Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 20, 1897, Page 2

The Herala--Heview. Ly &. Kiley. 3RAND RAPIDS - | MINNESO' sfter all, George M. Pullman's gitt of $10,000 to charity was a better mon- ument to his memory.than his “model” city. it is to be hoped that ‘these interna- tional seal conferees will get along amicably. We should‘hate to see them make the fur fly. Another evidence of prosperity is the fact that a St. Louis woman recently sold her husband to another woman for four thousand dollars. The husband of Tennie C. Claflin, now Lady Cook, is worth thirty million dollars. We beg to say to the lady that if she will return all will be for- given. Spain would not give autonomy to Cuba if she did not feel obliged to do so. Let the insurgents hold on and she will be obliged to take her soldiers out of the country. pea Ps Pickering, astronomer, claims to have just discovered one hundred and forty-two new double stars. Lots of persons see stars in that way, but rarely so large a number. They tell of the president of a co-ed. university who was surprised and shocked to find many of his girls and boys fraternizing by the light of the moon, The good man evidently be lieves that water runs up hill. The women of Lincoln, Nebraska, who propose to boycott their church because they are permitted no voice in t or its management are probably the pioneers in a great revolt. The only wonder is that the women of all the churches didn’t cry out against the Saint Paul matter of contempt for women long ago. And when that re- volt comes will there be any churches left? Miss Guiney protests against willful sadness in literature, but people like to weep. The most popular novels of the last three years have been sad en- ough to produce confirmed melan- choly on the part of every person who has read them. The more successful plays of the period are built on human misfortune and agony. The more novelreaders and play-goers weep the happier they are; and if originally de- cent heroines are humiliated to the dust and beyond any hope of recovery, the enjoyment is intense. People will smile at the Mr. Melchor of Maine who has just been awarded less than two thousand dollars for breach of promise at the hands of Mrs. Hadley, who jilted him and married another man; but it is a poor rule that doesn’t work both ways, and perhaps he ought to have been given the twen- ve thousand dollars he claimed. His affections and his rights are as good as hers, and his sufferings are undoubtedly worse than hers would have been had the situation been re- versed, judging from the character of the average woman flirt. The time is r for serious consideration of the “rights of men, from t/ » street car to the matter of matrim#€y. D. In Florida the othe? day two little children while at play saw a moccasin snake and tried to capture it—it was such a pretty thing. They are now sleeping side by side, and two newly. made graves tell the sad story of the end of two lives, which if lived might give profit to the world. The sad af- fair reminds us’ that there are other serpents in this world that look just as nice, but in whose fangs there is a deadly poison far more fatal than that of the deadly moccasin snake. Grown up men and women are, however, as innocent of the danger as were the little ones who thought the serpent so pretty and nice to forfdle. There is a word of warning in the sad incident recorded. Avoid the serpent in every form. It has wiped the grandest na- tions off the map. It makes quick work of individuals, Major General Miles has just re. turned to Washington after a five months’ tour of Europe, during which he studied the methods employed by the European militia. One point noted by General Miles was the large use made in Europe of American weapons. notably machine, rapid-fire and small guns. At Aldershot every one of the British regiments that swept past in review was followed by a machine gur of American invention. The entire British army was armed with a rifle designed by an American. The gen. eral also says that the Germans have quietly begun the purchase of a num- ber of American machine guns, Rus- sia also uses American ideas in her army, and it is believed by the gen. eral that only the enormous expense of making a change in the present sys- tem has operated to prevent the Frenct from adopting the same machine ané rapid-fire guns. pee SER Se SAAN ay If there is to be a cessation of