Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 6, 1900, Page 3

bee — Rews of the Dorthwest| FALLS INTO RIVER. Wisconsin Man Gets n Cold Dath Un- expectedly. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2. — Martin Ward of Boyd, Wis. fell into the river at 1 o'clock yesterday morning and narrowly escape’ being drowned. He has been in the city for a couple of days and on his way home frem North Da- kota. He wandered near the river about midnight and fell Gown the slip at the foot of Jackson stréct. After floundering about in the river for a considerable time he managed to crawl ashore near the Milwaukee freight house. Officer White found him wandering about the railroad tracks chilled through by his cold bath. Ward was sent to the central Police station, where he was attended by the city physician. HAD A HARD TIME. Patrolman Grabowski E'neounters Trouble at a Dance. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2. — Patrol- man Grabowski of the Rondo sta- tion had a rough time of it Saturday night at a dance in Plebuch’s. hall, 423 Lafond street, several young men of the neighborhood became boisterous and Offi- cer Grabowski attempted to take one of them from the hall. When the officer eached the street with the prisoner, he was knocked down. Two men, he says, sat on his face while the pr:soner made his escape. His assailants administered a few kicks and thumps and, after warning the officer not to pursue them if he did not want a sound thrashing, the young fellows escaped. VACATION FOR A YEAR. Dr. Adams Temporarily Retires From the Wisconsin University. Madison, Wis., Oct. 2.—The board of ts of the state university yester- issued a statement announcing temporary retirement of Dr. Chas. Kendall Adams as president of the university. Dr. Adams is given a va- cation for a term of one year, and during his absence he will receive half pay. The action was taken owing to the poor condition of Dr. Adams’ health. Dean E. A. Birge will be the acting president of the institution pending Dr. Adams’ return. TRIES TO ESCAPE. Prisoner Breaks Hole in Floor at Margaret Station. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2. — Albert Metz made an attempt to escape from the Margaret street police station last night. He had made a hole in the floor of his cell almost large enough to get his body through when discovered by Officer Hoefer. There is a cellar under the station and had Metz succeeded in getting into the basement it would have an easy thing to escape through a HER NECK BROKEN BY HALTER. Young Wisconsin Woman Meets With a Shocking Death. Barron, Wis., Oct. 2.—A young wo- man, Mrs. Fred Grover, living near Ridgeland, in the southern part of this county, met with a shocking death. From appearances she had gone to the yard to catch a horse, and after catch- ing him her hat was blown off, fright- ening him. When found the halter was around her neck, which was broken. Her husband was absent from home at the time and no one witnessed the affair. BREAKS HIS ANKLE. Hurt Is Thrown From a Wagon and Injured. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2. — Albert Hurt, sixteen years of age, living with his parents at 426 Superior street, was injured last evening by being thrown from a wagon at Victoria and Armstrong streets. His horse ran away and Hurt fell into the street breaking his right ankle. He was attended by Dr. McCord afterwards removed to St. Luke's Albert A Closed Year for Deer. Deadwood, S. D., Oct. 2—This year is a closed year for the hunting of any kind of deer. Every fiifth year it is against the law to hunt this kind of game. Notwithstanding this parties are being organized in this city and Lead for deer hunting. There is an unusual number of grouse and ducks around the foothills. Deer are very plentiful along the Wyoming line next to the Limestone range. Stage Held Up, Boise, Idaho, Oct. 2. — The Ontario and Burns stage was held up at 9 o'clock yesterday seven miles out of Ontario by a lone highwayman. The robber stopped the stage by firing a shot across the road. He demanded the mail, which was thrown out. The stage was not further molested. It is not thought much of value was se- cured. Jurge Jenkins Recovers His Sight. Milwaukee, Oct. 2.—A recent opera-. tion for cataract performed on the eyes of Judge James G. Jenkins of the United States circuit court has been a complete success, and the jurist’s sight, so long threatened, is restored. He will be able to resume his seat on the bench in about a week. Got One Year for Swindling. La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 2—Tim Mur- ray, the young man charged with vic- timizing several local politicians by rep- resenting himself as a collector for the national committees, pleaded guilty be- fore Judge Brindley to obtaining money under false pretenses, and was sen- tenced to one year in state’s prison. Shortage Indicated. Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 2.