Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1905 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. <JEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

PAT CROWE GIVES UP

KIDNAPER OF CUDAHY BOY SURRENDERS HIMSELF. Walks Into Omaha Newspaper Office and Tells Story of His Wanderings —Man Who- Says He Is Michigan Defaulter Goes Free. Pat Crowe, the alleged kidnaper of Eddie Cudahy, son of the millionaire packer of Omaha, and for whose arrest rewards aggregating $50,000 have nt different times been offered, walked Into the office of the World-Herald in Omaha at 1 o’clock Saturday morning, accompanied by Thomas O’Brien, proprietor of the llenshaw hotel of that city. Crowe, O'Brien and a representative of the World-Herald were closeted for nearly an hour, during which time Crowe told of his wanderings since he left the city four years ago. Crowe stated that he had served in the Boer war, fighting with the Boers. He returned to this country after the war and has lived continually, according to his statement, quietly in a South Side flat in Chicago. He says he has been in Chicago nearly three years and that he has visited Omaha on three different occasions during that time. He 6tated that he had been negotiating for several years for Immunity from punishment in case he should surrender himself to the authorities, although he declined to say with whom the negotiations were carried on. The alleged kidnaping took place in December, 1900, and in January Edward Cudahy, the father of the missing boy, who had been returned, offered a reward of $50,000 for the apprehension of the kidnapers.

FIGHTING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of the Clqba in ProminentBase Ball Leagues. Standing of the Xational League: W. L. W. L. New Y0rk...13 4 Philadelphia.. 8 8 Pittsburg ...11 7 Brooklyn .... 9 12 Chicago ... .12 880 ecu 9 Cincinnati ~ 9 9 St, Louis..... 5 13 Standing of the American League: W. L. W. D. Cleveland ...10 0 Chicago 8 9 Washington. 11 8 Xew York.... 8 9 Philadelphia.. 9 8 Detroit 8 10 St. Louis. ... 9 10 Boston 8 11 Standing of the American Association W. L. W.L. Columbus ...12 5 Kansas 'City.. 7 8 Milwaukee... 8 0 St. Paul 7 8 Minneapolis.. 8 7 Indianapolis.. 5 8 Louisville ... 8 8 Toledo 5 10 Standing of the Western League: W. L. W. L. Des Moines. .72 Omaha 4 5 St. Joseph... 4 4 Colo. Springs. 3 5 Denver 5 5 Sioux City.... 3 5

CONFESSES, BUT GOES FREE. Man Acknowledges Crime for Which Another Is in Prison. A man who said his name was George E. Leyden went to police headquarters in Kansas City, stated he formerly was cashier for the Wolverine Lumber Company of Grand Itapids, Mich., and confessed he conspired with another man and robbed the company of $2,100 March 18. He said William Bush, an innocent man, was convicted of the crime and is now in the Michigan State penitentiary. The police did not arrest Leyden, discrediting his confession. Teacher Held for Arson. Leon E. Shafer, principal of Deshler, Ohio, public schools, former principal of schools at Erie, Mich., and an applicant for superintendent of the Toledo schools, is under arrest at Monroe, Mich., charged with having set tire to the school building at Erie four weeks ago. The motive alleged is revenge for having been dismissed.

TrußUAgent Sent to Jail. E. J. Smiley, secretary of the Kansas Grain Dealers’ Association, was placed in jail in La Crosse, Ka'n., to serve a ninety days’ sentence of the United States Supreme Court for the violation of the anti-trust law. This is the first instance of a member of a trust being sent to jail in Kansas. Cashier Short! Bank Closes. The Peconic Bank in Sag Harbor. X. Y., failed to open its doors, she other morning. Cashier F. M. Palmer having confessed to u shortage of $40,000. Palmer signed over all his property, making restitution to the amount of $30,000. A surety company is on his bond for SIO,OOO.

Eight Cornell Students Near Death. Eight Cornell students had a narrow escape from drowning in Cayuga lake, near Ithaca, N, Y. They were sailing in a thirty-mile wind when their boat was capsized. For forty-five minutes they clung to the overturned craft until a rescuing party put out in rowboats. Fatal Storm in St. I,aui>. | The severe storms that swept over St. f,onia and vicinity late Thursday resulted in the death of two persons and injuries •to eight, and considerable damage to prioiperty. *- Japun Aroused Against France. Japan is aroused over what it considers repented violations of neutrality on the part of France, and a Tokio paper say* Japanese troops would be justified in bombarding French territory. Anto Goes Over Embankment. John 8. Bradstreet, a well-known resident of Minneapolis, is in St. Barnabas hospital suffering from a fractured skull and numerous cuts and bruises as a result of a fall over a 10-foot embankment in a big automobile. Founders in Atlantic Gale. The tug Gertrude put into Newport. H. 1., harbor the other day and reported the loss of the barge Moonbeam off Point Judith, with all on board, including the of the late Walter Q. Gresham of Chidrea of the captain.

