Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 29, 1900, Page 3

RDews of the Rorthwest KILLED BY CYCLONE|,. TERRIBLE DISASTER OVER ‘Ss MORRISTOWN, MIN% Seven People Killed Outright and Many Wounded—Most of the Dead Were Caught in a Saloon Where They Had Taken Refuge—Part of the Town Destroyed Was Recent- ly Visited by Fire, Otherwise the Damage Would Have Been Much Greater—Amount of Damage Not Known. Waterville, Minn., Sept. 26. — The town of Morristown, just east of this city on the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad, was visited by a cyclone about 5:30 yesterday afternoon. Seven people were killed outright and many wound- ed. The storm struck the town from the south, blew down a barn on the out- skirts of town, passed wp the main street, taking everything before it. A barn in the center of the town was lifted from its foundation and swept away, leaving three horses in their stalls unharmed. The brick saloon owned by Paul Gattske was completely demolished and Henry Wait, a resident of Morristown, and F. Pitman, a farm- er who lives a few miles south of this place, were killed in the saloon where they had gone’ to take refuge from the storm. The killed are: HENRY WAIT, ELMER BROOKS, JACOB WEBER, FRANK PITMAN, JACOB MILLER, JOHN ROHER. — NELSON, boy living on.a farm a few miles south of Morristown. The latter is the only casualty report- ed from any of the surrounding coun- try, and the loss to property is not thought to be great to the farmers. Part of the town was destroyed by fire a short time ago and the storm fortunately ‘struck that section mostly, otherwise the loss to property and life would have been much greater. The seriously wounded so far as) known are Paul Gattske, proprietor of | the saloon; Frank Wilder, porter, | white, and a boy named Pitman. The doctors of Waseca, Faribault and this city have been called to the scene of the disaster. Of the seven people killed, six were killed in the saloon, there being eleven people in it at the time it was struck. ‘Tree Crushed he Saloon. Faritault, Minn., Sept. 26.—Word has | been received here that a cyclone | struck Morristown at 6 o'clock and eight men have been killed and a large | number are missing. A large tree was lifted from the ground, carried over a housetop and deposited on a building used as a saloon, which was completely wrecked, and from which the bodies of eight men were taken. The report | does not say how much damage was done to property there. County Seat Removal. Olivia, Minn., Sept. 26—The county commissioners of Renville county met yesterday to consider the petition for removal of the county seat from Bea- ver Falls to Olivia. This petition was filed Sept. 3, and is the largest ever se- cured, containing 3,365 names, or over 80 per cent of the voters of Renville county. There have been six or seven contests for removal prior to this one, but though the great majority of the people have desired the removal, some technical error has prevented it in each case. Beaver Falls was made the county seat about thirty years ago. Little improvement has been made since that time, as there is no railroad and no hotel accommodations. Boy Lost in the Woods. Renville, Minn., Sept. 26.—At a picnic held in the woods Sunday nine miles | south of here John Larkin's little boy, about two years old, wandered away | and got lost. The woods were searched all night without avail. In the morn- ing Mr. Larkin came to town and rang the fire bell to get the people together for aid. About twenty teams went out and the child was soon found about 100 rods from where the picnic was held, lying down by a large tree, com- pletely tired out and wet to the skin, as it rained nearly all night. Suit Against Commission Men. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 26.—Argument was finished yesterday in the suit of the Chicago board of trade against sev- eral Milwaukee commission men in which a temporary injunction is sought by the board of trade preventing the commission men from using the mar- ket quotations. Judge Seaman of the United States district court, before whom the suit is on trial, took the mat- ter under advisement. Fifty Vexscls Missing. St. John’s, N. F., Sept. 26. — More than fifty French vessels from St. Pierre are still naissing as the result of the recent gale and much alarm is felt for their safety. Many doubtless are disabled, but it is almost certain that others have foundered. The French flagship Isly has been ordered from the treaty shore, it is reported here, to cruise over the Grand Banks with a view of learning the extent of the dis- aster and of assisting any vessels re- quiring help. Burglars Make a Rich Haul. Berlin, Sept. 26. — Burglars recently entered the residence of Dr. Wrede in this city and secured 20,000 marks in cash and securities to the value of 3,000,000 marks. Within a day the police have recovered and restored all | capsize just inside the narrows and its the stolen property except 15,000 marks worth. ‘The total rainfall in India to Sept. 22 is stated to have been 39 inches, and gince that date about 7 inches have fallen. ‘The weather is brighter and is believed to be settled. i we: RAIN SPOILS GRAIN. ax and Wheat Yield Greatly De- creased by Excessive Moisture. Redwood Falls, Minn., Sept. 26.