Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 21, 1903, Page 6

Ra — The Rerald--Review. “GRAND — NESTE Before you buy a good horse, find out what is the matter with him. A woman is usually happier when she is wanting things than when she has them. Some of us could put all our money in our wife’s name, even if it was a very short name. It is idle to say that Apostle Reed Smoot can’t help his name. Any change would help it. The breathing cure is the latest fad in Paris. Breathing has saved many lives since this world began. “Which is worse as a hat orna- ment,” writes “Young Lady,” “‘a real stuffed bird or an imitation?” Both. No man who is not out of love and cut of debts is a fit candidate for membership in the ‘Don’t Worry Club.” King Alfonso is going to England to recuperate. The indiscriminate use of firearms in Madrid has shattered his nerves. Let us hope Mr. Rockefeller may not have a chance to pay that $1,000,- 000 for a new stomach. Oil‘is high enough now. Says the Duluth News, mournfully: “How would you like a gift of ‘nepen- the, forgetfulness of the past?” Try a bromo seltzer. * The launching of the Daily Marcon- igram newspaper in mid-ocean is post- poned until further notice. It seems to have been a case of reckless anticipa- tion. The Boers have assumed a very burdensome war debt, but immediate relief comes to them in the reflection that every dollar of it was honorably incurred. The laborer should not ask beyond what he ought to havg, and if the capitalist will not refuse what he ought to give, the golden age -will shortly follow. The handsomest Christmas present yet reported is the $1,000,000 in cash that John W. Gates gave to his son. A great many different people prob- ably contributed to it. An inquest into the death of Leon- ard F. Roos of New York has brought out the facts that he drew up his will in a restaurant. It must have been a quick-order chophouse. Tests are being made in Washing- ton to determine what chemical is best to use in preserving beef. The one that is used in preserving the price seems to be very effective. Probably it did not occur to that St. Louis woman, who says she knows 500 cf her sisters that gamble, that sole rude persons might view her remarks in the light of a confession. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie be- lieve great wealth would be harmful to their daughter, and a movement has been started in France to abolish titu- lar nobility. Is this a mere coiuci- dence? A Chicago alderman has introduced an ordinance to compel all barbers to prove their skill in an examination. If the barbers do not turn the tables on the querist he should get the prize for volubility. John D. Rockefeller expects to give $10,000,000 to the cause of education in the South. Which means a rise in the price of oil in the North. When it comes to kerosene, surely charity be- gins at home. The entire gallery audience in a theater at St. Mary’s, West Virginia, was nearly asphyxiated by gas fumes. Whether this was considered a calamity or not depends on the play and the players. An unfavorable report has been made on the bill proposing to change the date of the presidential inaugura- tion. Like all of his predecessors, the next President will have to be inau- gurated in the rain. The Scientific American gives as a remedy for headaches the simple ex- ercise of walking backward. The the- ory is that the patient will eventually fall down and break his neck, which is a guaranteed cure. Twelve men attempted to drive a manager of a Nevada mine from the state. He killed three of them and wounded three others. As he did this all with one revolver he seems to be , entitled to remain a few days longer. What a pity it is that our learned anthropologists never discover that a man has criminal eyes, mouth, ears and nose until after he has commit- ted a murder! Oh, Science! how many frauds are perpetrated in thy helpless name! 5 With flaring headlines a New York paper boasts of thy first “beat,” or “scoop,” received by wireless tele graph. This sheds an interesting light on a general impression that many wireless messages had been printed in the journal before. ‘zens of France against BLAST OF BOREAS CAUSES DEATH AND EXTREME SUFFERING THROUGHOUT COUNTRY. WHOLE COUNTRY IN ITS GRIP INTENSE COLD PREVAILS IN THE EAST, SOUTH AND MIDDLE WEST. MUCH SUFFERING IN KANSAS RAILROADS ARE UNABLE TO SUPPLY PEOPLE WITH COAL. Chicago, Feb: 18. — Death and ex- treme suffering came yest ‘rday in the wake of the record-breaking cold wave that has Chicago and the entire country in its grip. Not since 1899 has the cold been so intense in Chicago as it was