Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 31, 1903, Page 2

' By E. C. KILEY. ——_—__— ——<— GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. ~ Hawaii may now claim to be at “Teast a distant connection of ours. Here’s hoping that the new Sham- rock will have all her bad luck now. Marconi suggests the posstbility of putting a girdle round the earth for forty cents. 1902 brought wireless communica- tion with Europe. Will 1903 bring the flying machine? Nevertheless milk is a safer drink than some others that are consider- ably more expensive. Russell Sage now has a valet. “Uncle Russ” must have had a chance to get one at a bargain. A dash of lemon juice in lemonade Improves the flavor, whether it destroys the germs or not. Both John Bull and the kaiser know enough to avoid a live wire when their attention hes been called to it. Reciprocity treaties would be more popular if both sides could always get the best of every possible bargain. Don’t have the twitters just because Max Nordau is seeing nightmares. Max’s bad dreams will not all come true. It might save time hereafter to have The Hague tribunal O. K. all international bills before their presen- tation. rs Thomas B. Reed was truly a great man. He left a simple will, in which there was no provision for cutting any- body off. Why is it that people who pride themselves on always saying what they think seldom have any but dis- agreeable thoughts? France continues to hold her elec- tions on Sunday, but not because the French people regard action at the polls as a religious duty. i On looking over the “Christmas present” of the steel trust to its em- ployes has any one discovered where, the trust is out any money? Somebody suggests the erection of @ monument to the mothers of the United States. And don’t the fathers, too, deserve some consideration? If there is anybody in Saxony who hasn’t heaved a stone at Princess Louise he will please stand, until counted. No one seems to be @etting up. “Hinky Dink” makes $50,000 a-year running a saloon in Chicago. Still, let us hope that he is an exceptional case and tnat it continues to pay to be decent. Prince Henry may be disappointed if he comes over here again in 1904. At all events, he is not likely to re- peat the dazzling success of his first reception. Forty girls in Troy, N. Y., have formed a club in order to’ find suitable husbands. The good old plan of hunt- ing ’em alone, however, will never go out of style. fs What is the use of people taking the trouble to-think gloomy and sar- castic things when they can go to the stores and buy one of Thomas Car- lyle’s books for ten cents? The army of Morocco is commanded by a Scotchman of the name of Mac- Lean. The fact that he seems to be rather timid indicates that he doesn’t belong to Mary’s branch of the fam- ily. Mark Tapley wasn’t in it with the British taxpayer who smiles when he learns that according to the latest essimate the Boer war added $1,200,- 000,090 to Great Britain’s national debt. The only explanation of the state- ment that a Kentucky man has a bottle of whisky forty-two years old is the assumption that his stock has never come within one bottle’ of run- ning out. A Chicago preacher declares that a girl who has reached the age of twenty-five without having learned to bake pies and make shirt waists is not a true woman. We concede the pies, but why shirt waists? A man who put all his wealth into money orders payable to himself while in Alaska is having some trouble proving his identity here. Uncle Sam does not believe that it is more biessed to give than to receive. Lord Roberts has consented to be- come the guest of the Ancient and Honorable artillery company of Bos- ton, his experiences in South Africa having given him a strong predilec- tion for weird and harrowing adven- tures. New Jersey’s income last year from giving a legal standing to new trusts was only $464,064, a great falling off. And when what-industries are yet left are made into trusts, then poor New Jersey will have to go back to work for a liyine The Heratd--Review. MANY es abbot " ‘ % —_-__ lh a, APPALLING WRECK ON CENTRAL RAILWAY NEAR NEW YORK city. WOUNDED ARE BURNED TO DEATH | EXPRESS TRAIN PLOWS AT TOP SPEED INTO REAR OF LOCAL TRAIN. ase ’ BEG FOR DEATH TO END AGONIES INJURED BURNED TO DEATH IN SIGHT OF MEN WORKING TO RESCUE THEM. New York, Jan. 28. — One of the most appalling railroad wrecks that has occurred in the vicinity of New York for many years, took place last night at Graceland; on the Central Railway of New Jersey near