Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 24, 1903, Page 7

oOooe RINGLEADER OF DYNAMITERS. Northern Pacific Detectives Believe They Have Made Important Capture. Helena, Mont., Oct. 20.—Isaac Gra- velle was brought here iast night by a posse of Northern Pacific detectives . and lodged in jail on the charge of be- ing connected with the dynamite out- ‘ rages on the Northern Pacific. Sat- urday night while a watchman was patrolling the track about fifteen miles west of Helena he ran across a man digging a hole under the raiis. On being detected the man ran away and the watchman fired at him twice but missed. Yesterday morning at 7 o'clock Capt. Keowan and two others ” took the trail from the railroad track Nv and followed it twenty miles into the mountains, and finally captured the man at his cabin. He is the man the detectives have been hunting for three weeks. Supt. Boyle and Detective Me- ¥etridge, who have charge of the work ‘of running down the dynamiters, are positive Gravelle is. the ringleader of the outrages. INDICTS TWO CITY FATHERS. ® Two Minneapolis Aldermen Accused of Taking Bribes. Minneapolis, Oct. 20.—As the result of the grand jury investigation of al- ‘ leged official corruption, there were two arraignments of aldermen of the . council of 1901, who are members of the present council, on the charge of receiving a bribe, before Judge Pond in the district court. They are Peter Nelson, Democrat, of the Eleventh ward, and Claus Mumm, Republican, ef the Third ward. John Sibley, Re- publican, of the Tenth ward in 1901, but not a member of the present coun- } cil, is also indicted. The indictment charges them with having agreed to receive from Janney, Semple, Hill & nan Co., a bribe of $1,200 to work and vote for the passage of a resolution va- cating an alley. i LA CROSSE WANTS COLLEGE. ve Turned Down by Presbyterian Synod, Will Not Give Up. La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 20.—The mi- nority report of the educational com- mittee of the Wisconsin Presbyterian synod, which has been in session dur- ing the past week at Neenah, Wis., has been adopted and the proposition for the establishment of a sectarian college at La Crosse has been turned down. The unqualified indorsement of the synod has been given to the Carroll college. Steps are being taken for the raising of a fund by private donations for the purpose of estab- lishing an independent college at La Crosse without the support of the synod. -_ CAVE-IN KILLS MINER. Another Man Imprisoned in Genoa Mine at Sparta. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 20.—One miner is dead and another is imprisoned in the Genoa mine at Sparta, Mesaba range, 2s a result of a cave-in on the 300-foot level of that property. The name of the dead miner has not been ascertained, but the imprisoned man is Albert Luke, and it is considered doubtful if he will be taken out alive. The work of rescue was begun at onee and will continue without inter ruption until the man has been taken out dead or alive. The men were at work timbering a drift. A third man ie had a very narrow escape. SS . “sn a = tees ete L PURSUED TO HIS DEATH. Steamer Fireman Drowns While Try- | ing to Escape From Two Men. Milwaukee, Oct. 20.—Edward Reed, a fireman on the steamer Olympia, jumped or fell into the Menominee 4 river late last night while being pur- sued by two other mer. Reed’s body was recovered. A wallet belonging to the dead man, containing $70, is miss- ing, but the police do not think it is 4 in the river. John Flood and James i} Melia, sailors, are under arrest, pend- ing the coroner’s inquest. Reed was forty-five years old, single, and it is * believed came from Buffalo. BANK ROBBERS AT WORK. Two Financial Institutions in Nebras- ka Are Losers. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 20.—The safe jn the bank at Hubbard, Neb., twenty miles south of here, was blown open last night. The robbers secured $1, 100 and escaped on a hand car. The loss is covered by insurance. Eustis, Neb., Oct. 20.—$ix masked men robbed the Farnum State bank early yesterday, securing $4,000. One of the men was arrested and the of- ficers with bloodhounds are on the trail of two of the robbers. Dynamite was used, and the safe and bank fixtures were wrecked. Hanging in His Shanty. Prairie du Chien, Wis., Oct. 20, — Adolph E. Bittler, aged about forty- five, committed suicide by hanging in a claim shanty, a mile below the city, presumably Friday night, and was found by fishermen last night. In a grip letters showed him to be 2 mem- ber of the Lake Seamen's union of Chicago. His father is an officer in the German army, who had often sent him money. His partner, who had left him to visit his folks at McGregor, a few days, could assign no reason for the act. ; SPSL PRS POLLO TS POSES OPERATOR !S CRAVE. Risks Death to Prevent Hold-Up of Train. Butte, Mont., Oct. 20.