Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1904 — Page 6

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

DYNAMITE BLOWS UP.

EXPLODED BY FAST FREIGHT TRAIN ON B. & O. Driver of Wagon Loaded With 7.»0 Pounds of Dynamite Stops His Horses on Track—Special Carrying Morgan and Archbishop in Collision. Fast freight No. 04 on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad struck a wagon loaded •with 750 pounds of dynamite at Lite, crossing at North Branch. W. Va. Two persons were killed and nine were injured, three of them seriously. The Baltimore and Ohio tower was wrecked, as were several resiliences near by. James Laing, who drove the wagon, escaped with only trivial injury, as did the two horses, alt hough the latter were blown fifty yards into a field. According to eye witnesses, Laing, hearing the train, became terrified and stopped on the track. The wagon was three feet of clearing it when the engine struck the rear end, carrying it fifty feet before the explbsion. STRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Four Principal Leagues. The clubs of the National League now stand thus: W. L. J" New York..lol 39 St. Louis. ...68 71 Chicago 56 Brooklyn ....54 88 Pittsburg ...SO 50 Boston 47 94 Cincinnati ..79 60 Philadelphia. 47 95 The table below shows how matters stand in the American League: W. L. W. L. New Y0rk...83 51 Cleveland ..'.72 62 Boston 85 53 St. L0ui5....59 78 Chicago ....SI 5S Detroit 56 79 Philadelphia 73 59. Washington. 34 103 The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L Omaha 89 60 Des Moines. .79 69 Colo Springs.B4 58 Sioux City... 43 98 Denver .... .86 60 St. Joseph.. .54 90

MORGAN AND PRIMATE IN CRASH. Special Carrying Financier and Archbishop Hits Engine. A New York Central two-car special train, carrying a party that included the Archbishop of Canterbury and J. Pierpont Morgan, struck a light engine at East Brookfield, Mass. The special was running at sixty miles an hour, but no one, even the crew of the light engine, was hurt. Mr. Morgan was at breakfast and was considerably shaken up, as were the others in the party. Mirrors and other articles were broken by the impact. The special remained on the track and carried the light engine 100 yards. The party was on the way from Bar Harbor to Washington. Parker's Letter of Acceptance. Alton B. Parker, in his letter accepting the Democratic nomination for the presidency, criticised the Republican party on its stand in connection with the tariff, the acquisition of the Panama strip, government expenditures, the postal frauds and reciprocity. He said the determination of the procedure against trusts lies with the judiciary and not the executive branch of the government. Deputy Shot During Riot. G. W. Fidlar, a deputy guarding the property of the Pittsburg Steel Company's plant at Glassport, Pa., was fatally shot in a riot among about twentyfive strikers and the same number of men employed in the mill, and deputies. William Stewart and George Carl, nonunion men employed in the plant, were badly beaten with clubs and stones. Labor Agreement Refused. The Deering, McCormick and Plano plants of the International Harvester Company, in or near Chicago, idle since Sept. 10, have resumed, but a renewal of last year’s agreement with organized labor has been refused. bixty-two Persons Killed. Sixty-two persons were killed and 120 were injured in a Tennessee passenger collision on the Southern railway. The blame is laid to disregard of orders by tjie crew of one train.

Great Corn Crop Expected. Estimates based on conservative reports from all the leading corn States place the total yield at 2,24(5,000,000 bushels, a figure which has been exceeded in only two previous years. Gen. Harrison Allen Dead. Gen. Harrison Allen, deputy auditor for the Post office Department, died suddenly at his residence in Washington, aged 69 years. Firemen Killed in Collision. Two firemen were killed and niiie passengers injured in a collision on the Long Island railroad, caused by the failure of a switchman to close a switch. Southern Editor's Plan. Editor John Temple Graves of Atlanta, Ga., openly advocates lynching and the revival of the Ku Klux Klan to keep the negroes in subjection. Chicagoan Gets a Big Job. D. 11. Burnham, the famous Chicago architect, has been chosen to devise plans for beautifying San Francisco. Week’s Commercial Reports. Increased volumes of trade in the country, at large are noted by Dun’s and Bradstreet’s reviews. Child Rescued by Woman. Observing that two men were not frying to rescue 6-year-old Leonard Beach from drowning in a pond in Middletown, * N. Y., Mrs. John Guyer sprang into the water and saved the boy. Jewels and Furs Stolen. Jewelry and furs valued at nearly $4,000 were stolen from the home of a wealthy resident of Philadelphia. While It is said to be probable that the robbery was done by professionals, there was intimation of possible sensational developments. '