Westfield, N. J., when the Royal Blue line ex- press plowed at top speed into the rear of a local train. ‘Twenty-four persons are kiown to pe dead, aad it is thou,at the total number of victims will reach forty. | Immediately after the crash three of the shattered cars of the local train took fire, rendering impossible the res- cue of many of the wounded who were ;pinned fast in the wreck. Many bodies are believed to have been consumed. On board the flyer all the passen- gers, although badly shaken up, es- caped uninjured except for trifling bruises. The heavy engine of the Royal Blue Tore Its Way into the rear car, and at the same time drove the forward end of that car into the rear end of the car ahead, which in turn was driven into the third car, and this in turn was driven into the fourth car from the rear. The fourth car was only partly wrecked, but the last three were torn to pieces. The engine of the Royal Blue left the rails and turned over on its side, the engineer and fireman sticking to their posts and going down in the wreck. They are now in the hospital at Plainfield and the engineer is not believed to have a chance of living more than a few hours. The engine and the three worst wrecked cars were piled into an awful heap, containing at least one hundred dead and injured. From the mass came fearfus cries for aid. A minute later the wreck caught fire front the | firebox of the locomotive. The Screams of the Injured in the heap were intensified as they found themselves hemmed in by the flames. “ The passengers in the two forward cars of the first’ train and all the men from the express and every one iit the neighborhood started to work at once to get out the injured before the flames could reach them. At times | mile toiling in the wreckage the flames réached the rescuers and their ! clothing took fire, but they worked on, although in constant danger of being killed themselves. Some of the in- jured were burned to death in sight of the men who were working with desperation to save them, but the flames soon gained complete mastery of the two last cars. The sight while the wreck was burn- ing was horrifying. Men could be seen in the wreckage pinned fast arid to be free while the Flames Roared Around Them. The rescuers were helpless to aid them as they already had been driven from the wreck by the flames. Both ' rescued and rescuers were seriously burned. When the engine plowed into the rear car it partly split the car open and at the same time lifted it up and onto itself. This car was the first to take fire and most of thoge in it are | dead. Some of them are believed to be beneath the overturned eng*ne. Those in the car ahead, which was lifted over the rear car, suffered the most, for, some time before the flames reached them from the car below and behind them, they were enveloyed in smoke and steam, and it was here that the worst scenes were witnessed. The imprisoned ones begged for death to end their agonies and implored those who were laboring to get them free to crush their heads with the axes they were using to chop away the wreckage. APPROVED BY EMPEROR. Count von Ballestrem Is Honored for Resigning Presidency of Riet. Berlin, Jan. 28—Count von Balles- trem, who resigned the presidency of the reichstag Jan. 23, has been created a heriditary member of the upper house of the Prussian diet. This is taken to indicate imperial approval of his attitude in the reichstag, when he suppressed the sccialist debate on the Krupp affair and Emperor William’s utterances on the subject. a Long Elected Senator. Topeka, Kan., Jan. 28. — Congress- man Chester L. Long was yesterday elected United States senator. Mr. Long received 123 votes, all the Re- publicans in the legislature. Harris ; received the Democratic vote—35. Relief for Starving Swedes. Chicago, Jan. 28. — Contributions amounting to $7,000 for the relief of the starving inhabitants of Northern Sweden, were yesterday forwarded from Chicago. Previous remittances make the total thus far $21,000. the timbers of the cars and struggling , Hope Expressed That. Will Soon Be R a3 Washington, J,an. 28.