Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 18, 1903, Page 2

Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. MINNESOTA. And the Balkans continue to balk. GRAND RAPIDS, - What the thousands think, genius then utters. How about forming a neglected hus- bands’ union? To be respectable, a man must re spect himself as well as others. South Dakota bonifaces wonder why it is referred to as the divorce “evil.” ‘No matter how many people take cold, the supply never seems to run ‘out. One of the ablest contributors to ‘the statistics of race suicide is the toy pistol. King Edward is wishing Sir Thomas well but refusing to put up any money on the Shamrock. Of course the modern Sunday school is too slow. It needs a few more “turns” and “stunts.” $ It appears that the Obrenovitches are not extinct after all, but the fact reflects no credit on them. Sir Thomas Lipton “hopes Reliance is fast”—just fast enough to make it interesting, but not too fast. The report that the sultan had ab- dicated was unfounded. It was one of the too-good-to-be-true stories. A Servian republic on the South American plan would add a little su- perfluous tinder to the Balkan situa- tion. There were not half enough June brides to suit the wives of the min- isters, who generally get the wed- ding fees. The Chicago paper that so warmly indorses the orthodox hell may be con- sidered an unquestioned authority on this subject. Mr. Bob Fitzsimmons says he “loves the little woman.” Thus we see that a soft heart may beat beneath the freckled chest. The reason a woman can nearly al- ways do better than a man in a stock market gamble is that she doesn’t do it on judgment. Any unseaworthy perscn who has ever ridden on a camel will under- stand why the beast is called the ship of the desert. There are some reformers who will not worry about turning the rascals out provided the rascals will let them in on the ground floor. It’s discouraging what a lot of brilliant sarcasm one can think of on subject of conversation after it has been dropped and it is too late to use it. Although Grover declares that three fish is enough to catch at one outing, the fourth will be wise if he takes no risk about nibbling at the bait. If Boston actually is slipping into the sea something, of course, should be done to prevent it. There are enough icebergs in the north Atlan- tic already. American automobilists managed to have a race a few days since without any damage to life or limb. We un- questionably. do some things better than Europe. It is claimed that Mont Pelee is re- sponsible for the recent flood. Some * plan will have to be devised for screening the United States from its volcanic neighbors. Every octopus is equipped with eight legs, saying nothing of arms, fins and subordinate tentacles. He is prepared for every emergency and all kinds of weather. Whatever is happening down at Bo- gota, it is a safe guess that some of | the thrifty Colombian statesmen are still earnestly considering the possi- bility of making Uncle Sam raise the ante. Let all minor matters, such as the British tariff discussion, labor troub- | les, Russia and the Jews, etc., be set aside while we examine the new cotillon devised by the dancing mast- ers’ convention. We understand that the first pro-|° ceeding of the new king of Servia was to cable to Philadelphia for a file of recent numbers of the Ladies’ Home Journal, to learn just how a king should act. Washington Notes. ) The Alaskan boundary dispute will be submitted at London Sept. 3. Baron von Sternburg has been raised to the rank of ambassador. Postmaster General Payne has is- sued an order abolishing the position of physician in postoffices. A ition has been received at the interior department from the Indians at Pine Point, Minn., urging the con- tinuation of the school at that place. The district commissioner and chief of police are investigating an alleged scandal regarding the payment of money to secure positions on the force. Rear Admiral Brauford has ordered twenty sets of wireless telegraphs for installation on the flagships and scouts which will participate in the summer maneuvers. The Kearsarge smashed all ocean records for speed in the battleship class in her journey to Kiel, making a total distance of 3,345 miles from New York to the Needles at the high average speed of *%.62 miles an hour. Reports received at the treasury de- partment were to the effect that the Official trial of the Mackinac, the tug built