Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 26, 1903, Page 2

‘Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Honesty is a policy on which there ls always a premium. Sometimes an apology feels heavier after one has parted with it, The Shamrock III cost $500,000 and the Reliance made her look like 30 cents. Always aim a little higher than the mark—if the mark is a dimple in ber chin. It's a pity that there isn’t some better grain than oats to feed Lou Dillon on. or Designer Fife ought to build an ice yacht. It might win when the Atlan- tic freezes over. According to Carlyle, all speech thas something of song in it. But what we object to is the sing-song. “What would the nation be without women?” frantically asks a magazine writer. That’s easy. Stagnation. We are still anxiously awaiting something definite to determine whether the aerodrome is a bird or a fish. Vesuvius’ reputation as a decorous and well-behaved volcano will soon be utterly ruined unless it changes its ways. We cannot help wishing the danc- mg masters success in their efforts to eliminate the football tackle from the ballroom. If Sir Thomas is a Philosopher he will recall that the America’s eup is a battered old intrinsically valueless bit of silver, anyhow. A Salt Lake paper asks, “What are angels?” This is pretty hard, coming from a place where the women are supposed to be so largely in the ma- jority. A German inventor has succeeded in combining the moving picture with the phonograph. Surely no one will hastily call this man a benefactor of his kind. a If the Boers had known just how England was fixed at the beginning of the South African war they might have eaten their Christmas dinners in London. The 128 cigar factories in the Cuban capital must be large ones, consider- ing the number of “genuine Havana cigars” that are sold in this eountry every year. Mr. Billings will not try to beat the two-minute trotting record with Lou Dillon till next year. In the meantime the opportunity is open to everybody else. The schogl board of St. Paul in sup- planting the piano by the drum clear- ly has been influenced by the ordi- nary manner in which the stringed in- strument is played. Sir Thomas’ business sense must have been napping when he permit- ted himself to remark that tea-drink- ing England is in decay as compared with coffee-drinking America. It is claimed by an eminent artist that in a crowd of clever men it 1s always noticeable that a large major- ity of them are homely. Still we in- sist that not all homely men are clever. Prof. Erne of Columbia is reported to be a gentleman of pleasing address and faultless manners. It will not be wise, however, for any of his pu- pils to attempt to guy him in the classroom. Chief Ghirdijikoff, General Tzon- cheff, Captain Majdjaroff and Colonel Gievgyeli are directing the Macedon- ian revolution. Some man with a ca- tarrh remedy ought to get busy on those names, Two Montana men have been sen- tenced to a year in the penitentiary for killing a steer. In Montana they do not pass over crimes of this na- ture without a deep and solemn sense of their gravity. ‘ The report from California that the prune crop is short gives the news- paper humorists of the country an excellent opportunity to say nothing about it, which they are not likely to take advantage of. The Neapolitans are demanding t banishment of the man who predicted the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, in the belief that he has “ the evil eye.” That’s what a man gets for being far- sighted in superstitious Naples. The British government has learned that English merchants have been sell- . ing arms to the followers of the Mad Mullah. When it comes to a toss up between patriotism and business, it is a case of heads business wins, tails patriotism loses. * The. employment by the Neapoli- tans of the magnificent display that Vesuvius is making now would be keener than it is if it were not for their apprehension that at any time the marvelous spectacle may change into a terrible catastrophe, is DEFE Che News Washington Notes. The board of inquiry finds no one to blame for the grounding of the bat- tleship Massachusetts. Rear Admiral Francis A. Cook has been placed on the retired list of the aavy at his own request. The navy department bas issued an order declaring “The Star-Spang’ed Banner” the national anthem. The Filipinos are about