Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 10, 1903, Page 7

‘DOWN IN A SQUALL STEAMER J. H. HACKLEY CAP. SIZED ON LAKE MICHIGAN DURING A GALE. ELEVEN PERSONS ARE DROWNED ‘SEVEN OTHERS RESCUED AFTER FLOATING ON WRECKAGE ALL NIGHT. NO TIME TO PREPARE FOR IT ACCIDENT HAPPENED SO QUICK: LY THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE. Marinette, Wis., Oct. 6. — During a squall Saturday night on Lake Michi- gan, the steamer J. H. Hackley cap- sized and twelve persons were drowned. The Goodrich line steamer Sheboygan rescued the other nine persons on board the Hackley after they had floated about on pieces of wreckage all night. Report of the dis- aster reached Marinette yesterday. The Hackley was struck by the squall when seven miles off Green isl- and. The upper work was blown away before the men could reach a haven. The boat then turned over and went down in deep water. As the Hackley went to the bottom those who would and could Seized on Floating Pieces of wreckage, while the women and three or four of the men, failing to. find any object to which to cling, sank in the raging sea, so far as is! known. The waves were rolling high and several of those who at first saved themselves from immediate death. lost strength and sank. It was several hours after the Hackley sank before the Sheboygan hove within hailing dis- tance. The shouts of the floating men. attracted the attention of the sailors on the Sheboygan and every as- sistance was lent. The officers of the Sheboygan feel sure that they took aboard every person afloat. Some of; the persons who were rescued say it is! possible that one or more of the Eleven Persons Missing may have escaped death. This view is, not given much credence by the sail} ors of the Sheboygan. The Sheboygan’ made into Fish Creek when hope of rescuing other persons seemed im- probable. The rescued persons were so exhausted from their struggle against drowning that they were un- able for some time to tell anything about the wreck. The persons saved , by the Sheboygan say that with the crashing away of the upper work all persons aboard the Hackley ran on deck. Hasty preparations for a plunge into the water were begun but before any plans could be carried out the boat listed, turned over and went down like a rock. Search is still mak- ing for any person who may have es- caped death and for the bodies of those who were drowned. FIGHT TO A FINISH. Union Officials Say That Millers Can- not Arbitrate Now. Minneapolis, Oct. 6.—“No, sir, there will be no arbitration as far as we are concerned,” declared President Curran of the Flour Loaders’ union last night. “We gave them three chances to meet’ us on an arbitration basis, and we are now going to fight the thing out to a finish. The strikers are just as strong’ as they were when the strike was in: stituted. The other unions are send- ing in funds, and the men will be paid, commencing Tuesday.” MAY BECOME A LAKE. Large Section of Missouri Valley Be- low Level of River. Sioux City, Oct. 7—The report of C. C. Elliott, expert drainage engineer of the department of agriculture, upon the best manner of draining the wide Missouri valley contains the remark- able statement that a tract from Sioux City along the Missouri valley sev- enty miles and two to twenty miles wide, is from eight to twenty-eight feet below the level of the river. The Missouri river runs through a trough higher than the outlying land. This great tract, including some scores of towns, is liable to become a lake if the river should leave its course at some high flood. LEAPS FROM CAR WINDOW. St. Paul Man Does a Queer Thing in North Dakota. Grand Forks, N. D., Oct. 7. — At Blanchard John Gangle, a resident of St. Paul, on his way home from Se- attle, where he had been buying lar¥, jumped from a car window, and was badly cut and bruised. He was taken to the depot and detained, but he made his escape from there, and he was recaptured only after a long chase. A relative from St. Paul came up to take him home. He had $1,500 on his person. TOO MUCH WHISKY. Farm Hand Dies and Alleged Bootleg- ger Is Arrested. Amenia, N. D., Oct. 7. — John Mi- near, a farm hand employed with the Robert Morrow threshing outfit work- ing on the farm of Alex McLennan near here, died of an overdose of whisky last Sunday afternoon. The liquor is alleged to have been fur- nished by a bootlegger named James Keeling, and was procured by him by a Casselton dealer. Keeling has been placed under arrest. HALF THE TOWN IN RUINS. Meager Details of Tornado’s Work in Michigan Town. Negaunee, Mich., Oct. 7—No further details of the havoc created by the tornado which struck Ewen Saturday afternoon have been received. The most that can be learned is that three persons were killed and more than a score injured, while at least half the town is in ruins. Stabbed at Wedding. Helena, Mont., Oct. 7.