Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1904 — Page 2

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

MILLIONS TO HEROES

CARNEGIE FOUNDS FUND TO REWARD VALOR. All Who Risk Life to Save Others May Benefit —ls Rescuer Is Slain Dependent Kin Will Be Supported—See Miracle Picture. _____ 'Andrew Carnegie lias established a “hero fund" of $5,000,000 for men and ■women who risk their lives in saving others. If the hero is killed the fund will provide support for those dependent on liTm; if he is injured it will maintain him until he recovers; if lie escapes injury he will receive a medal, and whatever his fate his name will be recorded on a roll of honor to be maintained at the Pittsburg offices of the commission in whose hands Mr. Carnegie has placed the fund and the execution of his intentions. Charles L. Taylor is president of the commission, which consists of twenty men. The commission will reward heroism in the United States and Canada and on the sea out of the fund. It will provide for widows and children of men “losing their lives in heroic effort to save their fellow men.” and also look after the injured heroes and distribute medals for heroism. STRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Two Principal Leagueo. The clubs of the National League now stand thus: W. L. • W. L. New York... 3 0 Chicago 1 2 Cincinnati ..2 1 Philadelphia. I, 2 St. Louis.... 2 1 Pittsburg ... 1 8 Boston 2 .2 Brooklyn ... 1 3 The table below shows how matters stand in the American League: \V. L. W. L. ■ Philadelphia. 2 0 Chicago 1 2 Boston 2 1 New York... 1 2 Cleveland ..2 1 St. Louis.... 1 2 Detroit 2 1 Washington.. 0 2 PEARY DELAYS POLAR TRIP. Inability to Get Funds Causes Voyage North to Be Postponed Till 1005. Commander Peary announced the other day that it wQuld be impossible for him to start for the north pole this summer, ns the guarantee fund of $200,000 had not yet been fully subscribed. He will seud a preliminary expedition north in July to establish a coal depot on the • coast of Greenland, opposite Cape Sabine, and soon will let - the contract for -his own ship, ih which he will start for the pole with his main expedition in July, 1005. * AWED BY A MIRACLE PICTURE. Milwaukeeans Crowd Humble Cottage to Behold Print of Madonna. Mrs. Mary Badeau's cottage at 520 Lapham street, Milwaukee, has been visited by churchmen from all over the city since Palm Sunday to behold a print of the miracle madonna at Rimini, Italy. On Easter Sunday a hah) of gold and wreathes of roses surrounded the figure, nt another time the figure of Christ stood beside the madonna, and the eyes have been seen to move, according to witnesses. Kills Girl at Her Request. Ed Gallons, who murdered Lake Kinsey and his daughter. Fannie Kinsey, lias confessed at Jackson, Miss., that after he killed her father in the field he went to the house where the girl was and told her of his deed. At first the two planned to run away and he married, ljut the girl changed her mind and asked lifin to kill her, which lie did. Indianapolis Hospital Burns. One woman »•; dead and six more wore pgob.ably fatally hurt in a fire panic in St. Vincent's hospital at Indianapolis. Rescue of the endangered invalids was marked by many acts of heroism. The Occidental Hotel also was destroyed by flames. Iroquois Theater Changes Hands. The Iroquois Theater ih Chicago has been sold to Rich & Harris of New York and Boston. The playhouse will he reconstructed, refurnished and opened early next fall as a vaudeville theater under another name. Shoots Robbersj Saves $3,000. In n battle at Hazleton, Pa., in broad daylight with five highwaymen John Gaffney, aged 18, shut and killed two of his assailants and put the others to flight. He carried $3,000 for the pay roll of the G. 15. Markle Coal Company. Gives His Employes Stock. Mayor Jones of Toledo, the “golden advocate,” has made tie employes of the S. M. Jones Company a gift of SIO,OOO worth of stock of the company. The gift is a clean present, the Mayor stating that there are “no strings" to it. Fatal Choking on Hologna. Rcnn Johnson, the 12-year-old •■•ngfiter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Johuron. residents of Sioux ’Falls, S. I)., is dead as the result of a chunk of bologna lodging in her windpipe. Bad Language Is Expensive. Mrs. Louis Michells was given a verdict of $2,500 at Alexandria, La., against a man who “prostrated her with abusive language. ” Kills Sweetheart and Self. Clyde Ore,. 35 years old. who hails front Wisconsin, shot and killed Addie Blossom, 23 years old, in Batavia,' N. Y., and then killed himself. Uncle Sam Will Pay Cuba. The United Stntes is arranging for the payment to Cuba of $137,000, which amount was incurred by Cuba in purchasing private projterties within the sites of the United States naval stutious ft Guantanamo and Buhia Honda. Aaron Burr Indictment Found. The original indictment of Aaron Burr for treason wna found in the archives Richmond, Vn.