—At an early hour yesterday morning two masked men, rode up to the little station at Welch’s Spur, twenty miles east of this city, on the Northern Pacific, and, covering the operator with their re-, volvers, drove him inside his office! and locked him in. They turned the: signal light so as_ to stop the North, Coast limited, which was due in halfi an hour. The operator, F. K. Law, af boy of twenty, threatened with death, if he moved, crawled on his hands and’ knees to his telegraph key, and, reach- ing from under the table, wired the operator at Homestake to tell the engineer of the North Coast not to stop, as bandits meant to hold up the train at Welch’s Spur. The train went through the latter place at forty miles an hour, and the bandits rode off. A posse took the trail at daylight. CHARGES AGAINST MONTEATH. Result of Massacre of Seven Indians on Blackfoot Reservation. Great Falls, Mont., Oct. 20. — As a result of the massacre of seven In- dians on the Blackfoot reservation a week ago by Little Plume, Miss Helen P. Clarke, former county superintend- ent of schools for Lewis and Clarke county, has preferred charges of mal- administration against Maj. J. H. Mon- teath, agen of the Blackfoot (Piegan) reservation. Miss Clarke is a daugh- ter of Malcolm Clarke, the pioneer friend of the Piegans, who married one of the tribe and was later mur- dered. Miss Clarke, in affidavits, charges that whisky is being sold freely on the reservation and that gambling is common. Miss Clarke at- tributes the recent massacre to Little Plume being crazed with liquor. MINNESOTA 75, IOWA 0. Hawkeye Football Team Outplayed and Outclassed. Minneapolis, Oct. 20. — Outplayed and outclassed from beginning to end of play, the Iowa university football team, supporters of which looked for a victory for their favorites, was de- feated by the University of Minnesota eleven Saturday on Northrop field by the decisive score of 75 to 0. Playing a game that was lightning fast and, but for fumbles, almost perfect, the Gophers had little trouble rolling up their 75 points. Touchdown after touchdown came with apparent ease. In fact, Minnesota’s march toward Towa’s goal was nothing could stop the fierce rushés of the Gopher warriors and the huge crowd fairly marveled at the wonder- ful offensive play of Minnesota. Merely a Steady Growth. Miller, S. D., Oct. 20. — The public improvements this season foot up to just about $14,000, made up of $4,000 for sewerage, $6,000 for electric light plant; telephone improvement, $1,000; cement sidewalks, $2,500; surface drainage, $500. Then there has been private improvements, church build- ings, ete., to the value of about $15,- 000. This has resulted from a natural growth, as the town has not had a boom. Guiseppe in Trouble. Sioux City, lowa, Oct. 20.—Charged with having flooded Central Iowa towns with spurious $5 bills, a swarthy young Italian giving the name of Guiseppe Gonzolaro, which he interpreted as Fred Martin in plain English, has been brought here and placed in jail to await the action of the United States grand jury. Soldier Killed in Quarrel. Missoula, Mont., Oct. 20. — Private Kennedy, a United States soldier sta- tioned at Fort Missoula, was shot and killed at the post yesterday. John Tulley, another private who is said to have killed Kennedy during a quarrel, has fled to the mountains and is be- ing pursued by a sheriff’s posse and a guard from the fort. Two Blind Piggers Fined. Moorhead, Minn., Oct. 20. — Sheriff Bayer and his deputies raided three alleged blind pigs at Ulen and brought the proprietors to Moorhead. They were arraigned before Justice Torson at once. John Schranz and Olson & Salbers pleaded guilty and each paid a fine of $45.80 and costs, Anthony Peterson had his case continued. New Road for Dairymen. Tony, Wis., Oct. 20. — E. T. Abbott and a party of surveyors from Minne- apolis will at once survey a county road to run to the east and west boun- dary line of Gates county. The pur- pose is to increase the dairying, as new factories are being established in this section. Freak Wind Story. Pigrre, S. D., Oct. 20. — Frank Montgomery of Sully county reports as a freak of the heavy wind on last week the losing of a wagon loaded with hay, and after a search finding it four miles from where it started, ‘where it had blown without overturn- ing. Canning Works Output Large. Faribault, Minn., Oct. 20.