Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 27, 1904, Page 3

soneneon, COAL MINERS STRIKE. Heavy Demand for Fuel Makes Situ: ation Serious. Bismarck, N. D., Feb. 24.—The lig: nite coal miners at Wilton are on a strike for recognition of the miners’ union, which the officers and managers of the mine refuse to grant. This question has been up before and last year the owners of the mines weré forced to import miners to take the places of the strikers, and injunctions were issued at that time against the strike leaders to prevent their inter- ference with the men brought in from the outside. The strike comes at a bad time, as there is a heavy demand for coal, owing to the recent blockades which have reduced fuel supplies iv all parts of the state. BLIND FATHER SLAYS. Shoots Daughter and Self—He Tried Before to Die. Sioux City, Iowa, Feb. 24.—Before taking his own life yesterday Stephen Masch, aged fifty-eight and totally blind, called his sixteen-year-old daughter to him, took a revolver he had secreted, pressed it against the girl’s stomach and fired. He then killed himself. The girl will die Masch came here a year ago from Arlington, Minn., where he lived many years. He sold lead pencils and notions after losing his sight.’ Three months ago, on his fifty-eighth birth: day, he tried to commit suicide, but he had told his family and the police were summoned. It was necessary tc ‘forcibly restrain the old man from de stroying himself. STABBED AT A DANCE. rench Canadians Quarreled—One Is Cut in Back and Chest. Spearfish, S. D., Feb. 24—During a dance at Beulah, Wyo., fifteen miles west of here, John Caldwell stabbed Louis Volin, inflicting a deep gash in the back, extending along the left side six inches, and another in front, be- ginning near the center of the breast and extending downward, severing the cartilage connecting the breast bone and ribs. Caldwell is alleged to have used offensive language concerning Mrs. Volin, and was taken to task by the woman’s husband for it. Both are French Canadians. Volin is not in im minent danger. BUCKING ICE BLOCKADE. Milwaukee Vessel Is Working in Ra cine Harbor. Racine, Wis., Feb. 24.—Heavy fields of ice, which have closed this port from all navigation for several days, are being broken by the Goodrich boat City of Racine, trying to reach clear. The ice extends for three miles into the lake. The Barry boat Empire State tried to get out for Milwaukee, but had to return on account of hav: ing two paddles broken off her wheel. TRAIN HOLD-UP ATTEMPTED. Rail Is Removed but Robbers Are Seen and Skip. Billings, Mont., Feb. 24. — An at- tempt was made last night to hold up Northern Pacific train No. 1 be tween Fargo and Valley City, N. D. A rail was removed by the would-be robbers, but they were discovered and fled. A posse is said to be in pur. suit. Foul Play Feared. Greenfield, Iowa, Feb. 24. — Claude Law, whose parents reside in. Adaiz county, has mysteriously disappeared. He went to Ames, Iowa, about Dec, 23. There he bought a ticket to Des Moines, where he was to have been married, returning here with his bride to spend Christmas. It is feared he has met foul play in Des Moines. His father offers $200 for any information concerning his whereabouts. General Merchants Bankrupt. Grand Forks, N. D., Feb. 24.—Gold- stein & Aronovitch, who conduct @ general store at Hamilton, and until a short time ago were engaged in bus!- ness at Park River, have filed a vol- untary petition in bankruptcy. They fix their liabilities at a little over $10,- 000, with assets amounting to $8,000. Both men live in this city. Left by Companions to Freeze. Moosomin, Assa., Feb. 24. — In con- mection with the fatality in a sleigh by which C. A. Kerr is alleged to have 'been frozen to death while his com- panions were in a house, J. T. Kerr of Winnipeg, his brother, has moved for an investigation of the circumstances, believing that there was foul play. Indicted for Murder. Worthington, Minn., Feb 24—Tomke Krause was on Saturday indicted for murder in the second degree for kill- ing her husband on Jan. 6, 1904. Luck of a Drunken Man. Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 24.—Charles Morgan, a woodchopper under the in- fluence of liquor, got up on the roof of the La Grange mills and jumped down. Instead of getting killed he only broke one leg and received some bruises, Electric Block System Invented. Towner, S. D., Feb, 24.