Jyneh- ing the law must see to it that justice is promptly done. The lawyers of this country have too many privileges for which the tax-payer must suffer as to his pocket and his peace. Murderers must be hanged and thievees must be put behind bars. The lawyer must be checked in his profession as a law- breaker. The Arlington (S. D.) Sun remarks that “a regular old-fashioned, last sum- mer pour down of sky juice precipi- tated in this section Sunday.” PITH OF THE NEWS EVENTS UF THE PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM. A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week From All Parts’ of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy Peeple. in The Nation's Capital. Dr. W. W. Carter has been appointed pension examining surgeon at Troy, Kas., and Dr. W. F. Buren at Prince- j ton, Mo. George Brown. Jr., of Indiana, son of Admiral Brown, retired, has been appointed by the President am-assistant paymaster in the navy. United States Minister Buck at To- kio has cabled the state department that the Japanese minister of foreign affairs has resigned and that Baron Nishi has been appointed his successor. The first assistant postmaster general | has authorized the renewal of a lease to Postmaster William MeCoy, for the present site of the postoflice at Coffey- ville, Kas., at $240. Consul Bartleman, at Malaga, re- ports to the state department esti- mates of the amount of sugar pro- duced in Europe from beets for the year 1897-8 at 4,500,000 tons, against 4,915,749 tons the previous year. Pers: Mention. President George Holmes, of the University of Virginia, is dead. Gen, Hans von Werden, German ambassador to Russia, is dead at Berlin. Patent Commissioner Butterwarth, who is a guest of Senator Hanna in Cleveland, is ill, but not seriously so. Ex-United States Senator Nathan | F. Dixon died at his home at Wester- | ly, R. 1, after an illness of about three weeks. | Dr. James Carey Thomas, a widely | known member of the Orthodox Socie- ; ty of Friends, suddenly died at his; home in Baltimore. The Iowa Agricultural college, at its annual commencement, has conferred on James Wilson, secretary of agri- culture, the degree of master of agri- culture. Col. C. Ross Smith, many years sec- | retary of the Commercial Exchange of | Philadelphia, is dead of cancer. He} was sixty-seven years old and served | as a Union cavalry officer. Charles W. Reiff, traveling passcn- | ger agent of the New York, Philadel- phia & Norfolk, and the Pennsylvania railroads, died at Philadelphia of ty- phoid fever, aged thirty-nine. Mrs. Margaret Boughan, the oldest | person in the section, and probably in the state, died at her home in Chicopee | Falls, Mass. She was born in Ireland, and claimed to be 124 years of age. The Rt. Rev. Talbet, LL. D., has heen elected bishop of the Episcopal | diocese of Pennsylvania. Four bal-| jots were necessary to a choice. Dr. | ‘Talbot is at present missionary bishop. of Wyoming and Idaho. Charles D, Fair, son of the late Sen- ator mes K, Fair, has announced | his retirement from the turf. Mr. Fair been a liberal patron of racing for several years, but has met with noth- ing but hard luck. James Ponder, former governor of | Delaware, died at his home in Milton, | Sussux county, De of paralysis, aged seventy-eight yea He was for l years active in state politics as a Dem- joor | Casualties. The fire in the Central mine in Ke-} Weenaw county, Mich., has broken out | anew. | The boiler on.a Burlington engine | exploded near Crawford, Neb., instant- | ly killing the engineer and firen is lie Johnson and Clara Erhart | purned to death at Hot Springs, The fire occurred in Erhart’s Ark. bak 2-y. An east bound cattle train on the Texas Pacific railroad went through 2 bridge near Benbrook, Tex. cars of cattle were destroyed and a brakeman killed. A large barn, the property of Pat- rick Elvin of Ames, Iowa, was totally | destroyed by fire. The contents, was all destroyed. surance, $1,330. The Irwin building, Harrison street | and Wabash avenue, Chicago, was par- tially destroyed by fire. Loss on build- ing and consents, $150,000, fully insur- ed. Keating, Smyth and Southard, leather goods suffered the heaviest less, about $50,000. John H. Mooney. Kate Mooney, his wife, and Michael D. Mooney, Mrs. Mooney’s brother, have been found dead in their beds at San Francisco, asphyxiated by gas. They were in coin- fortable financial circumstances and it is believed