Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1904 — Page 6

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

LOCK MAN IN A VAULT

BANDITS ROB TREASURER'S SAFE OF sl4 000. Clever Cracksmen Strew Pepper on Floor So that Bloodhoitmhi Cannot Pick Up TraM—British and Native Officials Sign Treaty in Lhassn. While the Meigs county court bouve in Pomeroy, Ohio, was practically deserted tile other day, the officials attending the <otmty fair, two masked men entered tin' ottice of T. J. Chaser -covered him with revolvers and forced him to open the inner door of the safe. One of them then stood guard while the other made a careful search of the vaults, -securing alsmt $14.0011. all in hills. Then the treasurer was gagged and honml and shoved into the vault, the doors were closed and the combination turned. The desperadoes, who had evidently carefully planned the rohbery. then sprinkled the floor of the office and corridors with pepper and left, the court house, without attracting notice. It was nearly two hours later when the treasurer's daughter came to the office aud, not Eliding her father, raised an alarm. His predicament was discovered after a search and a local hanker who was called in worked the combination of the vault. When released Mr. Chase was almost unconscious. A search of the safe showed that a quantity of gold had escaped the highwaymen's notice and that a small amount in silver had been picked up and then replaced. Tlie treasury carries SIO,OOO burglary insurance and the treasurer is under $20,000 bond. STRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Four Principal l.cugucs. Tlie clubs of the National League now stand thus: W. L. W. 1.. New York... 1)3 33 St. Louis (55 05 Chicago 70 51 Brooklyn ....40 78 Pittsburg .. .74 50 Boston 44 815 Cincinnati ...71 55 Philadelphia. 30 1)0 Tlie table below shows how matters stand in tlie American League: W. L. W. L. Boston ~„..7S 48 Cleveland ...01) 54 New Y0rk...70 48 St. Louis 52 72 Philadelphia. 08 52 Detroit 52 73 Chicago 72 50 Washington.. 31 05 Standings in the American Association are as follows: W. L. W. L. St. 47Louisville ...75 00 Milwaukee ..SO 00 Indianapolis. 00 78 Columbus .. ~78 00 Kansas City.s6. 85 Minneapolis. 74 01 Toledo 38 104 The following is tlie standing of the clubs in the Western League: \V. L. W. L. Denver ~.. .80 50 Des Moines,. ,70 05 Colo. Springs-77 51 St. Joseph... .52 70 Omaha 74 59 Sioux City. ...39 SS BRITISH WIN IN THIBET. Tounghusbamt and Native Officials Sign Formal Treaty iu Lltassa. Col. Young-husband, head of the British mission, and the Thibetan officials have, signed a formal treaty in the apartments of the dalai lama at Potala, Lhassa. The ceremony was simple and was conducted amid quaint and picturesque surroundings. The terms of the treaty were read out only in the Thibetan language and its details will be published later by the foreign office in Simla. The proceedings closed with a short speech by Col. Youngliusband. Tlie dalai lama is now supposed to be well on his way into Mongolia, and the officials insist that liis action amounts to abdication. The administration is now carried on by a council of regency. It is believed that the taslii lama eventually will be recognized as the supreme religious head. The arrangements for the return of the British mission are complete. Bullfight Despite Law. A bullfight exhibition was held west of St. I/mis desidte the efforts of Sheriff' Ilencken and his deputies to stop it by making arrests. As soon as the ticket office opened for business the ticket seller was arrested. This was continued until four ticket sellers were under arrest. As ■there were not sufficient officers to place more tieket sellers iu custody tlie figli" was finally held. Roosevelt’s Letter of Acceptance. President Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance has been made public. He rests his ease with tlie voters on the achievements ol liis party in tlie vital affairs of the nation—war, finance, tariff, insular administration, regulation of trusts, foreign relations and tlie isthmian canal-—hold-ing that progress and efficiency have made for the country’s best interests. IfiMhop Walden Is Hurt. ♦ Bishop J. M. Walden, retired, of tlie Methodist church and liis wife were se-i riously hurt in a runaway in Cincinnati. Mrs. Walden’s arm was broken and tlie bishop was badly bruised. Cirrus to He Hold ut Auction. Sells Brot Iters' circus, the second iu size iu the world, is to be auctioned at the end of (lie season because of Peter Sells’ poor health. Cliicaicouu Gives SSO,(KMX. Dr. 1). K. Pearsons of Chicago has given $50,000 with which to install a water works system at Berea College, Kentucky. Truin Hits Hnsi HiX Are Hurt. Sit\ persons were injured,-two probfl- 1 lily fatally, when a special truin <V)i'thA 1 Grand yntnk railroad craahed into a hotel 'him in South Bend, I ml. All of the injured were inside the conveyance.' the drivertiind one passenger, who had mounted pie box with him, escaping unhurt. Prominent Manufacturer Drowned. Charles Beard, president of the Price Bilking Powder Company, was drowned while swimming off the foot of Wellington avenue. Chicago.

