Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1907 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. «80. EU MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, • - INDIANA.

NEW POSTAL CARDS.

PERMISSIBLE TO WRITE MESSAGE ON EACH SIDE. Department I’naeta Old Rnle and Will iaauc Another Style Anguat Firat-— Prominent Toledo Bnaineaa Me* Sent to Workhonae. A bw departure in posnrt cards has been decided upon by the Postoffice Department in Washington. Beginning Aug. 1, the consumer will get more for his penny than heretofore. The front aide, for years reserved by an inexorable rule for the address, will be invaded by advertisements, pictures and message*;. Postmaster General Meyer has proniulgated an order to this effect. A vertical Tine will be placed about one-third of the distance from the left end of the card. The space to the right of this line will be reserved for the address, and the remaining portion of the front side may be devoted to details of how all the children are, or any other of the things that heretofore have’been confined to the back aide. For years people have been sending to the United States from foreign countries postal cards and post cards with, messages written on. the front gs well as on the back of the cards, although in this country this advantage has been denied the users of government portal cards. Some months ago the United States postal laws and regulations were amended so as to give that privilege to buyers of post cards, but such concession was not made applicable to postal cards. This ruling will remedy this inconsistency and so prevent further confusion. A very thin sheet ofpaper may -lie attached, if it completely adheres to the card and such a paster may bear both writing and printing. Heretofore 2 cents-in postage was required if this was done. Advertisements, illustrations or writing may appear on the back of the card and on the left third of the front. Postal cards bearing particles of glass, metal, mica, •and, tinsel, or other such substances are declared to be unmailable, except when inclosed in envelopes.

BASE BALL STANDINGS. GamM Woa and Lost by Gtnba in Principal Lemuel. NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Chicago ....56 20 Boston 32 39 New Y0rk..40 26 Brooklyn ...32 44 Pittsburg ..43 30 Cincinnati ..30 46 Phil'delphia 41 32 St. L0ui5....18 61 AMERICAN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Chicago ....49 26 New York.. 34 37 Cleveland ..47 30 St. L0ui5....31 45 ’Detroit ....H 30 Boston 28 46 Phil’delphia 42 32 Washington. 23 47 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L. Toledo 51 31 Milwaukee ..41 42 Minneapolis 47 35 Louisville ...36 45 Columbus . .45 35 Indianapolis 34 51 Kansas City.4l 40 St. Pau1....33 50 WESTERN LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Omaha ....49 34 Denver 36 38 Des Moines.4l 31 Sioux City.. 33 45 Lincoln 41 35 Pueblo 29 46 “TRUST” ACTS OPEN CELLS. Lumber and Bridge Men of Toledo Muat Go to Workhouse. Judge Morris in the Common Pleas court in Toledo, Ohio, sentenced twentytwo Toledo lumber dealers and nine brick manufacturers, convicted of violation of the Valentine anti-trust law, and the bridge agents, who also pleaded guilty to infractions of this law. The .brickmen must each pay SI,OOO and costs and stand committed to the workhouse until the fine is paid. The lumbermen are sentenced to six months in the workhouse and are fined the costs. Harry G. Hammond of the Kenton Bridge Company and W. N. Cleveland of the Cleveland and Houston Bridge Company of Columbus, must also serve six months in the workhouse. Kirk in the “Tummy.” Arthur Wagner of Barberton happened to see Harvey Weyriek struggling in the water of the Ohio canal at Akron, and dragged him out unconscious. Adopting a style of resuscitation which appears to be entirely original, Wagner kicked him in the stomach while attempting to revive him. The next day Weyriek had Wagner arrested for assault and battery, and his unfortunate rescuer was fined $5 and costs in the Mayor's court. Indiana Periah of Hunger. A dispatch from Robervale. Quebec, reports the death from starvation of twenty-one Indians ip the depths of the forest about Lake Mistassini. The Indians left Mistassini, 300 miles north of Lake BL John, about the end of March, intending to make the journey to Robervale on foot. Their provisions failed them. Break 8-Hour Law| Fined. The Penn Bridge Company, which has been constructing a bridge in Washington, D. C„ paid fines aggregating $1,500 in police court for violation of the eighthour law. The convictloa was sustained by the District Court of Appeals This is one of the largest fines ever paid by one defendant in the police court. mm • Atteayti Life of French President. An attompt on the life of President Fallieres was made in Paris by a naval reservist, who, during the celebration of the national anniversary, fired two shots nt the executive, whose escape was ressarkable. Pours Gasoline on Boy Ad re. George Hobart, 5 years old, met dcafti in • horrible manner at his home In De Graff, Ohio. His clothing caught fire and his brother, thinking to put out the flames, poured upon the little boy the •entente of a bucket of gasoline.