the gas was left open acci- dentally. Foreign Noten. Reports from Ireland show 30,000, Knights of Labor. There are 20,000 in England. Americans and Englishmen are mak- ing large purchases of land in Hawaii which will be used for coffee planting. the prospect of early annexation is rais- ing the value of all kinds of property | on the islands. At Port Moresby, New Guinea, the other day six young rative girls pleaded guilty before a white magistrate to a chirge of theft. As they were rather youug to seid to his worhsip took each offender across his knee and spanked her. British Bast Africa celebrated the ju- pilee by holding its first race meeting at Ukamba. Nine herses were entered for the “Ukamba Derby,” as only four Europeans were light enough to ride, five Somalis and Soudanese were em- ployed as jockeys, and a Somali came in ahead. Count Macedo, minister of foreign formerly | | Brown, who was found dead in a Corn- Several | 3 800s- ine | Loss about $2,500; in | Year, $522,000. W. 8. Gilbert’s-“Bab Ballads” is to appear in a new edition, with additions from Mr. Gilbert's operas and more il- lustrations. It is expected that Sir James Winter, leader of the party victorious in the recent general assembly elections in Newfoundland, will take office within the next few diys. | SPICERS AVENGED] MURDERERS TAKEN FROM JAIL AND LYNCHED BY A MOB, A man named Hinde has sued the] Alee Coudot, Paul Holy Track and prince of Wales to recover £60,000, al- leged to have been wrongfully paid him by the late Under Sheriff Croll, who was the liquidator of the United Kingdom Electric Light company. The case was thrown out of court. A duel was fought in the Garches forest near Paris between Armand Sil- yestre, author of the new play, “Tris- tine de Leonois,” now being performed at the Coiedie Francaise, and Henri Bauer, the critic. The weapons were swords. M. Silvestre received so se- vere a wound in the arm that he was, unable to continue the combat. z Crimes and Criminals. The Cologne Volkszeitung says that two Rhenish missionaries, Nies and Henle, have been murdered in the southern part of the Chinese Province of Shan Tung. At Greenwood, S. C., Mrs. Elizabeth Huey, a widow 82 years of age, killed herself by cutting her throat with a knife. No cause for the suicide is known. The trial at Great Bend, Kas., of William Jetz, colored, charged with as- sault with intent to kill, on J. H. Hil- ton, resulted in a disagreement, the jury standing four fer acquittal and eight for conviction. William Leavitt, a blind song seller, has been arrested by the Boston police on the charge of murdering Alic ing street house. Leavitt lodged in the same house with the woman. The Los Angeles engagement of Mme. | Moultenford, the Oriental lecturer, has affairs, and Jacinto Cannido, mipister of marine of Portugal, have resigned. ‘They will be succeeded respectively by Barros Gomez, a member of the coun- ) cil of state, and Diaz Coasta the testator has a wife or children. | list of preferences not given. been marred by the suicide of her ad- vance agent, Rev. W. T. Veale, a Pres- byterian clergyman. Rev. Mr. V shot himself in his room at a Los geles hotel. An- A handsomely dressed and apparent- ly refined woman about 25 years old, committed suicide in Lincoln Park at Chicago, by jumping from the high bridge to the lagoon, a distance of fifty feet. All clues to identification had been removed with the exception of a small garnet ring. After eight long days of trial at Miles City, Mont., the jury in the case of Spotted Hawk, the principai Indian charged with the murder of John Hoover, the Barringer sheep herder, after being out seven hours, | brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree. The trial of Little Whir!- wind, his companion in the crime, will begin in the morning. Carl Yates of Oskaloosa, lowa, who shot his wife Aug. 4, and who last week pleaded guilty, was sentenced to four years at hard labor at Fort Madi- son penitentiary. Mrs. Yates is still living, though one bullet is embedded in the kidneys and may prove fatal at any time. She pleaded for leniency for her husband because he is in bad health. ‘ pe any % SERRE a caren General. " Brewers will try to repeal the pro- hibition law in Kansas this winter. Warren Lewis has decided to retire from direct interest in boxing affa Charley Johnson and Lon Beckwith are practically matched to fight at But- falo. 2 There is talk by cable about a match