yesterday. The mercury reg- istered 10 degrees below zero at the weather bureau. in the Auditorium tower at 7 o’clock in the morning and did not rise above the zero point at all during the day. There were three fatalities and a number of injuries due to exposure. Numerous cases of frozen ears, hands and feet were re- ported from various sections of the city. Intense cold, the most severe of the winter, prevailed yesterday morning throughout the East, South and Mid- dle West, the temperature ranging from 1 degree above zero at Louis- ville to 24 below at West Superior, Wis. The intense cold practically cut Chi- cago off from telegraphic communica- tion with the outside world during the early part of the day. Contraction of wires caused breakages in every di- rection and only intermittent service could be maintained. The cold yesterday made a record in Kansas, the government thermom- eter at Topeka registering 10 degrees below zero. The snowfall in the state for the past three days has averaged six inches. Near Clay Center a wo- man was frozen to death. Reports from western counties show a great shortage in the coal supply. The rail- roads have not been able to deliver cars on account of the storm, and as a result the suffering has been wide- spread. FIX 1T UP WITH FRANCE. Mr. Bowen Will Give His Attention to That Country Now. Washington, Feb. 18. — Following promptly. the signing of the protocol for the settlement of States’ claims against Venezuela Mr. Bowen began negotiations with M. Jusserand, the French ambassador, | for the preparation of a protocol for | the adjudication of the claims of citi- the South American republic. He made a for- mal call on M. Jusserand and had a talk with him with a view to arriving at a basis of agreement. The French ambassador will consult his suvern- ment by cable in order to obtain cer- tain instructions to aid him in his work, and after they have been re- ceived it is expected the negotiations will proceed smoothly and expedi- tiously. The French claims against Venezuela,aside from those which have already been adjudicated, ap- proximate eleven million bolivars. WILL PUSH TREATY. Senators Decide to Continue Consid- | eration of Panama Treaty. Washington, Feb. 18.—The Repub- lican senators held a caucus yester- day and decided to have the senate, continue consideration of the Panama canal treaty to-day, and on future days until the treaty shall be disposed of. This result was reached after an hour and a half’s discussion of the legislative situation in the mous. The understanding is that the statehood bill does not lose its ad- vantageous position in the order of business when the senate is in legis- lative session. The Republican sup- porters of the statehood bill agree not to antagonize a motion for an execu- tive session to consider the canal treaty, nor make any objection to the prolongation of*such sessions to any extent necessary to secure ratifica- tion. MEET IN CARACAS. Commission to Adjust American Claims Against Venezuela. Washington, Feb. 18. — Secretary Hay, for the United States, and Mr. Bowen, for Venezuela, signed a pro- tocol providing for the adjustment of United States claims against Ven- ezuela by a commission to meet at Caracas. Castro Is Grateful. New York, Feb. 18—The Associated Press has received the following cable dispatch from President Castro: * “I charge the Associated Press to transmit, together with my gratitude, my sentiments of deference to the people of the United States.” } Bulgaria Orders Arms. Geneva, Feb. 18.—The Macedonian, Armenian and Young Turk refugees ere learn that Bulgaria has placed a ‘arze order for arms and ammunition in ermany. the United | senate. | The conclusion reached was unani- | DEAD MAN IN THE ICE. Three Boys Make a Ghastly Discov- ery. St. Paul, Feb. 18.—Embedded in the ice of a small spring, with only his face and one hand visible, the body of Frederick Brandhorse was found yes- terday afternoon by three small boys who were crossing a hollow back of the old Sibley residence on Woodward avenue. The man had been dead for two days,and the ice formed by the ‘| overflow of the spring had gradually buried him until his face and one hand alone remained in view. There were no marks of violence on the body and it is supposed that Brandhorse met his death accidentally. CREMATED IN BURNING CAR. Freight Conductor Killed During Col- lision. St. Paul, Feb. 18.