JOHN D. BEFORE JUDGE.

Oil Magnate in Court for First Time in Nineteen Years. In Chicago Saturday John Davison Rockefeller, billionaire, head of America’s greatest trust, entered a court room for the first time in nineteen years. By the testimony of the oil king and his associates, all the Information which Judge Landis has been seeking for the purpose of fixing the size of the fine he is expected to impose on the Standard Oil Company of Indiana, was obtained. It was announced immediately after the hearing that the court was through with Rockefeller as a witness. These secrets were revealed by Rockefeller and his aids: < Standard Oil Company of New Jersey holds $499,500 of the $1,000,000 worth of the capital stock of the Standard Oil Company of Indiana. Outstanding capital stock of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey amounts to $98,300,000. Net earnings of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey for the years 1903, 1904 and 1905 approximate $179,800,000. Dividends paid on the capital stock of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey during those years approximated 40 per cent a year. Standard Oil Company of New Jersey holds “by far the major portion" of the stock of the Union Tank Line Company. - Union Tank Line Company, with a cap!ta 1 stock of $3,500,000, is $5,000,000 in debt and has paid no dividends since 1901. Judge Landis probed into the secrets of Standard Oil, hidden for years, and obtained answers to all the questions he had asked the defending attorneys > by the time he bad examined five of the twelve witnesses who were In court. He then adjourned fi». ther bearing of the case until Monday morning, making It necessary for Rockefeller and the other witnesses to remain in Chicago over Sunday. * A gasp of awe ran around the crowded room when Rockefeller, pinned down by Judge Landis after he had Claimed ignorance of much of the Information asked, said that the dividends paid by the Standard Oil Company during three years covered by the Indiana indictment amounted to 40 per cent. This proved to be the sensational Item in the testimony. Thousands of jiersons besieged the Federal building fully half an hour before the arrival of "Rockefeller. They entered the structure and fought their way past the outside guards to the sixth tloor, where they were stopped at the entrance to Judge Landis’ pourt room. ■ A Scattered-among the spectators were a score of secret service operatives. •They wore no uniform, displayed no insignia of office, yet they pushed In and out among the members of the crowd. This led to confusion and p. riot ensued. Lawyers demanding admission to the court were knocked down in the conflict which followed. The majority of the spectators were In and seated when Mr. Rockefeller made his appearance at the end of the ball, attended by a few friends and bis counsel. A passageway was opened for bhn aod be walked slowly down the hall toward the court room, the crowd closing In behlhd eager to catch a glimpse of the so-called richest man in’the’world.

STANDARD OIL KING FACING JUDGE LANDIS IN FEDERAL COURT.

The Standard Oil Company Monday refused Judge Landis’ invitation to submit testimony to show that it never had violated the Interstate commerce law prior to 1903. Judge Landis thereupon set Aug. 3 as the date for the entering of the final order, at which time he will impose a fine upon the company of not less than $1,000,000 and not more than $29,240,000. The attorneys for the defense replied to Judge Landis’ invitation in a bitlngly sarcastic statement, which openly criticised his attitude in asking for the information.

DEWEY FOR FLEET IN PACIFIC.

Tfeinka It Beat to Have Ships There in Interests of Peace. An interview with Admiral Dewey In regard to the transfer of the battleship fleet to the Pacific ocean has thrown

ADMIRAL DEWEY.

“This cruiser or whatever you like to call it, is a mission of peace. I do not think it likely that this country will become seriously involved with any power. But-if trouble should eome by any chance it is well to be fully prepared for it. “It is necessary for us to hold the balance of sea power on the Pacific. The defenses on that coast are not up to the standard of the Atlantic. That the nation that has this power controls the situation was proven in our war with Spain.