between Solly Smith ard Pedlar Palm- er. “Pittsburg Phil” says he is a loser | on the season’s battle with the book- makers. ‘The will of Johanna Bliss of Wor ter, Mass., leaves $5,000 to the National Christian Association of Chicago. A $250 forfeit has been posted on be- half Jack Bonner to arrange a of match with the winner of the McCoy Creedon fight. John Palmer & Co. of New retail dealers in fancy goods, have as- York, signed with preferences aggregating $16,625. J. W. Biting of Manor, Tex., filed a deed of trust asset set down at $80,000; Liabili- ties estimated at $60,000. The Canadian Pacific railway earn- ings for the week ending Nov. 7, were $627,000; for the same period last The Lovejoy monument was formal- ly dedicated at Alton, I], It is sixty years ago that. Lovejoy was assassin- ated in this city because of his out- spoken and fiery editorials against the slaye trade. Randolph Guggenheimer, who was elected president of the New York council last week, says that his ex- penses amounted to $7,720. Of this sum $720 went to the campaign fund of ‘Tammany hall. Peter Maher, as a referee, is said to have robbed Buck Stelzner in his bout with Louden Campbell at Wheeling on Wednesday _ night. Peter counted Stelzner out in the fourth round, when he should have received the fight on a foul. The following American boxers are in England at present: Dick O’Brien, Paddy Purtell, Spike Sullivan, Dave Sullivan, Patsey Haley, Tommy White, Jimmy Barry, Fred Morris, Muldocn’s cyclone; Joe Elms and Australian Billy Murphy. Receivers Cowen and Murphy, of the Baltimore & Ohio, have filed in the United States court at Baltimore their report for the month of August, show- ing total receipts of $3,627,384 and to- tal disbursements of $3,133,102, leay- ing a balance Aug. 31, of $494,283. The San Francisco Chronicle says: Plans have been perfected and the as- surance is given that everything will be in readiness for fighting the Sugar Trust on Jan. 1, when the five-year contract of the Hawalian planters at the Western sugar refinery will ex- pire. Some attorney has discovered that the new code of Iowa prohibits the bequeathing of one’s property to churches, schools or missionaries if DEF i Philip Ireland Get a Taste of the Article of Justice Usually Meted Out by Judge Lynch—Swift and Terrible Retribution for a Das- tardly Crime—Mob cf Masked Men Do the Job—No Disturiance Takes Place. Bismarck, N. D., Nov. — Alec Coudot, an Indian half-breed, and Paul Holy Track and Philip Ireland, full-booded Indians, the first of whom was sentenced to death for the mur- der of six members of the Spicer fam- ily last February and had just been granted a new trial by the supreme court, and the latter two self-confessed accessories in the murder, were taken from jail in Emmons county and lynched by a mob. The lynching had been apparently coolly planned and was carried out without a break in the programme, and sudden and swift ret- ribution was meted out by the mob to Alex Coudot. the murderers. There were about for- ty men concerned in the lynching. The jail in which the prisoners were confined is a substantial stone struc- ture and was in charge of Deputy Sheriff Thomas Ke About 2 o'clock in the morning there was a rap at the outer door of the jail and Kelly arose quickly and turned the key in the lock, thinking that some persons he expected to mcet had arrived. No soner had he opened the door than the members of the mob crowded into the small jail corridors. All of them were masked and the leaders carried ropes, purchased new for the occasion. Kelly at once real- ized that the mob bad come after his prisoners. The lynchers were quiet but determined. ‘The leader presented a revolver at the head of the deputy sheriff and told him they wanted the prisoners, and demanded that he open the cells in which they were confined. Kelly saw that resistance was useless and unlocked the cells. Two of the prisoners were confined in one and the other in a separate cell. They had been aroused from sleep by the entrance of the men and up half- awake and trembling with terror. Holy Track and Ireland were dragged from their beds, ropes were fastened about their necks and they were dragged out of the jail building after being told to prepare for death. The mob had more consideration for Coudet, since the other two had con- fessed their crime, but Coudot had not, and the mob desired to learn from him whether the two