Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1905 — Page 2

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

SHOWS GREAT NERVE.

MISSOURI BANK EMBEZZLER HAS ASSURANCE. Chats lrlth President of Institation He Had Robbed AVhlle Awaiting Train on Wbleb to Flee—No In-\, dlctments In Pierson Case. r ,l! When G. iff. Gwin, cashier of the Bank of Hayti,- Mo., walked off with , over SIB,OOO funds of the institution, theother day he met the president of the bank at the railway station and engaged him in cheerful conversation on local affairs. Gwin set the tune lock of the safe for seventy-two hours, and consequently he had two days’ start befoTe the directors could get into the vault. In the safe he left, two letters, ope to President Dorris, saying the reason lie left was personal, not for the sum taken, and the other for J. E. Franklin, the ljeaviest stockholder, explaining, that he took the funds because Franklin had sharply criticised his methods of conducting the bank a short time before. VOTERS TO PAISS ON LAWS. Petition for Initiative nndvßefercndnm in Ohio Cities. Petitions are being circulated in all the big cities of Ohio .asking the next Legislature to authorize the people to vote on an amendment to provide for the initiative and referendum system in both State and municipal affairs. Rev. George Candee of Toledo started the first one, ■which is signed by Brand Whitlock. The Democrats are pledged to the referendum by their platform, and its supporters hope that these petitions will have enough effect on the independent Republicans to secure the enactment of the ‘necessary legislation. If successful, all bills will have to be voted upon by the people before they become laws.

FAILS TO INDICT D. K. E. MEN. Grand Jury, However, Believes Student Was Tied to Track. The Knox count}- grand jury reported at Mount Vernon, Ohio, Friday, but failed to return any indictments against members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity or sttidents of Kenyon College in connection with the death of Stewart Pierson, who met a tragic death at Gambier. The jurors carefully examined all 'fhe testimony at the inquest • of Coroner Scarborough and came to' the same opinion as the coroner, to the effect that Pierson was either tied on the track or in such position that he could not extricate himself, but the guilty party or parties could not be determined. Arixona Flood Is Fatal. G. E. Kennedy, who has reached El Paso, Tex., from Clifton, Ariz., overland, reports that three men have been drowned there by recent floods. The express office, a station,' a two-story hotel and many siqall buildings were washed away. Drifting snow has caused the Gila River to‘ rise at Silver City, N. M., cutting off several mining camps fromsupplies. Bargre Sinks; Four Lost. The foundering of the new steel barge Delawanna and the loss of four»persons on board, including Captain Johif B. Munsey and his wife, was reported at Boston by the tug Scranton, which had been towing the Delawanna from New York. The barge went down in a heavy sea about eight miles east by south from Minot’s Light. Employer.’ Blacklist Upheld. Judge J. P. Gregory in Louisville ruled in a s6,ow damage suit brought against the Ox Breeches Company by women formerly employed by the concern, that employers have the right to list discharged workmen whom they refused to take back and furnish other companies with such lists, provided no misrepresentation of the facts be made. Gilhooley Jury Completed. A jury to try the defendants in the “Gilhooley case” in Chicago was completed on the sixty-sixth court day and the seventy-seventh calendar day since the trial was opened. The cost of the proceedings up to date has been approximately $40,000. Explosion Kill. Watchman. A terrific explosion of natural gas in the Bieber building. St. Mary’s, Ohio, resulted in the death of William Smith, a watehjnan. and the wrecking of several buildings. The explosion shook the town and broke many windbws. Landslide for Moderate Party. The election in Cuba developed into a landslide for the moderate party, every nominee, from President Palma to the provincial councillors, being elected. Kill. Wife and Himself. B. A. McCarty, a laboring man of W.vmore, Neb., crushed his wife's skull with an ax and then killed hirnVlf. Family trouble was the cause. Mine Explosion Kill. Elshtren. Eighteen were killed in a Wyoming coal mine by an explosion 4,CKjO feet from the entrance to then shaft. President’* Train Attacked. A heavy iron missile wns thrown through the window of President Roosevelt’n special train. Destruction Amuses Marine Men. Marine men are astounded at the result of tile recent great gale on the lakes, seven ships being addeil to the list of wrecks, and the total of property is greater than was deemed possible. Family of Four Killed. Charles F. Douglass, Ids wife and two children were instnntly killed by an explosion of a gas main near their lisipie in Weston, W. Vn. The house was wrecked and later caught fire, almost consuming the bodies. The explosion was felt for fire miles.

CHICAGO IS CHAMPION.

