Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 15, 1903, Page 7

FIVE SCORE DEAD TUNNEL ACCIDENT AT PARIS DE- VELOPS INTO AWFUL CATASTROPHE. NINETY BODIES RECOVERED DEATH LIST, IT WILL EXCEED HUNDRED. Is BELIEVED, ONE POLICE CALLED TO KEEP ORDER HEARTRENDING SCENES AS BOD- 1ES OF VICTIMS ARE TAK- EN OUT. Paris; Aug. 12.—Ninety bodies have been recovered and the death list prob- ably will exceed 100 in the under ground railway disaster which oc curred here Monday night. The accident, which occurred on the Metropolitan Electric railway, as- sumed the proportions of an awful catastrophe during the early hours of the day, when more than fore score of the burned and suffocated were re- moved from the subterranean right of way. The work continues and indica tions are that the death list will per+ haps exceed five score. The scenes at the mouth of the tun- nel where the victims were brought forth were of the most heartrending description. Crowds of .aen, women and children struggled forward in an effort to recognize their missing rela- tives and friends. Most of the miss- ing are from the middle and working classes. Driven Back by Smoke. Although the accident occurred at 8 o'clock Monday evening the officials and firemen were unable until early yesterday morning to descend into the tunnel, owing to the bliuding clouds of smoke from the burning train. Fre- quent attempts were made by heroic yolunteers whom it was necessary to revive, half-suffocated, and carry away to the hospitals. The First Descent. At ten minutes after three o'clock Sergt. Ahrons, wearing a respirator, succeeded in making the descent. He remained seven minutes and brought up the first information to the effect that the dead were strewn all about the roadway of the tunnel, Then he collapsed. Twenty minutes late: fire- men forced their way down through the tunnel staticn at Menilmontant and returned soon afterward with seven bodies, two men, two young boys and three women. These per- sons had been asphyxiated, as their positions showed they Had Been Groping through smoke that filled the tunnel, seeking a way to escape when they were overcome. The work of bringing up bodies went on steadily after that under the per- sonal direction of Prefect of Police Lehine, who summoned a large reserve force to hold back the surging crowd, including the relatives of the victims. As the firemen brought out the ‘bodies agonizing cries went up from women and chfidren who recognized the dead husbands and fathers. The catastrophe has caused intense excitement throughout the city, even the Humbert trial being forgotten in the widespread feeling of horror and grief. At noon Col. Meaux St. Mare, on behalf of President Loubet, visited the morgue and Premier Combes went to the scene of the disaster. M. Por- teaux, premier of the republic, and Judge Jolliet of the Seine tritunal have proceeded to Les Charronnes sta- tion to open a judicial investigation into the affair RUSSIA GETS MONOPOLY. Korea Grants the Bear Free Access to the Yalu Valley. London, Avg. 12—The Times prints a dispatch from Tokio which says that Korea has granted the Russian Lumber company a twenty-year lease of 350 acres at Yongampho with the right to purchase at reasonable prices all the timber floated down the Yalu by Korean subjects,- thereby confer ring a practical monopoly of the lum- ber business in the Yalu valley. Thus Russia, while opposing the opening of Wiju, herself secures free access to the Yalu valley and the command of the estuary. MONSTER CHEESE. Ore Weighing Two Tons to Be Made in New York for St. Louis. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 12.—A monster cheese weighing two tons will prob- ably be manufactured in this state and sent to the St. Louis exposition next spring. “New York is the greatest cheese producing state in the Union,” said Agricultural Commissioner Weit- ing, “and the biggest cheese ever made in the world ought to grace our exhibit at St. Louis.” Yellow Fever in Mexico. Washington, Aug. 12. — An official telegram from Laredo, Tex., was re- ceived yesterday notifying the marine hospital service of the appearance of yellow fever at Victoria, Mex. The message said that there had been three cases and one dy to date. Small Town Blown Away. Oklahoma City, Okla., Aug. 12. — A special from Pond Creek says port reached here yesterday by tele- phone that Salt Fork, a small town HEIR TO A FORTUNE. Lucky Girl Has Been Working in Ho- tels and Laundries. Butte, Mont., Aug. 12.