Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 4, 1903, Page 7

oh | WAR ON DOGs. Ail Unmuzzled Animals Are Doomed At Appleton. Appleton, Wis., June 30.—No dogs were shot yesterday in deference to Sunday. The operations of the dog- killing squad of the police department whese victims now number more than fifty were discontinued, but will be re- sumed to-day. The great majority of people are satisfied with anything that will rid the city of the pest of dogs, and the majority of owners of dogs worth saving are complying with the law and muzzling their animals. Harnessmakers worked all day mak- ing leather muzzles on rush orders. Aside from a few noisy talkers, a few nervous people in the city and some people outside who are in no way con- cerned, the Appleton dog law is giv- ing general satisfaction. Mayor Ham- mel and Chief of Police Hoeffer are not disturbed by threats of suits for ‘damage against the city. BURGLAR ATTENDS MUSICALE. He Operates Upstairs While the Guests Are Below. Sioux City, Iowa, June 30.—A fash- fonable burglar climbed the porch of the residence of Judge C. H. Lewis while a mysicale was in progress in the parlors below. The intruder was busy going through the wraps of the guests when he was frightened away by some one coming upstairs. He sneaked out of the window and disap- peared in the darkness, taking only $1.50 in cash as his booty, which he had found in a pocketbook. A little while later an attempt was made to enter the rooms of A. A. Wild, com- missioner of, the Sioux City Commer- cial club. Wild lives in Unity place, and he was awakened by the intruder, who was frightened away by the noise inside of the room. WITH CORPSE AS WITNESS. Dramatic Wedding of a Young Wiscon- sin Couple. Sheboygan, Wis., June 30.—William Ebelt of the town of Lynden died very suddenly of apoplexy a few days ago and the day of the funeral was the date previously set for the marriage of his daughter, Miss Minnie Ebelt, to Richard Helmer. It had been the ex- pressed wish of the bride’s father that the wedding should not be interfered with, so the casket was closed at 2 o'clock in the afternoon and the bridal couple walked into the room and were united in marriage by the Rev. Hal- both. The wedding over, he turned to the coffin and read the funeral service. NECK IS BROKEN. Bryson’s Doctors Have Hopes of His Recovery. Mason City, Iowa, June 30. — Phy- sicians here are much interested in the case of P. F. Bryson, who broke his neck Friday at his farm south of the city and is still alive. He endeavored to stop a runaway team, was knocked down and the heavy wagon run oyer his neck, actually breaking it. He is paralyzed from his heart line down, but an operation was performed by a council of physicians, plaeing his neck in a plaster cast, and there are hopes of his recovery. Montana’s Metal Production. Helena, Mont., June 30.—The annual report of B. H. Tatem, assayer in charge of the United States assay of- fice in Helena, made to the director of ‘the mint shows that the metal pro- duction of Montana during 1902 was $46,961,167, a material decrease from that of the preceding year. The loss is accounted for in large part by the reatly reduced price of copper and ead that prevailed during the year. Fort Meade Improvements. Fort Meade, S. D., June 30. — The ‘construction quartermaster’s office will open here July 1 in the south room of the old exchange building. Capt. Vegdes will be in charge, with (Henry Murray as chief clerk. The ‘local quartermaster will be Capt. G. jL. Byram, Sixth cavalry. Great im- lprovements are looked for in new jstructures, roadways, sidewalks, etc. Drowned While Boating. { Sioux City, Iowa, June 30. — While John Sueve and his sister Dora and ichael Lee and Miss ‘Thena Waldum -were boating on the Sioux river yes- ‘terday afternoon they got into the lwake of the excursion steamer Lorain jand their boat overturned. Sueve and is sister were rescued, but Lee and ‘Miss Waldum were drowned. Molders’ Strike Ends. West Superior, June 30.—The strike ‘of the molders at the Hayes Iron !works has been settled. The men ranted $3 per day for a nine-hour day, aving been formerly working ten ‘hours for that pay. Under the settle- ‘ment they will get 32 cents per hour for the time they work. Head-on Collision. Des Moines, June 30.