Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 13, 1900, Page 3

orogens *@ second-hand Rews of the Dorthwest| . - SHOT ONE ROBBER RESULT OF AN ATTEMPTED HOLD- UP AT FARGO. Policeman Inflicts Fatal Injuries on One of the Robbers—They Pat Up a Running Fight, Firing Several Shots at the Officer Before One of Them Was Brought to Earth—The (ther Was Afterwards Captured Second-hand Store Was the Scene of Their Attempted Robbery. Fargo, N. D., Oct. 10. — Just before midnight last night there was a shoot- fng affray on lower Front street as a result of which an unknown hold-up artist lies at the point of death. Two into Dave Arronson’s sec- men went ond-, stroe and with drawn re- volvers demanded his money. Ar- ronson was half asleep and shouted at the top of his voice when he saw the ¢ The men ran out on the street nd down the side of the building to the rear. Officer Ole Kors- the shout and ran to the As he rd scene and followed the men. rounded the rear corner of the store one of the men began to fire at him, shooting three times. Korsmo got his artillery !imbered up and Shot Three Times, after which he clubbed the highway- man into submission and took him to jail, where it was found both bones in the lower left arm were broken by one bullet and another had gone through the man’s abdomen, coming out in back. The man refused to give his name, and when told that he would die he id he had no friends to whom he wanted y word sent, and b ed the officers to shoot him in the head and put him out of his. misery Later he was taken to the hospital and an operation performea. His injuries may not prove fatal, but he is in a prec ious condition. All the officers in-the city were sent out after the second man in the hold-up, and he was captured after an exciting chase down the river, where he was Run Into a Wire Fence. When he ; brought to the station he gave the name of Sam _ Davis. When taken into the room of his wounded comrade he professed not to know hiin Davis had a number of files on is persgn, but neither man had an money. They threw away their guns while running. The men are about forty-five years of age and tough characters. They robbed a store recently at Kent, and the officers were waiting for them last night. They had planned to sell some silk to one of the officers, who impersonated dealer, but evidently became suspicious and dropped the deal. 30th were slightly intoxicated, and this fact led to their taking des- perate chances at the hold-up. Both men are said to have recently been liberated from Stillwater. STRIKE AT SEATTLE. Contracters Are Having Trouble With Their Men. Seattle, Wash., Oct. 10.—Twelve hun- dred union men are idle. Work is stopped on over thirty residence build. ings and six large brick business blocks under process of construction as the result of a fight between the trades council and the builders ex- change of this city. The main point fn controversy is the demand on the part of the unions that contractors sign an ement to pay a certain scale of wages for one year. Many of the members of the exchange are already paying the scale, and others have been for some time, but they ob- ject to tying .themselves up to an agreement reaching so far ahead. Those contractors who have yielded and signed the agreement are having no trouble. SION ON COLL THE CO: Two Great Northern Trainmen Prob- ably Fatally Injured. Tacoma. Wash., Oct. 10.—The Great Northern local passenger train bound south and the local freight train bound north collided on the coast line gust south of Edmonds. Both engines ‘were telescoped and thrown from the track sam Work, the engineer of the passenger train, had his right leg cut off and his shoulder mangled. Engineer Smart of the freight train was fatally injured. Horace G. Holly- and Mrs. Marshall, both of burton rett, were seriously injured. The was apparently due to gross CHIPPEWA SALE. Interior Department to Dispose of Minnesota Lands. Washington, Oct. 10.—The secretary of the interior has decided to dispose of the Tndian lands ceded to the Chip- fewas in Minnesota, amounting to acres. They consist of pine and agricultural lands adjoining the ‘White Earth reservation. Robber's Body to Be Dissected. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 10.—The body of the train robber who was killed by Charles Baxter, the express messen- ger, near Council Bluffs, has not been identified and the secretary of the state board of health has directed it to be shipped here for dissecting* pur- poses. Carried Away by the Flood. Baraboo, Wis., Oct. 10. — A report comes from Merrimac that a two- story frame building inhabited by a family was seen floatmg down the ‘Wisconsin river at that place yester- @ay. No communication could be had with the people owing to the high ‘water, and the swift current made it Ampossible to render any assistance. ‘Where the house came from is un- known, but it is supposed that high water washed the building from its foundations _ and carried it down stream. TWO RUNDRED PEOPLE HURT. Seven Thousand Five Hundred Pounds of Dynamite Goes Off. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 9.—A special to the News-Tribune from Eveleth, Minn., reports one of the largest ex- plosions ever occurring in the state. Sever thousand five hundred pounds of dynarnite in the powder magazine of the Spruse mine, about half a mile from town, blew up about 5:30 o’clock yesterday afternoon. A hole 100 feet square and twenty-five feet deep marks the spot where the magazine stood. The force of the explosion was so great that there is not a piece of glass over a foot square within a radious of two miles of the mine Practically every window and mirror in Eveleth was broken, while in sa- loons all bottled goods were demol- ished. The. damage done to the Spruce mine was about $3,000, the mine laboratory and warehouse be- ing totally wrecked. At least 200 peo- ple were hurt more or less by being thrown down by the shock or hit by shattered glass. The explosion was plainly felt at Biwabik, twelve miles distant. The cause of the explosion is hard to ascertain. An unknown man was seen near the magazine a few minutes before it occurred, and it is believed that he was responsible, al- though it is pure guess work. At any rate the fellow has not been seen since. The only explosion equalling this oc- curred at Virginia, Minn., in 1894, when the Lake Superior Powder com- pany’s magazine exploded, destroying everything within two miles. BLOOMINGTON FERRY TRAGEDY. The Body of » Man Whose Clothes Were Found Is Recovered. Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 9, — The body of the unknown man _ whose coat and cap were found on the river bank was taken from the Minnesota river near Bloomington Ferry yesterday. ‘The body was found floating cn the water within twenty feet of the p!ace where the man was supposed to have met his death. This spot is a short distance below the bridge at Bloomington Ferry and adjoins a pasture, on the fence of which the man’s clothing was found a week ago. Coroner Nelson visited the scene of the drowning and had the body brought to Minneapolis, where ’t will be held at the morgue awaiting identification. From ap- pearances it is thought that the body had been in the water about a week. There was nothing on the remains by which they could be identified. The man was apparently of medium size, perhaps be- tween thirty and thirty-five years of age. #{e was quite bald and had & mustache and a week’s growth of beard. He wore a black sack, worsted coat, black trous- ers and pointed black lace shoes. He had a blue negligee shrirt with narrow white stripe, It is presumed that he committed suicide in the river or that he possibly was drowned by accident. Coroner Nel- son is inclined to believe that the man took his own life. FREIGHT TRAIN IS WRECKED. Collision on the Great Northern Re- sults in the Death of One Man. Marshall, Minn., Oct. 9.°— Freight train No. 55, on the Great Northern, crashed into a work train one mile north of Marshall at 5 o’clock Satur- day morning. A. E. Thomson, on the work train, a resident of Sioux City, and married, was killed. Brakeman Miller had his face and neck cut. No. 55 was on regular orders and was running at full speed. The work train was backing into Marshall slowly. The engineer of the freight train saw the red lights, but not in time to stop. The engineers and firemen on both trains jumped in time to escape in- jury. Both engines were wrecked. HIGH WATERS ARE LOWERING. Worst of the Flood Thought to Be Over in Wisconsin. Wausau, Wis., Oct. 9. — The waters in the river and other streams in the country are falling. The worst of the flood is apparently over. Unharvested crops of corn, potatoes, buckwheat, ete., in the bottoms are almost a total loss. Washouts on the railroads are about on schedule time again. Grand Rapids, Wis., reports the main street in that city flooded, and much dam- age has been done to merchandise. Many basements are flooded. The Re- porter printing office and the Cahn Dry Goods company were the worst sufferers. ROBBED I 1OUX CITY, IOWA. L. Hubbard of Mondovi, Wis., Lenves $12,200 in His Room. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 9. — M. L. Hubbard of Mondovi, Wis., a capital- ist horse buyer and cattle buyer, was robbed of a gold watch, $200 in money, $2,000 in notes and a letter of credit sued by the Bank of Mondovi for $10,000. Mr. Hubbard was on his “way to Idaho to buy horses and had stopped in the city to see the carnival. He left his money and securities in a pocketbook in his coat in his room, and when he returned it was gone. M. Shot by a Fellow Sportsman.