Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 28, 1903, Page 3

| | } KILLED BATTALIA SUSPECT IN THE MINNEAPOLIS MURDER MYSTERY CON- FESSES. SAYS HE ACTED IN SELY-DEFENSE BATTALIA ATTACKED HIM AND THEN HE TOOK KNIFE AND KILLED HIM. BUT POLICE ARE SKEPTICAL TOO MANY CONTRADICTIONS WITH EVIDENCE ALREADY IN HAND. Minneapolis, No v.25.—Antonio Cal- derone, held for the murder of ‘Salva- tore Batalia, last night confessed to Chief Conroy and Chief Deputy Ar- thur Jones that he killed Battalia, whose body was found some nights ago on the Franklin avenue bridge. Calderone’s statement is to the ef- fect that Battalia attacked him and then he took his knife and killed him with it. His whole story is one of self-defense, but the police are skepti- cal upon certain points of it. It is known that on the night of the murder Calderone bought groceries and tobacco on credit and that he told the storekeepers he had no money. In his confession he says he paid the car fare of the meen. He also claims that Battalia Used the Knife First, while two men yesterday identified the knife with which Calderone killed Bat- talia as one that was purchased by Calderone on Nov. 12. He says that he and Battalia, whom he calls Sam, never had any trouble over business or anything else, and that they were good friends. He as- signs no reason for the attack he says that Battalia made upon him. According to Calderone the myster- ious third man had nothing to do with the killing at all. Calderone maintains that he does not know who the third man was. The police, however, say that they will not accept the man’s statements as final, as there are too many contradictions in it as com- pared with the evidence already at hand. William Wilcox, who runs a pavilion at the north sbore of Lake Calhoun, stated yesterday that Battalia often hid in his place when Calderone was passing. He said that the murdered man had told him that he was afraid| oof Caiderone and did not wish any trouble with him. While the mystery is not entirely cleared up the principal points are at hand. That Calderone killed Battalia is the main point. Did he kill him in self-defense as he claims? Was there another man who had a band in the killing? and is the whole affair a Mafia plot? are the ques- tions yet to be solved, and they are not made clear in any way by the man’s confession. WALKER WANTS TROOPS. Frequent Report of Indian Trouble | Keep Settlers Away. Washington, Nov. 25. — Letters re- ceived from Walker, Minn., state that the repeated reports of | Indian upris- | ings is having a bad effect on the de- velopment of the country in the v - ity of that town. These communica: | tions are not from alarmists, but from prominent citizens of Walker and the surrounding country. It is urged that | something should be done, and the} suggestion is made that another de-| tachment of troops should be stationed | at Walker. Since the withdrawal of | the troops it is stated settlers have | been indisposed to locate around) Walker on account of the Indian} scares, The matter has been placed! before the Indian officials. H GRIGSBY PREPARING REPLY. | Secresy Regarding His Case Main- tained at Department of Justice. Washington, Nov. 25.—Col. Grigsby | of Sioux Faus, 8. D., United States dis- | trict attorney for Alaska, is preparing | an answer to the charges recently filed against him in the department of | justice. Col. Griggsby has been under | fire for several months, and recently | his case has attracted considerable at- tention here. Great secrecy is ob served at the department and among his friends as to the nature of the al legations agammst the South Dakota man. WOMAN EXONERATED. But She May Be Prosecuted for Kill- ing Husband. Grand Forks, N. D., 25.—At Lakota the coroner’s jury which investigated the death cf the man Bisbee, who was shot by his wife, found that Bisbee came to his death from a shotgun wound from a gun fired by his wife in self-defense. Notwithstanding this werdict the state is taking the matter up on the complaint of Mr. Shipman of Osage, Iowa, a brother-in-law of the deceased. LOOKING FOR THIRD MAN. Minneapolis Police Still Work on Bat- talia Murderer. Minneapolis, Nov. 24. — Since An- tonio Calderone has been at the county jail the Minneapolis department has been looking for some trace of the third man. It was reported yesterday that Humber Calderone, a brother of Tony, had left Minneapolis Friday on a freight train bound for Omaha. A brakeman on the train said that the man told him his name was Calderone and that he gave him $5 for his ride. The police have been endeavoring to trace the man. Up