—The Fari- bault Canning works have completed operations for this season. put was 750,000 cans. OP DOSHSHSH OOOO HOO OOOO eoeveveees News of the Northwest2# SEOSHHHHSHSCHHHSHOHHSHSHHSHSHOHSSHHHHHOHSHOHHOHHSHHH OHHH OH ,to well like a procession. | ¢ NOW AFTER GREAT NORTHERN Dynamiters Threaten to Blow Up Trains Unless $15,000 Is Forthcoming. Helena, Mont., Oct. 21.—According authenticated reports the Northern Pacific Railway company is not alone in its troubles with the dyna- miters, though it has so far been the only sufferer. For several days there has been a number of Great Northern secret seryice men in Helena and vi- cinity, and it has developed that their mission is to try to locate the person who sent the company a letter levy- ing blackmail. The letter was mailed at Cascade and it demanded the pay- ment of $15,000. The railroad com- pany was commanded to fly a signal if it acceded to the demand, and was given until Tuesday evening, Oct. 20, to comply. If it did not comply then the amount of blackmail would be raised to $30,000 and dynamite, the letter said, would be used on the rails, St. Paul, Oct. 21—General Manager ®. E. Ward of the Great Northern said yesterday that the Great Northern has not been threatened by the dynami- ters. “So far as the Great Northern is concerned, there is néthing in the re- oorts,” haid he. “We have not been threatened and have received no de- mands for money. We think that the reports originated in the fact that de- ‘ectives in our employ are in Montana, om the scene of the operations of the zang that has been causing the North- arn Pacific annoyance. The presence of our men probably accounts for tho cumor that the Great Northern is in danger from the dynamiters.” FIRE LAID TO MICE. Supposed to Have Struck Matches in South Dakota Barn. Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 21. — Mice } zaining access to matches which were supposed to have been in a tareshing aand’s vest which was hanging in the barn, is presumed to have caused a fire which destroyed the fine barn of A. Van Maanen, a Brookings county farmer, together with seven horses, cen head of hogs, about 200 bushels of oats and a quantity of hay. A high wind was blowing at the time, and it was only about ten minutes until the barn and contents had gone up in smoke. The loss was total, there being ao insurance, POULTRY SHOW PLANS. Big Display Is Expected in Winona in January. . Winona, Minn., Oct. 21. — The W: nona poultry men are already making preparations for the big show to be aeld here the first week in January. At a meeting held yesterday Martin Bender was appointed superintendent, Secretary Hess a committee of one on hall, and President Knopp, Secre- vary Hess and Walter Voelker a com- nittee on premium list. Work will be begun on this list at once so that ex- aibitors may have it in hand within ix weeks. R. E. Jones of Edinburg, d., has been secured as judge. HORROR OF OLD AGE Tends to the Suicide of a Pioneer Wis- consin Farmer. Kencsha, Wis., Oct. 21.—Jenial Al- yert Hughes, a weaithy pioneer farm- or of the town of Somers, committed suicide yesterday. He took a large lose of paris green. Hughes was 65 years of age and was possessed of a horrer of growing old, and this 1s ziven out as the cause of his taking ris own life. Blind Pigs Must Go. Kensal, N. D., Oct. 21. — Charles dartley and John O'Leary have been yound over to the district court under $500 bonds for alleged complicity in she wrecking of the Journal office Saturday night. By assistance from he outside the Journal came out on ctime.as usual. The pigs must go. A ‘ull car of beer has been seized and shipped out of the state, and the of icials have plenty of evidence to cor- rict. School Museum Gets War Relic. Kstelline, S. D., Oct. 21.