Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1905 — Page 2

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

NOBLEMAN A SOLDIER.

BARON’S SON JOINS UNITED STATES ARMY AS PRIVATE. Inquiries from Ireland Reveal Heir in Uniform ut Fort Slocum, Lookinjj for Roneli Adventure Passenger* from Stranded Steamer Walk Asliore Arthur Reginald French, eldest son and heir to the title afid estates of Baron Do Freyne, a large land owner in County Roscommon, Ireland, arrived in New York on the Cunard steamer Umbria on Jan. 10, went to the St. Denis hotel and about three days later disappeared. A few days ago Mr. Clive-Bayley, the English consul, received a letter of inquiry about the young man. It came from Denver and was from Captain William French of New Mexico, an uncle of the missing man. There was an exchange of telegrams between the consul and Captain French and cable messages between the consul and Lord De Freyne. The result was"that the police were notified, a general alarm was sent out, a private detective agency engaged, the newspapers told and all the machinery of a thorough search for the missing heir to a peerage and a large landed estate put in motion. All this time Arthur Reginald French was up at Fort Slocum, on David’s island, near New Rochelle, clad in the simple and serviceable blue uniform of a private in Unde Sam's army, a regularly enlisted man jn Company A, Eighth regiment. When found he expressed surprise at the fuss over his disappearance. He just wanted a little rough experience. HOMESTEADERS DISTRESS. Work in Blizzard Weather to Perfect Titles to Their Land. Four hundred homesteaders, who, last August, in the Rosebud land lottery, drew valuable prizes, are now undergoing fearful suffering trying to make the legal improvements which must be completed by March 8 in order to hold their titles. Confident that Congress would pass a special act giving them till Juno to do this, hundreds of homesteaders failed to do the work. When a few days ago Congress turned down their bill, they rushed to South Dakota from all directions to build their shanties and make a show of improving. The weather at the same time, turned cold, and through blizzards, with the temperature 20 to 40 below, they have been hauling lumber and provisions, hay and feed, putting up the shelters for themselves and their teams, that must also represent their title to' the property. WALK TO SHORE ACROSS ICE. Passengers of a Stranded Steamer in a Perilous Trip. Ice-bound in the steamer Naomi, four miles off Muskegon (Mich.) harbor, and with the prospect ahead of a week’s imprisonment, ten passengers, led by the purser, performed the perilous feat of walking to land. The party left the boat, each equipped with a long pole, and reached land three hours later, all ing in a badly exhausted condition and suffering much from exposure. Two women were in the landing party and one, Mrs. X. R. Watson, was in a serious condition when rescuers reached her. Besides being badly frozen, she was suffering from the effects, of a fall. All of the party were taken to homes along the beach and restoratives applied. Duchess in Great Peril. At a fancy dress ball given in Dublin by Lord Grenville the Duchess of MarlJ borough naryowly escaped a perilous accident. A burning cigarette which had been dropped.'upon the floor came in contact with the duchess’ fluffy tulle skirt, and in a moment her clothing was in flames. Viscount Crichton tore off his coat and smothered the flames. Parents of HI Seek Relief. Joseph Shettine and his wife lost their home in Gallipolis, Ohio, by fire and several of their children were nearly frozen to death before they could reach shelter. Mr. and Mrs. Shettine have nineteen children nnd Shettine has applied to President Roosevelt for relief on the ground that he cannot he charged' with race suicide. Death of Bishop McLaren. Right Rev. William Edward McLaren. Protestant Episcopal bishop of Chicago, died in New York City, and Bishop Coadjutor Charles P. Anderson succeeded to rule in the diocese. Charges Against Kuropatkin. Gen. Grippenherg has arrived in St. Petersburg and charges Kuropatkin with having ordered a retreat in the recent battle of Heikoutai when victory was in the hands of the Russians. Decision Aguinst Osteopaths. Division No. I of the Missouri Supreme Court decided that osteopaths are neither physicians nor surgeons under the laws of Missouri. Honor to Frances Willard. r| The nation paid homage to Miss Frances E. Willard at the unveiling of the monument given by the State of Illinois In statuary hull in Washington. Ilusiness Conditions Improve. The weekly trade reviews report an Improvement in general conditions following a change for the better in the weather. Woman Dicn in Hotel Fire. One woman was burned to death nnd lift een men nnd women narrowly escaped in a fire which damaged the Hotel Winton, at One Hundred and Tenth street and Park avenue. New York. Fire .Perish lu Resilience Fire. Five persons were burned to death in a dwelling house at Howe Brook plantation, about fifty miles north of Island Falls, Me. The Isslies were found in a heap inside the front door, through which an attempt evidently had been made to leave the house. The door was locked.

