Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 23, 1903, Page 6

“in the whirl long enough to ask, “Are * ~<we waltzing or wrestling?” ‘photographers that he announces _ his ‘Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. He who has known love can never know poyerty. Old wine and young women are hard combination to beat. ‘ The irrigation question has sent many a good man to the devil. Swearing is seldom a convincing ar- gument except to the man who does it, It is the consensus of opinion at Buffalo that death killed Burdick and | Pennell. Mr. Edison has invented a process for getting gold from the deserts. Save your deserts. “I occasionally drop into poetry,” | said the caller as he fell into the edi-| torial wastebasket. { jee Ss Eee Soaking one’s overcoat doesn't apt! essarily mean that the garment will suffer from dampness. At any rate Sir Thomas Lipton can | always build a Shamrock that will out- | sail the previous Shamrocks. Many a man has gained a reputation for wisdom by just looking wise when everyone else was acting the fool. In the death of Harry Merrick of the Washington Post every newspaper man in America suffers a personal loss. | The first rule to be observed by a young man who has determined to have money is to get the money to save. Richard Harding Davis is expected | to reach Macedonia in a few days, when the war in the Balkans will| proceed. | Advocating cheerfulness and hilar. ity as a cure for dyspepsia is a good deal like recommending plenty of hair for baldness. The new wheat crop in Kansas is good for several million bushels of flour and an equal number of new breakfast foods. It is a pity that Miss Clara Bar- ton’s old age should be embittered by the dispute about the control of the Red Cross society. A man says there is one thing fun- nier than a weeping jag, namely, an Irishman coming to an Englishman to have a joke diagrammed. The Atlanta bank clerk who filched $94,000 drew a salary of $80 per month. Yet he was what may be termed a high-priced man. By informing Hetty Green that she would have to pay a dog tax of $2, the Hoboken authorities reduced the number of canines in their precinct by one. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain confesses that the Boers have been misjudged by the Britons. The latter must have found this out as soon as the fighting began. The man or woman who will listen surreptitiously to a telephonic conver- sation would steal a pocketbook, take candy from a baby or utilize second- hand chewing gum. ‘Wher the battleship Indiana hits a mark at five miles with a 13-inch gun fourteen times out of sixteen it is better to be “the men behind the gun” than in front of them. Years ago George Francis Train made the discovery that a man could live on 5 cents’ worth of peanuts a/ day the year round. Ten cents a day is gross extravagance. A Boston woman declares that “the need is not more children but better ones.” She is probably going upon | the old theory that her own are the | only good children in the neighbor- | hood. | The latest claim for the meanest | man comes from a Kansas town, | where lives a-father who encourages | his daughters love affairs because he has heard that people in love do not | eat so much. | } A woman in Cleveland has applied for an injunction restraining her di- vorced husband from attending the church where she sings. The pres- ence of the man whom she put off puts her out, she says. The New York Sun _ thoughtfully asks, “Will man become obsolete?” As a New York woman is reported to have just paid $1,650 for a new spring hat his chances of survival would seem to be diminishing. There is a young man in Atehison, Kan., according to the Globe, who is such a wretched dancer that the girl with whom he was entangled paused J. Pierpont Morgan is so mad at the willingness to give $500 \to any one who smashes a camera that has been pointed his way. Mr. Morgan’s next appearance in public ought to be an mijoyably exciting occasion, even if it does cost him a pile of money, | foot and mouth disease has | broken out in the Argentine Republic, | national DEFECTIVE PAGE From the Capital. Secretary Hitchcock and party in- spected the government reservation at Sulphur Springs, I. T., recently. They left later for Oklahoma. