Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1904 — Page 2

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

HEAVY FINE STANDS.

GAME DECISION UPHELD BY SUPREME COURT. Fine of $lO Apiece for Killing 2,000 Wild Pucka Out of Seaaon Held Not Excessive in Minnesota Buys Up Electric Lines. ! The Supreme Court has handed down a decision affirming the decision of the} Jackson County Disrtriet Court, holding that a fine of $20,000 assessed against William Poole and William Kerr for having illegally in their possession 2,000 wild ducks was not excessive. They appealed on the ground that the fine of $lO apiece for the ducks was excessive. They also attacked the constitutionality of the statute prohibiting the killing and selling of game for commercial purposes. The Supreme Court upheld the statute. The men fined, it Is claimed by Executive Agent Fullerton of the State game and fish commission, were in the employ of a Chicago commission firm and had crossed the State line into lowa with two wagonloads of wild ducks, with the intention of shipping them to Chicago. Mr. Fullerton says there are other cases against them which will now be pushed to a conclusion. Mr. Fullerton said this clique of illegal hunters was so carefully organized that he and his assistants were under constant espionage, so that none could leave his office without the fact being known to the hunters.

BTRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Fonr Principal League*. The clubs of tlie National League now stand thus: W. L. W. L. New Y0rk...62 24 St. Louis 47 41 Chicago 53 33 Boston 33 57 Cincinnati ...52 87 Brooklyn ....32 59 Pittsburg 49 36 Philadelphia. 22 63 The table below shows how matters stand in the American League: TV. L. TV. L. Boston 52 33 Philadelphia. 46 38 Chicago 53 3t> St. Louis.... .34 45 New York... 50 33 Detroit 33 50 Cleveland ...47 35 Washington.. 18 64 Standings in the American Association are as follows: W. L. W. L. St. Paul .61 37 Minneapolis.. 45 47 Columbus ...56 36Indianapolis. 45 51 Milwaukee ..56 39 Kansas City. .33 59 Louisville ...53 44 Toledo 30 66 The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Colo. Springs.sl 30 Des Moines... 44 46 Denver 52 33 St. Joseph... .35 47 Omaha 44 43 Sioux City...2B 55 BUYS UP ELECTRIC LINES. New York Central Negotiates Purchase of Trolley System. The New York Central Railroad is reported to be negotiating for the purchase of 476 miles of trolley lines, including the Albany and Hudson Valley, the Schenectady, the Utica and Mohawk Valley, the Syracuse Rapid Transit and the Buffalo International railways. The Syracuse Rapid Transit and the Utica and Mohawk Valley lines are the only ones bought so far, but there is already a tentative arrangement as a basis for the ultimate purchase of the Schenectady Railway. Bank Receiver u Suicide. Receiver TV. G. Taefel of the Newark (Ohio) Savings Bank and supreme secretary of the American Insurance Union, was found dead by Samuel Oden in Licking river. He left a note saying that he was innocent of any wrong leading to the failure of the bank and that he was ruined financially and therefore had decided to kill himself. Strike Riot in Chicago. Five thousand rioters gave the police their first fierce battle of the present strike at the Chicago stock yards. A frenzied mob hurled stones and bricks at the blueeoats, injuring a number of the men. Two buildings were wrecked and a patrol wagon was demolished. Trolley Cars in Collision. Twenty-three persons were hurt as the result of a rear-end collision between two large trolley cars on the shore line of the Cleveland, Eastern and Painesville Railroad near Nottingham, Ohio. Saved by Celluloid Collar. Detective Michael Reilly, of Mount Vernon, N. Y., in attempting to arrest a highwayman, was sliot at close range. His life was saved by a celluloid collar, which stopped the force of the bullet. Lion Trainer Is Attacked. Trainer in a “zoo” at Coney Island, N. Y., was attacked by n lion and almost torn to pieces in a desperate struggle which was witnessed by 3,000 persons. Seize Property of Americans. Under the guns of a Venezuelan gunboat Venezuelan troops landed at Guannco and seized an asphalt lake, the property of an American company. Retrenchment at the Fair. The board of directors of the world’s fair has reduced the salaries of all employe* from 5 to 25 per cent. Kills Ilis Son and Himself. \ farmer named Kive, living near New York Mills, Minn., shot and killed his •on and then committed suicide. Tornado Ruins in Kansas. A tornado and heavy rains prevailed In portions of Kansas and Oklahoma Sunday. Ten miles north of Norton, Kan., a tornado wrecked several farm buildings near the Nebraska line and killed a number of live stock. No person was hurt Usual Midsummer Dullness. Weekly reports show that trade is at a low ebb, the usual midsummer dullness being increased by labor disturbances. In the country the outlook is better because el the prospect* of large crops.

