Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, January 30, 1904, Page 2

ee a By C. E. KILEY. GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. Some of the “high finance” is so “high” that it is putrid. When a man gets neat enough to roH up his trousers the time is ripe for pylling his leg. It was hardly fair in Laureate Aus- tin to write a rank parody of Kipling and call it a New Year’s ode. The Philadelphia mint has begun striking off coins dated 1094. Here’s hoping you may get a lot of them. The assertion is made that the aver- age Russian peasant’s vocabulary is limited to 110 words. And such words! Question of etiquette: Should the coy but not unwilling young man com- pel the leap year popper to ask pop- per? There will be more room on the water wagon after a few days.—Wash- ington Post. Going to climb down, are you? It puzzles the people of Santo Do- mingo most of the time to determine which is the revolution and which is the government. Sir Thomas Lipton has forwarded his check from London to Chicago. There’s a man whose heart and hand you can depend upon. Perhaps it has occurred to you by this time that you can break that'New Year’s resolution without anybody’s knowing anything about it. A California woman carried off the first prize in the New York beauty show. Californa produces fine girls, no doubt, but there are others. One of the most serious results of the production of “Parsifal”.on this side of the ocean is that it will now be played by the street pianos. New Hampshire’s governor is charg- ed with holding four positions and drawing four salaries. Just think what he is saving the state in desk room. The Kalamazoo fiying machine also is “cigar-shaped.” It will probably be a long time before a new cigar is spoken of as being “flying machine shaped.” It is errdnéously reported that six women put on men’s clothes and wit- nessed a bloody prize fight in New \ork. ‘Phey are not women, simply females, When will the ingenious manufac- turers discover that a mixture of ker- osene and molasses is not a satisfac- tory substitute for pure Vermont ma- ple sirup? That doctor who declares that dan- ger lies in the bath should be pre- pared to find himself officially ap- pointed the family physician for Wan- dering Willie. An Illinois woman stole a lead pen- cil from a store twenty years ago and has just paid for it. Cold molasses? A conscience like that is almost as slow as cold cream. From the Medicine Hat News we learn that there is a “first brigade” in that town. The popular impression bas been that Medicine Hat has noth- ing but iee houses. It will be unwelcome news to leap- year girls that a Paris scientist has found out how to show the heart’s action by photograph. They’d rather speak for themselves. Every time an actor lights a match on the stage now to burn a letter or light his cigar people watch the flamo with fascinated interest, and think ter in Chicago. One of the important reasons which Gen. Weyler fails to mention in ex- piaining why he did not invade the United States is that the United States would not let him in. Strange, isn’t it, how some men can steal several thousand dollars, myste- riously disappear, suddenly return “broke,” and then report that their “mind was a blank”? Yes, it is pass- ing strange. : The most wonderful music in all the world is the rippling laughter of a romping, frolicing girl—Indianapolis Sentinel. Unless, of course, she is making fun of you. The new ocean steamer just order- ed will be 755 feet long—30 feet long- er than the largest steamship in the world. A walk from end to end of her and back before breakfast will be a first-rate constitutional. A new journal published in Turkish at Cairo declares: “Our chief duty is to show the Armenians thet there is not in the whole world a nation more just, more tolerant than the Turks.” ‘And yet it does not purport to be a funny paper. A Brooklyn woman whose first name is Ann has attained the age of 107 years. Those people who have recent- ly been making such persistent in- quiries concerning the age of Ann are doubtless regarded by her as being | rather impertinent. 5% From the Capital. Senator Uenrose has introduced a bill to prohibit the use of the mails in the conduct of various chain coupon and chain investment schemes. The committee of postal officials which recently investigated proposed pneumatic tube mail service changes in St. Louis has reported that no ac- tion should be taken at this time. The house committee on military af- fairs concluded its work on the army appropriation bill. It will be reported to the house as soon as printed. It carries appropriations aggregating $75,000,000. Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture is arranging the details of the campaign authorized by con- gress to be waged against the cotton boll weevil. There will be forty sci- ents at work against the pest before long. They will organize the farmers to fight the weevil and will educate them in the best methods of attack. People Talked About. Jacob Harlan died at Richmond, Ind., as the result of a nervous shock produced by a horrible dream. * John N. Drummond, former vice president of the Wabash railway, died of paralysis at a hotel in Chicago. Dr. Henry L. Tolman, who had a na- tional reputation as a microscopist, is dead in Chicago, aged fifty-five years. Mrs. Hecker Breckenridge, living near St. Louis, who kept a vow made in 1864 never to leave her farm alive, is dead. j Joseph Fotaher, thirteen years old, and who weighed 300 pounds, is dead at Elgin, Ill, as the result of a severe coughing spell. Judge Shelton C. Spender is dead at his home after a long illness, aged seventy-four years. He took an. active part in the early border troubles in Kansas. Commodore William W. Dungan, U. S. N., retired, is dead at his home in Baltimore. During the Spanish war he was a member of one of the navy de- partment’s advisory boards. William Lansing, at one time one of the best known actors in this country, is dead at Oakland, Cal., aged sixty- two years. During his younger days he traveled all over the United States and Europe with Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett. Teddy Whiteman, a baseball player who has been, with many Western teams, died at Muncie, Ind., of pneu- monia, the disease having been con- tracted while guarding the bodies of the dead and relieving the injured af- ter the Iroquois fire in Chicago. Casualties. A burning coat in one of the cloak rooms of the Majestic theater in New York almost created a panic. The distillery of S. Mihalovitch, Fletcher & Co., at Cincinnati, burned; loss, $250,000; insurance, $100,000. Eight firemen had narrow escapes from death in a fire in the Chicago Consolidated Milling and Malting com- pany’s plant. Three men were compelled to jump for their lives to escape a fire which destroyed a full block in the business district of Wheeling, W. Va. In an explosion at Marion, Ind., re- sulting when water was thrown into the First Baptist church furnace to put. out the fire, two men were badly burned. The boiler of a locomotive drawing the west-bound New York Central freight train blew up at Syracuse, N. Y., killing the engineer and a brake- man and probably fatally injuring the fireman. . As a result of drinking ginger ale flavored with lemon extract, Charles Benke, Albert Lewis and William Pru- dence are dead at Alexander, Ark., and Wash and Walker Lewis are danger- ously ill. The body of Homer H. Swaney, lost from the Clallum, was picked up two miles north of Dungenness light. He was president of the Pacific Steel com- pany of Irondale and the Seattle Steel and Iron company. ) Its great speed carried the Chicago- bound “Diamond Special” onthe Illi- nois Central over an open switch near Glen Corbon, Ill., and foiled the at- tempts of train wreckers. Three cars of the freight train which followed the fast train were derailed and piled upon each other. Crimes and Criminals. Edward K. Landis of Philadelphia, temporarily insane, shot and killed his wife and himself. Clara Schilling, young and pretty, is under arrest in New York for embez- zling from her employers. She lost the money betting on the races. Four men have been indicted in Chi- cago for malicious mischief, riot and conspiracy in the recent street car strikes. A man who gives his name as_ Sir William Brassey of Gloucester, Eng., is under arrest in Chicago for passing worthless checks, Further boodling charges against the St. Louis house of delegates combine are made in connection with the St. Louis terminal facilities bill. Great alarm is felt at Normal City, Ind., because of a race war. The ne- groes have received arms and ammuni- tion and the police, with many depu- | ties, are guarding the homes of lead- ing negroes. : From Other Shores. © King Christian has recovered from his attack of gout. . Baron von Mannlicher, inventor of the Mannlicher rifles, is dead. King Edward has been under treat- ment for a slight throat affection. Five revolutionists were legally shot by the military at Cape Haytien for treason. The pope joked when informed that arumor of his death had _ received credence in Madrid. A Turkish powder machine in the Kumanova district, sixteen miles from Uskub, has been blown up by Bulga- rians. Thirty Turks were killed, Private Blake of the Seventeenth United States artillery hanged himself by his belt in a railroad cut near the Moro barracks at Santiago, Cuba. It is said authoritatively that the forthcoming report of Attorney Gen- eral Baudoin will be favorable to Drey- fus, though it may be delayed for some weeks. Guiseppe Garibaldi, a Erandson of the Italian patriot, has been found among the rebels captured at Ciudad Bolivar last August and has been re- leased. There is much anxiety concerning Vice Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who fell while following the hounds near Kilmarch, Jan. 8. He is said to be suffering from concussion of the brain. The law providing compulsory com- pensation for factory employes and miners in the case of all accidents, one of the most importatnt measures of the present czar’s reign, has become ef- fective. The pope has issued a personal order transferring the election of bishops who do not’ depend on the propaganda from the special commission of cardi- nals to the congregation of the holy office, of which the pope is prefect. Leon Vargas Navarro, Mexican con- sul at Phoenix, Ariz., is in Mexico to explain complaints made against him. One of these complaints is that society of Phoenix is scandalized because the consul presents a different woman as his wife each year at the various social affairs. The president of the Republic of Chile has sent a message to congress asking authorization to open tenders for the construction of the port of Val- paraiso according to surveys and plans by Jacob Krass, director of the poly- technic school of the Netherlands. The work will cost about $11,000,000, The Vatican authorities have been informed that the appointment of Mgr. Serafini as apostolic delegate to Mex- ico cannot lead to the resumption of diplomatic relations between the holy seé and Mexico. The new apostolic delegate to Mexico will have exactly the same status as that of the delegate at Washington. Otherwise. Bones of a man who must have been about eleven feet tall have been un- earthed at Winnemucca, Nev. Putnam Bradley Strong, husband of May Yohe, once the wife of Lord Fran- cis Hope, is once more in New York. The Great Northern’s new steamship for the Pacific trade, the Dakota, wil] be launched at New London, Conn., Feb. 6. Miss Hazel Lester, a well-known so- ciety girl of Kalamazoo, Mich., has eloped with Harley Morris, a colored coachman. Mrs. George Alexander of Pough- keepsie, N. Y., began crying for no ap- parent cause and literally sobbed her- self to death. The Chicago drivers’ strike is over, the men securing the adoption of the “closed shop” principle and leaving the matter of wages to arbitration. Upwards of 2,500 persons are thrown out of employment by the burning of the Oliphant breaker and washery of the Delaware & Hudson company at Scranton. Navigation of the Ohio and tributa- ries has been suspended for six weeks because of the ice. Towns on the river without railroad facilities are said to be suffering for provisions. A few days ago H. Davison of Nor- folk, Neb., purchased a pair of blue socks. Now his feet are in such a con- dition from wearing them that his at- tending physician says they will have to be amputated. Advices received at Austin, Texas, from Mexico state that Capt. Patrick Garrett, United States collector o! customs at El Paso, and other Amer icans have just purchased 3,000,000 acres of land in the state of Sinalao, Mexico. The land will be stocked with cattle. Grand Trunk passenger No. 4 is in quarantine at Niagara Falls, Ont, with a case of smallpox aboard. The train was stopped on the bridge and all the passengers held prisoners. The authorities would not permit the morning papers from Toronto to be thrown off. In the United States district court ai San Francisco Judge De Haven, in act- ing upon the habeas corpus proceed- ings brought on behalf of Chin Dak Dong, a Chinaman born here but whe returned to China, rendered a decision which holds that the fact of Chin Dai: Dong’s birth in this country, irrespec- tive of his present allegiance, entitles him to land. ra Cremation as the most sanitary dis- position of the dead was unanimously favored by the Iowa Association oi Health Officers at the annual meeting at Des Moines. The cemetery was de- clared to be a menace to public health RESULT OF A TERRIFIC EXPLO- SION IN A COAL MINE NEAR PITTSBURG. MEN ENTOMBED IN THE MINE BETWEEN 180 AND 190 MEN PROB: ABLY LYING DEAD IN THE WORKINGS. FOUL AIR PREVENTS RESCUE ONLY ONE OF THE MEN HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE SURFACE. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 27. — From all that can be gathered at this hour be- tween 180 and 190 men are lying dead in the headings and passage ways of the Harwick mine of the Allegheny Coal company at Cheswick, the result of a terrific explosion yesterday. Cage after cage has gone down into the mine and come up again, but only one miner of all those that went down to work yesterday morning has been brought to the surface. The rescued man is Adolph Gunia, and he is still in a semi-conscious condition. In addition to the miners who were at work when the explosion occurred it is now believed by practically all of the men of the rescue party who have come up to the 220-foot vertical shaft for a warming and a breathing spell, that Selwyn M. Taylor, the Pitts- burg mining engineer who plotted the mine and who was the first to reach the bottom after the explosion hap- pened, is now among the list of dead. Of those in the-mine All Are Probably Dead. The explosion occurred at 8:20 o'clock yesterday morning, and the first warning was a rumbling under- ground and then a sheet of flame shot up the shaft. Both mine cages were hurled through the tipple, twenty feet above the landing stage and three men on the tipple were hurled to the ground. A mule was hurled high above the shaft and fell dead on the ground. The injured men were brought at once to this city, where two of them have died since. : As soon as the rumble of the explo- sion and the crash at the pit mouth startled the little village the wives and children of the men below rushed to the scene of the disaster, but to Gain No Encouragement. There was no way to get into the deep workings. The cages that let the men into the mines and brought them out again when the day’s work was done were both demolished. All day long there was a jam of waiting women and children about the mouth of the pit. There were calls for assistance and for surgical aid from the men in charge of the mine, but it was not until 4 o’clock yesterday after- noon that the first attempt at rescue was.made. This was a failure, as the two men who volunteered were driven back by the foul air. Shortly after 5 o’clock Selwyn Tay- lor and one of his assistants signalled for the engineer to lower them into the shaft. Taylor is still down there. Three times efforts have been made to reach him, but so far without avail. 3:15 a. m.—Dr. W. B. McCullough of Cheswick, who has been in the mine for two hours, has just come to the surface and told the associated Press representative that in his opinion not one of the miners who were in the shaft at the time of the explosion is alive. The body of Selwyn Taylor was brought to the surface at 2:25 a. m. He evidently had been dead several hours. MAY HAVE “PLANT.” Cashier Rose Possibly Did Not Lose All the Money He Took. Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 27. — Cashier George A. Rose of the Produce Ex- change bank, arrested Saturday on a charge of embezzling $187.000 of the bank’s funds, was not arraigned and sentenced yesterday in accordance with his own wishes. The officials of tthe bank express the belief that Rose did not spend all of the amount named, in speculation and charged that he had Jaid away at least a portion of the money. They also intimate that Rose was not alone in the disposition of the stolen funds. It is stated that the of- ficials of the bank have discovered that Rose has several thousand dollars to his credit in one Chicago brokerage house and the indications are that much more of the stolen money will shortly be unearthed and possibly re- turned to the bank. TWO LIVES LOST. Fatal Fire Occurs at Morningside, a Suburb of Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Jan. 27. — In an early morning blaze which destroyed three dwellings at Morningside, a suburb of this city, Michael Culley and Mrs. William Sawyer lost their lives, and William Sawyer, husband of the dead woman, is missing. The fire started in, the kitchen of William Sawyer’s house, and the adjoining houses of Hugh Gallagher and Robert Lowhead soon burned to the ground. RY FIXES BLAME. f pubis Mayor Carter Harrison and Others Are Held to the Grand Jury. Chicago, Jan. 27..