—During the revelry following the celebration of a Finnish wedding in Red Lodge a man named Hunney received stab wounds which will probably prove fatal. After a hard fight, during which the city marshal was knocked down and his revolver taken from him, a Finn whose name is not known to the po- fice, “was arrested, charged with stabbing Hunney. He still had a knife in his hand when taken. Immense Cabbage Crop. Pokwana, S. D., Oct. 7—Christopher Jerdan of this place, ex-sheriff of Brule county, has a six-acre irrigated cabbage patch on which he has an ag- gregate of 46,000 cabbages. They are estimated to weigh an average of five -pounds each, or a total of 230,000 pounds, and will be sold at about 2 cents per pound, which will give him a good return for six acres of ground. Dynamiters Fail to Appear. Butte, Mont., Oct. 7. — Despite the fact that the date set by the black- mailing dynamiters who ask $5,000 from the Northern Pacific has expired Without violence, the greatest precau- tions are iaken here. All hunters out- ward bound are deprived of their ‘guns, as the detectives fear the dyna- miters might enter the train as sports- men. Two Injured at Willmar. Willmar, Minn., Oct. 7—Yesterday President Finley of the internation- al union modified this statement some- what when seen about it last night. “We do not expect arbitration at! this time,” he said. “The owners havei refused to arbitrate, and I do. not. think they can do so at this late date. In fact, I think they will give in before they will arbitrate.” Absolute quiet reigned in the mills ‘district last night and yesterday. forenoon while unloading boarding shacks at Kandiyohi station John Cos- ‘tello, foreman of the Willmar yards, had his leg broken by the falling of a shack on him. Peter Olsen, section lacorer, was struck on the chest and hurt internally. Both were brought to this city for treatment. Two Killed by Tornado. Amherst, Wis., Oct. 7. — Saturday’s DEALERS IN GRAIN MEET. Convention Opens Up in Minneapolis. ° Minneapolis, Oct. 7.—At 10 o'clock yesterday morning the seventh annual convention of the Grain Dealers’ Na- tional association was called to order in the Metropolitan opera house, Min- neapolis, by Vice President H. S. Grimes, acting president. The Rev’ James S. Montgomery of Welsey M. E. church offered the invocation and Gov. Van Sant welcomed the visitors to the state. Ald. D. P. Jones, speak- ing' for Mayor Haynes, welcomed the delegates to the city, and George F. Stone, secretary of the Chicago board of trade, responded for the associa- tion. Owing to the stormy weather the attendance was not large, al- though there are more than 1,000 dei- egates and visitors in the city to at- tend the sessions of the convention. si CLEVER CAPTURE. Ten Detectives Work on Case for Several Weeks. Minot, N. D., Oct. 7—Great North- ern detectives last night arrested Thomas Allen, a man who was let out of jail at Havre, Mont., to come to Minot’ to secure money to release a friend. He was placed on trial but waived examination. The work at capturing this man was clever, and took the combined efforts of ten de- tectives for several weeks. A detec- tive named Carter played in with Al- Jen and he learned that Allen had in- struments to open the seals of the cars withov destroying them; then he would cl se them again with the same instrument. Other arrests will follow. The work has been carried on all summer between Larimore and Williston. STORE FRONTS BLOWN IN. Heavy Wind Storm Strikes Clark’s Grove. Albert Lea, Minn., Oct. 7.