Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1906 — Page 7

IN THE PUBLICEYE

Herbert' H. D. Peirce, who has been selected by the president to be the first United States minister to Nor-

H. H. D. PEIRCE.

As Third Secretary, the consular ser-' vice has been under his immediate charge, and in 1904 he made a trip around the world inspecting- United States consulates. The results of this trip, which are found in the recommendation for the improvement of the consular service, are regarded as of great ,value. Mr. Peirce has held secretaryships in the diplomatic service, including that of first secretary at St. Petersburg, where he was charge d’affairs. In the absence of the Secretary of State he has frequently been in charge of the State Department. Dr. Plehn, who was a speaker at tha recent German colonial conference, attributes the brutal exercise - of certain German and Belgian officials when sent to govern black men to “tropencholer,” or tropical frenzy. Ex-Governor William It. Taylor of Wisconsin, who has become an inmate of the Old Peoples’ Home near Madi-

son, was the - famous -Farmer Governor” who, in the years 1874-76, compelled the railroads of the State to obey the law, for the first time in their history. He was born in Connecticut in IS2TT, came to Wisconsin in 1848 and settled

at Cottage Grove, Dane County, where he has lived on a farm ever since. Though a Democrat, in a strongly Republican district, and in a Republican State, he has been elected to nearly every office in his village, county and State, from school director to Governor. The pathos of the old man’s retirement to the “home” comes from the fact that he lost his parents when only a child and was reared wholly by strangers, so he closes his loug and useful life in loneliness and among strangers, as he began it.

When Dr. Nansen goes to London as Norwegian minister he will take with him material for a new book he is to W-rite on antarctic exploration. Francis Hendricks, who took his turn on the rack before the Insurance Investigating Committee in New York

FRANCIS HENDRICKS

house of the Legislature, three terms in the State Senate, and from 1891 until 1895 was Collector of the Port of New York. He was born at Kingston, X. Y., in 1834, had a meager education, because of the early death of his father, and for many years was engaged in mercantile pursuits at Rochester and Syracuse. From the inception of the insurance inquiry he has been under the severest criticism for alleged laxity. M. Rostand is said to have declined an offer of $20,000 for a single magazine publication of his new play, “Chanticleer.” He believes lie can get a larger amount from the play in book form. James R. Garfield, the star witness in the case against tlifc beef packers, has been commissioner of corporations

Id the Depirrtmcut of Commerce and Labor since February, 1903, and hns been a member of the United States Civil Service Commission for several years prior to that time. lie is n son of the late President James A. Qarfleld, was. born

at Hiram, Ohio, In 1803, and was edtfcated for the law at Columbia Law School. As a partner in the law firm of Garfield, Garlield & Howe he has ' maintained his offices at Cleveland. •s—l* 'Dr. Adolph Fritzen, bishop of Strassburg, has again issued an edict forbidding priests within his diocese to use bicycles. Col. W. H. Michael, who has just been appointed consul general at Cab cntte, served in both army and npvy In the wer of the rebellion with distinction. Jojmfhs N. Hill, a son of James J. Hill, the esilrond magnate, is said to be slated for the presidency of the Northern Pacific.

way. has for several years been Third Assistant Secretary of State a t Washing ton. His most recent Work that came to the noticeof the public was as representative of the State Department at the Portsmou t h peace conference.

W. R. TAYLOR.

the other day, has been Superintended^.,of insurance of the State since Feb. 11, 1900, by appointment of the then Governor Theodore Roosevelt. Prior to that time he had served two terms as Mayor of Syracuse, two terms in the lower

JAMES R. CARFIELD.

SLAIN BY BOMB.