—J. F. Gees- lin, the James Station grain buyer who disappeared a week ago, has not been heard from. An investigation of his accounts indicates a shortage of about $4,500. . Despondent and Killed Himself. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. 2.—Will- jam Fenska, a farmer residing nine miles from this city, committed suicide by blowing the top of his head off with a shotgun because he was despondent over his wife's long illness. ERYAN IN MINNESOTA, Puts in About Six Hours of Speech Making All Told. St. Paul, Oct. 3—Mr. Bryan yester- day traversed what are known as the pine barrens and the scrub-oak yor- tions of Minnesota, reaching the as- ricultural part of the state north of this city during the afternoon. He made the first speech of the day at West Superior, Wis., beginning before 8 o'clock in the morning. He immedi- ately crossed the St. Louis river to Duluth, and starting with an hour’s speech there, he made speeches at eight other placés on the way which, together with’ the speeches at Duluth and West Superior and those in the evening in this city and Minneapolis made an even dozen speeches for the day. Four of the speeches averaged an hour in duration and the remaining eight fifteen minutes each, making about six hours of speechmaking all told for the day. He was accompanied throughout the day by Gov. Lind. The train was decorated with the national colors. and the special car bore the in- scription: “The Republic; No Em- pire,” and “Equal Rights to All.” At West Superior, Duluth, Stillwater, St. Paul and Minneapolis the attendance was large, but owing to the sparcity of the population the other crowds were comparatively small. There was a liberal display of small flags at all the meetings. DENOUNCE MIDWAY FEATURES. Red Wing Carnival Attractions Arouse the People and a Repetition Is Unlikely. Red Wing, Minn., Oct. 3.—The com- munity is stirred to its depths by cer- tain features of the street carnival. It is unlikely that Red Wing will ever have another carnival. Sunday Rev. Mr. Moore delivered a sermon at the yterian church condemning vig- orously the carnival and its manage- ment, denouncing the affair as a dis- grace to the city, particularly the at- tractions of the midway. Rev. Mr. Rollit of the Episcopal church preach- ed on the same subject to men only. He bitterly condemned the spirit of lawlessness that was permitted, and solemnly warned the community, pre- dicting moral ruin of the young were such things tolerated. Business men and people generally are up in arms against the carnival and its manage- ment. MURDER AND ROBBERY. Woman While Sleeping Killed by an Unknown Man. Deadwood, 8S. D., Oct. 3. — Mrs. N. M. Herdin, a well known married woman. was murdered at midnight by an unknown man while sleeping in her home in the Garden City mining district, six miles from this city. The husband of the woman worked as engineer at Kicking Horse mine and had accumulated considerable money, which was stolen after the shooting. A little son of the murdered woman states that an old man pushed open the door and shot his mamma five times. After the murder the man stole a horse and buggy from a neighbor and made his escape. A posse is in pursuit. There are several suspects. based on the story of the little son. BUCKET SHOPS NOT ENJOINED. Judge Seaman at Milwaukee Denies Board of Trade Petition. Milwaukee, Oct. 3. — In the United States district court Judge Seaman has rendered a decision denying the peti- tion of the Chicago board of trade for 2 temporary injunction restraining sev- eral so-called bucketshops from using the quotations of the Chicago board. The answers of the brokers, the court said, raises an issue as to whether the board of trade has not lost its right of property in the quotations by pub- lication, which can only be deter- mined by the taking of proofs; and until the proofs are taken and the clear right of the board to an injunction ap- pears a restraining order will not be granted. The case will be sent to a ref- sree to take testimony. OATS FOR THE PHILIPPINES. Army Requires 4,000,000 Pounds, but Has Trouble Getting Them. St. Paul, Oct. 3—The United States government has called on the Twin City grairt dealers to supply 4,000,000 pounds of oats immediately for use in the Philippines. Bids were opened yesterday, but on account of the short notice no dealer could definitely undertake to deliver the oats within the time limit. The bids received ranged from 92 to 98 cents a 1000 pounds. It is thought that the order will be split between two or ‘three of the bidders, and even then delay is probable. . Bodies Recovered From Lake. Perham, Minn., Oct. 3. — William Hosea and Charles Billinger, who were drowned in big McDonald lake a week ago, were found yesterday and brought to town. From appearance it would seem that Billinger, the bet- ter swimmer, assisted Hosea to re- move part of his clothing so as to be less incumbered to make a gallant fight for life. The bodies will be taken back to their home at St. Jo- seph, Mo., by Hosea’s brother, who arrived a few days ago to assist in the search for the bodies. Sioux City’s Carnival. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 3. — Sioux City’s Carnival and Interstate festival opened yesterday. The city is filled with visitors from Iowa, South Da- kota and Nebraska. Thousands more are expeoted during the week. Open Switch Derailed Cars. Jackson, Minn., Oct. 3. — An open switch in the east yard at this place derailed an engine and two loaded freight cars and injured Engineer Hazeltine and Fireman Keating, al- though not seriously. , Woman FRIGHTFUL DEATH. Around Her Runaway With a Rope Neck Dragged by a Horse. Chippewa Falls, Wis., Oct. 3—Mrs. Frederick Grover, a resident of Anns- burg, a small postoffice north of this city, met with a horrible death. She went into a pasture to catch a horse to drive to where her husband was working in his cheese factory, a mile distant. She had one end of the rope tied around her neck, and when she caught the animal she tied the other end around its neck. The animal be- came frightened and ran away, and for an hour raced madly around the pasture with the human body bound- ing against its heels. A man passing in the road saw the woman’s body lying at the horse’s heels and at- tempted to render aid. This only tended to ‘frighten the animal still more , and again it started on its mad race. After half an hour the man suc- ceeded in catching the frightened horse and the sight was something horrifying. Not a stitch of clothing was left on the body, and an examina- tion showed that every bone was broken. The head was battered be- yoné recognition. The rope was the exact length of the horse’s body, and every blow from the heels made a telling mark. It is thought the woman was Gead half a minute after the horse started. FARMER BUNCOED. Relieved of $450 by an Entirely New Process St. Paul, Oct. 3. — A Carver county farmer living near Shakopee was re- cently victimized by an entirely new process. A young couple was mar- ried at his house and he signed as a witness of the ceremony. Four days later a note for $450 and bearing the farmer’s signature was discounted at the Carver County bank. Neither the minister nor the bride and groom have been seen since the wedding. An elderly man in clerical garments stopped at the house of the farmer a few days ago and requested permis- sion to remain all night. He asked the blessing _at supper, held family prayers in the evening and: won the confidence of his host and family. Next morning there were more prayers and blessings, and the strang- er stayed until late in the afternoon. About 10 o’clock in the morning a young man and young woman drove up and asked to be directed to some minister, as they desired to get mar- ried. The farmer’s wife thought of their guest, and invited the couple into the house. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the farmer and his wife, and at its con- clusion they gave their signatures as witnesses. The case was reported to the state officials yesterday by State Senator F. EB. Du Toit of Chaska. IN MEMORY OF JUDGE MITCHELL Addresses at a Special Session of the Supreme Court. ‘ St. Paul, Oct. 3. — Many eulogistic addresses were made yesterday at a special session of the supreme court held in memory of the late William Mitchell of Winona, for nineteen years an associate justice of the court. For seven years prior to his election to the supreme bench Judge Mitchell had been a judge of the Third ju- dicial district. He had been a mem- ber of the Minnesota bar for forty- three years. Among those present were all except one of the living mem- bers and former members of the court and about two hundred mem- bers of the bar. BOERS FOR THE NORTHWEST. Two Thousand of Them Will Settle in Minnesota and North Dakota. Chicago, Oct. 3.—Through the efforts of railroads in the Northwest be- tween 200 and 300 Boers will arrive in this country within the next month. They will take up their residence in North Dakota and Northern Minne- sota. They are but the forerunners of 2,000 Boers who are expected to squat on unclaimed land in that part of the country, The Canadian Pa- cifie, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern roads are back of the deal, and it is said that within a few years promising settlements will have been established in those regions. Unusual Cause for Arrest. Blue Earth, Minn., Oct. 3.—Andrew Thompson has been lodged in jail here charged with having been in company with Thomas Erickson drinking in the private house of An- drew Mugard. Thompson had twenty eight silver dollars and a costly ring sewed into his clothes. Erickson has lain in the house where the drinking took place in an unconscious condi- tion for forty-eight hours, and is evi- dently drugged. At this writing he has not come to his senses. It is stated by his family that he had about $45 on his person when he left home. Lightning’s Freak. Mountain Lake, Minn., Oct. 3.