- Yankton, S. D., Duus, real estate and insurance agent, was accidentally shot yesterday after- noon while hunting across the river in Nebraska by J. E. Smith, of the lum- ber firm of Loonan & Smith. They were hunting in company, but became separated. Smith fired at a rabbit in a clump of woods. Duus happened to be in Hne of the shot and received part of the discharge in the breast, making a serious wound. Heavy Log Drive. : Osceola, Wis., Oct. 9. — More logs passee down the St. Croix river from the Nevens dam Saturday than have gone before at one time in years. The logs were so thick that one could al- most cross the river on logs. Best of Creamery Plants. Wells, Minn., Oct. 9.—The machinery is being placed in the new brick building of the Wells Co-operative Creamery association. The plant com- plete cost $7,000, and is intended to be the best in the. state. being repaired and trains are running’ Oct. \9. — J. R. | 10 |\_ = TO, eRNORSN IP DOWNFALL OF A DODGER. RECORD ON ANDERSON terial so that the chance of injury to employes would be reduced to a mini- mum. But Captain Van Sant would not vote for such a measure and he did not think it safe to vote against it, so he dodged the vote. It may have been a coincidence that the captain failed to vote for or against these three important labor measures, but if it was so, if for some reason’ he was unable to be present when the roll was called on the final passage of these bills, the captain could have signified his. approval or disapproval of them and had the same recorded in the House Journal by mak- ing the simple statement to the speak- er when the Journal was read the mornings following the passage of these measures that he desired to be recorded as voting for or against, as the case might be. ~ But such directness would have been contrary to the captain’s genius. He was content to dodge. ~ House File 324, a bill to prohibit pawnbrokers to charge more than 10 per cent interest, was another measure that called for another exhibition of Captain Van Sant’s agility when the roll was called on the final, passage of the bill. If only for the purpose of satisfying the insatiable curiosity of the public the captain should now ex- plain why he dodged this bill. Why did he not vote either for or against? Why should not pawnbrokers be lim- ited to ten per cent, or even less? Or to state it in another way, why should pawnbrokers not be allowed to charge more than ten per cent interest? A straightforward answer to any of these questions by the captain would per- haps explain why he dodged the vote on the bill in 1893. Captain Van Sant is very free in denouncing trusts and combinations today, but in 1893 he had a chance to vote on a measure, House File 874, a bill to increase the punishment of per- sons violating the law of 1891, pro- hibiting pools and trusts by providing WHY DID HE DODGE? WAY DID HE DoD? Van Sant Would Not Vote for La- bor Bills and He Dared Not Vote Against Them. Consistently Dodged on Bills In- tended to Benefit Laboring Man and Farmer. His Record Proves Him to Be the Puppet of Special Interests and Corporations. The main reason, perhaps, why the candidacy of Captain S. R. Van Sant has aroused such a small amount of enthusiasm among the rank and file of the Republican party, is, that he is not ‘the kind of man who can make strong and lasting friendships. As a fleeting acquaintance the captain is quite a success, being talkative, round, rosy and apparently a very genial gen- tleman. He has not much of import- ance to communicate, but he does it in a very impressive manner, and an audience is reasonably well amused with him for fifteen minutes or half an hour. Beyond that brief period, Cap- tain Van Sant commences to pall, and the more extended the acquaintance, the greater the ennui the captain cre- ates. The cause of this is the fact that the captain does not possess that vir- ile strength of moral fiber which puts into every act and word the sonorous vibration of truthful earnestness, and elicits a responsive thrill from the minds and hearts of others. His char- acter is not positive, but negative. ‘When a problem is presented to him requiring decisive action, the captain judicially views both sides of the case, away. + It is practically impossible to fnduce Captain Van Sant to take a bold po- sition on any new matter which is in controversy. He would probably as- sert with considerable boldness that the earth is round, because that prop- osition is not seriously disputed by anyone. He would today, probably, nod his head sagely and declare that he sym- pathized with the South African Re- publics in their struggle, but he knew it was a hopeless fight from the start, and, anyway \the Republican adminis- tration at Washington could not be expected to interfere. But when the question of this country intervening in behalf of the Boers was a new issue