SLAY TYRANT KILLED

GRAND DUKE SERGIUS ASSASSINATEDiAT MOSCOW. Two Men Throw a Bomb Under His Carriage, a Violent Explosion Follows and the Czar’s Uncle Is Picked Up Dead—Assassins Arrested. Grand Duke .Sergius, uncle of Czar Nicholas 11., nnd branded as “Russia’s evil genius, ” was assassinated at Moscojy on Friday. Ho was killed by a bomb which was hurled beneath his carriage as lie was driving through the NlcolskT gate of the Kremlin. The great Slav tyrant was literally blown to bits. His body was terribly mangled. The carriage was blown to fragments of shattered wood. The bomb was thrown by one of two men who were in cabs. The instrument of deatli was hurled' just as their vehicles came close to the Grand 1 Hike's carriage. Both men were themselves injured by the ter rifle explosion |bf tin deadly bomb. Soldiers and. police effected their arrest, the assassins dripping with blood from tlieh’ wounds .is they were hurried away to prison. While soldiers, hurried from the Kremlin courts, formed a cordon about the bloody spectacle throngs of citizens charged the troops again and again; shouting: "Down witli the oppressor!’’ The whole city seemed on thebrink of a bloody uprising. Sergius’ assassination has loosed the spirit of anarchy which his oppression and brutal tactics as Governor General of Moscow aided so much to develop. He pain. sentence of dentil to the Nihilists who long ago branded lihn for assassination. Grand Duke Sergius, seated in his carriage, was driving from the historical museum to the Kremlin Palace.

The above picture shows the massacre t.< Narva Gate and depicts the manner in which the Czar’s troops tired upon a defenseless body of working Vwple in the streets of St. Petersburg on January 22. The scene is similar to others witnessed in various pf---*s of the city on tlie memorable red Sunday when the Czar refused to receive the petition of liis subjects and permitted them to b e massacred in the streets of the capital. The Czar is said to have a ited on the advice of the Grand D uke Sergius.

The royal carriage had just passed the law courts ancl was approaching the Nioolski gate, when two cabs, driven at top speed, suddenly whirled along in the wake of the royal equipage. The cabs rapidly overtook the Duke's conveyance, attracting little attention, however. Just as the two cabs were abreast the Duke's carriage the bomb was thrown. The deadly missile fell just beneath the royal carriage, exploding almost the instant it touched the ground. The roar was deafening. Police and soldiery reached the scone to find the two men who are charged with hurling the bomb wounded. A mass of twisted, shattered wreckage was all that remained of the Grand Duke’s conveyance, splinters of wood and bits of steel having pierced his mangled, torn body. The Kremlin stands high above the remainder of the city, and the explosion of the bomb, spreading its death and destruction, seemed to rouse Moscow from end to end. Street crowds formed in an instant, ns if by magic. Strikers and workmen fought the police and, hearing that death had come to their "evil genius." shouted in glorification and made threats of attempting the delivery of the assassins. Through street after street riot ran as the news of the assassination sprend. r Troops were deployed along every approach to beat back the molts. Arrests were made wholesale from the first. Charges are made by the police that students were behind the assassination conspiracy. Pour times within a few months Sergius' life lias been attempted. lie was last shot at in the railway station at Moscow, being then in company with General Trepoff. Further oppression followed this last attempt on his life. This served to fan the hotbed of anarchy that has formed at Moscow during Sergius’ regime there. An era of bomb throwing, having for Its ultimate the extinction of the entire house of the royal Romanoffs and ending with the execution of the Czar, la the program which the terrorists have outlined to follow the assassination of Grand Duke Sergius.

ST. PETERSBURG’S RED SUNDAY CHARGED AGAINST GRAND DUKE SERGIUS.

THE KREMLIN.