—Two men are dead and five seriously injured as the ‘result of a head-on collision that oc- ‘curred in the yards of the Milwaukee road here between an accommodation train and a freight. Gold From Nome. Seattle, Wash., Jyne 30—The steam- er Ohio has arrived from Nome, mak- DENIES PETITION. Amalcamated Company Fails to Score Against Judge Clancy. Butte, Mont.,, July 1. — The su- preme court yesterday denied the peti- tion of the Amalgamated Copper com- pany for a writ of supervisory control in a number of proceedings against Judge William Clancy of the district court in Butte, the purpose of which was to prevent him from trying any more of the mining cases pending be- tween the company and Heinze. The petition contained charges of bias and prejudice against Clancy and attempt- ed to show that he refused to grant the Amalgamated company justice in his court, but the supreme court holds it has no authority to interfere and he will continue to try the Amalgamated suits, a score or more of which are pending in his department, some of which are set for trial at early dates. FOOLED WITH POWDER. | Three Children May Lose Their Eye- sight. Grand Forks, N.,D., July 1. — Floyd Ge, Floyd Luros and Ray Soby, aged about ten years each, were frightfully injured at Crary yesterday by an ex- plosion of powder, and it is feared that each of them will lose his eyesight. The little folks in some way got hold of some shells from which the shot had been extracted, and, opening them, poured the powder into the old can. While each one of them hov- ered over the top of the can the pow- der was touched off. The boys were thrown some distance in the air by the force of the explosion, and their faces and hands terribly lacerated. EIGHT-FOOT CHANNEL. It May Make Fond du Lac a Summer Resort. West Superior, July 1—The board of engineers of the war department is | considering the matter of putting the St. Louis river in such a shape that it will be practically navigable all the way up to the rapids at Fond du Lac for boats. It now has a twenty-foot channel up to New Duluth, but it is proposed to put an eight-foot channel in up to Fond du Lac, so that the place may become more of a summer resort. With its beautiful rapids, its high bluffs and its historic buildings it is one of the prettiest places around the head of the lakes. MURDER ON IRON RANGE. —_— Miners in a Drunken Brawl Slay a Companion With a Poker. Duluth, Minn., July 1—A Finlander was murdered at Buhl on the Mesaba range last night, and sixteen men are in jail awaiting a hearing which it is hoped will determine which one of them committed the deed. The trag- edy occurred in a disorderly resort in the town and was the result of a big drunken fight. The murdered man was killed with a poker. It was impossible to learn the name of the victim or of those under arrest, for the village au- thorities of the town do not know them as yet. All are Finnish miners. WRONGFUL ACCUSATION. Mrs. Pietz Released on Habeas Corpus Proceedings. Walker, Minn., July 1—Mrs. Pietz, the woman who was arrested near Pillager on a charge of killing her daughter’s illegitimate child, has been discharged on habeas corpus proceed- ings. On Tuesday she was taken to Brainerd by Sheriff Hardy and it took only a few minutes to demonstrate to Judge Clenahan that the evidence against her did not show that the child pled to death, as was charged in the proceedings before the justice of the peace who committed her for trial. ELOPERS CAUGHT. Peter Cremer and Lizzie Rozen Are Found in North Dakota. Jamestown, N. D., July 1. — Peter Cremer and Lizzie Rozen, who eloped from St. Anthony, Stearns county, Minn., were located in Dickey, La Moure county. Sheriff Bernick of St. Cloud arrived Sunday to take the eouple back. Cremer was married six years ago and left his wife at St. An- thony. Miss Rozen is a pretty girl of seventeen. DIES AT A DANCE. Body Lies Two Days in the Field Be- fore Found. Cumberland, Wis., July 1. — Olauf Olson, a well-to-do farmer, was found dead in a field six miles west of here yesterday. Olson, who had been a sufferer from heart disease for some time past, attended a dance on Satur- day, became exhausted, went out into the field and died. As Olson lived alone, he was not missed until found yesterday. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 1—A peti- tion is being circulated at Colton ask- ing the board of education to calla special election for the purpose of voting upon the question of issuing bonds for the construction of a new school building. The present building has become too small for the increas- ing number of children. Barn Is Burned. ing the round trip voyage in twenty- six days. Twenty passengers aud a ‘treasure cargo of $265.000 came down on the steamer. Morris, Minn., July 1—The_ large cattle barn on EB. J. Jones’ ranch was struck by lightning and burned last evening. . State News of the [? Week Briefly Told. ¢ |. Eddie Erickson, fourteen years old, was drowned while bathing in the Minnesota river at Mankato. A rural telephone line is being con- structed between Wolverton and Barnesville, and will connect with the local exchange. Rev. Mr. McCarthy of Madelia is supplying the pulpit of the Congrega- tional church at Fosston during the summer months. Wearied of