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture J. H. Brigham is critically ill’ at his home im Ohio and private dispatches indicate that he may not recover, The contractors in charge of exca- vations for government reservoirs have been arrested for violating the eight- hour Jaw. A test case will be made. Since the duty was removed the ex- | ports of hemp from Manila to the United States have increased 30,000 | ‘tons, while those to the United King- dom have decreased 87,377 tons. The state department has notified the department of agriculture that the again and that Aregntina has prohibited ex- | portation of animals. The recently appointed general staff | of the army is now holding daily ses- sions and will create a number of boards to consider various matters pertaining to the service. Minister Leishman teports to the state department that the sultan has given special orders to facilitate ‘the depart- ure of families of naturalized Ameri- can citizens of Ottoman origin who wish to rejoin relatives in the United States. Secretary Root ‘has directed that Gen. Greeley, chief of signal corps of the army, attend the meeting of inter- telegraph associations at London, and he will sail next week. Gen. Greeley will participate in ihe discussion of cable codes and other | similar subjects. Casualties. Half of the business district of Aus- tin, Ark., burned recently. Loss $50, | 000. One of the fiercest forest fires in the history of the Allegheny mountains is raging near Dunlo, Pa., a large coal and lumber town. One man was killed, another fatally erushed and a third badly hurt as the result of a street car collision on the road to Euclid Beach at Cleveland. A Southern .road passenger train | Jumped the track near White Pine, Tenn., killing the engineer and injuring several employes and two passengers. Fire at Washington, Pa., almost to- tally consumed the large plant of the Atlas Glass and Metal company, entail- ing a loss of $125,000. The insurance is about $65,000. Edward Schradski, aged seveutcen years, lost his life by a Peoria fire. The tHree upper floors of the buildizg were occupied by various concerns und there were many narrow escapes wit- | hessed. Personal Mention. Charles D. Lucas, a prominent poli- tician of Kansas City, died of par- alysis, aged sixty-nine years. Judge M. W. Fitzgerald, for many years one of the most prominent jur- ists in the country, died at Butte, Mont. ‘ Miss Blossie Smith, sister of Cong- ressman Smith of Michigan, is dead at Santa Ana, Cal., at the home of her parents. Mrs. William S. Jayne died at Springfield, Il., of heart disease, aged forty-nine years. She was a daughter of the late Gen. John M. Palmer. The commission or Senor Don Joa- quin Whulker-Martinez, Chilean minis- ter to the United States, has been ex- tended so as to accredit him also to Mexico. W. T. Maud, artist and war cor- respondent of the Graphic, of London, died of syncope at Aden-on his way home from the Somali campaign. Mr. | Maud had two horses shot under him in the attack by the Somalis on Maj Gough’s column near Danop. Notes From Abroad. The tribesmen have suffered defeat by government troops at Tetuan. Colima voleano in Mexico continues in violent eruption. People at Tux- pan are greatly excited. It is reported that the pope, at the request of Emperor William, will ap- point a pontifical delegate to Berlin. Owing to grippe, Eleanor Duse has been obliged to give up her starring plans and will go to San Remo to re- cuperate. The Thames valley is flooded and thousands of acres of valley are sub- merged. The rainfall since May 1 is four times the normal. Plans ahve been drawn for an elec- tric railway from Le Fayet, about twelve miles from Chamounix, to the summit of Mount Blanc. A ‘The experiments between Beflin and Koenigsberg with the Pollak and Birak fystem of quick telegraphy show a speed of 4,000 words an hour. King Edward will take advantage of his popularity to ask parliament to increase his allowance by $150,000 a year, making teh total $2,500,000. The house of commons, by 246 to 226 votes, rejected the trades disputes bill, intending to legalize peaceful picket- ing and alter the laws affecting the liability of trade union funds. Georg? Bernard Shaw, the eccentric English philosopher, novelist and so- cialist reformer, has changed his views since his recent marriage to a -vich widow, and now lives in a fine house and is no longer a socialist. Spoor et Reports at Mexico City indicate that the recent eruption of Santa Maria volcano has destroyed one-third of the entire Guatemalan coffee crop. Marie Corelli will probably carica- ture Andrew Carnegie In her next book because two ancient houses at Strat- ford-on-Avon were demolished to make room for a