—The earnest hope is expressed by officials having to do with Venezuelan the European allies will come to a@ agreement promptly and call off the blockade that is still in force. Its continuance is a serious. embarrass- ment to the people of Venezuela. The differences between the offers of Mr. Bowen and the demands of the allies, it is felt here, are not such as should require continuance of the present condition of affairs on the Venezuelan -coast. Mr. Bowen confidently hopes the powers may agree to his proposi- tions and that a joint answer to this effect may come to Washington to-day. HOWARD KILLED GOEBEL. tters that | FIFTY INSANE PATIENTS itm “BURNING OF LONDON HOSPITAL. WILD PANIC AMONG THE INMATES RETARDS EFFORTS OF OFFICIALS ENGAGED IN WORK OF RESCUE. EXTENT OF DISASTER NOT KNOWN Youtsey Makes Full Confession of the CHARRED REMAINS OF VICTIMS Kentucky Tragedy. Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 28.—“James B. Howard of Clay county fired the shot that killed William Goebel,” said Henry B. Ycutsey, in his confession as to his part in and knowledge of the conspiracy which terminated in the assassination of the Democratic claim- ant to the governorship. The convicted man now says that he has made a clean breast of the de- tails of the ylot and has told every- thing he knows, “fully and frankly.” He says that the shot was fired from the front window in the private office of Secretary of State Caleb Powers, and that he and Jim Howard were the only persons inside of the room. He named William S. Taylor, Charles Finley, Caleb Powers, John L. Powers, William H. Culton, Wharton Golden and William J. Davidson as conspira- tors with him. TAX FRAUDS IN NEW YORK. Alleged Swindlers Are Rounded Up by Detectives. New York, Jan. 28. — Philip Baer, city librarian, and Walter F. Sawyer, Nathan Springer and Moses Springer were arrested yesterday by detectives from the district attorney’s office on charges of attempted subornation of perjury in connection with an alleged ' swindling scheme through which enormous sums are believed to ha%e been lost by the department of taxés. District Attorney Jerome said last night that he had information that the prisoners had approached many jer- sons with inducements to have their tax assessments cut down. In one in- stance an assessment of $250,000 had been entirely obliterated. MANHATTAN GETS LIBRARY. Home of Man Who Loaned Carnegie | His First Books Is Remembered. '. Manhattan, Kan., Jan. 28.—Andrew Carnegie has offered Manhattan $10,- 000 for a public library upon the usual condition. A fund of $4,000, enough to maintain the library four years, has al- ready been raised. Manhattan is the home of the late Col. C. G. Anderson, who gave Mr. Carnegie the use of his library in his boyhood days. BIG BLOCK BURNED. Fire at West Superior Causes a Loss | $150,000. ‘West Superior, Wis., Jan. 28.—Fire last night totally destroyed the Key- stone block, a three-story brick build- ing situated on the-corner of Seventh street and Tower avenue. The loss will amount to almost $150,000, paft of which was insured. There were sev- eral narrow escapes, but no lives were lost. AWARDED BIG VERDICT. Tunnel Gets $40,000. New York, Jan. 28.—Mrs. Elizabeth B. Fajardo, the widow and adminis- tratrix of Theodore H. Fajardo, who was killed in the accident in the Grand Central tunnel on Jan. 8, 1903, ; Teceived a verdict in the supreme court for $40,000. Mrs. Fajardo sued for $60,000. | Recover Stolen Gold. Union, Mo., Jan. 28.—Frank Rudolph has confessed that his son, William Rudolph, and Fred Lewis, who killed Detective Schumacher, robbed the bank at Union. He told where the money had been buried and took rep- resentatives of the bank late yester- day afternoon to a field near Stanton, Mo., where all of the $3,400 in gold that had been stolen by Rudolph axa Lewis was found buried. Auto Cars for Firemen. Chicago, Jan. 28.—Auto cars to pull fire-fighting machinery are the new things planned for Chicago, and if all goes well the wild plunging of horses dragging fire apparatus through crowded streets will be a thing of the past. An auto chemical engine and hose cart combined, with an auto cart | for the battalion chief, will first be tested, and should these prove satis- factory other auto carriages will likely follow in quick succession. Guilty of Manslaughter. Pocahontas, lowa, Jan. 28.—Charles L. Light, charged with the murder of his wife, was yesterday found guilty of manslaughter. The jury was out four hours. Serious Trouble Not Probable. Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 28.—Although Brazil has ordered troops to the Bo- j livian frontier and has sent warships i up the Amazon as a result of the dis- pute between the two countries, no serious results are probable. Succeeds Senator McLaurin. Columbia, S. C., Jan. 28.—C@ongress- man Asbury C. Latimer was elected United States senator yesterday to succeed J. L. McLaurin. He received the unanimous vote of both branches of the general assembly. Widow of Man Killed in Grand Central _ PRESENT A HORRIFYING SPECTACLE. London, Jan. 28.