Former Governor of Idaho Killed While Entering Home. . fFrank Steuuenberg, former Governor of the State of Idaho, was kfiled by the explosion of a dynamite bomb Saturday evening,- and thus, after the intervention of a number of years, the inner circle of the Coeur D’Alene dynamiters whom he so relentlessly prosecuted while Governor is believed to have secured its long-threatened revenge. v The asssination of Steunenberg was one of the most cold-blooded and revolting crimes of its nature in the history of the United States. Never before has the- dreaded Weapon of the Russian anarchists, with whien the Czars of the empire are kept in constant fear, been turned on any man, no matter how hated, in American public life. The bomb was placed at the gate of the former Governor’s home in such a manner that the opening of the gate would set it off. The Steuneuberg residence is situated in the Boise suburb of Caldwell, and Steunenberg was later than usual in getting to his home Saturday evening. He reached the gate at about 0:40 o'clock and swung it open with a shove. Instantly there was a mighty explosion, ’the noise was heard miles away. Windows were shaken in houses blocks distant. Members of the Steunenberg family immediately rushed to the scene of the explosion. The gate had been shattered into a thousand bits and lying in the midst of the debris was the former Governor. Both legs had been carried away and what was left of the body was horribly cut and bruised. “Who shot me?” muttered Steunenberg faintly. He then lapsed off into unconsciousness. He was carried into the house and died twenty minutes later. He never _ recovered consciousness. The authorities are, firmly convinced that the assassination was-the result of the prominent part Steunenberg played in the prosecution of the Coeur D’Alene dynamiters while Governor in 1899. His life has frequently been threatened by men identified with the inner circle of the dynamiters.

PROCLAIM WAR.

Rnsslann Rebels Formally Proclaim for Armed Uprising. It is no longer a strike but an open, armed rebellion, in Russia. The council of workmen-met secretly in St, Petersburg Saturday night and after an eighthour session adopted a" resolution to call off the strike Monday “because the fight of the people against the government can no longer be limited to the disorganization of the economic life of the nation through a univercal strike and is already in many parts of the country taking on the character of an armed uprising.” “The council of workmen’s deputies,” the resolution concludes, “decides to proceed immediately with warlike operating a*.d the organization of an armed uprising.” The council recognized tlint the attempt of an immediate uprising could not succeed in the capital, but while making preparations it would be necessary to undertake a sort of guerrilla warfare, consisting of the disarming of police and soldiers wherever they are found alone in the streets, the use of bombs from ambush and other acts of terror. The council drew up a proclamation to the Cossacks warning them that if they continued to fight against the people they would be treated like mad dogs and if they desired to be treated like brothers they should remain in their barracks. An appeal was also drawn up requesting the proletariat of all countries to support the fight begun at Moscow.

The Comic Side of The News

Congress will have to run those railway rate bills on the block system. Before we get any ditch dug in Panama we may have to send down thi Digger Indians. To ask Senator Burton when his terra expires would embarrass a more modest statesman. The New York State insurance machine was not equipped with a graftdetector. If Congress does half of Whfit is e> pected of it this winter, the grafters wil come to grief. Explorer Amundsen seems to believe it will require the services of a diver tc find the North Magnetic Pole. The President of Venezuela can’t make up bis mind which he is going tc fight first, Italy or France. Some of ‘those New York insurancs policies were more like the game of pol icy than the business of insurance. , With the American hen laying 20,•„ 000,000,000 eggs a year, ths cliiekeD family has something to crow over. What with n large salary and commissions on his own risks, the insurance man can play life against death- in any combination and still come out a winner. The Postmaster General seems to think the free mailing of speeches made in Congress to constituencies U not only an infliction upon the recipient, but kuocks all the profit out of the postal business. Since one of the fraternity has woz the hand of the President's daughter, the bald-headed men may take heart. Perhaps on his next ’’walk-softfy" expedition the President will use Monelik’s elephant tusks in place of the “big stick.” Since the Russo-Japanese war ended, Chins feels it her duty to rsise enough disturbance to keep np interest in the Orient. ( £* With all the talk of reforming the big Now York insurance corporations, there Is no proposal to Increase the policy holders' dividend*.