—Frank Gra- ham, a Great ‘Nortiiern telegrapher, has invented an ‘electric block system which displays signals ‘and delivers orders to moving trains, in addition to blocking them. . veecceeooces Coeeeveooes Northwest News SPOOHSOSOHHHOHHHHOHSHHHHHHHOHOON ° ° e < STATE SENATOR O'BRIEN DEAD. Well-Known Stillwater Lumberman Dies Suddenly. Stillwater, Feb. 23. — Residents of Stillwater were deeply shocked yes- terday afternoon when a telegram was received here announcing the death of Hon. James §S. O’Brien at Grand Rapids, Minn. Deceased was one of Stillwater’s most influential residents. /He was well known throughout the United States by reason of his long and intimate connection with the turf. He retired from racing last summer: to devote his attention to logging, Deceased was some years ago statéd senator, surveyor general of logs and lumber, and he served @ term as mem- ber of the board of prison managers. 1S FORGED IN PRISON. Charles L. Clark Sends Bad Check to Friend. Duluth, Feb. 23.—Charles L. Clark, the Hibbing young man who is serv- ing time at Stillwater for approbri+ ating funds of the water company, has attempted to work off a forged check while in prison, sending it to a friend to handle for him, The check was for more than $200 and the maker stated in the letter with the check that h@ wanted a certain percentage of the money to be held for him till he should have completed his term. The friend returned the check to the pris- on addressed to the authorities, and Clark was deposed from his position in the prison office and sent to one of the departments. WAGE WAR ON BOLD WOLVES. Settlers Plan a Campaign of Exter- mination. Mora, Minn., Feb. 23.—Settlers in the northern part of the county say that timber wolves are becoming dangerously numerous and bold, and the settlers propose to make a fight to endeavor to rid themselves of the wolves. Every settler is providing himself with traps, guns and ammuni- tion. They say it is a serious situa- tion, and that it_is for the preserva- tion of life and not for the bounty that this action is being taken. The snow is deep and it is hard for these an- imals to find food, therefore they have become bold and desperate. GET 10 CENTS A CROW. Farmers Are Out Gunning for County’s Bounty. Grand Rapids, Wis., Feb. 23.—The wholesale slaughter of crows has be- gun in many sections of Wood county, in response to the offer of the county board of a 10-cent bounty for every crow. The\ bounty is offered in the hope that thousands of them will be killed by thp farmers before the hog cholera season opens in the spring. Flesh of cholera-slain pigs dropped by crows in the fields in which healthy hogs were feeding frequently has spread the disease and is known to have caused damage to the extent of thousand dollars. ' TRAMP HAS RIGHTS. Thrown From Train, He Gets Judg- ment for Injuries. Des Moines, Iowa, Feb. 23. — The Iowa supreme court deciaed that a tramp has rights which a trainman must respect, affirming a decision from Pottawattamie county, in which Jo- seph Johnson secured judgment for injuries sustained by reason of forci- ble ejectment from a moving train. The lower court held that a tramp had no rights and that the trainman was justified in throwing him from the train, no matter what the results might be. A new trial was granted and a favorable decision rendered. SAY THEY SAW METEOR. It, and .Were .Nearly Overcome. Janesville, Wis., Feb. 23.—A farmer named Smith, while driving home, ac companied by his wife and three chil dren, saw a meteor fall not far from the institute for the blind. The fumes emitted from the meteor almost over- came the party. Mr. Smith went back to town and later returned to the spot where the meteor fell, accompanied by a number of citizens, who have, however, failed to locate the fallen object. Also Smelled FARMS 100 ACRES ALONE. Man Eighty-One Years of Age Has but One Hand, but Works. Miller, S. D., Feb. 23—David Wal- ton, eighty-one years old, with his right hand off above the wrist, will farm only 100 acres this year without help, although in the past he has cul- tivated more than 200 acres. powerful man, more than six feet tall. It is claimed by his Iowa neighbors who knew him at Wilton that in his prime he would hold a barrel of cider up at arm’s length and drink from it. OWN PART OF SHIP SEIZED. Huron Residents Hold Interest in the ‘ Sierstad. Huton, S. D.. Feb: 23—The Sierstad, the steel steamship seized by tne Jap- anese authorities a few days since, is owned by the Richards family in Nor- way, and R. O. Richards of this city and a number of Huron gentlemen have shares of stock in the vessel vhich was under five years’ charter in Chinese and Korean trade. _ He is a| Btate News of the