to late last night, however, it had not been learned that Calderone had ever had a brother in this city. He is known to have a brother in Italy, but none of his Italian friends in the Twin Cities know of any brother here. The police are not in- clined to give much credence to the story, but following their usual line of work in the case, they have decided to run it to the ground. inet re nt CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. Two Deaths and Four Serious Acci- dents in One Day. Grand Rapids, Wis., Noy. 24—The events in this city and vicinity have consisted during one day of a series of accidents and deaths. Fred Kalpien died from a cut on the leg at Auburn- dale. The wound was inflicted by a fellow woodchopper. Gangrene set in, which resulted in death. Robert Wein- garten, aged seventeen, was drowned while skating on a pond at Rosendale. James. Crotteau was accidentally ‘shot while hunting near this city, the bullet entering his arm, shattering the pone. Harry Fitzsimmons fell from a moving train in this city and broke sin ribs and his left arm. Ev. Ostrum had the misfortune to fall upon the knives of a corn shredder. His left arm and foot were cut off. DUELIST GOES FREE. lowa Coroner’s Jury Returns Verdict of Justifiable Homicide. Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 24.—Henry Vanderpool, who shot and killed Frank Wasson at Lineville in a pistol duel Thursday, has been released. The cor- oner’s jury returned a verdict of justi- fiable homicide. The two men quar- reled in a restaurant. One challenged the other, and a duel with pistols was fought in front of the place, the men starting off twenty paces. Wasson was shot through the heart and twice through the body. SUICIDE SUSPECTED. Henry Ronleder Is Drowned in a Mill Race. Milwaukee, Nov. 24. — Henry Ron- leder, a leading merchant of this place, disappeared, and after diligent search his body was found in the mill race near a large factory in the outskirts of, the city. The general belief is the man committed suicide, but his nearest friends hold to the theory that he was either murdered and his body thrown into the race, or that he was the vic- tim of an accident. BOY DIZS FROM EXPOSURE. Result of a Fire Which Destroyed the Family Home. Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 24.—Ingre- bret Johnson, fourteen years old, son of Ingeborg Johnson, died from injur- ies sustained in a fire which destroyed the home of the family, and left its | members out in the cold unsheltered for several hours. The residence was near Thompson, and the fire occurred early in the morning while the mem- bers of the family were in bed. SCHOOL HOUSE IS BURNED. Fire Set by a Portable Engine in Dis- trict Near Winona, Winona, Minn., Nov. 24. — Sparks | from an‘engine used with a wood saw- ing outfit set fire to the school house in District No. 88, about two miles sovth of Winona, and the building was totally destroyed. As there was no means at hand with which to fight the flames, the crew at work with the sawing machine could do nothing. The loss is practically total. CRAZED BY LONELINESS. Sad Death of Young Polander in Sioux City. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 24. — Alone and in a land of strangers and de- spondent because he had no money, Ivan Babich, a Polander, committed suicide in the rooms over the Koschine restaurant, by closing the doors and windows and blowing out the gas. Both Badly Burned. Sioux City, Iowa, Nov. 24. — In at- tempting to save the life of his wife, whose clothing had caught on fire from a pan of burning gasoline, H. H. Young had his face and arms seriously burned and his whiskers burned off. His wife’s condition is serious, Joseph Smith Sentenced to Hang. Ottumwa, Iowa, Nov. 24. — Judge Roberts sentenced Joseph Smith to hang Dec. 5, 1903, for the brutal kill- ing of Mrs. Mary Cannady at Buxton Oct. 16, 1902. Smith pleaded guilty to VAST STORE OF FLAX AT DULUTH The World’s Trade in the Seed Has Never Seen the Like Before. ‘There is more flax in store at Duluth now than has ever been gathered in| one place in the history of the world’s trade, between five and six million bushels, worth about as many dollars. It is) coming along at the rate of about 1,250,000 bushels a week and is going forward as fast. Prices are 15 to 18 cents a bushel under a year ago. 4 Contracts have just been closed by which practically all this great quan- tity, and what is to come in the next two or three weeks, will be shipped down the lakes this fall. It will be taken to Buffalo and there stored in the vessels that carry it down, to await spring