Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 23, 1904, Page 2

en ‘erald-Review GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Mme. Patti will take home $400,000 Profits. If that isn’t faring well, what is? It begins to look as if the Missouri mule may as well be getting ready for a sea voyage. Japan has millions for War, and it would do well to keep them for loco- motives and bric-a-brac. Turkey has promised to make full reparation, and hopes we will be good enough to let it go at that. It may be that the Turkish soldier smokes a better brand of coffin nail than the British soldier does. King Edward swore the other day and now New York is threatened with a shocking wave of profanity. And yet many more persons have been hurt in railway ‘accidents this year than in flying machine accidents. Learned ethnologists have discov- ered that all tribes within the arctic circle are of one race—the blubber race. There are heavy fogs in Paris this winter, owing no doubt to the sud- den good will between that city and London. All Fools’ day. appears to have played a part with the bungler who sought by forgery to fasten guilt on Capt. Dreyfus. When Tom Lawson writes verse in- stead of prose in dealing with Amal- gamated and Heinze, is the worst ever or isn’t it? New York could satisfy a good deal of natural curiosity by revealing where it goes to get the exhibits for its beauty shows. A man named Solomon is in trouble et Hamilton, Ont., over a little mat- ter of two wives. How the Solomons have degenerated! From the comments it is inferred that New York considers “Parsifal” superior to Pete Dailey, but not quite so good as Willie Collier. Sir Thomas Lipton is accused of failing to live up to his financial ob- ligations. Still, that’s a common fail- ing for jolly good fellows. The French soldier who intends to sudjugate wild African tribes by pho- nograph doubtless means to fit all the cylinders with “Hiawatha.” The duke of Roxburghe renews his declaration that he will néver come to America again. Nevertheless, we wish you a happy New Year. This year has added 5,723 miles to the mileage of railroads in this coun- try. Let us see that this does not increase the number of collisions next year. lt is rumored that Mr. Morgan of- fered $250,000 for the original manu- script of “Paradise Lost.” Wonder what he’d offer for “Paradise Re- gained?” What a vast sum that Missouri man with the “serupulous conscience” must have secured by foul means when he has returned by stealth more than $2,000. : An Indiana man has written a finan- cial history of the world. But who cares anything about financial mat- ters now? What we want is a treat- ise on the liver. ee Those hand-painted stockings that —we learn from the fashion maga- gines—the girls are wearing now should have been just the thing to hang up Christmas eve. Little Robby von der Goltz of Cin- cinnati, who found a $30,000 legacy in his Christmas stocking, was doubt- less disappointed because it wasn’t a red wagon or a pair of skates. Wos y Gil is reported to be in hid- ing. It isn’t likely, however, that a man with as much money as he is re- ported to have carrried away with him can keep out of sight very long. With riots and murders and hold- ups making life exciting in Chicago, the Chicago police have received strict orders that hereafter—they must keep their trousers. nicely creased. Fancy what a dull place the island of Hayti would be if they didn’t have these revolutions. You can’t expect people to be satisfied with no other excitement than chicken fights and the breakbone fever. Long Gee, a Chinese laundryman mear New York, has applied to the courts for a divorce from his wife, a Chinese woman, and all their friends and acquaintances feel intensely and thoroughly scandalized at his Amer- ican conduct. Bill Nye’s’ grave in North Carolina is said to be unmarked by a stone of any kind and to have suffered such neglect that if may hardly be found among weeds and rubbish. What a funny story Bill could write on the subject if he were here now! From the Capital. Secretary Root has reported ad- versely upon the project to create a national memorial: park at Appomat- tox. No troops will be sent to Walker, Minn., before spring, despite Repre- sentative Buckman’s request, the au- thorities believing troops are not need- ed there. S. F. Lucas of Bonesteel, S. D., is in Washington at the request of the Commercial club of that town to as- sist in securing the opening of the surplus lands of the Rosebud reser- vation. M. Jusserand, the French ambassa- dor, in behalf of the women’ of France, has made a formal tender to the gov- ernment of a bust