—A rear-end col- lision between a Great Northern switch engine and a_ Burlington freight train at the foot of Williams street, near the Westminster street bridge, resulted in the death of P. H. Kelley, the conductor of the freight train. A fire followed the wreck and Kelley’s body was cremated. Kelley is thought to have been crushed to death. Soon after the crash a fire started in the debris and as the wodwork was consumed by the flames part of Kel- ley’s body fell to, the ground. The feet were not recovered. CANNOT BE REVIVED. Woman Faints and for Several Days Has Been Unconscious. Kenosha, Wis., Feb. 18.—Mrs. Will- iam Cole of the town of Pleasant Prairie has laid in a state of Coma for the past ninety-eight hours, and her condition has not been changed in that time. The woman fainted while attending a church service and all ef- forts to revive her have proved fut&e. The doctors from all sections of* the country have been called to attend her, but their combined service has not been sufficient to bring her to consciousness. RURAL ’PHONE.. It Will Extend Out From the Town of Madison. Madison, S. D., Feb. 18. — Prelim- inary arrangements have been made by the farmers of this locality for the construction of a rural telephone sys- tem. One of the proposed lines will run as far south as Wentworth. The rural line will be connected with the local telephoné system, and will be a convenience to business men and farmers. . MURDER AND SUICIDE. Woman Killed by’ Star Boarder, Who Then Shoots Himself. Racine, Wis., Feb. 18.—Robert H. Waite, a widower, shot and instantly killed Mrs. Ruby Reiber on one of the North side streets. He then turned the revolver on himself and blew the top of his head off. He was a boarder at the woman’s house. The husband of the woman had threatened to kill Waite, and this led to the tragedy. | THIRTY-EIGHT WERE SUSPENDED | College Students Refuse to Apologize to an Unpopular Principal. Wessington Springs, S. D., Feb. 18. — Forty-four of the students of the Free Methodist seminary at this place | signed a petition asking the board of | trustees to remove the principal, Prof. |C. W. Shay. The board decided in | favor of the principal, and ordered the | students to apologize. Six of the stu- | dents apologized and thirty-eight | chose suspension. | BEER IS WASTED. Stove Successfully Keeps Place From Freezing. Albert Lea, Minn., Feb. 18.—Gund’s | beer warehouse has burned. A large stock of beer and hundreds of tons of | ice in the building were nearly all de- | strgyed. The loss is heavy, and it is |said there was no insurance. The | fire is supposed to have started from !a stove that was being used to keep | the beer from freezing. ANOTHER LIBRARY. Carnegie’s Benevolence Falls Yet Another Town. Sauk Center, Minn, Feb. 18—News | has come that Carnegie will give $10,- 000, under the usual terms, to erect a new library building in this city. Preparations will be at once made to select a site for it. The Bryant li- brary is very much crowded in its present quarters and the Carnegie gift is very welcome. Upon Run Over by Engine. Buffalo Center, Iowa, Feb. 18.—The | Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific west- | bound passenger train struck a bob- sled containing J. McCroton, wife and | son Charles about four miles west of Forest City. The occupants were thrown out, the sled demolished and | Charles McCroton was run over by | the engine and both feet and one leg | at the thigh were cut off. The parents | escaped uninjured. | Woman Appointed. Pierre, S. D., Feb. 18—Gov. Herreid |has appointed Mrs. D. L. Printup of Britton a member of the woman’s board of investigation of charitable and penal institutions in place of Mrs. | Lyon of Sioux Falls, resigned. Veterans Will Meet. Pierre, S. D., Feb. 18.—Department Commander Blanchard announces that the next annual encampment of the South Dakota G. A. R. and W. R. C., will be held at Big Stone Lake on June 23, 24 and 25. __ sib uxt Government of Santo Domingo Must Come to the Scratch. San Domingo, Feb. 18.—The minis- ter for foreign affairs yesterday made public a dispatch received from Sec- retary of State Hay announcing tiat the Dominican envoy who is to repre- sent Santo Domingo’s case at Wash- ington would be received and heard, but pointing out that Minister Powell was entrusted with the task of con- ducting and concluding the negotia- tions in regard to the claims of Ameri- can citizens against Santo Domingo. Secretary General Sanchez informed Mr. Powell that the pending cases will not be further considered until after the return of the Dominican commis- sioner from the United States, to which the American minister replied that the cases referred to will not ad- mit of any further delay in their set- tlement. He added that he cannot await the return of the commissioner from Washington, and notified the sec- retary general that a settlement must be effected within a few days. The determined stand taken by Mr. Powell for the purpose of having the Clyde line and Ross cases settled sur- prised the Dominican government and it is believed the latter must yield. CORTELYOU IS APPOINTED. His Nomination to Be Secretary of Commerce Sent to the Senate. Washington, Feb. 18.