University Football Team Wins Over Michigan Eleven. Chicago University’s football team is champion of the West. By the narrowest margin possible, “by a hair,” Stagg’s great team wrested the laurel from the Michigan team, which has worn it for .four years, defeating the Wolverines at Marshall field in Chicago by the score of 2 to 0. The battle between the gridiron warriors representing the Maize and Blue and the Maroon was one of the fiercest, most spectacular and most elQsely contested ever seen iii the Middle West. The two teams were evenly matched and the struggle surged up and down the field, almost all the fight being made between the thirty-five-yard lines. Victory came to the Maroons unexpectedly and dramatically. Neither side had’gained any appreciable advantage over its opponent up to the middle of the second half. Then Eckersall dropped back to punt, the Maroon offense being held. The kick was made from .tills center of the field and the ball sailed high and far away,, close to the Wolverine goal posts. Denny Clark, playing back with Barlow, caught the pigskin just behind Michigan's goal line, and attempted to run it out. At this* point caine the turn in the tide of affairs that robbed Michigan o? the championship and gave it to Chicago—a quick appreciation of the possibilities in tlie play,, seen by Captain Catlin of the Maroons. Nobody interfered for Clark, who was attempting to find an opening.in the on-rush-ing line of the Maroons. He stepped inside the field —a fatal mistake —and' in an instant Badenoek was upon him, stopping his progress only momentarily, for lie inissed the tackle, but Captain Catlin pounced on the Wolverine in an instant and threw him back behind his own goal line for a safety, giving Chicago its two points, This was the great active incident of a game which crowned Chicago with the laurels sos which it has fought for four years. ,

ENVOY CALLED DOWN.

Minister Squiers, Reprimanded Over Pines Revolt, Quits. Herbert G. Squiers resigned his commission as minister of the United States to Cuba, as a protest against

H. G. SQUIERS.

in the Isle of Pines to set up a territorial government, in the hope of influencing the Senate against ratification of the treaty now pending, which recognizes Cuba’s sovereignty over the island. It was alleged that Minister Squiers knew in advance of the proposed revolt of Americans, and the attitude he adopted was such as„to encourage them to pursue this course, though he was aware it was directly .contrary to the policy of the President. Ministers Squiers went so far as to authorize an interview with a correspondent of a New York paper and the reporter of a paper published in Havana. It was this interview which precipitated the trouble. It was a violation of the regulations for the government of the diplomatic service, which forbid an officer from talking for publication without the consent of the State Department.

M’CURDY IS OUT.

Mutnal Life President's Ite.lunation Im Accepted. Richard A. McCurdy has resigned as president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company and bis resignation has been

accepted by the board of trustees. The resignation of Robert 11. McCurdy, sou of the president, and general manager of the company, did not accompany his father’s, nor did that of the son-in-law, Louis A. Thebaud. The early retirement of both is looked for, however.

Frederic Cromwell, for twenty-five years associated with the McCurdy regime as trustee and for the last twenty years as treasurer, ivas chosen president pro tern. He will hold the office until June 1, the date of the next annual election. While it is expected that Mr. Cromwell will hold office until the next annual meeting in June, there is a possibility that the trustees may choose a new president at any time. The Mutual’s investigating committee will continue its efforts to lay bare all the Mutual’s affairs and place the responsibility for mismanagement. Mrs. Isaac Barnes of Presque Isle, Me., has been arrested on a charge of poisoning her stepdaughter, Pearl Barnes, 13 years old. The passenger and freight steamer Fairhope, plying between Mobile and eastern shore resorts, was burned to the water's edge while lying at the Fnirhope wharf at Fairhope, Ala., a single tax colony. A stranger is under arrest at Wnterbury, Conn., on suspicion that he is Charles Rogers, wanted in connection with the triple murder at Middletown, N. Y., last October. He says his name is John C. Hamlin. lie has admitted that he wus in Middletown in October, but denies any knowledge of the crime.

the sharp reprimand administered to him by Secretary of State Root. He will’ be succeeded by Edwin V. Morgan, minister to Corea. The reprimand given Mr. Squiers resulted from his alleged encouragement of Americans

ROBT. II. M’CURDY.

--Chicago Chronicle.

POWERS STAND PAT.