Week Briefly Told. The Hokah house, an old laridmark at Hokah, burned wivu all its contents. The loss is complete, and there was no insurance. Mrs. Louisa Lathrop died at Has- tings at the age of ninety-three. She was among the early Minnesota pio- neer reatlents,, The Preston BG athool debating club was awarded the decision over the Harmony club in a debate on mu- nicipal ownership. appeared at Fairmont and the schools were closed for two days in order to have the rooms fumigated. A citizens’ meeting at Dawson voted by a large majority in favor of bond- ing for a $30,000 school house. An election will soon be held. Sioux Falls architects have com- Pleted plans for a handsome new school building at Hills to replace the one recently destroyed by fire. . The farm residence of John Ashler in Roscoe township near Red Wing was burned. Nothing was saved. The origin of the fire is ara known. Victor West was iaiaed to death in a sleeping camp belonging to W. H. Shea near Eveleth. He is supposed to have set the building on fire acciden- tally. Counterfeit dollars are being circu- lated at Evelth and in come instances merchants have been deceived. The dollar contains a great amount of lead. A Republican convention for the Sixth congressional district will be held in Little Falls on March 16 for the purpose of electing delegates to the Republican national convention. A. G. Skoglund, a highly respected citizen of Red Wing, who for many years served as a member of the city council and on the cemetery board, died of pneumonia at the age of fifty- two. Charles Fielde, a logger, was brought into Aitkin with his feet, hands anud face frozen. He was found helpless by the roadside between his camp and Aitkin, his team having run away. ‘ The dwelling house of Peter Morrey, occupied by G. A. Olson, was totally destroyed by fire at Kimball. The loss is about $1,500, which is partly cov- ered by insurance. Origin of the fire is not known. Bertha Anderson of Stillwater has been granted a divorce from Frank G. Anderson. They were married at Hudson, Wis., Oct. 9, 1890, and lived together until Aug. 5, 1902, when the husband deserted. Company G armory at Austin caught fire from an overheated stove and was badly burned, the roof fall- ingin, The loss is p.aced at $15.000 The room was being prepared for a railway men’s ball. Rev. Allan Follensbee, a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal conference, aged sixty-eight died suddenly at Chatfield of apoplexy. He retired in his usual health the night before, and was dead when morning arrived. P. H. Bronson of Stillwater has pur- chased the interests of W. B and W. G. Jordan in the W. B. & W. G. Jordan company, manufacturers of shoes at the prison. The Jordans will continue on the directorate of the company. The barns of W. S. Todd at Kimball were completely destroyed by fire, in- volving a loss of about $1,200, partly covered by insurance. Sixty sheep, thirty hogs and seventeen head of cattle perished, and some hay was de- stroyed. A large crowd was in attendance upon the state farmers’ institute at Winnebago. The meeting was in charge of A. W. Trow of Glenville, who made an address on “Stock Rais- ing.” He was assisted by several able speakers. A head-on collision occurred be- tween two freight trains on the North- ern Pacific, a short distance east of Clear Lake station, near Elk River. Both engines were wrecked and five loaded cars were destroyed. No one was injured. Anna Berge, a pioneer settler of Jackson county, died, aged seventy- seven. She came to America from Norway with her husband iin 1842 and settled in Wisconsin. They moved to Jagkson county in 1876 and resided here ever since. Citizens of Hibbing are ‘looking hopefully ahead to the renewal of ac- tivity in the open pit mines. It is not expected that the activity will be equal to that of last year, but there is every reason to beligve that the sea- son will be a good 8 Fire was discovered ss Fred Tyson’s saloon at Bemidji, and spread to ad- joining buildings. Property worth $20,000 was destroyed, inclwding the saloon and dance ha.s of Mr. Tyson, J. P. Duncalf, Frank Gagnon and W. E, Rose. The insurance is $10,000. ion at Wells; vat a large attend- Me 3) Michael Chesing, aged Hele ne ge residing in Shieldsville, was killed b; a falling tree. Leon Le Due died at his home in Wells, aged seventy-nine. He settled in Faribault in 1855. is Mrs, Dorothy Swedback, mother of Senator E. J. Swedback, died at Be- midji of pneumonia. A stock company is being formed at Aitkin for the purpose of building and maintaining a