others who a under arrest for the crime are guilty ‘The self-confessed murder were dragged acre the space intervening between il and a beef windlass several hundred ‘ds from the jail .upon which they were hanged without cer- emony. Coudot was the first man to be hanged. It is reported that he was asked before he was hanged whether Blackhawk and Defender had also been concerned in the murder, and he answered that they had been. Holy ‘Track and Ireland were so n y un- conscious from the effects of the drag- ging that. they did not realize what was about to happen. When the ropes about their necks were tossed over the beam of the windlass they were un- able to stand and were slowly raised from the ground on which they until their bodies swung into the and dangled from the windlass with that of Coudot. The mob then dispersed, mounted ir horses and rode away. ‘There were two other men alleged to have been implicated in the murders for which the three were lyuched, and they were saved from the same fate only by the fact that they are con- fined at Bismarck, forty miles away. the Indications of a Wreel Southampton, Ont., Nov. Lambent. lighthouse keeper try island, reports that wre sisting of the upper works of a s er. also a board and life preserver with the name “Steamer E. B. Hale” on them, came ashore on Friday night. New vnbinet Formed. St. Johns, N. F., Nov. 15.—The cabi- net of Sir James Winter will formally assume office to-morrow at noon, Sir William Whiteway and his colleagues in the retiring ministry resigning their portfolios two hours earlier. le Murder.- Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 15. — The dead bodies of Henry Turpver and those of his wife and a sister, were found in a potsto patch in Campbell county. They had been shot to death and brained. Sentence of a Horse Thiet. Redwood Falls, Minn., Nov. 15.—In he district court William Wilson Un- derwood,-.accused of horse stealing, pleaded guilty to petty larceny and was sentenced to sixty days in jail. ‘he court has closed its November ses- sion. Charles Frohman, manager of the Empire, Garrick, Knickerbocker and Garden theaters, New York, will es- tablish cafes in his theaters. He pro- poses to take out music hall licenses —, and sell all kinds of liquors. INDIANA’S BANK CRASH. Serious Results of the Fa: Three Institutions. Leavenworth, Ind., Nov. 15.—Three banks respectively located in this city and at Marengo and English, with de- posits estimated to aggregate $160,000, have closed their doors. R. H. Wil- lett, cashier of the parent bank in this city, and principal stockholder in the other two concerns, has left for parts unknown. His wife has received a letter from him stating that he has almost lost his mind, and that he will not return to the scene of the financial disaster. County officials and educa- tional trustees are sufferers from the crash and one death may result. ‘Treasurer E. P. Brown of Crawford county had upward of $30,000 county funds deposited in the bank in this city. When told of the failure he fainted and is in a critical condition. The revenue collected for school pur- poses was all on deposit in the banks, and it is feared that all of the public schools of Crowford and Perry coun- ties will have to be closed, as the trustees have lost all their money. The crash came without warning. As late as Friday afternoon each of the banks continued to receive deposits, and when they failed to open their doors in the morning there were scenes of great consternation among the busi- ness men, some of whom had deposit- ed so closely that they did not even have change to begin business witb in the morning. re of TROUBLE IN THE EAST. Disuieting Symptoms in the Balkins Strained Relations Between Bul- garia and the Porte. : London, Novy. —The usually well informed correspondent of the Times at Vienna says: “The final treaty of peace between Turkey and Greece has not yet been signed, and the xegotia- tions of the powers with respect to autonomy for Crete have hardly emerged from the initial stage when al- ready there are disquieting symptoms in the ans. The relations between Bulgaria and the porte are strained. The sultan is preparing for all eventu- alities, and 100,000 Turkish soldiers are stationed on the Bulgarian frontier, armed with Mausers and amply pro- vided with horses and guns. Servia, of course, would be involved in y com- plications in conection with Macedona; while recent accounts from Albania re- port signs of growing unrest. On the whole, the outlook in the East is nowise reassuring. Will Fight Ruhlin, New York, Noy. 15.