Hold One Turkish Island and May Take Another. Detachments from the international fleet landed at Mitylene Sunday afternoon In accordance with the instructions of Rear-Admiral "Ritter Von Jedina and occupied the customs and postal buildings. The governer protested, but his representations were not availing. If the" Sifitan does not accede to the demands of* the .powers the fleet will occupy the island of Tenedos, off the coast of Asia Minor. The porte continued its efforts to obtain a modification of the financial control scheme so as to make it more acceptable to Turkish views. The grand vizier, Ferid Pasha, the report

SULTAN OF TURKEY.

of whose dismissal was unfounded, has infofmed M. Zinovieff, the Russian ambassador, that the scheme in its present shape is too unpalatable. The grand vizier offered to agree to the establishment of four n6w civil agents with the same functions as the existing agents of Austria and Russia, but the ambassador declared that no alteration in the demands of the powers was possible. Tewflk Pasha, the foreign minister, also tried to enlist the sympathies of the German and Italian ambassadors, but his efforts were equally futile. The unanimity of the powers, including Germany, as to the necessity for compelling a full acceptance of the demands appears to be complete and diplomatic circles are satisfied that the porte will realize that in face of this unanimity there is nothing to be done but bow to the will of Europe. It is believed in Washington diplomatic circles that the recent war between Japan and Russia has had considerable to do with the recent attitude of the Sultan toward the European potvers. It is a well-known fact that Turkey has watched the war with the greatest interest. Japan and Turkey are no strangers to each other, for in recent years the two sovereigns have exchanged presents and expressions of good will. Turkish newspapers and Turkish public opinion favored the Japanese cause from the beginning.

The Comic Side of The News

The Russians are better strikers than they are soldiers. Everybody in Russia seems to be winning his freedom except the Czar. At last Sweden and Norway have agreed to a complete divorce without alimony. The average Russian begins to class manifestoes and ukases with gold-brick circulars. Mr. Moody has determined to keep on driving the Beef Trust toward the slaughter pen. The Czar is endeavoring to make it plain that he intends keeping the salary and perquisites. When the United States Senate convenes in December its members will need a few days to examine one another’s vindications. Possibly the coal operators hope to relieve an overstocked market at advancing prices by widely advertising a threatened strike. The concessions the Czar threw out of the sleigh seems to have stopped the Kusisan wolves only for n moment. They are after him again in full cry.

THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN.

Many Vessels Ashore In a Terrific Blizzard on Lake Superior. St. Paul was the storm center of the great disturbance which raged over the west and northwest east of the Rocky Mountains Monday night. The temperature up to noon Tuesday was mild and the terrific gale which raged nearly all. night died out with the coming of dawn. Over the British northwest the temperature is zero or below. At Superioh, Wis., a blinding, wet snow accompanied a GO-mile hurricane, with the result that snow drifts four to six feet deep obstructed the principal streets. ,°The citizens in their homes were literally snowed under. The estimated velocity of wind all night was between sixty and seventy miles an hour. All night the snow fell, while the wind increased in force. Lake Superior was lashed into boiling fury. The. hurricane marks the first really fierce, blizzard anything this storm is worse than the one thirty-three years ago. , f .The steamer Crescent City is ashore near Duluth in a furious storm and it is reported that a “whole bunch of steamers” is ashore on the Lake Superior coast and that the vessels are being pounded to pieces by the heavy sea. It is feared that the loss of life in shipping disasters will be heavy. The Crescent City of the Pittsburg Steamship Company fleet, which is stranded on the north shore of Lake Superior, is a total wreck. She was driven on the rocks within the limits of the city of Duluth. The Crescent City is 470 .feet long with 5,705 gross tonnage, being' one of the best of the steel trust’s shi^s.

Kansas Senator for tbe Second Time Has Been Found Guilty. For the second time in two years trial proceedings in the case of Senator J. Ralph Burton of Kansas have result-

St. Louis “get rich quick” company against which a fraud order had been issued. The court at that time commended the jury for returning a “just and true” verdict. On a technical question of jurisdiction the Supreme Court ordered a retrial. But the second jury merely repeats the verdict of the first. The effect of the decision, if sustained, will be to disqualify Burton from holding any federal ofHce, no matter what other punishment may be imposed. Burton’s lawyers announce that they will apply at once for a new trial, and, failing to get it, will appeal to the Supreme Court. United States Senator Joseph Ralph Burton has been the senior Senator from Kansas for the last four years, and since the campaign of 1876 had been one of the orators of the Republican party. He is an ludianian by birth, 54 years of age, and for three terms was a member of the Kansas Legislature. He has made a most aggressive fight against conviction on the present case, the indictments having been found faulty twice, on technicalities, and a new trial granted by the Appellate Court when he was first convicted a year ago. At that time he was sentenced to six months in jnil and to pay $2,500 fine, precisely the amount he is said to hare received in the transaction., The Society of Navnl Architects and Marine Engineers in convention in New York was nddressed by W. R. Babcock, a ship builder of Chicago, on “The longitudinal Bending Movement of Certain Lake Steamers.” Charges of robbing house® and sharing in the profits of burglars hove been made against several San Francisco policemen. Three hnve been dismissed and others may be sent to prison. It has been discovered that the Kansas Legislatures for several years have failed to comply with the State constitution in enacting banking laws, and this may result in disorganizing the entire financial system of the State unless Gov. Hoeh calls a special session of the Legislature to remedy the evil.

