Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 29, 1903, Page 7

= a | 2 Pay ws » drowned near that town, going down STRUCK BY DELUGE TWO TOWNS IN KANSAS ARE AL: MOST ENTIRELY SUBMERGED BY WATER. CLOUDBURST iS THE — CAUSE BLUE RIVER RISES SIXTEEN FEET AND DRIVES PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES. WEAVY DAMAGE TO PROPERTY. RAILROADS, TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WIRES PUT OUT OF BUSINESS. Marysville, Kan., Aug, 26.—A cloud: burst struck this vicinity early yes- terday, causing the Big Blue river to rise sixteen feet within a’ few hours and sending a great flood of water south down the bottoms along the stream. Many inhabitants in the low- lands were driven from their homes and heavy damage to property was done. One death by drowning is re- ported. Marysville was deluged and the bot- toms were filled with water from ten to fifteen feet deep. Fifty houses were almost entirely submerged, their in- mates taking refuge in trees and on hhousetops. About 100 persons were rescued in boats. Tho storm washed out the tracks on the Blue Valley branch of the Unton Pacific for sevy- eral miles and wiped telegraph and telephone wires cut, cutting the town off from outside communication until late in the day. The river is now falling, although farms for miles around will be under water for several days. South of here, at the town of Blue Rapids, the Blue river roce to within a few inches of the highest point of the June rise, causing much Damage to Farm Property. A wall of water struck Vleits, a town of 1,000 inhabitants on the Ver- million river, east of here, driving the residents of the lowlands from their homes. Previously the Vermillion had risen four feet in an hour, and Vieits is now five feet under water. All the stores and probably twenty- five residences are inundated, and the damage at that place is estimated at $50,000. The river is three miles wide. Slight damage was also done at Marietta, close to the Nebraska line. The same storm struck Seneca, in the next county, east, where four. and threé-quarters inches of water fell. It was the heaviest downfall since 1883, and it left the Nemaha river the high- est for years. Many fields of.corn were inundated, the Grand Island railway bridge at Beattie -vas washed ovt and several miles of track and half a doz- en of the culverts on that road are gone. Frederick “Ivers of Baileyville was with a bridge over a swollen streanit PHYSICIAN WAS COOL. Studied Progress of His Disease and Wrote His Own Death Certificate. City of Mexico, Aug. 26.—Dr. Sala- zar, physician in charge of the Ameri- can hospital in Tampico, has given his life in a brave fight to check the yel- low fever epidemic. Dr. Salazar de- tected symptoms of the fever in him- self less than a week ago, but not un- til the disease had progressed did he relinquish the direction of his staff. ‘Then he turned to studying the state of his own disease, noted every ad- vance and at the last he coolly called for pen and paper and wrote his own death certificate 5 SENATOR HANNA SICK. Physician Says He Is Suffering From Stomach Trouble. Clegeland, Ohio, Aug. 26.—Senator M. A. Hanna, who has but recently returned from a several weeks’ vaca- tion, was taken so ill at his office yes- terday as to require the sérvices of a physician. The physician stated after an examination that Mr. Hanna, was suffering from stomach trouble. and advised his immediate relaxation of business and retirement to his home. Senator Hanna immediately left for his home and last night was reported to be somewhat better. FEMALE FIREBUG. Kentucky Woman Arrested “In the West on Charge of Arson. Walla Walla, Wash., Aug. 26.—On a warrant from Kentucky, Mrs. Nina Thompson, nee Langford, was. arrest- ed last night on the charge, of arson, alleged to have been “committed in Kentucky three years’ ago. The offi- cers of that state have been on her track ever since. $750,000 Fire on a Steamer. Tokio, Aug. 14, via Victoria, Aug. 26. —Fire on the French steamer Tonkin Dourim on Aug. 8 caused damage of $250,000 to the liner and $500,000, to the cargo. The steamer was sunk to avoid total loss. ey Professor’s Dire Prediction. Naples, Aug. 26.—The state of Ve- suvius remains much the same as‘yes- terday, but Prof. Kruil of Munich predicts a great. eruption and an earthquake all over the world before the month ends FATAL RESCUE WORK. Foreman Asphyxiated After Tying a RopeAbout Body of Miner. Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 26.