Legal Capital of Russia and Offiicial Residence of the Czar. The Kremlin, within which Grand Duke Sergius was driving when the fatal bomb was thrown, is to Russia what the Vatican is to Rome, the Alhambra to Spain, Windsor Castle to England and the Acropolis to Athens, Ranking as one of the most celebrated structures in the world, it has stood fur ten centuries as a majestic symbol of the pomp and power of the Russian empire. The Kremlin is the legal capital of all the Russias, the location of the throne, the official residence of the Czar and the headquarters of the Greek or-

GRAND DUKE SERGIUS.

thodox church. It is nil imposing collection of buildifigs, rich with the beauty of Muscovite architecture, which stand upon an eminence like a city within a city, washed on all sides by the River Volga, and inclosed by a wall nearly a mile nnd a half long. In the group of stately edifices are the ancient palace of the ('znrs. the palace of the holy synod, the Church of the Assumption, in which every Czar must be crowned; the Church of the Annunciation, in which they must

he baptized and married; the Church of St. Michael, in which most of them have been buried; two monasteries,- two barracks housing 5,000 soldiers, a monument to the memory of Alexander'JL, the emancipator of the serfs; the great beil of Moscow, the tower of Ivan and the national treasury, in which all the relics of the Romanoff dynasty are stored. Moscow is tlie official capital of the empire, although for reasons of convenience the court meets at St. Petersburg. The palace in the Kremlin is therefore always kept in readiness for the occupancy of the imperial family. The Czar spends a few weeks there every year

MAP OF KREMLIN AND ENVIRONMENTS.

NOTABLE ASSASSINATIONS IN RUSSIA. SERGIUS. CRAND DUKE—Feb. IT, 1905; killed Instantly l liy a bomb hurled beneath his earrlage while driving within the Kremlin in Moscow: assassins arrested. JSOLSALON SONINEN, procurator general ut Finland—Feb. 6. 1905: shot and killed ' in his home in Helsingfors by a young man. who was afterward slaiu by the procurator's son. VON I’LEIIVB, Minister of the Interior— July 28, 1904; killed instantly lu iff. Petersburg by a bomb thrown beneath his carriage while on his way to I’eterhof to —make ir report to Czar: assassin captured. COUNT BOHRIKOFF, Governor of Finland - June l(i. 1904: fatally shot while entering the Finnish Senate in lieislngsfors by a lawyer named Schaumann, who at once —coin milted suicide. CZAIt ALEXANDER ll.—March 13, 1881; blown to pieces by a bomb hurled under ids inrriage, it being generally claimed that tlie police had some connivance In the plot. CZAIt PAUL L—March 23, 1801: aroused from his lied at tlie MlchnelofT Palace by tlie murder of the sentry at ills door, lie sprang op to meet a body of conspirators; they (lejuandcd tlint he abdicate, and on his refusal Paul was strangled to dentil. CZAR IVAN VL—l7O4; after being sent into exile Ivan was murdered in prison. CZAIt PETER 111. 1702; poisoned by drugs placed In Ills wine, the act said to have been Instigated hv his wife, Catherine 11., who succeeded him. CZAIt FEODOR 1. 1598; murdered; with his dentil there came an end to the grent family of tiie Kuriks. who had held the throne of Russia for 700 years.

SERGIUS HATED AND DESPISED.

Career of Oppression Named Him as “Russia’s Evil Genius.” No member of the royill family of Russia Was more listed and feared than Grand Duke Sergius, who met his fate at tlie hands of an assassin. The hatred was not confined to the middle nnd lower classes, It extended, to the nobility, and even found its way to the Czar’s household. He was called “Russia’s evil genius’’ and was charged by the Czar's friends and foes alike with being the pregent cause of Russia’s political woes and troubles. Of all the grand ducal party Sergius was the most hated, feared and loathed by the' Russian people. As Governor General of Moscow, his ruthless tyranny and harshness were equaled only by his inordinate capacity for grafting. For many years his arm has been in the pub-

lie treasury up to his arm pit and he died the richest of the grand dukes, just as he had lived the most vicious. Many a peasant had his cow sold for taxes, had lost his chief meaui of life, so that Sergius and his infamous associates might the more gorgeously gild their halls of debauchery. Tlie cruel, blind, inaptitude of Sergius, the Governor, was obscured in the minds of Russian people by the abysmal depravity of Sergius, tlie man. “That Heliogabalus” was the common nickname of the dead grand duke. The Grand Duchess Sergius was respected throughout the empire, and especially in the province of Moscow, where stfe lived. During the last three months she has received through the mails a number of typewritten circulars warning her not to appear in public with the Grand Duke, as he was to be assassinated. Fortunately for herself, it appears that the duchess heeded tlie warning, for she was not driving with her husband when lie was killed. Much as Russia feels relieved at the suppression of the unspeakable Sergius, a correspondent snys, it is doubtful whether the empire has as great cause for rejoicing as the wife of the dead monster. She was fully aware of his character, nnd for years tlie imperial couple had not lived together, although occupying the same palace.