distribution to crushers. This will do away with the elevator storage charges here or at Buffalo, will give a lower rate of freight and will carry the seed through the winter for about the insurance. All this makes a total saving of about 4 to 5 cents @ bushel. The bulk of the flax movement of the crop is over, and there have been marketed at Duluth 10,000,000 bush- els, at Minneapolis 3,600,000, and at Chicago 1,500,000, mostly duplications. These three points take it all. MAY HAVE ONLY FAIR. Other States May Not Exhibit Next Year. Minnesota may have the only state fair in the Northwest next year. Ow- ing to the St. Louis exposition, which is expected to detract from both the attendance and the exhibits at thd state fairs, the fair managers of Wis- consin, Iowa and Illinois are consid- ering the advisability of abandoning the annual fairs next year. A reason for this uncertainty is the fact that both Iowa and Indiana, which held fairs during the world’s fair in Chi- cago, suffered heavy financial losses. Minnesota held no fair that year. Secretary E. W. Randall of the Min- nesota State Agricultural society said that there has been no suggestion from any member of the board of managers to abandon next year’s fair. “It is practically a certainty,” said Mr. Randall, “that Minnesota will have a state fair next year. We are too far away from St. Louis to have the expo- i sition affect our attendance to any considerable extent. I am confident that we shall have one of the best shows in the history of the fair.” ARTISTIC BUTTER EXHIBIT. Minnesota Makes Plans for St. Louis Exposition. W. W. P. McConnell, state dairy and food commissioner, says that Minne- sota will have an artistic butter exe hibit at the Louisiana Purchase expo- sition. The exhibit will be made in the dairy section of the palace of agri- culture, and will consist largely of statues and figures carved in butter. The dairy section will occupy 30,000 square feet in the palace of agricul- ture. It will contain a model cream- ery, 180 feet long by 20 feet wide, with a daily capacity of 5,000 pounds of milk. The walls will be glass, so that the visitors may see the entire pro- cess of buttermaking. Connected with the creamery will be a model dairy lunch room, where milk, cream and butter may be bought by the vis- itors. In the dairy section will be refrig- erator showcases provided for the states and foreign countries which will participate in the exhibit. The show- cases are divided into sections eight feet square. One of these sections will be occupied by Minnesota and will contain an artistic display of butter. TAX COLLECTIONS. Thirty-Eight Counties Report to the State Auditor. The state auditor has received ab- stracts of October tax settlements from thirty-eight counties. The ab- stracts were due Nov. 20. Counties whose tax collections dur- ing the four months ending Oct. 31 amount to more than $2,000 follow: Big Stone, $2,094.34; Blue Earth, $6,-, 722.37; Chippewa, $2,359.98; Cotton- wood, $3,041.29; Dakota, $2,848.77; Dodge, $2,220.99; Goodhue, $3,085.15; Kittson, $2,167.01; Lae qui Parle, $3,- 472.43; Lake, $2,070.73; Le Sueur, $2,- 532.79; Meeker, $2,738.42; Mower, $»,- 848.67; Nobles, $5,235.46; Renville, $4,688.66; Rice, $4,155.67; Rock, $3,- | 694.60; Stevens, $3,200.87; Todd, $2,- | 115.54; Waseca, $2,985.40; Washington, $3,631.67; Watonwan, $2,889.93; Wil- kin, $2,035.79; Winona, $6,318.28. FILES NOT COMPLETE, State Does Not Have Copies of All Its Publications. E. A. Nelson, state librarian, has completed a bibliography of publica- tions by the State of Minnesota since: it was admitted. It includes 1,700 sep- arate yolumes and covers twelve solid pages. It will be published by the Publishers’ Weekly of New York. Mr. Nelson estimates that these publica- tions have cost the state $2,000,000, but there is no complete file of them to be had anywhere. Considering their historical value, Mr. Nelson will urge that some money be spent to preserve these documents properly. KELLIHER A TOUGH TOWN. Washington, Nov. 18.