Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 31, 1903, Page 2

Herald-Review. By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. At least a husband is a comparative- ly hacmless hobby. The most Striking thing about Kip- tving’s new batch of poetry is the apos- trophe. . The yeur 1903 isn’t necessarily un- lucky because the digits, when added, make 13. The American outfit that drove Yellow Jack out of Cuba ought to be shipped to Mexico. Wagner's widow ought to sue the European concert next. The music sounds very Wagnerian. More embarrassment. A prominent society lady of New York has gone into the hands of a receiver. Cottages in the adirondacks with all the thrills thrown in should sell at bargain rates just at present. When a man sees a woman fondling a pet dog, he thinks he is a regular Solomon for remaining a bachelor. Con Coughlin ought not to go hunt- ing such big game as Bob Fitzsim- mons even if this is the open season. The czar is reported to be sleeping in the safe again. This must be the “open season” for czars over in Rus- sia. A New York salesgirl has married a count, thus proving that truth is no stranger than Laura Jean Libby fic- tion. Women never boast of being seif- made, for after hearing a self-made man tell about it, they would be ashamed to. In the case of Lou Dillon it appears to be merely a question of how fast the wind shield can be carried along in front of her. Mrs. Hetty Green is in Newport. She evidently loves to see other folks spend money, even if she abhors spending it herself. Lovers who can’t stir up a quarrel about every so often do not know what true happiness is, for they never have anything to make up. Shamrock I. is to be used by a Brooklyn firm for transporting scrap metal. This is even worse than hitching the once great trottcr to a plow. It is doubtful whether, in spite of zll this war news, the average Ameri- ean will get his ideas of the little countifes jn eastern Europe un- snarled, No names are givea in conngcticn with that simian escapade on bvard Mr. Pierce's yacht, but several mem- bers of the Newport smart set are un- der suspicion. The government clerk who was as- signed to put $3,000,000 in cash in his suit ecse and carry it from Washing: ton to New York all alone was indeed a trusted employe. Premier Petroff seems to be in the position of the man who was yoked with a runaway buli and who thought that words of caution should be ad- dressed to the bull. Miss Cecilia Loftus is the most mod- est woman on the stage. She declares that she hopes to ve a great actress some day, instead of firmly believing that she is one already. A medical journal is wasting its space in advising folks not to jump | right up out of bed as soon as their eyes are open in the morning; just as if anybody did such a thing. Now, that a balloon has successfully traveled from France to England, across the channel, the island kingdom is not so snug and safe behind its lines of battleships, which have cost mill- ions. A report is out to the effect that a lot of titled women are coming to this country from Europe in search of rich husbands. Let them be careful about accepting candy from Massachusetts schooima’ams. Mothers-in-law incorporated under the statutes of New Jersey must be fairly good things, as one man bor: rowed $10,000 of one charming lady simply on her strength of a promise to marry her daughter. Mr. Kassass, the Syracuse univer sity freshman who refused to shave off his mustache on the ground that he was a married man and could do as the pleased, had an odd idea of the ‘rights and immunities of a husband. Have you noticed that the gaily dec orated stockings of the summer show ro signs of retiring with the approach of winter? In fact, they are even ‘growing brighter, green, purple and rich red being considered perfectly correct. “jditor Stead,” says the Atlanta Constitution, “takes a pessimistic ‘view of the future of the British em- pire.” We would !ike to know if any- ‘hody ever caught Editor Stead taking ‘any other kind of a view of anything. earthly. 