SHIPS WRECKED BY STORM.

BURTON AGAIN CONVICTED.

ed in a signal vindication of the power of the law to deal effectively with influential offenders. In April, 1904, Burton was convicted of having violated the federal statutes by using his official influence with the Postoffice Department to protect a

J. R. BURTON.

A Little More Credible.

A man who had been shooting on Cape Cod returned by train, and a ■tranger who was obliged to share his seat entered into conversation with him, and asked if he had had good sport. “Very good, indeed,” replied the_ sportsman. “We got one hundred hea'd" to two guns.” - “You don’t say so!” ejaculated the stranger, apparently lost in astonishment at the size of the bag. “Doublebarreled guns, I suppose?”

Facts and Proot.

Hulett, Wyo., Dec. 4.—(Special.)— An ounce of fact is worth a ton of theory and it is evidence founded on -facts that backs up every box. of Dodd’s Kidney Pills. The evidence of people who know what reey do. .Mrs. May Taber, highly esteemed resident of Hulett, says: , “I know Dodd's Kidney Pills are a valuable medicine beepusq I have used them. I took seven 1 boxes and they cured me of a severe Jattack of Kidney Trouble. - " They” 'relieved me from the first dose, and when I had finished the last box I had no pain and my Kldnpys are now acting properly.” Dodd's Kidney Pills are now recognized {jll over,thfe world as the greatest Kidney Reitiedy science has ever 'produced. They cure Rheumatism, Dropsy, Gout, Lumbago, Diabetes, Urinary and Bladder. Troubles. Bright’s and all disorders arising from any form .of Kidney Disease.

A NOVEL ADVERTISEMENT. It Appeared In n Recent Issue of a London Newspaper. ▲ HOPELESSLY. INCOMPETENT FOOL, with no qualifications, social or Intellectual, totally devoid:of .knowledge on any conceivable subject) thoroughly Indolent and untrustworthy; Is desirous of obtaining a remunerative post in any capacity. Address I. F. a, Maelise road, West Kensington.

The sublim-e candor of the above advertisement which appeared in a recent issue of the London Times has caused some amusement and attracted a great deal of attention among business men, says the London Express. Many declared that “I. F.” was a practical joker; others that he had a definite object in view when he made himself out to be a fool. That this latter solution was the correct one an Express representative learned yesterday from “I. F.” himself. His object, he said, was to attract the attention of employers by going out of the beaten track. “I. F.,” who is about 27 years old. is rather more alert and intelligent than the average man with an ordinary public school education, and his face is a particularly honest one. “I thought if I said exactly the opposite to what most people in search of a billet insert in tlie newspapers,” he said, “I might stand a good chance of hearing from employers tired of superlative virtues, and I have not been disappointed. “I have this morning received two genuine offers and appointments for interviews frbm the heads of good firms and a large number of letters and post cards from practical jokeis. It was inevitable, of course, that thro? or four of tlie writers should have advised me to apply at once to the war office, ‘where I would be sure of a billet.’ “I have been schoolmnstering seven years, and although I have a small billet now, I wish to better myself.”

Unfortunate Public Men.

“I understand,” said the guileless constituent, “that some of you public men in Washington have difficulty in keeping out of the newspapers.” “Some of us do,” answered Senator Sorghum, “but more of us have trouble in getting into them.” —Washington Star.

Masculine Perversity.

Mon are funny creatures to cater for. A woman will buy the things she wants, but a man will only buy the things he needs. —Tailor and Cutter.

THE “COFFEE HEART.”

It la ns Dnnireron* as the Tobacco or Whisky Heart. “Coffee heart” is common to many coffee users and is liable to send the owner to his or her long home if the drug is persisted in. You can run .”,0 or 40 yards and find out if your heart is troubled. A lady who was once a victim of the “coffee heart” writes from Oregon: “I have been a habitual user of coffee nil my life and have suffered very much in recent years from ailmentx which I became satisfied were directly due to the poison in the beverage, such as torpid liver and Indigestion, which in turn made my complexion blotchy and muddy. "Then my heart became affected. It would beat most rapidly Just after I drank my coffee, and go below norniul as the coffee effect wore off. Sometimes my pulse would go as high as 137 beats to the minute. My family were greatly alarmed at my condition and at last mother persuaded me to be.gin the use of Postum Food Coffee. “I gave up the old coffee entirely and absolutely, and made Postum my sole table beverage. This was 0 months ngo, and all my Ills, the indigestion, Inactive liver and rickety heart action, have passed away, and my complexion has become clear and natural. The improvement set in very soon after I made the change, Just as soon ns the coffee poison had time to work out of my system. “My husband has also been greatly benefited by the use of Postum, and we find that a simple breakfast with Postum, is as satisfying and more strengthening than the old heavier meal we used to have with the other kind of coffee.” Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a reason. Read the little book, “Ths Road to Wellvllle,” In pkga.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