of Washington, to replace the French bust destroyed in the capitol fire of 1851. William J. Bryan was at the house last week. He discussed with mem- bers of the committee on foreign af- fairs the need of possession by this government of permanent legation puildings at foreign capitals. An order has been issued by the sec- retary of the navy that the old single turret monitors Nahant, Jason, Canon- icus, Lehigh and Montauk shall be stricken from the navy list and sold at public auction to the highest bid- der. Representative Knapp of New York has introduced a bill authorizing the purchase by the government of a set of the best public text books, that the privilege of free publication of such books may be had by the people of the country. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones will recommend to the president the issuance of a proclamation open- ing to settlement the tract of land in Nebraska ten miles long and five miles wide adjoining the Pine Ridge agency across the line in South Dakota. Commissioner of Pensions Ware has has decided that all rights to pen- sion are barred by conviction of crime and sentenced to prison for life. The decision is made in the case of Will- iam B. Marsh, a convict in the house of correction at Detroit, serving a life sentence for robbing the United States mail in Idaho. Sin and Sinners. Fire at Elgin, Ill., destroyed the fac- tory of the Star Watch company. Loss, $60,000; partially covered by insur- ance. George Corn, .a farmer living near Hominy Creek, N. C., shot and killed his wife. He then walked into a field near his home and blew his brains out. The H. H. West stationery and the Columbia disc graphophone stores at Milwaukee suffered a loss by fire esti- mated at $50,000; partly covered by insurance. Fire that originated in the base- ment of Fowler’s Furniture store at’ Trinidad, Colo., caused $100,000 .dam- age. The Masonic block and the Bloom block were destroyed. Col. Millsop, one of the most prom- inent cattlemen of Western Texas, was assassinated at Roby, Tex., by an unknown man, who fired through a window of the Lacy hotel and riddled his body with buckshot. The assas- sin escaped. Notes From Abroad. Peace prevails in German South- | west Africa. The Island of San Andres asks to be annexed by Panama. Many were killed or wounded in a battle in San Domingo. The Mad Mullah lost a thousand men in a battle with the British. The Venezuela arbitration tribunal will deliver its decision Feb. 26. The Cuban senate finally ratified the permanent treaty with the United States. Jean Leon Gerome, the painter and sculptor, died in Paris. He was born in 1824. The Persian government has recog- nized the independence of the republic of Panama. Dynamite killed Gren men and in- jured forty in the Las Laurels mines, near Guadalajara, Mexico. King William of Wurtemberg has conferred the medal of art and science on Mme. Schumann-Heink the singer. There is a renewal of the report that the kaiser has cancer of the throat, though his physicians deny it. The act prohibiting the importation into the Philippines of all silver coin which is not upon a gold basis has. become a law. The minister of the interior has caused Austria to be placarded with warning to intending emigrants against going to the United States, ow- ing to the difficulty in obtaining em- ployment. The porte has notified the Austro- Hungarian and Russian ambassadors of its full acceptance of the Macedo- nian reform scheme. The senate, after a long debate, has approved the bill authorizing Presi- dent Palma of Cuba to increase duties in his judgment, not to exceed 30 per cent more than the present rates. A gang of Japanese gamblers assas-. sinated G. R. Glennan, a civil engineer, on the island of Kauai, by setting off dynamite under his bed, because he prevented the gamblers from preying NEFECTIVE PAGE People Talked About. Jean Leon Gerome, the painter and sculptor, died at Paris. Senor Gayten de Ayala, former Spanish minister to Venezuela, has been appointed minister to Cuba. Jack Pleansants, known as the orig- inal of the hero in “The Quick and the Dead,” is dead of pneumonia at Rich- mond, Va. Hon. Charles Denby, formerly Unit- ed States minister to Pekin, died sud- denly at the Hotel Sherman, James- town, N. Y. Andrew Donaldson, for fifteen years third vice president of the Erie rail- road, died at his home in East Orange, N. J., of pneumonia. He was _ fifty- eight years old. Conrad B. Day, a former well known merchant and fancier and for many years president’of one of the feading national banks of Philadelphia, is dead, aged seventy-two years. The Rev. William E. Huntington, D. D., dean of the Boston university, has been elected president of that institu- tion in place of Dr. William F. War- ren, who resigned a year ago. The Rev. Joseph Platt, 94 years old, who had held many charges in Pres- byterian churches in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa, died at Davenport, Iowa. He retired from the ministry in 1892. Col. John S. Wilson, well known as a restaurant man, died at his home in Chicago of a complication of diseases. Col. Wilson commander a New Jersey regiment in the Civil war. He was six- ty-four years old. Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, com- mander of the Tennessee department; United Confederate Veterans, will as- sume the office of commander-in-chief of the organization, made vacant by the death of Gen. John B. Gordon. Dr. John Kost, formerly a professor in Adrian college and at one time chancellor of Heidelbeerg university, died at his home in Adrian, Mich. He was eighty-six years old. His writ- ings and original researches had been brought into prominence in interna- tional scientific circles. ‘ Casuatties. Two cars on the Pacific Electric rail- way collided.at Los Angeles. Mrs. C. W. Priest was killed and eight were injured. Fire of an incendiary origin destroy- ed the Pratt county (Ala.) jail. Jack Kelly, white, and four unidentified col- } ored men burned to death. James Kiney, the Standard Oil com- pany’s manager at Marquette, Mich., was instantly killed by a locomotive while walking on the track. A wreck occurred four miles north- of Reedsburg, Wis., on fre D Northwest- ern. A broken wheel was the cause. Six cars were thrown on the onpos ye track. A disastrous fire occurred at Mason, Tex., destroying a total of nineteen houses, including two banks. The loss is estimated at $50,000; insurance, $13,000. The charred bodies of Mrs. Eliza- beth Wardlee and two young daugh- ters were found in their home near Terre Haute. It is supposed the build- ing caught fire from an overheated stove during the night. A huge telegraph pole placed on the track at Volte, Cal., wrecked the south- pound Pacific flyer, while running fifty miles an hour. The engine and four | ears were overturned, but all escaped serious injury. In, a head-on collision between two trains on the Rutland railroad at Rouse’s Point, N. Y., James Hodges of Malone and Chinese Inspector Joseph Wright of Rouse’s Point were instant- ly killed. Fred Mitchell of Burke will probably die. Several of the train crew were injured and both engines were wrecked. Domestic. Albert B. Cummins took the oath of office as governor of Iowa for the second time last week. : Acting Mayor Hornsby of St. Louis has signed the bill placing restrictions and limitations on the business of ticket brokers. Christopher Hotz, aged sixty-two, who came to Chicago in 1886 and was known throughout the West as a man- ufacturer of wagons, is dead. The Chicago & Northwestern rail- way has issued an order that under no circumstances shall passenger trains exceed their schedule speed. By reason of an ordinance passed by the Cleveland city council at least one fireman will hereafter be stationed at all theaters during every performance. An epidemic of measles is raging north and east of Tulsa, Ind. T., among the Shawnee Indians, and many deaths have resulted. These people are the small remnant of a once powerful tribe, and were almost annihilated by this malady seventeen years ago. Rumor has again found a purchaser for the Wisconsin Central railroad, and this time it is the Pere Marquette road that is said to be contemplating the purchase. The run on the First National bank of Superior is over. During the run nearly $250,000 was removed from the bank by depositors. Some of them later returned their money. The New York supreme court has declared invalid the divorce obtained in South Dakota by Mrs. Ellen Theresa | Elder, on the ground that collusion ex- ae ‘between the parties to the suit. | i AWFUL STORY OF WORK OF GHOULS BEING UNFOLDED BY POLICE. IROQUOIS VICTIMS DESPOILED CHICAGO POLICE ARREST THREE MEN CHARGED WITH THE AWFUL WORK. ’ CONFESS THEIR INHUMAN CRIME FIRST TESTIMONY SHOWING NEG- LIGENCE OF THE. THEATER EMPLOYES.- Chicago, Jan. 20.