at Baltimore for service on the Great Lakes, was a success. The ves- sel attained a speed of fourteen knots an hour. : Twenty-six additional candidates for the naval academy have passed the mental and physical examinations and have been admitted as midshipmen. This brings the number of members of the plebe class up to 297, with about fifteen more to be heard from. J. W. Miller of St. Paul has been awarded the contract for the construc- tion of the public building at Stillwa- ter, Minn., authorized by congress. The amount involved is $41,507. The contract calls for the completion of the work by Aug. 15, 1904. Casualties. Twenty-four people were killed in a railroad wreck in Virginia. The Hammond packing plant at.St. Joseph, Mo., was destroyed by fire. The body of a woman went through Niagara gorge the other day the second within three months. Sixteen people are known to have been drowned in the Pennsylvania flood and sixteen others are missing The big carriage and wagon deposi- tory of Studebaker Brothers in San Francisco was destroyed by fire, caus- ing a loss estimated at $200, 000, part- ly covered by insurance. The smelting plant of -the Silver City Reduction Works’ company near Silver City, N. W., has ben destroyed by fire. Loss $100,000; insurance $15,- 000. It was owned by the Hearst es- tate. Elmer McGibbeney, twenty-one years of age, from Pittsburg, Pa., was drowned in Gull Jake, near Kalamazoo, Mich., while sailing. He was connect- ed with the Pittsburg & Lake Erie railway. From Other Shores. Another outbreak against foreigners is feared at Pekin. The American squadron was warmly welcomed to Portsmouth. Consul General Guiterrez of Santo Domingo states that the only hope of that country lies in annexation to the United States. A former French officer named Bal- ligue has been sentenced, to four months’ imprisonment for spying in behalf of Germany. Electricity will be the sole medicine of the future, according to D’Arsonval, a well-known savant of the Physio- logical institute of Paris. Two women accompanied their hus- bands in a balloon race at Paris re- cently. Mrs. Savalle holds a record of 254 miles and will doubtless get the cup. . The cruiser Benjamin Constant will sail from Rio de Janeiro next month from the United States to return the visit made by the American warships when Gen. Alvos assumed the presi- dency. | The emperor of Japan has directed | the premier to take a brief rest, but he will retain office. It is generally expected that some arrangement will be effected without a ministerial dis- turbance. | Crimes and Criminals. | The mysterious death of a young man at Baltimore leads to hints of murder. In a street duel at Steeleville, Mu., one-man was killed and three others fatally injured. All gambling houses in Kansas City have been closed and 300 slot ma- chines turned to the wall. David Shaud, who shot and killed Mrs. Ida Becker and Cyrus Shaefer, was hanged at Lebanon, Pa. Seven people were killed and many About the mogt embarrassing thing fn this world is to smile sweetly and bow low in response to a word from a pretty girl, only to find that it was meant for the fellow just back of you. Mr. Harry Lehr’s latest triumph is a parrot that sits on his shoulder at dinner and swears. Mr. Lehr’s efforts as an uplifter continue to be inspiring. The new king of Servia is a wid- ower. He is likely to have more or fess trouble in finding a lady who is willing to share his glory—and risks. others injured in a fight between mili- tia and a mob at Evansville, Ind. Sherman Wells will reside for fif- teen years in North Dakota prison for murdering Frank Carr at Foreman. Charles Osgood, a negro rape fiend, was lynched at Charlotte, N. C. His victim was a white woman, aged sixty. In the bribery cases at St. Louis, At- torney Carroll for the Burlington won his contention in refusing to answer questions which might incriminate himself. No trace of William Rudolph, the Union bank robber and alleged mur- derer of Pinkerton Detective Schu- macher, who escaped from the city jail at St. Louis, has Veen fqund. Constable H. F. Bierer was killed at Greensburg, Pa., by a bullet from a re- wolver, said to have been fired by Charles Kruger, whoia Bierer was try- REMARKABLE RALLY OF POPE ARISES FROM HIS BED AND RE- CEIVES FOUR CARDINALS STANDING. TRANSACTS PRIVATE BUSINESS ing to arrest for an assault upon an | Italian miner. A. M. Ross, manager of the Empire Trust and Securities company, was committed at