—Dur- ing a heavy thunder shower Rudolph Wachtler ‘and wife, living about nine miles south of town, were aroused by lightning striking their bed, splinter- ing one bedpost and passing between them and burning a hole through the bed clothes and mattress. There were seven people in the house and none were injured except Mr. Wacht- ler, who had a bloodshot eye from the effects. The house is almost a total wreck. Pickpocket Finally Secures Bail. Fargo, N. D., Oct. 3—The release of Edward Stanley, charged with pocket- picking when Roosevelt was here, was finally secured on $1,000 bonds. Friends from the East put up the money with local parties, and it is not likely Stanley will appear when the case comes up for hearing. Planing Mill Burned. Benson, Minn., Oct. 3. — The wood turning and planing mill of Frank Ed Johnson was destroyed by fire, the flames having caught while the pro- prietor and workmen were at dinner, The loss will reach $1,500, with insur- ance at $900. ‘done in our new possessions. THE APPROACHING CRISIS. DOWNFALL OF A DODGER. Will Van Sant kindly explain his record as a dodger? Will he kindly explain why, as a member of the legislature, he failed to vote on certain bills which were tn the interests of labor, in the interests of the People, which the people demanded? The people of Minnesota want a governor who will be a governor of the people and for the people, and not the puppet of special interests. EXPANSION VS. “IMPERIAL American Policy Towards Infe- rior Races and Disorganized Communities. Vain Attacks by Opposition on Lind’s Efficient and Honest Administration. Imperialist of 1811--Willing to Extend the Flag But Not the Constitution. Why should we follow after strange gods? No new problem faces the American people on land or sea. There is plenty of good tested patriotic American precedent. You say: “Those Filipinos are so low in the scale of civilization. They are an inferior race.” Suppose for the sake of argument we allow this. Have we not met “inferior” races be- fore? After much experimenting and more injustice, we have finally de- weloped a tolerably just Indian policy and service. Why not apply to the Filipinnos the principles and prac- tices that have been found success- ful and consonant with our funda- mnentals of government when applied to other barbarous races? What are these principles? (a) We have never deprived the Indian of his self-government. No, sir. Never. We never sent govern- ors or judges or chiefs of police to the Indians. The Indian agent has many sins to answer for, but thank God, he never tried to govern the Indian. So he could have been worse. We have let the Indian keep his tribal organ- ization as long as he pleases. We do not meddle with tribal affairs. (b) We have never taxed the In- dian. We have reasoned that taxa- tion without representation is con- trary to our theory of government. (c) The relation of the United States with the Indian tribes has al- ways been regulated by treaty. The United States government has not felt too big to talk it over with even the smallest and dirtiest Indian tribe. And why should it? Only he who is wrong is afraid of ventilating the subject in friendly conversation. Why does not McKinley dare to talk it over with the ambassadors of the Tagals? Does he then realize that his case is so hopelessly bad? (ad) We have as a rule procured a cession of the land occupied by the Indians before we have taken posses- sion of it. Thus we have often bought our territory twice; once from some European “colonizing power,” and again from the natives. The above, besides being a brief summary of-our Inaian policy is also an exact summary of what we parent e | a to enrich our trader and spoils poli- tician. ‘We have left the enlightened, hu- mane, and progressive American method of dealing with inferior races and adopted the brutal, mediaeval, selfish European method. Why? Partly because the adminis- tration is in love with everything English, partly because the English system is more profitable for the capi- talist and pot-hunting politician. Sometimes a quite different excuse is given for American murder and rapine in the “colonies It is claimed that society is in such a disorganized state there that before anything elese, we must restore order. Now, this is a lie, of course. We have never been able to find an im- perialist who could give even the shadow of a proof that there would be a bit more murder or arson or lar- ceny or adultery or drunkenness in Luzon than in Ohio if the American army were not there. Now several hundreds are murdered every week, but the American army does the mur- dering. Property is destroyed—by the Americans. The prostitutes and the saloons are numerous., Yes but we brought them there. But for argument’s sake, let the im- perialists have the benefit of the lie. Suppose the Philippines are disorgan- ized. Suppose that without an army, life and property would be in danger. Then, what