— The coroner's jury which for three weeks has been listening to evidence relating to the fire in the Iroquois theater, last night returned a verdict by which the fol- lowing persons are held to await the action of the grand jury: Carter H. Harrison, mayor of Chi- cago. j Will J. Davis, proprietor in part, and manager of the theater. George Williams, building commis- sioner of the city. Edward Laughlin, building inspector under Williams. * William Sallers, theater. James E. Cummings, stage carpen- ter. William McMullen, who had charge of the light that caused the fire. William H. Musham, fire marshal. Warrants at Once Issued. It was at once decided by the cor- oner that all men who should be held by the verdict to the grand jury should be taken into custody last night. He therefore at once preparey warrants for their arrest and called upon the Police department for officers to serve them. As soon as the finding of the jury was announced details of officers were at once sent for the men named in the verdict, with orders to bring them in at once, and if they could not furnish bail they were to be taken to the county jail for the night. The findings of the jury were as fol! lows: “The cause of the fire was drapery coming in contact with a flood or arc light. City laws were not complied with relating to building ordinances, regulating fire alarm boxes, fire ap- fireman in the stage, and fly galleries. Violation of the Ordinances requiring fire proofing of scenery and all wood work on and about the stage;’ asbestos curtain was wholly destroyed and was wholly inadequate; building ordinance violated, in that aisles were enclosed on each side of the lower boxes and absence of fire apparatus on the orchestra floor; building ordi- nances violated in that there was nd fire apparatus in the gallery or first balcony; Will J. Davis was held re- sponsible as president and general manager. He was primarily responsi- ble for the observance of the laws, and was bound to see that his employes, were properly instructed as: to their duties in case of fire.” In relation to Mayor Harrison the verdict reads as follows: “We hold Carter H. Harrison, as mayor of the city of Chicago, respon- sible, as he has shown a lamentable lack of force, and for his efforts To Escape Responsibility, evidenced by the testimony of Build: ing Commissioner Williams and Fire Marshal Musham. Heads of depart- ments under the said Carter H. Har- rison, following this weak course, have given Chicago inefficient service, which makes such calamities as the Iroquois theater horror, a menace, uv- til the public service is purged of in- competents.” Building Commissioner Williams was held for “gross neglect of his duty in allowing the theater to open its doors to the public when the said theater was incompetent and because he did not comply with the building ordinances of the city of Chicago.” Later in the night, after the mem- bers of the jury had departed, it was decided by Coroner Traeger that it would not be necessary to arrest May- or Harrison, Fire Marshal Musham and Building Commissioner Williams last night and no officers were sent for them, FOR $100,000 STEAL. Trust Company Treasurer Must An- swer to Charge. Nashua, N. H., Jan. 27. — John P. Coggin, treasurer of the Nashua Trust company, was arrested yester- day charged with embezzling a sum of money from the bank. The amount is placed at between $80,000 and $100.- 000. The Nashua Trust company did not open its doors yesterday and the institution is in charge of the state bank commisssioner pending a fur- ther examination. Goggin was held in $10,000 bonds for the grand jury. He made no statement, but it is said that his downfall was due not to specula- tion, but to his having given assis- tance from time to time to a friend. OFFICER SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Lieut. Flake Was Treacherously Mur- dered by a Band of Moros. Manila, Jan. 27, —— It has just been learned that Lieut. Campbell W. Flake of the Twenty-second infantry, was killed while trying to enter Moro Cotta, in, Mindanao, for the purpose of examining the locality. He was ac- companied by Private Foy of the same regiment. Lieut. Flake was shot treacherously, the Moros firing on him while Maj. Bullard was parleying with them. Moro Cotta was at once taken by assault, with no further loss to the expeditionary forces. The esti- mated loss among the Moros is twenty killed. Engineer Is Killed. Ashland, Neb., Jan. 27. — Passenger train No 12 on the Burlington collided head-on with an extra freight here yesterday. Engineer Grabill of the freight was killed. Several passengers were sligatly injured. = Took the Gas Route. San Francisco, Jan. 27. — John A. Strickland, a draughtsman employed at the Union iron works, committed suicide by inhaling gas. He is said to have belonged to a wealthy English family. paratus, damper of flues on or over the- STILL IN THE. MINE TO PREVENT WORK OF RESCUE. RESCUCRS HAVE NARROW ESCAPES SIXTEEN MORE MEN NEARLY ADDED TO THE LONG LIST OF DEAD. SUFFER FRIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE GO DOWN INTO MINE AND ARE REMOVED IN A FROZEN 2 CONDITION. Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 27. — Even the elements seem to be conspiring to prevent the work of rescue at the Harwick mine. Almost zero weather and a bitter, biting, cruel wind late in the afternoon swept down over the little valley where the mine is located and nearly added another list of dead to the long, black table already meas- ured off. Not only was the work of search for the dead and living, if any are still alive, rudeely interrupted, but cold, ice and wind combined nearly cost the lives of sixteen more good men. At 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon six- teen men went down into the shaft to do the work of bracketing, bolster- ing, tunneling and removing the debris that has so far barred their progress into the workings where the men were at labor when the explosion came. Their shift was supposed to be of three hours only. Even at that It Was a Hard Task. Even before the bucket reached the bottom they were drenched with water which the cold draught through the shaft soon turned to ice. Shortly after they were let down, two at atime inthe bucket. a tem- porary hoist that had been rigged up to bring up the debris and the dead was started down the shaft. Then came the snow and cold and the wind again; and again efforts were made to reach the living men at the bottom of tthe shaft, but the wooden sides of the hoist, swollen by the water, stuck to the iron guide slide and then came hours of maneuvering to reach the bottom. The men below had no means of warmth and many of them were standing deep in water. Every effort was made to lower the cage and final- ly it was loosened and got within twelve feet of the bottom. A timber blown across the way by the explosion was in the path. The men were with- in easy reach of a rope, but their fingers, numbed and almost frozen by the cold, were unable to grasp the of- fered help. None Were Able to Walk. It was 9 o’clock when the first three men of the party who went down, at 3 o’clock were brought to the surface. Not one of them was able to walk, be- ing so numb by the cold. They told of their experience in the mine below. Henry Beckert was one of the first men out of the cage. He was carried to the boiler house and after twenty minutes of warmth managed to straighten himself and say: “It was a frightful experience. Cold and hunger—and no good that we could do. We were too cold to work. There is apparently no one to rescue. We had a hard time to find many of tthe dead. ‘A shred of clothing here and another there, a jacket. a pair of overalls, but few bodies.” That some bodies are ready to be brought up is a certainty. The number of dead in the mine is placed at 184. There are more than 100 widows and probably 400 or 500 orphans. WERE TIRED OF LIFE. Husband and Wife Agree to Die To- gether. Pendleton, Or., Jan. 27.—The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Brown of Reinbeck, Iowa, were found in the hills south of town yesterday. Mrs. Brown had been shot in the breast and her throat cut from ear to ear with a razor. Brown had shot himself in the head and swallowed voison. A note found said they were tired of life and had agreed to die together. An- other letter written by Mrs. Brown and addressed to “Dear Brother,” said: “When this letter reaches you I will be no more. I have found an- other man in Oregon. I love better than my husband.” Poor Suffer by Cold. La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 27.—The third day with the temperature between 25. and 30 below zero finds the poor of the city in terribly straightened circum- stances and charitable organizations are besieged with applications for coal and wood. Senator Daniel Re-Elected. Richmond, Va.; Jan. 27.—The two houses of the general assembly yester- day, voting separately, chose John W. Daniel to succeed himself as United States senator for the full term begin- ning March 4, next. Bank Robbed of $1,700. Plattsmouth, Neb., Jan. 27.—Sheriff McBride has received word that the bank in the village of Murdock was robbed of $1,700 early yesterday. The sheriff is hunting the robbers with bloodhounds. Ly eS sagt | eer