WASHINGTON COSSIP

\ Dr. H. W. Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture is making inquiry into, the sanitary conditions of cold storage. .It stands to reason, he says, that there must be'a limit to the period during which meat: and poultry win keep In storage in a state fit to eat.’ The coldstorage companies are on the side of the investigators, for obviously it is to their interest tw know trader what conditions food spoils, and to be sure of the state of perishable goods which they are sending out to their customers. The department has the use of a cold-storage plant in Washington for purposes of experiment, and will ultimately publish its conclusions in a pure food bulletin. It is interesting to learn that although at present the standards of this department have no legal force, yet by the natural authority which popular sentiment accords the work pf the bureaus, they have gained something of the effect which adequate legislation would give them. There have been seven marriages performed at the White House, where it Is, of course, inferred that the Long-worth-Roosevelt nuptials are to be celebrated. The first was that of Miss Maria Monroe, the youngest daughter of President Monroe, who was married in March, 1820, to Samuel L. Gouverneur, of New York. The ceremony was held in the famous east room, The most brilliant wedding ceremonies in this room were those of Miss Elizabeth Tyler and William Waller, of Virginia, and Miss Nellie Grant, and Algernon Sartoiis. The last wedding to be held In the east room was that of a niece of President Hayes. President Cleveland and Miss Frances Folsom were united in the blue room. The only other President married during his term of office was President Tyler, whose second wife was Miss Julia Gardners The ceremony was performed at her home in New York.

Congressman Frederick Landis, who in his maiden speech ih the House, flayed insurance grafters and high

represents the Eleventh Indiana District, and his older brother, Charles R. Landis, repreuts the Ninth District Judge Ivenesaw M. Landis, judge of the United States District Court in Chicago, is another brother. Hitherto the department heads have had full power of removal of employbut were required to give to the person sought to be removed a copy of the charges against him, and to allow him a reasonable time in which to make reply. Under the new order, when misconduct is committed in the presence of the President or the head of a department, the person offending may be summarily removed from the service without a statement of reasons. Tn other eases the head of a department must file a statement of the grounds of remova', but ueed not give notice to the person who is to be removed. American farmers have been raising macaroni wheat from seed secured in the first place by the Department of Agriculture. Secretary Wilson cays that these farmers will send six million bushels of their crop to France, Italy and other parts of Europe this year. Half of ttys amount goes to the macaroni-makersV>f France.. Six millions bushels is a small amount in comparison with the total wheat exports, but six years ago tills country exported no wheat of this kind, and it was only five years ago that the first seed was distributed by the Department of Agriculture. Results of tnis kind amply justify the existence of the department.

Representative Browulow of Tennessee holds the record so far for Intro-

ducing bills at the present session of Congress. In thirteen days he introduced 347 bills. The total number of bills Introduced in the House In the thirteen days was 10,061, as against n total of 19,200 for nil sessions of the Inst Congress.

It cost Just $145,401.28 for the fourteen hours celebration attendant upon the installation of Theodore Roosevelt ns the twenty-sixth President of the United States. The matter has been computed by General John M. Wilson, chairman of the inaugural committee, that had the ceremonies in charge. This hum is about $50,000 more than it coat to Install any other man aa President* and about $140,000 more than it cost to swear In Thomas Jefferson as President

financiers, is serving his first term in Congress.jand is one of the youngest members in that being just 34 years of age. He was born at Sever Mile, Ohio, in 1872, went to school at and “graduated in law at the University of Michigan. He

F. LANDIS.

MR. BROWNLOW.