—The heavy rains of September, including the very heavy rain of Sunday night, have put a stop to practically all threshing operations in this county during the month. Threshers are very much disappointed. Langdon, Minn.—A ‘series of heavy rains have prevailed over this section nearly the whole week past. Thresh- ing has been badly interrupted. Many grain stacks are thoroughly soaked through, and it will take some time for them to dry. In many instances it is feared the grain will be damaged. Devils Lake, N. D.—Several hours’ rain occurred yesterday followed by a genuine cloudburst at 6 o'clock. This will delay all threshing for a full week. Heavy pelting rains are knocking millions of flax pods on the ground, much lessending the prospective yield. NORTH DAKOTA W. C. T. U. Officers Elected for the Ensuing Year—Reports Submitted. Devils Lake, N. D., Sept. 26. — The state cenvention of the W. C. T. U. at its morning session listened to the re- ports of Mrs. Dora Stanton, Grand Forks, on evangelical work; Mrs. K. V. King, Larimore, on reformation work; Mrs. U. B. Calderwood, Carey, on procuring homes for homeless chil- dren. The report of the enforcement league showed that evidence in nearly 200 cases was presented by the league during the past year. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows: President, Miss Elizabeth Preston; vice president, Dr. J. H. Knox, Wahpeton; corresponding secretary, Mrs. U. Van- debogard; recording secretary, Mrs. Carrie ‘Allen, Grand Forks; treasurer, Mrs. Addie Carr, Northwood. FISHERMAN DROWNED. Disastrous Storm Over the Gulf of Georgia. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 26.+Four men at least met death in the equinoctial storm that burst over the Gulf of Georgia. The fishing boat was seen to four occupants were thrown into the water. A boat sent to the rescue was also upset, but the men in it were picked up by a tug. The fishermen, however, were not found. Great anx- iety is felt for other fishermen who are still out. Several small steamers and scows broke loose from their moorings and were damaged or sunk as they smashed into the wharves. THIEF IN A LA CRESCENT HOME. Wi “> the Owner Was Attending a Micting of the Vigilance Commit- tee. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 26. — Thieves are ‘still active in this vicinity, and notwithstanding the appointment of a vigilance committee at La Crescent— the little Minnesota city opposite here —that city has been again visited. The vigilance committee was in session at the town hall considering various im- portant matters, a number of other citizens meeting with them, and dur- ing the seccion a thief entered the house of one of them, ransacking it thoroughly and making good his es- cape. MANY BADLY BRUISED. Speakers’ Stand at a Political Meet- ing Gives Away. Brookings, S. D., Sept. 26. — During the meeting addressed by the Prohibi- tion candidates for president and vice president at Huron yesterday morn- ing a sidewalk built over a subway near the speakers’ stand gave way and fell to the bottom of the subway, a distance of nine feet, carrying with it from 75 to 100 people. A score of per- sons suffered severe bruises and a shaking: up, but only three appeared to be badly hurt. COAL FOR JAPAN. Trin] Shipments Forwarded From East Kootenai. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 26. — Consul General Shinuzer of this city is for- warding to Japan trial shipments of Crow’s Nest coal from East Kootenal. He expects that it will partly super- sede Welsh coal with the Japanese navy. British Columbia colliery com- panies hope, if the strike in Pennsyl- vania continues, that many mine work- ers will migrate to the collieries of this province, which are short of white la- bor. ACTIVE TAX FERRETS. Back Taxes Rolling Into the County Treasury, and More Coming. Osage, Iowa, Sept. 26.—A good record will appear as a result of the labors of the tax ferrets, who have been at work on the county books fer some weeks past. Over $4,000 have been collected, $900 being paid in one day. Twelve different persons have paid more thai $100 each back taxes. . Fell Into an Old Well. Dickinson, N. D., Sept. 26. — Mrs. Clara L. Lowery fell into a well and was seriously injured. The well was partly uncovered and was on a vacant lot belonging to P. McGinley, proprie- tor of the Madison hotel at Madison, N. D. Under the law he will be liable for damages. _Mrs. Lowry is the wife of a prominent stockman. Hog Cholera Prevalent. “Osage, Iowa, Sept. 26.