a life of dissipation, Mrs. Peter Ducharm ended her career at Blackduck by taking carbolie acid. She was twenty-five years of age. A. J. Chase, one of the early settlers of Lake Crystal, is dead from heart failure. He was one of the oldest com- mercial travelers in the state and a prominent Mason. The annual commencement exer- cises of Bethlehem academy took place at the opera house at Faribault. Rey. J. P. Moran of Minneapolis deliv- ered the address. The first shipment of the machinery of the Shaft-Pierce shoe factory of Minneapolis, which is to locate at Fari- bault, has arrived, and operations will soon be commenced. Atanas John Sigon, a farmer living a few miles from Aitkin, dropped dead on the street at that place from heart disease. Coroner Belsheim decided that an inquest was unnecessary. The dedication of the Catholic church at Mapleton took place recent- ly. Bishop Cotter of Winona had charge and Rey. Father Hughes of Mankato delivered the dedicatory ser- mon. The church cost $15,000. The board of county commissioners of Clearwater county has appropriated $500 as compensation to Attorney A. R. Holston of Crookston for his serv- ices in organizing the county and handling the appeal before the su- preme court. At a special election, the village of Blooming Prairie decided to surrender its old charter and incorporate under the general laws of the state relating to villages. The proposition to bond for $8,000 to complete the waterworks system carried by a large majority. David Frabfort was fined $400 or given the alternative of spending six months in jail at Duluth for swindling a woodsman in a watch deal. He was a clerk in a clothing and jewelry store, and is said to have victimized a young man by selling him a worthless time- piece. Statements published under the re- cent call show that the national and state banks of Otter Tail county have deposits aggregating $1,285,475, and the private banks probably bring the total up to $1,500. The deposits have doubled in the past two years and have nearly trebled in five years. The largest deed ever recorded in the Duluth register’s office was filed recently, conveying valuable timber holdings belonging to Justin Went- worth and wife of Bay City, Mich., to the Johnson-Wentworth Lumber com- pany. The consideration was $525,000. The deed transfers merely the timber on the land, and provides that it shall all be removed by Oct. 10, 1929. The owners of the land also reserve the right to explore it for ore. Wing & Olson of Red Wing, the clothiers, have sold their stock to H. E. Huskins of Minneapolis, who has for nine years been the manager of the Plymouth clothing house in St. Paul. Mr. Huskins will continue the business and will move his family to Red Wing in a week or ten days. With this transfer of business interests one of the oldest firms of Red Wing passes into history. Mr. Olson will devote himself to his other interests and Mr. Wing contemplates a trip to the Pa- cific coast with a view of locating there. -The Aitkin county coal district is coming into more prominence now that the state arbitration committee ha fixed the royalty at 7% cents a ton. A third company having holdings near the other reported finds is about to be organized, though no public steps have been taken as yet. The Quade- naw company will put a diamond drill on its holdings very soon. The Wil- low River company, the second oné or- of coal at a depth of eighty-five feet. All the coal found is said to be a good grade of bituminous, a coal that will make excellent coke. The district in which the coal has been found is about twenty miles southwest of Grand Rapids. The grand jury at New Ulm brought in two indictments, one against Au- gust Steinke of Sleepy Eye for as- sault in the second degree in attempt- ing to shoot his wife, and one against John Kunz for indecent conduct. Both pleaded not guilty. Four representatives of a nursery have just finished canvassing Stevens county and they have taken orders to the amount of $3,000. People are just becoming aware of the fact that they can raire all kinds of fruits here, ganized, says it has a five-foot seam. Treading the plaza’s pavement gray, Thronging the busy mart, Children forming the living flag Capture the city’s heart; Gay are their lines in red and white, Starred is their squad in blue, Bright in the depths of their youthful eyes Patriot hearts shine through. Greetings glad to our living flag, Music of martial drum, Blaring of bugles where down the street Joyful the children come; Red is the rose of you! White is its record th’s' fair spring, page, Blue is the sky where rests ‘no cloud - Borrowed from doubting age. Cheers for’ the flag, the living flag, bead that our Marchi Bright as our children form, ng on o'er the highway’ now, nation’s