RUSSIA MUST KNEEL.

BRITAIN DEMANDS APOLOGY FOR SINKING SHIP. Warlike Order Goes to Envoy from King Edward England Will Use Force to Get Redress if Necessary— Czar Receives Ultimatum. . —- Russia must make ample amends for the sinking of the steamer Knight Commander and for the seizures of British ships in the Red Sea following the recent agreement that such seizures would be averted by the czar’s government. Such Is the decision arrived at by the British government. Preliminary to obtaining satisfaction the government sent instructions to Sir Charles Hardlnge, British ambassador to Russia, to protest ener getlcally against the sinking of the Knight Commander by the Russian Vladivostok squadron. The British note does not mention the amount of indemnity Russia must pay the owners of the ship and British subjects having goods on board the vessel, but all that Is sought is the establishment of the principle of indemnity and an apology. A salute of the British flag must also be conceded and the future protection of neutral shipping assured, The attitude of the British government Is the result of thorough consideration given to the reports from Sir Claude MacDonald, British minister at Tokio, and the examination of international law authorities by legal experts. The dispatches from Sir Claude confirm the reports that the Knight Commander had no contraband of war on board for Japan. The government and

PREMIER BALFOUR.

all the British authorities, it is asserted, unite on the point that there was no justification for the sinking of the vessel. It is felt in government circles that the Knight Commander incident overshadows the Red Sea seizures, which practically have been adjusted, but which have failed to settle the question of the rights of neutral commerce. t That the British government regards the sinking of the Knight Commander as a breach of international law was confirmed by Premier Balfour In the House of Commons. Answering questions as to the destruction of the steamer and the seizure of the Malacca and other vessels, the premier said he hoped to be in a position to make a brief statement regarding the Malacca soon. As to the sinking of the Knight Commander, he said he “regretted that Information which reached me confirmed this regrettable occurrence.” Mr. Balfour added: “There Is no question of loss of life, but I am afraid there is a question of a breach of international law.” The tension in the Russo-British relations was said in London to have relaxed Thursday and a rupture is not

BROUGHT TO BY A RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER CRUISER.

probable. Count Benckendorff, the Russian ambassador to Great Britain, Informed Lord I-ansdowne that If Russia had committed a wrong she was ready and willing to make full reparation, but before any action could be taken In the Knight Commander case the Russian government must have the opportunity of receiving the report of the commander of the Vladivostok squadron. Lord Lnnsdowne was not disposed to press the matter unduly and promised to wait a reasonable time. In the House of Commons Premier Balfour said that the acute stage of the Red Sen incidents had passed, and that the Russian volunteer fleet vessels would be withdrawn. He laid down the British view no belligerent war ships could lssuetrom the BlacJ Sea and that the volunteer "Xteet vessels in issuing therefrom, if they took belligerent action, either had no right to Issue or no right tQ take such action. This Ip the time Mrs. Maybrick’s freedom is not a gold brick.

IN PERIL FROM HER OWN MINES.

-Chicago Dally News.

CURRENT COMMENT

According to census figures there are in the United States 6,180,000 persons 10 years old or more who cannot read or white. Of this number 3,200,000 are whites and 2,980,000 negroes. The majority of the white illiterates are foreign born, but New York State alone has 47,000 natives who cannot read or write. No branch of agriculture made the gains in the last decade that fruit growing did. There were over 3,700,000 acres in orchard fruits reported by the last census and at present there must be over 4,000,000 acres devoted to that purpose. In value the fruit crop now ranks eighth. In the year before the census the value of the corn crop was $828,258,326; hay, $484,256,846; cotton, including cotton seed oil, $370,708,746; wheat, $369,945,320; oats, $217,095,584; potatoes, sllß,263,814; vegetables, $113,871,842; fruit, $92,301,703. The apple is the most widely distributed fruit grown in the country and is found in every State, north and south. A special report of the census bureau shows that 1,750,178 children in The United States are compelled to work for their living. They form more than G per cent of the total number of workers, and the boys outnumber the girls almost three to one, the figures being 1,364,411 boys and 485,767 girls. That the American nation is not made up entirely of workers is shown by the total, 29,073,233, which is only one-half of the population of 10 years of age and over and about two-fifths of the entire population. Still, the proportion of workers has increased almost 3 per cent over the former statistics. The last place to which a man would be likely to go in search of a history of the growth of the electrical fire-alarm system in the United States would be to the reports of the Bureau of the Census. Yet there is where he would find an interesting and comprehensive discussion of the subject. The census reports are not mere tables of figures. They are a history of the progress of industry and invention in the United States. Take this bulletin on the fire-alarm system, for instance. One is told how, beginning -'Mt early as 1839, inventors tried to apply the principles of the electric telegraph to the transmission of fire-alarm signals,