PROGRESS OF THE EASTERN WAR

During the past -week. Oyama gave up his pursuit of Kouropatkin ar' withdrew his forces, which had neat ly reached Mukden, back to the Yentail coal mines, twelve miles north of Llaoynng. Since that time there has been no fighting between the armies and little skirmishing. Both sides are worn out. Furthermore, the Japanese, who are particularly sensitive about their transport arrangements, must now continue their lines to Bentsiaputze, twenty-eight miles southeast of Mukden. Kuroki came to Llaoyang from Fengwangcheng, about seventy miles southeast. Nodz.u came along the railroad, and Oku pushed up from Takushan, a point on the coast about midway the railroad and Fengwangcheng. The three aimies met and united. Before this convergence was effected, Kuroki brought supplies over the high road from Fengwangcheng, Oko over the byroads from Takushan, while Nodzu pushed his carts up both sides of the railway embankment, and had the easiest time of the three. Now that the three armies have united, It Is doubtful whether they will continue to maintain all three lines of communication. Lines of communication require guards, and guards subtract so mueh from the fighting force. The most exposed line was General Kuroki's. It is reported that General Linevltch, with 50,000 men, has cut this line. Fifty thousand Is an absurd figure. The Russians haven’t that many men to spare in raids, but 5,000, or 2.500, cavalry may have crossed the high road and stopped direct communication between Ku-

MAP SHOWING ARMY POSITIONS AND POINTS Of INTEREST.

The approximate location of Da Pass, where a spirited outpost fight has taken place, is indicated in the map. Fushun, where it was reported that Kuroki’s troops had crossed the Hun river, also is indicated. It is about thiryt miles northeast of Mukden. The Yentai coal mines likewise are mapped. As control of these mines is necessary for the working of the railway the Russians are expected to make a stubborn stand there, roki and his old fortified depot at Fengwangcheng. In that event Kuroki has an alternative. He can get his up the railway, or from Newchwang by the Liao and Taitze Rivers. It may be that hereafter Oyama’s whole army will maintain itself by the broader lines of communication along the railway and up the two rivers from Newcbwang. The Russians have again begun to observe those curious movements and counter movements of small Japanese detachments which so well conceal what is going on behind. Kuroki used this mobile screen for six weeks before Fengwangcheng, while Nodzu employed it for over a month before

KUROPATKIN'S DESERTED HEADQUARTERS AT MUKDEN.

Takushan and Sluyen. We shall not learn what Is really going on until something happens, for the constant shifting of advance posts bides perfectly the soldier movements behind from the Russians, while the Japanese censorship will permit no news to leak out from their side. It is natural for the war correspondents to be annoyed at being so muzzled, but the event has proved that the Japanese staff was wise In its precaution. Japan feels that it is fighting for its existence and not for glory. At Port Arthur, Time is fighting against the Russian. Every day eats up more of their meager stock of food and fires off many rounds of their insufficient supply of ammunition. Smokeless powder has given out, or, at least, there remains only a small stock of it, which is being hoarded against general assaults. At last accounts the Japs seemed to

JAPANESE IN BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS BEFORE PORT ARTHUR

The heroic desperation of the Japanese soldiers at Port Arthur jls shown in the picture. Facing almost instant death, they attempt to break through the barb-wire entanglements, and there are mown down by Russian shell and bullets. Recurring exploits of this nature are made by Nogi’s soldiers, and according to recent dispatches the carnage about the fortress has been awful. It was in this way that the Japanese took Fort Zaredontni, a position on the Russian right “A considerable force of Japanese advanced to attack the fort,” writes a correspondent, “and taking advantage of the cover provided by the country crawled for an hour toward the fort like American Indians. In spite of the fire that rained tmon them they arrived at last close to the glacis of the fort in perfect order. Then suddenly they bounded forward. But the rifle and shell fire mowed, them down on all sides, and all gave up save one detachment, which, with fanatical frenzy, passing over the bodies of dead comrades, clipped, cut, and broke its way through the barbed wire right into the fort.”