GREAT SEA BATTLE

Russian Ship Petropavlovsk Sunk with All on Board. MAKAROFF IS DEAD. Czar's Losses Are Reported to Reach Into the Hundreds. Rnssia Loses First-Class Battleship and Her Naval Commander Is Drowned— One of the Reports Was to the Effect that the Big War Craft Struck a Mine Placed by the Czar’s Own Men—Grand Duke Cyril Wounded. Official dispatches received at the Czar’s palace in St. Petersburg Wednesday told of the severest blow to Rus-

AUMIRAL TOGO.

Tlie sinking of the Patropavlovsk followed an attack by the Japanese fleet at daybreak. Vice Admiral Makaroff went out of the harbor on the Patropavlovsk to meet the enemy. The Patropavlovsk struck a mine in the outer roadstead, heeled over, turned turtle, aud sank. The Petropavlovsk was flying the flag of Vice Admiral'Makaroff. The Petropavlovsk, which had twice previously born reported damaged in Japanese attacks in Port Arthur, was a first-class battlship of 10,000 tons displacment and 14.213 indicated horse power. She was 307 feet long, had 00 feet beam and her armored belt was of about sixteen inches of steel, with ten inches of steel armor on her turrets. Her armament consisted of four twelve-inch, twelve six-inch, four smaller guns aud six torpedo tubes. The complement of the Petropavlovsk, when fully manned, was 700 men. She was built at St. Petersburg and was completed in ISOS. One account says twenty"men escaped from the disaster to the Petropavlovsk. Grand Duke Cyril was only saved from dentil by a miracle. His brother, Grand Duke Boris, witnessed the catastrophe through a marine glass. Grand Duke Cyril was first-officer.-of—the Petropavlovsk. Although injured during the engagement he was rescuei and taken nsliore in a small boat. Early dispatches failed to toll of any other damage except that connected with the loss of the battleship. The effect

JAP TROOPS LANDING AT CHEMULPO, KOREA.

of tlie lire of tlie Japanese fleet oil the Russian vessels and the town at Port Arthur was not mentioned. Rumors of the catastrophe reached St. Petersburg early Wednesday and great excitement prevailed. First reports had it that Grand Duke Cyril had been killed, and when it was found that he had been wounded only slightly thanksgiving services were held in the pahice of his father, Grand Duke Vladimir. " i

Will Shoot Correspondents.

The Russian government has given notice that newspaper correspondents using wireless telegraphy will be treated as spies apd shot. This notice was served on the State Department in Washington by Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador, and It is understood that similar communications were made to all foreign offices.

Delay Caused by Sickness.

It is asserted in Tien-tsiu that the reason of tlie delay in tlie movements of the Japanese army in Korea is that over 12 per cent of the troops are suffering from a malignant sickness, described as being a species as beri-beri.

Branch Stores for Russian Soldiers.

The Economic Military Society hns mode arrangement* to establish branch ’■tores wherever detachments of Russian 'troops operate in the for East, which will sell article* of personal need to officer* at cost price.

sian arms since the beginning of the war. The first-class battleship Petropavlovsk was sunk at Port Arthur, Vice Admiral Makaroff went down with his ship, and only four office r s escaped. Grand Duke Cyril, one of the two members of the imperial family at the front, was wounded.