4 From the Capital. Fifty-five bishops of the Protestant Episcopal church are in private ses- sion, considering the interests of the church in the United States, Canada and the West Indies. Father Thomas E. Sherman, son of the late W. T. Sherman, has written a letter of thanks to the president, con- gress and all concerned in the erection of the monument to his father. In promoting some forty clerks in the pension bureau, Commissioner Ware announced that they were pro- moted only on merit, and warned all clerks that any attempt to use outside influence might result in dismissal. The commissioner of the general land office has withdrawn from entry 622,000 acres of land in the Great Falls, Mont., land district, and 92,000 acres in the Helena, Mont., district, on account of irregular projects under the reclamation law. People Talked About. Rey. Dr. David Gregg, pastor of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian church in Brooklyn, was unanimously elected to the presidency of the Western The- ological seminary of Allegheny, Pa. Third Assistant Secretary of State H. H. D. Pierce has returned to tne United States after an extended tour through Europe for the purpose of in- specting the American consulates. He will shortly submit his report to Sec- retary Hay. James Pressley Fleming, one of the best known Democratic politicians in Western Pennsylvania and prominent in G. A. R. Circles, died at Pittsburg of paralysis, aged sixty-six. He was a friend of Samuel J. Randall and other leading Democratic politicians of Pennsylvania. Casuaities. Nine persons were injured in an electric railway collision at Elwood, Ind. Six persons were severely injured in a collision between electric cars in Chicago. Fire supposed to be of incendiary origin, destroyed five business blocks at Galveston, Ind. The loss is esti- mated at $75,000. Charles Jordan and Miss Austa Reese of Steubenville, O., stepped out of the way of one train in front of an- other and were killed. Two girls, Wiltie Russell and Armie Rountree, of Basley, N. C., tried to hasten a fire in the kitchen range with kerosene. Both are dead. Five firemen at St. Louis were over- come by ammonia fumes at a small fire in a cold storage building. They were revived and are expecied to re- cover. Golonel J. D. Powers of Louisville, fell from a car platform between the cars at Reno, Nev., but managed to roll out of the way, and escaped with severe injuries. Fire in the Green Point section of Brooklyn destroyed several large planing mills, lumber yards and car- riage shops and caused a loss esti- mated at more than $200,000. A ferry boat collision in the middle of the bay at San Francisco caused a panic among the passengers. Both boats were damaged, but reached their slips safely. No one was hurt. A fishing boat containing three young men was capsized in a gale near Harrisville, Mich. The men clung to the boat, and after nearly twenty-four hours two of them were rescued. The other, Henry Chalifour, died from ex- posure. The coach barn on the estate of C. Ledyard Blair, near Peapack, N. J., was destroyed by fire. The building, which was eercted several years ago at a cost of $100,000, was of marble and brick and was classed as one of the costliest and best appointed barns in the United tSates. The British steamer Haverford, from Liverpool, when 100 miles east of Cape Henlopen, fell in with the coasting steamer Rubis and Bessie, crippled by gales and without food. The crew had eaten nothing for four days! They were furnished with sup- plies and set on their course. From Other Shores. Although yellow fever is diminish- ing in extent at Monterey, Mex., it is becoming more malignant. Mark Twain has leased Villa Papin- jano, between Florence and Fiesale, and is expected there soon. The pope has named Mer. Merry del Val papal secretary of state and will make him a cardinal at the next con- sistory. The report of the death of Boris Sar- afaff, the Macedonian leader, is con- firmed. He was killed in a skirmish on Oct. 12. : Four coast batteries at Havana, evacuated by American troops and de- livered to Cuba, are to be reoccupied by Cuban artillery. N. O. Kamoroy, who was the Rus- sian representative in the seal arbitra- tion at The Hague, has been appointed a delegate to the November seal con- ference. Orders have been issued at Constan- | tinople to commence the demobiliza- tion of 20,000 troops in Anatolia, in accordance with the Turko-Bulgarian understanding on the subject. President Palma of Cuba has par- doned the only two American soldiers remaining in Cuban prisons, so they may be enabled to accompany their companions on the transport Kilpat- rick. Sin and Sinners. Adolph Ftin, a St. Louis politician, has been arrested charged with com- Plicity in naturalization frauds. John Williams, a negro arrested at St. Louis on suspicion of complicity in the murder of Mrs, Kate Lauman, hanged himself in his cell. A plot to escape by convicts in the Western penitentiary at