—Fire has | CO9OOCe Northwest News: ° 4 °@ 4 ° ° POOOOOOOD destroyed the small shafthouse ihe] @ @ 9000000000000 00000606006060000 Lucky Strike mine south of this city. After the debris had been cleare@ away it was found that part of the machinery had fallen down the shaft. Harry Metzer, one of the employes of the company, voluntéered to go into the mine and bring the machinery up. He went down the ladder and when at the bottom became unconscious, and Fred W. Floormann, the foreman at the minc immediately went down into the shaft to rescue him. Floor- mann tied a rope around Metzer’s body and the men above brought the youpg man to the surface.’Floormann then started to climb up the ladder, and when partly up was overcome by gas and fell backward to the bottom of the shaft. When he was brought to the surface it was found he had been asphyxiated. The opm aaty: sus- tained a loss of about $600. INVENTS A NEW FUEL. Tow Mill Refuse Mixed With Coal Oil and Pressed. Heron Lake, Minn., Aug. 26. — A new, fuel has been invented. J. T. Smith, the patentee, has for several months been experimenting with the mixture of crude oil and the refuse from his tow mill, the result being a very good and inexpensive fuel. The mixture of oil and refuse is run through a specially devised press, and comes out in bales of any desired size, and is tightly pressed. A trial of it the other day proved beyond doubt that it is a good substitute for either coal or wood, especially for thresh- ing machines or stationary engines. Mr. Smith intends to start several plants throughout the country. TO OUTRIDE HIS FATHER. Young Rovsevelt Plans a Horseback Trip. Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 26. — Young Teddy Roosevelt will attempt to out- ride his father and to make a better showing on horseback for one day than the president did on his famous tide from Laramie to Cheyenne, dur- ing his Western trip last spring. It is said here that the voung man made a bet with the president before leaving Oyster Bay that his record would he better than that made by his father. The route chosen is seventy miles lonz, ten miles longer than the Lara- mie-Chevenne route. Relays of horses has been arranged for, but the date of the ride is not yet fixed. Long CRIMINAL LIBEL IS PROVED. Thompson of the St. Paul Dispatch Is Fined Fifty Dollars. Appleton, Minn., Aug. '26—George Thompson of the St. Paul Dispatch yesterday was fined $50 and costs or sixty days in jail in a trial before a justice of the peace on the charge of criminal libel The case will be ap- pealed to the district court. Fornter Senator E. T. Young of Appleton w1s the complainant, and he alleged that the dispatch published ap article stat- ing that Mr. Young had entered into a combination with the merger interests as their candidate for attorney gen- eral. GREAT MANY ROBBERIES Have Happened Since the Influx of Harvest Hands. Vienna, S. D., Aug. 26.—Since the influx of harvest hands to this part of the state a great many robberies have been committed here and in this neighborhood. Among the places re- cently robbed was the saloon of J. P. Ford, where a neat sum of money was abstracted from the cash register. The thieves overlooked about $100 in bills which was in the money drawer. There is no clew which would lead to discovering the identity of the thieves. | FIVE COWS POISONED. Paris Green and Salt Spread Over the | Pasture in Large Quantities. Osceola. Wis., Aug. 26.—Fred Engle- hardt last Sunday noticed that sev- eral of his cows looked sick, and by moon two of them died. He at once summoned a veterinary surgeon, and it was found that they had been pois- oned with paris green mixed with salt, and up to date he has lost five. He examined his pasture, south of here, and there found the poison spread around the ground in large quantities and in several places. ARMY OF GAME WARDENS. Wisconsin Hard After Violators of the Law. Grand Rapids, Wis., Aug. 26.—Chas. Nelson, state deputy game warden, is in the city. He states that.he will place thirty-five of the sixty wardens in Wood, Waushara, Adams and Por- tage ‘counties, to protect the game birds, and the remainder of the war- dens will be stationed in the deer country. A number of violations of the game law in this county has been reported to Mr. Nelson, and he is here to investigate these matters. Improvements at Canistota. Canistota, S. D., Aug. 26—Extensive ; improvements are being made to the depot building of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad company. These improyements have long been needed. Hail and Wind. La Crosse, Wis,, Aug. 26. — rt comes from Springville. Vernon coun- ty, Wis., that a very severe electrical and hail storm did great damage in that vicinity. Lightning struck sev- eral farm byildings. ioe KES HIS OW? LIFE. SOLD:=R