hospital. Edward Rosell, a deaf mute, was struck by a Rock Island freight train at Faribault and killed. The board of health at Wheaton, owing to an epidemic of scarlet fever, has ordered the public schools and all public meeting places closed for a month. Miss Ethel Ross of Mazeppa, aged about fifteen, took a dose of corrosive sublimate with suicidal intent and died. The motive for her act is not known, The asputtica committee of the Seventh congressional district selected Ortonville as the place and March 23 as the time for holding the district convention. The seven-year-old daughter of a farmer named Delp, residing south of Cyrus, was accidentally shot by her fourteen-year-old brother while the parents were away. A new Catholic church to cost $10,- 000 will be erected at St. Charles to take the place of the one destroyed by the tornado on Oct. 3. The plans have already been gecantou, For the second tins the jury disa- greed in the case against Charles F. Leland, the Duluth banker accused of receiving deposits when he knew the bank was insolvent. County Attorney McClintock has not yet determined whether he will try the case again. The Washington County Rural Mail Carriers’ association has been organ- ized and the first officers are: W. W. Briggs, Stillwater, president; M. L. Lonegren, Afton, vice president; C. H. Cobb, Cottage Grove, secretary, and W. W. Stewart, Stillwater, treasurer. Abraham Rudolph, a resident at Annandale since 1876, died at South side. He was eighty-eight, a Mason forty-six years, and Odd Fellow fifty- one years, and a member of the Meth- odist church forty-four years. He came to Minnesota from Jefferson county, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Dauerty have severed their connection with the state training school, and will leave for Crawfordsville, Iowa, where Mr. Dauerty will take charge of a large stock farm. A formal reception was tendered them by the officers of the school and friends from the city. Frank Madden, who, on Nov. 16, 1903, passed a spurious $10 bill at the Fair store in Pipestone, and has been serving a ninety-day sentence in the county jail, was arrested upon finish- ing his term by Marshall Shgehan of St. Paul, and taken to Mankato for a hearing in the United States district court. By being caught by a slippery cant hook, Thomas Lafey met with an ac- cident that will disfigure him for life. His lower front teeth were cut out, his lip and the flesh from his chin scraped clean and a portion of the right cheek cut away. He was employed at Pow- ers & Simpson’s lumber camp near Powers, A farmer named Levang, living sev- en miles north of Kensington, was found in the bottom of his sleigh in an unconscious condition, having spent the night on the ice in the center of Lake Oscar. His feet and hands were badly frozen and amputation may be necessary. It is supposed he was in- toxieated. Ahalf dozen cases of scarletina have The H. E. Walker Lumber company of Minneapolis has purchased the in- terests of Sampson & Muckey, who had secured a sie and contracted for the erection of lumber sheds at Excel- sior. The new company will proceed with the work and will be prepared for business in a few weeks. Fire caught recently in the big de- partment store of Parks & Kvein and damaged the building about $5,000. The stock was damaged about $10,000, mostly by water and in removing goods from the building. The loss is covered by insurance. The firm had improved the building only last fall to the extent of $5,000, and carried the finest stock in town. SONGS ARE CENSORED. Nothing That Will Offend Russians or Japs Can Be Sung in London. New York, Special—It is learned says a World dispatch from London, that the lord chamberlain, who is charged with the control of London places of amusement, has” issued a circular to the managers of the lead- ing music halls. This circular warns them against allowing any songs cal- lated to offend the susceptibilities either the endian of apennee na tion. farmers’ state. institute is in ie inrna LOSS KEENLY FELT. President a Worker in Many Fields. By the death of Dr. Carl A. Swens- son president and founder of Bethany college, Lindsborg, Kan., a useful citi- zen is cut down in the full vigor of mental and physical strength. The loss will be keenly felt in Kansas, in which state the School is one of the great institutions. No less will the loss be felt by all Swedish people, for in Dr. Swensson was combined the nobler qualitites of a splendid race. The work he accompished in his lifetime was marvelous, and One can but wonder what he would