to petition congress for an increased representa- lion upon the civil service commis- sion. Reports from Germany indicate the ruin of the toy-making industry by the peasants at their homes through the introduction of machinery. It is probable that Secretary Moody will decide in favor of eighteen instead of seventeen knots for the 13,000-ton battleships Minnesota and Idaho. It is settled that the $60,000 Indian school is to be located “at or near Mandan,” though it is said the site selected is nearer Bismarck than Man- dan. The firm of Nimis & Nimis of St. Paul made the lowest bid—$850—for wiring the federal building at Fergus Falls, Minn., and will probably secure the contract. As was generally expected, there comes from Germany complaints about the reduced supply of meat caused by the drastic meat inspection law which went into force on April 1. The Commonwealth Lumber com- pany has renewed its offer of $15,000 to settle the claims of the government for green timber cut under dead-and- down contracts, but the offer has been again rejected. Personal Mention. Judge Albert Ritchie of the Mary- Jand supreme court died at Narragan- sett, R. 1. Theodore Hamil of Jersey City has been informed that a sister in Ger- many has left him $2,000,000. Massachusetts Prohibitionists in state convention nominated Dr. Oliver W. Cobb of East Hampton for gov- ernor. William A. Gerken, sixty-eight years old, one of the pioneer business men of Milwaukee, and later a resident of Central Illinois, is dead at Blooming- ton. Miss Morgan, the manager of the American Women’s club, died in Ber- lin. She had been for many years active in charity work in Berlin and a ‘| large contributor of pecuniary assis- tance from her own resources. James Kerr Kelly, formerly United States senator from Oregon, died at his } residence in Washington, aged eighty-four years. He was a native of Pennsylvania. Judge Kelly was a forty-niner, having gone to California on the discovery of gold in that coun- try. Col. Richard Lathers, eighty-four years of age, one of the most prom- inent Southerners of New York and the representative whom the chamber of commerce and Gov. Dix sent in 1860 to the people of the Southern States to try to dissuade them from seceding from the Union, is dead. At a party given at Lincoln, Neb., in honor of Miss Ruth Bryan, eldest daughter of W. J. Bryan, formal an- nouncement was made of the be- trothal of Miss Bryan to William H. Leavitt of Newport, R.I. The wed- ding, it was reported, will be in Oc- tober. Mr. Leavitt is an artist. From Other Shores. Sir Hiram Maxim is working on an airship. The Filipino government has au- thorized the enlistment of 1,000 Moros in the constabulary. The French foreign office has been informed that the Persian grand vizier has been dismissed. It is estimated that this year’s ex- port of cotton from British West Af- rica will amount to 1,800 tons. Two workhouse directors and a po- licemen at Berlin have been sentenced to prison for cruelty to prisoners. A castle, believed to have existed 400 years before Christ, has been brought to light near Cassel, Germany. Count Tolstoi spent his seventy-fifth birthday in strict privacy among his children at Tula. He was in the best of health. Reports from Servia seem to indi- cate that there may be an uprising in the army if the regicides are not pun- ished or expelled. Reports seent to point to a union of Servian and Montenegro under a Mon- tenegrin ruler, should King Peter be compelled to abdicate. The Genoa authorities have given orders that ships arriving from Mar- seilles, where bubonic plague is re- ported, shall be inspected and disin- fected before being allowed to enter the harbor. In the event of the abdication of Em- peror Francis Joseph as king of Hun- gary, Eitel, Emperor William’s second son, may be his successor. The marquise de Sevillen has been accidentally shot and killed at her chateau, Pont de Roche, by her nephew, the Comte de Goyan. . It is reported that a company of French troops were attacked in the oasis of Ain, Serfra, and their com- mander and thirteen men killed. The queen’s speech on the reopening of the states general, praised the army |and navy, advised revision of the tariff "and aid for the Dutch West Indies. i TIVE PAGE v%\ OF the Week | The trades union congress at Lei- cester, England, has adonted resolu- tions demanding the eight-hour day in