The retreat of Russian-; from I.iaoyinig, at first prderly. developed-into a wild,flight to Mukden. Kuropntkin did not stop at Mukden, but eoufintied liis flight toward Harbin. His rear guard was in continuous fighting since the retreat from Liaoyang began, men falling by thousands under the terrific fire of the relentless-and tireless Japanese, who clung to the retreating army like leeches. The Russians, in dire panic, fled for their lives, abandoning their guns ta lighten their burdens, and leaving their dead where they fell. So frantic was the despairing rush toward Mukden that tlie Russians wertyunable to care for their wounded, leaving men, in throes of anguish, lying in tlie roadways, to fall into the hands of the Japanese. Many soldiers, losing their self-con-trol under the terrible strain, attempted to seek safety by flight. The Russian officers, dashing among the men, used their revolvers freely, shooting down many of them in an attempt to keep the troops iu some semblance of order. Dispatches via London Thursday reported that the Russian army, again defeated In another terrific battle that raged furiously for hours five miles south of Mukden, rushed through that city in a mad flight toward Harbin, 2(55 miles northeast. General Kuropntkin, leading the battered rear guard of the army-, did hot delay in the ancient city. Leaving orders that the men should liurrv on as rapidly as possible and still keep up a semblance of resistance to the pursuing Japanese, he hurried through the city to the north to gather his—scattered—forces. The line of the Russian retreat has grown longer and more straggling each day, covering twenty-five or thirty miles, with the Japanese sharpshooters on each side, snipping at them continually, and killing hundreds on their light. It is claimed that more than 21,000 Russians have been lost since the flight from Liaoyang. Five miles south of Mukden the flee-

This spirited picture by R. Caton H oodyllle, the celebrated artist of the Illustrated London News, depicts a scene at the battle of Kalplng, but fils with wonderful HJeilty some of the Incidents described In the stories of the sanguinary conflict before Liaoyang.

lug Russians turned and. again attempted to make a final desperate stand against their relentless foes. For hours the battle raged. The fire : of the Japanese light artillery, which had not been left behind in the pursuit, was terrific and mowed down the Russians by hundreds. Corpses strewed the battlefield. For the length of time tlie fighting continued it wus the most sanguinary battle of the war. The Japanese, seeing the awful es feet of their machine gun Are ou the Russians, charged with fixed bayonets, disdaining tq use their rifles. Charge nfter charge they made with reckless bravery. The battle became a furious hand-to-hand conflict and degenerated Into a butchery as the Japanese pushed the Russians hack, Then the line of the Czar's troops broke, and they turned again In flight. It Is now apparent that Oyanin’s purpose l>y pressing the Russian positions In front of Liaoyang was to hold Kuropat kin's attention while the Japanese right wing was thrust around the Russian rear to block tlie Russian line of retreat. But Kuropntkin, at Its very Inception, had his eyes upon this flanking movement and countered by early withdrawal of Ids main army to the right bank of the Taltse river, changing bis front to meet and hold Gen. Kuroki in check while Gen. ZaronlmlelT'a corps, at Liaoyang, crossed, burning the bridges behind him and placing the river between him and Gen. Oku.

PROGRESS OF THE WAR

Russian Retreat Was a Rout.