—A storm of unusual fury passed over this county late yesterday afternoon, and the vicinity of Clark’s Grove waa struck and much damage done. Al: three of the stores had the fronts blown in and barns were blown down. It is feared the farming community suffered severely, but reports cannot be secured. A late report says one man was killed near €lark’s Grove, but the rumor lacks confirmation. There was a ‘ieavy wind here but no damage was done so far as reported. A telephone message says the big barn on M. L. Whelan’s farm in Ban- croft township was blown down and the hired man was buried in the ruins, FARMERS FORM STATE TRUST. The Minnesota Sahers: Exchange te the Nome. St. Paul, Oct. 7. — The Minnesota Farmers’ Exchange is the name se- lected by a subcommittee on by-laws appointed by twenty delegates con- sisting of farmers who met yesterday afternoon at the office of Gov. Van Sant to form a permanent organiza- tion. The state organization is to be affiliated with the Farmers’ National Co-operative exchange, recently or- ganized at Chicago with a capital of $50,000,000, a million _ shares at, $50 each. Hamilton White of Chicago, financial agent of the national organ- | ization, and H. H. Carr of Chicago board of trade addressed the meeting and will assist in perfecting the or- ganization. FIRE AT TWO HARBORS. Are Burned Out by Blaze. Two Harbors, Minn., Oct. 7. — Fire yesterday partially destroyed Spur- beck’s building on Poplar street. The first floor was occupied by be water and light departments, F. F. James, drugs; Harris & Esterly, ean J. W. Brownell, tailoring establishment; A. J. McGee, insurance and real es- tate, and A. O. Hulberg. jeweler. Sev- enteen lodges occupied the second floor. The charters and paraphernalia were consumed. The aggregate loss is about $10,000; covered by insur- ance. Several Firms SPEAKER DROPS DEAD At Close of Speech Which He | wagons and carriages passing through » CET LICENSE TO TEACH. Names of Those That Secure Profes- sional Certificates. The state superintendent of public Schools has issued fourteen profes- sional state certificates to applicants who ‘had college and university diplomas. Nine teachers received re- newals. The certificates are valid for from one to five years. The appli- cants and the names of the colleges and universities from which they graduated are: One Year—Mae G. Barker of Ada, Minn., Carleton college; H. C. Bell of Lake Crystal, Minn., Ottawa universi- ty; Helena Mann of St. Paul, Univer- sity of Minnesota; Carl E. Nelson of Duluth, Gustavus Adolphus college; Katherine Olds of Granite Falls, Carleton college; H. June Streeter of Albert Lea, Carleton college; Blanche Howard of Minneapolis, Wellesley college, Three Years—Magda M. Hoff of Lake City, University of Minnesota; A. Lehmann of McIntosh, University of Minnesota; Katherine O. Peet of Morris, University of Wisconsin. Five Years—Mary Josephine Salter of Duluth, Wellesley college; Rudolph J. Schultz of Beatdsley, Olivet col- lege; C. W. Thompson of Fisher, South Dakota university; Martha L. Tobin of Willmar, Oberlin college. Renewals—Two Years—C. H. Chris- tianson, Clark’s Grove; W. J. Sever- ance, Dodge Center; Annie Zimmer- man, Lanesboro; A. A. Zech, Annan- dale, Three Years—Lulu V. Lusby, Ann Arbor, Five Years — Lillian Louise Bech, Waseca; Herbert Carleton, St. Louis Park; E. H. Hatton, Chicago; H. C, Kirk, Lester Prairie. TAX RATE TO BE HIGHER. Increase Due to Appropriation for Farm School. ‘the rate of taxation necessary to “raise money to meet the expenses of the state government for the ensuing year, together with the school tax, is 2.73 mills, as follows: Revenue fund, 1 mill; agricultural college fund, .2 mill; funding tax fund, .2 mill; ‘sol- diers’ relief fund, .1 mill; state school. tax, 1.23 mills. The total rate is .2 mill more this year than last, owing to the special tax to raise the $250,000 provided for ‘by the last legislature for new build- ings at the state school of agriculture. The law required that that amount be raised in two years. The tax this year will raise approximately $150,000 of that amount, and according to the rate for the purpose next year will be somewhat less. The rate of taxation in the other funds is the same as last year. On the basis that the total assessed valuation of taxable property in the state is $781,000,000, taxes amounting to $2,132,130 will be paid into the sev- eral funds, as follows: School tax, $960,630; revenue fund, $781,000; ag- ricultural college, $156,2Q0; funding tax fund, $152,200; soldiers’ relief fund, $78,100. These figures are based on the supposition that all taxes are paid. There are always some delin- quencies. The revenue fund calls for only $775,000. MUST NOT VISIT PIGS. Circulars Tell How Easy It Is to Carry Germs of Hog Cholera. Dogs, crows and birds frequently earry hog cholera germs, according to a circular issued by Executive Agent S. H. Ward of the live stock sanitary board. Dr. Ward says also that dirt