INSURANCE INQUIRY ENDS. Lesltlatlve Committee Adjourn* Afj.ter Unearthing Scandal. After four months of most arduous work the legislative (Committee ap- . pointed at an extra - session of the New York legislature adjourned Saturday night. Since midsummer through the workings of this comrnitporated under the laws of New York §tate, and many incoprorated under the laws of other States, have been subjected to a searching examination as to their business methods. The testimony has been sensational at many sessions, and in these four months, the public has watched closely day by day the developments. With the termination of the committee’s inquiry there comes to an end an investigation which in many ways marks an epoch in the country’s business history. It is too early to estimate the ultimate results of the investigation, but they eanno,t_fall to be ttar-reaching. When, .early in r the past year, the disagreement between James Hazen Hyde and President Alexander of the Equitable Life Assurance Society brought to light some of the peculiarities in tne administration of that concern, the public had not tha faintest conception of the true state of affairs as regards any of the leading companies. Even by the end of June the facts were but vaguely suspected. From the time the Investigating committee began work, four months ago, the process of turning up new scandals and instances of graft has been almost continuous. Hardly a week has gone by without its disclosures of fresh Instances of extravagance or private greed or new revelations of sinister and unsuspected relations between business and politics. The men directly affected by these disclosures have been some of the most conspicuous in public life, but hardly one of them has escaped suspicion, while many of them have suffered a loss of prestige- and reputation from -which ttiey never will recover. . . Not the least instructive feature of the inquiry has been the lesson It has afforded regarding the practical value of a legislative investigation when properly conducted. The public generally is prone to be pessimistic as to the utility of such investigations. Ordinarily they begin with much ostentation and high promise of results only to terminate in a perfunctory and valueless report. The New York committee, made up of men who were in earnest ami equipped with an able, tactful and aggressive lawyer, who saw his duty and did it without ’hesitation, obtained facts which will lead to real and permanent reforms. New and better laws and better methods of supervising insurance companies will be provided. Public sentiment as regards honest business standards has, been improved.

JUMPED OVER CHRISTMAS.

How Pacific Steamship Paaaengera Missed the Day entirely. One hundred persons who left Seattle on Dec. 16 for the Orient skipped Christmas day, but the oddest thing about it is that they probably knew nothing of it, but went through the observation of the natal day of the Savior, blissfully unconscious of the fact that the day was dropped from their calendar. Those who were victimized in this way were passengers on the Great Northern steamship Dakota, en route to Japan and China. The ship’s schedule provided that the steamer pass over the day line in the Pacific ocean Sunday night. Vessels going to the Orient from the United States always lose one day at the day line, and the Dakota lost hers Christmas day. She arrived at the 180th meridian just about midnight Sunday. The instant the line was struck it became Tuesday, or the day after Christmas. Passengers on the steamship were kept in the dark as to this conspiracy to rob Saint Nicholas, and an effort was un-

doubtedly made to keep the secret until the evil deed was accomplished. Elaborate preparations were made for ths festivities. Were the Dakota on the way horns from Japan the situation would be reversed, and there would be two Christmas days aboard the ship, or, rather, one Christmas day forty-eight hours long, m the day line is generous enough aboiff paying back its debts to those who do not remain in the Orient. It is a kind of head tax he assesses, redeemable on demand If the face is in the right direction. This day line seems mystifying to many persons who observe its meanderings over the Pacific ocean on the map. Beginning away back up in the Arctic wastes, it follows the 180th degree south for some distance, and theu bends to go through Behring Strait. Thence it moves In an irregular line down almost to the Equator, and henda east to the 150th meridian. Then ite crooked pathway may be traced through the Southern Pacific until It finally gets back to the 180th meridian and disappears in the unknown region east of Wilkes Land.

Short News Notes.

Horatio Ray Miller of New York died in London of pneumonia. The directors of the Cleveland Electric railway have raised the wages of more than 2,000 motormen and conduc tors 1 cent an hour. Justice Kenefiok of Buffalo authorised Receiver Wbeeler of the German bank of* Buffalo to accept the $050,000 offer es the Assets Keslization Company of Chicago for the bank’s assets now in his hsnds. The fsee value of the assets le

Indiana State News

JOKE ENDS IN DEATH. i

Indiana Student Id Shot While ElMating ••Fake” Holdup. A mock holdup planned by students in South Bend for the holidays resulted in a fatal ending, Claude A. Bagby of Durango. Colo., being shot through the heart and almost instantly killed—by Louis KoqUela of South America. The shooting occurred near the outskirts of the city and in the vicinity bf a ceme4ery~. According to- the story -of the men who were in the plot the “fake” bold up was to have been pulled o# on a young man who had sturted for a social function in holiday dress. He was known to be good-natured and in no wise dangerous. Alter completing the holdup and taking a new overcoat the intended victim was wearing it was the intention to substitute a badly worn garment and compel him to wear it to the dance. Unfortunately it was the stranger. Itoquela, who chanced to the scene just at the time at which the intended victim was to appear, and the boys, not realizing in the dark that they had the wrong man, went through the form of a holdup, when Roquela drew his revolver and shot Bagby. The authorities attach no blame to the South American and he was not placed under arrest. Both men were about 20 years old.