—Hog cholera is very prevalent here and thousands of hogs are dying throughout the county. This will be a bad loss, as farmers needed hogs to run with their steers while fattening. Towa Flora, Ames, Iowa, Sept. 26.—The state his- torical-society is being furnished with a collection of the flora of the state. ‘The plants are being donated by Prof, Pammel, of the lowa State college at Ames, ard mounted by him. 4 ‘in the ruins. ONE MORE FATALITY. Wenry Frederickson Killed in the Morristown Tornado. Faribault, Minn., Sept. 26. — A late report from Morristown to-night gives another death, the result of the cy- clone. It occurred southwest of town and is Henry Frederickson, who was struck by flying timbers. — The injured people are all still alive and ace doing well. The loss of property will protably reach $10,000. The tcrnado created a scene of deso- lation. Not a building in the path of the storm was left untouched. Some were not bady damaged, but all were more or less injured. The first serious damage done was on the farm of John Olson, where his barn was lifted from the foundation and car- ricd scme distance and smashed. A boy nan.ed Ffulfoos, aged about twelve years, was in the barn at the time and was killed by being struck with the heavy timbe The tornado made its pathway elrectly through the center of the city, taking barns and small buildings in its course and completey demolishing them. Large trees were uprooted and carried away. The most serious damage occurred at the brick building owned and occupied by Pau! Gatzke, in which there were eleven people, some going in for shelter from the storm. The building was com- pietely wrec’ d. The following were in the building and were killed: TL ©. Wait, Republican candidate for representative, of the town of Warsaw. vonnnie Rohrer, Morristown village. Elmer Brooks, Morristown village. Jake Weber, Jr., Morristown town. rrank Pittman, Waterville. Ott. Gatzke, son of the owner of the building. Morristown village. The injured are: Paul Gatzke, Morris- town village, body badly bruised, will re- cover; Frank Wilder, Morristown village, head kadly cut and several ribs broken, will probably recover; Porter White, Mor- ristown village, head cut and les frac- tured; W. Pittman, Waterville, ‘son of Frank Pittman, who was killed, injured internally and both legs broken, cannot recover. jucrristown has had two great misfor- tunes in less than a year. There were two great fires, the first nearly wiping out the eriire business portion, and which was followed by a second fire several months later, and now comes the tornado which has caused so many deaths and so much loss of property. FANCHER MAY RESIGN. Republican Candidate fo? Governor of North Dakota Springs a Sensa- tion. Fargo, N. D., Sept. 26. — Rumors of what promises to be the greatest po- litical sensation of the state were cur- rent last night. It is reported that Gov. Fancher, who was renominated by the Republicans, has informed the party leaders that he wishes to resign. There is confirmation of the story from the fact that the Republican state central committee has been notified by telegraph to meet at Grand Forks to~ day on important business, but no de- tails are given. It is claimed Fancher’s resignation is due to continued. itt health. He is also of a most sensitive disposition, and repeated attacks by a large number of Republican news- papers in the state have disgusted the executive to such a degree that he is willing to forego further political pre- ferment for personal peace and com- fort. WAR ON OSTEOPATHS. Wisconsin Medical Board Says They Are Not Lawful Practitioners. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 26.—A Milwau- kee special to the Republican and Leader says the medical examiners, HE’LL GET ‘ANGLED UP AND HANG HIMSELF YET BE- FORE HE GETS THROUGH WITH IT. = | ll WS In their attacks on Governor Lind’s administration, the Republican press is certainly getting the worst of it.—Ex. = SUCKER-BAIT. In days gone by my father owned a very foolish mule, A dinner pail would never fail to catch the long-eared focl For a handful of oats that rattles there she took the bit and rein Each day, and never did compare the worth of work and grain. She ever brayed, all undismayed, a song so neat and clever “The dinner pail, all hail, all hail, the dinner pail forever!” Once Isaac’s eldest son, you know, was famished as a rail, His rights he sold, but not for gold, but for a dinner pail; Though Esau scooped the poitage up, he scarcely “made a scoop;” For though he swallowed every drop, he still was “in the soup.” But in the soup he gave a whoop that might the ear-drum sever, “The dinner pail, all hail, all hail, the dinner pail forever.” B. Arnold hungered much for fame, and eke for dinners grand; He lived so high on public pie, he got a reprimand. The English filled a dinner pail with rank and banknote roll, It was a scheme that could not fail; the traitor sold his soul.’ The trick was old, but schemes with gold don’t need to be so clever; The dinner pail w‘ll never fail as sucker-bait, no never. No, freedom never was the thing to make the plutes enthuse, They say, “’Tis clear that, just like beer, the thing can be abused, Hence colonies and trusts we breed to feed the “upper class;” . But woe is us! for oh, we ne2d the suffrage of the mass! O, let us wail, for we shall fail to find a trick so clever! The workingman dislikes the plan to sell himself forever. O, joy! Redemption came at last, and sorrow changed to glee, For up rose Judge and said, “Oh fudge, what fools those mortals be. A dinner pail well filled with food will change them like a spell; Those working men are poor and crude, are suckers fit to sell; You need but spring the same old thing on them, they’re not so clever; The dinner pail will never fail as sucker bait, no never. —Steel Pen. 4 STRIKING CONTRAST Governor Lind and Captain Van Sant—An_ Invidious Comparison. Point Answered — Somerville Law Secured by Gov- ernor Lind. who. held their last meeting in this;city,-|> - will take steps to prosecute all osteo- paths in the state, claiming that they are not recognized by the Wisconsin statutes as physicians. Local prac- titioners deny the charge, and say that they will fight the case before the su- preme court. The board consists of the best physicians in the state. Attorneys seem to think their stand is a correct one. SHORT IN HIS FUNDS. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 26. —It is be- lieved upon investigation that there is a shortage of $3,000 to $5,000 in the ac- counts of the late George F. Chester, former clerk ‘of the district court, who died recently in Superior under cir- cumstances that indicated suicide. Plague of Mites. Kasson, Minn., Sept. 26—The farm- ers of this locality are complaining of the number of mites that are in their barns. They are supposed to come from off the English sparrow and are so numercus that they get on the horses and cause their hair to drop out. No way of getting rid of the pests has yet been found. Burned to Death. Hedrick, Iowa, Sept. 26.—The barn of Henry Osterfoss was burned last evening and Mrs. Osterfoss was in- cinerated in the building. No one saw her enter the barn and she was not missed until her remains were found It is not known how the fire originated. Rain Responsible for Deficit. Vermillion, S. D., Sept. 26.—The rainy season raised havoc with the Clay county fair this year, and as a result only two days’ admissions were se- cured, which leaves a deficit of several hundred dollars. Had rain not caused the closing of the fair the association would have cleared money. The man- agers are not discouraged, however. Charged With Fraud. Albert Lea, Minn., Sept. 26.—-John T.- Nelson, who was a grain and stock buyer at Norman, Iowa, just across the line from Emmons, has just re- turned here from Ward county, N. D., in charge of the sheriff. He is charged with getting $600 from the Bank of Emmons in a fraudulent manne. Incendiarism, Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 26.--Incen- diaries made an unsuccessful attempt to burn the cooper shop belonging to the Fergus Falls mills last night, but the fire was extinguished before it gained much headway. The Coal Miners’ Strike—Ab- surd Charge—An Object Lesson. A strong contrast was made on La- bor Day between Governor John Lind and.Capt. Van Sant, the Republican candidate for governor, with respect to tke mental qualifications, and the contrast was very much to the ad- vantage of Gov. Lind. They were both invited to the Labor Day cele- bration at Fort Snelling to address the laboring people and both respond- ed. It must have been extremely hu- miliating to Capt. Van Sant to have seen published in the St. Paul Dis- patch the same evening, Gov. Lind’s speech in full; over well displayed headlines, in which the speech receiv- ed flattering endorsement, and in the St. Paul Pioneer Press the following morning, also published in full, over large headings in which the speech was characterized as a “masterful” presentation of the labor question, while the only reference made to Capt. Van Sant by those papers was that he was one of the speakers. This cir- eumstance well illustrates the differ- ence between the two men—Lind a close student, a deep thinker, a con- structive statesman and a tireless worker; the other apparently lacking all these qualities, but abounding in good fellowship and ever ready to shake hands, make a_ superficial speech with nothing in it but glitter- ing generalities and high sounding, meaningless phrases. The people have not failed to note these differences be- tween the two and will bear it closely in mind when they enter the secret pooth next November to make choice of their chief magistrate. POINT ANSWERED.