adhering to farm implements and infected areas. frequently carries the germs of the disease. He advises farmers not to visit their neighbors’ hog pens. The cirsular f llows: “As hog cholera is caused by a specific germ, it is often carried from one locality to another; for example en dirt, which adheres to one’s shoes or on farm implements; by purchas- ing animals from infected districts; by driving back and forth over infect- ed areas; by dogs, crows and other birds. “Do not visit your neighbor’s hog pens. Do not ship in hogs for breed- MILLIONS ADDED TO TAX ROLL. State Board of Equalization Makes In creases of $12,275,000. It is estimated that, as a result of ; the increases’ in the assessments ox personal property made by the state board of equalization, which has just concluded its work, a reduction of from 11-2 to 2 mills in the average rate of taxation throughout the state will be made. Last year the rate was 24.3 mills; this year it should not be over 22.6. Personal property returns made tc the board amounted to about $144,000,- 000, and to this was added, approx imately, $13,000,000, making the tota’ $157,000,000; from this about $26,000, 000 will be deducted for exemtions and the net assessable value of per sonal property owned in this state wil) be $131,000,000, as compared with $114,000,000 last year. The increase in assessed value, about $13,000,000, is $6,000,000 more than the increase made last year. The real estate valuation in th« state will be increased about $3,000, 000, making it about $650,000,000, and this, added to the personal property assessment of $131,000,000, makes the total assassable property valuation o! the state $781,000,000, as compared with $761,000,000 last year. The board adopted a resolution di recting the state auditor to notify the ‘county officials that hereafter county assessors must assess and return al ‘property in their counties, regardless of whether the valuation be under $10¢ or not. The resolution also instructs the county officials that the county audi tors and not the assessors are the proper officials to make the exemption The failure of county assessors to dc their duty in this respect this year, is stated in the resolution to have beer a grave offense which must not be re peated. The increase made in the different schedules considered by the boar¢ were approximately as follows: Street car, gas and panies Cattle . Household goods . Manufacturing and farm tools.. 00¢ Goods and merchandise. 1,100,00¢ Horses 700,00 National, state and private yanks 4 006 Logs and } 00t Wagons .. 400! 00¢ Watches and cl 350,006 Saloon fixtures Sheep and hogs Elevators Sewing machines. Trust comparies Organs . Gold and Freight car companies Dogs The session of the state Sand 7 equalization cost the state $4,059.80, of which $3,140 was in per diem allow. ances and $649.80 for mileage. The amount on hand available for paying the expenses of the board was only $3,500, but the governor made up the deficit from his contingent fund. There were eighteen regular mem bers of the board and three ex-officic members, the governor, attorney gen eral and state auditor. They received $5 per day and mileage of 15 cents 2 mile. CALLS IN DEPOSITS. State Needs the Money to Its Bills. State Treasurer Julius H. Block has called $200,000 on deposit in state de positories to meet the running ex penses of the state government. Mr Block issued a statement showing that there is only $114,892.35 in the reve nue fund, and the general school fun¢ of $814,257.14 will be apportioned tc the school districts of the state in < day or two. The total amount oj money in the treasury was $1,488, 887.98. A statement of the money ir the treasury follows: Revenue fund... Soldiers’ relief. Funding tax... Permanent. sch General school . Pay Internal improvement. (Internal improvement land... x Internal improvement land interest ‘Total . ‘Net cash léss overdraft. SERVANT GIRL PROBLEM: Le ‘Maj. Campbell Believes the Indians | Will Help to Solve It. Maj. Sam W. Campbell, agent ic charge of the La Pointe Indian agency with headquarters at Ashland, having jurisdiction over all the Chippewa reservations in Northern Wisconsin, declares that he has solved two im- portant present day problems, namely: the servant girl question and what to do with the rising generation of In- dians who are being educated by Uncle Sam. He now has under way an ex- periment that he is watching with much interest. In fact he is already