—Alice E. M. Clark, for twelve years employed as a domestic and in various hotels and laundries of Butte, has for three years been heir to an estate worth $100,000, of which she has no knowledge. Re- cently she left Butte and here present whereabouts are not known. M. A, Gorrill, an attorney of Lawrence, Kan., is in the city searching for trace of her. She left her home fourteen years ago after a quarrel with her father, Robert Clark, because of the latter’s remarriage shortly after tic death of his first wife. He was then a poor farmer, but since then accumu lated wealth, and he died three years ago without leaving a will. The daughter and her stepmother are the only legal heirs, the daughter béing entitled to all but the widow’s dower interest. VENEER PLANT DESTROYED. Loss of Ffteen Thousand to Rhineland- er Concern. Rhinelander, Wis., Aug. 12. — The plant of the Wisconsin Veneer ccm- pany was totally destroyed by fire early yesterday morning. The fire originated in the dry kiln containing $8,000 worth of finished veneer. The fire is though to be of incendiary origin, as no inflammable substance other than-veneer was in the kiln. The loss incurred is about $15,000, with insurance for $12,500. There is every indication that the facsory wul be rebuilt at once, as the company has enjoyed a splendid business. Seventy men were umployed and three logging camps operated. RECLAIMS HIS BOY. Chicago Man Secures Promise From His Former Wife. Menasha, Wis., Aug. 12, — Henry Fass of Chicago, a former Menasha resident, has hope of recovering his son, who was kidnaped by his divorced wife two years ago and taken to Alaska, where she married a former Marshfield man. The latter died re- cently and she brought his body home for burial. Fass, hearing of the prvs- ence of his former wife in the state, and hoping to get possession of the boy, went to Marchfield with an of- ficer. The woman signed legal papers stating that she would return the boy into the hands of the father by Dec. 1. CITIZENS ARE SUSPICIOUS. ‘They Object to Star Chamber Sessions of the City Council. Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 12.—A move- ment is on foot here which may result in the organization of a citizens’ asso- ciation and the putting of a municipal ticket in the field. T. J. Bermen, pres- ident of the Sioux City trades and la- bor assembly, is interested in the movement. The dissatisfaction over the present administration is due to the fact that the city council trans- acts the most of its business in cém- mittee of the whole behind closed doors and it is declared that there is too much opportunity for wrongdoing. BUSINESS HOUSES BURNED. Drug Store, Postoffice, Bank and Gen- eral Store in Ashes, Estherville, Iowa, Aug. 12.—Early yestercay morning fire broke out In Swenson’s drug store at Superior, Iowa. Somebody cut a hole through the building into an oil tank and set fire to it. The drug store, bank and Neilson’s general store were burned to the ground. The postoffice was in the drug store, but the mail was saved. ‘The loss was partly covered by insur- ance. No clue to the party starting the fire. GLASS SMASHED. Heavy Damage Done to Windows by a Hailstorm. Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 12.—It is es- timated that the great hailstorm which visited this city on Sunday de- stroyed $4,0C) worth of window glass. The glass establishments have been busy filling orders for glass and there is a demand for workmen to replace the broken panes. The north sides of hundreds of buildings suffered damage in this way. The Dennison green- house suffered $500 damage. WILLMAR HAS A PARK. Woman’s League Will Undertake to Make It a Place of Beauty. _ Willmar, Minn., Aug. 12. — The Great Northern company has finished the grading for the new park on Pa- cific avenue, and the city council has ordered fences placed around the grounds for protection. The work of beautifying the park ‘has been placed in the hands of the Woman’s Indus- trial league, and steps will be taken by that organization at once to push the work to completion. Little Girl Assaulted. Marshalltown, Iowa, Aug. 12. seven-year-old daughter of A. I. a prominent farmer of North Hudson, was assaulted yesterday by one of a party of horse traders who were camp- ing near her home. The cild will die. Harvest Celebration. Canova, S. D., Aug. 12.