Column of 700 Annihilated by Electric Mine Placed by Russians. A Japanese column numbering approximately 700 men, while marching along at night on a road ill the valley, met a frightful disaster through the explosion of an electric land mine. The mine was carefully laid by the Russian's three weeks ago. It covered nearly a mile of available marching space. The explosive was placed at the bottom. Rocks were placed next and on top of these clay was packed so carefully that tlie ground gave the impression of not having been disturbed. The indications of Japanese activity in tlie vicinity put the Russians on guard. Near midnight tlie outposts rushed in and reported that tlie Japanese were approaching. The Russians withheld their

HOW THE RUSSIANS DIE AT THEIR GUNS.

fire for some time. Suddenly they throw a searchlight up the valley. Tlie Japanese opened witli a rifle tire. The Russians waited until apparently the whole Japanese column wus in the danger zone. Then the mine was exploded. Tlie force

of the explosion knocked a number of Russians down and the sight of Japanese rifles, water bottles, legs and arms hurtling through the lighted apace made by a soar'd!flight was an awful spectacle.; Some rocks landed inside the Russian lines. There was one appalling moment during whiqh the garrison itself was stunned, then a deathlike silence. Ths

TIGHTENING THE LINES.

JAPANESE BLOWN UP.

FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA.

searchlight coldly lighted up the road and ilulisidos strewn with dead. The following day tlie Russians buried the dead, but owing to their dismembered and mutilated condition the Russians were unable to accurately estimate the number of killed. , -

PREDICT LONG STRUGGLE.

London Papers Think the War Has Just Begun. What is termed the Japanese inpenetrable silence reduces English comment on the events at the seat of war to a minimum. As dispatches to the Associated Press from St. Petersburg have continuously polluted out, every development now lies with, the Japanese, in whose hands is the initiative. The fanatical disregard for death displayed on both sides and the ability to keep nil

army In being, either from offensive or defensive point of view and under conditions considered to be prohibitive, has done moire to convince the English press of the desperate character of the struggle bring waged iu the far East than ull the dispatches that have emanated from 'lokiio or St. Petersburg declaring that neither tlie Japanese nor the Russians will ever give iu. In place of endeavoring to foll nv the minute progress of the campaign, Ixmdoci somewhat hopelessly devote editorials preparing the English public to be witnesses that’ the war will be longer drawn out aud -mSre terrible in every respect thorn any within recent centuries.

War News in Brief.

Tlie Japanese me reported to have cut off the reservoirs at Port -vrtliur and to occupy new positions. Seven hundred Japanese are reported to have been blown up by a mine while advancing on Port Arthur. The St. Petersburg government approves American and British terms regarding contraband of war. The commander of the French mall steamer Oceanic* nays four Jiapnneao warships searched his vessel, detaining him five hours. The Novoe Vremys of St. Petersburg urges the appointment of Kuropatlrin as | commander-in-chief of the Russian forces in the Mast. f)r. Eoill G. Ilimdh, wxxh has jiwt returned to Chicago from Europe, says the assassination of Pldhve will have a tendency toward peace between Russia and Japan.

SPEAKS ON THE ISSUES

ROOSEVELT’S FORMAL LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. President in a Twelve Thousand Word Document Defends His Administration of the Affairs of tlie Nation—Declares Protection Necessary. President Roos-evclt's formal letter accepting the presidential nomination of the Republican party has been given out. It is 12,200 words long. President Roosevelt defends the last seven years of Republican control. He declares that the Democrats attack Re publican policies and acts of tlie last seven years by misrepresenting what has been done, lie then proceeds to review those acts in detail, and scatters through liis 32,000-wor.d letter scores of interrogation points, asking the Democrats what they are going to do different, or what different they would attempt if charged with power. As to Panama, he says he would he derelict in liis duty it he used a false construction of the constitution as a “shield for weakness and timidity, or as an excuse for governmental impotence.” The letter charges the'Democrats with insincerity in aud conflict of criticisms in matters such as the settlement of the coal strike and the prosecution of the merger suit that shows no chance for coherent action or constructive legislation if they are given power. As to the money question he declares the only real way to keep the question from becoming unsettled is to keep tlie Republican party in power. In defense of the protective tariff policy’ the President says that some Democrats seem anxious to prove that it is safe to give them partial power, as they could do no mischief then. In connection with the tariff lie discusses the trusts, and says the evils connected with them can bo reached only by rational effort, along the lines taken by Congress and the executive during the last throe years. The tariff is made tlie leading feature of the letter. It is set forth that tlie present executive thinks.tlie present regular army is no larger than the country requires, and as to the Philippines he says that to retrace our steps would he to give “proof of an infirm and unstable national purpose.”