confident of its success, Two young girls from the reserva- tion are doing housework in Hudson, one in Maj. Campbell’s home, the oth- er in Banker Amos E. Jefferson’s. Both were educated in the reservation schools, then attended an institute in the East three years. One is nineteen and the other a year younger. Their training has fitted them for what Maj. Campbell confidently expects they will be, namely, igeal housemaids; they have been thoroughly schooled in all branches of domestic science. They are bright and industrious, well man- nered and anxious to learn. Their dress is that of any other up-to-date American girl with a fondness for bright colors. Maj. Campbell will want places for about fifty girls next sum- mer, CLARK’S DEATH DELAYS PLAN. Bion J. Arnold to Take Up Promotion Work. Alexander Clark, the railway pro- moter, whose tragis death occurred at Antioch, Ill., recently, was the moving spirit in a number of projects for rail- ways to be built into Kenosha. He held all the details of the work of pro- jecting the Chicago, Kenosha & Mil- waukee electris road, and had all but completed the work of securing the right of way for the line. On the night before his death it had been decided to at once begin securing the right of way for the line between Kenosha and Milwaukee. If his plans had been car- ried out the line to connect Chicago and Milwaukee would have been com- pleted next spring. It has been stated that Bion J. Arnold, the president of the Kenosha Electric Railway com- pany, will take up the work of Mr. E Clark. SOME SMOKES. Tobacco Harvest in Wisconsin Completed. The tobacco harvest has been com- pleted, and all the growing fields have been secured without any serious dam- age from the recent frosts. The warm pleasant weather of last week proved favorable to the rapid curing of the hanging leaf, putting an end to further dangers of shed damage. There is not much buying of the new crop going on at present. A few sales were recorded during the week in the Vernon county district to the local dealers at from 6 to 10 cents. Consid- erable inquiry is developing for cured leaf, ‘and a number of important trades are under advisement. A num- ber of buyers are in the state inspect- ing dealers’ samples. The shipments out of storage reach 450 cases from the Edgerton market to all points for last week. BOTH WILL RECOVER. Wounds of Bossows Not So Serious as First Thought. Herman Bossow and his wife, the principals of the shooting in the Ger- man Lutheran church at La Crosse ars improving, and it is thought they will both recover. The wounds of the wife, who was shot by her husband, are not as serious as at first supposed. It has developed since the attempted murder and suicide that Rossow has frequently acted strangely, and it is thought by some of his friends that his mind has been unbalanced for several years. . Peculiar Accident. As a result of a piece of indelible pencil snapping off and becoming lodged in his eye, G. F. Nelson, a clerk in the Burlington offices at La Crosse, may have one of his eyes col- ored blue permanently, It is one of the most peculiar accidents known to ing purposes, unless it is known and a certificate can be given that no hog cholera exists in that\locality for at least six months. Visitors should Dwelt on Uncertainty of Life. Richland Center, Wis., uct. 7—-The Rey. Jacob Marks, seventy-four, while tornado was fatal to two persons near here. A little daughter of Paul Ki- toski in Lanock was crushed between x x Overdrawn, $41.05. IOWANS FLEECED. ee Calendar Is Heavy. Ex. i two floors when the house fell. Albert} attending the semi-annual conference Th 2 he ag J ein od dled mater arth Johnson, a farmer nineteen years ae of the Richland Union church x Ex- peta gulag Poe epee ot He state pbencane, picks ee neoe SMe matt ae na arn, Muscatine, Iowa, Oct. 6. — F. BE. | Was carried several feet into the air | celsior, fell into a chair and died at hetich: ae Aix on teak eae hn e \tober term. The appeal in the con'| do not dare take steps to cleanse the ltest over the famous Muller estate twas received from Duluth, also the jappeal in the case of the Nelson broth: ters, the convicted Owatonna murder | ‘ers. Two other murder cases are or ‘the calendar, the Ronk case from Fari: ‘bault county and the Carriveau case ‘from Lake county. The case of the \state against Dr. A. A. Ames will also ‘be considered. the close of a few remarks to the con- ference in which he