MAP SHOWING THE DELTA Of THE YALU RIVER AND THE LOCATION OF TOWNS THAT FIGURE IN THE WAR DISPATCHES.

The map shows an enlargement of the region at the mouth of the Yalu river and the location of Wiju, Yongampo arid Antung, about which towns the war dispatches nowadays have much to say. The Japanese occupy the two former places, while the Russians command Antung, on the north bank, and the question of crossing the river is the momentous issue for either belligerent. Wiju was declared n free port on the 22d of August last, and at the Same time the Korean government established a custom house at Yongampo. These incidents materially increased the tension between Russia and Japan at that time. Antung is merely a place of strategic importance, being practically only* a collection of hovels, but the Russians are now reported to be massed there in force. It is said that the Russians have mined the mouth of the Yalu, aud if this be so a glance at the delta will show the difficulty that Japan may experience in attempting to enter the river and land troops in Manchuria.

ADMIRAL MAKAROFF.

KOREAN PALACE BURNED.

Imperial Family Flee from Fire of Incendiary Origin. The imperial palace at Seoul, Korea, was destroyed by fire the other night. Yi-Hi-Y'oung, tlie Emperor; Empress Oin. Y'i-Si-Ek and the imperial household es-* raped to the American legation. The tire was of incendiary origin. The British legatiofi was saved by hard work on the part of the Japanese, French and Italian

soldiers. These forced an entrance to the palace inclosure and tore down the smaller buildings in juxtaposition to the palace. The j>alaee cost about $250,000 when built. No estimate is given as to the value of the contents. Several of the officials are free in their assertions that the tire was the work of persons recently returned to Seoul after banishment, persons, forming a guild, were banished by royal edict a month and more ngo, but recently returned and have since been suspected of intrigue with proRussian influences. However, the suspicions directed toward the members of the guild come from those officials pronounced in their pro-Japanese sympathies. The Korean Emperor will occupy the American legation for the present. Japanese troops are now guarding the imperial inclosures and the buildings Mr. Conger, the American minister nt Pekin, cables the State Department that Mr. Miller, the United States consul nt Newchwang. hns been notified by the Russian authorities that mines have been placed in the river,, but that neutral shops will be conducted in and out safely. Captain George G. Gntley, artillerycorps, who was designed ns one of the four American officers to act as military attnche with the Russian armies in the field, will not be able to go on this duty, ns he is reported fb be quite ill it Manila.

CZAR’S GREAT LOSS.

Disaster at Fort Arthur a Stunning Blow to Russia. Both in tlie actual losses inflicted and in its moral effect tlie catastrophe which resulted in the death of Vice-Admiral Makaroff and almost his entire crew and the destruction of the battleship Petropavlovsk is the severest blow Russia has sustained since the opening of the war. Tlie Port Arthur squadron lias been weakened by the loss of one of its strongest battleships: The lives of about 800 officers and seamen have been wiped out. To heighten the disheartening effect of these calamities Russia has lost the commander who had shown higher capacity and had done more to strengthen and revive Russian hopes than any other man. Apparently the Japanese have performed a historic feat of war. Recent dispatches have indicated that Vice-Ad-miral Togo's fleet, greatly augmented in preparation for a supreme effort to block the harbor mouth at Tort Arthur, was already on its way thither. Either Admiral Makaroff had deliberately gone outside the inner harbor to meet it or else lie was decoyed out by the sight of an inferior force of Japanese ships pursuing Russian scouting vessels, Such scouring trips to the southward ns far as the Minotao islands have been frequent. One -may suppose that the daring Russian commander hoped to destroy some of the Japanese warships by coining upon them unawares or that he was oil the -lookout for a Japanese army on transports bound for the Liaotung gulf. Official dispatches received at St. Petersburg in cipher and given out Thursday tell of a far greater disaster to the Russian navy at Port Arthur than was known Wednesday. First came news ol the sinking of tlie battleship Petropavlovsk and the drowning of Vice-Admiral Makaroff and 791 men and officers. Next came news that tlie battleship Pobieda had been disabled, probably permanently, by running upon a mine. Tin; torpedo boat destroyer Vestrachni was surrounded by the enemy and sunk. Frince Ouktomsky, Rear Admiral, who took command of the fieet after the death of Vice-Admiral Makaroff, reported that the torpedo boat destroyer Vestrachni was sunk during a fight with Japanese torpedo boats, and that the first-class battleship Pobieda ■ struck n mine, which caused a tremendous explosion, tearing a great hole in her side. The Russians are appalled, though a little consolation is gotten from the report, which adds that the Pobieda was able to reach the harbor without loss of life among her crew. The Pobieda is a first-class battleship, built in 1900 and commanded by Captain Zatsarerinl. It had a displacement of 12,070 tons, being larger than the Petropavlovsk. The Czar telegraphed to Viceroy Alexieff ordering him to go to Port Arthur immediately and assume command of the squadron pending the appointment of Mnkaroff's successor. Rear Admiral Uriu sent to Tokio a brief report of the fight off Port Arthur, saying that the Japanese fleet under Admiral Togo sunk the Russian first-class battleship Petropavlovsk aud the Russian torpedo boat destroyer Vestrachni. Admiral Uriu reports that there were no losses among the Japanese. There was great rejoicing in Tokio.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

