Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, July 18, 1903, Page 3

+ —- 7 MOB IS OUTWITTED ‘QUICK WIT OF A DEPUTY SHER- IFF SAVES NEGRO FROM LYNCHING. SMUGGLED OFF TO ANOTHER JAIL ‘FARMERS WERE TERRIBLY EX- CITED AND BENT ON HAVING VENGEANCE. FIEND ASSAULTED A LITTLE GIRL ‘NEGRO, AFTER BEING CAPTURED, CONFESSES HIS AWFUL DEED. . Albany, N. Y., July 15.—The quick wit of a deputy sheriff at Coxsackie yesterday afternoon prevented the lynching of James Little, a nineteen- year-old negro hailing from Summer- hurst, N. J., who early yesterday morning, near New Baltimore, crim- nally ‘ assaulted Emma Cole, aged eleven years, daughter of Joseph Cole, a farmer living one mile back of New Baltimore. The negro escaped after threatening the child with death. Two other children had given the alarm and Mr. Cole and neighbors met the child coming home, and at once or- ganized a party to scour the, woods. A description of the negro was sent to near-by towns, and an hour later he was captured on the railroad track near Coxsackie by Roy Cutler. He confessed the assault and was locked up. In the meantime-news of the cap- ture reached New Baltimore and a mob of 150 Enraged Farmers started for Coxsackie, augmented by a large number of striking Coxsackie molders and river men, all frankly vowing their intention to lynch the negro. Deputy Sheriff Sumner Van Loon, realizing that the coming of darkiiess would mean the breaking of the flimsy local lock-up and the violent death of his prisoner, smuggled the negro out and took him down the river on the poat to Catskill, where there is a well built jail. The Cole child is seriously injured, but may recover. Her father and the neighboring farmers are in a terribie state of excitement, and‘ but for the deputy’s quick action would certainly have lynched the negro. The negro, Little, says he has been living in Albany until Monday, when he started to walk to his home in New Jersey. His confsession fully corrob- orates the story told by the child. MAY BREAK AGREEMENT. Coal Operators Declare That Miners Have Violated It. Des Moines, Iowa, July 15. — Sixty coal operators met in secret session here yesterday and formulated a series of charges against local unions of the United Mineworkers which will be submitted to the state executive board of that organization for action. If the executive board does not take action it is intimated the operators wiil consider their contract with the mineworkers at an end. The agree- ment provides that grievances of min- ers shall be submitted to an arbitra- tion board, and that pending a decis- ion by the board the miners shall re- main at work. The operators claim that in violation of this contract there have been numerous small strikes and stoppages of work which have proven costly to the operators in- volved. ON A.HOT CHASE. United States Gunboat Goes in Pur suit of a Gang of Pirates. San Francisco, July 15. — Informa- tion has been received from the Orient that the United States gunboat Callao is in hot pursuit of a band of pirates which captured a Chinece member of the Callao’s crew. The pirates threat- ened to kill their prisoner unless a ransom of $9,000 was pafl. The Callao had several skirmishes with the rob- ber bands and succeeded in locating six parties. The Chinese government has sent a gunboat to the vicinity of Canton with soldiers, and an attempt will be made to exterminate the out- laws. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. Genuine Tornado Vi: Two Counties in Nebraska. Curtis, Neb., July 15.—Frontier and Willow River counties were visited by a general tornado. The territory covered by the wind is from four to seyen miles wide, and so far as learned twenty-seven windmills were totally destroyed. One or two houses and several frame barns were blown away. No loss of life has been re- ported. but the damage to crops is very heavy. Midget Is Dead. ‘New York, July 15. — Miss Mary J. Piercey, said to have been one of the smallest women in the world, is dead at her home at Bayonne, N. J. She was 31 inches tall and weighed 60 pounds and was 40 years old. : Guilty of Murder. Grand Rapids, Mich., July 15—John TONNAGE 18 GROWING. » Fair Taxation Brings New Business to the Port of Duluth. Duluth, July 15.