but that It was not till 1850 that a successful system was found. The method at first used was crude, and from that time to this improvement after improvement has been adopted, until now it is practically impossible .for confusion to arise in Interpreting the signals sent in from the alarm boxes in any part of the town, and until even the most excited and Inexperienced person can give the alarm successfully. All he has to do Is so pull a lever and an automatic machine does the rest. Although one might not think it, the Census Bureau bulletins make interesting reading for summer afternoons. * In spite of the constantly Increasing immigration, the proportion of foreign born in the working population has not increased. The extent to which the wo.rld of business Is drawing people from the country is given emphasis. Manufacturing, trade and transportation and the professions show constantly increasing numbers of workers of both sexes, while the agricultural class represents n diminishing proportion, although 40 per cent of the workingmen is to be found on the fauns. ' x

SLAIN BY AN ASSASSIN.

Bomb Ends Life of Smilan Minister of the Interior. M. von Plehve, Russian Minister of the Interior, was assassinated at 10 o’clock Thursday morning while driving to the Warsaw station to visit the Emperor at the Peterhof palace. A bomb was thrown under the Minister’s carriage, completely shattering it. M. von Plehve was terribly mangled. The assassin was arrested. The coachman was killed and the wounded and maddened horses dashed wildly away, only the front wheels of the carnage remaining intact. Immediately there ensued a scene of the wildest confusion. Police and gen-

VON PLEHVE, “THE TERRIBLE.”

darmes hurried up from every direction and vast crowds gathered about the spot where the mangled body of the Minister lay In his blood. For 100 yards the roadway was strewn with the wreckage of the carriage and pjeces of the red lining of the Minister’s official overcoat. A few yards from M. ' von" Plehve’s body lay the body of the coachman Guarded by police the body remained in the street until the arrival of the official corresponding to an American coroner, even in the case of the most powerful Minister of the empire the law requiring that this formality had to be observed before the bodjr could be removed. After this official had viewed the body It was placed in a carriage, covered by a robe and was drjven slowly to a little chapel adjoining the railroad station and then to Plehve’s magnificent town residence, adjoining the Ministry of the Interior. The prefect of police notified the Emperor of the tragedy Immediately upon its occurrence. The Emperor, who was at the villa Alexandria, at Peterhof, was greatly affected by the news, coming, as it did, after the bad tidings from the seat of war, with fears of International complications and the strain incident upon the hourly expectation of an event so close to the father’s heart Recent assassinations and attempts at assassination of officials in Russia include the following: M. Bogolepoff, Minister of Educa"tlon, Feb. 27, 1901. M. Slplagulne, Minister of the Interior, April 15, 1902. Obolenski, Governor of Kharkoff (wounded), Aug. 11, 1902. General Bobrikoff, Governor of Finland, June 17, 1904. Vlatsheshaff Constnntinovitch von Plehve, Minister of the Interior, July 28, 1904. The Texas Railroad Commission is In receipt of nu application from the Galveston commercial bodies requesting that the commission call n hearing to consider the matter of canceling the present rates on cotton and adoptiug a tariff on a strictly mileage basis. Plans have been formulated for the incorporation of the Atlantp aud Pensacola Railroad, which will build from Andalusia, Ala., to Pensacola, and form a direct line from Atlanta to the latter point, using connection with the Central Railroad of Georgia.

STATUS Of STRIKE.