is the American policy in that case? We had a similar one at the end of the Civil war. Then the Southern states were disorganized. The military and carpet bag government of the North was far from ideal, but we did not so far forget the Declaration of Independence as to try to set up any- thing but a_ self-government. The provisional arrangements were for the express purpose of establishimg a stable and free _ self-government. Every one of the states got back all their original rights, but this is. pre- cisely what we have expressly declared we will not do in the Philippines We refused to pass the resolution declar- ing that our arbitrary government was to be only temporary. It was the vote of a Republican Vice President, who is now in glory—let us hope—which fixed our policy as that of an in- definite tyranny. New occasions teach new duties, to be sure. But it can never be our duty to retrograde. By all means let us advance to something nobler than our present Indian policy or our recent carpetbag government. But don’t let us advance to the rear. The Eng- lish plan of dealing with “natives” was a good and merciful one in its day. Compared with the earlier method of making the inferior race slaves, or the Assyrian one of flaying the captives alive; it is relatively very humane to rob the “silent, sullen kin” simply of their civil liberty and a modicum of their property. But com- pared with the American policy of actually respecting the rights of even a’ weaker race, the English-aping policy of our administration is sheer barbarism.—Steel Pen. DUNN’S CHEAP TALK. State Auditor Dunn was under the necessity of going back a long way to find an argument against the pres-. ent able and honest governor, and such part of the state government as he is responsible for. Back to 1857 to have refused the natives self-govern-| find sins of the fathers that are visited ment; we have taxed them without! ypon the second and third generations their consent; we have refused to treat with them even when they have humbly begged to be allowed to plead their own cause; we have appropriated their territory without even consult- ing them much less paying them for it. And now virtuous McKinley and saintly Beveridge are surprised and grieved to find the natives up in arms us! Strange, isn’t it? Why should we thus depart from all ‘| our former practices and traditions? Because the administration is pluto- cratic and Anglo-maniacal. The Eng- lish are often praised for their wise colonial policy. Come to think of it, however, the English system is liberal only to colonies settled by Europeans. Canada and Australia have liberty ga- Jore, but how about India, Soudan, the Kaffirs? The English policy towards “inferior” races has been simple, di- rect, and “strenuous.” We now follow the English policy of transmitting civilization via the bayonet route; first we knock our inferior brother down, then rob him, and then revive him by rum and religion, Then we expect him humbly to thank -us. for ing civilizing him and to work as a vassal| not two million people to a million | of a feather-——— - of their children; and what was this sin? A new state, without wagon roads or railroads, whose resources were unknown and undeveloped. A land, the fertility of whose soil had not yet been fairly tested, and if the test was favorable, without means to transport the products to market. And these awful democratic fathers, having faith and courage and a belief in the future of this state, whose greatness they could only ««tch a glimpse of and the reality of which has exceeded all prophecy, actually borrowed money to build roads and bridges, encouraged the building of railroads, and, pledged the credit of the state as security. This is what Bob Dunn, as a lot of his loyalty to party, has dug up against John Lind, and advances as a serious reason why the people should not again vote for him for governor. In addition to this charge, which smells of mould and decay, he calls attention to the grain inspection de- partment, and the only fault he .could find is that it has cost more in 1900 than in some preceding year. Well, is the state not growing? Have we 7 and a half some years ago?. And he could not find this disparagement without an unfair comparison as to time. Supposing it be true that the service is costing more this year than in 1898, this is more than counterbal- anced by the fact that the grain grow- ers are receiving fair and just treat- ment. We hear no more of under- grading, excessive dockage, and unjust weights, but let us quote a letter from Auditor Dunn’s essay. He gives the expenses of the grain department for crop years, that is to say from Sept. 1st to Aug. 31st, as follows: And continues: : 1895 $147,522.22 1896 174,808.24 1897 176,220.97 1898 191,681.12 1899 213,764.54 1900 207,955.59 Board ot 14,233.00 Comparing the expenses of the year 1900 with those for 1898, that is the first full year of Democratic adminis- tradition with