Points from the Letter. Following are leading paragraphs from the President’s letter: — It Is difficult to find out from tlie utterances of our opponents what are the real issues upon which they propose to wage this campaign. It is not unfair to say that, having abandoned most of the principles upon which they have insisted during the last eight years, they now seem at a loss, both as to what it is that they really believe and as to how firmly they shall assert their belief in anything. In fact, it is doubtful if they venture resolutely to press a single issue; ns soon as they raise one they shrink from it and seek to explain it away. Such an attitude is the probably inevitable result, of the effort to improvise convictions; for when thus improvised it is natural that they should be held iu a tentative manner. There is not a policy, foreign or domestic, which we are now carrying out which it would not he disastrous -to reverse or abandon. We base our appeal upon what we have done and are doing, upon our record of administration and legislation during the last seven years, in which we have had complete control of the government. If continued in power we shall continue our foreign policy and our handling of tlie navy on exactly tlie same lines iu tlie future as in tlie past. The fundamental fact is that in a popular government such as ours no policy is irrevocably settled by law unless tlie people keep iu control of tlie golernmciit men who believe in that policy as a matter of deep-rooted convict ion. On some of tlie vital questions that have confronted the American people in the last decade our opponents take the position that silence is the best possible way to convey their- views. To say that action against trusts and monopolies should He limited to the application of tlie common, law is equivalent to saying that the national government should take no action whatever to regulate them. Undoubtedly it would lie possible at the present time to prevent any of the trusts from remaining prosperous by ijie simple expedient of making stielt' a sweeping change in tlie tariff as to paralyze tin- industries of the country. The trusts would cease to prosper, but their smaller comp H-it-ors would be ruined and the wageworkers would starve, whiles' It would not pay the farmer to haul liis produce to market. The expenditures of the nation have been managed in a.spirit of economy as far removed from waste as from niggardliness, ami in the future every effort will lie continued to secure ait economy as strict as is consistent wjtli efficiency. So far from having “sapped the foundattons of free popular government at home by the course taken in the rhilippines, we have been spreading its knowledge and teaching its practice among the peoples to whom it lniri never before been more than nil empty name. At no time In the history of litis or any other country has there been sin era so prodiletlvo -of material benefit alike to workingmen and employer, as during the seven years that have Just passed.

THE TRENT CANAL.

Shortens Distance Between Cunadn’a llheat I- 1 c 1< 1 s and Liverpool. The Trent Valley canal in Canada is pearing completion. It will unite Georgian Bay with Lake Ontario, via Lake Simcoe, the Kit wart ha lakes and the Ontonahee and Trent rivers. The canal proper will he only twenty miles in length and will cost $10,090,000. This uninterrupted water course from Lake Superior to England will make tlie distance hctWifen Canada's western wheat fields and Liverpool 700 miles less than the present course via the great lakes and the Erie canal. Tlie boats will have n capacity of 800 tons while those on the Erie average nhout 240 tons. These advantages would speedily take away much of tlie Erie's business. Rut the voters of New York State, to forestall this competition, have emphatically decided to expend $100,000,000 in enlarging the Erie so that it can accommodate barges of 1,000 tons’ capacity.

From Far and Near.

Scnor Eusebio Santos, a Spaniard living in Brooklyn, thrives on a diet of grass. John F. Fltwyty of Chicago was elected preshleht of the'United Irish League at New York A parcels past convention has been concluded between the United States and Norway, to take effect Oct. 1 next. Tins large packing plant of Street & Corcoran at Buffalo, X. Y., was destroyed by lire, the loss being ostimated at 9125,000.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