all trade sand occupations. One of the principal causes of com- plaint on the part of.the Jews in Rus- sia is the fact that they are denied the rights of the more advanced educar tion. A delegation of Polish Catholics from the United States presented the pope with a pamphlet askng represent- ation in the Catholic hierarchy in the United States. Djeved Abdullah Bey, physician te the Turkish embassy at Vienna, at- tacked and thrashed the Turkish am- bassador, Nedim Bey, whom he ac cused of sending unfavorable reports concerning him to the porte. Paul Koch, an author, was sentencea at Berlin to three months’ imprison- ment for insulting the Jewish religion in a pamphlet on “ritual murder,” in which he endeavored to prove that ritual murders were practiced in Ger- many. An electric car ran at the rate of 106 4-5 miles an hour on the Zossen, military road in Germany. This is said to be the highest speed ever at- tained. The engineers in charge of the experiments expect that 125 miles an hour will be reached. Casualties. , : Miss Cornelia Herrick was killed and her uncle, Dr. Edward C. Rush- more, seriously injured by an automo- bile accident at Arden N. Y. Forty men had a narrow escape from death by a fire originating from the explosion of a gasoline engine in the Bradley-Burr carriage works in Chi- cago. ’ Eight inches of rain fell in two hours at Rio Grande City, Tex. Much damage resulted and it is feared some lives were Icst in the floods:in the low- er arroyos. Joseph Buprey, a grandson of Gen. John Buprey of Washington, D. C., ac- cidentally shot and killed his guide, Fred Barbour, at Moose pond, in the Adirondacks. Conductor Hanna, Fireman C. L. Miller, Engineer H. McAllin and brake- man J. Thill were killed in a wreck on the Arkansas & Choctaw road in the Indian Territory. A runaway team collided with a tel- egraph pole at Edwardsville, Ill, knocking off a splinter which entered the eye and penetrated to the brain of Banker William Neimeyer, causing hs death. The Big Four combination train col- lided with a freight car projecting! from a switch at Lawrenceburg Junc- tion, Ind., demolishing the cab on the engine and severely injuring two pas: sengers and one of the crew. Crimes and Criminals. John Newingham shot his wife and himself at Apollo, Pa. Charles Marsh, a non-union miner, was assassinated at Knoxville, Tenn. No clue. Mrs. Aurora Hodge says she had no accomplice in the murder of James Ryan at Salt Lake City. William A. Hoffman, who killed Will- iam Brandt, his father-in-law, at St. Louis, has been captured. F. G. Simmons, father of Senator Simmons, was murdered at Newburn, N. C., by some unknown person. John Baumberger, the baker at Fairfield, Ill., was shot and killed by O. A. Marvey, implement dealer. Francis V. Benque of New York, who wrote threatening letters to Sec- retary Hay, has been sent to a lunatic asylum. Another indictment for extorting money has been found against Walk- ing Delegate Sam Parks of New York, making five in all. Woodbury W. McGie of Duluth, a student in Northwest university, is under arrest in Chicago, charged with robbery and larceny. Tracy H. Barrows was kicked to death at Norwick, N. Y., by Frank Gale, whom Barrows had just shot in the neck with a revolver. Charles March, a non-union miner employed by the Tennessee Coal com- pany at Vriceville, Tenn., was assos- sinated in his home by an unknown man. Maj. Benjamin J. Ogden of Keyport, J., is missing, leaving debts aggre- gating $100,000 and small assets. He also had large trust interests in his keeping. Through jealousy of Miss Lola Har- nish, Mrs. Belle Fontaine of Wabash, Ind., attempted to murder the whole Harnish family with chloroform. They will all recover. John W. Newberry, president of the Mercantile Co-operative bank at Red- bank, N. J., and Rudolph Newman, its cashier, have been found guilty of wrecking the bank. George Kinnard, a respected citizen living at Ridgewood, N. J., with his wife and fourteen-year-old son, turns out to be George F. Howard, the burg- Jar, and has been arrested. John Crosby, an employe of the Parry Manufacturing company at In- dianapolis, was fatally stabbed by Nicholas Hall, a union man, as a re- sult of the former's defense of his em- ployer. Fort Yates, N. D., has been aban- doned as a military post and the troops stationed thére have been transferred to Fort Lincoln, N. D. YOUNGER IN. JAIL EMBEZZLEMENT IS CHARGED AGAINST FORMER MINNE- SOTA CONVICT. NOTHING IN IT, SAYS COLE JAMES AND YOUNGER BOTH AS- SERT THAT CHARGES ARE RETALIATORY. WANTED GRAFTING CUT OUf REFUSED TO ALLOW THEIR * NAMES USED WITH THIEV- ING OUTFIT. Nevada, Mo., Sept. 23.