Disappointment in Love !s Supposed to Bé the Mctive. St. Paul, Aug. 25—Sergeant Albert E. Leclair, of the hospital corps of the Twenty-first infantry, stationed at Fort Snelling, died yesterday morn- ing from an overdose of morphine. Leclair was found unconscious by his roommate early yesterday morning. The roommate hurriedly summoned aid from the hospital but it was 100 late to save the sick man. An au- topsy revealed a large quantity of morphine in Leclair’s stomach. Let- ters found among his possessions in- dicate that Leclair had planned to end his life. He was deeply attached to a Minneapolis young woman, but it is said she refused to marry him. WHOLE COUNTRY ABLAZE. Forest Fires Raging in Country West of Missoula. Missoula, Mont., Aug. 25.—J. S. Rob- inson, an employe of the Northern Pacific railroad, who. arrived here last night, states that there are great for- est fires raging in the mountains west of Missoula, greater at the present time than ever witnessed before. “He reports the entire country across the Pend O’Reille lake from Hope, Idaho, to be ablaze, while another disastrous fire is raging to the north of Clarke’s Fork, and as he was coming in be could see several fires in the forests of the Flathead Indian reservation. FIRE AT MORTON. Livery Barn and Several Other Build- ings Consumed. Morton, Minn., Aug. 25. — At 2:30 yesterday morning fire broke out in the big livery barn of Harry Henton, and before the fire could be brought under control, several buildings ad- jacent were consumed by the flames. Nine horses perished. Several ve- hicles, three barns and one hotel were burned to the ground. The total loss will aggregate $12,000, not more than a quarter of which is eovered by in- surance, FALLS INTO RIVER. Girl Slips ‘From a Log and Is Drowned. Crookston, Minn., Aug. 25.—Bertfia Boergen, the twelve-year-old daughter of O. L. Boergen of this place, was drowned in the Red Lake Falls river here. She, together with several com- panions, was . gathering driftwood: from the river. She was standing on a log when she fell over backward and was drowned. Her playmates at- tempted to save her, but in vain. The body was recovered almost immediate- ly after the accident. © TIRED OF HIS MISERY. Belle Plaine Man Takes His Life in lowa. . Clinton, Iowa, Aug. 25.—Isaac Hale bf Belle Plaine committed suicide at a hotel here last night.’ He left a strange message in which he said: “I am suffering so much misery, both mental and physical, God help me; I cannot stand it any longer.” He also said in the letter that there has beena secret in his life. The letter is ad- dressed to Belle Plaine people, ana asks Mayor John Milner to come here for the remains. SPROUTED IN HER STOMACH. Little Girl Dies as Result of Swallow- ing Peas Whole. Creston, Iowa, Aug. 25.—The seven- year-old daughter of John Ponte, a Burlington conductor, was taken sick ten days ago, with what physicians pronounced dysentery. In_ spite of their best efforts the child grew worse | until she died yesterday. An autopsy revealéi the fact that the child had swallowed whole peas, that they had sprouted and were growing in her stomach. ON THE WAY TO CANADA, Officers of the Law Cut Short His Trip to the Dominion. Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 25. — Ed Thompson, a saloonkeeper of East Grand Forks, who was arrested and was under $500 bonds for selling liquor in this county and was awaitiog extradition papers, hired a team and drove across to Warren, where he took the north-bound train for Canada. He was intercepted at St. Vincent, and was brought back by the officers. WRECKEv BY STREET CAR. Fireman ts Fatally Hurt in the Col- lision. St. Paul, Aug. 25.— A wrecking car of the street car company and Truck No. 1 of the fire department collided at Seventh and Sixth streets at 4:03 o’clock yesterday afternoon, resulting {n fatally injuring one of the firemen, severely injuring several others and demolishing the truck, valued at $5,- 000. Lead, S. D., Aug. 25.—Bender Park, ‘which is one of the most picturesque” places in the Hills, west of this city, is being deyastated by the timber bugs, which already have done so ‘much damage in the black hills. The bugs have already commenced to bore into the bark and the result will be that there will be brown patches here and there next year. Immediate steps]: are being taken to drive the bugs away. Coal oil, gasoline, sulphur smudges and paris green and other methods are being used. JERKED HIM INTO THE AIR. Box Kite Carried Edward Merritt Fifty Feet From the Ground. Glenwood, Iowa, Aug. 26. — While flying a monster kite measuring fif- teen by six feet, Edward Merritt, an employe at the institute of feeble- minded child: was suddenly jerked from the ground and carried about ifty feet into the air. Below him the rope reached to the ‘ground and spec- tators hauled him gently down with- out injury. Merritt explained that he held on without an idea of the kite's strength until the distance was tdo great from which to drop. LARGE SALE OF HORSES. $10,000 Worth at an Average of $50 a Head. Belle Fourche, 8. D., Aug. 26.