Carnegie library. A French sou, a coin about the ‘size and value uf a cent, has just been ex- tracted from a soldier's leg at Paris after remaining there thirty-two years. The sou bears the etfigy of Napoleon IL and the date 1856. It is currently reported at Panama that the Panama Ganal company has offered the Colombian government $12,000,000 of the $40,000,000 the com: pany receives from the United States government for the canal property. The commission from the Lick ob- servatory of the University of Califor- nia, which arrived at Santiago, Chile, April 23, to establish observation sta- tions in Chile, has selected a site on a prominent hill near Santiago. Tt is stated that the Hotel Vieux Duelen at The Hague will be _ pur- chased as a part of the site for the peace palace which is thé gift of An- drew Carnegie. The site is the best at The Hague. The price is £60,000. Sin and Sinners. The examination into the affairs of the state asylum at Osawattomie, Kan., discloses startling cases of cru- elty to helpless inmates. W. T. Keith, an attorney of Delhart, Tex., was shot and killed by Gedrge F. Kornegaye, editor of the Sun, aq the result of an article printed in the Sun. Tomasso Lombardi, the Italian ar- rested on suspicion in connection with the murder of Miss Nellie A. Sturte- vant of Medford, Mass., was released, no case having been made out against bim. : Three of the present aldermen of Saginaw, Mich., and six of their pre- decessors on the board, have been in- dicted for accepting bribes in connec- tion with bridge and lighting con- tracts. Sheriff Franklin of Caruthersville, Mo., has captured six men charged with being members of the mob that killed Constable Mooneyhan and the Rev. Mr. Malone May 9, making twelve men in jail under that charge. Before Judge De Haven, in the United States district court at San Francisco, the Federal Salt company, of which D. E. Skinner is president, was convicted of maintaining a monop- oly, contrary to the Sherman anti-trust law. James McElheney attempted suicide in his cell in the jail at Logansport, Ind., by setting his clothing on fire. One of the women who work around the jail discovered the flames and, without stopping to call for help, promptly drenched him with water from the garden hose. McElheney was declared insane. Otherwise. Rev. Peter Anstadt, D. D., the oldest minister in the general synod of the Lutheran church, died at his home in York, Pa. : Foster Ely Brackett of Washington; D. C., a senior in the department of Latin at the Stanford university, died from typhoid fever. 4 All the linemen, foremen, inspectors and conduit men of the Bell Telephone company at Cincinnati have struck for an increase in wages. | The Indianapclis commercial club and board of trade have taken formal! action toward securing the two politi- cal conventions next year. Daniel Drawbaugh of Harrisburg, Pa., aged seventy-six, has nearing com- pletion a wireless telephone which may be used successfully five miies. In overalls an@ jumpers, well-to-do residents of the Twentieth ward of Chicago cleaned the streets and alleys of the winter’s accumulation of filth. Rynere Van Sickle, said to have been the oldest living railway engi- neer, is dead in the almshouse of Win- nebago county, Ill., at the age of nine- | ty-six years. The Michigan Underwriting ccn- pany of Detroit is said to have com- pleted a combine of the peanut indus- tries and that of the American Edible Nut company. The quarantining of transports bound for San Francisco from Manila has beea resumed on acgount of the cholera. The epidemic” is making slight gains in Luzon. “Uncle John” Yancey, one of the most famous characters in the West, is dead at his home in Pleasant Valley, Yellowstone Park, where he has lived for thirty years. Yancy kept a small hotel and has entertained many prom- inent guests, among them being Presi- dent Roosevelt, Baron Rothsehild, President Arthur, Senator Vest and Gen. Sherman. Gov. Dockery of Missouri has offi- cially requested Secretary Hay to use his good offices with the president of France to have Ellis Wainwright, the St. Louis millionaire, arrested and re- turned to St. Louis to stand trial on the charge of bribery. Fifty Baptist ministerial .students have left Jewell college, Liberty, Mo.. because the faculty refused to grant their request that the fraternities of the college be dissolved. They claim that nearly all tne trouble that arises among the students is due to the fra- terzity men, ‘ KNOWS TOO MUCH ATTEMPT MADE