— Collector L. M. Willcuts has just issued his annual report on vessel tonnage enrolled at the port of Duluth. which now leads all other lake ports in this respect. "There is a total of 337 boats enrolled here and paying taxes here. They have an aggregate gross tonnage of 493,620 gross tons. This is a gain of forty vessels and about 90,000 gross tons for the year. Duluth is the port of hail for.a majority of the largest and best boats on the lake. The gact that all this tonnage is enrolled here is due to the rate of taxation and is practically all new business since 1897. Before that only a few tug- boats were enrolled here. AFFRAY WITH PITCHFORKS. Respected Farmer Is. Charged With Stabbing a Young Man. Winona, Minn., July 15. — Word comes from Fountain City that Julius Walski is lying in a critical condition and that Jacob Senn, an old and re- spected farmer and insurance man of that vicinity, is under bonds in the sum of $1,000, charged with stabbing the young man with a pitchfork. The trouble arose over a dispute about wages. Welski had been working for Senn, but was discharged. The young man is alleged to have asked wages for July 3 and 4, days on which he did not work. Senn refused. Walski then attacked him from behind. it is said, with a fork. Seqn saw him in time, and, picking up a’similar instru- ment, used it in self-defense. MGR. KATZER WORSE. Condition of the Archbishop of Mil- waukee Becomes Serious. Fond du Lac, Wis., July 15.—A de- cided change for the worse is report- ed inthe condition of Archbishop Katzer. He passed an uneasy night, sleeping very little, and when he arose he did not seem at all refreshed aud was not disposed to leave his room ex- cept to attend to his devotions. Alarm is felt in the sanitarium of St. Agnes, where he is staying. The archbishop has lost flesh in the past week and his complexion is sallow. Prayers are be- ing offered, at the altars in the Roman Catholic churches for the recovery of the archbishop. Archbishop Katzer is suffering with a complication of kid- ney and liver diseases. NARROWLY ESCAPED ROASTING. Man Is Accidentally Shut in a Coke Oven. Marinette, Wis., July 15.—Through the accidental closing of a sheet iron door in a new coke oven O. P. Chat- field, who was inside the oven, nar- rowly escaped being roasted to death. With no one to help him Mr. Chatfield realized that he must get out immedt- ately or he would soon be baked to a crisp. With the aid of an iron bar he managed after a superhuman effort to hift the door about a foot and escape. His face and hands were badly blis- tered from the intense heat. OUSTER FOR ALDERMEN. Butte’s Mayor Says That They Are Not Taxpayers. Butte, Mont., July 15.—Mayor Mul- lins yesterday began quo warranto proceedings to oust five aldermen, James Doull, A. G. Siebalt, J. G. Galla- gher, M. Ryan and P. J. Lally from office on the ground that they were not at the time they were elected, and are not now, taxpaying freeholders. Stripped by Hail. Fargo, N. D., July 15. — A strip of country from ten to fifteen miles long and from three to five miles wide in the western part of this county, Was hit by hail. Several farmers were struck. The heaviest losers were Moug Brothers, Representative Dick- inson, Henry Martin, B. McDonald, Ben Livermore and Fred Hibbard and others. The section hit was just west of Ayr station and about north of Buffalo. Murder Trial Postponed. Pierre, S. D,, July 15.—The trial of William Kunnecke for the murder of Andrew Demler has been postponed to the January term of court in Stanley county. The attorneys for Kunnecke moved for a change of venue to some other county on account of local preju- dice, but their motion was denied. They immediately moved for a con- tinuance to the January term, which was granted. Badger Medical Examiners. Madison, Wis., July 15.-—Dr. Adellon P. Andrus of Ashland has been ap- pointed by the governor to succeed Dr. H. B. Dale of Oshkosh on the state board of medical examiners. Dr, Frank P. Klahr has been appofnt- ed to sueceed Dr. C. E. Quigg of Tomah. About fifty applicants are taking examination for physicians’ certificates. Starts Gas Plant. Slayton, Minn., July 15.—Work has been begun by a local company on @ $10,000 crude oil gas plant for public and private lighting. f Loses a Leg. Dassel, Minn., July 15.—John Ander- son, a farmer south of this village, had his leg nearly severed from his body by a mower. He stepped in front of the machine to make some repairs and the horses suddenly statfted. Murder Is Suspected. MAN’S AWFUL FATE . SETS A DEADFALL TRAP FOR BEAR AND IS HIMSELF CAUGHT. SURVEYORS GRUESOME — FIND SKELETON OF UNKNOWN MAN 1S DISCOVERED IN WOODS BACK OF ELY. CORONER WILL — INVESTIGATE WILL SEEK TO ESTABLISH THE IDENTITY OF THE UNFOR- TUNATE MAN. Duluth, Minn., July 15. — Some un- known man met a terrible fate in a deadfall set for bear in the woods back of Ely some time within the past year. His skeleton has been discov- ered by a party of surveyors of which Kent Dickinson of Superior is a mem- ber. The news reached the head of the lakes through a letter from