Frequent skirmisfles are reported between Sakju and Wiju. More Russian cavalry has been dispatched to the far East. It is believed in Tokio that fighting hns commenced on the Ynlu river. According to statements made by Koreans, the Russians are utilizing trained dogs to act as messengers and order bearers. A report from Gen. Kouropntkin says fifty Japanese scouts were drowned or shot to death in an engagement on the Ynlu river opposite Wiju. A dispatch from Harbin says that the Pekin government is showing a more conciliatory spirit and that the local Chinese authorities are posting neutrality proclamations daily. The foreign office nt St. Petersburg denies the report circulated by the St. James’ Gazette of London that Great Rritnin and Russia have reached nu agreement covering' the Thibetan expedition. That the Avar in the Orient has had a stimulating effect on various kinds of trade in the Pacific northwest becomes apparent as statistics of -Japunesc purchases come to light. One Seattle firm has had n credit of $250,000 placed with It by representative* of the Japanese government to be used in the purchase- of bu unties.

29 DIE ON U. S. SHIP.

TERRIBLE EXPLOSION ON BATTLE CRAFT MISSOURL * Charge Blows Up While Tars Are Loading for Practice on Target Range— Tnrret? f Holds Heap of Dead After the Blast. Twenty-nine men were killed and five injured Wednesday by a dual powder explosion on tlie battleship Missouri, commanded by Captain William S. Cowles, brother-in-law of President Roosevelt. But for tlie prompt flooding of the magazine the vessel would have been blown up and sunk with its crew of over 500 men. The first explosion was of a charge of 400 pounds of powder being used to discharge one of the twelve-inch guns in the after turret. Tlie second explosion was of 1,000 pounds of powder in the handling room below the breech of the gun. • The heat of the second explosion was so intense that it melted tlie brass railings alongside the magazine, and but for % t.he flooding of the fiery pit with water almost instantly must have set off the magazine itself. n Disaster Due to Disobedience. The disaster is similar to though much more severe than that which took place some time ago on the battleship Massachusetts. Apparently it was caused by disobedience of instructions issued by tho navy department for the loading of the guns immediately after the Massachusetts affair was cleared up. Captain Cowles, however, lias not consented to be Interviewed on this point. In this connection it is recalled that Captain Cowles barely escaped being court martialed recently because of a collision between the Missouri and the battleship Illinois. The Missouri rammed and injured the Illinois, but Captain Cowles explained that he was not responsible, because the steering ge.ur of his vessel was out of order. Gives Details of Explosions. The Missouri was on the target range off Pensacola, Fla., with the Texas and Brooklyn at practice about noon, when a charge of powder in the twelve-inch left-hand gun ignited from gases, exploded, and, ch-opping below, ignited four charges of powder in the handling room and caused them to explode. Only one man of the entire turret and handling crew survives. Lieut. Hammer, the ordnance officer, gave out a of the explosion and its probable cause. According to liim about noon after the first pointer of tlie after twelve-inch piece had fired his -string and the second pointer had fired the third shot of his string the charge ignited. Explodes While Men Are Loading. Tlie fourth shot was being loaded and from all indications tlie first half of the cliarge - had. been rammed home and the second section was being rammed home, when gases from the shot previously fired or portions of the cloth cover ignited the powder. * The breeefi was open and a dull roar gave notice of something unusual. No loud ' report was made, but flames were seen to leap from every portion of the turret. A few seconds later another explosion, more fierce, occurred. This was in the handling room below, where 1,000 pounds of powder, or four charges, ready t 6 he hoisted above, had ignited. FlootUShip to Quench Flames. Fire quarters were sounded and every man of the ship responded and the pmff" nzino and handling rooms were flooded with water. ■ In less than five seconds after the first explosion two streams of water were being played in the rooms anil when volunteers were called for every man of the responded, eager to go into the turrets and rescue the crew. Captain Cowles gave commands, and but for the presence of mind of the officers of the ship the Missouri would have gone down. The second explosion occurred near one of the magazines and so hot was the fire that tlie brass work of the magazines was melted. Twenty-five Dead in Heap. j Before the fumes of the burning powder had left the turret officers aud men were lifting out the dying and dead men. Three minutes after the explosion all were on deck and the surgeons from tlie Missouri, Texas aud Brooklyn wore attending to those not dead. Tli&twenty-five men of the turret were foun(Flying in a heap. They had started for the exit when tlie first explosion occurred aud had just reached there when the more terrible explosion in the handling room occurred, which burned and strangled them to death.