—Owing to the abundant crops in this locality there is talk of having a celebration after harvest is completed. It is prob- able a meeting of citizens will soon be called to make arrangements. Divorced After Thirty-One Years. Fargo, N. D., Aug. 12.—Mrs. Herman Fredericks secured a divorce here af- ter thirty-one years of married life. She has resided in Tower City in this county for many years and alleges de- CARLOAD OF HOGS STOLEN. Nebraska ilan Arrested at Jamestown, N. D. Jamestown, N. D., Aug. 12.—Grant Smith, who is alleged to have stolen a car load of hogs valued at $900 from Tekamah, Neb., was arrested here by Sheriff Eddy. Smith’s capture came about in a peculiar manner. A broth- er of the sheriff in Nebraska was here to attend the carnival and met Smith on the street. He knew of the theft of the hogs and notified his brother. Smith will go to Nebraska without requisition papers. The theft of the hogs was accomplished in a clever manner. The animals were in a yard, and it is claimed that Smith drove them into a car and sent them to mar ket. Two Are Captured and Posses Are in Pursuit of the Others. Butte, Mont., Aug. 11.—Six men es- caped from the county jail here last evening. Charles Lennox and James Main, convicted of murder; L. L. Felker, who escaped once before and has been tried twice for murder; J. R. Woods and Patrick Rodgers, held for robbery, and Frank Cestroff, wanted 'in Cheyenne for holding up a stage coach. Cestroff and Rodgers, who had ‘planned the outbreak, were caught within an hour after the escape. Cas- troff complained of being sick and when a doctor was called in, sprang through the door and forced the jailer int the point of a revolver to deliver the keys with which they opened the cegs of the other prisoners. Cestreff and Rodgers were rua down py a horseman ‘and brought back: to jail. Two posses, were organized and are now in pur- suit of the other fugitives. ——_—___—_— PLAGUE OF MOSQUITOES. Dakota Town Overwhelmed by a Dense Cloud of Night Pests. Toronto, S..D., Aug. 12.—For a few hours an evening or two ago the resi dents of Toronto, S. D., had reason to believe a section of New Jersey had temporarily been moved to South Da- kota. About 9 o’clock in the evening, without the slightest warning, a dense cloud of mcesquitoes settled down over the town and for a brief period were practically in complete * possession. Great numbers of the pests were de- stroyed by men and boys lighting newspapers and burning them. Those not destroyed left the town as sudden- ly as they came. The next morning the sidewalks were covered with dead mosquitoes. PAST CENTURY MARK. New England Stock Means a Ripe Old Age to One Lady. i La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 11. — Mrs. Phoebe Moulton, mother of Capt. I. H. Moulton, president of the La Crosse, Telephone company, celebrated her 103d birthday yesterday. She was born in South Berwick, Me., in 1800; She has lived in the West for fifty years and is now enjoying excellen' health. The remarkable age attaine by Mrs. Moulton is the result, shd says, of coming from old New England stock. She was one/ of a family of twelve children. SHEEPHERDER ARRESTED. H CARVES HIS OWN FLESH. Took Flock Into South Dakota Withy out Inspection. Mail Belle Fourche, S. D., Aug. 11.—Will’ | iam Moses, sheriff of Butte county | and acting sheep inspector for this diss | trict, has arrested the herder of Frank Butcher, near Five-Mile creek on thd Little Missouri river, for driving a flock of sheep into South Dagota front Montana without notifying the in- spector and having them inspected: The herder appeared before a justice of the peace and was bound over to ihe tation drew out his pocket knife and rand jury. He furnish il q| deliberately cut out a chunk of flesh was: sitet 1 aera legs | at the point where the deadly fangs of os | the rattler had entered. This prompt DISCOVE: F’ 9 action saved his life and enabled him ne RESORT GOR to perform his duties without inter Rumors Revived of Large and Profit | ruption. able Beds in Northern Minnesota. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 11.