him. The deputy coroner of St. Louis coun- ty at Ely has been notified of the grewsome discovery and he will seek to establish the identity of the un- fortunate man. It is supposed that the skeleton is that of some hunter or homesteader who was trying to trap bear, and in some manner happened to make an error in handling the deadfall and was himself caught. In the deadfall wasa birch basket containing some bones of fish, indicating that fish had been sed to Bait Bruin. A short istance away from the dead- fall were a pipe and gun. The flesh was practically all wasted away from the bones of the victim of the dead- fall, and the clothing, of which a few remnants remained, was in an ad- vanced stage of decay as a result of the elements. Herman Kratz, a homesteader north of Ely, a year ago mysteriously disap- peared.. His mother, Mrs. Theodore Kratz, who lives on a farm near Elroy, Wis., was making inquiries about fim at different times last winter, but nothing has ever been heard of him, and it is said at Duluth that she after- ward became insane as a result of worry and anxiety regarding his whereabouts. It is believed by some that the missing Kratz lost his life in the deadfall. ALDERMAN IN TROUBLE. Charged in Open Council Meeting With Soliciting a Bribe. Ountn, Minn., July 15. — George Tischer, alderman from the Second ward, was last night charged in an open meeting of the city council with having unsuccessfully solicited a bribe of $75, to be used in furthering the interests of an application to con- duct an employment office. The ac- cusation was made by Thomas G. White, during the course of his argu- ment for permission to reopen his em- ployment agency at 427 West Michi- gan street, which was closed by the police a week ago. Alderman Tischer indignantly resented the charge and the lie was passed between him and his accuser. The council took prompt action, and at the suggestion of Ald Sang, ordered an investigation. The affair created a big sensation. . JUDGE MACDONALD DEAD. Formerly Congressman From the Third Minnesota District. St. Paul, July 15.—Judge John Louis MacDonald, for years prominent in the “legal profession in Minnesota and con- gressman from the old Third district, for a number of years, and a son and received the news merely of father’s sudden death. accident in which he was injured ‘last December, indicated the trouble that finally caused his death. Accidentally Shot. named Jay Gould. The ball tent of the tained for several days. RUN DOWN BY TRAIN. in Minnesota Town. Wells, Minn., July 15—E. M. Rosser, Gcods Reporter of Chicago, driving Dubuque, Iowa, July 15. — The in- M. Use, saloonkeeper, was found guilty of murder in the second degree. He had intended to kill Ald. Hilton, but missed the alderman and killed Albert Schultz. ; quest over the remains of Ben Ferris, the brakeman whose friends declare was murdered and his body placed on the railroad tracks, will probably be held to-day. town and killed. strip sewed inside his coat and his rel atives located in Chicago. died suddenly early yesterday morn- ing at his home in Kansas City, Mo. Judge MacDonald resided in St. Paul R. MacDonald of the St. Paul Globe, their It is supposed that the severe pains about his heart experienced by Judge MacDonald at frequent intervals since a street car Red Wing, Minn., July 15.—Berthold Wellner, the seventeen-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. G. C. Wellner, was acci- dentally shot in the back by a bullet from a target gun near the Great Western depot in the hands of a boy was probed for but not found, and the ex- injury cannot be ascer- Chicago Man Meets Death Suddenly supposed to be an agent for the Dry ‘while from Alden here, was run} over on a crossing two miles east o! The buggy was smashed and one horse killed. He was unknown here but was identified by 2 MRS. MOLINEUX’S NOTE ; NEW RECORD FOR STATE FAIR. Pa May Spoil All Her Chances for the Coveted Divorce. Sioux Falls, 8. D, July 15.—The ap plication of Mrs. Roland B. Molineux for a divorce may not be granted for the present at least, according to an apparently well founded rumor which is in circulation among the more »rominent Eastern members or the local colony. This is said to be be because of a statement made by her soon after coming to Sioux Falls last November. Before she had been here more than two or three days a local newspaper revorter sent her a request for an interview. In reply she sent him a note admitting that she was-in South Dakota for the purpose of pro- curing a divorce. This note has been préserved and is still in possession of the reporter to whom it was written. under decisions of the United States