—The house yesterday resumed consideration of Shootings and Fights Are Common —| the Cuban bill. The only notable inci. A Deputy’s Experience. At the north end of a twenty-five- mile spur jutting from the main line of the Minnesota & International railway, twelve miles above Blackduck, is Kell- iher. Kelliher is new, tough and boom- ing. It is the sportsman’s paradise and the lumberjack’s playground. For rough and rowdy and original ways it fully equals some of the historic West- ern towns in the good old days of the California gold rush. Shooting scrapes are frequent. Fist, club and knife fights are too common to at- tract more than passing notice. There were six shootings, two of them fatal, at Kelliher last week. Four were accidental and occurred in tthe adjacent woods—The old story of the green hunter and the man who looked like a deer. The killings ap- pear to have been premeditated. A man and a woman were murdered on different nights. A deputy sheriff went up from Bemidji to assist in an investigation and stopped at the best hotel, which has a bar and barber shop in connection. He seated him- self in the barber chair and in one hour and forty minutes had a shave. Most of the time was taken up in as- sisting in quelling disturbances at the bar, located only ten or twelve feet from the chair. There were four dis- tince free-for-all fights. In one of them two of the participants had every shred of clothing torn from their bodies. The barber talked cheerfully of the weather and hunting, appearing to take the interruptions as a matter of course. Kelliher is in the heart of the great north woods, and the timber around it swarms with game of many kinds. Deer, moose and caribou, also bear, abound. Dogs drove a moose along the main street of the town a few days ago. The bunch ‘of sportsmen stand- ing around soon put an end to the ani- man’s existence, and it breathed its last with its huge antles obstructing the doorway of a saloon. The pro- prietor “set ’em up” to the crowd. BIT OF MINNESOTA FOREST. Game Exhibit Will Be Shown in Its Natural Surroundings. A natural scene in the big woods of Minnesota will be the state’s exhibit in the game and fish building at the St. Louis exposition. A large corner of the building will be given over to it, and behind a railing will be a patch of forest trees and ground cov- ered with moss, and among the trees will be fine stuffed specimens of moose deer, wolves, bears and other game in realistic poses. The general nature of this exhibit was determined on at a meeting in the offices of the state game and fish com- mission, at which the commission was represented by Sam Fullerton, its ex- ecutive agent, and Capt. William Bird of Fairmont. The Minnesota manag- ers were represented by Theodore L. Hayes, their secretary, and C. 8S. Mitchell, manager of the exhibits. Minnesota has been allowed liberal space for a game and fish display, and the managers for this state will try to get it arranged to as to give a natural forest setting to this game display. At one side of the scene will be a lake border, and in this pool the exhibitors will keep the surplus fish for their ex- hibit. The different Minnesota species of game will be shown in glass tanks in the acquarium section. GREAT IS THE FAYAL. The Mine Shipped 1,460,815 Tons Dur- ing the Season. About half a dozen mines of the Mesaba still forward ore, and possibly twice as many on other ranges. The greatest mines of the United States Steel corporation have shipped as fol- lows. Mesaba Range — Fayal mine, 1,460,815 tons; Adams, 1,109,798; Spruce, 585,815; Mountain Iron, 1,342,- 691; Hull, 433,302. Vermillion Range — Chandler, 460,548 tons; Pioneer, 596,780. These are all in St. Louis county. Michigan: Gogebic Range— Norrie, 700,891 tons.. Marquette Range — Lake Superior group, 620,000 tons. Menominee Range — Chapin, 704,114; Aragon, 522,035. These are not, of course, all the mines of the corporation, or a majority of them. They include simply the shippers of many hundreds of thou- sanus of tons apiece. The list is unique in that no other country can furnish anything like it, and inthat it is all from one company. The total Minnesota shipments by the corpora- tion were 9,227,000 tons. Bold Robbers Foiled. Hastings,\Minn., Nov. 25. — O. A. Swanson of Nininger reports’ that three men attempted the hold-up act while he was driving home from South St. Paul, pouncing upon him when about three miles, this side of Inver Grove. He succeeded in eluding them by striking one of the robbers across the face with his whip and drove off at a lively rate. But a few evenings ago a bold hold-up occurred in the vicinity of Spring Lake and a young farmer was robbed. dents of the day were the speech of Mr. Stevens, a Republican member from Minnesota, who spoke in opposi tion to the bill, and the speech of Mayor-elect McClellan of New York. Mr. Stevens opposed the measure for reciprocity with Cuba at the last ses- sion. Yesterday he argued that the bill was a “cruel blow” at one of the most promising agricultural industries of this country, and that the measure will imperil our vast foreign trade. Mr. McClellan delivered his valedic- tory to the house, making an argu- ment in favor of the bill, during the course of which he criticised the ad- ministration of Gen. Wood in Cuba, and charged the Republicans with re- sponsibility for what is lacking in the fulfillment of the duty of the United States to Cuba. Four hours were de- voted to debate on the measure, ten members speaking. Under the rule two days more is given for speeches. Washington, Nov. 19.