An increasing move- - ment of commodities and heavier dealings at

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tlie banks reflect larger volume of business. There are, however, Irregular conditions operating against the possibility of general activity, and it is unfortunate that these dominate the industrial situation, causing considerable idle capacity’ and loss of earnings. Notwithstanding the adverse effect of labor disputes, it is gratifying to find that retail trade is showing seasonable enlargement. Reports indicate that in botli city and country stocks of merchandise a steady reduction is going on, opening the way for early replenishment. The latter has been much stimulated in fall lines, buyers having appeared in greater number than during last week. Transactions covered a wider variety of goods, and while caution was exercised In the selections made, there were also many liberal orders, the aggregate making favorable comparison with a year ago. Recent unfavorable crop news does not appear to have adversely affected buying to the extent that had been feared. It is generally conceded that needs for the Interior are quite large, and merchants are consequently anticipating trade Improvement. Current transactions exhibit gain In the Important dry goods branches, in footwear and food products. The millinery and dross goods Season opened up auspiciously, and more demand is noted for high grade furniture, carpets and ware. Mercantile collections made a good showing on country bills and were a little easier locally. Farm products are being moved in heavy volume to market, but the high price to consumers has lessened the demand, and shipments from this poiut, 3,308,177 bushels, are 10.8 per cent under those a y r ear ago. Compared witli the closings a week ago, corn advanced Vi cent a bushel, but declines are seen in wheat % cent and oats % cent. Failures reported In the Chicago district number 20, against 28 last week and 20 a year ago.

Further expansion in fall trade is noted at leading centers, and the

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last week In August lias seen the largest business done since the opening of the season. Crops have made fair progress. Collections have been nothing to boast of—backward, in fact. Failures were more numerous in August than iu July in nearly all sections, and a few’ large suspensions of manufacturing concerns have swelled liabilities beyond those in August a year ago. Railway earnings show slight gains over last year. The industrial outlook is still unsettled. Efforts to revive tin* dying meat strike by extending it to independent bouses have caused some irregularity or uncertainty in the market for live stock and for meats, General price reductions of live animals are a feature. Some more resumptions of industrial operations are noted in different sections. The general tone of labor affairs is one of irritation. Business failures in the United States for the week ending Sept. 1 number ISO, against 185 last week, 1(52 in the like week in 1903, 133 in 1902, 1.(59 in 1901 and 154 in 1900. In Canada failures for the week number 17, against 20 last week and 18 in this week a year ago.—Bradstreet’s.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $5.00 to $5.90; hogs, shipping grades $4.40 to $5.70; sheep, fair te choice, $2.70 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, SI.OB to $1.09; corn, No. 2,52 cto 53c; oats, standard. 32c to 34c; r>e, No. 2,71 cte 72c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $12.50; prairie, SO.OO to 910.00; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 10c; potatoes, 55c to GOe. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, S3.IKMo $5.75; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.75: sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.25: wheat, No. 2, SI.OB to $1.10; corn, No. 2 white, 52c to 53c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c. St. Louis —Cattle, $4.50 te $5.80; bogs, $4.00 to $5.90; sheep, s3.o# to $3.90; Wheat, No. 2, SI.OB to $1.10; corn, No. 2, 49c to 50c; oats. No. 2,31 cto 32c; rye, No. 2,70 cto 71c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $4.00 to $5.00: hogs, $4.00 to $5.95; sheep, $2.00 to $3.30; wheal, No. 2, , |Hl> to $1.13; corn. No. 2 mixed, 53c to 55c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; rye, No. 2,75 cto 70c. Detroit—Cattle, $3.50. to $5.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.5* to $3.25: wheat, No. 2, $1.12 to $1.14; corn, No. 3 yellow, 50c to 57c; oats, No. 3 white, 32<j to 33c; rye, No. 2,74 cto 75c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, sl.lO to $1.14; corn, No. 3,53 cto 54e; outs, No. 2 white, 32c to. 34c; rye, No. 1, 73c to 74c; barley, No. 2,55 cto 57c; pork, mess, $10.97. Toledo —Wheat, No, 2 mixed, sl.ll to $1.12; corn, No. 2 mixed, 50c to 58c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 34c; rye, No. 2, 74c to 76c; clover seed, prime, $7.50. Buffalo —Cattle, choice shipping steers. $4.00 to $5.75; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $5.95; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; lambs, common to choice, $5.75 to $0.25. New York —Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, $4.00 to $5.70; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.09 to $1.10; corn, No. 2,58 cto 59c; oati, No. 2 white, 37c to 38c; hotter, creamery, 16c to 19c; eggs, western, 17c to 21c.