have done in a larger field. In the southwest where his people are comparatively few his genius and capacity for pro- moting, estabished a great denomina- tional school. What would he have done in the Northwest? In the little town of Lindsborg he presented the great oratorios on a scale scarcely ever attempted, even in the largest cities: Life with him meant work and the results were prodigious. Though with muftitudinous duties of a col- lege president, he was a liberal con- tributor to the periodical press, a pro- lific author, aetive in scientific and historical societies and always active in politics) Dr. Swensson enjoyed the friendship of President Roosevelt and other dis- tinguished men. He had been select- ed by President Francis of the Louis- iana Purchase exposition to offer the invocation at the opening of the world’s fair at St. Louis. Intense and patriotic in his Americanism he was no less loyal to Sweden, the honte of his ancestors, and always sought to foster what was best in Swedish liter- ature, music and art. Blessed with | great gifts he realized the responsibil- ities imposed upon him and labored incessantly with voice and pen for the good of humanity. Untainted by sel- fishnes$ he never sought anything for himself, though his services to the Republican party would have secured for him high honors with rich emolu- ments had he desired them. This spirit of selfdenial was shown in 1900 when he was called to the presidency of Augustana college and theological seminary; the largest Swedish intsitu- tion in America. He pondered over the matter for several days and then announced that inasmuch as Bethany college had no endowments he consid- ered that his work there had only been half completed. Dr, Swensson’s services to the Swe- dish people were recognized by Oscar II. in 1900, when he conferred on him the honors of the Nordstjernan order, Bishop K. H. G. von Schede repre- senting the king. This order was founded in 1748 and to be thus sig- nally distinguished pleased Dr. Swens- son greatly. Bethany’s Fedraminne Translated. Scores of translations were made of Aasmund Vinje’s poem, “Fedramin- ne,” in an attempt to win the prize offered by Elias Steenerson. Some were excellent, some clever and some peculiar. To the latter class belongs one made by a resident of Decorah and printed by Posten. Two stanzas are quoted: That Dad was such a hustler And hero in the strife— ‘A rough and ready rustler Who led a strenuous life; This ever should remind me To hump to beat the band, That I may leave behind me Some footprints in the sand. Pa was record breaker, For so the sagas run. He was a fluent speaker And handy with the gun. You never heard him grumble Nor at his luck complain. ‘And if he took a tumble, He.soon wasup again, Ants as Paving Experts. ‘Ants are known to be a wonderfully clever family of insects, and a story from Skepperstad, Sweden, may be true. In order to keep ants off a large tree which he prized, a farmer painted a band of tar about the trunk. The ants were much perplexed and a con- vention was called, Counsel was hast- ily taken, plans formed, and in a lit- tle while the army started to con- struct a pavement across the tarred district. Each ant took a grain of sand, carried it up the tree and placed it on the tar.. After several hours of incessant work a road a third of an inch wide, paved with grains of sand laid as regularly® as paving blocks, was constructed across the tar band, and communication with the upper part of the tree was restablished. To Stir Colonial Pride. ‘A Danish Atlantic Island association has been formed in Copenhagen with the intention of awakening interest in Denniffrk’s colonial possessions and to prevent their seizure by other nations. Many of the Danish nobility are members of the association. Prof. Arrhenius, of Stockholm, one of the Nobel prize winners, has been elected a corresponding member of the Royal Scientific academy, of St. Petersburg. Other Swedish members of the academy are Profs, Mittag- Leffler and Retzius. A motion has been made in the Norwegian storthing to make an im- mediate appropriation of 300,000 kr. so that the public works planned for this year may be started at once. This 18 done with a view to relieving the distress among the unemployed, who are suffering greatly. DEFECTIVE PAGE FINLAND'S TROUBLES GROW. The Northerners Hoping For Benefits From the War. Not even in Japan will any more heartfelt prayers follow the Japanese army than in many of the Russian provinces, such as Poland, the Cau- casus and Finland.. These may not obtain their