—About fifty insane patients were burned to death by a fire at the Colney Hatch asylum yes: | terday morning. i The outbreak occurred in the Jew- ish wing of the institution. The flames spread with great rapidity and pefore they could be got under control five wooden buildings, including dor- mitories and the doctors’ apartments were gutted. All the efforts of the officials were directed to removing the insane in- mates, but the latter became wild with excitement and so panic-stricken that not only were they unable to help themselves, but greatly impeded the operations of those trying to save them. There were nearly 600 women in the burned annex at the time the fire was discovered, and most of them were safely transferred to the main pbuilding, which was uninjured. Some of them, however, escaped and are still at large, rendering it difficult to ascertain the exact number of those burned to death. Present a Horrifying Spectacle. The officials admit that about fifty bodies have been recovered, but it is feared that the futl extent of the Ns- aster is not yet known. All the vic- tims were lunatics. Their charred remains presented a horrifying spec- tacle. Nothing was left standing. The cor- rugated iron roofs of the dormitories and the bedsteads of the patients were melted by the intense heat. Some of the luatics were burned in their keds and the charred remains of others were found huddled together in cor- ners, while groups of partially con- sumed bodies on the site of the cor- ridors showed that many persons lost their lives and sacrificed those of oth- ers in their frantic efforts to force a passage through the flames to the main building. . The latest estimate places the niim- ‘ber of deaths at fifty-two. All the victims are women. FELT A HUNDRED MILES. Ton of Powder Lets Go in a Separating Plant Near Marquette. Marquette, Mich., Jan. 28.—The sep- aration plant at the powder works, two miles from town, blew up at 5 o'clock yesterday morning, causing heavy damage but no loss of life, the night shift, fortunately, having been laid off some time ago. About a ton breaking windows and arousing the people generally. The shock was felt at Houghton, nearly 100 miles distant, and in this city and other points up the line much alarm was felt until it was ascertained what had happened ' and that it was not an earthquake, as feared. The cause of the explosion is unknown. The separating plant was blown. to pieces. Other buildings were badly damaged and trees in the vicin- | ity were blown up. BRIBERY INQUIRY ENDS. Set of Findings Will Be Submitted to the Full Committee. Washington, Jan. 28. — The house committee on naval affairs yesterday concluded the taking of testimony in the investigation of the charges made by Representative Lessler that a cor- rupt attempt had been made to in- fluence his vote in that committee on the proposition to purchase submarine torpedo boats. An executive session was held by the committee at the con- clusion of the afternoon session and consideration was given to the find- ings the committee would report to the house. After several resolutions had been proposed and discussion had been had as to the wording of a Te- port a subcommittee was appointed to draw up a set of findings to be sub- mitted to the full committee for its final action. | SCHOONER 1S LOST. Lumber Carrier Is Wrecked — Crew Saved by British Steamer. Galveston, Tex., Jan. 28.—The Brit- ish steamship Montenegro, from Bos- ton, reports picking up the schooner Otis, lumber-laden;. for Havana, and her subsequent abandonment. The crew was taken to Port Arthur. | DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED. Col. Lynch Will Go to Prison for the Remainder of His Life. London, Jan. 28.—The sentence of death passed upon Col. Arthur Lynch, who was found guilty of high treason on Friday last, has been commuted te penal servitude for life. Senator Foraker introduced an _ MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE. te Another Tax Code Amendment Intro- duced in the Senate. *. St. Paul, Jan. 28.