be planning to attack Rihlung and Kikwang hills. They are strengthening their positions at Pallchwang, less than a half mile from Rihlung, and are steadily extending their parallel trenches in the direction of the forts from the north and northeast These two forts are examples of defective engineering. Large shoulders of earth and rock ridge the northern slopes of the two hills. Immediately behind theses shoulders are ‘dead” space which cannot be reached by guns on the top. The Japs have crawled up by night to the “dead” spaces and in this shelter have dug trenches. The detachments occupying these positions carry with them food, water and ammunition sufficient for three days. Then they are relieved by night and other detachments occupy the positions for the next three days. The Russians from above are pounding the shoulders with shells in the hope of breaking them down and laying bare to their fire the Jap positions behind. The plan of the Japanese is undoubtedly to reinforce enormously some night their troops in the “dead” spaces and then try the forts by rush. The game is hazardous enough. If the Japanese finally seize Rihlung and Kikwang all the eastern defenses will be under a cross fire from Kikwang, Rihlung, and Takushan and must fall. But it is doubtful if any of

the main forts can be taken by assault, Unless the powder gives out The Russian war vessel Lena was cruising in the north Pacific for Japan bound steamers from Vancouver, Seattle, or San Francisco, but failed to find any of them. Its boilers were burning out find Its bottom getting foul, so It put into San Francisco as being safer than any British-American port. Examination showed that It could not be repaired within several weeks, or probably months, so at the request of Its captain it was dismantled. The position of tills government seems to have been strictly correct throughout. Japan and Russia are both satisfied with it.

War News in Brief.

The main Russian army is believed to be at Tie Pam. Ambassador McOormlck reports to Washington that the Russian government practically has adopted the position

FORTS AT PORT ARTHUR REPORTED AS TAKEN

The map shows the location of Shu shiyen, on either side of which the Japanese are reported to have captured two important forts. The vjllage is about three miles north of Port Arthur, and ii located west of the railway. Rihlungshan and Keekwanshan, on which stand Important forts that the Japanese are planning to capture, are east of the railway. The Keekwan works are among the strongest that encircle the city. At the time of the capture of Port Arthur ten years ago Hasegawa’s brigade stormed the Keekwan fortifications.

of the United States with regard to contraband of war. Seven Russian corps, in addition tc two already mobilizing, are to be called out. Preparations for the attack on Port Arthur have been pushed for nineteen days. Upon the advice of his military advisers Emperor Nicholas decides to organ ize the second Manchurian army. The Russian cruiser Lena has been dismantled at Mare Island, where she will remain until the end of the war. Kuropatkin reports that the Japanese made an attack on Da Pass, south ol Mukden, on .Tuesday and were repulsed. Dispatches from Shanghai state that the Japanese have captured two more Port Arthur forts and are assisted by the fleet. Kuropatkin reports that important reconnoissances south and southeast of Mukden have resulted in many casualties, but disclosed the fact that the Japanese are Increasing at Yentai and Beatsaiputze. The Japanese are advancing, eight oi nine divisions strong, on the Russian front on the Hun river. A report reaches St. Petersburg that Kuroki ha« crossed the Hun river to the east and is moving on Mukden without opposition.

FAIRBANKS ON THE ISSUES.

