miracle worker. The Noble* Club nt Moscow has voted $50,000 for the navy fund and $25,000 for the Red Cross Society. A tobacconist named Bostanioglo has given 2,000,000 cigarettes and a sugar .refiner, M. Tcreschhenke has donated a car load of sugar for the Red Cross Society. Grand Duchess Berg* is sending a field church to tbe front for the use of the anny.

CONGRESS

_The Senate Wednesday took up the hill tor the .amendment of the laws governing the dairy business in the District of Columbia, and it was debated at length. The bill for the regulation of Philippine shipping was the principal subject of consideration. It brought up a somewhat general discussion of the Philippine, question, and was amended so as to defer for a year the time when the hi!! shall take effect. An amendment by Mi. Carmack postponing the operation of the hill unfit 1000 was laid on the table by a vote of 37 to 15. At Mr. Mallory's suggestion the bill was so amended as to except supplies for the army and navy so.as tu prevent conflict with the hill regulating the shipment of government supplies which was passed on Tuesday. A large number of private pension hills were passed. The House devoted its time to consideration of the District of Columbia appropriation hill in committee of the whole, but did not conclude action on the measure. It amended the hill l>y unanimous vdte so ns to fix the maximum rates which may die el hi rgciLAha-Dist i ic t .if Columbia for telephone serve e or tor telephones in private residences at from $2." to ?u0 per annum.

For almost four hours Thursday the Senate, while technically engaged on the navifhappropriation bill, discussed a wide range of subjects, including the policy of the United States in the Philippines and the Russo-Japanese war. The principal participants were Messrs. Hale, Bacon, Lodge, Depew. Patterson, Perkins and Money. Mr. Ilalc. in charge of the naval bill.-criticised-the plans of the naval board as tending to an establishment beyond the needs of the country. Mr. Lodge, Mr. Depew and Mr. Perkins defended the naval officers. Mr. Lodge declared a large navj essential to the maintenance of peace. In the House was read a letter from Grover Cleveland to Representative \\ ebb of North Carolina, denying that C. 11. J. Taylor, a negro, had dined with him at the. White House while he was President. as charged by Representative Scott of Kansas a few days ago. Mr. Scott offered his apology to the former President, saying he'never-before had heard the statement denied. A disousfflnn of tho race question followed. Tho House passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill and took up the Indian appropriation bill.

Practically the entire time of tlie Senate Friday-was given to 'consideration of the question of the selection of a site for a naval training station on the great lakes. Most of the Senators from States bordering on the lakes participated in a controversy over an effort to secure as aiLamendment to the committee amendment a provision authorizing tin* -appointment £>T a new comiinSkidii to select a site. This amendment was offered by Mr. Quarles (Wis.l, and its origin was due to the fact that a former commission had given preference to Lake Bluff, 111. Mr. Foraker contended for t lie advantage of l’nt-in-Bny, Ohio. The committee amendment was modified so as to make it apply to all of the great lakes and not alone to Lake Michigan. The House had under consideration the Indian appropriation bill, the reading of which for the purpose of amendment was pending on adjournment. During The general debate Mr. Martin (Rep.. S. D.) spoke on his resolution directing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to investigate the causes of the differences which exist between the price of live cattle and dressed lieef. Mr. Hodges (Itep., Iowa) spoke in opposition to the “lowa i'dea r .V’ Mr. Robinson find.) declared a monopoly exists in the coal business in the Indian Territory, • and saiii the subject should be investigated

The Senate Saturday agreed to the report of the conference committee on the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. A bill was passed authorizing the Prc ident to extend an invitation to tiie international Congress of hygiene to meet in Washington in UK)!). The naval appropriation bill was taken up, and the discussion assumed n political aspect. Mr. Clay held that the Monroe doctrine was not in danger, and that nothing is so likely to make trouble with other powers ns an immense navy manned by many ambitious men. Mr. Depew replied to Mr. Clay and declared that the country will have if large merchant marine some time and should have n navy big enough to protect it. The House passed the Indian appropriation hill after some controversy relative to provisions affecting tribes in the Indian Territory. An unsuccessful effort was made by Mr. Stephens (Texas) to eliminate the provision for continuing the. Dawes commission another year. Among the important amendments adopted were those removing restrictions on the disposition of lands of allottees in the Indian Territory who are iy>t of full Indian blbod and vesting authority in the Secretary of the Interior heretofore resting with the Dawes commission in the matter of the sale of lands belonging to the Creek Indians. Tbe provision nu-‘ thorizing the renting of certain lands in the Indian "Territory which have been allotted to full blood Indians of a number of tribes was stricken from the hill on a point of order. There was a spirited contest over the question of the maintenance of n warehouse at Omaha. The members of the” Nebraska delegation were opposed by Mr. Mann (Ill.) and Mr. Sherman (N. Y.), but the former won their tight in behalf of Omaha.

In tho Natlonnl Cnplt-d. Pnnmnn treaty ratifications bare been exchanged nnd tiie United State* now has clear title to canal zone across the isthmus. ( Little legislation for the t’bilipplnes is expected of present Congress;- Republicans do not desire to propose- legislation on eve of national campaign. The Senate committee on appropria. tious reported the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. It cat ries $28,730,233. a net increase over tb« House bill of $447,578.