—A third tax ¢ode amendment was introduced in the senate by Senator J. T. Alley of Buf-|- falo. Senator Alley’s' measure pro- vides for a “wide open constitution,” giving the legislature full power to tax whatever it choses, with minor conditions. Senator J. F. Calhoun of-Minneapo- lis introduced a bill to render effective the law which prohibits the sale of in- toxicating liquors to minors and stu- dents. The measure aims to prohibit the use of subterfuge and sneaking methods in evading the law. Bills introduced were: Relating to cemeteries and crema- tories; relating to sale, gift, barter or furnishing of liquor to minors; vaca- tion of public grounds, streets, alleys or highways within cities in this state; to amend General Laws relating to county roads; declaring all rural free delivery routes public highways four rods wide throughout their entire length; authorizing state auditor to deed real estate which has become property of state by escheat. In the House. Though the house had a compara- tiyely tame session, most of the time being taken up in roll calls, the house judiciary committee indulged in con- siderable oratory afterward in regard to proposed short form of taxation clause in the constitution. Five minor bills were passed. Bills introduced were: Amending elevator operator's li- cense law; amending general election law; amending primary election law; payment of costs in murder trials of non-residents; beet sugar bounty; re- stricting sale of preparations of alco- hol; relating to false advertising of preparations as not intoxicating or free from alcohol. MORRIS HOLDS BEST CHANCE. Delegation Congressman. Washington, Jan. 28.—The bill pro- viding for an additional federal judge in Minnesota passed the house of rep- resentatives yesterday without change and, having already passed the senate, will now go to President Roosevelt for approval. No doubt is entertained by the Minnesota people here that the measure will be promptly signed by the president. The impression is very general here that Representative Page Morris of Duluth will be appointed to the proposed judgeship. That fact is admitted by members of the delega- tion in congress who are in a posifion to know, and so general has the im- pression become that the passage of the bill was greeted with applause among members of the house who be- lieve that it means the appointment of Judge Morris to a federal judgeship on his retirement from\ congress on March 4. Minnesota Favors . the CONDUCTS A RELAY ELOPEMENT. Three Women Induced to Leave Their Happy Homes. Madison, Wis., Jan. 28. — A sensa- tional elopement in which one man and three women figure has created a stir in this neighborhood. King of Brooklyn, Wis., twenty miles south of here, left’ that village in a bobsled, taking with him the sixteen- year-old wife of his brother, who had $250 in her possession. They fled northward. At Deforest King gave his brother’s wife the slip, retaining of powder exploded, shaking the city, | the $260, and took with him another woman he picked up at that place. The couple siarted for Columbus, fifteen miles northeast, at which place King again exchanged partners, leav- ing No. 2 behind in his sled. He then: started eastward with his third com- panion in a light wagon. This was the last seen or heard of them, but Sheriff Watkins, who has left this place for Columbus, is confident of ap- prehending them. MURDERED AT HIS DOOR. Two Tramps Supposed to Have Killed and Robbed a Farmer. Monroe, Wis., Jan. 28.—John Brad- shaw, a wealthy farmer, was found murdered on his doorstep. The crime is supposed to have been committed by robbers. Every room in the house showed that it had been ransacked and the man’s pocketbook and all the valuables in the house were stofén. A great gash in his head, nine inches long, told how he had come to his death. Two tramps were seen in the vicinity of the house the night before the murder, and it is supposed they are the guilty men. Mr. Bradshaw was sixty-eight years of age. He was supposed to be worth $20,000. He was known to have kept a large sum of money in the house. PLOVER TO MERRILL. Articles for a New Wisconsin Trolley Building Enterprise Are Filed. - Madison, Wis., Jan. 28.— The Wis- consin River Railway and Power com- ; pany, to conduct and operate a street amendment to the naval appropriation ' pill making citizens of Porto Rico. eligible to appointment as cadets at the naval and military academies. railway from Plover, Portage county, to Merrill, Lincoln county, filed arti- cles of incorporation with the secré- tary of state. The capital stock is $100,000 and. the incorporators are Neal Brown, Walter Alexander, A. L. Kreutzer and G. D. Jones. Driving Snowstorm. Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 28.—A driving northeast snowstorm prevailed here yesterday and last night, the snow drifting badly, which delayed trains. The storm was general in this section of the state. ; Elevator and Grain Burned. De Smet, 8. D., Jan. 28.