Newark, N. J., in de- fault of $5,000. The company of which he was manager is alleged to be a “get rich quick” concern. Italian laborers employed at the Wabash tunnel workings at Green Tree, Pa., engaged in.a riot and a num- ber were seriously injured. Five of the participants are now in Pittsburg hospitals and two will die. Pulaski Lods, master mechanic of the Louisville & Nashville railroad, died from a bullet wound inflicted in his office at Louisville by George War- ner, a discharged employe. Warner shot himself, but will probably re- cover. Made insane by a long illness, James W. Brady, a wealthy real estate op- erator of New York, threw himself out of a second-story window. He was taken to a hospital, where it was found that he had sustained fatal in- juries. Senator Stewart of Nevada, who is practically a permanent resident of Washington, having a large dairy farm across the line in Virginia, had his pocket picked. He was robbed of $20, several bank notices for notes due and several railroad passes. General. Shamrock III. startled every one by aswift burst of speed in light winds. Africander won the Realization stakes and made a new record for the distance. Suit has been begun in New Jersey to secure facts about asphalt trust or- ganization. W. J. Bryan fermally opened his new home at Fairview, near Lincoln, Neb., with 500 in attendance. Charles Hathaway, widely known as a builder of street railways, is dead at Cleveland, aged eighty-four. President O’Connell of the Catholic university says that Germans will fa- vor the institution henceforth. President Roosevelt sent the first message over the new Pacific cable to Manila and received a reply from Gov. Taft. } F. A. Gault, president of the Domin. ion Cotton company in Montreal, and) the so-called cotton king of Canada, is dead. The heaviest rains that have visited the Trinity and Red river valleys in years prevail. Much damage will en- sue, Miss Schlicimier, author of a book on Christian Science and a resident of Chicago, died of peritonitis at the city hospital. American orders for 500,000 tons of steel rails, ingots and billets have been placed in Westphalian (Germany) es- tablishments. The steamer Dolphin brought’ $563,- 000 of Klondike gold, the largest ship- ment by any vessel during the season, to Seattle recently. Mrs. Carina Jordan, a playwright of some note and formerly an actress, is dead at her home in Mount Vernon from heart disease. The session of the American Rail way Master Car Builders has adjourn ed at Saratoga after electing A. W. Brezier of New York president. The United States Steel corporation has declared the regular quarterly div- idend of 1 per cent on the common and 1% per cent on preferred stock. Augustus E. P. Painter, aged sixty years, one of the most prominent iron manufacturers and financiers of Pitts- burg, died at his home at Allegheny of diabetes. The raising of muskrats and bull- frogs on a wholesale plan is a new in- dustry that will be started by A. T. Carr, a farmer of Hamilton county, Indiana. Importations of precious stones to the port of New York for the fiscal year just ended were the heaviest on record, having reached a total of more than $27,300,000. The trustees of the will of Cecil Rhodes have decided to hold the first election of scholars under the provi- sions of the will between February and May, 1904. In English, Ind., a fashionable club of young men known as “The Celi- bates” has been organized. The members pledge themselves not to marry any woman lacking those quali- ties which the celibates’ mothers pos- sessed and cultivated for the purpose of making themselves perfect help meets to their husbands. President W. E. Stone of Perdue university, Indiana’s agricultural school, announces that a number of young Filipinos will be among the students next term. The University of Chicago received a consignment of relics which have been dug up recently by the Egyptian Exploration society, which has been working in the Nile valley. A receiver has been appointed for the Story Motor and Electric company of Harrison and New York. The com pany was incorporated in October 1901, with a capital of $500,000, ‘| interview with his HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO DOC- TORS, PONTIFF MAY DIE AT ANY MOMENT. STEADILY LOSING HIS STRENGTH RALLY CAME AFTER PONTIFF HAD SUFFERED SPELLS OF DELIRIUM. Rome, July 15, 6:50 a. m. — While the pope passed a fairly quiet night he had some moments of delirium. The rumor of the pontiff’s death was twice circulated during the night, but was promptly denied. The depression of his vital forces continues. Rome, July 15, 1:20 a. m.