morn; Red for the warrior’s valiant heart, ‘White for the soul of youth, Blue for the hope of our country’s weal, Strong as the love of truth. Hail, all hail, Old Glory’s folds, Sign of our victories great, Battles at sea and wars on land, Waged to upbuild the State; Red for the blood of a martyred host, ‘White for a soul’s pure flight; Blue for the hope and fidelity Nurtured and slain for the right. Bright be thy course, our living flag, Regally marching by, Hearts and minds our allegiance pledge, Loyal to ive or di Red Never to le; ath, as the rose of joy, be thy ‘ade or cease, White as the lily, as heartsease blue Blossom thy way of peace. The Declaration of Independence You have all read the Declaration of Independence, I suppose. It is print- ed on fine type in the back of the Child’s History, and at the top of the names signed at the end to show how they wrote them is John Hancock’s big and bold, the way a person would write if he were doing it with a burnt match. Papa used to gather us to- gether in the parlor after breakfast every Fourth of July and read us parts of it and explain the long words, so that we would understand what the Fourth of July was really for—that it wasn’t just to burn holes in your clothes, and frighten horses, and leave stubs of fire crackers on the sidewalk that don’t get swept off for days. When we children came to have our own revolution against the governess that time mamma and papa went away to be gone two days, we knew just how to go about it; and we wrote a Declara- tion of Independence, copying it af- ter the real true one, and then we all signed our names at the bottom with big flourishes, the way John Hancock and the others did. : We thought with all our preparation success was sure, just qs the patriots of '76 were successful as the reward of their daring, but alas! Our governess’ name was Georgiana —Georgiana Saunders—which made it all the more appropriate, because the name of the King about whom the ori- ginal Declaration was written was George, as you probably know. When we got the Declaration done, it was something like this—some of the language we took from the book and some we made up ourselves: When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for something to be done about it, and we can’t stand it any longer. The history of our present governess is a history of repeated in- juries and usurpations. To prove this let facts be submitted to a candid world. ‘1. She makes us brush our teeth twice a day, which is unnecessary as well as wasteful. 2. She won’t let us lay books face downwards, and so you lose the place and are a long time finding it when you come back. 3. She objects if you make a fork in your mashed potatoes. 4. She won't let us breathe on the window and write with our fingers days “when it rains. i 5. We can’t have butter and sugar on our rice, only milk and sugar. 6. She notices, and makes us go back to look where we've made finger marks on.the white paint. 7.. We have to make our own beds, and then, if there is a wrinkle, or it jsn’t done right, we have to do it all over again. 8. She’s just awful, every way you can think of. We, therefore, do solemnly publish and declare that we are and by right ought to be free and independent, and that our mother and our father went away this morning ahd will not be We are the flag, my children, Living in hopes and fears, Ours is its rainbow covenant, Washed in a shower of tears; Red is our martyr heart-blood, White is our hero soul, Blue is our sky where starry hosts Patriot names enroll. back until to-morrow evening, and that she is not our mother and our father, never has been and never will be, and that we mean to do as we please, and that we have full right to levy war and also to do all other acts and things. And to this we pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. (Signed) Arthur L. Bainbridge (that’s me), Marjorie Bainbridge, Hester B. Bainbridge, Charles W. Bainbridge, Gregory Bainbridge, his x mark. And we brought in Rex—he’s a mix- ture of an English mastiff and a Si- berian bloodhound—and we inked his paw, and made him step on the paper just below Gregory’s name. And then we drew a circle around it and wrote “Rex, his mark.” Then Maida, the col- lie dog, had to come in, too, and pretty soon there was a mark about the size of a hot-house violet, just below where Rex had printed a big black carnation- shaped thing with his lordly paw. Spotty, the cat, was the best of all; she upset the ink bottle on the nur- sery carpet, and got all her four paws in the ink, and then ran right across the paper, so her name was in several places. Charley (who wrote it) was sort of mad at first—said it spoiled the looks of the paper, and it would have to be written all over, but we told him it showed how