Candidate, in His Letter of Acceptance, Dwells on His Party’s Record. Senator Charles Warren Fairbanks, Republican nominee for Vice President, has formally accepted the honor In a letter addressed to Elibu Root of New York, who Was chairman of the notification committee. The Senator heartily commends the principles of the party as voiced in the platforni adopted at the Chicago convention, and in their order he discusses public economics as illustrated by the expenditures, revenues and retrenchments of the last two administrations; the foreign policy as it relates to the European and Asiatic countries and to the treaties which have been made during the last seven years; of the government's neutral attitude to the belligerents in the Orient; of tariff and tariff revision; of- reciprocity and the treaty consummated with Cuba, and of the efforts made to cement a reciprocal tie with the Dominion of Canada; of the tnist question and of legislation to reduce to a minimum the evils following illegal combinations; of “sound” money; of the Panama canal and the President’s part in negotiating the Panama treaty; of the Philippines, and .finally of irrigation in the arid West and the disappearsectional differences. Concerning the administration’s record In public economy, the Senator says that “we have pursued no parsimonious policy on the one hand nor indulged in extravagance on the other. We have measured the public expense by the public necessity.” He declares the foreign 'policy of the administration “has been conservative, just and firm, and has made for the advancement of peace.” The Senator asserts that, so far as the tariff question is concerned, the difference between the two great parties “is radical and fundamental.” Of tariff revision -he says: “A revision of duties should be made only when conditions have changed so that public interest demands their alteration, and they should be revised so as to preserve and not destroy the protective principle.” The Senator says the President’s course in Panama merits most general approval. A brief history of the negotiations leading to the Panama treaty is given.

FIGURES ON DIVORCE.

Census Shows Five Out of 1,000 Men Married Are Now Living Single. Divorces in the United States are on the increase in number, according to figures presented by the census bureau. The latest show that five out of every 1,000 men married are living in a state of divorce. The census returns disprove the theory that early marriage leads oftenest to divorce. A note of warning is also sounded to women who persist in marrying men of the roving class, who enter on matrimony late in life, and, for the guidance of those who ought to know, it is figured out in cold and passionless statistics of just what classes of. employment men are most frequently seen in the divorce courts. Fickle above all men in their marriage relations are soldiers, sailors and marines. Twenty-four of them out of every 1,000 married become divorced. Next to them in inconstancy are hostlers. Then follow actors and professional showmen. On further analysis the census bureau found that most of the occupations given contain a high percentage of bachelors. Statistics show that in nine of the fifteen occupations in this list the tendency to defer marriage is exceptionally strong. It is shown that in a long list of occupations groups in which there are not more than three divorces to 1,000 marriages, the tendency is toward early mat» rimony. It is shown that the number of married women in gainful occupations is steadily growing.— In 1890 4.6 per cent of all the married women of the country were thus employed. In 1900 this percentage had increased to 5.6. It is also shown that the percentage of single women in gainful occupations has declined since 1890, while that of married, widowed and divorced, in each case, has increased.

OLD WORLD NOTABLES

Premier Balfour, so it is said, is putting on fat. Friends of Lord Curzon predict that he will yet be the grand lama of Tibet. Herbert, son of the late W. E. Gladstone, has spent half his life in the House of Commons. He is 50 years of age. William Waldorf Astor of London has just added $1,000,060 worth of Broadway property to his American holdings. Sir Norman Lockyer has been elected president of a new society for the popularizing of science called the British Science guild. Sir George Lydenham Clarke, secretary of the British defense committee, has been governor of Victoria and filled many foreign missions. At a recent auction sale in Paris letters by Thiers, Casimir-Perier, Carnot, Grevy, MaSMa'hon and Faure sold from 45 cents to $3.40 each. Hugo Gorlitz, at one time Paderewski’s manager, says be has discovered two young Viennese girls whose talents will astound the world. The eminent German astronomer, Wilhelm Forster, has just celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the date when ha received his doctor’s degree. Shabfin Bey, a native prince of the Albanians, Is in London trying to obtain funds sos the purpose of continuing the insurrection against Turkey. The MacGregor celebrated a birthday recently. He is the fifth baronet of Edinchip, in the braes of Bolquhidder, a place bought by the first baronet in 1798. Queen Alexandra has had a replica made of Mr. Hughes’ portrait of her in her coronation robes, and will send it as a gift to the capital of her native country. Dr. Lorenz is said to have received an offer of $40,000 to reduce the congenital hip dislocation of the itmall son of a brewer in the Unified States, the name not being given. Lord and Lady Roberts will visit .the grave of their son in South Africa this fall. The young man, a lieutenant, was killed during one of Gen. Buller’s attempts to cross the Tugela river.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

Dun’s Weekly review of Chicago trade says: The recently noted improved

Chicago.