TO POISON THE ALLEGED SLAYER OF MARCUM. : STRANGER GIVES HIM WHISKY BOTTLE IS SEIZED BY THE JAILER AND FOUND TO CONTAIN POISON. HOT DUEL IN THE MOUNTAINS BELIEVED TO BE RESULT OF MAR- CUM TROUBLE—ASK FOR TROOPS. Louisville, May 20. — Persons who procured the assassination of J. RB. Marcum, one of Kentucky’s most Prominent lawyers, are suspected of an attempt on the life of Curtis Jett? the alleged assassin, now in jail in Winchester. ‘ It is believed that these persons feared that Jett, knowing much, might tell everything he knows, not only about the killing of Marcum, but-the assassination of Dr. Brown, Cox and Sam Cockrell. It was discovered yes- terday that an attempt to poisor Jet: Was made at the jail here last Satur- day. A stranger appeared at the jail and asked to see Jett. He was ad- mitted by Jailer Boone, who remained with him. Jett did not recognize the man, who talked to him quite famil- jarly. After a while the stranger drew a bottle of whisky from his pocket and offered it to (Jett, but Jailer Boone took the bottle from Jett’s hand as he was about to drink. Jett protested, saying he wanted the whisky, but Jailer Boone refused to let him have it. Jailer Boone started to walk away with the bottle when the Stranger Became Nervous , and asked that he be given the bottle, Jailer Boone kept it and the stranger soon left, showing signs of uneasiness. It has been found that the whisky con- tained poison, and it will be sent to the state college at Lexington for analysis. A search is now being made for the stranger. An effort to secure Jett’s release yesterday on habeas corpus proceed- ings failed, Judge Benton overruling the motion. Word was receiWod yesterday of a terrible duel in the mountains, which it is believed resulted from the Mar- cum trouble. Former Jailer Combs of Campton and Lon Sherman had a des- perate encounter at Campton, during which both men were dangerously wounded. In the fight an axe and a knife were used by the combatants. The fight was the result of an old grudge. Combs belongs to one of the most prominent families in Eastern Kentucky. Citizens of Breathitt coun- ty are petitioning Gov. Beckham to send troops to prevent further blood- shed, but the executive says he will not send the soldiers until the grand jury meets to investigate the killing of Marcum. YZ SOUGHT PRESIDENT’S LIFE. Suspected Intentions of an Anarchist Arrested in Sacramento. Sacramento, Cal., May 20—A man was arrested last night by Citizen PF. M. Woodson. Woodson heard him say: . “One has died and another might just as well.” When arrested and taken to the jail the man gave his name as Randleman. He had a_ big six-shooter inside his vest and two extra cartridges in his pocket. He offered nc\explanation. He has a ticket from Sa7r*mento to Selby | Smelting works. He had $27 in his pocket. WIPED OUT BY FIRE. Small Pennsylvania Town. Suffers a | $100,000 Loss. Pittsburg, May. 20.—Fire that start- ed in the plant of the Glenshaw Glass company at Glenshaw yesterday de- stroyed that plant, the plant of*the Wittmer Brick company, the Jackson and Murray hotels and the residence of John H. Meyers, the handsomest in the town. The loss is $100,000, with | litle insurance. The town is almost | without fire protection. The origin of | the fire is a mystery. Arrested on Serious Charge. | Indianapolis, Ind., May 20.—Carl J. Carolson, whe claims to be the heir to the estate of the murdered New York millionaire Rive was arrested on complaint of his wife, who charges that he attempted to murder the entire family by means of chloroform. Nine Injured in a Wreck. Raleigh, N. C., May 20.—Nine per- sons were injured in a wreck on the Southern railway near here. Two are seriously hurt. The cause of the ac- cident was spreading rails. Two Killed in Shooting Affray. Sanderson, Tex., May 20.—Justice of the Peace H. S. Biggs and Edward Bell were killed last night in a shoot- ing affray at the postoffice. Deputy Sheriff McMahon was shot in the arm. Cause of the trouble not known. Mob Hangs a Negro. Madison, Fla., May 20.