interested and enthusi- astic Spotty was. Then Marjorie got her sealing wax, and took a piece of red silk ribbon and made a kind of bow out of it with long streaming ends; and we put_a seal down in the lower left hand corner. And when it was all finished it was a work of art. Then the question was, What should we do with it? “Let’s put it at her plate at break- fast,” suggested Hester. “Better send it through the mail,” said Marjorie. “She won’t dare to say anything to the postman. “Pin it on her door,” said Charley. “No,” I said, “that won’t do. The original Declaration was read out loud —I know, ’cause I asked papa. They read it out loud, and then they rang a big bell till it crackéd. “Well, who’s going to be the ‘one to read it?” asked#Cbarlie. “We'll draw lots,” I said. And we did with little pieces of string; and the lot fell to me. It al- ways happens that way—the one who plans a thing notionly has to do all the thinking, but he has to go and carry out his own idea while the other people stand and look on, or maybe even make fun of him. “You'll all have to go with me, any- way,” I said. “I’ll read it outside her door at 7 o’clock to-morrow morning, and when I get through you must all raise a mighty shout, like the people did outside the palace of the King at the time of the French Revolution, and you must yell, ‘Down with the tyrant- ess! Off with her head!’ and things like that, and Gregory is to have the servants’ dinner bell and ring like mad; and then all the rest of the day we're going to do just as we please, and if she calls we won’t come, no mat- ter how loud she hollers.” * The rest all thought it was a bully idea, but Charley said: “Hadn't we better do it after break- fast? Because it’s griddle-cakes . DEFECTIVE PAGE 4 SOX SOmc oe sfeler= morrow morning, and we mightn’t get any.” So we decided to start in being revo- lutionists after breakfast instead of be- fore. After breakfast, while “we're supposed to be upstairs making our beds, Miss Saunders sits in the library for about half an hour, reading the morning papers, and that would be a good chance to read the declaration to her. All through breakfast the next morn- ing we were awfully glum and nerv- ous. Before we got to the griddle cakes, I forgot and left my spoon in my chocolate, and my arm went against it quite accidentally, and the whole cup got spilled on Hester, just as she was stooping to pick up a piece of toast, and went all over the back of the guimpe of her dress. And Miss Saunders swallowed whatever she put in her mouth in a great hurry, and took off her eyeglasses and pushed her chair back from the table a little and just looked at us. Ari then she said, in that ‘awfully quiet voice that is twice as mad as when a person lets out a yell: “Arthur, how often have I told you never to leave your spoon in your cup? This is the second time within a week that this has occurred; you may go up in your room and remain there until I come.” I didn’t know what to do, because if I went upstairs then it would knock our plan of reading the Declaration in the head. And while I was rolling up my napkin as slowly as I could, trying to think what I should do, her voice broke in: “Come, Arthur, I am waiting.” Then I put my napkin down and stood up in my chair. ‘Her eyes near- ly bulged out of her head at that, be- cause of all the forbidden things in the house, standing on any of the chairs but the ones in the kitchen and the playroom is about the forbiddenest. “Why, you—you bad little boy, you!” she gasped, “Arthur, I don’t under- stand.” But I just pulled the Declaration of Independence out of my pocket and began to read. I read all the things that she would not let us do, and was just getting to the place where it said we meant to do as we pleased till mamma and papa came home. I hadn’t been looking at her, because, it was as much as I could do to make out Charles’ writing. And, besides, som? of the things, when you came to read them out loud to the person they were intended for, sounded pretty dreadful —particularly where it said, ‘“She’s just awful every way you can think of,” my cheeks felt kind of hot when I got to those places, and I let my voice down and hurried over them as fast az I could. She must have come behind while I was trying to make out some of the hard words, which I don’t think —and the others all agreed with me afterwards—was quite a fair advan- tage to take. And she used to be on the basket-ball team when she was in college, and she was awfully strong. It is no disgrace to be overpowered by such a strong person, and carried up- stairs, and locked in your room—and then to be told through the keyhole that you are to stay there until you are sorry. I suppose that is the way George the Third would have treated John Hancock if he could. - |