—Discoveries | of a:considerable supply of high grade | bituminous coal on Venus island be- low Twenty-mile rapids on the Little | Fork river by William Ellis, a settler living near here, has caused a revival of the rumors of large and profitable beds in Northern Minnesota. The | bed has not been located and signs of here, painted and papered a saloon its existence are rather indefinite, building, he has been compelled to re- though settlers in the neighborhood | sign his position as pastor. His salary are confident of its existence. | was not sufficient to support him, and | he has on week days been spending | his time papering and painting build- “| ings. He was looked upon by mem- bers of his flock as a very industrious man until he papered and painted the saloon building. Then the members of the church held an indignation meeting and decided it was time for | him to retire from the pastorate. Carrier Cuts Out the Place Where a Snake Bit Him. Fairfax, S. D., Aug. 12. — By pos- sessing a sharp knife and an unlimited amount of nerve, Albert Gauck, who carries the United -States mail be- tween Fort Randall and Fairfax, saved his life. He was bitten by a huge rattlesnake, and, being many miles from the nearest doctor, without hes!- ——____—- TROUBLES OF A PASTOR. Congregation Is Angry Because He Makes Some Money on the Side. Kimball, 8. D., Aug. 12. — Because Rev. T. A. Miller, for some time pas- tor of the Methodist Episcopal church APPOINTMENT DELAYED. At Least Three Months Before Succes- sor to Late Archbishop Is Announced. La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 11.—Bishop James Schwebach, who forwarded the names of three possible successors to the late Archbishop Katzer of Milwau- kee to Rome, says it will be at least three months before the official ap- pointment will be received in this | country from the head of the church at Rome. The names of the candidates | are kept secret. The bishop intimated that he had positively declined to ac- cept the appointment. RIVALRY OF TOWNS. Herreid Scores a Point Over the Mound City Settlement. Herried, S. D., Aug. 12.—This town, which was established as a‘rival to Mound City, has again scored over that place. Presiding Elder E, P. Hall has advised that the Methodist church building and parsonage at Mound City be removed to this place at once. During the past few montis | numerous buildings, including a hotel. have been moved from the old town to the new, a distance of only a few miles separating the towns which are engaged in this interesting fight to a finish. ‘ UNTOLD DAMAGE BY HAIL. Terrific Storm Visits Northwestern lowa. Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. 11.—A ter- rific hail storm visited Northwestern Iowa about 4 o’clock yesterday after- noon, extending as far east aS Hamil- ton county, and doing almost untold damage in some localities. Corn was stripped and beaten to the ground and some livestock was killed. In Sioux City the damage by hail and wind was extensive. W. L. DARLING LEAVES THE N. P. He Will Be Chief Engineer of the Rock Island. St. Paul, Aug. 12. — W. L. Darling, chief engineer of the Northern Pacific, has resigned to accept a similar posi- tion with the Rock Island. President Mellen has appointed E. C. Pearson, assistant general superintendent with headquarters gt Livingston, Mont., acting chief engineer. ALLIGATOR COMES NORTH. Man at Clinton Shoots the Saurian in the Mississippi. Clinton, Iowa, Aug. 11. — Charles Laing shot and_ killed an alligator in the Mississippi river at this point! The alligator was nine feet long and is supposed to be the same one that was seen here on two previous occa- sions this summer. It is the first alli- gator ever seen in the river about here. Wheat Crop for Three States. St. Paul, Aug. 12.—The Commercial West publishes the result of careful inquiry into the crop conditions throughout the Northwest. The total wheat crop for Minnesota, North Da- kota and South Dakota is estimated at 147,100,000 bushels. The crop last year amounted to 178,100,000 bushels. The yield for each state is estimated as follows: Minnesota, 62,400,000; North Dakota, 45,100,000; South Da- kota, 39,600,000. Found Dead in His Cell. Milwaukee, Aug. 11—James Tobin, who was to be arraigned at the next term of the municipal court as the al- leged murderer of his aged wife in their home in Granville Center. July 19, was found dead in his cell in the county jail. The county physician gave es his opinion that Tobin’s death was due to old age and natural causes. LAWYER SENT TO JAIL. RED CROSS BUREAUS. What Miss Barton Plans for Western Mining Regions. Butte, Mont., Aug. 12.—Clara Barton is planning a chain of Red Cross bu- reaus' to be established in the large cities of manufacturing and mining sections of the Northwest to aid the injured, according to information fe- ceived from Boston. It is planned to have bureaus at Butte, Portland, An- aconda, Seattle, Spokane and Salt Lake. Is Accused of Appropriating Govern- ment Money. Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 11—Among those who have recently been placed in the Sioux Falls penitentiary is Bary: B. Pinney, a United States prisoner from North Dakota for embezzlement. Pinney is an attorney. He was impli- cated in a land transaction of a shady character and was convicted of appropriating government money to his own use. He will serve a term of :| 1n Minnesota. State News of the Week Briefly Told. © 00 0s 08 00 00 0 00 06 0 00 Albert Runden, a woodsman, was drowned at Duluth. Typhoid fever is going unwelcome rounds at Randolph. See 3 Hanska has expended $500 in har- vesting weeds on its streets. Searles, Brown county, is hereafter to be daily honored by having the trains stop. St. James residents boast that only one residence has burned down there in the past ten years. Ed Williams, held to the grand jury on a charge of forgery, escaped from county jail at Little Falls. The country tributary to Godahl, Minn., will be covered by a rural mail carrier, beginning Sept. 1. A. J. Richardson of Cass Lake, a Great Northern brakeman, was fatal- ly injured while making a coupling. The New London Milling company at Willmar will show its prosperity by plowing $3,000 in mill improvements. Lightning struck George White of Gordon while he was working in the hay field, and he’s alive to tell about it. Lightning struck the large barn ot Theodore Hoffman in Cottage Grove, kiling a horse and consuming the build- ing. i A Renville county man who helped decorate a neighbor’s hide with tar has paid $35 fine for practicing as an artist. The Norwegian synod congregation at Willmar has decided not to build a new church until the church treasury is enlarged. J. R. Sumner, aged sixty-six, died at Northfield after an illness of several months. He was one of the oldest set- tlers in Northfield. The little child of Mr. and Mrs. John Middlebrook of Anoka, who was cut on the upper lip some days ago, is dead, having bled to death. Anton Guenter’s large barn at Good- hue was struck by lightning and de- stroyed, including its contents. Seven men sleeping in the barn had a narrow escape. Adolph Eislein, a merchant of Buf- falo Lake, purchased the brick store and lot occupied by Nagel and Siewart, also the dwelling of Fred Wolepern, who is about to move to Idaho. Simon Prutzman died at his home at Watab of acute Bright’s disease. He was seventy-eight years old. He was a member of Company L, Seventh Min- nesota volunteers, in the Civil war. William Schultz of the town of Lake- land, near Stillwater, was killed in a runaway accident. His team became unmanageable and ran against a tree, throwing him out and crushing his skull. One of the worst fires ever known in the city of Owatonna occurred recently when the largest livery barn in the city burned. The loss is in the neigh- borhood of $10,000, partly covered by insurance. A report has reached Waterville that Charles Hermal, a wealthy farmer re- siding near that place, committed sui- cide by hanging. He was found soon after the rash deed, but too late to save him. A factory where sugar will be manu- factured from pumpkins is being put in at Foreston. H. P. Stanchfield is president of the company and inventor of the new process. Operations will begin Sept. 1. . Eugene S. Bruce, lumberman of the ‘bureau of forestry, accompanied by . ‘W. Newman, draughtsman, arrived re- cently at Cass Lake from Washington. Mr. Bruce will make a choice of lands ‘for the national forestry reserve. While driving at Argyle, J. J. Sut- ton and Rev. S. Silloway were thrown out of their buggy. Mr. Sutton was only slightly hurt, but Rev. Mr. Sillo- way had his left elbow dislocated and was bruised. His injuries will keep him to his rooms for a month. A young woman while attempting to cross the Milwaukee tracks near the station at Northfield narrowly escaped Being run over by an engine and Ca- poese. She was only saved by the brakeman snatching her from the track with some damage to her ap- parel, Anton Schuster, an Austrian mingr about twenty-nine years of age and unmarried, was caught_in the shaft of the Savoy mine at Ely and, received severe injuries to his back and legs. only slight hopes are entertained for his recovery. The foundation for a $i2,000 brick and stone business block, west of the Columbia hotel at Staples, has been started. The Columbia hotel is to be remodeled. This promises to be a ban- ner year for Staples from a building standpoint. Several fine residences are under construction. DEFECTIVE PAGE Vernon Reed slipped from a boom at Stevens Point and was drowned. 