Pittsburg, Pa., was discovered by the prison officers just in time to prevent its success. William Kennedy was committed at Brantford, Ont., on a charge of as- saulting and murdering Irene Cross, the 8-year-old child whose mutilated body was found in the “Willows.” W. H. Smith, in jail at Basin, Wyo., has confessed to participation in the mob that attacked the jail last July when two murderers and a deputy sheriff were killed. He has named thirty-five other members of the mob. A battle occurred between non- union men employed on a street car and friends of striking motormen at Waco, Tex. Henry Pays of Bridge- port, Conn., one of the non-union mo- tormen, was fatally shot. ‘Two ar- rests have been made. Whitecappers with guns and whips took from his bed Isaac More, aged 65 years, of Athens, Ind., and whipped him unmercifully. While Moore was being whipped his wife and son re; mained peacefully in bed and made no attempt to protect him. A meeting of stockholders of the New York Building Loan and Banking company in New York, broke up in a riot. The company is in the hands of a reeciver, and its officers are charged with rendering false reports to the state banking department. The jury in the Hans Luz murder ease at Ainsworth, Neb., brought in a verdict of guilty of murder in the sec! ond degree. A motion was made for a new trial. David O. Luz was shot and killed April 6, 1901, by Fred Hans, a railroad detective, for resisting ar- rest. Otherwise. The strike of freight handlers at Kansas City has been officially de- clared off by President Dobson of the local union. All of the Philippine exhibit ship- ment is now en the world’s fair grounds at St. Louis. There are fifty carloads in all. Farmers along the valley of the Wakarausa in Kansas have lost over 1,000 animals from hog cholera in the past two weeks. Guy Jones, 11 years old, who dis- appeared from Chicago early in Sep- tember and was supposed to have been drowned, has returned home. zerhkc om ploy about 800 men. ‘Yue Chicago neil Commiitee has decided to ask for an appropriation to prosecute police grafters, and there is ccnsternation at the city hall. The Ohio state board of health has directed its secretary to take steps to prevent the sale of toy pistols and “otaer explosive appurtenances.” The artists composing the national jury to select the pietures for the com- ing national exhibition at Carnegie art galleries, are at work at Pittsburg. Secretary Matre of the Catholic Federation of Cincinnati has received a cablegram conveying the apostolic blessing from the pope to the federa- tion. Careful estimates of the amount of oil in storage in the Beaumont, Sour Lake and Saratoga fields show 13,500,- 000 barrels in these and in interven- ing sections. W. J. Bryan authorizes a denial of the report which quoted him as saying that he believed free silver would not be considered at the democratic con- vention in 1904. John M. Evans, who deserted his family at St. Louis thirty years ago, has returned from the Klondike with $100,000, to find his wife and children all dead except one son. Tony Moran, the featherweight, who is to meet Johnny Burdick, Young Cor- bett’s sparring partner, on Cct. 26, in private, will begin training in a few days. Moran is confident that he will whip Burdick. Jack Dorman, the featherweight, is after a match with Joe Bernstein, the Ghetto champion. Dorman says he has it on the Bowery boy, and that he will give them a purse and make him a good side bet. Scaldy Bill Quinn, the Philadelphia welterweight, has gone to Albany, N. Y., to help Charley Hitte train for his match with George McFadden. They are to clash for twenty rounds at 137 pounds near Schenectady, N. Y. In a letter to the Woman’s Muncipal Leage of New York, Mark Twain de- clares Tammany’s trade is “wholesale robbery and wholesale murder,’ and that all who vote the Tammany ticket are participators in these crimes. Daniel L. Wentz, brother of E. L. Wentz, the missing Philadelphia mil- lionaire, has offered $25,000 for his brother’s return alive or $5,000 for. his body if dead. It is uncertain whether the missing man has been murdered or is being held tor ransom. The American Steel and Wire com- pany is planning a canal, to cost $40,- 000,000, from Worcester, Mass., to Providence, R. I. In the company’s rolling department 282 men have been laid off. Depression in the steel trade is general, and many hundreds of men | have been laid off at other plants. VICTIM OF FIENDS YOUNG WOMAN ASSAULTED AND KILLED IN PENNSYLVANIA TOWN. BODY FOUND BY HER MOTHER SHE GOES DRIVING AND LATER HER BODY IS PLACED IN AN ALLEY. POLICE COMPLETELY AT SEA SATISFIED THAT IT IS HOMICIDE BUT THAT IS AS FAR AS THEY CAN GET. Allentown, Pa., Oct. 28.