—A mob en- tered Madison last night, secured the keys from the night jailer, took out Washington Anderson, a negro, and lynched him. He was accused of mur- dering his cousin. i \: ‘ a A RARE TREAT. Mrs. Leslie Carter to Appear in St. Paul and Minneapolis. The regular theatrical season at the Metropolitan theaters in St. Paul and Minneapolis will be brought to a ter- mination by the engagement of Mrs. Leslie Carter. Mrs. Carter will ap- pear in St. Paul for one week, com: mencing Monday, May 25, and a week later will be seen in Minneapolis. She will present David Belasco’s play, “Du Barry,” which has just completed an engagement of two months’ duration at the Illinois theater, Chicago. It was the original intention of Man- ager Belasco to bring Mrs. Carter’s season to an end at the close of her stay in Chicago, but he was prevailed upon to bring her and the immense company of one hundred and forty- eight players to the Northwest for a fortnight. Mrs. Carter’s acting of the principal role of “Du Barry” was the theatrical sensation of New York when it was given in the metropolis two season’s ago. Mrs. Carter’s company travels by special train of twelve cars, seven of which are devoted exclusively to the immense equipment of scenery. Never before in the history of the native stage has there been such a really tre- mendous success achieved by any American artiste as that scored by Mrs. Carter, and her performance is regarded by the important theatrical writers of the East as the most re- markable contribution any English- speaking actress has recently made to contemporary theatricals. One nvota- ble fact in connection with the coming of Mrs. Leslie Carter to St. Paul and Minneapolis is that she will be assist- ed by identically the same company that appeared with her in the original New York production of the Belasco piece. Orders for seats for any of the performances to be given by Mrs. Car- ter in the Twin Cities, when accompa- nied by remittances, will be filled ia the order in which they are received. RACE AGAINST DEATH. Business Man, Fearing Insanity, Flees From Friends and Shoots Himself. Battle Creek, Mich., May 20.—Her- bert Woodcock, a wholesale hardware dealer from Bridgeport, Ohio, commit- ted suicide in a sensational manner here yesterday. He raced against his friends in an express wagon and a squad of police in a patrol wagon. Woodcock came to a local sanitarium for nervous troubles, caused by over- application to business. He was ex- amined yesterday morning, and he made up his mind that he was about to become insane. After dinner with his mother and brother at the hotel he rushed into the crowded main street and fled. Hotel attaches and Wood- cock’s brother pursued in an express wagon, and the police patrol followed at full speed, but after a race of three blocks Woodcock ran into an alley, where he shot himself. through the head and fell dead. GHASTLY DEED OF CRAZY MAN. Compels Sexton to Dig Up Body of His Dead Child. Bedford, Ind., May 20. — Williani Rock, crazed over the death of a child and the accounts of the recent ghoul cases, went to the cemetery yes- terday and compelled the sexton to get his tools and dig up the body that he might know it was there. The sex- ton became alarmed but had to obey to save his life. He tried to delay the work until he could get help, but Rock grasped the tools and finished the work himself. Lifting the coffin from the ground he grasped the body of his child, and, applying endearing names to it he finally grabbed its mouth with his own and literally tore its teeth out. The police arrived later, overpowered him and he was placed in jail. CHINESE MASONS AID. Employ an Attorney to Help Convict the Murderer of Doc Lung. Indianapolis, May 20.—The trial of Nim Davidson, the negro charged with the murder of Doc Lung, the Chinese laundryman, in his Indianapolis ave- nue shop over a year ago, was calle: before Judge Alford, in the criminal court yesterday. Chinese Masons of the city have employed an attorney to bring about a conviction. Three other negroes will be tried as accomplices. The murder was committed for che purpose of robbery. WOMAN IS KILLED. Two Other People Injured in Collapse of a Veranda. Fall River, Mass., May 10. — One woman has been killed and two per- sons severely injured by the collapse of a veranda on the third story of a house on King Philip street. Five others who were on the veranda at the time had miraculous escapes from injury or death. The party of eight were seated on the veranda when it collapsed without warning. Driving Trade Away. London, May 20. — The Shanghai correspondent of the Daily Mail tele- graphs that the excessive duties im- posed on both exports and imports at Newchwang by the Russians is driving trade away. Two Boys Drowned. Providence, R. I, May 20.—Harold R. and Herbert A. Goodwin, brothers, aged 8 and 10, were drowned in Silver lake. The younger lad stepped into a deep hole. His brother went to the rescue and both sank. Minister Dies of Blood Poison. Marquette, Mich., May 20.