—The muse- am of the local schools has received in interesting relic of the Spanish- American war. It is a broken five- inch shell which was fired from the Marblehead into the fort at Guantan- amo. The relic was dug out of the walls of the fort by Karl C. Jakobson, an Estelline boy, who presented it to che school museum. Fined for Fishing With Nets. Two Harbors, Minn., Oct. 21. — Abraham Faara and Charles Meani have been arrested by the deputy. same warden for fishing with nets int Burnside Jake and fined $10 and costs! Their nets were destroyed. Paying Indian Annuities. Two Harbors, Minn., Oct. 20—Indian Agent Campbell of the La Porte agency, accompanied by three of his clerks, are north of here in Lake and Cook counties making payments of an- auities to the Indians. Each gets $5.08. Montgomery Sentenced. Sparta, Wis., Oct. 21—Judge Fruit yesterday morning sentenced Samue! Montgomery to state prison for life for the murder of his wife last May. He The out-} still claims his innocence and a new trial was asked for. SON OF FORMER JUSTICE BUCK IS SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS WITH A BANK. WAS VICTIM OF BLACKMAII LEAVES LETTER GIVING THE CAUSE THAT LED TO DEFALCATIONS. HIS WHEREABOUTS IS UNKNOWN FORMER JUSTICE BUCK IS HEAVY LOSER BY HIS _ SON’S SHORTAGE. ' Mapleton, Minn., Oct. 21——The Ma pieton State bank was closed yester- day, pending an investigation of the pooks to reveal the extent of the de- faleation of the assistant cashier, Al- fred A, Buck, who has disappeared. _ Mr. Buck went to Walker a week ago on business and left there ostensi- bly for Duluth on Tuesday, and since then nothing has been heard from him. He is the only son of Judge Daniel Buck of Mankato, former jus- tice of the supreme court, who is pres- ident and owner of half the stock of the bank. Mr. Buek was accompanied as far as the Twin Cities by his wife, formerly a Miss Brown of Minneapo- lis, and to her he confided the state- ment that he was short in his ac- counts and that he was about to leave tor parts unknown. He said that he had left a letter in his desk that Would Explain All. Mrs. Buck kept her husband’s secret until Friday night, when she confided it to her sister-in-law, who Saturday informed her father, Judge Buck. Judge Buék at once came to Mapleton and consulted the officers and direct- ors of the bank, who were unprepared to reccive the news which he gave them. The letter from the missing official was found, and it said that the shortage of the writer was $18,700 with the bank and between $7,000 and $8,000 with his father. Mr. Buck was able to carry on his speculations for four years without detection by falsi- fying the deposit ledger. The bank directors took steps at once to protect the interests of the de- positors and the stockholders were assessed’an equal amount to the amount of their stock. The surplus is nearly $6,000, and this and the assess- ment will nearly make good the loss. Late yesterday afternoon it was said that the shortage had been found to be $20,000, but that the bank will re- open in two or three days. Judge Buck Suffers a Heavy Loss, the best part of his property having been swept away. He places his loss at $21,500, but he will stand by the pank to the last. He will be forced to resume the active practice of law. The strangest feature of the occur- rence is the excuse given by young Buck for taking the money. He dis- claims speculation or fast living. He is thirty-one years of age. He in- formed his wife that twelve years ago he was made the victim of black- mail by a Chicago family, that he foolishiy paid the money demanded, though not legally or morally bound to do so, and that this ‘family has ever since from time to time held him up. He has paid every demand, fear- ing the result of exposure on the health of his parents if he refused, and the total amount paid was $30,000. He finally received a receipt in full. Mr. Buck’s family claim to have known something of this before, but they had no idea that it was so seri- ous. They say that there is a woman in the case, but they absolutely refuse to give out the nature of the case. They say that they understand the young man’s case and that they are loyal to him. Shot While Hunting. Wabasha, Minn., Oct. 21—Charles R. Knoll was hunting in company of Charles H. Knoll in the Zumbrota bettoms, three miles from this city. In putting the gun into the boat, the barrels toward him, it was discharged, the shot striking him in the right sile, tearing out a portion of the ninth rib and opening the peritoneal cavity. He was brought home nearly three hours after the accident. He is in a precarious condition. Crash on the Rail. Iowa City, lowa, Oct. 21—The Rock {sland limited, east-bound, while run- aing at a high rate of speed at Oxford, west of this city, crashed into an ex- tra freight. A dozen persons were slightly injured. Kills Himself to Escape Arrest. San Francisco, Oct. 21—Crazed by fear of arrest in connection with the robbery of the Manhattan hotel, Geo. Nottingham, son of a wealthy resident of Walnut Creek, shot and killed him- self in the room of his divorced wife. BUCK A bbe LANDS NOT FOR THESE. Many People Will Not Be Allowed