—Cole Young- er has been arrested on a charge of embezzlement of $6,000 has been made against Cole Younger by the management of a Wild West show with which Frank James and Younger have been associated since Younger’s pardon from the Minnesota peniten- tiary, where he was serving a life sentence. James and Younger had previously brought action for damages against the management because, as they allege, the show proprietors failed to equip the aggregation accord- ing to contract and refused to drive away the gambling element that fol- lowed the show. Both James and Younger assert there is nothing in the embezzlement charge, which, they say, is retaliatory. Objected to Thieves and Grafters. They have given out the following statement for publication: “We have severed all connection with the James-Younger Wild West show. The management was duly notified to choose between grafters and us. They refused to eliminate the grafters, hence we refuse to allow our names to be used with a thieving outfit —‘“Frank James, —Cole Younger.” Said Frank James yesterday: “For twenty-five years we haVe lived ex- emplary lives and never shall associ- ate ourselves with thieves or grafters. We have fought this thing from the start and begged them to run a clean show. We have put up a stiff fight for our honor, and no two men God Al- mighty ever breathed the breath of life into have been under so severe a strain Trying to Be Right with all mankind. We are willing to die in a righteous cause, but no man shall rob or graft if we can prevent it. When I started this aggregation Chief of Police O’Connor of St. Paul gavej me careful instructions to fight every possible suggestion of a graft, to run nothing but a clean show, and I am glad to say I have followed his in- structions faithfully to the letter. Younger never wanted to go with the show at all; his desire was to place’ himself on a higher plane of the lec-' ture platform had not the State of Minnesota forbid it. Our only motive; is honor, and we will keep fighting for it.” PETER A PUPPET. King of Servia Surrounded by a Clique of Assassins. London, Sept. 23—The Times cor- respondent at Belgrade sends a re- view of the situation in Servia in which he says the military conspiracy at Nish directed against the regicides is far graver than the government dare acknowledge. Of a total of 1,500 officers, 1,000 are said to be concerned in it, and probably the bulk of the na- tion secretly sympathizes with them. The clique of assassins, however, hold ull the chief civil and military offices, the keys of the arsenal and the treas- ury, and any one crossing their path is joomed. The king is surrounded and ander the rule of the assassins, and many doubt whether he ,will ever shake himself free. HANDS OFF, SAYS LEOPOLD. He Will Not Submit to Arbitration in Congo Affairs. London, Sept. 23.—A Brussels ds- patch to the Times says King Leo- pold’s reply to the note of the powers concerning the Congo state, contends that the alleged cruelties are based on untrustworthy testimony, and repudi- ates the idea of arbitration as incom- patible with his sovereign rights. WON BY WANAMAKER. Jury Finds His Attack on State Print- er Robinson Justified. ay Beaver, Pa., Sept. 23.—The slander suit brought against ex-Postmaster. General John Wanamaker by former State Printer Thomas Robinson, has ended in a victory for the defendant. The sealed verdict was read in court yesterday and found for the defend. ant. OFFERS $5,000 REWARD. Big Sum Offered for Arrest of O. P. Dexter’s Murderer, New York, Sept. 23.