CRACK U. S. WARSHIPS GOING TO THE PACIFIC.

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much light on the motives of the government in the movement. “It is a pity we have not ships enough to keep powerful fleets in both oceans, but since we have not it seems that in the interests of peace it is best at this time that our fleet should be in the Pacific, 1 ’ said the admiral.

SCHMITZ GETS FIVE YEARS.

San Francisco’s Grafting Mayor Sentenced to Penitentiary. Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz of San Francisco must spend five years in the penitentiary. Passing of sentence in Judge Dunne’s court in the Golden Gate City was accompanied by a scene of wildest tumult. Convicted of graft, sentenced and disgraced, Schmitz hurled defiance at the judge, while the crowd that jammed the court room set up a tremendous

EUGENE SCHMITZ.

cheer at the triumphant ending of. one chapter of San Francisco’s fight to overthrow the corrupt machine wtfleh ruled the city. Judge Dunne before passing sentence arraigned the prisoner in harsh language. Schmitz interrupted the court, time after time, careless of consequences, protesting at further humiliation. Attorney Fairall joined with his client, protesting until he barely escaped being sent to prison for contempt. Schmitz whs defiant to the end. After it was all over he repeated his statement that he would run for re-election in the fall.

Official Wellington Stirred by Sloes of Mikado’s Admiral. The highest officials now in Washington have been stirred to strong indignation at the gratuitous insult handed out to the United one of the chief officers of Japan’s navy and a man who stands close to .the Mikado, in an interview printed In the Hochi at Tokyo. The slurs expressed by Admiral Sakamoto on the American navy in this interview are angrily resented by the military and naval chiefs and, it is believed, will add force to ill-teeling that i/* * engendered against Japan all the United States. Both military “and civil officials of high rank, who, of course, refuse t* be quoted, admit that the insulting utterances of one of the Mikado's chief officers have greatly Intensified the gravity of the situation between the United States and Japan and increased the possibilities of war between the two countries. The text of the interview as printed in the Hochi is aS follows: “Should hostilities break out between Japan and America, the result would be indecisive, owing to a want of proper bases qf operations. Such bases as exist are too far distant for practical purposes. “Even the nearest bases—-namely, the Pescadores, Cavite and “Manila — are at a distance of GOO miles from one another. Even if the Washington govern ment shoulddecide o n_ a war, .1t 1 s doubtful if the Americans serving in the navy are sufficiently patriotic to fight. “American naval officers are brilliant figures at balls and social gatherings, but they are very deficient in professional training and experience. It is too much to expect a burning patriotism In the American naval service in case of war with Japan. It is very likely that most of the crews would desert and- leave the ships.” Admiral Sakamoto commanded the ill-fated battleship Yashima when she struck a mine and sunk off tort Arthur in May, 1904. Subsequently he was made naval commandant at Dalny for the Port Arthur operations. The transfer of the American battleship squadron to the Pacific coast has caused a .storm. A significant feature of the affair is that all of the vessels will be stripped as though for battle, and will be supplied with a full supply of ammunition and erms. In outlining the plans for the next session of the Australian Parliament, Premier Carruthers proposed the enactment of pensions for invalids, subventions to aid friendly societies to enable the poorest persons to purchase annuities. He argues that this policy tends “to uplift the community, increase the inducements to thrift and aid in the battle against improvidence.”

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JAP INSULTS UNCLE SAM.