—A story of horror concerning the work of ghouls among the bodies of the Iroquois theater fire is slowly being unfolded by the central station police. Late Sunday night three men, charged with robbing the dead body of a woman, were brought into the central police station, and at 2 o’clock yesteerday afternoon the police au- thorized a statement that the prison- ers had confessed to their inhuman crime. — With the arrest and confession come’ other stories which tell of victims having had their ears cut off by the’ wolves in human form, who crept in and out among the dead and dying the night of the fire, seeking earrings and other jewelry. The three men arrested are Louis Witz, a saloonkeeper at Randolph and: Dearborn streets; Thomas McCarthy,} a frequenter of the place, and Charles; Conway, who was employed as al waiter by Witz. Jt was charged that’ Witz robbed the Body of a Dying Woman, Mrs. E. J. Trask of Ottawa, IIL, the af: ternoon of the fire, and secured $199, which, it is alleged, was divided! among the three men, two of whom. were arrested after Witz. The police claim to have received confessions from all three men. It is said that Witz confessed that $210 was taken from the body of Mrs. Trask when she was carried, dying, into the saloon. Thé money was hand- ed to Witz by a physician attending the woman. Witz is reporteed to have given $11 to the police and told them it was all she had. Many stories of the mutilation of bodies by ghouls at the fire have been told. Persons have reported to the police in a number of instances that fingers and ears were cut from women who were still struggling in the death agony. The full story of these horrors will never be told, as in many cases it was impossible to tell whether the ears and fingers had been cut, trampled or burned off. One case was that of a man who was found among the dead with his pockets full of ears and fingers. Looks Like Negligence. The first definite testimony showing, negligence on the part of the men in! charge of the Iroquois stage curtains: developed yesterday. John F. Dough-: erty, a bridge construction ironworker, stated that he was employed at the; Iroquois theater as an extra hand to assist on the fly floor of the theater. He said: “A man came running over to me from the. south side of the stage—I was working in the flies—and said to lower the asbestos curtain, for there was a fire. I ran to it and tried to lower it, but it was heavy, and when’ some one jostled me, my hand was caught. Some one else came and pulled down the rope and released me and shoved me out of the way.” “Do you mean to say that you ran from the back of the stage to the’ front, grabbed the rope to lower the: asbestos curtain and tried to do go be-: fore the regular men in charge of the curtain could reach it?” queried Depu- ty Coroner Buckley. “T guess that is so,” admitted Dough- erty. GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN DEAD. Heart Disease Carries Off an Eccentric’ Character. New York, Jan. 20.—George Francis, Train died last night from heart dis, ease at Mills Hotel No. 1, where hej has lived for some years. George Francis Train, was born in Boston on} March 24, 1829. He was orphaned in| 1832, his father, mother and three sis; ters dying at New Orleans of yellow. fever. He organized the firm of Trainj & Co., shipping agents, with offices: here and in Australia, and started the, first clipper ships to California in 1849. He promoted several railroads and| made an independent race:for presi- dent in 1872. He was noted as a pro- lific writer and for his eccentricities. Heart disease, from which he died, fol- lowed an attack of acute nephritis. STOMACH FULL OF PINS. Minnesota Cow Killed in Chicago Carried Fourteen Ounces of Them. Chicago, Jan. 20.—Pins welded into a solid mass and weighing fourteen ounces have been found in the stom- ach of a cow by a meat dresser at a Chicago packing plant. How the ani- mal secured such a quantity of them, and why it ate them none of the men in the packing plant are willing to try The animal was shipped Minn, ¥ Force of Marines. Washington, Jan. 20.—According to the advices received at the state de- partment yesterday from H. N. Allen, United States minister to Korea, the lives and property of foreigners, par- ticularly Americans, in Seoul, the Kor- ean capital, are in great danger. The feeling against Americans spe- cifically has been aroused by the pub- lication of an article in Korean news- papers attacking them severely. Mr. Allen thinks that the company of United States marines, numbering 100 men, now at Seoul, is not adequate to’ protect his legation, the residences of Americans, the American lighting and power plant, and other American in- terests, and he asks for a larger force for this purpose, and also requests that more United States warships be sent to Chemulpo, where the gunboat Vicksburg is the only representative of the American navy. Copies of Mr. Allen’s message have been sent by the secretary of state, to the secretary of the navy, who has Under Consideration the advisability of complying with the desires of