—The president yesterday sent the following nomitsa- tions to the senate: George B. Cortelyou of New York to be secretary of commerce and labor; Col. Wallace F. Randolph, chief of ar- tillery, to be chief of artillery with rank of brigadier general; Thomas H. Carpenter to be captain of infantry. James R. Garfield of Ohio will be appointed by the president to be com- missioner of corporations in the new department of commerce. The ap- pointment probably will go to the sen- ate today. Mr. Garfield is now a member of the civil service commis- sion. He is a son of President Gar- field. j The senate yesterday confirmed the nomination of George B. Cortelyou to be secretary of commerce and labor under the act creating the new depart- ment. The nomination was referred to the committee after the senate went into executive session. Senator De- pew reported the nomination with a favorable recommendation. He asked for immediate action and there was no opposition. Mr. Cortelyou was con- firmed. SAVED MANY LIVES. Farmer Faces a Blizzard in His Shirt Sleeves to Flag a Train. Cairo, Ill., Feb. 18.—S. S. Glasscock, a farmer, faced a blizzard in his shirt sleeves for more than an hour yester- day to save 100 passengers on the Cleveland, Cincinnati & St. Louis rail- way. Glasscock was frozen so that he had to be carried into the cars after he flagged the train near Harrisburg. Glasscock, while walking along the track, discovered a broken rail at a point where the embankment was forty feet high. He knew that a south- bound train was about due and ran up the track to flag the train. He used his red lined coat asa flag, and to make sure that his signal would be seen by the engineer, he held the coat aloft on a stick, leaving himself unprotected in the blinding storm and zero temperature for more than an hour, because the train was late. The passengers made him handsome presents and each shook his hand. LITTLEFIELD ANTI-TRUST BILL. Senate Committee Will Report It With Amendments. Washington, Feb. 18. — The senate committee on judiciary yesterday con- cluded consideration of the Littlefield anti-trust bill and decided to report it to the senate with a number of amend- ments. The most important changes were made in connection with sections 6 and 7 of the house bill, for which the senate committee will recommend complete substitutes. Section 6, as the bill passed the house, prohibited persons engaged in violating the pro- visions of the law from using any of the instrumentalities of interstate | commerce. The purpose is retained in the substitute of the senate commit- tee, but the scope of the provision is enlarged. TURNED DOWN BY TURKEY. Declines to Accept Bulgaria’s Assur- ances and Hands Out Warning. Sofia, Bulgaria, Feb. 18.—In her re- cent note to Bulgaria Turkey declines to accept the Bulgarian government’s declaration as to the non-existence of revolutionary bands in Macedonia and warns Bulgaria that explicit instruc- tions have been sent to the Turkish authorities to prevent the disturbance. Tis note is regarded as being intended to justify Turkey’s military activity. London, Feb. 18.—The correspond- ent of the Times at Constantinople tel- egraphs that Russia sternly refuses to admit the Bulgarian government's plea of inability to restrain Bulgarian bands in the country about Monastir, Macedonia. KILLED IN A STORM. hes Houses Demolished and a Number of Lives Lost. Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19—A special to the Constitution from Royston, Ga., a station on the Southern railway, says that a furious wind storm passed over the town of Bowman in Elbert county yesterday afternoon, demolishing sey- eral houses and killing and injuring a number of people. The wires are down beyond Royston and further par- ticulars cannot be obtained. Several With the... ~ Lawmakers. Week’s Doings in the State Legislature. ... In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 11—The senate yes- terday made quick work of its general order list. ‘The seventeen measures up for consideration were disposed of in less ‘than that number of minutes. Nine were passed, two indefinitely postponed and six put on progress. Senator Laybourn introduced a measure the ultimate object of which is to do away with the grand jury in criminal prosecutions. Senator Swedback fathers a