MUST HAVE DOG MEAT.

Filipinos at St. Louis Fair Demand Cunlne Steak. Application has been made to the St. Louis city poundmaster by the commissary department of the Philippine Commission to supply a. number of dogs daily for the canine-eating tribe of Irrogotes now quartered at the Cuartel de Filipino at the World's Fair, says a correspondent. Mr. R. Ilealy, in cliarge of this savage tribe, stated that lie would try to procure tlie necessary number of dogs from the city pound if they could not be had elsewhere. The Irrogotes, after they left Seattle, did not have any dog meat for three weeks, and they complained bitterly of. this neglect. So far the authorities in charge have been so busy getting the several tribes comfortably located that they have not had time to investigate ,the dog market in St. Louis. Iu the absence of this piece de resistance of the Irrogotes the commissary department has been supplying Americnn home-made sausage. liut the 75 dog-enting members of this tribe are not satisfied with this substitution.

Notes of Current Events.

Denver’s new city charter was passed. . Gen. W. H. Payne, 73, Washington, is dead. R. R. Batles, millionaire,'Cory, Pa., is dead. Degraff! Ohio, postofflee was robbed the other night. American quick-lunch wagons have struck London. V. E. Millward, Saratogn, N. Y., is under arrest, charged with the murder of bis wife and baby.