—SOMERVILLE LAW SECURED BY GOV. LIND. The Republican press has attempted to make a point against Gov. Lind in the statement that in his speech of ac- ceptance Sept. 6th he claimed the credit for originating the recommen- dation which resulted in the Somer- ville law, providing for the taxation of foreign corporations doing business in the State of Minnesota, but that as a matter of fact Secretary of State Berg had made the recommendation in a previous annual report. Gov. Lind did not claim to have been the original discoverer of this reform in taxation, but that’ it was one of the three recom- he had | to the legis- ature that had been into law. Hits be noted that Secretary Berg’s recommendation to the previous legis- lature was unheeded. He was a sub- ordinate officer of the state govern- ment. The then governor did not take up and endorse the recommenda- tion, and so the Republican party is rightly held responsible for the delay in passing the law. Gov. Lind recog- nized the subject as one to be passed and he pressed it. The legislature was induced to act upon it. Why then should not Gov. Lind have the right to refer to it as one beneficial measure that he had recommended which the legislature adopted, but the least in importance of the true meas- ures he had urged upon that body? THE COAL MINERS’ STRIKE. The Republican newspapers are amusing themselves by charging that the great coal miners’ strike in Penn- sylvania has been fermented by the Democrats in the hope that it will produce political capital for Mr. Bryan. One of such papers says that nobody has charged any Republican with being engaged in such work, by way of proving that the charge against the Democrats is true. Instead of proving any such thing, it does prove the Democrats do not have to fabri- eate such frivolous charges against their opponents, for the reason that there exists an abundance of testi- mony against them on subjects that are known of all men. How absurd it is to lay the blame for the condi- tions which produced the strike upon the Democrats? Did the Democratic varty fix the wages of the miners? Did it prescribe the weight of coal the miner has’ to produce in order to get pay for a ton? Did it establish the company stores? Did it uphold the operators in their determination not to submit the questions in dispute to arbitration? Did it do anything what- ever in the premises to create diszat- isfaction among the miners? Is it not enough that the miners are unable to earn enough, under the conditions prescribed by the operators, to support themselves and families in decency, and that a large part of the small sum they do earn is filched from them at the company’s store, to cause them to demand a redress of grievances? The fact is that the strike is not a ‘po- litical question, except’ in the sense that it emphasizes and illustrates the tremendous prosperity of the country, that the Republicans prate so much about, and that it also affords an ob- ject lesson of the evil effects of trusts, combinations and monopolies. REPUBLICAN BRAVADO. Republicans are striving to make a point against Bryan and the Demo- crats on the disfranchisement of col- ored men in the Southern States. The following from Congressman Boutelle, of Maine, is a fair sample of their ar- gument: > “I challenge William Jennings Bryan between now and Nov. 6 to speak in the capital of each of the old slave it counted, advising the white popula/ tion to live up to the Declaration of Independence, respect the provisions of the Constitution, and allow colored voters to givé their opinion in the choice of their governors and legisla- tors, and submit themselves to the fules of the majority, without regard to race, color or previous conditions of servitude.” On its face it appears quite for- midable, but in the light of analysis, it will be found to be mere chaff, or if there is any responsibility attach- ing to any party for the disfranchise- ment of negroes or restricting their right to vote, it primarily rests upon the Republican party. In the first place every white citizen of the Unit- ed States who is not carroded by parti- san prejudice so thick that his mind’s eye cannot see, admits that the con- ferring of the ballot upon the igno- rant negro, was a grave