WAR DURING THE WEEK

No Important Developments in tbe Naval Game. The week's developments in the naval game in the China Sea make it clear that Vice Admiral Rojestvensky will not undertake to give battle to Admiral Togo, or to make a dash for a safe harbor at Vladivostok until his fleet has been re-enforced by Bear Admiral Xebogatoff's division. Rojestvensky left the shelter of the French harbor at Kamranh Bay .just in time to prevent the neutrality crisis between Japan and France from assuming ao critical stage. Apparently he anchored just outside the three-mile limit, for French dispatches from Kamranh Bay said he would not leave t’ 't Annum coast until he was joined by Xeboga toff’s ships. Concurrently the wires have been busy with rumors concerning Xebogatoff's collection of antiques, which is to re-enforce Rojestvensky. This squadron may have reached the China Sea without having been observed by reliable witnesses, but that does not seem probable. Rojestvensky has now been three weeks in the China Sea, a time long enough, it would seem, to satisfy him that Togo has no intention of leaving the neighborhood of the Japanese naval bases to attack him.

Admiral Togo is still keeping his fleet.well away from the trade routes. Otherwise his vessels would have been reported long before this. In addition to tint many ports which have been closed by the Japanese to commerce. the whole of the island of Formosa has n’ow been proclaimed to he under martial law. It might be inferred from this that i'ogo was in waiting in Formosan waters, but such an inference would be rash. Only the< event will show where Togo elects to meet Rojestvensky, when Rojestvensky elects to proceed on his course. No one knows where Togo's fleet is but Togo. There is, however, a quiet note of confidence in all Tokio dispatches, which indicates clearly that in Japan, at least, there is no anxiety for the outcome of the naval combat when it does take place.

The neutrality question seems to have settled itself. Probably if the truth were known the Tokio statesmen were not nearly so angry with France as the Japanese newspapers represented, and doubtless France received nothing that could by any stretch of diplomatic usage be called a “protest’’ or a “demand for an explanation.” As a matter of fact, it is clear that Japan has little to gain and much to lose by compelling a serious diplomatic breach with France over the neutrality question. It is easy to say that by coming to an open rupture with France over a real or fancied grievance Japan could.call upon England to fulfill the obligations of an ally. Such a contingency could be imagined, of course, but it is clear that Japan might lose more than she could gain by dragging England and France into the war.

When four nations engage in war, necessarily four nations are concerned in the adjustment of the terms of peace. At present Japan has proven herself stronger than Russia on land and sea. If Japan unaided can whip Russia —then only Japan and Russia will be concerned in the peace settlement —and Japan can dictate the terms. But if Japan drags France and England into the war the peace conference will much resemble a conference of the powers—and Japan, so far from being able to dicate terms alone, would be in the minority and compelled to accept what she could get.

Abolishes the Grand Jury.

That ancient bulwark of Anglo-Saxon Justice, the grand jury, is to be abolished in Minnesota. A constitutional amendment for that purpose received 121.000 majority at the recent election. Minnesota is the fifst place in the Anglo-Saxon world to do avfav with the time-honored institution. The plant of the Comlon-Lane Boom and Lumber Company, with the entire town of Horton, W. Ya., consisting of about 150 company houses and millions of feet of lumber, were burned by a fire started in the woods by sparks from a donkey engine. The twin town of Whitmer is threatened. Edward Kennedy, a Great Northern ireman, aged 70, while boasting of having never been *ick a day, 1 dropped dead at Havre, Mont He organized the first ftre company in Minneapolis.

THE RUSSIAN BALTIC FLEET.

DOZENS DIE IN WARSAW.