tone has been well sustained, more confidence being drawn from the steadily increasing demand and widening consumption. A heavier movement appears in farm products and general, merchandise, while a larger output is being made in several manufacturing lines. In planning ’for future activity employers of large forces exhibit hopefulness, and, while many’ car workers are idle, full resumption In steel and packing industries added thousands to the ranks of wage-earnersL Money is cheaper than at this time last year, and an improved borrowing demand reflects a closer return‘to normal conditions among producers. Iron and steel Interests are booking more satisfactory orders and* many building Jmprevements strengthen the market for lumber, hardware and other material. A satisfactory volume is recorded in both jobbing and retail branches. Thermal conditions were favorable to continued reduction of stocks throughout the Interior. There was good buying of dry goods, house furnishings and footwear, dealings being re-enforced by numerous country merchants from various sections. New business closed In staples for fall delivery made a favorable comparison with a year ago. Markets for breadstuff's were again largely Influenced by speculative features, resulting in higher prices for wheat and flour. Compared with . the closings last week wheat advanced 6 cents, but the coarse grains show little change, corn being only fractionally lower. Grain shipments, 4-,191,731 bushels, are the largest this year, although falling short of a year ago, 9.4 per cent. Provisions disclose slight recessions in value, but live stock on improved buying became dearer, choice beeves advancing 25 cents and hogs 15 cents a hundredweight. Bank clearings, 8171,392,622, are 1-4 per cent over the corresponding week last year. The general demand for money has shown more strength, and few loans were negotiated under 5 per cent discount

According to Bradstreet’s, while there are diverse movements In do-

New York.

mestic and foreign trade, the tendency as a whole is for improvement along conservative lines. Buoyancy in the stock market, possibly largely manipulated, and the strength of cereal prices are factors stimulating to trade, but the advance of the fall season, with cooler weather tn some sections, and the prospect of 'good returns to the agricultural interests, despite the heavy shortage in the wheat yield, are all elements tending to encourage buying. The feeling in many lines is that as the season advances and the corn crop situation becomes clearer the need of additional re-orders will result in a fair volume of trade, comparing better with fajl business a year pgo than did last spring’s trade with the corresponding period of 1903. Business failures in the United States for the week- Sept. 15 number 167, against 144 last week, 170 in the like week in 1903, 182 in 1902, 158 in 1901 and 183 in 1900. In Canada failures for the week number 28, as against 14 last year.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.95; hogs, shipping grades, $5.00 to $6.15; eheep, fair to choice, $2.75 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, sl.ll to $1.14; corn, No. 2,50 cto 52c; oats, standard, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 720 to 74c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $12.50; prairie, $6.00 to $10.50; butter, choice creamery, 16c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 17c; potatoes, 35c to 43e. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.90; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $6.00; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $3.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.12 to $1.13; corn, No. 2 white, 53c to 54c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 83c. St. Louis —Cattle, $4.50 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $6.15; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, $1.15 to $1.16; corn, No. 2, 49c to 50c; oats, No. 2,30 cto 31c; rye, No. 2,70 cto 71c. Cincinnati —Qatle, $4.00 to $5.25; hogs, $4.00 to $6.10; sheep, $2.00 to $3.30; wheat. No. 2, $1.15 to $1.17; corn, No. 2 mixed, 54c to 56c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 34c; rye, No. 2,78 cto 80c. Detroit—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.60; sheop, $2.50 to $3.25» wheat, No. 2, $1.14 to $1.15; com, No. 3 yellow, 54c to 56c; oats, No. 3 white, 32a to 83c; rye, No. 2,77 cto 79c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 $1.14 to $1.17; corn, No. 3,55 cto 56c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; rye, No. 1, 75c to 77c; barley, No. 2,54 cto 55c; pork, mess, $10.77. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, sl.ll to $1.12; corn, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 56c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; rye, No. 2, 76c to 77c; clover seed, prime, $7.05. Buffalo—Oattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $6.00; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $6.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; lambs, fair to choice, $4.50 to $6.20. New York—Oattle, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs, $4.00 to $6.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.40; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.13 to $1.15; com, N0..2, 55c to 56c; oats, No. 2 white, 85c to 86c; butter, creamery, 16c to 19c { eggs, western, 17c to 22c.