—Mabel H. Bechtel, aged twenty-one years, was murdered Monday night, and her body was placed in an underground tlley ad- joining her home, where it was found yesterday by her mother. Miss Bechtel went driving Monday morning with David Weisenberg and that was the last time she was seen alive. Mrs. Bechtel, mother of the mur- dered girl, was aroused early yester- day morning by the barking of dogs. Upon looking out of her bedroom win- dcw she saw two men carry an object from a carriage and place it in the underground alley near the Bechtel house. She made no investigation, but upon arising she found her daughter's shoees, hat and coat in the dining room. Later the body of Miss Bechtel was found in the alley. The police are mystified completely by the murder case. That it is a case of homicide is undoubted, but who did it and when and why are Still Unsolved Questions. Chief Eastman has put the entire police force at work, assisted by other detectives, but up to a late hour they are baffled. Alfred Einstein, one of the girl’s lovers, to whom she was en- gaged and whose engagement ring was found in her pocket, proved that he had not seen the girl since Sunday evening, and he accounts satisfac- torily for all of his movements. Members of the Bechtel househould, especially the girl’s four brothers, also were under suspicion, but they have cleared themselves to the satisfaction of the authorities. David Weisenberg of South Bethle- heem, with whom Miss Bechtel went driving Monday, left for Newark, N. J., yesterday morning, his parents say, and thither detectives have gone. Weisenberg was in a theater in this city Monday night, and then left for The Middleton Iron and Tube works | home. The girl was not with him at of Harrisburg, Pa., laid off 250 men on | the time. It was two hours later that aecount of the lack of orders. The | the Girl's Mother Saw Her Body being carried from a carriage near the house. The postmortem examination reveals that the girl’s skull was crushed by a blunt instrument, prob- ably a hneavy cane. The nose was broken, the frontal bone was crushed and shattered and the crown was bat- tered in. Mingling with clotted blood in her hair were ashes and bits of Wood, as though she had fallen in a street or alley when struck. The con- tents of her stomach are being an- alyzed. The police have found no traces of the horses or carriage said by Mrs. Bechtel to have been used in carry- ing the girl home, From the appearance of the body and the clothing the girl had been as- saulted and had been unclad wheen the assault was made. Some of her clothing had been placed about her, and the remainder was laid in the din- ing room when the body was placed in the underground alley. TWO FIREMEN BURNED. Fire Sweeps Over Two Blocks on Manhattan Island. New York, Oct. 28.—Tweaty houses, including stores and private resi- dences, were Gestroyed last night in a fire that swept over two ciiy blocks in Kingsbridge, at the upper end of Mauhattan island. _ The flames were only checked when fire reinforcements arrived from distant sections of the city. Two firemen and a member of the Kingsbridge military company, who aided the firemen, were severely burned and removed to a hospital. ‘The total property damage was about $150,000. MONUMENT TO KRUPP. Emperor William Orders a Memorial for the Late Gunmaker. Berlin, Oct. 28. — Emperor William has decided to erect a bronze monu- ment to the late Herr Krupp, the gun- maker, before the Imperial Yacht club at Kiel. The monument will be of life size. The emperor gave the com- mission yesterday for execution to Prof. Haverkamp. The emperor him- self will make the drawings. Jenkins Is Champion Wrestler. Pittsburg, Oct. 28. — The wrestling match for the championship of the world, which took place at Old City Hall, this city, last night between Tom Jenkins of Cleveland, Ohio, and Dan McLeod of Canada, was won by Jenk- ins, he taking first and third falls. Killed in G. A. R. Parade. Dayton, Ohio, Oct. 28. — Henry Kissingen, ex-commander of the G. A. R. of Ohio, was thrown from his horse and instantly killed during a G. A. R. parade yesterday. age é STRIKE FOR HIGHER WAGES. Manitowoc Working Girls Exercise Union Prerogatives. Manitowoc, Wis., Oct. 28.