generally maintain encouraging features. Pro-

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duction is steady at the highest volume, but surplus supplies of raw and finished material are not in evidence, ahd values exhibit the greatest j strength of recent years. Overtaxed freight capacity testifies to unprecedented distribution of commodities and confidence in the future course of business is seen in the enormous accumulation of forward orders and extensive additions to manufacturing plants in this district soon to be started. Heavy outdoor work makes' rapid headway, and this draws upon labor and material to an upusual extent, the lumber trade and planing mills especially feeling much pressure of needs for prompt delivery. The absorption of iron and steel, machinery, electric— equipment, hardware and farm implements shows healthy expansion, while the demand for leather and fqotwear reaches large proportions and tanners, make liberal shipnients, which cause depletion of stocks carried. Hides continue in exceptional request, and the packinghouses employ augmented forces. November has shown less quiet in retail activity than is usually looked for during that month. Weather conditions remained favorable in the leading departments,! and the buying of winter goods and 1, Christmas novelties has made fine progress. Country reports have a satisfactory tone, general merchandise being freely bought and liberal investment made in farm improvement. Mercantile defaults again are seen to be small in number and amount, and Western collections occasion little comment. Failures reported in the Chicago district number 21, against 27 last week and 24 a year ago.—Dun’s Review of Trade.

Mild, open weather favors in a higli degree the precedented activity in

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all industrial lines, but unfavorably affects retail trade in wearing apparel and retards collections, which also feel the adverse influences of country-wide freight congestion. Evidently, in an effort to avoid trouble from this latter source, holiday trade at wholesale is active beyond all preceding years. In wholesale and jobbing lines the backwardness of retail trade is reflected in slower reorder trade than expected, but confidence in the general outlook is evidenced by the liberal orders reported for spring goods. Perhaps the most marked evidence of confidence the future is found in the metal markets, which display a strength of demand and of prices not usual at this season. Business failures for the week ended Nov. 23 number 224, against IDS last week, 193 in the like week of 1904,' 167 in 1903, 182 in 1902 and 189 in 1901. In Canada failures for the week number forty, as against forty-one last week and forty-one in this week a year ago.—Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $6.65; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $5.07; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.80; wheat, No. 2, SOe to 87c; corn, No. 2,44 cto 46c; oats, standard, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2,68 cto 69c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $13.50; prairie, SO.OO to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 21e to 23c; eggs, fresh, 23c to 28c; potatoes, per bushel, 50c to G7c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $5.05; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,86 cto 87c; corn, No. 2 white, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c. St. Louis —Cattle, $4.50 to $5.90; hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, $4.00 to $5.15; wheat, No. 2,86 cto 89c; corn, No. 2, 41c to 42c; oats, No. 2,29 cto 30c; rye, No. 2,67 cto 68c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $4.00 to $4.75; hogs, $4.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,89 eto l)0c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 45c to 46c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye, No. 2,73 cto 74c. Detroit—Cattle, $4.00 to $4.50; hogs, $4.00 to $4.70; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,87 cto 88c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 45c to 40c; oats, No. 3 white, 31c to 32c; rye, No. 2,09 cto 70c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 83c to 80c; corn, No. 3,43 cto 45c; oats, standard, 29c to 31c; rye, No. 1, 08c to 09c; barley, No. 2,53 cto 55c; pork, mess, $13.00, New York—Cattle, $4.00 to $5.60; hogs, $4.00 to $5.40; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 91c to 92c; corn. No. 2,50 cto 57c; oats, natural, white, 35c to 37ct butter, creamery, 210 to 2-»c; eggs, western, 28c to 32c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed. 87c to 88e; corn, No. 2 mixed, 51e to 53c; oats, No. 2 mixed. 30c to 32c; rye. No. 2,54 q to 02c; clover seed, prime, $8.12, Buffalo —Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $5.25; hogs, fair to choice. $4.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to good mixed, SI.OO to $5.15; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to SB.OO.

Told in a Few Lines.

Consul Ayme, nt I’nrn, Brnill, cnble* the State Department that smallpox is raging In Para, there being twenty uevr cases daily.