7 * The curfew ordinance at St. James ahs become a dead one and the boy is happy. . : Lightning made a $2,000 hole in the farm building of F. E. Miller of Row- land. The A. O. v. w. lodge at Rochester has finally purchased its own hall and is now resting in it. , A three-year-old daughter of Fred Klein, a farmer of Fairmont, was ‘drowned in a stock tank. A meeting of the business men was heta at Mora to organize a board of ‘trade or commercial club. Plans for the Carnegie library at ,Washburn are being prepared and the ‘contract will be awarded in a few days. John Almquist, a bachelor about 55 ‘years of age, died at Ogilvie of alco- tholism. He leaves no relatives in this ‘country. Henry Koschinck, eighteen years of age, died from the effects of heat at Wabasso. Many horses dropped dead in the harvest fields. James E. Gray, a resident of Waba- sha county for forty-two years, died at his home in West Albany. He was born in Scotland in 1832. John Sarff, seventy-nine years of age, dropped dead while working ina hay field at Browerville. He was @ pioneer settler of Todd county. R. F. Cutter, the alleged. board-bill jumper from Sioux Falls, was arrested in Pipestone and turned over to Sher- iff Robert Huston of Minnehaha coun- ty. The Belle Plaine street fair, which will take place Sept. 9, 10 and 11, promises to be a fine affair. About $1,000 has been collected for the pur- ipose. The Albert Lea police have in cus- ttody a young man named Anton Sme- ‘by, who was peddling gold watches at $1.50 each. He is suspected of having stolen them. wien Soe The family of Ed Flatgord, livgg several miles north of Jackson, was poisoned by eating summer sausage. \A five-year-old boy is dead and a girl is in a serious condition. Walter V. Jannson, for many ycars manager for the American Express comp2ny in Kenosha, has been ad- vanced to control the office of the com- pany at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Many of the best lawns in Northfield are being ruined by grub worms work- ing at the roots of the grass. Many have had to tear up large portions of their lawns to destroy the worms. A farmer living nine miles norrth of Belle Plaine had ten horses killed by the state authorities for glanders: He kept a stranger over night who had a horse affected with the disease. Notice was received at Walnut Grove from the postoffice department that Rural Delivery route No. 3 will be opened on Sept. 1. It will run north from Walnut Grove. Thomas H. Lewis, a farmer of St. Hilaire, left home last week to assist his son-in-law in haying. Later he was found in a half-demented state and can give no account of his absence. Charles Hermal, a prosperous farm- er living six miles northwest of Wa- terville, committed suicide by hanging himself with a hitching strap to the ceiling of the barn. Ill health was as- cribed as the cause, The summer training school under the supervision of Professors Carroll, Angus, and assistants, terminated at ° Stephen. It was largely attended and was a success. 3 Electric lights have been extended throughout the streets of Stewartville and the attendance of young couples at Sunday evening church services has materially decreased, The cononer’s jury at Crandon has decided that Mark Tribby, a stons- mason to whom Death came suddenly, died of an unknown cause, and it is be- lieved he worked himself to death. W. H. Nichols, grain buyer for the American Grain company of Belle Plaine, and Sam Kahn, a saloonkeeper, have rented the Peavey Elevator com- pany’s elevato rand will buy all kinds of grain. While Paul Hoel, the seventeen-year- . old son of Gilbert Hoel of Lanesboro, was digging in the bank where the wheel of the, electric light plant is to be placed, the earth caved in upon him. ~ Life was extinct when the body was recovered. At a meeting of the Lamberton board of education the following cai- cers were elected: President, A. M. Clark; clerk, Albert H. Emerson; treasurer, C. R. Kneeland. A levy of special tax for $4,500 was declared, and it was voted to begin the fall term Sept. 7, 1903. In a water tank provided with a heavy wouden cover which it is said no child could lift, was found the body of the two-year-old child of James Typeman, a farmer living near Wiy- pun, a ee ae 4 oY =n eereeeninetonomanincieal geen amardonnrtennais i on