dwelt on the un- certainty of life and urged his hearers to live Christian lives. Death was due to heart failure. and then dropped, being killed in- stantly. Meyers, claiming to represent a large Chieago house, also posing as a preacher and singing evangelist, but really 2 much wanted ex-convict, was arrested in Muscatine a month ago, in- dicted a week ago, and Saturday sen- tenced to five years in the peniten- tiary. The Imperial company was his Chicago firm, which he claimed was about to move its plant to Muscatine. eye. The accident occurred while Nelson was writing at his desk. The point of the pencil broke off, pene- trating the cornea. The little piece of matter was partly dissolved and scat- tered around over the eyeball, coloring the white, and infact, every visible portion of the eye. A physician re- moved the piece of lead, but was un- able to remove the blue coloring. neighborhood they should be tied up. “When two pr more hogs are taken ill at or about the same time owners can rest assured that hog cholera ex- ists. Dead hogs must be burned or buried and it is obligatory upon the owner to notify the chairman of the beard of supervisors, who in . turn must notify the state live stock san- itary board.” SAW STATE DITCHES. Peter E. Hanson, secretary of state, has returned from an official inspec- tion of state drainage ditches, on which he was accompanied by George Ralph, engineer for the state com- mission. All of the ditches visited were approved and _ the contractors will teceive their balances. The party took a seven-mile boat ride in one of the ditches. Those visited were in ‘Killed while Hunting. Hokah, Minn., Oct. 7.—Hugh Kelly, oldest son of Merchant Kelly of Hokah, met almost instant death Sun- day by the accidental discharge of his gun while hunting near here. He was twenty-one years of age. Guilty of Embezzlement. Sioux City, lowa, Oct. 7. — Thomas F. Ward, formerly vice president of the Le Mars National bank, pleaded guilty yesterday to the embezzle- ment of $14,000 of the bank’s funds. Henry W. Peabody & Co., commis sion merchants of New York city, have written to State Game Warder Fullerton, saying that a client of theirs in South Africa wants four live prairie chickens for breeding pur. poses, They want to know what the birds will cost and whether they would survive an ocean voyage. Mr. Fullerton has received word from Rainy Lake of the capture of a white sturgeon, the first known spe cimen. It will probably be mounted Injured in a Fight. NEW STUDENTS ARE SWINDLED. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 7. — Three members of the crew of the steam barge Roswell P. Flower, lying at the foot of Cherry street, were painfully injured in a fight with a gang of Ital- ian coal heavers. Many New Brands. Pierre, S. D., Oct. 6. — ‘The state brand commission at its late meeting passed upon 155 new brands, bringing the total number so far authorized in the state to 41.916, By the end of the next session of the commission the number will have passed the 50,000 mark. As the number of. brands in- crease the work becomes more ardu- ous at every meeting, and some of them require a great deal of study to Boy Drowned. " Two Harbors, Minn., Oct. 7—Ernést Loff, a boy seven years old, while crossing the Little Fork river on a Jog, fell in and was drowned. The body has not been found. | Sophomores at University Said to Be Playing Clever Confidence Game. Wholesale hazing by way of a profit- able confidence game is said to be practiced by the. sophomores at the state university upon the new stu- dents. Tickets are sold to them it is said for 25 cents each which purports to be admission tickets to the conyoca- tions, which are in reality not only free but required. Considerable money Two Brakemen Injured. Salem, S. D., Oct. 7.—A collision oc- curred on the Omaha in the yards at this place at 5:15 last evening, in Officers Fined for Extortion. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 7. — Consta- bles Joseph Trost and William Hen- ley were fined $150 apiece by Judge be certain that they do not in any! which two brakemen were severely Neelan for extortion. They forced a | Otter Tail, Norman, Polk, Red Lake,' and added to the state’s collection at is supposed to have n collected J way conflict with old brands. bruised. man to pay $75 for taking @ $7 chick- | Marshall and Roseau counties. the St. Louis exposition. from the freshmen. ee en coop he thought he had a right te. eS