the last full year of Republican administration of the de- partment, it is seen that the expenses of grain inspection during 1900 exceed the 1898 expenses $16,274.47. We sub- mit that the above proves nothing against the administration of Chief In- spector Reishus, but on the contrary the figures given, when properly con- strued show that he has been able not- withstanding many obstacles and un- favorable conditions of the crop year of 1900, which Mr. Clausen has recent- ly stated in a public interview was one of the extraordinary difficulties, owning to the poor crop, unseasonable weather, etc., and in fact that Mr. Reishus was “up against the real thing,” and he had no criticism to make against his management to ma- terially reduce the expenses. Please note Mr. Reishus was in office the full crop year, viz., from August, 1899, to August, 1900, and the figures given by the state aduitor for 1900 are $207,955.58, while for the year 1899, when Clausen was in office, a part of which time was in Governor Lind’s ad- ministration the expenses were $213,- 808.95, showing a reduction by Reis- hus of $5,808.95, which will strike everybody who is not prejudiced as doing exceedingly well under the cir- cumstances. THE IMPERIALISTS OF 1811. Depend upon, it before the campaign is very much older the Republicans will be anxious to forget all about the Louisiana purchase. Just keep your eyes open, and you will soon notice the Republican orator and quillpusher dodging this topic as he would small- pox or the Philippine leprosy. For the Republicans are correct when they say that there were Im- perialistic plans in connection with the Louisiana territory. But the leader of the Imeprialists was not Thomas Jefferson, but Josiah Quincey, not a Democrat, but a lineal ancestor of the present Republican party. In 1811 the Democrats decided to admit the present Louisiana as a state. Louisiana was the first state proposed that lay outside the boun- daries of the territory of the original United States. But the Democrats were expansionists then as now, and they wished to extend the Union with its liberty and self-government to the west side of the Mississippi. The Imeprialists were “little Am- ericans” then as now. They with Josiah Quincey in the lead, demanded that the Union be not extended west of the Mississippi, but that this ter- ritory be governed as an imperial do- main, as a vassal territory, as a crown colony. Is not that'precisely the ar- gument of the little Americans today, namely, that we must not extend the blessings of liberty and self-govern- ment to any country separated from us by water? The only difference was that the Imperialist of 1811 would make fresh water (the Mississippi) the insurmountable barrier for free- dom; while now the water to keep out freedom must be salt. If these little American Imperial- ists had succeeded in keeping the re- public from expanding, if they had annexed to it an empire, there would not have been any state of Minnesota. There would have been the Imperial Province of Minnesota. How would you have liked the fol- lowing program? Mark Hanna’s son as governor of Minnesota, with a dozen of McKin- ley’s, Heath’s and Quay’s neph- ews as our council to make laws for us, just as they are now doing in the Porto Rico, If we had dared to op- pose those bloodsuckers, we had been rebels, our property would have been confiscated, our houses burned, and our people killed at the rate of three hundred a week, just as we, mark you, are doing in the Philippines. What a rich field the trans-Mississ- ippi country would have been for the trust-maker, the spoil-taker and the land-raker! There would havé been spoils galore for all the hungry ward- heelers and perjured campaign-liars of the dominant party. How conducive to prosperity would not a Mississippi tariff have been! Steamboat Captain Van Sant would be chasing*the anti-imperialist, John Lind, with a winchester to get the prize put on him by a_ benevolent, paternal, imperial government. This would be a much simpler and safer process for the Republicans than the coming fall elections. The Imperialists were not success- ful in 1811. We preferred to expand in those days. We did not wish any vassal territory. Then the American flag was the emblem of liberty, not imperialism. Shall we change now? Are we ready today to commit .the treason against our land d its constitution that we scorned to commti in 1811?—_ Steel Pen. The Republicans are dodging, they are seared, they don’t dare to come out in fair and square discussion of the main issue. They try to dodge the trust question by saying: “There are no trusts.” They try to dodge the question of imperialism by asserting that expansion and imperialism are the same. When a man does not dare to come out in a fair and open discussion, but tries to evade the question by dodging, it simply means that he con- siders his case hopeless. Van Sant the Dodger as | aneeeneneenenmans sustucethhdiieits pa a pe