supreme court in divorce cases which have been appealed to it, a residence established in one state by a citizen of another for the express purpose of se- curing a divorce is not of a bona fide character. Exhibition This year Greatest in His- tory of State. When the state fair opens Aug. 31] the visitors will see many improve- ments and changes about the grounds, as the board of state fair managers has expended a large amount of money in providing the annual in- crease in exhibits aud patronage. The entries for this year’s exhibition in- dicate that the display will be the largest and most varied in the history of the state. . Among the new buildings which have been provided is the machinery hall, a structure 140x240 feet, which stands on high ground east of the race track and north of the old hall for machinery. The wisdom of this addition is apparent even at this early date, as the entries received have taken all the space in both the new and the old hall and a good part of the available outside space as well. If prospects are fulfilled this year will see the largest and most representa- tive exhibition of machinery ever seen in this state or at any state fair in the country. Another new building which will be of interest to live stock exhibitors is the new barn, 144x160 feet, which has been erected for swine. This barn will have 168 separate pens, each capable of housing five animals. This is an additional accommodation which has long been needed, and tHe board has taken the opportunity to make the swine barn a model one Of its kind. The other new structure is the judges’ stand for the race track. It will be in the same place as the old one, but will be built of steel open- work, so as not to interfere with the view of the races from the grandstand. The old horticultural hall has ben transformed into a women’s building. It has been repainted and refitted up for its new purpose, while the struc- ture formerly used as the women’s building will be devoted to a new de- partment in the exhibit of the fish and game department of the state. This exhibit, it is promised, will be one of the most attractive of the whole fair. SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Washington County Farmer's Life Is Attempted. Stillwater, Minn., July 15.—Joseph Nieman, a farmer living near Cornel- ian lake, was shot from ambush while herding cattle. A double-barreled shotgun and bird shot were used. The charge struck him almost sidewise, and left shot in his right and left arms and breast. He has been at en- mity with some of his neighbors, but no arrests have been made. Boys saw two men running through the woods immediately after the report of the gun. It is believed Nieman will recover. GAVE LIFE FOR CHILD. Frank Hill Is Drowned While Trying to Help His Offspring. Elk River, Minn., July 15. — Frank Hill of this place lost is life yesterday afternoon in trying to rescue his child- ren from drowning. Mr. and Mrs. Hill were on the river bank watching The general irere; is not con- date eitliyen batlio. ‘Ondigf the thild-|(a. 2a tae amtunta bubcapebibl at: ren got beyond its depth and the) tractions have been provided. The father rushed to its rescue and was himself soon struggling in ten feet of water. Being unable to swim, he soon went down, and did not again appear, The mother made a frantic affort and succeeded in rescuing the child. board last spring appropriated an ex- tra $1,000 for the purses to be offered in the twelve trotting and pacing events on the race calendar, making the total sum offered $20,000 for this year. There have been 260 entries ré ceived already for these twelve events, which is larger than the list of last year by thirty, and last year’s list was the record up to that time. One of the things which is destine to make the present fair noteworthy, in the history of live stock breeding in Minnesota is the national live steck exhibition which will be held in con- nection with the fair. It will include special exhibitions of the Hereford Breeders’ and the Shorthorn Breeders’ associations. The board of state fair managers has offered large cash prizes in these classes and the national asso- ciations have also offered special pre- miums. A large number of entries have also been received for the auction sale of blooded stock which will occur during the week. Of special interest in con- nection with the Shorthorn exhibition will be the separate exhibition for classes of Minnesota Shorthorns. Prizes aggregating several hundred dollars are offered in this division alone. THE TABLES TURNED. Accused Man Acquitted and May Cause Arrest of Accusers. Jamestown, N. D., July 15.