—‘I would advocate that any young woman of this audience who is keeping company | with a young man who is not the pos- sessor of @ paid-up union card, or the little red badge symbolic of Socialistic allegiance, drop him entirely or give him to understand that she could not consent to bear his company unless he complied with these conditions.” So said Father Hagerty, the Sovial- istic lecturer, in.a speech. The girls seemed favorably impressed. and just to show thai they are union at heart sixty of them who are employed by the Madison Seed company, struck for higher wages. RIOT AMONG DOUKHOBERS. Four Killed in Fanatical Demonstra- tion in Manitoba. Winnipeg, Oct. 28. — At the Douk- hober settlement at Swan River a serious riot occurred Saturday, word of which reached here only last even- ing. The Women were the movers in the row, and followed their usual cus- tom in time of trouble and started to march for their Savior stripped to the skin. The men tried to prevent this and the row broke in fury. In the midst of the battle the Doukhobor savior, Peter Veregin, returned and the fighting ceased, the people falling prostrate before him. The four dead were at once buried without any prayers being said over them. A contingent of mounted police has left for the scene. LAKE STEAMER BURNED. Loss on Manhattan, With Its Cargo of Wheat, Is Heavy. Munising, Mich., Oct. 28. — The steamer Manhattan, which endeavored to find shelter under Grand island, Lake Superior, burned near Beacon Light, and the charred hulk is now resting on Sand Point. The crew were taken off by the tug Ward. The steam- er had a cargo of 76,000 bushels of wheat, shipped from Duluth to San- dusky, Ohio. The disaster will prob- ably be the heaviest marine insurance loss of the season. Held Up and Robbed. La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 28.—Herman Schwiffel was held up and robbed by four masked highwaymen, heavily armed, in broad daylight, four miles east of the city. They took all his jewelry and a sum of money. They attempted to hold up a couple in a buggy, but were frightened by the ap- preach of another carriage. Schwilffel had just taken his money out of the German-American bank. Attempted Suicide. Winona, Minn., Oct. 28.—An attempt at suicide was made in the Haesley hotel at Dodge, Wis., by George Hoff- man, worker in a brewery in St. Louis. Hoffman hung himself by his suspend- ers and partially cut his throat, but will recover. Arcadia relatives have taken him in charge and will send him to his wife and seven children at St. Louis. Dementia caused the at- tempt. Probably Fatally Injured. Fergus Falls, Minn., Oct. 28.—Allen Bugbee was knocked down by a run- away team on Court street and sus- tained injuries that are liable to prove fatal. One of the vertebra in the back of his neck was broken, his jaw was fractured, his arm broken at the wrist, and he was badly injured about tne face. He is sixty-six years of age and a veteran of the Civil war. Red Wing Man Missing. Red Wing, Minn., Oct. 28. — Ole Davidson, residing on the corner of Bluff and Fifth streets, disappeared from home abovt 8 o’clock Saturday morning and as yet no trace of him has been found. He is about seventy years old and somewhat feeble-mind- ed. He is about 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs between 140 and 150 pounds, and speaks broken English. Landseekers at Crookston. Crookston, Minn., Oct. 28. — People are beginning ‘to arrive in the city to look up the land which will be opened for settlement north of Red Lake on Nov. 10. They are besieging the Crookston land office in droves, and will not be discouraged when assured by the officials that certain lands are swamp, but hie themselves north to see for themselves. WEE | Accused of Destroying Property. | Two Harbors, Minn., Oct. 28.—Will- iam Duly and Edward Smith, two half- breeds, have been arrested and lodged in the county jail at Duluth. They are charged with destroying by fire a carload of hay at Skibo station on the Duluth & Iron Range road because they were refused work by 2 logging foreman. Business Man Hangs Himself. Glenwood, Minn.. Oct. 28. — While suffering from an attack of despond- ency H. B. Hansen, the pioneer mer- chant of Cyrus, committed suicide by hanging. He leaves a wife and several children. Lighting Plant Compieted. Pelican Rapids, Minn., Oct. 28.—An electric light plant has just been com- pleted here at a cost of $10,000. The plant is owned by the municipality, and starts with ten are lights for street lighting and about 600 incan- descents in residences and business houses. Killed While at Work. Cedar Rapids, lowa, Oct. 28. — Johu Wright was killed by the falling of.a BELIEVED SHUT DOWN OF MINES WILL BE OF LONG DURA- TION. NO RELIEF IS NOW IS SIGHT BOTH SIDES TO STRUGGLE ARE NOW LYING ON THEIR ARMS. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVOLVED AS LAST RESORT, MUST SETTLE CASE. Butte, Mont., Oct. 28, — There is a lull in the Amalgamated-Heinze war, both sides to the struggle apparently lying on their arms, waiting for the next move to be made by the opposi- tion. The next effort to settle the controversy, it is believed, will be by a mediation committee formed at the suggestion of the Business Men’s As- sociation of Great Falls. The com- mittee is composed of United States Seenators W. A. Clark and Paris Gib- son, James J. Hill of the Great North- ern and Gov. Toole. Congressman Dixon may become a member, ad- vices from him on the subject having not yet been received. All members of this mediation commission wili meet in about four days. President William Scallon of the Anaconda com- pany, and F, Augustus Heinze have both signified their willingness to meet with the commission and discuss the settlement. As a result of the decision of Mr. Scallon to reject all the terms made by Mr. Heinze many of the Miners Are Leaving the city for Wyoming and British Colombia. Mr. Scallon’s answer is in- terpreted to mean that the shut down will be of long duration and that no relief is in sight. Little, it is thought, can result from the efforts of the commission. Millions of dollars are involved in the contest between Mr. Heinze and the Amalga- mated Copper company, and the situa- tion is such that the courts, as a last resort, must settle the case. The Butte Miners’ union last night held a meeting behind closed doors, and, judging from sounds issuing from open windows, a heated discussion was on. It is known that the commit- tee of the union reporte@ that its ef- forts to negotiate an agreement with John MacGinnis for the purchase of the Boston and Montana and Parrott Mining companies’ stock had been futile, aud that further efforts on the part of the union to effect a settle- ment were practically at a standstill. RUNS STARTED BY CANARD. Day of Excitement in St. Louis Sav- ings Banks. St. Louis, Oct. 28—From shortly be- fore 1 o'clock until the closing hour, 3 o'clock, yesterday, runs were made in the savings departments of the banks of St. Louis, and at the same time more than the ordinary amount of withdrawals by savings depositors were noticeable in the other banking institutions. The runs, so far as It can be determined, were started by a disquieting rumor from the outside that seemed to strike St. Louis after noon to the effect that the savings in- stitutions here were unsound, and like a prairie fire it spread in a flash through the streets and different mer- eantile establishments, whose em- ployes represent the majority of sav- ings depositors. With a rush the rooms of the Lincoln Trust company, the Mercantile Trust company, and the Mississippi Valley Trust company were filled with men and women, al! eager to withdraw their money. The rumor which started the run was pro- nounced an absolute canard by the di- rectors concerned. As soon as the run started all other business was laid aside and every facility was afforded for the prompt payment of deposits. All the banks closed at 3 o’clock and gave out word that they would open at 10 o’clock to-day and would meet all demands made. THREE MEN ARE KILLED. Another Is Seriously Injured in Wreck on Denver & Rio Grande. . Salida, Col., Oct. 28. — By the air failing to work on the section of a freight train on the Denver & Rio Grande on a steep gtade the train ran wrecking the engine and four cars. Four men were buried beneath the wreckage. Three of them were killed outright and one was injured. The dead are: Samuel Brown, engineer; Henry Simons and John Mulcahey, bprakemen. Henry Fitzsimmons had his arm and leg broken and was bruised about the body. $100 IN COIN STOLEN. Postoffice at Pillager Broken into and Robbed. Pillager, Minn., Oct. 28.—The post- office at this place was broken into by unknown parties, the safe blown open and $100 in silver taken. In their haste the robbers overlooked $300 worth of stamps and a number of reg- istered packages. The postoffice is lo- cated in Bacon’s drug store and the heavy wheel on a crusher at Bester’s stone quarry last night, robbers took a bundle of notes, a box. of cigars and a revolver. MINERS LEAVING: SITUATION SUCH THAT COURTS, - into the rear of the first section. .