—As a re- sult of running a sliver into his finger, Rey. A. Crane, pastor of the Methodist church at Newberry, is dead from blood poisoning, aged fifty-five. | eral injured. WAR IN COLOMBIA EVERYTHING READY FOR REVO- LUTIONARY OUTBREAK AGAINST MARROQUIN. * . CONSUL GENERAL GIVES WARNING PEOPLE DISSATISFIED BECAUSE THE CANAL TREATY IS NOT RATIFIED. A DICTATORSHIP, IS GERTAIN REYES AND FERNANDEZ HEAD THE REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT. London, May 20. — Senor Gillermo R. Calderon, Colombian consul gen- eral in Great Britain, yesterday morr- ing cabled the Bogota government as follows: “Ships nearly sold; advise: holding them. War preparing. Be on your guard.” 3 The ships referred to are the cruis- ers which the Colombian government. authorized Calderon to sell at the con- clusion of the recent revolution. Ex- plaining the cablegram, the consul general said: “Everything is in readiness for a revolutionary outbreak against Presi- dent Marroquin because of that of- ficial’s reported determination not to call congress together and to execute the required ratification of the Pan- ama canal treaty himself. “Gen. Raphael Reyes and Gen. Fer- nandez, both able leaders, will head the revolutionists. They command the sympathy of Conservatives and Liberals alike. However, President Marroquin is supported by the army, the official classes, the diplomatic corps, and above all, by the United States. Should the attitude of Ameri- ca be sufficiently pronounced the presi- dent may succeed in holding power. Whichever way victory may go, the true interests of the country are like- ly to be promoted, since a Dictatorship Is Certain. A dictatorship is what Colombia needs. Every Colombian possesses a rifle. The revolutionists are providing them- selves with ammunition and supplies, and war will be begun the moment Reyes and Fernandez speak the word.” Several Colombian revolutionisis who have arrived in London express surprise that the coup d’etat arranged some weeks ago to displace Marroquin still harzs fire. They assert that Mar- roquin’s assumption of arbitrary power means war unless the president should give way. They add that all Colombia wants the canal, but that the majority wishes the constitution upheld and adequate payment made to Colombia for its canal rights, either by the French company or by the United States. South Americans in London who anticipated an easy tri- umph for Reyes and Fernandez say that their scheme appears to have mis- carried. They agree that Fernandez’s resignation of the ministry of war points to war under his chief com- mand. IRON MASTER DEAD. B..F. Jones Passes Away Suddenly at His Home. Pittsburg, May ‘20. — B. F. Jones, founder of the Jones & Laughlin Steel works, the largest independent plant in the United States, died suddenly at 2:25 yesterday morning from nervous prostration, aged seventy-nine. He was chairman of the Republican na- tional committee during the Blaine- Cleveland campaign, and was promi- nent in national politics. Monitor May Get Out. St. Louis, May 20.—It is believed by river men that the monitor Arkansas, which is barred at St. Genevieve, Mu., about fifty miles souih of here by low water, will be able to proceed on her way to the gulf to-day. Since Satur- day the river has risen four feet and an addition of two more feet is ex- pected. a ae Plunged From Balcony. Savannah, Ga., May 20.—Robert J. Hilton, aged thirty-four, a civil engi- neer employed by the government in Savannah harbor work, committed sui- cide yesterday by jumping head fore- most from the balcony of St. Joseph’s hospital. He went to the hospital the previous night to be treated for fever. Devastated by Fire. St. Jonn’s, N. F., May 20—Fire has devastated the mining town of Little Bay, where a large copper mine is be- ing worked. Three churches, the com- pany’s stores, the government build- ings and forty dwellings were de- stroyed. Loss, $50,000. Two hundred and fifty persons are homeless, ; Bloodhounds After a Murderer. Nashville, Tenn., May 20. — Word has been received here of the assas- sination of Squire Oscar Harewell at Good Springs. Harewell was a coun- try merchant and slept over his store. Bloodhounds are after murderer, ncn Struck by a Wild Engine. Wellington, Kan., May 20.—A north- bound Rock Island passenger train was struck by a wild engine from the Caldwell yards a mile south of that station. On man was killed and sey- a te ee