liberties, but should the war become general and extend over a period of time, it may mean the withdrawal of troops and gensdarmes, who in Finland in particular, aré per- niciously busy and are tormenting the people to desperation with their es- Pionage, suspicions and interference in all the daily affairs of life. It is the duty of the gendarmerie to eliminate and eradicate everything that is Fin- ish and substitute Russian. The libraries, closed some time ago so that they could be purged of® damaging literature, have not been reopened. It is feared that schools in which Fin- nish is taught will be deprived of their share of the taxes, The Russian government is now preparing to introduce another meas- ure, which is of larger significance than that pertaining to the gendar- merie corps, as it is a airect blow to the financies of the country, and un- doubtedly means the final overthrow of its monetary system. It is the in- troduction of suboffices of the Bank of Russia. The scheme emanates from Gov. General Bobritkott, that powerful and unscrupulous Russian who has already done so much towards the Russianization of the country. The introduction of the Nattonal Bank of Russia into Finland, which is an independent vassal, with a con- stitution of its own, is a direct viola- tion of this constitution and an in- fringement upon the privileges which it has accorded to the National Bank of Finland. And of all the violent measures which Russia has introduced into Finland, none has been received with greater enxiety than this, espe- cially by the moneyed classes, who rightly fear that it ultimately means the depreciation of their wealth, if not worse. The result is that large sums have already been removed and put into the Swedish banks. Many of the Finnish capitalists have also migrated to Sweden, among others, the head of the nobility, a multimil- lionaire. Wild Prank of Drunken Sailors. The harbor police of Coperhagtn had a lively time recently. Three drunken sailors looking for a chance to get over to their ship caught sight of a small steamboat express tied to the dock. There was no one on board, so they boarded the vessel, cut her adrift and started the fires. Without lights the vessel steamed out of the harbor and was going at a lively clip when the police were notified. They soon overhauled the vessel, and after many attempts succeeded in casting a rope so as to catch and hold. By means of this rope one of the officers clambered aboard and stopped the machinery. Many Fires in Norway. Norway had a veritable “epidemic” of fires. Two days after the disas- trous conflagration in Aalesund, forty houses were destroyed by fire and over 300 people wére made homeless on the same day. Wiese’s big sawmill and planing mill at Fredrikstad was total- ly destroyed. Then Harstad had a fire, destroying several estates and the public building. All of the buildings of the Graesheim estate near #lamar were destroyed by fire on Jan. 26. Rumor of Alliance. It is reported that Denmark has en- tered into an armed neutrality com- pact with Germany for the single pur- pose of preventing English and Rus- sian ships from passing through the Sound to the Baltic sea, in case of a conflict between these nations. Ger- man troeps and men-of-war are to occupy, Copenhagen in event of such an emergency. Light Punishment. Julius Jorgenson of Svendborg, Den- mark, the cashier who embezzled 30,- 000 crowns belonging to his employer, came to this country with one Miss Johanna Mc\ler, and was apprehend- ed in Oakland, Cal., and returned to Denmark, has been sentenced to one year’s imprisonment, the return of amount embezzled and the payment of court costs. A Find of Relics. Farm laborers stripping a mound near Gantrup, Denmark, in search for stone uncovered an ancient grave in which they found a bronze sword, a small bronze knife, a gold ring, some buttons and other articles. The au- thorities of the national museum are much pleased with the articles, which date from the first century B. C. and are very characteristic . Three thousand persons have been brought from Aalesund, the fire- stricken Norwegtan city, to Moide and other places on the coast, but there still remain 11,000 people in the de- vasted city, suffering from the lack of the merest necessaries of life, The socialists in Norway are pre- paring to establish a school for the education of agitators whose task it will be to spread the socialist doctrine throughout the whole country. Al- fretd Eriffsen, the Busy member of the storthing, is of course at the head of the enterprise. ae { |