—Ten thousand dollars’ worth of horses have been sold at an‘average price of $50 a head. The sale was made at public auction, there being ‘buyers from all parts of the West. Five car loads of horses were shipped East and several car loads will be taken away in the next few days as the result ot the sale. Six hundred head went to a Kasas City buyer. These auction sales are to be held frequently. NARROWLY ESCAPES LYNCHING. Man Is Pursued and Captured by a Mob. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Aug. 26.—Charles Taylor, a miner forty-six years of age, who is accused of having mistreated his two little daughters, yesterday was pursued by a mob of 300 men from the Evans mining camp, near this city, to the town of Olivet, where he was captured and turned over to the of- ficers from Oskaloosa, To guard against a lynching which seemed im- minent Taylor was hurriedly brought to the Oskaloosa jail. GYPSIES ROB INDIANS. Fall Into the Hands of Fortune-Telling Women. Rapid City, 8S. D., Aug. 26.—A cara- van of gypsy travelers has arrived here. They were driven from Fort Pierre last week. The first victim of their witchery -was a young Indian from Crow Creek agency, who fell into the hands of the fortune-telling women. He was relieved of his money and came to the authorities in this city to enter a complaint. The gypsy band has been ordered to leave this part of the Hills. HORSE STEALING A FAD. South Dakota Commissioners Offer Reward to Stop It. Briton, S. D., Aug. 26.—Owing to the fact that horse stealing appears to have developed into something of a fad in this locality, the board of coun- ty commissioners has offered a stand- ing reward of $500 for information or evidence leading to the arrest and con- viction of any person guilty of horse stealing within the limits of the county. BANKERS TO ORGANIZE. They Will Form a North Dakota State Association, Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 26.—The bankers’ committee of Grand Forks has completed all arrangements for the meeting of the bankers of Nerth Dakota here on Friday of this week. More than 200 bankers will be in at- tendance, and a state association will be organized. GETS FOUR YEARS IN PRISON. Man Sentenced on the Complaint of a Young Girl. Superior, Wis., Aug. 26—Mauston Bergerson of Cumberland was_ sen- tenced yesterday by Judge Vinje in the circuit court here to four years in the state prison at Waupun. His six- teen-year‘old daughter was the com- plainant. The man is thirty-seven years old. Charged With Bribery. Milwaukee, Aug. 26.—Former Ald. Robert L. Rudolph of the Eleventh ward was arrested charged by Peter Shack, a saloonkeeper on Third street, with exacting a bribe of $500 to secure a license for Shack when Rudolph was a member of the common council in 1899. Rudolph.asserts that the case is one of blackmail and has engaged counsel, Thief Invades Hotel. Nora Springs, Iowa, Aug. 26. — A sneak thief got in his work at the Ho- tel Stanard, getting nearly $80. ‘The thief took about $60. from the pants of Landlord Stanard, which were under his head and the rest from the pock- ets of Mrs. Stanard’s dress which was lying on a chair by the side of her ved. No arrests have yet been made. More Cavalry for Fort Meade. Fort Meade, S. D., Aug. 26.—Accord- ing to all reports two troops of the Sixth cavalry—C and D—which were stationed at Fort Keoghy will arrive here to-day to join the other troops of the First squadron at this post. Dead in a Mudhole. Duluth, Aug. 26. — John Maher, a ‘woodsman employed at Casey’s camp, eleven miles from Nebagamon, Wis., was found dead lying face downward in a mudhole yesterday. ed from suffocation. n_News of BEST iS NONE TOO GOOD, Others Take. Manufacturers of adulterated food in other states have given the state dairy and food commission to under- stand that if their goods are not ac- ceptable to Minnesota there are at least some states where they are not ruled out. Not long ago a Minnesota dealer sent samples of spices to the commis- sion for analysis. They were labeled “pure.” The commission found that the spices were 30 per cent pepper shells, offscourings in the process of manufacture. The commission notified the dealer, who made the