—“Tut” Ryan of Australia, who has been matched to fight Peter Maher, will appear in the Tulane Athletic club arena, New Or- Jeans, Dec. 1, in a ten-round bout with Gus Ruhlin of Akron, Ohio. This bout will be watched with widespread in- terest, as Maher, though matched with Ryan, will meet Rublin instead, if the latter is declared the winner. Infor- mation has just been received to the effect that Ryan, accompanied by Jim Hall and Tom McCarthy of Rochester, N. R., his trainers, have just ar in New Orleaus for the purpose of pre- paring for the match. Neither Side Scored. Cambridge, Mass., Noy. 15. — Har- vard and Yale played each other to a stand still Saturday afternoon on Sol- diers’ Field. For two thrilling hours the sturdy eleve: ‘dover the white-lined gridiron, desperately dis- puting every inch of territory and vainly essaying to cross the coveted goal line. The teams had each a strong defense and weak ground-gain- ing powers, and the logical outcome of the contest was that neither side scored. Has Great Significance. London, Noy. 15.—The correspondent of the Daily Mail says: “A high officer informs me-that the recent recall of Col. Schwartz Nappen, military ‘he of the German embassy at Paris, has vital significance. It was due to the direct intervention of Emperor William in order to lessen an increasingly dan- gerous situatioa, Col. Schawrz ppen being the person who negotiated the purchase of the documets whch led te the condemnation of Capt. Dreyfus. Counterfeiters Caught. Baltimore, Nov. 15. — Katrina T kinski, a young Polish woman, was arrested on South Broadway in the act of passing a counterfeit $10 silver certiticate. She had quarreled with her husband, Martin § Turkinski, and made a confession to the police impli- eating him. His rooms were searched and a number of the spurious notes were captured, together with a com- plete counterfeiting outfit, including plates, paper, ete. Trying Mexico's Police. City of Mexieo,- Noy. 15.—The trial of Police Inspector Villatinceneo and other police officials implicated in the murder of Arnulfo Aroyo will begin to-day. The trial will be a sensational one, throwing much light on the ac- tions of the late inspector general of police, Velasquez, who committed sui- cide when his share in the crime was discovered and he become convinced that the government would afford him no protection, Well Known Journalist Dead. Washington, Nov. 15.—Karl Roser, a well known German-American jour- nalist, died here in the sixty-seventh year'of his age. Mr. Roser was one of the founders of the Republican party in Wisconsin. He had spent the Jatter years of his life in this city. Incendiary Burglars. Centerville, lowa, Nov. 15.—Fire de- stroyed $12,000 worth of the business portion of the town last night. A kit of burglars tools were found in the street. It is thought burglars set fire 1o a store from which the fire spread to the three stores consumed, Suicide From a Love Affal Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 15. -— George Puzy Kitchen, a member of the senior law class of the state university, mak- ing his home with an uncle and aunt, Capt. and Mrs. A. J. Fickey, com- mitted suicide by shooting, at the resi- dence of his uncle, Charles Fairball, seven miles east of the city. A love affair is said to have been at the bot- tom of the deed. Paddy Gorman of Australia has been matched to meet Charley Goff . time twelve unconsious ‘government. A MINE IN FLAMES SERIOUS CATASTROPHE IN A COL- RADO MINING CAMP. May Result in the Closing Déwn of Every Big Mine in the Camp—All Efforts to Reach the Fire Prove Unsuccessfal— Forty Men Over~ come by Deadly Gas While At- tempting to Bulkhead the Con- p nections—Other Mines Threatened Aspen, Col., Nev. 15.