Many Alio Wounded ia Clashes Between Troops and Workmen. Thirty-one persons -were killed and many were wounded in a conflict at Warsaw. Russian Poland, between troops and workmen at Zelazna and Jeroschinska streets. A procession of workmen carrying red flags was stopped by cavalry and infantry. The cavalry charged and the infantry fired a volley. Fifteen of the wounded were removed to the hospital, but many others were taken to their homes. Another collision between soldiers and workmen is reported to hare taken place at the corner of Zlote and Sosnowa streets. A military patrol fired on a crowd and killed or wounded twenty persons. According to the custom in Russia Easter Sunday and the days immediately succeeding are given up to feasting and rejoicing. The use of liquor is freely indulged in. especially among the lower classes, and drunkenness is common everywhere. Agitators afid anarchists take advantage of this condition of affairs to inflame the minds of the people, to incite disorder and to cause uprisings. Even in ordinary times the police and military have difficulty in maintaining the peace. On account of the intense feeling aroused by the massacres attendant upon the strikes in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Warsaw and the other industrial centers in Russia in January last and the sending of conscripts to the war in the far East the Easter holidays this year were looked forward to with great apprehension by the authorities and extensive preparations made to quell disturbances. According to the Russian calendar Easter Sunday fell on April 30 this year. Easter Sunday in Russia brought a rescript from the Emperor of far greater importance than the absence of disorder, a rescript granting religious freedom throughout the empire. The ukase will benefit 30,000,000 believers in the old faith, 12,000,000 non-conformists, and

VIEW OF KANGRA VALLEY, WHERE THE EARTH QUAKED.

about 40,000,000 of alien faith, including Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Protestants, Mohammedans and Buddhists. Logically the ukase involves a complete reversal of Russian policy of seeking national unity in conquered provinces by compelling religious unity.

Told in a Few Lines.

The Loreto cotton factory, near Mexico City, burned. Loss $200,000, fully insured. A law was passed by the New York Legislature forbidding profanity in telephone conversations. The Susquehanna planing mills, in Williamsport, I'a., operated by George B. Breen, were destroyed by fire. Loss $50,000. _ A Brooklyn private watchman fatally shot a burglar making off with a S7OO rug from the residence of George Prentiss of Brooklyn. Arthur Lntchford, secretary and treasurer of the Mechanics’ Savings Bank of Rochester, N. Y., committed suicide a: his home by shooting. Tight lacing caused Mrs. Violet O’Connor of St. Louis to have cerebral hemorrhage and she died shortly after being stricken in the street. The British schooner Laconia was occupied five months and survived seven hurricanes and two-score storms in a trip from a New Brunswick port to New York. Col. Nicholas Pike, a naturalist, author of a “Life of George Washington,” and mnny scientific works, is dead in New York from paralysis. H* was 87 years old. One of the highest prices ever brought by an autograph letter of Abraham Lincoln has just been recorded at an auction sale in New York. The relic brought sllO.

THOUSANDS PERISHED.

Frightful Destruction Wrought by the Earthquakes in lndij. The recent earthquakes in India have been much more disastrous than at first supposed. Instead of a few hundred having been killed, the number of fatalities reaches 15,000, with the prospect that hundreds, perhaps thousands, more /nay have perished. The affected area is 700 square miles in extent, with a population running up in the millions and thickly dotted with towns and villages. In this area nearly every building was damaged and many were entirely destroyed and their occupants with them. The town of Dharmsala was practically annihilated and nearly 500 Gurkha soldiers perished in the ruins

THE VICEREGAL LODGE AT SIMLA.

of their barracks. Several Europeans also perished. At Mussoorie much damage was done to buildings and many persons were killed or injured. At Simla, which is the summer homo of Lord and Lady Curzon, the latter an American, the damage wrought by the earthquakes was confined chiefly to property. Lady Curzon had a nar-

row escape, a tali chimney crashing through the roof into the room directly above her bedroom. The populous city of Lahore and also the city of Delhi suffered severely. At Lahore at least seventy persons were killed, while many more were injured. Nearly a score of towns and villages were damaged, buildings being demolished and thousands killed and injured. Earthquakes fire of frrequent occurrence in India, a half a dozen serious ones occurring since the English occupation. In 1842 northern India was shaken by a terrible convulsion, and in 1897 Assam and Lower Bengal were similarly visited. The recent earthquakes are probably the most fatal In the history of India, though they fall far short of some of the great seismic disasters in other lands. Thus the earthquakes at Lisbon, Portugal, in 1755, are credited with having destroyed 00,000 persons, while the disturbances in Calabria, Italy, In 1873, wiped out 40,000 lives. It is estimated that as many as 13.000,000 human beings have been swept off the face of the earth by this awful visitation.

Frederick H. Wilson, financial clerk in charge of the United States Indian warehouse in New York, whose dismissal together with several clerks was ordered by Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, has not yet received official notice of hie removal. A pitched battle was fought early the other morning between two robbers and John C. Brutt, a saloonkeeper at Second and Brannnn streets, San Francisco. Thomas Reilly, a laborer who was in the Brutt saloon at the time, wae killed by one of the flying bullets.