—Another remarkable rally in Pope Leo’s Cen- dition occurred yesterday afternoon after a morning in the course of which his holiness suffered spells of delirium and at times his strength sank to the lowest ebb, and now he lies in no worse condition than he was ou Mon- day evening, except for the steady diminution of his strength. Mgr. Bis- Jeti, master of the chamber, visited the sick room just after midnight, and on emerging stated that the pontiff’s condition was unchanged. A little later the pope fell into a sleep which it has just been announced is fairly tranquil, although the patient's respir- ation is troublesome. : Yesterday’s rally was character- istically opposed to every medical theory and consisted in Getting Out of Bed, on which two hours previously the pope himself had made all prepara- tions for death. Unsatisfied with this exhibition of vitality, he transacted private business and received four cardinals, with whom he talked in an animated way. In fact, Pope Leo’s record for yesterday, little of which appeared in last night’s official bulle- tin, would be incredible if it were not confirmed by the doctors and cardinals present in the sick chamber. None seem more perplexed than the doctors themselves. Dr. Lapponi said frankly: \ “I cannot imagin how the pope ‘manages to keep alive.” According to the physicians, the pontiff may die at any moment, even in the middle of one of those extra- ordinary intervals when his mind and body present a y Sound Appearance. All those around .the patient have long since ceased to hold definite opinions regarding the duration of the pontiff’s existence. The slow but pro- gressive dimunition of the strength of the august patient fortells the ap- proaching end of the struggle With death, but the doctors will not ven- ture to predict how near the end is. Constant relapses, they say, such as created alarm early yesterday, are gradually wearing down the popé’s constitution which seems immune from any specific disease. As day succeeds day it becomes pathological- ly clearer that it is a case of a very old man dying because he has lived his allotted time. The pope himself yesterday after- noon ordered the four cardinals to be admitted and 8 Received Them Standing. He, who is supposed to be at the point of death, sayin: “Please be seated.” He recounted the impressive cere- mony of the morning when he re- ceived the benediction of the Fran- cescan order. The cardinals informed him of the world-wide prayers for his life, Pope Leo answered that he was much gratified, but that he was ready for his final departure, concluding by saying: “God’s will be done.” Even more striking was the pope’s secretary, Mer. Angeli. His holiness sent for him, saying that he wished to see certain papers, which the secretary brought. Then after a short explanation Mgr. Angeli wished to get the pope’s de- cision on the matter, but Pope Leo said: “Well, well, not to-day. We will do that some other time.” Cal. Cressey’s New Job. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 15.—Col. E. T. Cressey of this city, who is well known throughout South Dakota and adjoining states, upon the personal re- quest of Supt. S. E. Young of the state ‘reform school at Plankinton, has ac- cepted the position of superintendent of the printing department of the in- stitution Indian Kills His Child. San Carlos, Ariz., July 15.— An Apache Indian named Kaufman, a graduate of the government school at Rice, Ariz., brained his seven-months- | old child because his wife had up- braided him for gambling. Hardened Wretch Hanged. San Quentin, Cal., July 1’.—Freder- ick Fisher of Riverside, who murdered his wife, was hanged. Fisher choked ‘his wife, then saturated her clothes \ with gasoline, set fire to them an ‘watched her die. , NAVAL VISIT 1S ENDED. bags) ‘ Admiral Cotton Enthusiastic Over Re- ception in England. Portsmouth, Eng., July 15. — With the reception given on board Rear Admiral Cotton’s flagship Kearsarge yesterday afternoon the official visit of the American squadron to England terminated. The royal yacht Victoria and Albert will. leave Portsmouth harbor to-day and receive the salutes of the warships as they steam out. On Friday, when outside Spithead, Ad- miral Cotton will transfer his flag to the Chicago and proceed with the San