manufactur- er take back the goods. A few months later the manufactur- er wrote the dealer the following let- ter, which was forwarded to the Min- nesota dairy and food commission: “I write to inform you that our company has disposed of every one of the twenty pails of pepper which the dairy and food commission of Minne- sota said were made out of pepper shells. We sold all the goods and a good deal more in another state, where the merchants say they are just the stuff. We sent samples to the state commission for analysis, and they were found to be pure. “It strikes us that the dairy and food commission of Minnesota is get- ting a little high-toned and hypercrit- ical. The people up tere are getting so, they rule out stuff which other states. say is all right. I should think if they are good enough for other peo- ple they are good enough for~Minne- sota.” the State. | GRAIN LOANS MUST BE SETTLED. Counties That Received Money Cannot Set Up Claim That Law Is Invalid. Attorney General Douglas says’ that the counties which borrowed money from the state ten years ago for the purchase of seed grain cannot legally refuse to pay the money back on the ground that the law was subsequently declared unconstitutional by the su- preme court. Mr. Douglas says that the counties by receiving the loans are estopped from making a defense of this nature. This opinion was expressed by Mr. Douglas informally in response to a report that Stevens county had been advised by the county auditor not to levy a tax for the purpose of paying a loan of $3,700-made by the state ten years ago. A year ago former State Auditor Dunn requested the county to levy a tax for this purpose, but this was not done, and the request was re- peated by the present state auditor. The state, however, has not been re- fused payment by Stevens county. “T cannot belieye that any county in Minnesota will make any attempt to repudiate a debt or this kind,” said the state auditor. “It was a genérous act of the legislature which provided for loaning money to counties suffering from hailstorms and drouth, and I do not believe that any county is not grateful to the state for such assis- tance. Furthermore, I do not believe that if the counties chose to make such a defense it would be upheld by the courts. ‘Bhey received the loans, and it makes no difference that the state violated the constitution.” Twin City Attractions for the State * Fair Week. The Star and Dewey theaters are offering two of the strongest attrac- tions for the state fair week ever seen in the Twin Cities: The Star theater, St. Paul, has been entirely redecorated from the stage with $5,000 worth of beautiful scenery from the brush of Artist Davis, of the Twin City Scenic studio. The interior of the theater is embellished in terra cotta and gold with red trimmings, and the front of the house in -white and green. The management offers for the fair week the New Trocadero Extravaganza company, carrying thirty-seven people, one car of scenic and electric effects. The big features of this company will be a surprise to every one. , At the Dewey theater, Minneapolis, the management has secured on a big guarantee the Blue Ribbon Girls, play- ing burlesque and vaudeville houses for the first time. Clean, good, whole- some comedy is relished by every one, and theatergoers will certainly find their appetites appeased here. The Dewey has also been overhauled and redecorated to such an extent as to make it one of the finest decorated theaters in the Northwest, the work being done by Kayser & Co, Owing to the immense success of the ladies’ matinees last season the same policy will be continued every Friday the coming year, giving the fair | sex an opportunity to see vaudeville performances which heretofore was an impossibility. The usual prices of ten, twenty and thirty cents will rule throughout the season. Aged Woman Uses Axe. Le Sueur, Minn., Aug. 26. — Mrs. Hendrina Voorbeck, eighty years old, has been arrested and held under $200 bonds for chopping down a-line fence near her residence. She had brought an action in the district court to have the fence removed, but a survey showed it to be in the right place. Dis- satisfied with the result of the legal proceedings, she took the law and an axe into her own hands and made the DEFECTIVE PAGE chips fly with a vigor that would have INSANITY PLEA WILL NOT GO, Minnesota Commission Rejects Food| jngane Criminals Will Go to Prisomy . Not to Hospitals. The custom of feigning insanity fol- lowed by some criminals will become -»bsolete when the state board com- pletes the new ward for the insane at Stillwater, for which the board has advertised contracts. The proposed building will be large enough to accom- modate the insane criminals which now have to be confined in the state asylums. 