Criminals Better Formed.

Dr. J. Marty, a French criminologist, has recently made an examination of 4,000 delinquent soldiers of the French army, and has found that in height, weight, breast measure, muscular power and general condition they averaged much better than the well-be-haved soldiers. Dr. Marty does not Imply that criminals are by nature better physically than non-criminals, but suggests that the condition of criminal families is so much more wretched than respectable ones that only the uncommonly strong survive.

A Tale of Suffering.

Oakley, Mich., May 8. —(Special.)—“I could not sleep or rest in any place,” vays Florence Capen of this place in a recent interview, "I had a pain in my back and hips. If I sat down I could not get up out of my chair. I was in pain all the time. I got poor for I did not eat enough to keep a small child. 1 could not rest nights. “Then I sent for a box of Dodd’s Kidney Pills and went to taking them and what do you think that very night I went to bed and I slept till morning. I got up and thanked God for the night's rest and Dodd's Kidney Pills. I know that Dodd’s Kidney Pills are all that is claimed for them.” This is only one of the numerous ex--periences that show the way to build up run down people is to cure the kidneys. Thousands of people in every State bear witness to the. fact that Dodd’s Kidney Pills never fail to cure the kidneys.

Doubtful Sympathy.

“My face hurts me,” said the young man who was up against a joblot of neuralgia. “Why don’t you pawn your cheek and lose the ticket?” suggested his lady friend.

SKIN-TORTURED BABIES.

Inetnnt Relief in Warm Baths with Cnticnra Soap and Gentle Anointings With Cuticura Ointment. The suffering which Cuticura Remedies have alleviated among the young* and the comfort they have afforded worn-out and worried parents, have led to their adoption In countless homes as priceless curatives for the skin and blood. Infantile and birth humors, milk crust, scalled head, eczema, rashes, and every form of Itching, scaly, pimply skin, and scalp humors, with loss of hair, of Infancy and childhood, as speedily, permanently and economically cured when all other remedies suitable for children, and even the best physicians, fail.

Terrible Temptation.

An eminent English surgeon, whose brusqueness with grown-ups recalls that of the famous Abernethy, is quite another person when children are his patients. Then he is as amiable as an angel of a big St. Bernard dog. A short time ago, nccoruing to St. James’ Budget, this gentle giant got up out of a warm bed at 3 o’clock in the morning to attend a tiny boy in piteous plight from diphtheria. He performed the operation of tracheotomy and saved the child’s life. Time went on and his genefal condition improved, but there was one disquieting symptom. He refused to use his voice. When he w T as questioned he nooded or shook his head, but would not speak. Finally the surgeon found a way. One morning he talked at his stubborn little patient. “I’m sorry he can't speak to me, nurse,” the surgeon said, “because I’m going up to London to-morrow, and sha’n’t know' whether to bring him a horse or a gun.” There w r as a brief silence. The surgeon and nurse waited breathlessly. Then a tiny finger stole up to a wounded throat, and the ghost of a baby boy’s voice said:

“Please, doctor, bwing me a lickle gun!”

COFFEE HEART

Very Plain in Some People. A great many people go on suffering from annoying ailments for a long time before they can get their ownconsent to give up the indulgehce from which their trouble arises. A gentleman in Brooklyn describes his experience, as follows: “I became satisfied some months ago that I owed the palpitation of the heart, from which I suffered almost daily, to the use of coffee (I had been a coffee drinker for 30 years), but I found it very hard to give up the bey-, erage. “I realized that I must give up the harmful indulgence in coffee, but I felt the necessity for a hot table drink, and as tea is not to my liking, I was at a loss for a while w hat to do.

“One day I ran across a very sensible and straightforward presentation of the claims of Fosturn Food Coffee, and was so impressed thereby that I concluded to give it a trial. My experience with it was unsatisfactory till I learned how it ought to be prepared—by thorough boiling for not less than 15 or 20 minutes. After I learned that lesson there was no trouble. Postum Food Coffee proved to be a most palatable und satisfactory hot beverage, and I have used it ever since. “The effect on my health lias been most salutary. It has completely cured the heart palpitation from which I used to suffer so after breakfast, 1 and I never have a return of it except when I dine or lunch away from home nnd am compelled to drink the old kind of coffee because Postum is not served. I find that Postum Food Coffee cheers and invigorates, while it produces no harmful stimulation.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a reason. Ten days’ trial proves an eye opener to many. , Read the little book “The Road to Wellville” In every pkg.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