PACKERS TAKE AGGREBSIVE AT THE CHICAGO YARDS. Plan to Speedily Man Plants Eight Hundred Live Btock Handlers Throw Aside Their Allegiance to Allied Trades and Return to Work. The Chicago packers at noon Thursday seemed to have Won an important victory in the big stock yards strike, the first emphatic gain that has been made by either side since the general walkout was declared in effect Eight hundred live stock handlers threw aside their allegiance to allied trades and at the noon hour began to handle cattle Indiscriminately, both for the packers in the combine and for the independent companies. Most of these 800 men went to work yesterday morning to handle the goods of the “independents,” and they had worked on this basis until 12 o'clock Thursday. This action on the part of the .handlers Is regarded as a most serious loss to the cause of the strikers, and in some quarters it is believed to be a forerunner of a stampede and a desertion of the unions. Following close on an announcement that the packers did not care to make further agreements with the union men who quit work, operation of the plants was continued with larger forces than before, the employers formally announced a system of delivery which would do away with the drivers who haul meat from the yards. Hereafter the packers will do no teaming, but will force the butchers to come with their own wagons to take away their purchases. Though the big stock yards strike is now well under way and the time Is about at hand when the police expect serious rioting to develop, turbulent scenes failed to develop up to Thursday night and the outbreaks of strikers and sympathizers were chiefly confined to hanging effigies in front of the homes of persons in disfavor. The packers kept their plants running persistently, and Thursday afternoon reported that a satisfactory day’s work had been accomplished. The receipts of stock were large enough to keep the nonunion butchers and handlers busy, 9,000 cattle, 13,000 hogs and 12,000 sheep being received. While the'union leaders proceeded to perfect what they regard as adequate arrangements to keep the strikers in line, rumors were continuous throughout the day that the ranks of the malcontents were breaking. Emphatic denials were made by President Donnelly and his confreres, but close observers of the situation declared that the men seemed to be losing heart, as was evidenced, they said, by the fact that picketing was less pronounced.

POISON AS A WEAPON.

Hundred Nonunion Men in East St. Louis Made 111. At East St. Louis, 111., one hundred men employed at the Armour plant in place of the striking butchers and meat cutters, were made violently ill, an unidentified person having drugged the soup served for supper. Shortly after the meal had been eaten first one and then another of the men complained of feeling ill. Soon the list of sick became so large that those in charge of the plant became frightened end Dr. J. L. Wiggins was notified. He hurried to the plant and discovered what was the matter With the men. Representatives of the packers say that several hundred of the men who went on strike have been taken back, but it is not stated in what department they work. It was said further that the packers are getting skilled butcher help, which at first they had trouble iu securing. This, however, Is denied by the strikers, woh assert that the packers are not getting any union men back. At Kansas City many additional strikers, practically all of them unskilled laborers, applied for their old places at the plants of Swift & Co., Armour & Co. and the Fowler Packing Company, and were re-employed. With the receipts at the yards the heaviest for more than a month the packers asserted that the sitnation from their standpoint was greatly Improved. Local strike leaders; however, appear satisfied with, the situation and say that the men who returned to work were some of the newest' members of the union, whose action would not affect the older men.

Interesting News Items.

William Zeler killed his father-in-law, William Surkamp, with a crowbar and then stabbed his wife to death with a butcher knife in Omaha, Neb. The killing followed a quarrel between Zeler and his wife. The Methodist Minister*' Association of Denver appointed a committee to investigate the labor troubles in Colorado and fix the responsibility for the chaotic conditions In the Cripple Creek district and elsewhere. Roscoe Gorrie, 23 years old, was drowned while swimming In Cow creek, four miles north of Hutchinson, Kan. Hs tried to cross the swift current, but was seized with a cramp and went down In twelve feet of water. Aa a result of a raid by deputy sheriffs on a gambling house In Memphis, Tenn., Deputy Houston Mitchell is dead and Deputy Thomas J. McDermott is mortally wounded. Frequent raids have been made in crap games recently. Col. Sylvester R. Burch of Olathe, Kan., chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture, has been appointed by Secretary Wilson as the representative of the department on the government board of She Louisiana Purchase Exposition to succeed the late J. H. Bingham. Becoming conscience stricken at a ie llgloua meeting in Chicago, a man giving his name as Charles F. Floethe has, according to the poUce, confessed to having robbed his employers in Jersey City, St Louis, Cincinnati and Chicago of various sums. His confession Is being Investigated.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