—Henry Dexter the aged father of Orlando P. Dexter, a wealthy capitalist and lawyer of New York, who was assassinated from ambush in the Adirondacks, has announced that he will pay a reward of $5,000 for the conviction of his son’s murderer. Every foot of the country about the scene of the mur- der will be beaten over in the search. LAST BUFFALO HUNT. “Buffalo Bill” and Others to Take Part in Chase in South Dakota. Pierre, S. D., Sept. 23. — When “Scotty” Philip brought his buffalo | herd from the range to his pasture, several of the largest of the herd could not be brought in, for they would break through any cordon of riders which would surround them. Some of them are vicious, and it is desired to get them out of the way. The matter of a hunt for that purpose some time next month is being considered, and if the plan is carried out it will with- out doubt be the last buffalo hunt in the history ot the country. “Buffalo Bill” and other prominent men will be invited to take part, and the hunt will be a great attraction. A taxidermist will accompany the party and prepare the skins for mounting, and some fine specimens wil: be secured. FOR MRS. LYDICK. Interior Department Again Upholds Her Claim. Washington, Sent. 23. — Assistant Secretary of the interior Ryan yester- day affirmed the former decision of the interior department in the case of Nellie Lydick and her two children, in- volving the awonsite of Cass Lake. Judge Campbell, assistant attorney general for the interior department, in his opinion, says that he sees no new or material evidence presented by the squatters on the Lydi location to reverse the previous decision of the interior department, awarding the land to Nellie Lydick and her two children. KILLED BY A BLOW. Man Puts End to a Quarrel by Killing One of the Beiligerents. Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 23. — Leo Limporepooles, a Greek fruit dealer, was killed kere yestercay by H. J. Montgomery, a Davenport business man, who found the Greek quarreling with another man in an alley behind his store. Limporepooles was knocked down by Montgomery and died soon afterward of concussion of the brain. The killing excited the local colony of Greeks, who thronged the room where the coroner’s inquest was held. Mont- gomery was airested AGAINST BAD MATERIAL. Protection Sought by United Master Bakers of America. Milwaukee, Sept. 23. — Protection against bad material by the establish- ment of an association bureau ‘legis- lation and chemical investigation into the causes which spoil breads, and wages of employes, are among the topics to be discussed during the con- vention of the Uniied Master Bakers of America, which began at the. St. Charles hotel yesterday. St. Louis wants the next convention. CALLED TO ARMS. State Troops at Victor Summoned to Repulse a N.ght Attack. Victor, Colo., Sept. 23—The troops in Camp Goldfield were called to arms late Monday night. It was said at mil- itary headquarters that unknown per- sons had attempted to break through the guard lines un Bull Hill. Twenty shots were fired by the sentry, but it is not known whether any of them took effect. ROBBERS FIND GOLD. Take $600 From .a Woman’s While She Is at Church. Lake Crystal, Minn., Sept. 23.—Rob- bers entered the home of Mrs. Ole Stom, who lives on a farm eight miles west of this place, while’ the family was at church and took $600. The money was in geld and was hid in an old clock: No trece has yet been found of the robbers. Home SEED SCURCHED. Six Thousand Bushels of Seed Peas Are Destroyed. Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Sept. 23—The large warehouse of John h. Allen Seed company was totally destroyed by fire early yesterday m_rning, when 6,000 bushels of seed peas were destroyed. Loss on stock, $15,000; building. $4,- 000; machinery, $2,000; covered by in- surance. Expensive Postage Stamp. Fergus Falls, Minn., Sept. 23.—Fall | term of the United States court con- | vened here with Judge Page Morris | on the bench. Bernard Riverman, re- siding near St. Cloud, pleaded guilty to using a canceled postage stamp and was fined $50 and costs. Postoffices to Be Raised. Washingion, Sept. 23.—There will be eighty-five fourth-class postoffices advanced to the presidential class Oct. 1. They include: Annandale, Minn.; Aneta, Balfour, Edmore, Fairmount, Minto and Velva, N. D.; Hurley, S. D., and Viola, Wis. Boy Killed While Huntina. New Paynesville, Minn., Sept. 23.— Jimmie Chistholm, the thirteen-year- old son of Gus Chistholm of this place, was accidentally shot at West lake, six miles south. He was removing a gun from a boat when killed. Died While Camping. Deer River, Minn., Sept. 23. — Mrs. Frank W. Platt, daughter of James K. Jones of Arkansas, chairman of the national Democratic committee, died | riculture Wilson JEWS MASSACRED: ANTI-SEMITIC OUTBREAK WHICH RIVALS HORRORS OF KISHINEFF. BRUTAL WORK OF THE POLICE TWENTY-FIVE KILLED AND OVER: THREE HUNDRED HOUSES PILLAGED. AUTHORITIES QUIETLY LOOK ON: PART OF THE SYSTEMATIC CAM- PAIGN FOR EXTERMINATION OF THE JEWS. Berlin, Sept. 23.