and President McKinley was feeling the pulse of the country to see if pub- lic sentiment would permit of the Boer appeals for help being denied Captain Van Sant was invited to publicly ex- press his opinion on the question. Not knowing which way the Repub- lican cat was going to jump, the cap- tain evaded the issue by suddenly and swiftly leaving the state and burying himself in some unknown recess in Wisconsin or Iowa. He dodged the question. If Captain Van Sant had spoken out manfully at the time, no matter wheth- er he cried “Hurrah for the Boers” or “Hooray for the British,” he would have pleased one side or the other and have earned: the respect of both. But as it was he pleased no one and lost the respect of all people who look with dislike upon a dodger. The course pursued by Captain Van Sant in this matter furnishes the key to his lack of popularity and inability to evoke enthusiasm in his present gubernatorial campaign. And his un- satisfactory position on the Boer ques- tion is but an example of similar eva- sions and shirkings on his part in re- po other importaat questions dur- ‘publia saree: makes sure he is right and then runs) Take the record of Captain Van Sant when he was a member of the state legislature of 1893. Of course, once in a while a member will be absent from a roll call by reason of sickness or more important business; but when the roll is being called on the final passage: of important bills, it is the rule to summon all the members from the committee and cloak rooms, and only the most expert and deliberate of dodgers can or does evade voting. Yet Captain Van Sant succeeded in dodg- ing the vote on a number of important measures—measures which, to hear him talk now, one would think were very near to his heart. For instance, the captain protests that he is a great friend of the work- ingman. He told them so at consider- able length last Labor Day. Yet when he was a member of the legislature in 1893 he dodged the vote on three meas- ures of the first importance to the cause of labor, when the bills came up on three separate occasions, for their final passage. The captain was not kept away by sickness, for he is never sick. He neither chews, drinks, smokes, swears or is sick, according to the Pioneer Press. He has no vices to quit except one, and that is his ineradicable propensity to dodge, especially to dodge the vote on labor bills. Everybody knows that Captain Van Sant is a large employer of labor, and no one would have been surprised if he had expressed views inimical to the measures in question and manfully clinched his opinions by voting against the bills. But he didn’t even take that position. He simply dodged. One of these bills on which Captain Van Sant failed to vote was Senate File 266, a bill to compel street railway com- panies to protect certain of their em- ployes from the inclemencies of the weather by inclosing the ends of their cars with vestibules. This is one of the bills which the Republican State Auditor, Hon. R. C. Dunn, in a re cent speech, referred to as “a meri- torious measure” for which the work- ingmen should thank the Republicans. There were five Republican votes cast against it in the houte, but not a sin- | gle Democratic or Populist vote. They were all for it—but Captain Van Sant dodged the vote entirely! If it had | depended upon him, the street car | drivers, motormen and conductors would be exposed to the wind, rain, | hail, snow, heat and cold tdday, as | they were prior td the passage of this ; “meritorious measure.” Another measure of vital interest to labor, on which Captain Van Sant dodged the vote was House File No. 36, a bill mak- ng it a misdemeanor on the part of employers to require as a condition of employment the surrender of any lrights of citizenship. This bill was designed to prevent the blacklisting of employes who might be members of labor organizations. It is another of those meritorious labor measures for which the Hon. R. C. Dunn so mod- jestly gave the Republican party credit. {It was introduced by Mr. Walsh, a | Democrat from Ramsey county, and when the roll was called on its final passage Captain S. R. Van Sant, the present Republican candidate for Goy- ernor, dodged the vote. There was only one vote cast against it and that was by a Republican, G. W. Benner of Mower county, and the workingmen had a better opinion of Mr. Benner than they had of the man that dodged. The third lahor bill which Captain Van Sant failed to cast his vote, either for or against, was House File 95, a bill to provide for the protection of employes. This time the captain did not even have the excuse that it was introduced by a Democrat, for the father of the bill was Mr. Wyman of Minneapolis. But for some unknown reason Captain Van Sant disliked to vote on labor measures. He would not yote for them and he