the minister. There is a disposition in both the state depart- ment and the navy department to re- gard the force of marines now at Seoul as adequate for the protection of Americans and American interests. As no mention is made in official dispatches received by either the state or navy department from Seoul or Chemulpo reflecting on the conduct of tthe American marine guard at the Korean capital, the officials here feel quite sure that the reports of boister- ous behavior on their part are without foundation. It is believed here that this story was put afloat by the native press, acting under foreign influence, to discredit the American marines, whose early appearance at Seoul was very much resented by some of the powers interested in the Eastern sit uation. Tension Is Greatly Relaxed. London, Jan. 20.—The czar, in re- ceiving the ministers in state at Tsarkoe-Selo on Sunday declared, says the Daily Mail’s St. Petersburg corres- pondent, that all danger of a conflict was now ended. — All the special cablegrams from St. Petersburg published in this morning’s papers confirm the belief that the ten- | sion has been greatly relaxed; but, ac- cording to the correspondent of the Paris eedition of the New York Her- ald, there is a strong feeling in, of- ficial circles in St. Petersburg against the representatives of both Great Brit- ain and the United States. Japs Still Bellicose. The special cablegrams from Tokio, on the other had, still reflect the bellicose feeling of the Japanese press and people and suspicion of the Rus- sian assurances. The Standard’s Tokio correspondent says that another conference of the elder statesmen is about to be sum- moned. The Daily Maail’s Pekin correspond- ent reports the arrival in Manchuria by railway of four more Russian regi- ments and thinks that Russia intends to wait until she has 300,000 available. Two Questions Still at Issue. St. Petersburg, Jan. 20—The Asso- ciated Press correspondent, on high authority, is able to give the following as the present status of the negotia- tions between Russia and Japan: Russia recognizes Japan’s predom- inance in Korea and Japan, recognizes Russia’s special position in Manchuria. There are two main questions still at issue—the Russian demand for a neutral zone on the Korean side of the Yalu river, which Japan met with a proposai for the similar neutral strip on the Manchurian side. Japan als& asks for certain guarantees covering Manchuria which Russia thus far has declined to grant. It is pointed out, however, that the assurances given a few days ago by Russia regarding open ports in Manchuria and respect for treaty rights is a concession on this point. MINEWORKERS IN SESSION. Fifteenth Annual Convention Meets at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 20.—The fif- teenth annual convention of the Unit- ed Mineworkers of America began here yesterday with approximately 1,000 delegates in attendance. While the convention was working’ on the credentials yesterday afternoon, the rules committee returned shortly after 3 o’clock and announced that the re- ports of the officers would precede the reports of the credentials committee. This was adopted after a short debate and President Mitchell’ delivered his annual address. Vice President T. L. Lewis delivered his annual report fol- lowing the address of President Mitch- ell. Secretary-Treasurer Wilson then read his annual report, in which he said he hoped to report a larger amount of money on hand, but the large number of strikers requiring aid from ithe national organization had been a great drain on its resources. Total expenditures, Jan. 1 to Nov. 1, 1903, $573,593.47. Balance on hand Nov. 30, 1903, $1,106,198.69. DROWNED THEM OUT. Waterspout Renders Hundreds Home- less in Bloemfontein, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, Jan. 20.—A waterspout yesterday de- stroyed three hotels and many houses here, and, it is believed, resulted in loss of life. The number of dead, how- ever, has not yet’ been ascertained. Hundreds of persons have been ren- dered Pena and destitute by the disaster. Minister to Korea Asks for a Larger Resume of the Week's Proceedings. Washington, Jan. 13. — For almost five hours yesterday the senate de bated the Panama question and it was 3till under consideration when the sen- ate adjourned. The discussion arose over a resolution looking to the erbi- tration coz Colombia’s claims on ac- covnt of the Panama revolution. It was introduced early in the day by Mr. Bacon and was met promptly by @ motion on the part of Mr. Lodge to table it. This motion aroused the feeling of senators on the Democratic side, who considered