Francisco and Machias to Lisbon, while the Kearsarge will begin her speed trial across the Atlantic. “Our reception in England has been morst cordial and enthusiastic,” said Rear Admiral Cotton. ‘Nothing could exceed the courtesy extended to us on all sides, from the king and prince of Wales, the officials of the government and officers of the army and navy to the people of London and Portsmouta. I have no doubt that the result of the visit of the American squadron will prove beneficial in the extreme, and that it will tend to strengthen the cordial relations which have long ex- | isted between the two countries.” MAY SUCCEED SECRETARY ROOT. Gen. Oliver May Step Into His Shoes When He Retires. ‘Washington, July 15. — It seems to be a general understanding among of- ficials of the war department who ought to know that the name of Rob- ert Shaw Oliver, who has just been appointed assistant secretary of war, will be favorably considered for secre- tary of war when Secretary Root re- tires from the cabinet. It has been known for some time that on the com- pletion of certain important matters which Secretary Root has in hand he intends to return to New York to re- sume the practice of law. Just when this might happen is and has been very indefinite. Secretary Root sails for England the last of the month to take his place as chairman of the American commission on the Alaskan boundary commission. He will con- tinue as secretary of war during his stay abroad. M’CUE IS INSANE. Bigamous Lieutenant Is on His Way to a Lunatic Asylum. Washington, July 15. — Gen. Corbin has approved the recommendation of Gen. Bates in the case of Lieut. Will- iam McCue, First infantry, and that of- ficer is now on his way to St. Eliza- beth’s hospital for the insane in this city. The papers in the case have been received at the war department and show that surgeons who examined McCue pronounce him insane. Among the papers is one tendering his resig- nation as an officer while in the Philip- pines, and another, written about the same time, saying that he was insane, His letter describes his life in the in- terior of Samar, and says that exis- tance there makes men insane. Mce- Cue is the officer who married in San Francisco, although having a wife in Cincinnati. GEN. MILES’ RECORD RIDE. Travels Ninety Miles in Nine Hours and Ten Minutes. El Reno, Okla., July 15.—Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles completed a horse- back ride from Fort Sill, Ind. T., to Fort Reno, Okla., a distance of ninety miles, in nine hours and ten minutes. The first thirty-five miles were made in record time, the distance being covered in two hours and twenty-five minutes. Upon completing the trip Gen. Miles showed no signs of fatigue, and forty minutes after his arrival at Fort Reno, reviewed the troops sta- tioned at that post. The ride was taken, it is said, to demonstrate that Gen. Miles at the age of retirement is still a sturdy man. KILLED BY TORNADO. One Life Lost and Growing Crops Com- pletely Destroyed. Cosead, Neb., July 15.—A tornado passed eight miles north of here yes- terday afternoon, killing one person and injuring three others. The storm passed from northwest to southeast for a distance of ten miles, devastating a strip of country three miles wide, destroying almost every house and barn in its course. The loss is esti- mated at $100,000. The growing crops were completely destroyed in the area over which the tornado passed. Theater Girls Hurt. Paris, July 15.—A serious accident occurred at the Folies theater. In the final scene there is an imitation of a cascade, down which apparenily glide number of girls, who are really at- tached by the waist to a moving sheet. Last night the cord broke and the sheet came down to the stage with a tush. Thirteen of the girls were bad- ly hurt, and eight were taken to the hospital. Mills Partly.Destroyed. Oregon City, Or., July 15.—Fire last night destroyed a portion of the Ore- gon City Manufacturing company’s woolen mills, the loss on whieh is about $40,000. 1 he Aged Minister Dead. | Portage, Wis., July 15.—The Rev. Samuel S. Benedict, one of the best known ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church in the state, djed at his home in this city yesterday, Mr. Benedict was born near Chaudguqua, N. Y., seventy years ago, and Wisconsin in 1849. Suicide at Marshalltown. Marshalltown, Iowa, July suicide last evening. He leaves and nine children. Pa Rasa {WAS JEW PETITION MUCH DISCUSSED DOCUMENT 1I& HANDED TO PRESIDENT AT OYSTER BAY. MAY NOT BE SENT TO RUSSIA GIVE THE CZAR A CHANCE TO SAY WHETHER OR NOT HE WOULD RECEIVE IT. SHOWS CONFIDENCE IN THE CZAR ASKED TO APPOINT ARBITRA- TORS TO PASS ON VEN- EZUELAN QUESTION. Oyster Bay, L. L, July 15.