dared snot vote against them, so he dodged. He therefore dodged the vote on the final passage of House File 95, an act to which no person of humane instincts. he be a large employer of for the imprisonment of the offender in case of conviction. The captain was not as strong an anti-trust man in 1893 as he is now as election is pend- ing, so when the roll was called on House File 874 the captain dodged the vote with his customary grace and swiftness. Senate File No. 577 was a joint res- olution introduced in the legislature of 1893, providing for the appoint- ment of a legislative committee to in- vestigate certain frauds upon the state in relation to the sale of public ands of the state. This was the commence- ment of the celebrated “Pine land in- vestigation,” and was probably the most important act of the whole ses- sion. From a party standpoint, if from no higher motive, the captain should have recorded his vote on this resolution. The only excuse a man could have for voting against such a resolution was that he had been con- cerned in some way in the larceny of the state’s pine timber. But evi- dently the captain had not even such an excuse as that, for he dodged the vote altogether. The results of that investigation are well known, and the passage of the resolution marked the period since which it has been both dangerous and expensive to steal pine timber from state land. But Captain Van Sant can- not enjoy any of the credit for this very desirable result, nor can he claim any gratitude from the dishonest lum- ber firms for fighting their battles and opposing the resolution, because he dodged the vote. There were several bills affecting railroads, the vote on which the cap- tain found it convenient to dodge. Sen- ate File 127, requiring railroads tc give notice of the time when belated trains will arrive; House File 340, which provides for the interchange of cars at junction points, and House File 274, providing for the stoppage of trains at county seats. Captain Van Sant dodged the vote on all three measures, and it is now due the peo- ple that he should explain why the public is not entitled to know when delayed trains will arrive; why rail- roads should not make an interchange of cars and why people living at Pine City and other county seats should not enjoy a decent train service? And now the Republican managers are wondering why. there is so little enthveiasm among the rank and file of the party over the candidacy of Captain Van Sant. The reason is not far to seek. The captain has never helped the friends or fought the en- emies of his political friends or his party unless the battle had already been won by someone else. He has systematically dodged every important public measure or question which has come before him during his, public ca- reer. In 1893 he dodged the vote on House File 502 and House File 56, two bills which provided for the erec- tion of grain elevators on the right of way of railroads and the construction of sidetracks to elevators near the right of way, measures which became laws without the captain’s vote, and which have done more to prevent mon- opoly and preserve the freedom of the country grain markets than any other laws on the statute books. Captain Van Sant also dodged the vote on House File 674, a bill declar- ing express companies common car- riers and subject to regulation the same as railroads. : The list of measures on which the captain dodged the vote is a long one, but there is one more which should be mentioned, and that is Senate File 114, which provided for the submission to the vote of the people of a constitu- tional amendment authorizing the levy and collection of a tax on inheritances. There is but little excuse for the mem- ber of the legislature who votes against giving the people the privilege of voting for or against an amendment to the constitution, and there is na excuse at all for the member who dodges the vote on such a proposition. The captain dodged the vote, however. Why, is not known. The people of Minnesota cannot en- thuse over a confirmed dodger. They can admire a man who is _ sturdily against them, and perhaps forgive him some day, but there is no for- giveness for the dodger. They will say to him as was said to the Laodiceans: “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot; I would thou wert cold or hot. So then thou art lukewarm, and neither nor hot, I will spue thee out of mouth,” »” ye veridge. the die young, evidently EARL LI PROTESTS REMOVAL OF THE COURT TO SIAN- FU OBJECTED TO. Might Block the Peace Negotiations and Lead to Hostile Demonstra- tions by the Allies in the South- ern Provinces — No Definite In- formation as to the Present Loca- tion of the Court—Evidence of Jealousy Among the Allies—Con- ger Reports the Names of Those Responsible for Anti-Foreign At- tacks. Shanghai, Oct. 10.