OLD WORLD NOTABLES

Unroii Gnutseh, Austria’s new premier, began his career ns usher in a school. Arthur de Ferraris, a noted Austrian artist, is touring the United States. The famous house at Higligate, London. where Coleridge lived, is to be torn down. Russia lias lost, in the death of Dr. Kliforousky, its most distinguished surgeon. All of the writings of the late Lnfeadio Hearn are to be translated into German. One hundred and ninety-four memorials to Bismarck have been erected in Germany. Emperor William has over 150 military and naval uniforms. No other monarch has so many. Jose Echegarny, the celebrated Spanish writer, has published more than twenty dramas. Kaiser Wilhelm pnys his own private railway expenses, and they amount to some 125.000 a year.

LEW WALLACE DEAD.

NOTED AUTHOR, SOLDIER AND STATESMAN PASSES AWAY. Noteworthy Career Ends in Crawfordsvllle, Ind.-Won Distinction in War for Union—Made Minister to Turkey in Recognition of Novel “Ben-Hur.” General Law Wallace, author of the great “Ben-Hur,” died Wednesday evening, shortly after 9 o’clock at his home In Crawfordsville, Ind. General Wallace's death marked release from suffering protracted over several months of time. An attack of stomach trouble undermined his robust health and for three years he had been suffering a decline. All his life a man of unusual vigor, both mental and physical, the strain of an aggravated attack of Indigestion told severely on him during the last few weeks and he became so emaciated that his appearance alarmed his friends. His seventy-eight years gave little encouragement for his recovery, and after a brave struggle the lawyer, soldier, diplomat and author passed away. During his long period of illness, gtnd even toward his last moments, General Wallace with steady hand and clear brain worked on his memoirs, a labor he had been following for some years. To the Manner Born. Lewis Wallace was born in Brookvllle, Franklin County, Ind., April 10, 1827. By every right of ancestry he was entitled to the distinction which he achieved. He was “to the manner born,”, his father, David Wallace, hav-

GEN. LEW WALLACE.

lng been elected Governor of Indiana In 1837 and to Congress in 1842 from the Indiana pedis district. The father was a man of strong parts and oi; Illustrious ancestry. In his youthful days Lewis Wallace displayed a tendency to neglect tlie opportunities which his father’s position gave him. He hated books and schools and remained at school only so long as It was impossible to avoid. In this manner lie acquired hut little real foundational education. Previous to the outbreak of the Mexican War Wallace liad undertaken the study of law. When the. call for soldiers dame he was among the first to enlist. He was not yet 20 years old, but his services were so meritorious that he came hack from tlie war a lieutenant. At the close of tlie war he marriedd Susan A. Elston, a widow of a pioneer of Crawsforilsville. Their tastes wore congenial, Mrs. Wallace herself being an author who achieved success in several books which she has published. Activity in the Civil War. At the beginning of the Civil War he was appointed adjutant general of Indiana and soon after colonel of the Eleventh Indiana Volunteers. He served In West Virginia and became brigader general of volunters in September, 1801. He commanded at Donelson, was made major general, led a division at Shiloh and prepared the defense of Cincinnati In 1803, saving the city from capture by General Edmund Kirby Smith. Later he saved Washington from capture. During the administration of President Harrison he was appointed territorial governor of New Mexico. From 1881 to 1885 lie was minister to Turkey. As a diplomat lie was eminently successful. “Ben-Hur” was written In 1880, after Robert G. Ingersoll liad given General Wallace his first Impetus toward acquiring the biblical lore necessary to its creation. Ills other works were; “Life of General Benjamin Harrison,” 1888; "The Fair God,” 1883; "The Boyhood of Christ,” 1889; "The Prince of India,” 1893; “The Wooing of Malkntoon,” 1803. Besides Ills widow, General Wnllace leaves a son, Henry L. Wallace, who lives (n Indianapolis.

Sparks from the Wires.

Three earthquake shocks were felt at Santiago. The strikers in the German coal region now number 200,000 inen. The vast admiralty works at Sevastopol, Russia, were burned. Gendarmes killed four Liberals In quelling a riot at Budapest. l)r. Curl, surgeon of the United States cruiser Boston, died of yellow fever at Punama. Dr. Brown of the New York health department declares that all Idiot children should be drowned. The Ynqtil Indians are on the warpath In Mexico. Eighteen persons havs been killed by Indians during the pust week