mistake, and an utter failure. If it could be defend- ed and could be enforced why did not the Republican party enforce it during the more than twenty years it has been in power since the 15th amend- ment of the constitution was enact- ed? It is not forgotten that the Southern whites by intimidation and violence, practicaily nullified the ameadment many years ago, and they have recent- ly made it more effectual by peaceful methods. It must be conceded, even by Republicans, that the states are authorized by the constitution to pre- scribe the qualifications of veters, and have a right to make intelligence one of the qualifications, or rather the absence of it, a disqualification; and the possession of property another. If a negro can read and write and owns a certain amount of property, he is not deprived of his vote by the recent- ly adopted new constitutions in some of the Southern states. The same re- quirements obtain in some of the Northern states. It happens that be- cause of the poverty and ignorance of many negroes they cannot vote, not because of the color of their skin. Again we venture to say that if it were possible to transfer a mass of men from Boutelle’s district in Maine to Mississippi, they would within a year, become as strong advocates of a white man’s government, as the na- tive Mississippians. And we will go further and assert that no Northern man who goes and establishes a resi- dence in a Southern state where the ‘negroes predominate or form a large fraction of the population, will reside a year in such state before he becomes converted to the policy of a white man’s government, and the reason is that white men of education, intelli- gence and aptitude for government, will never submit to be governed by ignorant black men, yellow men or white men. There is really no point in the argument, and those who blow their factory whistles the loudest, know it full well, but they seek to in- fluence the ignorant and unthinking and win votes by a false pretense. The state board of equalization summoned before it the representa- tives of the great lumber firms and big mine owncrs for the purpose of reviewing their individual assess- ments of the corporations, so as to make them bear their just and proper share of the burdens of taxation. This action of the board is directly in line with the established policy of the present state administration, which does not propose to let the bulk of tax- ation fall upon the small homes of the laboring classes, while the great cor- porations go untaxed, as they have largely done under the favoritism of previous administrations. It is cer- tainly time to put a stop to this whole- sale evasion of taxation and thus re- move the excessive burdens from the small homes and industries of the people at large. The work of Gov. Lind has inaugurated in this line con- cerns everybody, the people appre- ciate it and will see to it that it is carried through to a finish. Now that the strike of coal miners in Pennsylvania is on, the prospects are that the price of coal will go up like a sky rocket and the public will suffer in proportion Here, as in the great St. Louis strike and as usually in such cases, the public again occu- pied the eneviable position of the disinterested outsider, that gets- the benefit of all the stray brick-bats. This sort of a thing jars of course, more or less, but that is perhaps real- ly not detrimental, but rather other- wise, as it is supposed to set people to thinking, and their thoughts on such occasions usually run alone the line of the advisability of suitable legislation to prevent the occurrence of strikes, especially in those great in- dustries on which depend the welfare and comfort of the general public. Roosevelt’s letter of acceptance savors but little of his usual “stren- uousness.” He does indeed let out a little on the Philippine question and tells us that we are there to stay and that we don’t care a continental whether the people there want us or not, and that we'll give them any blame sort of government we see fit, without taking the trouble to consult their wishes on the subject. He also reiterates to some extent the charges he made in his St. Paul speech, that Aguinaldo and his men are mere sav- ages, who are lusting to inaugurate in Manila just such a carnival of blood- shed and slaughter, as the Boxers did in Pekin. The assertion, like most of Roosevelt’s assertions, (he does not deal much in argument, it is mostly assertion with him) has been met long ago by some simple statements of facts. Among others, the city of insurgents, yet the life and property of the European residents was never safer and the city had never been bet- policed. § —— Teddy talks a great deal, but not say much, and what he does z 8F ; } | }