to . _. File on Claims in Minnesota. The interior department has issued a circular naming eight classes who are not qualified to make homestead entry in the ceded part of the Red Lake and other Chippewa _reserva- tions in Minnesota. The full text of the department's circular is as follows: Any person who has an existing homestead entry, or who, after June 5, 1900 abandoned or relinquished such an entry. A married woman, unless she has been deserted or abandoned by her husband, or comes within the terms of the act of June 6, 1900. One not a citizen of the United States or who has not declared his intention to become such. Any one under twenty-one years’ of age, not the head of a family, unless he has served in the army or navy of the United States for not less than fourteen days during actual wa>. Any one who is proprietor of more than 160 acres of land in any state or territory. Any one who has perfected title to a homestead of 160 acres by proof of residence and cultivation for five years, unless covered by the act of May 22, 1902. One who has perfected title to a homestead of 160 acres under section 2, act of June 15, 1880. One who, if allowed to make a homestead entry, would thereby ac- quire, with any other lands he may have entered since Aug. 30, 1890, more than 320 acres of non-mineral land. WHITEWASH WITH A PUMP. It Takes the Place of a Brush on Dairy Barns. More than 800 barrels of lime will be used in whitewashing the barns of Minnesota dairies before Dec. 1, if the recent order of W. W. P. McConnell, dairy and food commissioner, is car- ried out. The department has received a force pump, which will be used to spread the whitewash. The pump is thirty-pound pressure and will paint two good-sized barns a day. “Many dairymen think it is useless to whitewash their barns,” said George H. Staples, inspector of the commis- sion, “but under the recent ruling of Commissioner McConnell they are re- quired to do so. Not one-fourth of the dairies in the Twin Cities have their stables whitewashed. We. shall. fur- nish the uce of the pump free and show them how to do the work. An ordinary barn will require a barrel of lime and about $3 in labor. “The pump works something like a fire hose. The whitewash is forced in a stream between the cracks and crev- ices. Of course the dairyman must re- move everything from the barn that he does not want whitewashed. We have one pump in operation already and one we have just received will be sent into the field in a few days. “Dairies are also required this year for the first time to build separate sheds for milk.” DEPORTATION IS PROFITABLE. State Saves Money by Shipping Out Insane Patients. W. A. Gates, whose resignation as state agent of the state board of cdn- trol has just taken effect, estimates that the law providing for the deporta- tion of insane, since its passage in 1897, has saved the state in round numbers $375,000. Mr. Gatés was ap- pointed state agent of the old board of corrections and charities after the law was passed in 1897, and since that time has deported 379 insane persons, of whom one-third were sent to Europe or other foreign countries. This estimate is based on the the- ory that te average insane person, if allowed to stay in Minnesota, would cost the state $1,000. This figure is a conservative estimate. New York and Massachusetts, the only other two states that have systems of deporting insane, reckon that the average cost of an insane person is $1,500. The number of insane people requir- ing deportation is increasing each year. During the year ending Aug. 1, 1903, 81 insane persons were deported, as compared with 72 for the year be- fore and 45 in 1901. Mr. Gates attrib- utes this increase to the increase in the number of transient laborers who come to Minnesota to work in the har- vest fields, iron mines and lumber camps. MOODY WANTS MONEY. Navy Secretary Asks for an Appropri- ation of $102,866,449. Washington, Oct. 20. — Secretary Moody has approved the estimates for the support of the navy for the next fiscal year as recommended by the chiefs of bureaus, amounting to $102,- 866,449, as against $79,816,792 appro. priated for the last fiscal year. Chamberlain Has Gout. London, Oct. 15.—Joseph Chamber- lain is confined to his bed at High- bury, his residence at Birmingham, by a sharp attack of his old enemy, gout. He hopes, however, to have sufficient- ly recovered to keep his Newcastle engagement, Oct. 23. Jumps Into the River. Grand Rapids, Wis., Oct. 15.