CONGRESS

A sharp colloquy took plaoe in the Senate, Tuesday between Senators H«ffikins and Teller. Mr. Hopkins took exception to the reading of a letter written by the late Gen. 11. 11. Thomns of Chicago attacking tlie civil service administration of the Treasury Department and made remarks that Mr. Teller took ns iusults. The postoffice appropriation hill was passed. All amendments offered by the Democrats were rejected, including the one for an investigation of the department offered by Mr. Gorman and a similar, one by Mr. Teller. The conference report on the Indian appropriation hill was ngreed to. Tlie Kittredge hill to provide for the temporary government of tlie Panama canal zone was taken up. The race question again was injected into tlie proceedings of the House. Mr. Scott of Kansas delivered a long address in which he read several letters from Kansas citizens stating that it lmd been the boast of C. 11. J. Taylor, the negro politician, that lie had dined with President Cleveland. Mr. \\ illiams of Mississippi defended the attitude of the South toward the negro. Upon the request of Mr. Fairbanks the Senate Wednesday ordered printed ns a public document the last speech of President McKinley at Buffalo. A hill providing for opening the old Fort.Abrnhnm Lincoln military reservation in North Dakota was passed, after which consideration of the bill for government of tho Panama canal zone was taken up. The greater part of the day was occupied by Mr. Morgan in support of amendments offered by himself, none of which was accepted, aud the „ bill was read half through section by section. L nder special rule the House devoted the day to consideration of the Cooper bill amending the law relating to tlm Philippine Islands. The provision in the hill in reference to the granting of railroad franchises and tlie guaranteeing of 5 per cent on the cash capital actually invested in such railroads was opposed by Mr. Jones of Virginia, who alleged tiiat English and Belgian capitalists were ready to build the roads without such guarantee. The Senate devoted almost the entire day Thursday to the hill for the government of the Panama canal zone. Mr. Morgan’s resolution calling on the Attorney General tor information on the contract for tlie purchase of the canal was referred. In executive session the nomination of W. D. Crum to be collector of customs at Charleston, S. C.. came up, and went over out of consideration for Mr. Tillman, who was unable to speak because of illness. A resolution was adopted authorizing the lowering of government dams in the Ulinoi ?. river. The Senate accepted the invitation" to attend the opening of the wor Ida fair and provided for representation. Tlie House passed the Philippine bill by a vote of 139 to 123, W. A. Smith of Michigan voting with tlie Democrats. In the debate Mr. Williams of Illinois predicted great scandals from the -administration of the measure. A resolution to permit Col. T. W. Symons of the engineer corps of tlie army to serve ns consulting engineer on internal improvement in the State of New York was passed after hitter opposition by several members. Mr. Hamilton (Mich.) discussed capital and labor and Mr. Cochran (Mo.) criticised tlie “usurpation of the legislative power by the executive.” The postoffice appropriation bill, was sent to conference. • The closing hour of the session of theSenate Friday was enlivened by a speech by Mr. Bailey on the subject of civil service. In plain terms he declared himself against the “iridescent dream” of civil service and avowed himself a spoilsman. Mr. Hale spoke in accord with much that Mr. Bailey said, lint added that Congress could not he induced to change the law even though convinced that it should be changed. The Panama canal hill occupied the major portion of the day and was passed without division. It was amended so that all salaries or other compensation fixed by the commission shall he subject to the approval of tlie President. The postoffice appropriation hill was referred to a conference committee. The House passed the Mann hill.ordering the lowering of tlie Chicago river tunnels. Consideration ot the general deficiency hill was resumed and the President's recent pension order was attacked by Mr. Underwood (Ala.). The President also was criticised by Mr. Hay (Va.).

The entire day in the Senate Saturday was given to the consideration of a hill for the modification of tlie agreement with the Indians of tlie Devil's Lake reservation in North Dakota for the sale of their lands. Messrs. Dubois and Teller opposed the hill because it did not provide for the acquisition of the lands in the reservation under tlie homestead law, and it was defended by Messrs. Hans* brough, McCumber and others. No decision was reached. Mr. Morgan called up his resolution for the discharge of the committee on intoroeennic canals from consideration of a resolution of inquiry concerning the Panama canal, introduced recently, hut his resolution was voted down. A partial report from the conference on the naval appropriation bill was received and further conference ordered. The routine work on tlie genral deficiency hill was nearly completed in the House. Preceding this tlie District of Columbia was legislated for in several minor matters. The feature of the session was a speech of criticism on “Theodore Roosevelt, the Republican Presidential Candidate,” by Mr. Patterson (Tenn.l. A hill was passed to validate certain homestead entries and extend the time to make final proofs thereon.

In the National Capital.

The internal revetyie, tax of 0 cents n pound on leaf tobncca ls eliminated by the terms of a bill on which favorable action was taken by the internal reveuuo sub-committee" of the House on ways and means, A pathetic message came over the cable to the State Department from United- States Cousnl Fee at Bombay, Indip, us follows: “Daughter dead-- 4 p'ngue; wife attacked.” Mr. Fee i* a nntire cf Ohio and was appointed in 1890. Henry Dodge of New York is vice consul ■t Bombay.