ROBBED AND NEARLY KILLED. Wealthy Indiana Man Decoyed Into Lumber Yard and Beaten. August Fellows, 53 years old trad one of the wealthiest men of Dubois county, was found unconscious in a lumber yard in Huntingburg. He had been beaten with a scantling and robbed of $l,lOO which he liad drawn from a bank through fear- that his wife. with whom he h£\d had differences, would get hold of the money. When lie recovered consciousness Fellows said William Bemen, a friend of the family, who was with him when he drew the money,’had inveigled him to the lumber yard and had there knocked him down and beaten him. Mr. Fellows thinks Bemen induitfl him to go to the lumber yard to meet someone with a view to complicating him with his wife aftif that lie afterward concluded to murder and rob him. Bemcn took an early train from Huutingburg to Evansville and then went to Princeton, where he registered at the Princeton hotel. He had once been a clerk at the hostelry and as soon as he was recognized the marshal arrested liim on a charge of attempted murder and robbery. When searched $9(50 of Fellows’’money was found on him. STORMS IS TO FIGHT REMOVAL. Indiana Secretary of State, Asked to Resign, Retains Connsel. It has developed that D. E. Storms, Secretary of State, whom Gov. Hanly has asked to resign because es alleged irregularities in his office, has retained counsel, and will inform the Governor that his resignation will not be tendered, nor will he submit to removal from office. Mr. Storms takes the ground that he can be removed only after impeachment by the Legislature, for which a special session would be necessary. He ■was accused by the investigating committee of having retained $20,000 of State funds and S2OO of a clerk’s salary and of other

BOY IS FRIEND’S SLAYER. William McKnight Says the Shooting Was Accidental; George Lawson, aged 16, was shot and instantly killed by William McKnight, aged 17, in Indianapolis. The shooting occurred in the alley between the City Club saloon and the Sentinel Printing Company. The boys were close friends for years, and according to the story told by McKnight, Jhe killing was purely accidental. McKijight is charged with murder and in his .cell at the police station gives every evidence that he is heartbroken over the affair. WOMAN FOUND DYED AND DYING Peculiar C'ircnnintaace* Surround DemUe'la Indlanapoll*. Mrs. Lowell Brown was found unconscious in her room in Indianapolis and was taken to the city hospital, where she died. When found her face, neck and hands had been dyed black as coal. She is thought to have .been stricken the previous night, and it is supposed she was dyeing tier hair at the time and in her struggles dyed her face, neck and hands. Her husband was absent from the city. 0 STOLEN PLANS RECOVERED. D. J. Ryan Held for Taking Model, of RacluK Launch. Daniel J. Ryan, who was arrested in Detroit charged with having stolen plans and models valued at $2,000 of the Black Diamond, the powerful racing launch built to participate in the races of the Chicago Power-Boat Club races next summer, is being held in Michigan City on a grand larceny charge. When Ryan was arrested the missing plans and models Were found in his possession. Anvil Explode, and Kill.. Herbert Bmidet was fatally injured while celebrating at Santaclaus by loading an anvil. When the powder explod-* ed the anvil went to pieces. ’A piece hit Smidet on the head, fracturing liiai. skuii. _____ Minor State Matter*, Miss Aloise Kimball, aged 22, killed herself at Evansville by taking carlmlic acid. John Gordon, son of G. S. Gordon, died in Sullivan from injuries sustained in a football game. The ateamboat Johu W. .Thomas was blown against the dock at Tell ,Uity by a high wind and sank. Robert McFall, aged 6, and Clarence Minner, aged 8, were drowned while •luting on sP popd near Weat Terre Haute. \ f •

ENGLAND IS ACCUSED.

Rojest vcnnlcy Says John Balls. f 1 Ready |to Aid Togff. jjidk From Admirat divn Recount of Ids tactics fti tilt* battle of the Sea of Japan, published in the St.