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL

CHICAGO. ' Midsummer conditions are now entered into, but trade in the aggregate discloses less, decline in activity than usual. The volume of distributive trade remains exceptionally wide and the leading industries show no dispositiou to curtail production, the full employment of machinery and available workers being imperative to sustain prompt deliveries. Some plants are yet considerably behind on old contracts and-the pressure here involves ■ much—extra —effort- -and —overtime —to —increase outputs. Heavy hardware, machinery, furniture and footwear demands average favorably with those of a year ago, and the prices obtained afford a fair margin of profit. A slight falling off in building permits does not interfere with current operations in construction. ’ —■ ; Leading retail trade has advanced to seasonable proportions, and the clearance sales make substantial inroads upon stocks of lightweight apparel, boots and; shoes and headwear. Conservatism in selections of merchandise is confined to a few points where harvesting is poor, but the outlook for business in fall and winter goods appears to be improving. Grain markets disclose further contraction in prices and buying of the leading breadsdue- mainly to the government crop report indicating probabilities of adequate results under normal weather conditions. , “ The total movement of grain at this port, 7,818,947 bushels compares with 9,789,132 bushels last week and 5,586,322 bushels a year ago. Compared with those of last year, receipts decreased 12.2 per cent, while the shipments gained 174 per cent. Receipts of live -stock jyere 236,998 head, against 246,157 head last week and 230,447 head in 1906. Other receipts increased over the corresponding west, last _year in flour, wheat, rye, dressed beef, lard, butter, eggs, wool and sheep, and decreased in corn, oats, bafley, seeds, broomcorn, pork, cheese, cattle and hogs. Compared with the closings a week ago, prices advanced in oats % cent,cattle and...sheep.S cents, lard cents, ribs 12% cents and pork 35 cents, and declined in corn % cent and wheat 4% cents. Bank clearings, $261,174,200, exceed those of corresponding week in 1906 by 24.8 per cent. ' Failures reported in the Chicago district number 25, against 26 last week and 18 a year ago.—Dun’s Review of Trade. NEW YORK. Continued favorable weather, coupled with improvement in reorder business with jobbers and in payments on past business, give a more optimistic tone to the general situation than seemed possible _a mouth ago. That some trade was lost for this reason is, of course, certain, as is the fact that reduction sales have been necessary to move some slow selling goods; but It is noted that cotton goods have again been advanced, that dress fabrics are selling better, and men’s wear, woolen and clothing dealers take a much more cheerful view of the outlook. Telegrams to Bradstreet’s show the effect of midsummer conditions on many lines, but_fall shipments have begun in larger volume than a year ago, and where the crop outlook is defined there is a slightly more pronounced disposition to buy more freely for future delivery. Manufacturers at the East are displaying still more interest in the wool market, and sales are reported very large. Demand is very general, however, for long staple wools suitable for fine grades of woolen and worsted goods. Old stocks are small. Business failures for the week ending July 11 number 185, against 135 last week, 143 in the like week of 1906, 166 in 1905, 203 In 1904 and 173 in 1903. Canadian failures for the week number 28, against lO last week and 19 in this week a year ago.—Bradstreet’s Commercial Report.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $7.30; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $6.05; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $6.00; wheat, No. 2,89 cto 90c; corn, No. 2,53 cto 54c; oats, standard, 41c to 43c; rye, No. 2,83 cto 85c; hay, timothy $14.00 to $20.00; prairie, $9.00 to $12.00; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 24c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, new, per bushel, 55c to 80c. St. Louis —Cattle, $4.50 to $7.15; hogs, $4.00 to $6.10; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2,89 cto 90c; corn, No. 2,54 cto 55c; oats, No. 2,43 cto 44c; rye, No. 2,81 cto 83c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $4.00 to $6.00; hogs, SI.OO to $6.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.65; wheat, No. 2,93 cto 94c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 56c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 46c to 47c; rye, No. 2,86 cto 88c. Detroit —Cattle, $4.00 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $6.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 930 to 04c; corn, No. 3 yellow, 55c to 57c; oats, No. 3 white, 46c to 47c; rye, No. 2,84 cto 85c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 98c to $1.00; corn, No. 3,52 eto 53c; oats, standard, 45c to 46c; rye, No. 1, 85c to 86c; barley, standard, 69c to 70c; pork, mess, $16.00. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $6.50; hogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $6.25; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.25; lambs, fair to choice, $5.00 to $8.50. New York—Cattle, $4.00 to $6.80; hogs, $4.00 to $6.60; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to 98c; corn, No. 2,61 cto 62c; oats, natural white, 51c to 52c; butter, creajnery, 22c to 25c; eggs, western, 13c to 16c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 92c to 93c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 54c to 55c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 44c to 45c; rye, No. 2,79 ctc 80c; clover seed, prime, $930.