—The opposi- tion to the Cuban billl was heard in the house yesteerday and in vigorous speech. The features of the day were the speeches of Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio who opened the discussion in advo cacy of the bill, and of Mr. Fordney of Michigan, Rep., who spoke in oppo- sition. Mr. Grosvenor spoke for more than an hour, during which he was frequently interrupted by questions emanating from the Democratic side. Mr. Fordney and two of his Repub- lican colleagues from Michigan spoke HEECCRATIVISC RARE in opposition to the bill. Mr. Ford- ney emphatically expressed his disap- proval of the measure. He made an attack on Mr. Francis Thurber of New York and criticised Gen. Leonard Wood in severe terms for paying money to Mr. Thurber for distributing literature in the interest of Cuban reciprocity two years ago. Among others who spoke in opposition to the bill were Messrs. Shaforth (Colo.), Burgiss (Tex.), and Bell (Cal.), Dem- ocrats, and Messrs. McMorran and Loud, Republicans. The debate will close to-day and a vote will be taken not later than 4 Dp. m. Washington, Nov. 20. — The house yesterday, by a rising vote of 335 to 21 passed the Dill to make effective Cuban reciprocity. Dissenting votes were about equally divided between Republicans and Democrats, but there was no record vote, the minority hav- ing too few votes to order the yeas and nays. The Democrats, under the leader- ship of Mr. Williams, sought to the last to secure amendments to the bill in accordance with the action of the | Democratic caucus, but were defeated steadily. Mr. ‘Wilifams made the final effort when he tried to have the bill recommitted to the ways and means committee with instructions to amend, but a point of order under the special rule providing for a vote on the bill without intervening motion was sus- tained. Mr. Cannon received the applause of the Democratic side when he enter- cained the Appeal From His Ruling made by Mr. Williams, the speaker saying he preferred to err, if he erred at all, in giving the house the right to express its will. The appeal was tabled by a strict party vote. The debate began Monday and was continued up to within a few minutes of the hour of 4 o’clock, the time ap- pointed to take a vote on the final passage of the bill. Mr. Williams closed the debate for his side and made an arraignment of the Republican policy of protection. McCall (Rep., Mass.) madesthe closing speech on the Republican side, others speaking on that side being Mr. Hep- burn (Iowa) and Mr. Watson (Ind.). Mr. Broussard (Dem., La.) opposed the bill and Mr. De Armond (Dem., Mo.) supported it. The announcement of the passage of the bil! caused only a slight demon- stration. Washington, Nov. 21.—The senate held its longest sitting of the session yesterday. The whole time was de- voted to debating a motion to refer the Cuban treaty to the committee on for- eign relations. The party line was sharply drawn in the discussion, the Republicans advocating such reference and the Democrats contending the measure should go to the committee on finance. The motion prevailed without division. The debate served to bring out some incidental references to the merits of the bill. Mr. Teller took occasion to correct published reports that he has hopes of defeating the bill or that he intends unduly to obstruct its consideration. Washington, Nov. 24.—Panama and Cuba engaged the attention of the senate yesterday to the exclusion of all other questions. Mr. Hale moved to reconsider the vote by which the Newlands joint resolution for the an nexation of Cuba was referred to a committee and several speeches wer+ made on the motion without disposin: of it. Messrs. Hale, Lodge and Plat: (Conn.) disavowed any desire on the part of the United States to acquire Cuba, and expressed regret that the resolution had been introduced. Mr Newlands defended the measure a‘ presenting a natural solution of the problem of the relationship between the two countries. BATTLE WITH MOB PERE) a ; Police and Strikers Have a Serious Clash in Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 25. — Fierce fighting in which the police used their clubs freely and twice their revolvers marked the opening