Dealings in leading rePhipann tail lines suffered from the extension of the teamsters’ strike, hut the aggregate volume of trade has maintained increasing proportions. The general, movement of commodities gained" further momentum, and in both production and new demands the developments impart strength to business. Railroad freight .is more largely made up of staple merchandise. factory products and raw material, and further activity is seen In lake traffic, mine and forest output furnishing large tonnage. Spring work on the farms is responsible for lessened marketing of grain, yet the receipts exceeded those of the corresponding week last year by fully 30 per cent and the shipments from this port almost doubled. Supplies of primary foodstuffs have been ample for requirments. and with the winding up of recent disastrous speculation in wheat market operations are now controlled by normal conditions. The severe decline stimulated fresh vigor in flour transactions for both domestic and foreign consumption. Agricultural advices affirm beneficial effect of the late rainfall upon growing crops. Spring seeding cover® a greater acreage than last year, and reports from the ranges are good as to pasturage and stock. Local financial affairs present a healthy aspect. Funds continue in ready supply for legitimate enterprises, and while most of the commercial banks are well loaned up. there is considerable investment of money in choice bonds and realty improvements, the discount rate being favorable. Grain receipts were 3,230.253 bushels, against 3,320,721 bushels last'week and 2,359,033 bushels a year ago. The shipments aggregated 3.203,014 bushels. against 1,647,418 bushels. Receipts of live stock were 3i7.187 head, compared with 320.477 head last week and 285,201 head a year ago, and the demand was insufficient to maintain prices. Compared with the closings a week ago, declines are seen in wheat 22 cents a bushel, corn 1% cents, oats 1 cent, pork 45 cents, choice beeves 5 cents, hogs 10 cents and sheep 35 cents.—Dun’s Commercial Review. *

{jgy York ncterizes distributive . trade, while industry is active and outdoor construction is of unprecedented volume.—The- weather has been rather too cool for the best of crop preparation or germination. Labor is well employed, and with the one conspicuous exception of Chicago, where the teamsters' strike affects trade and shipments, disputes are below the average for May 1. Prices of many staples have been weak and unsettled, and cereals, cotton, some kinds of pig iron, copper, and country produpe have moved lower. Railway earnings are good, and bank clearings this week, owing to holidays, are smaller than last week, but heavily exceed a year ago. Collections generally are rather tardy, especially at the South. Crop conditions, though the season is backward, promise well as regards the cereals. A heavy wheat yield is in prospect.—Brad street’s Trade Report.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $0.(55; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to ss.os;.sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.10; wheat, No. 2. 90c to 93c; corn, No. 2,47 cto 48c; oats, standard. 29c to 31c; rye, No. 1,73 cto 74c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $13.50; prairie, SO.OO to $11.00; butter, choice creamery, 22c to 24c; eggs, fresh, 13c tof'*Tse; potatoes, 18c to 25c. 4 Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $0.40; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $5.55; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,93 cto 95c; corn. No. 2 white, 48c to 50c; oats, No. 2 white, 29e to 31c. St. LOuis—Cattle, $4.50 to $0.25: hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep. $4.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,91 cto 93c; corn. No. 2, 40c to 48c?*ontS, No. 2. 27c to 29c; rye, No. 2,70 cto 72c. Cincinnati —Cattle. $4.00 to $0.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep, $2.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2. 90c to 98c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 48c to 50c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; ,rye. No. 2,80 cto 83c. Detroit-*—Cattle.. $3,50 to $5.50; hogs, $4.00 to $5.40: sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,90 cto 98c; corn. No. 3 yellow. 50c to 52c; oats, No. 3 white, 32c to 33c; rye, No. 2,79 cto 80c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, Otic to $1.00: corn. No. 3,40 cto 48c; oats. No. 2 white, 30c to 32c: rye, No. 1, 77c to 78c: barley. No. 2,50 cio 52c; pork, mess, $12.07. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 99c to $1.01; corn. No. 2 mixed. 4He to 50c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 30c to, 32c; rye, No. 2, 81c to 82c; clover seed, prime, $8.75. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $0.05; lings, fair to choice, $4.00 to $5.40; sheep, fair to choice, $4.50 |o | $4.75; iambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.50. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $0.27;' hogs, $4.00 to $5.75; sheep. $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 90c to 91c; corn, No. 2,53 cto 55c; oats, natural, white, 35c to 3fle; butter, creamery, 25$ to 27c: eggs, western, 15c to 18c