—The Atlas elevator, containing 1,800 bushels of grain, was burned last night. Volyn- teer firemen saved the Marfield ele- vator, only six feet from the’ burning George | A NOTABLE TRIBUTE BIRTHDAY OF LATE PRESIDENT _ M’KINLEY COMMEMORATED AT CANTON. ROOSEVELT’S ELOQUENT EULOGY BANQUET -ATTENDED BY DiIS- TINGUISHED MEN IN CIVIL AND PUBLIC LIFE. JUDGE DAY THE TOASTMASTER MOST BRILLIANT AFFAIR OF ITS KIND EVER WITNESSED IN CANTON. Canton, Ohio, Jan. 28. — President Roosevelt last night participated in a notable tribute to the memory of the late President McKinley. He was the principal orator at a banquet given under the auspices of the Canton Re- publican league in. commemoration of the birthday of McKinley. Surrounded by friends, neighbors and business and political associates of the late presi- dent he delivered a brilliant and elo- quent eulogy upon the life and work of | McKinley—a eulogy by many regard- | ed as the most beautiful and heartfelt ' tribute ever paid to the memory of the distinguished dead. The banquet was held in the Grand opera house, the seats being removed in the pit and the house entirely re- floored for the occasion. The interior of the building was beautifully .dec- orated with flags and flowers, the filoral decorations being Particularly Elaborate. Festoons of flags were arranged ' about the balcony and gallery and the ; thirteen great banquet boards were massed with roses and carnations in- terspersed with smilax and ferns. The occasion was the mos’ orilliant of its kind ever witner70cd .. Canton, and few banquets he?! in Ohio have equalled it in beauty, eclaborateness | and interest. Among the 457 as- ' sembled about the boards were some of the most distinguished men in the | civil, public and po! al life of the | country. Judge William R. Day acted as toastmaster. As the president entered the banquet hall the assembly rose as one man and cheered him heartily. The demon- stration—the first of the day—was a ; personal tribute to the _ president, which he acknowledged with evident pleasure. Judge Day, as toastmaster, Charles Emory Smith and Gen. Luke Wright, vice governor of the Philippines, made speeches which were well received. President Roosevelt reccived an ova- tion when he arose to speak and his address was frequently interrupted by applause. t CONGRESS. Senator Quay Attempts to Hold the Senate in Continuous Session. Washington, Jan. 28.—Senator Quay made an effort yesterday to hold the senate in continuous session to con- sider the statehood bill, but failed to hold a quorum and was compelled on that account to allow the senate to adjourn at 6:20 p.m. The day was spent in consideration of the state- hood bill. / In the House. The house devoted the day to bills : reported from the judiciary commit-+ | tee, passing about thirty. Most of them were of a minor character, relat- ing to the times of holding court, etc., but two were of general importance. One was to meet the original package decision of the supreme court by mak- ing intoxicating liquors imported into states subject to the jurisdiction of such states. The other bill is the senate bill to increase the salaries of federal judges. SPOONER IN AGAIN. Separate Vote Taken by the Two Leg- islative Houses at Madison. Madison, Jan. 28.—John C. Spooner was re-elected to the United States sente yesterday, though the formal election will not take place until the joint session to-day. The vote was taken in each house, Spooner receiv- ing the full Republican vote and Neal Brown of Wausau that of the Demo- crats, the result being: Senate—Spooner, 30; Brown, 3. Assembly—Spooner, 73; Brown, 23. One Republican and two Democrats ; Were absent in the assembly. In the senate Miller of Madison made the nominating speech for Spooner, Sen- ator Kreutzer of Wausau seconding. In the assembly Spooner’s name was presented by Ira B. Bradford, M. S. Dudgeon of Dane seconding. Brown was nominated by Senators Merion and North in the upper house and Messrs. Evans and La Du in the as- sembly, Emma Goldman Arrested. New York, Jan. 28.—Emma Goldman the anarchist and a man giving the name of Max Badinsky and describ- ing himself as a “writer” of Chicago, were arrested in a street car last night as “suspicious persons.” After a | brief detention at police headquarters | the pair were allowed to depart. In celebration of the coronation of King Edward 60,000 poor people were banquetted at Calcutta. A display of fireworks whi followed was wit- nessed by 25,000 persons. *