of the State street cable line by the Chicago City Railway company yesterday. As far as can be ascertained nobody was seri- ously injured, although there were many broken heads among the rioters who came in contact with the clubs of the police. If any members of the mob were injured by the bullets of the police and non-union men on the cars they were carried off by their friends before the fact became known to others. While the fighting was going on in the streets the usual conferences were in progress and propositions and counter propositions were passing back and forth. The Hardest Fighting of the day took place at Forty-first and State streets, where a mob, hiding behind a fence, stoned the cars which were guarded by officers. The police were over the fence at once and fired several shots over the heads of the fleeing strikers. Many of the mob who were slow of foot were overtaken by the police and soundly rapped with clubs. Few arrests were made, the of- ficers contenting themselves with scattering the crowd. : Conductor J. P. Prenter was ip charge of the train which was at- tacked, and when the stones com! menced to whiz past his head and smash the windows of his car) he promptly drew a revolver and fired at the crowd until the cartridges in his weapon were exhausted. The cars were attacked at the same point on the return trip and a number of Shots Were Fired, : the mob scattering like a flock of chickens. All day long on State street the company was hampered by the work of the mob, which piled obstruc- tions upon the tracks, drove pegs and spikes into the cable slot and cut trolley wires in many places. The Archer avenue line was badly dam- aged early in the day and required several hours’ work by a strong force of repairmen who were heavily guard- ed by the police. At the conferences held last night between the officials and board of di- rectors of the road and representatives of the strikers no settlement was ar- rived at, and it is uncertain when the trouble will be adjusted. Neither side to the controversy would give out any information, but it is said the latest hitch in the negotiations is the refusal of the company to agree to re- instate all the union men who went on strike. DEATHS ON GRIDIRON. Seventeen Are Recorded So Far This Season. ¢ Philadelphia, Nov. 25.—Football has claimed its usual list of victims this year, not fewer than seventeen fatali- ties being recorded to date. If it were possible to secure the entire number of deaths from the national fall sport the total would far exceed this number. Last season the list was not so large up to Thanksgiving day, but several deaths were recorded after that date. Minor injuries, such as broken arms, legs, ribs, noses, collar, bones, etc., do not show any decrease this year. Some of the unfortunate ones are still in a-critical condition and may not recover, } CRANK TO SEE ROOSEVELT. A Negro Calls to See the President and Is Turned Over to the Police. Washington, Nov. 25.—Another of the genus “White House crank” tried to see the president yesterday and was turned over to the police. He was a colored man twenty-five years Old, who gave his name 4s Elijah Dennis. He told the doorkeeper he came from Mississippi to protest to the president against the outrages against the ne- groes of the South. When told he could not see the president, he said: “Well, I will some time soon. The lord will provide a way.” CAMPBELL IS SUSPENDED. Clerk offCreek Townsite Commission Must Clear His Record. Washington, Nov. 25. — The secre- tary of the interior has suspended from office D. F. Campbell, clerk of the townsite commission of the Creek Nation in Indian Territory, pending the outcome of an indictment against him in. connection with alleged land frauds in the territory. IS NEAR COMPLETION. New York and Guatemala City Will Soon Be Connected by Rail. Guatemala City, Nov. 25.—President Cabrera opened with great ceremony thirty miles of the Pan-American rail- way. This makes 120 miles of the line in Guatemala, leaving only about 100 miles yet to build, chiefly in Mex- ico, to connect New York with Guate- mala City. Neen ast HEAP ABUSE ON MACEDONIANS. Treatment of Peasantry Worse Than During Insurrection. London, Nov. 25.—The correspond- ent of the Times at Sofia reports that while negotiations are dragging at Constantinople, there is no remission of the severities practiced upon the unfortunate population of Macedonia nnder the guise of a search for arms. ‘Lam informed,” adds the correspond- ‘nt, “that the maltreatment of the oeasantry is even worse than it was during the insurrection.” SPER ITT | oo —_ |