CONGRESS

The question of wliat the policy of the government should be with respect to the upbuilding of the navy was again thrashed out in the House Weduesdny during the consideration of the naval appropriation bill, the debate developing much opposition to the proposed addition of two battleships to the naval establishment. The defense of the Philippines played an important part in the discussion, while the eventFruf the war in the far East from a naval point of view were given prominence by the advocates of an increased navy. The House met an hour earlier than usual, nnd with the exception of a brief period the entire day was consumed by the naval hill. The Senate continued, but did not conclude, consideration of the bill making appropriations for the support of the government of the District of 'Columbia. While the bill was before the Senate Mr. Elkins took exception to an item for the construction of a local bridge nH in the interest of speculators, and made a general plea for economy in the matter ol appropriations. The Swayne impeachment trial held the attention of the Senate for two hours. Aside from two hours spent in routine business the Senate Thursday gave its entire attention to the Swayne impeachment trial. Two hours and a half of the time given to that case was spent behind closed doors considering the admissibility of a statement made by Judge Swayne before a committee of the House of Representatives. The point was argued at length. The House adopted s resolution declaring tlie Senate amendment to the agricultural appropriatior bill, which abolishes the drawback clause in the Dingley bill on wheat im ported and afterward exported as flour, an infringement of the privileges of tin House, inasmuch as the House lias tin sole right to initiate revenue legislation nnd ordering the bill returned to the Sen ate. The vote on the resolution was 261 to 5. The naval appropriation bill wai then taken up for the discussion ol amendments. Bills were passed to provide a government for the'canal zone anc making applicable to the canal zone at laws affecting imports and the entry o) persons. The Senate on Friday passed the bil appropriating $9.910,000 for the District of Columbia and the diplomatic and con sulnr appropriation hill, carrying $2,150, 000. One witness was heard in tin Swayne impeachment trial, and an houi Was spoilt in secret session in a furthei effort to determine the admissibility as evidence of Judge Swayne** statement before a House committee. The Senate receded from its .amendment to the ngui* cultural appropriation hill, construing the provision in the Dingley law relative tc the drawback oil imported wheat. Sena tor Morgan offered ail amendment to tlie Panama canal hill to prohibit the filing of vacancies on the Panama canal commission during the recess of Congress. A special feature was the ceremonies accepting tlie statue of Miss Frances E. Willard placed in Statuary Hall by tlw State of Illinois, at the conclusion ol which the Senate ns a further mark ol respect to Miss Willard's memory adjourned. The House adopted a resolu tion shutting off all del ate oil the statehood bill and sending the measure di rectly to conference, in order to facili tate action at this session. Several hours were devoted to discussing the naval appropriation hill, after which the House held exercises appropriate to the acceptance of the statue of Miss Frances E. Willard. Addresses were made by Messrs Foss, Graff, Littlefield of Maine nln: Rainey, and at the conclusion of the ceremonies the House adjourned. The Senate on Saturday decided not tc admit as testimony in the Swayne impeachment trial tlie statement made by Judge Swayne before a House committee and then adjourned the court. A request of the House for a conference on the statehood bill was received nnd a sharp debate ensued over an effort to have the conference committee appointed immediately. The opponents of joint statehood succeeded in securing a postponement until Monday. Senator Penrose, from the committee on postoffiee« and post roads, reported the postofflee appropriation hill, and then the special order of the day, eulogies-upoii the character of tlie late Senator M. S. Quay of Pennsylvania, was taken up. The House received notice that the Senate had withdrawn its wheat drawback amendment to the agricultural appropriation hill, nnd immediately voted to reject all the Senate amendments and send the measure to conference. The Senate amendments to the diplomatic and consular hill were nlso disagreed to and a conference requested. Similar action was taken on the District of Columbia appropriation bilL Several private hills were passed and the House then went into committee of the whole to consider the pension appropriation bill, which was finally passed without amendment. Sitting in special session, the House of Representatives Sunday conducted services to the memory of the late Senator Mathew Stanley Quay of Pennsylvania. M r - Dalzell presided.

In the National Capital.

The Supreme Court of the United States has taken u recess for three weeks. The House committee on judiciary nnthorixedsja favorable report on a bill requiring aN corporations engaged in interstate commerce to make annual reports to (lie commissioner of corporations of the Department of Commerce and Labor. Secretary Shaw lias sent a letter to both houses of Congress recommending the refund of the duties paid on imported wheat when used for seed. Representative Connell of Pennsylvania introduced a Dill granting thirty days’ nnuual leave, with full pay, to clerks anil employes of first and second-class postofllces. Seuntor Alger introduced a bill appropriating $5,000 for the erection of a monument to the memory of Captain C. V, Gridley, who commanded Admiral Dewey’s flngsliip Olympia at the battle es Manila Bijri