Petersburg Novoe Vremya,*itbe reader is almost convinced that the Russian commander outman e u vered Admlr&l Togo at every point and was himself the real victor. He declares he knew Togo’s I exact whereabouts two days before the

ROJESTVENSKY.

battle, made his dispositions accordingly and entered the fight with his eyes open. The admiral only casually states in the course of his letter that tba minister of marine is investigating tbs causes of the catastrophe to determine whether the commander shall be courtmartialed for the loss of his ships. The charge that the British admiral concentrated his ships at Wei-hai-wei, expecting to receive an order to destroy, the Russians in the event of Admiral Togo’s proving unequal to the task, has caused a sensation in diplomatic circles, all the more so as Admiral Rojestvensky’s letter was published with the permission of the minister of marine, and no doubt is entertained that it wiR be made the subject of diplomatic representations to Great Britala, ... Referring to the absolute secrecy of Admiral Togo in regard to the disposition of his forces, Rojestvensky declares thdt “this was unknotvn even to the admiral of the British fleet allied with the Japanese, who concentrated his forces at Wei-hai-wei in expectation of receiving an order to annihilate the Russian fleet If this, th# final object of Great Britain, was beyond the power of the Japanese.”

THEIR AIM 18 A REPUBLIC.

Polish Patriots in This Country Linked in a Great Lesgne - -Ail over the world Poles are watching the course of events in Russia and asking one another “Is there hope?" They do not say of what. That ia not necessary. To Poles the phrase has but one meaning—the independence of their country. But their leaders, the Secret Central Committee of the Polish League, are playing a waiting game. This Secret Central Committee is really a wonderful organization—a government within a government. It consist! of the ablest men in the National League, a vast society that numbers nearly every adult male Pole and many women as well, The leagne has branches in every place where there are enough Poles to form a club of some sort or other. No matter whether the club be social, literary, dramatic, political or athletic, it is first of all patriotic. There is a secret committee at the head of the various organizations in every country where the Poles have extensive interests. There is one here in New York; which governs the 45,000 members in America. There is another in Londoh, and still others in Paris, Berlin and even St Petersburg and Warsaw. From these sub-committees delegates are chosen for the highest committee of all, the Central Committee, whose word is law. These delegates are usually men of considerable wealth, all of it pledged to the cause, and, without exception, of high personal integrity. This is vital, because they have undisputed control of the funds of the league, and are answerable to no one for their expenditures. Nearly all Poles are firmly determined that if they ever become an independent nation they will have a republic on the plan of our own and with a constitution based on ours. All parties—Nationalist, Agrarian, the three Socialistic parties and a couple of others—make this the chief plank In their platforms. The league in this coiuntry has 45,000 members, of whom 1,500 are women. At its last conference, held at Buffalo about a month ago, some $60,000 was appropriated for different expenses, among them being a statue of Kosciusko, to be erected in Washington snd presented to ths American people, and the establishment of a higher Polish school in Pennsylvania. Among the activities of the New York branch is a fund for the relief of Polish deserters from the Russiaa army who flee to this country.

MEN OF AFFAIRS

John Jacob Astor’s income is estimated at $30,000 a day. Andrew Carnegie plays golf in moderation, but is extremely fond of tront and salmon fishing. Lieut. Gen. Chaffee contemplates taking up a permanent residence in either Berkeley or Piedmont, Cal. L. White Busboy, secretary to Speaker Cannon, is said to be one of the best dressed men at the national capital, which is the converse of the man from Danville. Judge Bond of Brownsville, Tenn., candidate for Governor on the Democratic ticket, is an old-fashioned citisen, who refuses to wear either necktie «l cravat. Capt. Frank Fratx, who will receive his commission as Governor of Oklahoma in January, is only 32' years el age. ■ ;‘t"“ Senator Pettus of Alabama wears shirts made by his wife and socks which she has knitted. They live in Be!ma, ▲la., when not in th* capital. Congressman Graham of Pennsylvania has whiskers of the intermittent sort He passed two of his colleagues the other day In the capital building, and ons of them remarked: "In my oplntoa Graham's whiskers are paacluated let MV «Sr * '