—An im- portant conference was held at Saga- more Hill yesterday between the pres- ident and representative Jewish citi- zens from the Society of B’nai B'rith regarding the petition to the Russian government on the Kishinef outrages. The result of the conference has not been disclosed yet, but a strong inti- mation is given that the petition may not be forwarded to the Russian gov- ernment. The desire of both the pres- ident and Secretary Hay is that the Kishinef incident should be closed as soon as possible, as further delay in its consideration might prove embar- rassing to this government in other diplomatic negotiations with Russia. Inasmuch as the Russian govern- ment has-indicated by the adoption of Severe Measures a genuine disposition to punish ade- quately the perpetrators of the Kish- inef murders, and in addition, those who instigated them, it is a problem for the president and Secretary Hay to solve whether representations con- cerning the incident now are desira- ble. It is suggested that the whole mat- ter may be resolved into a brief state- ment through diplomatic channels to the Russian foreign office, that such a petition is in the hands of the United States, thus leaving it to Russia to say whether it would or would not receive the document if it were presented. This would close the incident without subjecting the United States’ relations with Russia to a strain and would be quite as effective as the actual pre- sentation of the petition. UP TO THE CZAR. | Secretary Hay Invites Him to Name Venezuelan Commissioners. Washington, July 15. — Secretary Hay has invited the czar of Russia to name and appoint from the members of the permanent court of The Hague three arbitrators to constitute the tri- bunal which is to determine and set- tle the questions submitted to it under the Venezuelan claims treaty. Confidence in Czar. In asking the czar to name the arbi- trators this goverament has tHe ut- most confidence that the Russian sov- ereign will not allow his judgment to be biased by the Kishinef petition in- cident and the allegation of Russian unfriendliness toward the United States in the Manchurian negotiations which was contained in the official statement of July 1, understood to have been prepared at Oyster Bay. A somewhat hopeful feeling pre- vails here that the czar, in responding ‘to the request of the United States to name The Hague arbitrators, may find occasion to bring up the Kishinef mat- ter and through friendly interchange secure an understanding that will ob- viate the necessity of any attempt by the United States to place the Kish- inef petition before the Russian gov- ernment. This, would restore the rela- tions of the two nations to their form- er states of cordiality. It has been surmised also that the czar might find The Hague matter the occasion of making an entirely satis- factory communication to the United States in regard to the Manchurian “open door” negotiations. HEAD-ON COLLISION. Casualties Result From Crash of Trains in Missouri. Des Moines, Iowa, July 15.—A head- on collision on the Chicago Great Western near Savannah, Mo., early yesterday resulted in the death of Freman Stewart of Des Moines and the injury of several others, The south-bound passenger train crashed into a freight train at full speed. Engineer Brownfield and Fireman Tom Howard were seriously injured. Brownfield and Stewart constituted the engine crew of the passenger train. Howard _was on the freight train. Over twenty passengers were injured, some of them seriously, but all will recover. The wreck was due to an accident which delayed the pas- senger train and prevented it from reaching Schuster, where the two trains were to pass, on time. TERRIBLE FLOODS IN AUSTRIA. Great Devastation Caused in Parts of the Country. manan’ Vienna, July 15.—Reports are arriy- ing here of the terrible devastation caused by floods in various Parts of the country. The worst storm in many years broke over Merienbad last night and stopped all traffic. Hundreds of wife L __| them: to return to their: visitors to the fashionable compelled to take refuge in the sar, taurants and pass the night on tables and chairs as it was impossible for hotels. - , —te