—Chas. Labrof committed suicide by jumping into the river. He was dead before assistance reached him. He was sixty-two years of age. DEFECTIVE PAGE STARTS WAR ON HOG CHOLERA. Sanitary Board Will Try to Stamp It ‘ Out. The state live stock sanitary board has decided to spare neither time nor money to suppress hog cholera in the state. Executive Agent S. H. Ward reported that the disease has broken out on twenty-two farms in seven counties. Although this number is not alarming, the board decided to take special precautions, owing to the fact that at this season the disease is most likely to become evidemic. Dr. Ward reported outbreaks in the following counties: Lac qui Parle county, Arena, Garfield and Perry townships, six outbreaks; Yellow Med- icine county, Normania, Hammer, Oshkosh, Canby and Wergeland town- ships, six outbreaks; Blue Earth coun- ty, Garden City township, four out- breaks; Freeborn county, Albert Lea township, two outbreaks; Redwood county, Homer township, one out- | break; Le Sueur county, Tyrone town- | ship, oné outbreak; Lyon county, Clif- ton township, one outbreak; Washing- ton county, Forest Lake township, one outbreak. The board will send circulars to Jocal boards of health, farmers and shippers of live stock, requiring hogs showing symptoms of the disease to be quarantined immediately. These circulars explain that the disease is caused by a specific germ and that it is carried from one locality to another by dogs, crows, birds, dirt adhering to shoes and by farmers driving. back and forth over infected areas. GLANDERS MARK ON THE HOOF. Every Diseased Horse Must Be Plainly Branded. Every Horse in the state that has glanders must be branded on the hoof, according to an order issued by the state live stock sanitary board at a quarterly meeting at the.state capitol. This is to enable the board to keep track of glandered horses and to pre- vent innocent persons from purchas- ing diseased horses, thinking that they are sound. As soon as horses react under the test they are ordered placed in quar- antine. Unless they show radical killed immediately. In six months the inspector inspects the afflicted horses again. During this time probably the animal has been worked on a farm, and it may be that the owner has ne- gctiated to sell it on the ground that it is toc heavy or not a good mate for another horse. Dr. Ward reported to the board that in the last quarter ninety-one horses were condemned and killeed out of 1,531 which had been tested. _Fifty- five were killed on first inspection, thirty-three on the second and three on the third. j Minnesota as an Apple State. : “Minnesota is becoming a great ap- ple producing state,” said a state of- ficer well acquainted with the indus- trial development of Minrfesota. “From the size, appearance and taste cf some of the samples received this fall at the capitol, one would think they were grown in California. This goes to show that our state is capable of producing lots of things besides wheat, oats, barley, flax and the like.” Statistics received by J. J. Lomen, commissioner of the bureau of sta- tistics, show that the production of apples in Minnesota is rapidly increas- ing. Reports from fifteen counties fol- low: ‘Total No. Productive No. of County, of Trees. Trees. Bushels. Winona E 10,288, 442 ‘Houston 750 :Lineoln ‘Todd . ‘Otter 1 'Pine Kittson 52 Told on Them. An attempt to break out of the county jail at Jackson was made by three prisoners held since June for the Wilder bank robbery. With a case knife they had cut through the outer part of the cell bars, but as the inside of the bars were of hardened steei their work was checked. A fourth prisoner, held for forgery, told of the attempt to Sheriff Dunn, hav- ing overheard the others planning to flo away with him when they got out. He begged the sheriff to take him to the bath room, and when there told him what was being done. Out of a ‘water pipe taken from the closet they had constructed a crowbar by running i chair leg through it. The prisoners, pone behaved well since their in- reeration, were given a great deal of freedom in the corridor of the second floor, but they are now sep- arated and watched closely. POTATOES A FAILURE. Albert Lea Dealers Must Ship Them in to Supply Customers. The potato crop around Albert Lea turns out to be a very poor one this year, owing ‘to rot. One man three miles east of the city had two acres planted and only secured five bushels, the remainder of a big yield having rotted in the ground. Already sev- eral dealers have been compelled to ship in potatoes to supply the demand. sympioms of the disease they are not ©