the motion as in- tended to cut off debate. Finally Mr. Lodge consented to withhold his mo- sion and discussion proceeded through- out the day with the understanding that it should be renewed again to-day. tepublican senators in their speeches referred to the resolution as a con- fession of wrong on the part of the United States and expressed the opin- ion that any agitation of the question at this time would give undue encour- agement towthe people of Colombia and misrepresent the attitude of this country. Mr. Bacon disavowed any such intention and said that he ac- zepted the revolution as an accom- plished fact. A ready response to this pronouncement came from Mr. Hale, and during the course of the debate he and Mr. Bacon practically agreed on a declaration which Mr. Hale inti- mated that he would offer to-day in the senate. The house yesterday for more than five hours considered the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill, but reached no conclusion on it. A variety of topics, including Panama and the tariff, were discussed during the course of the debate. Washington, Jan. 14.—After a lively debate lasting three hours the house yesterday, in committee of the whole, by a vote of 78 to 65, struck out of the legislative, executive and judicial ap- propriation bill the paragraph provid- ing for the salaries and expenses of the civil service commission and clerks employed under the commis- sion. The action was taken on motion of Mr. Hepburn of lowa. He was sup- ported by both Republicans and Dem- ocrats, both in speech and on the vote. Those who spoke in opposition to the civil service system as it now exists were Messrs. Hepburn (Rep., Iowa), Grosvenor (Rep., Ohio) and Bartlett (Dem., Ga.), while among those speaking for the service were Messrs. Cooper (Rep., Wis.) and Gil- lett (Rep., Mass.). Panama recognition was the princi- pal subject of contention in the sen- ate yesterday, and as on Tuesday, the debate was spirited. Mr. Carmack opened the proceedings with a_ set speech in pointed criticism of the president’s course, was followed by Mr. Spooner, the only other speaker of the day, in defense of the presi- dent’s action. Washington. Jan. 15. — The house yesterday passed the legislative, ex- ecutive and judicial appropriation bill, carrying an aggregate of $29,711,700 and then adjourned until Monday. This is the second of the big supply measures to.pass the house. The house, by a vote of 88 to 172, refused to sustain the action of the committee of the whole which Wednesday adopt- ed an amendment striking out the par- agraph providing for the salaries and expenses of the civil service commis- sion, thus restoring the item to the bill. The senate listened to speeches by Mr. Newlands anu Mr. Depew on the Panama canal question and to a speech by Mr. Latimer in advocacy of the adoption of a plan for the im- provement of the public wagon roads of the country. Re cee “Vashington, Jan. 16. — Yesterday’s session of the senate began with the passage of a number of bills on the calendar and closed in like manner. The intervening time was given over to a speech by Mr. Teller on the Pan- ama canal question, Mr. Teller con- tendjng that the course of the presi- dent in connection with the recent re- volt of Panama had been, contrary to precedent and in contravention of in- ternational law. The senate adjourned until Monday. Washington, Jan. 1’.—The postoffice inquiry resolution and Panama canal question divided the attention of the senate yesterday. The first half of the session was given up to the inquiry, Messrs. Hale and Gorman being the speakers. Mr. Hale made a plea for tion resolutions to the committee on postoffices and Mr. rman repeated his assurance that he would be satis- fled with that disposition of the ques- tion. The matter went over until to- day with the understanding that after a few more speeches the resolution would be allowed to go to the commit- tee. The discussion of the Panama canal question was confined to the con- tinuation of Mr. Teller’s argument that the course of the United States in the recent revolt of Panama was con- trary to international law and sound morals. The house devoted a brief session to District of Columbia business. While in committee of the whole on one Dill tthe postoffice scandal was discussed, Mr. Bartlett of Georgia introducing a letter from M. W. Louis, who felt ag- grieved at certain statements in the Bristow report. Mr. Cowherd of Mis~- souri pointed out that Louis was ir- regularly appointed just in time to let a contract that cost the government $10,000 more than 1 ‘ vi i eee | { the reference of all postal inveestiga- |