lil which makes it the duty of the county commissioners to advertise for bids on all county business exceeding $200 and making contracts with the suc- cessful bidder. In the House. * The house had a busy day yester- day.. Eleven committees held meet- ings, eleven bills were passed and three of the eight measures on general orders were recommended for pass- age. Fryberger’s resolution for an inves- tigation of state prison labor was called up again by the author and giv- en life without a vote to spare. There were 60 ayes, just the bare majority necessary, and the speaker, who rare- ly votes, had to give his aye to pass the resolution, Representative O'Loughlin intro- duced a bill appropriating $2,500 for the relief of the famine sufferers in Sweden and Norway. In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 12.—Senator Samuel Lord of Kasson yesterday held up the senate for an hour and forty minutes on a motion to adjourn. Two recesses of twenty minutes each were neces- sary to straighten out the parliamen- tary tangle. The question was whether the sey ate should stand by its decision to ad- journ until Friday morning or adbpt the concurrent resolution of the house, by which the two bodies should ad- journ until Monday. After much quibbling the senate ad- journed until 10 o’clock Friday morn- ing and consented to the house ad- journing uncil 2 o’clock Monday after- noon. Believing the farmers should be al- lowed to buy binding twine when they need it, Senator A. V. Rieke of Fair- fax yesterday introduced a bill ex- tending to June 1 the time during which the twine manufactured at the state prison may be sold exclusively to consumers. Senator Samuel Lord of Kasson be- lieves that the present law providing for the adoption of constitutional amendments is too strict, and yester- day he imtroduced a bill providing that they may be adopted on a major- ity of the votes cast on the proposition rather than a majority of the votes cast at the election. In the House. The house passed two bills, consid- ered twelve measures in committee of the whole and adjourned until 2 o’clock Monday afternoon. Representative Lohren introduced a bill to extend to all counties of the state the Torrens system of register- ing title to real estate. Representative Lewis introduced in the house his bill providing for death sentence by electrocution instead of hanging. Mr. Sinclair’s bill, for summer nor- mal schools for teachers, requires such a session for seven weeks at each of the five normal schools. Such schools are to take the place of the present form of teachers’ institutes in counties, but nothing is specifically provided on the subject. The wolf bounty bill was favorably acted on in committee of the whole. It gives a bounty of $15 for every fe- male full grown wolf, and $10 for every full grown male, the money to come from the state treasury. Any county which desires may increase the reward and pay the difference out of its own treasury. In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 14.—The senate was in session yesterday morning just an hour. During that space of time four new bills were introduced. The most important was one by Sen- ator Durant of Stillwater making ap- propriations for improvements to the state penitentiary. Senator McNamee introduced a bill to legalize the service of summons by any man authorized by the court to do so. Senator Stephens presented a meas- ure providing for a constitutional amendment to section 17 of article 9 to permit the legislature to levy a tax on growing crops to create a state hail insurance fund. The senate adjourned till 3 p. m. Monday. In the Senate. St. Paul, Feb. 17.—Senator Morgan introduced a bill to remove the nom- ination of candidates for congress and judges of the district and supreme courts from the primary system, and to establish the date of the primary election in October instead of June. Senator Lord introduced a concur- rent resolution providing for the ad- journment of the legislature on April 2. The resolution stipulates also that no bills shall be introduced after March 12 except on the request of the governor. It was laid over until to- day. Four bills of minor were passed. In the House. A large grist of bills were dumped into the house yesterday. A bill submitting to the people for adoption an amendment to the consti- importance fu on made a special order for 2 o’clock Friday afternoon. Among the more important bills in- troduced were the following: if Appropriating $84,000 for new build- ings atid repairs at the state prison at Stillwater; providing that’ no political party that did not poll 1 per cent of the total