-A fire that bids fair promise ef closing down every big mine in the camp is raging in the eighth level of the Smuggler mine. ‘The cause of the catastrophe is supposed to be spontaneous combustion, So far the fire is confined to a large crib and is burning at poine about S00 feet below the surface. All efforts to reach the fire have proved wnsuccess- ful, and an atempt to place bulkheads in the connection cvme near losing the lives of some fifty men. Over forty of these were so overcome by the deadly gas that for a time their lives were de- spaired of. The burning crib is located about thirty feet from the Mollie Gibson, and the Smuggler-Mollie connection fur- nished a draught for the fire. The Mollie Gibson people attempted to bulkhead their connections, but came near losing a number of men. At one miners were hoisted from the! mine and stretched out. on the shaft house fioor. Shortly there- after six more were, hoisted out in an only slightly serious condition. Although ms were on the the energetic and vigor- ous efforts of the by-standers to bring these men around within three-quarters of an hour. A miner named Ed Hedge- son, while in a dazed condition, felt down an ore chute and sustained se- rious, althought it is believed, not fa- tal injuri At 10:30 o'clock Manager Hallet, Master Mechanic Carsons and Cageman Wright made a. trip into the burning mine through the Free Silver shaft. Although underground less than fifteen rp hae a aoe were ‘all overcome by gas and had a miraculous esca Rear lous escape from Ma ager Hallett. asked as to the pros- pect of saving the burning mine, said: “There are two possible chances. One is that the fire can be ex iguishead by setam, which we will force in from be- lew; the other the fire will soon nme the crib and cause a cave-in s ntly to smother the There is no danger of the gas causing an ex- plosion, Fooding the p: operty will not be intentionally sorted to, sithough conditions ma e that will make it unavoidable.” To flood the mine means the drowning out of all n the all : mines in th —_—_—_____ Take Heed, Thou Turk. Constantinople, Nov. 15.--The Rus- sian embassy here has made an im- portant announcement to the Turkish ve Ml In substance it is that if Turkey intends to apply part of the Greek war indemnity to an increase of the Turkish armament, Russia desires to remind ; Turkey that the un arrears of the Russo-Turkish Bee ‘ ra demnity amounts to £1,300,000, adding that if the poliey of the Turkish gov. ernment is as indicated Russia will demand the payment of this amount. The Ru: pronouncement has strongly impressed the diplomatic who believe it is directed t the plans to reor, the Insurance Transfer. Boston, Nov. 15.--The receivers of the Bay State Beneficiary Association of Westfield have broken the dead- lock which the recent injunction caused and have agreed to a fer of the membe There are several bids and the business was closely com- peted for. Recei s Hyde and Bliss chose the Mutual — Reserve Fund of New York, as its bid was the best. and this was subject to the approval of the commissioner of insurance here, which has now been obtained. ‘There is about $20,000,000 of business, cov- ering the lives of 10.000 members. The transfer is subject to the condi- tions. of the Massachusetts insurance laws. Downed by Michigan. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 15.—The Michi- an foot ball team defeated the Min- nesotas Saturday by a score of 14 to 0, ‘The Minnesotas were badly crippled, three of their best players being obliged to retire from the game ow- ing to more or less serious injuries. As it was the team fought stubbornly and by the pluckiest kind of defensive work succeeded in keeping the score down. Identified, Vashington,Nov. 15—Chief Hazen.of the secret service, has identitied Al- bert Thomas, who was recently ar- rested at New Bedford, Mass. for passing raised United States notes. as Albert Litner, said to be a noted bur- glar and confidence man ef Indianapo- lis. Thirteen notes which had been raised from twos to tens were found en Litner when arrested. Hankers for a Toga. Parkersburg, W. Va., Nov. 15.—Gov. Atkinson, in an interview, announced his candidacy for the United States Senatorship. This, however, is con- ditioned on the withdrawal of Judge Goff from the race. If the report that Goff has withdrawn is true the gover- nor regards himself the logical candi- date, but will not run if Goff should be a candidate. Poisoned hy Smutt Corn. Owatonna, Minn., Nov. 15.—Gunder Hanson of Lanound turned his cattle. into his corn field to, feed on the-~ husked stalks. The next day six of the animals were found to have been: poisoned by eating smutty ears. Killed His Father. North Vernon, Ind., Nov. 15. — At Scipio, six. miles north of this city, Charles Kieffer shot and_ killed his: father. The two men had been quar- reling. The young man is about nine~ of California at Yonkers on Novy. 22. | teen years old. He is still at large. TIVE PAGE