—Details have just reached the Germun-Jewish relief com- mittee which indicate that the town of Homel, near Mohilev, the chief town of the Russian province of that name, has been the scene of fresh anti-Sem- itic outbreaks which rival the horrors of Kishineff. Workingmen’s homes to the number of 345 have - been plun- dered and destroyed; 25 Jews were either killed outright by the soldiery or died of their wounds; 100 more are in hospitals, seriously injured, while 200 others are suffering from slighter wounds received through the brutality” of the police or while defending them- selves M: Against Christian Assailants. The authorities complacently watched the progress of the rioting and pillag- ing. It is said that the trouble began Sept. 11, when the Christian market dealers sought to buy herring from the Jewish peddlers at a tenth of the market price. The Jews refused to submit to this robbery and the Chris- tians proceeded .forebly to despoil them. On the second day of the riot, when the Jews disregarded the in- structions to keep off the streeis Be- cause they could no longer rvstrain themselves from going to th. rescue of outraged women and tortured men, the soldiers fired a volley into the crowd of Jews, instantly killing six of them. The Disturbances Continued ept. 14. During the rioting one ian was killed and many others were injured. This served still further to incense the populace. Five days after the rioting began the governor of Mohbilev arrived at Homel. although he is stationed only three hours distant trom the town. Quiet has now been restored, but the town is under martial law, the factories are idle and a bread famine has begun. Dr. Paul Nathan, president of the German relief committee, said: “The tidings from Homel confirm the proof we have had for some time that this latest outbreak is part of a systematic campaign for the extermination of the Jews, begun by Von Plehve, the min- ister of the interior. The only question is where the next massacre will be ordered.” DYNAMITE LETS GO. One Man Killed and Another Fatally Injured. Harrisburg, Ill., Sept. 23. — At the new Davenport mines, four miles south of this city, seventy-five pounds of dynamite accidentally exploded last evening, killing one man instantly, fatally wounding another, and seri- ously injuring two others, besides blowing two buildings to atoms. From some unknown cause the building caught fire. James Smith was lying near the building asleep. Tom Cor- penter, a workman, ran to Smith to arouse him, when the explosion oer curred, killing Smith instantly and fatally wounding Carpenter. MOSQUITO INVASION. North Shore Towns Visited by the Pest in Dense Swarms. Chicago, Sept. 23. — Mosquitoes in dense swarms, bred by the recent heavy rains in the Skokie swamps, have swept down on the north shore towns in a visitation that amounts al- most to a plague. For the last three days every suburb from Forest Lake to Evanston, and even the northern portion of Chicago, as far south as Edgewater and Lake View, are suffer- ing from the attacks of the insects, which are the most savage known for many years. It is feared that the hordes of insects will invade the whole of Chicago. PREDICTS FAIR CROP. Secretary Wilson Says Corn Yield Wilf Surprise Pessimists. Chicago, Sept. 23.—Secretary of Ag- said that the corn crop would be far from a faiiure this ‘year. “The yield will not be large,” said the secretary, “but it will equal that of last year and will greatly ex- ceed the expectations of the pes- simists.” Many Firemen Overcome. Boston, Mass., Sept. 23. — Fifty-six firemen were overcome by smoke and noxious gases at the second outbreak. of a fire yesterday at the wholesale suddenly of heart failure near here while camping out with her husband. Two Farmers Hanq Themselves. Mason City, lowa, Sept. 23.—George Triplett, a farmer residing near Clear Lake, suicided last night. The body was found hanging from a granary rafter. Ernest Lukke, a farmer near Swaledale, hung himself also. iY and retail drug store of C. D. Badger & Co. None were seriously injured. _—_—___. Four Men Killed. Geneseo, N. Y., Sept. 23.—Four sec- tion men on the Delaware, Lackawan- na & Western railroad were killed by being struck by a train near Mount, Morris. They were on a handear at the time of the accident. «