5 Since 1872 seventy-five criminals have been committed to insane hos- pitals. Of this number forty-five are still confined there and eight are run- ning at large and most of them are. dangerous characters. Criminals have been confined in the hospitals from no wish of the members of the board of control of the superintendents of the institutions. The fact is that there has not been enough room at the state penitentiary. During the past few Years the population of the prison has increased from 400 to approximately 600. The practice of sending the insane to hospitals has encouraged criminals to feign insanity. By doing this they think they will be sentenced to a hos- pital or an asylum, which they prefer to a state penitentiary sentence. Of late years a prejudice has de veloped on the part of superintendents of the hospitals against admitting criminals. They say it is unwise to associate criminals with innocent in- sane, not only for the reason above Stated, but because the same methods of treatment will not apply to prison- ers and those who are mentally um sound. The board will also award contracts for the construction of an addition to the cell house and for minor improve- ments. The addition will contain ninety cells. The present cell house will be renovated and placed in good repair. MINNESOTA CROPS. Damp and Cloudy Weather Delays Ripening of Wheat. There were scattered showers in the northern half of the state on sev- eral days, and general rains on the 14th, which were light in northern por- tions and heavy in the south. The filth, 12th and 13th were cool, the morning temperatures being as low as 43 deg. at some northern and western Points on the 11th and 12th, and 45 deg. on the 13th. * In the southern half of the state ‘cool, damp and cloudy weather much of the week delayed the ripening of ‘wheat and oats, and consequently itheir harvesting. Barley is about all cut, and some of it is in stack, but a good deal of the wheat, oats and flax 4s still standing. Corn, potatoes and pastures are improved by the rains. In southern portions general rains in the latter part of the preceding week delayed work in the grain fields on the 10th, but on the 11th, 12th and 18tn stacking of wheat, oats and bar ley progressed rapidly, and there was some thrashing of oats and barley from the shock, but these grains are not yet dry enough to be in good con- dition for storing. Considerable bar- ley is discolored. The fields in the southwest dried nicely in the middle of the week, but the recent rains have made them very soft again for the movement of threshing machines. Flax is about the only grain remain- ing uncut in the southern counties. The oats in shock are being opened to dry in many fields. Corn has grown to a good size, but the cool weather re- tards ita advancement towards ma- turity, so that there is danger of its being frosted unless frost holds off till late in the season. The wet weath- ‘er is causing considerable potato rot. Reports regarding the clover seed seem to be contradictory. Good Effect on Education. J. W. Olsen, state superintendent public instruction, announced recent- dy that 1,474 Minnesota schools will receive state aid this year, as com- pared‘ with 1,251 receiving aid a year ago. Of this number 919 are rural schools, 279 are semi-graded, 155 are high schools and 121 are graded schools. The reason why many additional schools have qualified for state aidis attributed to the action of the recent legislature in increasing the aid. The amounts were increased as follows: High schools, $1,000 to $1,500; graded, $40 to $550; semi-graded, $200 to $250; and rural, $100 to $125. x The officers of the department of public instruction believe that the sys- tem of giving state aid is having an excellent effect on education in Min- nesota. No school can receive help unless it has a comfortable building with library facilities, offers prescribed courses of study and employs teach- ers holding © first-grade certificates. These and other requirements have created a demand for the best teach- ers, increased salaries generally and elevated the standards of admission and graduation. So many schools have qualified this year that the appropriation is not suf- ficient to pay the amounts provided by the legislature. i The new law has had a most salu- tary effect on rural schools. More than 200 additional schools have qual- ified this year, This means that 200 more schools will have first grade s rs than a year ago in the rurak _ ts ST acetate oobi taermesctn