—Charles Wagner, accused of attempting to kill Mrs. Alto Brown and Pharoah Fergus, by firing several shots at'them in an attempted hold-up, was acquitted by the jury. Wagner claimed that he visited the resort of Mrs. Brown, and the women in the place tried to hold him up, and in resisting he was shot in the arm by Fergus. Wagner may cause the arrest of Fergus on a charge of attempting to kill him. BRIEF DAY OF FREEDOM. Embezzler Is Captured and Sent Back to Penitentiary. Sioux Falls, S. D., July 15—A. V. Scheiber, serving a year for embezzle- ment, who escaped from the Sioux Falls penitentiary on Saturday even- ing, was recaptured yesterday near Garretson and returned to the peniten- tiary. He was striving to make his way into. Minnesota. His term would have expired in September, counting the good time allowance, which he will now lose. DR. M’KENZIE IS PRESIDENT. Chosen by State Board of Veterinary Examiners. The state board of veterinary ex- aminers at its anuual meeting elected officers and examined four candidates for registration. Dr. K. J. McKenzie cf Northfield was elected president and Dr. S .H. Ward of St. Paul secre- tary and treasurer. The candidates examined were: Dr. William Kuhus, | Paynesvillé; Dr. John Bailey, Emmets- burg, Iowa; Dr. Walter Whitcomb, Plainview, and Dr. George E. Wallace, St. Paul. The following members were pres- BRICKMAKERS STRIKE. Menomonie, Wis., July 15.—A brick- makers’ union has been organized in this city and a large percentage of the prickmakers have joined it. Soon after the organization a strike was or- dered and the employes demanded a raise of 25 cents per day. The ope rators refused to grant it and four yards are now closed down. Died as Result of a Fight. ent: Dr. C. C. Lyford; Minneapolis; daughter are still residents of St. Milwaukee, July 15.—As the result}, Bernard Lambrechts, Granite Pail. Mrs. F. W. Faber and William} of injuries to the brain, said to have| pays; Dr. K. J. McKenzie, Northfield; been received ina fight which took place June 29, John Czuppa, fiftéen years old, son of John Czuppa, a sa- loonkeeper, died last night and two eighteen-year-old boys with whom he fought, are locked up at the West Side police station to await the result of the coroner’s inquest. August Bielawa and John Kessler are the young men held by the police. pip es To'Build Electric Line. Sioux City, Iowa, July 15.—Artitles of incorporation of the Sioux City, Homer & Southwestern railroad have been filed in Lincoln, Neb. Some well known capitalists are among the in- corporators. The company will build and electric line to commence with from Sioux City to Homer, Neb., a dis tance of fourteen miles. Dr. H. M. Reynolds, St .Anthony Park, and Dr. S. H. Ward, St. Paul. BIDS WERE TOO HIGH. State Drainage Board Refuses to Con- sider Offers for Ditches. The state drainage board met in the governor's office at the capitol in St. Paul recently. The lowest, bid ceived for the Hubbard and Clay coun- ty ditches were 15 cents and 16 c®nts per cubic yard respectively. This be- ing considerably bigher than the esti- mated cost, the bids were rejected. J. Eichoff of Warren was granted the contract for the Solon ditch in Mar- shall county at 13.9 cents per cubic yard. The board also decided to ex- pend $400 in cutting and straightening the channel of the Wild Rice river in Norman county. Victim of Foul Ball. Rock Creek, Minn., July 15.—S. A. Doran, agent for the Northern Pacific at Stacy, tvyho was struck with a foul pall Sunday afternoon, died yesterday *lmorniug and the remains were brought here for burial. Wolford and Franklin Nelson, sons of Alexander Nelson, were drowned in Lake St .Croix at Stillwater while bathing. They were 9 and 10 years of age, and with other boys were swimming around when the younger boy got into deep water. The brother, seeing him sinking, tried to assist him, and also sank. Other boys tried to lend helping hands, but being young and weak could do nothing. The bodies were recovered. Killed by Earth Slide. Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 14. — Caught under a bank of falling earth and rock, Edward Hale, a well known farmer, met instant death, and James Gallagher sustained injuries that may prove fatal. re: | { and food commissioner, said that the PLAN TO FIGHT THE BUDD LAW. Twenty-seven Food Manufacturers Form an Association. The state dairy and food commis- sion has received information that twenty-seven food manufacturers in the United States have formed an as- sociation to prevent the department from prosecuting firms for handling their goods in the state.. The associa- tion does not include any Minnesota manufacturer. The combination claims the right to sell goods in Minnesota which are “nu- tritious and healthful.” This is under- stood to be a threat to fight the en- forcement of the Budd food law, which went into effect July 1, and which pro- vides that all foods are adulterated which conceals inferiority or tends to deceive the purchaser. The association has informed every retail and wholesale dealer in Minne- sota that it will defend any firm against prosecution on charges that the products of its members are adul- i terated. ‘The chairman of the execu- ; tive board says he has obtained the Hi services of the best legal] talent in the - } country, and he advises every Minne- t sota firm against whom action is be- e it gun to telegraph headquarters for am counsel. ‘ “Our intention,” says the chairman of the executive board, in a communi- cation brought to the attention of the } state dairy and food commission, “is H that no one shall be out a dollar for attorney’s fees because of a case | either actual or threatening growing f out of a charge that the goods of our members are not prepared according { to law. “Owing to recent legislation in vari- ous states and the publication of bul- letins by various authorities claiming the right to dictate certain methods of preparing and marketing goods, we 3g deemed it proper to get legal advice ‘a so that our members could offer prod- i ucts capable of being handled by job- bers without annoyance. “Our investigation is now finished and we know now just where we stand. Every member is interested in the enforcement of practical food laws and is pledged to pack only goods that are nutritious and healthful, accepta- ble to the best, scientific authorities and salable according to law.” George L. Dingman, assistant dairy department would continue to enforce the laws of the state irrespective of the formation of the association. BIG LIST OUT. commenters gah iss Ae Largest Batch of Entries Ever Record- ed for the State Fair. Secretary E. W. Randall of the Min- nesota state fair announced the official race entry list for the state fair of 1908, and is again able to say that all records have been broken ,as the list surpasses that of last year by more than thirty horses. Over 260 horses have been entered for the fair of 1903, as against 230 i in 1902. When last year’s entry list H } was announced it was regarded as i= about the biggest thing that could ever be expected at the state fair meet, but it is now shown that popularity of i the Minnesota state fair is such that 4 an even greater list is forthcoming an upon the announcement of the race ae! program for 1903. Horsemen know \ * that the management of the Minnesota race meet is absolutely fair in every particular, that purses are paid j promptly, and that the horses will be exhibited before enormous crowds of i people. They also know that the 4 2 track is a splendid one on which many a records have been broken. . In detail the race entry list is a re- markable one. Not a race in all the list of thousand-dollar purses has less than ten entries, while the numbers range up to twenty-eight. The great 2:21 class trotting race for a purse of $5,000 has twenty-eight entries, while the 2:13 class pacing race, on St. Paul day, has the astounding number of forty-one entries. It is believed that no race in the West ha sever had this many entries, and this will be the greatest event ever seen on a Western race track. Horses are entered for this contest from Manitoba to Texas and from California to Georgia. The completion of this entry list as- sures a great racing meet at the next Minnesota state fair, an das the races are the center and chief attraction of the grand stand entertainment, it may now be said that there is no doubt of a most successful amusement program at the fair of 1903. Held on Serious Charge. Fergus Falls, Minn., July 11.—0. O. Mhyre was brought down from Peli- can Rapids to answer to a very seri- ous charge. The complaining witness is Mrs. Christine Quamme, and the al- legation is that Mbhyre went to her home at about 3 o’clock in the morn- ing, broke in the door and criminally assaulted her. She was alone at the time, her husband being at a dance. Wilder, Minn., July 11—A. A. Dayid- son, the young man who was so se verely injured July 4 by the premature ag explosion of a piece of gas pipe he ‘i was loading, is dead. The explosion oa tore away the thumb, first, third and af: little fingers, and also the inside of Itis hand, and burned him about the | a stomach and bowels very bad. The ee 3 remains will be taken to his home at re t Glenwood, Iowa. ‘a j The Sydney, N. 8. W., Morning Her. ald says the estimated wheat yield of the colony is 13,418;400 bushels.