—Li Hung Chang, Viceroy Liu Kun Yi of Nankin, one of the peace commissioners, and Yuan Shih Kai, the governor of Shangtung, have telegraphed a protest to the em- peror and dowager empress against the removal of the court to Sian-Fu. They say this action will block the peace negotiations and lead to hostile demonstrations by the allies in the southern province. If this should oc- cur the court would be in such a po- sition that it would be impossible to forward supplies from the south. There is no definite information as to the present location of the court. Two French gunboats have arrived at Canton for the purpose of patrolling the West river. Advices from Swatow (a treaty port on the Hiang kiang, in the province of Quangtong), state that mpst unrest prevails there. The taotai has been dismissed. It is said that the incoming taotai will ener- getically repress disorder. JEALOUSY AMONG THE ALLIES. Evidence of This Resulting From the Capture of Forts. Tien-tsin, Oct. 7, via Shanghaf, Oct. 10.—The growing unfriendliness be- tween the troops of the various n tions here, especially the Engli and Russians, has not been ameliorated by two recent incidents. The first was when the English were invited to participate in the expedition sent to capture the Peotang forts and the Russians and Germans took the place Oct. 1 without waiting for the arrival of the British. The other was when the British gunboat Pigmy, on Sept. 30, landed a force of marines at Shanahikwan and took the forts there. The Russians at Port Arthur had planned an expedition against this place and did not learn of the action of the British until Oct. 2. ER REPOR MINISTER ©0 Gives the Names of Those Responsi- ble for Anti-Foreign Attacks. Washington, Oct. 10.—The state de- partment has received by telegraph from Minister Conger a report on the points on which he was instructed to investigate, as required by the Ger- man goyernment. These related to the guilt of Prince Tuan and the oth- er Chinese officials named for degra- dation and trial in Emperor Kwang Su’s edict of Sept. 25 and the ade- quacy of the punishment ordered to be inflicted on them. Mr. Conger was told to report whether the principal of- fenders had been named and whether the pnishment was severe enough. In his telegram he gives the names of a dozen or more officials who, in his opinion, were chiefly responsible for the anti-foréign attacks. The im- perial edict named Tuan and eight others. Sentences have not been put on these officials. REIGN OF MURDER. Manitoba District Police Uncover Many Crimes. Winnipeg, Oct. 10, — The veople in the district of Boissevain, Man., are in a state of terror, no fewer than three murders having been discovered in that neighborhood within ‘he past two or three days. Chief Elliott, of the provincial police, Chief McRae, of the city police, and Chief Detective and bad Yes, but az} Carpenter of Montreal went out to Boissevain. They found the dead bodies of C. Daw and J. Smith in a well. Later they found the body of a woman, at present unknown, in & well near by. A man named Gordon, an Easterner, who purchased a farm from Daw for $6,400 and cattle from Smith for $650, has suddenly disap- peared. No motive for the murder of the woman can at present be given, put it is assumed the men were mur- dered for the money they had on them. CHANCES IN CUBA. Gen. Wood Says Immigrants Would Do Well There. Havana, Oct. 10.—Gov. Gen. Wood says that Cuba offers great opportuni- ties to Amhericans who will come here and settle. Land is cheap or can be rented on a small royalty of produc- tion. Returns would be quick. He recommends the cultivation by im- migrants of tobacco and fruit and the raising of cattle. At the palace yesterday representa- tives of every mercantile guild in Ha- vana joined in. presenting to Gov, Wood an address expressing gratitude for what he had done to reform Cuban politics and industries. The board of trade and the richest commercial houses of the city had representatives present at the function, Re AOS" ATTEMPT TO ENTER U. S. Many Chinese and Italians Crossing the Mexican Line. Fort Worth, Tex., Oct. 10. — Many Chinese and Italian immigrants are making across the Mexican border into the United States. The guards are unable to stop them and it is said hundreds have already escaped over the border into the country. Twenty are in jail at El Paso awaiting de- portation. plea 2 AGES LEE BOERS WERE DISLODGED. British Column Has a Three Days’ Fight With De Wet. London, Oct. 10. — The Times pub- lishes the following dispatch from Vrederfort, Orange River colony: The British column had a three days’ fight {from Oct. 5 to 7, inclusive) with Gen. Dewet’s commando of a thousand men and five guns. It took place in a ritable sea of mountains near here. were dislodged and dis~ they fled demoralized. The x Ron ka Me eit