vote at the preceding general election shall be entitled to a party designation on the ballot; authorizing the appointment of agents by the gov- ernor to act forthe state in bringing back from other states fugitives from justice. s APPOINTS HIS STAFF. Gov. Van Sant Announces His Selec- tions. Gov. Van Sant has announced the following appointments and reappoint- ments to his military staff: Oscar Hallam, St. Paul, colonel, new appointment. E. H. Hobe, St. Paul, colonel, reap- pointment. Ira W. Buck, Royalton, assistant in- spector general, with rank of major, reappointment. Eli K. Tarbell, Winona, colonel, re- appointment. John P. Lengilly, Ely, colonel, reap- pointment. Chris Brandt, St. Paul, colonel, re- appointment. Dr. E. H. Whitcomb, St. Paul, as- sistant surgeon general, rank of ma- jor, reappointment. Alexander Stuart, Minneapolis, colo- nel, reappointment. John T. Conley, Minneapolis, colo- nel, reappointment. C. B. Shove, Minneapolis, major and assistant judge advocate gereral, re- appointment. Albert D. Reed, Minneapolis, colo- nel, reappointment. Joseph G. Miller, colonel, reappointment. Theodore G. Walthers, St. Paul, aide-de-camp, rank of colonel, new ap- pointment. Paul D. Morris, Minneapolis, aite- de-camp, rank of colonel, new appoint- ment. ' John C. Jensen, St. Paul, major, re- appointment. Hugh Longstaff, Mirneapolis, aide- de-camp, rank of major, reappoint- ment. Squires McKinley, major, reappointment. F. W. Bergmeier, colonel. reappoint: ment. Matthew M. Gasser, Duluth, colonel, reappointment. F. W. Betz, Fairmont, colonel, reap- pointment. The staff, in addition te these, in- cludes Brig. Gen. Elias D. Libbey, St. Paul; Brig. Gen. Gustaf Widell, Man- kato; Brig. Gen. Alexander J. Stone, St. Paul; Col. J. Carmody, Minneapo- ; Col. Charles L. West, Austin; Col. Roland H. Hartley, Minneapolis; Col. Robert H. Seng, St. Paul; Col. Charles J. Monfort, St. Paul; Col. James S. Montgomery, Minneapol Col. James C. Donovan, Tracey; Col. William R. Estes and Capt. Olaff M. Nordly, Red Wing. Two Harbors, Park Rapids, MONUMENT TO MARK HIS GRAVE. Historical Society Calis Attention to Services of Indian Missionary. A monument will be erected to the memory of the Rev. J. J. Enmegabowh, the full-blooded Indian who worked in the interests of the settlers during the Indian outbreak, if the petition from the Minnesota State Historical society presented to the senate is granted. The petition is as follows: “The grave of one who devoted his life to Christianizing and civilizing the race to which he belonged is with- out a sign to mark it. In the dark and bloody days of August and September, 1862, he carried information to the au- thorities which saved many precious lives. His influence was great among the fierce warriors when they were mad with the desire for vengeance. “He lived for fifty years in close as- sociation with Hole-in-the day and oth- er famous chiefs of the Chippewas. Many of his people under his preach- ing and example, like the demoniacs of old, sat at his feet clothed in their right minds. . “The state has spent millions to con- trol and pacify these wild tribes and its efforts were faithfully seconded by this Christian minister. No monu- ment of marble can adequately set forth his work, but the placing of a mark at his grave will show that we are not unmindful of what he did, and others will follow his example.” STATE SCHOOL VISITED. Legislative Committees Entertained at Owatonna. A large party of legislators, includ- ing Senators Witherstine, Campbell, Ward, Comstock, Dale, Torson and Peachey, and Representatives Steven- son, Pehler, Gandrud, Start, Wood, Wolz, Ruliffson, Lohren, Wilder, Mor- ley, Lewis, Wilson, Perley, Larson, Bardwell and McCoy, with fifteen la- dies of their families, were in Owaton- na recently to inspect the state pubiic school for dependent and neglected children, preparatory to making up their minds whether to vote for the inclusion of that school among the in- stitutions to be separated, with the university and the normal schools, from the jurisdiction of the board of control, and restored to the manage- ment of their local boards. The party arrived at the school just at the dinner hour and made a thor- ough tour of inspection. Then the party, with all the pupils of the school except the babies and the thirty or more little ones in the hospital, gath- ered in the assembly hall and were en- tertained by the performance of a can- tata, embodying several patriotic songs and the latest ideas concerning Co- lumbia and “Arbitration.” The average man don’t care what you re of him as long as you don’t say it. e subject of taxation was