Reports received thi* week-from special agents of the International Mer-

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cantlle Agency at the leading centers of accumulation and distribution in the country show very little change in conditions from those previously stated. Actual trade is dull, a normal situation for this season of the year. The outlook for fall and winter business is better in some sections, notably the South and Southwest, than it has been for a long while. Calmer judgment than obtained in the beginning has reduced the estimates of loss by flood to 80,000,000 bushels of winter wheat for the four States most affected. One reliable trade journal has Issued a bulletin which points to a total yield of this cereal of 610,000,000 bushels, and an exportable surplus of nearly 145,000,000 bushels. These are facts that have helped to dislodge some of the discouraging sentiments of the recent past A week of ideal harvesting weather has changed the whole aspect of things, and merchants are refilling orders that had been canceled on account of the floods. In spite of the packers’ strike, Chicago has had a week of marked trade improvement, especially In clothing, shoes, dry goods and men’s and women’s furnishings. Interior merchants have shown more willingness to order than for some time. With the prospect of average cereal crops and an early and large cotton crop the Southwest is beginning to discount some of the expected enrichment of that part of the country. Salesmen from St. Louis have had a better trade than a year ago. Jobbers are satisfied with returns, which they find exceed those of recent similar seasons. One significant fact Is the demand for a better quality of goods. This is noticeable in clothing and shoes.

R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of Chicago trade, says: The usual

Rev York.

j midsummer quiet pervaded the prominent branches of business and was intensified to some extent by labor controversies, the latter being mainly hurtful to the packing and live stock industries and forcing onerous prices upon the, public. Relief from the burden affecting consumers unfortunately has been postponed, and the ranks of the unemployed swelled rather than diminished. In other respects business appears to be sound, with the tendencies toward improvement. Iron and steel developments indicate a return to increased production and larger forces of workers, while better demand is seen In the markets for general merchandise and breadstuffs. Notwithstanding adverse local cpuditlons, distribution in the staple lines was of fair volume in both wholesale and retail branches. Grain shipments, 2,490,500 bushels, are 38.2 per cent under those a year ago. Demand was stronger in flour and grain. Compared with the closings a week ago, advances were made In wheat of five-eighths of a cent a bushel, in oats half a cent and in corn one-eighth of a cent. Live stock receipts were largely curtailed owing to the strike of butchers, and prices were irregular, closing 25 centß higher for choice beeves, 5 cents} heavy hogs and 50 cents lower for sheep. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 28, against 44 last week and 22 a year ago.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $4.00 to $5.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.75 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 96c to 98c; corn, No. 2,49 cto 50c; oats, standard, 40c to 41c; rye, No. 2,70 cto 71c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $14.00; prairie, $6.00 to $11.50; butter, choice creamery, 16c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 16c; potatoes, 55c to 63c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, SB.OO to $6.40; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.65; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2,91 cto 92c; corn, No. 2 white, 50c to 51c oats, No. 2 white, 40c to 42c. St. Louis —Cattle, $4.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.15; wheat, No. 2,91 cto 93c; corn, No. 2. 51c to 52c; oats, No. 2,37 cto 39c; rye, No. 2,66 cto 08c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $4.00 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $5.95; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 new, 95c to 97c; corn, j&o. 2 mixed, 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2 mixed,'"'s9c .to 40c; rye, No. 2,74 cto 76c. Detroit —Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $6.40; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75: wheat, No. 2,98 cto 99c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 52c to 53c; oats, No, 3 white, 41c to 43c; rye, No. 1,71 cto 72c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, !>9c to $1.01; corn, No. 8,51 cto 52c; outs. No. 2 white, 41c to 12c; rye, No. 1. 74c to 75c; barley, No. 2,56 cto 57c; pork, mess, $12.97. , Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, $1.04 to $1.05; com, No. 2 mixed, 49c to 51c; outs, No. 2 mixed, 41c to 42c; rye, No. 2, 05c to 67c; clover .seed," prime, $6.30. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers. $4.00 to $6.25; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $5.70; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common to choice, $5.75 to $7.50. New York—Cattle, $3.50 to $6.40; hogs, $4.00 to $6.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 99c to $1.00; corn. No. 2,58 cto 55c; oata, No. 2 white. 45c to 4flc; batter, creamery, 16c to ITc; eggs, westers, 16c to 19c.